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Breaking Bad Coming to Sony Virtual Reality
Virtual Reality bitch! At least, that’s what Jesse Pinkman and the rest of the Breaking Bad team are saying. Variety Magazine have announced that Breaking Bad creator, Vince Gilligan is working with Sony. The virtual reality project reportedly won’t be an actual game. Rather it’s being branded as a virtual reality “experience”. Without many details being released, speculation abounds on the project. Will it be an episodic tale on Walter White’s time between episodes? Could it be a sequel for the series following Jesse Pinkman, or even a whole new cast of characters? Regardless of what the project will look like, Gilligan is eager to try storytelling in virtual reality.
Sony’s Virtual Reality Future
Live-action 360 video technology is in the early stages right now, so the Breaking Bad “experience” will be be computer graphics instead of live action. While it’s disappointing we won’t be able to help cook Blue Sky with Walter in the flesh, computer graphics are getting better and better. And with no release date set so far, the graphics could really blow our minds.
Sony Interactive Entertainment has been looking to expand beyond video games more and more recently. Sony’s over-the-top streaming service PlayStation Vue, reportedly has the highest retention rate of any network service for Sony (including PlayStation Plus, and PlayStation Music). Taking the jump with an established household name like Breaking Bad is the way to bridge virtual reality into the mainstream. And with Sony VR passing 1 million in sales, they need to shift virtual reality from curiosity to consumer craze.
More on Virtual Reality TV on the Horizon?
It would seem that Breaking Bad isn’t the only binge-worthy show looking into virtual reality. Sony brought several different show runners in to explore VR.
“We set up a day at our campus where we brought seven of the best show runners [Sony Pictures Television] work with, like David Shore of ‘The Blacklist’ and Ron Moore, who did ‘Battlestar Galactica,’ Vince and some other folks,” according to Andrew House, global chief executive of Sony Interactive Entertainment, the company’s video game division. “And they just played around with VR. Several of them were intrigued, but Vince was the one who said, ‘I really want to do something with this. I want to experiment with this.’”
A PS5 firmware update on a cold winter morning is unmatched. The latest PS5 system software update is 23.02–08.40.00 from Sony. Does this one add useful features or just boost system performance?
Though closer to the latter, it’s more than Sony’s favorite patch note. It fixes security issues, improves messages and usability, and boosts system software performance. Official patch notes for this 1.185GB update:
- We updated system software security
- We improved system software stability and performance
- Some screens now have better messages and usability
That’s it. PS5 gets another win to recover from its midweek slump. Do you share our enthusiasm for this firmware update? Comment below. To spice things up, make your comment rhyme.
Belgian developer Larian Studios’ work on Baldur’s Gate 3’s Xbox Series S version will improve performance on all platforms, including PS5. The game’s fifth major patch, expected to launch this week, will include upgrades and new features. More details will be revealed later today.
Director of Publishing Michael Douse says PS5 performance improvements may be the “least exciting thing” in the title’s next update, so it sounds like a big one. Larian Studios employees are proud of “finally” implementing tweaks, fixes, and changes, Douse says. Later today, we’ll bring you all the Baldur’s Gate 3 update details.
Those who reached the RPG’s third act have reported technical issues during the narrative’s conclusion, especially in co-op, so today’s update should fix them. New features like a permadeath mode are expected, along with Xbox Series S optimization fixes. What else should be added to the game?
We love the PlayStation ecosystem, especially its top first-party studios, but Sony Interactive Entertainment could do more to build goodwill. The long-awaited Trophy support for PS5 games on PC appears to be closer to reality, though nothing official has been announced.
TrueTrophie’s scanners found a new PS5 Trophy list with “PSPC” as a platform. The list, titled “Trophy Set” and unattached to a game, appears to be a test. TrueTrophies notes that developers rarely submit their own platforms to PSN, suggesting Sony is behind it.
TrueTrophies says this platform is separate from PS5 but can connect to it, suggesting compatibility. As PlayStation fans know, PS4, PS Vita, and PS3 games could share a list. In October 2022, Sony added PSN support to Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered’s PC release, allowing players to link Steam accounts to unlock an exclusive skin. Potentially minor, but something we’ll watch.
TrueTrophies lists PlayStation Trophies for serious hunters. They scrape the PlayStation Network’s ominous underbelly with scanners to provide the most up-to-date trophy lists, sometimes dangerously. TrueTrophies posted Marvel’s Spider-Man 2’s trophy list weeks ago, with spoiler titles.
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