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News PS5 Slim Doesn't Come with a Vertical Stand, Needs to Be Bought Separately
$ony's at it again
The newly announced PS5 redesign — which everyone is casually referring to as the 'Slim' — will not ship with a vertical stand, it seems. This means that, unless you're okay with just balancing your console on its base — that's assuming this model is completely flat at the bottom — you'll need to buy a separate stand...
News PS5 Slim Officially Unveiled, Attachable Disc Drive, Launches November
There it is
Sony has announced and revealed the long-rumoured new PS5 model. Launching in November 2023 in the United States with other countries to follow, this updated SKU has a smaller form factor and, as expected, a disc drive which can be bought and attached separately. <products group-id="25642"> The new PS5 has been reduced in...
News Major Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Spoilers Have Started Flooding Online
It begins
How about a healthy dose of caution to kickstart the week? Insomniac Games warned that it was probably coming, and it has: major spoilers for Marvel's Spider-Man 2 are now doing the rounds online. At this point we've seen numerous screenshots and even a few videos across social media and various gaming forums, so if you're looking forward...
News 8 PS Plus Extra Games for October Leaked Early
What are they?
The ever-reliable Dealabs has just leaked a handful of games heading to PS Plus Extra this month. The partial leak reveals eight of the games being added to the catalogue in October. Recently, it was supposed that The Last of Us: Part II may be part of the lineup because of a new PS Store ad, but a
News PS Store Ad Suggests The Last of Us 2 May Soon Be Heading to PS Plus
Plus-Station
Update: A bunch of games coming to PS Plus Extra this month have leaked. According to the report, The Last of Us: Part II is not among them. Original Story: Sony might have inadvertently revealed one of the games heading to PS Plus Extra's game catalogue in the near future, and it's a big one. The Last of Us: Part II, one of PS4's...
Random Nightmarish 'The Last of Crust' Bread Clicker a Fitting Tribute
The Loaf of Us
In essential Naughty Dog-adjacent news, Catherine and Hannalee Pervan, mother-daughter duo and co-owners of the One House Bakery (Benicia, California), have crafted a horrifying monument to the iconic Clicker. Famed as the relentless fungal zombies in The Last of Us series, we'd bet this bread one, slathered in butter, probably tastes...
News The Last of Us 2 PS5 Remaster Seems to Be Real
Can't be for nothing
The Last of Us: Part 2's long rumoured remaster — or at least, PS5 port — might very well be real. The latest evidence comes from the LinkedIn profile of a Naughty Dog developer (as spotted by Insider Gaming), who claims to have worked on "The Last of Us: Part One and The Last of Us 2: Remastered". Said profile has since...
Poll How's Your Hype for Marvel's Spider-Man 2?
Are your spidey senses tingling?
With the game just two weeks away at the time of writing this article, we want to know how your hype levels for Marvel's Spider-Man 2 are holding up. The PS5 exclusive is pretty much Sony's flagship game of 2023, and since we have no real information on what the next 12 months hold for PlayStation Studios, it does...
PS Store Sales Charts Baldur's Gate 3 Almost Tops Ever-Popular Sports Titles
Not two bad
Baldur's Gate 3 has been an immense success this year, and here's further proof. For the month of September 2023, it almost hit the number one spot in the PS Store's PS5 download charts. The RPG is in second place on both the North American and European charts, only behind NBA 2K24 on the former and EA Sports FC 24 on the latter...
News PS Plus Premium Members Get Free Movies with New PS5, PS4 Streaming App
For the watchers
Another media application joins the ranks today, 5th October, on PS5 and PS4. The Sony Pictures Core app, formerly Bravia Core on Sony's smart TVs, is rolling out on PlayStation consoles, giving you access to the company's wide range of films on demand. After signing up, you'll be able to rent or buy thousands of Sony Pictures...
News Thousands of Sony Employee Details at Risk Following Another Reported Hack
Past and present worker data exposed
Sony has confirmed the extent of the damage done during a cyber attack back in June; the personal information of 6,791 current and former employees has been leaked. Ransomware group Clop is behind the attack, according to Bleeping Computer. The company is reaching out to those affected, offering credit...
News The Last of Us Multiplayer's Microtransactions Man Has Left Naughty Dog
Another one gone
Naughty Dog’s troubled, long-in-development multiplayer adaptation of The Last of Us has lost one of its most important employees: the man tasked with making money. Anders Howard was recruited by the award-winning studio last November, as the release’s Principal Monetisation Designer. In other words, he was tasked with creating...
News Looks Like Horizon Forbidden West's Complete Edition Will Ship on Two PS5 Discs
A first for the format
Horizon Forbidden West is a monstrous game, and when you toss in its excellent Burning Shores expansion, it reaches an entirely different scale. It’s perhaps unsurprising, then, that the exclusive’s imminent Complete Edition – which bundles both parts of the package together – will become the first PS5 title to ship on...
News Housemarque to Establish 'the Nordics' Most Advanced Gaming Headquarters' in 2024
Home sweet home
Developer Housemarque, the makers of the excellent Returnal, is set to move into a very swanky-sounding new studio by the end of next year. The team is Finland's longest-standing game developer, founded in 1995 and operating out of Helsinki ever since. In a new blog post on its website, Housemarque says it's looking to relocate to...
News The Last of Us Multiplayer Game Is 'Basically on Ice' Right Now
Progress more or less halted
It has recently been reported that Naughty Dog is cutting ties with many of its contract workers amid a huge wave of industry layoffs. However, one detail in Kotaku's report that admittedly passed us by pertains to the state of the developer's only known project — its multiplayer The Last of Us game. According to...
News PlayStation's Push for Live Service Games Hasn't Been Going Smoothly
Report examines growing pains for PS Studios
PlayStation fans have mostly come to want and expect AAA single-player blockbusters from Sony's studios. These titles have been the platform holder's bread and butter for a long time, with record-breaking series like Horizon, The Last of Us, Marvel's Spider-Man, and God of War selling by the bucketload...
News Now Naughty Dog Is Reportedly Downsizing, Cutting Multiple Contract Jobs
Core team apparently unaffected
Unfortunately, it looks like the recent tidal wave of redundancies isn't done sweeping through the games industry. In a new report from Kotaku, it appears Naughty Dog is laying off dozens of contractors. Sources "familiar with the situation" have told Kotaku that Naughty Dog informed those affected of the job cuts...
News Demand for PlayStation Portal Sky High in Japan, Pre-Orders Reportedly Sold Out
Thinking with portals
The PlayStation Portal has been met with raised eyebrows and shrugged shoulders among enthusiasts in the West, but it seems as though Japan is very much onboard with the Remote Play handheld. Pre-orders for the device recently went live at various retailers, and over in Sony's homeland, demand is reportedly high; PS Portal is...
News Sony Partners with Adidas for an Awesome Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Collection
Launches alongside the game
Sony's marketing machine for Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is in full force. We've just seen a cinematic promo that'll likely be popping up on TV, and now, clothing brand Adidas has unveiled a new range of apparel and shoes inspired by the upcoming game. The only item we've been able to get a proper look at is the Peter...
News Your PS Plus Essential Monthly Games for October 2023 Are Available Now
Harvest time
Happy October, everyone! It's a bit like September except it's getting a little cooler and the western world pretends it's Halloween for several weeks. A fresh batch of PS Plus Essential games is also upon us, and one of the new trio is perfect for the spooky season. October's PS Plus Essential games are starting to roll out right now...
News Spider-Man 2 PS5 Will Empower You to Make the Swinging Much Tougher
The floor is lava
If you’re an experienced web head in need of a greater challenge, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 will enable you to up the difficulty significantly. Among the game’s suite of accessibility options, Insomniac Games has incorporated a setting which will actually make the sequel more difficult overall – a Swing Assistance slider...
News Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Cinematic Teaches Us to Be Greater Together
Never say never
Just as the wait for Marvel's Spider-Man 2 began to feel interminable, a new cinematic trailer dropped seemingly out of the ether. In it, we are reminded that no matter the odds, together, we can overcome anything. It's a surprisingly sad scene, replete with flashbacks to tragic moments from each respective Spider-Man's past. As the...
News Spider-Man 2's Story 'Packed with Surprises' as Dev Warns Against Potential Leaks and Spoilers
Be careful out there
It goes without saying that Insomniac Games doesn't want Marvel's Spider-Man 2 spoilers to appear online when we're just weeks away from release. At the time of writing this article, we don't think there have been any major leaks, but as we all know by now, you can never be too careful. Pre-launch spoilers for big games are...
Reminder Last Chance to Claim Your PS Plus Essential PS5, PS4 Games for September
All change
A new month has begun, and that means the next batch of PS Plus Essential monthly games are incoming. October's lineup was announced last week, and will be available very soon, but there's still time to claim the previous games if you haven't yet. As a reminder, September's PS Plus Essential games are: Black Desert (PS4) Generation...
News DriveClub at 60FPS on PS5 Has Us Mourning the Loss of Evolution Studios All Over Again
Just look at it
DriveClub was the last game produced by Sony's fantastic racing game specialist Evolution Studios. While its launch was scuppered, it blossomed to become a brilliant sim-cade racer, with incredible visual fidelity that's, honestly, still impressive today. Now, a modder has managed to get the early PS4 title running at a smooth 60...
News PS5's Knights of the Old Republic Remake Is Being Wiped from the Internet
Update: Sony says it's due to music licensing
Update: Sony says the reason the Knights of the Old Republic trailers are being removed from its YouTube and social media accounts is due to music licenses expiring. In a statement to IGN, the organisation said: “As part of normal business, we delist assets with licensed music when the licenses...
News Chequered Flag for Gran Turismo Sport as Online Services Shut Down in January 2024
Gran Turismo finito
Sony and Polyphony Digital have announced plans to shut down online servers for PS4 exclusive racing sim, Gran Turismo Sport. The game, which has largely been superseded by Gran Turismo 7, will have its online functionality unplugged from 31st January, 2024. The news was shared on the official Gran Turismo website. Prior to the...
News Xbox Boss Praises 'Fierce Leader' Jim Ryan Following News of PlayStation CEO's Retirement
Why can't we be friends
With Sony announcing that PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan will be retiring in April of next year, this kind of message from Phil Spencer was inevitable. The Xbox boss has taken to Twitter in order to praise 63-year-old Ryan's impact on the industry, as you'd expect. "Jim Ryan has been a great contributor to our industry and a...
Insomniac does it again
As we've come to expect from PlayStation Studios games, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 will ship with a whole bunch of accessibility options, ensuring that the action title can be fully customised to suit whoever's playing. Developer Insomniac Games is no stranger to this stuff thanks to its stellar work on the first Marvel's...
News First-Party Firesprite's Dark PS5 Horror Could Be Due in 2025
Edited resume alludes to target release date
Firesprite’s long-rumoured dark horror PS5 exclusive could launch in 2025, according to the resume of a former employee. The information on concept artist Agnes Hvalstad’s Art Station page has since changed, but the Internet never sleeps, and ResetEra captured screenshots of the information prior to...
News Delete PlayStation Account Search Traffic Rockets Following Alleged Security Breach
A way out
Google Trends data has a registered a 277 per cent increase in “delete PlayStation account” searches following an alleged data breach earlier this week. A ransomware group claimed to have “successfully compromised all of Sony’s systems”, with the stolen data purportedly up for sale. The Japanese giant has responded by insisting...
Reaction PlayStation Boss Jim Ryan May Have Been Disliked, But Leaves Big Boots to Fill
A hugely successful tenure draws to a close
The surprising revelation that Jim Ryan will retire as Sony Interactive Entertainment’s President and CEO at the end of March 2024 has been, perhaps predictably, met with glee from most corners of the wider video game world. In addition to courting controversy on a number of occasions, the British...
News Marvel's Spider-Man 2's PS5 Trophies Will Require You to Do Everything
Do whatever a spider can
The previous Marvel’s Spider-Man games proved a completionist’s dream, and it looks like the same will largely be true of incoming sequel, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. Acclaimed developer Insomniac Games has shared a partial list of Trophies for the imminent release, presumably with spoiler-filled story gongs removed. And...
News Who Is PlayStation's New CEO, Hiroki Totoki?
The dawning of a new age
After almost 30 years at Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), not to mention being president and CEO since 2019, PlayStation boss Jim Ryan has announced his retirement. He will hand over the reins of corporate power to Sony Group Corporation president and COO Hiroki Totoki on 1st April 2024, who will take on the role of...
News Gran Turismo 7's September Update Adds Fast Cars and Flashy Scapes
Time for a tune-up
Gran Turismo 7's next update is out today, 28th September, and it brings with it some speedy new vehicles, which has to be the real draw here. There are also some Extra Menus being added, as well as new Scapes, with some 29 additional Spots having been added to Brand Central's Nissan section, but it's the cars we think you'll like...
News Jim Ryan Retires as PlayStation Boss in March 2024
Hiroki Totoki assumes Interim CEO position
Sony has announced PlayStation boss Jim Ryan will be retiring from his role in March 2024. To help with the transition, Hiroki Totoki will assume the position of Chairman of Sony Interactive Entertainment from next month. "Mr. Totoki will work closely with Sony Group Corporation Chairman and CEO Kenichiro...
Rumour State of Play Incoming? Death Stranding 2 Dev Photo Seems to Suggest Showcase
The state of it
Sony will host a new State of Play in the relatively near future — or so fresh findings on Reddit would have you believe. Eagle-eyed users are referencing a photo from Hideo Kojima's personal assistant (posted today, the 27th September), which shows the director sat at a desk, editing footage of some kind. Now, here's where it...
News Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition Officially Announced for PS5, PC
Sony no longer in Sylens
Update: Well, we suppose that was inevitable. Sony has officially confirmed that Horizon Forbidden West: Complete Edition is coming to PS5 on the 6th October. It's also heading to PC (Steam and Epic Games Store) a little later, in early 2024. You can take a look at the announcement trailer above. It'll be priced at $59.99...
News Massive PS Store Sale Wants You to Play PS5, PS4 for Longer
Extended play
A massive new PS Store sale spanning over 1,500 items is live around the world right now, with the focus on extended play. The emphasis appears to be on Digital Deluxe and Ultimate Editions of popular titles – so, in other words, you’re getting the most comprehensive bundles of fairly big games at a discounted rate. Some examples...
News Statue Manufacturer Accuses Sony of Forcing It to Destroy All PlayStation Products
Including paid pre-orders, allegedly
Controversial collectible toy and statue manufacturer Gaming Heads claims that Sony has forced it to “destroy” its inventory of PlayStation products, including paid pre-orders of products waiting to be shipped to customers. In an email shared on social media, the Hong Kong-based firm said that its merchandise...
News Sony Investigating Alleged Hack of 'All Systems' by Ransomware Group
Uh oh
Update (26th September 2023): Sony has put out a short statement regarding the recent report about an alleged ransomware attack on the company. It told IGN: "We are currently investigating the situation, and we have no further comment at this time." Original Story: A ransomware group by the name of Ransomed.vc claims to have compromised "all...
News Jim Ryan Praises PlayStation Home for Being '10-15 Years Ahead of Its Time'
Other "game-type metaverse" projects in the works
PlayStation boss Jim Ryan has shared praise for Sony's PS3 project PlayStation Home in newly revealed documents part of the court case concerning Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard. While talk surrounding the Metaverse has somewhat died down as of late, Ryan believes PlayStation Home was...
News PS Store Adds a New Five-Star Rating System to Score Your PS5, PS4 Games
Must own the game to leave a rating
Product pages on the PS Store have been given a refresh as Sony has implemented a new five-star rating system users can engage with. It's not entirely clear when this feature went live as it's only been spotted in the past 12 hours, but you can now attach a rating to the PS5, PS4 games you own. To do so, you can...
News No New The Last of Us Game or TV Show Announcements Tomorrow
Look forward to art and merch
Naughty Dog will celebrate The Last of Us Day tomorrow, but you shouldn't go into its livestream expecting any news on new games or TV shows. The PlayStation Studios developer has taken to Twitter to kill any excitement by confirming it'll be focusing on "art, merch, and more". The studio continues: "While we're...
News Free PS5 Game Offered to New Console Buyers in the USA
Pick from 12 different PS5 titles
Sony has unveiled a new promotion in the USA that allows anyone who purchases and then activates a new PS5 by 20th October 2023 to redeem a free PS5 game. Those who qualify will need to turn the console on and button over to the PS Store, where a banner will take you to a page listing the 12 PS5 titles you can pick...
News PS5, PC Pre-Orders for Helldivers 2 Are Available Now
Time to enlist
Attention, soldiers: Helldivers 2 is now available to pre-order. Published by Sony and developed by Arrowhead, this is a third-person sequel to the top-down original, and has you blasting away the bad guys in tactical four-player co-op. A new trailer has been released to give you the gist: cool weapons, aliens, robots, and friendly...
News PS Store's Tokyo Game Show Sale Slashes Prices on Hundreds of Japanese PS5, PS4 Games
Beasts from the east
Tokyo Game Show is happening right now, and in case you missed it, Sony is celebrating with a new sale on the PS Store. As you'd expect, the offer comprises almost exclusively games made in Japan, though there are one or two outliers. Anyway, there are a lot of fantastic titles included here for both PS5 and PS4. With over 200...
News Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Has Officially Gone Gold One Month Away from Release
Here come the Spider-Men
Get hyped, everyone — Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has gone gold. This essentially means core development on the game is done, it's ready to be shipped, and Insomniac Games will be giving itself a deserved pat on the back. To mark the occasion, the developer has put together a short video featuring various actors from the game...
News Watch Your Step! Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Reportedly Features Fall Damage
It's optional, though
If you're swinging around between dizzyingly tall skyscrapers, it should be expected you'll need to worry about smacking into the ground at some stage. Fortunately for Spider-Man, it's almost never a concern, but gravity doesn't care whether you're superhuman or not. Anyway, it seems that, for Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Insomniac...
News Xbox Documents Reveal Staggering Cost of Bringing Games to Game Pass, PS Plus
Hey big spender
A massive Xbox leak has spilled the beans on all kinds of internal affairs at the organisation. Now, this being a PlayStation website, a lot of the leaked information isn't really relevant — but documents that detail the financial impact of bringing games to subscription services? We'll report on that, thank you kindly. While it's...