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News With Live Support Now Over, Media Molecule Outlines What's Next for Dreams

What happens now?

As announced back in April, live support and active development of Dreams has come to a stop as of 1st September, 2023. Developer Media Molecule couldn't find a sustainable path forward, and so has effectively discontinued its work on the game, instead moving onto a new project. All that being said, the creation game is going...

• Thu 14th Sep 2023
• Sony
• PS4
• Dreams

Feature Tren Sends Media Molecule's Dreams Out in Style

The little game that could

Conversation surrounding Media Molecule and Dreams is bittersweet at the moment; the game's arrival on PS Plus precedes the developer taking a step back from its creation platform and, largely, moving onto pastures new. However, it's important to remember the studio's efforts that led us to this point. It's been supporting...

• Mon 7th Aug 2023
• Sony
• PS4
• Dreams
• Tren
• Features

News PS Plus Has Already Pulled in 100k New Dreamers on PS5, PS4

Dream to make believe

With Media Molecule's Dreams set to cease live service on 1st September, the surreal creation engine has come to PS Plus, drawing in more than 100k new Dreamers already. You can see all kinds of cool Dreams-related stats over on the aptly-named DreamStats website, although even there, fun

• Thu 3rd Aug 2023
• Sony
• PS4
• Dreams

Feature Best Dreams Games to Play While It's on PS Plus

All our recommendations in one place

Since Dreams launched in February 2020, it's come a long way. The game arrived with a whole host of weird and wonderful creations from the early access period, but it's been populated with a steady stream of brilliant stuff in the intervening years. We've made many recommendations on what's worth playing within...

• Tue 1st Aug 2023
• Sony
• PS4
• Dreams
• Features

Interview How a Dreams Side Project Evolved into Media Molecule's Next Game

Talking Tren with its lead developer

John Beech Media Molecule is on the verge of launching Tren, a brand new game all about a wooden train set. It's due to be released in Dreams very soon, and after spending time playing the adorable title ourselves, we were eager to pick the brains of its creators. In order to learn more about Tren, where it came...

• Sat 29th Jul 2023
• Sony
• PS4
• Dreams
• Tren
• Interviews

Poll Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Essential Games for August 2023?

Plus or minus?

Your PS Plus Essential games for August 2023 have been confirmed, and we've already seen a lot of divided opinions out there in the wilds of the internet. As per usual, we're getting three titles on the first Tuesday of the month, and they are: golfing sim PGA Tour 2K23, Media Molecule's creativity-fueled Dreams, and indie darling...

• Sat 29th Jul 2023
• PS Plus
• PS5
• PS4
• Polls
• Features

News Dreams Live Service Ending as Media Molecule Couldn't Find a 'Sustainable Path'

But the dream isn't over

In case you missed the news, developer Media Molecule is taking a step back from Dreams in the near future. Its highly ambitious creation suite is staying online and is going nowhere, but the studio's live service updates and events are coming to an end from 1st September. This was announced back in April, when Media...

• Sat 29th Jul 2023
• Sony
• PS4
• Dreams

Feature A Morning Inside Media Molecule

Stephen pays a visit one of his favourite devs

As you'll have (hopefully) read about recently, I spent some time at Media Molecule, playing its latest offering, Tren. This developer and its games mean quite a lot to me personally, but aside from anything else, I believe it's a team that remains one of the industry's most creative and most...

• Fri 28th Jul 2023
• Sony
• Media Molecule
• Features

News Dreams Is Coming to PS Plus Extra as Well as PS Plus Essential in August

Don't sleep on it

Media Molecule's PS4 exclusive create-'em-up, Dreams, is having a bit of a moment right now. Not only has the developer revealed Tren — its next original game within Dreams, which you can read more about through the link — it's also been announced the title will be joining PS Plus Essential's lineup for August. As it turns out,...

• Thu 27th Jul 2023
• Sony
• PS4
• Dreams
• PS Plus

Preview Sony's Next Great First-Party Game Is Media Molecule's Tren, Made in Dreams

All aboard the hype Tren

Media Molecule might be taking a step back from Dreams in the near future, but it's going out on a high note. One of the team's last major contributions to its community-driven platform is Tren, a game about a wooden train set that packs the same warmth, whimsy, and charm as any of its previous works. Spearheaded by...

• Thu 27th Jul 2023
• Sony
• PS4
• Dreams
• Tren
• Previews