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TodayFri, 7th Aug 2026

  • News New Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Gameplay Confirmed for Gamescom Opening Night Live

    Cloudy forecast

    It's official: we'll be graced with a new look at Final Fantasy 7 Revelation later this month, during Gamescom Opening Night Live. Geoff Keighley's showcase takes place on Tuesday the 25th August at 11am PT / 2pm ET / 7pm BST / 8pm CEST, just before the German convention opens up to the press and public the following day. The thing...

    • Square Enix
    • PS5
    • Final Fantasy
  • News Quake Adds Free 30th Anniversary Campaign for All PS5 Players, Developed by MachineGames

    Dawn of the Machine is out now

    Ahead of this weekend’s Quakecon, it’s time to frag like it’s 1996! If you happen to own the PS5 or PS4 version of id Software’s iconic Quake, then good news: it’s just been updated with an all-new 19-level campaign, designed by MachineGames. Dawn of the Machine, developed to celebrate the series’ 30th...

    • Bethesda
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Quake
    • Updates

YesterdayThu, 6th Aug 2026

  • News Silent Hill 2 Patch Finally Fixes Remake on PS5 Pro - Or Does It?

    Cursed

    Silent Hill 2 is an awesome game, but its PS5 Pro implementation was noted as an early lowpoint for Sony’s pricey platform. The company’s since massively improved its proprietary upscaler PSSR, and the supercharged system is regularly turning in outstanding results as a consequence. And now a new 6GB patch for the Bloober Team developed...

    • Konami
    • PS5
    • Silent Hill
    • Patches
  • News Free 4K, 60fps PS5 Upgrade for Ghost Recon Wildlands Out Now, Included with PS Plus Extra

    Or 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 Sony's Looking to Bring More Ads to PlayStation, and Fans Won't Like It

    Push Square for a Taco Bell

    Sony may be looking at ways to incorporate ads from “non-endemic” brands into its console, as the company increasingly looks for ways to maximise profits. Digiday spotted a series of new job listings posted last month by the platform holder, which imply it’s looking to explore new advertising opportunities across...

    • Sony
    • PS6
    • PS5
    • Industry
  • News Devolver's Brilliant Roguelite Dopamine Factory, Ball X Pit, Is a Smash Hit at 2 Million Sales

    Final free DLC out now

    Ball X Pit, the Breakout-esque arcade action roguelite from Devolver Digital, is not only a fantastic game — it's also a big hit. The publisher launched the unusual title in October of last year, and since then, it's sold over 2 million copies, the company confirms in a new press release. I don't know the budget for the...

    • Devolver Digital
    • PS5
    • Ball X Pit
    • Updates
    • Sales
  • News Halo Made Its PS5 Debut, So Now It's Time for Xbox to Lay Off the Team That Made It

    Standard

    Halo: Campaign Evolved is a “heroic” remake of an iconic game, and it’s available for the first time on PS5. (Although it may not be setting the sales charts alight, according to early estimates.) Now with the project out of the door, it’s time for the Xbox grim reaper to hit the people that made it with a round of layoffs. It must...

    • Xbox Game Studios
    • PS5
    • Halo
  • News This Sequel to One of PS5's Secret Best Indie Games Deserves a Better Release Date

    Toem 2 sent to die

    Toem is one of my personal favourite indie games on PS5, so I'm really looking forward to the sequel, which has just received a release date at last. Unfortunately, that release date is slap bang in the middle of an incredibly busy schedule; Toem 2 launches on 29th September, 2026. It has me wondering what chance it has,...

    • Something We Made
    • PS5
    • Toem 2
    • Release Dates
  • News Marvel Tokon Release Times: Here's When You Can Start Playing Sony's Fighter on PS5, PC

    Next stop: the lab

    Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls launches today, but depending on where you live, its servers will go online at different times. If you’ve already got your physical copy in-hand, or your digital purchase pre-loaded, you may be wondering when you can start playing. Here are all the times for around world: 8AM PDT 6th Aug 2026 As...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PC
    • Marvel Tokon
  • News This May Be the Best Looking PS5 Game I've Ever Seen, And It's Out Next Week

    LCD sound

    Allow me to introduce you to Future Knight, quite possibly the best looking PS5 and PS4 game I’ve ever seen. It’s due out next week, on 13th August. Inspired by old LCD handhelds manufactured by Tiger Electronics (or even Nintendo’s own Game & Watch), this side-scrolling shooter has one of the most unique aesthetics I think I’ve...

    • Aeternum Game Studios
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Future Knight
    • Release Dates
  • News GTA 6 PS5 Gameplay Coming This Month, Here's When to See It First on Netflix

    It's happening

    Publisher and developer Rockstar Games has announced it'll be showing off more of GTA 6 very soon. Later this month, on 27th August 2026, an official extended look will debut via Netflix, as teased in the below post. "See an extended look at 'Grand Theft Auto VI', the next evolution in the groundbreaking 'Grand Theft Auto'...

    • Rockstar Games
    • PS5
    • GTA 6
  • News Marvel Tokon's Day One Update Promises a Much Smoother Experience on PC, PS5

    Beta feedback implemented

    While the reception to Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls during its open beta was largely very positive, some users — especially on PC — were experiencing some pretty serious issues with the game. A handful of problems were causing some significant performance hitches, and it's something developer Arc System Works promised...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PC
    • Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls
    • Updates
  • News Phantom Blade Zero's State of Play Seemingly Cancelled as Dev Teases Its Own PS5 Gameplay Showing

    Stunning action game goes gold

    Where's that dedicated Phantom Blade Zero State of Play broadcast got to, then? The event was announced back when Sony hosted its previous State of Play, promising a deep dive in "late summer". We are, of course, creeping towards late summer right now here in the northern hemisphere, and there's still no sign of the...

    • S-GAME
    • PS5
    • Phantom Blade Zero
  • News New PS5 Beta Firmware Is Available Now, Here Are All the Patch Notes

    Making things beta

    Sony has emailed out about a new public beta branch of the PS5 system software, allowing participants to trial upcoming new features before they launch for everyone. If you're part of the beta programme, you can download and install the new version right now. But what does it do? Well, the main addition this time is related to...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Firmware Updates
    • Betas
  • News With Digital Game Sales at 90%, Capcom Appears Unfazed By Sony's Disc-Free Future

    "We do not anticipate a significant impact"

    Publisher Capcom has shared a short but decisive comment with regards to the shrinking physical games market — which is of course being expedited by PlayStation's plan to stop making discs. In its latest financial results, the Japanese company was asked what impact it expects in the mid-to-long term...

    • Capcom
    • PS5
    • Industry
  • News Marvel Tokon's PS5 Trophy List Won't Put Up Too Tough a Fight for the Platinum

    And it looks pretty easy

    We're just one week away from the release of Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls on PS5 and PC, and assuming the issues from the open beta are fixed, we should be in for a great new fighting game. Occasionally, Trophy lists pop up online a few days before a game is due to launch. That's usually not the case for Sony-published...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls
    • Trophies
    • Rumours
  • News Disc-Based PS5s Now Warn Buyers About the Impending Death of Physical Games

    Important notice

    If its recent earnings call wasn’t already evidence enough, Sony is not backing down on its decision to stop manufacturing physical games in January 2028. Proving it’s had this move in the hopper

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Hardware

Wednesday5th Aug 2026

  • Guide Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls: All Confirmed Characters and Stages

    Ready, fight

    A fighting game is only as strong as its character roster, and with almost 100 years of comic book history to pull from, Arc System Works and PlayStation's Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls has a pretty varied roster. Which Characters Are Confirmed for Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls?: 20 characters make up the launch roster of Marvel...

    • Guides
    • Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls
    • PS5
    • PC
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • 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 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 '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
  • 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 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
  • 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 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 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 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 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
  • 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
  • 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

Tuesday4th 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