Review Code Vein 2 (PS5) - Repetitive Vampiric Soulslike May Still Sate Your Bloodlust
Mostly mediocre
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News Play Nioh 3 Now in Free PS5 Demo
Carry your save data over to the full game
- Koei Tecmo
- PS5
- Nioh
- Demos
News Silent Hill 2, Cronos Studio Seemingly Teasing Its Next Game
Countdown to 14th February
- Bloober Team
News New Kingdom Come: Deliverance PS5 Version Seems Real in PS Store Leak
4K resolution, higher frame rate mentioned
- Deep Silver
- PS5
- Kingdom Come
- Leaks
News Beat-'Em-Up Fans Rejoice: Scott Pilgrim EX Serves Up Retro-Tinged Bliss in March on PS5
From the makers of Shredder's Revenge
- Tribute Games
- PS5
- Scott Pilgrim EX
- Release Dates
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TodayThu, 29th Jan 2026
News Play Nioh 3 Now in Free PS5 Demo
Carry your save data over to the full game
Anyone looking forward to playing Nioh 3 next month can get ahead of the game by sampling it in a free PS5 demo that is available now. You'll get to experience the opening sequences of the next Team Ninja title, and upon completion, you'll be able to keep your save data and pick up at that exact point in...
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- PS5
- Nioh
- Demos
YesterdayWed, 28th Jan 2026
News PS Plus Essential Games for February 2026 Announced
Boxing! Diving! Flying!
Sony has today revealed the lineup of PS Plus Essential games for February 2026, of which one PS5 game leaked over the weekend. The announcement shares that Undisputed is indeed part of next month's selection, alongside three other titles. Available from Tuesday, 3rd February 2026, the February 2026 lineup on PS Plus...
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- PS4
- PS Plus
News New PS5 Firmware Update Is Available Now, Here Are All the Patch Notes
What does version 26.01-12.60.00 do?
It's an exciting day, as Sony has released a new firmware update for PS5, taking the system software to version 26.01-12.60.00. Does this one actually do anything substantial, or is it another featureless stability update? Well, while there aren't any major new features to shout about, the update does have a...
- Sony
- PS5
- Firmware Updates
He wants a Metacritic for critics
One day, the Larian Studios CEO Swen Vincke will learn that, sometimes, the best thing to do is simply not say anything at all. After some controversial comments surrounding the use of generative AI at the Baldur's Gate 3, Divinity studio — which he later walked back — Vincke n
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- Swen Vincke
- Industry
News New Kingdom Come: Deliverance PS5 Version Seems Real in PS Store Leak
4K resolution, higher frame rate mentioned
A native PS5 version of the original Kingdom Come: Deliverance appears to be on the way, according to newly updated PS Store pages mentioning the enhanced edition. On the UK PS Store page for the PS4 version of the RPG, the description now has the following: The PS5 version of Kingdom Come: Deliverance...
- Deep Silver
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- Kingdom Come
- Leaks
News Sony's Sending Messages to PS4 Players Encouraging Them to Upgrade to PS5
"It's time"
A new message being sent out to PS4 owners is encouraging them to upgrade to the PS5. The notification, sent out by PlayStation in late January, was snapped by user Sahil Shaw and has since been shared around social media, as below. It says: “Whether you’re catching up with hits from 2025 like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, ARC...
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- PS4
News Judas PS5 Dev Spent 5 Years Perfecting Its Core Mechanic
Release still sounds a while away
If you've been wondering why it's taking so long for Ken Levine and his team at Ghost Story Games to put out Judas, here's one reason: the studio spent five years purely on the research and development of the game's main mechanic. This feature, known as Villainy, is what dictates your relationship with three...
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- PS5
- Judas
News Silent Hill F, Fatal Frame 2 Remake Adding Free Crossover DLC on PS5
And demo for PS2 remake imminent
Koei Tecmo and Konami will join forces to add free DLC costumes to their respective horror games, Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly Remake and Silent Hill F. The outfit DLC, planned for both games, will presumably drop following the former game’s release, on 12th March. There’ll also be a demo for the...
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News Gran Turismo 7's Free Updates Keep on Coming After First Paid DLC, New Cars This Week
PS5, PS4 patch out in the next 24 hours
The most significant Gran Turismo 7 post-launch update ever dropped only last month, combined with a paid PS5 add-on called the Power Pack. That's not stopping team Polyphony Digital from continuing its regular free patches, though, as another drops for the PS5, PS4 title inside the next 24 hours. Update 1.67...
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- PS5
- PS4
- Gran Turismo
- Updates
Random Someone Made Their Very Own Portable PS4 Handheld Console
Mod nation
With Nintendo's continued success with Switch, the rise of handheld PC devices, and the PS Portal finding surprising popularity, it seems the desire to play games on the go is still present. We're past the days of dedicated, standalone portable consoles like the PS Vita, but as mentioned, Nintendo has proven there's an appetite for home...
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- Random
News Silent Hill 2, Cronos Studio Seemingly Teasing Its Next Game
Countdown to 14th February
Bloober Team appears ready to reveal its next game, having put out Silent Hill 2 and Cronos: The New Dawn in the past two years. The developer has a website with a countdown timer on it, which is scheduled to end on 14th February 2026. The site is named remosdneulserorehsoovamceyerd.com, and it sports a red background...
- Bloober Team
News You Stupid Idiot! Retro Ren & Stimpy Games Are Coming to PS5
Five of them in one compilation
If the absence of Ren & Stimpy from the recently dated Nickelodeon Splat Pack hit you hard like a slap to the face, then you’ll be excited to learn that Limited Run Games is bringing a bunch more 16-bit classics to the PS5 in the future. While there’s no release date for the newly announced Re
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News Beat-'Em-Up Fans Rejoice: Scott Pilgrim EX Serves Up Retro-Tinged Bliss in March on PS5
From the makers of Shredder's Revenge
Developer Tribute Games has really made a name for itself as a purveyor of fun, retro-flavoured beat-'em-up action games, and its next title won't change that image. Scott Pilgrim EX is next on the agenda, and it's coming very soon. The new trailer below reveals the release date; it's hitting up PS5 on 3rd...
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- PS5
- Scott Pilgrim EX
- Release Dates
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Tuesday27th Jan 2026
Review Code Vein 2 (PS5) - Repetitive Vampiric Soulslike May Still Sate Your Bloodlust
Mostly mediocre
Code Vein 2 is the latest in a long line of action RPGs chasing the lofty heights of FromSoftware's immortal Dark Souls series, and like so many others before it, falls well short of the mark. Bland visually and uninspiring narratively, Bandai Namco's latest soulslike foray (previously publishing the aforementioned Souls series,...
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- Bandai Namco
- PS5
- Code Vein 2
News Native PC Ports Of PS2 Games Could Be On The Way Thanks To New Recompilation "Experiment"
Time Extension Say hello to 'PS2Recomp'
A new experimental project that will hopefully enable players to run PS2 games natively on their PC is currently underway. PS2Recomp is described as a "PlayStation 2 Static Recompiler & Runtime Tool to make native PC ports", and is being developed by the Brazilian programmer ran-j. It follows in the wake of similar...
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- PS2
- Decompilation
Hands On Highguard Is Real and Potentially Great on PS5
Get off your high horse
Highguard is, in fact, real, and we’ve played it. Wildlight Entertainment, a collective of ex-Respawn developers, has launched a free-to-play PvP raid shooter, and after a couple of matches, we’re intrigued to sink some more time into it. This is, admittedly, our very early impressions, but like many, we wanted to know...
- Previews
- Wildlight Entertainment
- PS5
- Highguard
- Hands On
News PS3 Game Streaming Still Broken and Sony Draws Criticism
Is Sony quietly shutting down PS Plus Premium's PS3 library?
Could the library of streamable PS3 games offered on PS Plus Premium be in the process of being quietly shut down by Sony? That's what some users believe as the issues surrounding the feature continue a week later. Conspiracy theories on the Reddit page for PS Plus highlight how PS3 title...
- PS3
- PS Plus
News Phantom Blade Zero Destined to Be a Worldwide Hit as Anticipation Grows
Over 50% of wishlists outside China
Phantom Blade Zero looks like it will be another landmark moment for the Chinese games industry, but interestingly, its potential appears to also be resonating with PS5 and PC players worldwide, too. More than 50% of the game's wishlists are from outside of China, developer S-Game has revealed. While it was a...
- S-Game
- PS5
- Phantom Blade Zero
News Resident Evil Requiem Sounds Like a Proper PS5 Pro Showpiece
Ray tracing dictates the frame rate
Capcom looks to be shipping Resident Evil Requiem with two different graphical modes on a PS5 Pro, with one offering ray tracing and the other 120 frames-per-second. From a new interview with director Akifumi Nakanishi on the Japanese PlayStation Blog, it is explained that whether you have ray tracing turned on...
- Capcom
- PS5
- PS5 Pro
- Resident Evil
News Final Fantasy 7 Remake Dev Explains Why It's Not Upgrading to Unreal Engine 5 for Third Chapter
"We've made a lot of modifications"
It’s really rather fascinating how open Square Enix is being about the third and final chapter of its Final Fantasy 7 Remake project. We know, for example, that the game now has a name. And we also know that, like its predecessors, it will be built using Unreal Engine 4. There had been some debate recently...
- Square Enix
- PS5
- Final Fantasy
"I've dedicated the last three years to this"
An actress who appeared to work on Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time’s now cancelled PS5 remake said she found out about the situation through WhatsApp. In a new YouTube video, Eman Ayaz talks at length about the “grief” she’s facing following the scrapping of a project she worked on for three...
- Ubisoft
- PS5
- Prince of Persia
News 'These Guys Are Top of the Line': Actor Tony Dalton Talks Up Naughty Dog and Intergalactic
Better call Tony
We've not heard very much about Naughty Dog's Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet since its announcement in 2024, but it sounds like Tony Dalton is having a good time working on it, at the very least. Speaking in an interview on YouTube channel Culture Wave Media, the actor provides his perspective on the project. This will be his...
- Sony
- PS5
- Intergalactic
News One of PS5's Most Promising Adventure Games Gets a Playable Demo
Lost in the dark
Dark Auction now has a playable demo on PS5, if you're interested. The adventure title's been in our periphery for a while, having originally been targeting a 2025 release date. It was, of course, pushed back, but we're now just days away from its launch on the 29th January. Based on everything we've seen of it, Dark Auction has...
- IzanagiGames
- PS5
- Dark Auction
News New Witcher Game Announced, But You Won't Play It on PS5
Only on PC and mobile phones
A new entry in The Witcher series was announced today, but you won't find it on the PS Store to download — in fact, you won't find it on any games console. Reigns: The Witcher is a new "swipe 'em-up" title for PC and smartphones. It's releasing on 25th February 2026, and here's the pitch: As Geralt of Rivia,...
- Devolver Digital
- The Witcher
News Awesome Beat-'Em-Up Absolum Slaps February Release Date on Huge PS5 Patch
Reaches 500,000 sales
Absolum was one of our favourite games of 2025, and so it's great to see the somewhat overlooked beat-'em-up schedule a huge update for the near future. Titled 'Threads of Fate', the patch is due out on the 12th February, and as alluded, it's packed with new content and various improvements. Here's a quick summary of the...
- Dotemu
- PS5
- Absolum
- Patches
News More Licensed 16-Bit Classics Are Coming to PS5 This Week
Preservation banquet
This year has already plotted the arrival of the Earnest Evans Collection and the Fighting Force Collection, but Limited Run Games is not stopping there with its retro revivals. From 30th January, you’ll be able to purchase the Nickelodeon Splat Pack digitally, which features three 16-bit classics based on Saturday morning...
- Limited Run Games
- PS5
- Nickelodeon Splat Pack
- Release Dates
Poll Are You Playing Highguard?
On your guard
Highguard is the talk of the town right now, but if the initial player feedback is anything to go by, it might not be for much longer. This is the title that infamously closed out The Game Awards 2025 — on host Geoff Keighley's recommendation, apparently. And now the free-to-play shooter is here, tempting people in with its...
- Wildlight Entertainment
- PS5
- Highguard
- Polls
- Features
News Blackmail Is at the Centre of This Potentially Unsettling PS5 Game
Demo available now
There’s a glut of FMV games available on the PS5 these days, many of them stemming from British companies like Wales Interactive or various Chinese studios who make titillating romance titles. Hacked: The Streamer is the first project by Istanbul-based Buttons Interactive, and it’s teasing a potentially unsettling story set...
- GameDev.ist
- PS5
- Hacked The Streamer
- Demos
News MLB The Show 26 PS5 Release Date, Cover Star Officially Revealed
Play ball
Traditionally, each new entry in Sony's MLB The Show series features a new baseball player on its cover. However, things will be different for the upcoming game, MLB The Show 26. A few days ago, the game's official social accounts stated there would be no new cover athlete for the next game, leading to all sorts of responses from fans...
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- PS5
- MLB The Show
News Highguard Doesn't Do a Concord, But Reception Is Lukewarm
Gets 97K concurrent players on PC
As we said in our Highguard Hands On article: "Highguard is, in fact, real". After more than a month of silence, the fresh PvP raid shooter did indeed release on PS5 yesterday, combined with a developer showcase sharing what it's all about. Will it still be around in a year or two, though? That's the question...
- Wildlight Entertainment
- PS5
- Highguard
Out Today Rebellion Revives Retro Arcade Sports Game Speedball on PS5
Bitmap Brothers favourite returns
Developer and publisher Rebellion has launched its reimagined rendition of the classic sports game Speedball on PS5 today, 27th January 2026. Following a lengthy stint in early access on PC, the game has finally arrived on consoles, and the studio has marked the occasion with a new trailer: Speedball is an...
- Rebellion
- PS5
- Speedball
News Monster Hunter Wilds Sells 11 Million in Just Under a Year, But May Lack World's Momentum
Capcom updates numbers
Despite the game's ropey reputation, Monster Hunter Wilds has been another big success for Capcom. In a new financial report covering the company's third quarter of its financial year 2025, the publisher states the game has now surpassed 11 million units sold. It's reached that figure in about 11 months, putting it roughly on...
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- PS5
- Monster Hunter
- Sales
News Bloody PS5 Brawler Invincible VS Adds Two New Characters to Its Growing Roster
"2026 is going to be a huge year for the Viltrumites"
Comic book fighter Invincible VS will launch in around three months, but its roster keeps growing as we edge closer to release. Now dev Quarter Up has confirmed Anissa and Lucan will be playable characters in the title come launch on 30th April. To acknowledge the announcement, series...
- Skybound Games
- PS5
- Invincible VS
- Trailers
Monday26th Jan 2026
Feature 30+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in PS Store's New Year Deals Sale (North America/Europe)
Discounted PS5 and PS4 games we recommend
The PS Store's latest sale is named New Year Deals, and it's another offer stacked with thousands of discounted games and add-ons for PS5 and PS4. It runs until 4th February 2026. To make browsing the sale a little easier, we've put together a list of recommendations that we think are worth checking out...
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- PS5
- PS4
- PS Store
- Deals
News PlayStation State of Play Is Locked in for February, It's Claimed
So says NateTheHate2
Sony has hosted a State of Play livestream every February for the past five years, so the chances it would have another for next month were always high. However, the reliable leaker NateTheHate2 has now shared word one is indeed taking place in February 2026. In response to a simple question of whether there'll be a State of...
- Sony
- PS5
- State of Play
- Rumours
News Sony Set to Delay PS6 Release Date, Claims Financial Report
PS5's life could be extended
Buried in a new financial report, a senior analyst strongly suggests that Sony is planning to delay its PS6 release plans. Said analyst is David Gibson of MST Financial, who's reported on Sony's recent performance via a Japan-facing company
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- PS6
- PS5
- Industry
Guide These 12+ PS5, PS4 Games Are Coming Out This Week (26th-1st February)
Code Vein 2! Highguard! Cairn!
We're closing on February, where an outrageous number of new releases will arrive. But the last week in January still has some heavy hitters, like Code Vein 2. All eyes will be on Highguard as well, which has endured an unusual road to release. Here are all the new games coming out this week. New PS5, PS4 Games...
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- PS5
- PS4
- Release Dates
- Features
News Starfield 2.0 Overhaul Mentioned Yet Again as Wait for PS5 Announcement Continues
Reading the stars
The inevitable PS5 port of Starfield must be close, because word of the game's supposedly huge 2.0 update is doing the rounds yet again. All of this 2.0 talk started last year, when reports of a significant overhaul to the title's space traversal system began to surface. Then, the rumours evolved into this being part of an even...
- Bethesda
- PS5
- Starfield
Preview Resident Evil Requiem Is the Ultimate PS5 Horror Game
We play three hours of Grace and Leon's adventure
Believe it or not, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is a decade old this time next year. An instalment that changed the game for Capcom's survival horror series, it made first-person the standard for mainline titles and brought proper terror back after the failings of Resident Evil 6. It's fascinating,...
- Capcom
- PS5
- Resident Evil
- Previews
- Features
News Arguably the Worst Final Fantasy Game on PlayStation Turns 20 Years Old
Should have stayed in the mansion
Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy 7 released for the PS2 20 years ago today, if you can believe it. The action shooter, which is a sequel to one of the most beloved RPGs ever made, is widely regarded as one of the worst Final Fantasy titles in the entire franchise. So why are we bothering to highlight its...
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- PS2
- Final Fantasy
News Bananas! Super Monkey Ball Is Now Playable in Your Web Browser
Goodbye, productivity
Fully functional, console perfect ports of Super Monkey Ball and its sequel Super Monkey Ball 2 are now playable in your web browser. Anyone who experienced the originals – which first launched in 2001 and 2002 respectively – will instantly be familiar with the level layouts, music, and ball physics. Whi
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- Weirdness
News Sony Is Still Patching Trophies into Retro PS Plus Premium Games
Off the rails
There’s hope for the likes of SoulCalibur 3 yet, as Sony is continuing to update retro games added to its PS Plus Premium subscription with Trophies. Thrillville: Off the Rails – the 2007 PSP sequel to Frontier’s rollercoaster tycoon title – is the latest of the organisation’s emulation efforts to unexpectedly add gongs,...
- Disney
- PS5
- PS4
- PSP
- PS Plus
News Ubisoft May Have Put Watch Dogs Down for Good
Aiden know where we go from here
Don’t hold your breath for more Watch Dogs games, as rumour is French publisher Ubisoft is completely done with the franchise. The embattled organisation – which is going through a real period of turmoil as its stock prices have plunged – has apparently quietly killed the franchise behind closed doors,...
- Ubisoft
- Watch Dogs
- Industry
News PS5 Fans Just Can't Wait to Play Xbox's New Fable Game
Teaser trailer tops one million views
Fable looks like it’s going to be a big hit when it makes its PlayStation debut later this year, day-and-date on PS5. The game’s teaser trailer, which was released late last week, has now topped more than one million views on the official PlayStation YouTube channel, with more than 26k likes. It’s more...
- Xbox Game Studios
- PS5
- Fable
Rumour GTA 6 Might Not Launch Physically at First to Avoid Leaks
Could be digital only for a while
The question on everybody's lips right now is whether Grand Theft Auto 6 really will launch on 19th November, 2026, or if it'll be delayed again. Here's another question, though — how will it launch? One would presume, for a game of this magnitude, a simultaneous physical and digital release would be appropriate...
- Rockstar Games
- PS5
- GTA 6
News Today, You'll Finally Get to Form Your Own Opinion on PS5 Shooter Highguard
Download for free later on
After close to a month of silence, following a controversial reveal at The Game Awards, you’ll finally be able to form your own opinion of embattled first-person shooter Highguard later today, when it releases on the PS Store for free. It’s difficult to determine exactly why the game – developed by an all-star...
- Wildlight Entertainment
- PS5
- Highguard
News "They Did Not Seem Like A Very Happy Bunch" - Lost Beavis And Butt-Head Title Resurfaces On PS1
Time Extension Beavis and Butt-Head Do Hollywood was supposed to launch at the end of the '90s
Beavis and Butt-head made quite a cultural splash back in the '90s, starring in a hit MTV show and a movie, as well as tie-in video games for Sega Genesis, SNES, Game Gear and Game Boy. A few years after these titles arrived, there were plans for a PS1 entry by the name...
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- PS1
News Xbox Will Try to Deliver PS5 Ports on Launch Day More Consistently
"We're going to work on that"
Playground Games will have a PS5 version of Fable ready to go on its launch day along with Xbox Series X|S and PC, but Forza Horizon 6 won't. The reason for that is purely down to development timelines and changes in strategy. Though, Microsoft is aware of the inconsistencies in its PS5 ports and is actually looking to...
- Microsoft
- PS5
News Comedy TV Classics Inspire Fable PS5 with Interview Cutscenes
The Office! Peep Show! The IT Crowd!
Ever since the 2004 original released on the first Xbox, the Fable series has always embraced British comedy. So, as the franchise transfers hands from Lionhead Studios to Playground Games, that legacy continues. In the trailers released prior to the announcement that Fable is coming to PS5, footage showed...
- Xbox Game Studios
- PS5
- Fable
News Dynasty Warriors 3 Remake Hit with Indefinite Delay Just Two Months from PS5 Release
Dynasty worriers
Koei Tecmo has announced that Dynasty Warriors 3: Complete Edition Remastered has been delayed. The remade hack-and-slasher was meant to launch on the 19th March for PS5, but it's now been pushed back to an unconfirmed date. The publisher says that the delay is in service of "further improving the quality of the game" — but with...
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- PS5
- Dynasty Warriors
- Release Dates
