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Sunday7th Jun 2026
News Konami's New Castlevania Casts a Curse on PS5 This October
Just in time for Halloween
You’ll get your fix of Castlevania ahead of the holidays, as Konami has attached a 15th October release date to Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse. The game, first announced during Sony’s State of Play in February, marks the first new game in Konami’s storied franchise since 2014. And it looks like it’s been well...
- Konami
- PS5
- Castlevania
- Release Dates
News First-Person Soulslike Valor Mortis Adds to PS5's September of Dread
You're already dead
The highly anticipated first-person Soulslike Valor Mortis is just another game you’ll have to contend with coming to the PS5 on 24th September. To put things into perspective: Control Resonant, Silent Hill: Townfall, and Hot Wheels: Infinite Rush are all currently scheduled to come out on the same day. That’s not to...
- Lyrical Games
- PS5
- Valor Mortis
- Release Dates
News DOOM: The Dark Ages' Campaign DLC Looks Sick, and It's Out Very Soon on PS5
What a Revelations
DOOM: The Dark Ages' long-promised DLC has been fully revealed, and not to be confused with Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, it's called DOOM: The Dark Ages - Revelations. The big news here is that it's out very soon indeed — it's just a month off, releasing for PS5 on the 7th July. The above trailer makes it look like a rather...
- Bethesda
- PS5
- DOOM
- Release Dates
- Trailers
News Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy's PS5 Release Date Narrowly Avoids September Madness
But it's basically part of it, let's be real
There are so many games releasing in September, I’m genuinely considering taking a lie down in a bath tub full of water with my plugged in toaster. No but seriously, while the prequel Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy is coming out on 27th August, it’s so close to the September madness that it’s...
- Focus Entertainment
- PS5
- A Plague Tale
- Release Dates
News Magicians: The Devil's Deal Takes BioShock and Blends It with Houdini for PS5
Got your card
One of the cooler announcements at today’s Xbox Showcase was Magicians: The Devil’s Deal, an awkwardly named first-person shooter that looks like a blend of BioShock and Houdini. Looking at the trailer, the game appears to swap out guns and grenades for card tricks, allowing you to affect the world in a variety of interesting...
- Focus Entertainment
- PS5
- Magicians: The Devil's Deal
- Announcements
News Koei Tecmo Just Can't Stop Making Action RPGs, Announces Wo Long 2 for PS5
Releasing early 2027
It feels like Nioh 3 only just released, but that hasn't stopped publisher Koei Tecmo from announcing another action RPG sequel. This time, it's the hectic Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty that's getting a successor, with Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember confirming an 'early 2027' launch on PS5. Much like the first game, there seems to be a...
- Koei Tecmo
- PS5
- Wo Long
- Trailers
News All Your Favourite PS5 Live Service Games Are Getting Big Updates
Everything you need to know
It wouldn’t be an Xbox Showcase without update trailers for a variety of different Microsoft owned games, almost all of which are available on the PS5. We’re talking Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, The Elder Scrolls Online, Age of Empires – you name it, they’re all here. Rather than split all this stuff up,
- Xbox Game Studios
- Bethesda
- PS5
- Updates
News 'Impeccable' Sci-Fi Horror Cronos Adds New PS5 Story DLC This Year
"Experience a faster, more aggressive style of combat"
Fans of last year’s Cronos: The New Dawn – the Bloober Team sci-fi horror we described as “impeccable” in our review – will be excited to learn that a new slice of story-focused DLC is planned for later this year. Cronos: Lazarus, as the DLC is named, promises to put you in “the...
- Bloober Team
- PS5
- Cronos: The New Dawn
- DLC
News Create Your Own Cult in the Tongue-in-Cheek PS5 Survival Game Join Us
Cult of the man
Developer Wolf Haus Games has announced its cult-'em-up survival game, Join Us, is heading for consoles (as well as PC) in March 2027, and that includes PS5. Here's the trailer: Join Us is a survival action game that can be played solo or in up to four-player co-op. You're tasked with building up a cult from scratch, recruiting...
- Wolf Haus Games
- PS5
- Join Us
- Announcements
- Trailers
News Metro 2039 Returns to the Series' Horror Roots in February 2027 on PS5
Check out the new trailer
Developer 4A Games has shared a fresh look at Metro 2039, its upcoming new entry in the Metro series, and it's looking very dark and very spooky. Check out the new trailer below, which includes some more footage of gameplay: The original game, Metro 2033, was a linear survival horror FPS, and it seems that 2039 has a...
- Deep Silver
- PS5
- Metro 2039
- Trailers
News Sea of Thieves Season 20 Puts You at the Helm with Custom Seas Mode on PS5
Make your own fun
Sea of Thieves is introducing Custom Seas, a new set of tools that allow players to turn the online pirate game into whatever they want. Launching as part of Season 20 on 18th June, here's a trailer that gives an overview of what you can do: Custom Seas will let you make your own modes, or spawn in whatever objects and enemies...
- Xbox Game Studios
- PS5
- Sea of Thieves
- Updates
News Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Guns for ARC Raiders with Tense PS5 Extraction Mode
Many will infil, not many will exfil
Xbox closed out its press conference earlier today with a look at Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4’s extraction mode, DMZ. This is one of those “fake gamer” trailers, with overlaid dialogue meant to make it seem like a real person is playing. But it looks like a massive improvement over Activision’s...
- Activision
- PS5
- Call of Duty
- Trailers
News Yep, Minecraft Dungeons 2 Is Coming to PS5 in September
Bricking it
Jot another one down for September, officially the busiest month in PS5 (and, let’s be real, PlayStation) history. This time it’s Minecraft Dungeons 2, the more action orientated take on the brick-stacking franchise. The blurb reads: “Prepare to brave the unknown – Minecraft Dungeons 2 arrives on September 29, 2026! Drop the...
- Mojang
- PS5
- Minecraft
- Release Dates
Saturday6th Jun 2026
News Godzilla vs GTA 6: Retro Remake Makes PlayStation Debut on PS5 This November
A first time for everything
A big story of both State of Play and Summer Game Fest is that no games want to go head-to-head with GTA 6. We’ve seen software evacuate November entirely, which has resulted in ridiculous crowding throughout September and early October. But a remaster of 2002’s
- Atari
- PS5
- Godzilla
- Announcements
Reaction Some PS5 Fans Think SGF Showed Sony Losing Its Grip on Third-Parties
After major franchises skip State of Play
I thought yesterday’s Summer Game Fest was a brilliant broadcast for PS5 owners, and when paired with the State of Play, demonstrated Sony’s impressive command of the industry at large. I wasn’t counting, but to my memory there were only a handful of games during Geoff Keighley’s event not targeting...
- Sony
- PS5
- State of Play
- Summer Game Fest
- Reaction
The right thing to do
Bungie is never far away from a blunder, but I’m not entirely sure where the buck stops with this latest oversight. To cut a long story short, the dev is currently running a free trial week for first-person shooter Marathon, designed to coincide with its Season 2 update. Those who downloaded the trial noticed they could...
- Bungie
- PS5
- Marathon
Poll How Would You Rate Summer Game Fest 2026?
Share your thoughts on Keighley's show
E3 is over, but Geoff Keighley truly is everlasting. He's once again taken his E3 substitute, Summer Game Fest, to the LA streets, promising two hours of new game reveals and announcements. This year, his big things were Final Fantasy VII Revelation, Resident Evil Veronica, Gen Atlas, and Stellar Blade: Blood...
- PS5
- Summer Game Fest
- Polls
- Features
News PSVR2 Fave Arizona Sunshine Sheds Virtual Reality, Goes Third-Person on PS5
Buddy boy
I suppose the easiest way for Vertigo Games to decouple shooter Arizona Sunshine from PSVR2 would have been to just re-release it as a flat-screen FPS. In some ways, it’s gone the extra-mile with this third-person version then. Frustratingly for our game database, this new game is called Arizona Sunshine; the old versions have been...
- Vertigo Games
- PS5
- Arizona Sunshine
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 636
Summer dreamin'
We're deep into not-E3 week right now, so there's more gaming news than usual floating around. But when you're not reading about upcoming games, hopefully you're playing some upcoming ones. Here's what we're playing. Jamie O'Neill: WB Games Montréal's 2022 Gotham Knights is still my current game of choice. I like playing as Red...
- Talking Point
- PS5
- PS4
- What Are You Playing
- Features
News The Alters Gets Over 20 Hours of New Content in Last Variable DLC
Out for PS5 on 13th July
The Alters will receive more than 20 hours of additional content when its first expansion, Last Variable, drops onto PS5 next month. The DLC follows an elderly Jan Scientist who stayed behind to pursue a "life-defining research opportunity". The fresh content explores this through "new mechanics, an underground base to...
- 11 Bit Studios
- PS5
- The Alters
- DLC
News This New Digital Eclipse Joint Could Be the Coolest Retro Compilation for PS5 Yet
Barbieee, cool
Digital Eclipse has made its name making digital museums for retro games like Atari 50 and the Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection, but I love its approach with Barbie Rewind. Rather than a virtual gallery, this is presented as a pixel art PlayHouse, where you’ll be able to decorate Barbie’s home with furniture and accessories from...
- Atari
- PS5
- PS4
- Barbie Rewind
- Announcements
News The Sinking City 2 Hands PS5 Detective Horror This August
Demo out now on Steam
Don't worry, developer Frogwares is avoiding the September 2026 release calendar by positioning The Sinking City 2 in August, on 18th August 2026 to be precise. The studio announced the release date today as part of the Future Games Show, and you can catch the accompanying trailer above. That means you'll be playing the full...
- Frogwares
- PS5
- The Sinking City
- Release Dates
News Zenless Zone Zero v3.0 Adds New City, New Form, and Free Pulls on PS5
Update arrives on 17th June
An entirely new city, and all the subsequent activities that entails, will debut when Zenless Zone Zero’s free v3.0 update arrives on 17th June. With the stakes ever-rising for Phaethon, the protagonist will finally unlock their combat alter-ego Pyoris in this version, with its full Mindscape and signature W-Engine set...
- HoYoverse
- PS5
- Zenless Zone Zero
- Updates
Friday5th Jun 2026
Guide All PS Plus Games Available Now
Every PS Plus game, updated in one place
We’re tracking every PS Plus game available now, so you always know exactly what’s included in your tier of Sony’s subscription service. This page lists all current PS Plus Essential, PS Plus Extra, and
- Guides
- PS Plus
- PS5
- PS4
Guide What Time Is Summer Game Fest 2026 Livestream?
All the dates, times, and details you need
The summer season of gaming news and reveals is fast approaching, and Summer Game Fest from Geoff Keighley will generally always be the centrepiece. Sony, Microsoft, and perhaps Nintendo will also host livestreams around the event, with Keighley being the main multiplatform destination. Below, we'll cover...
- Guides
- Summer Game Fest
News PS Plus Adds This Iconic RPG to Extra's Catalogue in September
This one's got scale
It was officially announced during State of Play earlier this week, and now we have a release date: iconic RPG series RuneScape will make its console debut on the PS5 with survival game Dragonwilds on 15th September. As previously reported, th
- Jagex
- PS5
- PS Plus
- RuneScape
- Release Dates
Live Watch Summer Game Fest 2026 Here
Final Fantasy 7? Crazy Taxi? Keighley's shoes!
State of Play not enough fun in the sun for you? Geoff Keighley is back with another edition of his sizzling summer shindig, Summer Game Fest. This year's instalment promises another two hours of unveilings, with everything from the third instalment in Square Enix's Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy...
- Summer Game Fest
- PS5
- Live
- Live Chat
- Features
News Resident Evil Veronica Confirmed for PS5, Out in 2027
Capcom's latest Resident Evil remake is official
It's been rumoured, and now it's official: Capcom is remaking Resident Evil: Code Veronica for PS5, and it's coming out in 2027. The remake has dropped the "Code" from the title to make it Resident Evil Veronica. Watch the reveal trailer above. Resident Evil Veronica is a remake of 2000's Resident...
- Capcom
- PS5
- Resident Evil
- Announcements
News Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 Named Revelation, Job System Gameplay Blows Minds
Spring 2027 release
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation... it does have a nice ring to it. This is the official name of the third game in Square Enix's remade trilogy, and as many fans speculated, it's very open. Cloud and the party have access to the Highwind airship here, which allows you to zip all around the world. You can then jump off the vehicle...
- Square Enix
- PS5
- Final Fantasy
- Trailers
News Stellar Blade: Blood Rain Is the PS5 Sequel You've Been Waiting For
Early in development
Shift Up has officially unveiled its Stellar Blade follow-up, and it's packing a new protagonist and a melee-based combat system. It's called Stellar Blade: Blood Rain, it's early in development, and you can catch the debut trailer above. Stellar Blade: BLOOD RAIN marks the next chapter in the acclaimed action adventure...
- Shift Up
- PS5
- Stellar Blade
- Announcements
News Crossfire Is a Single Player PS5 Shooter with Soul from Ex-Naughty Dog Devs
Friends close, enemies closer
What if the next military shooter didn’t have to be beige? That’s the question Crossfire attempts to answer, a PS5 third-person shooter from ex-Naughty Dog and Infinity Ward devs. The pitch is simple: “Enemy operators, Layla and Cross, must form a fraught alliance against a lethal threat neither could overcome...
- Smilegate
- PS5
- Crossfire
- Announcements
News Unlike Other Sony Exclusives, Wolverine PS5 Will Launch with New Game Plus Day One
"Our goal was to make the second time as fun as the first"
In games like Ghost of Yotei and even Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Sony’s had success adding New Game Plus several weeks after release. I think the idea here is to give players an incentive to hold onto their game; the feature tends to be added alongside new content and Trophies, designed to...
- Sony
- PS5
- Marvel's Wolverine
News Star Wars Strategy Game Zero Company Confirmed for August on PS5
New trailer at SGF
It's already known Star Wars Zero Company is at Summer Game Fest on Friday with a new gameplay trailer, but Dealabs leaker Billbil-Kun has blown its spot by sharing more important details relating to its release online. According to the leaker, the title will release just ahead of the packed September 2026 release
- EA
- PS5
- Star Wars
- Release Dates
But games must reach large audiences, too
A new interview from Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has shed a little more light on its approach to exclusivity, even though the company still seems confused. The back-and-forth with Bloomberg is actually a brilliant listen, with some genuinely hard hitting questions from journalist Emily Chang, who’d clearly done...
- Microsoft
- Xbox
- PS5
- Asha Sharma
News 'We Are So Back': Helldivers 2 Dev Lays Out Plans to Improve Game
Hell yeah
Helldivers 2 has certainly not fallen off by any stretch of the imagination, but it’s moving into the next phase of its lifecycle, where its all about keeping players – both old and new – engaged. The studio promised recently to improve its communication with players, and it started that process today with a huge Steam blogpost that...
- Sony
- PS5
- PC
- Helldivers
News Gen Atlas Is ICO, The Last Guardian Creator's Next Game
Formally known as Project Robot
First revealed as Project Robot, the next title from ICO, Shadow of the Colossus, and The Last Guardian creator Fumito Ueda has been confirmed as Gen Atlas. Catch the full trailer above. "gen ATLAS is a single-player, open-world action-adventure game. Without knowing why, you awaken on an abandoned planet. Before you...
- Epic Games
- PS5
- Gen Atlas
News God of War Laufey Voted Best PS5 Game at State of Play
Wolverine not far behind
So, Sony's latest State of Play broadcast ended up being pretty good — and I reckon a lot of that perception is simply down to how many high quality games were on display. But out of all those PS5 games, which one really got you going? Which one stole the show? Yesterday, I put together a cheeky
- Sony
- PS5
- State of Play
News Mighty Cuphead Adventure Is a Retro Action Platformer for PS5 and... SEGA Master System
Yes, really
Mighty Cuphead Adventure is a brand new game from Studio MDHR, and it's a retro action platformer that's about as authentic as it gets. You can check out the teaser trailer below: It's a side-scrolling game in which you run, jump, and shoot your way through an 8-bit adventure. It's coming to modern consoles and PC, but what's...
- Studio MDHR
- PS5
- Mighty Cuphead Adventure
- Announcements
News PlatinumGames Revives Gritty Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Game The Last Ronin
Now we're talking
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin — a dark and gritty take on the classic franchise — has been re-announced... and this time, the action game specialists at PlatinumGames are at the helm. You may remember that The Last Ronin was originally revealed back in 2023 via a very brief teaser trailer. The project fell...
- Paramount Games Studios
- PS5
- TMNT
- Trailers
"You are lacking in kung-fu"
A full-length Virtua Fighter Showcase will take place imminently, and I’ll bring you all the news from that in an updated article later. But for now here’s a look at Virtua Fighter Crossroads’ cinematic story mode, introducing fan favourite character Pai Chan. RGG Studio, the team behind the Yakuza games, is...
- SEGA
- PS5
- Virtua Fighter
- Trailers
The future is now
Alright Rebel Wolves, let's just calm down. I know The Blood of Dawnwalker's got a lot of hype behind it right now, but teasing the future of the franchise before the first game's even out is a bit mad. Don't get me wrong, Dawnwalker looks great based on everything that's been shown — and its new trailer is no different — but...
- Bandai Namco
- PS5
- Dawnwalker
- Trailers
News Alien Isolation 2 Unveiled in First Teaser Trailer
Your first glimpse
We have known Alien Isolation 2 is in development for some time, but now Creative Assembly has put out some debut footage. It gives us a sense of the general setting for the sequel, as well as the horror themes and mechanics returning from the excellent first game. There's no date attached yet, but the fact that we know Alien...
- SEGA
- PS5
- Alien
News Blood Message Is Poised to Deliver the Most Beautiful Single Player Story on PS5
Don't stab the messenger
Chinese juggernaut NetEase basically has infinite money, and with Blood Message, you’re basically seeing the cash pour out of the screen. This new trailer is pretty much all cinematics, but the single player story game will be playable by press at SGF this week, so it’s not all smoke and mirrors. Not sure what’s...
- NetEase
- PS5
- Blood Message
- Trailers
News Crimson Desert Has Pinball After PS5 Patch 1.10, Because of Course It Does
Plus an Orb Roll minigame
Crimson Desert studio Pearl Abyss must have seen my article covering the game's 1.08 update, because at this point, it really is just adding new features and mechanics for the fun of it. Having downloaded today's new patch 1.10 on PS5, you'll be able to play a pinball minigame within the open worlder. You shall find the...
- Pearl Abyss
- PS5
- Crimson Desert
- Updates
News Stranger Than Heaven Confirms January 2027 Release Date and... Tupac
Stranger and stranger
Just weeks after its big Xbox showcase, Stranger Than Heaven has returned to give us a proper release date. As promised, it launches for PS5 this coming winter, on the 15th January 2027. But that's not the biggest talking point here... No, the real shocker is that, somehow, Tupac is in the game. Well, obviously not the man...
- SEGA
- PS5
- Stranger Than Heaven
- Release Dates
- Trailers
News Hot Wheels: Infinite Rush Is Official, an Open World Racer on PS5 This September
Don't toy with me
One of the most reliable video game leakers, billbil-kun, has revealed the existence of a new, unannounced Hot Wheels game. Likely to be announced during Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest showcase in a matter of hours, the game is reportedly named Hot Wheels Infinite Rush, and it's developed by Milestone — the same team that ma
- Milestone
- PS5
- Hot Wheels
- Announcements
- Trailers
News Wolverine PS5 Cuts Through the Crowd, Tops PS Store Pre-Order Charts
Didn't take long
It took less than a day for Marvel’s Wolverine to impale the competition and shoot straight to the top of the PS Store pre-order charts. Insomniac’s new game has overtaken Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 in the US and UK, as well other regions like Spain. As is usually the case, it’s the more expensive Deluxe Edition that’s...
- Sony
- PS5
- Marvel's Wolverine
News Attack on Titan 3 Looks Like the Ultimate Adaptation, Covers the Full Story on PS5
Keep moving forward
In my humble opinion, 2018's Attack on Titan 2 is one of the best anime-based adaptations of the last decade — and so I'm going nuts over the announcement of Attack on Titan 3. Once again published by Koei Tecmo and developed by Omega Force, this is set to be a direct continuation of the video game series, with a focus on the...
- Koei Tecmo
- PS5
- Attack on Titan
- Trailers
News 007 First Light Teases New Mission and Lots of Updates in First Year of Post-Launch Support
Nice work, Bond
IO Interactive has announced the first post-launch chapter coming to 007 First Light, and on top of that has revealed its roadmap for Year One of support. Here's the teaser trailer for what's to come: "The King of Aleph needs MI6 and has personally requested Bond's help," reads the description. It seems we'll be heading back to...
- IO Interactive
- PS5
- 007 First Light
- Updates
News This Single Player PS5 Action RPG Draws from the Strange Tales of Chinese Literature
It's on like Kong Kong Zi
I know it can sometimes feel like there’s a new Chinese action RPG announced every other week, but Sword of Legends sure has potential. First announced back at Gamescom Opening Night Live last August, this game is the first title in the long-running Gujian
- Aurogon Shanghai
- PS5
- Sword of Legends
- Trailers
