If you were excited to run through The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on a 4K TV using a new PlayStation 4 Pro, you may want to temper your expectations.
In an interview with Eurogamer, developer CD Projekt Red has confirmed the game will not be getting a PS4 Pro update, meaning the best possible experience will still be on PC.
A representative from CD Projekt Red told Eurogamer that, “Since we want to fully focus on Cyberpunk 2077 and Gwent [standalone game], and converting The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt from a full HD game into a 4K one [on console] would be too much of a time and resource-consuming process, we decided not to release an edition of Wild Hunt supporting the new features of PlayStation Pro.”
CD Projekt Red is not the only developer not immediately throwing resources at the new PS4 Pro. Developer Rami Ismail, from studio Vlambeer, confirmed in a previously published article that many in the indie community are not thrilled about the PS4 Pro. He said developers would simply not see the financial return of pouring resources into PS4 Pro’s improvements. He did note adding support for PS4 Pro improvements are not mandated by Sony. It is likely that gamers will see developers, especially those in the indie space, skipping the PS4 Pro altogether.
The PS4 Pro was announced earlier in September as a beefier version of Sony’s current flagship console. It boasts nearly twice the power of the current system and adds Ultra HD and upscaled 4K support. Microsoft will also be releasing its own updated system, currently codenamed Scorpio. It is looking like to be a behemoth of a machine, outperforming the PS4 Pro by a wide margin.
The PS4 Pro is set to hit store shelves on November 10, for $400.
Acer’s Predator Atlas 8 finally has a US release date and price, several months after the company first showed off the handheld in May. The highlight is the Intel Arc G3 Extreme chip inside, which has been adopted by only a couple of other consoles besides the Atlas 8. This version will go on sale exclusively at Best Buy on November 1 for $1,299.99.
Acer originally said the Atlas 8 would arrive in North America in October, but left pricing open at the time. The launch came amid the ongoing DRAM crunch, which has made memory more expensive across the PC industry and complicated pricing for hardware makers.
Gaming laptops and I have a complicated relationship. One of my first gaming rigs was an Acer Predator that was already outdated when I bought it. I was a broke college kid, and that was the best I could afford. So trying out high-end gaming laptops is always fun. But ASUS' ROG Zephyrus G14 is a lot more than a laptop that can run AAA games. It is portable, so you're not lugging around a 2.5kg machine everywhere you go. It is built well, none of that plastic chassis, and can even function as a normal laptop outside of just gaming.
Google Play is borrowing one of the Nintendo Switch’s most useful little tricks. A new Sidekick tool called Playbacks captures a short clip after something interesting has already happened, sparing players from running a screen recorder throughout an entire game.
Playbacks is part of Google Play Store v53.8 and keeps saved clips on the phone. Google first announced it earlier this month, but the new Play Store update marks its arrival for players. Anyone who has watched a perfect win vanish because the record button came too late already understands the appeal.