TodayTue, 29th Sep 2020

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  News Assassin's Creed Valhalla Looks Way More Polished in New Story Trailer

  Let's hope it stays that way

  Much has been said about the roughness of Assassin's Creed Valhalla since its first gameplay reveal, but the upcoming open worlder is looking a lot more like the finished article in this brand new story trailer. Granted, we don't know how much of this video is touched up (we imagine that most of it is), but it's still...

  • 2 mins ago
  • Ubisoft
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Assassins Creed
  • Trailers
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  News Destruction AllStars on PS5 Finally Detailed, But No Gameplay Trailer

  We take what we can get

  What is this?! Details about an upcoming PlayStation 5 game?! Wow! Yes, Sony has finally decided to tell us what Destruction AllStars is. However, it's through the PlayStation Blog rather than with a simple gameplay trailer. That is said to be coming in the near future so, for now, we'll have to make do with the power of...

  • 17 mins ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Destruction AllStars
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  4

  News Torchlight III Comes to PS4 in Just Two Weeks

  It's time to dungeon crawl

  After not exactly setting the world on fire with a recent early access PC release, Torchlight III will come to PlayStation 4 in two weeks on 13th October 2020. This is the full game and not any sort of preview build. Costing $39.99, you'll also gain access to an exclusive Fairy pet named Azure Glittersprite. That's nice,...

  • 1 hour ago
  • Perfect World Entertainment
  • PS4
  • Torchlight
  • Release Dates
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  News DJ Diplo and Boxer Anthony Joshua Are in FIFA 21

  You read it right

  EA Sports clearly has its priorities straight with FIFA 21 on the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4, announcing that DJ Diplo and Anthony Joshua will cameo in the upcoming soccer simulation. This is the second time British boxer Joshua has cameoed in a game this year, after also appearing in EA Sports UFC 4 – another sport he’s...

  • 2 hours ago
  • EA Sports
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • FIFA
  • Trailers
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  70

  News Demon's Souls PS5 Demo Running 1440p, 60 Frames-Per-Second

  Performance mode lookin' crisp

  Demon’s Souls is a true next-gen showcase for the PlayStation 5, and its recent demo is running at 60 frames-per-second on Sony’s new hardware. A Digital Foundry analysis concludes that the title, presumably utilising some kind of performance mode, is leveraging 1440p resolution – although it stresses that due to...

  • 2 hours ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Demons Souls
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  Mini Review The Walking Dead Onslaught - One for the Undead Fans

  Building a new beginning

  It’s been a good year for The Walking Dead fans on PlayStation VR. Having previously seen The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners back in May by Skydance Interactive, we now have The Walking Dead Onslaught arrive as an entirely separate VR adaptation. Developed by Survios, Onslaught takes us directly into AMC’s television...

  • 2 hours ago
  • Reviews
  • Survios
  • PS4
  • PlayStation VR
  • The Walking Dead Onslaught
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  News Call of Duty: Warzone Players Think a New Killstreak May Be Overpowered

  Foresight

  Season Six of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare starts today, bringing with it a whole host of additions to the game itself and Call of Duty: Warzone. However, one new feature that wasn't touched upon in the patch notes is the inclusion of another killstreak for players to find, and they're worried it might be a little bit too overpowered...

  • 3 hours ago
  • Activision
  • PS4
  • Call of Duty
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  6

  News PlayStation China to Spotlight China Hero Project Updates This Week

  New announcements, footage, and progress

  PlayStation China will provide an update on its ongoing China Hero Project this week, meaning titles like Lost Soul Aside could get new trailers. Writing on its Twitter account, the Sony-funded initiative explained that it’ll host a domestic online event from 7PM Beijing time (12PM BST) on 30th September,...

  • 4 hours ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • China Hero Project
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  20

  News Bugsnax Blowout Incoming as Media Goes Hands On

  Talkin' 'bout

  Earworm indie Bugsnax will get a blowout imminently, as media is set to go hands on with the audacious outing. Kinda Funny’s Greg Miller appears to be leading the charge, revealing on his Twitter account that he’ll be playing the title this week. It’s unclear whether he’ll be previewing the PlayStation 5 version, but with the...

  • 4 hours ago
  • Young Horses
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Bugsnax
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  News Sony Begins Advertising Spider-Man Films as PS5 Essentials

  Homecoming, Far from Home, and Into the Spider-Verse

  Sony clearly loves the grasp it has on the Spider-Man IP, and so alongside the upcoming Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, it will also begin advertising the recent films based on the

  • 4 hours ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Spider-Man
  • Movies
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  8

  News NBA 2K21 Community Rocked by Modded PS4 Controllers

  Mean green machine

  NBA 2K21’s controversial new shot aiming mechanic was supposed to increase the skill gap of the wildly popular basketball simulation, but wily players appear to have figured out a workaround to ensure they hit coveted green shots every single time: modded DualShock 4 controllers. A round of videos shared online show how some...

  • 5 hours ago
  • 2K Sports
  • PS4
  • NBA 2K
  • Culture
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  News PS5 Pre-Orders from Some Retailers May Not Be Fulfilled Until 2021

  Stores telling customers PS5 orders might be late

  GameStop's Irish stores won't be able to send PlayStation 5 consoles to all pre-orders in time for release day, reports VGC. The retailer has been sending messages to some PS5 pre-order holders, informing them that their next-gen console won't be with them until sometime in 2021. It cites...

  • 6 hours ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Pre-Orders
  • Europe
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  News Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered Has Now Been Rated in Korea

  Just announce it, EA

  Sometimes, you just can't keep secrets from getting out. It happens every now and again. By now, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered is definitely a thing, and EA might as well just spill the beans. The existence of the game was first reported by VentureBeat, and it has since appeared in listings on Amazon UK. Now, the...

  • 8 hours ago
  • EA
  • PS4
  • Need for Speed

YesterdayMon, 28th Sep 2020

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  Guide PS4 to PS5: All Games with Confirmed Free Upgrades

  Every game that lets you transfer from PS4 to PS5

  Which PS4 games have free PS5 upgrades? Below, we've compiled a list of all confirmed titles that let you transfer from PS4 to PS5 at no extra cost. All of these titles will receive some kind of upgrade on Sony's next-gen console that will allow them to look better, perform better, or both. Please...

  • 1 day ago
  • Guides
  • PS5
  • PS4
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  Rumour Your PS4 Saves May Not Work on All Upgraded PS5 Games

  Backwards compatibility should be fine

  Update: Insomniac Games community director James Stevenson has now stated that, in the case of Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales at least, your PS4 save will carry across to the PS5 if you utilise the title's free next-gen upgrade. This situation seems to suggest that cross-save has not been mandated by Sony...

  • 21 hours ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • PS4
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  News Unofficial DualSense PS5 Controller Images Show Us the Tech Inside

  A look inside the DualSense

  Are you waiting patiently for Sony to provide a teardown of the PlayStation 5? Us too, but until then, take a look at this. A South American tech company named Evzen Elite Technology has posted some interesting images of the DualSense PS5 controller on its Instagram, and they appear to give us our first look inside the...

  • 1 day ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • DualSense
  • Hardware
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  61

  News Free-to-Play RPG Genshin Impact Is Out Now on PS4

  Breath of the Wild on PlayStation?

  Genshin Impact, the free-to-play action RPG regularly compared to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, has today released on PlayStation 4. It's available as a free download from the PlayStation Store, or you can opt to purchase an £8.99/$9.99 Adventurers Bundle alongside it to give you a headstart. What...

  • 1 day ago
  • Mihoyo
  • PS4
  • Genshin Impact
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  News This Is What a Bloodborne PS5 Remaster Could Look Like

  Fan creates 4K 60fps video

  Rumours of a Bloodborne remaster have been doing the rounds for a long, long time — but what would such a remaster actually look like? YouTube channel SnazzyAI gives us some idea, using AI to render some Bloodborne gameplay in 4K resolution at 60 frames-per-second. God does it look good. According to some sources, a PS5...

  • 1 day ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Bloodborne
  • Videos
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  News EA Causes Outrage by Advertising FIFA Microtransactions to Kids

  Ad spotted in Smyths Toys magazine

  Shortly after placing in-game ads inside EA Sports UFC 4, the publisher is back in the news for another questionable tactic when it comes to advertising and promoting paid currencies. It was spotted over the weekend that ads for the upcoming FIFA 21 are directly suggesting fans should purchase FIFA Points in order...

  • 1 day ago
  • EA
  • PS4
  • FIFA
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  News Monster Hunter World: Iceborne's Huge Fatalis Update Gets a Trailer Ahead of This Week's Launch

  The end is in sight

  It's another big week for Monster Hunters the world over as Iceborne's huge Title Update 5 launches on the 1st October (technically the 30th September in some regions). If you missed out on the news, this update adds the fearsome black dragon Fatalis alongside an arch-tempered version of Velkhana. But that's not all. The...

  • 1 day ago
  • Capcom
  • PS4
  • Monster Hunter
  • Updates
  • Trailers
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  News UK Sales Charts: Mafia Makes the Top 10 Not Once But Twice

  Organised legal activity

  Publisher 2K will be very happy to see Mafia has launched in the UK's physical top 10 twice. If you're wondering how, don't worry — there's no underhanded criminal work going on, there are just two different ways to buy Mafia. Debuting in third place is Mafia: Definitive Edition, the remake of the very first entry in the...

  • 1 day ago
  • UK
  • Sales
  • Charts
  • PS4
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  Guide New PS4 Games This Week (28th September to 4th October)

  Crash Bandicoot! Star Wars! Genshin Impact!

  What new PS4 games are releasing in physical retailers and as part of the PlayStation Store update this week? It's about time we got a new Crash Bandicoot sequel, and that's the headline title this time. For a full list of all new PS4 game release dates in 2020, click through the link. New PS4 Games This...

  • 1 day ago
  • PlayStation Store Update
  • PS4
  • Release Dates
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  News Yakuza: Like a Dragon PS5 Version Coming March 2021, Free Upgrade Confirmed

  Free physical upgrade too

  Update: It has now been confirmed that physical PS4 copies of Yakuza: Like a Dragon can also be upgraded to the PS5 version free of charge — you'll just need to purchase the console that comes with a disc drive. However, your save data will not transfer from PS4 to PS5. Original story: Whilst Xbox Series X owners...

  • 1 day ago
  • SEGA
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Yakuza
  • Release Dates
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  Review Going Under - A Compelling and Comical Roguelite

  Upstairs downstairs

  Many roguelikes and roguelites follow a similar template, and if you've played one, it can feel as though you've played them all. However, they're not all cut from the same cloth; yes, they share some common design and gameplay choices, but others are true outliers that do things differently with the formula. Going Under is one...

  • 23 hours ago
  • Reviews
  • Team 17
  • PS4
  • Going Under
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  News PS5, PS4 Action RPG Scarlet Nexus Slices Up a Stylish Story Trailer

  Bleeding hearts

  Scarlet Nexus continues to look pretty good in its latest trailer, which focuses on story and characters. Protagonist Yuito has to work alongside a number of people with similar psionic powers, and we get to see a bunch of them here. Scarlet Nexus may be a fast paced action title at its core, but the game clearly wants to surround...

  • 1 day ago
  • Bandai Namco
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Scarlet Nexus
  • Trailers
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  News Final Fantasy 16 Teaser Website Is Set to Go Live in October, Will Have New Info on World, Characters

  Sounds good to us

  We don't know an awful lot about Final Fantasy XVI outside of its reveal trailer (which we still re-watch on a daily basis). Square Enix has previously said that the game's next big information dump is scheduled for 2021, but it seems as though we're getting broader details a lot sooner. Speaking during the publisher's Tokyo Game...

  • 1 day ago
  • Square Enix
  • PS5
  • Final Fantasy
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  News Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Zombies Reveal Set for Wednesday

  The undead are back

  Following a bit of a mixed reception to the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War alpha test, the next step in Treyarch's marketing cycle will be to reveal the Zombies mode. It'll take place this coming Wednesday at 10am PT / 6pm BST on the official Call of Duty YouTube channel, assumedly in the form of a trailer along with a bit of...

  • 23 hours ago
  • Activision
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Call of Duty

Sunday27th Sep 2020

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  News The Last of Us 2 Multiplayer Will Be Worth the Wait, Says Neil Druckmann

  Have a little patience

  Many Naughty Dog fans had been hoping that yesterday's celebration of The Last of Us would also bring with it a reveal of the long-awaited multiplayer component for The Last of Us: Part II. That never happened, with the studio instead focusing on its community with a set of new GIFs,

  • 2 days ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • The Last of Us
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  News Final Fantasy 16 Targeting a Mature Age Rating

  Adults only

  The teen themes of more recent mainline Final Fantasy games will be cast aside for upcoming PlayStation 5 timed exclusive Final Fantasy 16, as publisher Square Enix eyes a Mature age rating. Confirmation comes courtesy of a European newsletter about the release, which includes an 18 PEGI symbol as part of the footer. It’s technically a...

  • 2 days ago
  • Square Enix
  • PS5
  • Final Fantasy
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  Deal PS Plus Subs Available for $29.39 in the US

  Better than half-price

  If you’re eager to extend your PlayStation Plus subscription ahead of the PlayStation 5’s launch, then you probably won’t find a better deal than this in the United States. CD Keys currently has 12-month codes available for $29.39, which is effectively a 52 per cent saving. That means you could, in theory, get two years...

  • 2 days ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • PS Plus
  • PlayStation Plus
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  News PS5 Exclusive Final Fantasy 16's Graphics Not Tuned or Optimised Yet

  Wanted to show in-game footage

  Final Fantasy 16 set pulses racing during Sony’s big PlayStation 5 reveal event earlier in the year, but some did criticise the presentation of the next-gen release. Square Enix is known for its beautiful JRPGs, and for many the upcoming exclusive looked like a step down from Final Fantasy VII Remake, which launched...

  • 2 days ago
  • Square Enix
  • PS5
  • Final Fantasy
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  News Tekken 7 Sells Over 6 Million Copies, Celebrates with Funny New Artwork

  Series sales top 50 million

  Tekken 7 just keeps on selling. The Bandai Namco fighter has topped 6 million copies, making it a real juggernaut of the genre. And to celebrate, a new artwork has been released. Unlike previous celebratory pieces — which usually show the Tekken cast getting together for a big party — this one takes the coronavirus...

  • 2 days ago
  • Bandai Namco
  • PS4
  • Tekken
  • Sales
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  News Kunimitsu Unmasked and Confirmed for Tekken 7 Alongside Season 4 Update Details

  New moves, balancing, and more

  It's official: Kunimitsu is returning to Tekken. She'll be the first of two DLC characters planned for Season 4 of Tekken 7, and she's got a rad new design. As it turns out, this is the old Kunimitsu's daughter — and we actually get to see her face in the above reveal trailer. A new stage, named 'Vermilion Gates',...

  • 3 days ago
  • Bandai Namco
  • Tekken
  • Trailers
  • DLC
  • Updates
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  News Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires Announced for PS5, PS4, Targeting Early 2021

  Command and conquer

  Koei Tecmo promised some Dynasty Warriors news for Tokyo Game Show 2020 Online, and here it is: Dynasty Warriors 9 will be getting its own Empires title. It'll release on both PS5 and PS4 in "early 2021". You can watch the brief teaser trailer above. For those unfamiliar with the Empires spin-off series, they add a strategic...

  • 2 days ago
  • Koei Tecmo
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Dynasty Warriors
  • Trailers