RIP Meta Quest Pro January 2, 2025
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It is my unfortunate duty to inform you all that Meta has chosen to discontinue sales of the Meta Quest Pro headset, and encourage all people interested in the headset to instead purchase the Quest 3 or Quest 3S headset at this time.
When it launched at a price of $1499 US and a storage of 256GB, we leaped at the opportunity to purchase it, as it was the first Virtual Reality headset we determined worthy of investigation of the genre. The Meta Quest Pro only saw two years of support from Meta, but it had an incredible form factor, wonderful controllers, and ran Quest 1 and 2 games better than either of the earlier headsets. It proved to me that standalone Virtual Reality was the next phase of gaming and I would be damned if I forgot to mention the experience of playing Iron Man VR and Arcade Paradise on it were nothing short of life-changing.
This canceling of the product is an extremely disappointing announcement, but not one that we could not have possibly saw coming. Its high price, exclusive direct order method, and lack of much in the way of hardware exclusive software, did not help the Quest Pro’s sales. A major price drop to $999US was not successful either, and eventually Meta revealed a true successor to the Quest 2 in the form of the Quest 3, which boasted hardware superior to the Quest Pro in several ways at just a third of its launch price. When Meta announced Batman: Arkham Shadow would ONLY support Quest 3/3S hardware, it was clear that support for the Quest Pro was beginning to sunset. Current Quest Pro owners will find their devices will still continue to work and will remain compatible with PCVR, either through Airlink or Steam Link, but will not likely get newer feature support from Meta.
At this time there is no expectation of a successor to the Quest Pro in development and Meta’s Quest 3 is fully capable of being compatible with all of the functions of the Quest Pro, with the exception of the Pro’s facial tracking. Regardless, we just want to say RIP Quest Pro, you were a great product we enjoyed very much.
Mark Cerny Talks PS5 Pro Technicals December 19, 2024
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Ladies and gentlemen, the father of the PS5 (and PS4), Mark Cerny.
This may be a more technical discussion than most people are used to on this website, but that’s just how Mark is. Mark did a similar technical presentation shortly before the announcements of the PS4 and PS5, so I’m honestly surprised a video like this wasn’t published shortly before the PS5 Pro launched.
Pokemon TCG Pocket – Mythical Island Expansion Released December 17, 2024
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The first major expansion pack for Pokemon TCG Pocket has just been released, called Mythical Island. You’ll now be able to pull cards from an all-new set, including unique art, and holograms, starting today!
Pokemon TCG Pocket is out now for iOS and Android devices.
Alan Wake II 1.2.7 Update Released December 16, 2024
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Remedy has just released a major update for Alan Wake II on all platforms. The biggest advancement in this update were performance tweaks when running the PS5 version of the game on a PS5 Pro. You can read all the specific details on the update here.
Alan Wake II is out now on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC!
Naughty Dog’s Next Game Revealed December 14, 2024
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The final game revealed at this year’s Game Awards was the next major game for the PS5. Just pop a TAB and take a look!
Intergalactic is coming to PS5.
Split/Fiction Announcement Trailer December 14, 2024
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One of the most impressive reveals I witnessed at Thursday’s Game Awards was a cooperative title called Split/Fiction. Here’s the game’s reveal trailer!
The game’s developer is quite a character himself! Wonder if I could get my wife and sister in law to stream a let’s play of it in the future…
Split/Fiction is coming to PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S March 2025.
The Game Awards 2024 December 12, 2024
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The Official 4K Live Stream of The Game Awards has just gone live! Since its inception, has been a major beacon of not just celebrating the gaming industry as a whole, it also has provided tons of “first looks” of new and highly anticipated games!
The rumors are swirling on just what might get shown tonight. So grab some popcorn, hunker down and let’s get watching!
Cyberpunk 2077 Ultimate Edition 2.2 Update Released December 11, 2024
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A massive free content update has just been released for all owners of the PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PS5 versions of Cyberpunk 2077! Rather than bore you with a list of all the details, the game’s devs posted this helpful video
Cyberpunk 2077 is out now for PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One.
iOS/iPadOS 18.2 Released December 11, 2024
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Happy Apple Update Day! Apple has released new updates for literally every device currently on the market including iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, and Vision Pro.
The new update is version 18.2 and weighs in around 2GB in space, which is QUITE large for a point release. The new update brings in some very important features including improvements to Apple Intelligence (for supported devices), as well as the highly-anticipated Ultra-Wide display mode option for Macs when streaming to Vision Pro.
It is very important all of your devices get this update as soon as possible. You can download the updates right now through your device’s software update feature.
PS5 System Update Adds 30th Anniversary Themes December 4, 2024
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An incredible and (sadly) temporary update has just launched on the PS5. The new system update celebrates the 30th anniversary of PlayStation and allows you to customize your PS5 console’s startup screen and menu interface to pay homage to the PlayStation 1, 2, 3 or 4!
Make sure to download it as soon as possible because Sony said this is only a temporary feature. You can get it by running a system update on your PS5 right now!
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