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Monday9th Mar 2026
News PS6 Rival Xbox Helix Could Cost as Much as $1,200
Could push for $1,000 price
Microsoft has said Project Helix, its next-gen Xbox system, will "lead in performance", and it seems any potential buyers looking to gain access to that power will have to pay a hefty price. In a breakdown of the potential specs for the next Xbox console, which runs both Xbox and PC games, YouTuber insider Moore's Law Is...
- Microsoft
- Xbox
News Sony's Injecting More Story Than Ever Before into Your PS5 Roguelikes
Saros will tell you a tale in April
The roguelike genre is one that's traditionally almost entirely about gameplay, but in Returnal, developer Housemarque proved you can still craft an interesting story around the loop of starting over again and again. In next month's Saros, it appears to be leaning even more heavily into that aspect. The studio...
- Sony
- PS5
- Saros
- Trailers
Mini Review WWE 2K26 (PS5) - Grappling Sim's Championship Reign Holds Strong
It's clobbering time
13 years since he last graced the cover of a WWE video game, the controversial "Best In The World" is back on top, with World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk lending both his face to the box, and story to WWE 2K26's Showcase mode. Accompanied by video from the man himself, players are once again immersed in a playable documentary,...
- Reviews
- 2K Sports
- PS5
- WWE 2K26
- Mini Reviews
News Hope for Digital Devil Saga Remasters Reignited as News of Strange PC, Switch Port Spreads
Devil may cry
Atlus could be gearing up towards a Digital Devil Saga revival, if we're to put an awful lot of faith into a newly announced port. Here's the gist: an old Digital Devil Saga spin-off game, titled Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner: A’s Test Server (jeez!) is being re-released on PC and Nintendo Switch in Japan. This was originally a...
- Atlus
- PS2
- Shin Megami Tensei
- Digital Devil Saga
News Record Breaking Battlefield 6 Sales Not Enough to Prevent Layoffs
Job losses across all four studios
After over seven million copies sold worldwide and becoming the USA's best-selling game of 2025, EA has responded to the success of Battlefield 6 by laying off staff. An unspecified number of staff across Battlefield Studios (EA DICE, Criterion, Ripple Effect, and Motive Studio) have lost their jobs as part of a...
- EA
- Industry
News 'It'd Be One Helluva Game': Resident Evil Star Wants Code Veronica PS5 Remake
Fans would go "ballistic" for it
One of this author’s fondest Resident Evil memories is watching an FMV cut-scene from Code Veronica on an old Dreamcast demo disc. You probably remember it: the one with Claire Redfield running from a helicopter as gunfire forces showers of shattered glass. While the game was later ported to the PS2 in an...
- Capcom
- PS5
- Resident Evil
News Trails, Ys Dev Falcom Celebrates 45th Anniversary, Announces New Dragon Slayer Project
Back to the beginning
Falcom — or Nihon Falcom, to give the studio its full name — is officially 45 years old. Forty-five! Not many developers get to reach such an impressive milestone, but Falcom's managed to hold steady for decades off the back of (mostly) annual releases, and the establishment of key franchises like Trails and Ys. Some...
- Falcom
- Dragon Slayer
Sunday8th Mar 2026
Endurance run
Marathon is doing fine, it’s certainly no Concord like many predicted pre-release – but there’s a big question emerging around whether it’s doing well enough. While we don’t have data for consoles like PS5, we can see the extraction shooter peaked at 88k concurrent players on Steam at launch, and has steadily been declining...
- Bungie
- PS5
- Marathon
News Study Claims Sony's PS5 Games Are Leaving Big PC Sales on the Table
Late to the party
Flagging sales of Sony’s PC ports have been blamed on the platform holder’s reluctance to port games day-and-date, according to research from Newzoo. Up until recently, the manufacturer followed a strategy whereby its tentpole titles would debut first on the PS5, before deploying on storefronts like Steam at a later date...
- Sony
- PS5
- PC
- Industry
News PS5 Modder Successfully Installs Linux, Boots GTA 5 at 60fps with Ray Tracing
Open source sauce
A modder has ported the open source operating system Linux to his PS5 and immediately set it to work, running GTA 5 at 60fps with full ray tracing enabled. The hack runs using an older version of the console’s firmware, so only the most dedicated will be able to try this at home. But according to the modder, all of the...
- PS5
- Mods
Opinion God of War: Sons of Sparta Is the Smaller PS5 Game Fans Want, and I Hope We See More
Are you backing it?
To put it lightly, PS Studios has a bit of a problem at the moment. The majority of Sony's first-party studios are busy making games that are pushing the limits — that is, the limits of PlayStation's pockets. Rapidly ballooning budgets mean some of the company's biggest titles cost multiple hundreds of millions of dollars...
- Sony
- PS5
- God of War
- Opinion
- Features
Saturday7th Mar 2026
News 'Sony Finally Understands': Over 70% of PS5 Fans Agree with Decision to Scrap PC Ports
All in agreement
The PS5 fandom can be a divisive place at the best of times, but it seems almost everyone’s in agreement on one thing: Sony’s right to scrap its PC ports. In a Bloomberg report earlier this week, it was claimed that PlayStation will cease releasing its tentpole first-party exclusives on storefronts like Steam, although it will...
- Sony
- PS5
- PC
News Yakuza Creator's Promising New PS5 Game May Soon Be Sleeping with the Fishes as Funding Is Cut
NetEase walks away
Industry legend Toshihiro Nagoshi’s promising Yakuza spiritual successor Gang of Dragon may not see the light of day, as publisher NetEase plans to pull funding on the project. The Chinese juggernaut had headhunted the SEGA veteran to start his own studio in 2021, but a slew of strategic changes mean it’s ceased bankrolling a...
- NetEase
- PS5
- Gang of Dragon
- Industry
Opinion I Wonder if Xbox Helix Will Force Sony to Break Its PS6 Silence
Noisy neighbours
In a poll I published about PS6 late last month, almost 60% of you said you didn’t want it until at least 2029. In fact, an incredible 12% of you said Sony should wait until 2031 or later – five years from now! I’d be interested to run a similar poll in the aftermath of Project Helix’s announcement, which was confirmed by...
- Sony
- PS6
- Xbox
- Opinion
- Features
Poll What Review Score Would You Give Resident Evil Requiem?
Evil has a number
Resident Evil Requiem has been out on PS5 for a full week now, and we hope that's been long enough for you to see its horrors through to the end. That's because we need you to give it a review score. The game went down extremely well with critics. It's one of the highest-rated titles of the year so far, and we imagine that it'll...
- Capcom
- PS5
- Resident Evil
- Polls
- Features
News Artist Embroiled in Marathon Art Theft Scandal Credited as Visual Design Consultant
And that's the end of that
The artist who was at the centre of a Marathon art theft scandal has been credited in the game as a Visual Design Consultant. Less than a year ago, dev Bungie was forced to conduct a “thorough review” after it emerged assets originally created by Scottish artist Antireal, or Fern Hook, had been included in the game...
- Bungie
- PS5
- Marathon
News Screamer's PS5 Trophy List Unlocks New Fear: A Racing Game with Parrying
Precision driving
Milestone is on the verge of releasing its next big racing game, Screamer, and its newly emerged Trophy list looks like it'll force you to get good. The arcade racing game, launching on 26th March 2026, has various interesting gameplay hooks in addition to an anime-inspired storyline, meaning it's quite the departure from your...
- Milestone
- PS5
- Screamer
- Trophies
Feature Going Platinum: Aladdin and The Lion King Represented a Weird Full Circle Moment
The circle of life, perhaps
Platinum Trophy #15: Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King Date Earned: 17th October 2019 Dopamine Index: stars:4 I was thrilled when Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King was announced. This pair of games compiled and re-released felt specifically targeted towards me in a way no other retro...
- Disney Interactive
- PS5
- Disney Classic Games Aladdin and The Lion King
- Going Platinum
- Features
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 623
We go again
In terms of gaming industry news, this week was a lot less chaotic than previous ones. That means the emphasis is back on the games, so here's what we're playing. Jamie O'Neill: I'm still playing Arkane Lyon's Deathloop from 2021. I find Colt Vahn's quips amusing, so it's a fun game to return to five years later. Liam Croft: I don't...
- Talking Point
- PS5
- PS4
- What Are You Playing
- Features
Friday6th Mar 2026
News PS5 Players Can Finally Explore This Award-Winning Xbox Gem
Into the deep south
South of Midnight, the visually striking action adventure from Xbox studio Compulsion Games, will bring its brand of “deep south mythos” to the PS5 from 31st March. The critically acclaimed outing, which won the Games for Impact award at The Game Awards in December, sees you assume the role of Hazel Flood, who’s thrust...
- Xbox Game Studios
- PS5
- South of Midnight
- Release Dates
Will easily push 4K, 120fps
In the aftermath of Project Helix’s announcement yesterday, notorious hardware leaker Moore’s Law Is Dead has reiterated he believes the PS6 will launch in late 2027. There’s been a lot of speculation recently suggesting Sony may push back the unannounced platform, potentially into 2028 or beyond. Some of our...
- Sony
- PS6
- Hardware
Site News Where's Our Marathon PS5 Review?
It's not a sprint
Marathon is out now and you may be wondering when we’ll publish our PS5 review. After all, this is a major first-party game from Sony and represents the culmination of the console maker’s $3 billion Bungie acquisition. The truth is, you won’t read our review for a little while. As a live service game, the extraction shooter...
- Bungie
- PS5
- Marathon
- Site News
News The Abandoned PS5 Fiasco of 2021 Has Been Resurrected, Dev Testing Abandoned: Gospels of Blood
Here we go again
Oh no, not this nonsense again. Five years after the Abandoned debacle of 2021, where Hasan Kahraman basically made a fake game and tried to tie it to Silent Hill and Hideo Kojima to drum up interest, it still appears the creator wants to make some kind of Abandoned game. Something called Abandoned: Gospels of Blood has been...
- Blue Box Game Studios
- PS5
- Abandoned
News Some PS5 Users Really Are Paying More for Their Games on PS Store Than Others
Sony's still testing out dynamic pricing
A few months ago, we reported on some strange, inconsistent pricing spotted on the PS Store, and it seems this hasn't gone away — and may have become even more widespread. Over on good old Reddit, someone shared their experience while looking at Assassin's Creed Unity, which recently received an update...
- Sony
- PS5
- PS4
- PS Store
Thursday5th Mar 2026
Preview Sword Art Online Returns to PS5 as a Darker Open World Action RPG This Summer
Echoes of Aincrad
Echoes of Aincrad: Sword Art Online will see the long-standing franchise return to PS5 this summer, and based on what we saw at a recent Bandai Namco press event, it's set to be a fairly fresh take on the property. In a nutshell, Echoes of Aincrad embraces the darker side of Sword Art Online; it's about battling your way through...
- Bandai Namco
- PS5
- Sword Art Online
- Previews
- Features
Friday6th Mar 2026
News If You're Loving Resident Evil Requiem on PS5, There's a Good Chance You're Old
Punished Leon
Resident Evil Requiem has been a huge hit for Capcom, selling five million units in just a few days. It’s one of the biggest single player success stories in recent memory, and it represents a really refreshing moment for anyone who loves traditional, narrative-based games. Kudos to all involved! There is a not-so surprising nugget...
- Capcom
- PS5
- Resident Evil
News Is Slay the Spire 2 Coming to PS5? Because We Need It Right Now
Slaying it
In case you missed it, Slay the Spire 2 has just launched into Early Access on PC and Mac via Steam, and it's gone absolutely nuclear. At the time of writing, the game has about 430,000 concurrent players, easily placing it within the most-played titles on Valve's platform. In pure player numbers, it's tussling with massively successful...
- Mega Crit
- PS5
- Slay the Spire
Thursday5th Mar 2026
News Onimusha: Way of the Sword Gets a Sick Gameplay Trailer, But Still No Release Date
Capcom's teasing something, though
Onimusha: Way of the Sword has looked super promising for so long now, but this newest gameplay-filled trailer might just be its best showing yet. The video's fairly short, but it features plenty of fresh footage from Capcom's upcoming action title. New enemies, weapons, environments, characters, and boss battles...
- Capcom
- PS5
- Onimusha
- Trailers
Friday6th Mar 2026
Mini Review Scott Pilgrim EX (PS5) - Fans Will Be in Lesbians with This Fun-Filled Brawler
Greatest hits
You probably already know if this is a game for you. If you enjoyed Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game back in the day, you'll absolutely love Scott Pilgrim EX, as it's simply a new and improved version of that same idea. When most of Scott's band, Sex Bob-omb, goes missing — along with all their instruments — it's down to him,...
- Reviews
- Tribute Games
- PS5
- Scott Pilgrim EX
- Mini Reviews
News Marathon PS5 User Reviews Remarkably Positive After String of Live Service Disasters
A pinch of positivity
Marathon is getting a universally positive response on storefronts like the PS Store, proving fans are at least enjoying Bungie’s newest shooter. Right now on Sony’s storefront, the game has a 4.77 rating based on 3k reviews. If we compare that to another recent live service shooter, the dying Highguard, it has a 3.1...
- Bungie
- PS5
- Marathon
News 'You've Got to Be Joking': Street Fighter 6 Fans Rage at Slow Rollout of Skins
Dressed to depress
We’ll say one thing about Street Fighter 6’s skins: they always look awesome. Unfortunately, many fans remain frustrated with how slowly they’re being added to the game. Case in point: 17th March will see two new outfits, for Elena and DeeJay, added. These are still part of the Outfit 4 swimsuit series which started some...
- Capcom
- PS5
- PS4
- Street Fighter
- Updates
News Star Wars: KOTOR PS5 Remake Exists and Is Still in Development, Dev Says
"Yes, it is still in development"
Saber Interactive has said its Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake remains in development at the company. That's all it had to say in a recent interview with IGN, as chief creative officer Tim Willits told the outlet: "Yes, it is still in development. That's all I can say." At this point, five years...
- Saber Interactive
- PS5
- Star Wars
Release date confirmed
In case you missed it, Thomas and Friends: Wonders of Sodor was announced recently, and it's a dream come true for Thomas fans young and old. Developer Dovetail Games — the same team behind Train Sim World — has now confirmed a release date, and it's very close. You'll be able to visit the island of Sodor starting 17th...
- Dovetail Games
- PS5
- PS4
- Thomas and Friends
- Release Dates
Thursday5th Mar 2026
News Resident Evil Requiem Records Strong Japanese Sales, But Still Dwarfed by Resident Evil 5 and 6
194,166 copies sold in opening week
Capcom has already announced Resident Evil Requiem has sold over five million units since launch last week, and now we know just shy of 200,000 of those sales came from physical copies bought in Japan. The latest Famitsu sales data, which tracks boxed copies purchased between 23rd February 2026 and 1st March...
- Capcom
- PS5
- Resident Evil
- Sales
News PS6 Competitor from Xbox Revealed as Project Helix
Will play Xbox and PC games
Microsoft has today revealed its next Xbox console — which will offer some form of competition to the PS6 — under the codename of Project Helix. The firm's new Xbox CEO, Asha Sharma, shared the news in a social media post, saying: "Great start to the morning with Team Xbox, where we talked about our commitment to the...
- Microsoft
- PS6
- Xbox
News Assassin's Creed Unity PS5 60FPS Patch Out Now
Head to a smoother Paris on PS5
Ubisoft has revealed the next Assassin's Creed game to receive a 60 frames-per-second patch on PS5 will be Assassin's Creed Unity. The update will go live tomorrow, 5th March 2026, and will allow the game to run at 60FPS when played in backwards compatibility on PS5. This is just the latest entry in the series to...
- Ubisoft
- PS5
- Assassins Creed
- Patches
News After Cancelling Most PC Ports, Sony Promotes New 'PC Ready' Controller
It's a PS5 pad and a USB cable
In terms of its public face, it's business as usual at Sony: it's not the one that reported on the cancellation of PlayStation games being ported to PC. However, on the same day it's reliably suggested single player first-party efforts won't appear elsewhere anymore, it's perhaps a little funny to see Sony advertise a...
- Sony
- PC
- Controllers
News Sony Apparently Pulls the Plug on PC Ports of Saros, Ghost of Yotei
No longer on the agenda
As part of a wider story on Sony’s decision to pullback PC ports of its single player games, it seems planned versions of Saros and Ghost of Yotei have been scrapped. While the former isn’t even out on PS5 yet and was likely up to a year away, it’s possible Sucker Punch’s sequel – which originally released last...
- Sony
- PS5
- PC
- Ghost of Yotei
- Saros
Out Today Marathon's PS5 Launch Puts Sony's $3B Live Service Gamble to the Test
Run the race
Marathon is out today, and Sony’s big $3 billion acquisition is riding on its success. Back when the Japanese giant acquired Bungie in 2022, it felt like a strange fit. Despite its work on Destiny, the studio is best known for
- Bungie
- PS5
- Marathon
- Out Today
News Your Latest Look at Forza Horizon 6 Is So Tame It'd Put Your Driving Instructor to Sleep
Don't fall asleep at the wheel
Forza Horizon 6 is one of the biggest racing games on the, erm, horizon for PS5, so we were pretty excited to check out nine whole minutes of new gameplay, courtesy of IGN. Unfortunately, it's not very interesting. Here we go: The game, which launches on Xbox and PC in May and later on PS5, takes place in Japan,...
- Xbox Game Studios
- PS5
- Forza Horizon 6
- Videos
News A Free PS5 Baseball Sim Is Here to Shake Up MLB The Show
Stepping up to the plate
MLB The Show is no longer the only PS5 baseball sim in town, as a new Konami rival has arrived completely free-to-play. Available to download today, eBaseball: Pro Spirits is the latest entry in the Japanese publisher’s long-running – and acclaimed – Professional Spirits Baseball series. Previously this has been...
- Konami
- PS5
- eBaseball
- Announcements
News After LEGO Horizon, Don't Expect Any More PS5 Games on Switch 2
Switching it up
We were all a bit shocked when LEGO Horizon Adventures was announced, and not because the game itself was a surprise, but because of the platforms it was coming to. Co-developed by Guerrilla Games and Studio Gobo, the plastic action platformer was released simultaneously on PS5, PC, and Nintendo Switch. Obviously, making the game...
- Sony
- PS5
- LEGO Horizon Adventures
News Capcom's Pragmata Brings Its PS5 Release Date Forward by a Full Week
Making space
In what has become an increasingly rare move over recent years, Pragmata has actually brought its release date forward — and by a full week, no less! Capcom's sci-fi action shooter will now launch for PS5 on the 17th April, instead of the 24th. Isn't that nice? Looking at the schedule, this means Pragmata has put a little more...
- Capcom
- PS5
- Pragmata
- Release Dates
- Trailers
News MindsEye Studio Laying Off More Staff as It Doubles Down on Conspiracy Theory
"Organised espionage and corporate sabotage" to blame
Build a Rocket Boy, the studio behind the critical and commercial flop MindsEye, is reducing its staff once more. The news comes via a statement on LinkedIn from CEO Mark Gerhard, who says an undisclosed number of staff members are being made redundant in the wake of the game's disastrous launch...
- Build a Rocket Boy
- PS5
- MindsEye
News Kena PS5 Studio Goes Full Circle with Bridge of Spirits Switch 2 Port
From a Majora's Mask video to a Switch 2 release
One of the highlights from the early PS5 years, Kena: Bridge of Spirits is expanding its horizons once more with a newly confirmed Nintendo Switch 2 version. This puts the fan-favourite game, which will receive a sequel later this year, on the hybrid system. However, for developer Ember Lab, the...
- Ember Lab
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits
News PS Studios Show Support for Marathon's PS5 Launch with Brilliant Artwork
We are family
It's the launch of a Sony first-party game, and that means a bunch of lovely artwork from the rest of PS Studios. Today sees the launch of Marathon, Bungie's new survival extraction shooter. To celebrate the game's arrival, a few other first-party studios have conjured up some great art depicting characters crossing paths. So far,...
- Sony
- Bungie
- PS5
- Marathon
News Nothing Was Ever Going to Catch Resident Evil Requiem in PS Store's February Chart
Barnstormer
Resident Evil Requiem has been a huge success for Capcom already, and Sony's latest PS Store download charts only serve to echo that fact. The new horror action title is number one on both the North American and European PS5 charts, beating out February's other new releases like Nioh 3, Reanimal
- Sony
- PS5
- PS4
- PS Store
- Sales
News Play PS5's Fatal Frame 2 Remake in a New Demo Out Now
Carry your progress into the full game
Ahead of its PS5 release in exactly a week, Koei Tecmo has put out a Fatal Frame 2 Remake demo to let you experience what it's done with the horror classic. The demo can be downloaded from the PS Store now, and all of the progress you make can be carried over to the full game via your save data. You get to...
- Koei Tecmo
- PS5
- Fatal Frame
- Demos
News Don't Worry, Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Is 'Not a Roguelike', Says Konami
Just a regular ol' Castlevania
During Sony's latest State of Play, publisher Konami made a number of announcements, one of which was Castlevania: Belmont's Curse. This is a brand new entry in the company's much-celebrated action series, and it comes from developers that are well versed in much the same space. Evil Empire is leading the charge;...
- Konami
- PS5
- Castlevania
News Guilty Gear Strive 2.00 Will Get Its Big Reveal Later This Month
Blame the beasts
March is going to be an important month for Guilty Gear Strive fans, as the fighter, er, gears up for its big 2.00 reveal on the 22nd March. That's when developer Arc System Works' Arc World Tour 2025-2026 comes to a close, after a weekend of tournament play. The studio's confirmed that a trailer's going to be shown after Strive's...
- Arc System Works
- PS5
- Guilty Gear
