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News Stellar Blade Director Recommends Players Wear Clothes, Where Possible
Clothes maketh the (wo)man
News - 2024, Week 14
Saturday6th Apr 2024
Video Our Favourite PS5 Games of 2024 So Far
It's been a crazy few months
At the behest of our lovely video producer Aaron, we've taken a quick look back at the year so far, and decided on which PS5 games have impressed us the most. Granted, it's only early April, but 2024's schedule has been manic. Tekken 8, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Persona 3 Reload, Dragon's...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 523
Ac!d test
Now everyone's hopefully over their Easter chocolate comas, it's time once again to play some flippin' video games. There are simply too many of them, and we all need to work together to conquer them all. Here's what's keeping us occupied this weekend. Aaron Bayne: After ripping my way through to Act 3 of Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut...
Friday5th Apr 2024
Poll How Much Do You Care About 60fps on PS5?
Frame trapped
Ah, the great debate. Does 60 frames-per-second really make a difference? Well, yes, it objectively does, but do you personally care about having the option in current-gen games? That's what we're here to find out. Frame rates have long been a talking point when it comes to console gaming, but every now and then, the conversation...
News Cowardly Helldivers Turn on Malevelon Creek Veterans, Targeting Noble Cape Wearers
Keep your friends close, and your comrades, closer
Just yesterday, we brought you word of a commemorative cape being issued to all Helldivers 2 players in honour of the tragic loss and subsequent triumphant liberation of the Automaton-infested meme world, Malevelon Creek. But there's a darker side to this all-too-human story of vict
News 'Smaller' PS5 Exclusives Still Reportedly Coming Later This Year
Size doesn't matter, but exclusivity does
Reports from some familiar faces suggest that Sony still has some "smaller" PS5 exclusives set for the tail end of 2024. Insiders and various industry types agree that they'll likely be seen at next month's rumoured PlayStation event. The consensus seems to be that the long-awaited Silent Hill 2 remake will...
News PS Plus Classic Resistance: Retribution Gets Infected Mode and More in Upcoming Update
Arrives next week
Bend Studio is going above and beyond for its PS Plus Premium classic title, Resistance: Retribution. Originally a spinoff developed for PSP, the game is now playable on PS5 and PS4 for members, complete with Trophies and all the other usual enhancements. Rather than leave it as it is, though, the developer is soon to release a...
News System Shock Remake Will Launch at Its Very Best on PS5, PS4
New ending, female protagonist incoming
The PC version of Nightdive Studios' System Shock remake will be taking its largest update ever on 11th April 2024, and with the PS5, PS4 versions slated to release towards the end of May, the ports will presumably ship with this new patch already implemented. As such, Sony console owners can look forward to...
News Sea of Thieves Reportedly a 'Key Test' for More Xbox Games on PS5
PS Store pre-orders show support already
This month's PS5 release of Sea of Thieves is seen as a "key test" to determine whether more Xbox titles will be ported over to Sony systems, Tom Warren of The Verge reports. In a new article detailing executive changes at Xbox, it's said sources close to Warren tell of continued discussions around evaluating...
News Dragon Quest 12 Still MIA as Series Producer Is Reassigned at Square Enix
The clock strikes 12
So, what's happening with Dragon Quest 12? The next, long-awaited instalment in the classic RPG franchise was announced back in 2021, but we've seen absolutely nothing of the title since (and even back then, all we got was a logo). With that in mind, it's a little concerning that Square Enix is now replacing series producer Yu...
News Sea of Thieves PS5 Offers Progress and Item Transfers, PlayStation-Only Servers
Uncharted waters
Sea of Thieves sails into uncharted waters on 30th April, when the formerly Xbox-exclusive pirate simulator catches stranger tides and arrives on PS5. In terms of performance, it will offer parity with the Xbox Series X version (60fps, 4K), and for those jumping ship or turning coat, Xbox players can transfer their progress and...
News Star Wars Outlaws Schedules a Story Trailer for Tuesday
Next look at one of 2024's hottest games
Ubisoft has confirmed it'll be dropping a Star Wars Outlaws story trailer next week on Tuesday, 9th April 2024. Debuting at 5pm BST / 9am PT / 12pm ET, footage will focus on the narrative of the PS5 title, which is set in between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. A new key art featuring new...
News Unicorn Overlord Development Began in 2016, When It Was Originally Planned for PS Vita
Alongside 13 Sentinels
As it turns out, Unicorn Overlord was in development for a lot longer than people probably realise. The gorgeous strategy RPG, which released just last month on PS5 and PS4, was first conceived by developer Vanillaware all the way back in 2016. What's more, it was originally planned as a PS4 and PS Vita release — but it...
News Mega Man Collab Brings Exoprimal Back to Life Later This Month
Available from 17th April
Capcom has announced its blue bomber Mega Man will be inspiring a new wave of content in its somewhat forgotten mech shooter Exoprimal. The game's fourth major update, arriving on 17th April 2024, adds six new beta variant exosuits, all inspired by Mega Man. They'll be equipped with new weapons and abilities, all of which...
News Roblox Boss Insists Payment Model Not Child Labour Exploitation, Says It's a 'Gift'
A gift with a more than 70% rip
Roblox is genuinely breaking brave new ground, enticing users to "make anything you can imagine" using the in-game development tools provided and finding massive success in the process. It seems Sony really was onto something with Dreams, but it stumbled in the execution. The Roblox platform currently boasts an...
News SMT 5: Vengeance Trailer Teases New Enemies, Dungeons, and More
Second slice of footage revealed
Atlus has published a second trailer detailing its expanded re-release of Shin Megami Tensei V, which brings the RPG to PS5 and PS4 consoles with a new Vengeance campaign. That new content is the focus of this latest glimpse, with new enemies, dungeons, and another form for main character Nahobino spotted. Check out...
News Front Mission 2 Remake Drops More Mech Action on PS5, PS4 This Month
Priced at $34.99
Publisher Forever Entertainment is following up on last year's Front Mission 1st: Remake with the very same treatment for its sequel. Front Mission 2: Remake arrives for PS5 and PS4 on 30th April 2024 at a price of $34.99, and you can see it in action in the trailer above. "Front Mission 2: Remake preserves the mature story,...
News Helldivers 2 Democratic Detonation Warbond Offers New, Explosive Peacekeeping Options
Spoiled for choice
Helldivers, additional help is on the way in the form of the Democratic Detonation Warbond, which comes loaded with the latest peace-keeping/pacification implements imported fresh from the forges of Super Earth, along with all-new armour sets. It drops next week, on 11th April. Primary weapons include the BR-14 Adjudicator Rifle,...
News Acclaimed Indie Game Let's! Revolution! Brings Roguelite Minesweeper Puzzling to PS5, PS4
Tile team
We didn't have a Minesweeper-inspired, hand animated, strategic roguelite puzzler on our 2024 bingo card, but here comes Let's! Revolution! nonetheless. This curious indie title launched last year on PC to a lot of high praise, and now it'll soon be flipping tiles on PS5 and PS4. The game places you on a series of procedurally generated...
Thursday4th Apr 2024
Guide Best Strategy Games on PS4
PS4's top tactical titles ranked and rated
What are the best strategy games on PS4? If you like your games to challenge your grey matter, strategy games are likely some of your favourites. On PS4, there's a wide selection of tactical titles to tackle. Generally speaking, strategy games can be boiled down into two main types. Turn-based strategy...
Guide Best Action Games on PS4
All the best PS4 action games, ranked and rated
What are the best action games on PS4? One of the best things about video games is their ability to let us do things we simply can't do in reality. Whether it's assassinating baddies from the shadows in Dishonored: Definitive Edition or fighting for your life against robot dinosaurs in Horizon Zero...
News Stellar Blade Director Recommends Players Wear Clothes, Where Possible
Clothes maketh the (wo)man
Stellar Blade is launching exclusively on PS5 at the end of the month, on 26th of April, and anticipation is high amongst enthusiasts for the appealing action RPG. We love what we've played so far. Still, not an insignificant amount of attention is directed at the game due to its more aesthetic attributes and the many...
News Free Skins and New Game+ for Stellar Blade After PS5 Launch
Shift Up speaks on microtransactions
Stellar Blade developer Shift Up has shared what the studio has planned in terms of post-launch support for its soon-to-be-released PS5 exclusive. In a recent interview with bbs.ruliweb.com, it revealed the title will receive free updates that bundle in new costumes for protagonist Eve to wear alongside a New...
Keep ronin, ronin, ronin
Despite Dragon's Dogma 2 boasting marginally better launch sales than Rise of the Ronin (with both titles releasing on the same day), it's Team Ninja's PS5 exclusive that's managed to stand stronger in the latest Japanese charts. Indeed, Ronin has actually done quite well for itself, shifting an additional 20,000 retail...
News FF7 Rebirth's Platinum Trophy Bug to Be Fixed in Next PS5 Patch
Can't Stop, Won't Stop players for much longer
Square Enix has confirmed a glitch in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth blocking players from unlocking the Platinum Trophy will be addressed in the RPG's next update. Currently, a side quest called Can't Stop Won't Stop isn't registering high scores in the G-Bike arcade minigame, which is required to unlock...
News Rise of the Ronin PS5 Patches 1.02, 1.03 Focus on Bug Fixes, No Performance Improvements Yet
You've been framed
Team Ninja has (rather stealthily) released two updates for Rise of the Ronin. The first of these patches (1.02) arrived on the 29th March, while the second (1.03) has only just dropped. However, if you were expecting the developer to address the title's disappointingly flexible frame rate, then you're out of luck. Indeed, these...
News Sea of Thieves Lets You Plunder Over 250 PS5 Trophies in Monstrous Trophy List
Buried treasure
Sea of Thieves is one of the four Xbox titles heading for new shores with its PS5 port — not only that, it's the first ever PlayStation game from Rare. The seafaring multiplayer game lets you live out all kinds of pirate-themed adventures in its sandbox environment, and we're excited to finally take it for a spin. A big draw for...
News Google Engineers Responsibly Report PS Portal Exploit, Ending Potential PSP Emulation
Inevitably
In February, we brought you word of a group of Google engineers who, apparently just for fun, managed to hack Sony's streaming PS Portal to run emulated PSP games offline. Being courageous White Hat types, the group "responsibly reported" the issues to Sony. The exploit was quietly fixed in patch 2.0.6, which also seems to have improved...
Random Lara Croft Tops Mario as the Most Iconic Video Game Character of All Time, Apparently
Agent 47 is third...?
Well, BAFTA was clearly looking for headlines with this news, and boy has it got them! The British Academy of Film and Television Arts recently hosted a poll asking people to vote for the most iconic video game character of all time — and the results are, to be frank, shockingly inept (but obviously quite interesting). Yep,...
In one-on-one situations, "you have to accept all the responsibility if you lose"
Outspoken Tekken 8 director Katsuhiro Harada has made a bold claim that is unlikely to ruffle any feathers in the broader audience: younger gamers prefer team-based games because they can blame, at least partially, any losses on their teammates rather than having to...
Random Seven Years Later, No Man's Sky's Reputation Is Slowly Improving
"Guys, we might hit Very Positive one day"
No Man's Sky has become synonymous with ambitious developer overreach, a cautionary tale of what can happen when publishers do nothing to reign in out-of-control hype. When the game was released in 2016 and failed to meet sky-high expectations set in no small part by Hello Games director Sean Murray...
News Diablo 4 Season 4 Could Boast the Game's Biggest Improvements So Far
Loot glorious loot
It's easy to forget that Diablo 4 has only been on the market for ten months. The game's had so many ups and downs that it feels like it's been hanging around for years, with the general consensus being that Blizzard has struggled to maintain the title's momentum through its seasonal updates. But with Season 4 — which is due to...
News PSVR2 Hit C-Smash VRS Gets Squashed Flat with New Dimension Update on PS5
Play it without a headset
One of PSVR2's best loved, and best supported, games is C-Smash VRS, a virtual reality revival of the Dreamcast cult classic Cosmic Smash. Launching last summer, the sci-fi spin on racket sports has enjoyed several post-launch updates that add new features and improve the experience. Soon, a major update will make the game...
News Helldivers Dev Marks 'Malevelon Creek Memorial Day', Issues Commemorative Capes
A date which will live in infamy
Developer Arrowhead Game Studios has officially honoured the brave sacrifice and noble fallen of Malevelon Creek. The pivotal battle against the Automatons marked the community's first significant loss, which was recently avenged as a part of the ongoing Operation Swift Disassembly. To celebrate, 1st April will...
News A Unicorn Overlord Sequel Could Be Considered
Duocorn Overlord
It's a bit of a stretch, but a question in a newly released player survey suggests that Atlus and Vanillaware are at least trying to gauge interest in a potential sequel to Unicorn Overlord — the immaculate strategy RPG that launched just last month. Said survey queries players on their experience with the game, and their...
News Foamstars Introduces Chloe Noir in Upcoming Season 3 Update on PS5, PS4
Mysterious Swing
Foamstars! Remember that? Well, it's still going, and Square Enix is gearing up for the game's third seasonal update. Titled Mysterious Swing, the new season debuts on 12th April, and you can see some of the new additions in the above trailer. Top billing goes to the latest new playable character, Chloe Noir. She's all about...
News PS5, PS4 MMO The Elder Scrolls Online Reaches Landmark 10th Anniversary
Tamriel unlimited
The Elder Scrolls Online is officially ten years old today. Its original PC release came on the 4th April 2014, and the PS4 version arrived just over a year later, in June 2015. As we all know, keeping a live game going for even just a couple of years can be difficult, so to reach an entire decade is incredibly impressive. Like...
Wednesday3rd Apr 2024
News PS Portal Update Appears to Have Quietly Improved Video Quality
Read between the lines of the patch notes
PS Portal owners may have noted that system update 2.0.6 is now available, requiring the usual restart rigamarole. The patch notes for the update are incredibly sparse but potentially quite profound, reading simply: "We've improved system software performance and stability." In the hours since, players have...
Rumour Sony to Host Big PlayStation Event Next Month
Could be a PlayStation Showcase
Sony likes to put on major State of Play livestreams and host its PlayStation Showcase during the month of May, and it appears the company is gearing up to do so once again in 2024. Giant Bomb journalist Jeff Grubb reports he's heard "a bunch of times" from sources that Sony is planning an event for May, and it sounds...
News Immortals of Aveum Getting Futuristic FSR 3, HDR Support on PS5
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic
Immortals of Aveum is making a second attempt, available this month via PlayStation Plus, and it seems developer Ascendant Studios still has a few magic tricks up its voluminous sleeve. Two patches are planned for the game, one which will add the now-expected HDR support and...
Preview Sand Land Could Be a Surprise PS5 Hit, But the Grind Has to Be Good
Demonic influence
Sand Land, the open world adaptation of Akira Toriyama's standalone manga, has real potential. And honestly, that surprised us, because we had this game (perhaps unfairly) tagged as another somewhat underwhelming Bandai Namco tie-in. But now, having played through several hours of the adventure ourselves, we think this could be one...
News New Hollow Knight: Silksong Age Rating Fuels More Speculation
Was registered in February
First there was an Xbox Store page, and now there is an age rating; might Hollow Knight: Silksong finally be about ready to release? Speculation concerning Team Cherry's PS5 and PS4 sequel is widespread right now, and a newly uncovered South Korean age rating has only fuelled online chatter. Interestingly, the age rating...
News Atari's Retro Revivals Continue with Top-Down Racer NeoSprint on PS5, PS4
Nearing the finish line
Publisher Atari has been bringing back all kinds of old school series lost to the annals of time, and its latest is soon to leave its stint in early access with a full launch. That game is NeoSprint, a modern take on the company's top-down, multiplayer racing series, coming this summer to PS5 and PS4. With an emphasis on...
News Helldivers 2 Players Reeling as Automatons Counter with Heavy Walkers, Armoured Gunships
New machines, deployed in secret
Helldivers 2 players are currently fully committed to Operation Swift Disassembly, a surgical campaign to eradicate the Automaton threat once and for all. The situation on the ground remains extremely fluid; following the successful liberation of Malevelon Creek, a symbolic victory for the force
Mini Review Freedom Planet 2 (PS5) - A Brilliant 2D Platformer Sequel
Move aside, Sonic, again
Sonic's influence on the gaming world has been well documented over the years, resulting in many attempts to recreate the 1991 classic's momentum-focused gameplay. In 2014, developer GalaxyTrail released Freedom Planet, an excellent 2D platformer that managed to invoke a similar exhilarating feeling with its emphasis on...
News Older Live Service Titles Take Up Over 60% of Overall Playtime, Report Says
Fortnite, GTA 5, Call of Duty the most played PS5, PS4 games
Older live service games like Fortnite, Roblox, and Minecraft make up more than 60 per cent of the gaming community's overall playtime, a new report from Newzoo reveals. Based on data collected throughout last year, it is said the amount of time people play games is trending down and those...
News Stellar Blade Dev Shift Up Already Hiring for Next AAA Project
A sci-fi action RPG
Stellar Blade is just a few weeks away from release, and will be developer Shift Up's first major console project. However, before this PS5 exclusive is even out, the studio has begun hiring for its next game — and it looks like it'll also be hitting consoles. On a new recruitment page on its website, Shift Up is advertising...
News Ubisoft Forward Is the Next Summer Gaming Event to Mark on Your Calendar
Live from LA on 10th June
Ubisoft is the latest company to reveal its not-E3 livestream for the upcoming summer months, with its live and in-person event set to take place on 10th June 2024. That is three days after Summer Game Fest streams live from the YouTube Theatre, fronted by Geoff Keighley. Ubisoft teases it'll have "updates and upcoming...
News KOTOR Remake is 'Alive and Well', Insists Saber Interactive CEO
"It's been in the press numerous times"
They say that no news is good news, but in the case of the carbonite-encased Knights of the Old Republic remake, apparently languishing in development hell, we'll take whatever scraps we can get. Now an independent entity free from the imploding Embracer Group, developer S
News Bloodborne Kart Rebrands as Nightmare Kart, Out for Free on PC This May
Coming to Steam and Itch.io
After Sony forced one-man developer Lilith Walther to rebrand their PC kart racer inspired by Bloodborne, the game has reappeared as Nightmare Kart. A new trailer can be viewed above, which confirms the title will release on PC platforms like Steam and Itch.io for free on 31st May 2024. As the YouTube description points...
Rumour Unsurprisingly, a Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles Sequel Is In Development
Heads up
According to reliable leaker Midori — best known for their seemingly accurate information on all things Atlus — a sequel to 2021's Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles is currently in development. Of course, this wouldn't come as any real surprise, given that this is basically what developer CyberConnect2 is hired to do. Looking at the...
News Bungie Announces Destiny 2: The Final Shape Showcase for Next Week
Beginning to take shape
Embattled developer Bungie will showcase The Final Shape, Destiny 2's latest, last, and perhaps most important expansion, next Tuesday, providing an update on the in-development project. The Final Shape was originally supposed to launch in February 2024 but was hit with a delay alongside last year's layoffs. Bungie invites...
Rumour Prince of Persia Roguelite in Development at Dead Cells Studio
Going rogue
Despite Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown releasing just a few months ago, there's apparently another spinoff Prince of Persia title currently in development, and it's heading to early access through Steam later this year. According to Insider Gaming, this next game is a roguelite adventure, suitably titled 'The Rogue Prince of Persia'...
Tuesday2nd Apr 2024
News 3 New PS Plus Essential Games Up for Download Now on PS5, PS4
Immortalised on your account
The monthly PS Plus Essential update has arrived, granting all members of Sony's subscription service access to three new PS5, PS4 titles. They're available to download now across the UK and Europe, and availability will spread to the USA later on in the day. Here's what can be redeemed between now and Tuesday, 7th May...
News PGA Tour PS5 Game Tees Up EA Play Release on Thursday
Quality golf title coming soon
EA has announced its EA Play subscription service will be updated on Thursday with the addition of the high-quality golf game EA Sports PGA Tour. Current members will be available to download and kickstart their golfing career as the title is added to The Play List, which already features many other games published by...
News Tales of Kenzera: ZAU Also a Day One PS Plus Extra Game, Out 23rd April
Sony details big PS Plus month
Sony has revealed that not only is Dave the Diver coming to PS Plus Extra on its release date of 16th April 2024, but so too is the upcoming Metroidvania title Tales of Kenzera: ZAU. Launching under the EA Originals banner, the promising indie platformer is coming out on 23rd April 2024 for PS5, and PS Plus Extra...
News Digital Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Owners Unable to Unlock Platinum Trophy
Kweh?
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth players who picked up the game digitally and are currently working towards unlocking the game's Platinum Trophy might want to rein in their chocobos, as the game's most recent patch introduced an issue preventing it from popping. According to Kotaku, an issue introduced in the recent 1.020 patch broke one of the...
Random Vladimir Putin Considers Creation of Russian Gaming Console
In an effort to develop Russia's native games industry
Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly instructed his government to begin exploring the creation of a Russian games console in an apparent attempt to reboot the Russian gaming industry. That's according to the Russian-controlled state media apparatus RT (thanks, VGC), which details a...
News Run a Cosy Convenience Store in Slice of Life Sim InKonbini, Coming to PS5
Self service
Working in a retail store seems like an under-explored setting for games, considering so many people do it. While we've seen horror titles explore the terrors of staffing night shifts, this upcoming game, InKonbini, looks like an earnest effort to capture the bright side of tending to a shop. Announced for PS5 and launching sometime in...
News Dave the Diver Will Launch on PS Plus Extra, Free for Members on 16th April
Godzilla DLC still slated for May
Dave the Diver team Mintrocket has today announced the PS5 and PS4 versions of its 2023 indie hit will release on 16th April 2024, and they'll be available straight away via PS Plus Extra also. Current members of Sony's subscription service will be able to download and play the game without charge, granting them...
News Ambitious, Giant-Slaying Action Adventure Eternal Strands Announced for PS5
Not a strand type game
Having been in development for over four years at Quebec-based studio Yellow Brick, Eternal Strands has just been officially revealed. This is an ambitious-sounding action adventure game, with an emphasis on giant enemies and environmental gameplay. The press release sums things up rather nicely: "Fight epic, 25-meters-high...
News Big Helldivers 2 PS5, PC Update Adds New Weather Hazards, Increases the Level Cap
Patch 01.000.200 available to download now
Helldivers 2 has taken a new patch on PS5 and PC that adds new weather effects to the popular shooter and triples the maximum level. Having downloaded update 01.000.200, you'll have the chance to encounter blizzards and sandstorms while out on missions. Also, you can now grind your way up to level 150 while...
News Another Capcom Success as Dragon's Dogma 2 Sells 2.5 Million Copies
Overall series now at over 10 million sales
Dragon's Dogma 2 has sold more than 2.5 million copies in the less than two weeks it has spent on the market, Capcom today confirmed. Bundling in all the versions of the original game, this means the series has in total sold over 10 million units. The Japanese firm shared the news today in a press release...
Random Tekken 8 Director Responds to Legions of Fans Requesting Waffle House Level
Good Food Fast
In response to the high volume of requests for its inclusion, Tekken 8 director Katsuhiro Harada has made perhaps the inadvisable decision to ask fans why they want a Waffle House level added to the game. For the uninitiated or the international, Waffle House is an American restaurant chain, with most of the company's 1,900 US stores...
Preview MechWarrior 5: Clans Wants to Make the Hardcore Series More Accessible Than Ever on PS5
Mech it happen
Targeting a PS5 release at some point this year, MechWarrior 5: Clans has a clear goal in mind: to expand its audience beyond the hardcore fans of this long-running series. Indeed, MechWarrior has always been a fairly demanding franchise — which has largely stuck to PC — but Clans is built to be the most accessible entry to date...
News Nobuo Uematsu Tentatively Commits to Scoring Final Fantasy 7 Remake Trilogy's Next Theme
"It'd be my honour"
Legendary composer Nobuo Uematsu will compose the central theme for the as-yet-unnamed third game in Square Enix's Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy, tentatively committing to the job after being put on the spot by Rebirth director Tetsuya Nomura. In a conversation posted to the Square Enix Music Channel (thanks, VGC),
News L.A. Noire, Bully Both Coming to GTA+ Subscription Service This Year
Plus extra cash for GTA Online players
Rockstar has announced its GTA+ subscription service will be further bolstered later this year with the inclusion of L.A. Noire and Bully. The £4.99 / $5.99 per month membership is primarily for GTA Online players, handing them more cash and bonus items. However, with the PS4 version of the original Red Dead...
News PSP Dungeon Crawling RPGs Class of Heroes 1 & 2 Delve to PS5 Over a Decade Later
Deep cut
Originally released for the PSP all the way back in 2008 and 2009 respectively, Class of Heroes and Class of Heroes 2 are returning to PlayStation over a decade later. These fairly hardcore, grind-heavy dungeon crawlers were met with hit and miss reviews back in the day, but they did manage to establish a following amongst players who...
News Helldivers 2 Players Secure Symbolic Victory with Anticipated Liberation of Malevelon Creek
Remember the Creek
Helldiver's 2's latest, most relentless campaign continues as "Operation Swift Disassembly" develops. This time, the mission objective is nothing less than the complete eradication of the Automatons for good. And while the war is still far from over, lovers of liberty can sleep soundly tonight, comforted by the joyous news that...
News A New Xbox Store Page Has Fans Aflutter for Hollow Knight: Silksong Once Again
Is release date news inbound?
Hollow Knight: Silksong was announced more than five years ago, and it feels like we're not much closer to the hotly anticipated indie game's release. Fans have been clamouring for something, anything about this side-scrolling Metroidvania action title all these years, and while we've had one or two trailers and some...
Monday1st Apr 2024
Reminder 4 PS Plus Essential Games Leave the Service Tomorrow
Redeem them while you still can
Tomorrow's the monthly PS Plus Essential game refresh, so you've only got a handful of hours left to redeem what Sony had to offer for the month of March 2024. Since this is the offering of the base tier, you will be able to continue playing the PS5, PS4 games for as long as you sustain a membership to the...
Rumour PS5 Pro's 'Enhanced' Label Covers Resolution, Frame Rate, Ray Tracing Upgrades
Only one needed for the PS5 Pro tag
Sony will brand games with a PS5 Pro "Enhanced" label if they go the extra mile to support its upgraded machine, a new Insider Gaming report claims. In keeping with promotional efforts seen for the PS4 Pro during the last generation, such a badge is said to feature if a studio applies just one of a few different...
News New PlayStation CEO Hiroki Totoki Starts Temporary Role Today
Will aid search for Jim Ryan's successor
Sony president Hiroki Totoki will today step into his new role as PlayStation CEO following Jim Ryan's retirement after a more than 30-year tenure at the company. While retaining his duties across the wider business, Totoki's main objective will be to aid the search for a true successor to Jim Ryan while...
Poll What Review Score Would You Give Dragon's Dogma 2?
Rock the dragon
Dragon's Dogma 2 dropped to impressively high review scores last month, earning Capcom yet another hit with critics — but now that it's been out for a little while, we want to know what you think of this open world RPG. Indeed, player opinion seems to be a bit more divided, although we're well aware that some people have been...
News Next Like a Dragon Game Isn't Kiwami 3, But the Yakuza 3 Remake Is Happening 'Sooner or Later'
That's rad!
To no one's surprise, work is already underway on the next Like a Dragon game, with developer RGG Studio announcing that it's in the process of hosting character auditions. The team goes on to confirm that the next title is not Kiwami 3 — a remake of Yakuza 3, which originally released for the PS3 all the way back in 2009. However,...
News UK Sales Charts: South Park: Snow Day Chills with the Bestsellers, Rise of the Ronin Falls
Snow joke
We've had a fair number of exciting new game releases lately, and they've all had a moment to shin in the UK's physical games chart. This time, though, it's the turn of South Park: Snow Day, which makes a perhaps surprising debut at number three. It's behind usual hits EA Sports FC 24 and Hogwarts Legacy, with the PS5 version the most...
News Microtransactions Don't Belong in a Single Player Game, Says The Witcher Dev
But they have a place in multiplayer
CD Projekt RED has essentially committed to none of its future single player games featuring microtransactions as the Polish developer states it doesn't "see a place for microtransactions in the case of single player games". The studio's CFO Piotr Nielubowicz said as such in an investor's chat via StockWatch.pl,...
News Silent Hill 2 Remake Claims ESRB Age Rating Ahead of Supposed 2024 Launch
Could a release date reveal be close?
The PS5 remake of Silent Hill 2 has taken one step closer to its reported 2024 release as the ESRB has handed the title a Mature age rating. Generally awarded near the completion of a game's development, the USA firm warns of blood and gore, language, sexual themes, and violence throughout the experience from...
News Unicorn Overlord Sales Top Half a Million, Could Be Vanillaware's Fastest Selling Game
Unicorn overload
Unicorn Overlord, the typically gorgeous Vanillaware strategy RPG that released in early March, has now sold over 500,000 copies. The news comes directly from publisher Atlus, via the game's new accolades trailer (which just so happens to include your favourite PlayStation website). It's the kind of result that we've come to expect...
News Bugsnax Is Being Turned into a Card Game
Kickstarter requires $15,000 of backing
Young Horses, the studio behind the PS5 launch title Bugsnax, has announced it's turning the indie hit into a card game. The developer requires $15,000 of funding on Kickstarter to make it a reality, with orders currently being accepted from the USA. The team plans to begin shipping the card game in October...
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