Gamepressure.com News 05 August 2020
Reels - Facebook Launches Competition for TikTok
Facebook officially revealed Reels - a new Instagram feature and competition for TikTok. The service is available in over 50 countries.
hardware & software
Jacob Blazewicz
August 5, 2020
First Reviews: Horizon Zero Dawn PC
The first reviews of the long-awaited PC edition of Horizon Zero Dawn, which will be released in digital distribution this Friday, are appearing online. Despite several years having passed since its launch on PlayStation 4, the port has received very high scores from critics.
video games
Michael Kulakowski
August 5, 2020
Twitter - Phone Numbers Added for Protection Were Used to Make Money
The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Twitter in connection with a case of „unintentional” selling of access to the emails and telephone numbers provided by users as part of a two-step verification, among other things, to advertisers.
hardware & software
Jacob Blazewicz
August 5, 2020
Xbox Game Pass in August - Darksiders: Genesis and FF VII HD
We got to know the titles that will go to the Xbox Game Pass in the first half of August. Among them we will find such titles as Darksiders: Genesis, Final Fantasy VII HD and The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan.
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Agnes Adamus
August 5, 2020
Ninja Returns to Twitch
Today, for the first time since the shutdown of Mixer, popular streamer Richard „Ninja” Tyler Blevins started streaming on Twitch.
video games
Paul Wozniak
August 5, 2020
GreedFall - Low Budget Action RPG Sold Extremely Well
Spiders boasted of GreedFall sales. Last year's action RPG was purchased over one million times already.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
August 5, 2020
Obsidian - Fallout: New Vegas Director is Working on Unannounced Game
Josh Sawyer, chief designer at Obsidian Entertainment, revealed on Twitter that he is directing his own project, which is not Avowed. The details about it remain unknown.
video games
Milosz Szubert
August 5, 2020
14 Years of Graphic Evolution - FSX vs Flight Simulator 2020
Videos that appeared on the Flight Sim channel compare the graphics in the latest installment of Microsoft Flight Simulator with older games - Microsoft Flight Simulator X (2006) and X-Plane 11 (2017). One of the materials also compares in-game locations with real world counterparts side by side.
video games
Bart Swiatek
August 5, 2020
Red Dead Online - Hacker Blows Up Popular Streamers
A hacker is harassing Red Dead Online streamers. He does this by teleporting all players on the server to one spot and then blowing them up. The attack is carried out in such a way that victims often blame the attacked streamer for the situation.
video games
Bart Swiatek
August 5, 2020
Activision Hopes Diablo Immortal Will Repeat Success of CoD: Mobile
According to Dennis Durkin, CFO of Activision Blizzard, the success of last year's Call of Duty: Mobile is proof that the company's strategy to publish games based on well-known franchises on phones and tablets works. He is optimistic about the future and Diablo Immortal.
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Milosz Szubert
August 5, 2020
Fall Guys Successful Despite Review Bombing and Server Issues
Yesterday's release of the new online game Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout was a great success. However, it did not go without problems with servers and a wave of negative ratings from players.
video games
Paul Wozniak
August 5, 2020
PlayStation is a Platform for AAA Titles; Indies Don't Sell
Mike Rose from No More Robots said on Twitter that Nowhere Prophet sold on PS4 twenty times worse than on Nintendo Switch. This independent title is also doing better on Xbox One.
video games
Bart Swiatek
August 5, 2020
Boxed PlayStation Games in Retreat
The sales of boxed versions of games are becoming less and less important for the PlayStation brand - in the past quarter it generated only 6% of revenues related to digital entertainment. 74% of games were sold through digital distribution and most of the money is earned by expansions and microtransactions.
video games
Bart Swiatek
August 5, 2020
Obsidian Doesn't Want to Make Pillars of Eternity 3 Right Now
A designer working at Obsidian answered a fan question about the third part of PoE. Unfortunately we have some bad news.
video games
Aleksandra Dziwinska
August 5, 2020
Dirty Harry Potter; Fans Swap All Wands for Firearms
An anonymous artistic group has spent the last 5 years on one of the more crazy and controversial fan projects to be released recently. Here is the first part of Harry Potter with guns instead of wands.
movies & tv series
Karol Laska
August 5, 2020
2020 As Seen by Minecraft Players
One of Minecraft fans has created a video presenting the most important events of 2020 - from the conflict between Iran and the USA, through the pandemic, to the launch of the rocket flying a mission to Mars.
video games
Bart Swiatek
August 5, 2020
CoD Warzone is Activision Blizzard's Golden Egg-laying Goose
Activision has published a new financial statement. The publisher can boast of large increases in revenues and profits, mainly due to the popularity of Call of Duty: Warzone.
video games
Adrian Werner
August 5, 2020
Aftermath of Detroit: Become Human's Successful Steam Launch
Quanitc Dream has boasted that its latest game, Detroit: Become Human, has sold 5 million copies worldwide on PC and PlayStation 4. It happened exactly a month after the title's debut on Steam.
video games
Milosz Szubert
August 5, 2020
PC Building Simulator Adds Esports Builds
Esports Expansion for PC Building Simulator has been released. As the title suggests, the fun revolves around building PCs for Esports teams and helping players during the tournaments.
video games
Adrian Werner
August 5, 2020
PS5 Accessories Presented
The PlayStation 5 website posted additional information about the various accessories that can be bought for the console. These include Pulse 3D Wireless Headset, controller charging station, multimedia remote control and camera.
video games
Bart Swiatek
August 5, 2020
Call of Duty Cold War is Being Made by Treyarch and Raven Software
Activision Blizzard has announced that another installment of the well-known FPS series Call of Duty is being created at Treyarch and Raven Software studios.
video games
Bart Swiatek
August 5, 2020