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Thursday4th Sep 2025
News Street Fighter Movie's Crazy Full Cast List Revealed, Releases Next Year
Here comes a new challenger
Legendary’s Street Fighter movie is in full production, with a release date scheduled for 16th October, 2026. The film, which will be the first of a three year alliance between the filmmaker and Paramount, will be set in 1993 – around the same time the legendary Street Fighter 2 dominated arcades. As we’ve been...
- Paramount
- Legendary
- Street Fighter
- Movies
Poll What Review Score Would You Give Metal Gear Solid Delta?
Delta skelter
Well, the original Metal Gear Solid 3 is one of the highest rated PS2 games ever released, so it's safe to say that its PS5 remake, Metal Gear Solid Delta, has big shoes to fill. Delta got off to a great start with critics, commanding some of the highest review scores of 2025 so far, but it feels as though the remake didn't hit quite...
- Konami
- PS5
- Metal Gear Solid
- Polls
- Features
Outer the way
Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion makes a rough first impression. After creating your custom protagonist, you're thrust straight into a chaotic action sequence with next to no explanation of controls or mechanics. You haplessly slash and blast your way through a series of samey sci-fi corridors as characters waffle over comms, and the...
- Reviews
- Marvelous!
- PS5
- Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion
News PSN Service Playing Up, Minor Offline and Friends List Issues Reported
Thousands of reports say there's an issue
Whether the huge popularity of Hollow Knight: Silksong is having an effect on the reliability of the PSN service or not is unclear, after the events of earlier today. However, thousands of reports are flooding in of intermittent problems with the PlayStation Network this evening. The network itself isn't...
- Sony
- PSN
- Down
- Offline
News Square Enix Is Taking All Its Big Guns to TGS This Month
Dragon Quest! Final Fantasy! Octopath!
With what's reportedly the biggest ever Tokyo Games Show set for the end of the month, publishing heavyweight Square Enix has outlined what it's bringing to the Japanese expo. In short, it'll have nine new games playable and will be putting on multiple stage shows. TGS runs from 25th to 28th September, and...
- Square Enix
- TGS
Poll Are You Playing Hollow Knight: Silksong?
This is not a drill
If you can even believe that such a thing is possible, Hollow Knight: Silksong has arrived. Yes, that Silksong, the Hollow Knight sequel that's been in development for 1,000 years. In truth, it's been a whirlwind couple of weeks. Silksong hit us with a teaser during Geoff Keighley's Gamescom Opening Night Live, and then it...
- Team Cherry
- PS5
- PS4
- Hollow Knight
- Polls
News Sony Scraps Gameplay Restrictions for Marvel Tokon's PS5 Beta
Share freely
Sony will not stop Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls players from sharing their footage online when the beta goes live later this week. As we already reported, the platform holder has been sending out invites to the test, but previous communication mentioned that participants were prohibited from uploading footage online. This is a...
- Sony
- PS5
- Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls
- Betas
News Indiana Jones Uncovers The Order of Giants in New PS5 DLC Out Now
Priced at £17.99 / $19.99
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is being expanded today with its one big piece of DLC on PS5, named The Order of Giants. It's available to download for anyone who owns the Premium Edition of the base game, or you can buy the add-on for £17.99 / $19.99. The expansion takes Indiana Jones back to Rome, where "forgotten...
- Bethesda
- PS5
- Indiana Jones
- DLC
Friday5th Sep 2025
News Tomb Raider's Anime Will Wrap Up with Season 2, Due Out on Netflix in December
Golly
Netflix will wrap up its likeable anime adaptation of Tomb Raider with its previously revealed Season 2, which will air from 11th December, according to Variety. The show, officially named
- Tomb Raider
- Lara Croft
- Netflix
- TV
Thursday4th Sep 2025
News Full Metal Schoolgirl Is a PS5 Roguelike with Actual Personality
Detention for the working dead
We don’t know whether you agree, but roguelikes have lost their lustre a bit, haven’t they? There’s still good ones, of course – great ones, in fact – but they aren’t quite as exciting as when Rogue Legacy completely consumed our PS Vitas. Full Metal Schoolgirl is attempting to bring a bit more...
- D3 Publisher
- PS5
- Full Metal Schoolgirl
- Trailers
News Ghost of Yotei's Latest PS5 Gameplay Video Is All About the Brutal Odachi Greatsword
Call that a knife?
As we inch ever closer to the release of Ghost of Yotei, Sony has released another brief gameplay snippet — this time focusing on Atsu's odachi. The odachi is a Japanese greatsword that's effective against regular and larger brute enemies in the open world action game: As with the other videos, Atsu goes up against a group...
- Sony
- PS5
- Ghost of Yotei
- Videos
News Metal Gear Solid Delta, Super Robot Wars Y Keep PS5 Software in the Japanese Top 10
Lost Soul Aside is there too
The Japanese games market is usually dominated by Switch software, but the latest Famitsu sales figures reveal a rare week in which a PS5 title rules the roost. Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater has managed to score the number one slot on the physical sales chart, selling an estimated 63,585 copies. Further down the...
- Japan
- Sales
- Charts
- PS5
- PS4
Wednesday3rd Sep 2025
Review Cronos: The New Dawn (PS5) - Captivating, Twisted, and Wickedly Entertaining
Get down with the sickness
Cronos: The New Dawn is a bold new sci-fi horror from Polish developer Bloober Team. It proudly wears its influences on its sleeve, while standing out on its own with a brazen visual style. In a way, it can lack originality – especially where gameplay is concerned – but what it does, it does really well. As fans of...
- Reviews
- Bloober Team
- PS5
- Cronos: The New Dawn
Preview Why 007 First Light Is the Most Exciting Game of 2026
From Hitman to Her Majesty
007 First Light’s debut demo left us both shaken and stirred. You’ll no doubt be reading this breathless after Sony’s latest State of Play presentation, but we’ve had a little over a week to process our reaction to IO Interactive’s latest. In a nutshell? This upcoming effort, due out on 27th March, is sitting...
- IO Interactive
- PS5
- 007 First Light
- Previews
- Features
News Sorry Cyberpunk 2077 Fans, This Week's Announcement Isn't About DLC or Updates
The NUSA needs YOU
CD Projekt Red has a history of cryptic social media teases related to Cyberpunk 2077, and much to the dismay of level-headed fans everywhere, the developer's at it again. Over on X (more commonly known as Twitter), the game's official account has posted a kind of recruitment ad for the NUSA (New United States of America), signed...
- CD Projekt Red
- PS5
- Cyberpunk
Thursday4th Sep 2025
News Wolverine PS5 to Finally Be Revealed in Next State of Play, It's Claimed
Next trailer apparently ready to go
The long-awaited PS5 exclusive Marvel's Wolverine shall be part of the next general State of Play livestream, according to Insider Gaming. Sources speaking to the outlet claim that the next trailer for the game is ready to go, and it'll "almost certainly" be part of a State of Play taking place towards the end of...
- Sony
- PS5
- Wolverine
- Rumours
Wednesday3rd Sep 2025
Rumour To Avoid Even More PS5 Price Increases, Digital Edition to Get Reduced SSD Space
At least in Europe on base PS5
In order to combat even more PS5 console price increases in Europe, Sony is reportedly looking at reducing the storage space of the SSD each system comes packaged with. According to Dealabs leaker Billbil-Kun, the Digital Edition of the base PS5 will start to have 825GB of space as part of a new Chassis E series, as...
- Sony
- PS5
- Rumours
Review Everybody's Golf: Hot Shots (PS5) - First Non-Clap Hanz Entry Is a Subpar Effort
Bogey
Everybody's Golf is one of those franchises many people associate with PlayStation, as it's been a fairly consistent presence on each console since the very start. Unfortunately, developer Clap Hanz is no longer partnered with Sony to deliver these consistently fun golf games, and duty has fallen to HYDE for Everybody's Golf: Hot Shots, the...
- Reviews
- Bandai Namco
- PS5
- Everybodys Golf Hot Shots
News Game of Thrones Star Announced as Lara Croft for Amazon's Tomb Raider TV Show
Sophie Turner gets the lead role
Game of Thrones and X-Men actor Sophie Turner has been confirmed for the role of Lara Croft in the upcoming Tomb Raider TV series from Amazon. The live-action show will begin production in January 2026, with Phoebe Waller-Bridge creating and writing it as well as sharing the executive producer role with Chad Hodge...
- Amazon
- TV
- Tomb Raider
Thursday4th Sep 2025
Guide Hell Is Us Guide: All Main Quest Puzzle Solutions
How to get through the main story in Hell Is Us
In this Hell Is Us guide, we go through all the action adventure game's major, mainline puzzles, helping you navigate some of the title's most challenging head-scratchers. With the game refusing to give you overt direction, you may find yourself hitting a brick wall with some of these puzzles, and...
- Guides
- Hell Is Us
- PS5
Wednesday3rd Sep 2025
Poll Are You Sold on 007 First Light?
Let there be Light
PlayStation's just given us a lengthy look at 007 First Light thanks to a dedicated State of Play broadcast, but as always, we want to know your thoughts on what was shown. In case you haven't been keeping up, this is the James Bond outing from Hitman developer IO Interactive, and while the project clearly shares some DNA with...
- IO Interactive
- PS5
- 007 First Light
- Polls
- Features
News Sony's Helldivers 2 on Xbox Gamble Is Absolutely Paying Off
Now the platform's "Top Paid" game
As Forza Horizon 5's sales on PS5 justify Microsoft's multi-platform efforts, Sony's decision to put Helldivers 2 on Xbox Series X|S is also looking to be a worthwhile success. Just one week after release, the port is considered the "top paid game" on the platform and is in first place on the "best seller" list...
- Sony
- Xbox
- Helldivers
- Sales
Beware the hivemind
We see it all the time: gaming communities on social media and Reddit being treated as though they're the singular source of player-based feedback for any given title. But of course, this simply isn't the case — especially when it comes to hugely popular games like Helldivers 2. Posting on Discord (as reported by
- Sony
- PS5
- Helldivers
News 007 First Light Brings James Bond to PS5 on 27th March
Pre-orders to go live soon
IO Interactive revealed at the end of its dedicated State of Play showcase that 007 First Light will release on 27th March 2026 for PS5. Pre-orders are expected to go live shortly. If you missed the State of Play livestream, you can watch a rerun above, which includes footage of two missions. If you pre-order, you get an...
- IO Interactive
- PS5
- 007 First Light
- Release Dates
PIF buys out RTS
The fighting game community is currently being rocked by news that Evo — the world's biggest annual fighting game event — is now co-owned by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (often referred to as the PIF). To briefly recap, Evo is owned by two organisations: talent management outfit RTS, and Indian entertainment company...
- Evo
- Industry
News Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Takes Its Beautiful Soundtrack on Tour
Initially in France, potentially worldwide in 2026
Sandfall Interactive has announced it'll be touring France later this year with the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 soundtrack, confirming musical concerts across the country. The production brings together the studio, live entertainment producer Bleu Citron, composers Lorien Testard and Alice...
- Kepler Interactive
- PS5
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Music
News Free-to-Play Smash Hit Marvel Rivals Is Confirmed for PS4 in Season 4 Trailer
Daredevil and Angela duke it out
Popular free-to-play hero shooter Marvel Rivals is currently available on PS5, of course, but it'll soon be coming to Sony's last-gen console too. Yes, the game is bound for PS4, as confirmed at the end of this latest trailer: This Season 4 trailer, which gives players a glimpse at new characters Daredevil and...
- NetEase
- PS5
- PS4
- Marvel Rivals
Live Watch the 007 First Light State of Play Livestream Here
Tune in for 30+ minutes of James Bond gameplay
More than likely to most people's surprise, Sony announced it is putting on a special State of Play livestream focusing entirely on upcoming James Bond game 007 First Light. The show will be all about this single game and won't feature any other announcements. Tune in for over 30 minutes of 007 First...
- Live
- State of Play
- PS5
- Live Chat
- Features
Tuesday2nd Sep 2025
Review Lost Soul Aside (PS5) - Long Awaited Action Is Both Awesome and Painfully Awkward
Exit the dragon
Finally getting to play a game that you've been waiting on for years can be a daunting experience. Expectations can shift significantly in that amount of time depending on marketing, previews, and the project's own development cycle. Lost Soul Aside has walked a strenuous road to get where it is now. Originally a one-man effort, the...
- Reviews
- Sony
- PS5
- Lost Soul Aside
Guide These 18+ New PS5, PS4, and PS Plus Games Are Coming Out This Week (1st-7th September)
Hollow Knight: Silksong! Cronos: The New Dawn! Hell Is Us! NBA 2K26!
It's an unfathomably huge week for new releases as we march into September. With over 18 titles to choose from, this week's list is not padded out with filler. The highlights include Hell Is Us, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Cronos: The New Dawn, and NBA 2K26 just to name a few. That's...
- Guides
- PS5
- PS4
- Release Dates
- Features
News PS5's High Price Becoming a Serious Headache for Publishers
Plus the cost of PS Plus
Over the course of this console generation, much has been said about the PS5's steep price point — and now, even the big publishers are pointing fingers. More specifically, Capcom president Haruhiro Tsujimoto believes that the cost of Sony's current-gen system has been a key factor in limiting software sales. Tsujimoto's...
- Sony
- Capcom
- PS5
- Monster Hunter
News September 2025 PS Plus Essential Games Available to Download Now
It's the Psychonauts 2 month
Today's the day for your monthly PS Plus Essential subscription update, as three new PS5, PS4 titles join the service for the month of September 2025. All the games are available to redeem and download now in the UK and Europe, with the USA gaining access later in the day. Here's what's on offer until 7th October 2025,...
- PS5
- PS4
- PS Plus
News PS5's Lovely Astro Bot Controller Gets a 'Joyful' Re-Release
New expression on touchpad
Sony is giving the limited edition Astro Bot PS5 controller a second run with an updated "Joyful" design, available from 30th October 2025. Pre-orders shall open up on 12th September at 10am in your local time zone on PlayStation Direct and participating retailers. Compared to the original design, which featured the two...
- Sony
- PS5
- Astro Bot
- Controllers
Wednesday3rd Sep 2025
News Check Your Inbox! Beta Codes for PS5's Promising Superhero Fighter Are Being Sent Out
The moment of truth
If you’re part of PS5’s official beta programme, or specifically registered your interest in Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, you may want to check your inbox now. Go on, you’re not being rude – we’ll wait. Did you get in? Well, if you already received an email then you’ll have your download code and time slot – but...
- Sony
- PS5
- PC
- Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls
Tuesday2nd Sep 2025
News Tekken 8 Patch 2.05 Finally Fixes 'Identical Chest Parameters' for Female Characters
It's for the breast
The latest patch for Tekken 8 is here, and despite featuring just a handful of balance adjustments — most of which address buggy interactions anyway — it's still a very important update. Well, depending on who you ask... Indeed, version 2.05 deals with a heinous issue of female characters sharing the same body model. Or more...
- Bandai Namco
- PS5
- Tekken
- Patches
Wednesday3rd Sep 2025
News Xbox's Perfect Dark Was Very Nearly Rescued by a Third-Party Publisher
Double take
With the trajectory Microsoft’s on, there’s a good chance its cancelled Perfect Dark game would have come to the PS5 anyway. But now word has emerged that the project was almost saved by a third-party publisher, which would have effectively guaranteed a PlayStation release. The ever-reliable Jason Schreier reports on Bloomberg that...
- Xbox Game Studios
- Take-Two
- Perfect Dark
- Industry
Tuesday2nd Sep 2025
Mini Review Hirogami (PS5) - Origami Adventure Looks Great But Lacks Depth
Folding at home
Papercraft-styled games remain a surprising rarity, despite the cult success of Tearaway and its PS4 remake. It’s been five years since the adventures of Iota/Atoi, so Kakehashi Games' Hirogami serves as a welcome reminder of the striking impact of playable paper art. It’s a slight and breezy experience, but one with an...
- Reviews
- Kakehashi Games
- PS5
- Hirogami
- Mini Reviews
Rumour Two Rayman Games Are in the Works as Franchise Celebrates 30th Anniversary
Everybody loves Rayman
Attention, Rayman fans: Ubisoft has acknowledged the series! The Rayman franchise celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, and to mark the occasion, there's a new, official video on socials, and it's worth a watch: Of most interest is the comment about game development; brand producer Loic Gounon says teams at Ubisoft...
- Ubisoft
- Rayman
- Rumours
News Popular Vampire Survivors Alternative Halls of Torment Is Auto-Attacking PS5 Soon
Plus, DLC pack incoming
There are only three states of being — you either haven't yet played Vampire Survivors, are currently highly addicted to Vampire Survivors, or are a recovering Vampire Survivors... survivor. This we know to be true because it happened to us. If you're back in the market for the highly compelling mix of auto-attacking, RPG...
- Chasing Carrots
- PS5
- Halls of Torment
- Announcements
News Could You Be Persuaded to Watch a Call of Duty Movie?
Here's your chance
Every notable video game IP is being turned into a TV show or a movie nowadays, so it was only a matter of time before one of the biggest shooter franchises in the world got in on the act. Yes, a Call of Duty film, born out of a collaboration between Activision and Paramount, is officially happening. The cinema flick wants to...
- Activision
- Movies
- Call of Duty
News Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds' PS5 Beta Is Over, But a Free Playable Demo Is Coming Soon
Test track
SEGA recently hosted an open network test for its imminent kart racer, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, and while that's now concluded, it won't be the last time you can play the game prior to launch. The full game is set to arrive very soon on 25th September, but before then, a free, singleplayer demo will be made available. The news comes...
- SEGA
- PS5
- PS4
- Sonic Racing CrossWorlds
- Demos
Monday1st Sep 2025
Feature Last Chance to Grab These 35+ PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store's PlayStation Indies Sale
PS5 and PS4 games we recommend in the latest sale
The PlayStation Indies sale is live right now, but you only have until Wednesday 3rd September 2025 before it comes to a close. As always, there are thousands of games included, so browsing for the best stuff can be a little tricky. We're here to help, though; in this list, we have a slightly more...
- Sony
- PS5
- PS4
- PS Store
- Deals
Review Hell Is Us (PS5) - One of the Best Mystery Experiences on PS5
The devil’s in the details
Hell Is Us may be one of the most unique games of 2025. Part Soulslike, part adventure game, part detective simulator, this gargantuan puzzler is dense, immaculately detailed, and devilishly dark. You won’t play anything else like it this generation. You play as Remi, a sociopath that has snuck his way into the war...
- Reviews
- Nacon
- PS5
- Hell Is Us
Guide New PS5 Games for September and October 2025
Here come the games
We're officially in the business end of the year now, and there's no escape from new releases. We hope you've been saving up over the summer, and have set aside plenty of spare time. Some highlights in September and October include the likes of Borderlands 4, Silent Hill F, and Ghost of Yotei. But frankly it'd take us all day to...
- Guides
- PS5
- Deals
News Team Cherry Confirms Hollow Knight: Silksong Price, Release Times
Bang for your buck
The first Hollow Knight, offering well over 50 hours of excellent Metroidvania action for just $15, is widely considered to be one of the best deals in gaming, up there with The Orange Box. As long as its sequel can match that quality and play time, it appears Silksong will also be a contender for the best deal on PS5, PS4...
- Team Cherry
- PS5
- PS4
- Hollow Knight
Poll What Are Your Thoughts on Metal Gear Solid 5, 10 Years Later?
The biggest Boss
Ten whole years ago today, Hideo Kojima released his final game under the Konami umbrella. Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain endured an infamously tumultuous development cycle, and the finished product still divides opinion a full decade from launch. In many ways, The Phantom Pain was meant to cap the iconic series off, but in...
- Konami
- PS4
- Metal Gear Solid
- Polls
- Features
News State of Play Confirmed for 3rd September, Deep Dive on 007 First Light
30+ minutes of James Bond action
Sony has announced a new State of Play livestream will take place this week, and it will focus entirely on the upcoming James Bond game from IO Interactive, titled 007 First Light. The deep dive will include more than 30 minutes of gameplay, and will feature "a playthrough of Bond’s first mission as an MI6...
- Sony
- IO Interactive
- PS5
- 007 First Light
- State of Play
News Borderlands 4 PS5 Wants You to Keep Playing for Months After Release
Tons of post-launch content revealed
A lot like most big releases nowadays, Borderlands 4 hopes you will commit to playing it long past the completion of its story campaign. The sort of content enticing you back will be large expansions, seasonal events, and mission packs full of bonus gear. Gearbox Software has shared a roadmap detailing what to...
- 2K Games
- PS5
- Borderlands
News Sony's Troubled Live Service Game Fairgames Just Can't Catch a Break
Project loses its game director
Fairgames, one of the last remaining PS5 live service games Sony has in the works, lost its game director last month to WB Games Montreal. On LinkedIn, Daniel Drapeau confirmed his exit from Haven Studio after serving as game director for four and a half years on the project. "As of this week, I joined WB Games...
- Sony
- PS5
- PC
- Fairgames
News Second Trails in the Sky Remake All But Confirmed by Falcom Boss
SC up next
It's looking more and more likely that Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter won't be a standalone remake. Talkative Falcom president Toshihiro Kondo himself has basically just outed the developer's plans to remake the second game in the series, Trails in the Sky SC. In an interview with Automaton, Kondo admits that just remaking the first...
- Falcom
- PS5
- Trails
