Review Directive 8020 (PS5) - Dull Sci-Fi Thriller Is a Supermassive Letdown
Ridley Carpenter's The Alien
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News Saros PS5 Sales Estimates at 300k, Selling Slower Than Returnal on a Bigger Install Base
Come back stronger
- Sony
- PS5
- Saros
News Excellent Co-Op Brawler Absolum Now Has Full Cross-Play Support Across All Platforms
Cross up
- Dotemu
- PS5
- PS4
- Absolum
News GTA 6 Trailer 3 a No Show, After Fans Got into a Frenzy Over Wrong Day
Hopium overload
- Rockstar Games
- PS5
- GTA
- Grand Theft Auto
News PS5 Fighter Marvel Tokon Has a 10-Hour Single Player Story, But It's a Comic with No Gameplay
Has full DualSense support
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- PC
- Marvel Tokon
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TodayWed, 13th May 2026
News Saros PS5 Sales Estimates at 300k, Selling Slower Than Returnal on a Bigger Install Base
Come back stronger
Saros is off to a slow start according to sales estimates from Alinea Analytics, which predict the title has sold around 300k copies since it launched approximately two weeks ago. It’s important to underline that this data is not an official number, and comes courtesy of a source whose numbers have come under scrutiny. Some of...
- Sony
- PS5
- Saros
News Excellent Co-Op Brawler Absolum Now Has Full Cross-Play Support Across All Platforms
Cross up
Absolum, the fantastic side-scrolling beat-'em-up that launched on PS5 and PS4 last year, has now been updated with full cross-play functionality across all platforms. That's PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC (via Steam). Absolum supports both local and online co-op for up to two players, and although you can play through...
- Dotemu
- PS5
- PS4
- Absolum
News GTA 6 Trailer 3 a No Show, After Fans Got into a Frenzy Over Wrong Day
Hopium overload
Can you believe it’s been over a year since GTA 6’s last trailer? Rockstar marches to the beat of its own drum, of course, and it doesn’t need to follow conventional marketing patterns. But a year with no real new information is unique – especially as the game was originally due out this month, on 26th May. Now it’ll...
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- PS5
- GTA
- Grand Theft Auto
YesterdayTue, 12th May 2026
News PS5 Fighter Marvel Tokon Has a 10-Hour Single Player Story, But It's a Comic with No Gameplay
Has full DualSense support
Well, this is going to be divisive. If you’re a single player gamer hoping for a robust story mode for PS5 fighter Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, then you may be expecting something similar to Street Fighter 6’s World Tour or even Mortal Kombat 1’s cinematic narrative. But now Arc System Works has confirmed in an...
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- PS5
- PC
- Marvel Tokon
News With Stellar Blade 2's Reveal Near, Real-Life Eve Returned to Dev Shift Up
"The original is the best"
Korean model Shin Jae-eun has returned to studio Shift Up, with news about sequel Stellar Blade 2 due later this year. The star was famously scanned into the game as heroine Eve back in 2020, something we were able to exclusively confirm in our interview with boss Kim Hyung-tae prior to the original game’s release. Now...
- Shift Up
- PS5
- PC
- Stellar Blade
News Sony: PS Plus Gets 'Four to Six' Day One Games Per Year - And the Focus Is on Indies
Sony sturdy on subscription strategy
Unlike Xbox’s pricier Game Pass alternative, PS Plus doesn’t tend to include many day one games, whichever tier you subscribe to The cheapest option, PS Plus Essential, predominantly includes older games for you to add to your library. Meanwhile, the more expensive tier PS Plus Extra prioritises a large...
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- PS5
- PS4
- PS Plus
"We have a responsibility to the whole industry"
While the PS5 and all PlayStations before it have some truly incredible first-party titles, they’ve never been Sony’s strength like Nintendo. The Switch 2 is sold on the strength of Mario and Pokémon; PS5 is all about GTA and Call of Duty. It’s something the company has openly acknowledged in...
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- PS5
- Christian Svensson
News Crimson Desert's Massive Success Is Down to the US, Europe, and Strong Console Sales
Journey to the west
It's no secret that Crimson Desert has been a bit of a mega hit for Korean developer Pearl Abyss, selling over 5 million copies since its launch back in March of this year. But how are those sales actually broken down? That's what makes the company's latest financial report so intriguing, because there are some rather unexpected...
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- PS5
- Crimson Desert
- Sales
News GTA 6 Fans Crushed as Next Game Informer Cover Revealed
Nothing to see here, folks
You’ve got to respect Game Informer’s hustle here. The print magazine made a big song-and-dance about its latest issue’s cover reveal – and somehow got caught up in the latest GTA 6 rumours. In defence of the magazine, it never promised it’d have news on Rockstar’s latest. But with fans expecting an update on...
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- PS5
- GTA
- Grand Theft Auto
News This New PS5 Controller May Solve DualSense's Stick Drift Issues, But It Comes with a $220 Cost
Scuf Omega available now
The PS5's DualSense is an excellent controller for many reasons, but it's not without its flaws, one of which is the thorny issue of stick drift. Stick drift is a wear-and-tear problem that essentially means a pad's thumbsticks stop behaving properly, with characters or cameras moving without you touching the controls...
- Scuf
- PS5
- Hardware
News New Gears of War Could Go Head-to-Head with Sony's Wolverine, But Will It Be on PS5?
It's a beautiful E-Day
There’s compelling evidence to suggest Gears of War: E-Day, the latest entry in The Coalition’s bulky third-person shooter series, will release in September. That’d get it out of the way of GTA 6, of course, but potentially put it on a crash course collision with tentpole PS5 exclusive, Marvel’s Wolverine. The...
- Xbox Game Studios
- PS5
- Gears of War
News What a Twist! Ex-Tekken Boss Harada Opens New Studio Under Fatal Fury's SNK
Tekken the p*ss
When Katsuhiro Harada — commonly referred to the godfather of Tekken — announced his departure from Bandai Namco late last year, we were left wondering whether he'd remain in gaming. As it turns out, the answer to that question is a resounding 'yes'. Harada's gone on to establish a new development outfit named VS Studio — and...
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- VS Studio
- Industry
News 'The Numbers Just Aren't There': Don't Count on a Dead Space 4, Says Former Series Producer
It's dead
If you had your hopes set on a new game in the Dead Space series, you might be out of luck. Chuck Beaver, former writer and producer for EA's beloved sci-fi horror franchise, has cast doubts on seeing a new entry in future. Speaking on the FRVR podcast, he says that what it comes down to is that the "numbers just aren't there", meaning...
- EA
- PS5
- Dead Space
Dare to dream
This year’s Tokyo Game Show will be its biggest ever, with organisers CESA describing it as the “longest five days of non-stop play”. Historically the convention, held at Chiba’s iconic Makuhari Messe, has consisted of two business days and two consumer days. But this year there’ll be a third public day, aligning with a...
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- Industry
- Japan
No, thank you
GameStop, the US physical games retailer, made bizarre advances on eBay last week – an organisation almost four times its size. That play has since been rejected by the online auction site, with Paul S. Pressler, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, describing the gaming store’s proposal as “neither credible nor...
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- eBay
- USA
- Industry
News No One Noticed Intergalactic's Hidden Naughty Dog Easter Egg
JAM
We barely know anything about Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, but actress Tati Gabrielle has revealed that her alter-ego’s name features a secret Naughty Dog Easter egg – and no one noticed. In an interview with JeuxActu for the Mortal Kombat 2 movie, clipped up and shared on X (or Twitter), she’s asked whether her character’s name...
- Sony
- PS5
- Intergalactic
- Naughty Dog
- Easter Eggs
Guide Horizon Hunters Gathering Closed Beta: Start Times, How to Play, and What's Included
All you need to know about the Horizon Hunters Gathering beta
Horizon Hunters Gathering, the online co-op spinoff from Guerrilla Games, is due to release sometime later this year, but if you're lucky, you may get the chance to try it early. A closed beta test will soon take place, giving participants the opportunity to take the multiplayer take on...
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- PS5
- PC
- Horizon Hunters Gathering
- Betas
News SEGA Cancels Super Game Project and Moves Away from Live Service
Classic franchise reboots are still alive
SEGA has announced the cancellation of its live service Super Game project and that it is lowering the priority of having Games as a Service in its portfolio for the future. The news was buried in the company's latest financial earnings results, and sees five years of work scrapped before any of it could...
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News How Rockstar Squeezed a Whole City into Your PS2
Wizardry
If you weren’t there at the time, it’s really difficult to put into words just how impressive GTA 3 was on the PS2. Sure, there’d been open world games before – Shenmue pre-dated it by a couple of years in Japan – but nothing on the scale of Liberty City, a living breathing sandbox where you could do anything and go anywhere...
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- PS2
- GTA
- Grand Theft Auto
Monday11th May 2026
Guide All PS Plus Games Available Now
Every PS Plus game, updated in one place
We’re tracking every PS Plus game available now, so you always know exactly what’s included in your tier of Sony’s subscription service. This page lists all current PS Plus Essential, PS Plus Extra, and
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Guide These 8+ New PS5, PS4 Games Are Coming Out This Week (4th-10th May)
Directive 8020! Rugrats: Retro Rewind! Harvest Moon!
Phew! Quality over quantity folks, and we do have a couple of interesting new PS5 games coming out this week. Specifically, the latest game from Until Dawn dev Supermassive Games has caught our eye: the sci-fi space horror effort Directive 8020. Look out for a review of that soon. We’re also...
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Poll Is Saros Better Than Returnal?
Total eclipse
Saros has been out for over a week now on PS5, and we're guessing that plenty of you will have seen most of what Housemarque's latest has to offer. While not an out-and-out direct sequel, Saros is still the successor to Returnal — a title that many would argue was, and still is, one of the PS5's most poignant experiences. Saros...
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- PS5
- Saros
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- Features
News Stellar Blade 2 PS5 Reveal This Year, But Sony Won't Publish It
Shift Up doing things on its own
Shift Up plans to share new details surrounding its Stellar Blade sequel and Project Spirits "within the year", slides from its Q1 2026 earnings presentation reveal. The studio has the two projects appear in a slide titled "2026 and beyond" with the note: "detailed to be revealed within the year." As so little i
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- PS5
- Stellar Blade
News See the Alternate Version of Uncharted 4 You Never Got to Play in Eye-Opening Video
It was very different
As Uncharted 4: A Thief's End turns 10 years old, a feature-length documentary has appeared that reveals myriad new details about what the game looked like under Amy Hennig. After leaving the project in 2014, much of Hennig's version of Uncharted 4 was thrown out; the story was rewritten, levels were cut, and a lot of ground...
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- PS4
- Uncharted 4
- Videos
Review Directive 8020 (PS5) - Dull Sci-Fi Thriller Is a Supermassive Letdown
Ridley Carpenter's The Alien
Taking the Supermassive formula and applying it to a mash-up of Ridley Scott’s Alien and John Carpenter’s The Thing was exactly why I was intrigued to check out Directive 8020. I’m a huge fan of both films, and the idea of having to decide whether my crewmate is actually my crewmate, or some murderous alien, and...
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- Bandai Namco
- PS5
- Directive 8020
News Lies of P Dev Is Making Headlines, But Not for Reasons Anyone Wants to Hear
AI caramba
Lies of P was a banger, and so for a while now, everyone's been waiting on word of its already-confirmed sequel. However, that's not necessarily why developer Neowiz is currently making headlines across the web. Instead, the Korean studio is getting flak for a newly discovered job listing, which specifically asks for an "AI creator" or...
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- PS5
- Lies of P
News First The Last of Us Season 3 Set Photos Surface, But Does Anyone Still Care?
Lev it out
There’s no two ways about it: the energy has been utterly sucked out of HBO’s The Last of Us television series. After the original won multiple awards, it’s remarkable how much bad casting and sloppy storytelling has killed the momentum of this adaptation. We feel for Kaitlyn Dever – a very competent actress – because she...
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- HBO
- TV
News Free Uncharted 4 Theme and Avatars Adventure to PS5, But You'll Need These Codes
Treasured memories
In celebration of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End's 10th anniversary, Naughty Dog is dropping some free goodies on PS5. For starters, a set of four PSN account avatars is available to grab right now. They're based on key treasures from throughout the series. However, you'll need a code in order to claim them from the PS Store, and...
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- Naughty Dog
- PS5
- Uncharted
News You Need a PS5 Pro to Play 007 First Light at Its Best on Console
First clip of PS5 Pro gameplay revealed
IO Interactive has shared the first glimpse of 007 First Light running on a PS5 Pro, featuring the chaotic action scene at the airport first seen in the State of Play deep dive from last year. The developer reveals it'll run at 60 frames-per-second on the upgraded console, and you can have a watch in the...
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- PS5 Pro
- 007 First Light
News PS2 May Survive the Switch's Assault on Gaming History
"They had us in the first half, not gonna lie"
Sony’s decision to quietly increase the PS2’s sales to 160 million a few years ago may have proven a master stroke: the console should just about hang on to its status as the best-selling console of all-time. While the Switch is agonisingly close to the PS2’s record with 156 million units sold,...
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- PS2
- Industry
News Crimson Desert PS5 Update Streak Continues in Patch 1.06, Out Now on PS5
New mounts! Extraction feature!
While it just missed the usual weekend slot the developer has been working to, Pearl Abyss has this morning rolled out one more Crimson Desert patch on PS5. It's available to download now, updates the game to version number 1.06, and adds more mounts and a new Extraction feature. Having installed the patch, you will...
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- Crimson Desert
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Time Extension "Leave behind something useful to humanity when you're gone"
The team behind the excellent open-source PS3 emulator RPCS3 has been forced to update its guidelines for submitting AI-generated code after being inundated with time-wasting "vibe coded" pull requests. "Please stop submitting AI slop code pull requests to RPCS3," says the team on social...
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- PS3
- Emulation
- RPCS3
News Xbox Cock Up Makes LEGO Batman Playable a Week Before Release
Some just want to watch the world burn
LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is not scheduled to release until 22nd May, with three days Early Access for those who pay extra. But there are a number of people already working their way through the game, after an Xbox cock up meant digital codes from Walmart could be redeemed prior to release. The...
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- PS5
- LEGO Batman
Rumour Rayman Legends Remake May Be Announced This Summer
Oh my Globox
Uh oh, we're getting close to the video game silly season, and summertime rumours are starting to emerge. One new whisper on the wind is that of a possible remake of Rayman Legends, Ubisoft's vibrant side-scrolling platformer. This comes from Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson, who is generally pretty reliable. Speaking on a recent...
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- Rayman
- Rumours
News Mouse: P.I. For Hire Is an Official Indie Hit, Sells Better Than Expected
730,000 copies sold so far
MOUSE: P.I. for Hire is selling better than publisher PlaySide expected it to, with 730,000 copies sold since launch. In terms of the deal the publisher holds with developer Fumi, the success has allowed it to recoup all its "milestone payments, publishing, and marketing costs" already. The sales are split 50-50 between...
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- PS5
- PS4
- MOUSE: P.I. for Hire
Sunday10th May 2026
News Why Is Everyone Acting So Weird About PS5 Game Mixtape?
Life is strange
Nostalgic 90s story game Mixtape is out now, and it’s generating some of the poorest gaming discourse we’ve witnessed in quite some time. We happened to like the game, awarding it a 9/10 and describing it as a “truly special story experience”, but this type of title is not for everyone – we mentioned as much in our review...
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- PS5
- Mixtape
News Physical Game Fans, Beware: Digital Downloads Hit an Astonishing 85% on PS5, PS4 Last Quarter
Boxed in
An astonishing 85% of PS5 and PS4 games were purchased digitally in Sony’s most recent financial quarter, which covered the three month period ending 31st March. That means the average for the financial year as a whole tallied 78%, an increase of 2% year-over-year and a record high for the brand. Digital sales represented just 19% a...
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- PS5
- Sales
- Industry
Poll Uncharted 4 Turns 10 Years Old, But Is It the Series' Peak?
Uncharted territory
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End turns 10 years old today, which also means that it's been an entire decade since we got a new Uncharted game (not counting sort-of-spin-off Uncharted: The Lost Legacy). Lauded at the time of its release back in 2016, Uncharted 4 is still considered one of the PS4's best. And for many, it remains the...
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- PS5
- PS4
- Uncharted
- Polls
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (May 10th 2026)
Time Extension Metal Slug! Zelda! Amiga! Wizardry!
Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature we run each and every weekend which rounds up all of the best retro gaming news and content of the past week in one place. Keychain-Sized Nintendo Wii Gets Put Through Its Paces: Tito at Macho Nacho Productions has recently shown off the amazing Kawaii project, a...
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News Sony Wants to Turn Your PS5 Gameplay into Highlight Reels - Using AI
"Let's see that again"
A new PlayStation patent filed in 2023 but made public this month reveals a new AI assisted technology that would generate highlight reels based on your gameplay. As spotted by MP1st, the proposed system will monitor and analyse your gameplay, looking for key milestone moments like bo
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- PS6
- PS5
- Patents
News Giant Enemy Crabs, $599, Ridge Racer: Sony's Wild E3 2006 Is Now 20-Years-Old
Remember the best memes
Can you believe it’s been over 20 years since Sony’s infamous E3 2006 press conference? It was a low point for the brand which made PS3’s first few years particularly tricky for the platform holder to navigate. The younger among you may not be familiar with the E3 press conferences of old, which were not the polished...
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- PS3
- Industry
- Culture
Feature Going Platinum: Astro's Playroom Was the Perfect PS5 Appetiser
Blast off
Platinum Trophy #25: Astro's Playroom Date Earned: 21st November 2020 Dopamine Index: stars:5 Much has already been said about PS5's tremendous pack-in platformer, Astro's Playroom, but it's the next game on my Going Platinum list, so here's another few hundred words about how great it is. Odds are that, if you own a PS5, you've...
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- Astros Playroom
- Going Platinum
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Saturday9th May 2026
Review SuperStation One - This $210 FPGA PlayStation Puts Sony's PS Classic To Shame
Time Extension Shows Sony how it should be done
When it comes to 'new' versions of old consoles, there are a few different options on the market right now. Nintendo, Sony and Sega have opted for software emulation on their micro-console offerings, while SNK has teamed up with Plaion to produce the
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News PlayStation Urges PS4 Players to Upgrade to PS5 for GTA 6
Emails and console messages sent out
PlayStation has begun encouraging its playerbase still on PS4 to upgrade to the PS5 so they can play GTA 6 this year. Emails have been sent to active GTA 5 players, and those using a PS4 who have wishlisted GTA 6 on the PS Store are receiving messages straight to their consoles, as documented on social media...
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- PS5
- PS4
News 'Stop Ruining the Game': Helldivers 2 in Damage Control as User Reviews Hit 'Mostly Negative'
Nerfdivers
The life of a live service game is punctuated by damage control – and Helldivers 2 has been no stranger to controversy since it exploded in 2024. The co-op shooter famously came under fire when Sony attempted to force PSN connectivity on the PC release, but there’s been no shortage of balance related mishaps along the way. Now dev...
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- PS5
- PC
- Helldivers
News PlayStation's AI Push Raises a Bigger Question: Where Do You Draw the Line?
AI don't know
In a presentation aimed at investors earlier today, PlayStation announced its intention to use AI to “deliver a cutting-edge entertainment experience” for its players. Unsurprisingly, its comments have already attracted significant blowback from some corners of social media, but it’s important to first reflect on what boss...
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- PS5
- Industry
- AI
Game of the Month Pragmata (April 2026)
As voted by you
Well, that one just flew by, didn't it? April seemed a bit back-loaded, with the likes of Saros — Sony's latest first-party exclusive — dropping on the final day, but in hindsight, it was a pretty strong month from the start. Aside from Housemarque's intense and enjoyably broody action-shooter, the other headline act was...
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Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 632
Mixin' it up
Another busy week has come to a conclusion, and so it’s time to settle down with some good ol’ games. As always, we’ll go first, then it’s all over to you. Jamie O'Neill: Another read of Stephen's Scott Pilgrim EX Mini Review is in order, because as soon as I get home on Sunday night the seal on my physical copy of Scott...
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- PS4
- What Are You Playing
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News Is It Almost Dragon Quest 12 Time? Pray to Yuji Horii and the Big Slime in the Sky
Livestream planned for this month
A 40th anniversary Dragon Quest livestream will take place later this month, on 27th May – and everyone’s praying for a Dragon Quest 12: The Flames of Fate update. In a YouTube video which has since been delisted, series creator Yuji Horii confirmed: “We’ll be doing a livestream on 27th May. I think...
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- PS5
- Dragon Quest
Friday8th May 2026
News God of War Boss Cory Barlog Appears Furious After PS5 Game Leak
"Totally support that"
God of War director Cory Barlog is not happy – and it looks like it’s the leaks of his upcoming PS5 adventure that have really soured his mood. Recently it was revealed by reliable rumourmonger NateTheHate that Santa Monica Studio’s next game will be a new story set in the God of War universe, starring Kratos’ late...
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- PS5
- God of War
- Cory Barlog
