TodaySat, 18th May 2024

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  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...

  • 2h ago
  • Talking Point
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • What Are You Playing
  • Features

YesterdayFri, 17th May 2024

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  225

  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,

  • 18h ago
  • PS Store
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Release Dates
  • Guides
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  151

  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...

  • 1d ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • PS4
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  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...

  • 1d ago
  • Ubisoft
  • PS5
  • Skull and Bones
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  41

  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...

  • 23h ago
  • Guides
  • God of War
  • Features
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  109

  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...

  • 19h ago
  • Microsoft
  • Activision
  • Call of Duty
  • Industry
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  29

  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...

  • 1d ago
  • Square Enix
  • Industry
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  39

  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...

  • 1d ago
  • Rockstar Games
  • PS5
  • Grand Theft Auto
  • GTA
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  74

  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...

  • 22h ago
  • Sony
  • PC
  • Ghost of Tsushima
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  24

  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...

  • 1d ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Helldivers
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  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

  • 1d ago
  • Warner Bros
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • MultiVersus
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  33

  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...

  • 1d ago
  • 2K Games
  • Summer Game Fest
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  25

  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...

  • 15h ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Stellar Blade
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  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...

  • 1d ago
  • Absurd Ventures
  • Industry
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  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...

  • 1d ago
  • Take-Two
  • Industry
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  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...

  • 1d ago
  • Deep Silver
  • PS5
  • Undisputed
  • Release Dates
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  15

  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...

  • 17h ago
  • Epic Games
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Fortnite
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  15

  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...

  • 1d ago
  • Activision Blizzard
  • Industry
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  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...

  • 19h ago
  • Thunderful
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • SteamWorld Heist 2
  • Trailers

Thursday16th May 2024

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  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...

  • 2d ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • PS2
  • PS Store
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  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...

  • 2d ago
  • Sony
  • Microsoft
  • Industry
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  41

  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...

  • 2d ago
  • Guides
  • PS5
  • GTA 6
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  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...

  • 2d ago
  • Reviews
  • 11 Bit Studios
  • PS5
  • Indika
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  70

  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...

  • 2d ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Horizon
  • LEGO
  • Rumours
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  80

  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...

  • 2d ago
  • Ubisoft
  • PS5
  • Assassin's Creed
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  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...

  • 2d ago
  • Bethesda
  • PS5
  • Hi-Fi Rush
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  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...

  • 2d ago
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Summer Game Fest
  • Events
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  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...

  • 2d ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • PS1
  • PS Plus
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  27

  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...

  • 2d ago
  • Japan
  • Sales
  • Charts
  • PS5
  • PS4
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  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...

  • 2d ago
  • Ubisoft
  • PS5
  • Assassin's Creed
  • DLC
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  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...

  • 2d ago
  • Toys for Bob
  • Crash Bandicoot
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  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...

  • 2d ago
  • Mintrocket
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Dave the Diver
  • DLC
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  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

  • 2d ago
  • Jyamma Games
  • PS5
  • Enotria
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  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...

  • 2d ago
  • Kuro Games
  • PS5
  • Wuthering Waves
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  35

  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...

  • 2d ago
  • Nexon
  • PS5
  • The Finals
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  12

  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,...

  • 2d ago
  • Epic Games
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Horizon Chase
  • Trailers
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  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...

  • 2d ago
  • EA Sports
  • PS5
  • EA Sports College Football 25
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  12

  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...

  • 2d ago
  • Deep Silver
  • PS5
  • Kingdom Come