TodayFri, 4th Dec 2020

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  10

  News FIFA 21 on PS5 Has Hair Worthy of a L'Oréal Commercial

  Hair hair

  Push Square Towers has been abuzz with excitable chatter all evening, as we marvel at FIFA 21’s next-gen follicle physics. The soccer simulation – which launched earlier than expected on the PlayStation 5 for existing PlayStation 4 owners – is a genuine visual feast on Sony’s new console, and those aforementioned luscious locks...

  • 6 hours ago
  • EA Sports
  • PS5
  • FIFA
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  24

  News Even If You Don't Like Fortnite, This Kratos Trailer Is Pretty Cool

  Along with a Mimir cameo

  Update: Yeah, the new Fortnite trailer featuring Kratos is pretty darn cool, but you ain't seen nothing until you've seen the God of War performing some emotes: It's like discovering a whole new side to the iconic character. Original Story: Yeah, alright, we get it. You probably dislike Fortnite d

  • 7 hours ago
  • Epic Games
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Fortnite
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  23

  News Cyberpunk 2077 PlayStation Preload Begins 8th December

  Two days before release

  CD Projekt Red has confirmed that PlayStation players will be able to preload Cyberpunk 2077 two days before its release, on the 8th December. The game will then unlock at midnight in your region on the 10th December. Interestingly, the preload on Xbox is live right now. We don't know why PlayStation users have to wait an...

  • 7 hours ago
  • CD Projekt Red
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Cyberpunk
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  16

  News Veteran Mass Effect and Dragon Age Producers Leave BioWare

  New games still in development

  In news that's sure to set tongues wagging, veteran BioWare employees Casey Hudson and Mark Darrah have announced that they're retiring from the company. This is actually the second time that Hudson has left BioWare. After spearheading the Mass Effect trilogy, his first departure came in 2014, but he returned to the...

  • 7 hours ago
  • BioWare
  • Industry

YesterdayThu, 3rd Dec 2020

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  122

  Guide PS5 Stock: When and Where to Buy PlayStation 5 for Christmas

  Which shops have PS5 available?

  Which shops have PS5 stock for Christmas? Where can you currently buy a PS5 console? Sony's PlayStation 5 is in extremely high demand at the moment, and many are still trying to secure a purchase. As part of our PS5 guide, we're going to explain which stores have PS5s in stock right now, when you can expect them to...

  • 23 hours ago
  • Guides
  • PS5
  • Stock
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  85

  News Cyberpunk 2077 Pre-Launch Console Patch Is Massive, But It's 'Not the Update' You Think It Is

  Cyberpunk'd

  Update 2: Well, we're officially confused. The same CD Projekt Red dev that shot down the supposed 56GB patch has now commented on the Xbox One update that's making waves on Twitter. Yeah, we don't get it either. Does this mean that there'll be two pre-launch updates for Cyberpunk 2077? Or is this one just rolling out for reviewers?...

  • 12 hours ago
  • CD Projekt Red
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Cyberpunk
  • Patches
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  73

  Review Immortals Fenyx Rising (PS5) - Formulaic Open World in Ancient Greece

  Gods & Monsters aplenty

  Immortals Fenyx Rising is what happens when Assassin's Creed Odyssey meets The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. There are some ideas the latest IP from Ubisoft can claim as its own, but it's impossible to deny the comparisons between it and the two open-world juggernauts. As such, it feels like the French publisher has...

  • 14 hours ago
  • Reviews
  • Ubisoft
  • PS5
  • Immortals Fenyx Rising
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  51

  News Six Months After Release, The Last of Us 2 Gets a New Story Trailer

  This time it's about Abby

  Now that The Last of Us: Part II has been available almost six months, Naughty Dog has decided to release an all-new story trailer which focuses on some aspects of the story kept secret prior to release. The video focuses on Abby, setting up the beats which lead to her revenge mission. If you haven’t played the game yet...

  • 17 hours ago
  • Sony
  • PS4
  • The Last of Us
  • Trailers
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  63

  News PS3 Gets a Surprise Firmware Update, Available to Download Now

  What year is it?

  Sony has updated the PlayStation 3, its classic console originally released in 2006. The new firmware update – numbered v4.87 – actually includes a new feature as well: it updates the Blu-ray keys for recent movie releases, meaning you can continue to use the system as a media player. There’s also a minor security fix that the...

  • 18 hours ago
  • Sony
  • PS3
  • Firmware Updates
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  11

  Guide New PS5, PS4 Games This Week (30th November to 6th December)

  Immortals Fenyx Rising! Twin Mirror! Haven! Dragon Quest!

  What new PS5 and PS4 games are releasing in physical retailers and as part of the PlayStation Store update this week? The week after Thanksgiving is looking surprisingly packed for new releases, with Immortals Fenyx Rising perhaps the biggest arrival of all. For a full list of all new PS5...

  • 15 hours ago
  • PlayStation Store Update
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Release Dates
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  46

  News Sony's Started Rolling Out Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Marketing

  Impressive billboard appears in Glasgow

  Here at Push Square Towers, we’ve kinda just decided that Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart will get a release date at The Game Awards next week. We don’t have any evidence for that, other than that it makes sense. Right? In fact, we’re expecting a decent presence from PlayStation, with an

  • 1 day ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Ratchet & Clank
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  25

  News FIFA 21 PS5 Upgrade Available Now, Looks Awesome

  Klopping great

  EA Sports has made the free PlayStation 5 upgrade for FIFA 21 available right now for most players ahead of its official launch tomorrow. Head on over to the PlayStation Store and you should be able to download the PS5 version if you own a digital copy of the game, or simply insert the PlayStation 4 disc into your system to grab the...

  • 19 hours ago
  • EA Sports
  • PS5
  • FIFA
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  35

  News Kratos Is Coming to Fortnite Season 5

  Battle axe royale

  Well, here's a crossover we weren't expecting. Kratos, star of the God of War franchise and one of PlayStation's best known characters, will be coming to Fortnite as part of Season 5. The news emerged when the above image was leaked online, showing off the Kratos skin in all its glory. As you can see, the Ghost of Sparta's...

  • 1 day ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Fortnite
  • God of War
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  41

  News 'Exciting Plans' For Persona in 2021, Says Series Producer

  Celebrating 25th anniversary

  2021 will mark the 25th anniversary of the Persona series, and apparently, Atlus is ready to celebrate its beloved RPG franchise. Speaking at the PlayStation Awards 2020, producer and director Kazuhisa Wada teased "exciting plans" for next year. Wada was there to accept a 'Partner Award' for Persona 5 Royal, and thank...

  • 14 hours ago
  • Atlus
  • Persona
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  26

  News PS Vita Owners Can't Use the PS Store, Issues Ongoing for Over 24 Hours

  Can't download or transfer digital games at all

  It’s flying under the radar due to the age of the console, but PlayStation Vita owners are reporting that the handheld’s PS Store is completely busted right now. In fact, this issue has been ongoing for over 24 hours, meaning fans can’t buy or download previously purchased software for the...

  • 18 hours ago
  • Sony
  • PS Vita
  • PS Store
  • PSN
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  23

  News UK Retailer GAME Partners with Sony for Big PS5 Giveaway

  £10,000 worth of prizes up for grabs

  UK retailer GAME rolled out a ton of new PS5 stock today, and as Christmas nears it’s partnering with PlayStation once more for a big PlayStation 5 giveaway. Effectively, between the hours 3PM to 5PM GMT on 7th December, 8th December, 10th December, 15th December, and 17th December, you’ll need to search for...

  • 15 hours ago
  • UK
  • GAME
  • PS5
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  25

  Mini Review Worms Rumble (PS5) - Simple But Successful Spin-Off Proves the Series Has Wriggle Room

  A new species

  The Worms franchise has more or less stayed the same across its 25-year history, so it was due a shake-up. Worms Rumble is an offshoot that ditches the strategic turn-based gameplay in favour of more immediate, real-time action. Fans may well wrinkle their noses at this, but honestly, it works better than you might think. Up to 32...

  • 19 hours ago
  • Reviews
  • Team 17
  • PS5
  • Worms Rumble
  • Mini Review
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  32

  News Silent Hill, Gravity Rush Veterans Leave Sony Japan Studio to Form New Team

  Bokeh Game Studio is its name

  Silent Hill, Gravity Rush, and Forbidden Siren creator Keiichiro Toyama has left Sony Japan Studio to team up with two other Japanese development veterans and create their own independent development house. He is joined by Kazunobu Sato, who was a producer for The Last Guardian

  • 21 hours ago
  • Sony
  • Bokeh Game Studio
  • Industry
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  13

  Review Haven (PS5) - A Refreshingly Romantic and Unique Sci-Fi Adventure

  Yu and me forever

  Very few games attempt to tell stories about established romantic relationships, but it's this angle that sets Haven apart. It's easily one of the more intriguing indie titles that we've played in some time, telling the tale of two lovers who have essentially ran away from home together. The sci-fi setting sees them stranded on an...

  • 17 hours ago
  • Reviews
  • The Game Bakers
  • PS5
  • Haven
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  32

  Mini Review Twin Mirror (PS4) - Yeah, This Exists

  Man in the mirror

  The more games DONTNOD Entertainment puts out, the more it feels like Life Is Strange really was just a fluke. The developer’s latest effort, titled Twin Mirror, is the worst of the lot as a nonsensical story, flat and uninteresting characters, and poor performance riddle this narrative-based adventure with flaws. Protagonist...

  • 13 hours ago
  • Reviews
  • DONTNOD Entertainment
  • PS4
  • Twin Mirror
  • Mini Reviews
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  61

  Soapbox The Conversation About Games Moves Too Quickly

  Do you find it hard to keep up?

  Let's start this feature on a positive note: for the last decade or so, video game fans have had an embarrassment of riches. If you were to name a year, it will almost certainly have seen the release of at least a couple of fantastic games. That's true on PlayStation platforms, but it's even more so if you consider...

  • 12 hours ago
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Soapbox
  • Features
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  6

  News Madden NFL 21 Throws a Quick Pass to PS5, Upgrade Available Now

  Ahead of schedule

  Just like FIFA 21, the PlayStation 5 upgrade for Madden NFL 21 is also available now. The next-gen version weighs in at 50.46GB, so it’s smaller than its PlayStation 4 counterpart, which bloated to around 70GB with patches installed. Obviously this next-gen version brings with it some major tweaks, like the integration of Next...

  • 18 hours ago
  • EA Sports
  • PS5
  • Madden NFL
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  4

  News Helldivers Dev Reveals Next Project, A Co-Op Shooter for PS5

  Arrowhead Studios targets next bullseye

  Arrowhead Studios, the developer behind Helldivers and Magicka, has confirmed it is working on an all-new project for next-generation consoles. Assumedly coming to PlayStation 5, this is a third-person co-op shooter. It will feature "next-gen graphics, innovative co-op, and agency for the community to alter...

  • 16 hours ago
  • Arrowhead Studios
  • PS5
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  4

  News Crimson Desert Set for Gameplay Reveal at The Game Awards 2020

  New game from Black Desert dev

  The Game Awards is now just one week away, and one game has been confirmed to make an appearance. Crimson Desert will make its gameplay debut during the show. Announced last year via the above trailer, this is an offshoot of the popular MMORPG Black Desert, developed by Pearl Abyss. Featuring a new setting and new...

  • 21 hours ago
  • Pearl Abyss
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Crimson Desert
  • The Game Awards
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  12

  News Pokémon-Like Temtem Hits PS5 Next Week, Here's How It Plays

  Releases into Early Access

  The Pokémon-like experience from Crema Games, named Temtem, comes to PlayStation 5 next week in an early access phase. But besides its close relations to the card collecting and gaming powerhouse, you may not be sure what to actually expect. Wonder no longer then because the developer has just put out a trailer detailing...

  • 16 hours ago
  • Crema Games
  • PS5
  • Temtem
  • Trailers
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  5

  Random 'Tis the Season to Decorate Your Tree with PlayStation Baubles

  Lookin' pine

  Here’s a fun product for the holiday season: glass PlayStation Christmas baubles to decorate your tree with. These are officially licensed and surprisingly stylish, coming in black with white detailing. You get four in the set, two inspired by the DualShock 4 controller, while the others use the brand’s iconic logo and symbols. We...

  • 14 hours ago
  • Sony
  • Christmas
  • Random
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  16

  News Streamers Will Be Showing Off Cyberpunk 2077 from the 9th December

  A day before release

  CD Projekt Red and a number of high profile streamers have confirmed that you'll be able to watch Cyberpunk 2077 in action on the day before its release. Gameplay footage can be shared online starting from 12PM CET, or 11AM UK time on the 9th December. That's 3AM Pacific, or 6AM Eastern in the US. The Polish developer has also...

  • 15 hours ago
  • CD Projekt Red
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Cyberpunk
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  6

  News King of Fighters XV Reappears with Character Confirmation, Promises Gameplay in January 2021

  Let's Kyo

  It's about time that we got an update on King of Fighters XV. The game was officially announced back at Evo 2019, but we've heard nothing since. Until now, that is. SNK's Yasuyuki Oda and Eisuke Ogura star in a new developer video that confirms the first three playable characters in King of Fighters XV. All three are returning fighters:...

  • 16 hours ago
  • SNK
  • King of Fighters
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  1

  Interview Discussing Soundtracks and Audio Design with the SkewBound Team

  A skewed perspective

  When it comes to our composer interview series, we have a formula that we don’t deviate too much from usually. The interview is with a particular composer — or composer team — and it’s regarding a specific project. But this time, we’ve got something a little bit different for everyone. We got the chance to have a chat...

  • 11 hours ago
  • PS4
  • Interviews
  • Features

Wednesday2nd Dec 2020

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  67

  Guide All PlayStation Now Games

  A complete list of every PS Now game

  What's the full list of all PlayStation Now games? Below you'll find the complete lineup of every PS Now game available to subscribers, spanning both PS4 and PS3 software. Remember that PlayStation 4 titles can be streamed or downloaded to the console, while PlayStation 3 titles can only be streamed. If you're...

  • 2 days ago
  • PlayStation Now Games
  • PS Now
  • PlayStation Now
  • Guides
  • Features
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  34

  Hands On Why You Should Be Using PS5 Remote Play More

  It works well

  Ah, good ol’ Remote Play, the oft-forgotten PlayStation 4 feature that’s perfect when you’re in a pinch. In the heady days of the Nintendo Wii U’s off-screen controller, Sony made a lot of noise about PlayStation 4’s ability to stream to a PS Vita. The handheld is long past its sell-by date these days, of course – even if...

  • 1 day ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Remote Play
  • Hands On
  • Features
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  89

  Poll Do You Actually Play Your PS Plus Games?

  Add to library

  Month in, month out, we all sit here and react to the new PlayStation Plus games. Sometimes they're really good, sometimes they're frustratingly bad. Sometimes our readers think they're absolutely crap — as evidenced by the public PS Plus polls that we host on the site every month! But we're not here to discuss the quality of...

  • 2 days ago
  • PS Plus
  • PlayStation Plus
  • Polls
  • Features
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  79

  News Sony Backs Single Player Gaming in Leaked PlayStation Documents

  #4ThePlayer

  We all know that Sony likes its single player games. Over the course of the last generation, the company produced a number of solo-focused blockbusters — God of War, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Horizon Zero Dawn, and Ghost of Tsushima just to name a few. All of these titles reviewed and sold extremely well, to the point where the...

  • 2 days ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • PS4
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  43

  Gallery PS5, PS4 Console Exclusive Kena: Bridge of Spirits Looks Stunning in New Screens

  We Kena wait

  Kena: Bridge of Spirits, perhaps one of the more anticipated post-launch PlayStation 5 games, continues to look incredible in new assets released by developer Ember Lab. The images show off lush environments, tough combat encounters, and big discoveries. We’re sure you’ll agree, these look like concept art brought to life. The...

  • 2 days ago
  • Ember Lab
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Kena: Bridge of Spirits
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  31

  News Stolen PS5 Orders Finally Prompt Action from Amazon UK

  Replacements guaranteed

  Our managing director Ant Dickens’ ongoing PlayStation 5 launch nightmare has been the subject of much discussion ever since the system released last month. For those of you who weren’t aware, a worrying number of next-gen Amazon UK orders were stolen in November, with many receiving alternative items, like dog food and...

  • 2 days ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Amazon
  • UK
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  7

  News Call of Duty: Warzone Leak Reveals Return of Alcatraz Map

  Black Ops 4 location is back

  Call of Duty: Warzone will be fully integrated with Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War in just over a week on 10th December 2020, and it looks like the first season of content for Activision's latest FPS will mark the return of a certain Battle Royale map. Originally featured in the Blackout mode of Call of Duty: Black Ops...

  • 2 days ago
  • Activision
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Call of Duty
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  26

  News Veteran Sony Bend Directors Depart After Decades

  They've gone

  Two veteran Sony Bend directors dating all the way back to the Syphon Filter days have departed the first-party studio. John Garvin, who’s written every single one of the developer’s games, announced on Twitter that he actually left over a year ago, but this is the first time he’s commented on his decision. In a series of...

  • 2 days ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Industry
• 

  40

  News Spider-Man: Miles Morales Crashing Not a Risk to Your PS5, Dev Clarifies

  Insomniac and Sony working on fixes

  Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales is a fantastic launch game, but it's been causing issues for some PS5 owners. A number of players have been running into crashes — situations where the game hits an error and is forced to close itself. No one likes crashes, and if you're not totally sure what's causing them,...

  • 2 days ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Spider-Man
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  75

  Soapbox I've Missed the Feeling of Having a Backlog

  Liam's overwhelmed and loving it

  I'm in a rather unique and extremely lucky position where it's my full-time job to cover and play games. As such, rarely does a day go by where I have don't have a handful of hours to invest in the latest PlayStation game each evening, and even into the early hours of the morning on the odd occasion. That's a...

  • 2 days ago
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Soapbox
  • Features
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  42

  News Cyberpunk 2077 Photo Mode Revealed, Looks Ridiculously In-Depth

  V good

  Cyberpunk 2077 was already destined to be a game that demands significant time investment — and now we've come to the realisation that we're also going to be spending hours upon hours playing with the title's photo mode. Going by its reveal trailer, said photo mode looks impressively in-depth. It's got all kinds of sliders that you can...

  • 2 days ago
  • CD Projekt Red
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Cyberpunk
  • Trailers
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  19

  News Uncharted Movie Star Tom Holland to Present at The Game Awards 2020

  Could we get a trailer?

  As with other glitzy awards ceremonies, The Game Awards always invites some special guests to get on stage and fuel some excitement. This year's show will be no different, and Geoff Keighley has begun highlighting some of the people who will help hand out awards. One such celebrity is Tom Holland, who's now confirmed to be...

  • 2 days ago
  • Sony
  • Uncharted
  • Movies
  • The Game Awards
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  22

  News PS5 Is UK's Best-Selling Console in November 2020

  Not a huge surprise

  Unsurprisingly, having already secured the UK’s largest ever launch, the PlayStation 5 was the country’s best-selling console in November 2020. It means that, for only the third time in two years, the Nintendo Switch was forced to settle for second-place. It was a worthy competitor for Sony’s new system, seeing a 63.1 per...

  • 2 days ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • UK
  • Hardware
  • Sales
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  17

  News Throwback Space Shooter Habroxia 2 Fires to PS4, PS Vita on 3rd February

  Physical edition pre-orders open soon

  If you didn’t play the original Habroxia, then you should dig out your PlayStation 4 or PS Vita and remedy that right now. Despite looking like an uneventful arcade shooter, Lillymo Games proved that it has a good command over old-school gameplay mechanics, and we found ourselves glued to this one for a good...

  • 2 days ago
  • Eastasiasoft
  • PS4
  • PS Vita
  • Habroxia
  • Announcements
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  8

  Mini Review Phogs (PS4) - Two Heads Are Better Than One in Cute Puzzle Platformer

  Co-pup

  Phogs is a deliriously happy game about a double-headed dog. Playable alone or in co-op, the two sides of the conjoined canine are controlled separately, and must work together in a short series of colourful levels. You'll collect bones, eat treats, stretch out, and bark at everything while you solve basic puzzles. It's a very simple game,...

  • 2 days ago
  • Reviews
  • Coatsink
  • PS4
  • Phogs
  • Mini Reviews
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  2

  News Dauntless Adds New Progression Systems, No Native PS5 Version Yet

  Free Monster Hunter slaying

  Remember Dauntless? The free-to-play take on Monster Hunter that built up a bit of buzz upon its release back in May 2019? Well, it's still trucking along with a dedicated fanbase and tomorrow sees the launch of its latest expansion, named Reforged. While there doesn't appear to be a native PlayStation 5 version coming...

  • 2 days ago
  • Phoenix Labs
  • PS4
  • Dauntless
  • Updates
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  4

  Interview Triple-Spinning Answers with Crash Bandicoot 4 Composer Walter Mair

  Aboogidaba

  Recently, we got the chance to have a chat with the composer of Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time, Walter Mair. During the process, we talked about the return of everyone's favourite bandicoot, how to capture the sonic intersection of synthesized and artificial music, as well as the trials and tribulations that come with scoring for such...

  • 2 days ago
  • Activision
  • PS4
  • Crash Bandicoot
  • Interview
  • Features