Feature 'It Should Be Free to Play Online Games': PS Plus Price Squeeze Taken to Task by PS5 Owners
"I'll just play on PC I guess"
- Sony
- PS5
- PS Plus
- Reaction
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Poll Sony's Killing Its PS5 PC Ports - But Do You Agree with Its Decision?
Single player games will be fully exclusive again
- Sony
- PS5
- PC
- Polls
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News Free on Xbox, PS5 Owners Made to Pay $10 for New Darksiders Upgrade
$10 charge on PS5, free on Xbox
- THQ Nordic
- PS5
- Darksiders
News Find Out What's Next for PS5's GTA-Like Anime Open World Later This Week
NTE's v1.1 is coming
- Perfect World Games
- PS5
- NTE
- Neverness to Everness
News Finally, I Have a Reason to Play as My Street Fighter 6 Avatar on PS5, PS4 Again
Free modes add tons more to do
- Capcom
- PS5
- PS4
- Street Fighter
- Updates
News No PS5, PS4 Trophies for Time Crisis as Bandai Namco Continues Its Classics Losing Streak
Take cover
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- PS1
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TodayTue, 19th May 2026
News Free on Xbox, PS5 Owners Made to Pay $10 for New Darksiders Upgrade
$10 charge on PS5, free on Xbox
The random PS5 upgrade for Darksiders: Warmastered Edition, which in itself is a PS4 remaster of a PS3 game, is now available. It's packing a few enhancements and updates, but what current owners of the PS4 version might be surprised to learn is they have to pay to access the new PS5 version. That is despite the fact...
- THQ Nordic
- PS5
- Darksiders
News Find Out What's Next for PS5's GTA-Like Anime Open World Later This Week
NTE's v1.1 is coming
If you’re new to the world of free-to-play gacha games, then you may not know they’re on a strict update cycle. What does that mean? Well, the day one offering is just the start – these games update every six weeks or so, adding new characters, quests, and activities over time. So if you’re just wrapping up...
- Perfect World Games
- PS5
- NTE
- Neverness to Everness
News Finally, I Have a Reason to Play as My Street Fighter 6 Avatar on PS5, PS4 Again
Free modes add tons more to do
Street Fighter 6 really does feel like a throwback in many ways, because it actually takes its single player seriously. Don’t get me wrong, this is a game that revolves around esports, but Capcom hasn’t abandoned casuals who just want to interact with the fun gameplay. The excellent World Tour mode is an obvious...
- Capcom
- PS5
- PS4
- Street Fighter
- Updates
News No PS5, PS4 Trophies for Time Crisis as Bandai Namco Continues Its Classics Losing Streak
Take cover
You can now play Time Crisis on PS5 and PS4, and that's certainly cause for celebration. The arcade shooter remains an all-timer, and you can either grab it from the PS Store standalone, or claim it through a PS Plus Premium subscription. But it's just such a shame that publisher Bandai Namco simply refuses to add Trophy support to its...
- Bandai Namco
- PS5
- PS4
- PS1
- Time Crisis
News 5 PS Plus Extra Game Removals for June 2026 Confirmed
Departing on 16th June
Today's your monthly PS Plus Extra game rotation, and as the eight new titles for May 2026 become available, the next set of service departures for next month have been confirmed. Five games are on their way out, all set to leave on 16th June 2026. As per the Last Chance to Play section on PS5 consoles, they are: We Love...
- PS5
- PS4
- PS Plus
News Xbox Fans Flock to Online Suggestions Box to Tell Microsoft to Keep Games Off PS5
"BRING EXCLUSIVES BACK PLEASE!!!"
Time is a flat circle, and in lockstep with Phil Spencer’s tenure back in 2014, new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has introduced a community suggestions box for fans to submit their ideas for the brand. (By the way, I’m not going to feed Microsoft’s tedious engagement activities and write XBOX here, because that’s...
- Xbox Game Studios
- PS5
- Industry
Time Extension "I promise you guys, I’m gonna rescue him"
After sitting in an abandoned arcade for years, a one-of-a-kind Spyro statue dating all the way back to E3 2000 has just been located and rescued by a member of the game’s community, after a real-life treasure hunt. The statue, which is estimated to be “12 feet long, 5 to 6 feet tall (including the...
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- Spyro
- PS1
- Game Preservation
Guide LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Guide: 100% Collectibles Walkthrough
The ultimate LEGO Batman collectibles resource
In this LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight guide, we are going to share a 100% collectibles walkthrough focusing on the campaign missions. We'll talk you through how to find all the collectibles and Red Bricks. Note: This guide is a work in progress. Please check back with us regularly for more...
- Guides
- LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
- PS5
News Play One of Square Enix's Most Promising PS5 RPGs Right Now with a Free Demo
Sword and hopefully not bored
I absolutely hate the name, but there's no denying the potential within The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales. If you haven't been keeping up, this is a new action RPG from Square Enix, which boasts that (admittedly quite tired) HD-2D graphical style. It's from the same team that made the Octopath Traveler...
- Square Enix
- PS5
- The Adventures of Elliot
News May 2026 PS Plus Extra, Premium Games Available to Download Now
Another eight PS5, PS4, and Classic titles to play
First revealed last week, Sony has today made available the full lineup of PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium titles for May 2026 to active subscribers. The eight new games are available to download now in the UK and across Europe, and will be available to USA members later in the day. As the...
- PS5
- PS4
- PS Plus
News Prominent PS5 Podcaster's Account Hacked, Social Engineering Concerns Amplified
Is nothing sacred?
A prominent PS5 podcaster’s PSN account has been hacked, amplifying ongoing concerns of “social engineering” which have been circulating within the PlayStation fanbase. Colin Moriarty, the founder and creator of the Sacred Symbols podcast and ex-IGN PlayStation editor,
- Sony
- PS5
- Industry
Poll Sony's Killing Its PS5 PC Ports - But Do You Agree with Its Decision?
Single player games will be fully exclusive again
It’s been a tumultuous day for PS5, underpinned by a PS Plus price increase and confirmation that Sony’s cancelling PC ports of its single player games. While the company hasn’t made a statement, word comes by way of Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier, reporting
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- PC
- Polls
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Feature 'It Should Be Free to Play Online Games': PS Plus Price Squeeze Taken to Task by PS5 Owners
"I'll just play on PC I guess"
I think you can learn a lot about PS Plus Essential’s latest price hike by looking at which options are going up. Sony is only increasing the one-month and three-month subscriptions; it’s not making any changes to the annual option. Furthermore, this change will only affect new or lapsed customers; if you’re...
- Sony
- PS5
- PS Plus
- Reaction
- Features
YesterdayMon, 18th May 2026
Feature 25+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in PS Store's Next Level Savings Sale (North America/Europe)
Recommended PS5 and PS4 games going cheap
The latest sale on the PS Store is live now (after an unusual hiatus), and it's the Next Level Savings sale, running from now until 27th May. As always, there are thousands of PS5 and PS4 games included in the offer, which means it can be a bit laborious browsing through it all. In this list, we've put...
- Sony
- PS5
- PS4
- PS Store
- Deals
News PS Plus Price Increase Announced by Sony for New Members
From 20th May 2026
Sony has today confirmed it's raising the price of PS Plus Essential, the service's base tier, for new subscribers. The increase comes into effect from this Wednesday, 20th May 2026 due to "ongoing market conditions", and raises the prices of one-month and three-month memberships. It seems the 12-month option isn't impacted. If...
- Sony
- PS5
- PS4
- PS Plus
Guide These 24+ New PS5 and PS Plus Games Are Coming Out This Week (18th-24th May)
LEGO Batman! Bubsy 4D! Warhammer!
It’s a big week this week for PS5 owners and PS Plus subscribers alike, with tons of new titles launching. Among the highlights, we’d obviously point to LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight. But spare a thought for Bubsy 4D and Warhammer 40k: Speed Freeks, both of which could be pleasant surprises. There’s...
- Guides
- PS5
- PS4
- Release Dates
- Features
Review LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight (PS5) - Brick Gaming at Its Joyful Best
Batman Begin
When making LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, I like to think developer TT Games agreed to one phrase, and one phrase alone: if it’s not fun, scrap it. The veteran studio has created an experience with an uncompromising commitment to having a good time. Using the framework of the Batman universe and its deep lore, a campaign...
- Reviews
- Warner Bros
- PS5
- LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
News Sony Reportedly Confirms Shift Back to PS5 Single Player Exclusive Games
Hermen Hulst said so in an internal meeting
PlayStation Studios lead Hermen Hulst confirmed to staff in an internal meeting today that first-party single player titles made by the company will now remain exclusive to PS5 and won't be ported to PC, Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier reports. Following up on his report from March, Schreier said on...
- Sony
- PS5
- PC
News Until Dawn Dev Still Going with Dark Pictures Series, Next Entry Teased
The Ring vibes in this one
As is customary for The Dark Pictures Anthology games, the next entry in the horror series has been revealed by way of a secret teaser video hidden in the latest release. With Directive 8020 now in the hands of the public, what's up next has made its way online. The video upload of the trailer calls the game The Craven...
- Bandai Namco
- PS5
- The Dark Pictures Anthology
Round Up Disco Elysium's Controversial 'Sequel' Met with Rave Reviews
Zero Parades: For Dead Spies reviews are in
Zero Parades: For Dead Spies is out this week on PC, and so critic reviews are starting to trickle in. It was always going to be interesting to see how this one's received, since it's technically the successor to Disco Elysium — one of the most highly regarded RPGs of the last decade or so. However,...
- ZAUM
- PS5
- Zero Parades
- Disco Elysium
- Round Up
News Mixtape Isn't Going Anywhere, Won't Be Delisted Over Music Licenses
Licenses agreed in perpetuity
Mixtape team Beethoven & Dinosaur and publisher Annapurna Interactive have both confirmed the excellent PS5 game won't face any potential delisting issues over its licensed soundtrack in the future. This is because, rather than only setting up temporary music licenses for the title, agreements in "perpetuity" have been...
- Annapurna Interactive
- PS5
- Mixtape
Feature How Did Resident Evil's Tyrant Become Mr. X? I Decided To Investigate
Time Extension "I think Mr. X was in the very early version of the in-game text."
Last year, while covering a Resident Evil-related story, I received a comment on the site that opened my eyes to a strange mystery in the Resident Evil fanbase I had never really thought about much before: the origin of "Mr. X", the official nickname for the T-00, from Resident Evil...
- Features
- News
- Capcom
- Resident Evil
News GTA 6 Trailer 3 Unlikely Today After Erroneous Pre-Order Emails
I'm six to death of this
It’s been over a year since GTA 6’s last trailer, and fans are clinging to any scrap of information. Rockstar said it will start marketing the game this summer, but last week’s Game Informer cover reveal turned out to be unrelated. However, there was hope in some pockets of the comm
- Rockstar Games
- PS5
- GTA
- Grand Theft Auto
News Latest PS5 Lawsuit Claims Sony Could 'Double Dip' on Trump's Tariffs
Aw sh*t, here we go again
My god, Sony’s legal team is earning its (significant) coin right now, huh? I feel like there’s a new suit emerging every day, and let me tell you, I have the headaches to prove it. (Seriously, have you ever tried reading legal documents? They suck.) This one pertains to what I’ll colloquially refer to as Trump’s...
- Sony
- PS5
- USA
- Legal
News Gravity Rush 2 Fans Find a Way to Play Sony's Neglected PS4 Classic at 4K, 60fps
Katnip
Gravity Rush 2 always deserved better, so I was quite excited to see Kat’s topsy-turvy sequel trending on social media this weekend. One talented coder, Junmin Lee, has created a new fork for the ShadPS4 emulator, allowing the PS4 exclusive to run in 4K at up to 60fps on the PC. It’s worth noting you will need an original copy of the...
- Sony
- PC
- Gravity Rush
- Culture
Game is 18 months behind original schedule
Only days after one false alarm, the hardcore GTA community has convinced itself that pre-orders for GTA 6 will go live soon. Affiliates part of the Best Buy program have had emails claiming their links for GTA 6 pre-orders shall be available today, thus fuelling more fan theories. There's been a lot to...
- Rockstar Games
- PS5
- Grand Theft Auto
- GTA
News 'Pretty Awesome, Huh?': Even the Father of Final Fantasy Can't Avoid AI Drama
Final Fantasy 6 fingers
Hironobu Sakaguchi, the legendary game developer most commonly known for the creation of Final Fantasy, has somehow found himself caught in the middle of a debate about AI on social media. Sakaguchi himself sparked all of this off when he responded to an AI-generated video on X (also known as Twitter). Said video was making...
- Final Fantasy
News PS5 Fans Vote Jak & Daxter As Their Most Wanted PlayStation Revival
Jak to the future
I’ve never particularly liked Jak & Daxter, so the PlayStation fanbase’s enthusiasm for the Naughty Dog franchise always takes me by surprise. Don’t get me wrong, I think The Precursor Legacy is a fine PS2 platforming game, and it’s got a pinch of that Sony magic with its seamless sandbox world. But the sequels are, in my...
- Sony
- PS5
- Culture
News Marvel Cosmic Invasion Is Adding One of My Fave Heroes Today, And a New Mode in 2026
"To me, my X-Men"
I was the perfect age to enjoy the X-Men animated series, so I’ve always been a big fan of Cyclops. Indulge me for a moment, then, while I enthuse about Scott Summers’ impending addition to PS5 and PS4 beat-’em-up, Marvel Cosmic Invasion. This is shaping up to be a big year for the character, as Netease has also been...
- DotEmu
- PS5
- PS4
- Marvel Cosmic Invasion
- DLC
News Don't Worry, PS5 RPG Dawnwalker's Got a Range of Difficulty Options Despite Its Hardcore Design
Darkest before dawn
The Blood of Dawnwalker is set to be a fairly hardcore role-playing experience, promising meaningful choice and consequence across a time-sensitive structure. It's also supposed to have some rather challenging combat encounters. But if, for whatever reason, that all sounds a bit too demanding for your tastes — or simply not...
- Bandai Namco
- PS5
- The Blood of Dawnwalker
News 'They're Not Just Filler': Edward Actor Hypes Assassin's Creed: Black Flag's New Story Scenes
"What a joy to come back"
When it was revealed that Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced would sport brand new story content in the form of both character-driven outings and an expanded main plot, questions were raised amongst fans. There have been some slight concerns over the remake's reworked pacing, for example, but Matt Ryan, the actor behind...
- Ubisoft
- PS5
- Assassins Creed
Sunday17th May 2026
Just two months since release
Sucker Punch will not add any more content to its free Ghost of Yotei update, Legends – and not everyone is taking the news well. The mode, which we described as “fantastic” in our initial hands on, launched on 10th March. Now just two months later, the Seattle studio has revealed it won’t be adding any more...
- Sony
- PS5
- Ghost of Yotei
Poll Would You Buy an inFAMOUS Collection for PS5?
It'd be electric
The first two inFAMOUS games are classics in the PS3 library, and there’s no great way to play them on modern hardware. Rumour has it that Sony is working with an unnamed developer to bring them to the PS5, although the source says he’s only received word from one person in particular, and hasn’t been able to corroborate the...
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- PS5
- inFAMOUS
- Polls
- Features
News 'There's Truth to It': Sony 'Considering' Bringing Back Your Fave Franchises on PS5
Dreams do come true
Perception of PlayStation is at an all-time low, even as the PS5 itself closes on 100 million units sold. Fans feel frustrated with Sony’s stand-offish approach to its community and its ill-fated investment into live service games. But there may be some light at the end of the tunnel, with rumours of inFAMOUS remakes...
- Sony
- PS5
- Rumours
Feature 15 Years Ago Today, We All Pushed Square to Doubt
Remembering detective game L.A. Noire
L.A. Noire, the innovative 1940s PS3 crime caper from Australian studio Team Bondi, is 15 years old today. The classic detective game – eventually published by Rockstar in 2011, but originally announced by Sony as a PS3 exclusive several years earlier – leaned heavily into its groundbreaking (at the time)...
- Rockstar Games
- PS3
- L.A. Noire
- Features
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (May 17th 2026)
Time Extension SN Operator! Zelda! 3DS! Return To Blacktooth!
Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature we run each and every weekend which rounds up all of the best retro gaming news and content of the past week in one place. Quarter-Century Of Online Gaming History Vanishes As Digital Press Forum Goes Dark: Digital Press was one of the earliest sites to...
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- Features
Saturday16th May 2026
News PS5's New Weekly Player Tracker Has Revealed Some Brutal Truths for Fans
You won't find Saros here
Sony’s new weekly player tracker is giving us some fascinating insight into the PS5 playerbase – and it seems to have taken fans by surprise. Currently in beta, the new Welcome Hub widget surfaces the top ten most played games in each country, complete with total weekly player numbers. It’s similar to the data...
- Sony
- PS5
- Culture
News New inFAMOUS PS5 Project Rumours Give Fans Fresh Hope
Might not be made by Sucker Punch
An inFAMOUS project, be it a new game or remakes of old ones, is currently in development at PlayStation, according to VGC scribe Jordan Middler. Speaking during the website's latest podcast episode, Middler said he's "under the impression that there is an inFAMOUS thing happening somewhere else in PlayStation at...
- Sony
- PS5
- inFAMOUS
- Rumours
News You'll No Longer Need a Pricey Headset to Play Two of PSVR2's Best Games
Quill you finally buy it?
If you’ve played the original on PSVR or its sequel on PSVR2, then you’ll know: Moss is an extraordinary experience. A platformer designed around virtual reality, this series embeds you in its fantasy worlds with cutesy protagonist Quill, an adorable mouse armed with a sword. Like the original Astro Bot Rescue...
- Polyarc
- PS5
- Moss
- Announcements
Poll Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for May 2026?
Plus or minus?
The general consensus around PS Plus Extra seems to be that Sony's middle-tier subscription is actually really good, offering up a consistently strong lineup of PS5 and PS4 software. And we can't see that perception changing this month, as the games for May 2026 range from genuinely great to "hmmm, I should give that a go". Red Dead...
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- PS5
- PS4
- Polls
- Features
Feature Going Platinum: I Legit Forgot This Tiny, Unique PS4 Game Exists
It's called Arrog
Platinum Trophy #26: Arrog Date Earned: 4th February 2021 Dopamine Index: stars:1 This is probably the most common platinum Trophy I have. I just looked at the list on my console, and 80.4% of players have earned the plat in Arrog. What the heck is Arrog, I hear you ask? Well, if I'm being completely honest with you, I had...
- Indienova
- PS4
- Arrog
- Going Platinum
- Features
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 633
Soft fantasy
It’s not been the most eventful week really, but you can’t knock a coconut down every time, eh? At least there are no shortage of games to play. Jamie O'Neill: Four years have flown by since Success’ Cotton Fantasy released on PS4 in May 2022, and it's worth a 45 minute blast through this cute-'em-up to rock out to its...
- Talking Point
- PS5
- PS4
- What Are You Playing
- Features
Friday15th May 2026
News PS5 Will Reveal the Most Played Games with Steam-Like Player Numbers
Also, trending titles too
Sony is about to surface more data about the PS5’s ecosystem than we’ve ever seen before, with a new Welcome Hub widget that’s currently in beta. While this isn’t identical to Steam’s concurrent player numbers, the new optional addition – spotted and shown by YouTuber Mystic here – reveals the top ten games...
- Sony
- PS5
- Updates
News Subnautica 2 Is the Biggest Game Around Right Now, But When Is It Coming to PS5?
PlayStation's backwards approach to Early Access to blame
Subnautica 2’s road to release may be more interesting than the game itself. Unless you’ve been living under water, you’ll know ex-publisher Krafton and maker Unknown Worlds got caught up in a bitter dispute, resulting in the ejection of the dev’s CEO and so much more. Eventually, a...
- Unknown Worlds
- PS5
- Subnautica
Round Up Forza Horizon 6 Pulls Incredible Launch Reviews, PS5 Version Still to Come
92 rating on Metacritic
Forza Horizon 6 releases for Xbox Series X|S and PC next week, and the reviews for the initial launch version of the title suggest anyone picking up the PS5 version later in the year is in for a proper treat. From over 60 critic reviews, a Metacritic average of 92 considers it a "must play" following "universal acclaim"...
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- PS5
- Forza Horizon
- Round Up
- Features
News PlayStation Shutting Something Else Down, But It's Not a Studio This Time
Tournament website Repeat.gg closing down
Sony and developer closures have gone hand in hand recently, and the PS5 hardware maker still isn't done. Yet another closure under PlayStation's wing has been confirmed, but this time, it's not a games studio; it's on a much smaller scale. The company acquired a tournament website called Repeat.gg way back...
- Sony
- Industry
News One Year Later, DOOM: The Dark Ages DLC Is Nowhere to Be Seen
But it is meant to be substantial, says dev
Today marks exactly one year since the release of DOOM: The Dark Ages, but for some owners of the PS5 game, they're still waiting on content thay paid for at launch. Alongside the PS5 title, id Software sold a Premium Edition promising a "campaign DLC". 12 months on, that expansion hasn't launched and is...
- Bethesda
- PS5
- DOOM
- DLC
News Crimson Desert Gets Second PS5 Patch in a Week, Update 1.07 Out Now
More boss fight replays, new combat skills added
Pearl Abyss has been delivering its weekly Crimson Desert content updates with such consistency that they feel normal at this point, but to put out a second PS5 patch in the space of five days really is going above and beyond. Only five days after patch 1.06 was published on PS5 at the start of this...
- Pearl Abyss
- PS5
- Crimson Desert
- Updates
News Strong Opinions on 007 First Light's Younger James Bond? 'That's Great', Says Dev
"Everyone has their favourite Bond"
007 First Light is introducing a brand new James Bond when it arrives later this month, and as you'd expect, the younger take on the secret agent character has been somewhat polarising. Well, IO Interactive's perspective on this reaction to its Bond — played by Irish actor Patrick Gibson — is that it's a very...
- IO Interactive
- PS5
- 007 First Light
News PS5, PS4 Racer LEGO 2K Drive Is Getting Bricked: PS Store Removal and Online Server Shutdown
Falling apart
2K Games has announced that its fun arcade racing game, LEGO 2K Drive, will soon be delisted from digital storefronts, with multiplayer servers being shutdown in future. The PS Store listing for the game has been updated with the following statement: This product will no longer be available for purchase as of 05/19/2026. NOTE: All...
- 2K Games
- PS5
- PS4
- LEGO 2K Drive
