The video game studio Electronic Arts (EA) set a date for the arrival of the next installment of its football franchise, FIFA 22, which will be released on October 1st on PS5, Xbox Series X and S, PC through Origin and Steam, Stadia, PS4 and Xbox One.

The new FIFA 22 will employ next-generation HyperMotion technology, which makes use of machine learning and uses motion capture of 22 real footballers at the same time in game situations, to improve the realism and fluidity of the video game.

EA uses algorithms to learn from 8.7 million frames of matches, and writes new animations and movements for shots, passes or combinations. This new feature comes to the version for next generation consoles and Stadia.

FIFA 22 also includes other new features such as a completely redefined goalkeeping system, which gives each goalkeeper more personality and consistency, as well as a new club-building experience in Career Mode and reimagined gameplay in VOLTA mode.

The FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT) mode has also been updated with the introduction of the new FIFA Ultimate Team Heroes, new elements that represent the stories of some of the most well-known footballers.

In total, the new EA video game will have more than 700 teams in more than 90 stadiums and 30 different leagues around the world, including exclusively the UEFA Champions League, the Europa League, the new UEFA Conference League, Premier League, Bundesliga , LaLiga Santander, ‘CONMEBOL Libertadores’ and ‘CONMEBOL Sudamericana’.

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Sony has managed to sell 7.8 million units of the new generation PlayStation 5 console (PS5) since its launch in November last year until this March 31st, as revealed by the company in its financial results for fiscal year 2020.

Sony’s total video game business, which includes both its console hardware and software, posted revenue of approximately $ 21 billion, 35% more than last year and a record for the Japanese company.

The launch of PS5, with 7.8 million units sold worldwide until March 31st, 2021, surpassed the figures of its predecessor, the PS4 console, which in the same period of time reached 7.6 million consoles sold.

Of the total sales, 4.5 million were produced from its launch in November to December, while 3.3 million correspond to the first three months of 2021. The console is currently facing supply problems due to the shortage of processors that it affects the global industry.

PS4 also continues to increase its sales, and is consolidated as Sony’s second best-selling console only behind PS2, with 115.9 million units sold since its launch in 2013, and adding a million more in the first quarter of 2021.

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PlayStation announced that the community function PS Communities will no longer receive support, and as of April, users of its PS4 console will not be able to access it.

Added in 2015, the PlayStation Communities feature allowed users to create groups of players based on their interests, allowing users to exchange messages and access a board of posts organized by video games.

Now, the Sony division has indicated on its support website that “as of April 2021, this function will no longer be supported or available on your PS4 console.”

Instead, the company referred to other alternatives that allow players to stay connected and exchange messages, such as through the PS4 console’s message function and the PlayStation app.

PlayStation had previously announced the closure of the Communities mobile applications for devices with iOS and Android systems, which became inaccessible in March of last year.

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PlayStation 5 (PS5) is the next-generation console that consumes the most energy, with an average of $ 200 during its entire cycle of use, while Nintendo Switch is the least, according to a study by Nerd Wallet.

The research, carried out in the United Kingdom, analyzed the average cost of each console user, taking into account both their price and that of their games as well as other aspects such as their energy consumption, and revealed that PS5 in its version with disk support is the console that users spend the most money on today, an average of more than $ 2,000 per person.

This cost takes into account the price of the console, an additional control, original headphones, nine video games at launch price, the average of PlayStation console users, the PS Plus subscription and also its energy consumption in eight years of use and 890 hours played per year.

The version with disc support and the digital version of PS5 consume the same, according to the study. However, these data represent a reduction compared to the average consumption of its predecessor, the PlayStation 4, which spends approximately $ 250 on electricity, in its useful life of eight years and 819 hours of annual gameplay.

For its part, the hybrid Nintendo Switch console is the one that uses the least energy among the new generation, with 125 dollars during its average life cycle of six years and playing 1,131 hours a year.

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