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Live Watch Capcom's TGS 2025 Showcase Here
Monster mash
Tokyo Game Show 2025 has just begun, and Capcom's hosting a dedicated showcase to kick things off. The publisher has promised updates on Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Monster Hunter Wilds, Monster Hunter Stories 3, Pragmata, and more. Resident Evil Requiem, however, will not be featured (because it's probably going to be at State of Play...
Guide What Time Is PlayStation's State of Play for September 2025?
Dates, times, and what to expect
Sony has another State of Play lined up for us, with plenty of cool announcements and updates to enjoy. It should be an exciting watch for PlayStation fans, but when exactly is the livestream? On this page, we'll explain all you need to know about the upcoming State of Play. <related ids="188265"> What Time...
Predict the unpredicted
All the rumblings were true: Sony has just officially announced its next State of Play presentation, in its regular late-September slot. With about 35 minutes of third- and first-party games included, we're left wondering what the show might entail. This calls for another set of predictions! Below we'll be going over a few...
Interview 'It's All About That Unfamiliar Feeling' - How Silent Hill F Puts You on Edge
We chat with Konami and Neobards
Silent Hill F launches this week, and we recommended the game in our PS5 review. Prior to its release this week, we had the chance to sit down with Silent Hill series producer Motoi Okamoto from Konami and director Al Yang from developer Neobards. <related ids="188085"> While we only had 10 minutes to chat,...
Feature Last Chance to Get These 60+ PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store's Autumn Adventures Sale
Recommended PS5 and PS4 games going cheap
The Autumn Adventures sale is drawing to a close on PS Store, running until the end of 24th September 2025. If you want to scoop up a bargain in this sale, you don't have much time left. As always, there are far too many PS5 and PS4 games to realistically browse through in the full sale, so we've whittled...
Guide These 17+ New PS5, PS4 Games Are Coming Out This Week (22nd-28th September)
Silent Hill F! Sonic Racing! EA Sports FC! Atelier Resleriana!
September is continuing at a brisk pace, so it's another busy week for new PS5 and PS4 releases. This time out the highlights include Silent Hill F, EA Sports FC 26, and Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds to name just a few. These are all the new PS5 and PS4 games coming out this week. New...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 599
Another milestone awaits
We're approaching another milestone here at WAYP, as next week will mark our 600th issue! This series has been running for over 10 years now, which is a truly remarkable feat. Thank you for all taking part! Aaron Bayne: This weekend, I'll be digging into more Dying Light: The Beast with a few mates. The co-op has been such...
Preview Dispatch's Superpower Is Its One-Two Punch of Management and Narrative Choice
Man in the chair
AdHoc Studio is a development team led by some ex-Telltale Games talent, and it really shows in its debut game, Dispatch. It's a workplace comedy starring superheroes, and by and large, it looks as though it plays out in much the same way as titles such as Tales from the Borderlands. Dispatch is a mostly linear, narrative-focused...
It's all about performance
Battlefield 6 is shaping up to be the most optimised the series has ever been on a PlayStation console. After the popular PS5 beta, we sat down with Ripple Effect’s Technical Director Christian Buhl and Senior Console Combat Designer Matthew Nickerson to talk performance, PS5 Pro enhancements, and how this game was...
Poll Are You Playing Borderlands 4?
Loot to kill
It's always felt like Borderlands divides opinion; you either love it, or you hate it — that kind of thing. But there's also no getting away from the fact that this is a blockbuster series, always racking up huge sales figures with each instalment. And we assume that'll also be the case with the newly released Borderlands 4. The...
Guide These 26+ New PS5, PS4, and PS Plus Games Are Coming Out This Week (15th-21st September)
Dying Light! Trails in the Sky! Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree!
Remember how we've been saying September is an insane month for new releases? Well, welcome to the week from hell. There are a mind boggling 26 new games scheduled to come out this week, with many more that will likely just emerge without any notice. We suppose the only...
Poll Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for September 2025?
Plus or minus?
After August's PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium offering seemed to go down really well with subscribers, we're very interested in seeing whether September's selection can match the hype. Honestly, we're guessing that it won't. That's not to say that we think September's lineup is bad — it's just lacking the kind of mainstream...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 598
Almost another milestone
We're reaching a milestone moment here on WAYP, with almost 600 issues in the bag. And y'know what, there's been some close calls, but we still haven't missed a week. Impressive consistency! Jamie O'Neill: The physical version of The Game Kitchen's 8/10, grrreat Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound released in the UK yesterday (Friday,...
Feature What PS5 Games Have the Best Graphics?
Raw graphical power or art direction?
What PS5 games have the best graphics? That's the question we were asking each other this week, as we tried to cook up a list video for our YouTube channel. However, we kept coming to blows over what we actually considered to be "good graphics". Was it the immaculately detailed The Callisto Protocol or should...
Guide The Best PS5 Games (2025)
All the best PS5 games you can play right now
What are the best PS5 games? No matter your tastes, PS5 has a huge range of brilliant games. Whether it's Sony's first-party efforts or excellent titles from elsewhere, there truly is something for everyone on the current-gen console. If you're looking for something new to play, or want some...
Round Up Borderlands 4 Reviews All on PC, No PS5 Verdicts Anywhere
Currently at an 84 on Metacritic
Borderlands 4 will be available across PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC within the next 24 hours, and now we have a selection of reviews to work out whether it's any good or not. As explained in our Where's Our Borderlands 4 PS5 Review article, pre-launch code has only been available on PC. We expect to receive our PS5...
Poll Did You Buy a PS1 at Launch?
Flashback to 30 years ago
Allow us to apologise in advance for writing an article that's going to make some of you feel extremely old, but we just can't ignore the fact that the PS1 — the original PlayStation console — is now 30 years old (in North America and Europe). How time flies. This was the machine that changed everything, transforming...
Preview Teamwork Is the True Terror of Little Nightmares 3
Screamwork makes the dream work
It’s a testament to the success of the two previous Little Nightmares titles that this third instalment exists at all. With Swedish series creator Tarsier switching to new title Reanimal, publisher Bandai Namco has turned to Until Dawn developer Supermassive Games to make this co-op focused threequel. In some...
Game of the Month Metal Gear Solid Delta (August 2025)
As voted by you
Following on from a couple of quieter months in June and July, we're really starting to see the release schedule kick into high gear on PS5. At least for people like us, who are in the business of reviewing games, August was a much busier month. A selection of anticipated titles dropped on Sony's current-gen console, and we ended up...
Preview Heat Is Everything World of Tanks Isn't and That's What Makes It a Blast
Warming up those tracks
The market for arcade, adrenaline-fueled vehicular combat games is pretty slim these days. While we occasionally get an indie title come through or an old Twisted Metal game gets released onto PS Plus Premium, there isn't much choice out there. WarGaming is known for creating realistic vehicular combat games, but at...
Preview How The Smiths Shaped Suda51's Wildest World Yet in Romeo Is a Dead Man
Morrissey meets murder
With a career spanning over 30 years, Suda51 could be forgiven for running out of ideas. But his upcoming Romeo Is a Dead Man, a scrappy mix of third-person shooting and melee combat, may be his most insane creation yet – not bad for a director whose credits also include zany efforts like Killer7 and Killer Is Dead. We...
Feature Last Chance to Get These 64+ PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store's Ready Set Play Sale
PS5 and PS4 games we recommend in the current sale
The PS Store's Ready, Set, Play sale is nearly over, concluding on 10th September 2025, so you don't have much time left to grab a bargain. It's yet another mammoth offering, with thousands of discounted PS5 and PS4 games and add-ons up for grabs. It's always a bit much to browse through all that,...
Preview Why Digimon Story Time Stranger Will Scratch Your Pokémon Itch on PS5
Gotta Gomamon
It’s been decades since this author has interacted with anything involving Digimon, but at a recent behind closed doors Bandai Namco event, the key art proved an attractive draw. Building on the blueprints of past Digimon Story titles, specifically Cyber Sleuth – which first released on the PS Vita – and its pseudo-sequel...
Guide These 14+ New PS5, PS4 Games Are Coming Out This Week (8th-14th September)
Borderlands 4! Dragon Ball: Gekishin Squadra! NHL 26!
After an absolutely gargantuan week last time, the release schedule is a little calmer as September slowly starts to establish itself. Make no mistake, though, we’re in the thick end of the year now and there are some big titles launching, like Borderlands 4. These are all the new PS5 and PS4...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 597
WAYP for it
Another week, another edition of WAYP. Obviously, it’s always fun to consider all the new releases on the horizon, but it’s equally entertaining to take a step back and focus on what we’re playing right now. So let’s dig into it. Aaron Bayne: I've been getting back into No Man's Sky as of late. The new Voyagers update is a lot...
Feature Push Square Reader Survey 2025
Gotta answer 'em all!
It's that time of year again folks. We would love to ask you some questions and would greatly appreciate it if you could take the time to respond to our anonymous survey. Why is this important to us? Our websites survive mainly due to those who choose to advertise their games on our websites. Advertisers typically (and...
Poll What Review Score Would You Give Metal Gear Solid Delta?
Delta skelter
Well, the original Metal Gear Solid 3 is one of the highest rated PS2 games ever released, so it's safe to say that its PS5 remake, Metal Gear Solid Delta, has big shoes to fill. Delta got off to a great start with critics, commanding some of the highest review scores of 2025 so far, but it feels as though the remake didn't hit quite...
Poll Are You Playing Hollow Knight: Silksong?
This is not a drill
If you can even believe that such a thing is possible, Hollow Knight: Silksong has arrived. Yes, that Silksong, the Hollow Knight sequel that's been in development for 1,000 years. In truth, it's been a whirlwind couple of weeks. Silksong hit us with a teaser during Geoff Keighley's Gamescom Opening Night Live, and then it...
Poll Are You Sold on 007 First Light?
Let there be Light
PlayStation's just given us a lengthy look at 007 First Light thanks to a dedicated State of Play broadcast, but as always, we want to know your thoughts on what was shown. In case you haven't been keeping up, this is the James Bond outing from Hitman developer IO Interactive, and while the project clearly shares some DNA with...
Preview Why 007 First Light Is the Most Exciting Game of 2026
From Hitman to Her Majesty
007 First Light’s debut demo left us both shaken and stirred. You’ll no doubt be reading this breathless after Sony’s latest State of Play presentation, but we’ve had a little over a week to process our reaction to IO Interactive’s latest. In a nutshell? This upcoming effort, due out on 27th March, is sitting...
Live Watch the 007 First Light State of Play Livestream Here
Tune in for 30+ minutes of James Bond gameplay
More than likely to most people's surprise, Sony announced it is putting on a special State of Play livestream focusing entirely on upcoming James Bond game 007 First Light. The show will be all about this single game and won't feature any other announcements. Tune in for over 30 minutes of 007 First...
Guide These 18+ New PS5, PS4, and PS Plus Games Are Coming Out This Week (1st-7th September)
Hollow Knight: Silksong! Cronos: The New Dawn! Hell Is Us! NBA 2K26!
It's an unfathomably huge week for new releases as we march into September. With over 18 titles to choose from, this week's list is not padded out with filler. The highlights include Hell Is Us, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Cronos: The New Dawn, and NBA 2K26 just to name a few. That's...
Poll What Are Your Thoughts on Metal Gear Solid 5, 10 Years Later?
The biggest Boss
Ten whole years ago today, Hideo Kojima released his final game under the Konami umbrella. Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain endured an infamously tumultuous development cycle, and the finished product still divides opinion a full decade from launch. In many ways, The Phantom Pain was meant to cap the iconic series off, but in...
Feature Last Chance to Grab These 35+ PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store's PlayStation Indies Sale
PS5 and PS4 games we recommend in the latest sale
The PlayStation Indies sale is live right now, but you only have until Wednesday 3rd September 2025 before it comes to a close. As always, there are thousands of games included, so browsing for the best stuff can be a little tricky. We're here to help, though; in this list, we have a slightly more...
Poll Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Essential Games for September 2025?
Plus or minus?
The base PS Plus Essential tier of Sony's subscription service has picked up some steam over the past few months, with a strong streak of monthly PS5, PS4 games for members to play. Does the September 2025 keep the momentum going? That's what this Poll is designed to find out. From Tuesday, 2nd September, you can redeem and download...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 596
We go again
As the weather starts to change and the kids go back to school, the release schedule is honestly getting chaotic. Here's what we're playing. Jamie O'Neill: My mind might be playing tricks on me, but I swear that my PS5's power indicator light briefly flashed from blue to green when I first inserted my Gears of War: Reloaded disc!...
Poll Are You Playing Metal Gear Solid Delta?
Not for honour, but for you
Metal Gear Solid 3 is widely considered an all-time classic, and so it's easy to understand the excitement surrounding Metal Gear Solid Delta, in all of its remade glory. Crafted by Virtuos, the same (massive) third-party company that brought us The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered earlier in the year, Delta is out...
Feature 15+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in PS Store's Weekend Offer
Limited time deals we recommend
Sony is going ham on PS Store discounts right now. Not only are the PlayStation Indies sale and the Ready, Set, Play sale both live at the moment, it's now set in motion a Weekend Offer. As the name suggests, the Weekend Offer is only available from now until the end of 1st September 2025, so there's
Preview Lumines Arise on PS5 Is the Eye-Popping Glow-Up the Series Deserves
Glitter bomb
While it isn't a household name in the same way Tetris is, Lumines can stand proudly alongside it as one of the great falling-block puzzle games. The two series share an interesting connection, perhaps best represented by Tetris Effect — a combination of the game's timeless line-clearing gameplay with the audiovisual splendour that...
Preview The New LEGO Batman Plays Like Arkham, Brilliantly Rebuilt in Bricks
Bricking bat
It’s been 10 long years since Batman: Arkham Knight, a title which was undeniably divisive in its day. We simply didn’t know how good we had it at the time. After a decade out in the wilderness working on the disastrous Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, there is word that UK developer Rocksteady may finally be turning its...
Preview Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Already Feels Like a Respectable Rival to Mario Kart World
Gotta go fast
Time has been kind to Sumo Digital’s iconic PS3 and PS Vita kart racer Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. The multi-discipline arcade racer – which pulled liberally from SEGA’s back catalogue and found you piloting jet-skis and airplanes as well as cars – is often mentioned in the same breath as Mario Kart, the genre’s...
Round Up The Outer Worlds 2 Could Be One of the Best RPGs of the Year, Say Positive Previews
Get Outer here
A couple of months ago, developer Obsidian said that its main goal with The Outer Worlds 2 was to make the sequel a much more involved experience in terms of player choice. Basically, it wanted to put the RP back in RPG. And looking at the latest previews of the October-bound sci-fi title, that's exactly what the team has managed to...
Preview The Outer Worlds 2 Doubles Down on RPG Gameplay to Great Effect
More money, more problems?
We recently managed to play through the opening hour of The Outer Worlds 2, where we got a feel for gameplay, a peep at the far glitzier graphics, and tested out the foundations of its RPG leanings. We walked away not entirely won over, but certainly intrigued to play more. Our play time with the game was on the Xbox...
Preview Denshattack Is a Dreamcast Era Throwback Mostly Riding the Right Rails
All aboard the DC Xpress
Denshattack looks and plays like a long-lost Dreamcast game. That’s probably the greatest compliment we can pay to Spanish studio Undercoders’ latest effort, because we still have fond memories of that early 2000s era of SEGA software, like Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxi. For the uninitiated, this is a train game – but...
Preview Anime-Inspired Arcade Racer Screamer Is the Genre's Most Exciting in Over a Decade
Scream if you wanna go faster
Sometimes a game grabs you by the balls and makes you realise it’s what you’ve been yearning for all along. Screamer, the upcoming anime-inspired PS5 racer from industrious Italian developer Milestone, is that game. This is the sequel to an ancient PC arcade racer, which was notable for pushing the limits of...
Poll Are You Playing Gears of War: Reloaded on PS5?
Welcome to the endgame
What a weird timeline we live in. Today marks the release of Gears of War: Reloaded... on PlayStation. Or PS5, to be more specific. Once an uncontested bastion of the Xbox brand, the original Gears of War set an all-new bar for third-person shooters back in the day. Here we are close to two decades later, however, and we're...
Preview Train Sim World 6 Finally Goes Fully Global in Its Sixth Iteration
But not necessarily at launch
One of the biggest complaints we’ve had with Train Sim World since its inception is that its definition of the globe has largely focused on the UK, Germany, and USA. While we appreciate these are probably the biggest markets for the game, we’ve always been eager for the franchise to live up to its namesake. To...
Preview Hellraiser PS5's Sexual Horror Is Pushing Its M Rating to the Max
Pain for pleasure
Within the opening ten minutes of our Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival demo, we’d seen protagonists Aidan and Sunny f*cking while sticking pins in each other and seductively cutting each other with sharp objects. Hellraiser is a franchise known for being horny, and the game is not shying away from that. This is a deeply...
Guide These 14+ New PS5, PS4 Games Are Coming Out This Week (25th-31st August)
Gears of War! Metal Gear Solid! Lost Soul Aside! Shinobi!
Now we're in the thrust of it, folks! The release schedule is utterly insane from here on out, with new titles dropping at an unthinkable pace. The big highlights this week are obvious: Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Gears of War: Reloaded, Lost Soul Aside, and Shinobi: Art of...
Preview Rolling the Dice on PS5's Next Big Gacha, the Anime Open World RPG NTE
Zenless zone hero
Genshin Impact has a lot to answer for. Like the many dark fantasy Soulslikes that seem to be releasing every single week, anime gacha games have become a genre all of their own. There are dozens of them now, from Zenless Zone Zero to Wuthering Waves and everything in between. Neverness to Everness, or NTE for convenience, is...
