The PlayStation line of consoles has crested 500 million sales worldwide, Sony today announced.

Since its original debut in 1994 Sony's PlayStation brand has changed console gaming forever. Generation after generation saw new innovations in both gaming hardware and video game experiences, redefining the industry every step of the way. Now nearly 24 years later the Japanese games-maker reveals its iconic console family has sold over 525.3 million units globally. To celebrate, Sony is releasing a special edition PS4 Pro.

"Today, I'm thrilled to reveal that Sony Interactive Entertainment has officially sold more than 525.3 Million PlayStation systems worldwide! With 500 Million PlayStation systems sold, that means countless adventures into the unknown, courageous stands against evil, and life-long memories of playing with family and friends. Thank you to all our fans for your passionate support over the past 24 years, which made all of this possible," said SIE exec Eric Lempel.

Rockstar's new Red Dead Redemption 2 footage reminds gamers just how expansive the game is, and gives us a taste of what's to come in October.

The more I think about Red Dead Redemption 2 the more I'm excited for it. The story itself is quite intriguing: a bleak future for a band of outlaws who are being hunted down to extinction as the lawless West becomes more civilized, these relics from a past age of blood, and mayhem, on the run and trying to relive past glory in the only way they know how--with the iron on their hip. Apart from the story and the moral dilemma players will face as Arthur Morgan, Rockstar Games has crafted an incredibly vibrant world that looks quite alive...and I really want to explore it.

As promised Rockstar dropped a new RDR2 trailer that's six minutes of in-game goodness, showing off both technical feats as well as a few tidbits like the game's dead eye aiming system and a glimpse of specific areas. The footage is a seamless blend of cinematics and actual gameplay, from quest sequences to brawls, gunfights and robberies, painting a stunning and believable picture of the 1899 American frontier.

The publisher of basketball simulation franchise NBA 2K has released the first gameplay trailer for their upcoming NBA 2K19. The trailer showcases stars such as LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo.

The trailer only lasts about a minute and is played to Jay Rock's hip-hop beat "Win." throughout the trailer we are not only introduced to stars Giannis Antetokounmpo and LeBron James but we also see numerous other faces, some include: 2018 MVP winner James Harden, Golden State Warriors players Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry and even Toronto Raptors' Kawhi Leonard.

The trailer doesn't reveal any gameplay improvments that are expected when the game when launches in September. It can be expected that 2K Sports will release another trailer sometime soon to reveal what improvements developers Visual Concepts have made. NBA 2K19 is planned for release on September 11th, it will be available on the Xbox One, PS4, PC and Nintendo Switch. In other news about NBA 2K, NBA 2K18 has had over 2 billion games played and over 10 million units sold since it's release, check out that story here.

I have decided to delve into some speculation for the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate blurred game mode, after doing plenty of reading and research I have pieced together some ideas. I think we could possibly have a storyline game mode on our hands.

Throughout the Smash direct games main select screen was revealed to us, but what was most interesting was the green game mode that was blurred in the bottom left hand corner. The game mode was purposely blurred out, which suggests that it is something of importance, it can be expected that Nintendo will officially announce this game mode at a later date.

Diving into some speculation now, the /r/SmashBros subreddit has broken down the possibilities of what the game mode could be. Twitter user 'l'attarde' took a screenshot of the blurred main screen and then took more screenshots frame by frame, the result is what seems to be the word 'Spirits.' Reddit user Waka-Waka made a photoshoped image that isn't blurred and inputted the 'Spirits' text and also gave a logo based off the blurred pixels.

Just after the completion of the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct, Nintendo has revealed a Limited Edition bundle for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The bundle will be released alongside the regular edition on the 7th of December.

The news surfaces from the Nintendo UK VS Twitter page, and from the post we can see that the bundle includes: a standard copy of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, a Super Smash Bros. Edition GameCube Controller and also a Nintendo GameCube Controller Adapter.

At the moment the bundle has only be announced by Nintendo EU so we can expect the same treatment from North America leading into the release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. If you are interested in pre-ordering a single Smash Bros. themed GameCube Controller you can do so on Amazon here. In other news about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Simon Belmont has been officially confirmed to join the fighting roster, check out that story here. King K. Rool from the Donkey Kong franchise has also been officially confirmed, check that out here.

Blizzard has had millions of gamers watching the Overwatch League Grand finals over teh weekend, with over 10.8 million viewers in total over the two-day finals.

The huge success of the Overwatch League Grand Finals had a global audience that beat the entire audience numbers of the open week of the 2018 season. There were two matches over the weekend that took place between London Spitfire and Philadelphia Fusion, with the match going 2-0 to London Spitfire in a best-of-three series in Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York.

During the opening week of the Overwatch League Grand Finals, there were 12 matches across 49 total maps in 4 days played. Blizzard says that the estimated live global average minute audience over the Grand Finals hit 861,205 and makes note of the "average minute audience was 605,013. Adding the average minute audience for rebroadcast views of the Grand Finals to the live viewer average, the estimated total global average minute audience across both days exceeds one million".

Battlegrounds launched as a hot mess of a Battle Royale game and while it has definitely, undeniably gotten better... it's far, far from perfect. Even more so when you compare it against something as smooth-running as Fortnite.

Well, PUBG Corp has announced on the Steam community forums that they've got a plan, and it's the form of their new 'Fix PUBG' campaign that has been created for the sheer task of addressing the bad performance of Battlegrounds. The developer said: "Since we released PUBG as an Early Access game last year, the game has grown exponentially, and we've been fortunate enough to have millions of incredibly passionate players like you".

PUBG Corp continued: "However, we haven't always been able to meet your expectations. Simply put, the game still has many unresolved issues...The bottom line is, you're the reason for our success. You've stuck with us, and now it's time for us to deliver the fixes you've been asking for".

I can see the world of consoles completely changing over the next 10 years as we shift to a games as a service model, similar to physical media like DVDs and Blu-rays transferring to streaming media companies like Netflix, Google Play and others.

But consoles inside of TVs? Yeah... I don't know. According to EA's Executive Vice President of Strategic Growth Matt Bilbey, the future of consoles could be systems being built into smart TVs. During an interview with GamesIndustry, Bilbey said: "Distribution of smart TVs is huge. If we're able to put an application on that smart TV, whether its Origin or Access, you buy into that subscription or a la carte--a family offering similar to Netflix in that sense--then we're actually able to use the understanding of how you're playing those games to recommend other games within that portfolio to you, whether that's family games, core games, depending on your age, depending on how you like to play".

He continued, adding: "There's definitely an opportunity we have there that we don't talk about, about how we could create your entertainment experience. I'd like to think as well there's insight we will get out of how those people are playing games, when they're playing, how long they're playing for, who they're playing with, that will arguably write the concept for your next game".

NZXT was the first to market with a Battlegrounds themed PC case and now the company is back with a collaboration with Bethesda for the first officially licensed Fallout case, and it looks awesome.

The upcoming NZXT H700 Nuka-Cola case features atomic flavors, battle-worn aesthetics, and a truly unique look that is being made by NZXT for a limited production for $299.99. There will only be 2000 of the H700 cases made, while there will only be 400 of the N7 covers produced. Each of the H700 Nuka-Cola cases will be uniquely numbered with an awesome limited edition plaque and even a Vault-Tec bobblehead figurine.

Inside, the H700 rocks an all-steel construction, fully-tempered glass side panel, signature PSU shroud and super-easy cable management. NZXT has made sure that watercooling users can get their systems installed quickly, with the top reversible drop-in bracket designed to handle radiators at up to 360mm. There's an integrated reservoir mounting for custom loop systems if that's more your style. There are also 4 x Aer F fans that are included, which means your Fallout-themed gaming PC will stay nice and cool.

AMD has officially launched the new second-gen Ryzen Threadripper CPUs which include the flagship Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX but AMD is already teasing consumers and their competitor in Intel with massive price drops to first-gen Threadripper CPUs.

The Ryzen Threadripper 1920X is a 12C/24T processor that debuted for $799, and was temporarily priced at just $249 on Amazon which quickly hit the Amazon Best Sellers list before it sold out. It's back up to $427 at the time of writing but anyone who secured it for $249 would be laughing all the way to 24-thread processor town, and back again.

AMD's new Ryzen Threadripper 2920X is the second-gen successor to the 1920X and it's priced at $649... so $249 is quite the discount, representing some truly insane CPU price wars that will happen over the holidays between AMD and Intel.