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Wednesday15th Jan 2025
News The Elusive PS5 Disc Drives Are Back in Stock Right Now in the US
Pro move
The stock situation surrounding the PS5's sold-separately disc drive attachment has been rocky to say the least, but as of right now, it's currently available for purchase in the US. At the time of writing, the disc drive attachment for PS5 and PS5 Pro is in stock at PlayStation Direct and Amazon US, so it seems Sony has let loose a fresh...
- Sony
- PS5
Random DOOM Ported to a New Portal, Now Playable Inside a PDF
Wonders never cease
We don't know where, or even if, the inherent need to port seminal shooter DOOM to the most unlikely hardware imaginable will ever cease. In any case, a high school student has somehow managed to convert id Software's eternally influential game to Portable Document Format (PDF), playable in a web-based browser. The future boss...
- Bethesda
- DOOM
- Random
Mini Review Tales of Graces f Remastered (PS5) - Classic Tales Game Is Better Than Ever
Aging gracefully
In this modern era of games getting rereleased, it’s crazy to think it’s been over 12 years since Tales of Graces f was released on western shores. Thankfully you no longer need to dust off your ancient PS3 to play, as Bandai Namco has spruced up this classic RPG for modern consoles with Tales of Graces f Remastered. As you’d...
- Reviews
- Bandai Namco
- PS5
- Tales of Graces f Remastered
- Mini Reviews
News Baldur's Gate 3 Passes Major Mod Milestone, 'Withers Big Naturals' Arrives on PS5
Brought to you by the bear-form sex studio
Baldur's Gate 3 has been blazing a pioneering trail since it forever changed the gaming landscape in late 2023, not only with its daring depictions of D&D romance but by following in Bethesda's footsteps and bringing heinous PC mods to consoles. To celebrate a genuinely astonishing 100,000,000 total mod...
- Larian Studios
- PS5
- Baldur's Gate
News After 31 Years, the Legendary Shuhei Yoshida Bids Farewell to PlayStation
Big Shus to fill
Shuhei Yoshida, a beloved PlayStation figurehead, has now concluded his time with the company. After a run of 31 years, he's been a part of Sony's video game brand since its very inception, climbing the ladder to become one of the most important and recognisable people in the business. He announced he would be leaving PlayStation...
- Sony
- Shuhei Yoshida
- Industry
News The Invisible Woman's Marvel Rivals Super Power Exposes Quickplay Bots
Armor Wars
The Invisible Woman, AKA Dr Susan "Sue" Storm-Richards, has developed a new superpower beyond anything Stan Lee or Jack Kirby could ever have imagined: exposing the bots being secretly dropped into Marvel Rivals' Quickplay matches, bolstering struggling players by giving them an easy win. We covered the admittedly conspiratorial...
- NetEase
- PS5
- Marvel Rivals
News Ubisoft Might Relinquish Some of Its IP to a New Venture to Boost Publisher's Value
New-bisoft
According to a new report, Ubisoft stakeholders Tencent and the Guillemot family are considering starting up a new venture and migrating some of the publisher's IP across. Word comes from Bloomberg in a paywalled story that cites people familiar with the situation. Apparently, the two entities are weighing up the possibility of starting...
- Ubisoft
- PS5
- PS4
- Industry
News Dev Knows Path of Exile 2's Endgame Is 'Too Severe', Says It's 'Important'
Maybe Diablo's more your speed?
Path of Exile 2 seems to be giving Diablo IV a proper run in the action RPG arena, and a big patch promising a bunch of "positive changes" has been prepared for fans this week. It doesn't sound like the endgame is going to get any easier, however, with Grinding Gear Games maintaining that "the whole death actually...
- Grinding Gear Games
- PS5
- Path of Exile
News Dynasty Warriors 10 Was Cancelled and Reworked Into Dynasty Warriors: Origins
"Back to basics"
According to a new interview with Japanese publication 4Gamer (as covered in English by Siliconera), publisher Koei Tecmo and developer Omega Force were working on a different Dynasty Warriors title prior to the newly released Dynasty Warriors: Origins. However, the project — which probably would have become Dynasty Warriors 10...
- Koei Tecmo
- PS5
- Dynasty Warriors
News Sony, PlayStation Studios Making Donations to Los Angeles Wildfire Relief Efforts
Millions towards aid for ongoing disaster
Sony and some of PlayStation's first-party studios have confirmed they're making donations to relief efforts relating to the ongoing Los Angeles fires. They join other companies and entities that are providing financial support to help those providing aid and rebuilding services in the area. In a statement...
- Sony
News Broken Sword 2 Remaster Teased By Team Who Reforged the First Game
Mirror, mirror
Revolution Software, the developer that brought us the fantastic Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars Reforged in September of last year, has teased a remaster of the series' second game, Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror. The tease was part of a Christmas message video from Revolution Software, which seems to have passed just about...
- Revolution Software
- Broken Sword
News Smite 2 Is Now Available for Free to Everyone as It Enters Open Beta Phase on PS5
Smite be worth checking out
Smite 2, sequel to the popular MOBA from Hi-Rez Studios, is now free-to-play for all PS5 users as it transitions from closed alpha to open beta. The game sees teams of players duking it out to win matches and achieve objectives using a wide range of characters, all based on gods and other legendary entities. The most...
- Hi-Rez Studios
- PS5
- Smite
News Evo 2025 Lineup Announced as New Fatal Fury Joins Tekken 8, Street Fighter 6, and More
Get ready for the next battle
Set to take place on the 1st to the 3rd of August, this year's Evo has confirmed its lineup of main games. Eight titles will take centre stage, including Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, which releases for PS5 and PS4 in April. SNK's latest will be joined by the usual heavy hitters (and the classic Marvel vs. Capcom...
- Evo
- PS5
- PS4
News Lil Gator Game Is Getting a Lil Bigger with DLC Expansion, In the Dark
Will you snap it up?
Publisher Playtonic Friends and developer MegaWobble have announced an expansion for the adorable action adventure, Lil Gator Game. Arriving on PS5 and PS4 in 2023, the cutesy title will become a fair bit larger with the expansion, entitled In the Dark. Said to double the size of the game, In the Dark takes players underground...
- Playtonic Friends
- PS5
- PS4
- Lil Gator Game
- DLC
Tuesday14th Jan 2025
News Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag Remake Is All But Official Now, More Than a Graphics Upgrade
Project appears on LinkedIn profile
The remake of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag that Ubisoft reportedly has in the works appears to be absolutely real at this point, as the project has now appeared (temporarily) on an employee's LinkedIn profile. Spotted by MP1ST, it's listed with mention of new gameplay systems and mechanics relating to combat,...
- Ubisoft
- PS5
- Assassin's Creed
News The Final Suicide Squad PS5 Ending Is a Real Sorry Sight
Rocksteady retcons itself
The Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League disaster has finally come to an end for Rocksteady Studios, as its last main season of content deploys onto PS5, accessible for free for PS Plus Essential members. However, as it says goodbye to the title, it's got one final trick up its sleeve: a big story retcon. We doubt most of...
- Warner Bros
- PS5
- Suicide Squad
Reminder PS Plus Extra, Premium Lose These 11 Great Games in a Week
Play them before they're gone
Sony is set to reveal the first batch of PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium games for 2025 tomorrow, but more urgently for current members, the day they arrive also marks the removal of 11 great PS5, PS4 titles from the service. From 21st January 2025, the following 11 games leave the two tiers, rendering them unplayable...
- PS5
- PS4
- PS Plus
- Reminders
News Metaphor: ReFantazio PS5, PS4 Patch 1.11 Brings Neat Menu Updates
Speed up the process
Atlus has issued a rare Metaphor: ReFantazio patch for all consoles and PC that adds a few new menu options that make navigating them quicker and easier. Updating the PS5, PS4 editions to version 1.11, the update introduces the ability to change your battle formation and swap party members in and out from both the main menu and...
- SEGA
- PS5
- PS4
- Metaphor: ReFantazio
- Patches
News PlayStation Fans Want The Simpsons: Hit & Run, GTA, God of War Back on PS Plus Classics
So says Implicit Conversions community
PS2 and PSP classics like The Simpsons: Hit & Run, GTA: Vice City Stories, and God of War: Ghost of Sparta are some of the most requested titles for a comeback on PS Plus Premium, a stats sheet from Implicit Conversions reveals. Of the more than 1,400 requests it's received from its
- Sony
- PS Plus
News Sony Patents Predictive AI Button Presses, So You Don't Have To
PlayStation may, someday, Push Square for you
Sony has filed a patent that, as likely as not, will never see the light of day. Known by the wonderfully evocative name, Sony Patent WO2025010132 "TIMED INPUT/ACTION RELEASE", the speculative tech aims to streamline the "timed release of user commands" by using AI to determine your next button press...
- Sony
- Industry
News Until Dawn Movie First Look Reveals Twist on PS5, PS4 Game's Choices
"Same night, different nightmare"
The first look at Sony's upcoming Until Dawn movie adaptation has been revealed, sharing and backing up how the flick isn't a direct translation of the PS5, PS4 game. A full trailer is coming soon, but for now, we have the above to watch. What's most notable about the first look video is confirmation of how the...
- Sony
- Movies
- Until Dawn
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's Script Reputedly Dwarfs That of Lesser RPGs
Not so fast, says Larian Studios
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II's script is reputedly on the obscenely large end of the RPG word scale, with Warhorse Studio's writer Daniel Vávra claiming that: "As far as I know, it's the longest script for a game ever. Including Baldur's Gate 3." YouTuber
- Deep Silver
- PS5
- Kingdom Come
News Yakuza's Kiryu Actor Stars in Action Platformer Rusty Rabbit This April on PS5
Happy Easter
Rusty Rabbit, a side-scrolling action adventure from NetEase and Nitroplus, is coming to PS5 on 17th April, 2025. While there's an English version of the release date trailer, we've embedded the Japanese one, because the Japanese dub stars voice actor Takaya Kuroda in the lead role — best known in the West as the deep voice of Kazuma...
- NetEase
- PS5
- Rusty Rabbit
- Release Dates
Random You'll Want to Plunge a Knife into Zayn Malik's The Last of Us Birthday Cake
Clicker or cake?
Like most reasonable people, we didn't think we'd be writing about British singer Zayn Malik's birthday cake when we woke up this morning. The performer, previously part of One Direction, recently celebrated his 32nd birthday, and posted about his cake on Instagram, because that's the sort of thing that happens now. However, it's...
- Sony
- PS5
- PS4
- The Last of Us
- Random
News Lunar Remastered Collection Brings Two Classic RPGs to PS4 in April
Lunar phases
Publisher GungHo Online Entertainment has announced that Lunar Remastered Collection will release on the 18th April for PS4. The collection was announced back in September of last year, targeting a spring 2025 launch. But now that we've got an official date, it's worth pointing out that there's no mention of a PS5 version in the press...
- GungHo Online Entertainment
- PS4
- Lunar
- Release Dates
News PGA Tour 2K25 Sets Up PS5 Birdie for 28th February
Tiger Woods, Matt Fitzpatrick, and Max Homa on the cover
2K has today formally revealed PGA Tour 2K25, releasing next month on 28th February 2025 for PS5. Tiger Woods, Matt Fitzpatrick, and Max Homa have been revealed as the three cover stars of the game's three versions, which start at a base £64.99 / $69.99 edition and work up to a Legend Edition...
- 2K Sports
- PS5
- PGA Tour 2K
- Announcements
- Release Dates
News Fatal Fury's Mai Makes the Jump Over to Street Fighter 6 Next Month
Out on 5th February
Capcom has revealed by way of a new gameplay trailer that the second crossover character in Street Fighter history will be available from 5th February 2025. Mai from the Fatal Fury series is joining Terry Bogard in Street Fighter 6, and you can catch a glimpse of how she plays in the trailer above. Mai utilises a mixture of...
- Capcom
- PS5
- PS4
- Street Fighter
News Marvel Rivals Will Grow Rapidly with a New Hero Being Added Every Month and a Half
Assemble
Hero shooter smash hit Marvel Rivals already has dozens of playable characters to get to grips with, but the developer is far from finished adding to the roster. In a recently published interview with Metro, director Guangyun Chen has described the team's aim for post-launch support, and it sounds like new heroes will arrive with...
- NetEase
- PS5
- Marvel Rivals
- Updates
News PowerWash Simulator Folds In VR Team, Putting Further Support on Ice
PSVR2 version looking more unlikely than ever
PowerWash Simulator developer FuturLab has announced that it will not continue with plans to support PowerWash Simulator VR. CEO Kirsty Rigden says that the team loves and supports VR, but with some unfilled vacancies on the primary team, job security for the studio must always come first. FuturLab made...
- Square Enix
- PS5
- PS4
- Final Fantasy
News Architect Life: A House Design Simulator Breaks New PS5 Ground in June
I always wanted to pretend to be an architect
Architect Life: A House Design Simulator will allow players to experience all the stress of commercial project management on PS5. Deliverables will arrive in phases, beginning with launch on 5th June. From the initial schematics to on-site decision-making, if you ever wanted to pretend to be an architect...
- Nacon
- PS5
- Architect Life: A House Design Simulator
News New Ecco the Dolphin Trademarks Have Fans Hoping for New Game
But do they really mean anything?
Trademark renewals don't always mean anything, but fresh registrations relating to the classic Ecco the Dolphin series have brought fans back from the dead with hopes they may be tied to a new game. Both registered on 27th December 2024 and made public yesterday, SEGA has renewed its "Ecco the Dolphin" and "Ecco"...
- SEGA
- Ecco the Dolphin
News Vive La Return of Castlevania: Nocturne, Season 2 Is Almost Here
"We march on Paris, to cut this revolution's head off"
Fans of Netflix's excellent animated adaptation of Konami's immortal Castlevania series rejoice! Not only do we have a revolutionary new trailer for you, but we bring news that streaming begins on 16th January, and this time, Alucard and company are tasked with cutting the head off of Erzsebet...
- Netflix
- TV
- Castlevania
Monday13th Jan 2025
Review Dynasty Warriors: Origins (PS5) - Peak Dynasty Warriors Is Back with an Almighty Bang
Wei to go
What a difference seven years makes. In 2018, the dismal Dynasty Warriors 9 effectively put Koei Tecmo's storied hack and slash series on ice, but Dynasty Warriors: Origins is a completely different beast. For the first time in generations, the franchise feels fresh again — a genuine evolution of what's come before. To be clear, Origins...
- Reviews
- Koei Tecmo
- PS5
- Dynasty Warriors: Origins
News Square Enix Vows to Deny Toxic Fans Its Wonderful Games, Services
"We reserve our right to refrain from providing products and services"
Final Fantasy publisher Square Enix has unveiled a new customer harassment policy and is seemingly intent on taking a no-nonsense stance in the face of rising fan toxicity. Spotted by VGC, the policy comes as various Final Fantasy voice actors have been forced to speak out...
- Square Enix
- Industry
News 2023's Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Outsold Ubisoft's Outlaws in 2024
Not the sales success Ubi was looking for
In a notable development, it appears that in 2024, 2023's Star Wars Jedi: Survivor from Respawn Entertainment moved more units than Ubisoft's 2024 outing, Star Wars Outlaws. It's a surprising statistic, as we would have thought the impetus of the IP itself would have accounted for more copies sold. While...
- Ubisoft
- PS5
- Star Wars Outlaws
Rumour Oblivion Remake Isn't Just a Graphics Upgrade, It's a Full Gameplay Overhaul
By Azura, by Azura, by Azura!
The Oblivion remake rumours just refuse to dissipate, and so it's starting to seem more and more likely that the project is real. Indeed, a whole new report is doing the rounds today, which says that this isn't just some graphical upgrade — it's a proper remake, with overhauled gameplay systems and mechanics. This...
- Bethesda
- The Elder Scrolls
- Rumours
News Baldur's Gate 3's Huge Patch 8 Still Incoming as Dev Turns 'Full Attention' to Next Project
The next big thing
Announced back in November, it's easy to forget that Baldur's Gate 3 is getting another massive update sometime in the near future. But even with such impressive support still ongoing, developer Larian Studios is now giving its "full attention" to what comes next. It seems likely that Patch 8 will be the last major update for...
- Larian Studios
- PS5
- Baldur's Gate
News Ghost of Yotei Stars in Sony's New, Big Budget Marketing Campaign
Ghost with the most
Sony has just launched a new marketing campaign based on "real creators" — and the main video features just one nod to PlayStation, with Ghost of Yotei. The campaign covers all of Sony's tech-driven bases, across movies, photography, music, audio, and, of course, video games. It's a big budget production, but again, Ghost of...
- Sony
- PS5
- Ghost of Yotei
News Zenless Zone Zero Maintains Momentum with Massive PS5 Update
Astranomical
The previous Zenless Zone Zero update, v1.4, was pitched as a kind of soft reboot for the hit gacha game – and it was an enormous success. In addition to reworking the opening chapters of the campaign, it also introduced an epic story quest, centring on hugely popular Agent Miyabi. Now the HoYoverse team, fresh from topping gacha...
- HoYoverse
- PS5
- Zenless Zone Zero
News Japan Sales Charts: There Are Just Two PS5 Games in the Entire Top 30
Living in a Nintendo world
Nintendo's total domination in its home turf of Japan continues with the latest physical sales information (thanks, Gematsu). In the final weeks of 2024, the top 30 games almost exclusively comprise Switch software, with just a couple of exceptions. In the week ending 5th January 2025, Astro Bot appeared in 20th and...
- Japan
- Sales
- Charts
- PS5
- PS4
"It's incredibly tough."
With Death Stranding 2: On the Beach slated to release at some point this year, Hideo Kojima has confirmed he and his team are now crunching on the PS5 project to get it completed on time. Calling it the "most demanding period of game development", Kojima posted to his Twitter: "On top of mixing and Japanese voice recording,...
- Sony
- PS5
- Death Stranding
- Hideo Kojima
News Ex-Witcher Devs' Dark PS5 RPG Dawnwalker Revealed with a Tiny Gameplay Glimpse
Bad moon rising
Hyped since last year, The Blood of Dawnwalker finally got its big reveal today. Well, technically. What we actually got was a 45-minute livestream, most of which consisted of various development staff telling us how great the game is going to be, without actually showing it. In the end, we got a tiny glimpse of gameplay footage,...
- Bandai Namco
- PS5
- Dawnwalker
- Trailers
News PS5's Super Promising Phantom Blade Zero Confirms New Gameplay Deep Dive
"The ultimate melee combat"
Phantom Blade Zero has looked brilliant ever since it was first announced in 2023, and although we're still eagerly awaiting a release window, we'll get to see more of this incredibly promising action title in the near future. The news comes via the game's official social media accounts, which confirm that a new gameplay...
- S-GAME
- PS5
- Phantom Blade Zero
News Gummy Bears Details Leak, Bungie's MOBA Taken Under Sony's Wing
Takes inspiration from Super Smash Bros.
"Gummy Bears" is the rather odd name by which a secret Sony project is currently known. Originally in development at Destiny, Marathon developer Bungie, during its most recent round of layoffs, Sony carved out a small team to work on the allegedly Smash Bros.-inspired MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena)...
- Sony
- Bungie
- PS5
News Dynasty Warriors: Origins Is the Highest Rated Dynasty Warriors Game Ever
A new Dynasty
The critic reviews have dropped for Dynasty Warriors: Origins, and Koei Tecmo's latest action game is off to an impressive start ahead of its release on the 17th January. At the time of writing, Origins sits a very respectable overall score of 80 on Metacritic. The PS5 version has been reviewed by 44 publications — including us! —...
- Koei Tecmo
- PS5
- Dynasty Warriors
News Luck Be a Landlord, the Roguelike That Inspired Balatro, Is Finally Coming to PS5, PS4
Spin to win in February
Luck Be a Landlord, a roguelike arcade game released on PC and mobile in 2023, is heading to consoles at last. The indie title, made by developer TrampolineTales, is coming to both PS5 and PS4 on 6th February, 2025. If you're out of the loop, Luck Be a Landlord is a game in which you must spin a customisable slot machine in...
- TrampolineTales
- PS5
- PS4
- Luck Be a Landlord
- Announcements
News UK Sales Charts: Mortal Kombat 1 Combo Breaks a Very Familiar Top 10
Dry January
The UK's latest physical games chart features almost exactly the same set of games in its top 10 as the previous week. This doesn't come as some huge shock, as things typically stagnate a little after the holiday season and before big new releases start to drop. The only new addition to the top 10 is Mortal Kombat 1, which moves from...
- UK
- Sales
- Charts
- PS5
- PS4
News Local Co-Op Warms Up for Fortnite Festival on PS5, PS4
Party like its 2007
Fortnite Festival, in some ways the spiritual successor to the Rock Band series, is getting local co-op, a feature that has surprisingly been absent so far. With the advent of Festival Season 7, up to four players can play (guitar) on the same console, and provided you have friends, you could even try and recreate the late-2000s,...
- Epic Games
- PS5
- PS4
- Fortnite
News Dry Your Eyes, Devil May Cry Will Seemingly Ride Again in Fortnite
Better than nothing, right?
Rumours of a Devil May Cry, Fortnite crossover have been swirling since 2023, but at long last, the Son of Sparda and friends seem set to arrive in 2025. That's according to credible leakers in the community (thanks, Eurogamer), who say that Capcom's iconic IP is "coming soon" to Epic's ongoing multiverse. Outside of...
- Epic Games
- PS5
- PS4
- Fortnite
News Astro Bot Could Become Even More Decorated at the DICE Awards 2025
Up for six awards, including GOTY
Astro Bot, the most celebrated platforming game in history without Super Mario in the title, has the chance to earn itself even more Game of the Year awards, with six nominations now accrued at next month's DICE Awards. The game has six nominations for the show taking place on 13th February 2025, and it's joined by...
- Sony
- PS5
- Astro Bot
