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Friday24th Oct 2025
News Honkai: Star Rail Concludes Its Elongated Amphoreus Saga, Adds Permanent Game Mode
And that's the end of that chapter
When the stinger at the end of the most recent Honkai: Star Rail update warned its never-ending Amphoreus saga would be continued, we felt a little bit of our soul die. That is to say this overwritten beast of a plot hasn’t been our favourite to date, but it concludes in v3.7, due out on 5th November. At least...
- HoYoverse
- PS5
- PS4
- Honkai: Star Rail
- Updates
News Train-Tricking Arcade Game Denshattack Looks Mad in the Best Way in Latest Trailer
Coming to PS5 in 2026
Denshattack made a real impact when it was announced back at Gamescom in August, and it continues to look insanely fun in its latest gameplay trailer. It looks like a long-lost PS2 game that would've been revered as a cult classic: The game has you driving a train through a series of stages, only you're doing so at high...
- Fireshine Games
- PS5
- Denshattack
- Trailers
News The Finals Gets Ready for Halloween with New Ghoul Rush Mode
Spooky stuff indeed
Season 8 of The Finals is now well into its stride, and this week's mid-season update brings a frighteningly good new game mode, a plethora of spooky rewards, a scarily good store update, and a spread of smaller fixes and improvements – all in time for Halloween. Mid-season update 8.6.0 introduces a new infection-based game...
- Embark Studios
- PS5
- PS4
- The Finals
- Updates
Thursday23rd Oct 2025
Review The Outer Worlds 2 (PS5) - Mechanically Fantastic RPG Struggles to Be Memorable
In one ear, Outer the other
The Outer Worlds 2 is Obsidian trying to rediscover the role-playing magic that once defined it as a juggernaut within the genre. And in a lot of ways, this bigger, and generally better sequel accomplishes its goals. Compared to The Outer Worlds — and indeed, compared to many other modern RPGs — the game provides...
- Reviews
- Xbox Game Studios
- PS5
- The Outer Worlds 2
Rumour New Halo Game Heading for PS5, Will Almost Certainly Be Announced This Week
Is it finally happening?
There's a growing belief that Microsoft will unveil a new Halo game this week, and that it'll be confirmed for a PS5 release. And by 'this week', we mean as early as tomorrow — Friday the 24th October. That's because this year's Halo World Championship — the series' official esports event — takes place over the...
- Xbox Game Studios
- PS5
- Halo
- Rumours
News Xbox Boss Believes Sony's Strategy of Console Exclusives Is 'Antiquated'
"The biggest games in the world are available everywhere"
Xbox fans against the organisation’s multiformat strategy may want to close their eyes now, as boss Sarah Bond is signalling her company has no plans to explore exclusivity again. In an interview with Mashable, she pointed out that all of the biggest games in the world are available...
- Microsoft
- Xbox
- Sarah Bond
- Industry
News Mark 10 Years of Fallout 4 with a PS5, PS4 Re-Release Next Month
Anniversary Edition out on 10th November
Bethesda might finally be done re-releasing Skyrim over and over again, so how about a few extra versions of Fallout 4 instead? To mark 10 years since its original release, Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition shall launch for PS5 and PS4 on 10th November 2025. This new version of the RPG will package the base...
- Bethesda
- PS5
- PS4
- Fallout
News 'Final' Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 DLC, Mysteria Ecclesiae, Dated for November
Third expansion coming 11th November
Warhorse Studios has announced its third and "final" story expansion for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 will release for PS5 on 11th November 2025. Given the name Mysteria Ecclesiae, you'll venture to the Sedletz Monastery to investigate a deadly disease. Catch the reveal trailer above. Here's the setup: "Join...
- Deep Silver
- PS5
- Kingdom Come
- DLC
News Project Tal Is Another Stunning Open World Action RPG Targeting PS5
That's what we're Tal-king about
While we'll be the first to admit that we're losing track of all these crazy-looking action games from Chinese and Korean studios, that doesn't make Project Tal any less impressive. This newly announced title is currently in development at MADNGINE in South Korea. It's based around the country's mythology, and it's...
- MADNGINE
- PS5
- Project Tal
- Trailers
Review Full Metal Schoolgirl (PS5) - This Offbeat Anime Roguelite Somehow Gets It Right
Learning the hard way
For a game about robotic students raging against a sinister regime, Full Metal Schoolgirl is weirdly relatable. The onset of AI has brought life to a horde of automaton employees known as the Working Dead, tasked by a tyrannical corporation to behave as corporate slaves. With a single organisation controlling Tokyo’s...
- Reviews
- D3 Publisher
- PS5
- Full Metal Schoolgirl
News Fallout 76 Finally Gets a Native PS5 Version Next Year
Burning Springs expansion in December
Almost five years after the console's launch, it's been confirmed Bethesda will finally provide Fallout 76 with a native PS5 version. The online game has always been playable via backwards compatibility, but wasteland explorers had to put up with last-gen visuals and framerates. From next year, there'll be a...
- Bethesda
- PS5
- Fallout
News For a Fleeting Moment, It Felt Like PS2 Gangster Game Scarface Could Be Getting a Re-Release
But it all went up in flames
Oh, how we loved Scarface: The World Is Yours on PS2. This PS2 crime caper first launched in 2006, about a month prior to the PS3 in the United States, and it was an awesome send-off for the system in our opinion. While it was, in many ways, a GTA clone, we really loved building up our criminal empire and simply...
- Universal
- PS2
- Scarface
Round Up Once Upon a Katamari PS5 Reviews Roll Up Some Big Scores
Bundles of fun
Once Upon a Katamari is the first all-new instalment in Bandai Namco’s ball rolling brand for quite some time. It’s also a rather good one. The embargo for outing lifted earlier today, and it’s already wrapped up some pretty big scores. Its aggregate rating on Metacritic is at about an 80 on PS5, which is sturdy stuff for this...
- Bandai Namco
- PS5
- Once Upon a Katamari
- Round Up
- Features
News Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Adds Persona 5 Protagonist as Sales Top 1 Million Units
Sellin' at the speed of light
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is a hit for SEGA, with sales now surpassing one million units worldwide. According to the Japanese publisher, since release on 25th September, players have raced over 74.5 million times, participated in over 31.5 million Grands Prix, and competed in over 13 million Ranked Matches. To attract...
- SEGA
- PS5
- PS4
- Sonic Racing CrossWorlds
- Sales
News PS4's Legendary PT Demo Used to Teach Japanese Students English
Yes, really
PT, the iconic PS4 demo that revealed Silent Hills, has found itself a new use case: teaching Japanese school students the English language. Niigata Prefectural Tsunan Secondary School, located in the Niigata prefecture and north of Tokyo, posted an article earlier this week about one of its fifth-grade English classes using PT to learn...
- Konami
- PS4
- PT
News Survival Horror Sequel Tormented Souls 2 Out Today on PS5
Priced at £24.99 / $29.99
Following up on one of the best indie survival horror games of recent years, Tormented Souls 2 is out now on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. It utilises fixed camera angles and a limited inventory in classic Resident Evil fashion, and you could catch a taste for the title in the launch trailer above. It's a direct sequel to...
- PQube
- PS5
- Tormented Souls
News Bonus Elden Ring Items from New Tarnished Edition Delayed to 2026
Switch 2 version is delayed, pushing back PS5, PS4 items
FromSoftware has made the decision to delay the Nintendo Switch 2 version of Elden Ring to 2026, with the knock-on effect being the bonus items contained within this new Tarnished Edition also having been pushed back on PS5, PS4. The updated version comes with two new starting classes (Knight...
- Bandai Namco
- PS5
- PS4
- Elden Ring
Wednesday22nd Oct 2025
News New PS5 Firmware Update Available Now, Here's What It Does
More than just mere stability
Sony has released a meaty new firmware update for the PS5, which adds more than system stability – although you shouldn’t get your hopes up too high. The patch – creatively codenamed 25.07-12.20.00 – is available to download now, and weighs in at a whopping 1.319GB in size. Among its new features are the...
- Sony
- PS5
- Firmware Updates
News PS6 Could Be Less Than Half the Price of Microsoft's 'Very Premium' Next-Gen Xbox
No brainer
We’ve already reported on how the PS6 – due out in 2027 – is expected to be less powerful than Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox, but that difference is going to come at a significant cost it seems. Earlier this week, in an interview with
- Sony
- Microsoft
- PS6
- Hardware
- Rumours
News Now Devs Are Politely Asking Their PS4 Players to Upgrade to PS5
You know you want to
One of PS5’s biggest challenges has been actively encouraging players to upgrade from the wildly popular PS4. With hardware prices still high for the new-gen system, the reluctance to upgrade has slowly started to affect third-party publishers – even Capcom recently complained about it. And with Genshin Impact expected to...
- HoYoverse
- PS5
- PS4
- Genshin Impact
News Sep 2025 USA Sales: Ghost of Yotei PS5 Boycott Fails, Sequel Sells 'Great'
PS5 unit sales up 10% month-over-month
There was a small pocket of social media users who insisted Ghost of Yotei would be a failure. Unfortunately for them, the Sucker Punch sequel has done “great”. A vocal minority of the terminally online took umbrage with the release’s heroine, as well as some industry drama involving employees at the...
- USA
- Sales
- Charts
- PS5
- PS4
News PS Portal Still a Huge Success as Sony Reportedly Preps PS6 Handheld
5% attach rate to PS5 in the USA
At least one in every 20 owners of a PS5 in the USA also has a PS Portal to go with the console, it's been revealed. Mat Piscatella of Circana shared as part of the USA sales report for September 2025 that "the attach rate of PlayStation Portal to PlayStation 5 hardware has now exceeded 5%". A device heavily...
- Sony
- PS5
- PS Portal
News Remedy CEO Out in Aftermath of FBC: Firebreak Disaster
Live (out of) service
Remedy CEO Tero Virtala has stepped down with immediate effect, as the Finnish studio deals with the fallout of its live service disaster. Last week the company revealed that it was effectively writing off the entire development budget of FBC: Firebreak, after the first-person shooter failed to find a foothold in the crowded...
- Remedy
- Industry
- Business
News PS5 Surpasses Lifetime PS3 Sales in the US
Onto the next
The PS5 has now overtaken the PS3 in terms of lifetime sales in the US. That's according to the latest data from ever-informative Circana (formerly NPD) analyst Mat Piscatella, who reports that Sony's current-gen console topped the PS3 as of September this year. Those of you who were around for the PS3 generation may remember the...
- Sony
- PS5
- PS3
- Sales
- US
News You Could Now Play Death Stranding 1, 2 with Worse Graphics on PS5
Both games get the Power Saver mode update
Death Stranding Director's Cut, the enhanced PS5 version of the original game, has been updated to take advantage of the console's new Power Saver mode. When played in this mode, the game's overall performance (graphics, frame rate, and potentially more) will be reduced, but it'll consume less power. In...
- Sony
- PS5
- Death Stranding
- Updates
News PS5 Black Friday Bundle Will Knock $100 Off the Price
That should sell
Sony’s hoping to fatten a few stockings with PS5s this Black Friday, as word of an upcoming Fortnite bundle comes courtesy of the ever-reliable billbil-kun of Dealabs. According to the snoop, the platform holder plans to introduce the new console on 21st November, a week prior to the busy Black Friday shopping period. The...
- Sony
- PS5
- Hardware
- Black Friday
- Deals
Mini Review PowerWash Simulator 2 (PS5) - A Bigger, Better, Squeaky Clean Sequel
Lather, rinse, repeat
PowerWash Simulator 2 is a pretty straightforward sequel. It sticks to the core of what made the first game such a cult hit, but builds on it just enough with a few smart revisions and new features. Broadly, this is more of the same, but so strong is the satisfying clean-'em-up gameplay that we don't mind one bit. Each level...
- Reviews
- FuturLab
- PS5
- PowerWash Simulator 2
- Mini Reviews
News More Than 2,500 Must Have PS5, PS4 Games Discounted in New PS Store Sale
As we creep closer to Christmas
Sony’s in the process of launching a new PS Store promo which has seen more than 2,500 games discounted – including some essentials at their lowest ever prices. While the deals are still deploying globally, we can already see many of the games included, and their savings in the UK. We’ll obviously update with...
- PS5
- PS4
- Deals
- PS Store
News Sony Game Helldivers 2 Is Proving a Monstrous Success on Xbox
Hey big seller
Do you remember when we reported August’s USA sales charts? Helldivers 2 was missing from the Xbox charts, which we immediately posited as an error. Analyst Mat Piscatella, who publishes the data, said he’d investigate – and here we are. The third-person shooter is a massive success on Microsoft’s machine. So,
- Sony
- Xbox
- Helldivers
- Sales
News This Astro Bot Dual Speeder Figure Might Be the Best PS5 Merch Money Can Buy
Need for speed
If you've got room on your shelf for something special, you may want to hold out for this newly announced Astro Bot Dual Speeder figure. It doesn't have a release date yet, but the posable figurine has got to be one of the coolest PlayStation collectibles we've seen in a long time. It's from Bandai Spirits Tamashii Nations — a...
- Sony
- PS5
- Astro Bot
News Battlefield 6 Gets Even Better on 28th October, New Maps, Modes in Season 1 Update
Say hello to Blackwell Fields
EA has today shared a first look at the sort of content that'll keep you coming back to play Battlefield 6 now that it's out on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Just over two weeks after the release, from 28th October, the game's Season 1 batch of content begins to roll out. The overall roadmap is split into three...
- EA
- PS5
- Battlefield
- Updates
- Trailers
News No Man's Sky Grows Yet Again with Another Free Content Update, Available Now on PS5, PS4
Breach update launches today
It probably shouldn't be surprising at this point, but No Man's Sky has just received yet another free update, adding more new content to the space exploration game. This update is named Breach, and it's out now on all platforms, including PS5 and PS4: Breach's big new addition is space wrecks — dilapidated old...
- Hello Games
- PS5
- PS4
- No Mans Sky
- Updates
News Pixel Art Angling JRPG Sea Fantasy Reels in a Surprise PS5 Release Date
What a catch
Adorable pixel art angling JRPG Sea Fantasy has netted a 24th October release date on the PS5, after launching on pretty much every other platform earlier this year. The game looks like it’s stepped straight out of the 16-bit Super Nintendo era, with a nostalgic overhead look, but its big twist is that a lot of its gameplay revolves...
- Metasla
- PS5
- Sea Fantasy
- Announcements
News Marvel Cosmic Invasion May Be the Perfect PS5, PS4 Beat-'Em-Up to Round Out Your 2025
Final two characters confirmed
Too many cool games, too little time. Right? Are you keeping up? Well, whether you are or aren’t, add another PS5 and PS4 must play to your list: Marvel Cosmic Invasion, the awesome throwback beat-‘em-up from DotEmu, will drop on 1st December. Developed by TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge maker Tribute Games, the...
- DotEmu
- PS5
- PS4
- Marvel Cosmic Invasion
- Release Dates
All in good time
Much has been said about the return of Dragon Quest 7 thanks to Reimagined — the full remake that's releasing in February — with some onlookers questioning Square Enix's decision to "streamline" the game's massive story. But producer Takeshi Ichikawa thinks that the narrative might actually resonate a lot better with a modern...
- Square Enix
- PS5
- Dragon Quest
News Tales of Xillia 2 Remaster Confirmed in Development, Still No Word on a Xillia Bundle
Xillia and Xillia 2 will release separately
Tales of Xillia Remastered is out on PS5 in just over a week, and we're looking forward to it — but will Tales of Xillia 2 get the same treatment? The answer to that increasingly popular query is yes, according to a new Famitsu interview with series director Yusuke Tomizawa (as reported by...
- Bandai Namco
- PS5
- Tales
News Switch 2 Port Marks Addition of New Persona 3 Reload Songs on PS5, PS4
Update on 23rd October
Atlus has confirmed that it's adding a selection of Persona 3 and Persona 3 FES tracks to its PS5, PS4 remake Persona 3 Reload tomorrow, 23rd October. The free update coincides with the release of the RPG's port to Nintendo Switch 2, and there'll be eight additional tracks in total, coming to all platforms. The new songs are...
- Atlus
- PS5
- PS4
- Persona
- Updates
News PowerWash Sim 2 Will Continue to Team Up with Other IPs for DLC Packs
At least three IP-based expansions confirmed
One of the best things about the first PowerWash Simulator title was how its post-launch DLC leaned into other gaming and general media IPs. You could scrub clean locations and items from Final Fantasy VII Remake or take a trip to Bikini Bottom for a SpongeBob SquarePants expansion. Now, developer...
- FuturLab
- PS5
- PowerWash Simulator
- DLC
Tuesday21st Oct 2025
"They can't do the same thing"
Conversations about the next generation of consoles have already begun, with lots of rumours about PS6 and its supposed arrival in 2027. However, many are satisfied with what current-gen machines are capable of, and the diminishing returns offered by new, technically more powerful consoles are becoming so minute that...
- Sony
- PS6
- Shuhei Yoshida
News These 7+ Games Will Be Axed from PS Plus Extra in November 2025
Your last chance to play
Sony will trim its PS Plus Extra service of seven more games next month, as it’s announced the small gaggle of titles which will leave its service in November 2025. The lineup is as follows: Alternate Jake Hunter: Daedalus The Awakening of Golden Jazz (PS4) Battlefield 5 (PS4) Digimon Survive (PS4)
- PS Plus
- PS5
- PS4
News October 2025 PS Plus Extra, Premium Games Available to Download Now
Eight more PS5, PS4, and Classic titles out today
Another eight PS5, PS4, and Classic titles are now available for PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium members, as Sony rolls out its October 2025 update. The games are live now in the UK and Europe, and shall roll out to the USA later on in the day. Here's what's on offer from today: New PS Plus Extra...
- PS5
- PS4
- PS Plus
News PSN Services Stabilise After Global AWS Outage Caused Chaos Around the World
Fortnite, Roblox, and Gran Turismo 7 affected
If you’re having issues connecting to PSN right now, you’re not alone. An Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage is currently impacting dozens upon dozens of online systems, including Sony’s gaming network. While we’re currently connected, the service does seem shaky in our neck of the woods...
- Sony
- PS5
- PS4
- PSN
Mini Review Tekken 3 (PS1) - PlayStation's Definitive Fighter Is Still King
Enter the Tekken
Tekken was already a big deal before Tekken 3 came along, but the third instalment rocketed Bandai Namco's series to truly awesome heights. It was both a revolutionary 3D fighting game and a commercial juggernaut, helping define an entire console generation. But perhaps the most impressive thing about Tekken 3 is that, over three...
- Reviews
- Namco
- PS1
- Tekken 3
- Retro
News Surprise Days Gone Remastered Update Takes Advantage of New PS5 Feature
Freaky deaky
Days Gone Remastered has become the latest PS5 game to take advantage of Sony’s new Power Saver feature. Sony’s gradually been rolling out support for this profile, after it was added to its console in a recent firmware update. While we haven’t been able to test out the feature in Bend Studio’s apocalyptic open world just yet,...
- Sony
- PS5
- Days Gone
- Patches
News Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora's Third-Person Update Practically Makes It a New PS5 Game
Time to play
For as much criticism as Ubisoft gets, its post-release support is often absolutely extraordinary. One case in point is Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora’s upcoming third-person update – it was one of the game’s most requested features at launch, and it’s coming for free. That’s right, if you already own the game – or plan to...
- Ubisoft
- PS5
- Avatar
- Updates
- Trailers
News Xbox Shortchanges PS5 Fans Yet Again with Another Shoddy Physical Release
The Outer Worlds 2 has just 1.32GB on its Blu-ray
In another low for physical game releases from Microsoft, it has been discovered there's only 1.32GB of data on the PS5 disc for The Outer Worlds 2, which launches on 29th October 2025. Word comes from Does It Play?, where an early physical PS5 copy reveals there's just 1.32GB of data on the actual...
- Xbox Game Studios
- PS5
- The Outer Worlds
Let's talk about Rex, baby
The Jurassic World Evolution series' greatest strength has always been how it sits comfortably in the sweet spot between serious park building mechanics and the giddy wonder of dinosaur related mayhem. Jurassic World Evolution 3 is the best yet — not revolutionary by any stretch of the imagination, but a game that knows...
- PS5
News Disappointment As Tekken 3 Is the Latest PS1 Classic to Launch without Trophies
As expected, unfortunately
For whatever reason, Bandai Namco does not want Sony to add Trophies to its emulated PS1 games. While most of the platform holder’s own classic games have been updated to add in gongs – either at launch or later – Bandai Namco’s selection of re-releases remain Trophy-less. And unfortunately, the highly...
- Bandai Namco
- PS5
- PS4
- PS1
- Tekken
News Yes, Licensed Manga Hero Gon Is Still Included in Tekken 3 on PS5, PS4
We were worried he may be Gon for good
Tekken 3 rarely gets re-released, with some speculating it may be due to its inclusion of licensed manga character Gon. To be fair, the legendary fighter did feature on Sony’s ill-fated PS Classic micro-console (albeit the PAL version), and publisher Bandai Namco was releasing licensed Gon tie-ins as...
- Bandai Namco
- PS5
- PS4
- PS1
- Tekken
Guide All PS5 Games with Power Saver Support
Scale back your electricity consumption
Power Saver is a new performance profile added to the PS5 as part of its memorably named 25.06-12.00.00 update on 17th September, 2025. While it can be selected in the console's settings, it also needs to be individually supported by games in order to work. On this page, we're going to explain a little more...
- Guides
- PS5
