The 'DualShock 5' sounds nuts
Reaction Sony's Decision to Skip E3 2019 Is Starting to Look Really Smart
Was the platform holder right all along?
Talking Point PlayStation Plus Is in Desperate Need of an Overhaul
Sony's service needs a refresh
PlayStation 5 - News
December2019
This is just the start
The PlayStation 5 rumours just keep on rumbling. This time around, reliable Kotaku news editor Jason Schreier has taken to Twitter in order to share some of his insight into the next generation of consoles. It's just a few bullet points, but they're sure to spark speculation. First off, Schreier says Microsoft is currently...
News Sony Worldwide Studios Boss Shares His Philosophy on Game Development
"Our challenge is to be meaningful"
It’s no longer Shuhei Yoshida you need to beg for Bloodborne 2, because the role of Worldwide Studios president has been handed to ex-Guerrilla Games managing director Hermen Hulst. The Dutchman hasn’t been in the role long, and so we’re hearing from him for the first time as part of a feature on...
News Bluepoint's Mysterious PS5 Game Will Become Studio's Proudest Achievement
Soul searchers
It’s old news now, but Bluepoint Games has been tasked with creating a massive title for the PlayStation 5 – and many believe it will be a Demon’s Souls remake. This game, according to president Marco Thrush, will become the studio’s greatest achievement to date – an impressive feat when you consider that the Texas team has...
News PS5 Pre-Order Notifications Are Now Being Sent Out By Multiple Online Retailers
It begins
Hmmm, something seems to have clicked. As reported by Spiel Times, it appears as though multiple online retailers -- across multiple territories -- have opened sign ups for PlayStation 5 pre-order notifications. In other words, you can now tell the likes of GAME here in the UK that you want to be notified when Sony's next-gen system is...
Soapbox PS5 Must Introduce Price Parity Across Regional PSN Stores
Liam is calling for fairness
When the PlayStation 5 releases late next year, we'll be taking one step closer to an all-digital future. Sure, the next-generation console will launch with a disc drive and support physical media, but the way the industry has shifted focus to digital downloads across the PlayStation 4's lifespan proves that a lot of...
Rumour Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Is Coming to PS5 'Sooner Than You Think'
Spidey senses are tingling
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is an inevitability. A nailed-on sequel to 2018's Marvel's Spider-Man, developer Insomniac Games is all but guaranteed to be working on the PlayStation 5-bound follow up as we sit here and type this. It's interesting, then, that Kinda Funny's Imran Khan apparently knows quite a bit about the supposed...
Devkit console wars
We've all seen the PlayStation 5 developer unit by now, right? The V-shaped machine has leaked a bunch of times over the last year or so, but why is it that we don't hear many reliable whispers about the devkits for the next Xbox -- code-named Project Scarlett? Well, according to Tom Warren, senior editor over at The Verge, it's...
November2019
Rumour New PS5 Devkit Leak Shows Console and Controllers
V for very nice
Yep, the PlayStation 5 development unit appears to have leaked once again. Posted to Twitter by @Alchoholikaust, a photograph shows not one, but two PS5 devkits sitting next to a monitor. Also pictured is the supposed PS5 controller -- the design of which matches a recently uncovered patent from Sony. It's a lot like the DualShock 4,...
News Bluepoint Continues to Have Fun with Fans Regarding Its PS5 Project
Rekindle flames
Bluepoint is working on a high-profile PlayStation 5 project which is widely believed to be a remake of Demon’s Souls, but it’s not giving anything away with the cryptic messages it’s been sharing on social media. The Texas-based developer has been having a bit of fun lately, penning poems which appear to allude to a vast range...
News PS5 News Could Be Incoming as PlayStation Celebrates 25th Anniversary
This could be big
Japanese gaming magazine Dengeki PlayStation will be focusing on PlayStation's 25th Anniversary in its upcoming issue, which goes on sale next month. It'll include features, interviews (with Sony Japan Studio, apparently), and, potentially, new details on the PlayStation 5. Indeed, this could be a big deal. Sony's yet to fully...
News This Time Next Year, We'll Be Playing PS5
Sony's next-gen system is months away
Here’s a quick thought exercise for you: imagine where you’ll be this time next year. While you’re potentially fantasising about tropical islands, may we propose something a little more realistic: you’ll be playing the PlayStation 5. While we don’t have a date for Sony’s next-gen system just yet, the...
News PS5 Patent Suggests Shared Content Will Play an Even Bigger Role with 'Scene Tagging'
Share and share alike
One of Sony's greatest innovations with PlayStation 4 is the Share button, allowing players to quickly grab screenshots or video clips from games they're currently playing and post them for all to see. Yet another patent, dug up by RespawnFirst, suggests sharing this type of content isn't going anywhere on PS5. Not only that,...
News Shuhei Yoshida Shuts Down Xbox Boss' Comments on VR
Phil Spencer said "nobody's" asking for virtual reality
Update: Shuhei Yoshida, one of Sony's best known executives, has lowkey responded to comments from Xbox boss Phil Spencer regarding virtual reality. The suit seemed to take issue with the Microsoft man's insinuation that "no one" is asking for VR: Are you with Yoshida or Spencer in this...
News Final Fantasy VII Remake 2 Is Now in Active Development
Until next time
We've known for a long, long time now that the Final Fantasy VII Remake launching March 2020 isn't the entire game -- rather the first third or so taking place in Midgar. It's a hugely expanded version of the city, but we've been wondering when we'll start to hear of what's to come beyond those boundaries. It's probably still going...
News Cyberpunk 2077 'Seems to Be Doable' on PS5, But Not Planned for Launch
Port all but confirmed
CD Projekt Red's next big RPG, Cyberpunk 2077, is scheduled to release on PlayStation 4 next April. However, as the launch of next-gen consoles draws closer, it has become a common assumption that the game will eventually be ported to the upcoming PlayStation 5. It turns out that is indeed looking to be the case, although it...
News Square Enix Hoping to Bring Final Fantasy XIV Online to PS5
Bring those characters over
Update: Square Enix has reached out to us to clarify the comments of director Naoki Yoshida: "While not a confirmation, Yoshida-san expressed a hope that Final Fantasy XIV Online may one day appear on the next generation of Sony console." Original Article: Final Fantasy XIV Online was always going to be playable on...
News Cloud Saves Need to Improve on PS5, Says PlayStation Community
Save cap needs to go
Cloud saves on PlayStation 4 are just about serviceable at best, aren't they? Uploaded in the background while you're playing the latest game, it's never too much of a hassle. That'll all well and good, but reports have come and gone over the past five years of community struggles when you really start to dig into the feature...
Rumour PS5 Release Date and Price Allegedly Leaked, But It's Just Some Guy on Twitter
False alarm
A Twitter user has stated a supposed release date and price of the PlayStation 5. This rumour is being reported by other outlets as a leak, and the date and price are being touted as fact. The truth is that this isn't fact -- it's one person's best guess. The account @PSErebus, framing itself as an "insider", is reporting on when Sony...
Rumour Assassin's Creed Ragnarok Is the Name of the Next Game, Will Be on Both PS4 and PS5
Allegedly
Rumours have long been swirling about Ubisoft's follow-up to Assassin's Creed Odyssey. Thought to be all about vikings, the supposed codename for the game is Kingdom. However, according to new scuttlebutt doing the rounds online, Assassin's Creed Ragnarok will be the name of the upcoming sequel. One or two sources ha
News PS5 Will Save You Lots and Lots of Time
Speed demon
Playing games on the PlayStation 4 is not as immediate as it should be, and Sony has made a point of stressing that the PlayStation 5 will function faster than its predecessor. We’ve already seen elements of this: Marvel’s Spider-Man, for example, loads in under one second on the next-gen console, compared to over 15 seconds on the...
Rumour Mysterious Cartridge Patent Looking More Likely to Be Modular SSD Storage for PS5
New evidence surfaces
Here's a recap. Earlier this month, it was discovered that Sony had filed a patent in Brazil for a cartridge device of some sort. It resembles old-school game cartridges, or those you plug into your PS Vita, for instance, but its real purpose remained unclear. Fast forward to last week, when tech site LetsGoDigital created 3D...
Rumour PS5 Controller Removes Light Bar
Let there be no light
The PlayStation 5's controller -- supposedly named the DualShock 5 -- will ditch the light bar that was introduced with the DualShock 4. That's according to a freshly uncovered Sony patent that shows clearly labelled drawings of the next-gen device. As you can see, the PS5 edition doesn't seem to have a light
News PS5 Controller Looks a Lot Like DualShock 4 in New Patent
Bigger triggers, smaller thumbsticks
In recent Wired articles discussing next year's PlayStation 5, the all-new controller that will ship with the console has been described as looking a lot like the current Dualshock 4 pad. Now, a newly uncovered design on the official Japanese patent website has given us our firs
Rumour ANTHEM Reportedly Not Dead as BioWare Plans Major Overhauls
Reboot ala Final Fantasy XIV?
ANTHEM's incredibly rocky road from launch to the game a handful of people might still be playing today is very well documented, so let's cut right to the chase. According to a new report from Kotaku, developer BioWare has big plans for its looter shooter that will completely overhaul the entire experience -- dubbed...
News Next Xbox Will Match PS5 Price and Power, Says Microsoft
Let the battle begin
Speculation surrounding Sony and Microsoft's next generation consoles continues to grow. Although we know a decent amount about the PlayStation 5 and the next Xbox, there are still a number of key questions that need to be answered. No doubt the most common of these questions is to do with cost -- what are we going to be paying...
News Dead Island 2 Is 'Going to Be Kick-Ass', Probably a PS5 Game
It still exists, apparently
Development of Dead Island 2 was recently moved to a third studio, but that's no bad thing according to Koch Media CEO Klemens Kundratitz. The man at the helm of a ludicrous amount of IPs manages to spin the situation into a positive, despite the fact that the game hasn't been seen or heard from in any real capacity for...
News PS5 Concept Video Shows What One Retailer Thinks the Console Will Look Like
PlayStation Fünf
What will the PS5 look like? It's a question we won't know the answer to until sometime next year, but where's the harm in having a good guess? European retail chain MediaMarkt Saturn has taken a stab at producing a concept for Sony's next-gen machine, and you can see the results for yourself in the above video (thanks,...
News Naughty Dog Has 'Big Ambitions' for Its Next Multiplayer Project
Factions incoming?
Despite the fact that The Last of Us' multiplayer offering on both PS3 and PlayStation 4 was considered a fairly major success, its sequel is dropping all online functionality. The Last of Us: Part II is a completely single player experience, much to the disappointment of many. However, we know that developer Naughty Dog is...
Rumour Is the Recently Patented PlayStation Cartridge Upgradable SSD Storage for PS5?
Report suggests cartridges may be for system storage
A couple of days ago, LetsGoDigital managed to get hold of another PlayStation related patent. This time, it seems Sony has listed an interesting cartridge device, but what is this thing's purpose? We already know the PS5 will have a 4K Blu-ray drive for phy
News Sony Files Patent for Curious New Cartridge
Tomorrow is in your hands?
Sony has filed a patent for a curious new cartridge in Brazil, raising speculation about the nature of the product it’s designed for. The last cartridge-based console that the company released was the ill-fated PS Vita, and with the PlayStation 5 already confirmed to include a 4K Blu-ray drive, it’s unlikely to be...
News Sony: Our Exclusives Are Too Special and Valuable to Giveaway Day One with PS Now
On another level to Xbox
No one is going to argue against the value of Xbox’s Game Pass service, but Sony and Microsoft are in different places with their first-party games. While the former has been breaking long-standing records all generation long with releases like Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, God of War, and Marvel’s Spider-Man, the Team...
News Worldwide Studios Expanding Again with New Development Team in Malaysia
New studio to focus on art and animation
Sony is establishing a new development studio in Malaysia. As reported by GamesIndustry, this latest addition to Worldwide Studios will act as a support team to other PlayStation developers, helping to produce art and animation for upcoming exclusive titles. It will also be of benefit to the country's growth...
News Jim Ryan: PlayStation's Brand, Content, and Community Mean It Has the Edge Over Stadia
CEO confident about new competition
Not only are we on the precipice of a new console generation, with PlayStation 5 now about a year away, we're seeing a newcomer arriving in a matter of days. Google is about to launch its cloud-based gaming platform Stadia, and it's going to be fascinating to see what impact it has on the industry moving forward...
News Sony Wants to Transition Players from PS4 to PS5 At an Unprecedented Pace
Second job syndrome
Here’s the concern for Sony: the PlayStation 4 has proven incredibly successful, but a new generation beckons. Naturally, the Japanese giant doesn’t want to leave behind the community of over 100 million players that it’s established, so it needs to convert them to the PlayStation 5 faster than it’s ever done in the past...
News Globalising PlayStation Doesn't Mean Americanisation, Says Sony
PlayStation to remain a multinational brand
PlayStation is going through some pretty hefty changes as it prepares for the dawn of PS5 next year. It's been shuffling around its executives -- just today, it was announced Hermen Hulst is the new head of Worldwide Studios, while Shuhei Yoshida will be looking after indies. But the changes go beyond
News Getting Games Running on PS5 Sounds Even Easier Than on PS4
Sony's next-gen console is developer friendly
The PlayStation 3 was notoriously tricky to work with, thanks to its complicated hardware infrastructure. It had lots of potential, but many studios struggled with the convoluted nature of the CELL processor. Learning from this unfortunate developer experience, Sony made the PS4 dramatically easier to...
News Sony Is Always Looking at Studio Acquisitions, But the Dev Has to Fit Into the Portfolio
"We are careful about who we look at and talk to"
We've spoken time and time again about how studio acquisitions are all the rage nowadays -- kickstarted by Microsoft after it announced the purchase of five different studios during its E3 2018 press conference. Sony followed that up by buying Insomniac Games, but while the hardware manufacturer is...
News Square Enix Planning Next-Generation Action Game Experience
A cut above
Looks like Square Enix has received its PlayStation 5 devkits, as the company’s First Development Division is currently busy beavering away on a new intellectual property for console. The studio – which is also behind the upcoming Final Fantasy VII Remake – claims that it’s working with an “international team of creators” to...
Guide All PS5 Games Confirmed or Rumoured
PS5 games at launch and beyond
What PS5 games have been announced? What PS5 games have been rumoured? In this guide, we're going to list every PS5 game that's been confirmed or rumoured ahead of the console's release, which is due in 2020. This list is based on at least partial confirmation from publishers or developers, rumours that have weight,...
News Horizon: Zero Dawn 2 Will Probably Have the Best Foliage on PS5
Park life
Have you seen Death Stranding? It’s arguably the best looking game on the PlayStation 4, and it shows how far the Decima Engine has come since the release of Horizon: Zero Dawn a couple of years ago. Of course, a sequel to Aloy’s inaugural outing is almost certainly in the offing for the PlayStation 5, and you should expect it to look...
News Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2 Are Almost Certainly PS5 Games
Blizzard doesn't know when they'll launch
Blizzcon 2019 lifted the lid on two of Blizzard's biggest upcoming games this past weekend -- Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2. They're new installments in two incredibly popular franchises, but we wouldn't expect either of them to actually release any time soon. The publisher has stated that even it doesn't know...
October2019
News Bluepoint Games Tackles PS5 Speculation with Top Trolling
Having a blast
Bluepoint Games is making a “big game” for the PlayStation 5, which we expect to be Demon’s Souls Remake. Of course, nothing’s been confirmed at this stage, and the Texas-based developer is having fun with all of the speculation. In order to celebrate Halloween, it’s composed a tweet which somehow manages to reference at...
Guide All Predicted PS5 Launch Games
Every day one release we expect for PlayStation 5
What will be the PS5’s launch lineup? While Sony’s shared some details about its next-gen device, it’s stopped short of revealing any software for the PlayStation 5 thus far. Of course, if the system is set to release in 2020, then developers will already be hard at work creating titles for the...
News Watch Dogs Legion and More Will Utilise PS5's 'Extremely Interesting' Features, Says Ubisoft
Cross-gen confirmed for multiple games
You may remember last week's news that Ubisoft has pushed back three of its biggest upcoming games, including Watch Dogs Legion, Rainbow Six: Quarantine, and Gods & Monsters. They're now scheduled for release in the next fiscal year, meaning a launch between April 2020 and March 2021. This puts the games...
News PS5 Devkits Are Being Handed Out to More and More Developers
Techland gets them
The PlayStation 5 devkit is probably the hottest piece of hardware within the video game industry right now as developers start to put together plans for the next generation. We assume that every member of PlayStation's Worldwide Studios is working towards a PS5 title now as the PlayStation 4 is left behind, but it looks like...
News PS5's Price Considering Market Penetration and Acceptability
Still consider saving
Sony’s not saying how much the PlayStation 5 will cost just yet, but it doesn’t sound like the system will carry an extortionate price tag. Speaking to investors as part of a financial briefing earlier today, the organisation explained that it’s focusing on market penetration and market acceptability with its next-gen...
News Sony: PS5 Game Lineup Will 'Satisfy Fans', Console Set to Be a Success
Naturally
Breaking news: Sony thinks its next console will be a success. Speaking during the company's latest financial briefing, recently appointed CFO Hiroki Totoki commented on the PlayStation 5. Naturally, the firm's expecting the next-gen system to be a hit once it launches late next year. Totoki's juicier comment is about the PS5's software...
News Sony Is Looking to Make Even More Studio Acquisitions Ahead of PS5
Insomniac was just the start
Studio acquisitions are all the rage nowadays. Microsoft can't put on a conference without announcing a handful, and Sony got in on the act a few months back when it revealed that it had purchased Marvel's Spider-Man developer Insomniac Games. It looks like that's just the beginning for the PlayStation brand, however, as...
Poll Should Sony Follow Xbox and Offer a PS5 Upgrade Option?
Stepping up
Current-gen console sales are slowing, as evidenced by the latest batch of NPD reports in the United States. This is entirely natural, of course: Sony’s already said that the PlayStation 5 is coming next holiday, so there’ll be a sizeable percentage of potential buyers waiting for the new hardware to drop. Microsoft, however, has an...
Soapbox Doctor Strange x Remedy Is Surely a Match Made in Heaven
Liam ponders the next Marvel mash-up
There's far too much smoke in the air when it comes to Sony and Remedy for there not to be something in the works. Following Control's timed-exclusive DLC on PlayStation 4 and numerous studio visits from PlayStation's bigwigs, we reckon the two companies have something big cooked up for the PS5. It's probably...
Rumour Could Horizon: Zero Dawn Point Its Bow at PSVR?
Aloy's Crossbow Training
Wild rumour: London Studio is following up its success on PlayStation VR exclusive Blood & Truth with a virtual reality adaptation of Horizon: Zero Dawn. That’s according to Twitter pundit Callum Hurley, who’s worked in-and-around the VR scene for several years, having previously held roles at Oculus among others...
Poll Do You Still Want Ghost of Tsushima to Release on PS4?
A feudal feud
Ghost of Tsushima is the last major PlayStation 4 exclusive on the horizon – or is it? We’ve been speculating for some time that we believe the feudal affair may make the switch to the PlayStation 5, but the title was recently reconfirmed for Sony’s current-gen console in a PlayStation Blog post by CEO Jim Ryan. Here’s what we...
Soapbox Why PS5's Reveal Event Will Rival E3 2015
God level
Nothing will ever top the Holy Trifecta™ – ever. That triple-punch of The Last Guardian, Final Fantasy VII Remake, and Shenmue III is the kind of thing that legends are made of; I’ll be telling my grandchildren about it, and I expect them to tell their grandchildren as well. E3 2015, as I wrote at the time, was the greatest gaming...
News Sony Job Listing Describes PS5 as 'Upcoming World's Fastest Console'
Gotta go fast
Now would be an interesting time to begin working at PlayStation. As the focus shifts from PS4 to PS5, we imagine there must be a great deal of excitement among all the teams at SIE. Handily, there are currently plenty of jobs going across all kinds of sectors, and we'd wager most of them are turning their attention to the next-gen...
Talking Point If Bluepoint Games Isn't Working on Demon's Souls, What's Your Dream Sony Remake?
Dreams v Reality
Bluepoint Games, the studio behind the masterful remake of Shadow of the Colossus, is working on its next project. Primed for PlayStation 5, it's more than likely going to be another Sony IP brought back from the dead that will be revitalized in all its 4K glory. The question is though, what game will it be? Rumours of a Demon's...
News PS5's Devkit Looks Like a Monster in Visualisation
Beast mode
We’re beginning to get a better idea of what the PlayStation 5’s devkit looks like, and these visualisations based on a leaked photograph give us the best view yet. Rendered by Dutch website Let’s Go Digital, the images are based upon
Random This Is What a Storm Could Look Like on PS5
Bring the rain
There’s nothing better than a big storm to add plenty of foreboding atmosphere to a scene. Batman: Arkham Knight, for example, was set in a perpetually rainy sandbox – it was depressing, but it suited the miserable mood of Rocksteady’s game. How good could thunder and lightning look on PlayStation 5, then? Real good if this...
News First PS5 Devkit Photograph Finds Its Way Online
V for vendetta
Remember when the first sketches of the PlayStation 5 devkit popped up online and we weren’t sure whether they were real or a hoax? It’s since emerged that the heavily ventilated box with the cut-out ‘V’ shape is indeed the real deal, and you’ll find it in the office of dozens of developers around the world. Want more proof:...
Soapbox Assassin's Creed Is Fuelling My Excitement for PS5
Liam's hyped for a next-gen open world
Whenever a new generation of consoles rolls around, it's almost always a racing game that is used in part to show off the graphical prowess of the machine we'll be doing our video game playing on for the next six or so years. It's understandable, of course, because getting a glimpse of the latest and greatest...
Feature How We Think Horizon: Zero Dawn 2 Will Champion PS5's Biggest New Features
Guerrilla's sequel primed to be the face of PS5
We're in an exciting time for PlayStation. While Sony itself is behaving rather reclusively about its next-gen machine, details about PS5 are starting to emerge. Wired recently revealed a few morsels of information, detailing some of the new bells and whistles that will take
News PS5 Price Will Land Between $400 and $500 Says Poll, But $500 to $600 Isn't Out of the Question
Start saving
Last week, we hosted a poll following on from the latest PlayStation 5 info dump. We asked readers about the cost of the next-gen console, offering five different options ranging from below $300 to above $600. Over 1,800 of you voted, and you can see the results below. As it turns out, 45 per cent of readers reckon the PS5 will be...
News PS5's Controller Could Reduce Latency with PlayStation Now
Direct input
Sony’s been in the streaming business for years now, but it’s finally taking it seriously. As reported earlier today, PlayStation Now will continue to be supported on the PlayStation 5, and the console’s controller could have a big advantage for those looking to subscribe to the service. As discovered by Dutch website Techtastic,...
News Unsurprisingly, PlayStation Now Will Be Available on PS5
The future is now
Sony has really started pushing PlayStation Now recently, dropping the price of the service and adding blockbuster PlayStation 4 games to its lineup. It comes as no real surprise, then, to hear that the company will be bringing PS Now to the PlayStation 5, which is launching late next year. In an interview with Japanese...
Talking Point What if the PS5 Could Play Games from Every PlayStation Console?
A pipedream?
Here’s an outlandish idea: what if the PlayStation 5 could play games from every PlayStation console ever made – including the handhelds? To be clear, that would include: PS5, PS4, PS3, PS2, PSone, PS Vita, and PSP – the manufacturer’s entire 25 year history, in one device. Obviously, we wouldn’t expect the next-gen console to...
News Horizon: Zero Dawn Developer Guerrilla Games Is in Sweden to Do Motion Capture Work
Horizon: Zero Dawn 2?
Guerrilla Games, the Dutch developer that brought us Horizon: Zero Dawn and the Killzone series, is hard at work behind the scenes and has been for a number of years. One of Sony's key first-party studios, Guerrilla is presumably prepping a sequel to the aforementioned open world adventure, and so news of the company's latest...
Round Up All New PS5 Info from Sony - Name, Release Date, Controller, User Interface, and More
Sony spills the beans
Sony has dropped another PlayStation 5 information bomb out of nowhere, once again detailing the next-gen console in an exclusive Wired article. Although we're yet to see the machine, we now know quite a bit about it, including its official name, its confirmed release window, what its controller is like, what the console's user...
News PS5 Is 'Not Just About the Future, But Also About the Past', Insider Claims
Linked to Demon's Souls
We all thought we were gearing up for full PlayStation 4 backwards compatibility with the PS5 a few months ago, but after a vague statement from Sony suggested that it's possible not every current-gen game will work on Sony's next system, we started to have some concerns. However, while it's in no way confirmation of...
Poll What Are Your Thoughts on the PS5, Now That More Details Have Been Revealed?
Are you ready for next-gen?
For the second time, Sony dropped a PlayStation 5 info bomb out of nowhere earlier this week. The company confirmed that the console will indeed be called the PlayStation 5, and that it'll release in late 2020. It even detailed the machine's next-gen controller, and discussed its user interface. If you somehow missed the...
News Sounds Like Warner Bros and Hitman Dev IO Interactive Are Gearing Up for PS5
Partnership reaffirmed for new project
The Hitman franchise has swapped hands a bit over the years. Owned by Square Enix for a number of years, development studio IO Interactive broke away from the publisher to become independent, and took its bald-headed IP with it. However, it wasn't too long before Warner Bros got involved, offering a publishing...
Random Fanmade PS5 Boot Up Screen Is the Perfect Use of Nostalgia
PSone x PS5
Has Sony ever managed to do better than its original PSone boot up sequence? Those visuals and the audio that accompanies them are firmly planted in our own brains, becoming a part of childhood memories for many. Any PlayStation fan has at least some reverence for those couple of seconds before Sony's first console launches a game, so...
News Astro Bot Dev Team Is Working on PS5 Demos - Will These Become The Playroom 2?
Onboard software could return on PS5
Before Japan Studio's Asobi Team made PlayStation VR's golden child Astro Bot Rescue Mission, it created PS4's built-in software package, The Playroom. Designed as a social augmented reality experience, every console shipped with the game pre-installed, meaning everyone had something to play immediately. It makes...
News Marvel Games Is Just as Excited About PS5 as You Are
The future is cool
Our hype for the PlayStation 5 reached new heights yesterday as a slew of new information detailed the likes of its controller, user interface, and a confirmed release window, and it looks like we weren't the only ones either. The director of production at Marvel Games got in on the action with a tweet that confirmed his own...
News Full PS5 Reveal Will Happen in 2020, Despite 2019 Event Rumours
2020's going to be big
The PlayStation 5 will be fully revealed at some point in 2020. We always assumed this would be the case, but now we have confirmation from Sony IT specialist Sam Parker, who says the console will be "unveiled and released" next year. It's worth mentioning that there have been whispers of Sony putting on a PS5 reveal event...
News Could the PS5 Controller's Microphone Change the State of Game Guides Forever?
PlayStation AI assistance
The PS5's controller sounds like it's going to be a major upgrade over the PlayStation 4's. Alongside adaptive triggers and haptic feedback for improved rumble, the supposed Dualshock 5 sports a microphone that could change the way we interact with games if you're in need of assistance. If a recent patent is actually used...
News A Newly Approved Sony Patent May Give Us the First Details on PlayStation VR 2
Reality improved
Will there be a PSVR 2 on PlayStation 5? We certainly wouldn't bet against it. Sony's confirmed the current PlayStation VR hardware will be compatible with PS5, but it's almost certainly in the midst of developing a follow-up. If there was any doubt about this, a newly filed patent from SIE might give us our first taste of what...
What is the PS5 release date?
When is the PS5 coming out? What is the PlayStation 5's release date, and will that day differ between territories? It's one of the most important questions Sony will have to answer, alongside the price of the system itself, but we actually already have a pretty good idea of when we should expect the PS5 to hit store...
News PS5 Rumours About Poor Communication Between Sony and Devs Were a Load of Rubbish
Reliable source says otherwise
If you've been keeping a close eye on social media and various forums over the last couple of weeks, then you may have noticed some rumours popping up with regards to Sony supposedly being stubborn with developers. More specifically, these rumours said that Sony's communication with various studios has been poor,...
"Please wait for more information"
We already know that the PlayStation 5 will boast backwards compatibility with PlayStation 4 games, but as it turns out, the current-gen console's entire catalogue may not carry over. In a rather vague statement to Japanese publication Famitsu, as translated by BlackKite on Twitter, Sony says "Currently, the dev...
News PS5 Aiming for Super Fast Game Downloads
Get playing in moments
There's no denying that video games are getting bigger and bigger in size, something that has become quite the problem on the PlayStation 4. Developers are looking to tackle that issue with the next-gen PlayStation 5, however, with more modern technology that is supposed to speed up how quickly we download games. Speaking...
News Bluepoint Games Working on a 'Big Game' for PS5
Demon's Souls, is that you?
This has to be the Demon's Souls remake, right!? Buried near the bottom of Wired's latest unveiling of Sony's PlayStation 5, Bluepoint Games is quoted saying that it has a "big game" planned for the console. The masters of the remake have become synonymous with putting out quality re-releases of past classics, and it...
News Gran Turismo Sport Is Already Running on a PS5 Devkit
PS5 version incoming?
Could Gran Turismo Sport be a part of the PS5's launch line up come holiday 2020? It's definitely a possibility because in an exclusive Wired interview, the website confirmed that Polyphony Digital's serious racer is already running on the next-gen system's devkit. While confirming that the devkit itself does indeed look very...
The 'DualShock 5' sounds nuts
Those lucky b*stards over at Wired have managed to get their hands on the PlayStation 5's controller, supposedly named the DualShock 5. According to the publication, it looks "an awful lot like the PS4's DualShock 4", so you can expect a very similar design when compared to Sony's current-gen pad. But there are some...
News PS5's User Interface Sounds Much More Interactive with Live Information from Games
In-game info to be shown in PS5's menus
If you've been wondering whether PlayStation 5's menus and interface will differ much from the PS4, it sounds like there will be some significant changes. As part of Wired's latest report on the upcoming hardware, Mark Cerny explains that you'll get live updates from your games directly in the UI of the PS5...
News PS5 Release Date Set for Holiday 2020, Sony Confirms
Mark your calendar
The PlayStation 5 -- as it's now officially known -- will launch in the holiday period of 2020. A new Wired interview with Sony Interactive Computer Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan confirms this. Obviously we already knew that the Japanese giant was aiming for this release window anyway, but it's nice to have it officially reiterated...
News PS5 Will Have a 4K Blu-Ray Disc Drive
4K-ing great
As detailed in a new article from Wired, PlayStation 5, as it's now officially known, will feature support for 4K Blu-Ray discs. This is a step up from PS4 and PS4 Pro, and will allow playback of 4K content. The insightful article tells us that "physical games for the PS5 will use 100GB optical disks, inserted into an optical drive...
News PS5 Will Let You Choose Which Parts of a Game You Want to Install
Choose between single or multiplayer
One of the more important aspects highlighted in Wired's exclusive deep dive into the PlayStation 5 was that the way we download and install games changes next generation. Instead of installing everything at once, the PS5 will let you select which pieces you'd like to play first. Speaking with wired.com, Mark...
News Sony Confirms Next-Gen Console Will Be Called PlayStation 5
Or PS5, for short
As if there was any doubt, Sony has confirmed that its next-gen PlayStation console will indeed be called PlayStation 5, or PS5 for short. The confirmation comes from Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan, in an exclusive interview with Wired. "It's nice to be able to say it," Ryan jokes. "Like a giant burden has been lifted...
Guide PS5 FAQ - Everything We Know So Far
All the information on PlayStation 5
It's time to start talking about the PlayStation 5. Now that Sony has finally begun lifting the lid on its next-gen console, we now know a whole lot more about what to expect going forward. Of course, we don't know everything just yet, but thanks to some revealing reports from Wired, we have a much clearer...
Guide PS5 Controller - All the New Features and Details So Far
Everything we know about the DualShock 5
What will PlayStation 5's controller be like? What new features will the PS5 controller have? What is the DualShock 5 going to look like? There are lots of questions floating around about the PS5's pad, and fortunately, Sony has started to reveal more about the next-gen controller. In this guide, we're going...
Guide PS5 3D Audio - What Is It?
How PlayStation 5's 3D audio tech will improve games
What is 3D audio on PS5? How will 3D audio affect PlayStation 5 games? You may have already read about some of the technical capabilities of Sony's next-gen console, and one term that's being thrown around is 3D audio. Mark Cerny, who's leading development on PS5, was disappointed at the lack of...
Guide Will PS5 Games Run at 60 Frames-Per-Second?
And will PlayStation 5 improve the framerate of PS4 games?
Will PS5 games be 60 frames-per-second? Frames-per-second, or 'fps' for short, refers to the visual "smoothness" of a video game. Generally speaking, the higher the framerate, or frames-per-second, the smoother the moving image on your display will be. A higher frame rate is also preferable...
Guide Will PS5 Be Backwards Compatible with PS4 Games?
Can you play PS4 games on the PS5?
Will the PS5 be backwards compatible with the PS4? One of the biggest questions regarding the PlayStation 5 is whether you’ll be able to play PlayStation 4 games on it. In this article, we’re going to explain how PS4 games will work on the PS5. We’ll also consider whether the PlayStation 5 will be backwards...
Guide PS5 Ray Tracing - What Is It?
More realistic lighting on PS5
What is ray tracing on PS5? Every time that Sony has brought up the PlayStation 5, it's also mentioned ray tracing, using the term as a selling point. But just what is ray tracing, and what does it bring to Sony's next-gen console? Without getting too technical, we're going to answer that question in this very guide...
Guide PS5 SSD - What Is It and What Will It Do?
Will it improve loading times on PS5?
What is PS5's SSD and how will it improve loading times? Sony has confirmed that the PlayStation 5 will make use of an SSD, or Solid-State Drive, which will help with things like load times. But what does this actually mean? How does it make the PS5 more powerful? We're going to attempt to answer these questions...
Guide Will You Need PS Plus for PS5 Multiplayer?
Do you need PlayStation Plus to play PS5 online?
Will PS Plus be required on PS5? Will you need PlayStation Plus to play online multiplayer on PS5? PlayStation Plus is one of Sony's best services, and it'll of course carry over into the next generation. However, will it remain a requirement for online play on PS5? In this article, we're going to...
Guide What Specs Will PS5 Have?
All of PlayStation 5's technical specifications
What are the PS5's specs? Sony's PlayStation 5 is coming, and it's going to come packed with some pretty impressive technology. For most people, the technical specifications of the PS5 won't matter all that much -- at the end of the day, the important thing is that Sony's next generation console runs a...
Guide Will Sony Release a PS5 Pro?
PlayStation 5 Pro release date speculation
Will there be a PS5 Pro? Sony and Microsoft both dramatically changed the traditional console cycle with the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X respectively, so will the PlayStation 5 follow in its predecessor’s footsteps and offer a supercharged version? In this guide, we’re going to consider whether there’ll be...
Guide Will Free PS5 Games Be Included with PS Plus?
How will PS Plus work on PS5?
Will PS Plus members get free PlayStation 5 games? The PlayStation Plus service is set to carry over into the next generation of Sony systems, meaning that subscribers will have certain expectations from the moment they sign in and start playing on the PS5. In this guide, we're going to consider whether PS Plus members...
Guide What Will the PS5's Price Be?
How much will the PlayStation 5 cost?
How much will the PS5 cost? What is the PlayStation 5’s price going to be when it releases? While there is plenty of excitement for Sony’s next-gen console right now, there are also worries that it won’t be particularly affordable. In this article, we’re going to look at the latest rumours and consider...
Rumour PS5 Will Come With a Camera to 'Lure' Streamers
Life's a Twitch
Streaming is big business these days, and it's seriously big business for a select few. Sites like Twitch are becoming more and more popular, and like it or not, streamers are now a core pillar of modern gaming culture. It's not really a shock, then, to hear that Sony and Microsoft want in on the market. According to a Gizmodo...
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