Sunday Scoops 07/31/22
It’s Sunday, and that means it's time to talk about all the gaming news this week
By: Evan1Sonic. This week has been a steady week of news, with the PS5 getting 1440p support among other features, Before Your Eyes releasing on mobile, a price increase for the Meta Quest 2, and more.
A new PS5 system software beta introduces 1440p support and more. Announced in a recent PlayStation Blog post, a new PS5 system software update is available for PlayStation beta testers. This update adds support for 1440p HDMI video output for monitors and other devices that support it. The game must also support it for you to be able to play at 1440p resolution, but thanks to supersampling, 4K games should also look better on 1440p displays. Gamelists are another new addition included in this update. This feature, which is similar to the folders you could make on PS4, allows you to create and manage custom lists of your games. While you will be limited to fifteen lists, with a max of one-hundred games on each, past that, your mind is the limit when sorting your games. You can also add the same game to multiple lists. This update will also bring a handful of other small additions designed to improve your PS5 experience. All these new features are currently available for beta testers and will arrive later this year for everyone else with a PS5.
Xbox Games With Gold. Earlier this week, Xbox revealed all of the games available to claim with Games with Gold in August. Calico, the first of these games, is a casual RPG game in which you rebuild a run-down cat cafe. It’s available to claim from August 1st to August 31st. From August 16th to September 15th, the action platformer game ScourgeBringer, set in a post-apocalyptic world, is available to claim. Rebuild the Saints in Saint’s Row 2, an open world action game, when the game comes to the service from August 1st to August 15th. The final game coming to Games with Gold is the action strategy game Monaco: What’s Yours is Mine. Sneak through nightclubs, yachts, and more in the hopes of pulling off the heist of a lifetime when the game comes to the service from August 16th to August 31st. These are all of the games coming to Xbox Gold. You can read our full article about the games coming to Xbox Gold here.
Speedy Scoops is this section of Sunday Scoops where we share some quick news headlines from various stories.
Before Your Eyes is out now on mobile through Netflix, and you should absolutely play it.
Backbone One is getting an officially licensed PlayStation controller.
Steam now has support for Nintendo Switch Online classic controllers.
The price of the Meta Quest 2 is increasing to $399/$499 for 128GB and 256GB versions starting in August. For a limited time, it will also include a copy of Beat Saber.
Release Roundup is this section of Sunday Scoops where we share most of the games that will be launching over the next week.
South of the Circle - PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, and PC on Wednesday.
Hard West 2 - PC on Thursday.
Turbo Golf Racing - Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on Thursday.
Gigabash - PS4, PS5, and PC on Friday.
That’s all the big news this week. I’ll see you next week for another gaming news recap. Did I miss any big news? Let me know in the comments below.
Thanks for reading and Game On!!
