TodayTue, 6th Jun 2023

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  News Panned Co-Op Shooter Crime Boss: Rockay City Avoids Final Fantasy 16's PS5 Release Date

  Out on console imminently

  There were rumours that the critically maligned co-op shooter Crime Boss: Rockay City would release on PS5 on the exact same day as Final Fantasy 16. Fortunately for publisher 505 Games and developer In Game Studios, it’s avoided that outcome, officially confirming a 15th June launch date for the embattled outing. The...

  • 24 mins ago
  • 505 Games
  • PS5
  • Crime Boss: Rockay City
  • Release Dates
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  51

  Poll Are You Playing Diablo 4?

  Hot stuff

  Continuing the insanity that is June's release schedule, Diablo 4 is out now on PS5 and PS4. The loot-heavy action RPG had been in development at Blizzard for what felt like an eternity at times, but it's finally here, and by most accounts, it's very, very good. Want proof? Well, we gave it an 'excellent' 9/10 in our Diablo 4 PS5 review...

  • 3 hours ago
  • Blizzard
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Diablo
  • Polls
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  News Yes, Diablo 4 Is Blizzard's Fastest Selling Game of All Time

  Well, there it is

  Looks like success is contagious, and the industry is having a humdinger of a year. Hot on the heels of Street Fighter 6’s humongous launch, Blizzard has now confirmed that Diablo 4 is its biggest launch ever. The organisation –

  • 3 hours ago
  • Blizzard
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Diablo
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  News There's an Ounce of Ace Combat to This GTA Online: San Andreas Mercenaries PS5, PS4 Trailer

  Top gun

  Announced last week as GTA Online’s big summer update, here’s your first taste of the San Andreas Mercenaries, which is coming on 13th June for PS5 and PS4. It all looks rather Ace Combat, doesn’t it? The press release adds: “Join up with expert pilot and skilled merc Charlie Reed to lead his new outfit – the Los Santos Angels –...

  • 4 hours ago
  • Rockstar
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Grand Theft Auto
  • GTA Online
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  News There's a New JUMANJI Game Coming to PS5, PS4 This November

  Play the game

  Third-person shooter JUMANJI: The Video Game didn’t exactly attract stellar reviews, but it was a big hit for family-friendly publisher Outright Games, and so it’s perhaps no surprise it’s teamed up with Sony Pictures Entertainment on a follow-up for PS5 and PS4. Due out on 3rd November, the newly announced JUMANJI: Wild...

  • 4 hours ago
  • Outright Games
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • JUMANJI
  • Announcements
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  News Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth PS5 Has 'New Comrades' You Can 'Cooperate With'

  Wow!

  The breaking news just keeps on coming out of Square Enix: today it's been confirmed Final Fantasy VII Rebirth on PS5 will feature "new comrades" that you can "cooperate with". Wow! This is the fifth development comment the company has issued, and none except the first have been of much — if any at all — substance. Still, now you know...

  • 5 hours ago
  • Square Enix
  • PS5
  • Final Fantasy
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  6

  The Making Of Croc, 3D Platforming's Unsung Hero

  Time Extension "How can we make a 3D platform game?"

  Banjo-Kazooie. Crash Bandicoot. Spyro the Dragon. And yes, Super Mario 64. These names are synonymous with defining the 3D platformer, exploring the uncharted territories of the third dimension and taking players on a journey far grander than going from the left side of the screen to the right. Yet there is one...

  • 5 hours ago
  • Features
  • The Making Of
  • Croc
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  11

  News Now's the Best Time to Play This New PS Plus Game

  Free Jurassic Park update out on Thursday

  Jurassic World Evolution 2 is now available to download and play for all PS Plus Essential members, and team Frontier is marking the occasion in style. It's been revealed the PS5, PS4 game will be updated this Thursday with a content pack commemorating the 30th anniversary of Jurassic Park hitting the...

  • 5 hours ago
  • Frontier
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Jurassic World Evolution
  • Updates
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  Guide New PS5, PS4 Games This Week (5th June to 11th June)

  Clicker clacker

  What new PS5 and PS4 games are releasing in physical retailers and as part of the PS Store update this week? The release calendar picks up the speed a bit this week, as we hurtle head-first into a stacked June. Click through the links for a full list of all new PS5 games release dates in 2023, all new PSVR2 games release dates in...

  • 6 hours ago
  • PS Store
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Release Dates
  • Guides
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  News Farming Simulator 22's Free PS5, PS4 Competitive Multiplayer Modes Will Grow on You

  Farm those Ws

  Farming Simulator 22, not content with being a superb zen-like agricultural sim, is gradually transitioning into a full-on competitive eSport as well. For those of you who haven’t been following the Giants Software favourite, the Farming Simulator League is already in its fifth season – and now new competitive multiplayer modes...

  • 6 hours ago
  • Giants Software
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Farming Simulator
  • Updates
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  39

  News The Next Capcom Showcase Airs Next Week

  36 minutes of news and reveals

  Capcom has announced the suitably named Capcom Showcase will be returning next week on Monday, 12th June 2023 at 11pm BST / 3pm PT to reveal roughly 36 minutes worth of news and information. The publisher hasn't confirmed what games will be in attendance, but based on its previous livestream, we'd expect this to be a...

  • 9 hours ago
  • Capcom
  • Events
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  News PS Plus Essential Games for June 2023 Available to Download Now

  It's that time of the month

  Today is the day for the PS Plus Essential monthly refresh, replacing three PS5, PS4 games with new ones. Subscribers to Sony's base membership tier can now download and play NBA 2K23, Jurassic World Evolution 2, and Trek to Yomi. If you maintain a subscription to PS Plus Essential, you'll be able to play the three tit

  • 10 hours ago
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • PS Plus
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  Random Thought PSVR2 Was Expensive? Apple's Vision Pro Is Here to Hold Your Beer

  "The most advanced personal electronics device ever"

  If you've been near anything remotely capable of an internet connection today, you've no doubt seen Apple's ludicrous-looking foray into the world of expensive, wearable tech. It's called the Vision Pro, and at least according to Tom's Guide, it's pretty awesome. And incredibly pricey, too,...

  • 14 hours ago
  • Industry
  • Apple
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  23

  News Diablo 4's Barely Out on PS5, PS4 But Of Course Someone's Reached Level 100 on Hardcore

  An inspiration to Barbarians everywhere

  Diablo 4 isn't even officially out yet, and already someone has picked up the gauntlet thrown down by developer Blizzard and slapped the world with it. The company, in their hubris, declared that the first 1000 players to reach level 100 on Hardcore mode (permadeath) would have their names immortalised, carved...

  • 15 hours ago
  • Blizzard
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Diablo
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  News The PS5's Unfathomably Ambitious Phantom Blade Zero Won't Have Microtransactions

  Shoot for the moon

  Phantom Blade Zero, that upcoming PS5 action game looking almost too good to be true, might just have gotten even better, depending on your perspective. More details have been confirmed by the developers on the game's Q/A Discord server, including the fact that it won't feature microtransactions. Each weapon will have its unique...

  • 16 hours ago
  • S-GAME
  • PS5
  • Phantom Blade Zero
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  38

  News You Have 20 Seconds to Watch This RoboCop: Rogue City PS5 Gameplay

  "I'd buy that for a dollar!"

  RoboCop: Rogue City brings everything that made the original IP such a stone-cold classic, with excruciating one-liners and a darkly comedic vision of a future that requires a firm hand regarding justice. Previews for the game are going up, such as this look at the title from GameSpot. While the gameplay doesn't look...

  • 17 hours ago
  • Nacon
  • PS5
  • RoboCop
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  24

  News E3 Killed Itself, Says Summer Game Fest's Geoff Keighley

  Self-inflicted

  Geoff Keighley is perhaps best known as the face of The Game Awards, but he's been hosting the Summer Game Fest showcase for the past few years (in addition to becoming the subject of some of our most transcendent art work). With this year's show only a few days away,

  • 18 hours ago
  • Industry
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  News Two Diablo 4 Expansions Are Already in the Works at Blizzard

  First one is pretty much done

  Blizzard is pitching Diablo 4 as something you'll still be playing years into the future if it gets its hooks into you, and that will be thanks to a plethora of post-launch support. Alongside free content updates, the developer is currently producing two expansions, as confirmed by general manager Rod Fergusson. In a...

  • 20 hours ago
  • Blizzard
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Diablo
  • DLC
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  24

  News This New PS Plus Premium Free Trial Is Rather Pitiful

  Just 45 minutes of play

  All the free PS Plus Premium trials you get with a subscription to Sony's top membership tier are easily one of the most underrated features of the service, but not when they're this short. A new limited-time trial for Hogwarts Legacy has just gone live on the PS Store, and it's... 45 minutes long. That is not even enough...

  • 20 hours ago
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • PS Plus

YesterdayMon, 5th Jun 2023

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  News Mortal Kombat 1 Director Ed Boon Can't Wait for You to See First PS5 Gameplay This Week

  Kontent inkoming

  With Street Fighter 6 out in the wild, Mortal Kombat 1 is the next big fighter fans have on the horizon, and director Ed Boon is teasing some impending gameplay at Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest. If you missed the game's gory cinematic reveal, check it out here. Anticipation is

  • 2 days ago
  • Warner Bros
  • PS5
  • Mortal Kombat
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  Guide Diablo 4 Guide: Your Ultimate Beginner's Resource

  Help for getting started with Diablo 4

  Diablo 4 is the latest entry in Blizzard's long-running action RPG franchise, and it's just as addictive as previous entries in the series. With deep, meaningful character customisation, endlessly exciting combat, and a compelling narrative that drives the player forward, it's a fantastic adventure but one...

  • 1 day ago
  • Guides
  • Diablo 4
  • PS5
  • PS4
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  12

  News Win Three Months of PS Plus Premium Just for Being Good at Sackboy: A Big Adventure on PS5

  Ready, Sack, go

  The problem with being *literally* the best at Sackboy: A Big Adventure is that there are such few opportunities in which to demonstrate your hard-won mastery. Luckily, if you consider yourself to be a Sackboy connoisseur, one such instance is fast approaching, and it's the one we Sackheads have all been waiting for; the impending...

  • 2 days ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Sackboy
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  13

  News There's New Marvel's Spider-Man 2 PS5 Footage in Across the Spider-Verse

  Enhance

  Dedicated web-heads out enjoying the spectacular Across the Spider-Verse over the weekend might have caught a precious few frames of Insomniac's upcoming Marvel's Spider-Man 2, whether they know it or not. Confirmed to be new footage by Insomniac's own James Stevenson, the blink-and-you-'ll-miss-it scene depicts Spidey doing Spider-Man...

  • 2 days ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Spider-Man
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  13

  Review Amnesia: The Bunker (PS4) - WW1 Terror Marks an Upgrade for Frictional Games

  The darkest descent

  After effectively pioneering a new type of horror experience in 2010's Amnesia: The Dark Descent, developer Frictional Games hasn't shown much willingness to create something wholly authentic all over again. Two sequels followed the revolutionary original — with a few years of production set aside for SOMA — but with little...

  • 1 day ago
  • Reviews
  • Frictional Games
  • PS4
  • Amnesia: The Bunker
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  News Microsoft Bigwig Hoping to Voice Frustration to UK Politicians Over $69 Billion Buyout Block

  Channel crossing

  Having been frustrated in its $69 billion dollar bid to acquire Activision Blizzard in the UK, Microsoft's president, Brad Smith, is scheduled to meet with UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt this week to plead the company's case in person. This follows the EU's acquiescence to the deal, a matter to which the UK's regulator, the Competition...

  • 2 days ago
  • Microsoft
  • Activision Blizzard
  • Industry
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  41

  News Odd Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Quotes Continue, Don't Need to Play the First Remake

  Square Enix has "made preparations"

  Square Enix is back for the fourth day in a row with a slightly strange Final Fantasy VII Rebirth quote, today announcing you don't need to have played PS5, PS4 title Final Fantasy VII Remake in order to enjoy the sequel. The company says it has "made preparations so that players who did not get a chance to play...

  • 1 day ago
  • Square Enix
  • PS5
  • Final Fantasy
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  Reminder Last Chance to Claim May 2023's PS Plus Essential Games

  Redeem them before it's too late

  Today's your last chance to redeem the PS5, PS4 titles free with PS Plus Essential for the month of May 2023. If you're in need of a reminder, they're GRID Legends, Chivalry 2, and Descenders. You'll be able to play the three games as and when you like as long as you maintain an active membership to the base tier...

  • 1 day ago
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • PS Plus
  • Reminders
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  News The Crew Motorfest PS5 Footage Is Leaking Ahead of Big Reveal

  Highway to hype

  Tons of PS5 footage from Ubisoft’s upcoming arcade racer The Crew Motorfest is leaking ahead of Ubisoft’s big livestream next week. The gameplay videos – which we won’t be reposting here for obvious reasons – include one showing over 25 minutes of uninterrupted footage from the release’s latest closed beta, which is...

  • 1 day ago
  • Ubisoft
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • The Crew
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  Guide Street Fighter 6 Guide: Your Ultimate Resource

  Master Capcom's latest

  Welcome to our Street Fighter 6 guide, your ultimate resource to Capcom's new PS5 and PS4 fighter. In our Street Fighter 6 review, we awarded the title a 9/10 and described it as an "absolute humdinger of a sequel". Within this guide, we'll help you make the most of World Tour mode, reveal the best characters, and answer all...

  • 1 day ago
  • Guides
  • Street Fighter 6
  • PS5
  • PS4
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  News UK Sales Charts: Street Fighter 6 Tackles the Top 10, But Can't KO Zelda

  Fight!

  It's been a very busy couple of months for big game releases, and it seems pretty much everyone has something new to enjoy. It's meant the UK's physical games chart has been relatively competitive, with lots of notable titles vying for spots in the top 10. The latest contender is Street Fighter 6, which lands a second place debut — falling...

  • 1 day ago
  • UK
  • Sales
  • Charts
  • PS5
  • PS4
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  Review We Love Katamari REROLL+ Royal Reverie (PS5) - A Great Version of the Series' Highlight

  Is it too on the nose to say We Love Katamari?

  After the immense success of Katamari Damacy, The King of All Cosmos deems fit to send his miniature son back to the planet earth to grant the requests of fans of the original game. This bizarre fourth-wall destroying plot serves to kick off a suitably bizarre game: We Love Katamari. Following on from...

  • 1 day ago
  • Reviews
  • Bandai Namco
  • PS5
  • We Love Katamari REROLL + Royal Reverie
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  38

  News Sony: Cloud Gaming Is an Amazing Business Model, But There Are Big Challenges

  The cloud's the limit

  Sony bigwig Kenichiro Yoshida has warned that there are still big challenges to overcome regarding cloud-based gaming, describing the technology as "very tricky". In an interview with the Financial Times (thanks, VGC), Yoshida described some of the hurdles that remain, stating: “I think cloud itself is an amazing business...

  • 2 days ago
  • Sony
  • Industry
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  News Street Fighter 6 Attracts One Million Players, In-Game Gift for All

  Series sales exceed 50 million

  Peak player counts on Steam last week indicated this would happen, but now Capcom has confirmed it: Street Fighter 6 is selling well enough to where it has already amassed one million players. The game isn't available on any subscription services, so this is purely $60 purchases. This sales milestone means the...

  • 1 day ago
  • Capcom
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Street Fighter
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  News Operation Wolf Returns Will Hit VR Systems First, Consoles And PC Second

  Time Extension Update: New trailer released

  Update #2 [Mon 5th Jun, 2023 12:20 BST]: A new trailer has been released for Operation Wolf Returns: First Mission: Update #1 [Fri 5th May, 2023 09:45 BST]: Microids and Virtuallyz Gaming have just announced a VR version of Operation Wolf Returns: First Mission, a reboot of the Taito classic that was first confirmed...

  • 1 day ago
  • Operation Wolf
  • Taito
  • VR
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  13

  News Dead Cells DLC Planned Until 2025 as Game Sells 10 Million Copies

  Devs are tinkering and experimenting for future updates

  Dead Cells developer Motion Twin has today announced the hit indie rogue-like title has now surpassed 10 million sales across all platforms. A native PS5 version is planned for release on 11th August 2023, and the studio shall continue to support the game until at least 2025. Co-developer Evil...

  • 1 day ago
  • Motion Twin
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Dead Cells
  • Sales

Sunday4th Jun 2023

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  Guide NBA 2K23 Guide: Best Builds, Tips, and Tricks

  Your ultimate NBA 2K23 resource

  NBA 2K23 is the brand new basketball simulation from 2K Sports, developed by Visual Concepts. Inspired by the 2022-23 NBA season, the game features all of the official teams and players from the National Basketball Association, as well as the WNBA. In recognition of Michael Jordan's number, this year's game also...

  • 2 days ago
  • Guides
  • NBA 2K23
  • PS5
  • PS4
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  News Breaking News! Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Will Have a Story

  And characters!

  In what is a shocking new direction for Final Fantasy — and the role-playing game genre as a whole — Final Fantasy VII Rebirth will have a story as well as characters. Hard to wrap your head around isn't it? But it's apparently the truth. Square Enix has released another weird developer update on the upcoming sequel. This...

  • 2 days ago
  • Square Enix
  • PS5
  • Final Fantasy
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  News Street Fighter 6 Fans Are Having Fun Creating Famous PS5, PS4 Characters for World Tour

  Recognition

  Street Fighter 6 has a very robust character creator utility, which you can use to make your own personal avatar to use in the World Tour single player mode or online in Battle Hub. Unsurprisingly, fans have already started using the tool to recreate famous video game characters, as demonstrated by this YouTube video which includes a...

  • 2 days ago
  • Capcom
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Street Fighter