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TodayTue, 21st May 2024

  • Feature Revisiting PlayStation Showcase 2023, an Event Sony Must Improve Upon

    We go again

    At the time of writing, we still don't know for sure if Sony is planning an imminent PlayStation Showcase. The rumours strongly suggest that it is happening, and that it is happening soon — but as we sit here twiddling our thumbs, waiting for PlayStation to (hopefully) deliver the goods, we thought it'd be fun to look back at Sony's...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Features
  • News Hunt: Showdown Ending Support on PS4, Will Be PS5 Only from August

    Won't be playable at all on PS4

    Crytek has confirmed plans to end support for Hunt: Showdown on PS4 from 15th August 2024, at which point the title will only be playable on PS5 and the last-gen version taken offline. The move allows the developer to take advantage of an engine upgrade to Cryengine 5.11, and a free PS4 to PS5 upgrade will be offered...

    • Koch Media
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Hunt: Showdown
  • News Helldivers 2 Updates Set to Slow Down as Dev Shares Concern Over Patch Quality

    Deep divers

    Helldivers 2 has obviously been a huge hit for both Sony and developer Arrowhead Studios, but without regular updates, any ongoing game will struggle to maintain a large audience in the current live service landscape. Fortunately, most would agree that the team's been doing a great job when it comes to keeping Helldivers 2 ticking —...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PC
    • Helldivers
  • News Story Is the Focus of New Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Trailer

    Out for PS5, PS4 on 21st June

    FromSoftware has posted a new Elden Ring trailer focusing on a story introduction to next month's DLC Shadow of the Erdtree. Watchable above, the more than three minutes of new footage features new enemies, new dialogue, and fresh areas. The expansion launches for PS5, PS4 on 21st June 2024. Overall, the trailer...

    • Bandai Namco
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Elden Ring
    • DLC
  • News Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered Earns Physical Edition, Out in September

    At retail, not just Limited Run Games

    Aspyr has confirmed it's producing physical versions of its Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered collection, which first released for digital platforms earlier this year across PS5 and PS4. There'll be a standard edition and a Deluxe Edition offered at the usual retail outlets, then there's a Collector's Edition exclusive...

    • Aspyr
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Tomb Raider
  • Interview Capcom on Why Monster Hunter Stories Is Finally Coming to PS4

    Stories to be told

    Next month, two Monster Hunter spinoff games are coming to PlayStation for the first time. Both the original Monster Hunter Stories and its sequel, Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin, are being ported to PS4 — but why now? We were lucky enough to ask producer Yoshihiro Akira this very question, while also getting the scoop...

    • Capcom
    • PS4
    • Monster Hunter
    • Interviews
    • Features
  • News PlayStation London Studio Shares a Farewell Message Following Closure

    A "wild and wonderful journey"

    PlayStation London Studio has posted a farewell message to fans following Sony's decision to close the UK developer amidst 900 job layoffs at the company. Confirmed back in February, the studio was shuttered entirely while there were job losses at other first-party teams such as Naughty Dog, Insomniac Games, and...

    • Sony
    • Industry
  • News Rejoice! Vanillaware Is Recruiting for a New Fantasy RPG

    Fantastic news

    Vanillaware, the supremely talented Japanese studio behind games like the recent Unicorn Overlord and 13 Sentinels, is gearing up for another project. The news comes via a simple social media post, in which the developer reveals that it's looking to fill a variety of roles related to a new "fantasy action RPG". We're already hyped...

    • Vanillaware
  • News UK Sales Charts: Gap in New Releases Means Business as Usual for Regular Bestsellers

    Can you guess the whole top 10?

    The UK's physical games chart often proves how unimaginative most British buyers are, especially when the new releases dry up. We're in one of those moments right now, where the top 10 is mostly full of the games you'd expect. For example, EA Sports FC 24 earns itself another number one, with nearly two thirds of the...

    • UK
    • Sales
    • Charts
    • PS5
    • PS4
  • Guide Elden Ring Guide: Walkthrough, Tips and Tricks, and Boss Strategies

    Your ultimate Elden Ring resource

    Elden Ring is the newest RPG developed by FromSoftware for PS5, PS4, Xbox, and PC. Following on from popular titles like Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, it builds on the formula with a fully open world setting. These sorts of games are known for their hard difficulty, and Elden...

    • Guides
    • Elden Ring
    • PS5
    • PS4
  • Guide New PS5, PS4 Games This Week (20th May to 26th May)

    Nep nep

    What new PS5 and PS4 games are releasing in physical retailers and as part of the PS Store update this week? The slower release season steps up a little bit with the addition of XDefiant and System Shock. Click through the links for a full list of all new PS5 games release dates in 2024, all new PSVR2 games release dates in 2024,

    • PS Store
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Release Dates
    • Guides
  • News Street Fighter 6's PS5, PS4 Soundtrack Is About to Get a Huge Upgrade

    Elite beats

    While we generally liked Street Fighter 6’s soundtrack, there’s no denying it lacked the earworms of its predecessors. Fortunately, Capcom continues to be on the pulse of players, as tomorrow’s big update – which will plot the return of Akuma as well as implement some major balance tweaks – will introduce a brand-new feature: a...

    • Capcom
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Street Fighter
  • News 13 PS Plus Extra, Premium Games Are Available to Download Now

    Have some goddamn faith

    The latest PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium monthly updates are now live on PS5 and PS4, bringing 13 new games to the two tiers of Sony's subscription service. UK and European users have access to them now, and USA readers can grab them later on in the day. If you've forgotten any of the additions, here's the complete list:...

    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Plus
  • News Need for Speed Unbound Drift & Drag Adds NFS Underground Modes Today

    Drift, Drag, and League modes revealed

    As confirmed when the game was added to PS Plus Extra earlier this year, Need for Speed Unbound is being supported for a second year, and the first free content drop inspired by a past entry will be available today on PS5. With the theme of "Drift & Drag", Need for Speed Underground fuels three new modes:...

    • EA
    • PS5
    • Need for Speed
    • Updates
  • News PS Plus's New PS1 Classics Both Have Platinum Trophies

    Blue pot luck

    Sony hasn’t mandated Trophies for the PS1 games it’s deploying as part of PS Plus Premium, but it’s done an excellent job patching them in to first-party titles. New releases G-Police and 2Xtreme will both have Platinum gongs to grab, then, and you’ll be able to earn them starting today, when the emulated outings arrive...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS1
    • Trophies
  • News Larian CEO Says Baldur's Gate 3 Sequel Dev Must 'Do Their Own Thing'

    Swen Vincke doesn't want to "poison the well"

    Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian Studios is one-and-done, crafting one of the greatest RPGs of our time before bouncing. They are working on two new games, which the masterful studio claims will be even better. Earlier, we brought you word that the Belgium-based developer had just

    • Larian Studios
    • PS5
    • Baldur's Gate
  • News Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 Dev Ninja Theory's Next Game Has Reportedly Been Greenlit

    It's too soon to say goodbye

    Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 releases exclusively on Xbox Series X|S today, 21st May. With a PS5 port reportedly being pondered, anticipation is high to see how the sequel to the previously PS4 console exclusive Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice is received. While some feared that developer Ninja Theory's celebratory

    • Xbox Game Studios
    • PS5
    • Hellblade
  • News Death Stranding 2 Enters 'Adjustment Phase', Filming and Recording Complete

    Unlikely to launch until the back half of 2025

    We inch ever closer to the release of Death Stranding 2, with production on the eagerly anticipated sequel reportedly clearing a vital milestone: motion capture filming and recording are now complete, and the project will now enter an "adjustment phase", which we presume is the part where auteur creator...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Death Stranding
  • News Leaker Claims Black Myth: Wukong Features 160 Enemy Types, 80 Bosses

    Monkey magic?

    Game Science's imminent PS5 action game, Black Myth: Wukong, is out in August, and anticipation is rising for this Journey to the West-inspired adventure. We've seen quite a lot of enemy variety in trailer footage so far, and the game is the developer's first console outing; still, it's being claimed that the game might be more...

    • Game Science
    • PS5
    • Black Myth: Wukong
  • News Helldivers 2 Players Embrace Eagle Sweat, the Perfume of Heroes

    Eau de Liberté

    Helldivers 2 players, in between liberally applying Freedom and Democracy to the bugs and bots, respectively, have been known to engage in some light meme-crafting, with developer Arrowhead often getting in on the game. One such case is that of Eagle Sweat, the most patriotic perfume in existence, which may or may not be coming to...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Helldivers

YesterdayMon, 20th May 2024

  • Guide Ghost of Tsushima Guide: An Ultimate Resource

    A full guide to Tsushima and Iki Island

    Ghost of Tsushima is an open world action game from Sony first party developer Sucker Punch. It's a new property that's set on the Japanese island of Tsushima in 1274, as the Mongol Empire invades. We gave the title an 'Excellent' score of 9/10 in our Ghost of Tsushima PS4 review, describing it as "one of the...

    • Guides
    • Ghost of Tsushima
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PC
  • News Assassin's Creed Shadows Reveal Trailer Is Already the Most Disliked in Series History

    Out of the shadows

    The cinematic announcement trailer for Assassin's Creed Shadows has been — and is being — utterly bombarded with dislikes on YouTube across basically every channel it's appeared on. The most viewed version of the video is on Ubisoft's official channel — breaking 7 million views in roughly four days — but it's fair to say...

    • Ubisoft
    • PS5
    • Assassin's Creed
  • Review System Shock (PS5) - A Faithful Remake That's Showing Its Age

    Systemically shockless

    They just don’t make ‘em like they used to, huh? 30 years since its launch on PC, the holy grail of immersive sims, System Shock, has made its way to PS4 and PS5 with this slick remake. This is the first opportunity us PlayStation players have had to check out the game that inspired the likes of PREY, Deus Ex, and...

    • Reviews
    • Prime Matter
    • PS5
    • System Shock
  • News Black Myth: Wukong Still Looks Bananas in New Trailer, Out 20th August on PS5

    So close, yet so far

    After going silent for a while, Black Myth: Wukong has resurfaced with a new trailer, unveiled at the recent WeGame showcase and courtesy of IGN. The PS5 action game continues to look bananas, and we won't have much longer to wait to get our grasping paws on it, as it's out on the 20th August on PS5. Developed by Game Science,...

    • Game Science
    • PS5
    • Black Myth: Wukong
  • Random Stellar Blade Has Reached Peak Marketing with a Limited Edition Burger

    Only available in Australia

    Sony has been pushing the PS5 exclusive action game, Stellar Blade, pretty hard both before and after its launch back in April, but this new collaboration is next level. An Australian restaurant chain has joined forces with the game to cook up a special edition burger, available only for a limited time. Gami Chicken...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Stellar Blade
    • Random
  • News Assassin's Creed Shadows Pre-Orders Already 'Looking Very Strong'

    "No one in the know is disappointed"

    Ubisoft's newly revealed Assassin's Creed Shadows has already struck a chord with the gaming audience, with pre-orders "looking very strong" despite the title only being officially unveiled last week. That's according to Tom Henderson of Insider Gaming, who made the positive pronouncement on

    • Ubisoft
    • PS5
    • Assassin's Creed
  • News Atari's Revived Racer NeoSprint Revs Up a June Release Date on PS5, PS4

    Summer drive

    The latest game in Atari's retro revival plan is just around the corner, and it's approaching pretty fast. NeoSprint, a modern spin on the old school arcade racing series, is due for release on 27th June 2024. Check out the brief new trailer above. NeoSprint is an isometric, top-down racing game with colourful visuals and various ways...

    • Atari
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • NeoSprint
    • Release Dates
  • News Stellar Blade Sequel Is Under Serious Consideration as Dev Eyes AAA Franchise Success

    PC version also seems likely

    Talk of a Stellar Blade sequel was already doing the rounds back in March, but now it's being mentioned in a more official capacity. As per a new public report from developer Shift Up (thanks Gematsu), the South Korean studio is "exploring the possibility" of a follow-up to the recently released action title. It's also...

    • Shift Up
    • PS5
    • Stellar Blade
  • News Ghost of Tsushima PC Is Now PlayStation's Biggest Single Player Launch on Steam

    Jin is making a din

    Ghost of Tsushima is comfortably one of PlayStation’s biggest franchises these days, even if it perhaps doesn’t have the legacy of God of War or prestige of The Last of Us. The original PS4 release sold exceptionally well, and it’s continued to perform strongly with its subsequent Director’s Cut update and PS5 re-release...

    • Sony
    • PC
    • Ghost of Tsushima
  • News Ubisoft's Free-to-Play Shooter XDefiant Has No Platinum in Pretty Weak PS5 Trophy List

    Buzzkill

    XDefiant is finally due for release tomorrow, 21st May 2024. It's been a long time coming, but Ubisoft's free-to-play arena shooter is ready to roll on PS5 at last. We hope you weren't excited to Platinum the game, though, because you literally can't. Yes, the game has no Platinum Trophy, as revealed by the full list over on PSNProfiles...

    • Ubisoft
    • PS5
    • XDefiant
    • Trophies
  • News PS5 Action RPG V Rising Snags June Release Date Alongside PS Plus Discount

    Rise from your grave

    V Rising, the hit vampire action RPG that was announced for PS5 earlier this year, now has a confirmed release date. Following on from months of gameplay trailers and the title's full 1.0 launch on PC, V Rising bites into Sony's current-gen console on the 11th June. Yep, it's only a few weeks out. The game's proven to be...

    • Stunlock Studios
    • PS5
    • V Rising
    • Release Dates
    • Trailers
  • News New Game from Dan Houser's Absurd Ventures Reportedly Set in Expanded Sci-Fi Universe

    GTA, Red Dead Redemption writer blasts off

    Just Friday, we brought you word that Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser's new outfit, Absurd Ventures, was developing an open world action-adventure game. In an intriguing turn, IGN turned up some new information on the in-development title, suggesting that whatever the next game from the

    • Absurd Ventures
    • Industry
  • News Agent Smith, Jason Voorhees Revealed in MultiVersus Cinematic Launch Trailer

    New launch, new characters

    WB Games has just unveiled its CG launch trailer for MultiVersus, the free-to-play platform fighter from Player First Games. The game is due to make its grand return on 28th May on PS5 and PS4, and when it does, it's bringing with it several brand new playable characters. As the trailer reveals, Agent Smith from The...

    • Warner Bros
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • MultiVersus
    • Trailers
  • News GTA 5 Makes Up Almost Half of Series' Sales, 200 Million Copies Sold

    Heist of the century

    Rockstar continues to print money through GTA 5, with publisher Take-Two revealing that the open world crime caper has sold over 200 million copies across all platforms since launching in 2013. This lovely round milestone is second only to Minecraft, which has an incredible 100 million copy lead on Michael and company. Take-Two...

    • Rockstar
    • PS5
    • Grand Theft Auto
  • News Bandai Namco Reveals Familiar-Looking Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Foe

    Mother of Omens?

    Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree expansion is out in a month, so it's time to start planning that next playthrough. Developer FromSoftware and publisher Bandai Namco are adding to the enthusiasm, again teasing some of the powerful foes that await players in the eagerly-anticipated offering, as well as the many exciting lore...

    • Bandai Namco
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Elden Ring
  • News Boss Rush Mode, Better Fast Travel in New Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Update

    Track your best bouts on a leaderboard

    2024's best Metroidvania (so far) Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown has taken a patch today on PS5, PS4 that bundles in two new boss-related modes and some quality-of-life updates to make fast travelling across its vast map far easier. If you beat the challenge posed in the Boss Rush mode, you'll unlock a new...

    • Ubisoft
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Prince of Persia
    • Updates
  • Rumour Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Drops in October for PS5

    What does the scouter say

    First announced at The Game Awards back in December, we're still waiting on an official release date for Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero — the spiritual successor to the well-liked Budokai Tenkaichi games. But going by a recent video from SergioM3R — who's datamined information on various Bandai Namco titles in the past —...

    • Bandai Namco
    • PS5
    • Dragon Ball
    • Rumours
  • News Baldur's Gate 3 Studio Expands to Poland in Seventh Office Opening

    Joins teams in Quebec, Dublin, and more

    Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian Studios has announced the opening of a seventh office, this time in Poland. Out of the country's capital city Warsaw, the new sister team will join six others in Quebec, Dublin, Guildford, Barcelona, Ghent, and Kuala Lumpur. This is all designed to boost the overall developer's...

    • Larian Studios
    • Industry

Sunday19th May 2024

  • News Yes, the Next Madden on PS5, PS4 Is Called Madden NFL 25 Again

    Are you Madden, bro?

    You may recall when the PS4 launched, EA Sports marked the occasion with Madden NFL 25, a game which dropped the expected title of Madden NFL 14 in favour of a wholly different number all together. The idea was to celebrate the series’ 25th anniversary, which got its start all the way back in 1989. Of course, it also raised...

    • EA Sports
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Madden NFL
  • News EA Sports Brings All the Pomp and Pageantry of College Football to PS5

    Dub

    Here’s your first look at the long-anticipated EA Sports College Football 25 on PS5, which looks to be bringing all the pomp and pageantry of the real-world university game. In this reveal trailer, ahead of the title’s 19th July launch, we get a glimpse of a number of different schools and their various unique rituals and ceremonies...

    • EA Sports
    • PS5
    • EA Sports College Football
    • Trailers
  • News Fallout Is Coming to the Next Season of Fortnite on PS5, PS4

    Brace for the fall out

    It looks like the next season of Fortnite will feature Fallout in some capacity. Over the weekend, Epic Games tweeted an image of some Power Armour from the Bethesda franchise, which is enjoying a bit of renaissance right now in the aftermath of Amazon Prime’s enormously popular television show. Now a new teaser trailer...

    • Epic Games
    • Bethesda
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Fortnite

Saturday18th May 2024

  • Poll Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for May 2024?

    Plus or minus?

    Another month, another selection of PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium games that divides opinion. All available to download from next week, the initial reaction to the lineup announcement seemed to skew negatively, so now it's time to conduct the usual weekend Poll to get everyone's full thoughts. In case you need a reminder, the...

    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Plus
    • Polls
    • Features
  • Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 529

    An odyssey

    Gosh, the weekends come around quickly, don't they? That's not necessarily a bad thing when there's hours upon hours of gaming to be done, though. Here's what we're playing. Aaron Bayne: On top of wrapping up a game for review this weekend, I'll also take a trip to ancient Greece in Assassin's Creed Odyssey. The Assassin's Creed Shadows...

    • Talking Point
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • What Are You Playing
    • Features

Friday17th May 2024

  • News Ubisoft Thanks Players for 'Tremendous Response' to Skull and Bones, Season 2 on the Horizon

    Caught the trade winds

    Ubisoft has revealed that Season 2 of Skull and Bones is coming, thanking players for what the developer/publisher called a "tremendous response" to the game's maiden voyage. It was thought that the game had been struggling due to steep discounts, introduced soon after launch, but it appears the company has managed to turn the...

    • Ubisoft
    • PS5
    • Skull and Bones
  • News A Lot of PS4 Owners Have Yet to Upgrade to PS5

    But is it a big deal?

    There’s a lot of talk on social media this week about the number of gamers still using their PS4 consoles. Sony announced during its latest earnings call that it had shipped 59.3 million PS5 consoles. However, the PSN as a whole has around 118 million monthly active users, meaning at least half are still playing on PS4...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS4
  • Guide Best God of War Games

    All God of War games ranked and rated

    What are the best God of War games? In the pantheon of popular PlayStation intellectual properties, God of War occupies the throne room alongside other household names like Uncharted and Gran Turismo. Developed (mostly) by Santa Monica Studio, the beloved series has evolved from its pure action game roots into a...

    • Guides
    • God of War
    • Features
  • News Square Enix Bestows New Name on Creative Business Unit 3

    Please be excited

    Square Enix is undergoing a restructuring process, and layoffs are already underway in the US and Europe as the firm "aggressively" prepares for a multiplatform push. Perhaps in response to feedback, the Japanese publisher has taken the opportunity to rename one of its premier development studios, the Naoki Yoshida-led division...

    • Square Enix
    • Industry
  • News Microsoft Commits to Next Call of Duty Game on Xbox Game Pass, New Report Says

    All or nothing

    Following reports of internal debates at Microsoft over whether the next Call of Duty entry should be part of Xbox Game Pass at launch following the firm's acquisition of Activision, a new article from the Wall Street Journal claims it has now settled on going forward with plans to bundle the FPS in with the subscription service...

    • Microsoft
    • Activision
    • Call of Duty
    • Industry
  • News Stellar Blade Dev Teases News Set for Next Week

    Merch, game update, or DLC?

    Stellar Blade developer Shift Up has teased some sort of update or piece of news it will be revealing next week with the simple tweet reading: "Get ready for next week." In the background is what looks like a statue, so the tease may well be related to merchandise rather than in-game content. Still, the team has gone on...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Stellar Blade
  • News Players Fail Helldivers 2 Major Order, 'The Second Galactic War' Begins

    "New recruits are being trained to bolster the ranks of SEAF"

    In another potentially catastrophic turn in the ongoing Helldivers 2 Galactic War effort, players have failed to scrap 2 billion Automatons mandated by the latest Major Order, and the MD-17 Anti-Tank Mines stratagem has been snatched from their grasp once again. Worse, Super Earth High...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Helldivers
  • News Free PS5, PS4 Mascot Brawler MultiVersus Adds Fantastic Single Player, Co-Op Campaign

    A rift in time

    Since being re-revealed a few weeks ago, MultiVersus has largely looked like the same game – with the exception of the Jokers’ addition. The good news, however, is that developer Player First Games has been cooking – and it’s finally ready to introduce an entire new mode: the free-to-play foray’s single pla

    • Warner Bros
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • MultiVersus
  • News Ghost of Tsushima on PC Attracts 57K Player Peak on Launch Day

    Sony's fourth biggest PC release

    Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut has achieved Sony's fourth biggest PC release, with a peak 57,934 users playing the game at any one time yesterday. While the statistic cannot be used to reliably predict actual sales numbers on PC, it's clear the community has taken to the Sucker Punch Productions title on release...

    • Sony
    • PC
    • Ghost of Tsushima
  • News GTA 6 PS5 Release Window Narrowed to Fall 2025

    Aiming for September-November next year

    Take-Two has announced in its financial earnings for the end of Fiscal Year 2023 that Grand Theft Auto 6 will release for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S during the Fall of calendar year 2025. Therefore, the open worlder from Rockstar Games could release anywhere between September and November of next year. After...

    • Rockstar Games
    • PS5
    • Grand Theft Auto
    • GTA
  • News Summer Game Fest Hosts New Game Reveal from One of 2K's 'Biggest and Most Beloved Franchises'

    BioShock? Borderlands? Mafia?

    Geoff Keighley has revealed next month's Summer Game Fest live show will host the reveal of a new entry in one of 2K's "biggest and most beloved franchises". Given today's newly revealed sales milestones, the most likely options appear to be BioShock (43 million), Borderlands (89 million), or even Civilization (71...

    • 2K Games
    • Summer Game Fest
  • News Rockstar Co-Founder Dan Houser's Absurd Ventures Developing 'Open World Action-Adventure' Game

    An ersatz life

    Last year, we brought you word that Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser had started a new studio called Absurd Ventures, promising to create original IP for "all platforms and formats". It seems the new outfit has commenced work on a game that promises "best-in-class combat and third-person action across multiple game modes". That's...

    • Absurd Ventures
    • Industry
  • News Knock Out PS5 Boxing Sim Undisputed Will Rule the Ring from 11th October

    In the blue corner

    We’ve been writing about boxing sim Undisputed for quite some time, but developer Steel City Interactive has been busy behind-the-scenes. Its long-awaited sports game was always intended to enter the ring on PS5, and now it has an official release date: 11th October is the big day. A new trailer embedded above should get you in...

    • Deep Silver
    • PS5
    • Undisputed
    • Release Dates
  • News GTA Publisher Claims It 'Didn't Shutter' Roll7, Intercept Games

    "We didn't shutter those studios"

    Take-Two, the publisher behind Grand Theft Auto and owner of other labels such as Private Division, has denied reports it recently shut down Rollerdrome, OlliOlli developer Roll7 and Kerbal Space Program 2 team Intercept Games. Having been questioned by IGN during a financial call today, CEO Strauss Zelnick...

    • Take-Two
    • Industry
  • News Fallout's Nuclear Rise in Popularity Results in Crossover with Fortnite

    Very few details though

    Fortnite has announced and teased a collaboration with Fallout. On social media, official accounts for Epic's free-to-play battle royale shooter shared an image featuring the iconic power armour worn by the Brotherhood of Steel: Bethesda's post-apocalyptic RPG series has seen a huge boom in popularity ever since the...

    • Epic Games
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Fortnite
  • News Activision Tasks New AAA Studio with Crafting Narrative-Based Series

    Timing is everything

    Activision has reportedly opened a new studio, tasking the nascent, Warsaw-based Elsewhere Entertainment with developing a "narrative-based and genre-defining AAA franchise". The huge entity underwent a massive wave of layoffs following the closure of Microsoft's Activision Blizzard King acquisition earlier this year. As...

    • Activision Blizzard
    • Industry
  • News SteamWorld Heist 2 Dives into Story Details, Upgradable Submarine in New Trailer

    Too much water

    SteamWorld Heist 2 is on the horizon, mooring up on PS5 and PS4 on 8th August. In order to get players prepped for the strategic sequel, a series of deep dive videos is exploring its major aspects. The last video gave us a good look at turn-based combat, and this latest episode is all about the story and gameplay in the overworld. In...

    • Thunderful
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • SteamWorld Heist 2
    • Trailers

Thursday16th May 2024

  • News New PS2 Emulator Appears to Be Imminent on PS5, PS4

    Uprendering! Rewind! Quick saves!

    Here’s some potentially huge news, unearthed by the eagle-eyed Gematsu: a new PS2 emulator appears to be imminent for PS5 and PS4. As many of you will already know, Sony has been gradually deploying PS1 and PSP titles on the PS Store as part of its PS Plus Premium subscription, with all releases boasting video...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS2
    • PS Store
  • News Microsoft Leadership Reportedly Want No 'Red Line' Stopping Xbox Games Coming to PS5

    Is nothing sacred?

    A new report suggests that Microsoft's big boss, Satya Nadella, wants to bring more Xbox games to PlayStation as soon as possible. With the instant success Sea of Thieves found on Sony's platform, considered a "key test," it seems like the writing is on the wall at this point; Microsoft leadership reportedly wants there to be no...

    • Sony
    • Microsoft
    • Industry
  • Guide GTA 6: Everything We Know So Far

    All the key details you need to know

    Are you looking for everything we know so far about GTA 6? With Rockstar Games having finally announced the much-anticipated sequel, interest in the game is currently sky-high. This GTA 6 guide is designed to document everything we know so far about the game, revealing important details about its release and...

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  • Rumour LEGO Horizon Adventures Is Reportedly Real, a 'Realistic' Horizon Game But with LEGO

    Still features "realistic" graphics

    The rumours surrounding a potential Horizon and LEGO crossover game have picked up steam today as Insider Gaming reports the title is called LEGO Horizon Adventures, and is essentially "Horizon Forbidden West but LEGO", and features "realistic graphics". In trying to envision what this game might look like, some...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Horizon
    • LEGO
    • Rumours
  • Review Indika (PS5) - A Bleak, Beautiful, Bewildering Rumination on Faith and Free Will

    My anaconda don't want none unless you got nuns, hun

    Indika is a game of wild contradiction. It's compelling, thoughtful, and ambitious, but also tedious, rote, and derivative. It's the sort of video game that ruminates on the nature of devout faith, free will, guilt, shame, temptation, and morality, and then asks you to solve boring box puzzles...

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    • 11 Bit Studios
    • PS5
    • Indika
  • News Japan Sales Charts: Stellar Blade PS5 Sales Hold Strong

    Beli-Eve

    We all know retail PS5 software sales are pretty poor in Japan right now, so it’s a testament to Shift Up’s character action outing that Stellar Blade’s actually doing decently. The Korean outing tagged another 13,033 units to its total for the week ending 12th May, lifting its lifetime sales up to 80,164 units overall. With digital...

    • Japan
    • Sales
    • Charts
    • PS5
    • PS4
  • News Assassin's Creed Shadows Can Be Played Entirely Offline, Once You've Installed It

    Out of the shadows

    Update: After catching a lot of heat about online requirements for its single player games, Ubisoft has released a statement regarding Assassin's Creed Shadows. In it, the publisher explains that, while you will need an online connection to complete the installation of the game, you can play the whole adventure offline: While...

    • Ubisoft
    • PS5
    • Assassin's Creed
  • News Iconic PS1 Sci-Fi Flight Sim G-Police Coming to PS5, PS4 with PS Plus Premium

    Gee whiz

    Psygnosis’s iconic PS1 flight combat game G-Police is the latest classic to get ported to PS5 and PS4 as part of Sony’s PS Plus Premium emulation efforts from 21st May. The title, originally released all the way back in 1997, sees you commandeering a VTOL in a futuristic, Blade Runner-inspired futuristic environment. While it largely...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS1
    • PS Plus
  • News Summer Game Fest Partnering with Over 55 Devs and Publishers for June Blowout

    Game and watch

    We're getting closer and closer to gaming's annual announcement season. Every summer sees the industry turn out for a few weeks of pre-recorded presentations and live broadcasts, all showcasing what's coming up in the near future. With E3 now sadly a thing of the past, the biggest of these events is now Summer Game Fest, created and...

    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Summer Game Fest
    • Events
  • News Hi-Fi Rush Director 'Emotional' As Xbox Shutters Acclaimed Tango Gameworks Team

    "You are all rockstars"

    A final update for Hi-Fi Rush released this week: a gift from developer Tango Gameworks before it closes its doors for good. The update fixes a selection of minor bugs on PS5, and will be the final title update, as Xbox has decided to shut down the decorated Japanese developer. The studio, founded by industry icon Shinji...

    • Bethesda
    • PS5
    • Hi-Fi Rush
  • News Gargantuan Gacha Wuthering Waves Targeting PS5 At a Later Date

    "We're still working on it"

    Wuthering Waves is looking like the next big thing. The upcoming gacha is getting an absolutely colossal push in Asia, with bus liveries, subway station takeovers, and enormous banners. In the west, the title recently rebranded Times Square, in a marketing event that must have cost developer Kuro an enormous chunk of...

    • Kuro Games
    • PS5
    • Wuthering Waves
  • News At Least Two Expansions Planned for Assassin's Creed Shadows

    Could the Infinity hub bring more?

    The Assassin's Creed series is essentially a single player live-service offering at this point, and with the introduction of a franchise hub in Assassin's Creed Infinity, those efforts at Ubisoft are only being furthered. You can still keep your DLC consumption to a traditional standard in the newly unveiled...

    • Ubisoft
    • PS5
    • Assassin's Creed
    • DLC
  • News Godzilla Invades Dave the Diver with Free DLC on 23rd May

    Sea monster

    When it was announced Dave the Diver would finally come to PS5 and PS4, developer Mintrocket also unveiled a crossover DLC, bringing Godzilla to the game. Now, we have a release date for the add-on, as well as a few more details on what to expect. The free Godzilla DLC arrives on 23rd May, and it brings a new quest line to Dave's...

    • Mintrocket
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Dave the Diver
    • DLC
  • News Is Crash Bandicoot, Spyro Studio Toys for Bob Teasing a New Game?

    Website updated to company logo

    Speculation surrounding a new game from Toys for Bob is currently doing the rounds after the team updated its website to a singular shot of its Crash Bandicoot-inspired logo of a purple Tiki mask. The studio, which went independent earlier this year, is best known for its work creating Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About...

    • Toys for Bob
    • Crash Bandicoot
  • News Sunny Souls-Like Enotria: The Last Song Debuts Lengthy PS5 Gameplay Overview Trailer

    Plus, eight-hour demo inbound

    Enotria: The Last Song is a sun-dappled Souls-Like inspired by the mythology of the ancient Enotrians, a wine and theatre-loving people who thrived in Southern Italy two millennia ago. It stands out compared to other entries in the increasingly crowded genre thanks to its sunny aesthetic, and courtesy of

    • Jyamma Games
    • PS5
    • Enotria
  • News Stylish Racer Horizon Chase 2 Powerslides onto PS5, PS4 Later This Month

    Beep beep

    If, like us, you fell in love with the simple yet devilishly addictive Horizon Chase Turbo on PS4, you'll be delighted to know its sequel is fast on the approach. Horizon Chase 2 is confirmed to be coming to PS5 and PS4, and it's only two weeks away, launching on 30th May, 2024. Much like the first game, Horizon Chase 2 is a colourful,...

    • Epic Games
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Horizon Chase
    • Trailers
  • News Publisher Nexon Investigating Cause of The Finals' 'Lower-Than-Expected' Performance

    Just one more big score

    The Finals, the fast-paced free-to-play shooter shadow dropped back in December, initially drew huge crowds, but retention has waned. Publisher Nexon just reported substantial revenues across the board, partially offset by the "lower-than-expected" performance of the live service punt. In Nexon's Q1 2024 earnings letter...

    • Nexon
    • PS5
    • The Finals
  • News EA Sports College Football 25 Kicks Off on 19th July for PS5

    The wait is over

    EA Sports’ long-awaited return to the college football scene will finally be fulfilled on 19th July, when the imaginatively named EA Sports College Football 25 launches on PS5. There’ll be two versions available: the bog-standard edition for $69.99, or the Deluxe Edition for $99.99. The latter comes with all kinds of...

    • EA Sports
    • PS5
    • EA Sports College Football 25
  • News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Actor Wraps Up 508 Hours of Studio Time

    Henry of Skalitz putting in work

    Tom McKay, the actor behind Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 protagonist, Henry of Skalltz, has been putting in some serious studio time. Due out sometime in 2024 on PS5, developer Warhorse Studios revealed that his lines in the sequel are now locked and loaded, the work of 508 hours of recording time, or three whole...

    • Deep Silver
    • PS5
    • Kingdom Come

Wednesday15th May 2024

  • News 13 New Games Joining PS Plus Extra, Premium Next Week

    Red Dead! Cat Quest! G-Police!

    Sony has today revealed the list of PS5, PS4, and Classic games landing on PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium for the month of May 2024. Available to download and play from Tuesday, 21st May 2024, the full list of games is as follows:

    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Plus
  • News Another 2,000 PS5, PS4 Games Discounted in Epic Sale

    Don't stop spending

    Wednesdays wouldn’t be the same without a ginormous PS Store sale to sink your teeth into, and this week is no different. Sony has plunged the price on another 2,000 titles today, with offers good through 29th May, 2024. Discounts top out at up to 95 per cent off, like Killing Floor 2, which can be yours for just £1.24...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Store
    • Deals
  • News Shift Up Director Puts Stellar Blade, Sony Costume Conspiracy to Bed

    Were we misled?

    With Stellar Blade now out in the wild, impressing players with its action combat and plethora of cosmetic options for protagonist Eve, Shift Up director Kim Hyeong-tae has put a particular conspiracy to bed. Kim says that the redesigns of some Stellar Blade outfits were always intended to be the "final result" and not because of an...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Stellar Blade
  • News Assassin's Creed Shadows Dated for 15th November in First Trailer

    Play as Naoe and Yasuke in feudal Japan

    Ubisoft has shared the full reveal of Assassin's Creed Shadows with a nearly four-minute cinematic trailer, announcing a PS5 version and the release date of 15th November 2024. You can catch the trailer above. The pitch is as follows: "Live the intertwined stories of Naoe, an adept shinobi Assassin from Iga...

    • Ubisoft
    • PS5
    • Assassin's Creed
    • Trailers
    • Release Dates
  • Reaction Why You Shouldn't Worry Too Much About PS5's Year-on-Year Decline

    Context is key

    The games industry is caught in a tidal wave of negativity, and if you pay attention to social media, you may be forgiven for thinking the sky is falling. Sony posted a pretty positive financial report earlier this week, but the headlines that have come out of it run counter to that: PS5 declined 29 per cent year-over-year, is...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Reaction
    • Features
  • News Strategy Legend Jake Solomon Explains Where Marvel's Midnight Suns Went Wrong

    “I think cards were a major problem"

    The announcement that Jake Solomon, first amongst the legendary Sid Meier's pupils, had left Firaxis to start his studio, Midsummer Studios, comes as a surprise, especially with the switch from strategy to the life sim genre. Looking towards the opportunity to create something entirely different, Soloman...

    • 2K Games
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Marvel's Midnight Suns
  • News Here's Your First Official Look at HBO's The Last of Us Season 2

    Now in production

    HBO created a lot more The Last of Us fans with its super successful TV adaptation. The first season launched last year, finding a huge audience and critical acclaim, and the second series is now in production, heading to screens in 2025. Now, the company has provided our very first look at official shots from the anticipated new...

    • PlayStation Productions
    • HBO
    • The Last of Us
    • TV
  • News Sony Shipped 4.5 Million PS5's Last Quarter, Almost Five Times More Than Xbox Series X|S

    Estimates indicate enormous gap

    As the industry digests the latest deluge of earnings reports, attempting to parse the information and present a clearer picture, one piece of news is likely to fuel more than a few pointless arguments on social media: despite marginally missing its own revised target, Sony shipped 4.5 million PS5s last quarter,...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Microsoft
    • Xbox
    • Industry
  • News Seasons in Assassin's Creed Shadows Change Gameplay, Setting

    Map similar in size to AC Origins

    Pushing through the Assassin's Creed Shadows campaign will be reflected in the changing of the seasons, mixing up gameplay and the overall Japanese setting, a new deep dive into the open world game reveals. Via IGN, it's confirmed the single player story will move from spring and summer and into autumn and winter as...

    • Ubisoft
    • PS5
    • Assassin's Creed
  • News Sony Increasingly Focused on PS5 Playtime Alongside Hardware Sales

    Following shift in the PS4 era

    Businesses nowadays consider engagement and interest in their product line to essentially be just as important as hard sales numbers, and Sony is no different. During yesterday's conference call with investors to mark the end of Fiscal Year 2023, the general manager of finance at Sony, Sadahiko Hayakawa, explained how...

    • Sony
    • PS5
  • News Yoko Taro Making New Game with NieR Leads, But 'It Might Be NieR, It Might Not Be NieR'

    News coming in the near future

    NieR director Yoko Taro, NieR series producer Yosuke Saito, and NieR composer Keiichi Okabe are all working on a new game together, it's been confirmed, but nobody's willing to say whether the project is actually a NieR title yet. Speaking to Famitsu, Saito teased: "I'll have something a bit more put-together to say in...

    • NieR
  • News Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree Enemy Brings Back Traumatic Bloodborne Memories

    Miyazaki, you monster

    Elden Ring players already know they're in for it when DLC Shadow of the Erdtree drops next month, on the 21st of June, on PS5 and PS4. Developer Fromsoftware has been cooking, going by what we've seen so far, and now the sadistic studio is teasing an enemy ripped straight from our most persistent Bloodborne nightmares. On...

    • Bandai Namco
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Elden Ring
  • News Hi-Fi Rush PS5 Physical Edition Is Still Happening Despite Studio Closure

    One final patch drops today

    Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks has confirmed the upcoming physical version for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S will still be released via Limited Run Games despite Microsoft's plans to close the studio. In addition, one last update for the game will be available later today "to address some minor issues". In the team's...

    • Bethesda
    • PS5
    • Hi-Fi Rush
  • News GreedFall 2 May Not Be the Game You Think It Is

    It's now like Dragon Age: Origins

    GreedFall II: The Dying World is the first sequel Spiders Studio has ever made, but based on a new IGN preview, the RPG still appears to be very much its own thing. Not only is it actually a prequel to the first game, but the combat system has been completely changed. Taking inspiration from BioWare RPG Dragon Age:...

    • Nacon
    • PS5
    • GreedFall
  • News Square Enix Layoffs Underway in US and Europe as Restructure Begins

    The hits just keep on coming

    With the industry in a crisis and Square Enix's marquee titles Final Fantasy XVI and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth failing to meet sales expectations, the storied publisher/developer is restructuring to " aggressively" pursue a multiplatform strategy. Sadly, this will necessitat

    • Square Enix
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Final Fantasy
  • News Ubisoft Cancels Free-to-Play Shooter The Division Heartland

    So that XDefiant and Rainbow Six get more resources

    In a bid to redeploy "resources to bigger opportunities such as XDefiant and Rainbow Six", Ubisoft has today announced the cancellation of its free-to-play spin-off of The Division series, The Division Heartland. The move arrives as part of a bigger restructuring within the French publisher that's...

    • Ubisoft
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • The Division
  • News Superb PS5, PS4 Brawler Street Fighter 6 Is Getting a Big Balance Update

    The good fight

    Capcom’s knockout brawler Street Fighter 6 is getting some big balance changes alongside the release of Akuma on 22nd May. A brand-new trailer, embedded above, teases the tweaks, with the headline being a new wakeup Drive Reversal mechanic. This effectively gives you a new tool to counter combos, especially when you’re trapped in...

    • Capcom
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Street Fighter
    • Updates
  • News Mortal Kombat 2 Movie Sequel Punches Up October 2025 Release Date

    Two-sty!

    Mortal Kombat 2, the imaginatively-titled sequel to the 2021 live-action movie, is on the way, and it now has a firm theatrical release date. As reported by Variety, the film will be available to watch in IMAX from 24th October, 2025. The sequel is being directed by Simon McQuoid, who also directed the first film, while writing duties fall...

    • Warner Bros
    • Mortal Kombat
    • Movies
    • Release Dates

Tuesday14th May 2024

  • News Sony: The Future Is Incredibly Bright for PlayStation

    Company to outline long-term vision later this month

    Sony has replaced outgoing CEO Jim Ryan with an all-star tag-team partnership: Hermen Hulst will lead PS Studios and its intellectual property, while Hideaki Nishino will focus on hardware and services. The pair, together, will be tasked with leading PlayStation into a new era, as PS5 enters the...

    • Sony
    • Industry
  • News Sony Committed to Better First-Party Games, 'Richer' Experiences, More PS5 Users

    All part of a three-year plan

    Sony is focusing on expanding its PS5 install base, the "enhancement of first-party software and PC deployment", and giving players "richer gaming experiences" as part of a three-year plan detailed in its latest financial results. The mid-term focus was quickly covered during the earnings call, revealing that Sony is...

    • Sony
    • PS5
  • News Final Fantasy 16, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Fail to Meet Expectations on PS5

    Foamstars also not setting the world alight

    Square Enix announced earlier this week that it will aggressively pursue a more multiformat-focused strategy, after its big PS5 console exclusives failed to meet expectations. According to Bloomberg journalist Takashi Mochizuki, sales of Final Fantasy 16 did open in line with the company’s targets –...

    • Square Enix
    • PS5
    • Final Fantasy
    • Foamstars
  • News PS5, PC Live Service Concord Will Launch in 2024

    Expect much more information soon

    Concord, the PS5 and PC shooter from new Sony team Firewalk Studios, will deploy in 2024 – at least, that’s the plan according to a business briefing from the Japanese giant. While the firm notes that release schedules are always subject to change, it included the title’s tentative launch window in a live...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PC
    • Concord
  • News Hermen Hulst, Hideaki Nishino Replace Jim Ryan As PlayStation CEOs

    Tag-team time

    As the ol’ Spice Girls song goes: two become one. PlayStation has decided to replace Jim Ryan with two executives: Hermen Hulst, the former Guerrilla managing director and current PS Studios chief, will lead a newly named Studio Business Group unit, which will oversee all of the Japanese giant’s first-party studios, as well as its...

    • Sony
    • Industry
    • Business
    • Hermen Hulst
    • Hideaki Nishino
  • News PS5 Sales Reach 59.3 Million as Sony Falls Just Short of Fiscal Year Forecast

    Happy new (financial) year

    The PS5 is doing fantastically overall, although the console's results for the final quarter of Sony's fiscal year 2023 means it's fallen slightly behind the company's already-lowered forecast. The machine managed to ship 4.5 million units in the three-month period ending 31st March, 2024, bringing its total for FY23 to...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Hardware
    • Sales
  • News PS Plus Revenue Is on the Up Following 2022's Multi-Tiered Overhaul

    That's a nice extra

    PS Plus is back on the rise after a slightly rocky time following the service's big overhaul in 2022. As per Sony's latest financial results, the network services category — which comprises revenue from PS Plus and advertising — is up quarter-on-quarter and year-on-year, meaning it's comfortably improved since moving to the...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Plus
  • News PS Portal Still Going Strong, Demand in USA Exceeds Supply

    The handheld that could

    Sony's handheld streaming device, the PS Portal, continues to defy the company's expectations as it's revealed demand for the machine has "exceeded supply for several months" in the USA. Responding to a question on Twitter, executive director at Circana (formerly NPD) Mat Piscatella said that while Sony isn't shifting...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS Portal
  • News Helldivers 2 on PS5, PC Is Sony's Fastest Selling Game of All Time

    Did you do your part?

    This author’s got to put his hands up: there are Slack chat records of me saying Helldivers 2 would be a total and utter sales flop. As it happens, the release has now cemented itself as Sony’s fastest selling first-party title of all time, netting 12 million units in 12 weeks across PS5 and PC, accurate as of 5th May. That...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PC
    • Helldivers
  • News Live-Action Tomb Raider Series Officially Ordered by Amazon Prime Video

    Written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge

    We kind of already knew about this, thanks to a report from last year, but now it's all official. Amazon Prime Video has greenlit a live-action Tomb Raider TV series, with Phoebe Waller-Bridge attached as writer and executive producer. Here's the official post on the Tomb Raider site. Waller-Bridge is an actor and...

    • Amazon
    • Crystal Dynamics
    • Tomb Raider
    • TV
    • Announcements
  • News UK Sales Charts: Indie Hit Sea of Stars Breaks into a Top 10 Full of Juggernauts

    Just about

    Developer Sabotage Studio and iam8bit have teamed up to bring the beloved Sea of Stars to physical retail, and it's squeaked into a top 10 that's otherwise filled with the games you'd expect. Debuting at number 10, it's a pretty solid result for the delayed physical release of a small, throwback RPG, but obviously it'll struggle to really...

    • UK
    • Sales
    • Charts
    • PS5
    • PS4
  • Mini Review Paper Trail (PS5) – Unique Origami-Style Puzzles Set in a Gorgeous World

    Fold the line

    Paper Trail is a puzzle game which takes a simple premise, folding and unfolding paper, to create a unique experience. You play from the perspective of Paige, a young woman who leaves home to pursue her academic dreams whilst meeting some weird and wonderful characters along the way. One of the first things you’ll notice about Paper...

    • Reviews
    • Newfangled Games
    • PS5
    • Paper Trail
    • Mini Reviews
  • News Sony Attracting More PSN Users Year-on-Year Despite Quarterly Dip

    An extra 10 million online players

    Sony's online PSN service is growing year-on-year at the moment, as 118 million monthly active users for the Q4 period of fiscal year 2023 represents an increase of 10 million compared to Q4 FY2022. The result beats all totals in the past fiscal year, with the only blemish on the record being it could have been...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PSN
  • News Free-to-Play Battle Royale Party Game Stumble Guys Is Now Available on PS5, PS4

    Fall in

    Stumble Guys, a free-to-play, Fall Guys-like knockout platformer, is now available to download and play on both PS5 and PS4. Check out the trailer above to get an idea of what to expect. Structurally, the game is very similar to Mediatonic's smash hit battle royale party game; tens of players go through numerous varied rounds, each one...

    • Scopely
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Stumble Guys
  • News Asymmetrical Horror Dead by Daylight Goes 10-Player on PS5, PS4, Adds Castlevania and Dungeons & Dragons

    The Casting of Frank Stone also debuts new trailer

    Enormous asymmetrical horror outing Dead by Daylight is showing no signs of slowing, with its eighth anniversary ushering in some enormous collaborations. Dungeons & Dragons is the latest intellectual property to invade the series, with an upcoming expansion adding iconic villain Vecna as a new...

    • Behaviour
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Dead by Daylight
    • The Casting of Frank Stone
  • News Former XCOM, Midnight Suns Devs Form New Studio to Take on The Sims

    Making a new "life sim" game

    Former developers of XCOM, Marvel's Midnight Suns, and The Sims have come together to form a new studio called Midsummer Games, all in the name of rivalling The Sims in the "life simulation" genre. Jake Solomon and Will Miller, best known for their work on Firaxis titles like Marvel's Midnight Suns and XCOM, founded the...

    • Midsummer Studios
    • Industry
  • News Crossplay in Ghost of Tsushima Co-Op on PC Starts as a Beta

    Fully playable on Steam Deck

    When it launches on PC later this week, the online co-op Legends mode in Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut will carry a beta tag when you wish to play with PS5, PS4 friends via crossplay. Rather than the final version of what port specialist Nixxes Software intends to ship, the developer is soliciting feedback so it can...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PC
    • Ghost of Tsushima
  • News MultiVersus' Joker Looks Like a Hoot on PS5, PS4

    Powerpuff Girls teased yet again

    MultiVersus will get its big re-release later this month, and it’ll be bringing a brand-new character to the brawl: the Joker, voiced by Mark Hamill. Following the character’s initial cinematic unveiling, here’s a better look at his gameplay, along with some unique dialogue between him and his face-painted bae,...

    • Warner Bros
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • MultiVersus
    • Trailers
  • News Monster Hunter Series Tops 100 Million Sales Milestone

    World sells 25 million, Rise at 15 million

    The Monster Hunter franchise from Capcom continues to go from strength to strength as the publisher has announced the series has now sold over 100 million copies across its many entries. Fuelled by recent entries like World and Rise, it sits in prime position to capitalise on the series' growing popularity...

    • Capcom
    • Monster Hunter
    • Sales