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TodayThu, 28th Mar 2024

  • News Red Dead Redemption Is Now Included with Subscription Service GTA+

    Darn tootin'

    Good news, everyone — our favourite subscription service has recently received a brand new perk. That's right: GTA+ now includes Red Dead Redemption, John Marston's tragic Western tale, alongside the other games in the collection. In all seriousness, we have a suspicion not everyone will know what GTA+ is, so let's go through it...

    • Rockstar Games
    • PS4
    • Red Dead Redemption
  • News Dragon Ball XenoVerse 2 Support Simply Never Ends as Four-Part Expansion Is Announced

    PS5 version still set for May

    Dragon Ball XenoVerse 2 is over seven years old at this point, but it just keeps getting bigger. With the PS5 version still set to release on the 24th May, Bandai Namco has revealed that a new series of DLC chapters will be dropping "soon". Titled the 'Future Saga', it'll be made up of four chapters, which, again, just...

    • Bandai Namco
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Dragon Ball
    • Trailers
  • News PS5, PS4 Action RPG Visions of Mana Still Looks Great in New Gameplay Trailer

    Combat and character classes

    We're still waiting on a release date, but Visions of Mana still looks really promising in its latest gameplay trailer. It's a pretty short video — clocking in at just over a minute — but there's quite a lot of stuff on show. It's got a bit of traversal, some combo-based combat, and confirms that your party members...

    • Square Enix
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Mana
    • Trailers
  • News Wreck-It Ralph Is Racing into Disney Speedstorm on PS5, PS4 Next

    Breaking the Internet

    It’s almost time for the next season of Gameloft’s free-to-play kart racer Disney Speedstorm, and this author’s dreams of an Alice in Wonderland-themed update have been crushed yet again. Instead, the developer appears to be teasing Wreck-It Ralph content, by posting a small GIF of a candy-themed race track. Expect an...

    • Gameloft
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Disney Speedstorm
  • News Cyberpunk 2077 Is Now Completely Free to Play on PS5 for the Weekend

    Night City calling

    Update: The free trial for Cyberpunk 2077 is now available through the PS Store until Sunday night. You can play five hours of CD Projekt Red's open world game, and the progress that you make can be carried over to the full thing should you decide to grab it later on. Keep in mind, though, that you'll be downloading the full game...

    • CD Projekt Red
    • PS5
    • Cyberpunk
  • News Japan Sales Charts: Dragon's Dogma 2, Rise of the Ronin Can't Beat Princess Peach

    Feeling pink

    Three relatively big games all released on the same day last week: Dragon's Dogma 2, Rise of the Ronin, and Princess Peach: Showtime!. But as we all know, Japan absolutely adores its Nintendo Switch exclusives — and so perhaps it's no huge surprise to see the latter title top the latest charts. To be fair, there wasn't a big gap...

    • Japan
    • Sales
    • Charts
    • PS5
    • PS4
  • News Dragon's Dogma 2 DLC? Tell Capcom You Want Another Dark Arisen in New Survey

    Arise again

    Capcom has published a player survey for Dragon's Dogma 2. It asks for opinions on various aspects of the game, including what you like and dislike about it. But the most interesting question comes right at the end, which reads: "Would you be interested in purchasing DLC for Dragon's Dogma 2, if additional contents were to be released?"...

    • Capcom
    • PS5
    • Dragon's Dogma
  • News PS Plus Premium's Classic Catalogue Seemingly Adding Star Wars Rebel Assault 2 Next Month

    Not-so Hidden Empire

    Sony's official update on additions to PS Plus Extra and Premium usually arrive a couple of weeks into a given month, but it looks like one of April's retro classics has already been discovered. Fans of rail shooters, John Williams, or both, prepare yourselves — Star Wars: Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire looks set to join...

    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Plus
  • News SEGA Drops Relic Entertainment and Cuts Back Across the UK

    Around 240 jobs lost

    SEGA has sold off primarily PC-based strategy game developer Relic Entertainment, and is in the process of cutting up to 240 jobs across its various UK studios. Relic, which makes the Company of War games, will become an independent studio moving forwards, and said in a short statement that it remains on good terms with its...

    • SEGA
    • Industry
  • News Documentary Details the Creation of PS5's Critically Acclaimed Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

    The making of a modern classic

    Square Enix has started a documentary series which delves into the creation of the critically acclaimed Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. This first episode, Shaping the World, discusses how the developer reimagined the original game’s sprawling PS1 map into an enormous PS5 sandbox. It features anecdotes from directors Naoki...

    • Square Enix
    • PS5
    • Final Fantasy
    • Videos
  • News PS5, PS4's Gran Turismo 7 Continues to Get Better and Better

    Collaboration with upcoming anime Highspeed Étoile announced

    Sony doesn’t consider Gran Turismo 7 to be a live service game, but developer Polyphony Digital treats it like it is one. The game goes from strength-to-strength with each new update, and while v1.44 is on the smaller side by the series’ standards, it adds more complimentary content...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Gran Turismo
    • Updates
  • News Take-Two Will Acquire Borderlands Dev Gearbox Entertainment

    $460 million deal makes sense

    Take-Two has announced plans to acquire Gearbox Entertainment from the embattled Embracer Group, in a deal reported to be worth $460 million. The buyout makes logical sense, as Gearbox Entertainment will operate under the framework of 2K Games, which has long been the publisher of the popular Borderlands series. It’ll...

    • Take-Two
    • Gearbox Entertainment
    • Industry
  • News Star Wars Outlaws Rated in Australia

    M for Mature, mate

    Ubisoft's hotly anticipated PS5 game, Star Wars Outlaws, has been rated in Australia. The filing was made on 20th March (thanks, Kotaku), and there is speculation that a release date could be imminent, although that last part remains to be seen. Outlaws has received a preliminary, standardised IARC (International Age Rating...

    • Ubisoft
    • PS5
    • Star Wars Outlaws
  • News Judge Rules in Sony's Favour in $500m Controller Comms Lawsuit

    Communication is key

    A US judge has ruled that Sony did not infringe on another company's patented technology with its PlayStation hardware, specifically in regard to how consoles and controllers communicate. As detailed by GamesIndustry.biz, Genuine Enabling Technology (GET) first filed a complaint against Sony back in 2017, claiming that the...

    • Sony
    • Industry
  • News Lasguns Set to Fun in Glowing First Dune: Awakening Preview

    Survival MMO could be the sci-fi sandbox we've been waiting for

    Dune: Awakening from developer Funcom has a lot of hype to live up to in the wake of two inescapable films from Dennis Villeneuve based on Frank Herbet's legendary sci-fi novels. Thankfully, it seems to be on track, judging first from the scorching gameplay released at the start of the...

    • Funcom
    • PS5
    • Dune
  • News Don't Nod Has Seven Games in the Works, Four of Them Unannounced

    Reorganizing around RPGs, narrative adventure, action adventure branches

    Don't Nod, once the developer best known for the quirky adventure game Life is Strange, has seven games in development, four of which remain unannounced. With releases like Vampyr and Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden under its belt (and more on the way), it's clear that the...

    • Don't Nod
    • Industry
  • News Extensive Judas Gameplay Overview Dissects BioShock Creator's Next

    J stands for Judas

    At long last, the curtains have been drawn back on Judas, the first game from BioShock creator Ken Levine's outfit, Ghost Story Games. Courtesy of IGN, we've got our best look yet at the game, how its intriguing "narrative LEGOs" design philosophy works in play, and, of course, a familiar, chaotic form of powered combat we've been...

    • Ghost Story
    • PS5
    • Judas

YesterdayWed, 27th Mar 2024

  • News PS Plus Essential Games for April 2024 Announced

    Immortal membership

    The PS Plus Essential monthly games lineup for April has now been officially confirmed by Sony, offering up yet another trio of treats for subscribers. The titles on offer will be available to claim from Tuesday 2nd April. Here's what you can look forward to in the latest lineup: Immortals of Aveum (PS5) | Review Minecraft...

    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Plus
  • Preview Stellar Blade Is the PS5 Exclusive Enthusiasts Have Been Praying For

    Finally some good f*cking food

    If you were raised on a diet of Japan Studio oddities and quirky PlayStation published exclusives, then Stellar Blade is the game you’ve been praying for. Developed by Korean studio Shift Up – the infamous outfit behind the wildly popular smartphone shooter NIKKE: Goddess of Victory – this single player PS5...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Stellar Blade
    • Previews
    • Features
  • News Almost 4,000 Huge PS5, PS4 Games Discounted in Wallet Loosening Spring Sale

    Aw sh*t, here we go again

    Close to a colossal 4,000 PS5 and PS4 games are on sale in Sony’s epic Spring Sale, which is rolling out at the time of writing and scheduled to run through 24th April. A second phase of deals will be added to the current crop on 10th April, potentially making this one of the biggest PS Store promotions in history. Some...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Store
    • Deals
  • Random Neuralink Brain Implant Patient Pulls All-Nighter Playing Civilisation 6

    "It was awesome”

    The first human recipient of a Neuralink brain implant has put the futuristic tech to work, which, amongst some truly incredible other things, includes staying up all night playing Sid Meier's Civilization VI, which is something we can certainly get behind. Back in January, billionaire Neuralink co-founder Elon Musk announced on...

    • PS4
    • Industry
    • Neuralink
    • Civilization
  • News PlayStation Fans Torn on Prospect of PS5 Pro

    Pro-crastination

    The all-but-official PS5 Pro has been a prominent talking point over the last couple of weeks, especially with leaked specifications and the like only adding fuel to the fire. But from our perspective, it's starting to seem like Sony has a fairly hard sell on its hands — even if the mid-gen upgrade ends up being aimed squarely at...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS5 Pro
  • Review Grandia HD Collection (PS4) - Barebones Collection Bundles Worthy RPGs

    Tough sell

    Grandia HD Collection bundles together two classic JRPG adventures from the tail-end of the genre's golden age, a series that has long since fallen by the wayside. Grandia, initially released on the SEGA Saturn, would make its way to PS1 in 1999, and its narratively unconnected but mechanically superior sequel, Grandia II, first came to...

    • Reviews
    • GungHo
    • PS4
    • Grandia HD Collection
  • News 6v6 Hero Shooter Marvel Rivals Officially Announced, But There's No Mention of PS5

    Yet

    As was heavily rumoured, the new Marvel game is indeed a six-on-six, team-based, hero-based multiplayer shooter. It's called Marvel Rivals, and it's built around each character having their own unique abilities. You've got the Hulk, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Dr. Strange, Black Panther... It looks to be quite a robust roster. There's just one...

    • Marvel
    • Trailers
  • News TopSpin 2K25 Looks Like a Real Winner in PS5, PS4 Gameplay Showcase

    One to rally around

    This author has long championed TopSpin 4’s realistic take on tennis, and while it’s taken over ten years to get a sequel, we’re ecstatic to see TopSpin 2K25 building on the foundations of its famous predecessor. This gameplay video recaps many of the features we mentioned in our recent preview, but it sprinkles in some...

    • 2K Sports
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • TopSpin 2K25
  • News Huge Star Ocean: The Second Story R Update Makes This Fantastic Remake Even Better

    Reach for the stars

    Square Enix has dropped a substantial new update for Star Ocean: The Second Story R, which released for PS5 and PS4 last year. Already an incredibly well-made remake of a classic RPG, this patch adds some welcome features, such as a new difficulty level, new endgame bosses, new options for starting New Game+, and more. Here are...

    • Square Enix
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Star Ocean
    • Patches
  • News Seismic Free No Man's Sky Update Transforms Space Stations on PS5, PS4

    A whole new world

    For the next free update in the ever-expanding No Man’s Sky, industrious developer Hello Games has completely rebuilt space stations. As it notes in a press release, previously these were one aspect of the game which weren’t procedurally generated, but when the update launches later today (27th March), that will all change...

    • Hello Games
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PSVR2
    • No Man's Sky
  • News Free Superhero MMO DC Universe Online Pows PS5

    Life left in long-running game yet

    Almost 15 years ago, this author received a press kit from Sony Online Entertainment for superhero MMO DC Universe Online on the PS3. Fast-forward to the present day, and the developer – renamed Daybreak Game Company, of course – is still supporting the game, with the free-to-play affair now available to...

    • Daybreak Game Company
    • PS5
    • DC Universe Online
  • News Helldivers 2 APC Game Master Reportedly an Imposter Masquerading as Joel

    Forget 3 Body Problem, we have a multiple-Joel situation

    Helldivers 2 players have reported encountering unsanctioned Super Earth weaponry and equipment in the wild since the game first launched. Almost immediately, players were running into mechs, vehicles, and even an incredibly cool-looking armoured personnel carrier (APC), all thought to be part...

    • PS5
  • Review Planet Zoo: Console Edition - A Tame But Charming Zoo 'Em Up

    There is no Dana, only Zoo

    Planet Zoo is at its best when things are going well. Some park building games thrive when they turn into disaster management sims and you're forced to frantically resolve crises before the whole thing comes crashing down like a house of cards. Planet Zoo ain't that. Sure, things can and will go wrong in the zoo you've...

    • Reviews
    • Frontier
    • PS5
    • Planet Zoo: Console Edition
  • Review Open Roads (PS5) - Mother-Daughter Road Trip Is a Leisurely Narrative Cruise

    Driving down memory lane

    Things haven't been easy for Fullbright, the company that most famously produced Gone Home back in 2013, a slice of indie narrative heaven that won plaudits. After the excellent (but less virally successful) Tacoma in 2017, it's now back with another long-awaited game, Open Roads — except, in fact, the name Fullbright has...

    • Reviews
    • Annapurna Interactive
    • PS5
    • Open Roads
  • News Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn Gets Extended PS5 Gameplay Overview

    Don't go off half-cocked

    Flintlock: Siege of Dawn is an upcoming PS5 action RPG from New Zealand developer A44 Games, best known for its 2018 Souls-Like, Ashen. Today, we were treated to an extended gameplay overview of the studio's next game, giving us our best look yet, with commentary from creative director Simon Dasan. Influenced by flintlock...

    • Kepler Interactive
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Flintlock
  • News Finish Them! Bot Plot Prompts Helldivers Campaign to Liberate Automaton Homeworlds

    Bots plot large-scale attack, Super Earth responds proportionally

    An encrypted message has come down from Super Earth High Command (developer Arrowhead Game Studios), ordering all available Helldivers 2 players to immediately embark on a "defensive annihilation" campaign against the Automatons' homeworlds. It's all or nothing; the objective this...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Helldivers
  • News Dragon's Dogma 2 Players Discover Working Trebuchets, Secret Areas

    A marvel of engineering

    Dragon's Dogma 2 continues to be the gift that keeps giving, with players reporting overnight the discovery of how to use the many catapults trebuchets (and ballista) left scattered around Capcom's reactive game world (though some are clearly destroyed). Even more exciting, the power and torque of these beautiful machines of...

    • Capcom
    • PS5
    • Dragon's Dogma
  • News Free Arcade Racer Asphalt Legends Unite Skidding to PS5, PS4

    With local and online multiplayer at up to 120fps

    There’s a strong chance you’re familiar with the Asphalt series: the Gameloft racer is a mainstay in any modern arcade, and is extremely popular on smartphones. Now an updated version of the free-to-play franchise is skidding on to PS5 and PS4, in the form of Asphalt Legends Unite. You can look...

    • Gameloft
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Asphalt Legends Unite
    • Announcements

Tuesday26th Mar 2024

  • Guide New PS5, PS4 Games This Week (25th March to 31st March)

    And breathe

    What new PS5 and PS4 games are releasing in physical retailers and as part of the PS Store update this week? After a huge spate of blockbuster releases, things are a little quieter this time out. 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, and

    • PS Store
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Release Dates
    • Guides
  • News Xbox Planning to Release the 'Majority' of Its Exclusives on PS5

    Third-parties apparently unsure whether to support Microsoft's system

    Xbox will apparently release the “majority” of its tentpole first-party titles on PS5 in the future, as its multiformat strategy gathers pace. Earlier in the year, the Redmond firm broadcast a strategic business meeting, where it announced four console exclusive titles –...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Microsoft
    • Xbox
    • Industry
  • News Devs Allegedly Pondering the Point of Sony's PS5 Pro Upgrade

    "Many feel they're not making the most out of PS5 yet"

    There have been two big stories on the ground at GDC this year: Xbox’s flatlining brand and the purpose of the PS5 Pro. Speaking as part of a podcast, GamesIndustry.biz’s well-connected reporter Christopher Dring noted that he didn’t meet a “single person” at the show that understood...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Hardware
    • Industry
  • News UK Sales Charts: Dragon's Dogma 2, Rise of the Ronin Off to a Weak Start at Retail

    Not quite, Arisen

    It sounds like Dragon's Dogma 2 and Rise of the Ronin — both released on Friday of last week — have struggled to make an immediate impact in the UK. While we don't have the full sales charts just yet, GamesIndustry.biz's ever-knowledgeable Christopher Dring has outlined the relative success of the new releases, and it's fair to...

    • UK
    • Sales
    • Charts
    • PS5
    • PS4
  • Talking Point How Do You Feel About the PS5 Pro?

    Pro strats

    Although it's yet to be officially announced, we all know that the PS5 Pro is real, and it's likely dropping later this year. A mid-gen upgrade on the PS5, Sony will probably position the refreshed console as another premium product — something that it's been doing throughout the generation so far, with stuff like PS Portal and the...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS5 Pro
    • Talking Point
    • Polls
  • News Development of Santa Monica Studios' Next PS5 Game Appears to Be Going Swimmingly

    Judging by Barlog's general demenour

    Sony's first-party Santa Monica Studio is currently working on a new PS5 game, that much is known, having wrapped development on God of War Ragnarok with the release of the essential Valhalla DLC. If we had to bet, it will be quite some time before we hear anything more concrete, but one thing's for sure:...

    • Sony
    • Industry
    • Santa Monica Studio
  • News Helldivers 2's Galactic War Effort Undermined by Bug

    This time, of the technical kind

    We all know that bugs represent an existential threat to the future of Super Earth and, by extension, to the players of Arrowhead's excellent Helldivers 2. However, the ongoing Galactic War effort is being undermined by one more treacherous than most. This makes determining precisely how much Liberty has been spread...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Helldivers
  • News New Marvel Game Reveal Incoming, Rumoured to Be a 6v6 Hero-Based Shooter

    Holding out for heroes

    A new Marvel game will be officially announced tomorrow (that's the 27th March) at 8am PT / 11am ET / 3pm GMT. That's according to hype master Geoff Keighley, who's teasing the title on social media. But as it happens, we may already know what this game is. As reported by Forbes, this project is heavily rumoured to be a...

    • Marvel
  • News Big PS5 Update Lets Sony Use Your Gameplay Clips to Help Other Players

    But you have to opt in

    A future PS5 update has been revealed, in which the 'Game Help' section of the system's interface will be significantly expanded upon. The new 'Community Game Help' is exactly what it sounds like: players will be able to reference gameplay clips from other users when they're stuck on a certain in-game objectives, challenges,...

    • Sony
    • PS5
  • News Baldur's Gate 3's Most Charismatic Villain Was Once a Companion Character

    Got to draw the line somewhere

    Baldur's Gate 3 director Swen Vincke has revealed some surprising cut content that didn't make it into the final incarnation of the game, already one of the largest, most complete we've ever played. So, if you ever wondered which villains were once considered for companion status or which iconic locations from the...

    • Larian Studios
    • PS5
    • Baldur's Gate
  • News Mysterious, Viral Dragon's Dogma 2 Mechanic Infecting Player's Pawns

    Confirmed cases of Dragonsplague detected

    Reports of a mysterious affliction infecting the Pawns of Dragon's Dogma 2 players, the AI-assisted NPC companion each player creates, have begun to trickle in. This sinister disease is known as Dragonsplague and affected Pawns will exhibit red glowing eyes, incoherent speech, disobedience, and increased...

    • Capcom
    • PS5
    • Dragon's Dogma
  • Poll What Review Score Would You Give Unicorn Overlord?

    Far from over(lord)

    We're a bit late with this one, but we still want to know your thoughts on one of this month's best games. We are, of course, talking about Unicorn Overlord — the strategy RPG from Vanillaware. The title was always going to be somewhat niche in terms of appeal, but those who have played it will know how finely crafted an...

    • Atlus
    • PS5
    • Unicorn Overlord
    • Polls
    • Features
  • News Hype Man Geoff Keighley Teases Judas Talk for BioShock Anniversary

    Would you kindly tell us more?

    The Game Awards host and industry hype man, Geoff Keighley, is teasing a Judas-related info drop for tomorrow, 27th March, conveniently enough, the 11th anniversary of BioShock Infinite's launch. Keighley sat down alongside IGN executive editor

    • Ghost Story
    • PS5
    • Judas
  • News LEGO Fortnite's Massive Mechanical Mayhem Update Adds Cars

    Carnage

    The development of LEGO Fortnite has been fascinating to observe. While it launched in a stable and fulfilling state, Epic Games has been gradually iterating on the outing, adding fishing earlier in the year. Now it’s preparing its next major update, scheduled to deploy on 26th March: Mechanical Mayhem, which brings a trio of vehicle...

    • Epic Games
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • LEGO Fortnite

Monday25th Mar 2024

  • Guide PS5 Stock: Where To Buy PlayStation 5 and PS5 Slim in March 2024

    Update: £70 off consoles in UK!

    Update: UK folks can currently get a rather staggering £70 off PS5 Slim consoles. For a limited time, PlayStation Direct is offering the standalone PS5 Slim at £70 off RRP, or a bundle that throws in two DualSense controllers at £60 off. Secure yours via the links below: <products id="25641,26328"...

    • Guides
    • PS5
    • Stock
  • News Capcom Responds to Dragon's Dogma 2 Microtransaction, Performance Backlash

    "We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience"

    Dragon's Dogma 2 is currently the game everyone online seems to be playing. Clips of open world insanity proliferate on social media platforms as players get to grips with Capcom's latest genre-defining romp, which was partly to be expected. What took players by surprise, however, was the swathe of...

    • Capcom
    • PS5
    • Dragon's Dogma
  • News Hasbro Threatens More D&D Games as Baldur's Gate 3 Dev Chases Greener Pastures

    What are the odds of lightning striking twice?

    Having had a few days to sit with the news that Larian Studios, creators of 2023's breakout RPG, Baldur's Gate 3, has scrapped plans for DLC and will not be developing the inevitable next game in the series, we can't help but feel the move was a deeply-baller one. Going out on the highest possible note,...

    • Larian Studios
    • PS5
    • Baldur's Gate
  • News Big Dragon's Dogma 2 Updates Incoming as Capcom Confirms List of PS5 Improvements

    Graphics options, performance boosts, more

    Just one weekend removed from the release of Dragon's Dogma 2, Capcom has confirmed that it's working on a slew of improvements, which will be coming to the game via free updates. A lot of this stuff seems to be in direct response to player feedback, and includes overall adjustments, additional options, and...

    • Capcom
    • PS5
    • Dragon's Dogma
    • Patches
  • Review South Park: Snow Day! (PS5) - 3D Co-Op Card Brawler Is a Step Back for the Franchise

    Let's Fighting Love

    The South Park franchise has an eclectic history of genre choices, trying (and mostly failing) everything from FPS to kart racer. 2014's South Park: The Stick of Truth and its comic-book-themed follow-up redressed the balance with an excellent comedic spin on the old-school RPG. Now it takes another genre pivot, becoming the...

    • Reviews
    • THQ Nordic
    • PS5
    • South Park: Snow Day
  • News Stellar Blade PS5 Demo Drops This Week, Progress Carries to the Full Game

    Stellar news

    Sony and developer Shift Up have confirmed that a playable demo for Stellar Blade will launch later this week, on Friday the 29th March. Of course, we all knew this was coming — the demo was actually released several weeks early, by mistake, on the PS Store. Sony pulled it offline as quickly as it could, but not before a bunch of...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Stellar Blade
  • News Days Gone Dev Bend Studio Staffing Up for 'AAA Live Service' Game

    Finger on the pulse

    Sony first-party developer Bend Studios is staffing up for another "AAA live service" game, and it seems that PlayStation will continue to chase the live service dragon. When we last heard from the Oregan-based developer of Days Gone, Bend said it was still "cooking" and, if nothing else, seemed confident whatever they were...

    • Sony
    • PS4
    • Days Gone
  • News The Elder Scrolls Celebrates 30th Anniversary, Gives a Small Update on TES 6

    As the scrolls foretold

    It's officially been 30 years since the release of The Elder Scrolls: Arena, if you can believe it. The MS-DOS title first launched on the 25th March, 1994, and spawned what would eventually become one of the most successful RPG franchises ever made. Of course, it wasn't until The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion that the series...

    • Bethesda
    • PS3
    • PS4
    • PS5
    • The Elder Scrolls
  • News PS5, PS4 Owners Will Get Their First Taste of Inazuma Eleven Soon

    Beta test on the way

    LEVEL-5’s soccer RPG series Inazuma Eleven will make its PlayStation debut later this year, when new entry Victory Road arrives. But before then, a crossplay beta test will kick-off around the world, giving fans their first taste of the title. Said beta will launch first on Nintendo Switch from 28th March, but while there’s...

    • LEVEL-5
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Inazuma Eleven
    • Betas
  • News Extra Evil Endings Planned for Baldur's Gate 3

    "They're really evil"

    While the sad news that developer Larian Studios will not be working on a sequel or DLC for the breakout 2023 RPG Baldur's Gate 3 is true, additional evil endings are on the way and should help salve the wound. Add that to the previously announced mod support promised for PS5, and that's all she wrote for the revolutionary...

    • Larian Studios
    • PS5
    • Baldur's Gate
  • News Celebrate Jim Ryan's Legacy with Iconic Digital Bobblehead

    "Happy retirement, Jim!"

    A stunning digital tribute to outgoing PlayStation bigwig Jim Ryan is now available for those who wish to celebrate the suit's legacy - in style. Players can pick up the collectable, posed like a modern-day Napoleon, through the digital platform PlayStation Stars; all you have to do is play a game Ryan "championed" during...

    • PlayStation
    • Industry
    • PS Stars

Sunday24th Mar 2024

  • Poll Are You Playing Rise of the Ronin?

    Rise up

    The latest game from Nioh studio Team Ninja, Rise of the Ronin is a PS5 exclusive, complete with Sony's backing. While it does continue the developer's run of creating challenging action RPGs, Ronin is set within a sprawling open world — which is a first for the team. Critic reviews have been slightly mixed. In our own Rise of the Ronin...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Rise of the Ronin
    • Polls
    • Features
  • News Cult Classic Shadows of the Damned Gets Hella Remastered for PS5, PS4

    So long, Big Boner

    Shadows Of The Damned launched during a fascinating part of the PS3 era, where EA suddenly started publishing smaller titles, like the equally iconic Alice: Madness Returns. The business model didn’t last long, but we’re still grateful for the aforementioned third-person shooter, which was co-designed by industry icons Suda51...

    • NetEase
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Shadows of the Damned
    • Trailers
  • News Horizon Forbidden West Off to a Sturdy Enough Start on PC

    Sixth biggest Sony release on PC thus far

    There’s an argument that the novelty of Sony’s delayed single player PC ports has worn off, but Horizon Forbidden West is bucking that trend. The open world sequel, converted by Nixxes, has opened to a respectable peak of 35,168 concurrent users on Steam, making it the sixth biggest PS Studios launch on...

    • Sony
    • PC
    • Horizon
    • Steam
  • News Nothing Stops the Final Fantasy Train! FF14: Dawntrail Deploys 2nd July on PS5, PS4

    Dusk till dawn

    It’s been a huge 12 months for Final Fantasy, and Square Enix is seemingly just getting warmed up. Following on from the reveal of Final Fantasy 16 add-on The Rising Tide earlier this weekend, the publisher has now confirmed MMO expansion Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail will deploy on 2nd July. This all follows the release of Final...

    • Square Enix
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Final Fantasy
  • News Guilty Gear Strive Is Getting a Fourth Season, Teases Slayer as Next DLC Character

    Fangs very much

    Guilty Gear Strive Season 3 continues with returning fighter A.B.A on the 26th March, but as it turns out, Arc System Works still isn't done with the game. Revealed during the Arc World Tour 2023 finals overnight, Season 4 is now in development, and will offer what we assume is another set of DLC characters. But before we get there,...

    • Arc System Works
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Guilty Gear

Saturday23rd Mar 2024

  • News Capcom Simply Must Improve Dragon's Dogma 2 PS5 Performance, Concludes Digital Foundry

    Through fire and flames

    Dragon's Dogma 2 is an amazing open world RPG — we've said as much numerous times in our Dragon's Dogma 2 PS5 review. But there's also no getting around just how unoptimized the title is on a technical level. As stressed in our aforementioned review, the game's frame rate can be a problem. Most of the time, it's found...

    • Capcom
    • PS5
    • Dragon's Dogma
  • Poll Are You Playing Dragon's Dogma 2?

    Take heart

    It's finally here. 12 years after the release of the original Dragon's Dogma, Capcom has launched Dragon's Dogma 2. A much larger sequel built with a budget that probably dwarfs its predecessor's, the action RPG has been met with incredibly positive reviews — but it's also taking a beating over poor technical performance and its...

    • Capcom
    • PS5
    • Dragon's Dogma
    • Polls
    • Features
  • Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 521

    Rise up

    A big week of new releases featuring Rise of the Ronin, Dragon's Dogma 2, and more has come to a conclusion. Which of these titles is taking up your time, then? Aaron Bayne: I'm hoping to sink a decent amount of time into Dragon's Dogma 2 this weekend, but on top of that, Rise of the Ronin has put me in the mood to play — Ghost of...

    • Talking Point
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • What Are You Playing
    • Features
  • News Iconic Visual Novel Remake Tsukihime: A Piece of Blue Glass Moon Gets a June Release Date on PS4

    June's starting to look a bit busy

    Tsukihime: A Piece of Blue Glass Moon, a remake of legendary visual novel Tsukihime (which was never officially released in the West) now has a launch date on PS4. It drops on the 27th June, adding to a somewhat busy period for Japanese titles, with the likes of Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance and the Monster...

    • Aniplex
    • PS4
    • Tsukihime
    • Release Dates

Friday22nd Mar 2024

  • Review Dragon's Dogma 2 (PS5) - The Apex of RPG Adventuring

    Dragon's godma

    When you think of truly memorable open world games, it's hard not to picture the likes of Elden Ring and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Both are ultimately shooting for different goals, but they share a deep appreciation for discovery. Their worlds aren't defined by map markers; they're designed in ways that push players...

    • Reviews
    • Capcom
    • PS5
    • Dragon's Dogma 2
  • Guide Dragon's Dogma 2: All Vocations and How to Unlock Them

    Where to find all character classes

    How do you unlock all vocations in Dragon's Dogma 2? Vocations are basically character classes, and they determine how your Arisen, and your pawns, function in combat. Each vocation has its own weapon and armour requirements, while boasting unique attacks, skills, and perks that define your style of play. In this...

    • Guides
    • Dragon's Dogma 2
    • PS5
  • News Dragon's Dogma 2 Slated for Adding Sinister PS5 Microtransactions at Launch

    Flogging fast travel and more

    Dragon’s Dogma 2, by all accounts a sensational RPG, is getting obliterated for adding microtransactions on launch day. These, we must stress, were unavailable to purchase during the review period but were mentioned in a media guide; they’ve since been made available for sale on the release’s launch day. Already...

    • Capcom
    • PS5
    • Dragon's Dogma
  • News Next Final Fantasy 16 Patch Makes Side Quests Quicker, Adds Ability Loadouts, and More

    Some nice improvements

    Ahead of (or maybe alongside, we're not sure) the release of its second expansion, Final Fantasy 16 will be getting a free update that includes some rather positive-sounding changes. Patch 1.30 was detailed during the developer's PAX East panel, so we've gone ahead and sorted the additions and improvements as bullet points:...

    • Square Enix
    • PS5
    • Final Fantasy
    • Patches
  • News Big PS Store Discounts on Major PS5, PS4 Titles for PS Plus Members This Weekend

    Save it

    Rarely a day passes without a deluge of discounts on the PS Store these days, and another 50 or so offers have been unloaded on to the storefront ahead of the weekend. These discounts will be valid until 27th March, so you’ve got a few days to decide what takes your fancy and why. Please note, these deals are exclusive to PS Plus...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Store
    • PS Plus
  • News Larian Studios' Swen Vincke Blames Mass Layoffs on Publisher Greed

    "They've been fu**ing this whole thing up for so long"

    Swen Vincke, director of Baldur's Gate 3 and founder of developer Larian Studios, used the opportunity afforded by winning big at the Game Developer's Conference (GDC) to blame the industry's current state on rampant corporate greed, a sentiment we can get behind. Plenty of developers made their...

    • Larian Studios
    • Industry
  • News Notorious Vanillaware Artist 'Unable' to Resist Adding NSFW Jiggle to Unicorn Overlord Characters, Food

    "I have a habit of making food jiggling"

    Being a Vanillaware title, the recently released (and excellent) strategy RPG Unicorn Overlord bears immediate resemblance to the Japanese developer's previous outings, like Muramasa: Rebirth, Dragon's Crown, and 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. This is because longtime artist Shigatake insists on depicting food as...

    • Atlus
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Unicorn Overlord
  • Rumour GTA 6 Could Slip as Far Back as 2026 Due to Development Issues

    Spring 2025 is the target right now

    Rockstar Games could be forced to delay GTA 6 as far back as 2026 if production problems continue due to a mandate forcing remote workers to return to the developer's physical offices. A new Kotaku report says employees are struggling with the "unwanted return-to-office mandate", which could invite crunch. Having...

    • Rockstar Games
    • PS5
    • GTA
    • Grand Theft Auto
    • Rumours
  • News Final Fantasy 16: The Rising Tide Expansion Releases on PS5 in April

    High tide

    The second expansion for Final Fantasy 16, titled The Rising Tide, now has an official launch date. It arrives on the 18th April, and costs $19.99 if you're buying it by itself. The Expansion Pass, priced at $24.99, gets you this second DLC and the previously released Echoes of the Fallen. Expectations for The Rising Tide are fairly high...

    • Square Enix
    • PS5
    • Final Fantasy
    • Release Dates
  • News Dragon's Dogma 2 Players Plot Mass NPC Murder to Boost the Frame Rate

    More frames, but at what cost?

    When Capcom told IGN that performance issues with the PC version of Dragon's Dogma 2 were likely due to how much CPU the game's more than 1000 unique NPCs demand, NPCs which can be killed off permanently, they probably should have anticipated what was always going to happen next. The community, wasting no time, has...

    • Capcom
    • PS5
    • Dragon's Dogma
  • News Handmade PS5 Game Harold Halibut Is Out Next Month

    Uses real-life models and backdrops

    Harold Halibut, the game made entirely out of real-life models and figures, will launch for PS5 on 16th April 2024, it has been confirmed. A new trailer debuted during last night's Future Games Show, which you can catch up above. Sculpted characters and sets have been 3D scanned into the experience, which is set...

    • Slow Bros
    • PS5
    • Harold Halibut
    • Release Dates
  • News Frontline Helldivers 2 Players Report First-Ever Sightings of Flying Bugs

    Previously, Bugs weren't thought capable of flight

    Earlier this week, we brought you word of a dangerous paranoia sweeping the ranks of Helldivers 2 players who, perhaps not getting enough sleep, have convinced themselves that operatives of an alien faction known as The Illuminate already walk among us. Well, if that sounds ridiculous, you'd best...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Helldivers
  • News Get Your Hands On PDP's Pricey $130 Riffmaster Wireless Guitar Controller

    Pre-orders live now, shipping in April

    Peripheral manufacturer PDP revealed its upcoming Riffmaster Wireless Guitar Controller in February, and it's a pretty slick piece of kit. Perhaps we shouldn't be surprised to see it comes with a fairly hefty price tag: £100, $130, or your local equivalent. Pre-orders for the undeniably appealing plastic...

    • PDP
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Fortnite
    • Rock Band
  • News Souls-Like Action Game Enotria: The Last Song Takes to the PS5 Stage in August

    Curtain up

    If you can't get enough games inspired by FromSoftware's influential Souls series, you're in luck, as another one is heading our way later this year. Enotria: The Last Song was initially planned to release this spring, but has now been pushed back to 21st August. It looks fairly promising in this new gameplay trailer. Inspired by Italian...

    • Jyamma Games
    • PS5
    • Enotria: The Last Song
    • Release Dates
    • Trailers
  • News Tails of Iron 2 Has Been Announced, and Geralt's Voice Actor Returns as Narrator

    Whiskers of Winter coming this year

    The rat's out of the bag: Tails of Iron is getting a squeak-uel. The well-liked 2D action RPG released back in 2021, and the follow-up, Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter, has just been announced. Coming to PS5, PS4, and basically everything else later this year, it looks like another enjoyable adventure in the...

    • United Label
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Tails of Iron 2
    • Announcements
  • News Unique PS5 Indie Game INDIKA Takes the Devil for a Religious Ride in May

    Hold L2 to pray

    Nailing down exactly what PS5 game INDIKA is seems like an impossibility, so we will let the trailer above do a lot of the talking. Now confirmed for a current-gen launch on 8th May 2024, you play as a young nun with the devil by her side on a journey of self-discovery. You shall be taken back to the 19th century in an alternative...

    • 11 Bit Studios
    • PS5
    • INDIKA
    • Release Dates
  • Gallery Stunning Ukiyo-e Rise of the Ronin Mural Unveiled to Commemorate PS5 Release

    Roamin' into the world of Ronin

    Rise of the Ronin, the latest tentpole PS5 console exclusive from legendary Japanese developer Team Ninja, has been subject to a colossal marketing push in Asia, where posters and billboards have been spotted around cities such as Taipei for several weeks now. That’s all culminated in an Edo period art exhibition in...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Rise of the Ronin
    • Gallery
    • Features
  • News Ghostly Adventure Hauntii Gets May Release Date in Gorgeous Trailer

    Looks dead good

    There are plenty of games that deal with death, but we've not seen an afterlife quite like the one in Hauntii. This gorgeous adventure game now has a release date of 23rd May 2024 on PS5 and PS4, and if it plays as good as it looks, we're onto a winner. The striking art style depicts Eternity, a place where souls are guided to a...

    • Firestoke
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Hauntii
    • Release Dates

Thursday21st Mar 2024

  • News PS Plus Extra Loses These 11 PS5, PS4 Games Next Month

    Who you gonna call?

    Slightly later than usual, the Last Chance to Play section of PS Plus has updated with the list of PS5, PS4 games that will be removed from the service next month. Compared to those that departed earlier this week, we've got a longer list this time but the titles aren't quite as important. There are 11 games leaving PS Plus Extra...

    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Plus
  • Review Rise of the Ronin (PS5) - A Safe, Outdated Open World Game

    A whole Nioh world

    By trying to do so much, Rise of the Ronin feels like an inferior version of everything it's inspired by. With an open world populated by map markers and side activities, it’s a worse Assassin's Creed. With a historical Japanese setting, it's a worse Ghost of Tsushima. With a combat system that prioritises parrying, it's a worse...

    • Reviews
    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Rise of the Ronin
  • News PS Portal Is Proving Everyone's Predictions Wrong

    A whole new world

    Prior to its release, few predicted PS Portal would be successful. Many were baffled by Sony’s decision to release the Remote Play handheld, which streams gameplay directly from a PS5. But as the months wear on, it’s becoming increasingly obvious that Sony’s added a permanent fixture to its hardware portfolio, with the device...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS Portal
    • Hardware
    • Sales
  • News Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's PS5 Graphics Enhanced, Here Are the Patch Notes

    Materia girl

    A new PS5 patch is available now for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth which makes further improvements to the title’s presentation. Despite being critically acclaimed, many have been disappointed with the quality of the sequel’s visuals – especially in Performance Mode, which targets 60 frames-per-second. In addition to improving the...

    • Square Enix
    • PS5
    • Final Fantasy
    • Patches
  • News PSN, PS Store Back Online After Several Hours of Issues

    Phew

    Update 2: Just in time for the midnight releases of Dragon's Dogma 2 and Rise of the Ronin, PSN is back up and running at full capacity. This includes the PS Store, which seemed to have been hit with the worst issues, stripping the service of functionality for several hours. Update: The majority of PSN's services seem to now be back on track,...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PSN
  • News Updated PS5 Explore Page Adds New Features, Backgrounds

    Still only available in the USA

    The Explore page on the PS5 home screen appears to be running a beta that adds new features like backgrounds, friend activities, your controller's battery life, and easy links to console storage. Mystic, a popular PlayStation YouTuber, posted a new video today detailing the additions, which appear to have only rolled...

    • Sony
    • PS5
  • News TopSpin 2K25's Full Roster of Pro Players Is Missing Many Major Names on PS5, PS4

    No Novak

    We need to cut 2K Sports, or indeed any tennis game developer, some slack here: lining up a complete list of pros is not easy. That’s because, unlike in other sports, there’s no governing body in tennis overseeing the likenesses of players, so contracts need to be signed on a case-by-case basis. Nevertheless, the full roster of playable...

    • 2K Sports
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Top Spin
  • News No Baldur's Gate 3 DLC from Larian Studios, and It's Not Making Baldur's Gate 4 Either

    Dev will move on to something new

    Larian Studios appears ready to leave the Baldur's Gate franchise behind having released the landmark third instalment, with founder Swen Vicke saying the developer has no plans for any Baldur's Gate 3 DLC and won't be producing a fourth game. His comments were made during a GDC panel earlier today, where it was...

    • Larian Studios
    • PS5
    • Baldur's Gate
  • Mini Review Slave Zero X (PS5) - A Brutally Hard Brawler That Oozes Style

    Putting on a Shou

    Slave Zero X serves as prequel to the cult hit Dreamcast game Slave Zero, but while their stories and universe are connected, they couldn't be more different. Set five years before the third-person shooter original, this new title is a 2.5D beat-'em-up, in which you don a biomechanical super suit as the vengeful warrior Shou is out...

    • Reviews
    • Ziggurat
    • PS5
    • Slave Zero X
    • Mini Reviews
  • News Latest Helldivers 2 Patch Introduced a Pesky Crashing Issue, Developer Is On the Case

    Those damn bugs

    Oops! The most recent patch for Helldivers 2, namely version 1.000.103, has inadvertently brought in a new issue, causing frequent crashes for many players. If you have the latest patch for the game installed, you may have experienced this yourself, with the shooter suddenly quite unstable. While this is obviously isn't great, the...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PC
    • Helldivers 2
  • News Feb 2024 USA Sales: Helldivers 2 Kills It as 2024's Best-Selling Game So Far

    FFVII Rebirth takes second place in Feb

    Helldivers 2 is the best-selling video game of 2024 so far in the USA. Full stop. Done. Accounting for both physical and digital purchases, Circana data places it at the top of the sales charts for both February 2024 and the year so far. The unexpected hit is said to have sold more than eight million copies,...

    • USA
    • Sales
    • Charts
    • PS5
    • PS4
  • News Twisted Metal's TV Show Finally Available to Stream in the UK

    Via Paramount+

    The surprisingly well-received TV adaptation of Twisted Metal has only been (officially) watchable in the USA for about eight months. That's changing from today, though, as the action comedy is now available to stream in the UK. Those with a subscription to Paramount+ will be able to watch the whole first season of the show, which...

    • PlayStation Productions
    • Twisted Metal
    • TV
  • News Still Wakes the Deep Puts Horror on an Oil Rig, Out for PS5 This June

    Can be wishlisted on the PS Store now

    Everybody's Gone to the Rapture developer The Chinese Room has announced its next title Still Wakes the Deep will launch for PS5 on 18th June 2024. You can watch a new trailer above, which debuted during the Future Games Show earlier today. Set aboard an oil rig caught up in a storm, you must face "the...

    • Secret Mode
    • PS5
    • Still Wakes the Deep
    • Release Dates
  • News Chrono Odyssey Is One of Those Korean MMOs That May or May Not Actually Exist

    Here we Chrono again

    By and large, Korean developers have a reputation for announcing wildly ambitious MMOs that rarely ever actually materialise. Without sounding too sceptical, we can’t help but wonder whether Chrono Odyssey will fall into that bracket. Due to be published by Kakao Games, this new trailer has been attracting plenty of attention...

    • Kakao Games
    • PS5
    • Chrono Odyssey
    • Trailers
  • News SMT 5 Moves Its PS5, PS4 Release Date Forward By a Week, Avoids Elden Ring DLC

    Now drops alongside Monster Hunter Stories

    Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance was previously locked in for release on the 21st June, but for whatever reason, it's now launching one week earlier, on the 14th June. Atlus has confirmed the new date via its social media accounts, and states that any current pre-orders should now be fulfilled on the updated...

    • Atlus
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Shin Megami Tensei
    • Release Dates
  • News The Sims Is Being Turned into a Movie

    Margot Robbie's producing firm leading things

    It appears the movie industry is coming for every gaming IP it can get its hands on at the moment because it has been confirmed EA's life simulator series The Sims will be turned into a film. Margot Robbie's production firm is attached, and the film will be produced and co-written by Kate Herron of Loki...

    • Movies
    • The Sims
  • Random You'll Probably Want This Streets of Rage Action Figure

    Axel to grind

    SEGA is really embracing its history these days, and it’s resulted in ongoing development of several nostalgic franchises, like Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxi. But it’s also commissioning some cool merchandise collaborations, and you’ll probably want to add this Axel from Streets of Rage to your wishlist. Described as the...

    • SEGA
    • Toys
    • Streets of Rage
    • Random
  • News Dustborn Turns PS5, PS4 Players into Wordsmiths This August

    Priced at $29.99

    Almost four long years after its original announcement, Red Thread Games has confirmed Dustborn will launch for PS5, PS4 on 20th August 2024. A new trailer debuted during today's Future Games Show announcing the release date, which you can catch above. The game will cost $29.99 on the PS Store, with a physical edition available at a...

    • Quantic Dream
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Dustborn
    • Release Dates