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TodayTue, 8th Jul 2025

  • Deals Don't Forget to Stack Your PS Store Savings with a 5% Discount Code

    Top up your PS5

    If you’re a frequent PS Store shopper, then you’re probably looking to save as much money as you possibly can. With so many great games launching across the PS5 and PS4 every single week, you’ll want to make the most your investment into Sony’s marketplace. Fortunately, we’re excited to offer a 5% discount on all PS Store...

    • Guides
    • PS5
    • PS Store
    • Deals
  • News Tekken 8 Fans in Tears of Laughter Over Low Effort Atelier Yumia Collab

    Thunder only happens when it's Reina

    Tekken 8’s been going through a tough time of late, but fans can’t help but laugh at the game’s collaboration with Konami counterpart Atelier Yumia. While developer Gust has done an incredible job creating a Reina-themed outfit for the protagonist of its recently released RPG, the Tekken team has settled...

    • Bandai Namco
    • PS5
    • Tekken
    • Atelier Yumia

YesterdayMon, 7th Jul 2025

  • News Romero Games Allegedly Met with Microsoft a Day Before Funding Was Pulled

    "There was no mention of it"

    An upcoming project from the legendary DOOM designer John Romero and his team has been cancelled as part of the wider Xbox cuts which have rocked the industry this week. The removal of funding – which Insider Gaming reports would have been published by Microsoft subsidiary Bethesda, presumably on PS5 as well as other...

    • Bethesda
    • PS5
    • Romero Games
    • Industry
  • News 'I Much Prefer PS Plus' Lifecycle Management Strategy': Devs Chime in on Xbox Game Pass Impact

    Xbox allegedly excludes costs of first-party content

    Microsoft laid off over 9,000 employees this week, with Xbox hit particularly hard. Various games were cancelled, one studio was closed, and too many now find themselves out of work. In the aftermath of the chaos, people have been looking for answers. In one report by the Seattle Times, it’s...

    • Industry
    • PS Plus
    • Xbox Game Pass
  • Guide These 10+ New PS5, PS4 Games Are Coming Out This Week (7th-13th July)

    Tony Hawk! College Football! More!

    We're thick in the slow summer season now, so don't expect a whole lot of new releases to keep your PS5 company. There are a couple of major standouts, though: EA Sports College Football 26 for all you football fans, and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 for everyone else. Here are all the new PS5 and PS4 games coming...

    • Guides
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Release Dates
    • Features
  • News Publishers Pitch Sony on Adding Retro Classics to PS Plus

    That's how Battle Engine Aquila got released

    Exactly how do new retro titles get selected for PS Plus Premium? It’s a question we’ve been pondering for a while, as the rollout has been mixed since the service started a few years ago. While we’ve seen obvious first-party titles like Sly Cooper and Ape Escape added to the service, there’s so...

    • Industry
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS2
    • PS Plus
  • News There's Unfinished Business in Robocop: Rogue City's Standalone Expansion on PS5

    "I'd buy that for a dollar"

    If you’ve already played RoboCop: Rogue City – and, honestly, you should have done – then you’ll have a good idea of what to expect from standalone expansion, Unfinished Business. Due out on 17th July, which is little over a week away, the game’s promising more of Teyon’s hyper-violent first-person action...

    • Nacon
    • PS5
    • Robocop
    • Trailers
  • News The Uncharted Vibes Are Off the Charts in New Mafia: The Old Country PS5 Gameplay

    An offer you can't refuse?

    If you’ve been longing for a linear narrative-style adventure inspired by Uncharted for PS5, then Mafia: The Old Country couldn’t be coming at a better time. This new 10-minute gameplay video – captured exclusively by IGN – looks like a long-lost Naughty Dog adventure, in a good way. While the production values...

    • 2K Games
    • PS5
    • Mafia
  • News Final Fantasy 9 Celebrates 25th Anniversary, But the Rumoured Remake Is Nowhere to Be Seen

    Just a Fantasy

    Widely regarded to be one of the absolute best games in the series — and perhaps one of the greatest RPGs ever made — Final Fantasy 9 celebrates its 25th Anniversary today (the 7th July). Back in 2000, the PS1 title was something of a throwback to the older, more traditional fantasy stylings of the franchise. After Final Fantasy...

    • Square Enix
    • PS1
    • PS4
    • Final Fantasy
  • Game of the Month Death Stranding 2 (June 2025)

    As voted by you

    June marked what was probably the quietest month of the year so far in terms of new releases. Outside of the obvious event that was Death Stranding 2, big budget titles were basically nonexistent. But to say that June lacked quality would be doing it a disservice. Rematch, for example — the addictive arcade-y soccer sim from Sifu...

    • Game of the Month
    • PS5
    • Polls
    • Features
  • News Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Story Leaves The Last of Us Director 'In Awe'

    Neil Druckmann weighs in

    It feels like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has wowed just about everyone at this point, but receiving especially prominent praise from Naughty Dog boss Neil Druckmann feels like a fairly big deal. Druckmann is obviously no stranger to emotional storytelling, having been a key writer on both The Last of Us titles and numerous...

    • Kepler Interactive
    • PS5
    • Clair Obscur
  • Round Up Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 PS5 Reviews Say Shove-It to the Sceptics

    A worthy grind

    If you grew up with a PlayStation in the late 90s and early 00s, then chances are you had a Tony Hawk game. For this author, it was the original Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, but many of you may have jumped in with Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 on the PS2. Wherever you did your first virtual kickflip, there’s a good chance this franchise...

    • Activision
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Tony Hawk
    • Round Up
  • News Industry Body Representing Publishers Like PlayStation Says Stop Killing Games' Proposals Would Be 'Prohibitively Expensive'

    "We welcome the opportunity to discuss our position"

    Stop Killing Games, the consumer campaign designed to put a stop to publishers rendering their software unplayable once support has been terminated, has really picked up pace over the past week. You may recall we reported on the campaign surpassing one million signatures, which if legitimate...

    • Industry
    • Europe
  • News Gunslingin' Shooter Call of Juarez Rumoured to Be Revived After Over a Decade

    Rootin' tootin'

    Call of Juarez probably isn’t the first franchise that springs to mind when you think of first-person shooters, but this author has fond memories of Techland’s gunslingin’ series. The 2009 sequel Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood was a truly underrated Western escapade on the PS3, and its smaller scale 2013 reboot Call of Juarez:...

    • Techland
    • PS5
    • Call of Juarez
    • Rumours
  • News Final Fantasy 9 Picture Book Will Flesh Out Vivi's Backstory

    Picture perfect

    Well, it's not quite the remake announcement many have been hoping for, but Square Enix has revealed a new Final Fantasy 9 picture book that'll expand upon Vivi's backstory. One of the game's most beloved and visually iconic party members, Vivi is a young, inexperienced mage who sets out on a journey of self discovery. His character...

    • Square Enix
    • Final Fantasy
  • News Impossibly Hard PS3 Cute-'Em-Up Gets a Modern Revamp This September

    Panic at the yokai disco

    Yokai blasting vertical cute-‘em-up Mamorukun ReCurse first launched in arcades all the way back in 2008, but was eventually ported to the PS3 a few years later. And now the impenetrably old-school shooter is making its way to PS5 and PS4 on 25th September. For those unfamiliar, here’s how the blurb introduces this...

    • Clear River Games
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Mamorukun ReCurse
    • Release Dates

Sunday6th Jul 2025

  • News Free PS5 Fashion Platformer Infinity Nikki Seeks Redemption in Blue Tears Update

    Da ba dee

    For those of you still playing Infinity Nikki, a gacha platformer which was largely beloved upon release, you’ll know it’s been going through a difficult time. To cut a long story short, in a milestone update recently, the developer meddled with the gacha system, inexplicably retconned the story, and basically broke the whole game...

    • Infold Games
    • PS5
    • Infinity Nikki
    • Updates
  • News Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4's PS5, PS4 Trophies Look Like Less of a Grind Than 1 + 2

    Manual labour

    The Trophy list for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 has popped up online, and upon inspection, it looks like it won't be quite as tough as the previous game's list. Don't get us wrong, the game's Platinum gong will still be pretty hard to obtain, but some of the more grindy Trophies in THPS 1 + 2 aren't present, so it shouldn't cause...

    • Activision
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Tony Hawk
    • Trophies
  • News Anime Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 to Be 'Unlike Anything We've Done Before'

    Teaser trailer released

    We’ve known for a little while that a new Cyberpunk 2077 anime is in the works, but now we have more information: it’ll be a sequel to the outstanding Cyberpunk: Edgerunners – and yes, Japanese animation house Studio Trigger is once again at the helm. “Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 is in production,” an announcement on...

    • CD Projekt RED
    • Anime
    • Cyberpunk

Saturday5th Jul 2025

  • Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 588

    We go again

    It's been an eventful week in the video game industry, so we could all probably do with a bit of a breather, couldn't we? Here's what we're playing. Jamie O'Neill: Since chatting with @playstation1995 about SEGA's classic beat-'em-ups in last weekend's WAYP, I've been hankering for Lizardcube's artwork to depict some Streets of Rage 4...

    • Talking Point
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • What Are You Playing
    • Features

Friday4th Jul 2025

  • News Gran Turismo's Primary Console Competitor May Be No More

    Rear view mirror

    When it comes to the console wars, the skirmish between sim racers Gran Turismo and Forza Motorsport was once a key battleground. PlayStation’s flagship franchise has obviously always enjoyed enormous attention due to its legacy on the PS1 and PS2, but there was a period on the PS3 where it started to lose its edge. Many...

    • Xbox Game Studios
    • Turn 10 Studios
    • Gran Turismo
    • Industry
  • News PS5 Fans Divided Over Helldivers 2 on Xbox Pivot

    "Get ready for irrelevance"

    It’s been a bit of a rollercoaster week in the games industry, and for PS5 fans it’s been underlined by Sony’s sudden decision to publish Helldivers 2 on Xbox Series X|S. This is an unprecedented decision from the manufacturer: while it’s not the first PlayStation game to launch on Microsoft’s machine, it feels...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Helldivers
  • News PlayStation Fans Want Diogo Jota PSN Avatar to Return After Footballer's Tragic Death

    Given away during Days of Play 2024

    PlayStation fans are calling on Sony to make a Diogo Jota PSN avatar available once again so they can commemorate the Liverpool footballer following his and his brother's tragic deaths earlier this week. The avatar was available for free in the Days of Play 2024 campaign, but it was only a limited release and is...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS4
  • Poll What Review Score Would You Give Death Stranding 2?

    Special delivery

    We hope you've been having fun trotting around the atmospheric landscapes of Death Stranding 2 over the last week or so, because it's time to give Kojima Productions' latest a rating of your own. Needless to say, this globe-trotting PS5 sequel has been really well received, both by critics and fans of the first game. The original...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Death Stranding
    • Polls
    • Features
  • News Xbox's Promising MMORPG Sounds Like the Most Baffling Cancellation

    Xbox execs "blown away by an upcoming game. Then they cancelled it."

    Screenshot taken from The Elder Scrolls Online. As the dust settles on a devastating week of Microsoft layoffs and Xbox game cancellations, those in the know are now starting to share what they heard about the scrapped projects. The decision to cancel Everwild and Perfect Dark...

    • Zenimax
    • Xbox
  • News Smartphone Destiny Spin-Off Attracts Over 5 Million Pre-Registrations

    Rise up

    Destiny: Rising – a smartphone-focused spin on Bungie’s looter shooter series – will launch on 28th August, potentially giving Sony its first mobile hit. The Japanese giant has been eager to release its own suite of smartphone games for some time, poaching Apple Arcade talent and even acquiring developer Neon Koi – but it’s failed...

    • NetEase
    • Mobile
    • Destiny
    • Release Dates
  • News Wuxia Open World Where Winds Meet Will Be a PS5 Console Exclusive for Six Months

    Sony has dibs on Chinese title

    There’s a lot to breakdown about the confirmation that Where Winds Meet will be a PS5 console exclusive for at least six months, announced at the end of a new trailer for the game. Firstly, it follows the news that Sony’s own Helldivers 2 will be launching on Xbox Series X|S next month. Is there really any point...

    • NetEase
    • PS5
    • Where Winds Meet
  • News The House in Fate Morgana Developer Confirms Next Game for PS5

    It's currently called Project Code M

    Novect, the studio behind the famous visual novel game The House in Fate Morgana, has revealed its next game is also destined for PS5 and will be published by genre veteran Aksys Games. It's currently referred to as Project Code M and lacks a release window, but you can catch the first trailer above. It sets up...

    • Aksys Games
    • PS5
    • Project Code M
    • Announcements
  • News It's All Sunshine and Rainbows in ZZZ's Summer Update, Here's the New Redemption Code

    Fun in the sun

    Zenless Zone Zero’s slathering on the sunscreen and heading to the Waifei Peninsula’s coastal Fantasy Resort for a spot of fun in the sun this 17th July. The next update for the gargantuan gacha will include two new playable characters, a slew of beach-themed minigames – including surfing! – and much, much more. But first,...

    • HoYoverse
    • PS5
    • Zenless Zone Zero
  • News Sony's Aniplex Involved with Tactical Take on Resident Evil for Mobile

    "Real-time strategy optimised for smartphones"

    Sony’s very own Aniplex subsidiary, which sits under the Sony Music Entertainment umbrella, is working alongside Capcom and Korean developer JOYCITY to bring Resident Evil to mobile. A new game, subtitled Survival Unit, will be fully revealed during an online livestream from 3PM PDT/11PM BST on 10th...

    • Capcom
    • Aniplex
    • JOYCITY
    • Resident Evil

Thursday3rd Jul 2025

  • News Stop Killing Games Campaign Surpasses One Million Signatures, But There Are Issues

    Sign it properly, folks

    There have been a few instances recently of publishers rendering full-price games obsolete. The Crew is perhaps the most famous example: a game designed to be played online, which had its servers shutdown in 2023. This means if you own a copy of the release on Blu-ray, it’s utterly worthless these days, as you can’t...

    • Industry
    • Legal
  • News Stunning Final Fantasy 9 Artwork Revealed as Rumoured Remake Date Fast Approaches

    Party time

    Square Enix has published some stunning new artwork based on Final Fantasy 9, and as you'd expect, its arrival has expectant fans in a bit of an uproar. This is because we're mere days away from the game's 25th anniversary date — the 7th July — and many are betting on the title's long-rumoured remake being officially announced as...

    • Square Enix
    • Final Fantasy
  • Reaction Helldivers 2 on Xbox Signals Another Unexpected But Not Overly Surprising Shift in Strategy from Sony

    War does change after all

    Sony is bringing Helldivers 2 to Xbox consoles roughly 18 months after its release, in a move that signals another unexpected strategy shift in an industry that never stands still. It’s not the first PlayStation game to launch on Microsoft’s machines, as MLB The Show ripped that band aid off earlier in the generation...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Reaction
    • Features
  • News Neil Druckmann Focused on Naughty Dog Games, Steps Away from The Last of Us TV Show

    Update: Halley Gross also leaves the TV show

    Naughty Dog studio head Neil Druckmann has today revealed he is stepping away from production of The Last of Us TV series on HBO so he can put his "complete focus" on game development. With the production of season two complete and no "meaningful work" done on the third season yet, Druckmann views this...

    • Sony
    • Naughty Dog
    • Neil Druckmann
  • News PlayStation Is Bringing Helldivers 2 to Xbox, Out on 26th August

    Port to Xbox Series X|S confirmed

    Sony and Arrowhead Studios have revealed that they're porting their incredibly popular co-op game Helldivers 2 to Xbox Series X|S, due for release on 26th August 2025. This is a full version of Helldivers 2, costing $40, and is published by PlayStation Publishing on Xbox Series X|S. It's now available to pre-order...

    • Sony
    • Xbox
    • Helldivers
    • Announcements
  • News Digital Sales Make Death Stranding 2 PS5 Estimates Much Stronger

    Said to have sold 1.4 million copies

    Physical UK video game sales are almost dead in the water, but that does not stop early conclusions from being drawn from them. At the start of this week, Death Stranding 2 opened to a 66% drop in physical sales in the region compared to the first game. Now, via data firm Ampere, it's estimated the PS5 exclusive...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Death Stranding
    • Sales
  • Guide Best inFAMOUS Games

    All inFAMOUS games ranked and rated

    What are the best inFAMOUS games? Before Sucker Punch Productions began its noble quest to Japan with the Ghost series, it made a series of open world superhero titles, and it remains a fan favourite franchise. Set in a world where a select few people possess superhuman powers thanks to a rare gene, the games use...

    • Guides
    • inFAMOUS
    • Features
  • News BioWare Flop ANTHEM Dies January 2026, Servers to Be Turned Off

    PS4 game won't be playable after server switch-off

    EA has announced it's taking the servers for BioWare flop ANTHEM offline on 12th January 2026. As a fully online game requiring an internet connection, this means it won't be playable in any shape or form beyond that date. It will remain online until then, but purchasable currency for use in the...

    • EA
    • PS4
    • ANTHEM
  • Mini Review Anger Foot (PS5) - Chaotic Kick-'Em-Up Satisfies from Head to Toe

    Foot you

    You may have seen Anger Foot described as a first-person Hotline Miami — and that's probably a good comparison to, er, kick things off. Playing as the titular Anger Foot himself, you'll kick and shoot your way through the superbly named Shit City in search of your beloved sneakers. It's an unapologetically punk setting where just about...

    • Reviews
    • Devolver Digital
    • PS5
    • Anger Foot
    • Mini Reviews
  • Random Kojima Hyped to See Fan Playing Death Stranding 2 on PS Portal at London Launch Event

    In the crowd, no less

    During a launch event for Death Stranding 2: On the Beach in London this week, auteur Hideo Kojima was hyped to see a fan in the audience playing on his PS Portal. “You’re playing right now – that’s cool,” he shouted, spotting the fan holding up their Remote Play handheld in the crowd. “Wow, he really is...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS Portal
    • Hideo Kojima
    • Death Stranding
  • News Dying Light Team Reportedly Cancels Two Games

    One might be its fantasy RPG

    Dying Light franchise developer Techland has reportedly cancelled two unannounced games, resulting in a loss of 130 million Polish złoty (~£26.3 million / $36 million). The claim comes from Polish outlet Puls Biznesu, where it's said the monetary losses are attributed to "our decision to discontinue further work on...

    • Techland
    • Industry
  • Rumour PS5 Disaster MindsEye Wants 'Redemption Arc' Despite Hundreds of Jobs Being 'At Risk'

    MindsEyefulness

    Some kind of comeback attempt for MindsEye could be on the cards, following the game's dismal launch on PS5 and other platforms last month. This is according to a new report from IGN, which paints a bleak picture of what's going behind the scenes at developer Build A Rocket Boy. Sources say that around 300 employees at the studio...

    • Build A Rocket Boy
    • PS5
    • MindsEye
    • Industry
  • News Are Ya Ready, Kids? SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off Serves Up Today on PS5, PS4

    Help wanted

    SpongeBob fans, rejoice — one of the character's games has suddenly arrived on PS5 and PS4. A port of SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off is now available for Sony's consoles, releasing unceremoniously on 2nd July 2025. So, what is this? Well, here's the extremely brief launch trailer for the Nintendo Switch version: Essentially,...

    • Tilting Point
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • SpongeBob
  • News Death Stranding 2 and Rematch Trade Blows in PS Store's Top Selling PS5 Games of June

    Thing about Sam Bridges is he'll always try and walk it in

    Two games you wouldn't expect to see in the same sentence are Death Stranding 2: On the Beach and Rematch, but it turns out they were two of the best-selling PS5 games on PS Store last month. In fact, they trade places exactly in the North American and European charts; Kojima Productions'...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Store
    • Sales
  • News PS5 Bags One More Popular PC Game, Once Human Out in 2026

    Free-to-play title ported to consoles next year

    Starry Studio has announced plans to port its open world survival game Once Human to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S next year, following a successful and popular debut on PC in 2024. The free-to-play title has you build up your own safehouse and surrounding territory to fight back against the monsters of the...

    • Starry Studio
    • PS5
    • Once Human
    • Announcements
  • News Busted's James Bourne Bleats Out Sonic Racing's Cheesy Theme Tune

    It's what he went to school for

    We didn’t have to wait till the Year 3000 to hear Busted’s James Bourne belt out the theme tune for a Sonic the Hedgehog game. The former Son of Dork singer, who UK readers will remember for his bleached blonde hair and nasal American accent, has been signed by SEGA to sing the opening vocals for Sonic Racing:...

    • SEGA
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Sonic Racing CrossWorlds
    • Trailers

Wednesday2nd Jul 2025

  • Guide 65+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in PS Store's July Savings Sale

    Discounted PS5 and PS4 games we recommend

    Sony has set live its latest PS Store offer, giving you access to a wide range of bargains in the July Savings sale. Running now until 16th July, there are thousands of potential bargains to be had — but to save you some browsing time, we've picked out a selection of PS5 and PS4 games we highly recommend...

    • Guides
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Store
    • Deals
  • News What the Hell Has Happened to Call of Duty?

    "This sucks more than anything that has ever sucked before"

    Fortnite’s vibrant art style works lends itself well to the pop culture blender Epic Games has created. Call of Duty’s grey, hyper-realistic art style does not. That’s why it’s so weird seeing Beavis & Butt-Head sprinting around with AK-47s in this bizarre new Premium Event...

    • Activision
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Call of Duty