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News Fans and Media Reflect on the PS4's PlayStation Meeting a Decade Later
10 years of For the Players
As of yesterday, it's been 10 years since Sony took to the stage at The Hammerstein Ballroom in New York for a PlayStation Meeting and formally introduced the PS4 generation. Without even showing the console (that beat came at E3 2013), the company revealed the sort of experiences one could get excited about for the next...
News PS1 Classic The Legend of Dragoon Does Indeed Have Trophies on PS5, PS4
And a Platinum
The Legend of Dragoon is battling its way to PS5 and PS4 on the 21st February as part of this month's PS Plus Premium update, and as previously rumoured, the classic JRPG does indeed have a full Trophy list at launch. It's got a total of 47 trinkets — with four Golds and four Silvers — and yes, it includes an all-important Plati
News Celebrate Gran Turismo 7's PSVR2 Support with Sackboy: A Big Adventure Costumes
Yes, that's right
Gran Turismo 7 is just about to receive a major update, the headline addition of course being full support for PSVR2. The PS5 version of the game will be totally playable in virtual reality, and should be a great showpiece for the new hardware. To celebrate this momentous occasion, you'll soon be able to claim some GT7-themed DLC...
News Even Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne Are Out Promoting PSVR2
The Prince of Darkness heads to VR
Whoever had Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne appearing in a PSVR2 advert on their 2023 bingo card should maybe buy some lottery tickets because their luck is very much in right now. The Prince of Darkness has uploaded a promotional video to his Twitter account where he dons Sony's new headset and plays Horizon Call of the...
News Horizon Call of the Mountain Is a Nice Contender for Your First PSVR2 Platinum Trophy
LeVRel up
Following a Trophy guide for a PSVR2 game is always going to be a bit more difficult since you've got a big bit of plastic strapped to your head, but if you are still gunning for Platinum Trophies in VR, then Horizon Call of the Mountain doesn't look to present too much of a challenge. The launch title's Trophy list has appeared o
News Evo 2023's Main Games Will Be Announced Tomorrow
Ready? Fight!
Evo 2023 will be taking place at some point this summer, with Sony once again backing the world's biggest fighting game event. But what fighting games are actually going to be there? Well, we'll find out tomorrow (that's the 21st February), as an 'Announcement Show' will air at 5PM Pacific / 8PM Eastern / 1AM UK time the next day...
News Sony's Newest Mobile Game Ultimate Sackboy Is Available Now
Runner out on iOS, Android
Sackboy is once again available on the go, and we're not talking about any sort of port for the PSP's LittleBigPlanet. The latest mobile phone title from Sony, Ultimate Sackboy, adapts the cuddly character for a runner experience, and it's now available worldwide on iOS and Android devices. The trailer above reveals what...
News Returnal Is Sony's Second Most Unpopular PC Game at Launch
Peaked at 6,691 players
Across its first weekend of availability on Steam, Sony's PC port of Returnal pulled in a peak player count of just 6,691, making it the company's second most unpopular title on the personal computer at launch. Only Sackboy: A Big Adventure garnered less interest, attracting a measly 610 players at any one time during...
News Gran Turismo 7's Huge PSVR2 Update Comes Alongside Four New Cars
New content for non-VR players
Gran Turismo 7 will get a big new lease of life next week with a PSVR2 patch that makes it playable in virtual reality, but there's still content to look forward to if you're not buying Sony's new headset. Polyphony Digital CEO Kazunori Yamauchi has done his usual thing of teasing the PS5, PS4 update the weekend before...
Rumour Iconic PS1 RPG The Legend of Dragoon Adding Trophies on PS Plus Premium
According to unnamed source, anyway
Playing retro games on PS5 and PS4 with PS Plus Premium has become a key point of interest for enthusiast PlayStation fans, and Trophies are the icing on the cake when it comes to these classics. Sony is adding The Legend of Dragoon to its subscription service beginning Tuesday, 21st February – and according to...
News Some Fans Are So Invested in Xbox's Activision Acquisition They're Tracking a Sony Plane
Ryan air
The obsessive interest in Microsoft’s eye-watering $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard has hit new highs – or lows, depending on your perspective – as fans have taken to tracking the flights of a private Sony jet. A strangely engaged fanbase has discovered that a plane from London to Seattle was charted on 6th February,...
News Mark Horizon Forbidden West's First Birthday with Free PS5, PS4 Avatars
Plus fun stats
18th February 2023 marks the one-year anniversary of Horizon Forbidden West, and Guerrilla Games is celebrating with a new set of free PSN avatars and some fun stats about the PS5, PS4 exclusive to share. The avatars will be available on the PS Store from tomorrow, and they feature portraits of all the major characters in the game...
News God of War Ragnarok Testers Weren't Bothered by Early Puzzle Spoilers
Feedback came at launch
The issues surrounding the rate at which God of War Ragnarok companions spoil the mechanics of a puzzle were only made known to Santa Monica Studio after launch, the studio has revealed. In a new interview with MinnMax, narrative director Matt Sophos said pre-release QA testers never gave any feedback about the likes of...
News Idiots on the Internet Are Still Abusing Abby from The Last of Us 2's Face Model
Give it a rest
A reminder that, even several years since its release, imbeciles are still acting abusively on the Internet. You may recall certain events in the story of The Last of Us: Part II sent a vocal minority of the video game community into a tiswas, and this resulted in all sorts of unacceptable abuse – even extending as far as Jocelyn...
News PSVR2 Heavyweight Horizon Call of the Mountain Given Launch Trailer
Say hello to Aloy in VR
Sony has posted a Horizon Call of the Mountain launch trailer ahead of the game's release alongside PSVR2 on 22nd February 2023, which features new gameplay footage and our first glimpse of Aloy. We have known she will be in the title for some time now, but here we see her in the virtual reality flesh as part of a story...
News MLB The Show 23 PS5, PS4 Further Refines Sony's Flagship Sports Game
Batter up
Sports games are developed on an annual cycle, and therefore they’re more iterative than what you tend to experience in other titles. It means that improvements are rolled out with each edition, but many of these may be minor underlying things, which tune the experience – but don’t radically reinvent it. That seems to be the case...
News Hogwarts Legacy Tops Japanese Charts as PS5 Domination Continues
As if by magic
The PS5 continues to outsell the competition by some distance in its native Japan, with hardware numbers pushing past an impressive 93,000 last week. There's been some debate over why the PS5 is doing so well despite the fact that software sales seem so dead, but that's not really a point of contention this time around, as Hogwarts...
Review Horizon Call of the Mountain (PSVR2) - Pretty Platformer Reaches New Heights
Just don't look down
Ever wondered why Aloy has abs so rippled they’d make a Greek statue blush? It turns out surviving the tribal world of Horizon is tough – as PSVR2 launch title Call of the Mountain can attest. This next-gen virtual reality effort from The Persistence developer Firesprite and famed first-party Guerrilla Games is unflinchingly...
News Firewall Ultra Raises Pulses with Key Art from Anticipated PSVR2 FPS
More information soon
Firewall Ultra, the sequel to First Contact’s well-liked virtual reality FPS, will be part of the second-wave of PSVR2 titles when it launches later in 2023 – and here’s a first look at the game’s key art. Fans of the original will spot several contractors from the PSVR title, surrounded by a new arrival: Havoc, a...
News PS Plus Festival of Play Offers Prizes, Deals, Games, and Tournaments
Available until 24th February
Sony has today revealed a new PS Plus Festival of Play promotion that encompasses a range of activities that includes prizes, PS Store deals, tournaments, and the newly announced PS Plus Extra and
News God of War Ragnarok 3-Hour Trial Now Available on PS Plus Premium
Update: Now available outside of NA
Update: The three-hour trial for God of War Ragnarok is now available in Europe. Original Story: One of PS Plus Premium's best perks is its range of full game trials, which has been expanding quite a lot in recent months. These allow members to download titles and play them for a limited time, and if they like...
Review Horizon Forbidden West (PS5) - Aloy Returns in Superior PS5 Sequel
Red Head Redemption 2
Republished on Wednesday, 15th February, 2023: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of February 2023's PS Plus Extra and Premium lineup. The original text follows. With Horizon Zero Dawn, Guerrilla Games set the bar very high for itself. Its first attempt at an open world action RPG...
News Fate Had Other Plans for Kratos in Earlier Draft of God of War Ragnarok
Or, at least, the writers did
To say that Kratos, the calm and reasonable God of War, defied fate over the course of his travels would be an understatement of divine proportions. He did so repeatedly across multiple mythologies, and neither the Norns nor the Fates themselves could best the Ghost of Sparta. But another god almost did, at least, they...
News PSVR2 Headset and Sense Controllers Get Taken Apart in Dual Teardown Videos
Do not try this at home
With the launch of PSVR2 right around the corner, available from 22nd February, anticipation for Sony's latest piece of hardware is rapidly approaching fever pitch. We went hands on with the device and were impressed with what we played. Today, we have something a little more overtly technical to whet your whistle with; how...
News Fans Think They've Found Out More About Ground Breaking Twisted Metal PS5
A bold project in a unique universe
We know there’s a Twisted Metal television show in post-production right now, and rumour has it Firesprite Games is working on an all-new PS5 entry in the storied Sony series. While the project’s yet to be officially announced, fans have been digging for information for quite some time, and a selection of job...
News Media Molecule Reveals Details on This Year's Impy Awards as Dreams Turns 3 Years Old
Happy birthday!
They grow up so fast, don't they? PS4 make-'em-up Dreams celebrates its third anniversary today, and to go along with the milestone, Media Molecule has unveiled some of its plans for the fourth annual Impy Awards. In case you don't know, the Impy Awards is a yearly ceremony in which the developer and the Dreams community celebrate...
News Celebrate Valentine's Day with Sackboy: A Big Adventure's Latest Free DLC
Smitten
Sackboy: A Big Adventure has been quietly adding more and more costumes to its sizeable wardrobe. Developer Sumo Digital has made a whole bunch of post-launch DLC for the PS5 and PS4 platformer, and all of them have been freebies. That includes the latest effort, which gives everyone's favourite burlap hero a lovey-dovey makeover: The...
Rumour Sony Is Plotting Wireless Earbuds for PS5
As platform holder looks to revamp product mix
Sony is slowly but steadily increasing the mix of peripherals available for PS5, and the typically reliable Insider Gaming purports to have the scoop on another product: wireless earbuds. Scheduled to release anywhere from April 2023 through March 2024, the portable AirPod-inspired accessories will...
News PS5 Sales Increased 202% in Europe Year-over-Year, Xbox and Nintendo Switch Both Down
Flawless victory
PS5 sales increased by an eye-watering 202 per cent year-over-year across Europe in January, underlining Sony’s outrageously aggressive approach to 2023. In fact, the Japanese giant’s new-gen system was the only one to grow on the continent, as Nintendo Switch saw an 11 per cent decline during the same period, while Xbox Series...
News Gran Turismo 7's Free PSVR2 Patches Hits the Starting Grid on 21st February
Rolling start
Gran Turismo 7’s anticipated – and, at least in previews, acclaimed – free PSVR2 update will release worldwide on 21st February, a day before the headset itself. Series creator Polyphony Digital revealed that update 1.29 will begin rolling out from next Tuesday, giving you ample time to download and install it ahead of the...
News Sony May Have Added Another First-Party Studio to Its Roster
That's the rumour, anyway
Sony may have purchased UK-based developer Ballistic Moon, a team rumoured to be working on an Unreal Engine 5-powered AAA narrative-based single player adventure for the PS5. It’s strongly speculated that the Japanese giant is publishing this game, and therefore if progress is impressing executives, an acquisition...
News Kojima Would Have Had to Rewrite Death Stranding 2 if Elle Fanning Refused the Role
Perfect for the part
Auteur game designer Hideo Kojima has revealed that most of the upcoming Death Stranding 2 (officially revealed at The Game Awards 2022) would have had to have been rewritten if actress Elle Fanning had turned down the role. Speaking on a recent episode of his Brain Structure podcast, Kojima revealed the tidbit, stating that he...
News Japanese PS5 Hardware May Be Being Sent Overseas, Explaining Soft Software Sales
Stock allegedly being shipped to China
Sony is selling a lot of PS5 consoles in its native Japan right now, but physical software sales are non-existent. In the latest Famitsu report, the manufacturer moved almost 100k units, but not a single boxed title could break the software top ten – and they only would have needed to sell over 4,480 units to...
News Mammoth PS5 Marketing Prompts Horizon Forbidden West Pop-Up Café in Paris
Eatin' good in the tribal neighbourhood
Sony almost always goes hard when it’s got the bit between its teeth, but we don’t think we’ve ever seen a marketing effort quite like this from the platform holder before. As you may already know, it’s been erecting giant displays all over the globe – and there’s even speculation of a $6.5 million...
News Hogwarts Legacy PS5 DualSense Controller Sells Out Almost Immediately in UK, US
Like magic
Update: Yep, as predicted, the limited edition Hogwarts Legacy PS5 controller sold out extremely quickly in the US as well, where pre-orders went live eight hours after the sale of its UK counterpart. You can read more about that in the original story below. Original Story: As soon as it was revealed yesterday afternoon, we knew that...
Rumour Sony Set for Two PS5 Showcases Soon, as State of Play Rumours Return
SOON!
So, when's the next State of Play broadcast? The short answer: only Sony really knows. The slightly longer answer: later today, tomorrow, next week, the week after, maybe next month, maybe April, perhaps May, possibly some time in the summer. That's right folks, the State of Play rumours are back in business (do they ever really go away?) but...
News PSVR2's Packaging Doubles as a Handy Storage Box
Official PlayStation unboxing reveals all
We already photo documented our PSVR2 unboxing experience – spoilers: there’s not a lot to it, and that’s a great thing – but if you need a video to tide you over until 22nd February, the official PlayStation channel has got you covered. As you can see, it??
Gallery PSVR2's Unboxing Experience Is Uneventful, And That's a Great Thing
Pack it in
Sony has lifted the global embargo for PSVR2 unboxings, which means you’re minutes away from seeing some sumptuous LED backlit videos of people cracking open the next-gen headset. While we hope to bring you a similarly glossy video on the Push Square YouTube channel in the near future, we’re happy to confirm one thing: opening the...
News Bobby Kotick Says Sony Is 'Trying to Sabotage' Microsoft's Activision Bid
War of words
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has accused Sony of "trying to sabotage" Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of the company and claims that PlayStation boss Jim Ryan has "stopped talking" to both parties involved. In an interview with the Financial Times, Kotick stated that 'Sony’s entire leadership team stopped talking to...
News Hogwarts Legacy PS5 DualSense Controller Revealed, Out Tomorrow in Limited Supply
UK and US only
PlayStation has revealed that it's partnered with Hogwarts Legacy developer Avalanche Software for a new PS5 DualSense controller. This limited edition pad will be sold exclusively through the Official PlayStation Store, and we'd bet on it selling out very quickly. If you want to nab one, it goes on sale tomorrow (that's the 10th...
News PS5's Juggernaut Marketing Campaign Could Rush Super Bowl LVII This Weekend
A blizzard from Midgard expected during the big game
The greatest show on turf is just days away, with the Philadelphia Eagles [Boo! – Ed] set to do battle with the Kansas City Chiefs [Meh! – Ed]. Of course, only a handful of true blue born again Americans tune in for the football: the real show will come during the plentiful commercial breaks...
Rumour Sony Suspects Skyrocketing PS5 Sales as New Model Hits in September 2023
On course to top 50 million units
At this point we all know that the PS5 is picking up some serious steam. Thanks to a dramatic increase in global stock — with console production finally finding its footing after the shock of the pandemic — Sony appears set to push the PS5 as hard as it possibly can in 2023. But with big marketing comes big...
News The Best Syphon Filter Is Coming to PS Plus on PS5, PS4 with Trophies
Dark mirror
All the Syphon Filter games are pretty good, but 2006’s portable instalment Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror is undoubtedly the best. The game – developed by Days Gone maker Bend Studio – was a real showcase for Sony’s handheld at the time, and it was even eventually ported to the PS2 because it proved so impressive on the small...
News PS5 Still King of the Japanese Charts Despite Having No Games in Top Ten
Closes on 100k in gigantic week
PS5 closed on 100k units sold through the week ending 5th February in Japan. Sony’s new-gen format – which had been flailing in its domestic region due to supply issues – managed to move 93,026 units in total for the seven day week, capping off a meteoric rise for the machine. The firm had promised stock would...
News Call of Duty Is the Main Reason People Buy PS5, PS4, Says New Survey
New data used against Microsoft's buyout
It doesn't really come as a huge surprise, but Call of Duty's overall popularity on PlayStation consoles is being used as an argument against Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The UK's Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA for short) has found that a seemingly significant number of...
News The Last of Us' Insane Popularity Leads to Illegal Scams
Don't Clicker the link
Cybercriminals are capitalising on the explosion of interest in The Last of Us, following the release of HBO’s critically acclaimed show. Naughty Dog’s survival horror is one of the biggest brands around right now, and it’s proving fertile ground for felons looking to phish personal information from unsuspecting fans...
News Over 1,000 PS5, PS4 Games Discounted in PS Store Sale
What're yer buyin'?
Sony’s got your wallet in a vice, and it’s tightening its grip. As the PS Store’s scale has expanded over the past decade, so too has the scope of its sales – and this latest round of discounts sees over 1,000 items reduced. The headline inclusion is The Last of Us: Part I and The Last of Us Remastered, which have been...
News UK Determines Xbox's $69 Billion Activision Buyout Could Harm Gamers
May result in "higher prices, fewer choices, or less innovation"
Microsoft’s eye-watering $69 billion proposal to purchase Activision Blizzard has been the source of intense scrutiny from global governments for nearly a year now, but the UK’s regulator has released a provisional report today which says it “could harm gamers” and potentially...
News PSN Licence Issues Prevent PS5, PS4 Owners from Playing Their Games
Can't use content
Update: According to Sony’s official website, the PSN licence issue has been resolved. However, many are still facing problems, rendering their catalogue of digital games unplayable. One solution we’ve seen suggested is to completely reboot your console, which worked for our very own Robert Ramsey overnight. We’ll continue...
News Four New PS Plus Games Are Available for You to Download Now
Get 'em while they're hot
Four new PS Plus games are available for all subscribers to download now. As announced last week, the monthly games this time include Evil Dead: The Game, Mafia: Definitive Edition, OlliOlli World, and
