There are many ways you can playMadden 26‘s multiplayer modes, and it’s a different type of fun when you’re playing with your friends. You can not only play against your friends in friendlies, but you can also be part of the same squad and play together. Let’s find out what you need to do to play with your friends, and this option can be expanded further with crossplay. How to play Madden 26 with your friends?...

Though we’ve known about the existence ofMicrosoft’s DirectSR supersampling featurefor some time, the jury’s been out onwhat, exactly, it might be. Now, thanks to a recent Microsoft blog, we finally know that it’s a comprehensive attempt at unifying all the disparate supersampling standards under a single banner. Notably, while one of the previous theories was that Microsoft would end up offering something like a universal alternative to vendor-specific supersamplers on the operating system level, this isn’t the case....

Amazon, Activision-Blizzard, and Iron Galaxies are out Is it a party if no one shows and you’re left to pick at the charcuterie and drink the champagne by yourself? At some point, you just turn off the front lights and toss on Netflix, right? The Game Developers Conference is still taking place in mid-March — at least at the time of writing this article, anyway — despite nearly every major exhibitor and presenter pulling out over health concerns related to the coronavirus....

We will never be rid of them The next Bond film is floundering hard after Danny Boyle turned in a screenplay that the producers disliked so muchhe quit the production. And when you’re scared and alone with no plan for the future what do you do? You return to something comfortable, which is exactly what the franchise is doing as Neal Purvis and Robert Wade have been rehired to write the screenplay forBond 25....

Character creation inNightingaleis a treasure trove of options providing a little familial context. One intriguing choice you’ll face while creating your personal protagonist is their Ancestry, which encompasses Story, Lineage, and Inheritance choices. But how do they affect your character in the long run? Well, at least for now,your gameplay won’t be particularly affectedregardless of which story you choose. There may, at some point, be unique NPC dialogue options that arise as your story progresses, but I’ve not found any major differences thus far....

A chance to stock up on acclaimed indies Many of us are already set for Nintendo hardware by now, but what about games this Black Friday? The company’sannual Cyber Deals are now in effectfor the Switch eShop and the 3DS eShop with discounts on everything fromSkyrimtoSnipperclipstoStreet Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection. The best-case scenario here is half price, so if you’re accustomed to the flash sales on other consoles, you might be underwhelmed....

When the hilariousOkamicover art blunderwas discovered, Capcomissued replacement coverslipsto those who felt that it was an error so egregious that they deserved new digs. Generally speaking, publishers and developers typically don’t offer optional covers, but that’s exactly what Insomniac is doing over at theofficial PlayStation blog— and no, it isn’t because there’s an IGN watermark in the original stuff. To get one (or all three three), head on over to Sony’s blog, click on the image of your choice and pick “Original” size....

Jeff Kaplan talks about what you can expect in the next patch Overwatchreleased a video earlier today in which director Jeff Kaplan talked for a bit about the Public Test Realm (PTR) and how it relates to the main game. Among the topics discussed were the differences between the PC and console versions ofOverwatchand some of the reasons for the changes currently being tested. Kaplan starts by explaining the purpose of the PTR....

Tactical Games Summer Sale Today is round five of six in Green Man Gaming’s 2016 Summer Sale with a running theme of “Get Tactical.” Somehow that translates into a discount on thePortalbundle dropping thePortal 1+2package from the list price of $30 to only $5. We’ve got a full breakdown of the salehere, and you can also check the hot deal picks listed below. In total, about 260 new PC games went up for sale today....

Respawn is going with Xbox One and PS4 this time Ahead of an incoming multiplayer technical test forTitanfall 2, Respawn Entertainment has clarified an important detail — why the preview build will be playable on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, but not PC. According to Respawn CEO Vince Zampella, there are “[t]wo big issues from a development standpoint: hardware variety and ‘min spec’ optimization. We’re still making a lot of tweaks and changes to the renderer, the game, and effects so we haven’t run the game through the hardware compatibility lab yet to detect and handle a large variety of hardware – video cards, CPUs etc....

A wild new batch of games just hit the Playdate Catalog The Playdate Catalog store is getting a drop of games today. Five new games are dropping onto the crank-controlled handheld today, ranging from spaceship deliveries to an actual talking calculator. Five new games are part of the first-ever Playdate Catalog drop. As a reminder, these are joining Panic’snew storefront for selling Playdate gameson the handheld. Some of these have been on the Itch store before (and are still available there), but now, they also join the lineup in Playdate’s official Catalog....

The GTS is back as well Game Freak and Nintendo havefinallyrolled the curtain back on Pokemon Home: the new transfer app due next month. The plan is to still launch it next month, and when it arrives, it’ll also sport a mobile edition as well as the Switch app. Support for the pair ofLet’s GoSwitch games is re-confirmed, but once you move a creature fromLet’s GointoSwordandShieldproper, it cannot go back. Trades can also happen on mobile devices through Wonder Box trades, the GTS (the classic feature that wasn’t inSwordandShieldby default), Room Trading and Friend Trading....

Developer ‘apologizes for any problems you have faced’ Remedy has responded to fans who have been experiencing issues withQuantum Breakon PC. In a lengthy post on theofficial Remedy forum, the developer acknowledged problems with frame-rate, performance issues, crashes, and missing dialogue. While most pertain to the PC version, the post also admits to problems affecting Xbox One users, too. “We are aware that some players are facing issues with the Windows 10 version ofQuantum Breakand some extent on Xbox One,” said a Remedy spokesperson....