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News - November, 2025
Saturday29th Nov 2025
Poll Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Essential Games for December 2025?
Plus or minus?
Don't panic, but we're somehow just days away from the beginning of December — and that can only mean one thing: It's time to weigh up the final batch of PS Plus Essential games for 2025! Five games are up for grabs before the year comes to an end. LEGO Horizon Adventures leads the charge — the cutesy block-based retelling of...
News PS5 Is Edging Out the Switch 2 in the UK So Far This Year
With a big Black Friday expected
There’s no beating around the bush: the Switch 2 has enjoyed an outstanding launch. In most countries, Nintendo’s new hybrid hardware has broken records, aided by excellent marketing and ample supply. It’s proven so successful in its first six months on the market that the Mario maker has actually increased...
News PS5 Mega Flop MindsEye Gets a Free Starter Pack on PS Store
Will be updated regularly with new content
You can now play PS5 disaster MindsEye for free – well, sort of. Released earlier today ahead of Christmas, the so-called Free Starter Pack is effectively an extended demo, featuring a full campaign mission and a generous side-dish of “ARCADIA missions and challenges”. Dev Build a Rocket Boy implies...
Feature Going Platinum #1: Rocket League
Nice shot!
Hello. My name is Stephen Tailby, and I’m fine, thanks. Welcome to a new feature on Push Square, in which I recount every game I’ve platinumed. It's a verb now, alright? "You gonna platinum Balatro, mate?*" It's a verb, and it's all good. We need to make peace with this now, because it's gonna make things easier in the long run...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 609
Thanks for everything
Did you have a good Thanksgiving? We sincerely hope you're enjoying the holidays if you celebrate. And if you don't, well, it's the weekend now anyway. Time to play some games! Jamie O'Neill: I'm karate chopping down the last five weekends of 2025 in 1990s style, by examining Jin Kazama's Mishima karate technique in the PS1's...
Rumour Dead Rising Sequel Will See Frank West Take on a Deranged Director in Hollywood
New entry said to be in dev since 2023
Capcom hopes to keep the Dead Rising franchise alive with a new sequel set in Hollywood, according to a report from the increasingly reliable MP1st. The site claims the game has been in development since 2023 under the codename ‘Rec’, and will plot the return of protagonist Frank West in a story set after...
Friday28th Nov 2025
Guide Best PS Vita Games of All Time
PS Vita's best games, ranked and rated
What are the best PS Vita games? Billed as a home console on the go, Sony packed the machine with cutting-edge features, including a 5-inch OLED touch screen, a camera, and even a touch panel on the back. While it didn't find the same commercial success as PSP, its software library is well worth delving into...
Guide Best Fighting Games on PS4
Best PS4 fighters ranked and rated
What are the best fighting games on PS4? Sony's console is home to a very impressive selection of fighters, and we're going to list the best of them. Long-established fighting game series are represented on PS4, with the likes of Street Fighter V, Tekken 7, and Mortal Kombat 11. In addition, some more niche games...
Guide Best Puzzle Games on PS4
PS4's best puzzlers ranked and rated
What are the best puzzle games on PS4? It's a big question; there are so many of the darned things that it can be hard to narrow it down. If you enjoy a game that tests your grey matter, you're certainly well served on PS4. Puzzle games can take a few different forms. The classic examples of puzzlers are things...
Free-to-play games on PS5 ranked and rated
What are the best free games on PS5? With this evolving list, the Push Square community will be the ones calling the shots, ranking and rating the top free-to-play games on PS5. Many of the biggest games in the world are completely free, not even requiring a PS Plus subscription to play them. If you want...
Guide Best Strategy Games on PS5
The best strategy games on PS5 ranked and rated
What are the best strategy games on PS5? If you're more of a thinker than a doer, strategy games are probably more your speed. Fortunately, there are lots of options for tactical play on PS5. Strategy games have been around for a long time, and have evolved into two main camps: turn-based strategy...
Feature Last Chance to Get These 99+ PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store's Black Friday Sale
The best games in the current sale
Happy Black Friday, everyone! Sony's partaking in the fun with a big PS Store sale, running from now until 1st December, 2025 — so there's only a few days left. The Black Friday PS Store sale contains no fewer than 1,900 discounted items, including PS5 and PS4 games as well as DLC — it's a lot to comb through...
News Japanese Ghost of Yotei PS5 Sales Are Just About Hanging On
The country's 26th bestseller last week
Across hardware and physical software sales, Nintendo dominates Japan — so much so that Ghost of Yotei was one of just three games not released for Switch 1 or Switch 2 to make the country's top 30 best-selling games chart last week. Accounting for physical copies alone (digital sales aren't counted),...
Video All the PS5 Games We Think Are 10/10
Full marks across the board
Five years into the PS5 generation, we’ve been treated to some great games. Even just this year Game of the Year contender Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 impressed and ARC Raiders conquered the multiplayer space. But what are the PS5 games that we think are truly top class? The games that we awarded the full marks, 10 out...
News Metal Gear Solid Delta Producer Is Hoping to Remake MGS4, Rescuing It from PS3 Jail
Guns of the Patriots saved?
Earlier this year, Konami released Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, a remake of the classic stealth action game. Despite some technical hiccups, the project has been very well received, and it's led many fans to wonder what could be next for the series. We already know that Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2...
Quiz Five Years of PS5 - How Well Do You Know Sony's Console?
The only place to play
The PS5 has just celebrated its fifth anniversary, having launched back in November 2020. We don't think anyone would argue that this console generation got off to a flying start — the global pandemic all but annihilated any concrete plans Sony had in place — but it has been a very interesting period for PlayStation and...
News Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Is Already on Sale Just Two Weeks After Release
Get a 15% discount on PS Store now
Just two weeks to the day after its PS5, PS4 release, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is already on sale on the PS Store. This is a separate offer from the huge PS Store Black Friday sale, and it's only live until midnight on Tuesday, 2nd December 2025. Between now and then, you can save 15% on the base version of the...
Mini Review POOLS (PSVR2) - Niche Horror Is a PSVR2 Showcase
There's something in the water
POOLS is more of an experience than a game. You can technically see it through to completion in about an hour. But amid the brevity of our time with it, there's a palpable sense of atmosphere that'll leave you on edge. POOLS is an off-kilter horror walking simulator where you must navigate complex mazes of tiled...
News Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter Dev Not Quite Sure Which Classic RPG to Remake Next
After 2nd Chapter, anyway
After the release of the near universally acclaimed Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter back in September, it was revealed that developer Falcom was already well into making another full-on remake with Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter. Although we don't have an official release window for it, the remade sequel is expected to launch...
News Leaked Footage of Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake Almost Two Years Old, Ubisoft Confirms
"The game has changed so much since then"
If you're paying close enough attention, you may have seen some leaked gameplay footage of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake doing the rounds the last few days. The footage is still around if you care to look for it, though it sounds like it's not really representative of the game at this point...
News Ahead of Renegades Launch, Destiny 2 Dev Explains New Approach to Expansions
"We don't want to be a dead live game"
Next week, on 2nd December, a new expansion pack for Destiny 2 arrives. It's called Renegades, it's heavily inspired by Star Wars, and developer Bungie is hoping it'll begin to turn the sci-fi shooter's fortunes around. Early signs are pretty good, as the expansion is firmly within the top five pre-order...
News Could Remedy Reveal Control Resonant at The Game Awards Next Month?
Is it a sequel or the TV show?
We’re in that window just a few weeks prior to The Game Awards where some publishers are hyping up their announcements – and others are just leaking online. Case in point: industrious fans have discovered a trademark application by Finnish studio Remedy for Control Resonant
News Nintendo Buys Singapore Studio Behind Papercraft PS5 Console Exclusive Hirogami
Will be renamed Nintendo Studios Singapore
Nintendo will buy Bandai Namco Studios Singapore, the dev behind this year’s papercraft PS5 console exclusive Hirogami. The team – which was founded 12 years ago, in 2013 – has worked as a support studio on a variety of different projects, including Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown and SoulCalibur 6. But...
News Scratch Your Soccer Management Itch with SEGA Football Club Champions 2026 on PS5, PS4
Running on the Football Manager engine
Free-to-play soccer management game SEGA Football Club Champions 2026 will make its debut on the PS5 and PS4 from 22nd January, SEGA has announced. This game is not to be confused with Football Manager 26 Console, which is also published by SEGA, somewhat bizarrely. It will be using the same engine and...
Thursday27th Nov 2025
News PS5 Sales in Japan Quadruple as New Model Launches
23,000+ PS5 consoles bought
PS5 console sales in Japan have skyrocketed in the past week, as the new model designed specifically for the country enters the market. Accounting for around two to three days' worth of sales, there were exactly 23,381 purchases of the PS5 Digital Edition in Japan through until 23rd November. In comparison, PS5 sales the...
News Another PS Plus Extra Game Expires in December 2025
20 days left to play 11-11
A 10th PS Plus Extra game has been added to the list of PS5, PS4 leaving the membership tier in December 2025. While it's not appearing in the Last Chance to Play section in the UK just yet, 11-11: Memories Retold has been tagged with an expiry date of 16th December. With the latest addition, these 10 PS5, PS4 games leave...
News Looks Like PS5 Is Going to Clean Up This Black Friday
Early sales from Spain paint a positive picture
It’s particularly early days, but it looks like Sony’s various global PS5 price promotions are going to do the business this Black Friday. Sales data from Spain confirms the company sold 41,000 units in the country for the week spanning 17th November through 23rd November. By comparison, the...
News Bloodlines 2 Publisher Accepts the Blame Over $37 Million Failure
"Responsibility lies fully with us as the publisher"
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 publisher Paradox Interactive has announced it is writing down $37 million in development costs after sales of the vampire title failed to meet expectations. It's also taking ownership over the overall release's failure, including the lukewarm critical...
News Dying Light: The Beast Gets New Game+, Legend Levels, Much More in Massive Update on PS5
Update 1.4 makes hundreds of improvements
Techland has unveiled update 1.4 for Dying Light: The Beast, an enormous update for the action title that incorporates brand new features and hundreds of improvements. Largely based on feedback from the community, update 1.4 brings fixes, improvements, and features requested by players. Here's a quick...
News Yakuza Kiwami 3 Becomes an Orphanage Sim with Massively Expanded Morning Glory Minigames
Daddy cool
If you ever played the original Yakuza 3 on the PS3, you may recall its notoriously slow start. The game spends several hours in Okinawa, with seasoned protagonist Kazuma Kiryu retired from the Yakuza lifestyle and running his Morning Glory orphanage. (As an aside, it was renamed the Sunshine Orphanage in the Western versions of the...
News GTA 6 Gameplay 'Leaks' Are AI-Generated Nonsense, Creator Owns Up After Backlash
Trust nothing
The hype surrounding GTA 6 is off the charts, and with about a year to go until the game is out, that leaves plenty of time for shenanigans. Recently, new, "leaked" footage of the sandbox action title started appearing online, and quickly went viral, attracting millions of views on social media. These clips came from X user...
News Visionary Director Quentin Tarantino Realises a 20-Year Dream within Fortnite on PS5, PS4
Yuki's Revenge
For over 20 years, Quentin Tarantino has dreamed of a new Kill Bill chapter named Yuki’s Revenge. And, in a sign of the times, he’ll realise that vision within Fortnite’s upcoming season, from 30th November. Built in Unreal Engine in collaboration with Epic Games, the long-awaited chapter will feature character models from the...
News The Next Game from the Makers of GoldenEye and TimeSplitters Is Balatro Meets Scrabble
Beyond Words announced
Two legendary developers have joined forces once again, and it's a game that's a teensy bit outside what they're best known for. From Steve Ellis and David Doak, two of the minds behind renowned shooters GoldenEye 007 and TimeSplitters, comes Beyond Words, a strategic, roguelike word game. Coming to PS5 in early 2026, the...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Microtransactions Will Fund 'Chunkier' Updates Going Forward
No more expansions are planned
Ever since Assassin's Creed Origins, Ubisoft has pushed the series towards a live service model, opting to support each game over a long period of time with free updates and DLC. And to be fair, it's a model that's proven to be successful; Assassin's Creed Valhalla ended up being the franchise's most profitable...
News Arknights: Endfield to Offer 50-60 Hours of Action in Its PS5 Technical Test
Getting underway on 12th December
A big new beta test for upcoming automation open world Arknights: Endfield will get underway on PC and mobile from 28th November, but it’ll continue on the PS5 from 12th December. The test will include an estimated 50 to 60 hours of gameplay, in an unfinished work-in-progress format, ahead of the title’s...
News Cult Hit PS5 Horror Game Cronos: The New Dawn Cracks Half a Million Sales
Scary good
Bloober Team, developer and publisher of Cronos: The New Dawn, has announced that its sci-fi horror adventure has surpassed sales of 500,000. The company used the game's official social channels to make the announcement: These days, Bloober Team is perhaps best known for its very well-received remake of Konami's horror classic Silent...
News The Witcher 4 Skips Game Awards for 2025, No New Trailer
After picking up Most Anticipated Game nominee
CD Projekt RED won't be bringing a new trailer for The Witcher 4 or any fresh piece of footage to The Game Awards next month, after it first debuted the new RPG at the show last year. CEO Michał Nowakowski shared the news in a social media post, where he thanked everyone who voted for The Witcher 4 to...
News The Room Dev Returns to PSVR2 with Spooky Puzzle Thriller Ghost Town in Early December
It's a town with ghosts
Fireproof Games, the British studio behind the acclaimed puzzle series The Room, is soon to release its latest title on PSVR2. It's called Ghost Town, and it's set for release on Sony's virtual reality hardware on 1st December 2025: You play as Edith Penrose, a witch who turns her talents to ghost hunting in this...
Wednesday26th Nov 2025
News PS Plus Essential Games for December 2025 Announced
The last batch
Sony has today revealed the final lot of PS Plus Essential games for 2025, rounding out December with a bumper list of five PS5, PS4 titles. All available to download from Tuesday, 2nd December 2025, you get the following: LEGO Horizon Adventures (PS5) | Review Killing Floor 3 (PS5) The Out
News SEGA Actually Admits Persona 5 Royal-Style Re-Releases May Result in Stunted Game Sales
Buyers can be "hesitant"
Well, well, well... How the tables turn. For a long time now, Atlus, and by extension, parent company SEGA, have dabbled in re-releasing their games. Typically, these re-releases feature expanded and / or improved content, and are often labelled as 'definitive' versions of the original title. Generally speaking, potential...
News Yakuza 0, Kiwami, Kiwami 2 Get Discount PS5 Upgrade Paths, But Only for PS4 Digital Owners
Kiwami 2 is free
SEGA has confirmed that those who own Yakuza 0, Yakuza Kiwami, or Yakuza Kiwami 2 on PS4 can take advantage of discounted upgrade paths when buying the new versions on PS5. All three PS5 re-releases are due to launch on the 8th December, but there is a catch in that these upgrade paths only apply to the digital versions of the PS4...
Talking Point Does PS5 Have a Sequel Problem?
Bigger and better?
There's a silly notion going around that the PS5 has no games, which is of course nonsense, but when you stand back and look at some of the console's biggest titles, there is an interesting pattern. Many PlayStation fans have fond memories of the PS4 era, a time in which Sony was doubling down on its first-party efforts...
PSA The Original Yakuza 0 Will Be Delisted Forever When Director's Cut Drops on PS5
0 hour
When Yakuza 0 Director's Cut releases on the 8th December for PS5, the original Yakuza 0 — the PS4 game — will no longer be available to purchase digitally. This delisting has now been confirmed by SEGA, so if you want to play Yakuza 0 in its initial form at some point in the future — and you're not planning on grabbing a physical copy...
News We Now Know the First Game Confirmed for The Game Awards 2025
Who's turning up?
Despite its name, The Game Awards has never been just about handing out awards. Alongside recognising the year's best and brightest, Geoff Keighley's December show revels in game announcements and updates for future titles. Whether that's to its benefit or its detriment is an argument for another day, but with huge viewing figures...
News Sony Poised to Publish PS5 Hit Death Stranding 2 on PC
Bridging the gap
Sony will publish Death Stranding 2: On the Beach for PC in the relatively near future, if an ESRB rating is to be believed. The original game was ported to other platforms by 505 Games, but this preceded the platform holder’s strategy of bringing more first-party titles to storefronts such as Steam. It took roughly eight months...
News Yakuza Kiwami 2 Has All-Important 60FPS Performance on PS5 Alongside Free Upgrade
Finally
Bafflingly buried within the questions and answers section of SEGA's Japanese website, the publisher finally confirms that Yakuza Kiwami 2 will run at 60 frames-per-second on PS5. The fantastic remake is being re-released for Sony's current-gen system on the 8th December, and it'll be a free upgrade for those who already own the PS4 version...
News Final Fantasy X Was the 'Ultimate Perfection' of the Series, Says Dragon Quest Creator
Ob-Jecht-tion
Opinions will always be split on the best iteration of Final Fantasy, and so it's interesting to hear that living industry legend and Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii has shared his own thoughts on the franchise. Once upon a time, Dragon Quest was in direct competition with Final Fantasy; the two properties vying for the RPG crown back...
News Open World Dress-Up Game Infinity Nikki's Biggest Ever PS5 Update Is Out Now
'Shroom for more
Infinity Nikki is, believe it or not, a full year old – and that means its enormous v2.00 update is almost upon us. Due out on 25th November – or 26th November, depending on your time zone – this free update will dramatically expand upon the dress-up open world. Among the new inclusions are several outfits augmenting the...
News Stellar Blade Dev's Ambitious New Cross-Platform Project to Be Published by Tencent Subsidiary
Affiliate assisting on dev too
Korean dev Shift Up already has an existing relationship with Tencent subsidiary Level Infinite on saucy smartphone shooter NIKKE: Goddess of Victory, so it’s perhaps not a surprise to see the company step in to publish its next title, Project Spirits. The game – developed using Unreal
News In Destiny 2's Darkest Moment, Bungie Is Betting on Star Wars to Bring Players Back
Renegades does look good, to be fair
It’s no secret that Destiny 2 has fallen on some pretty hard times. Chaos within the company’s upper-management, a dwindling player base, and bad decisions have caused Sony to step in and start to enforce its influence over the $3 billion developer. The Japanese giant recently noted during a financial call...
News Destiny 3 Allegedly in 'Extremely Early Development', Could Be a Tentpole Title for PS6
But likely many years away
Rumour has it that Bungie has started preliminary work on Destiny 3, which if true would comfortably become one of Sony’s biggest releases for the PS6. The speculation comes courtesy of Colony Deaks, a known Destiny leaker and dataminer who’s revealed accurate information in the past. Writing on X (or Twitter), the...
News Cyberpunk 2077 Now at a Staggering 35 Million Sales as Work on Sequel Continues to Ramp Up
Major leagues
It's actually mad to look back on the beginnings of Cyberpunk 2077 and compare that time to where the game is now. It's taken basically five solid years of updates — along with one hell of an expansion — to turn things around, but the open world RPG is now a colossal commercial success, with developer CD Projekt Red confirming...
News Beyond Good & Evil 2 PS5 May Not Be Dead Just Yet
New job listing appears online
There seems to be at least a couple of people at Ubisoft still working on Beyond Good & Evil 2, in amongst its Prince of Persia and Assassin's Creed remakes. A new job listing for a Technical Sound Designer was posted online by the French publisher within the last 24 hours, and the position is tied directly to the...
News Updates and New Gameplay for PS5's Romeo Is a Dead Man Coming in Grasshopper Direct
Romeo, Romeo
Developer Grasshopper Manufacture has announced its third ever Grasshopper Direct, this time with a focus on its upcoming madcap action game, Romeo Is a Dead Man. Announced during a State of Play earlier this year, Romeo Is a Dead Man is a hyper-violent action title we've not seen a huge amount of yet, but our next glimpse at the game...
News Lies of P Dev 'Will Not Disappoint' with Upcoming Games, Says Director
"We are working really hard"
Neowiz and Round8 Studio created one of the best-loved Souls-likes outside of FromSoftware with Lies of P, and it sounds like the team isn't resting on its laurels. Speaking to GamesRadar following Overture's Best Game Expansion win at the
News Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders Makes It onto PS5 Just in Time for Christmas
It'll be Lonely (Mountains) this Christmas
An early indie hit this year was Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders, and it's taken the best part of a year to finally slalom its way onto PS5. The game finally has a release date on Sony's system; it arrives on 3rd December, which is near-perfect timing for some cosy Christmas chill time. Here's its initial...
News Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves' First Season Concludes with Mr. Big Next Month
Big time
SNK has really been cranking out Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves’ first season of content, which was effectively included for free with all copies of the PS5 and PS4 fighter. Hot on the heels of Chun-Li’s addition recently, it’s announced that Art of Fighting’s Mr. Big will join the roster from 9th December. You can catch him in...
News Skate Improves Replays, Adds New Tricks, Party Voice Chat, More in Season 2 on PS5, PS4
Early access continues
The early access, free-to-play revival of Skate has been met with a mixed reception so far, but it seems developer Full Circle is keen to turn things around with some significant updates in Season 2. The major update to the sandbox skating sim starts on 2nd December, and you can get a rough idea of what to expect in this daft...
Tuesday25th Nov 2025
Guide Best Single Player Games on PS4
The best campaigns to play solo
What are the best single player games on PS4? If you like to play your games solo, this is the list for you. The PS4 is home to an absurd number of amazing single player experiences, giving you plenty to play on your own. The PS4 is a great platform for single player games, partly because of Sony's own first-party...
The best RPGs on PS Plus, ranked and rated
What are the best RPGs on PS Plus? Within its three tiers of membership, PS Plus is home to loads of quality role-playing games — or RPGs for short. RPGs come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Some are much more traditional, featuring turn-based combat and fairy tale storytelling, while others feature...
Guide Best Simulation Games on PS5
PS5's best simulation games ranked and rated
What are the best simulation games on PS5? It's not an easy question to answer; the simulation genre is incredibly broad nowadays, with many sports, hobbies, chores, and occupations now represented in digital form. No matter what you feel like doing, odds are it's been gamified in some way. Simulation...
Guide Best Cheap Games on PS5, PS4
50 PS5 and PS4 games under $20
What are the best cheap games on PS5 and PS4? Of all the thousands of games available on PS Store, some of the best you can buy are those on the cheaper end of the scale. In this guide, we're recommending 50 of the best cheap games on PS5 and PS4. Each game included here is $19.99/£19.99 or less, and all of them have...
Guide Best Adventure Games on PS4
PS4's best adventures, ranked and rated
What are the best adventure games on PS4? There is a vast number of games that take the player on a grand adventure, but pinning down which ones you'd describe as part of the adventure genre is a tougher task. We'd categorise adventure games as those which have an emphasis on story and characters, and feature...
News Suddenly the PS5 Pro Doesn't Look That Expensive Anymore
DRAM currently costs more than an entire console
Ever since the pandemic in 2020, it feels like we’ve been bouncing from one global crisis to another. In the tech sphere specifically, we’ve seen semi-conductor shortages and tariffs impact products like gaming consoles. Now, the AI boom is having a profound effect on the price of DRAM, with...
"That's something I'm interested in"
Capcom recently prompted a backlash from fighting game fans when it revealed plans to place its official Street Fighter 6 finals behind a paywall — but fresh comments from Tekken boss Katsuhiro Harada perhaps shed a little light on why the publisher's going down that road. The answer is money, obviously, but...
Poll Five Years of PS5 - How Would You Rate Sony's Console?
5 on the five
The PS5 is now officially five years old, having launched across the US, Europe, and most other major markets by this time back in 2020. So, now that we have half a decade of experience with Sony's current-gen console to draw on, we want to know what you really think of the PS5. Has it lived up to expectations? Have the games been...
Guide Best Action Games on PS Plus
The best action games on PS Plus, ranked and rated
What are the best action games on PS Plus? Across its three tiers of membership, PS Plus contains countless fantastic action games, and we're here to find the best of them. Action is a genre that's very broad, but by and large, we're talking about combat-centric experiences that deliver...
Of course
Well, we're not sure anyone saw this crossover coming. Just confirmed by Ubisoft, Assassin's Creed Shadows' next collaboration will be with... Attack on Titan. The super popular manga and anime property will be featured in a new quest, which seems to task Naoe and Yasuke with stopping a titan transformation. No, we're not making this up...
All the best games on every PlayStation
What are the best PlayStation games? Well, this is a huge question; countless video games have been released across all of Sony's consoles, so picking just a handful of the very best is a tall order. Fortunately, we have plenty of guides that may help. If you're looking for the very best games you can play on...
Guide Best Roguelike Games on PS5
PS5's best roguelike games ranked and rated
What are the best roguelike games on PS5? It's a type of video game that's only really come to the fore in the last 15 years or so, even if its origin does stem from Rogue, a game released in 1980. Still, they're super popular now, thanks to their highly replayable nature and varied interpretations...
Tough luck
A picture is beginning to form around Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, and for the executives at Activision it’s not a particularly pretty one. What we’re generally seeing from all the data we have available thus far is that the first-person shooter is selling significantly worse than Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and has debuted way below...
News You Can Buy a Fully-Fledged PS5 for the Same Price as a Less Powerful Xbox Series S Right Now
A no brainer
There was a lot of hand-wringing at the start of the generation about the lower-powered Xbox Series S and its potential impact on the PS5. For many armchair analysts at the time, Microsoft had stumbled upon a masterstroke: its more affordable next-gen hardware would help get consumers through the door, and paired with the seemingly...
News Sony Is Actually Advertising PSVR2 This Black Friday
Virtually unheard of
PSVR2 can sometimes feel like a forgotten footnote to the PS5 generation, but Sony is putting some fresh marketing energy behind the accessory this holiday. Specifically, with the headset discounted by $100 this Black Friday, the platform holder is actually advertising the device for once. An all-new montage trailer focuses on...
News Space Marine 2's Super Support Continues as Huge Patch 11 Drops on PS5
The Emperor's benevolence knows no bounds
You've got to admit, the post-launch support for Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 has been stellar. The crunchy action shooter has received numerous, significant updates since its release in September of 2024 — and rather miraculously, it's showing no signs of slowing down. The game's latest patch —...
News New Weapons, Stratagems Take Helldivers 2 to the Jungle in Latest Premium Warbond
Python Commandos arrives soon
Helldivers 2 has announced the next premium Warbond coming to the game, and it looks purpose-built for destroying bugs. The Python Commandos Warbond is set to arrive on 2nd December 2025. Here's the trailer to give you an idea of what to expect: Players can look forward to several new weapons and stratagems,...
News 'Not Enough Time, Not Enough Money': The Dismal Vampire Bloodlines 2 Was Doomed from the Start
Ex-dev spills some blood
Much has already been written about Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 and its desperately troubled development, but it's still interesting to hear about the project from someone who was actually there, on the inside. In a rather revealing interview with Cat Burton on YouTube, Dan Pinchbeck, the game's creative...
News Gaming Journal A Profound Waste of Time Features Astro Bot in Gorgeous New Issue
Let's go Astro
There aren't many surviving video game magazines today, but miraculously, some new ones pop up every so often, and they've evolved into seriously premium products. One such example is A Profound Waste of Time, a gaming journal crowdfunded by readers, and its sixth issue is currently accepting pledges on Kickstarter. This one may be...
News Far Cry TV Series Officially Announced, from Creators of Fargo and Always Sunny
Quite the combo
Ubisoft and FX have announced a TV adaptation of the popular open world shooter series, Far Cry. The official social channels for the franchise recently posted about the news, calling the TV show an anthology series: As reported by Variety, the show comes from Noah Hawley and Rob Mac (formerly McElhenney); the former is credited...
News Splitgate 2 Is Coming Out of Beta and Officially Relaunching in December on PS5, PS4
One more time
Remember Splitgate 2? This free-to-play multiplayer shooter arrived back in the summer, but following heavy criticism, developer 1047 Games took it back to a beta phase. Well, after many months of work, it seems the game is almost ready to come back. The studio has confirmed that the beta phase will finish on 4th December, and will...
Monday24th Nov 2025
News Ghost of Yotei Huge Patch 1.1 Out Now on PS5, Adds New Game+, Armour, and Much More
Full patch notes revealed
Update 1.1 for Ghost of Yotei has arrived, and as promised, it brings some significant features and improvements to the open world title. New Game+ is the headline act, letting you replay the whole game with your skills and equipment intact, while also introducing fresh weapon and armour upgrades, as well as cosmetic...
News Another PS Plus Extra Game for December 2025 Announced
And this one will be available day one
Highly promising celestial extreme sports game Skate Story will be included at no extra cost with PS Plus Extra on day one when it launches on 8th December. Sony confirmed the surreal inclusion in a PS Blog post, announcing that all members will be able to download and play the game in its entirety when it...
News Sony Estimated to Have Made $1.5 Billion from Steam, But the Novelty Is Wearing Off
Master pace
A big report from Alinea Analytics estimates that Sony has made $1.5 billion from Steam since beginning to port its first-party titles to the PC storefront. That may seem like an enormous number, but it’s worth noting it’s taken five years to achieve. For context, the entire PlayStation division generated around $7 billion in...
News Xbox Devs 'Thrilled' to Be Bringing Their Games to PS5
Happy days
Many of Xbox’s first-party studios are allegedly “thrilled” to be able to bring their games to the PS5, according to Bloomberg’s highly reliable Jason Schreier. Last year, Microsoft announced plans to bring “four” exclusive titles to Sony’s console. This eventually snowballed to the point where practically every tentpole...
Guide These 16+ New PS5, PS4 Games Are Coming Out This Week (24th-30th November)
Street Racer Collection! Kill It with Fire 2! Project Motor Racing!
We’re right at the tail-end of the year now, but the release schedule rarely takes a break in this modern era. That means there’s still more than dozen new releases this week, although most of them are lower-profile we suppose. For this particular author, the biggest release is...
Poll What Review Score Would You Give Dispatch?
A heroic effort?
Now that all of its episodes are out — and we've had time to actually process AdHoc Studio's interactive superhero show — we want to know what you think of Dispatch. For those completely out of the loop, Dispatch is a pretty casual, choice-driven adventure based around a superhero dispatch service, and its story is spread...
News Persona, Metaphor Director Says JRPGs Are on the Brink of a New Era
"JRPG 3.0"
It's a very interesting time for Japanese RPGs — and not just because Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has sparked all sorts of arguments amongst genre enthusiasts. Indeed, it feels like we've been hitting some serious highs with JRPGs of late, with critically acclaimed titles like Metaphor: ReFantazio and Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter...
News Expedition 33's Charlie Cox Credits Lesser-Known Actor for Game Awards Nomination
"It's really down to him"
The Game Awards 2025 has already broken records, as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 takes the honour of being the most-nominated game in the show's history. Among the 12 nominations across numerous categories is one for Charlie Cox, the actor who lent his voice to the role of Gustave, a pivotal and fan-favourite character in...
Mini Review Morsels (PS5) - This Gross Little Roguelike Is Tastier Than It Looks
Pet food
Morsels is one of those roguelike action games that feels impenetrable at first, but once you start learning its obscure language, it becomes more and more rewarding. You play as a mouse trying to fight back against the tyranny of feline overlords, and you do so with mysterious cards that transform you into various strange creatures...
News The Much Maligned PS5 Shooter Marathon Returns for Another Playtest in December
Not a sprint
Bungie's sci-fi extraction shooter Marathon will soon be playable again for a limited time, and you can sign up to take part. The game has had a rough time of it, what with an art-related mishap and a general lack of interest, but the
News Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Just Had the Worst Japanese Retail Launch in Series History
Not gone well, then
It's been an unusually rocky ride for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, which has been widely panned and appears to be selling below the series' usual pace. While Activision has yet to provide any official sales information itself (which is kinda telling on its own), some data has begun to emerge, including a weak UK launch and, now, a...
News Stellar Blade Is Sony's Most Successful Single-Player PC Game to Date, Says Shift Up
Putting in a good shift
Developer Shift Up has revealed some of its own data about Stellar Blade, the Sony-published action game that launched on PC earlier this year. The game, which features main character Eve on a quest to save the planet from monstrous forces, is reportedly the "best-selling PlayStation-exclusive launch IP in history",...
News Are Shadow Drops the Future? Bethesda's Betting on Them After Oblivion Remastered Success
Drop it
Oblivion Remastered was a hit for Bethesda — despite its dodgy performance issues — and the publisher's keen to repeat the level of hype that was swirling when the remake launched back in April. Basically, Bethesda's all-in on the idea of shadow dropping its games — that is, releasing them with no prior announcement and watching fans...
News Marvel Cosmic Invasion Hypes Up Its Heroes with Stylish Opening Cinematic
Who are you playing?
It's not long before we can finally get our hands on Marvel Cosmic Invasion, a pixel art beat-'em-up from the team behind the great Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge. Launching on 1st December 2025, publisher Dotemu has released the full opening animation to keep fans excited in the run up to release: Those...
News 'We Want to Innovate': The Witcher 4 Dev Finds Inspiration in Baldur's Gate 3
Talk the talk
When you think of landmark western RPGs of the modern era, it's likely that two games immediately come to mind: The Witcher 3, and Baldur's Gate 3. It's obviously the latter that's had more impact in recent times, setting a new benchmark for choice-driven adventures — to the point where it's now being named as an inspiration for The...
News Don't Forget, You Can Now Upgrade the 5-Year-Old One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 to PS5 for Free
May as well
If you happened to buy One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 for your PS4 at any point over the past five years, you can now upgrade the manga-inspired musou to the PS5 for free. Alongside new DLC which sees the addition of Rob Lucci, S-Snake, and one of this author’s favourites Jewelry Bonney, you’ll also be able to take advantage of...
Rumour Paramount to Collab with Fortnite for Some Fun New Sidekicks
Likely Nickelodeon-based
There are only a few Sidekicks available in Fortnite as of right now, but that may change in the near future, and they may all come from Paramount-owned IPs. That's according to a new rumour currently doing the rounds among Fortnite leakers. One of them is SamLeakss, as you can see below: They stop short of saying...
Sunday23rd Nov 2025
News Valve Won't Subsidise Steam Machine, Expected to Be Pricier Than More Powerful PS5
"It's more in line with current PC market"
We don’t know the price of Valve’s new Steam Machine and that means it’s difficult to determine just how competitive it’ll be against the PS5. But a report that’s doing the rounds via Linus Tech Tips suggests the new console-like hardware won’t necessarily be going head-to-head with Sony’s...
News PS5 Testing Slideshow Wallpapers for Popular Welcome Hub Feature
Using your favourite screenshots
The Welcome Hub has become an important part of the PS5 experience, offering customisable widgets which allow you to show “at a glance” info that’s pertinent to you. A recent update added a section for your most recently played release, detailing how many sessions you’ve launched in total and how long...
Saturday22nd Nov 2025
News Quick Thinking from Sony Should Shield PS5 from RAM Shortages for Now
But Xbox expected to increase prices again
According to reliable hardware leaker Moore’s Law Is Dead, some quick thinking from Sony should prevent the PS5 from being impacted by impending RAM shortages. The YouTuber claims the Japanese company gobbled up a large supply of GDDR6 RAM while prices were low, shielding it from potential scarcity...
News 'I'm So Happy': Japanese Players Rejoice Over Finally Buying Cut-Price PS5
"We've finally arrived"
Sony released a language-locked cut-price PS5 in Japan this week, and social media is full of excited players posting pictures of their purchases. While the system started out fairly strong domestically, the weakening yen paired with soaring hardware costs has killed the machine’s momentum locally. Reports suggest previous...
News 'Terrible' Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 European Sales Are a Devastating 63% Below Battlefield 6
Ouch
According to GSD sales data for Europe – which covers both physical and digital game sales across a number of key countries, including France, Germany, and the UK – Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is enduring a difficult launch. The reports suggests that its debut week is an eye-popping 63% below Battlefield 6, and more than 50% down compared to...
News Dispatch's Latest PS5 Update Fixes Bugged Trophy, Platinum Now Finally Possible
Hacked by Robert
If you've been enjoying Dispatch on PS5, you might've been considering going for the Platinum Trophy. Unfortunately, one of the other Trophies on the list is currently bugged — though it sounds like a patch is on the way. The Trophy named H4ck3d by R0b3rt currently refuses to unlock for those that have met its requirements, and...
News Don't Expect Intergalactic PS5 to Launch Until at Least 2027
Rule out any 2026 hopes
Sony is letting the likes of Saros, Marvel's Wolverine, and Marvel Tokon headline its 2026 output on PS5, and is leaving the next Naughty Dog game, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, until 2027, Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier claims. Earlier this weekend, rumours of Intergalactic appearing at The Game Awards next month...
News Genshin Impact Buffs Some of Its Oldest Characters in Upcoming PS5 Update
Venti nice
You’ve probably heard the phrase “power creep” before. It’s an issue pretty much exclusive to gacha games, where tempting you to invest in new characters means older ones can get left behind. Recently we’ve seen HoYoverse’s various titles attempt to tackle this problem, with popular characters from Honkai: Star Rail and even...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 608
Dispatched
Wow, we've quickly arrived at the business end of the year, huh? The Black Friday sales are in full force, and December is almost upon us. Here's what we're playing this weekend. Jamie O'Neill: I'm still trying to play a variety of new 2025 games each week, and as the calendar shows there are six weekends left in the year, I want to...
Friday21st Nov 2025
Guide Best Racing Games on PS5
The top PS5 racing games, ranked and rated
What are the best racing games on PS5? Video games have been around a long time, but humanity's love of cars goes back much, much further. It's no wonder that racing games have been part of the gaming landscape since the very start, with the compulsion to go fast and clock the quickest times still just as...
Guide Best Remakes and Remasters on PS4
Best PS4 remakes and remasters ranked
What are the best remakes and remasters on PS4? Efforts to future-proof old classic games by updating them for modern platforms is better now than ever, resulting in a huge range of remakes and remasters to play. Remasters, such as The Last of Us Remastered, update a game's presentation to the highest modern...
Family-friendly PS5 games ranked and rated
What are the best kids games on PS5? Many video games target a more mature audience, but there are just as many aimed at children. The good news is that there are lots of fantastic family-friendly experiences on PS5 that can be enjoyed at all ages. Whether you're looking for something simple to engage the...
News 'We Believe It's Feasible': Emulation Studio Working on PS3 Support for Modern Consoles
But it's not a priority
Implicit Conversions, the studio behind emulating some of your favourite PS1 and PS2 games as part of PS Plus Premium, is quietly working on a PS3 emulator. While boss Bill Litshauer insists improving its support for PS2 is his company’s current focus, he revealed in an interview with Mystic that he believes it will be...
News PS5 Sales Collapse in Japan as Sony Readies Overdue Rescue Plan
Language locked model launches today
Sony’s new language-locked PS5 console launches in Japan today, and it couldn’t arrive at a better moment. The latest Famitsu sales data for Japan reveals the manufacturer’s machine sold just 5,855 units last week. While sales likely slowed in anticipation for the new cut-price model, the number looks...
All Uncharted games ranked and rated
What are the best Uncharted games? The swashbuckling world of Nathan Drake and his allies is one of the most beloved series PlayStation has in its corner. Developed (primarily) by famed Californian studio Naughty Dog, Uncharted's strength lies in its Hollywood-like storytelling, lovable characters, and...
News Huge PS Store Black Friday Sale Live Now with 1,900+ PS5, PS4 Offers
DS2! Astro Bot! Silent Hill F! MGS Delta!
Right on cue and as previously revealed by Sony, the PS Store Black Friday sale is going live as your timezone ticks over to midnight. The sale offers more than 1,900 PS5, PS4 game discounts, and is live in the UK now. All available until 2nd December 2025, here are some of the highlights to look out for:...
All God of War games ranked and rated
What are the best God of War games? In the pantheon of popular PlayStation intellectual properties, God of War occupies the throne room alongside other household names like Uncharted and Gran Turismo. Developed (mostly) by Santa Monica Studio, the beloved series has evolved from its pure action game roots into...
The challenges of bringing back classics
Since reinventing its PS Plus tiers, the selection of retro content available on the PS5 and PS4 has improved dramatically – there’s no doubt about that. But it’s still not really as good as it should be. For large parts of this year, PS Plus Premium subscribers have been treated to just one new title...
News Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail Maker Reveals Next-Gen Open World Powered by Unreal Engine 5
The next big thing
You could be forgiven for thinking HoYoverse is pretty busy right now. That’s because it is! In addition to its established titles like Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail, it’s also recently announced Animal Crossing-like Petit Planet and auto-chess battler
News Expedition 33, Ghost of Yotei Have Started Scooping Up GOTY Awards
Clair Obscur wins Ultimate Game of the Year
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Ghost of Yotei were two of the big winners at today's Golden Joystick Awards, with the Sandfall Interactive game earning seven awards in total, including Ultimate Game of the Year. The fan-favourite RPG also won the following categories: Best Storytelling, Best Visual...
News You're Going to Want Marvel Cosmic Invasion's Physical PS5 Release
Shelf life
Marvel Cosmic Invasion looks like a belting beat-‘em-up, and you’ll be playing it as soon as next month. But if you have a bit of patience, you may want to hold out for its physical release, which is coming to PS5 on 13th March, 2026. The retail package will be available in two guises: Standard Edition ($39.99) and Deluxe Edition...
News Stellar Blade Fans Rejoice: Developer Shift Up Now Recruiting for 'Next Work' in the Series
Stellar Blade 2 incoming
South Korean studio Shift Up has begun recruiting for what seems to be a new game in the Stellar Blade series. Stellar Blade is a PS5 console exclusive action game that released last year, quickly becoming a fan favourite. Now, it looks as though the developer is openly hiring for people to work specifically on Stellar...
News Ubisoft Is All In on Generative AI, Says It's as Big a Leap in Tech as the 'Shift to 3D'
Generative game
Publisher Ubisoft is making no secret of its plans to utilise generative AI tech — at least, it certainly sounds that way in new comments from CEO Yves Guillemot. The controversial technology has been a hot topic of discussion in the industry for a while now, and as it begins to feed into the games we're playing, it's rubbing some...
News Prince of Persia Remake Might Finally Launch in the Next Six Months
Out by April 2026, say financial earnings
Development on the remake of PS2 classic Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time may finally be nearing the finish line, as Ubisoft has reiterated its intentions to put the project out next year. In fact, it's actually narrowed the release window to the first three months of 2026. The publisher has included...
News New Report Finds Almost Half of US Kids Are After In-Game Currency for Christmas
Good luck wrapping that
In a sign of the times that makes us feel old, a new report has found that nearly half of the USA's children are planning to ask for in-game currencies this Christmas. A survey conducted by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) asked over 700 kids about video game gifts, with nearly three out of five respondents...
News A Game About Digging a Hole Is the Next Viral PC Hit Burrowing onto PS5 Soon
Digging it
Earlier this year, those paying attention will have likely seen an unusual game cropping up on social media, all about digging a hole and seemingly nothing more. Well, that game is A Game About Digging a Hole, and after its huge success on PC, it's now coming to consoles. The viral hit indie title is tunnelling through to PS5 on 9th...
News Street Fighter 6's Sales Hit Another Noteworthy Milestone
The only way is up
Street Fighter 6 is a sublime fighting game, so it’s reassuring to see it continue to sell so well. The game has been steadily accumulating sales milestones since its release in 2023, and now it’s topped a very respectable six million units to date. The game previously topped 5.7 million units as of 30th September, so that...
Thursday20th Nov 2025
News PS5 Welcome Hub Update Adds New Stat Tracking, Backgrounds
Give your PS5 a seasonal feel
Sony has pushed a new update live to the Welcome Hub app on PS5 that adds a new widget with extra stat tracking on it, as well as a seasonal animated background that changes throughout the year. On our UK PSN account, the update is live now and you'll be alerted to the new widget and background. When you add the...
News A Technical Mess without It, STALKER 2's Day 1 PS5 Patch Is Critical
Make sure you're on version 1.7 on PS5
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is now available on PS5 after one year of Xbox Series X|S and PC exclusivity, and much like that original launch, the hardcore title comes with a long list of technical faults on PS5. We have had access to the open world game for a few weeks now for review purposes, but have encountered...
News Hellraiser PS5's Gameplay Trailer Is So Grisly We Can't Embed It Here
You've been warned
Apparently, we must warn you about the content of the latest gameplay trailer for Hellraiser: Revival, because it’s seriously graphic stuff. While there is a heavily edited version on YouTube, dev Boss Team Games is encouraging you to watch the red band version on its official website, which is much more explicit. Obviously,...
News Horizon Sales Update Cements It As One of Sony's Strongest Franchises
On the ascent
You can’t mention Guerrilla’s excellent open world RPG franchise Horizon without a bunch of weirdos coming out of the woodwork. “It’s an industry plant,” they reductively regale. “It’s being milked,” they add. Well, with only two mainline instalments to date, it turns out the franchise is pretty freakin’ popular...
Mini Review R-Type Delta: HD Boosted (PS5) - Glow-Up of PS1 Classic Shmup Still Has the Sauce
Don't let go of that trigger
R-Type Delta is a PS1 classic. One of the greatest shmups of its age, the title hasn’t received a port since 2009 on the PS3, so this has been a long time coming. As the first R-Type with 3D graphics, we were worried the title might not look great with proper HD graphics. This era of 3D gaming tends to look pretty...
News Top-Notch Metroidvania F.I.S.T. Gets a PS5 Prequel in Zoopunk
Set decades before F.I.S.T.
TiGames has shared plans that it's making a prequel to the fantastic 2021 Metroidvania title F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch called Zoopunk. Set decades before the events of F.I.S.T., you can get your first look in the trailer above, with the game confirmed for PS5. Zoopunk explore the origins of Torch City, which was...
News Arthurian Action Game Tides of Annihilation Stuns in Staggering PS5 Boss Fight Trailer
Mirror on the wall
We’ve been itching for an update on the alternate universe Arthurian adventure Tides of Annihilation, and here’s our best look at the upcoming PS5 character action game yet. For those who don’t know, this game sees you play as Gwendolyn in a fractured recreation of London occupied by the Knights of the Roundtable. Her...
News PS5 Exclusive Ghost of Yotei Is One of the USA's Best-Selling Games of 2025
No masking it
There's been an unusual, negative narrative surrounding the sales momentum of Ghost of Yotei, but when it comes down to the hard facts, the PS5 exclusive is doing very well for itself. As revealed in Circana's USA sales data for the month of October, Ghost of Yotei came in as the third best-selling game of the month, behind...
News Dave the Diver Teases In the Jungle DLC Gameplay, Physical Edition Announced
What a catch
Mintrocket has made a splash with some updates on its cult hit fish-'em-up, Dave the Diver. In addition to shadow-dropping the game on Xbox, the below trailer teases the incoming DLC pack, In the Jungle, with new gameplay footage: In the Jungle was announced at the end of last year, and it takes Dave and the gang away from the Blue...
News Returnal's Influence Expands with PS5 Roguelite Shooter ARMATUS
Viva la France
Returnal may not be the best-selling PS5 exclusive, but it’s attracted a slew of copycats. The latest of those looks to be ARMATUS, a roguelite third-person shooter launching in 2026. This game is set in the “demon-infested ruins of Paris”, which some would argue is just modern-day France. But we think the dev’s taking a few...
News Eminem Hires Agent 47 to Kill Slim Shady in Hitman's Weirdest Elusive Target Yet
Would the real Slim Shady please fall down?
We thought Hitman’s time-limited Elusive Targets had peaked with the addition of Casino Royale’s Le Chiffre recently, but this new one takes the metaphorical cake. As hip-hop fans will know, in Eminem’s most recent album, The Death of Slim Shady, he attempted to lay his alter-ego to rest. But it...
News Fortnite Is Going Full Ready Player One in Chapter 6 Finale Event Next Week
Crossing over
Fortnite Chapter 6 is coming to a close very soon, and marking the occasion is a big, splashy finale event that looks very Ready Player One. Check out the trailer below, which features several disparate IPs that may make your head spin: In the video, we see Fortnite's own Jonesy moving through a chaotic battlefield, only to see...
News You No Longer Have to Endure Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's Campaign to Unlock Endgame Mode
Starting tomorrow
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 has some redeeming qualities, but its campaign is really dominating the conversation, with many players left baffled by it. Now, about a week after launch, developer Treyarch has announced a change that may come as welcome news to those looking to get to the good stuff. In a post on official Call of Duty...
News Oct 2025 USA Sales: 2025's Best Seller Is Battlefield 6, the Biggest Game in Series History
The battle is won
There's no two ways about it: Battlefield 6 is a smash hit. According to Circana's October sales data for the USA, EA's first-person shooter has knocked it out of the park, already becoming the biggest game in the franchise's history and 2025's best selling game to date. As always, this stems from Circana's Mat Piscatella,...
News Celebrate Bloodborne's 10th Birthday Properly with New Vinyl Sets
Three versions from Laced Records
PS4 classic Bloodborne turned 10 this year, and to celebrate, Sony did absolutely nothing whatsoever. Companies have no duty to celebrate anniversaries in any substantial way, but given the FromSoftware game's status as a fan favourite, it was hoped that something might happen. It didn't, of course, but there is...
News Vampire Crawlers Is the Deck-Building Vampire Survivors Spin-Off We Never Knew We Wanted
Will it actually have vampires?
Developer Poncle has announced Vampire Crawlers, a brand new spin-off game from its smash hit "bullet heaven" action game, Vampire Survivors. Vampire Crawlers is based within the same universe as the main game, but it's viewed from a different perspective and a different genre altogether, as you can see in the debut...
News James Bond's Love Affair with Aston Martin Is Present and Correct in 007 First Light
As if he'd want to drive anything else
There are many things synonymous with James Bond, and one of those is Aston Martin — a car brand he's been driving since Goldfinger. Well, fans will be pleased to know that the tradition of driving these swish supercars is set to continue in 007 First Light, as this new trailer reveals: The game will...
News Anticipated PS5 Horror Reanimal Set for February 2026 Release
Steam gives the release date away
Reanimal is one of the headline games for today's Xbox Partner Showcase, but the key detail from the show has gotten out ahead of time: the PS5 horror title will release on 13th February 2026. PC platform Steam currently lists the release date on the game's landing page, offering up a horror-fuelled alternative to...
News Check Those Inboxes! Marvel Tokon PS5 Beta Invites Are Being Sent Now
Marvelous news
Desperate to try out uber-promising PS5 fighter Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls? Well, there’s good news: the first wave of beta invites for the title’s second closed test are being sent out right now. Anecdotally, we’re seeing a lot of people receiving invites on social media, so it looks like this is going to be a much bigger...
News Brightfall Combines Horror, Co-Op, and Crafting in Unique Roguelite Adventure on PS5
Look on the bright side
Developer Dark Point Games, the team behind Achilles: Legends Untold, has announced its next project — Brightfall, an open world, roguelite, horror adventure for up to four players. Check out the debut trailer below: Set on a mysterious and ever-shifting Celtic island, you play solo or in co-op to survive its spooky...
News It Only Has One Review, But Inazuma Eleven PS5, PS4 Is a Hit
Sales march to milestone
For some reason, Level-5 didn’t want to get Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road into the hands of press. That’s the Japanese company’s prerogative, of course, but we’re yet to receive our review code. It turns out we’re not alone because the game has the grand total of one review on Metacritic. It doesn’t even have an...
News Episodic Hit Dispatch Is Only Getting More and More Popular
Now at two million copies sold
PS5, PC story game Dispatch continues to go from strength to strength now all its episodes are out, with AdHoc Studio confirming the title has now surpassed two million units sold. Across social media, the LA developer said: "We're also sad there are no new episodes this week, but thank you to the 2 million players...
News Borderlands 4 Offers First Bounty Pack DLC for Free, Out Now on PS5
Fifth Bounty Pack added to season pass
Gearbox Software has announced the first Bounty Pack DLC for Borderlands 4 will now be given away to all players for free, rather than being tied to the season pass. It's named How Rush Saved Mercenary Day, and is available for all PS5 owners now via an update. As this content pack was originally supposed to...
News Are Ya Ready, Kids? Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds SpongeBob DLC Is Available Now
You don't need a licence to drive a sandwich
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds gets a bit spongier this week, as its SpongeBob SquarePants DLC pack is now available in the kart racer. Those who own the season pass or Digital Deluxe edition of CrossWorlds will already have access, or you can buy the pack separately for $5.99/£4.99. Here's a look at what...
Wednesday19th Nov 2025
Guide Best Racing Games on PS4
The best PS4 racing games ranked
What are the best racing games on PS4? It's a tough question to answer, as there are a lot of options for car connoisseurs on Sony's super-popular console. No matter what style of racer you enjoy, there are plenty of games you can take for a spin. There are lots of ways to enjoy racing and driving on PS4; we're here...
All-ages PS4 games ranked and rated
What are the best kids games on PS4? When most people talk about PlayStation 4, they're thinking about its (brilliant) range of experiences aimed at an older audience. However, the console also features an extensive variety of family-friendly games. With so many wonderful titles to choose from, we need your help...
The best PS4 indie games ranked
What are the best indie games on PS4? It's an almost impossible question, as there are so many great ones to choose from. Indies are incredibly diverse, and the PS4 plays host to hundreds of excellent experiences. To name just a few examples, there are some relatively well-known games like Hotline Miami, Bugsnax, and...
Review Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 (PS5) - The Most Absurd Game in Series History
Back to the future
Call of Duty has well and truly gone off the deep end. In Black Ops 7, the latest Treyarch effort, any hint of realism the series may have once possessed is gone. In its place are controllable machetes the size of buildings, boss encounters on a scale that would make God of War proud, and friendly zombies. The campaign is so far...
Guide Best Sci-Fi Games on PS5
Best PS5 sci-fi games ranked and rated
What are the best sci-fi games on PS5? If science fiction is your cup of tea, the good news is that PS5 has lots to offer players in that theme. Sci-fi has been at the beating heart of video games since the start, and it continues to be a popular theme today. There's lots of variation within, too; there's the...
News Huge Ghost of Yotei PS5 Patch Drops Next Week, Adds New Game+, Items, and More
Available on 24th November
Sony has confirmed a significant PS5 update for Ghost of Yotei will go live next week on 24th November that adds New Game+, an additional vendor and cosmetic items, stat tracking, and more. Updating the title to version number 1.1, the New Game+ option is the headliner. You can start up a second playthrough from the main...
Guide Best Sci-Fi Games on PS4
Best PS4 sci-fi games ranked and rated
What are the best sci-fi games on PS4? If you're in the mood to explore some otherworldly science fiction, PS4 has plenty to offer across a wide spectrum of genres. Sci-fi has been prevalent in video games since the very beginning, and it's as intriguing a setting as ever. Whether it's the far-flung future of...
News Gran Turismo 7's New Bonus Credits Offer Feels Cruel for Current Players
Newcomers only
It was announced a little while back that the Gran Turismo series reached a whopping 100 million copies sold in total, making it comfortably one of Sony's most successful franchises. In celebration of this milestone, developer Polyphony Digital has announced a couple of things for Gran Turismo 7. The first is a major free update...
News One of Ghost of Yotei's Most Unique Features Was Meant to Be Much Bigger
But had to be scaled down
Ghost of Yotei makes great use of PS5 and all its bells and whistles, but one of the clearest examples is its time travel mechanic. At certain spots in the game, you're able to warp instantly to the past in order to see the world from Atsu's perspective when she was a child. Combining the PS5's speedy SSD with Sucker...
News Free Mafia PS5 Update Adds Open World Mode, Gear, and Challenges Tomorrow
First-person driving, Photo Mode too
Hangar 13 has announced its previously promised Free Ride update for Mafia: The Old Country finally goes live on PS5 tomorrow, 20th November 2025. This all-new mode opens up the map for free roam and populates it with new activities and rewards. Learn all about it in the trailer above. Free Ride works separately...
News Tales of Berseria Remastered Set for PS5, $40 Game Out on 27th February
The next Tales remaster from Bandai Namco
Bandai Namco has confirmed that Tales of Berseria will be the next entry in the Tales RPG franchise to get the remaster treatment. Tales of Berseria Remastered will release for PS5 on 27th February 2026, priced at £34.99 / $39.99. You can watch the reveal trailer above. The new version features "enhanced...
News As If Playing Elden Ring Isn't Punishing Enough, a Book All About Its Lore Is Coming Soon
From YouTuber VaatiVidya
FromSoftware's massively popular open world RPG Elden Ring is one tough nut to crack, but while it's possible to master the combat and overcome the challenge, the lore stays fairly impenetrable. That's why YouTubers like VaatiVidya are also popular, specialising in covering these games and going over every last detail of...
News Dragon's Dogma 2 Sales Top 4 Million with Still No Sign of an Expansion
Dogmatic success
Capcom has announced a new sales milestone for its fan favourite action RPG, Dragon's Dogma 2. As revealed on its official social channels, the cult hit sequel has now surpassed 4 million copies sold: Dragon's Dogma 2 launched in March 2024, meaning it's taken around 20 months for it to reach the milestone. The first 3 million...
News ARC Raiders Dev Killing PS4 Support for Its Previous Game The Finals
Has been available for less than a year
Embark Studios is currently riding high on the success of ARC Raiders, but there will be one casualty along the way: the PS4 version of the developer's previous title, The Finals. The team has shared that the last-gen version of its competitive shooter is being taken offline on 18th March 2026, leaving it...
News Build Your Own Mobile Base in Cosy Camper Van Game Outbound, Coming to PS5 in 2026
We don't need roads
Open world exploration game Outbound was previously announced for PS5, and now we know roughly when it's due to arrive. A new trailer for Square Glade Games' cosy camper van title has been released, confirming a release window of Q2 2026: In the game, you have a cute little camper van that you're free to drive around a...
Tuesday18th Nov 2025
News PS Plus Gets a Decent Black Friday Discount, But There's a Catch for Existing Members
Subscribe and save
As part of PlayStation’s usual range of Black Friday offers, PS Plus subscriptions are going cheap, but there’s a caveat for existing members. Sony is offering 33 per cent off PS Plus 12-month subscriptions at all tiers, and that discount applies to new subscribers. Current members who upgrade to a higher tier will get 33 per...
Feature Last Chance to Get These 45+ PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store's November Savings Sale
Grab these recommended games
PS Store's onslaught of offers never ceases, and the latest assault is live right now. It's the November Savings sale, and it runs through to 21st November, so there's not long to go before the sale's over. As always, the sale includes thousands of items across PS5 and PS4, making it kinda hard to find the good stuff...
News PS Store's Enormous Black Friday Sale Set to Go Live 21st November
Wallets at the ready
One of the main attractions of PlayStation’s annual Black Friday offers is the bumper PS Store sale, and this year will be no different. Thousands of PS5 and PS4 games and add-ons will be brought down in price on Sony’s digital storefront. We don’t yet know what exactly will be included, but we do know some small details...
News November 2025 PS Plus Extra, Premium Games Available to Download Now
9 more PS5, PS4, and Classic titles added
Sony has updated its top two PS Plus tiers today with the full range of previously confirmed PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium games for November 2025. There are nine PS5, PS4, and Classic titles in total, and here's the full list of what's on offer from today: PS Plus Extra: November 2025:
News These 9 PS Plus Games Are Leaving in December 2025
Departing on 16th December
The lineup of PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium games for November 2025 is available now to subscribers, but this, in turn, means the PS5, PS4 titles departing the service next month have also been confirmed. On 16th December 2025, the following nine PS5, PS4 games will no longer be part of the service: Battlefield 2042...
News $100 Off PS5 Consoles, PSVR2 for Black Friday 2025
PS Portal on sale too
In addition to a bumper PS Store sale and a questionable PS Plus membership discount, Sony will also puts its range of PS5 consoles, PSVR2, and PS5 accessories on sale for Black Friday 2025. Beginning on 21st November, you can save $100 on PS5 systems, $100 on PSVR2, $20 on a PS Portal, and up to $30 on accessorie
News Sony's PS Plus Premium Offer for PSVR2 Games Seems to Die Next Month
Last two remaining PSVR2 titles to expire
The initiative to get PSVR2 games into the hands of PS Plus Premium subscribers looks to be quietly coming to an end next month. Every PSVR2 title that Sony initially included in the offer has expired, and the final two — Arcade Paradise VR and Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge - Enhanced Edition...
Mini Review Neon Inferno (PS5) - Beautiful Layers, Chaotic Bullets
Bullet hell
Some games embrace their inspirations in an obvious display of affection, which is exactly what developer Zenovia Interactive has done with Neon Inferno. This 2D run-and-gun platformer has a ton of similarities to classics such as Contra, yet manages to achieve its own identity with an interesting narrative and engaging gameplay...
News Try Battlefield 6 for Free in One Week Trial, from 25th November
Access to five modes and three maps
EA has confirmed a free trial for Battlefield 6 will go live for one week on 25th November 2025, allowing anyone access to five multiplayer modes and three maps until 2nd December. While the Battle Royale mode Redsec is free-to-play, the main game is a full-priced title. Through the free trial, you could get a...
News Twisted Metal Renewed for Season 3 and Gets New Showrunner
David Reed joins for third season
The TV adaptation of classic PlayStation series Twisted Metal has been renewed for a third season by Peacock, Variety reports. The outlet also states David Reed will be joining as showrunner, replacing Michael Jonathon Smith. Variety claims Reed will join as showrunner and executive producer for the third season of...
News Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 UK Sales Plummet 61% Compared to Black Ops 6
Behind Battlefield 6, too
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 was always going to sell well enough to top the UK's physical games chart at launch, but it seems it might not be performing quite to the degree you might expect. While the game is currently number one, it's actually had a smaller launch sales period than its closest competition, Battlefield 6...
News Don't Expect a Resident Evil Requiem Demo, Capcom Has 'No Plans'
Oh, okay
Publisher Capcom appears to confirm that Resident Evil Requiem won't be receiving a pre-launch demo. For many of the previous games in the series, Capcom has released some form of playable demo ahead of release, allowing fans to take the latest survival horror title for a spin. Even going as far back as Resident Evil 6, the company has...
News EA Sports Skipping Standalone F1 Game in 2026, Will Return 'Reimagined' in 2027
2026 season will be a paid expansion
EA Sports and Codemasters have been churning out yearly Formula One games for a while now, and it looks like it's time for a shake up. The publisher has announced its plans for the next couple of years of the franchise, and in a nutshell, it's skipping a new, standalone game in 2026, instead opting to overhaul...
News The Legend of Lara Croft Continues in Season 2 of Netflix's Tomb Raider Series
Watch the trailer now
Netflix has shared a first trailer for the second season of its animated series, Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft. Due to kick off on 11th December, you can watch the trailer right here: Season 2 sees Lara (Hayley Atwell) tasked with tracking down some ancient artefacts before they can fall into the wrong hands. It's...
News Lumines Arise's Excellent Soundtrack Releases in February, New Single Available Now
Music to our ears
Lumines Arise is a wonderful game for many reasons, but a big one is its great OST, and soon you'll be able to own it. Publisher Enhance has announced a date for the digital release of the soundtrack; it'll be available on 2nd February, 2026, with pre-orders now available via Bandcamp. The full album will cost $10. The music...
Monday17th Nov 2025
Guide These 12+ PS5, PS4, and PS Plus Games Are Coming Out This Week (17th-23rd November)
Demonschool! Neon Inferno! R-Type!
As we lurch towards Black Friday, the release schedule is finally starting to slow down. That means just 12 new games next week, with no real standout highlights, aside from perhaps indie duo Demonschool and Neon Inferno. Some fans may be looking forward to the new SpongeBob title, too. These are all the PS5 and...
News Xbox Partner Preview Officially Confirmed for 20th November, Includes 'Brand New Reveals'
Will be worth a watch for PS5 users
It feels a little odd to be talking about a potential Xbox Partner Showcase here on Push Square, but with the company releasing pretty much all its games on PS5 nowadays, it only seems right. Anyway, yes, it sounds as though Microsoft is planning an Xbox presentation in the very near future. That's according to...
Talking Point The Game Awards 2025 Nominations Announced - Who Are Your Winners?
Who deserves the trophy?
The Game Awards has just unveiled the shortlists for every category at this year's event, highlighting many fantastic titles that have launched throughout 2025. As expected, there are some standouts nominated for multiple awards, with the most-nominated titles including Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Ghost of Yotei, and Death...
News Assassin's Creed Mirage Update 1.1.0 Adds Major Free DLC, Patch Notes Revealed
Includes the Saudi Arabia-funded expansion
Ubisoft has today revealed exactly what to expect from its Saudi Arabia-funded DLC for Assassin's Creed Mirage, which releases for free on PS5, PS4 tomorrow. After a 22.6GB patch on PS5 and a 16.6GB one on PS4, all players will gain access to a new expansion named Valley of Memory, promising six hours of...
Past management wasn't fussed about format's domestic woes
PlayStation’s previous management believed it was acceptable for Nintendo to erode its market share in Japan, but new CEO Hideaki Nishino – who’s Japanese and has replaced British leader Jim Ryan – won’t go down without a fight. According to a report by TV Tokyo (as translated by...
News Here's Your First Look at Sony's Zelda Movie, Film Shots Revealed
Link and Zelda in their official form
After some third-party clips of filming for Sony and Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda movie adaptation made their way to the Internet over the weekend, the Nintendo Today app has shared the first official shots. Here are the first three official screens from Nintendo: As we already know, Link is being...
Help wanted
Developer Purple Lamp Studios has been honing its craft working on several licensed games, with more than one SpongeBob title under its belt. Its latest effort, SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide, is another 3D platformer riding the wave of nostalgia caused by its remake of the fan favourite, Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated...
News PS5 Sony Games Bag 19 Nominations at The Game Awards 2025
Death Stranding 2, Ghost of Yotei doing bits
First-party games from PlayStation always have a large presence in the list of nominees for The Game Awards, and this year's show is no different. Thanks to Death Stranding 2, Ghost of Yotei, and a few other PlayStation Studios titles, Sony is the most-nominated publisher at the show. Clair Obscur:...
News The Lost Soul Aside Redemption Arc Starts in Tomorrow's Feature-Packed PS5 Update
Wave-based Surge of Voidrax mode included
Lost Soul Aside developer UltiZero Games will be hoping to pull a No Man's Sky as it works to update and improve its rather mediocre PS5 action game released a few months ago. That all begins tomorrow, 18th November 2025, with a comprehensive patch that adds a new mode and a handful of extra features to the...
News PS5 RPG Where Winds Meet Makes a Strong Start with Two Million Players
Manages it inside 24 hours
The newly released PS5, PC online RPG Where Winds Meet attracted over two million players during its first 24 hours of availability, marking a successful launch for the free-to-play title. Everstone Studios shared the milestone on social media, and included some further stats like: One of the top 7 sellers on Steam One...
News Superhero Adventure Dispatch Projected to Hit Three-Year Sales Target in Three Months
Super speed
Developer AdHoc Studio has shared that its debut game Dispatch is seriously outperforming its sales expectations. As reported by Gamesindustry.biz, the episodic adventure game, which combines workplace comedy with superheroes, is projected to hit its three-year sales target in its first three months on the market. While we don't know...
News Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's Controversial AI Use Is Even Attracting Attention of US Politicians
"We need regulations"
The recently launched Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 has come under heavy fire for its usage of AI-generated artwork, and it's causing such a stink that US congressmen are speaking out against it. Ro Khanna, who represents California's 17th congressional district, responded to one of the many social media posts about the game,...
News Resident Evil Requiem's Leon Kennedy 'Leaks' Are Fake News, Says Capcom
Don't believe it
Any Resident Evil fans will know that rumours have been swirling about Leon Kennedy making an appearance in Resident Evil Requiem, and it's now reached a point where a producer has commented on the matter. Ever since the horror game's announcement, it's been speculated by many that Leon Kennedy, star of several previous entries,...
Sunday16th Nov 2025
News Mobile MMO Horizon Steel Frontiers Seems to Have Captured Lots of Attention Already
Millions watch first trailer
Despite leaking around 12 hours earlier than expected, Horizon Steel Frontiers’ announcement trailer has now topped 2.5 million views on YouTube, three days after it debuted. Meanwhile, its gameplay trailer has managed a further 217k views. We expect some of these views have been generated by pre-roll ads, but it’s...
Saturday15th Nov 2025
News Embarrassing AI Art Plagues Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Launch
Activision confirms use of AI tools
If the utterly ridiculous co-op campaign wasn't bad enough, another negative dominating the chatter around the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is its seeming use of AI artwork in-game. In the multiplayer customisation menu, some of the Calling Cards you can attach to your profile closely resemble AI filters,...
News 'Very Vague' Rumour Claims Sony May Scale Back PC Ports of PS5 Games
Maybe, anyway
It’s a complicated time for PlayStation fans. This week saw the announcement of Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble and Horizon Steel Frontiers, two flagship first-party Sony titles which won’t be available on the PS5. There’s context that’s getting lost in the social media overreaction, of course: PlayStation has wanted to...
Poll Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for November 2025?
Plus or minus?
November's PS Plus Extra and Premium games have been officially revealed, but are Sony's two most expensive subscription tiers still carrying their weight? Let's find out. Admittedly, things do not get off to a positive start on Extra. Grand Theft Auto 5 is, somehow, the headline act, as if there are still people out there who...
News Sony Trying to Silence Concord Revival Project After Fans Brought PS5, PC Disaster Back
But why?
Even a year removed from its release, it’s still difficult to process just what a disaster Concord was. It was a flop on a scale we’ve never seen before – a true unprecedented catastrophe. But – and stick with us here – it wasn’t the worst game ever made. Yes, its character designs were questionable and its overall concept...
Talking Point Will PlayStation's Mobile Push Be a Success or a Flop?
The power of the cell
We all knew this was coming, but PlayStation's efforts in the mobile space are beginning to show at last. The platform holder has been building up a mobile division of PS Studios, and it's taken several years to really get off the ground, but following this week's announcements, we're finally starting to see the investment...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 607
Keeping it indoors
The UK is currently under siege from a storm, ushering in what feels like the start of winter and cold temperatures. As a result, there's never been a better time to fire up the PS5 and stay inside. Here's what'll keep us occupied this weekend. Jamie O'Neill: I'm on a retro Namco fix after last week, and with seven weekends...
Friday14th Nov 2025
Guide Best Online Multiplayer Games on PS4
PlayStation 4's best online multiplayer games
What are the best online multiplayer games on PS4? Online multiplayer is a relatively modern feature of video games, but it's just part of the furniture these days. While not every game comes packaged with online modes, many of them do, and some revolve around it entirely. It's safe to say there are lots...
Best PS4 FPS games ranked and rated
What are the best FPS games on PS4? Sony's console is well-equipped with dozens of excellent first-person shooters. There's lots of variety to suit all tastes, whether you like realistic firefights or flights of sci-fi fancy. On PS4, there have been so many great first-person shooters over the years. In fact,...
The best PS5 indies, ranked and rated
What are the best indie games on PS5? In this evolving list, it's up to the Push Square community to define the very best indie titles the platform has to offer. The term "indie" has a nebulous, ever-shifting meaning, but generally speaking, we're talking about smaller scale games from smaller scale studios...
PS4's best platformers ranked and rated
What are the best platformers on PS4? If you've been playing games for any length of time, you'll know that platformers have been around since the very beginning. Some of gaming's most recognisable characters are from platformers — your Marios, your Sonics, and so on. Mainly concerned with testing a player's...
Poll Does the Steam Machine Pose a Threat to PS5?
Dream machine?
Just in case you missed it, Valve announced the (admittedly well-named) Steam Machine earlier this week. And no, it's got nothing to do with Daft Punk. It's an enticingly small box that's designed to kind of bridge the gap between PC and console. Basically, you can hook this thing up to your TV and use it as a Steam-based console,...
News Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's Single Player Campaign Is Being Torn Apart
Worst one yet?
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is out today, 14th November 2025, and players are not happy, with its campaign being a particularly thorny issue. Many of the problems fans are having with the single player story are technical ones, mainly relating to the game's always online nature. For example, even when playing solo, you cannot pause...
News Here's Why Sony Is Making a Japan-Specific PS5 Console
The sales numbers don't lie
The headline announcement out of this week's State of Play Japan livestream was a new PS5 console that's specific to the country. It only operates in the Japanese language, and it only works with Japanese PSN accounts. By doing this, Sony is able to offer the system at a vastly reduced price of ¥55,000 ($350), which...
News Steel Yourselves: The Game Awards Nominees Are Being Announced Imminently
Here comes Geoff
It's that time once again, everyone. The Game Awards, Geoff Keighley's big, year-ending awards ceremony and pseudo-E3 conference, in nearly upon us. However, before we get there, we need to know which games are up for what awards. On Monday 17th November, all the nominees will be revealed in a special announcement presentation:...
Nice town, I'll take it
Age of Empires 4: Anniversary Edition is another excellent real-time strategy game from the now venerable series that popularised the subgenre back in the late 90s and early 2000s (with 'popular' being a relative term). Developed by Relic Entertainment and initially published by Xbox Game Studios in 2021, it's now the turn...
News PS Plus Members in the UK Now Get Money Off Purchases from PlayStation Direct
Every little helps
Here's a little bit of good news for any UK-based PS Plus members: Sony has introduced a new perk on its PlayStation Direct online store exclusively for subscribers. Essentially, members of PS Plus can save 5% on purchases across the site, the only exceptions being pre-orders and Flex leasing plans. Obviously 5% isn't huge,...
News Ratchet & Clank Mobile May Be Okay Actually, First Gameplay Revealed
20+ minutes of gameplay now online
The thought of a Ratchet & Clank game on mobile phones instead of a big-budget Rift Apart PS5 sequel will have had some PlayStation fans turning their noses up, but give the new game a chance, and its debut gameplay videos actually look more than acceptable. Above you'll find 22 minutes of Ratchet & Clank: Ranger...
News Sony Flexes Its Almighty Marketing Muscle with PS5 Promos Around the World
It happens on PS5
You could accuse PlayStation of a lot of things, but a lazy marketer is not one of them. While pundits will often reductively refer to Sony’s successes as fortuitous or by accident, the company invests millions upon millions of dollars into ensuring the general public knows about its brand. And with its new worldwide campaign...
News 'We'd Love to Do It': Sounds Like NCSOFT Wants Horizon Steel Frontiers on PS5 as Much as You
Up to Sony, then?
Horizon is spreading its wings with a full blown MMO action RPG, with the caveat that it's only coming to mobile and PC. Yes, Horizon Steel Frontiers won't be released for PS5, much to the disappointment of fans. More than anything else, this seems to be the biggest bone being picked with this game; how come it's skipping PS5?...
News Tomb Raider Dev Loses Another 30 Staff in New Round of Layoffs
Crystal Dynamics shrinks again
Crystal Dynamics, the development studio currently working on a new Tomb Raider game, has announced a round of layoffs hitting the company. The news comes via a post on the company's LinkedIn page, where it states just under 30 job cuts "across various departments and projects" in a bid to "restructure the company and...
News Hi-Fi Rush Now Officially in the Hands of 'AI-First' Publisher Krafton
Yay?
Hi-Fi Rush fans, rejoice! Beginning today, publishing rights are transferring from Bethesda to Krafton following the latter's revival of Tango Gameworks. The development studio would otherwise have been shuttered, but it was scooped up by Krafton at the last minute, along with the Hi-Fi Rush IP. Now, it officially belongs to the South Korean...
Thursday13th Nov 2025
News First PS Plus Extra Game for December 2025 Announced
Available from 2nd December
Rockstar Games has announced a PS5 version of Red Dead Redemption is releasing on 2nd December 2025, and it will also join the PS Plus Extra lineup for that month on the same day. This now gives us the first PS Plus Extra title for next month, with many other PS5, PS4 titles set to join it. For anyone who already owns...
News Red Dead Redemption 1 Confirmed for PS5, Out 2nd December
Free upgrade for PS4 owners
All the rumours and speculation over the past 12 months have pointed towards Red Dead Redemption 2 finally getting a native PS5 upgrade, but what if it's actually the first game receiving the treatment? A new age rating from the ESRB board suggests so. Red Dead Redemption, the first game, has received an ESRB age rating...
Review Dispatch (PS5) - Interactive Superhero Show Is a Damn Good Time
Cape diem
It only takes playing through one or two episodes of Dispatch to realise that this superhero comedy-drama has bags of potential. But spread between a total of eight instalments, does it stick the landing? The thing about Dispatch is it's not really much of a game in the traditional sense. This is more about watching than interacting, and...
News The Next Horizon Game Is an MMO for Mobile and PC, Prompting Fury from PS5 Fans
Watch the first gameplay footage
Sony’s fledgling mobile strategy is slowly coming into focus. Earlier this week, it announced Ratchet & Clank: Galaxy Rangers, an arena-based multiplayer shooter for mobile. And now, ahead of G-STAR in Korea, the long-rumoured MMO from NCSoft Horizon Steel Frontiers has been revealed. It’ll be available on PC...
Mini Review Rennsport (PS5) - A Sim Racer That Just Can't Match the Competition
Shifting down
As long as Polyphony Digital continues to release and refine Gran Turismo titles, simulation racers will always have a hard time competing on a Sony console. With Rennsport, developer Competition Company is looking to separate itself from the leader of the pack by creating a cross-platform sim experience that’s geared heavily...
News Horizon Dev Guerrilla Won't Abandon PS5, Has 'More' Games Coming
"More on that to come"
Horizon Steel Frontiers, a new MMO set in Aloy's universe, won't be launching on PS5. Instead, the Guerrilla Games and NCSOFT collaboration is targeting the PC and mobile phone market. This marks the first time a video game attached to the Horizon IP will not have any kind of presence on PlayStation, but that doesn't mean the...
News Promising PS5 RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker Looks Way More Polished in Huge Gameplay Demo
A new dawn
Developer Rebel Wolves has given us a fresh look at its upcoming dark fantasy RPG, The Blood of Dawnwalker. This is a particularly meaty gameplay demo, with the video clocking in at just under 29 minutes. The whole thing's narrated, giving some interesting insight into the studio's ambitions. As you'd expect, there's a lot to cover...
News Sony Targeting Big Holiday Sales with New PS5 Fortnite Bundle, Includes Exclusive Cosmetics
PS5 is for life, not just for Fortnite
We already knew this, but recent sales reports have pegged PS5 as a major success. It's the second fastest-selling PlayStation in US history, and the console recently surpassed 84.2 million sales. Capitalising on this momentum, then, Sony has unveiled a new PS5 console bundle that includes exclusive goodies...
News Another Horizon Online PS5 Game Is Coming Before Horizon 3, It's Claimed
Made to wait for Aloy
Anyone hoping to play the third instalment in the main Horizon series will have to wait for the rumoured online title from Guerrilla Games itself to release first. This is a second game that's separate from the newly confirmed Horizon Steel Frontiers for PC and smartphones. Both it and a second multiplayer Horizon project from...
News Horizon MMO Uses AI 'Extensively' in Development, Says NCSOFT
AI assistance in all areas "from coding to art"
Sony just announced a new Horizon game with Horizon Steel Frontiers, an MMO launching on mobile and PC, and it's not gone down all that well with fans. To make matters worse, developer NCSOFT has now stated the game has been built partially using AI assistance — a topic that's divisive, to say the...
News Silent Hill F Made Easier in Difficulty Overhaul, Adds Casual Mode
Get all the PS5 patch notes here
Konami and Neobards Entertainment have published a new Silent Hill F patch on PS5 today that works to slightly lower the difficulty throughout the game, and adds a new Casual Mode. The update tweaks the difficulty by making changes to enemy density, faster stamina replenishment, and reducing the damage taken from...
News Lies of P Publisher Neowiz Going Big with 5 Upcoming Games
And publishing a further two titles
Lies of P publisher Neowiz looks to be on the rise off the back of the Soulslike's success, with the company announcing it has five projects in development internally, and then it's collaborating with another two external studios to publish the games they're making. The firm's plans were confirmed in an investor...
News Fallout Season 2 Heads to New Vegas in New Trailer, Debuts 17th December
The house always wins
Bethesda and Amazon Prime have shared the first proper trailer for season two of Fallout, which debuts on the platform from 17th December 2025. Check it out above. As was teased at the end of the first season, New Vegas forms part of the setting for the next batch of episodes, as the world deals with the fallout of last year's...
News You Had Your Fun with Umamusume, Now It's Time to Get Serious with Champions Stable
No more horsing around
Umamusume: Pretty Derby really left its mark on 2025, didn't it? While things have quietened down a bit now, for a while you couldn't move for anime horse girls. The game remains popular, of course, but what if you fancy something a bit more grounded in reality? Well, publisher Leonardo Interactive has announced Champions...
News Death Stranding Isolations Is a Disney+ Anime Series That Tells an Original Story
Out in 2027
Kojima Productions is throwing everything at Death Stranding right now. There are not only two movie adaptations in the works, one live action and the other animated, but now an original anime series has also been revealed. Death Stranding Isolations is its working title, and it'll be streaming exclusively on Disney+ when it arrives in...
News An Oversized Blade Is the Answer to All Your Problems in PS5, PS4 Metroidvania Gigasword
Out today, and there's a free demo too
Gigasword has kinda passed us by, but it looks pretty interesting. From publisher Akupara Games and developer Studio Hybrid, this is a 2D action game with a Metroidvania structure, and it looks like its namesake is the key to everything — literally, at times. With nice pixel art and chiptune music that...
News The Brilliant Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Has Now Sold Over 4 Million Copies
That's a lot of Henrys
Warhorse Studios has announced that its ambitious and highly acclaimed sequel, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, has reached an impressive sales milestone. The medieval RPG has now surpassed sales of 4 million. The developer announced the sales update on its socials: "We can't thank you enough for helping us reach this...
News Those Waiting for Portal 3 Might Be Interested in Colourful Puzzler ChromaGun 2 on PS5
Release date announced
Fans of first-person puzzle games know it doesn't get much better than the Portal series, but ChromaGun has always been a solid alternative. The sequel, ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard, looks like it's stepping things up in basically every way. The game's latest trailer reveals the release date, and it's not too far off: Much like...
News Somehow, We're Already on the Sixth Game in Milestone's RIDE Series
PS5 motorcycle racer announced
Sometimes, specific things can catch you off-guard and make you feel as though time is moving much faster than it actually is; one of those for us is the RIDE franchise, which is about to get its sixth instalment. The series began all the way back in 2015; six games in just over 10 years (not including all the other...
Wednesday12th Nov 2025
News New Ratchet & Clank Game Announced, But Not for the Platform You Want
Ranger Rumble coming soon to mobile
There's a new Ratchet & Clank game coming soon! Insomniac Games is involved! And it's coming to... mobile! Yes, Sony has just announced Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble, a "free to download", mobile multiplayer shooter heading to Android and iOS. A collaboration between Insomniac and mobile dev studio Oh BiBi,...
Hands On Where Winds Meet PS5 Is Vast, Visionary, and on the Verge of Collapse
A free-to-play epic unlike anything we've encountered before
After approximately 20 hours of play, we’ve barely scratched the surface of Where Winds Meet. We’d considered publishing a Review in Progress, but it quickly became evident that the scale of this game far exceeds the playtime we had available prior to release. Furthermore, we have...
News 9 PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for November 2025 Announced
Available from 18th Nov
Sony has today revealed the lineup of PS5, PS4, and Classic games landing on PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium for the month of November 2025. There are 9 titles in total this time around, and they'll all be available from Tuesday, 18th November 2025. PS Plus Extra: November 2025: Grand Theft Auto V (PS5, PS4) |
Round Up What Was Announced in Sony's State of Play Livestream for November 2025?
All the PS5 reveals from State of Play Japan
In an unexpected State of Play livestream, Sony decided to focus the entire show on its Japanese and Asian audiences, presenting PS5 titles fit for their tastes. These are still global announcements, though, so the reveals will make their way to Western shores too. Below, you will find all PS5...
News PS5's Biggest Game Has Not Released Yet, PlayStation Boss Teases
Is that GTA 6 or something else?
As the PS5 turns five years old today, there's an increasing interest in what comes next from Sony. PS6 rumours have been rife over the past 12 months, and they all point to a more modest next-gen console with a portable device to go along with it. Sony isn't saying anything publicly just yet; in fact, it's doubling...
Poll How Would You Rate State of Play for November 2025?
Share your thoughts on the latest PS5 showcase
Completely out of the blue, Sony announced it would be hosting a State of Play livestream with a twist. Rather than the standard setup, this showcase would focus on "games created in Japan and across Asia, alongside a few other exciting updates". For just over 40 minutes, this resulted in announcements...
News Final Dispatch Episodes 7 and 8 Out Now on PS5
The end
Well, it's time to find out what happens at the end of Dispatch. The interactive superhero story has captivated players since its initial episodes launched a few weeks back. And now, its final two episodes — Episode 7 and Episode 8 — are available on PS5. As with previous instalments, the new episodes are added through an update...
News Palworld Dev Is Publishing a Metroidvania Action Game with Strong Silksong Vibes on PS5, PS4
Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse coming soon
While some might be growing weary of these artsy Metroidvania action games, Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse looks like it's doing things just differently enough to stand out. Brought to us by Pocketpair Publishing and developer Frontside 180, this is a roguelite action platformer that combines...
News Highly Anticipated RPG Remake Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter Confirmed for 2026 Release
Give it a 2nd
Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter wowed just about everyone when it launched earlier this year. A ground-up remake of Falcom's original Trails title, it's easily one of the most polished releases in the entire series. And now, we've basically got confirmation that a remake of the second Trails in the Sky game will launch by September...
News PS1 Classics Aquanaut's Holiday, Tail of the Sun Will Be Revived, But Not on PS5
Sony's 32-bit oddities only on Switch, PC
Two all-time classic PS1 oddities, Aquanaut’s Holiday and Tail of the Sun, will be revived on modern hardware as part of developer Artdink’s newly announced ARTDINK GAME LOG preservation project. But they’ll only be available on Switch and PC, despite both games originally being published by Sony...
News Jaw-Dropping PS5 Remake Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly Snaps a 12th March Release Date
Photo finish
Koei Tecmo’s stunning remake of its sublime PS2 photography survival horror Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly will scope out a 12th March release date. The full, ground-up remake is available to pre-order on the PS Store right now, with a Digital Deluxe Edition also including a Digital Soundtrack, Digital Artbook, and a bunch of...
PS5 years later
Many PlayStation fans would argue that this generation has never really got going, but that hasn't stopped the PS5 from being a commercial juggernaut. Sony's current-gen machine has basically dominated the US market since its release in 2020. And now, five years on, it's the second fast selling PlayStation device ever, beaten only...
News Bonkers PS5 RPG Showa American Story Has to Wait Until 2026
Enters final stages of development
One of the wildest titles coming to PS5 in the future, Showa American Story will now release for the console in 2026, as confirmed by developer Nekcom Games. First revealed in January 2022, it's been a long road to release for Showa American Story, but the studio now states it's moving towards the "final stages of...
News Disgaea Dev Returns with Action RPG Kyouran Makaism, and It's Set in the Same Universe
Comes to PS5 in January
NIS America has shown off a little more of its upcoming action RPG, Kyouran Makaism, and we now know it's officially part of the Disgaea universe. The game got a brief overview during State of Play Japan: You play as mercenary Neuer, who's tasked with reclaiming a special pudding on behalf of a young princess. What...
News ARC Raiders Adds Duo Matchmaking, Reduces Cosmetic Prices After Player Backlash
Every little helps
ARC Raiders has only been out for a couple of weeks, but developer Embark Studios is already responding to community feedback. In an update on the game's website, Embark has announced a couple of changes to the popular extraction shooter, and it's good news all-round. Firstly, the game has now implemented duo matchmaking,...
News DAMON and BABY Is a PS5, PS4 Twin-Stick Shooter Like You've Never Seen Before
An unlikely alliance
It’s always fun to see a title take a twist on a tried and trusted gameplay staple, and DAMON and BABY looks to be exactly that. The upcoming Arc System Works effort – due out on both the PS5 and PS4 in early 2026 – takes the twin-stick shooter concept in an unexpected direction, fusing outright action with adventuring...
News All-New PS5, PS4 DLC Was a Constant Theme During State of Play Japan
DLC for Pac-Man World 2, Once Upon a Katamari, and more
If you're after new expansions for recently released games, then last night's State of Play Japan livestream was the place to be. The headliner was the new Elden Ring Nightreign DLC, but the livestream also introduced a number of other PS5, PS4 add-ons. Once Upon a Katamari, Pac-Man World 2...
Rumour Ubisoft Is Still Gunning for Live Service Success with New Multiplayer Shooter
Project Scout returns
Ubisoft just can't help but chase that pot of gold at the end of the live service rainbow. According to a series of fresh leaks, the publisher is still working on a new multiplayer shooter with sci-fi leanings — a project that was originally outed earlier in the year. Its in-development title is Project Scout, and it's...
News Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined Shows Off Its Cutesy Diorama Style in Latest Trailer on PS5
Watch the latest trailer
Square Enix has released a new trailer for Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined, a PS5 remake of the beloved RPG. The video is below, showing a mix of gameplay footage and cutscenes as we head slowly towards that 5th February release date. The remake's diorama, tilt-shift visual style is shown off here, emphasising the characters...
Sketchy landing
After years of campaigning for Skate 4, fans of EA's skateboarding series got their wish with the simply named Skate — a free-to-play entry that launched in early access in September. It's attracted millions of players, and it seems that the influx of players has caused some headaches for developer Full Circle. In a blog post...
News No Sleep for Kaname Date Sheds Switch Console Exclusivity, Investigates PS5, PS4 Next Year
In case you missed it
No Sleep for Kaname Date - From AI: The Somnium Files launched as a Nintendo console exclusive earlier this year, but it will set its sights on the PS5 and PS4 from 26th February. The game will be available digitally on both of Sony’s consoles, but a physical version will also be available for the PS5. Those who splash out...
News Classic SEGA Characters NiGHTS, AiAi to Join Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds on PS5, PS4
SpongeBob SquarePants sinks in next week
We’re not sure about you, but all we personally want out of Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is more classic characters from SEGA’s back catalogue. And that’s exactly what we’re getting in a slew of free content updates, including: NiGHTS (December 2025) NiGHTS Dream Sleeper Vehicle Super Monkey Ball...
News New Heroes, Modes, and Maps Revealed for Marvel Rivals Season 5, Starts 14th November
Love is a Battlefield
Marvel Rivals continues to go from strength to strength as NetEase keeps up with its post-launch support. The free-to-play game is about to enter Season 5: Love is a Battlefield, which will introduce at least two new playable characters. The first of these will be Gambit, who will be available when Season 5 begins on 14th...
News In Case You Forgot About It, Here's a New Trailer for Let It Die: Inferno Ahead of Launch
Out in a matter of weeks
Let It Die: Inferno is one of those games that's likely flying under the radar for many, but it's coming to PS5 very soon, and there's a brand new trailer for it too. The roguelite, PvEvP action game arrives on 3rd December 2025, and publisher GungHo Online Entertainment has just released the following trailer: The...
News Coffee Talk Tokyo Props Up a 5th March PS5 Release Date
There's a latte to like about it
The latest instalment in Toge’s people watching visual novel series Coffee Talk Tokyo has brewed up a 5th March release date. The game – which will see you assume the role of a Tokyo barista – will see you spark conversations with your thirsty customers, with each cup harbouring a secret. Here’s the blurb:...
News The Original MySims Comes to PlayStation for the Very First Time with Cozy Bundle This Month
Wii love to see it
PS5 is about to get a new life sim, and it's actually one from nearly 20 years ago. MySims: Cozy Bundle brings the Sims off-shoot to PlayStation on 18th November, as announced on EA's socials earlier this week: While MySims SkyHeroes hit PS3 back in 2010, this marks the first time the original game and its sequel, MySims...
News Record Your Own Actions to Progress in Cute Puzzle Platformer MotionRec on PS5
Out next year
You'd think side-scrolling puzzle platformers have done it all, but new ones come along every now and then to prove otherwise. MotionRec, from indie dev HANDSUM, is an interesting case; you can record specific movements and then play them back later, allowing you to traverse otherwise impossible obstacles. The game was featured in...
Tuesday11th Nov 2025
News Sony Speaks on Bungie Acquisition Disaster, Takes an 'Impairment Loss'
Sales, user engagement fallen short of expectations
Sony's $3.6 billion purchase of Destiny 2 developer Bungie has, for all intents and purposes, been an utter disaster, and the PS5, PS4 hardware maker all but knows it at this point. Having bought the studio to assist its push into the live-service space, Sony has cancelled multiple multiplayer...
News Gran Turismo 7 Gets First Paid DLC in the Power Pack, Out 4th December
It's only for PS5, no PS4 version
More than three and a half years after its PS5 and PS4 release, Polyphony Digital is launching the first paid DLC for Gran Turismo 7 to go alongside its free Spec III update. Called the Power Pack, it's out on 4th December 2025 and will only be available on PS5. It's said to be designed for "racing purists", where...
Guide What Time Is PlayStation's State of Play Japan?
Dates, times, and what to expect
Sony's latest State of Play is on the way, and this one has a special focus on Japan. It should be an interesting 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 Japan. What Time Is PlayStation's State of Play Japan...
News Ghost of Yotei PS5 Sales Surpass 3.3 Million Units, Crush Boycott Nonsense
Exactly Atsu expected
Ghost of Yotei has crushed any lingering social media narratives, selling 3.3 million units as of 2nd November. That’s the total number of copies sold through to consumers, and spans the full 32 days since the game’s release. By comparison, Ghost of Tsushima sold 2.4 million units in three days, and crossed five million...
Review Lumines Arise (PS5) - The Most Beautiful and Most Complete Lumines Game Ever
Block out the noise
In many ways, Lumines Arise represents the series reclaiming its own legacy. Tetris Effect is fantastic, of course, but its fancy lights and catchy music can be traced all the way back to 2004, when the original Lumines gave the PSP a puzzle game to rival the timeless classic. Lumines Arise, then, adopts a similar style and...
News PS5 'In the Middle' of Its Lifecycle, Claims Sony
"We are planning to expand it even further"
An interesting comment from Sony exec Lin Tao has PlayStation fans weighing up the potential of an expanded lifecycle for the PS5. As we all know by now, Sony's plans for the PS5 were significantly impacted by the pandemic, which disrupted production and effectively stalled the opening years of this...
News PS5 Is Getting an Official 27" Monitor with DualSense Charging Functionality
Screen it all before
Sony is all-in on the PS5’s product family, so it’s really not a major surprise to see it reveal a new 27-inch gaming monitor. Due out next year in the “US and Japan”, the panel follows the same design philosophy of the console, and will feature a DualSense charging hook which will allow you to store away your...
News Sony to Stimulate Japanese PS5 Sales with Cheaper, Language Locked Model
A massive price cut
Sony will attempt to get PS5 sales moving in its domestic Japan with a new cheaper language locked model. The system will only work with Japanese PSN accounts and will only support Japanese as a language. It will include 825GB of storage space. The new-gen PlayStation console has been struggling against Nintendo’s family of...
Live Watch Sony PlayStation's State of Play Japan Here (November 2025)
40+ minutes of Japan, Asia reveals
Probably the most unusual of any State of Play livestreams up until now, Sony today plans to share 40+ minutes of PS5 news and reveals designed for the Japanese and Asian markets. This will result in announcements for "games created in Japan and across Asia, alongside a few other exciting updates". There'll also be...
News PS5 Fans Say Ghost of Yotei Plays Better, But Can't Match Ghost of Tsushima's Story or Hero
Jin wins over Atsu
At the end of last week, we published a public poll, asking Push Square readers to ruminate on Ghost of Yotei, and whether it really is a better game than its predecessor, Ghost of Tsushima. Nearly 10,000 users voted in our poll, making it one of the biggest we've ever ran here on the site. And with that in mind, the results are...
News Major Dynasty Warriors: Origins DLC, Visions of Four Heroes, Marches to PS5 in January
Be Lu Bu's bestie
Previously teased by Koei Tecmo but not officially announced, Dynasty Warriors: Origins - Visions of Four Heroes is a major expansion for the largely fantastic action title, which launched near the beginning of this year. The DLC is releasing on the 22nd January 2026, and will let you team up factions outside of the Three...
News Call of Duty Continues to Handle PS5 Trophies in the Worst Way Possible
Black Ops 7 is another DLC Trophy list
It's another year, and because of the way Activision releases Call of Duty titles and their connection to the overall Call of Duty launcher, Black Ops 7 is another instalment classed as DLC without a Platinum Trophy on PS5. Ever since Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 launched in 2022, every Call of Duty release...
News Highly Rated Open World RPG Wandering Sword Journeys to PS5 in February
Wander no more
Wandering Sword is making the jump from PC to PS5 next year. This is Chinese martial arts-inspired RPG in the visual guise of Octopath Traveler, but it encourages player freedom when it comes to exploration and progression. As such, the game's got a slight focus on replay value, as your actions can alter the story's outcome. The...
News PS5 Sales Now Top 84.2 Million Units, Well on Way to 100 Million Milestone
Keep rollin'
PS5 shipped another 3.9 million units in the quarter ending 30th September, pushing the console above 84.2 million units lifetime and closer to its inevitable 100 million units milestone. Sales were up 100k units year-over-year, meaning the system’s performance remains flat, despite higher prices and a challenging economic...
Gogmazios, weapon buffs, and more
The next major update for Monster Hunter Wilds now has a confirmed date: the 16th December. Title Update 4 sees the return of series favourite creature Gogmazios, a colossal dragon capable of immense destruction. Capcom's already suggested that this'll be an especially difficult fight, even for veteran players...
News ARC Raiders Is a Confirmed Live Service Hit as Sales Top 4 Million, Player Count Rockets
Suited and looted
Studios take risks with live service releases, but when they actually stick, they tend to be big. And things are looking rather rosy for ARC Raiders right now. As confirmed by both developer Embark Studios and parent company Nexon, the extraction shooter has smashed through 4 million sales since its launch at the end of last...
News PS5, PS4 Userbase Keeps on Getting Bigger, Attracts More Players Year-on-Year
Monthly Active Users count on the rise again
The graph charting Sony's userbase growth on PS5 and PS4 is only going up, as another fiscal quarter comes to a close with the number of Monthly Active Users on PSN higher than the same period of time last year. During the Q2 quarter for fiscal year 2025 (1st April — 30th June), the PlayStation Network...
News Tokyo Xtreme Racer Makes Its Long Awaited Return to PS5 on 26th February
Gotta go fast
Tokyo Xtreme Racer was such an iconic piece of the PS2 library that we’re hyped to see its series reboot return to the PS5 next year. While this was confirmed at Tokyo Game Show in September, we now have a release date: 26th February, 2026. The press release reads: “Tokyo Xtreme Racer is a racing game set in a sealed-off...
News 'It's Been a Dream': Marvel Boss Raves About PS5 Fighter's ArcSys and PlayStation Team-Up
Fighting goals
Marvel Games' general manager, Haluk Mentes, has shared his thoughts on the upcoming fighting game from Sony and Arc System Works, Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls. In an interview with Game Informer, Mentes only has glowing comments for the collaboration between his team and the aforementioned publisher and developer. "Others have said...
News Elden Ring Nightreign DLC Revealed as The Forsaken Hollows, Out 4th December
Two new classes, two new bosses
FromSoftware announced its major Elden Ring Nightreign expansion during Sony's own State of Play Japan livestream today. Available for PS5, PS5 from 4th December 2025, it's called The Forsaken Hollows, and you can catch a glimpse in the trailer above. The DLC will introduce two new character classes and two...
News Brilliant Anime Fighter BlazBlue Is Finally Back... As a Cool Looking Roguelite Action Game
Bloodedge-ing it
BlazBlue Entropy Effect X is finally bringing Arc System Works' on-hiatus series back — but it's not a new fighting game. Instead, this is a "roguelite action" title featuring 14 playable characters from the previous BlazBlue games. The official description makes it sound like this'll be pretty in-depth affair, with systems like...
Broadcasting next year
If you’ve spent more than a few days in Japan over the past few months, you’ll be aware of the cultural impact of Needy Girl Overdose – known as Needy Streamer Overload in the west – and its troubled protagonist OMGkawaiiAngel. You’ll find figurines and merch based on the visual novel’s heroine in most hobby...
News inKONBINI Is One of the Cosiest Games You'll Play on PS5 Next Year
Come on inKONBINI
Set in and around a Japanese convenience store in the 1990s, inKONBINI: One Store, Many Stories is definitely a title to keep an eye on if you're into cosy little time sinks. You'll manage said store throughout the game, and as you go about the daily grind, you'll get to meet the inhabitants of the surrounding town and build...
News Huge Anime Hero Shooter Fate Trigger Will Launch in Early Access on PS5 Next Year
Eyes up, guns up
Juggernaut anime-style hero shooter game Fate Trigger will make a splash on PS5 in Early Access next year. The game – from Saroasis Studio – is a free-to-play competitive shooter with a very distinctive art style. Consider it a crossover of, say, Overwatch and Zenless Zone Zero. Crossplay with PC will be an option, but...
News Digimon Story Time Stranger's First DLC Revealed, Has New Quests and Mega 'Mons
Time marches on
The first DLC for Digimon Story Time Stranger has been revealed, and it's coming to PS5 at some point "this winter". The lack of a confirmed release date is a bit disappointing, but it does sound like a decent slice of content. Titled 'Alternate Dimension', the DLC features a new questline that, as the name suggests, will take you...
News Stellar Blade Success Helps Korean Games Thrive, Ex PlayStation Boss Believes
Shu Yoshida praises Shift Up title
The success of PS5, PC action title Stellar Blade is the sort of catalyst that could propel the Korean games industry into the mainstream, former PlayStation president Shuhei Yoshida believes. In an interview with Minimap at the G-Star games exhibition in Busan, Korea, the former PlayStation lead discussed the...
News Promising PS5 Story Game Mixtape Is Delayed to 2026
It's just putting the knobs on
The Artful Escape studio Beethoven & Dinosaur has pushed back its next promising PS5 game, Mixtape, to 2026, it was confirmed today. A social media post from the developer shared the following: "While developing Artful Escape, our 3D artist Mikey, made an oven asset. It was a nice oven - the work of a true pro. He...
News Try Octopath Traveler 0 Today in Free PS5, PS4 Demo
Sample the first three hours of the story
If you're curious about Octopath Traveler 0 ahead of its PS5 and PS4 release on 4th December 2025, then Square Enix is giving you the chance to try the new JRPG today in a free demo. Available today, the demo allows you to play the first three hours of the prequel entry, and then carry your progress over to...
News No New Characters Revealed for Marvel Tokon, PS5 Beta Returns in December
X-Mansion added as new stage
An uninterrupted Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls beta will get underway from 5th December, and will run for 72 hours without any breaks or pauses. If you participated in the previous beta, then you’ll be eligible to play this one as well. Similarly, if you registered and were unsuccessful last time, you may be selected...
Monday10th Nov 2025
Guide Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition: All New Content, All Creation Club DLC Listed
Every Creation included in Anniversary Edition
What's new in Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition? Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition includes the base Fallout 4 game complete with its three main expansions: Automaton, Far Harbour, and Nuka World. Also included are its three workshop DLCs: Contraptions, Vault-Tec, and Wasteland. However, Anniversary Edition...
Hands On PS Portal Is a Whole New Device with Cloud Streaming Update
To the cloud
The PS Portal is one of Sony’s biggest surprise hits. Released back in 2023, this remote player — which lets you remotely control your PS5 from anywhere with an internet connection — has continued to improve itself with countless updates. The latest, and potentially greatest, is the ability to stream games that are in your PS5...
News State of Play Announced for 11th November, Focus on Japanese PS5 Games
Over 40 minutes of news and reveals
Sony has confirmed it's hosting a new State of Play livestream tomorrow, 11th November 2025. This will be a showcase focusing on PS5 games from Japan and Asia, dubbed "State of Play Japan", and will run for more than 40 minutes. It'll focus on "games created in Japan and across Asia, alongside a few other...
Guide These 15+ PS5, PS4 Games Are Coming Out This Week (10th-16th November)
Call of Duty! Inazuma Eleven! Lumines!
It's not the biggest week on the PS Store, but there are some big names launching. Among them is Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, which will probably steal the most attention. But spare a thought for soccer RPG Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road, making its PlayStation debut at long last. These are all the PS5 and PS4...
News Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition Upgrade Costs a Whopping $40 / £36, Out Now on PS5
Fallout of your mind
Celebrating the open world RPG's 10th birthday, Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition is out now on PS5. This is what Bethesda is calling the "definitive" edition of the game. It includes all of the DLC and expansions, plus "over 150" Creation Club items. If you're familiar with Skyrim Anniversary Edition, you'll know what to expect...
Livin' the stream
PS Portal is a purpose-built Remote Play device, so it’s no surprise to see it become the most popular platform for the feature. But it does speak to the overall success of the accessory, which is now owned by approximately 5% of all PS5 owners in USA. Sony recently upgraded the capabilities of the wildly popular handheld, al
News The UK Government Shoots Down 'Stop Killing Games' Campaign in Official Debate
At least the words "Crash Bandicoot" were spoken in parliament
Last week, the UK's governing body held an official debate about the Stop Killing Games campaign, and it seems nothing will change — for now, at the very least. Stop Killing Games is a consumer rights campaign that, broadly, asks for alternative ways to play online games once they...
News New Hollow Knight: Silksong Update Coming Soon to PS5, PS4 Makes a Fan Mod an Official Thing
Get all the patch notes here
Team Cherry has today deployed its fourth Hollow Knight: Silksong post-launch patch for PC, with PS5 and PS4 players gaining access "soon". This new update provides another round of bug fixes as well as the official implementation of a fan mod offering a Simplified Chinese language translation. Done by Team Cart Fix,...
News Red Dead Redemption 2 Is Now the Fourth Best Selling Game Ever, Still Chained to PS4 at 30FPS
Rather be red
Red Dead Redemption 2 has just claimed the fourth spot on the list of all-time best selling video games. According to publisher Take-Two's latest financial report, Rockstar's open world Western is now sitting pretty at a frankly ridiculous 79 million copies sold, taking it above Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. And yet, the...
Random Last Week's GTA 6 Delay Made It All the Way to the Polish Government
Called a "huge scandal" by one MP
Updates surrounding the Grand Theft Auto series are one of the very few examples of video game news that can break into the mainstream, and last week's six-month delay to GTA 6 was no different. It was so impactful, in fact, that one Polish MP felt it was noteworthy enough to bring up in parliament. On the day of...
News Phantom Blade Zero PS5 Release Date Could Finally Be Announced This Week
State of Play awaits
Phantom Blade Zero could finally be blessed with a release date within the next 30 hours or so. Eager PlayStation fans are suddenly wondering about what could be shown during this week's State of Play, which was announced earlier today. Naturally, we've found ourselves pondering potential reveals as well — and then we...
News Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Beloved Soundtrack Snubbed in Prestigious Music Awards
How obscur
The nominees for the next Grammy Awards ceremony have been revealed, and one of the year's best video game soundtracks has not made the cut. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has captured the attention of many players for myriad reasons, but its music is an extremely common one. The orchestral score has been lauded in gaming circles since the...
Poll Is Fallout 4 Underrated, 10 Years Later?
Fall in, Fallout
Without wanting to make everyone feel horrifically old all of a sudden, Fallout 4 released 10 whole years ago today. Yes, Bethesda's open world RPG is officially one decade old — and we still haven't had a Fallout 5! But we're not here to bang on about potential sequels. We're here to ask for your thoughts on Fallout 4, now that...
Site News Where's Our Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road PS5, PS4 Review?
Goal-den
It’s been a long and arduous journey to the (victory) road, but Inazuma Eleven will make its PlayStation debut this week. Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road will be available in advanced access within the next few hours, so you may be wondering where our PS5 and PS4 review is. Unfortunately, developer LEVEL-5 did not make pre-release review...
News Dispatch Season 2 Seems Inevitable, But Dev's Only Just Starting to 'Think About' It
Flying high
Given just how popular Dispatch has turned out to be, we would have bet on a seemingly inevitable Season 2 being announced in the not-too-distant future. But apparently, developer AdHoc Studio hasn't actually thought that far ahead. Yet. Speaking on the most recent Friends Per Second podcast, studio co-founders Nick Herman and Pierre...
News Silent Hill 2 Puts Incredible Survival Horror on More Platforms This Month
Set to drop on Xbox Series X|S on 21st Nov
One of the best horror games available on PS5, Silent Hill 2, looks to be venturing to new platforms later this month. On 21st November 2025, specifically, it looks like the Bloober Team remake will delight Xbox Series X|S owners. It's been common knowledge for some time now that Sony had a 12-month...
News You've Still Got Years to Wait Until The Elder Scrolls 6 Is Out
It's "still a long way off," says Bethesda boss
If you had any hopes of playing The Elder Scrolls 6 in the next few years, you may want to boot up Oblivion Remastered or Skyrim again to pass the time a little more. Perhaps not even a PS5 game at this point, Bethesda boss Todd Howard has said the sixth entry is "still a long way off". Speaking in an...
News FromSoftware Still Has Major Elden Ring Nightreign DLC to Release, Out by April 2026
Game also beat sales expectations
Elden Ring Nightreign, the co-op-focused spin-off to FromSoftware's biggest game to date, appears to have been an all-around success for the developer and its parent company, Kadokawa Corporation. Having recorded more than five million sales back in July, the firm has revealed the game "performed well beyond...
News Key Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Writer and Designer Joins The Witcher 4 Team
Things are getting Cirious
A prominent member of Kingdom Come: Deliverance developer Warhorse Studios has just joined CD Projekt Red to work on The Witcher 4. Karel Kolmann was part of the Czech outfit for just over eight years, and took on some important roles during that time. Primarily, he was a gameplay designer, but also acted as a writer and...
News You Can Live the Death Stranding Experience with This Awesome Real Life Exoskeleton
Lift with your legs
One of the most useful bits of equipment in Death Stranding 1 and 2 is the exoskeleton, a set of fancy leg braces that allow Sam to hike faster and for longer, as well as carry much more cargo. If you've ever wanted to experience what it feels like to wear this bit of gear, well, they're real — and one company has collaborated...
Sunday9th Nov 2025
News The Real Star of Gran Turismo 7's Free PS5, PS4 Update Is a 312km/h Minivan
A place in Espace
Abu Dhabi’s iconic Yas Marina circuit is coming to Gran Turismo 7 as part of its free Spec 3 update next month, where it’s sure to dazzle in Polyphony Digital’s hands. But the return of a fan favourite vehicle teased in an all-new trailer is what’s got fans talking: the ludicrous Renault Espace F1. The car previo
News Halo Infinite Is in Fact Finite, Dev Focusing on Campaign Evolved for PS5
"Whole team's combined focus to deliver new experiences"
Halo: Campaign Evolved – the remake of Halo: Combat Evolved coming to PS5 next year – will be the focus of dev Halo Studios moving forwards. As part of a community update, the team has confirmed that it’s ceasing content updates for the existing Xbox and PC exclusive Halo Infinite,...
Saturday8th Nov 2025
News After GTA 6 Delay, Wolverine PS5 Doubles Down on Fall 2026 Release Date
Not going anywhere, bub
Rockstar’s decision to delay GTA 6 to 19th November will have led to some high-pressured publisher meetings these past few days. One game that seems unaffected by the announcement is Marvel’s Wolverine, however. The title had already thrust its claws into a Fall 2026 release date, and it doesn’t look like that’s...
News The Best BioWare Can Do on N7 Day Is Insist Mass Effect PS5 Is Still in Dev
But here's some new artwork at least
It’s been a rough year or so for BioWare, with Dragon Age: The Veilguard underperforming so hard it was almost immediately added to PS Plus Essential. The studio was then downsized – but, crucially, not closed – with its efforts placed on the next Mass Effect. This game was announced
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 606
Holiday
November has arrived, which means the busy release schedule is about to subside, and we're moving swiftly into the festive season. Here are the games keeping us busy this weekend. Jamie O'Neill: We now have eight WAYP weekends left in the year, so I'm continuing to focus on new releases, although admittedly with a retro tint. This means...
News Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail Dev Turns to Unreal Engine 5 Realism for Next Project
Mentioned on recruitment website
Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail maker HoYoverse is on top of the world right now, and it’s releasing new games at a steady pace. Long-time fans will note two new titles were revealed recently: the Animal Crossing-inspired Petit Planet (which is curr
News All's Justice Looks Like the Most Fully Featured My Hero Academia Game on PS5 Yet
All Might would be proud
The first two My Hero Academia games – or My Hero One’s Justice, as they were inexplicably renamed – were your bog-standard Bandai Namco anime brawler affairs. But the publisher appears to be going all-in with this third entry, My Hero Academia: All’s Justice. Designed to depict the final battles from the manga,...
Friday7th Nov 2025
Poll Is Ghost of Yotei Better Than Ghost of Tsushima?
The Ghost with the most
Sequels are be better than their predecessors. Or at least, they should be. This is expected in video games — especially modern video games. Big budget sequels in particular are usually iterative; they build on what the last game got right, and on paper, that leads to a better overall experience. Sony has done a lot of...
News First PS Plus Extra Game for November 2025 Leaked
Chances are you won't be pleased
Sony is scheduled to share the lineup of PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium games for November 2025 on Wednesday, 12th November, but as is becoming increasingly common again, Dealabs leaker Billbil-Kun has leaked one of the titles included. According to them,
"Rockstar can't get away with this"
Rockstar management was underfire last week after sacking approximately 30-40 employees across its UK and Canadian offices. Labour leaders alleged that the firings were related to the staffers’ attempt to unionise, but the GTA giant has hit back at the claims. In a statement to Bloomberg, the firm said it took...
News GTA 6 Delayed Again, Pushed Back to November 2026
New release date of 19th November 2026
Rockstar Games has made the decision to delay GTA 6 for a second time, pushing the PS5, Xbox Series X|S game back to 19th November 2026. This is a six-month delay, with the game originally slated for a May 2026 release. In a social media statement, the studio said: "We are sorry for adding additional time to...
News Sony Cracks Down on Fake PS5 Gear, Sues eBay Seller for $2 Million
Objection
Sony is waging a war against counterfeit PlayStation products, and one particular eBay seller has found itself in the company’s crosshairs. The Game Post – which has recently reported on the platform holder’s legal battle against Tencent – reveals the organisation filed a lawsuit on 24th October against one specific retailer on...
News Don't Expect Any PS5 Exclusives from Square Enix in the Future
That era is over
We know Square Enix is deeply invested in its new multiformat strategy, but new documentation from the publisher reveals just how much its banking on the initiative. In a presentation part of its latest financial results, it dedicated a slide to “strengthening consumer contact points”, which in essence shows a list of PS5...
Guide Arc Raiders: How to Solve Harvester Puzzle and Earn Great Loot
Harvester puzzle location and how to solve it
With the explosive release of ARC Raiders, everyone is searching for the best ways to get their hands on the best loot, and fast. This Arc Raiders guide will reveal how to solve Harvester puzzle and earn great loot. Arc Raiders Harvester Puzzle: Finding The Harvester: The ARC Harvester event...
News Mafia PS5 Was a Success, Beats Sales Expectations
Called the "perfect result" for publisher
In a win for smaller-scope titles below the $70 price point, Mafia: The Old Country publisher 2K has considered the PS5 game a success, having beaten its internal sales expectations. As part of its latest financial earnings call, where it was also confirmed GTA 6 has been delayed to November 2026, the...
News In Japan, Switch 2 Retail Sales Are Already Closing on PS5
Mind the gap
The release of Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake in Japan last week was always going to be interesting, because the series is immensely popular and was available across Switch 2, Switch, and PS5. According to Famitsu sales data, the Switch version sold best on Nintendo’s enormous install base, shifting 232k copies. But the Switch 2...
News Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra Piles on PS5 Delay Misery
When it rains, it pours
It’s been a bad 24 hours for PS5 game delays, with GTA 6 pushed back to 19th November late last night. While no where near as impactful, Skydance Games has now confirmed that Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra will not release in early 2026 as anticipated. The worry here is that the team didn’t provide an alternative launch...
News Real-Life Prague Becomes Raccoon City for Sony's Resident Evil Movie Reboot
Pr-aha
Filming is underway for Sony and PS Productions’ upcoming Resident Evil movie reboot, which will be directed by the acclaimed Zach Cregger. Set photos from Prague give us our first glimpse of a snowy Raccoon City, with some fans claiming it reminds them of Code Veronica’s occasionally glacial backdrop. Among the photos we see a map of...
News Physint, OD Teams Are Staffing Up for Development of Anticipated Games
Kojima Productions on a recruitment drive
Kojima Productions appears set for a hiring spree in the coming months, as it's advertising numerous positions working on its upcoming projects in OD and Physint. The studio is advertising open positions across its programming, art, administrative, localisation, sound, marketing, and writing departments in...
Thursday6th Nov 2025
News These Are All 2,800+ PS5 Games You Can Stream Directly to PS Portal Now
Stream machine
PS Portal’s gargantuan, game-changing update is beginning to roll out around the world, allowing you to stream over 2,800 games directly to the device. You’ll need a PS Plus Premium subscription to take advantage of this feature, but if you’re a paying member then you’ll be able to dig deep into your catalogue, streaming...
News Open Source PS2 Emulator Now Plays Almost Entire Console's Library
A remarkable feat
In what can only be deemed a win for future preservation, the popular open-source emulator PCSX2 is now compatible with more than 99.5% of the PS2’s gigantic library. The only games still exhibiting noteworthy issues include: DRIV3R, Final Fantasy 11, Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects, and World Series Baseball 2K3
News Some PS5 Owners Might Be Paying More Than Others on PS Store
Evidence of dynamic prices found
We keep an eye on the PS Store a lot, especially as new sales come and go every couple of weeks or so, but it seems Sony might be toying with the idea of dynamic, per-user pricing. It's difficult to say definitively, of course. However, there are now a couple of cases in which somebody has discovered the same game...
Game of the Month Ghost of Yotei (October 2025)
As voted by you
October was one of the busiest months of 2025 in terms of release schedule, picking up where an already hectic September had left off. Things got crazy right from the word go thanks to a little PS5 exclusive called Ghost of Yotei. Sucker Punch's highly anticipated sequel was met with impressive review scores and much positivity,...
News Sacred 2's PS5 Remaster 'Just the Beginning' as Dev Teases Full Return of Action RPG Series
"So much more planned"
Out just next week on PS5, Sacred 2 Remastered is bringing back what some would dare to call a bit of a cult classic action RPG. You may remember the original PS3-era release, which was received fairly well at the time. It featured a two-sided narrative allowing you to choose between good and evil campaigns, and a decent...
Rumour Crash Team Racing Could Be Making a Comeback, If This Strange Leak Is to Be Believed
Teamwork makes the dream work
There might be some kind of new Crash Team Racing title in the works at Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled developer Beenox. We emphasise the word might because this all stems from a pretty weird leak. Bear with us for this one... So, earlier this week, Beenox apparently updated the banner art on its official X (also...
Poll What Review Score Would You Give ARC Raiders?
ARC your run
ARC Raiders really seems to have stuck the landing, and we'd be very interested in hearing what you think of Embark's extraction shooter. Earlier in October, Battlefield 6 was the headline act for multiplayer gaming. EA's longstanding series was back with a bang; it got great reviews and it sold like crazy. But it did feel as though...
News PS5 Indie Games from PlayStation's Hero Projects Are Getting Seriously Impressive
Suri: The Seventh Note shines in gameplay trailer
It feels like the PS5 indie games Sony is nurturing through its China Hero Project and India Hero Project programs keep on getting better and better at this point, and Suri: The Seventh Note is the latest example of that. Tathvamasi Studios is developing the game as part of the India Hero Project,...
News Football Manager 26 Given a Red Card on PC for Putting PS5 Players First
"A slap in the face"
After unprecedentedly taking a year out in 2024, you can finally buy spreadsheet simulator Football Manager 26 – but long-time PC players are already giving the release a red card. At the time of writing, the game has attracted ‘Mostly Negative’ reviews on popular storefront Steam, with one of the common points of...
News Square Enix Wants 70% of Its QA and Debugging Work Done by Gen AI
Hopes to reach the figure by the end of 2027
Square Enix, unfortunately, looks to be another video games firm embracing generative AI, as it posts plans to have 70% of its development QA and debugging handled by the controversial method by the end of 2027. As part of a progress report in its medium-term business plan, the publisher confirmed it's...
News Physical Edition at Fault Again for the Second Terminator 2D Delay
Now out on 12th December
Terminator 2D: No Fate team Bitmap Bureau has had to confirm a second delay for its promising PS5, PS4 side-scroller, this time because of issues with the physical version. The first delay was caused by wait times on certain parts of the physical edition, and they have now made it to the developer. However, it now needs...
News Start Your MLB The Show 26 Journey Now, Ahead of PS5 Launch Next Year
Play ball
Like the sun rising and Shohei Ohtani finding himself on base, MLB The Show 26 has been announced. As was the case last year, San Diego Studio has revealed the game early, although this time it’s not having to do so with its bat between its legs. Fans may recall MLB The Show 25 was also unveiled early in response to scrutiny about its...
News Sony's Zelda Movie Starts Shooting in New Zealand
Will be there until April 2026
Sony and Nintendo have started filming their co-financed film adaptation of The Legend of Zelda in New Zealand, it has been revealed. On the Film and Television Industry Alliance website, the project's status has been updated to "in production", where previously it stated "pre-production". The starting shoot date of...
News Standalone GTA Online PS5 Launcher Added to GTA+ Subscription Service
Part of membership now on PS5
Rockstar Games has revealed the standalone GTA Online app on PS5 is now included in its GTA+ membership service, which grants subscribers access to a catalogue of the developer's titles. The multiplayer launcher is already live in the subscription now, so if you're somehow a fan of Rockstar but haven't played GTA 5...
News Blizzard Once Again Shuts Down World of Warcraft Console Talk
"No reason for us to hide anything"
For pretty much as long as we've been running Push Square, there's been talk of Blizzard porting World of Warcraft to consoles. Despite years of unsubstantiated rumours and industry whispers, it's never happened — and that isn't about to change any time soon. Speaking on the latest Unshackled Fury podcast — a...
News Can't Get to Disneyland This Xmas? Let Fortnite Take You There on PS5, PS4 Instead
Game rush
A little while back, Disney announced plans to collaborate more deeply with Fortnite, which has resulted in various mini-seasons like Star Wars and the current The Simpsons crossover. But the partnership will get stronger yet again from today with the addition of the Disneyland Game Rush, a new Island launching within Epic’s everything...
News Digimon Story Time Stranger PS5 Patch Fixes a Long, Long List of Quest-Breaking Bugs
Just in time
A new update for Digimon Story Time Stranger has dropped, and it fixes a surprising number of potentially quest-breaking bugs. Honestly, we didn't even realise that the recently released RPG had this many issues, but at least Bandai Namco's committed to sorting them out. The patch includes a few broader improvements, too. One...
News Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Adds Like a Dragon Lead Ichiban Kasuga for Free
Available in PS5, PS4 update now
Like a Dragon protagonist is now officially a playable character in the Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds roster following a free PS5, PS4 update that went live earlier today. Having downloaded it, you'll be able to play as Ichiban himself, use his Dragon Brave vehicle, and access an additional set of custom emotes and...
Wednesday5th Nov 2025
Guide Sniper Elite Resistance Guide: 100% Collectibles Walkthrough
The ultimate Sniper Elite Resistance collectibles resource
In this Sniper Elite Resistance guide, we're revealing a 100% collectibles walkthrough that documents where to find All Collectibles, broken down into each mission and by collectible type. We will also cover Trophies
Every collectible in Dead Drop revealed
Dead Drop is the second mission in Sniper Elite Resistance, and sees Harry Hawker take on his first proper set of main objectives in the lead role. In this Sniper Elite Resistance guide, we'll reveal all Dead Drop collectibles locations, with
Every collectible in Sonderzüge Sabotage revealed
Sonderzüge Sabotage is the third mission in Sniper Elite Resistance, and has Harry Hawker uncover details relating to the mysterious superweapon the Nazis are building. In this Sniper Elite Resistance guide, we will reveal all Sonderzüge Sabotage collectibles locations, with
Every collectible in Assault on Fort Rouge revealed
Assault on Fort Rouge is the sixth mission in Sniper Elite: Resistance, and tasks Harry with infiltrating a secret SS base where Kleine Blume is being produced. In this Sniper Elite Resistance guide, we are going to reveal all Assault on Fort Rouge collectibles locations, with
Every collectible in Devil's Cauldron revealed
Devil's Cauldron is the fifth mission in Sniper Elite: Resistance, and sends Harry to a chemical weapons plant to destroy toxic gas. In this Sniper Elite Resistance guide, we are going to reveal all Devil's Cauldron collectibles locations, with
Every collectible in Collision Course revealed
Collision Course is the fourth mission in Sniper Elite: Resistance, and has Harry return to the dam from Behind Enemy Lines to clear up evidence of the bombing. In this Sniper Elite Resistance guide, we're going to reveal all Collision Course collectibles locations, with
Every collectible in Lock, Stock and Barrels revealed
Lock, Stock and Barrels is the seventh mission in Sniper Elite: Resistance. You'll venture to the site of a V1 rocket in the midst of a beautiful vineyard. In this Sniper Elite Resistance guide, we are going to reveal all Lock, Stock and Barrels collectibles locations, with
Every collectible in End of the Line revealed
End of the Line is the eighth mission in Sniper Elite: Resistance. In this final open-zone level, you'll stop the Nazi forces from unleashing Kleine Blume on Allied forces on the eve of D-Day. In this Sniper Elite Resistance guide, we are going to reveal all End of the Line collectibles locations, with
Guide Sniper Elite Resistance: All Workbenches Locations
Innovator Trophy guide
What are all Workbenches locations in Sniper Elite: Resistance? A type of Collectible in the game, you need to find and interact with them all to unlock the Innovator Trophy. In this
Guide Sniper Elite Resistance: All Stone Eagles Locations
Spread Your Wings Trophy guide
What are all Stone Eagles locations in Sniper Elite: Resistance? A type of Collectible in the game, you need to find and shoot them all to unlock the Spread Your Wings Trophy. In this
Every collectible in Vercors Vendetta revealed
Vercors Vendetta is a DLC mission in Sniper Elite Resistance, and has Harry destroy the last traces of the Kleine Blume nerve agent. In this Sniper Elite Resistance guide, we're going to reveal all Vercors Vendetta collectibles locations, with
Guide Sniper Elite Resistance: Behind Enemy Lines - All Collectibles: Workbenches
Every collectible in Behind Enemy Lines revealed
Behind Enemy Lines is the first mission in Sniper Elite: Resistance, and serves as more of an introduction and a tutorial than anything else. In this Sniper Elite Resistance guide, we'll reveal all Behind Enemy Lines collectibles locations, with all collectibles
Guide Sniper Elite Resistance: All Missions and How Long to Beat
Every mission in Sniper Elite Resistance revealed
What are all missions in Sniper Elite: Resistance? How long does it take to beat Sniper Elite: Resistance? To give you a sense of the game's overall size and how long it'll take you to complete it, this Sniper Elite Resistance guide will list all missions and provide an estimate of how long it'll...
News Leaked Cross-Buy Icon on PS5 Hints at Mysterious Pro-Consumer Move from Sony
Something is afoot
A mysterious new cross-buy icon has been datamined on the PS5. The symbol – discovered on the console itself – was first shared by Amethxst on X (or Twitter), who says he believes it has been added since March 2025. While other icons discovered by the user are already in use – such as for the Power Saver mode – the...
News PS Portal Gets So Much Better Today in Huge UI, Cloud Streaming Update
Access available for PS Plus Premium members
Sony has today announced a game-changing update for its handheld PS Portal device that gives you the ability to cloud stream PS5 games directly from your console library. The patch for PS Portal devices goes live today, and the feature is available for PS Plus Premium subscribers. More than 2,800 PS5...
Guide Sniper Elite Resistance: All Personal Letters Locations
Pen Pal Trophy guide
What are all Personal Letters locations in Sniper Elite: Resistance? A type of Collectible in the game, you'll need to find them all to unlock the Pen Pal Trophy. In this Sniper Elite Re
Guide Sniper Elite Resistance: All Hidden Items Locations
Treasure Hunter Trophy guide
What are all Hidden Items locations in Sniper Elite: Resistance? A type of Collectible in the game, you must find them all to unlock the Treasure Hunter Trophy. In this
PSA Make Sure You Download the Right Version of PS Plus Game EA Sports WRC 24
One version not like the other
PS Plus Essential's monthly games for November 2025 are available to claim and download now, but one of them is a little more confusing than you might think. EA Sports WRC is one of the titles members can redeem this month, and it's in a fairly unique situation that means you might end up downloading and playing an...
Guide Sniper Elite Resistance: All Propaganda Posters Locations
How to unlock Propaganda Missions
What are all Propaganda Posters locations in Sniper Elite: Resistance? A type of Collectible in the title that falls under the Hidden Items heading, you'll need to find these to unlock the Propaganda Missions. In this
News Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 May Be the Most Expensive PS5 Game to Date
It all adds up
There’s been a ton of chatter about the rising cost of PS5 games and whether GTA 6 could be the first $100 game. But Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 may get there first. The aviation experience is landing on Sony’s console on 3rd December, and it has four options available at launch: Standard ($69.99/£69.99), Deluxe...
News Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection PS5 Patch Does Reduce Input Lag, But No Where Near Enough
A quick response
A new patch for the Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection is available on the PS5 and PS4 now, dramatically reducing input lag across all of the compilation’s games. We’ll need to wait for professional testing to determine just how much of a difference it’s made to the ~100ms latency recorded at release, but our early impressions...
News Dispatch Episode 5 and 6 Out Now on PS5
Dream team
Another week, another healthy dose of Dispatch — the interactive superhero story that seems to be making (very positive) waves amongst players. This week, it's time for Episode 5 and Episode 6, as the plot really starts to ramp up towards its conclusion. Just like with Episodes 3 and 4, all you need to do is download the latest update...
Poll Is PS Portal the Biggest Surprise Hit of the PS5 Generation?
Step on through
It feels like the PS Portal has smashed all expectations. Sony's streaming-based handheld, which first launched back in 2023, has sold far better than most would have ever predicted, to the point where the firm's clearly been allocating more and more resources to the device over time. Case in point, a huge new PS Portal update...
Guide Sniper Elite Resistance Trophy Guide: How to Get the Platinum
How to unlock all Trophies in Sniper Elite Resistance
Do you need a Trophy guide and advice on how to get the Platinum in Sniper Elite: Resistance? In this Sniper Elite Resistance guide, we're going to cover and explain every Trophy requirement you need to accomplish to get 100% Trophy completion. Our Trophy Roadmap also covers queries such as...
News Prices Plunge on Over 3,500 PS5, PS4 Games Ahead of Busy Black Friday Season
The sale before the big sale
Sony’s launched its final sale ahead of the all-important holiday shopping season, which will include Black Friday from 28th November, 2025. These latest deals – available now across Europe and later on in North America – encompass over 3,500 games, and we’ll bring you a definitive guide to the best ones to buy...
News Study Claims Physical PS5 Games Are 100 Times Worse for the Planet Than Digital Downloads
Fresh perspective
Those of you who prefer to purchase physical games may have another factor to consider moving forward: their impact on the planet. A fascinating report by French carbon accounting firm Greenly, as published by GamesIndustry.biz, delves into the environmental cost of buying Blu-rays as opposed to digital downloads. The study...
All stolen resistance files locations
During some missions in Sniper Elite: Resistance, you'll encounter Optional Objectives that aren't shown to you until you reach their location in the level. The Trophy titled File O' Facts is part of the second mission Dead Drop, and below you'll find out how to recover eviden
Guide Sniper Elite Resistance: All Classified Documents Locations
Top Secret Trophy guide
What are all Classified Documents locations in Sniper Elite: Resistance? A type of Collectible in the game, you need to find them all to unlock the Top Secret Trophy. In this
News At Least One Publisher Still Strongly Supports PSVR2
Five new games from Flat2VR Studios
The chances Sony ever makes another PSVR2 game are so slim that it's not even worth considering at this point, so it's been left to third parties to support the device. One of them is Flat2VR Studios, which announced four PSVR2 titles for release this month, and a fifth in 2026, as part of its digital showcase...
News Marvel 'Proud' to Collaborate with Spider-Man, Wolverine Maker for 'Many Years to Come'
No sleep for Insomniac
It sounds like Sony studio Insomniac will be making Marvel games for many years yet. As part of an interview with Game Informer, Marvel Games general manager Haluk Mentes described the Burbank-based dev as “dear friends”, and insinuated that its collaboration will persist long beyond next year’s Marvel’s Wolverine...
News Reebok's PS1 Sneakers Are So Good They'll Boot Up Your Nostalgia
Get your kicks
As part of PlayStation's continued 30th anniversary celebrations, it partnered with Reebok on a range of PS1-themed shoes. Three regional variants were produced and are available now, and having seen the footwear out in the open, we must admit, they're really well done, with lots of great details that PlayStation fans will appreci
News Pay $150 for a Ghost of Yotei Jacket in Sony's 'Rewards' Scheme Update
$25 for a pin, $30 for a t-shirt
If the announcement of Sony's new "rewards" scheme didn't go down badly enough with a Ghost of Tsushima line, then it's back again to prove it's committing to making you pay for them. You can now pay for some Ghost of Yotei merchandise on the Ghost Rewards website, depending on whether you've unlocked specific...
Guide Sniper Elite Resistance: Lost Its Way Gnome - French Resistance Gnome Location
Where to find the French resistance gnome and take a picture
What's the French resistance gnome location in Sniper Elite Resistance? This hidden figurine isn't tied to any objective in the game or collectible; it's simply a hidden bonus that's hard to find. You'll unlock the Lost Its Way Gnome Trophy for finding it, so this Sniper Elite Resistance...
News Nintendo's New Playtime Tracker Has the Granular Gameplay Activity Data We Want from PS5
Hour power
Nintendo’s released a new Switch app today, which by our calculations means the ecosystem now has a grand total of, what, three? Bit overkill, guys. This new app is actually closer to PlayStation’s, as it allows you to browse the eShop and purchase new games. Honestly, it would have been a godsend on the original Switch as browsing...
All new DLC announced
It’s been over five years since One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 first set sail on PS4, so it’s extraordinary to see new DLC and a native PS5 release revealed for 21st November. We already knew this was coming, of course, as Bandai Namco announced its plans earlier in the year. But now we have a release date and the full...
Where to find Tanker Trucks in Devil's Cauldron
How do you destroy the trucking carrying Kleine Blume ingredients in Sniper Elite: Resistance? A hidden Optional Objective that isn't immediately revealed to you, this page will share guidance for unlocking the Stopping Traffic Trophy. In this Sniper Elite Resistance guide, we're going to reveal how to...
News Ghost of Yotei Can't Beat Battlefield 6 as EA's Shooter Dominates PS5 in October
Ninja Gaiden 4 and The Outer Worlds 2 struggle
October saw the release of some very heavy hitters on PS5, and so the PS Store download charts were always going to make for an interesting read. Given that it released right at the start of the month and is a PS5 exclusive with the full weight of Sony's marketing behind it, you would have expected...
News One of PlayStation's Best Developers Marks 40 Years of Incredible Games
Naughty Dog pats itself on the back
Naughty Dog has uploaded a new retrospective video to celebrate the developer's 40 anniversary that's been packed full of developer interviews and clips from its classic and modern games. From studio head Neil Druckmann and studio manager Alison Mori to co-head of art Erick Pangilinan, the video charts the...
Guide Sniper Elite Resistance: Sprung a Leak - How to Sabotage the Dam's Pump
Blow it sky high
How do you sabotage the dam's pump in Sniper Elite: Resistance? An Optional Objective in the game, this page shall provide guidance for unlocking the Sprung a Leak Trophy. In this Sniper Elite Resistance guide, we're going to reveal how to sabotage the dam's pump. How Do You Sabotage the Dam's Pump in Sniper Elite Resistan
News Shameless Clones of Viral Hit Games Like Megabonk Continue to Plague PS Store
We have Megabonk at home
While it's not the only platform with the problem, the PS Store is riddled with cheap knock-offs of successful games, and it continues apace. This September saw the arrival of Megabonk on PC — it's a Vampire Survivors-esque horde survival game, only in full 3D and with its own ideas thrown on top. It didn't take long to...
News Fallout: New Vegas Dev Knows 'Everyone on the Internet' Is Desperate for a Sequel
And has been for 15 years
There are some developers that just can't escape their past glories, and Fallout: New Vegas creator Obsidian is definitely one of them. The studio has been hard at work forging its own path under the Xbox umbrella for years now, crafting original properties like The Outer Worlds, Grounded, and Avowed. But no matter what it...
News Konami's Octopus Platformer Darwin's Paradox Swims into View with New Gameplay Trailer
Coming to PS5 in 2026
Konami remembered it's a game publisher in the last few years or so, and while it's been finding success with major releases like Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater and Silent Hill 2, it's also making space for some smaller games. One example is Darwin's Paradox, which was announced earlier this year. Developed by ZeDrimeTim,...
Random Balatro's Brilliant Charity Calendar Is About as Silly as Gaming Merch Gets
2026 is Jimbo's year
It's easy to forget the cultural impact Balatro had in 2024, but the roguelike card game really did grip the world — and it's been getting some cracking merch off the back of its success. The latest item might be the best yet; it's a 2026 wall calendar, with Ben Starr posing as various jokers from the game, and it's available...
News Dragon Quest 7's PS5 Remake Has a Brand New Ending Based on 'Player Choices'
Use your reimagination
Square Enix has already revealed that next year's Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined will feature story edits in a bid to 'streamline' the overall narrative — but the remake will also boast an entirely new conclusion. As part of Game Informer's coverage of the upcoming RPG, producer Takeshi Ichikawa spills the beans. " follows the...
News Another PS5 Advert Focuses Fully on the Games
Ghost, DS2, Fortnite all feature
After opting for the unusual in its first three adverts in the new "It Happens on PS5" marketing campaign from Sony, the company has reigned things in and put the focus back on the games. This new TV advert, called Unmissable Games, is viewable above. Still leaning into the marketing slogan of "It Happens on PS5",...
News Fortnite's Superb The Simpsons Season Breaks Records for Blockbuster Battle Royale
"My Springfield brings all the boys to the Battle Royale"
A game as big as Fortnite is always going to have ups-and-downs, but the latest The Simpsons mini-season is the Battle Royale at its best. We’ve been having a superb time exploring Springfield, eating Steamed Hams and hanging out with Ned Flanders. And it turns out we’re not alone. Epic...
News Namco's Classic Tank Shooter Tokyo Wars Rolls Out on PS5, PS4 This Week
Tank you very much
The war for Tokyo is about to get underway, and your finger’s on the trigger. Industrious Japanese dev Hamster is bringing Bandai Namco’s 1996 arcade classic Tokyo Wars to the PS Store this week, as part of its Arcade Archives line. It’ll be out on 5th November for $16.99 on the PS5 and $14.99 on the PS4. Here’s the...
News Marvel Rivals Is Seemingly Teasing Two New Heroes Joining the Fight in Season 5
Thanks, patch notes
The next two playable characters coming to Marvel Rivals appear to have been teased in the game's latest patch notes. The popular free-to-play shooter is getting its new update tomorrow, 6th November 2025, and while the patch's contents will be of interest to dedicated players, it's the image accompanying the post that has...
News Battlefield 6 Challenges Made Much Easier Following Community Feedback
Less challenging
If you've been playing Battlefield 6 and feeling frustrated by the challenges, it seems the developers have heard you. In a community post, the game's official accounts have outlined some sweeping changes to in-game challenges, making them easier to attain pretty much across the board. The post says over 90 challenges have been...
News Dragon Ball Z Powers Up in New DLC for Minecraft, Available Now
Gohan and get it
Minecraft has collaborated with all sorts of big properties from games and beyond, and the latest effort is a new DLC pack based on Dragon Ball Z. Yes, Goku and his various friends and foes are now available in blocky form in the build-'em-up sandbox. You can purchase the DLC from the Minecraft Marketplace. Setting you back...
Tuesday4th Nov 2025
Guide Stray Guide: Walkthrough, Tips, Tricks, and All Collectibles
Your ultimate Stray resource
Stray is a narrative adventure in which you play as a cute little cat. It was initially released on PS5, PS4 and PC, but later came to Xbox platforms as well as Nintendo Switch. Developed by BlueTwelve Studio and published by Annapurna Interactive, this is a linear game in which you explore a futuristic dystopia...
Guide Stray: All B-12 Memories Locations
Where to find all B-12 Memories
Where are all the B-12 Memories in Stray? In Stray, one of the main collectibles hidden throughout the game is B-12 Memories. These aren't just good for earning the I Remember! Trophy, they also unveil some interesting story and lore, so they're definitely worth finding. You also get an in-game reward for finding them...
Guide Stray: How Many Chapters Are There?
How many chapters are in Stray?
How many chapters are there in Stray? If you're playing Stray, you might want to know more about all the chapters in the game, as well as how many there are. As part of our Stray guide, we have the full rundown of all chapters. Below is a list of every chapter in the game, amounting to a full walkthrough. Stray: How...
"This is completely unacceptable"
Everyone knows Mortal Kombat cheated in order to encourage you to spend more quarters. The original arcade games were designed in such a way that the AI could read your inputs, thus countering absolutely everything you do. The newly released Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection, sold primarily on its authenticity,...
Guide Stray: All Collectibles Locations
Where to find all collectibles in Stray
Where are all the collectibles in Stray? What are the collectibles and where do you find them? In Stray, there are a few collectibles for you to track down, and some of them are pretty tricky. As part of our Stray guide, we will be outlining all the collectibles and where to find them. Stray: All...
Guide Stray: All Badges Locations
Where to find all Badges in Stray
Where are all the Badges in Stray? One of the collectibles in Stray is a series of Badges that get pinned to the cat's harness, possibly one of the cutest reasons to explore the game fully. As part of our Stray guide, we're going to reveal how and where to unlock all the Badges. Finding all the Badges will earn you...
Guide Stray: Midtown Walkthrough
Complete walkthrough for Midtown in Stray
Midtown is the 10th chapter in Stray, taking place after you beat Antvillage. It's another large, open level with lots to see and do. As part of our Stray guide, we have a full walkthrough of Midtown, explaining how to get through the chapter's main path. If you're looking for collectibles in
Guide Stray: The Slums Part 1 Walkthrough
Complete walkthrough for The Slums in Stray
The Slums is the fourth chapter in Stray, taking place after you beat The Flat, and is much larger than previous chapters. It's a fairly sizeable sandbox environment you can explore to your heart's content. As part of our Stray guide, we have a full walkthrough of The Slums, explaining how to get through...
Guide Stray Trophy Guide: All PS5, PS4 Trophies and How to Get the Platinum
Unlock all the Trophies in Stray
In this Stray Trophy guide, we will be going through the game's list of Trophies, explaining each of them and telling you how to unlock them all. As part of our Stray guide, you can use this Trophy roadmap to chart your progress towards unlocking the Platinum. If you want to know about Stray's Trophies and how to...
Guide Stray: Rooftops Walkthrough
Complete walkthrough for Rooftops in Stray
Rooftops is the fifth chapter in Stray, in which you must reach the top of a tower and install the Transceiver. It follows on from The Slums. You'll explore a new area and clamber across the city, which is infested with those pesky Zurks. As part of our Stray guide, we have a full walkthrough of Roof
Guide Stray: Dead End Walkthrough
Complete walkthrough for Dead End in Stray
Dead End is the seventh chapter in Stray, which takes you outside the safety of The Slums Part 2. This chapter is all about tracking down a character named Doc, who may have a way to deal with those nasty Zurks. As part of our Stray guide, we have a full walkthrough of Dead End, explaining h
Guide Stray: Dead City Walkthrough
Complete walkthrough for Dead City in Stray
Dead City is the second chapter in Stray, in which you descend into the game's dystopian setting. It takes place after finishing the previous chapter, Inside the Wall. This chapter introduces you to the darker side of the game, showing a forgotten city that's infested with deadly critters. As part of our...
Guide Stray: The Slums Part 2 Walkthrough
Complete walkthrough for The Slums Part 2 in Stray
The Slums Part 2 is the sixth chapter in Stray, in which you return to the city and continue your mission after fixing the antenna in Rooftops. You'll meet new characters and help them track down friends. As part of our Stray guide, we have a full walkthrough of The Slums Part 2, explaining
Guide Stray: Control Room Walkthrough
Complete walkthrough for Control Room in Stray
Control Room is the 12th and last chapter in Stray, following on from Jail. Obviously, this chapter wraps up the story — you're very nearly done. As part of our Stray guide, we have a full walkthrough of Control Room, explaining how to get through the chapter and pointing out any collectibles. For...
Guide Stray: All Music Sheets Locations
Where to find all Music Sheets in Stray
Where are all the Music Sheets in Stray? One of the collectibles in Stray is Music Sheets, which can be given to a robot named Morusque who will play them for you. As part of our Stray guide, we're going to tell you where to find all the Music Sheets. Getting all of them will earn you the Meowlody Trophy
Guide Stray: The Sewers Walkthrough
Complete walkthrough for The Sewers in Stray
The Sewers is the eighth chapter in Stray, following on from the events of Dead End. This chapter unsurprisingly takes you through the dangerous sewer system, which is crawling with Zurks — but it's the only way to get to Zbaltazar. As part of our Stray guide, we have a full walkthrough of The Sewers
Guide Stray: The Flat Walkthrough
Complete walkthrough for The Flat in Stray
The Flat is the third chapter in Stray, where you'll meet your companion, B-12. Following on from Dead City, it's a short chapter, but an important one for the main story of the game. As part of our Stray guide, we have a full walkthrough of The Flat, explaining how to get through the chapter and...
Complete walkthrough for Jail in Stray
Jail is the 11th chapter in Stray, taking place after you beat Midtown. The cat's in trouble, and has been thrown in the slammer — obviously, you need to bust out. As part of our Stray guide, we have a full walkthrough of Jail, explaining how to get through the chapter's main path. If you're looking fo
News November 2025 PS Plus Essential Games Available to Download Now
Live until 2nd December
Today's the day for the penultimate PS Plus Essential update of 2025, bringing another three PS5, PS4 games to current members. You've got until 2nd December to redeem the following, with availability now live in the UK and Europe, and the USA gaining access later in the day: Stray (PS5, PS4) | Review EA Sports W
Guide Stray: Antvillage Walkthrough
Complete walkthrough for Antvillage in Stray
Antvillage is the ninth chapter in Stray, taking place after you complete The Sewers. In it, you'll see a peaceful tower structure, home to a few robots including Zbaltazar, who you're looking for. As part of our Stray guide, we have a full walkthrough of Antvillage, explaining how to get through the...
News As ARC Raiders Takes Off, Developer Embark Defends Its Use of AI Tools
"There's no shortcut to making great games"
You'll have no doubt heard about ARC Raiders, an online multiplayer extraction shooter that's currently taking the gaming world by storm. With big player numbers and universal critical acclaim, it seems the game is a hit — but that doesn't mean it hasn't come under some scrutiny. Developer Embark...
Guide Stray: Inside the Wall Walkthrough
Complete walkthrough for Inside the Wall in Stray
Inside the Wall is the first chapter in Stray, introducing you to the game and its world. It acts mostly as a tutorial, getting you used to behaving and navigating like a cat. As part of our Stray guide, we have a full walkthrough of Inside the Wall, explaining how to get through the chapter. This...
News PS Plus Essential Subscribers Bemoan 'Crap Selection' in Latest Update
53% said they aren't excited for any of the additions
It’s rare that Push Square readers are satisfied with the PS Plus Essential games, but October 2025 was an anomaly. In a poll, around 65% of you said you were happy with the offering, which included Alan Wake 2. Unfortunately, that goodwill has not carried across to November 2025’s li
Hey Jude
Having been shackled to the PS3 ever since its release all the way back in 2011, it's great to see Tales of Xillia make a deserved comeback through Tales of Xillia Remastered. Part of Bandai Namco's ongoing mission to re-release just about every Tales title on as many platforms as possible, Xillia Remastered is a predictably solid...
News PC Players or Bots? Battlefield 6 PS5 Players Frustrated by Crossplay Situation
Would you rather play with one or the other?
If you're playing Battlefield 6 on PS5, you've probably had to make a choice: do you play cross-platform with PC players, or do you opt out, only to be put in matches containing bots? That's the dilemma some players are currently feeling frustrated by on the PS5 Reddit. User youlikebaileys makes a case...
News PS2 Set to Remain King of Consoles as Nintendo Switch Sales Start to Stall
For now, at least
For years, it's seemed as though the Nintendo Switch was destined to overtake the PS2 in terms of lifetime sales — but right now, it's no longer looking like such a formality. For the first time since it hit the market, the Switch has failed to break 1 million console sales within the latest quarter, suggesting that the hybrid...
News Remakes Eclipse Remasters for PS5 Gamers, Generate Double the Money
New research report reveals
Remakes of older video games generate double the money than remasters, research conducted over the past two years has revealed. Ampere Analysis examined 15 remakes and 27 remasters between January 2024 and September 2025, and discovered that spending worldwide is, on average, 2.2x higher on remakes compared to remasters...
News ARCADIA Is an Attempt to Revive MindsEye with User-Made Custom Experiences
Update: Not available on consoles
The much maligned MindsEye has, unfortunately, failed to capture the imaginations of gamers this year, but that isn't stopping developer Build a Rocket Boy from trying to keep it alive. Recently, an update to the game re-introduced ARCADIA, a platform through which you can experience user-generated missions, races,...
News PS5's PUBG Port Will Target a Lower Resolution Than Xbox Series X, Trophies Won't Transfer
Droppin' in hot
PUBG, the enduring Battle Royale which started the phenomenon, will end support for PS4 on 13th November. From that point onwards, the game will only be playable on the PS5, where all your content and progress will be retained. However, if you are planning to play on Sony’s new-gen system, you’ll be doing so at a lower...
Guide Stray: Is It Open World?
Can you explore freely in Stray?
Is Stray an open world game? You may be wondering whether or not Stray takes place in an open world environment. Playing as a cat in a run-down robot city, it looks like a fun place to explore, but it's unclear if it's open world or not. As part of our Stray guide, we're going to tell you whether the game is an open...
Guide Stray: Does the Cat Die?
Does the cat from Stray live?
Does the cat die in Stray? If you're a pet owner, or are sensitive to animal deaths in media, you might be wondering whether Stray on PS5 and PS4 is going to do the unthinkable. Seeing animals die in movies and shows is always sad, but when they're creatures you've grown to love during the runtime, the blow is that much...
News Red Dead Redemption 2 'Probably' Wouldn't Have Happened without GTA 5 DLC Cancellation
There's a silver lining
A world without Red Dead Redemption 2 isn't one we'd want to live in, so there is at least one benefit to the cancellation of the single player DLC that Rockstar had in the works for GTA 5: it let the developer make the western open worlder. As part of a wider interview with Lex Fridman on YouTube, the studio's co-founder...
Satirising America is the key
Those old enough will remember an early off-shoot of the original Grand Theft Auto that took the series outside of the USA for the first and only time. GTA: London 1969 was essentially an expansion pack for the first game, allowing players to take on some missions in the the UK capital. Many fans have wondered whether...
News Street Fighter 6 Pays Homage to an All-Time Capcom Classic on PS5, PS4
Arthur, is that you?
Fans of Ghosts ‘n Goblins and its successor Ghouls ‘n Ghosts may want to pick up the new Fighting Pass in Street Fighter 6, which includes various references to the 80s arcade classics. As always, this Fighting Pass includes a variety of different in-game items, including avatar outfits inspired by protagonist Sir Arthur,...
News Dispatch Proves the Telltale Model Can Still Work, Sells 1 Million Copies
Will be complete from 12th November
Only half of Dispatch is available at the moment, but it's already proving a success for AdHoc Studio as the PS5 title has now sold more than one million units. The Los Angeles developer announced the sales milestone in social media posts, as it looks to release another four episodes in the coming weeks. Episodes...
News As PHYSINT Begins Early Development, Hideo Kojima Visits Long-Time Ally Guerrilla Games
New Horizons
Hideo Kojima was in Italy this weekend for the Lucca Comics & Games 2025 convention, a European twist on Comic Con. But seeing as he was nearby, he stopped off at long-time collaborator Guerrilla Games’ office in Amsterdam, where he paused for photos with Sony bigwig Hermen Hulst and studio director Jan-Bart van Beek, among others...
Guide Stray: How Long Does It Take to Beat?
How many hours long is Stray?
How long does it take to beat Stray? If you're interested in playing Stray, you're probably wondering how long the game is. As part of our Stray guide, we're going to reveal how roughly long it takes to complete the game. For a more detailed breakdown of the game and its chapters, see our guide: Stray: How Many Chapters...
Mini Review Once Upon a Katamari (PS5) - An Eccentric, Joyful Time Capsule
All hail the Prince
Once Upon a Katamari brings back Bandai Namco's cult classic franchise with an all-new game that feels ripped straight from its PS2 prime. By and large, this is the same Katamari Damacy madness we all fell in love with 20 years ago — roll a ball around each stage, gathering up myriad objects to make it as big as you can. With...
News Earn Your PhD in Uber-Exciting Anime Arcade Racer Screamer for PS5
Echoes of the past
We’ve been shouting from the rooftops about Milestone’s anime-inspired arcade racer Screamer for several months now, but its gameplay is difficult to describe. This is not your traditional arcade racer: it uses the right-stick for drift and it has a complex suite of Street Fighter-style combat mechanics, which will take some...
News Fantastic PS2 RPG Revival Raidou Remastered Uncovers a PS5 Demo
Detective work
Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army, which released back in the summer, will soon have a playable demo on PS5. Just to recap, Raidou Remastered is, well, a remaster of the original PS2 Atlus title. It's an action-based Shin Megami Tensei spinoff, in which you play as a talented young detective who has an affinity for...
News Saints Row Prequel Could Be on the Cards as Original Dev Is Asked for Pitch
The good old days
A return to past glories could be on the cards for Saints Row, if original designer Chris Stockman can convince Embracer to give the franchise another shot. Just last month, Stockman made headlines through an interview, in which he expressed his disappointment in the 2022 Saints Row reboot. He also put forward the idea that he...
News EA Believes AI Will Empower Its Employees to Put 'Creativity First'
A "thoughtful, steady" approach
If you’re already tired of reading about the impact of AI on both the games industry and the world at large, strap yourself in for more of the same. We’re on the precipice right now. EA is one company already all-in on the technology, with Business Insider recently reporting on how management from the Californian...
News New PS5 Ad Campaign Starts to Take Over Global Landmarks
Sol Square becomes a spaceship
The physical side of Sony's new PS5 marketing campaign is starting to materialise, as a Madrid metro station has been transformed into a spaceship on both the inside and outside. Documented by the PlayStation Spain marketing team, the metro station at Puerta del Sol (or Sol Square) in the middle of Madrid has been...
News Some of Fortnite Chapter 7's Collabs Are Already Being Teased and Leaked
That's Hollywood, baby
Fortnite is currently in the middle of a major crossover event with The Simpsons, and while everyone's enjoying the trip to Springfield, some fans have their eyes on what's coming up next. Epic Games' evergreen free-to-play shooter plays host to many collaborations with other IPs, and Chapter 7 — set to begin on 29th...
News Fortnite's New Sidekicks Are Cute, But Fans Aren't Happy About the High Cost
Limited customisation makes it worse
Recently, Fortnite added a new feature that fans had been waiting for: Sidekicks. Sidekicks are little animal companions you can unlock and equip, and they'll accompany you while you play most of the game's various modes. On the bright side, these Sidekicks are cute, and players can interact with them and...
News Lumines Creator Says His Ill-Fated Tetris PSP Game Wouldn't Have Been 'the Best'
Tetsuya Mizuguchi on the genesis of Lumines
Tetsuya Mizuguchi, and his team at Q Entertainment, couldn't land the licence for Tetris back in the early noughties, and it's thanks to this twist of fate that we now have Lumines. The two series have been somewhat intertwined in the years since; Mizuguchi eventually got to make his take on the Russian...
Monday3rd Nov 2025
Discounted PS5 and PS4 games we recommend
Sony has hit us with a double whammy of new sales on the PS Store, with a Halloween offer and a Planet of the Discounts sale running concurrently. Both of these offers conclude on 5th November 2025, meaning you only have a couple more days to take advantage. In order to help navigate this latest torrent of...
Exclusive Your First Look at Astro Bot in Lumines Arise, and How the Crossover Happened
It came down to a "cosmic coincidence"
Lumines Arise is set to arrive on PS5 on 11th November, and when developer and publisher Enhance announced the release date, it also unveiled a Digital Deluxe edition, which includes several special Loomii — in-game avatars — and name plates based on the studio's othe
News Don't Forget to Grab These PS Plus Essential Games Before They're Gone
Last chance
It’s your last opportunity to claim October 2025’s trio of PS Plus Essential games today. The lineup will expire on 4th November, when the available PS5 and PS4 titles will rotate. You can learn about November 2025’s offering through here. As a reminder, subscribers are currently able to download the following three games: Alan...
News 'It Happens on PS5': New PlayStation Adverts Mark Five Years of PS5
You can't park there mate
Sony has revealed three new PS5-focused adverts it'll be broadcasting starting today that are designed to celebrate the current-gen console as it turns five years old. Those adverts are called The Greatest Stunt Jump Ever, The Unexpected Catch, and Everyday Problems in Extraordinary Vehicles. Vice president of global...
News Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection Underfire for 'Atrocious' Input Lag on PS5
Over 100ms of lag
Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection is an outstanding celebration of an iconic franchise, but hardcore players are beginning to raise complaints about the compilation’s input lag on PS5. To be fair, despite Sony’s console generally being preferred for fighting games, it’s wrestled with higher-than-average input lag across...
Mini Review 1000xRESIST (PS5) - Story-First Experience Is a Marvel
Fall of mankind
With one of the most fascinating narratives on PS5 backing it, 1000xRESIST is more of an experience than something you traditionally play. It’s more involved than a visual novel, as exploration and light platforming break up cutscenes and conversations. For all intents and purposes, however, everything the game does is in service...
Random Turns Out the PS5 Can Be a Lot Smaller, and You Can Build One Yourself
In theory
The PS5 is a chunky bit of kit, even if you own one of the later, more slender models. If you've ever looked at your console under your TV and thought, "I wish this thing could be much smaller, and would ditch that weird-looking design," you're in luck. YouTube channel Not From Concentrate has proven the PS5 can be squeezed into a...
Public voting now open
Public voting for the Golden Joystick Awards 2025's most talked-about prize is now open. The annual awards show takes place later this month, on the 20th November, and features public voting across a wide range of categories. But as alluded, 'Ultimate Game of the Year' is the big one. 12 titles have been nominated, and...
News Chun-Li Kicks Up a Fuss in Fatal Fury PS5, PS4's Best DLC This Week
Spinning bird kick
Chun-Li is such an enormously popular Street Fighter character she was always going to be a key addition to Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves. And now we’ve seen her in action in the SNK fighter, we can comfortably say she’s shaping up to be one hell of an addition. She’s due out later this year. Much like Ken she closely...
News Dragon Quest Creator Yuji Horii Becomes First Game Dev to Receive Japanese Government Award
Quest complete
Living Dragon Quest legend Yuji Horii just made history in his native Japan. The 71 year old has received the 'Order of the Rising Sun' — a government-issued honour that recognises outstanding service within a particular field. Horii's the first game developer to ever claim the award; in the past, it's been presented to prominent...
News Think PS Plus Essential's Monthly Games Are Getting Worse? The Data Shows You're Wrong
Can't argue with numbers and charts
PS Plus — and since its introduction, PS Plus Essential — has been providing subscribers with a set of PlayStation games every month for years, but it's a benefit that often gets a bad rap. Sometimes, there's a sentiment among subscribers and onlookers that the monthly selection of titles is getting worse...
Preview Starsand Island Is a Cosy PS5 RPG Straight Out of a Studio Ghibli Daydream
Your new Spirited Away escape
We recently had the opportunity to go hands-on with Starsand Island, an upcoming cosy RPG developed by Seed Lab. This gorgeous anime-style life sim takes place on the titular Starsand Island which feels like something straight out of Studio Ghibli. Players create a character and explore the island paradise in an...
News We Never Got Rockstar's Agent Because an Open World Spy Game 'Doesn't Really Work'
Dan Houser explains
Rockstar's open world espionage game, Agent, never came to pass — and now we have a little bit more clarity on why. Dan Houser, co-founder of Rockstar Games who has since left the company, shared his thoughts on the cancelled project during an interview with Lex Fridman. Houser brings up Agent as part of a broader...
Guide These 14+ PS5, PS4, and PS Plus Games Are Coming Out This Week (3rd-9th November)
Football Manager! 1000xRESIST! Satisfactory!
Finally, a chance to breathe on the PS Store — there's just the 14 new games this week. They're mostly lower-profile titles, too, although there'll be a lot of interest in Football Manager 26 Console after it took a year off last year. These are all the PS5 and PS4 games coming out this week. New...
News Arc Raiders to Be Packed Full of More Content Before the Year Is Over
Roadmap for the rest of 2025 revealed
ARC Raiders has made a strong start to life in its 1.0 state, following a series of promising alpha tests and betas. Team Embark isn't taking the rest of the year off after the full launch, though, as it's shared a surprisingly strong roadmap that covers just the final two months of the year. This month, a free...
News Automation RPG Arknights: Endfield Could Be PS5's Next Big Thing
X-Factory
Imagine, for a moment, an RPG which marries the character-swapping combat of Genshin Impact with the automation aspects of Satisfactory. That is Arknights: Endfield, a game we played at Gamescom earlier this year and came away pretty impressed by. Since its initial tests, the title – which is officially due out in 2026 on the PS5 –...
Interview Lumines Arise Could Be the Most Emotional, 'High-End' Puzzle Game You Ever Play
"It's not just about blocks dropping"
Enhance has been on a real winning streak. Led by legendary designer Tetsuya Mizuguchi, the team has brought us the likes of Rez Infinite, Lumines Remastered, Tetris Effect, and Humanity — all brilliant, memorable audiovisual experiences. The latest in this line of wonderful games is Lumines Arise, the first...
News After Xbox's Contraband Cancellation, Don't Expect Another Just Cause Game
Just Cause 5 a "no-go"
Avalanche Studios is best known for its Just Cause series, but has unfortunately been in the news lately because the game it was working on has been shelved. That game is Contraband, announced back in 2021 and pegged as a "smuggler's paradise" co-op experience. The Xbox exclusive is no longer happen
News Concord's Disastrous Demise Could Help Push for Better Consumer Rights in UK
Sony praised for refunds
Well, at least one (potential) positive may come from Concord's unprecedented failure: the disastrous PS5 and PC shooter is now being used to push for stronger consumer rights in the UK. As reported by Eurogamer, the 2024 title, which was shut down just two weeks after launch, has been mentioned by name in the House of...
News Persona 5 Games Won't Stop Selling, Series Tops 13 Million Sales
5 star
Persona 5 as a series — that includes the original game, its expanded re-release Persona 5 Royal, and its multiple spinoffs — has now surpassed 13 million sales. This is according to SEGA's latest business report, which highlights the total in a Persona-specific section. Previously, the publisher had pointed out that the Persona 5...
News If You Grew Up with MySpace and AIM, You Need to Check Out VIDEOVERSE on PS5, PS4
A narrative adventure about online communities
We’ve reached a point in time where the early days of the Internet are generally nostalgic, but unless you were teenager in the early 2000s, you probably won’t vibe with VIDEOVERSE quite the same. The game – evidently inspired by early social networks like MySpace and AOL Instant Messenger –...
News PSVR2 Is Getting a Gundam Game as Silver Phantom Is Spotted on PS Store
Phantom gain
Gundam VR title Mobile Suit Gundam: Silver Phantom is headed for PSVR2, as evidenced by its own PS Store page. Apparently, said page has been there for about a month at this point — but we (and most other websites) completely missed it due to zero communication on the part of publisher Astrea. Very strange. The game first released...
Almost 30 years after original release
For the first time ever, madcap PS1 minigame compilation Milano’s Odd Job Collection will release in English on 9th December, courtesy of XSEED and Implicit Conversions. The game – which first deployed in 1997 on the PS1 – will see you assume the role of the eponymous 11-year-old Milano, who’s forced...
Sunday2nd Nov 2025
News Obsidian's Already Trying to Improve The Outer Worlds 2's Poor Presentation on PS5 Pro
Sony's proprietary PSSR replaced
PS5 Pro is supposed to be the best place to play console games, and it often is – assuming devs support it properly. Unfortunately, The Outer Worlds 2 released in a disappointing state on Sony’s supercharged system, with a shaky frame rate and an awful implementation of the Japanese giant’s proprie
News This Underappreciated PS4 Fighter Can Be Yours for Less Than a Dollar
Bargain bin
Tokyo-based dev ARIKA was founded by Capcom legend Akira Nishitani, who worked on iconic 90s arcade titles like Final Fight and Street Fighter 2. In his new company, he created the Street Fighter EX trilogy, a largely underappreciated twist on Capcom’s fighter franchise, which repurposed the franchise’s 2D action in 3D. These...
News If You've Never Played Fortnite, This Is the Season to Try on PS5, PS4
Evergreen menace
If, like this author, you’ve waited more than 15 years for a new The Simpsons game, then this latest Fortnite season may be the next best thing. Look, don’t just take our word for it, and check out the trailer: Epic’s done an outstanding job with this mini season, which is available now and will run all month long. The...
Saturday1st Nov 2025
Poll Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Essential Games for November 2025?
Plus or minus?
Oh boy, we've got a particularly prevalent feeling that November 2025's PS Plus Essential lineup won't please everyone. Confirmed earlier this week, the latest selection is made up of three titles — and we've got a bit of a problem right off the bat. Indeed, the headline act is Stray, a very good game, by all accounts, but it was...
#REMOVEKAGAWA returns
An ongoing campaign against the recasting of a character in Yakuza Kiwami 3 — a remake of the original PS3 game — has gained some additional momentum today, as SEGA's released a new trailer that focuses on the title's Japanese voice talent. Goh Hamazaki, one of the game's main antagonists, was recast for this remake, with...
Review Wreckreation (PS5) - Ambitious, Burnout-Inspired Racer Is a Near Miss
Crash out
Wreckreation is a game made by Three Fields Entertainment, a small studio led by Criterion Games alumni Alex Ward and Fiona Sperry. With their combined experience on the Burnout series, fans have been hopeful for a spiritual successor that can live up to one of the kings of arcade racing. Although this is the team's best and most...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 605
One for the weekend
With the clocks already changed in the UK and the US catching up this weekend, we're very much diving head first into the slog that is winter. The cold months also happen to be the perfect period to play video games, so here's what's keeping us busy. Aaron Bayne: I've been waiting years, and ARC Raiders is finally here! That's...
