The arrival of new video game consoles, Microsoft's Xbox Series X and S, and Sony's PlayStation 5, are the latest in a two-decade competition.

The title will ship with cross-play between all platforms. The cooperative PvE third-person shooter was an unexpected hit when it first launched simultaneously on PlayStation 5 and PC in early 2024.

First, Xbox tweeted that it had launched its first new console since the Xbox One released in 2013: Then came the friendly reply from PlayStation, a company just two days away from launching ...