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Today is your last day to enter the Lenovo Legion Epprenticeship competition. You have the chance to win a Lenovo Legion 5 Pro worth $3,299 which is powered by the AMD Ryzen 5000 H-Series Processor. You'll also have the chance to have your voice heard on Press Start. --- After a no-show last year, the ESA has announced that E3 will return as an all digital event this year with several publishers t...

Xbox just dropped April’s free Xbox Games with Gold this morning and it’s clear at this point that they’re going all in on Xbox Game Pass. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eurogamer and Modern Warzone are both reporting that this year’s Call Of Duty game is currently titled Call Of Duty: Vanguard and is set to take place during World War 2. The game is apparently being developed by Sledgehammer, which makes sense given they developed the 2017 WW2 title. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sony has continued its run of video games being turned into movies with Ghost of Tsushima being the next game to get the treatment. The announcement was made on the PlayStation Blog by Sucker Punch who is obviously partnering with Sony Pictures to make it happen. The most exciting part of the announcement is the fact that Chad Stahelski (John Wick) will be directing, so no doubt it’ll be an action...

Psyonix has announced Rocket League Sideswipe, which is a brand new mobile Rocket League game that’s releasing later this year on iOS and Android devices. Those in Australia and New Zealand that have an Android device can try the game today in an Alpha test that’s exclusive to our region. Rocket League Sideswipe brings the competitive gameplay of Rocket League to the mobile screens with a new side...

Bloomberg is reporting more information about the upcoming Nintendo Switch model that is set to launch later this year. As expected, the report confirms that the new Nintendo Switch will use a new NVIDIA chip that will support DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling). This uses artificial intelligence to deliver higher frame rates and will theoretically allow the Switch to deliver 4K graphics (or at le...

Disco Elysium was set to launch on PS5/PS4, Nintendo Switch and Xbox Series X/Xbox One on March 30th, but it looks like this won’t be happening in Australia. As of yesterday, the Australian Classification Board refused classification on the game. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Following the announcement that a new PlayStation VR headset is in the works, Sony has now revealed the next-gen PlayStation VR controllers. As expected, they look totally different to the PlayStation Move controllers. They look closest to the Valve Index controller, wrapping around the hand. PlayStation says that they have been designed with ergonomics in mind, so it’s well balanced and comfortab...

The Play at Home initiative which, so far, has gifted PlayStation users Journey, Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, Ratchet and Clank, is going to be adding ten more titles to its roster. Nine of the games will be available to download on March 25th, whilst Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition will be available on April 19th. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If 20 Bethesda games, Outriders and Undertale weren’t enough for you, the Xbox team has announced even more games coming to Xbox Game Pass in March. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Choosing a headset has become one of the most confusing things about owning a video game console and it hasn’t been made any easier with next-gen consoles. We saw the Pulse 3D Headset launch alongside the PS5 and a comparative headset was missing for the Xbox Series X/S until today’s release of the Xbox Wireless Headset. Taking the headset out of the box, it feels absolutely premium. For only $150...

It looks like Square Enix’s Outriders could be launching on Xbox Game Pass on its April 1st release date. The Xbox Game Pass Twitter team normally tease their biggest announcements in the form of a mock email, and the latest one has fans speculating that its related to Outriders. The email has the subject line “Mysterious signal” and talks about “an anomaly” which are two phrases that have been us...

Following in the footsteps of Xbox confirming that its acquisition of Bethesda is complete, the company has wasted absolutely no time in announcing that 20 Bethesda games are coming to Xbox Game Pass as soon as tomorrow. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s finally happening. We’re finally getting that sequel to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles In Time after all this time. The game is called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shedder's Revenge and it's four-player co-op beat-em-up game and will obviously focus on Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo and Donatello as they take on classic enemies in a new side-scrolling adventure. The game has been ann...

PAX Australia has confirmed that it will be back as a live event this year. The convention will take place at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from October 8th until October 10th. The company has confirmed that tickets will be limited initially to reflect the current restrictions of the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. The team hopes that these restrictions will ease in th...

After soft launching in New Zealand, The Witcher: Monster Slayer has now launched in Australia on both iOS and Android. The Witcher: Monster Slayer was announced last year. It’s a free-to-play AR game with single-player quests in which you’ll fight monsters from The Witcher franchise. From the onset, it looks a lot like Pokemon GO, but then it’s all about battling the large monsters, rather than c...

Samsung has announced the Australian prices and release date for its 2021 range of TVs including QLED Neo 4K/8K, QLED 4K, Crystal TV range, The Frame range and Serif range. Surprisingly, these TVs will be releasing in Australian stores as of today. Samsung has 45 TVs in its range this year, which means that it’s going to be harder than ever to decide which TV is for you, and whether the price jump...

Bloomberg is reporting that Nintendo plans to release a new Nintendo Switch with a 7-inch OLED screen and 4K output capability through the dock later this year. The screen will be 720p (same as the current model) but will be OLED to provide better contrast, better response times as well as a better battery life. The 7″ screen size will be larger than the current models 6.2″ screen as well as the S...

Out of nowhere, a new Aliens game called Aliens: Fireteam has been announced. The game will release on Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PS5, PS4 and Steam in Winter this year. The game is a third-person shooter in which you’ll buddy up with two other mates to take on hordes of Xenomorphs that you’ll find streaming over ceilings and across walls. The storyline plays out of a series of missions that expan...

It’s pretty much every day that Fortnite is getting cool skins, but this is one of the greatest. Aussie YouTuber Lazarbeam has just had his Icon skin join the game and he’s thrown it back to his tradie days prior to becoming a YouTube sensation. The latest Icon series skin includes tradie gear such as a hi-vis shirt, tool belt and sledgehammer. There’s also a meat-pie emote which allows you to cho...

The Pokemon Company held a Pokemon Direct over the weekend and it's going to be an exciting three months for Pokemon fans. An open-world Pokemon game called Pokemon Legends: Arceus will release on Nintendo Switch in Early 2022. The game is set before all of the other games. It'll take place in the Sinnoh region and task you with building the region's very first Pokedex. You'll be able to choose be...

Sony kicked off Friday with a State of Play. You can find all of the announcements on the site, but here's a quick recap. Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade is coming to PS5 on June 10th. It's a free upgrade for those that own the PS4 game and your save will be cross compatible. The remake will let you play as Yuffie in a brand new episode. There will be perfoermfance/fidelity modes, better load ti...

Sony dropped a surprise blog post overnight detailing the next generation of VR on PlayStation. It has said that the new headset won't release in 2021 but it did reveal new information about the headset. It confirmed that a next-gen PlayStation VR system is coming to PlayStation 5 including leaps in performance and interactivity. The new headset will utilise a single cord to connect to PS5, which...

Nintendo held their first major Nintendo Direct since September 2019 and it had some great announcements. For the full list of announcements, head to press-start.com.au, but let's round them up. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD is coming to Nintendo Switch on July 16th. Not only does the game have brand new visuals, but it now has traditional controls with the motion controls now mapped to th...

It’s hard to believe that this is actually happening, but the first proper Nintendo Direct since September 2019 is taking place on Thursday morning. Nintendo has confirmed that it’ll be 50 minutes long and focus on Super Smash Bros Ultimate as well as games coming to the Nintendo Switch in 2021. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.