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  • News PS5 Dynamic Pricing Impacts New PS Store Black Friday Offers, Roughly $5 Variations in Prices

    Three first-party PS5 games seemingly affected

    It seems that the dynamic pricing issues Sony is currently experimenting with on the PS Store is impacting what kind of discounts PS5 owners are receiving in today's new PS Store Black Friday sale. With evidence from the Cheap Ass Gamer social media account, there are reports first-party PS5 titles...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS Store
  • Poll Is Phantom Blade Zero Too Hard?

    At the blade's edge

    Now that Phantom Blade Zero's been out for a good few days, I thought it'd be interesting to check in on how everyone's finding the experience in terms of difficulty. This has been a constant topic ever since the game was first announced, with onlookers initially questioning whether it would be a hard-as-nails Soulslike...

    • S-GAME
    • PS5
    • Phantom Blade Zero
    • Polls
    • Features
  • News 'A Tired Parent Mode': The Witcher 3 Dev Explains the Point of Remaster's Accessibility Options

    A Bard's Ballad

    One of the biggest additions to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered is a suite of accessibility options, letting players tweak various aspects of the game in order to tone down its mechanical friction. When used in conjunction with the game's easier difficulty setting, you can transform Geralt's adventure into a very laid back,...

    • CD Projekt Red
    • PS5
    • The Witcher
  • News PS5 Exclusive God of War Laufey Has Officially Been Delayed by Three Months

    Lau-May

    Developer Santa Monica Studio has just announced its upcoming game, God of War Laufey, has been delayed. Originally planned for release on 16th February 2027, the PS5 exclusive action game will now launch just over three months later on 20th May. The news comes via a statement published to social media: "Since the reveal of God of War...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • God of War
    • Delays
  • News Early Access PS5 Racer Outperforms Every October Release Apart from Call of Duty

    October's top sellers revealed

    Sony has released the PS Store download charts for the month of October 2026, and PS5's bestsellers make for interesting reading. Well, sort of. It's no shock to learn that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 has taken the top spot in both North America and Europe, but a touch more surprising is what's going on beneath it...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS Store
    • Charts
  • News Stellar Blade's Eve and Friends Infiltrate Overwatch in All-New Crossover

    Gimme some skinsuit

    Stellar Blade is getting a refreshed marketing push ahead of its release on Switch 2 this week, and that includes a bunch of new crossover skins in Overwatch. The lineup, as confirmed by Blizzard, is as follows: Widowmaker as Eve D.Va as Lily Freja as Raven Vendetta as Tachy Soldier 76 as Adam All of the skins are available...

    • Blizzard
    • PS5
    • Overwatch
    • Stellar Blade
    • Updates
  • News 'PlayStation: The First 30 Years' Is a Lush Visual History Releasing at a Volatile Time for the Console's Legacy

    Time Extension Retrospective available as a Physical Book

    It's a helluva month for PlayStation to release a tome celebrating its 30-year legacy. And, like it or not, it has been an undeniable and indelible three decades for the first-time console maker. Sony stepped into the market in 1994 and not only took on the veterans at their own game, but beat them...

    • PlayStation
    • PS1
    • Japan
    • Books
    • PS2
  • News This JRPG Series Lightly Inspired by the Console Wars Is Finally Getting a New PS5 Sequel

    NepNep

    Hyperdimension Neptunia intrigued me when it first released on the PS3, because its cast of characters were loosely inspired by the various console platforms, like PlayStation, Xbox, and (at the time) Wii. The series gained a cult following and spawned dozens of sequels, spin-offs, and re-releases. But there hasn’t been a new mainline...

    • Idea Factory International
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Hyperspace Neptunia Unlimited
    • Announcements
  • News First Phantom Blade Zero PS5 Update Makes an Early, Deadly Boss Easier

    Hua, Deadly Betrothed nerfed in PS5 patch

    S-GAME has today published the first major Phantom Blade Zero update for PS5 and PC, available to download now on both platforms. It's a relatively normal list of updates and tweaks, comprising bug fixes and adjustments — until you see that one of the game's earlier bosses has been nerfed a touch. Hua,...

    • S-Game
    • PS5
    • Phantom Blade Zero
    • Patches
  • Feature 50+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in PS Store's Huge Black Friday Sale

    PS5 and PS4 games going cheap we recommend

    It's time for the Black Friday sale on PS Store, running from now through to 30th November, 2026. As with nearly every offer in Sony's digital store, there are literally thousands of PS5 and PS4 games going cheap. Obviously, nobody has the time to scroll through all those deals, which is where this guide...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Store
    • Deals
  • News Lara Croft's PS1 to PS5 Glow-Up to Be Revealed in Tomb Raider Cover Story

    Game Informer to share new details

    A comprehensive deep dive into the 30-year history of Lara Croft and the Tomb Raider series shall be the focus of next month's Game Informer magazine. Across 18 pages of the upcoming issue, it'll dedicate 12 of them to next year's Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis remake. Then, in another six pages, it's got a...

    • Amazon Games
    • PS5
    • Tomb Raider
  • News Marvel Tokon's Magik Gets Fired Up with Free New Costume for All Players

    Seeing red

    If you're playing Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, you'll probably be aware of the recent DLC and updates to the superhero fighter. Phoenix Cyclops has joined the roster as the first post-launch character, and to celebrate his arrival, developer Arc System Works has provided all players with a fun bonus. A new costume for Magik is now...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PC
    • Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls
  • News Secret PS4 Firmware Update 14.02 to Fight New Wave of Piracy, Hacking

    Security fixes made to system software

    Sony has deployed an unannounced PS4 firmware update in the last couple of hours for its last-gen PS4 console that is designed to combat the current wave of piracy, hacking, and jailbreaks targeting PlayStation consoles. The PS5 has received plenty of system patches in the past few weeks, and now the PS4 is...

    • Sony
    • PS4
    • Firmware Updates
  • Guide Stellar Blade Guide: A Full 100% Walkthrough

    How to rid the world of Naytibas on PS5, PC, and now Switch 2

    Stellar Blade is Korean developer Shift Up's console debut, focusing on buxom heroine Eve in her battle against the nefarious Naytibas. Available from 26th April 2024 on PS5, 11th June 2025 on PC, and 5th November 2026 on Switch 2, we awarded the outing an 8/10 in our Stellar Blade...

    • Guides
    • Stellar Blade
    • PS5
    • PC
  • News Dragon's Dogma 2 Is Getting Anime Crossover Updates Now, So Start Praying for Berserk

    Delicious in Dungeon comes to the RPG

    Dragon's Dogma 2 players have had a damn good run over the last few months, and Capcom doesn't appear to be ceasing support for its open world RPG anytime soon. Having released the excellent Dark Arisen expansion in October — and reviving the title's popularity in the process — the developer is starting to...

    • Capcom
    • PS5
    • Dragons Dogma
    • Patches
  • News PS Store Black Friday Sale Live Now with 2,200+ PS5 Discounts

    Here are some of the best PS5 deals

    Sony has announced its big PS Store sale for Black Friday will begin tomorrow, 4th November 2026. It's promising "thousands" of deals across PS5 and PS4 titles, and it's even shared a list of a few of the standout games that'll be discounted. We don't know how much cheaper they'll be yet, but Sony has shared the...

    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Store
  • News Ubisoft One of Multiple Companies to Bid for Dishonored Dev Arkane

    At least three bids for Arkane Studios

    Ubisoft is one of multiple companies to submit a bid for Dishonored team Arkane Studios, as Microsoft looks to offload the developer in the coming weeks. That's according to

    • Ubisoft
    • Bethesda
    • Arkane
    • Industry
  • News Try One of 2026's Best PS5 Games on PS Plus Premium Now

    Give 007 First Light a go today

    The selection of limited-time Game Trials available to PS Plus Premium subscribers has been updated today with a PS5 banger: 007 First Light. The new James Bond simulator from IO Interactive is available to play for 60 minutes on the top tier of the membership service, which begins from the start of the campaign...

    • IO Interactive
    • PS5
    • 007 First Light
    • PS Plus

Tuesday3rd Nov 2026

  • News Bonus PS Plus Premium Game Is Out Now for PS5

    Two games in one, actually

    You have got to wait another couple of weeks to gain access to the official set of new PS Plus Premium games for this month, but in the meantime, there's been a bonus addition to the service. Not announced or highlighted by Sony or publisher Deep Silver, the new PS5 version of Metro Redux — which improves and enhances...

    • PS5
    • PS Plus
  • Guide GTA 6 Release Times and Preload: When Can You Start Playing?

    All the GTA 6 release info you need

    Probably the most anticipated game of all time, GTA 6 is now just a few weeks away. As the launch draws closer, we're covering everything you need to know about its PS5 launch, including preload options and release times. In this GTA 6 guide, we cover the GTA 6 release times and preload. What Are the GTA 6...

    • Guides
    • GTA 6
    • PS5
  • News Sony Wants You to Trade In Your PS5 for $400 if You're Not Using It

    Circulate those systems

    Sony is sending out notifications to PS5 players in the US, encouraging them to trade-in their console for cash if they’re not using it. The programme – which runs through a third-party named Back Market – promises up to $400 for a base PS5 console with two DualSense controllers, depending on their overall condition...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Hardware
    • Industry
  • News November 2026 PS Plus Essential Games Available to Download Now

    Tour a Dead Island, board a Monster Train

    Today's the day for Sony's penultimate PS Plus Essential update of 2026, which delivers a further three PS5, PS4 games for members to download and play. Here's what PlayStation has to offer this month, available to redeem until 1st December 2026: Dead Island 2 (PS5, PS4) | Review

    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Plus
  • News The Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel Is Still 'At Least Two Years Away' as Disappointment Follows New Trailer

    The sands of time

    If you thought that the re-reveal for The Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel was signalling some kind of blowout in the relatively near future, then I've got bad news for you. Reiterating that the finished game is still a long way off, the ever-informative Jason Schreier made things clear on social media, posting: "Sorry to say [The Elder...

    • Bethesda
    • The Elder Scrolls
  • News GTA 6 PS5 File Size Confirmed to Be 212GB, Physical Map Available But Not in Boxed Copies

    Preload brought forward two days

    Rockstar Games has today shared more details on the launch of GTA 6, across both its digital and physical versions on PS5. Rumoured last week via a social media account, it has now been confirmed that GTA 6 requires 212GB of space to be downloaded and installed. You'll be able to preload the game, and that option...

    • Rockstar Games
    • PS5
    • Grand Theft Auto
    • GTA
  • News Sony Seemingly Winding Down PSVR2 Sales, Gone from USA Store

    Nowhere to be seen on PlayStation Direct

    Sony may be taking steps to wind down sales of its PSVR2 headset, as it's been spotted that the VR device is no longer being sold through some of its official regional outlets and at third-party retailers. For a few weeks now, fans have been picking up on the fact PSVR2 no longer appears on the official...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PSVR2
  • News Bill & Ted Rock Out on PS5 in New Side-Scrolling Arcade Adventure

    Yes way

    Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Arcade has just been announced for PS5, and it looks like a potential banger. Based on the first Bill & Ted movie of the same name, this is a side-scrolling action game — for up to two players — where the eternally optimistic duo travel between different time periods in order to recruit famous historical...

    • Art Of Play Interactive
    • PS5
    • Bill & Ted
    • Trailers
  • News Skyrim's Successor Finally Re-Revealed as The Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel

    Bethesda unveils its next RPG

    It's official: The Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel is the full title of Bethesda's next open world RPG. The subtitle has been announced as part of the developer's 40th anniversary celebrations. Confirmation comes via a very brief trailer at the end of the company's new video, which you can watch below. The teaser shows...

    • Bethesda
    • The Elder Scrolls
    • Trailers
  • News South of Midnight's Director Wouldn't Have Funded It, Says Xbox's Approach Was Unsustainable

    David Sears explains

    South of Midnight is the latest title from Compulsion Games, a studio that used to be under Microsoft's umbrella before it reclaimed its independence earlier this year. It seemingly underperformed, even with ports to other platforms, including PS5, just under a year after its Xbox launch. Now, in a new interview with Minnmax,...

    • Xbox
    • PS5
    • South of Midnight
    • Industry
  • News Sony Commits to China Hero Project with Further Investment into Promising PS5 Games

    Many titles getting an additional $1 million

    While the vast majority of its four million sales have no doubt been made on PC, Sony’s enjoying a big win with the console exclusive Phantom Blade Zero right now. And at a press conference in Shanghai earlier today, it recommitted to its ongoing China Hero Project, which is now in its fourth phase...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • China Hero Project
  • Poll Vote for Your PS5 Game of the Month (October 2026)

    Decide Push Square's GOTM

    Ah, October, otherwise known as the month before GTA 6. Indeed, it was an incredibly busy 31 days for new PS5 releases, following on from an equally manic September — and that's going to make this latest Game of the Month poll all the more intriguing. October's most high profile title arguably launched just a few days...

    • Game of the Month
    • PS5
    • Polls
    • Features
  • News Control Resonant Is Remedy's Fastest Selling Game Ever, Led to a Massive Boost in Revenue

    Out of control

    Publisher and developer Remedy Entertainment recently released its latest game, Control Resonant, and it's been a big success so far. In fact, it's the fastest-selling game ever for the company, reaching 1 million copies sold just three weeks after launch. As a result, Remedy has enjoyed a very strong third quarter, as outlined in...

    • Remedy
    • PS5
    • Control
  • News Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Gets Massive Update, Godzilla DLC Today as Year Two Begins

    The race goes on

    Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds has been getting some great DLC and post-launch support from SEGA, and that's set to continue for another year, starting today, 3rd November 2026. A major game update is set to be released today, bringing the kart racer to version 2.0.0 and marking the beginning of the game's official Year Two. In the...

    • SEGA
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Sonic Racing CrossWorlds
    • Updates
  • News Borderlands Has Sold 100 Million Units Across the Series, and There's a Shift Key to Celebrate

    No claptrap detected

    Publisher 2K Games has announced a major sales milestone for its super popular looter shooter series, Borderlands. The franchise has now sold more than 100 million copies to date, across all platforms and games. It's marked the occasion with this video: In addition, developer Gearbox is celebrating by giving players 20...

    • 2K Games
    • PS5
    • Borderlands
    • Sales
  • News Helldivers 2's Ever-Changing Universe Evolves Again with New Venomous Terminids

    They're determinid to kill you

    One of the best things about Helldivers 2 is its shifting warfront across the shared online galaxy. Developer Arrowhead has been able to constantly update the game with new missions, narrative beats, and features in this sort of "live" scenario, reacting to how players are doing and shifting the balance to keep things...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PC
    • Helldivers
    • Updates
  • News The Division 2 Expands Further into New York with the Echoes of Central Park DLC

    Steam Hype Plus crossplay rolling out across PC, PlayStation & Xbox

    Of all the big looter-shooters, I find myself most often returning to The Division 2. Despite its main story being borderline incomprehensible (bad guys want to do bad things in post-apocalyptic America because... reasons?), the combination of deep buildcrafting, satisfying gunplay, and...

    • Out Now

Monday2nd Nov 2026

  • Feature Last Chance to Buy These 50+ PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store's Planet of the Deals Sale

    Recommended games going cheap

    Planet of the Deals is the PS Store's latest sale, but it's not around much longer, ending on 4th November, 2026. As always, there are thousands of PS5 and PS4 games on offer, and that's an awful lot of potential purchases to scroll through. To try and help out, we've compiled a smaller list of great games that we...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Store
    • Deals
  • News Final Fantasy Resonance Producer Had to Fight Square Enix Execs Who Wanted Cheap Port of Dead Mobile Game

    "There was some resistance"

    Final Fantasy Resonance has seemingly gone down really, really well with fans of the franchise — and so it's surprising to hear that Square Enix's leadership were apparently against the idea of the game. Resonance is very much a callback to classic Final Fantasy in terms of gameplay and structure; some would go as far...

    • Square Enix
    • PS5
    • Final Fantasy
  • News New PS5 Firmware Update Available Now as Sony Cracks Down on Jailbreaks

    What does version 26.07-14.22.00 do?

    Sony has released another system software update for PS5, hot on the heels of the last one from less than a fortnight ago. Version 26.07-14.22.00 is available to download and install now, and the singular patch note makes it fairly clear what it's targeting: We’ve made some security fixes to the system...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Firmware Updates
  • Guide These 28+ PS5 and PS Plus Games Are Coming Out This Week (2nd-8th November)

    Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters! CRYMELIGHT! Zero Parades!

    We’re fast approaching the GTA 6 evacuation zone, so expect the number of new releases to dip dramatically in November. There are some noteworthy titles this time, though, with highlights including the PS5 version of Zero Parades as well as Alice in Wonderland roguelite CRYMELIGHT. Here's...

    • Guides
    • PS5
    • Release Dates
    • Features
  • News Fortnite's Pirate Shop Unlocks the Entire Item Shop for Free

    Battle Royale tops five million concurrent players

    In case you haven’t been paying attention, Fortnite is running a pirate-themed season with One Piece crossover content available right now. But the big news is the discovery of a Pirate Shop, which makes the entire Item Shop free for two weeks. If you’re running in a squad, then everyone on...

    • Epic Games
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Fortnite
  • Poll Which PS5 Games Did You Buy During the Insane Pre-GTA 6 Rush?

    Spoilt for choice

    Over the last couple of months, we've been subjected to one of the most packed release schedules in recent memory — and it's all been GTA 6's fault. The now imminent launch of Rockstar's world-beater changed everything when it was first announced. Publishers from across the globe scrambled to avoid its inevitable impact, opting...

    • PS5
    • Polls
    • Features
  • News Sony Fighting GTA 6 PS5 Piracy with New Firmware Demands

    Today's new PS5 firmware reportedly required

    PlayStation appears to be taking absolutely no risks, as it closes in on the launch of GTA 6 for its platform while fending off PS5 jailbreak, piracy, and hacking attempts. From the start of last month, hackers began cracking the PS5 firmware via AI tools on firmware v7.00 through v13.60. In response,...

    • Sony
    • Rockstar Games
    • PS5
    • Firmware Updates
  • News 'None of These People Have Ever Made a Game' - BioWare Co-Founder on What's Wrong with AAA Gaming in 2026

    Steam Hype "They just don’t know how it works"

    Fans of Western RPGs were left reeling recently when Electronic Arts announced it had closed BioWare, the legendary studio behind titles such as Mass Effect and Dragon Age. Founded by Greg Zeschuk, Ray Muzyka and Augustine Yip in 1995, BioWare was acquired by EA in 20

    • News
  • News Yakuza Creator's Gang of Dragon PS5 Game and New Studio Officially Dead

    Dissolved days ago on 31st October

    Gang of Dragon, the Yakuza-esque title Toshiro Nagoshi planned to make with a newly set-up developer under NetEase, will never see the light of day. Nagoshi Studio has now officially been closed, as of 31st October 2026. This news had been expected for some time, as reports dating back to March 2026 detail...

    • NetEase
    • PS5
    • Gang of Dragon
  • News Stealth Classic Thief: The Dark Project Returns for a PS5 Remaster with New Content

    Out on PS5 from 3rd December 2026

    One of the classics that helped create an entire genre, stealth masterpiece Thief: The Dark Project is coming to PS5 in remastered form next month, from 3rd December 2026. This new version of the 1998 game has been remastered using Nightdive Studios' KEX Engine to produce a new edition running at 4K and 120...

    • Nightdive Studios
    • PS5
    • Thief
    • Release Dates
  • News God of War's Dave Bautista Beefs Up 9kg for Kratos TV Show Role

    Gym of War

    Dave Bautista has been busy in the gym after being cast as Kratos in Amazon Prime’s upcoming live action God of War adaptation. Showing off in a branded shirt on social media, the former wrestler confirmed he’d put on 20lbs in muscle to play the role. That’s about 9kgs for those of you outside of the US.

    • Amazon
    • PS Productions
    • God of War
    • TV
  • News Phantom Blade Zero Is an Instant Hit with 4 Million Sales on PS5, PC

    Milestone achieved in just three days

    Phantom Blade Zero sold over four million copies during its first three days on the market across PS5 and PC, studio S-GAME has announced. Having released on 29th October 2026, the new action game achieved the milestone by the end of the weekend. "Thank you everyone from the bottom of our hearts for all the...

    • S-Game
    • PS5
    • Phantom Blade Zero
    • Sales
  • News Until Dawn 2 to Showcase New PS5 Gameplay and More in Alamo Drafthouse Livestream

    Absolute cinema

    Sony is getting the ball rolling on Until Dawn 2, its narrative horror adventure game making its debut in a few short months. The PS5 exclusive title, developed by Firesprite, launches on 28th January 2027, but you can get a good look at the game before then, as the company plans to show it off in a fancy live event this December...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Until Dawn 2