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  • News Hope for Suikoden Fans as Suikoden 1 & 2 Remaster Sales Are 'Extremely Strong'

    The stars shine on

    All of a sudden, the future's looking a little brighter for Suikoden as a franchise. During a dedicated Suikoden livestream earlier today, publisher Konami stated that sales of Suikoden 1&2 HD Remaster have been "extremely strong", following its launch a couple of months back, on the 6th March. The enhanced revivals were met...

    • Konami
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Suikoden
  • News Xbox RPG Avowed Should Be a Much Improved Game Once It Comes to PS5

    Big roadmap revealed

    Avowed, the Obsidian RPG that released on Xbox and PC back in February, is getting some major updates throughout the rest of 2025 — meaning that it should be in tiptop shape when it eventually comes to PS5. As we all know, Microsoft is rather open about bringing its Xbox-driven titles to Sony's current-gen console these days,...

    • Xbox Game Studios
    • Avowed
  • News Helldivers 2 Dev Breaks Away from PlayStation, Next Game Will Be Self-Funded

    The Warbond is broken

    Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Studios has confirmed that it will not be partnering with PlayStation for its next game. According to CEO Shams Jorjani on Discord, the co-op shooter has been so successful that the company can now self-fund whatever's next — and whatever it is, it's probably going to be multiplatform. "Game...

    • Sony
    • Arrowhead
    • PS5
    • Helldivers
  • News Massive Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Patch 1.3, First DLC Out Now on PS5

    Get all the patch 1.3 notes here

    Warhorse Studios has today given its PS5 RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 a proper facelift in the form of update 1.3 and the game's first expansion, both available now. The patch, which weighs in at a mammoth 47.352GB, bundles all of the new content together, so you've just got to download that and then you're good...

    • Deep Silver
    • PS5
    • Kingdom Come
    • DLC
    • Updates
  • News PS Plus Premium Members Stunned at Dramatic Decline in Quality

    Nonplussed

    PS Plus Premium is slumping back into old habits. The top-tier subscription service, which arrived with the grand promise of cloud streaming and retro classics, had been on a bit of an upwards trajectory – but a series of subpar updates has since seen it come crashing down to Earth. This month’s sole new addition is PS2 first-person...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Plus
  • News Namco's Unported Arcade Classic 'NebulasRay' Gets Its Console Debut And A Steep Price Point

    Time Extension On both Nintendo Switch & PS4

    During its live stream earlier today, Hamster Corp, the company behind Arcade Archives, revealed the next Namco title being released as part of this year's "Namco Month" will be the 1994 vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up NebulasRay. According to the announcement, it will be released for Nintendo Switch and PS4 on May...

    • News
    • Arcade Archives
    • Namco
    • Nintendo Switch
  • Poll Are You Playing DOOM: The Dark Ages?

    Hell yes or Hell no?

    The big games just keep dropping here in 2025, and DOOM: The Dark Ages is the latest potential blockbuster to grace us with its bloodied presence. It's been almost four whole years since DOOM Eternal let players shred through the forces of hell, and while The Dark Ages does introduce a number of new concepts and gameplay...

    • Bethesda
    • PS5
    • DOOM
    • Polls
    • Features
  • News Gacha Spin-Off Persona 5: The Phantom X Skips PS5 for Worldwide Launch

    Mobile and PC only

    There’ll be no PS5 version of gacha game spin-off Persona 5: The Phantom X when it launches worldwide next month, on 26th June. While many of the details had already leaked, we were awaiting official information from a livestream, which aired earlier today. However, despite reports last year that a console conversion is in the...

    • Perfect World Games
    • PS5
    • Persona
  • News Sony Makes Stellar Blade Complete Edition for PS5, PC Official, Some Outfits Revealed

    Out on 11th June

    Shift Up has revealed it's releasing a Complete Edition of its excellent PS5 game Stellar Blade on 11th June 2025, which also marks the title's debut on PC. The release will bundle together the base game, all of the original pre-order bonuses, the two expansions themed around NieR Automata and NIKKE: Goddess of Victory

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PC
    • Stellar Blade
  • News Ghost of Yotei Dev: As Americans, We Knew How Ignorant We Were of Japanese Culture

    Sucker Punch on doing things right

    If you've been keeping up with Ghost of Tsushima and Ghost of Yotei developer Sucker Punch over the years, you'll know that the studio takes its work very seriously. Although Ghost of Tsushima wasn't utterly grounded in historical accuracy — taking heavy inspiration from samurai cinema — Sucker Punch still...

    • Sony
    • Sucker Punch
    • PS5
    • Ghost of Yotei
  • News Internal Death Stranding 2 Reviews Are Tracking Much Higher Than the First Game, But Kojima Isn't Pleased

    No interest in a game that "appeals to everyone"

    Death Stranding 2: On the Beach review codes aren't available for press outlets like ourselves yet, but Sony and Kojima Productions will have been conducting internal reviews for months now. These are more designed to offer the studio feedback on what areas they could improve and give a rough estimate...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Death Stranding
  • News Assassin's Creed Shadows Can't Stop the Ubisoft Rot of Star Wars Outlaws and XDefiant

    Publisher reports big losses

    Assassin's Creed Shadows may have ended up being a hit for Ubisoft, but the company's financial report for the previous fiscal year shows it wasn't nearly enough to make up for other losses. This was a largely expected outcome amongst many onlookers (ourselves included), but the figures are still rather damning. The...

    • Ubisoft
    • Industry
  • News Anbernic Might Be Creating A Spiritual Successor To Sony's Ill-Fated Xperia 'PlayStation Phone'

    Time Extension Phoning it in

    While it wasn't as successful as Sony (then known as Sony Ericsson) hoped, the Xperia Play made one heck of a splash when it was first announced. Combining the promise of smartphone technology with the company's PlayStation brand, the Android-based handset boasted slide-out physical controls and support for a range of PS1 classics and...

    • Anbernic
    • PlayStation
    • Emulation
  • News Ubisoft Game Riders Republic Will Be Made into a Movie, for Some Reason

    Directed by Bad Boys for Life duo

    Game-to-movie adaptations are proving so popular at the moment that Ubisoft even feels justified in turning its extreme sports title Riders Republic into one. The project was confirmed as part of the French publisher's latest financial earnings call, where it was revealed the live-action film shall be directed by...

    • Ubisoft
    • Movies
    • Riders Republic
  • News Death Stranding 2 World Tour to Visit 12 Cities Around PS5 Release

    From LA and London to Tokyo and Lucca

    Just as it did with the first game, Kojima Productions has announced it is taking Death Stranding 2 on a worldwide tour before, during, and after the game's PS5 release. Called the World Strand Tour, there'll be 12 stops, and they'll offer "a celebration of all things Death Stranding as part of a World Tour,...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Death Stranding
  • News Days Gone Remastered Gets Better with PS5 Update, Here Are All the Patch Notes

    Biker game updated with balanced mode

    Days Gone Remastered is a great version of the game, with its relit environments adding a real horror edge to the outing’s open world. One issue with the re-release, however, is that its resolution has taken a step backwards at 60fps, compared to the original backwards compatible PS4 edition. A new patch...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Days Gone
  • News Mortal Kombat Fans Are Fuming MK1's Support Appears to Be Over

    Knock out

    It’s been less than two years since Mortal Kombat 1’s release, but it looks like NetherRealm Studios is already pulling the plug, after the fighter reportedly underperformed. It’s worth noting that this is a Mortal Kombat game, so it still topped five million units, but it did so slower than predecessors Mortal Kombat 11 and Mortal...

    • Warner Bros
    • PS5
    • Mortal Kombat
  • News Persona 5's Most Controversial Spin-Off Launches Worldwide on 26th June

    On mobile, anyway

    Mobile gacha game Persona 5: The Phantom X was a big deal in parts of Asia for a hot minute last year, and it looks like it’s days away from stealing the wallets of players worldwide. Over on the official Atlus West social media accounts, the company’s started t

    • Perfect World Games
    • Atlus
    • PS5
    • Persona
  • News Anime GTA-Style Game NTE Drops Jaws with New PS5 Trailer and Screenshots

    City livin'

    Neverness to Everness, perhaps better known as NTE these days, has released a new trailer to celebrate sign-ups for its closed beta Containment Test. It’s worth noting, said sampler will only be available to play on PC, despite the game also targeting PS5 and smartphones. The new trailer doesn’t have any gameplay, but it sets out...

    • Perfect World Games
    • PS5
    • NTE
    • Neverness to Everness
    • Trailers
  • News New Kingdom Hearts 4 PS5 Screenshots Released to Light the Darkness in Your Heart

    The missing link

    It’s been over six years since Kingdom Hearts 3, and it doesn’t really feel like we’re any closer to Kingdom Hearts 4, the latest instalment in Square Enix’s unapologetically anime Disney mash-up. And for those of you who were hoping GPS-based mobile Missing-Link would fill the gaping chasm in your heart, prepare to be...

    • Square Enix
    • PS5
    • Kingdom Hearts
  • News God of War Fans Are Still Demanding Remasters of Kratos' Earlier Games

    Keep your expectations low, boy

    Kratos has an epic history on PlayStation but some of the older entries in the series could benefit from a refresh. Fans were hoping to hear something during the God of War 20th anniversary celebrations earlier this year following some juicy rumours, but Sony poured cold water on their excitement – confirming ahead...

    • Sony
    • God of War
  • News Expedition 33 Dev to Turn the Game's Best Character into a Plushie

    You know the one

    Esquie is the best, most charming and delightful character in all of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and if you disagree, then we're sorry to hear you're wrong. This adorable chap has the ability to put a smile on your face every single time he is on screen, from the funny little phrases he'll say as you explore The Continent to his...

    • Kepler Interactive
    • PS5
    • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Wednesday14th May 2025

  • Guide PS5 vs Switch 2: Full Tech Specs Comparison

    How does Switch 2 compare to PS5 and PS4?

    Nintendo has now fully announced its newest console, the Switch 2, revealing the hardware it plans to dedicate the next seven or so years of its existence to. Entertaining a unique place in the market where it caters to both the home console users and portable enthusiasts, the Switch 2 specs and output...

    • Guides
    • PS5
    • Nintendo Switch 2
  • News 10 PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for May 2025 Announced

    Oh dear...

    Sony has announced the lineup of PS5, PS4, and Classic games on their way to PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium for the May 2025 refresh. There are 10 titles in total, which are: PS Plus Extra: May 2025: Sand Land (PS5, PS4) | Review Soul Hackers 2 (

    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Plus
  • Guide 25+ PS5, PS4 Games You Must Buy Cheap in PS Store's Indie Sale

    Here's what we recommend

    Sony’s plunged the price of 1,000s of PS5 and PS4 indie games today, and once again we’re here to round up the titles you should be paying attention to. Below you’ll find a list of 25 titles we either highly recommend, or which have received a rating of 7/10 or higher on our site. Pretty much all of these are at their...

    • Guides
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Store
    • Deals
  • News Even More PS5 Price Increases Being Considered by Sony

    As a result of Trump's tariffs

    Sony has confirmed it is considering more PS5 console price increases and moving manufacturing of the system to the USA, as a result of tariffs implemented by president Donald Trump. As part of its financial forecast for the coming fiscal year, Sony said it expects roughly 100 billion yen (~$680 million) in tariffs...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Industry
  • News GTA 6's New Release Date Raises Concerns It Might Slip Again Beyond May 2026

    Will Rockstar hit its target?

    Rockstar Games broke the internet this month when it revealed it would delay the release of Grand Theft Auto 6 until 2026. For some fans it’s been tough news to swallow, but Rockstar at least made up for this with a new trailer. So, will it make its new launch window? Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier, who has a...

    • Rockstar Games
    • PS5
    • Grand Theft Auto
    • GTA
  • News PSN's 'Agent 07 - Revenge' Reportedly Uses Assets From GoldenEye 007

    Nintendo Life The spy who nabbed me

    A dubious game currently available on the PlayStation Store for $14.99 appears to have lifted the Dam level from GoldenEye 007 almost in its entirety. As reported over at Recollect64, 'iOrder SRL' has been wholesale borrowing entire level layouts and assets from the Nintendo 64's finest hour (fight me). Yes, according to...

    • News
    • PlayStation
    • GoldenEye 007
  • News Square Enix Demands Bigger Games, Faster Development as Sales Continue to Slump

    Hip to beat Square

    Square Enix has outlined something of an overhaul to its business, in response to its financial report for the fiscal year. As you might have guessed, said report wasn't overly positive. The publisher's net sales were down 8.9% year-on-year, making for a largely average performance. To be fair, Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake was...

    • Square Enix
    • Industry
    • Sales
  • News Assassin's Creed Shadows Was Such a Hit, Ubisoft's Delaying Unannounced Games

    Light from Shadows

    Assassin's Creed Shadows has been a much needed hit for Ubisoft amongst its business-side woes, and its success has actually prompted the publisher to push back other projects. You may recall that Shadows itself was delayed well beyond its original November 2024 release date. It was first moved to February 2025, before being...

    • Ubisoft
    • PS5
    • Assassins Creed
  • News PS5 First-Party Game Sales Will Increase Over Next Year, Sony Says

    A big year for exclusives

    Sony is predicting a big year for first-party PS5 software moving forward, as it forecasts an increase in sales for its own exclusive software. We already know, of course, that Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is due out in June and Ghost of Yotei will follow in October. Other announced titles that could contribute to the...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Sales
    • Industry
  • News First Fantasy Life i Review Is Super Positive, PS5 RPG Can Take 100 Hours to Fully Complete

    This is the Life

    Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is just a week away from its PS5 release, and its first review is positively glowing. The Level-5 RPG's been a long time coming, given that the original Fantasy Life launched for the 3DS all the way back in 2014. And according to the latest issue of Japanese publication Famitsu, it's been...

    • Level-5
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Fantasy Life
  • Feature Tomohiro Nishikado On Making 'Space Invaders' And What Makes Games Fun

    Time Extension "Younger people who want to make games should play really old games"

    One of the formative figures of video games is Tomohiro Nishikado. Known for creating the arcade game smash hit Space Invaders, I caught up with him about his long and storied career. “I was born in Osaka, in a place called Kishiwada, and I spent most of my young life there...

    • Features
    • Interviews
    • Tomohiro Nishikado
  • News PS5 Takes Another Giant Stride Towards 100 Million Units Milestone

    Getting closer

    PS5 added another 18.5 million units to its overall hardware total in the fiscal year ending 31st March, 2025. Of that total, 2.8 million units were tacked on throughout the company’s fourth quarter. That takes the worldwide total of current-gen system’s sales up to 77.7 million units lifetime. Launch aligned, the PS5 is still...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Hardware
    • Sales
    • Industry
  • News PS5 Upgrades STALKER Trilogy with a Native Version, Out 20th May

    Free PS4 to PS5 upgrade for current owners

    GSC Game World has revealed it's releasing a native PS5 version of the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Trilogy package it put out last year on PS4, and anyone who already owns the game is getting a free upgrade. It'll be out on 20th May 2025. You can see the enhanced PS5 version in action in the trailer above, but...

    • GSC Game World
    • PS5
    • STALKER
  • News Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Bombed So Hard, Warner Bros' Games Revenue Still Hasn't Recovered

    Publisher posts another sharp decline

    Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has been a disaster of unprecedented proportions for publisher Warner Bros, and the company's latest financial report reveals that the ill-fated release is still doing damage. The company suffered a sharp 48% decrease in games revenue over the first quarter of 2025. Of...

    • Warner Bros
    • PS5
    • Suicide Squad
    • Industry
  • News More Cars, More Events in Latest Gran Turismo 7 PS5, PS4 Update 1.59

    New patch drops in the next 24 hours

    Polyphony Digital has today confirmed the details of the latest Gran Turismo 7 update on PS5 and PS4, which will bring the racing game up to version number 1.59. The main additions are four new cars and three new events, most of which you can see in the trailer above. The patch implementing these new additions...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Gran Turismo
    • Updates
  • News Major Assassin's Creed Shadows Patch Dated, Teases Dead by Daylight Crossover Quest

    Run and hide

    Assassin's Creed Shadows' first crossover has been revealed — and it's with evergreen multiplayer title Dead by Daylight. All we have to go on at the time of writing is a social media teaser. "Step into The Fog. A new Dead by Daylight quest begins. Slip through the shadows. Survive the ordeal," it reads. The text is accompanied by a...

    • Ubisoft
    • PS5
    • Assassins Creed
    • Patches

Tuesday13th May 2025

  • Review The Precinct (PS5) - GTA-Style Sandbox Is a Dynamic, Addictive Cop Movie Homage

    Reach for the sky

    The Precinct is an indie game with ambition. Its fictional 1980s setting of Averno City is an enjoyably complex little sandbox, presenting players with an endless supply of procedurally generated crimes that need to be stopped from a top-down perspective, reminiscent of old Grand Theft Auto games. You play as rookie cop Nick...

    • Reviews
    • Kwalee
    • PS5
    • The Precinct
  • Rumour New PS5 Pro Update Could Give Frame Rates and Resolutions a Massive Boost

    Back to the PSSR

    If a new rumour is to be believed, Sony is prepping a significant PS5 Pro update that could push game performance through the roof. PSSR, the AI-driven upscaling software that's always been a key PS5 Pro feature, is at the crux of these supposed enhancements. According to in-the-know YouTube tech channel Moore's Law Is Dead (as...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS5 Pro
    • Rumours
  • News The Sinking City Remastered Out Now in Surprise PS5 Launch

    Free to all existing owners

    Frogwares has revealed The Sinking City Remastered is out now on PS5, having only just confirmed the remaster a few weeks ago. Anyone who already owns the game can upgrade to the PS5 remaster for free. You can view a quick comparison trailer above, but the main enhancements are a full rebuild in Unreal Engine 5, 4K...

    • Frogwares
    • PS5
    • The Sinking City
  • News Uh Oh! Victorian-Style Anime RPG Silver Palace Could Be Your Next PS5 Obsession

    Victorian impact

    If you already feel like you have a full slate of gacha games to play, you may need to consider revising your itinerary: Silver Palace is coming, and it looks good. Announced earlier today by Elementa and Silver Studio, this cross-platform outing – which is targeting consoles alongside PC and mobile – promises a...

    • Elementa
    • PS5
    • Silver Palace
    • Announcements
  • News Hot PS5s Cause Havoc at Sony's EVO Japan Grand Final

    Feeling the heat

    Video game consoles can be prone to all sorts of issues and at EVO Japan during the Guilty Gear Strive grand final last weekend, one of the PS5 units at the forefront of the event allegedly collapsed under the pressure. The USA representative RedDitto managed to fight his way out of the losers bracket of this competition and make...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • EVO
  • News One of This Month's Most Promising PS5 Games Will Get a Demo

    Blades of Fire PS5 demo coming soon

    You have heard about DOOM: The Dark Ages and Elden Ring Nightreign as the biggest hitters for May 2025 in terms of new releases, but PS5 action game Blades of Fire belongs alongside them. From Metroid Dread studio MercurySteam, we've played the game in a pre-release demo and found it to be seriously impressive...

    • 505 Games
    • PS5
    • Blades of Fire
    • Demos
  • News Another PS Plus Premium Classic Game Adds Trophies on PS5, PS4

    Get a Platinum Trophy in Up

    The video game adaptation of Disney's fan-favourite movie Up has been updated to support Trophies on PS5, PS4. You can get the game as part of a PS Plus Premium subscription or buy it off the PS Store for £4.99 / $5.99. Exophase has pulled the Trophy list off Sony servers, and it reveals a fresh list of 21 gongs,...

    • THQ
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Up
    • Trophies
  • News Helldivers 2 Continues to Be Sony's Most Successful Live Service by a Mile

    Big update brings players back in droves

    Now that the initial interest has died down, it’s easy to forget Helldivers 2 remains an enormously successful game. While the likes of MLB The Show 25 and Gran Turismo 7 continue to perform, there’s not another game in Sony’s stable that’s attracted the kind of live service longevity of Arrowhead’s...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Helldivers
  • Guide DOOM: The Dark Ages Guide: 100% Collectibles Walkthrough

    The ultimate DOOM: The Dark Ages resource

    In this DOOM: The Dark Ages guide, we are providing a 100% collectibles walkthrough that reveals where to find every Collectible in the game. We've covered every chapter in a Walkthrough format along with additional

    • Guides
    • DOOM: The Dark Ages
    • PS5