News PlayStation Plus October 2018 Games Announced
5 PS4 titles up for grabs
News Sony Doubling Down on PSVR with 'Deeper Gaming' Experiences
Shuhei Yoshida planning bigger projects
News Minecraft's Better Together Update Could Yet Come to PS4
Cross-play conversation re-opened
News - 2018, Week 39
Monday1st Oct 2018
News UK Sales Charts: FIFA 19 Is Already the Biggest Game of the Year
But sales are down compared to 2018
FIFA 19 sprung Marvel Spider-Man’s offside trap to secure the biggest launch of 2018 in the UK – even though physical sales are down 25 per cent year-over-year. It’s worth remembering that GfK Chart-Track only takes into account physical sales right now, so the digital data may skew matters somewhat. The...
Sunday30th Sep 2018
News Minecraft's Better Together Update Could Yet Come to PS4
Cross-play conversation re-opened
Fortnite wasn’t the first game to start the cross-play conversation: it was actually Minecraft. You may remember Microsoft announcing the Better Together update for every system but the PlayStation 4, because back then the Japanese giant wasn’t playing ball. It’s slowly opening up its do
News Rocket League Cross-Play Seems Likely on the PS4
Open goal
Now that Sony’s opened its doors to cross-play on the PlayStation 4, another title seems likely to jump aboard. Rocket League, which is one of the games that the Japanese giant’s previous policy blocked, is looking like it’ll support players across Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PS4 soon, as
Saturday29th Sep 2018
Review CREED: Rise to Glory - Should Have Been a Knockout
Sun’s out, guns out
Boxing seems like a perfect area for virtual reality to explore. The tactile nature of beating the pulp out of another person seems ripe for the medium, and there have been relatively few PlayStation VR boxing forays thus far, making CREED: Rise to Glory stand out a little more than it otherwise might. CREED is a tie-in to the...
Guide New PS4 Games Releasing in October 2018
Every upcoming PlayStation 4 release date in October 2018
What new PS4 games are coming out in October 2018? Perhaps a better question would be: what isn't releasing on the PlayStation 4 next month? There's no doubt that the biggest new title is Red Dead Redemption 2, but there's also Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, SoulCalibur VI, and Assassin's Creed...
News No, Enabling Cross-Play Isn't as Easy as People Like to Think, Says PlayStation Boss
Shawn Layden explains
You all know by now that Sony has changed its policy on cross-platform play, right? The bombshell dropped earlier in the week, but why did it take the company so long to implement the change? Well, according to PlayStation boss Shawn Layden, enabling cross-play isn't an easy process, despite what you may have read in comments...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 239
The stage of history
The nights are drawing in and the weather is getting colder, but the release calendar sure as hell is heating up. There are a metric ton of titles on the horizon, and we’re battling to get on top of them all. The question is: how are you keeping up? Robert Ramsey, Deputy Editor: You better believe I'm still polishing off...
Friday28th Sep 2018
News Sony Cancels PSX 2018 As It Looks Ahead to Next Year
"We don't want to set expectations really high"
As we expected, there’ll be no PlayStation Experience this year as Sony prepares itself for a mammoth 2019. Speaking on the latest episode of the PlayStation Blogcast podcast, bigwig Shawn Layden said that the company’s looking forward to 2019 with games like Dreams
News So, What Does the Spider-Man PS4 Collector's Edition Statue Look Like After All?
Spoilers!
Warning: This article features images of the Marvel's Spider-Man Collector's Edition statue, which contains spoilers. You may remember during the run up to the release of Marvel's Spider-Man that Insomniac Games refused to reveal the lower half of a statue included in the game's Collector's Edition. The studio wanted to keep the statue...
News Naughty Dog Releases The Last of Us: Part II's First Music
Gustavo Santaolalla's back
The Last of Us’ celebratory Outbreak Day is over, and our faces are still very much intact. Naughty Dog has, however, released Gustavo Santaolalla’s performance of the series’ iconic theme song, which will be used in The Last of Us: Part II: To be brutally honest, we don’t like this recording as much as the...
News Player Data Paints Damning Picture of Telltale's Efforts
Downward spiral
Telltale Games’ effective closure came as a shock to us all last week, but data shows that it’s been on a big decline since breakout hit The Walking Dead: Season One all the way back in 2012. The creators of True Trophies and True Ac
Poll Do You Care About Cross-Play Now That It's Available on PS4?
Cross your heart
So one of the biggest stories this week was that Sony has changed its policy on cross-play. It announced that it was holding a cross-play Fortnite beta on PlayStation 4, allowing users to match up with Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, PC, and Mac players. Quite the turnaround. Of course, Fortnite could just be the start...
Review Catastronauts - Intergalactic Overcooked Shouldn't Be Overlooked
Panic stations
It was only a matter of time before the Overcooked series inspired similarly chaotic co-operative experiences, and Catastronauts does a pretty good impersonation. Following the blueprint of Team 17's co-op cooking game fairly closely, Inertia Game Studios swaps kitchens for spaceships, creating a familiar experience that's not without...
News Spyro: Reignited Trilogy Continues to Look Great in 45 Minutes of PS4 Gameplay
Hype reignited
PlayStation Access is back with a meaty chunk of Spyro: Reignited Trilogy gameplay. Clocking in at 45 minutes, the video's stuffed with things to see, as the team plays through a level from each of the remade Spyro titles. This isn't the first time that we've seen the Reignited Trilogy in action on PlayStation 4, but it continues to...
Hands On Sekiro's Going to Be as Hard as You Fear - Or Hope
Samurai souls
Playable for the first time, FromSoftware’s ninja-action death frenzy Sekiro was the 2018 Tokyo Game Show’s hottest ticket. Sekiro sets out its threat in the subtitle: Shadows Die Twice. On the subject of death, we were reminded of a story by Pulitzer-winner Annie Proulx, in which she sees a goat after a family visit, representing...
News Days Gone Dev Says Infected Rather Than Traditional Zombies Makes a Huge Difference
Fighting the horde
Deacon St. John has his work cut out in Days Gone. The world Sony's Bend Studio is crafting contains thousands of infected baddies, and they're all out for blood. Speaking with Official PlayStation Magazine, the game's director John Garvin explained that having this type of enemy rather than regular, shuffling zombies makes a...
News So, Er, Skrillex Is Composing Kingdom Hearts III's Theme Song
Collaboration with singer songwriter Hikaru Utada
Here’s a headline we didn’t expect to write today: eight-time Grammy Award winner Skrillex is composing the theme song for Kingdom Hearts III alongside singer songwriter Hikaru Utada. If you are one of those nerd types who pretends to know nothing about popular culture, here’s an example of a...
Review Life Is Strange 2 - Episode 1: Roads Is Profoundly Political
A tale of two sons
Life Is Strange 2 is profoundly political, but that shouldn’t be a surprise. This is a tale about two Latino boys travelling across Trump’s America, and it plays out more or less exactly as you’d expect it to. The story’s much more grounded in reality than the original series ever was, and that means that it’s filled to...
News Fate/Extella Link Now Launches in Early 2019 on PS4, Vita
Action title delay confirmed
Dynasty Warriors-esque action title Fate/Extella Link has been hit with an inevitable delay in North America and Europe. The PlayStation 4 and PS Vita sequel to the really rather good Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star was due to launch in the second half of this year, but now publisher XSEED Games has confirmed that it's...
News SoulCalibur VI Network Test Is Live on PS4
Feel your soul burn
If you want to try SoulCalibur VI before it's released next month, then you may want to jump into the open network test that's now live on PlayStation 4. If you haven't downloaded it yet, then you can grab it from the PlayStation Store by using the search function. The test features ranked online battles, and has 15 playable...
Reminder SoulCalibur VI Open Beta Test Is Ready for Battle from Today on PS4
Download it now
"Welcome back to the stage of history." In case you'd forgotten, Bandai Namco is holding an open beta test for SoulCalibur VI this weekend. The beta features ranked online matches and a good selection of fighters to battle on various levels. It all kicks off today at 8am PDT / 11am EDT / 4pm BST. You can download the client right...
News Supermassive Games Is 'Going Nuts' with Range of Experiences in Dark Pictures Anthology
Has enough material "for about 800 years"
The Dark Pictures Anthology is a really intriguing project. Supermassive Games, the developer of spooky PS4 exclusive Until Dawn, will be producing smaller standalone games periodically, the first of which is the promising Man of Medan. In a new interview with VG24/7, the head of the studio Pete Samuels...
News Bungie Plans on Making Masterwork Cores More Plentiful in Destiny 2
Masterworking it out
One of the hot topics among the Destiny community right now is the availability of Masterwork Cores. These items are necessary for infusion -- the process of powering up equipment that you like using. However, Masterwork Cores are currently very hard to find or farm, meaning that infusion is a costly decision to make. Bungie...
Hands On The Best Indie Games at EGX 2018
Small but cool
While it’s the big blockbusters that always draw the largest crowds at conventions like EGX 2018, the most fun can usually be found nestled away in the deepest, darkest corners of Birmingham’s behemoth NEC, with indie games galore vying for… Well, any attention at all. This year’s show played host to approximately a billion...
Thursday27th Sep 2018
News The Witcher Spin-Off RPG Thronebreaker Gets Gameplay, Pricing
Queen me
[ Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales is a single player role-playing game from the team behind The Witcher 3, and it's due out on PlayStation 4 later this year, on the 4th December. But "single player role-playing game" doesn't really tell you much does it? Thankfully, GameSpot's just published 12 minutes of gameplay, so you can get an idea...
Review FIFA 19 - Well Drilled... Unlike Jose Mourinho's Man Utd Team
Good touch for a big lad
Spend just a few minutes with FIFA 19 and you'll wonder if EA has just re-released FIFA 18 with Champions League licensing. At first it can feel very familiar – more so than usual – but give it a couple of hours and you'll start picking up on all the little things, all the subtle improvements that EA Sports has carefully...
Soapbox Warhawk Is One of Sony's Greatest Online Success Stories
Sammy and Stephen remember a PS3 classic
Sony’s known for its single player, story games these days – but at the start of the PlayStation 3 era, that wasn’t necessarily the case. With the likes of Halo running amok on the Xbox and the PlayStation Network needing to establish itself, the platform holder pushed new multiplayer series like...
News Warhawk and More PS3 Games Latest to Suffer Sony's Online Server Purge
Clipping its wings
Sony is in the habit of shutting down online multiplayer on some games recently. Just this week, we heard news that the plug is being pulled on Drawn to Death in six months, and this follows a trend that also saw Gravity Rush 2, The Tomorrow Children, and Kill Strain lose their online features. Now,
Hands On Spyro Reignited Trilogy Is Fire for Fans and Fresh Faces Alike
Lit
Activision may draw the ire of gaming enthusiasts for its annual Call of Duty flagging and insidious Destiny expansion packs, but by the grace of Mark Cerny does Bobby Kotick and his boardroom know exactly what they’re doing. Enter the oft-requested Spyro Reignited Trilogy, three vibrant recreations of Insomniac Games’ legendary PSone...
News Fallout 76's B.E.T.A. Begins on 30th October for PS4
Bethesda plans to break the game
Dwellers will begin to emerge from Vault 76 on 30th October, when Fallout 76’s B.E.T.A. is scheduled to get underway. You’ll need an eligible pre-order in order to secure a Break-It Early Test Application, but even then servers won’t be running 24/7 according to publisher Bethesda: “They’ll be online during...
Deals Buy a Bunch of Dr Pepper and Get $20 PSN Credit
What's the worst that can happen?
We all know that gaming is at its best when enjoyed alongside a cold refreshing can of Dr Pepper, and Amazon Fresh is doing a deal whereby spending $10 on carbonated sugar-water will land you $20 of PlayStation Store credit free-of-charge. That’s actually, like, a surprisingly good deal – you can even choose 7Up...
News Fuji Speedway Arrives in Free Gran Turismo Sport Update
Plus nine new vehicles
Japan’s famous Fuji Speedway has been added to Gran Turismo Sport’s track roster as part of a free new update also featuring nine cars and a handful of fresh GT League events. “Following Fuji’s famed 1.5km straight, the first half is a high speed section consisting of tight corners, followed by a technical second half...
News Hitman 2 Goes Gold Ahead of November Release on PS4
Good work, 47
It's time to get yourself prepared for your next mission, agent. IO Interactive's follow-up to the excellent assassination sandbox Hitman has just gone gold, meaning the code is complete. Hitman 2 is almost ready for its release on 13th November. Currently, we only know of two confirmed locations for the sequel. The game was...
Wednesday26th Sep 2018
News PlayStation Plus October 2018 Games Announced
5 PS4 titles up for grabs
October 2018's PlayStation Plus games have been revealed, and it's a... Not-so-strong month for those subscribed to the service. At least, not as strong as previous months, which, to be fair, have been pretty crazy. The headline acts on PlayStation 4 are Laser League and Friday the 13th: The Game. 2064: Read Only Memories...
News Sony Doubling Down on PSVR with 'Deeper Gaming' Experiences
Shuhei Yoshida planning bigger projects
Our view is that PlayStation VR is at its best when it’s doing something new, but not everyone agrees. Read any message board or comments section and you’ll see consumers demanding more “traditional” gaming experiences for the device, and Sony looks poised to deliver that moving forwards. Rather than...
News Red Dead Redemption 2 Will Require 105GB of Storage Space
Yeehawww
Phew! You’re going to need a big ol’ hard drive in order to play Red Dead Redemption 2, as the hotly anticipated Western will require 105GB minimum. The tidbit is listed in small-print on the back of the recently announced PS4 Pro bundle’s box art; we assume that the additional data will be downloaded once you’ve installed the...
Review Laser League - Futuristic Sport in Dire Need of Fans
Laser tag
Republished on Wednesday 26th September 2018: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of October's PlayStation Plus lineup. The original text follows. At first glance, Laser League bares little resemblance to Roll7's previous work, but the similarities are there if you look below the surface. Like...
Back from the dead
After being leaked by both the Korean and North American rating boards, Konami has officially announced Castlevania Requiem, exclusively for PS4. The package brings the PlayStation classic Castlevania: Symphony of the Ni
News Castlevania Requiem Exclusive to PS4 Due to 'High Quality Port' Partnership with Sony
Konami gives a reason
Konami has kind-of-sort-of explained the reason why Castlevania Requiem is releasing exclusively on PlayStation 4. For those who don't already know, the title bundles two remastered games together: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, and Castlevania: Rondo of Blood. It was officially announced earlier today, but news of its PS4...
News The Last of Us Promotions Pledged for Outbreak Day
Soundtrack reveal incoming
It’s the 26th September, which officially marks Outbreak Day in The Last of Us lore. But while we don’t have to contend with the cordyceps virus in the real world, Naughty Dog is commemorating the occasion with a slew of giveaways, promotions, and other updates. Over the course of the day, it’ll release a bundle of...
News Marvel's Spider-Man PS4 Patch 1.06 Squashes Lots of Bugs and More
Spectacular
Still slinging webs across Manhattan in Marvel's Spider-Man? A new patch has arrived, taking the smash hit PS4 exclusive to version 1.06. It's just over 600MB, so it won't take you long to download before you can get back to beating up baddies. What does it do? Primarily, this update addresses a lot of bugs within the game, including...
News Japanese Sales Charts: Spider-Man PS4 Spends Third Week Straight at the Top
Amazing
Spider-Man is showing off his amazing spider-strength in Japan, where Marvel's Spider-Man has secured its third consecutive week at the top of the software charts. We can't remember the last time a Western-made title stuck around this long at number one, so Spidey's success is super impressive. The title now sits at 244,000 copies in Japan,...
News Naughty Dog Celebrates Outbreak Day with Lots of New The Last of Us Merchandise
T-shirts! Posters! Soundtracks!
Naughty Dog has lifted the lid on what it's been cooking up for Outbreak Day, and there are some excellent bits and pieces you can get your hands on. It had already unveiled some PSN avatars and a PS4 theme, but now you can take a look at a bunch of other merchandise. Included is a swanky new The Last of Us: Part II...
News Dragon Ball FighterZ Patch 1.12 Adds New Stage, DLC Support, Ranked Match Updates, and More
DLC drops on the 27th
The latest update for Dragon Ball FighterZ has hit PlayStation 4. It adds a brand new stage called Galactic Arena alongside new ranks for online ranked matches. Of course, it also paves the way for Cooler and Android 17, who are due to release on the 27th September. What's more, new Halloween-themed character costume colours...
News No Plans for Fallout 76 Cross-Play, Despite Todd Howard Blaming Sony
"Not on our radar right now"
There are no plans for cross-play in Fallout 76, despite Bethesda Game Studios boss Todd Howard blaming Sony for holding it back. The Japanese giant announced a new stance today, starting with a Fortnite beta which will allow PlayStation 4 owners to play with Nintendo Switch and Xbox One players. It indicated that
News Sony: Cross-Console Play a Major Policy Change
Looking to open up the platform
Sony wasn’t deflecting when it said it was exploring ways to support cross-console play on the PlayStation 4 – it was telling the truth. PlayStation president John Kodera has taken to the PlayStation Blog to announce an extended Fortnite beta which will allow you to play Epic Games’ gargantuan hit across the...
News Sony Bringing Cross-Console Play Beta to Fortnite Today
Play with Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, more
Sony said that it was “confident” of a cross-console play solution on the PlayStation 4, and it genuinely wasn’t lying. PlayStation president John Kodera has taken to the PlayStation Blog to announce an open beta for Fortnite, which will allow “cross-platform gameplay, progression, and commerce...
Hands On Ace Combat 7's Unknown Skies Are Reassuringly Familiar
Triggered
You can always rely on Ace Combat to bring a dose of melodrama to the war-torn skies of fictional states. Except it’s been four long years since the last instalment in the series – and even that was a shoddy free-to-play version for the PlayStation 3. No, you have to go back as far as 2011 for the last Ace Combat proper: the divisive...
News Check Out the First 15 Minutes of Geralt's Story Mode in SoulCalibur VI
A witcher's work
Veteran SoulCalibur player Kayane has uploaded 15 minutes of Soul Chronicle mode gameplay from Soulcalibur VI. Soul Chronicle, for those out of the loop, is the game's character-based story mode, with each playable fighter getting their own tale that's told through a series of battles. Guest character Geralt is the star of this...
News Fortnite Players on PS4 Can Now Login on Other Consoles
Full-scale account merging coming in November
It’s all change on the cross-play front, with Sony launching a Fortnite beta that will eventually open the doors for more PlayStation 4 games to interact with the Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. Of course, one of the big issues with Epic Games’ behemoth Battle Royale back at E3 2018 was that fans who...
News Select Red Dead Online Content to Be Timed Exclusive on PS4
Go West
Sony’s signed a marketing partnership with Rockstar Games for Red Dead Redemption 2, and it’s locked up timed exclusive Red Dead Online content as a result. Confirmed once again on the back of the recently announced PS4 Pro
News Ghost Town Games Is Teasing New Overcooked 2 Content for October
Delicious
The Overcooked games are a firm favourite when it comes to cooperative gaming, so whenever something new starts brewing, you know we'll be there to get a taster. Right now, it seems the developer, Ghost Town Games, is almost ready to reveal the first DLC for Overcooked 2, and it's looking very sunny indeed. Whatever it turns out to be,...
News DiRT Rally 2.0 Announced, Races to PS4 in February
Should be rally good
Just like that, DiRT Rally 2.0 has been announced for PlayStation 4, as became obvious yesterday. This is a direct follow up to the more simulation-focused offshoot of the DiRT series. It'll feature locations like New Zealand, Argentina, Spain, Poland, Australia, and the USA, and it sounds just as hardcore as the first game. As...
Tuesday25th Sep 2018
Review Valkyria Chronicles 4 - The Strategy Sequel We Waited a Decade For
The Art of War
Republished on the 25th September, 2018: We're bringing this review back to coincide with the launch of Valkyria Chronicles 4. The Valkyria Chronicles series is set during a low fantasy re-imagining of World War II, here called the Second Europan War. The topography of the Europan continent is only marginally different to our Europe,...
Hands On Team Sonic Racing Takes a Tailspin on PS4
Not-so super, Sonic
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed is, for our money, one of the few kart racers that deserves to be mentioned in the same sentence as Nintendo’s all-conquering Mario Kart series. The celebration of SEGA’s illustrious legacy not only revelled in ridiculous fan service (Burning Rangers, anyone?) but it also had a sharp...
News Drawn to Death Is Drawing Towards Death as Sony Warns of Server Shutdown
School's out
We always rather liked David Jaffe's online multiplayer shooter Drawn to Death, with its pen and paper art style and imaginative characters and weaponry. However, it seems Sony is ready to pull the plug on the game's servers, as it's wont to do with under-performing online titles. A fan fired up the game today, only to be presented...
News New Monster Hunter: World Quest Rewards Aloy Gamma Armour Set on PS4
Zero Dawn
Monster Hunter: World will once again be blessed by PlayStation's favourite redhead hero in the near future. Capcom has revealed that a new quest named The Heart of the Nora is coming to the game soon, and by competing it, you'll get your hands on a lovely Aloy Gamma armour set. Layered armour will also be added, so that you can dress up...
News Dragon Quest XI Must Sell Well in the West if Future Games Are to Make it Overseas, Says Square
Ah, the classic
We're not huge fans of publishers or developers telling everyone that their game has to sell well otherwise we'll never see a sequel, but in some cases we suppose that it's the truth. Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age launched on the PlayStation 4 in Europe and North America near the beginning of the month, and it was met...
News Footage of Telltale's Cancelled Stranger Things Game Leaks
Curiosity voyage
It’s now common knowledge that Telltale Games was working on an adaptation of Netflix’s Stranger Things, but with the studio gutted and the aforementioned project binned, footage is beginning to leak. PCGamesN found a bunch of short videos of early concepts, and you can find them through the link.
News Horizon: Zero Dawn Board Game Is Looking Great as Kickstarter Draws to a Close
Three days to go
A little while ago we reported on the official board game version of Horizon: Zero Dawn, but details were thin on the ground. Jumping onto its Kickstarter page now reveals a whole host of information regarding the tabletop adaptation of Guerrilla's latest and greatest. It's also comfortably met its goal three times over, but if you...
News Telltale Games Says There's Still Hope for The Walking Dead Final Season
Episodes 3 and 4 could still happen
The second episode of The Walking Dead: The Final Season launches tomorrow on PlayStation 4, but following news of Telltale Games' demise, the season's third and fourth episodes were effectively cancelled. It seemed as though fans would never get to see how the long running series ends, but in a rather miraculous...
Hands On Starlink: Battle for Atlas Shows Promise That Could Prove Costly
Toys to life
As a concept, it feels like Starlink: Battle for Atlas is three years late to the party. The toys to life fad died out a long time ago, and so to see a title basing itself around the act of collecting weapons and ships out in the real world in the year 2018 almost seems like a foolish business decision to us. We got a chance to sample...
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey Gets a Suitably Epic Launch Trailer
Adventure awaits
What the heck is this? Ubisoft releasing a new video before 5PM here in the UK? Absolute madness. The French publisher is no stranger to really good trailers, and this launch trailer for Assassin's Creed Odyssey really gets the blood pumping. We could maybe do without the quotes from websites not named Push Square, but whatever...
News ANTHEM Development Is Going Well, Game's Fully Playable in Alpha
An update from BioWare
ANTHEM has passed a significant development milestone, BioWare has revealed. Over on the official blog, GM Casey Hudson confirms that the game is fully playable in its alpha form. "Last week, the Anthem team passed its Alpha milestone – meaning that every part of the game is in, and functioning," he writes. ANTHEM is still...
Rumour Inferno Spotted as a Playable Character in Latest SoulCalibur VI Build
Another character leaked?
Inferno, a boss character from previous SoulCalibur titles, looks to be returning in SoulCalibur VI as a playable fighter. There are numerous reports that claim Inferno appeared in the game's latest build, which was on display at this year's Tokyo Game Show. Supposedly, Inferno is unlocked by progressing through the Soul...
News Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's Launch Trailer Highlights Oddball Trio of Modes
Gun game
Ditching a single player campaign in favour of three multiplayer modes with much longer potential lifespans could prove to be a smart decision in the end, but Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 doesn't half look like an odd package as a result. The shooter is almost here, and its launch trailer throws together footage from traditional multiplayer,...
News Codemasters Gears Up for DiRT Related Announcement Tomorrow
DiRT Rally 2 confirmed?
Remember yesterday when several Twitter accounts related to Codemasters' DiRT series sent out the same "2.0" tweet at the same time? Well, turns out a new game in the rally racing franchise really is on the way. We're due an announcement tomorrow, according to the below tweet. This seemingly confirms the suspicion that...
Hands On Arca's Path Brings Marble Madness to PSVR
Super monkey ball
Virtual reality allows us to interact with video games in ways that simply wouldn't be possible with a controller, and Arca's Path, from British developer Dream Reality Interactive, is about to introduce yet another take on control and movement within the PlayStation VR space. Without any sort of DualShock 4 or PlayStation Move...
News Three Cartel Leaders Need Killing in Hitman 2's Colombia Level
Can you do it undetected?
Three cartel leaders have all descended on the same Colombian village, and you have permission to put them to sleep in Hitman 2. While security is unsurprisingly tight, that shouldn’t prove a problem for Agent 47, who’ll be able to adopt a variety of different jungle disguises in order to hunt down his prey like the...
Monday24th Sep 2018
News PSN Name Change Rumour Is a Load of Nonsense
You won't lose everything
There’s no doubt that the most requested PlayStation Network feature is the ability to change your username, with many lamenting the decisions they made over ten years ago when Sony’s online service was established. PlayStation 4 firmware update v6.00 launched recently with no consumer-facing features to speak,...
Review This Is the Police 2 - An Enjoyable Sequel with Bad Difficulty Spikes
That's the sound of da police
After a brief two month period of exclusivity over on the PC, This Is the Police 2 has made its way to the PlayStation 4 with new gameplay mechanics and expanded offerings in an attempt to build upon the foundations laid by the successful 2016 original. While one or two of these additions may have caught its fan base...
News UK Sales Charts: Spider-Man PS4 and Tomb Raider Duke it Out for the Top Spot Once Again
Third number one for Spidey
To the surprise of absolutely no one, Marvel's Spider-Man is sitting pretty at the top of the UK charts for another week. This follows last week's news that Insomniac's superhero blockbuster has become Sony's fastest selling first party title ever, narrowly beating the previous record holder, God of War. We imagine it'll...
Review Timespinner - Don't Let This Metroidvania Pass You By
Spin the wheel
Ah, September. The month where triple-A games flood onto our consoles seemingly non-stop. A month in which avid gamers turn into vigilantes web-slinging through the streets of New York. Explorers plunder the ruins of hidden cities in search of artifacts. With titanic games consuming our free time, it's hard to miss sprouting little...
Review NHL 19 - Ice Hockey Deserves Much Better
Puck off
The NHL series is a weird one. Years ago, when 2K had its own NHL series, there was a competition for attention between the two franchises that drove both series’ forward as time went by. But without the competition that NBA Live deals with or the massive install base of Madden, NHL usually comes off as the series that is generally...
News The Walking Dead's Clementine Voice Actor Signs Off with Heartfelt Message to the Fans
"A lot of hearts were broken, including mine"
Over the weekend, news broke out that Telltale Games, the studio famous for narrative adventure games like The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us, was laying off almost its entire staff, effectively shutting down. This has left hundreds of people out of work, and all future projects have been cancelled...
Review Boundless - Not Quite a Minecraft Moment
Bountiful, sort of
Up until now, we haven't seen much from Wonderstruck, the creative minds behind Boundless. Boundless is another in a large set of procedural sandbox games that have sprung up in the last half decade or so. The game has been in early access on Steam for about four years, and has finally received its full digital release. So how...
News Red Dead Redemption 2 Details Hunting and Fishing, New Screenshots Released
Living off the land
Rockstar's pumped out new Red Dead Redemption 2 details, this time giving a brief overview of hunting and fishing. There are a few new screenshots, too, so we've embedded them throughout the article. It goes without saying, but hunting is going to be a key component of Red Dead Redemption 2. By tracking down animals and...
New rating spotted
Last week, classic PlayStation title Castlevania: Symphony of the Night was rated in Korea for PlayStation 4, usually a dead giveaway that an official announcement is imminent. All eyes were on Tokyo Game Show over the weekend, but the reveal never arrived. Fans need not worry, however, as the reported PS4 remastered collection...
News Red Dead Redemption 2 PS4 Pro Bundles Announced
No fancy console, though
Sony is banking big on Red Dead Redemption 2, and for good reason -- it's going to be one of 2018's biggest sellers. As part of its continued marketing splash, the platform holder has just unveiled a couple of PS4 bundles, packing together Rockstar's upcoming blockbuster with a PS4 Pro. Sadly, there's no custom design, so...
News Red Dead Redemption 2 Has Around 200 Species of Animal, Says Rockstar
That's a lot of skinning
Today in News That Makes Red Dead Redemption 2 Sound Increasingly Ridiculous, Rockstar has said that the open world title -- which is due out in around a month from now -- will feature approximately 200 species of animal. Based on what we already know, the game's world is set to be impressively detailed and dynamic. Having...
Hands On Man of Medan Is a Return to Form for Until Dawn Dev
Ghost ship
Developer Supermassive Games has been treading water for far too long now. After its 2015 title Until Dawn became a bit of a cult hit that deserved a lot more love, it overloaded itself with PlayStation VR projects, most of which missed the mark by a big margin. The likes of Bravo Team and The Inpatient seem to be behind the studio now,...
News Is Codemasters Teasing DiRT Rally 2?
A little bird tells us it is
Racing game specialist Codemasters appears to be teasing something on Twitter. Its account, along with the pages for the DiRT series and Onrush, all posted a tweet simply saying "2.0". Because the tweet was spread across various franchises, it seemed to be a company wide development of some kind, but now the picture is...
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