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TodayWed, 5th Aug 2026

  • Video What Are Your Favourite Video Game Worlds?

    A digital frontier

    Over the last month, I’ve been taking my time with a replay of Red Dead Redemption 2. It’s the first time I’ve revisited it since completing it for the first time around 2020. Not that you really needed any reminding that this is a video game on an entirely different level from many others, but I’ve really been struck by...

    • PS5
    • Videos
    • Features
  • News Xbox Will Copy PlayStation's Platinum Trophy Later This Year

    "Heard you"

    Look, there’s no way of revising history: Trophies were developed as a response to the Xbox 360’s achievements. The popularity of the feature clearly caught Sony cold, and it wasn’t until 2008 that it was able to introduce its own system on the PS3, starting with Super Stardust HD. It’d take a while before Trophies became...

    • Xbox
    • Trophies
  • Rumour Marvel Tokon's Comic Book May Have Leaked Its Remaining DLC Fighters

    Potential spoilers, obviously

    A new official Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls comic book is out today, and some fans think it may have confirmed the remaining characters from the fighter’s Year 1 DLC. We already know Phoenix Cyclops will be part of the roster, with three more to be confirmed as part of the title’s first year of post-release...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls
    • DLC
    • Rumours
  • Reminder The THQ Nordic Showcase Brings Us a Whole Bunch of AA PS5 Games This Week

    The good stuff

    I'll be honest, I'd completely forgotten there was a THQ Nordic Showcase this week. I figured I'm probably not alone, so I thought it'd be worth highlighting the presentation in case you're interested. As the name suggests, publisher THQ Nordic is planning to show off its upcoming slate of titles, and it takes place on Friday 7th...

    • THQ Nordic
    • PS5
    • Events
  • News Don't Worry, PS5 Has Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave at Home

    Beaten Path paves a route to release in 2027

    What do you think of Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave, then? Looks like another solid strategy RPG for Nintendo folk, doesn’t it? But if you don’t have a Switch 2, at least there’s Beaten Path to look forward to. With all due respect, this Kickstarter-funded tactics title – due out in 2027 –...

    • Wales Interactive
    • PS5
    • Beaten Path
    • Trailers
  • News Free 4K, 60fps PS5 Upgrade for Ghost Recon Wildlands for All Existing Players from Tomorrow

    Everyone can try until 10th August

    Ghost Recon Wildlands, the 2017 third-person shooter from Ubisoft, will get its free 4K, 60fps native PS5 upgrade from tomorrow, 6th August. That’s according to a leaked PS Store listing, which also confirms support for 3D audio, DualSense haptic feedback, and faster SSD loading times. All existing owners of...

    • Ubisoft
    • PS5
    • Ghost Recon
    • Leaks
  • News Another Absurdly Obscure PS1 Game Will Make Its Worldwide Debut on PS5 This Week

    A day in the life

    This one has me stumped. In fact, I may need to give my friends at Time Extension a call, because I’ve never heard of this. UFO: A Day in the Life will launch on the PS5 via Hamster’s Console Archives this week, from 6th August. It’s a PS1 game by a Japanese dev composed primarily of ex-Squaresoft staff which first launched...

    • Hamster
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Console Archives
    • UFO A Day in the Life
  • News The Whole Assassin's Creed Series Is Now Spearheaded by Valhalla's Director

    Did I axe you

    Ubisoft knows that Assassin's Creed is one of its safest bets in terms of financial return — and so it's spending a lot of time and effort in making sure that the right people are in charge of the property. The publisher's huge (and still partly ongoing) restructuring has meant that Assassin's Creed now falls under the...

    • Ubisoft
    • Assassins Creed
  • Site News Where's Our Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls PS5 Review?

    Sit tight

    By now, you were probably expecting to read our full Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls review. Unfortunately, we’re not going to bring you our final thoughts until after launch. Given the live service, online nature of this superhero fighter, Sony has decided to withhold review code until launch day, when the game’s multiplayer servers...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls
    • Site News
    • Features
  • News Oh Great, Even Moonlighter 2 Has Settled on a September PS5 Release Date

    At least there's a demo out now

    Are Digital Sun and 11 Bit Studios having a laugh? As if next month's release schedule wasn't already stupid enough, they've decided to drop Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault on the 2nd September for PS5. This dungeon-crawling sequel's been in early access since November of last year. Version 1.0 will signal its full...

    • 11 Bit Studios
    • PS5
    • Moonlighter
    • Release Dates
    • Trailers
  • News Game Freak Pledges 'Continuous Updates' for Beast of Reincarnation After Mixed Reception

    It's evolving

    This week saw the release of Beast of Reincarnation, from publisher Fictions and developer Game Freak. While I quite like the action RPG despite it having a few rough edges, it seems the reception has generally been quite mixed, with critics and players divided on various aspects. It seems like Game Freak is paying attention,...

    • Fictions
    • PS5
    • Beast of Reincarnation
    • Updates
  • News Kingdom Hearts Is Coming to Fortnite, So I May Finally Spend My V-Bucks

    Gawrsh

    I bought a bunch of V-Bucks back when Honkai: Star Rail characters were added to Fortnite, and they’ve been burning a hole in my virtual pocket ever since. While there’s been a lot of great skins added lately, nothing’s really made me want to splash out – not even that awesome Spider-Man: Brand New Day costume that just came out...

    • Epic Games
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Fortnite
    • Kingdom Hearts
  • News Halo's No Match for Activision's Barebones Digital-Only Black Ops PS5 Ports

    According to estimates

    Activision’s digital-only Call of Duty: Black Ops ports dominated the PS5 in July, according to estimates from analytics firm Alinea. The sales tracker claims that the two PS3 games – rereleased on modern hardware with no improvements – sold a combined 11.2 million copies on the PS Store, more than every other game on...

    • Activision
    • Xbox Game Studios
    • PS5
    • Call of Duty
    • Halo
  • News EA Studios Brace for Layoff Bloodbath as New Owner Debt Demands $700 Million Cost Cuts

    Here it comes

    EA is about to gut itself in a bid to help settle its self-inflicted and eye-watering $18 billion debt. The company took said debt on when it was bought up by a consortium consisting of the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners. The buyout was officially completed yesterday. As per the...

    • EA
    • Industry
  • News Marvel Rivals Is About to Seriously Shrink Its File Size on PS5

    Saving space

    The PS5's SSD storage is a precious resource; if you don't upgrade it, you're left with a relatively small amount of space to play with, especially as high profile games have ballooned in size over the last few years. That being said, NetEase has some good news regarding its popular free-to-play superhero shooter, Marvel Rivals. In a...

    • NetEase
    • PS5
    • Marvel Rivals
    • Updates
  • News It May Be 18 Months Old, But Monster Hunter Wilds Just Got a Free Playable Demo on PS5

    Give it a shot

    Publisher Capcom has just released a free playable demo for its 2025 action RPG, Monster Hunter Wilds. Announced on its socials and available on PS5 now, the Prologue Demo grants you access to the game's first few campaign missions, giving you a taste of the action in the early hours. A nice bonus is that, if you decide to buy the...

    • Capcom
    • PS5
    • Monster Hunter Wilds
    • Demos
  • Guide Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Guide: 100% Completion Walkthrough

    Your ultimate Marvel's Spider-Man 2 resource

    Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is the newest superhero title from Insomniac Games, and serves as a sequel to Marvel's Spider-Man and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales. Released for PS5 on 20th October 2023 and PC on 30th January 2025, we awarded the game an 8/10 rating in our Marvel's Spider-Man 2 PS5 review...

    • Guides
    • Marvel's Spider-Man 2
    • PS5
    • PC
  • News 'We're Entering This Next Chapter from a Position of Strength': EA Completes $55 Billion Buyout

    Publisher officially goes private

    EA’s said it’s entering its “next chapter from a position of strength” as it completes its controversial $55 billion leveraged buyout. The deal, first announced last year, sees the company go private, led by a consortium of the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners. As...

    • EA
    • Industry

YesterdayTue, 4th Aug 2026

  • Feature 70+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in PS Store's Refreshed Summer Sale

    PS5 and PS4 games going cheap we recommend

    The PS Store's big Summer Sale continues, as it's been refreshed with new discounts. Running from now to 12th August, this is a gigantic sale with thousands of PS5 and PS4 games going for reduced prices. In this guide, we've compiled a select list of games going cheap that we think are worth considering...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Store
    • Deals
  • News August 2026 PS Plus Essential Games Available to Download Now

    On the PS Store until 31st August

    A trio of new PS Plus Essential games can be downloaded at no extra cost from the PS Store right now, including one all-new day one debut. The three titles are available as of the publication of this article in the UK and Europe, with the PS Store expected to be updated later in the day in the USA. As a reminder,...

    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Plus
  • Review Beast of Reincarnation (PS5) - Pokémon Dev's Flower Power Action RPG Is Nearly in Full Bloom

    Plantses with wolves

    Beast of Reincarnation presents itself like a Souls-like action RPG, and it definitely shares some traits with games of that ilk, but I think labelling it that way isn't quite accurate. It is an action RPG, but it's not as intimidatingly difficult as FromSoftware's efforts, and it's doing enough stuff of its own that makes it...

    • Reviews
    • Fictions
    • PS5
    • Beast of Reincarnation
  • Reminder The PS5 Release Schedule Is About to Become the Busiest It's Ever Been

    GTA 6 is to blame

    We're now a few days into August 2026, which means that the pre-GTA 6 games avalanche is underway. It only gets more and more insane from here, folks. I've written about this before, but now that it's actually here, I think it's worth reiterating just how mental the PS5 release schedule is over the next three months or so. It's...

    • PS5
    • Release Dates
  • News Ex-Wrestler Dave Bautista in Talks to Take Over from Ryan Hurst as Kratos in God of War TV Show

    Thoughts?

    Ex-WWE wrestler and Guardians of the Galaxy star Dave Bautista is reportedly in talks to play Kratos in Amazon’s upcoming God of War live action TV show. Variety reports that the 57-year-old is in discussions to replace Ryan Hurst, who is being recast after tearing his bicep last month. Amazon and Sony want to get filming

    • Amazon
    • PS Productions
    • TV
    • God of War
  • News Mafia: The Old Country's PS5 DLC Will Expand on Sicily's Scope

    Salieri's back

    Mafia: The Old Country was a solid single player story game – but releasing as a cheaper game did clip its wings a little at launch. Hangar 13’s hugely improved on the endgame offering with its Free Ride content a little after launch, and it looks like upcoming expansion Man of Honor is going to seriously bolster the amount of...

    • 2K Games
    • PS5
    • Mafia
    • DLC
    • Trailers
  • News Announced for PS5 at State of Play, Gothic Action RPG Crimson Moon Finally Has a Release Date

    And it's soon

    Crimson Moon, a cool-looking, gothic-styled action RPG that was announced for PS5 during February's State of Play broadcast, has finally locked in its release date. Previously, the title was down for a vague 'September' launch, but now it's fully committed to the 1st September. It'll be here before you know it. Developer...

    • ProbablyMonsters
    • PS5
    • Crimson Moon
    • Release Dates
    • Trailers
  • News Retro Beat-'Em-Up Bros, This PS5 Brawler Based on The Walking Dead Looks All Right

    Streets of survival

    I’ve always enjoyed retro beat-’em-ups, and the genre has enjoyed a bit of a renaissance in the last few years, with games like Marvel Cosmic Invasion and TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge. I don’t expect The Walking Dead: Streets of Survival to be anywhere near as good as those two, but it does look like it’ll scratch an itch,...

    • Trailmark Games
    • PS5
    • The Walking Dead Streets of Survival
    • Release Dates
  • News This Year's EA Sports FC Is Definitely Different, and I'm Eager to See How It's Received

    Grounds-breaking

    EA Sports invited me to watch its various preview presentations for FC 27, which is launching officially on 25th September. But among all the usual buzzwords about advanced defensive AI and improved off-the-ball runs, I was most compelled to learn about The Grounds, the game’s new social sandbox mode, which will only be available...

    • EA Sports
    • PS5
    • EA Sports FC
  • News If You Missed Them, Marvel's Wolverine, God of War Laufey's Comic-Con Panels Are Now Online

    Playing catch-up

    Not long ago, PlayStation hosted a handful of panels at San Diego Comic-Con, and if you missed them, they're now officially available to watch online. The event focusing on Marvel's Wolverine has been out for around 10 days or so, but the God of War Laufey panel has finally also been uploaded, giving you the opportunity to get...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Wolverine
    • God of War
  • News This Famicom Era Shooter, Coming to PS5, Looks Like It Totally Slaps

    Out this week

    Changeable Guardian ESTIQUE released for the Famicom in 2024, so it’s an all-new game designed specifically for 8-bit hardware. But if you don’t want to deal with Nintendo’s 80s appliance and would rather just play this title on a contemporary console you own, it’s coming to the PS5 this week, with some bells-and-whistles like...

    • AMATA
    • PS5
    • Changeable Guardian ESTIQUE
    • Announcements
  • News As Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter Looms, Falcom Boss Explains One of the Craziest Cliffhangers in Gaming

    One kiss

    The Trails series is no stranger to cliffhangers. In fact, you could argue that developer Falcom's a little too keen on them, given how many of its games end on a truly insane note. But there's always been one particular cliffhanger that's stayed with longtime fans of the franchise. Obviously I'm going to veer into spoiler territory here,...

    • GungHo
    • Falcom
    • PS5
    • Trails
  • News Rumours of an Unannounced Elder Scrolls Game Have Been Debunked

    Tell me lies

    Some fans of The Elder Scrolls got a bit carried away over the weekend when a former developer's LinkedIn profile had supposedly outed an unannounced project. Rumours started swirling on social media and Reddit, before a number of gaming websites picked it up. However, the owner of said profile quickly debunked all of the speculation...

    • Bethesda
    • The Elder Scrolls
  • News Hot Wheels: Infinite Rush Highlights Its Open World Islands in New PS5 Gameplay Trailer

    Toy town

    Developer Milestone is unveiling new gameplay and details for Hot Wheels: Infinite Rush in the run-up to the game's launch, just over a month from now on 10th September. Building on the Hot Wheels Unleashed series, Infinite Rush's big point of difference is its open world structure, and the below video goes into a bit more detail on this...

    • Milestone
    • PS5
    • Hot Wheels
    • Trailers

Monday3rd Aug 2026

  • Guide These 12+ PS5 and PS Plus Games Are Coming Out This Week (3rd-9th August)

    Marvel Tokon! Beast of Reincarnation! More!

    It's a quieter week on the PS5 this week in terms of volume of releases. But there are some heavy hitters here. The majority of you will probably be paying attention to Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, the new four-vs-four fighter from Arc System Works. But spare a thought for Game Freak's Beast of...

    • Guides
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Release Dates
    • Features
  • News Sony's New Spider-Man Movie Secures Biggest Domestic Box Office Debut in History

    With great results come great responsibility

    Fresh off some great financial results, Sony will be kicking back and sucking in the fresh air this weekend, as its new Spider-Man movie battles with Avengers: Endgame for the biggest Box Office opening in history. Brand New Day reportedly pulled $168 million domestically on Friday, with Sony Pictures...

    • Sony Pictures
    • Movies
    • Spider-Man
    • Box Office
  • News These New Xbox Prices Are Truly Terrifying for PS6

    This is just getting silly now

    Sony indicated in its most recent financial report that the PS5’s price should hold until at least April 2027, as it’s secured the memory inventory required to fulfil its hardware targets for the current fiscal year. If that’s the case, then despite prices soaring dramatically earlier this year, it’s going to...

    • Microsoft
    • Xbox
    • Sony
    • PS6
    • PS5
  • News 'Evie Was Created by Our Talented Artists': Stellar Blade Dev Responds to 'AI Slop' Accusations

    "View the work with this understanding in mind"

    Stellar Blade maker Shift Up is getting utterly roasted on social media for releasing an AI generated music video based on its upcoming sequel, Blood Rain. The music video for ‘Wanna Be in Love’ shows new protagonist Evie belting out a pleasant pop number in the upcoming game’s China-inspired...

    • Shift Up
    • PS5
    • Stellar Blade
    • AI
  • News Sony's Spider-Man Games Enjoy Player Boost on Back of Brand New Day's Box Office Success

    Bring home the bacon

    Sony’s various Marvel’s Spider-Man games are enjoying a renaissance on the back of new movie Brand New Day’s outrageous Box Office success. While we don’t have player numbers for PS5, Steam data shows Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PC
    • Spider-Man
  • News AC Black Flag Resynced Improved with 5GB PS5 Patch This Week

    Blow off steam without the blowpipe

    The acclaimed – and best-selling – Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced will get further PS5 improvements and refinement from tomorrow, 4th August, as part of a new 5GB patch, v1.0.6. Available to download from around 10AM ET / 7AM PT, the main improvement includes the ability to hide the blowpipe from...

    • Ubisoft
    • PS5
    • Assassins Creed
    • Patches
  • The Making Of Star Wars Episode 1 Racer - "Maybe We Can't Make A Great Racing Game, But We Can Make An Excellent Toy"

    Time Extension With Galactic Racer on the way, we revisit a N64 (and Dreamcast) classic

    Being a kid in the '90s, it was pretty much impossible not to get swept up in the anticipation and excitement for Star Wars Episode 1. Arriving just a couple of years after the rerelease of the original trilogy in cinemas (which had introduced a whole new generation to the...

    • Features
    • The Making Of
    • Star Wars
  • Round Up This PS Plus Game Is One of the Highest Rated Games of the Year

    Big Walk getting big talk

    It shouldn't come as an enormous surprise, but Big Walk — from the makers of Untitled Goose Game — is getting huge praise. This is a multiplayer adventure game in which you and up to 11 buddies are placed within a large open environment and set loose to explore it. It's set to release tomorrow, 4th August, 2026 on PS5...

    • Panic
    • PS5
    • Big Walk
    • Round Up
    • Features
  • News Black Ops 2's PS5 Port Receives Emergency Patch After Hackers Bricked Accounts

    "You may briefly see an account ban notice"

    Activision’s barebones Call of Duty: Black Ops ports have sold ridiculously well on the PS5, but they’ve been the subject of various legacy hack attacks which have been ruining the experience for everyone. This weekend, there were reports of hackers targeting unsuspecting players in

    • Activision
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Call of Duty
    • Updates
  • News Attack on Titan 3 Avoids the GTA 6 Chaos on PS5, Locks in December Release Date

    Beyond the walls

    Attack on Titan 3 will indeed release this year — but it's not going to get into a fight with GTA 6, or any of the many PS5 games that are launching in September and October. Instead, it's opted for a 10th December date, which seems like a pretty wise decision to me. This upcoming adaptation from publisher Koei Tecmo and...

    • Koei Tecmo
    • PS5
    • Attack on Titan
    • Release Dates
    • Trailers
  • News Sounds Like Wolverine Gets His Arse Out in Insomniac's Upcoming PS5 Exclusive

    Put it away, Logan

    Marvel's Wolverine launches next month, which feels as though it's really crept up. In a few weeks' time, we'll be playing the next superhero adventure from Insomniac Games, which is quite exciting. While we've seen a bit of gameplay and a couple of decent trailers now, the action game is still wrapped in mystery. That being...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Wolverine
  • News Final Fantasy 7 Revelation's Surprise Job System Keeps Things Simple with Just Four Jobs Per Character

    FITS and starts

    Arguably the biggest surprise of Final Fantasy 7 Revelation's full reveal back in June was the confirmation of a job system, allowing players to customise Cloud and co. to better suit their needs on the battlefield. But we didn't learn all that much about said system. All we got was a brief explanation of 'FITS' — Function...

    • Square Enix
    • PS5
    • Final Fantasy
  • News Sony's Imminent Marvel Fighting Game Is Off to a Very Strong Start on the Competitive Scene

    X-Factor

    A healthy competitive scene can transform a good fighting game into something special. While not every fighter has to resonate with hardcore players in order to rack up sales — just look at the last couple of Mortal Kombat titles — games that manage to establish and cultivate a strong following of relatively serious players tend to be...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Marvel Tokon
  • News Street Fighter 6's New Season Is Underway on PS5 Now, Even if It All Feels a Bit Low-Key

    Balance changes also out now

    Perhaps it’s because my focus has been on Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls of late, but I don’t feel like there’s much hype for Street Fighter 6’s new season at all. Yasmine is out today, kickstarting the uber-popular fighter’s Year 4 Character Pass, with more fighters to follow, including Final Fantasy’s Tifa...

    • Capcom
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Street Fighter
    • Updates

Sunday2nd Aug 2026

  • Poll Vote for Your PS5 Game of the Month (July 2026)

    Decide Push Square's GOTM

    After what was a disgustingly dry June for new game releases on PS5, July has thankfully given us a bit more to work it. In particular, it was two high profile remakes that grabbed most of the month's headlines. Both Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced and Halo: Campaign Evolved were met with impressive review scores...

    • Game of the Month
    • Polls
    • Features
  • Hands On HoYoverse's Pokémon Rival Won Me Over - I Just Need It on PS5

    Auto yes

    I’ve never played an auto chess game – or auto battler, as I think the parlance has settled upon. Despite this, I’m fairly familiar with the format of games like Teamfight Tactics, because it’s a genre one of my favourite developers HoYoverse seems utterly obsessed with. If you play Honkai: Star Rail with any regularity, you’ll...

    • HoYoverse
    • Honkai: Nexus Anima
    • Hands On
    • Features

Saturday1st Aug 2026

  • Poll Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Essential Games for August 2026?

    Plus or minus?

    August's PS Plus Essential update has been revealed, and the games themselves are just around the corner — but are you actually happy with what's on offer? As always, that's what I'm here to find out. This month's headliner has to be Dying Light 2. While Techland's gritty sequel didn't get off to a flying start back in 2022 — it...

    • PS Plus
    • PS5
    • PS4 Polls
    • Features
  • News Could Xbox Get Its Revenge on PS6 by Supporting Physical Games?

    "This is how you share your games on Helix"

    Even though it happened 13 years ago, I think there’s still a deep-seated resentment among some Xbox enthusiasts for Shuhei Yoshida’s infamous “game sharing” video. It was the PS4’s “finish him” moment on the Xbox One – a blow which truly turned the tides, and pushed PlayStation back out...

    • Sony
    • PS6
    • Microsoft
    • Xbox