Mini Review Mewgenics (PS5) - The Best Roguelike Since The Binding of Isaac
"Can I pet your kitties?"
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Guide These 35+ PS5 and PS Plus Games Are Coming Out This Week (14th-20th September)
Wolverine! RuneScape! Trails!
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- PS4
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News Rayman Legends Retold Now Out in December, PS5 Remake Delayed Two Months
More polish and shining from Ubisoft needed
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- PS5
- Rayman
- Delays
News SEGA's Going Nuts with Crazy Taxi Movie, Another Sonic TV Series, and More
Multimedia madness
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- Netflix
- TV
News PS5 Blackout Protest Made 'No Significant Change at All' to Player Counts, Says US Data
The state of play
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- PS5
News Ace Combat 8's New Trailer Is Awesome, But Maybe Avoid It if You're Already In
A spoiler-free flight
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- PS5
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TodayMon, 14th Sep 2026
News Rayman Legends Retold Now Out in December, PS5 Remake Delayed Two Months
More polish and shining from Ubisoft needed
Ubisoft has decided to push back its PS5 remake of Rayman Legends so it can receive extra polish, despite the fact the game has already gone gold. A delay after going gold is a rarity; the only other time I can remember it happening was in the leadup to Cyberpunk 2077. I'm sure Rayman Legends Retold will...
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- PS5
- Rayman
- Delays
News SEGA's Going Nuts with Crazy Taxi Movie, Another Sonic TV Series, and More
Multimedia madness
SEGA and Netflix are partnering up on several new adaptations of the game publisher's properties into movies and TV shows. That's according to a report from Variety, which states the companies are working together on a trio of new projects. The first is something I certainly wasn't expecting: a Crazy Taxi movie. The film is set...
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- Netflix
- TV
News PS5 Blackout Protest Made 'No Significant Change at All' to Player Counts, Says US Data
The state of play
The recent PS5 blackout campaign, which made waves on social media a few weeks back, appears to have had very little impact on the console's usage rate — at least in the US. This is according to ever-informative Circana analyst Mat Piscatella, who writes that "there was no significant change at all in player count or engagement"...
- Sony
- PS5
News Ace Combat 8's New Trailer Is Awesome, But Maybe Avoid It if You're Already In
A spoiler-free flight
Publisher Bandai Namco is just weeks away from the launch of Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve, and it's really pushing hard for this to be a big success. You only need to see the company's live-action mini-series that serves as a prequel to understand that, but a brand new trailer for the game itself has recently come online, and...
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- PS5
- Ace Combat
- Trailers
News The First GTA 6 Actor Has Confirmed Their Involvement, and Nobody's Surprised
Your voice is familiar, Brian
GTA 6 is on the horizon, and as we draw ever closer to the biggest game of the year, it seems some actors are starting to let slip their involvement with the project. Namely, Stephen Root has confirmed his role in the game, per an interview with the Associated Press — though as he notes, it's not much of a surprise...
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- PS5
- GTA 6
Preview The Expanse: Osiris Reborn Is What Fans of the Books and Show Have Been Waiting For
Remember the Cant
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn is an upcoming PS5 RPG that I’ve been keeping an eye on for a while. That’s mainly down to being a fan of The Expanse TV show – I’m even the owner of a dusty, unopened copy of the first book, Leviathan Wakes. I’m really keen to see how developer Owlcat Games brings this universe to life. Well,...
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- The Expanse: Osiris Reborn
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News As a Gundam Nut, I'm Happy to Report Rogue Orbit Looks Fantastic in New PS5 Gameplay Footage
Mobile suit fun-dam
Over the weekend, a bunch of Gundam Rogue Orbit previews dropped from various YouTube channels, giving us our first proper look at the game in action. Indeed, there's now loads of gameplay footage to pick through, and while I think Rogue Orbit has shown plenty of promise in its official trailers up until this point, these fresh...
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Steam Hype Here comes a new challenger
Gaming on PC is great. Better than it has ever been, and Steam Hype is here to make it even better. Between respectably powerful cheap laptops, handhelds like the Steam Deck and the new generation of mini-PCs like the Steam Machine means it’s easier than ever to dip your toes into the vast ocean that is PC games. The...
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News Lies of P Sequel Name Potentially Outed in Trademark Filing
It'll follow through on that ending tease
The name of the Lies of P sequel Round8 Studio has in the works may have made its way online from a trademark filing made by publisher Neowiz. For those who have finished the excellent Souls-like title, what the follow-up might be about has already been teased in an ending cutscene, so the name of the...
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- Lies of P
News Here's Your First Look at Kingdom Hearts' Sora as He Joins Fortnite 'This Week'
What the heart wants
Fortnite's current season, entitled Override, is celebrating numerous games and characters with many crossovers, and a major player in the season is Kingdom Hearts. Epic Games has now officially unveiled how Sora will look in its massively popular shooter with the below video: Sora joins Fortnite Override "this week",...
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- PS4
- Fortnite
Mini Review Mewgenics (PS5) - The Best Roguelike Since The Binding of Isaac
"Can I pet your kitties?"
In this day and age with the large AAA game budgets, you'd never expect a team of just two developers to come out with a GOTY-contending indie title. Mewgenics, from The Binding of Isaac creator Edmund McMillen and The End Is Nigh programmer Tyler Glaiel, is a 100+ hour, cat breeding, turn-based, roguelike strategy game...
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Guide These 35+ PS5 and PS Plus Games Are Coming Out This Week (14th-20th September)
Wolverine! RuneScape! Trails!
We're properly in the thick of the September madness now. Next week on PS Store sees the release of another 25 or so games, coming off the back of last week's list of 20-odd titles. There are a couple of big ones in the crowd to watch out for, most notably Marvel's Wolverine, but there's also the likes of RuneScape:...
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News Sony Shuts Down The Last of Us 2 PC Multiplayer Fan Mod
Nine months of work down the drain
Sony has sent a letter to PC modder Speclizer requesting they don't release a multiplayer mod that they have had in the works for The Last of Us 2 for the past nine months. The modder shared the news on social media, stating: "Hey everyone, as you all know, the TLOU 2 Multiplayer mod that has been in development...
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- PC
- The Last of Us
News Diablo 5 and a New Starcraft Game Revealed, But Will They Be on PS6?
Diablo 5 in 2029, Starcraft in 2030
Over the weekend, veteran studio Blizzard hosted its annual BlizzCon fan event and announced two new games: Diablo 5 and an open world StarCraft shooter. The former is coming in 2029 while the latter is slated for 2030, so from a home-system perspective, these are next-gen games that'll be targeting the next set...
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- Blizzard
- PS6
- Diablo
- Starcraft
YesterdaySun, 13th Sep 2026
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (September 13th 2026)
Time Extension Amico! Retroid Pocket Duo! Project Dream! Neo Geo AES+!
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. "It Could Have Been Awesome" - The Nightmare Before Christmas Sequel You Never Got To Play: Recently, concept artist Ken...
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Saturday12th Sep 2026
Poll Are You Hyped for These 10 New PS Plus Games?
Plus or minus?
10 new games are being added across PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium this month, but compared to August's super strong offering, I can see September's lineup being met with some criticism. Honestly I'm not quite sure what the headline act is for Extra this time around. Co-op survival RPG
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Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 649
Cool kids
There's loads to play on PS5 right now, and even more is right around the corner. Here are the games that are keeping all of us entertained this weekend. Jamie O'Neill: I'm carving my way through UEP Systems' PS1 Cool Boarders on my PS Vita to belatedly celebrate the Japanese release's 30th anniversary, which landed recently during late...
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Feature Going Platinum: I've Still Not Played Anything Else Quite Like Paradise Killer
A unique case
Platinum Trophy #36: Paradise Killer Date Earned: 22nd March 2022 Dopamine Index: stars:4 I feel like I use the word "unique" far too much when covering games; the honest truth is many of them simply are not. However, one game that really was unique when it launched, and remains so today, is the brilliant Paradise Killer. It comes...
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- Paradise Killer
- Going Platinum
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Friday11th Sep 2026
News Sony Stopped Physint Development Over Budget, Exclusivity Concerns
Project missed deadlines and on track to go over budget
Missed deadlines, being on track to go over budget, and a lack of permanent exclusivity are reportedly the reasons Sony decided to stop development of Physint, a
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- Industry
News Moss PSVR2 Dev Polyarc Closed After 12 Years of Games
"Our work is now finished"
Polyarc, the studio behind PSVR classics Moss and its Book II sequel, has shut down as of today, 11th September 2026. The developer's LinkedIn page broke the news, stating: "After nearly 12 years riding the joyous rollercoaster of emotions that is making video games, our time together has come to an end. As we wind down...
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News This PS5 Gameplay Trailer Is Our Best Look Yet at Fairgames
Project Espresso playtest incoming
A trailer has been doing the rounds for a game known only as Project Espresso, which is the codename for Sony's live service multiplayer shooter, Fairgames. Fairgames — which might have changed its name to Break In — was announced during a State of Play years ago, but we've heard nothing about it since. Now,...
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- PC
- Fairgames
News Multiplayer Shooter Wardogs Confirmed for PS5 as Early Access Launch Goes Nuclear
Boom
Publisher Team 17 and developer BULKHEAD have confirmed console versions of Wardogs, which is proving to be extremely popular in its early stages. The game launched into Early Access on Steam yesterday, 10th September 2026, and it has already sold more than 1.25 million copies. That's not the only impressive number it has to boast about; at...
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- PS5
- Wardogs
News You Can Get Phantom Blade Zero's PS5 Platinum Trophy on Its Easiest Difficulty
Hard mode optional
If you've been wondering about the Trophies for upcoming action game Phantom Blade Zero, it's been revealed it won't be as tough to complete as you may have thought. The PS5 console-exclusive will of course have a full set of trinkets to unlock, including the all-important platinum, and director Qiwei Liang (aka Soulframe) says...
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Thursday10th Sep 2026
News Wolverine PS5 Is One of the Lowest Rated First-Party Sony Games of the Generation
How Logan you go
Reviews for Marvel's Wolverine have dropped, and it's fair to say that many of them are a bit disappointing. At the time of writing, Insomniac Games' big budget action title sits at an eyebrow-raising 77 on Metacritic, based on just over 100 evaluations. Now I should stress that a 77 is not a bad score, despite the growing...
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- Wolverine
Review Marvel's Wolverine (PS5) - The Ultimate Wolverine Simulator
Bloody nora, bub
Marvel’s Wolverine is a great video game. If such a thing could be looked up in the dictionary, you’d find Logan and his bared claws staring back. In fact, I can’t remember a time when our own review scoring policy has described a game better: "An accomplished experience, these titles excel in crucial areas, mitigating any...
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Guide Where to Pre-Order GTA 6 Controllers for PS5
USA, UK links to pre-order GTA 6 limited edition PS5 controllers
Ahead of the title's release on 19th November 2026, Sony and Rockstar have teamed up to offer two PS5 limited-edition controllers themed around GTA 6. There's a black one and a white one, with both sporting a blue / purple faceplate around the thumbsticks and touchpad. The GTA 6 logo...
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News Sony Cancels Physint Development, Xbox Picks Up Project
Hideo Kojima game now under Xbox's wing
PlayStation has confirmed its decision to "step away" from the development of Physint, the new Metal Gear Solid-esque project from Kojima Productions that was announced a few years ago. In a statement posted to social media, Sony explained: "After careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to...
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- Physint
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Preview Final Fantasy 7 Revelation on PS5 Is So Huge I Got Lost in Its Demo
Revelatory
I’ve touched Final Fantasy 7 Revelation on PS5 Pro, but I’ll be brutally honest with you: I’m not entirely sure how to approach this preview. At an event in London last week, Square Enix put me in control of the Highwind and set me free to explore the concluding instalment in its well-regarded remake trilogy. I had an hour to...
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- Final Fantasy
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News LEGO PS1's Freebie Astro Bot Set Revealed in New Images, and Everyone Wants It Standalone
Astro not
Sony finally announced the much-leaked LEGO PS1 set recently, and included in the purchase is a separate set that lets you build a LEGO Astro Bot. This extra comes at no additional cost. It's a nice bonus for PlayStation fans, but after new images of the Astro set have emerged online, some wish it could be bought on its own. Here are the...
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- LEGO
News First Professor Layton Game Gets PS5 Remake, Curious Village Out in 2027
Layton overload on PS5
You'll be able to play the latest Professor Layton title, the New World of Steam, on PS5 this December as the character makes his PlayStation debut. However, also, the original title that started the series is being remade. Level-5 has announced today in its latest livestream that a full PS5 remake of Professor Layton and the...
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News Until Dawn 2 PS5 Price Is Lower Than Expected at £45
Cheaper yet still high quality
Pre-orders for Until Dawn 2 have gone live today, and they finally reveal the price you shall have to pay for the upcoming PS5 exclusive. And it's good news on that front: Until Dawn 2 is priced at £44.99 in the UK for the base digital version. That should translate to $49.99 in the USA, and we'll be able to confirm...
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- Until Dawn
News Romancing SaGa 3's PS5 Remake Looks Amazing, But Its Release Date Is a Problem
Romance is dead
Square Enix has announced a full-on 3D remake of Romancing SaGa 3, titled Romancing SaGa 3: Destinies United. Going by the above trailer and the associated press release, this is set to be a brilliant revival. It retains everything that made the 1995 original unique, while also bolstering the experience with modern design. The game...
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- Romancing SaGa
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New gameplay revealed
Announced for PS5 a few months back, Muramasa: Revenant Blades now has a confirmed 4th February release date. Yes, it's yet another game coming out in the first quarter of next year, but surely you can find the time for this Vanillaware masterpiece. To recap, this is an expanded and slightly reworked remaster of the classic...
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News Josh Holloway Stars in Live Action Ace Combat 8 Prequel Series, 'Hour Zero'
Lost in the clouds
Bandai Namco really is going all-out for Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve. Not only is the title itself stepping things up with big jumps in visuals and the largest multiplayer component the series has ever seen, but the publisher is splashing the cash on things like this: a live action mini-series that acts as a prequel to the...
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News Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Won't Have Remake and Rebirth's 'Cheats' at Launch
But they are coming eventually
Eyebrows were raised when Square Enix introduced 'Streamlined Progression' to both Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth post-release. Essentially in-game cheats, these options allow players to toggle things like infinite HP and MP, instant weapon mastery, and unlimited resources. The idea is that the...
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- PS5
- Final Fantasy
News It Might Be Crap, But the Bully Rip-Off Has a PS5 Release Date Now
Play it from 25th September
We'll never get a Bully sequel, so our best chance of a similar high school experience on PS5 is Agefield High: Rock the School. You'll be delighted to hear, then, that it's supposedly rubbish. We do at least have a release date now: 25th September 2026. Instead of Control Resonant or Silent Hill: Townfall, you can play...
- Perp Games
- PS5
- Agefield High
- Release Dates
News Promising Detective RPG Decapolice Officially Delayed into 2027
Will it ever come out?
Publisher and developer Level-5 has officially pushed back Decapolice, its sci-fi detective RPG. The game, which was most recently slated for 2026, is now scheduled for sometime in 2027. Decapolice was initially announced in 2023 and was due to launch that same year, but the game has since been delayed multiple times...
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- Decapolice
- Delays
News Play the First Dragon Quest Monsters on PlayStation in Over 20 Years with PS5 Demo
Sample the Withered World
Square Enix has released a free playable demo for its upcoming RPG, Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World, available now on PS5. A quick trailer shows off what you'll be able to check out: Launching for PS5 on 3rd December, Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World is the first entry in the spinoff series to hit...
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News PS5 Fighter Avatar Legends Gets Ranked Play, Low Latency Mode, More in Major Update
Getting the Aang of it
Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game recently received patch 2.5, a pretty significant update on PS5 that adds some nice new features to the fighter. Most notably, ranked online matches are now available on PS5 as well as other platforms, with full cross platform play available. A new Low Latency mode is also implemented on...
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Wednesday9th Sep 2026
News 10 PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for September 2026 Announced
A scattershot approach
Sony has confirmed that ten PS5 and PS4 titles will be heading to PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium this month. The games are as follows: PS Plus Extra: September 2026: RuneScape: Dragonwilds (PS5) WWE 2K26 (PS5) | Review
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News Final Fantasy, Persona Veterans Announce Turn-Based JRPG Eternal Anima for PS5
If I could turn back time
First teased as 'Project Life is RPG' all the way back in 2023, Eternal Anima is officially heading to PS5 next year. This is a turn-based RPG that takes obvious cues from the Japanese classics. It's been spearheaded by a number of genre veterans, including director Katsuhisa Higuchi (Final Fantasy series, Chrono Trigger),...
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Feature 40+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in PS Store's Tokyo Game Show Sale
Recommended games going cheap
Tokyo Game Show is due to get started very soon, and Sony's latest sale promotes the show. On from now until 23rd September, the Tokyo Game Show sale includes thousands of PS5 and PS4 games going cheap, and that can be a lot to look through. To get to some of the good stuff, we've put together a list of titles we...
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News PS6 Could Be the Last PlayStation Console Designed by Iconic Architect
Mark Cerny "nearing the end" of his career
A new PlayStation console generation only really begins when Mark Cerny appears at an event to introduce an absurdly in-depth breakdown of the technology going into the new system. Sony has partnered with the architect for generations now, and if all is well and good, he will likely front the reveal of the...
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- Mark Cerny
News Spoilers for Major Upcoming Games Made Public in Achievements Leak
Kingdom Hearts 4 worlds, Persona 6 story info all online
Spoilers for big upcoming PS5 games, and the existence of unannounced titles, have been posted online because of an achievements list leak from PC platform Steam. Overnight, the Exophase website — which we use to view Trophy lists as they go live in the PSN backend — published a long list...
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That's a lot of Metal Slug
Publisher SNK has announced Metal Slug Ultimate Collection, as well as a brand new entry in the arcade shooter series. The news comes via today's Nintendo Direct, but the collection has also been confirmed for PS5 via this new trailer: Here are all the games included in the Ultimate Collection: Metal Slug Metal Slug...
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News No Man's Sky Evolves Yet Again, Overhauling Space in Another Huge Free Update
Available today
Hello Games has just unveiled its latest game-changing update for No Man's Sky, available to all players from today. Entitled 'Cosmos', this free update to the space exploration and survival game focuses on, well, space, making significant additions that once again expand how you'll play. There are many new features within the...
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- PS4
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Mini Review No More Room in Hell 2 (PS5) - This Co-op Shooter Makes Zombies Scary Again
Night of the Dead
No More Room in Hell 2 isn’t your typical zombie experience. Instead, it’s a slow-paced, horror-induced trek through densely detailed maps that are filled with the ambling corpses of the undead. It’s a PvPvE co-op extraction shooter, and on paper it doesn’t sound too different from the rest. You load into one of the...
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Preview Dragon Quest's Pokémon-Like Monster Game Could Be PS5's Perfect Cosy Escape
A nice change of pace
It’s looking like a “Clash of the Titans” kinda November, with both Zelda and GTA 6 duking it out. (Not to mention the dozens upon dozens of other titles vying for your attention in September and October.) Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World may be the cosy kind
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- Dragon Quest
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News Professor Layton Debuts on PS5 This December, New World of Steam Gets Release Date
Puzzler offers something different after GTA 6
Level-5 has announced that Professor Layton's debut on PS5 will round out the year, with Professor Layton and the New World of Steam now confirmed for a 10th December 2026 release. If you need to play something completely different after GTA 6, why not a puzzle game? Catch the new trailer above to see...
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- Professor Layton
- Release Dates
News One of My Favourite Light Novels Is Getting a PS5 Game, and I Screamed
I want it Maomao
Long-time readers will know I’ve mentioned light novel series The Apothecary Diaries a few times recently, so can probably predict my joy at Koei Tecmo’s latest announcement. Atelier dev Gust is working on a debut console game in the popular historical detective series, with the story scenario written by original author...
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