YesterdayWed, 4th Oct 2023

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  5

  News Bloodborne-Inspired Metroidvania The Last Faith Nails Down 15th November Release Date on PS5, PS4

  New blood

  The Last Faith has always looked promising, and now we've got a confirmed release date. The Bloodborne-styled 2D action game has stuck to its previously announced window, and will arrive on the 15th November. And yes, it continues to impress in its latest trailer, which features some particularly punchy gameplay clips. Metr

  • 2 hours ago
  • PlayStack
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • The Last Faith
  • Release Dates
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  10

  News Cyberpunk 2077 Patch 2.01 Expected to Drop Tomorrow, Addressing PS5 Save Corruption and More

  Better radio, better performance promised

  Patch 2.01 for Cyberpunk 2077 (and Phantom Liberty) will be available to download from tomorrow (that's the 5th October), if all goes to plan. That info comes courtesy of always informative community director Marcin Momot. These updates usually arrive around the afternoon in the UK and Europe — which is...

  • 5 hours ago
  • CD Projekt Red
  • PS5
  • Cyberpunk
  • Patches
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  23

  News Turns Out EA Sports May Never Have Needed FIFA After All

  In the game

  Early access sales of EA Sports FC 24, the renamed FIFA game, are up 25 per cent year-over-year, according to a paywalled Financial Times article. While it’s still early days for the title, it means more than 6.8 million players tested out the rebranded released during its initial launch week – and many will have podded out for the...

  • 7 hours ago
  • EA Sports
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • EA Sports FC
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  36

  News Now Cancelled, Hyenas Was Reportedly SEGA's Biggest Budget Game Ever

  Mo money mo problems

  In case you missed the recent news, SEGA has cancelled Hyenas, its online multiplayer shooter that was in development at Creative Assembly. This was a surprising move, given the game had been in the works for a long time, and was very close to completion. It's also reported that layoffs will occur at the studio. Now, new details...

  • 8 hours ago
  • SEGA
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Hyenas
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  23

  News Looks Like Horizon Forbidden West's Complete Edition Will Ship on Two PS5 Discs

  A first for the format

  Horizon Forbidden West is a monstrous game, and when you toss in its excellent Burning Shores expansion, it reaches an entirely different scale. It’s perhaps unsurprising, then, that the exclusive’s imminent Complete Edition – which bundles both parts of the package together – will become the first PS5 title to ship on...

  • 8 hours ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Horizon
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  56

  News Red Dead Redemption Remaster Update 1.03 Adds 60FPS Option on PS5

  About damn time

  Update: It's been confirmed that the PS4 version of Red Dead Redemption only offers the new 60fps setting when played on PS5 via backwards compatibility. (Thanks to everyone who contacted us in order to confirm this.) Original Story: The PS4 version of Red Dead Redemption has just received a new patch. Weighing in at only a few...

  • 9 hours ago
  • Rockstar
  • PS4
  • Red Dead Redemption
  • Patches
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  Review Assassin's Creed Mirage (PS5) - A Solid But Slightly Dated Return to the Series' Roots

  Blade Runner 861

  You may remember Basim Ibn Ishaq from Assassin's Creed Valhalla — a seasoned killer who enlisted Eivor's help in tracking down key members of an ancient cult. Basim was one of the game's most intriguing characters — and one of its only actual assassins — and so the prospect of getting to relive his past in Assassin's Creed...

  • 12 hours ago
  • Reviews
  • Ubisoft
  • PS5
  • Assassin's Creed Mirage
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  28

  News Housemarque to Establish 'the Nordics' Most Advanced Gaming Headquarters' in 2024

  Home sweet home

  Developer Housemarque, the makers of the excellent Returnal, is set to move into a very swanky-sounding new studio by the end of next year. The team is Finland's longest-standing game developer, founded in 1995 and operating out of Helsinki ever since. In a new blog post on its website, Housemarque says it's looking to relocate to...

  • 14 hours ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Housemarque
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  169

  Guide New PS5, PS4 Games This Week (2nd October to 8th October)

  Open the gate

  What new PS5 and PS4 games are releasing in physical retailers and as part of the PS Store update this week? Assassin's Creed Mirage is easily the biggest new release this week, but fans may also want to keep an eye out for Disgaea 7. Click through the links for a full list of all new PS5 games release dates in 2023,

  • 17 hours ago
  • PS Store
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Release Dates
  • Guides
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  5

  News Persona 5 Tactica Gameplay Puts the Phantom Thieves in the Spotlight

  Time to shine

  Persona 5 Tactica is patiently moving into position for release on PlayStation platforms, with 17th November being the appointed date the tactical spin-off comes to PS5 and PS4. A few months back, we were introduced to the leaders of the Phantom Thieves and how they operate in Tactica. Atlus has blessed us with another gameplay...

  • 18 hours ago
  • Atlus
  • PS5
  • Persona
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  26

  News Do a Barrel Roll in Project Wingman: Frontline 59 on PS5, PSVR2

  Who dares wins

  Do you dream of high-flying feats of derring do? If yes, then perhaps we could tempt you with a revamped Project Wingman in the form of Frontline 59, which comes with all-new content and specific PSVR2 enhancements, and it's out today. You play as a mercenary in an alternate-history Earth engulfed by war, selling your services as an...

  • 19 hours ago
  • Humble Games
  • PS5
  • Project Wingman
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  News Assassin's Creed: Mirage PS5, PS4 Global Unlock Times Revealed

  Waiting for the right moment

  Assassin's Creed: Mirage is the next instalment in Ubisoft's long-running stealth series and returns to the simpler, sneakier gameplay stylings of earlier entries. Predictably, anticipation is high, so it's a good thing we've been provided with the exact global unlock times for PlayStation platforms so you can get the...

  • 20 hours ago
  • Ubisoft
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Assassin's Creed
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  News SpellForce: Conquest of Eo's PS5 Invasion Begins on 7th November

  Sound the charge

  SpellForce: Conquest of Eo is a turn-based strategy game with light RPG and 4X elements, and it's been announced for a PS5 launch. March to battle from 7th November in perfectly ordered ranks, wielding arcane powers like lesser beings would wield cooking utensils. In the realm of something like Civilization VI, SpellForce has a...

  • 21 hours ago
  • THQ Nordic
  • PS5
  • SpellForce
  • Trailers
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  47

  News Square Enix Answers Age-Old Question of How to Say Cait Sith in Final Fantasy 7

  It's pronounced Cait Sith

  Ever since RPGs began in 1997 with the launch of Final Fantasy VII, players have argued about the correct pronunciation of Cait Sith, the name of a potential party member in a game full of better options. As there was no audio dialogue, only text, players came up with creative fiction and dug their heels in, like our one...

  • 22 hours ago
  • Square Enix
  • PS4
  • Final Fantasy

Tuesday3rd Oct 2023

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  News Your PS Plus Essential Monthly Games for October 2023 Are Available Now

  Harvest time

  Happy October, everyone! It's a bit like September except it's getting a little cooler and the western world pretends it's Halloween for several weeks. A fresh batch of PS Plus Essential games is also upon us, and one of the new trio is perfect for the spooky season. October's PS Plus Essential games are starting to roll out right now...

  • 2 days ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • PS Plus
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  29

  News Sony Partners with Adidas for an Awesome Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Collection

  Launches alongside the game

  Sony's marketing machine for Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is in full force. We've just seen a cinematic promo that'll likely be popping up on TV, and now, clothing brand Adidas has unveiled a new range of apparel and shoes inspired by the upcoming game. The only item we've been able to get a proper look at is the Peter...

  • 2 days ago
  • Sony
  • Adidas
  • PS5
  • Spider-Man
  • Merchandise
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  83

  News The Last of Us Multiplayer Game Is 'Basically on Ice' Right Now

  Progress more or less halted

  It has recently been reported that Naughty Dog is cutting ties with many of its contract workers amid a huge wave of industry layoffs. However, one detail in Kotaku's report that admittedly passed us by pertains to the state of the developer's only known project — its multiplayer The Last of Us game. According to...

  • 1 day ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • The Last of Us
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  116

  News PlayStation's Push for Live Service Games Hasn't Been Going Smoothly

  Report examines growing pains for PS Studios

  PlayStation fans have mostly come to want and expect AAA single-player blockbusters from Sony's studios. These titles have been the platform holder's bread and butter for a long time, with record-breaking series like Horizon, The Last of Us, Marvel's Spider-Man, and God of War selling by the bucketload...

  • 1 day ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • PS4
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  20

  News Spider-Man 2 PS5 Will Empower You to Make the Swinging Much Tougher

  The floor is lava

  If you’re an experienced web head in need of a greater challenge, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 will enable you to up the difficulty significantly. Among the game’s suite of accessibility options, Insomniac Games has incorporated a setting which will actually make the sequel more difficult overall – a Swing Assistance slider...

  • 2 days ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Marvel's Spider-Man
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  104

  News Demand for PlayStation Portal Sky High in Japan, Pre-Orders Reportedly Sold Out

  Thinking with portals

  The PlayStation Portal has been met with raised eyebrows and shrugged shoulders among enthusiasts in the West, but it seems as though Japan is very much onboard with the Remote Play handheld. Pre-orders for the device recently went live at various retailers, and over in Sony's homeland, demand is reportedly high; PS Portal is...

  • 1 day ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • PS Portal
  • Japan
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  29

  Feature Tokyo Game Show Was Everything I Expected, And Somehow More

  Dream land

  Growing up as a video game magazine bookworm through the 90s, there were two events I experienced vicariously every year: E3 and Tokyo Game Show. These euphoric, exotic nerd gatherings captivated me from an early age, and I used to imagine myself stepping inside the glossy coloured pages of Official PlayStation Magazine and attending in...

  • 1 day ago
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Tokyo Game Show
  • TGS
  • Travel
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  74

  News Now Naughty Dog Is Reportedly Downsizing, Cutting Multiple Contract Jobs

  Core team apparently unaffected

  Unfortunately, it looks like the recent tidal wave of redundancies isn't done sweeping through the games industry. In a new report from Kotaku, it appears Naughty Dog is laying off dozens of contractors. Sources "familiar with the situation" have told Kotaku that Naughty Dog informed those affected of the job cuts...

  • 1 day ago
  • Sony
  • Naughty Dog
  • Industry
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  25

  Poll What Review Score Would You Give Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty?

  Pogtown

  It's been roughly one week since the launch of Phantom Liberty — the big expansion for Cyberpunk 2077. CD Projekt Red's RPG is in a better position than it ever has been: the DLC's been a hit with critics and fans, while the accompanying Update 2.0 has significantly improved the gameplay and flow of the base game. It feels like Night...

  • 1 day ago
  • CD Projekt Red
  • PS5
  • Cyberpunk
  • Polls
  • Features
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  21

  Guide Upcoming PS5, PS4 Games for October and November 2023

  Spider-Man! Assassin's Creed! Call of Duty!

  It's spooky season (and almost holiday season!) which means that there are lots of fantastic games heading our way over the next couple of months. Did someone say Spider-Man? As always, we've been busy putting together a list of some particularly noteworthy physical releases headed to both PlayStation 5...

  • 1 day ago
  • Guides
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Deals
  • Features
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  News Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Reveals Incoming PS5, PS4 Beta, Begins This Weekend

  Go time

  Ahead of a full reveal scheduled for later in the week, publisher Activision is drumming up hype for the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. As part of this, we got the briefest of peeks at the eagerly anticipated new map for Warzone 3, Activision's anticipated battle royale offering. Brief glimpses of what each pillar of modern Call...

  • 2 days ago
  • Activision
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Call of Duty
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  12

  News Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Cinematic Teaches Us to Be Greater Together

  Never say never

  Just as the wait for Marvel's Spider-Man 2 began to feel interminable, a new cinematic trailer dropped seemingly out of the ether. In it, we are reminded that no matter the odds, together, we can overcome anything. It's a surprisingly sad scene, replete with flashbacks to tragic moments from each respective Spider-Man's past. As the...

  • 2 days ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Marvel's Spider-Man
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  13

  News Sonic Frontiers' Final Horizon DLC Proving to Be Surprisingly Difficult

  Slow your roll

  In an unexpected development, Sonic Frontier's third and last free DLC update, The Final Horizon, is frustrating some players with its high level of difficulty. Some go so far as to say it's the most difficult gameplay they've ever experienced in a Sonic game. In a GameFaqs forum post called "This DLC is way too hard" (thanks

  • 2 days ago
  • SEGA
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Sonic the Hedgehog
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  News Open World Action RPG Tainted Grail Is Adventuring to PS5 Next Year

  It's... tainted

  Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon has been confirmed for a PS5 release late next year. The open world action RPG, which is played from a first-person perspective, has been in early access since March on PC, where it's racked up mostly positive reviews. "Step into a dark reimagination of Arthurian legends in this first person, open world...

  • 1 day ago
  • Awaken Realms
  • PS5
  • Tainted Grail
  • Trailers
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  News PAYDAY 3 Servers Settle as Starbreeze Unveils Content Roadmap

  New beginnings

  After a chaotic launch experience, it seems the digital seas have begun to settle for developer Starbreeze. PAYDAY 3's rocky start has the studio investigating an offline mode, but for now, at least, the heists must go on. In a statement on its website, Starbreeze states that the "scheduled maintenance carried out last week has fixed...

  • 2 days ago
  • Starbreeze
  • PS5
  • PAYDAY
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  News Persona 3 Reload Character Tribute Trailer Pays Homage to the Hero

  Burn the last of our dread

  Persona 3 Reload is becoming more real by the day, as evidenced by a new trailer introducing us to S.E.E.S's fearless protagonist, voiced by Aleks Le. In fact, Atlus has promised weekly character tributes, so please be excited about that. We get an appropriately awesome introduction to our stoic protagonist, who we can...

  • 2 days ago
  • Atlus
  • PS5
  • PS4 Persona
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  News Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Gets Flashy Multiplayer Trailer Ahead of Livestream

  Open beta soon

  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is coming, and it's looking a lot like a Call of Duty game in this new trailer. Emphasising the game's multiplayer, which will be the major draw for many, the video comes as anticipation grows for a full multiplayer reveal at a livestream later this week. There aren't too many details to unpack here,...

  • 1 day ago
  • Activision
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Call of Duty
  • Trailers
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  Feature Lost In Cult On Books, Vinyl And Working With PlayStation, Naughty Dog And HarperCollins

  Time Extension "The past year has been indescribable"

  When we launched Time Extension over a year ago, we ran an interview with Lost in Cult founder Jon Doyle. Just like us, Doyle's creative studio was still something of a baby at that point; it had produced a few issues of the excellent periodical and was working on A Handheld History, its first crowdfunded...

  • 2 days ago
  • Features
  • Books

Monday2nd Oct 2023

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  News DriveClub at 60FPS on PS5 Has Us Mourning the Loss of Evolution Studios All Over Again

  Just look at it

  DriveClub was the last game produced by Sony's fantastic racing game specialist Evolution Studios. While its launch was scuppered, it blossomed to become a brilliant sim-cade racer, with incredible visual fidelity that's, honestly, still impressive today. Now, a modder has managed to get the early PS4 title running at a smooth 60...

  • 3 days ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • DriveClub
  • Videos
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  78

  Random Push Square Was a Question on a UK Quiz Show

  And they got the answer wrong

  Push Square has gone mainstream – well, at least as mainstream as you can get when it comes to UK quiz shows. As spotted and shared by reader BlaizeV (seriously, we’d never have known about this without you), our humble PlayStation community was referenced in a 29th September episode of Tipping Point. In the show,...

  • 3 days ago
  • UK
  • Quiz Show
  • Push Square
  • Random
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  25

  News Assassin's Creed Is All About Stealth Again, as New Mirage Gameplay Shows

  He was all sneaky-like

  Ubisoft has been very keen to remind everyone that Assassin's Creed Mirage is, first and foremost, a stealth action game. This is instead of it following the open world RPG blueprint of the series' most recent outings, and the title's latest promotional video is perhaps a perfect example of what Basim's adventure through...

  • 2 days ago
  • Ubisoft
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Assassin's Creed
  • Trailers
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  Mini Review Scorn (PS5) - A Brilliantly Disgusting Puzzler with Gameplay Woes

  Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility

  Scorn was announced by Ebb Software way back in 2014, so we've been waiting a while. After a successful (if critically mixed) launch on Game Pass last year, the game is ready for PS5, but is that a good thing? The answer to that is mostly a "yes". Inspired by the visual style of legendary...

  • 2 days ago
  • Reviews
  • Kepler Interactive
  • PS5
  • Scorn
  • Mini Reviews
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  Review The Expanse: A Telltale Series (PS5) - Solid Sci-Fi Showing Signals Course Correction

  Artemis ascending

  The Expanse: A Telltale Series is a positive step in the right direction for the newly reconsecrated developer, capturing the essence of what made its initial efforts so successful in the first place. It's sharp, well-paced interactive media that delivers on the expected premise, telling an original story set in an established...

  • 2 days ago
  • Reviews
  • Telltale Games
  • PS5
  • The Expanse
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  News Warm Snow Aims to Be Hot as Hades on PS5, PS4

  Master the art of flying swords

  Warm Snow is an action roguelike in the style of Hades that was initially released in January on Steam to solid reviews. Set in a dark fantasy universe inspired by Chinese folklore, prepare to take repeated runs at this one when it comes to PS5 and PS4 from 20th October. It might not look as flashy as Supergiant...

  • 3 days ago
  • Microids
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Warm Snow
  • Trailers
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  22

  News Hunt: Showdown Gets Native PS5 Version, Engine Upgrade in April 2024

  PS4 players upgrade for free

  Hunt: Showdown is getting a native PS5 version in April 2024, developer Crytek has announced, along with an engine upgrade in line with the next CryEngine update. These technical ambitions and more were revealed in a lengthy roadmap video outlining the changes to come, which includes the cessation of support for the PS4...

  • 3 days ago
  • Crytek
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Hunt: Showdown
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  18

  Reminder Last Chance to Claim Your PS Plus Essential PS5, PS4 Games for September

  All change

  A new month has begun, and that means the next batch of PS Plus Essential monthly games are incoming. October's lineup was announced last week, and will be available very soon, but there's still time to claim the previous games if you haven't yet. As a reminder, September's PS Plus Essential games are: Black Desert (PS4) Generation...

  • 2 days ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • PS Plus
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  20

  News UK Sales Charts: EA Sports FC 24 Scores Flawless Victory on Mortal Kombat 1

  Ball ball ball, footie footie footie

  Mortal Kombat 1 made a splashy entrance in the UK's boxed games chart last week, debuting at number one. However, its combo has been broken early by EA Sports FC 24 which, predictably, arrives right at the top. Just over half of the physical copies sold in UK stores over the launch weekend were for PS5...

  • 3 days ago
  • UK
  • Sales
  • Charts
  • PS5
  • PS4
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  News Mortal Kombat 1 Developer Teases Future Ghostface, Jigsaw DLC Villainy

  Dare to dream

  Beloved Mortal Kombat 1 developer Ed Boon is teasing some intriguing additions to the latest iteration of the now-venerable fighting franchise. The current roster was already a rogue's gallery of murderers and general villainy, but these latest are comprised of some of the worst monsters in all media. Boon tweeted an image showing the...

  • 3 days ago
  • Warner Bros
  • PS5
  • Mortal Kombat
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  15

  News Worms Publisher Team17 the Latest to Suffer Layoffs, CEO Exits

  UK company cutting jobs in restructure

  Team17, the UK-based developer of Worms and publishing label for the likes of Overcooked, Dredge, and Blasphemous, is the latest games company to be cutting jobs. Initially reported by Eurogamer and subsequently confirmed to

  • 2 days ago
  • Team 17
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Industry
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  News Spider-Man 2's Story 'Packed with Surprises' as Dev Warns Against Potential Leaks and Spoilers

  Be careful out there

  It goes without saying that Insomniac Games doesn't want Marvel's Spider-Man 2 spoilers to appear online when we're just weeks away from release. At the time of writing this article, we don't think there have been any major leaks, but as we all know by now, you can never be too careful. Pre-launch spoilers for big games are...

  • 2 days ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Spider-Man
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  4

  News Street Fighter 6's Spooky Party Fighting Pass Kicks Off on PS5, PS4

  Cat, zombie, clown, or toy

  To get the scariest month started off right, Capcom has revealed the Spooky Party Fighting Pass for Street Fighter 6, with free and premium unlocks for prospective pugilists to dress their avatars up in. The event kicks off nice and early (today) with some supposedly scary skins, Fighter Coins, and photo frames to unlock...

  • 3 days ago
  • Capcom
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Street Fighter
  • Trailers
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  News Fast-Paced FPS Gunhead Begins PS5 Boarding Action on 8th November

  Permission to come aboard

  Frenetic FPS roguelite Gunhead just locked in an 8th November release date, with its many implements of destruction spinning up for a PS5 launch. Get a good look at this fast-paced space pirate simulator in an aggressive new trailer. In Gunhead, play the part of a space privateer as you board procedurally-generated space...

  • 3 days ago
  • Alientrap
  • PS5
  • Gunhead
  • Trailers
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  News Over 20 Years Later, 'Goemon Oedo Daikaiten' For PS1 Is Getting A Fan Translation

  Time Extension The game was originally released in 2001

  The Goemon series — also known as the Mystical Ninja series in the West — has built up a strong cult following outside of Japan, despite its developer Konami only ever localizing a handful of titles outside of the region. Because of this, fan translations of the series are pretty common, with groups of...

  • 3 days ago
  • News
  • Goemon
  • PlayStation
  • Fan Translations