Game of the Month Phantom Blade Zero (October 2026)
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Opinion Hey, That Hellraiser: Revival Game Is Pretty Good
Liam finds fun in AA horror
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Feature 50+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in PS Store's Huge Black Friday Sale
PS5 and PS4 games going cheap we recommend
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News Following BioWare Closure, a Documentary About the Legendary Studio Has Been Announced
Massive Effect coming next year
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News Synth Riders Dropping '80s MixTape: Vice Wave' DLC to Immerse You in Some Neon Dreams
What A Tracklist!
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News Here's What The Expanse: Osiris Reborn's Recast Main Character Looks and Sounds Like
New face and voice revealed
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TodayFri, 6th Nov 2026
Game of the Month Phantom Blade Zero (October 2026)
As voted by you
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 ago:...
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News Following BioWare Closure, a Documentary About the Legendary Studio Has Been Announced
Massive Effect coming next year
In case you missed the news, publisher Electronic Arts recently pulled the plug on one of its most revered studios, BioWare, as part of a wider round of layoffs. The developer, known for its many beloved contributions to the RPG genre, is sadly no more, and the game it was working on, a new Mass Effect, was also...
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News Synth Riders Dropping '80s MixTape: Vice Wave' DLC to Immerse You in Some Neon Dreams
What A Tracklist!
Barely a couple of weeks after PSVR2 darling Synth Riders dropped a new free song, we've got yet more content on the way. Those not satisfied with the previous '80s Mixtape' drops, we've got an additional third set of tunes to live
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News Here's What The Expanse: Osiris Reborn's Recast Main Character Looks and Sounds Like
New face and voice revealed
Developer and publisher Owlcat Games has revealed the new face and voice of the male protagonist in The Expanse: Osiris Reborn. Following negative feedback from fans, the company announced it would be recasting the role and making updates to the character's appearance. In the below video, the revamped captain makes his...
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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 less than two 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...
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News These 8+ PS5 Games Will Be Delisted in November and December 2026
Going offline
The end of the year is always a prime time for PS5 game delistings and server closures, but fortunately we’re being spared a large list this year. There are about eight titles with impending changes you need to be aware of, so here’s the full list: Destruction AllStars (PS5): 25th November (Online Services Ending) Synduality:...
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News Sony's Killing This Ratchet & Clank Game Before It Even Comes Out
No more Ranger Rumble
One of PlayStation's mobile games is shutting up shop, and it's doing so before it's managed to launch globally. You may recall Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble, a mobile multiplayer game set within Insomniac Games' beloved sci-fi universe. It's been quietly making progress with soft launches in specific countries, and was...
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Time Extension It's no 'Giant X' but still...
Hardware goes through endless iterations before developers settle on a final design. Sometimes, discovering unused concept images can leave you disappointed by what could've been, but more often than not, it leaves you relieved that cooler design heads eventually prevailed. ROM's PlayStation: The First 30 Years tome...
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News New PS Plus Perks Revealed, Includes Discounts and Free Trials
Available in the UK, France, and Germany
Sony has revealed a new slate of perks for having an active PS Plus membership at any tier. In addition to what it offers on your PS5, PS4 console, these additions let you try subscriptions and receive discounts on products if you are signed up to PS Plus. Please note these offers are only open to PS Plus...
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News Petition to Save Mass Effect Dev BioWare to Be Considered by Canada's Government
Paragon action
A petition to save BioWare is set to be presented before the Canadian government. The country's law states that any public petition with at least 500 signatures must be added to the House's agenda — and this fan-driven effort has amassed over 2,300 at the time of writing. It argues that the Mass Effect and Dragon Age developer is...
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YesterdayThu, 5th Nov 2026
News No Disc, No Buy and PS5 Blackout Protests Fail to Impact PlayStation
Active users increases, digital sales percentage increases
Sony has published its financial report for the Q2 period of fiscal year 2026, the stretch of time in which some PS5 fans took a stand against PlayStation decisions of recent years to make their frustrations heard. After years of proposed disappointment surrounding Sony's first-party game...
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News Sony Has Secured Enough Memory to Meet Console Demand Through March 2028
Does that include PS6?
Amid ever-increasing hardware prices, driven by an AI-led drain on memory components, Sony has reassured investors that it’s secured enough inventory to meet its hardware projections through March 2028. In its new financial report, the manufacturer acknowledged the following: “Regarding memory procurement for next...
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News PS6 Development on Track, Sony Making 'Solid Progress' Towards Next-Gen
Update from Sony CFO Lin Tao
Work on the PS6 and the next console generation as a whole is currently "progressing as scheduled" at PlayStation, it's been confirmed. Speaking alongside the release of Sony's latest quarterly financial results, CFO Lin Tao said the company is on track to deliver its next PlayStation system, and it intends to make...
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News PS5 Exclusive Marvel's Wolverine Off to a Soft Start, 2.4 Million Copies Sold to Date
"I'm no hero"
Sony has officially confirmed sales figures for Marvel's Wolverine for the first time, as part of its recent financial update. According to the report, the PS5 exclusive superhero action adventure has sold 2.4 million units as of 4th November, 2026. The game launched on 15th September, so this sales figure is its performance after 50...
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News Rockstar Reveals Even More GTA 6 Screenshots as PS5 Release Draws Closer
Check them all out here
You're exactly two weeks away from playing GTA 6. To celebrate the fact, developer Rockstar has shared another batch of screenshots that are designed to showcase Vice City at its best, and the world beyond. Take a look below at a whopping 37 new screenshots: GTA 6 comes to PS5 on 19th November 2026, but you can get your...
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News Assassin's Creed Valhalla New Game+ Patch Is Way Bigger Than Anticipated, Adds PS5 Pro Support
By Odin's beard
Assassin's Creed Valhalla has received its promised New Game+ patch, and the update is actually way more in-depth than I think most people anticipated. It's been over three years since Ubisoft released Valhalla's "final" patch, but the developer clearly felt as though it had unfinished business. New Game+ ended up being the single...
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$35 for the t-shirt, $65 for the hoodie
You won't play The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel for at least another two years, Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier claims, but that's not stopping Bethesda from selling you something today: merchandise. Yes, not a single second of gameplay — or any actual footage of the RPG whatsoever — has been made...
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News 007 First Light's First Mission Is Free in New PS5 Starter Pack
Available from 10th November
IO Interactive has announced a Starter Pack for 007 First Light will be released on the PS Store in the coming days that lets all PS5 owners play the game's introductory mission for free. The download will be available from 10th November 2026 on PS5, and grants access to the Against the Odds
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News There's Demand to Remake Final Fantasy 6 from Within Square Enix, Says Series Boss
A Terra-ble idea?
Could a remake of Final Fantasy 6 happen at some point? The idea's been floating around for a while, but we're now, apparently, at a point where Square Enix employees want to see it. This is according to series veteran and current brand manager Yoshinori Kitase, who specifically notes that there's an internal demand for said...
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News Stellar Blade's Free Bayonetta Crossover Outfits Are Available Now on PS5, PC
Witch will you pick?
Action game royalty has officially arrived in Sony and ShiftUp's fan favourite hack-and-slasher, Stellar Blade. The sci-fi action title has been updated with a selection of new outfits for Eve, all inspired by SEGA's beloved Bayonetta series. They're freely available to all players. You can check them all out in this new...
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News PS5 Closing in on 100 Million Sales as Gradual Drop-Off Continues
That's another 2.6 million PS5 consoles sold
Sony sold another 2.6 million PS5 consoles during the second quarter of its 2026 fiscal year, bringing the total number of systems sold to 97.9 million. It should surpass the 100 million sales milestone by the end of the next fiscal report, but the downward trend in sales has continued. PlayStation sold...
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Japanese giant riding high
Sony’s transition away from electronics and into entertainment is paying serious dividends, after a killer quarter has prompted it to lift its operating income outlook for the fiscal year through March 2027. The Japanese giant now expects to pull ¥1.87 trillion (~$11.8 billion) in profit, up 15% on its previous...
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Opinion Hey, That Hellraiser: Revival Game Is Pretty Good
Liam finds fun in AA horror
For as much as I love the horror genre, I've never seen a Hellraiser film. If they're as fun to watch as Hellraiser: Revival is to play, though, then maybe I need to catch up. Since we've got The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and GTA 6 right around the corner (I'm now playing the former), I haven't wanted to start a...
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Steam Hype Become a legend of Megacity West
Do you like Akira? Mad Max? Cyberpunk? I hope you said yes to all of those, because you are in for an absolute treat today with the release of Airframe Ultra, a fast-paced death racer that takes you through a dangerous city on a dystopian future Earth, enhanced massively by the phenomenal art direction that looks as...
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Wednesday4th Nov 2026
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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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Godzilla is approaching the generator, the generator is losing power
Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee was a grand arena brawler in its day, especially if you consider yourself a fan of the king of the monsters. With a fun roster of characters, an impressive array of arenas, and solid gameplay, the title was a kaiju fan's dream. That sentiment...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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- The Elder Scrolls
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...
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- 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...
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