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TodayFri, 29th May 2026

  • Guide When Is PlayStation's State of Play for June 2026?

    All the dates, times, and details you need

    With the summer season of video game announcements, Sony has announced when it'll be hosting its next grand State of Play livestream. This is expected to be a substantial showcase from PlayStation, so excitement is quite high. On this page, we reveal when is PlayStation's State of Play for June 2026,...

    • Guides
    • State of Play
  • News These 5+ PS5, PS4 Games Will Be Delisted in June 2026

    Sorry to see you go

    After a spate of delistings and server shutdowns in March and April, June 2026 is looking a lot more relaxed on the PS Store. Of course, as is pretty much always the case, there are half-dozen or so things you need to be aware of. Here’s the upcoming schedule of potential disruption you should know about: Pinball FX (PS4):...

    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Delistings
  • Rumour Rayman PS5 Remake to Feature Astro Bot, Will Be Revealed at State of Play

    Look who's back

    It wouldn’t be Ubisoft without a leak or 15, would it? Rumours have been swirling for days about Rayman Legends Retold, a supposed remake of the French publisher’s 2013 platformer – originally announced as a Wii U exclusive, if you recall. Reliable leaker billbil-kun says pre-orders will go live on 2nd June, although there...

    • Ubisoft
    • PS5
    • Rayman
    • Rumours
  • Poll Will Next Week's PS5 State of Play Be the Most Viewed Ever?

    Marketing masterclass

    Sony’s been quietly and slowly growing the importance of State of Play for some time now, with its February 2026 broadcast quickly becoming the most viewed episode ever. But can it beat it next week? The platform holder is poised to ho

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • State of Play
    • Polls
    • Features
  • News I Can't Believe I'm Writing This: Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat Is Coming to PS5, PS4

    Party game based on classic novel

    Here’s a story I didn’t expect to write on this otherwise uneventful Friday afternoon: Dr. Seuss’ iconic children’s novel The Cat in the Hat is coming to the PS5 and PS4. Outright Games is making this one, which is described as a “party game” for up to four-players. It looks a lot like Mario Party to...

    • Outright Games
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • The Cat in the Hat
    • Announcements
  • News Crimson Desert's PS5 Feature Set Has Been Expanded in Latest Patch

    Full controller remapping option added

    The latest weekly Crimson Desert update from Pearl Abyss has taken a slightly different direction compared to previous patches, but it's still just as important. Instead of a content addition, it's a new feature: controller button remapping. At launch, the game's control scheme was heavily criticised for being...

    • Pearl Abyss
    • PS5
    • Crimson Desert
    • Updates
  • News Modern Warfare 4 Trots Out the Same Messaging of Realistic Skins in Call of Duty

    How long will you stick to that promise?

    A new Call of Duty game is once again attempting to win over the series' hardcore audience by saying it'll keep the skins and item collaborations added post-launch "grounded and transparent". During yesterday's reveal of Modern Warfare 4, developer Infinity Ward said everything in the title is tied to its...

    • Activision
    • PS5
    • Call of Duty
  • News PS5 Is Finally Getting One of PC's Biggest Cult Racing Games

    Break stuff

    I’ve got to be totally transparent with you: I’d never heard of the terribly named BeamNG.drive until today. However, after seeing the response to the racer’s PS5 announcement trailer, I decided to do a bit of research. It turns out this physics-based cult classic has been huge on PC for a decade, and squeezing it onto console is...

    • BeamNG
    • PS5
    • BeamNG Drive
    • Announcements

YesterdayThu, 28th May 2026

  • News The Outer Worlds Dev Apologises for 'Free' PS5 Upgrade Mess-Up, Can't Provide Original Offer

    Update: Obsidian issues statement on situation

    Things can never just be simple, can they? After developer Obsidian confirmed it's providing free PS5 upgrades to the Spacer's Choice Edition of The Outer Worlds for PS4 owners starting yesterday, it turns out the process isn't nearly as straightforward as it seemed. What owners of the base PS4 and...

    • Private Division
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • The Outer Worlds
  • Feature "When I Saw Animal Crossing, I Felt It Was 'FREE'" - Yu Suzuki Talks Shenmue III Enhanced

    Nintendo Life Plus Switch 2 performance targets from ININ

    Video game designer, director, and overall legend Yu Suzuki — he of Hang-On, Out Run, and Virtua Fighter fame — needs no introduction, especially to arcade-era, blue-sky Sega fans. Shenmue, his epic action adventure series, probably doesn't either, but seeing as the upcoming Shenmue III Enhanced marks...

    • Features
    • Interviews
    • Nintendo Switch 2
    • Shenmue
  • News Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Is Official, Launching This October on PS5

    A high Price to pay

    It looks as though the 2026 Call of Duty (not the 2026th, although it does feel like there have been that many) will be subtitled Modern Warfare 4. While there have been some fake leaks doing the rounds online, the very reliable billbil-kun posted the following, which all but confirms what's next for the popular shooter series:...

    • Activision
    • PS5
    • Call of Duty
  • News Sudden Steam Deck Price Increase Pins More Questions on PS6

    Decked

    Valve has suddenly and dramatically increased the price of its Steam Deck OLED range, pushing the price of the 1TB model beyond even a PS5 Pro. In fact, the price increases here are staggering: the 512GB model has gone from $549 to $789, while the aforementioned 1TB model has jumped from $649 to $949. Yes, that’s a $300 price increase...

    • Valve
    • Steam Deck
    • PS6
  • News 'Have Fun in the Festering Slop Pit': Hideo Kojima Underfire for Generative AI Short

    "Not my Kojima"

    Hideo Kojima will stop at nothing to cosy up with his celebrity pals, but this generative AI short starring the Death Stranding maker alongside longtime collaborator Nicolas Winding Refn is proving a bridge too far for many. The six-minute film debuted at the 79th Cannes Film Festival by Prada this week, promoting an upcoming event...

    • Hideo Kojima
    • Industry
    • AI
  • News 'Launching the Game Is Just the Beginning': Don't Trade in 007 First Light for PS5

    There's an extensive roadmap to follow

    As it stands, 007 First Light is one of the strongest single player campaigns of 2026 so far. And that’s no small statement: it’s been a remarkably packed year, between Pragmata and Resident Evil Requiem, to name just two. But once you’re done with the 10 to 15 hour story, you may want to keep hold of...

    • IO Interactive
    • PS5
    • 007 First Light
  • News Sony's Spamming PS5 Age Verification Reminders Ahead of June Cutoff

    UK and Ireland need to comply now

    Sony is currently sending out multiple waves of emails and PSN notifications to PS5 users in the UK and Ireland, reminding them to verify their age in order to continue using communication features like text-based messaging and voice chat. This whole age verification thing was announced back in April, with...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • UK
  • Rumour Persona 6 Protagonist Leaks Catch Fans Off Guard, Reveal Whispers Intensify

    Is it finally happening?

    After years of rumours, whispers, and fake leaks, we may finally have something on Persona 6. Funnily enough, this is a leak as well — but it's being backed by known insiders over on ResetEra, where you can find the images themselves. Basically, several grainy photographs of concept art have surfaced online. The art...

    • Atlus
    • Persona
    • Rumours
  • News 007 First Light Debuts to 1.5 Million Sales in Just 24 Hours

    Not bad, Bond

    007 First Light sold 1.5 million copies in its first 24 hours on the market, developer IO Interactive has announced. In a social media post, the developer thanked those who bought the game for showing up, as well as their enthusiasm and for sharing their experiences so far. "1.5 million copies sold! Thank you for showing up to the...

    • IO Interactive
    • PS5
    • 007 First Light
    • Sales
  • News Warzone to Be Delisted, Taken Offline on PS4 as Modern Warfare 4 Goes Current-Gen Only

    Removed from PS Store on 4th June

    Activision has confirmed the PS4 version of Warzone will be taken offline and rendered unplayable once the first season of support for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 goes live. Revealed earlier today, Modern Warfare 4 is the first entry in the franchise to only be available on current-gen cons

    • Activision
    • PS4
    • Call of Duty
  • News 'That's a Huge Bummer': Street Fighter 6 World Tour Support Ends with Ingrid on PS5, PS4

    Sorry, single players

    Street Fighter 6 is, at its heart, a competitive multiplayer game. But I think it’s worth appreciating just how much value World Tour mode has added for single player fans. With each new DLC drop, Capcom has added new story and quests to the campaign, allowing you to learn the moves of its Masters and interact with them for...

    • Capcom
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Street Fighter
  • News Modern Warfare 4 Wants You to Pre-Order to 'Help Ensure the Best Day One Experience'

    Early access to beta planned

    You’ll get early access to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4’s open beta if you pre-order the game on the PS5. Activision is activating its usual marketing tactic with this year’s game, and digital pre-orders are already available on the PS Store. Physical pre-orders will also include access to the beta, but...

    • Activision
    • PS5
    • Call of Duty
    • Betas
  • News The Witcher 3's New Songs of the Past Expansion Could Be as Big as Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

    CD Projekt Red reiterates what an "expansion" is

    Following yesterday's reveal of new The Witcher 3 content in the form of Songs of the Past, CD Projekt Red has leaned into its definition of what an expansion is, as opposed to standard DLC. This is something the Polish developer has talked up before, and was also commented on by Idris Elba in the...

    • CD Projekt RED
    • PS5
    • The Witcher
    • DLC
  • News Gobliiins Collection Is Out Now, and It's One of the Most Robust Retro Packages on PS5

    Five games in one

    Out now on PS5 (it was only announced last night!), Gobliiins Collection is probably one of the most robust retro packages on the market. It contains the first five Gobliiins games, and comes with a sizeable list of extras. You'd be forgiven for not knowing what Gobliiins is, because the property's never made its way to...

    • Red Art Games
    • PS5
    • Gobliiins
    • Release Dates
    • Trailers
  • News The Witcher 3's New Expansion Will Be Fully Revealed at Gamescom in August

    Songs of the future

    CD Projekt Red has confirmed that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past — the game's brand new expansion — will get its full reveal at Gamescom 2026. In fact, the DLC will actually be on show in the developer's dedicated area, so it's fair to expect a proper blowout ahead of its intended 2027 release. This year,...

    • CD Projekt Red
    • PS5
    • The Witcher
  • News Tekken 8 Really Is Getting Back on Track After a Truly Terrible Start to the Year

    Patch 3.01 is another win

    Patch 3.01 for Tekken 8 has arrived alongside returning DLC character Kunimitsu — and it's actually turning out to be another significant win for Bandai Namco and the Tekken team. Just in case you haven't been keeping up, Tekken 8 was in a terrible state just several months ago. The big Season 3 update dropped in March,...

    • Bandai Namco
    • PS5
    • Tekken
    • Patches
  • News Planet Zoo 2 Announced, Brings Flying Birds, Aquariums, and More to PS5 Later This Year

    Going wild

    Frontier has just announced Planet Zoo 2, the straightforwardly-named sequel to its popular zoo-keeping management sim. While there's not any raw gameplay, the in-engine announcement trailer at least sets the tone for this feel-good game: The headline new additions in Planet Zoo 2 are aviaries and aquariums, introducing lots of new...

    • Frontier
    • PS5
    • Planet Zoo 2
    • Announcements
    • Trailers
  • News 'Of Course': Pragmata Director Wants a Sequel to Happen Just as Much as You Do

    But it's not his decision

    Capcom's Pragmata made a fairly big splash when it arrived earlier this year. The new IP from the Japanese publisher has proven to be a success, and its director is keen to see more. In an interview with GamesRadar, director Yonghee Cho is asked about the potential for Pragmata to become another big series for Capcom going...

    • Capcom
    • PS5
    • Pragmata
  • Guide 007 First Light Guide: A 100% Collectibles Walkthrough

    Where to find every collectible in 007 First Light

    In our 007 First Light guide, we'll be mainly focusing on collectibles, as there are many of them to find throughout James Bond's globetrotting adventure. Below you'll find pages taking you through all chapters containing collectibles, explaining how and where to find them so you can reach 100%...

    • Guides
    • 007 First Light
    • PS5

Wednesday27th May 2026

  • Feature 30+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in PS Store's Days of Play Sale

    Cheap PS5 and PS4 games we recommend

    The Days of Play sale has arrived on PS Store, running from now until 10th June 2026. As always, there are many, many PS5 and PS4 games going cheap, which means it can be a bit laborious browsing through it all. In this list, we've put together a smaller selection of PS5 and PS4 games we recommend. Each title...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Store
    • Deals
  • News PlayStation Offers Free PSN Avatars with This Download Code

    Give your PSN profile an indie feel

    If you're bored of the PSN avatar currently representing your PS5, PS4 profile, then a fresh batch of indie-themed images have been provided by Sony as part of the Days of Play promotion for 2026. Using the regional codes listed below, you can get new PSN avatars from Baby Steps, Cairn, and Lumines Arise. Those...

    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PSN
    • Avatars
    • Days of Play
  • News 007 First Light Tech Analysis Reveals Just How Far Ahead PS5 Pro Is

    60fps and much better image quality on PS5 Pro

    With the title now available in a very short stint of early launch access, Digital Foundry has published its 007 First Light technical deep dive, focusing first on the base PS5 and PS5 Pro. It sounds like, across the game's Performance and Quality Modes on th

    • IO Interactive
    • PS5
    • PS5 Pro
    • 007 First Light
  • News Third Witcher 3 DLC Is Real! Songs of the Past Comes to PS5 in 2027

    More details coming late summer

    After many rumours and much speculation, CD Projekt Red has announced a third expansion for The Witcher 3 really is happening. It's called Songs of the Past and it's coming to PS5 (no PS4 version) in 2027. The developer pitches the DLC as the following: "Songs of the Past will return players to the role of legendary...

    • CD Projekt Red
    • PS5
    • The Witcher
    • DLC
  • News Bungie's Maligned Shooter Marathon Goes Free-to-Play for a Full Week on PS5

    No PS Plus required

    In an attempt to entice new players, Marathon will be totally free to play for a full week on PS5, starting from the 2nd June and lasting until the 9th June. This lines up with the launch of the previously announced Season 2, which is introducing a new map and shell (character class), alongside various seasonal challenges. Gear...

    • Sony
    • Bungie
    • PS5
    • Marathon
  • News PS Plus Premium Users Get 40+ New PS5 Demo Trials from Today

    Try out over 40 indie games on PS5

    Sony has given its selection of Game Trials for PS Plus Premium users a considerable update today, allowing members to sample more than 40 new PS5 games as part of their subscription. All the Game Trials focus on "acclaimed indie games", and are available to play from today until 10th June 2026. As Game Trials,...

    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Plus
    • Days of Play
  • News Sorry, Astro Bot's New PS5 Update Doesn't Have Anything to Do with State of Play

    Unless...

    One of PS5's best games, Astro Bot, has today received a small update, but any hope it's related to the impending State of Play must unfortunately be cast aside. The update takes the title to version 1.019.000, and is only 400 MB in size. Team Asobi hasn't released any official patch notes, but a bit of research on X suggests there's...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Astro Bot
    • Updates
  • News PS Store Days of Play Sale Live Now with 2,000+ PS5 Game Deals

    RE Requiem! Ghost of Yotei! Dispatch!

    Sony has started rolling out its range of Days of Play discounts and deals for 2026, with the PS Store its first stop. More than 2,000 PS5, PS4 games have been put on sale, all available until 10th June 226. The sale is now live in the UK and across Europe, with the USA gaining access later in the day. Below...

    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Store
    • Days of Play
  • News Dragon Quest 12 Renamed and Re-Revealed After Development Restart, First Gameplay Shown

    But it's still a long way off

    Dragon Quest 12: The Flames of Fate no longer exists. The next mainline instalment in the decades-old franchise was announced years back, but executive producer Yosuke Saito has confirmed that the project ran into quite a lot of trouble. Basically, development was scrapped, and the whole thing was restarted. The...

    • Square Enix
    • PS5
    • Dragon Quest
  • News We Still Don't Know Sales Figures, But Saros PS5 Player Stats Reveal Some Big Numbers

    This is Saros business

    It's been almost a month since the launch of Saros, Housemarque's excellent PS5 shooter, and it seems players have been pretty busy in that time. The studio has released a handful of statistics, giving us an interesting view of various in-game achievements. Well, I say achievements; the first stat is the number of times...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Saros
  • Round Up Mina the Hollower Earns Critical Acclaim, Best-Rated Game of 2026 in First Reviews

    Called a "must play" in 93 Metacritic rating

    Mina the Hollower has shot to the top of the review scoreboards for 2026, as its set of critic reviews ready for its launch have earned the game an overall Metacritic score of 93. This makes it the highest-rated game of 2026 so far on the website, beating the 91 score for Forza Horizon 6, and the 89...

    • Yacht Club Games
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Mina the Hollower
    • Round Up
  • News Ex-Forza Horizon Devs Poised to Reveal New PS5 Racer Prior to Sony's State of Play

    Coincidence?

    While we all wait patiently for Forza Horizon 6 on the PS5, we may have another racer to look forward to. A studio comprised of ex-Playground devs, Maverick Games, has posted a countdown on its official YouTube page, ticking down to 2nd June. The timer is set to expire at 6AM EDT / 11AM BST that morning, approximately 12 hours before...

    • Maverick Games
    • PS5
    • Announcements of Announcements
  • News Uber Promising PS5 Action Game 'Tides of Annihilation' to Be Playable This Year

    Chinese dev to take title on tour

    Ambitious Chinese outfit Eclipse Glow Games will allow fans to go hands on with uber promising action game Tides of Annihilation later this year, with more details to be announced in due course. The confirmation comes as part of a behind-the-scenes video, where the studio has moved to allay fears about the...

    • Eclipse Glow Games
    • PS5
    • Tides of Annihilation
    • Trailers
  • News With PS5 at Its Highest Ever Price, There'll Be No Console Discounts for Days of Play

    Damp squib

    Days of Play has been a really positive sales window for PS5 in the past, coming right in the middle of the year, and giving Sony’s consoles a boost before Black Friday and Christmas. This year, while I anticipate there will be a decent amount of software sold through the PS Store, there’ll be no console deals at all. Of course,...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Hardware
    • Deals
    • Days of Play
  • News Dragon Quest Monsters Finally Drops Nintendo Exclusivity with a New PS5 Game

    The Withered World awaits

    An all-new Dragon Quest Monsters game has been announced, and it's "coming soon" to PS5. The intriguingly titled Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World is actually called Dragon Quest Monsters 4 in Japan, so it's another mainline entry and not some kind of spin-off. As the headline of this article suggests, it's been a...

    • Square Enix
    • PS5
    • Dragon Quest
  • News Try One of 2026's Best PS5 Games in New Resident Evil Requiem Demo

    Play the game's early stages

    Capcom swore it wouldn't put out a Resident Evil Requiem demo in the lead-up to its February 2026 launch, but now we are a few months removed from its debut, the publisher is open to the idea. A demo containing "part of the game's early stages" is now available on the PS Store. Any save data from the demo will not...

    • Capcom
    • PS5
    • Resident Evil
    • Demos
  • News The Witcher 3 Dev Announces Anniversary Stream, Gets Bombarded with Rumoured DLC Demands

    Aw sh*t, here we go again

    CD Projekt Red fans just never learn, do they? And I happily count myself amongst them. The developer has announced a livestream for the 28th May, celebrating the tenth (tenth!) anniversary of The Witcher 3's second expansion, the outstanding Blood and Wine. There is nothing to suggest that this will be anything other...

    • CD Projekt Red
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • The Witcher
  • News Can Season 2 Turn Bungie's Marathon Around?

    Suited and looted

    While it certainly hasn’t been a Concord-esque disaster by any stretch of the imagination, it would demand an extremely optimistic outlook to say Marathon has been a success. Sales have been soft on console, and even on PC – where the extraction shooter has performed best – it’s struggled to retain player numbers on par...

    • Bungie
    • PS5
    • Marathon
  • News No Man's Sky Players Face a Whole New Threat in Yet Another Free Major Update

    The Swarm is available now

    No Man's Sky has received another major update, free for all players, and it adds an entirely new enemy that threatens the whole universe. The update is named The Swarm, and it introduces a large scale antagonistic force, the Hive of Glass, capable of destroying freighter fleets, and possibly even space stations. It's...

    • Hello Games
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • No Mans Sky
    • Updates
  • News Standout PS5 Horror Title Perceptum Could Be Something Special

    Coming to PS5 in 2027

    Given the sheer amount of indie horror game trailers uploaded to the PlayStation YouTube channel on a weekly basis, it is very easy to glaze over them all. However, this one has caught my eye: Perceptum has you play as a Medium looking into a missing family inside an empty house. A case the police have given up on, you use a...

    • Perp Games
    • PS5
    • Perceptum
    • Announcements
  • Random I Don't Think I Could Pull Off This New PSP Crossbody Bag

    Somewhere, Marcus PSP is wearing one of these

    With my Oshi no Ko tee and NewJeans backpack bling, I’m what’s commonly referred to as a “fashion disaster”. So you’d expect this new Zara crossbody bag to be something I would buy. But I don’t think even I can pull this one off. Available for $35.90/£19.99/€22.95, this new sling is...

    • PSP
    • Merchandise
    • Clothing
    • Random
  • News Backrooms' 20-Year-Old Director Learned to Create in PS3's LittleBigPlanet

    Portal a huge influence too

    Horror movie Backrooms by 20-year-old director Kane Parsons is poised to be a surprise Box Office hit when it arrives in theatres later this week. Deadline predicts it could take $20 million during its opening weekend, as it looks set to resonate with a younger audience of movie goers, already fans of Parsons’ work on...

    • Movies
    • LittleBigPlanet
    • Culture