News Starfield Finally Lands on PS5 in April with New DLC and Huge Updates
The most comprehensive Starfield ever
- Bethesda
- PS5
- Starfield
- Announcements
Feature Inside Pearl Abyss, the Ambitious Studio Behind PS5's Massive Crimson Desert
Coffee, mocap, and the making of an epic
- Pearl Abyss
- PS5
- Crimson Desert
- Travel
- Features
News Further Frustration as PS Plus' Latest Retro Game Arrives without PS5, PS4 Trophies
Tekken the p*ss
- Bandai Namco
- PS5
- PS4
- PS Plus
- Tekken
News 'This Is Finally Living Up to Its Promise': PS5 Pro Owners Thrilled with PSSR 2 Upgrade
Universal toggle putting in work
- Sony
- PS5
- Firmware Updates
News Tekken 8's Huge, Game-Changing Season 3 Balance Update Available Now on PS5
Tekken 8 a step further
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- Tekken 8
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TodayTue, 17th Mar 2026
News PS5 Game Devs Collectively Clown on Nvidia's Controversial DLSS 5 Tech
Meme time
Nvidia's just-announced DLSS 5 technology has caused a big upset, with a very strong reaction from fans pointing out how different character models look with the AI upscaler enabled. There's a lot of distaste for the effect, and it's a view shared by many game developers — going by our X feed, at least. We've found many examples of...
- Industry
- PS5
News Further Frustration as PS Plus' Latest Retro Game Arrives without PS5, PS4 Trophies
Tekken the p*ss
Tekken: Dark Resurrection, the excellent PSP port of Tekken 5, is available for all PS Plus Premium members to download today. But like all of Bandai Namco’s emulated ports, it’s arrived without Trophies. Sony’s policy for these retro releases is to relax its requirements, so trinkets are not mandated like in most other...
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- PS5
- PS4
- PS Plus
- Tekken
News 'This Is Finally Living Up to Its Promise': PS5 Pro Owners Thrilled with PSSR 2 Upgrade
Universal toggle putting in work
The new PS5 Pro firmware update is available now, adding a toggle which forces PSSR 2 upscaling into all compatible games. While several titles, like Resident Evil Requiem and Silent Hill F, have been updated to natively take advantage of the feature, this univ
- Sony
- PS5
- Firmware Updates
News Starfield Finally Lands on PS5 in April with New DLC and Huge Updates
The most comprehensive Starfield ever
Two and a half years after the Xbox, PC release and following months of rumours, it's official: Bethesda RPG Starfield is coming to PS5, releasing on 7th April 2026. This is the biggest and most comprehensive version of Starfield to date, as the base game arrives on PS5 alongside its first expansion, Shattered...
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- Starfield
- Announcements
News Tekken 8's Huge, Game-Changing Season 3 Balance Update Available Now on PS5
Tekken 8 a step further
As promised, Bandai Namco has launched its big 3.0 update for Tekken 8, which promised a "back to basics" approach following heavy criticism during Season 2. Season 3 begins today, and it comes with a huge overhaul to game balance and various other changes. The update is available right now. We won't embed absolutely...
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- PS5
- Tekken 8
- Updates
News Xbox 360, PS3 And Nintendo Wii U Are "Officially Retro", Says GameStop
Time Extension "They are still very cool, and anyone who owned one at launch is absolutely not old"
Retailer GameStop has issued a tongue-in-cheek statement today which declares that the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii U are, "for all practical purposes, now officially retro consoles." GameStop's rules for this include "the presence of component cables,...
- GameStop
- Wii U
- Xbox 360
- PS3
1080p High Quality mode unlocked
Sony has announced a new PS Portal firmware update will roll out worldwide starting today that adds a new graphical option to improve visuals, and a refinement of the cloud streaming experience. Having downloaded the system patch, the PS Portal will have access to a new 1080p High Quality mode. This lets PS5 games...
- Sony
- PS5
- PS Portal
- Firmware Updates
News Crunchyroll Revives Elden Ring Maker's Sleeper PS4 Hit as a Kick-Ass Anime
Sekiro: No Defeat
In case you weren't aware, FromSoftware's brilliant action game Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is getting its own anime, and a brand new trailer for it has just been released. Announced last year, Sekiro: No Defeat is an anime adaptation of the intense title, and it looks and feels pitch perfect with a great style that really captures...
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- Trailers
News Death Stranding 2 Adds Cut Content, New Mode, Videos in Big PS5 Update
All coming this Thursday
Death Stranding 2 receives its PC version this Thursday, 19th March 2026, and the extra content that edition brings will also be patched into the PS5 version. Whereas the first game got its bonus content via a paid Director's Cut, the sequel is handed it in a free update, and it still seems like a substantial addition...
- Sony
- PS5
- Death Stranding
- Updates
News Amid the PS5 Pro PSSR 2 Excitement, a New PS4 Firmware Update Is Also Available Now
What does version 13.50 do?
Sony hasn't forgotten about its last-gen console, as it's rolled out a new firmware update for PS4. This comes alongside the big new update for PS5 (and more notably, PS5 Pro), which sees the PSSR upscaling technology get some upgrades. Unfortunately, PS4's new update doesn't implement anything nearly as exciting, but...
- Sony
- PS4
- Firmware Updates
News Here Is Crimson Desert Gameplay on Base PS5
Courtesy of PlayStation Japan
You demanded it, and here it finally is: Crimson Desert running on a base PS5. Footage comes from PlayStation Japan in its Play! Play! Play! format, so you will have to put up with a lot of talking and on-screen graphics of Japanese text. However, there is still close to 20 minutes of base PS5 gameplay footage to view...
- Pearl Abyss
- PS5
- Crimson Desert
News March 2026 PS Plus Extra, Premium Games Available to Download Now
8 more PS5, PS4, and Classic titles to play
The monthly PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium game refresh has arrived for current subscribers, adding yet another eight PS5, PS4, and Classic titles to play. The lineup of games is available to download now in the UK and Europe, and will be available in the USA later in the day. Here's a reminder of the...
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- PS Plus
News New PS5 Firmware Update with Anticipated PSSR 2 Toggle Available Now
Things can only get better
Sony has started to roll out the new PS5 firmware update which includes transformative new features for its supercharged PS5 Pro console. While the platform holder has warned the system software will proliferate worldwide over the “coming days”, you can attempt to force download it by manually checking for an update...
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News Base PS5 Owners Should Download New Firmware Update Too for This Extra Feature
Welcome Hub gets a new mode
Today's new firmware update is mostly designed to add the upgraded PSSR feature to PS5 Pro, but the base PS5 hasn't been completely left out in the cold. Anyone who owns the standard PS5 console can still grab the system patch and apply it to their systems, and they shall find the Welcome Hub on their home page has a new...
- Sony
- PS5
- Firmware Updates
"It all looks like generated slop"
Perhaps it’s a coincidence, but it seems somewhat suspicious to us that Nvidia decided to announce its new DLSS 5 upscaler on the day Sony revealed plans to roll out its new PSSR 2 upscaler. The highly anticipated upgrade for PS5 Pro, a collaboration between PlayStation and AMD as part of its Project Amethyst...
- Industry
- PS5
YesterdayMon, 16th Mar 2026
Feature Nvidia's new DLSS 5 Brings Photo-Realistic Lighting To RTX 50-Series
A massive technological leap for graphics - and we've been hands-on with four games.
Immediately after their hands-on DLSS 5 experience, Rich Leadbetter and Oliver Mackenzie sit down to discuss what the new DLSS is, what Nvidia intends to achieve and what we learned from the games we played. At its GTC 2026 event, Nvidia has revealed the next...
- Features
- PC
- Nvidia
- DLSS 5
Feature 50+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in PS Store's Mega March Sale (North America/Europe)
PS5 and PS4 games going cheap we recommend
We're in the throes of March right now, and Sony's celebrating this revered part of the year with the Mega March sale on PS Store. It runs from now until 25th March, and as expected, the sale contains literally thousands of digital items going cheap. That can be hard to parse, which is where we come in...
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- PS4
- PS Store
- Deals
Time Extension "They loaned us a Dreamcast hardware development system"
Bleem! was a really unique product for its time, allowing users to run PlayStation games on non-PlayStation hardware. Originally created with Windows-based PCs in mind, Bleem! would later come to the Sega Dreamcast as Bleemcast – a move which Sega was covertly in favour of. Randy Linden,...
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- Dreamcast
- PlayStation
- Bleem
Guide Crimson Desert Release Times: When Can You Start Playing?
All the Crimson Desert release times and pre-load info
One of the most anticipated games of 2026, Crimson Desert has built up a lot of excitement thanks largely in part to its ambition, scope, and potential. Its release is now right around the corner, so this Crimson Desert guide is designed to give you all the information you need to learn when you...
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- Crimson Desert
- PS5
News Always Online, Live Service PS5 Gacha Zenless Zone Zero Is Getting a Physical Retail Release
Sure, go on then
Love them or loathe them, live service games lend themselves well to digital downloads because, well, they constantly change. Take a game like Zenless Zone Zero: at launch it was a kind of roguelike-style menu-based visual novel with action segments. These days it’s more like a traditional adventure game. But that’s not...
- HoYoverse
- PS5
- Zenless Zone Zero
News Crimson Desert PS5 Trophies Leak, and They're Basically Nonsensical
35 Trophies with a Platinum to unlock
Crimson Desert is shrouded in such mystery that even its Trophy list on PS5 will draw attention. However, this particular Trophy list isn't one you can glean many details from. In fact, it's the polar opposite. A leaker with access to the PS5 version of the game has shared the Trophy list with Polish website...
- Pearl Abyss
- PS5
- Crimson Desert
- Trophies
News PS5 Pro Firmware Update Adds PSSR 2 Upgrade to PS5 Games Today
Here's some of the supported PS5 games
Sony has confirmed a PS5 Pro firmware update that goes live today will implement the anticipated PSSR upgrade to the machine. Owners of the PS5 Pro have been able to sample the improvement in Resident Evil Requiem for a few weeks now, but once the firmware update has been applied, the following will also sport...
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- PS5 Pro
- Firmware Updates
Guide These 20+ New PS5, PS4, and PS Plus Games This Week (16th-22nd March)
Crimson Desert! The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin! MLB The Show 26!
We told you March was a big month for new PS5 releases, and this week proves it. All eyes will, of course, be on Crimson Desert. But keep a look out for The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin and MLB The Show 26 – two other undeniably massive titles as well. Here’s everything coming out...
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- PS5
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- Release Dates
- Features
News 'Unprofessional and Shameful': Tomb Raider Fans Hate 1-3 Remaster's New Outfits
"This is free and I still don't want it"
The Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered bundle on PS5 and PS4 got a patch last week, adding new challenges, Trophies, and costumes — but the content hasn't gone down well with the series' playerbase. While it was a free update, fans aren't pleased with the quality of the new outfits to the game, which were not part...
- Aspyr Media
- PS5
- PS4
- Tomb Raider
News 'A Transformed Game': Silent Hill F the Highlight of PS5 Pro's Upgrade
Graphical flaws fixed in Konami title
If you want to put the PS5 Pro's new PSSR upgrade through its paces when you've got the firmware update downloaded, then it sounds like Silent Hill F should be what you boot up first. A technical analysis from Digital Foundry covering the PSSR patch calls the Konami effort a "transformed game" after it...
- Konami
- PS5 Pro
- Silent Hill
News 'An Even Smoother Experience': Developers Chime in on PS5 Pro's PSSR 2 Update
Pros talk about Pro
It's a good day for those with a PS5 Pro, as Sony is rolling out the all-important PSSR 2.0 update today. While the enhanced upscaling tech can be enabled for all games with PS5 Pro support, a select few have been highlighted in a PS Blog post, with commentary from the development teams behind them. It's always interesting to...
- Sony
- PS5
- PS5 Pro
News Cyberpunk 2077 Finally Gets a PS5 Pro Patch Very Soon
So too will Assassin's Creed Shadows
CD Projekt Red has revealed it'll finally be bringing official PS5 Pro support to Cyberpunk 2077 in the near future, having previously stated it had no plans to. When the upgraded console launched, the Polish publisher stated it had "no plans" to support the system. However, with the recently announced PSSR...
- CD Projekt Red
- PS5 Pro
- Cyberpunk
Shame they aren't voiced, mind
You've got to hand it to SEGA and Sonic Team — the post-launch support for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds has been pretty great. The premium DLC has seen the likes of Pac-Man, SpongeBob SquarePants, and Minecraft join the fun, but alongside these have been severa
- SEGA
- PS5
- PS4
- Sonic Racing CrossWorlds
- Updates
News Resident Evil Requiem PS5 Flying Off Shelves, Now at 6 Million Sales
The fastest entry to reach the milestone
Resident Evil Requiem has now sold more than six million units since its 27th February 2026 release, and it's the fastest any entry in the series has taken to reach the milestone. The game managed to sell five million copies during its first week on the market across physical and digital storefronts, and...
- Capcom
- PS5
- Resident Evil
- Sales
News Fear Not, Collectors, PS5's Star Wars: Galactic Racer Is Getting a Physical Release
Shelf-ish
Star Wars: Galactic Racer, the very promising racing game set in a galaxy far, far away, has been confirmed for global physical release. Publisher Secret Mode has partnered with Plaion for the physical edition of the game. The company will handle the distribution of the boxed copies when the arcadey sci-fi racer launches later this year...
- Secret Mode
- PS5
- Star Wars
News Pow! LEGO Batman's Release Date Brought Forward a Full Week on PS5
Legacy of the Dark Knight that little bit closer
If you can't wait to play LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, we have some great news for you. The PS5 action platformer is now set to launch on 22nd May 2026, a week sooner than the previously announced date of 29th. This comes via a brief video highlighting the news: Per the official...
- WB Games
- PS5
- LEGO Batman
- Release Dates
News As Warner Bros' Future Looks Uncertain, Gotham Knights Dev Reportedly Cuts More Staff
More layoffs at WB Games Montréal
Warner Bros. is in an odd place at the moment, its fate hanging in the balance as it looks like Paramount is poised to acquire the entire business. It's a deal worth a whopping $110 billion, and while the main attraction is the conglomerate's vast movie and TV empire, its video game business is of course part of...
- WB Games
- PS5
- Industry
News Beloved PSVR2 Rhythm Game Synth Riders Adds Key Features with Free Update
Level UP!
Hot off the heels of an audacious declaration of love for PSVR2 earlier this year, Kluge Interactive has announced its next free update to Synth Riders. With this latest update, dubbed Level UP!, Synth Riders is adding a major suite of features to the long-supported title. As the name suggests, the new update includes a levelling system,...
- Kluge Interactive
- PS5
- PSVR2
- Synth Riders
- Updates
News ARC Raiders Replacing Some of Its Controversial AI Voices with 'Better' Human Ones
No replacement
For as popular as ARC Raiders has become, it hasn't gotten away with it completely unscathed; the use of generative AI tools in its development certainly caused a stir. One way developer Embark Studios uses the technology is for voice lines. Using text-to-speech, some of the dialogue present in the game is not performed by human...
- Embark Studios
- PS5
- Arc Raiders
Sunday15th Mar 2026
News These 10 Major PS5, PS4 Games Will Be Delisted in March and April
You've been warned
With each passing the month, the number of impending PS Store delistings stack up. And this period is a particularly big one for imminent server closures and delistings. Here’s everything you need to be aware of for the remainder of March and the entirety of April: The Finals (PS4): 18th March (Online Services Disabled) WBSC...
- PS5
- PS4
- Delistings
Feature Inside Pearl Abyss, the Ambitious Studio Behind PS5's Massive Crimson Desert
Coffee, mocap, and the making of an epic
When I stepped inside the hallowed halls of Korean dev Pearl Abyss’ purpose-built Seoul complex last November, the promise of PS5 open world action adventure Crimson Desert was obvious but its sheer ambition was still unclear. Several months later, the benefit of hindsight has put my whistle-stop tour of...
- Pearl Abyss
- PS5
- Crimson Desert
- Travel
- Features
News Starfield's PS5 Release Seems Practically Inevitable at This Point
Expect news next week
The stars finally seem to be aligning for Starfield on PS5. The game, once coveted by Sony as a PS5 console exclusive, was part of Microsoft’s big Xbox push following its acquisition of publisher Bethesda. But a lot has changed since the space-faring RPG’s release in 2023, and now a PlayStation version seems all but...
- Bethesda
- PS5
- Starfield
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (March 15th 2026)
Time Extension ThunderPass! Castlevania! Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb!
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. 35 Years After Street Fighter II Changed Everything, The ZX Spectrum Finally Gets A Half-Decent Port: ZXPresh's Sweet Fightin' +2...
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Feature Going Platinum: I Only Got MediEvil PS4's Plat Because I Had To
Putting in the work
Platinum Trophy #16: MediEvil Date Earned: 23rd October 2019 Dopamine Index: stars:1 I never want to take my job for granted. What do you mean I get money for writing about and playing video games? Younger me would be beside himself. An interesting part of being in games media, and more specifically being a critic, is that...
- Sony
- PS4
- MediEvil
- Going Platinum
- Features
Saturday14th Mar 2026
Time Extension "Work-for-hire is not the way we should be doing things"
Charles Zembillas isn’t the type of person to stay quiet when he feels he's been disrespected. He’s aware that may make him seem like a bit of a “firebrand” to some. But it’s something he feels has been necessary to set the record straight, given how several of his contributions to...
- Features
- Crash Bandicoot
- Naughty Dog
News 'What the F*ck Are We Doing Here?': PS5 Fans Slam Square Enix for Sloppy Multiformat Strategy
Inconsistently incosistent
Square Enix has been telling us for quite some time that it’s going full multiformat, with its strategy seemingly shifting after “disappointing” sales of timed PS5 exclusives, like Final Fantasy 16 and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. The publisher’s presumably realised that releasing its games elsewhere at a later date...
- Square Enix
- PS5
- Industry
News 'We Know They Want It': The Simpsons Showrunner Tops Up Hopium for Hit & Run PS5 Remaster
"Never say never"
There has been a demand for The Simpsons: Hit & Run to return for what feels like an eternity, and while it seems we're no closer to that becoming a reality, the sitcom's showrunner doesn't want to rule it out, either. Speaking to People, Matt Selman — who helped write the fan favourite PS2 game — has recently made some new...
- Disney
- The Simpsons
News PS5's Coolest Collection of Controllers and Console Covers Are Out Now
Yeah, they've killed it with these
Sony’s learned this generation that accessories can butter its bread in a serious way. Credit where credit’s due: the DualSense has established itself as a hugely popular controller, while the PS Portal has become one of the biggest peripherals in the industry. The firm’s also found success with various...
- Sony
- PS5
- Accessories
Poll Are You Happy With Your PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for March 2026?
Plus or minus?
Another 8 games are headed the PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium next week, with Sony confirming the full lineup just a few days ago. But as always, we want to know if you're actually happy with what's on offer. Let's begin with Extra, which seems to just keep on delivering the goods. Sony's middle tier subscription appears to have...
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- PS5
- PS4
- Polls
- Features
News Crimson Desert's Mandatory PS5 Update Sparks Debate About Games Which Break Street Date
"Hopefully this becomes the norm"
You won’t be able to play physical copies of Crimson Desert without downloading an update. According to the game’s official FAQ, once you’ve pulled this data from Sony’s servers, the title will be fully playable offline. But it’ll need that initial connection in order to boot. This has sparked lots of...
- Pearl Abyss
- PS5
- Crimson Desert
- Industry
News PS5 Exclusive Intergalactic's Alleged New Webpage Is No Big Deal at All
It's gone viral all the same
Fans are freaking out about a “new” Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet website, but it’s nothing to get excited about at all. We’re not sure why chatter about the PlayStation.com page started to circulate today, but a look back at Archive
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- PS5
- Intergalactic
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 624
Gaming finds a way
It’s the quiet before the Crimson Desert storm, which is good news for those of you who need a little extra time to clear your backlog. Here’s what we’re playing this weekend. Jamie O'Neill: Back in WAYP 622, Ristar24 kindly recommended the Game Boy's Jurassic Park 2: The Chaos Continues on the Jurassic Park Classic Games...
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- PS4
- What Are You Playing
- Features
News 'The Whole Team Is Working on the Final Stages': Onimusha PS5 Release Date Can't Be Far Away
"Please look forward to our next announcement"
It’s shaping up to be a historic year for Japanese publisher Capcom, with both Resident Evil Requiem and Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection attracting outstanding reviews. Next up is Pragmata, which based on what we’ve played is going to be among the best shooters of the year. And then,...
- Capcom
- PS5
- Onimusha
Friday13th Mar 2026
Guide New PS5 Games Release Dates in 2026
All 2026's upcoming PS5 launch dates
What new PS5 games release dates in 2026 are coming up? There’s never a shortage of new games to play, but if you want to plan out your purchases, we’re keeping tabs on all 2026 PS5 release dates on this page. Please keep in mind that this information is accurate to the best of our knowledge, and is updated...
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- PS5
- Release Dates
Guide New PS4 Games Release Dates in 2026
All 2026's upcoming PS4 launch dates
What new PS4 games release dates in 2025 are coming up? PS4 is certainly getting towards the end of its life, but there's still plenty of software on the way, and we'll be tracking all 2026 PS4 release dates on this page. Please keep in mind that this information is accurate to the best of our knowledge, and is...
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- PS4
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