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Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella has said gaming–across Xbox One, PC, and HoloLens–belongs at the heart of his vision for the future of the company.

In a new mission statement sent to Microsoft employees, posted online by Geekwire, Nadella said gaming will be key in realising a “broader vision for Windows,” as the company seeks to unite all its gaming-oriented initiatives.

“We will pursue our gaming ambition as part of this broader vision for Windows and increase its appeal to consumers,” he said.

“We will bring together Xbox Live and our first-party gaming efforts across PC, console, mobile and new categories like HoloLens into one integrated play.”

Nadella also said Microsoft will aim to deliver experiences centered on the mobility that is enabled by the cloud.

“We will build the best instantiation of this vision through our Windows device platform and our devices, which will serve to delight our customers, increase distribution of our services, drive gross margin, enable fundamentally new product categories, and generate opportunity for the Windows ecosystem more broadly.”

Microsoft named Nadella as its chief executive in February 2014, following the departure of Steve Ballmer. When announcing his appointment, Microsoft highlighted Nadella’s work in establishing the cloud infrastructure behind Xbox, as well as Bing and Office.

In January 2015, Xbox head Phil Spencer announced Windows 10 will support Xbox One game streaming, allowing games to be played on PCs and tablets running the latest version of Microsoft’s operating system.

“We have to put the gamer at the centre of every experience,” Spencer said at the time.

Days before E3 2015, VR giant Oculus revealed its Rift device will include the Xbox One controller, and Xbox One owners will be able to stream their games to the Rift.

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Owners of Battlefield Hardline‘s Ultimate Edition on PlayStation 4 are encountering issues with the game’s Criminal Activity DLC.

The Ultimate Edition is the most expensive version of the game, priced at $119.99 (£71.99), and includes exclusive Battlepacks, as well as early access to DLC content.

Multiple posts on the game’s Battlelog forum, however, have indicated owners of this version are unable to play the Criminal Activity DLC, while owners of the Standard Edition and Deluxe Edition are unaffected.

Although the content can be downloaded, it is not registering as a validly purchased DLC, according to posts on the forum.

“Ok. it’s not downloading it that is the problem, that works fine but once installed it doesn’t register as a valid purchased DLC,” said one forum user. “When told to do so it says ‘no content’ under ‘My Downloads’.”

Multiplayer producer Zach Mumbach has responded to complaints, assuring players that developer Visceral Games is investigating the problems.

“First off, I apologize. This sucks,” he said. “Right now we are looking at all the digital versions on PS4 to make sure everyone can download. Best update I can give your right now.”

Visceral Games previously detailed the content introduced in the Criminal Activity DLC. Weapons and attachments included were designed to enhance close-quarter combat, while two new vehicles were also added.

The Criminal Activity add-on also introduced four new multiplayer maps, a new Bounty mode, and more masks.

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Sony has said it is investigating slow download speeds affecting PlayStation 4 customers.

Numerous reports of lengthy download times have emerged online in the past week, and, posting on the official PlayStation community forums, Sony has acknowledged the issue.

“We are aware of reports that some users are experiencing slower than usual download speeds from the PlayStation Store,” it said.

“This has been reported to our network team for investigation. Please keep an eye on this thread for updates.”

Anecdotally, GameSpot staff have encountered lengthy delays from downloading files of various sizes. On initiating a download, the estimated time of arrival begins at 99+ hours. This eventually drops, but not to a time that reasonably reflects the file size and internet speed.

The PlayStation Network performance issues coincide with the long-awaited release of Driveclub’s free PlayStation Plus Edition, though there isn’t necessarily a connection between the two.

After significant delays, the free version of Evolution Studios’ PS4 exclusive racing sim was given a release date.

“We’ve spent a long time preparing for this launch after some difficult and unexpected set-backs,” said Shuhei Yoshida, president of Sony’s worldwide studios.

“To make absolutely certain that all players have the smoothest and most stable experience possible we are going to be duly cautious about how we release the game this time around.”

PlayStation Plus members can download the game and play it offline. Sony has said it will roll out online access and will “steadily bring more and more players online while continuously ensuring that all game systems are running smoothly.”

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Batman: Arkham Knight on PlayStation 4 is having some issues with leaderboards, according to a growing number of reports from players.

Posting on the game’s forum, on Reddit, and on Sony’s community help pages, numerous players have said the game displays an error message instead of scores.

“A connection to PlayStation Network cannot be established. Gameplay will continue without Leaderboard access until a connection is made,” reads the message.

The leaderboard is part of Batman: Arkham Knight’s Gotham’s Greatest meta-game, which collects and displays performance data in order to rank the best Batmen.

Publisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment’s last big game release, Mortal Kombat X, also had similar problems immediately following its launch.

Batman: Arkham Knight’s PC problems, meanwhile, has caused far more significant issues, leading its publisher to suspend sales on Valve’s Steam platform and ask UK retailer Game to stop selling physical copies.

Rocktsteady Studios has said it supported Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment’s decision to pull the PC version from Steam and has its best engineers working to fix the game’s problems.

“This is something that Rocksteady takes very seriously,” it said. “We are working closely with our external PC development partner to make sure these issues get resolved as quickly as possible.”

Graphics card giant Nvidia is also offering its QA and technical assistance to help address the PC versions problems. Nvidia promoted numerous graphical enhancements that would be available to Batman: Arkham Knight players on PC using one its graphics cards.

Additionally, it offered a free copy of the game with every purchase of its GeForce GTX 970 and 980.

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Rocksteady has said it supported Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment’s decision to suspend Batman: Arkham Knight sales from Steam in light of recent issues with the game.

Posting on Twitter, studio co-founder and director of the Batman: Arkham series, Sefton Hill, also said the studio has its “best engineers” helping to fix the issues.

Shortly after its release, Batman: Arkham Knight players on PC reported significant and noticeable performance issues, including sporadic freezes, frame-rate stutters, and audio glitches.

Rocksteady previously released a statement saying the issues are something the studio “takes very seriously.”

It added: “We are working closely with our external PC development partner to make sure these issues get resolved as quickly as possible.”

Ahead of its patch, publisher Warner Bros. offered guidelines on which Batman Arkham Knight PC settings people should select to curb some of the problems.

Following this, however, Warner Bros. suspended sales of the PC version of the game until the issues are fixed. Graphics card giant Nvidia has said it is offering its QA and technical assistance to help quell the problem.

The PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight was ported by a team at Iron Galaxy Studios, which previously worked on the equally compromised PC port of Batman: Arkham Origins.

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