Today we celebrate the launch of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales on PC! Like the PC version of Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered released earlier this year, this has been a close collaboration with Insomniac Games, Marvel Games and PlayStation. We are very excited to bring the adventures of Miles Morales to a new audience and let PC players experience the rise of Miles as a new Spider-Man. 

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Configurability and customization are key aspects of PC gaming. At Nixxes we want to make sure the game is enjoyable on a wide range of systems, varying from handheld devices up to high-end gaming PCs with the latest GPUs and ultra-wide monitors. Part of that was ensuring that Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales is playable with a range of input options. You can play with a controller, and there are lots of options to choose from. You can use a DualSense controller for PS5 with a wired USB connection to enjoy the full DualSense controller experience, including adaptive trigger feedback and haptic response. The game also supports a variety of other peripherals and innumerable remapping options with Steam Input. The game is also fully playable with mouse and keyboard, and an important part of that development was creating a default control scheme that makes players feel like they are in full control as they web swing at high speed or engage in spectacular battles against foes with Miles’ electric powers.

To give you more insights into how the mouse and keyboard controls were implemented in Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, I’d like to introduce you to Bart Veldstra, Senior Systems Programmer at Nixxes.

“When we begin our work on mouse and keyboard controls, first we look at comparable titles and our own previous projects. Those also happen to include third person action-adventure games, so they give us a good idea of what we have tried and tested. Then we make an inventory of all the actions the player can do in the game, which actions occur the most and what combinations are possible.”

What follows next, is a one-on-one mapping. “We simply assign all the buttons from the gamepad to a key or button on the keyboard and mouse. For this first layout, we use key bindings that are commonly found in games, such as the WASD keys for movement and E and F for actions or attacks.”

Then the team starts playing with this basic mapping, to see where there are any potential issues, Bart explains: “One of the first sticking points that came up was the fact th

PlayStation’s Black Friday Deals go live tomorrow (November 18 at 12:00am local time)*. With so many great deals and deep discounts rolling out across PlayStation Store, PlayStation Plus, PlayStation Gear Store, direct.playstation.com and more, it’s easy to get a little lost. Don’t worry about missing out: we’ve got you covered. We’ve collected all the offers that are currently available below for you to browse through. Also make sure to bookmark this PlayStation Black Friday homepage to track every discount available. 

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Hey there, PlayStation brawlers! It’s your informant on the inside. I’m on the roof of Velan Studios HQ and I’m pleased to report Operation: Season 8 Reveal is a total success. I’ve just extracted the master plan for the Season 8 announcement straight from the Viper database! I’m just chillin’ up here waiting for my getaway copter to pick me up… but in the meantime, let me cut you a deal. Here’s a peek at what’s coming to Knockout City in Season 8: High Society Heist!

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Pulverize pursuers with the Poison Ball

A brand new Special Ball is being added to your repertoire in High Society Heist, and it’s sure to leave your foes fuming! The Poison Ball is loaded with noxious knockout gas that seeps out every time it hits a brawler or surface. This dangerous green gas is capable of KOing a crowd in seconds, and the higher the ball’s charge level, the bigger the cloud grows! 

This is our first take on a dodgeball that creates a persistent area-of-effect hazard, and the Poison Ball shines best in the hands of those who can both thrive in chaos and think ahead to control the flow of battle.

New “Brags” to showboat your stats

We’re bringing brawlers a new way to show off with Brags, a new unlockable found in your Customize Menu! Leave your calling card with a new type of equipment that adds a border and title to your name before and after every match.

There’s even Brags that show off your dodgebrawling stats! Want to prove you’re the master of Passing? How about flexing that last match’s KDR you just earned? You can “favorite” Brags to randomly rotate and show your dodgebrawl prowess in this Season and beyond! 

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High Society Heist is such an exciting theme to see take over in Knockout City. We already live and brawl in a gorgeous retro-futuristic stylized world, and now we can lean even further into the neon-lit glitz and glamor of Roaring

Two of the greatest games from the PlayStation Portable era are back – and they’ve had some work done.

Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII Reunion and Tactics Ogre: Reborn aren’t mere remasters – they’re whole new experiences, with enhancements, additional features and much more.

For example, Crisis Core – a prequel to the original Final Fantasy VII – has been given a lavish visual upgrade, and its battle system significantly revamped to be faster, smoother and more enjoyable to play.

Tactics Ogre: Reborn enhances the critically acclaimed Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together with updated visuals and sound, plus enhancements to the battle and customization systems that make it easier to play, and even more strategically deep. There’s even entirely new content. It was already considered one of the jewels of the tactical RPG genre – now it shines even brighter!

But what goes into bringing these once handheld-exclusive games over to modern platforms? With both games arriving in 2022, we gathered the devs to find out!

Involved in this discussion are:

Yoshinori Kitase (Producer, Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII Reunion)
Mariko Sato (Producer, Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII Reunion)
Hiroaki Kato (Producer, Tactics Ogre: Reborn)
Takashi Katano (Director, Tactics Ogre: Reborn)
Naoyuki Takahashi (Lead Game Designer, Tactics Ogre Reborn)

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Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII and Tactics Ogre: Let us Cling Together are two of the most acclaimed games released on the PSP. There’s a lot of anticipation about them coming back, especially in new and improved form – but why do it now?

Hiroaki Kato (Producer, Tactics Ogre: Reborn): Personally speaking, I’d always had a strong desire to be involved in the development of Tactics Ogre again at some point – especially if I could incorporate some of the feedback from people who played the PSP version.

The turning point for me was the development of Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age, which I was in charge of. After improving elements of the original game – such as the visuals, and sound, adding new voice recordings, and improving the battle design and playability – I thought: “Maybe I can utilize this knowledge to create a new Tactics Ogre!”

That’s when I decided to develop it.

Yoshinori Kitase (Producer, Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII Reunion): If a game’s original hardware is no longer manufactured, it can be difficult to play the title. Crisis Core