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Thursday12th Mar 2026
Poll Has PS5's Dynamic Pricing Debacle Changed Your Relationship with the PS Store at All?
To buy or not to buy
An interesting exchange occurred on the Push Square Slack channel earlier this week, as we were putting the finishing touches to our Mega March sales guide. “What if our users are seeing different prices?” PS Store professor Stephen Tailby pondered. We, of course, double-checked as much as possible – but it was a...
- Sony
- PS5
- PS4
- PS Store
- Polls
News Highguard Joins the Great Concord in the Sky, Now Officially Delisted on PS5
Salute emoji
Today, 12th March 2026, Highguard has been delisted from digital storefronts, and is no longer playable as developer Wildlight Entertainment shuts the game down. Indeed, searching for Highguard on PS Store now returns zero results. A free-to-play online multiplayer shooter from some of the minds behind Apex Legends and Titanfall,...
- Wildlight Entertainment
- PS5
- Highguard
Jeff Kaplan explains his departure
Jeff Kaplan, who worked at Blizzard for almost 20 years, has explained the main reason why he left the company in 2021. This comes from a much wider interview via Lex Fridman, going over Kaplan's whole career, including his role as game director of the original Overwatch. We've time-stamped the moment he talks...
- Blizzard
- PS5
- PS4
- Overwatch
- Industry
News Europe Is Putting Harsher Age Restrictions on All the Things You Hate About Modern Gaming
PEGI turning up the heat
Pan-European Game Information, or PEGI as it's known, is the video game age classification organisation for most of the continent, and it's about to introduce some pretty major changes. As reported by Eurogamer, PEGI has outlined a number of new rules and regulations that aim to protect players from some of modern gaming's...
- PS5
- PS4
- Industry
News Xbox Targets 2027 for Project Helix Dev Kits, Calling Rumoured PS6 Release Into Question
Here we go again
Xbox has come out and stated that development kits for its next console, currently codenamed Project Helix, will ship in 2027 onwards. This means that third-party developers — big and small — won't be getting their hands on the actual hardware until 2027 at the earliest. And Xbox is talking about alpha versions of the dev kit...
- Sony
- PS6
- Xbox
News Huge Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered Update Adds Custom Challenge Mode, Costumes, Trophies
Out now on PS5, PS4
A significant update for Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered has just landed on PS5 and PS4. If you're a fan of Lara's original trilogy, you're probably going to love what's on offer here. The patch adds a fully customisable Challenge Mode, in which you can modify multiple facets of gameplay. 10 new outfits for Ms. Croft are yours to...
- Aspyr Media
- PS5
- PS4
- Tomb Raider
- Patches
Game of the Month Resident Evil Requiem (February 2026)
As voted by you
January might have felt like a bit of a slow start to 2026, but February ended up being the exact opposite. This was a busy month for new releases, and a good number of them are what we'd deem very high profile. In other words, there's going to be a battle for February's official Game of the Month award. There was something for...
- Game of the Month
- PS5
- Polls
- Features
News Trails Dev Has Decided How the Series Ends, as the Finale Targets 2032
The beginning of the end
Trails developer Falcom has plans to wrap the long-running RPG series up within the next six years or so, and it's now settled on how it all ends. Yep, company president Toshihiro Kondo is at it again, dropping interview bombs like no one's business. This time, in a huge four-page talk with Famitsu (as translated by...
- Falcom
- Trails
News First Major Borderlands 4 DLC Adds Story Content, New Character Later This Month on PS5
Play as C4SH from 26th March
Gearbox Software has announced the first big piece of Borderlands 4 DLC, titled Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned, shall launch later this month on 26th March 2026. It adds more story missions, a new Vault Hunter called C4SH to play as, and another zone to explore. Here's the expansion's setup: As a malicious...
- 2K Games
- PS5
- Borderlands
- DLC
News Resident Evil 2 Director Says Requiem Needs a 'Non-Scary' Mode for Fraidy Cats Like Him
"I don't need the scary stuff"
Hideki Kamiya, a legendary game designer and director, has called for an option in Resident Evil Requiem to minimise the scares. Known for games such as Devil May Cry, Bayonetta, and Viewtiful Joe — as well as the original Resident Evil 2 — Kamiya and his staff at Clovers have been checking out Capcom's latest...
- Capcom
- PS5
- Resident Evil
News Morrowind-Style RPG Dread Delusion Is Suddenly Less Than One Week Away on PS5
Dreading it
Dread Delusion, the largely beloved old-school style RPG that released on PC back in 2024, now has a PS5 and PS4 release date. Previously, the eye-catching adventure had given us a vague 'spring 2026' launch window, but it's actually arriving sooner than people might think. Indeed, it's out in less than a week, on the 17th March. We've...
- DreadXP
- PS5
- PS4
- Dread Delusion
- Release Dates
News The Excellent Silent Hill 2 Remake Has Attracted Five Million Players
Across sales and subscriptions
Over five million people have played Silent Hill 2 when you combine sales and subscription service downloads, Konami today announced. Across its original release platforms, the PS5 and PC, and the Xbox Series X|S port that came out later, the total reflects "digital and physical sales, store downloads and subscription...
- Konami
- PS5
- Silent Hill
News Dave the Diver's Wild DLC Expansion Turns Up the Heat This Summer on PS5, PS4
In the Jungle gets a date
Mintrocket has finally announced a release date for its major DLC expansion to Dave the Diver. The breakout hit arrived on PS5 and PS4 in 2024, and soon you'll be able to explore an entirely different region with all-new mechanics. In the Jungle arrives on 18th June 2026: Unlike most of the other DLC and updates to the...
- Mintrocket
- PS5
- PS4
- Dave the Diver
- DLC
News Beloved PS5 RPG Expedition 33 Set to Steamroll Another Game Awards Ceremony
BAFTA nominations announced
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has proven to be quite the awards magnet, and that trend looks set to continue as the BAFTA Games Awards rolls into view. All the nominations for the upcoming awards ceremony have been announced, and Sandfall Interactive's debut game leads the charge with a total of 12 nods. Ben Starr,...
- PS5
- PS4
- BAFTA Games Awards
Wednesday11th Mar 2026
News Step Aside PS Portal! The Best Way to Use PS5 Remote Play Is Getting Better
Major update to outstanding unofficial app
We all know PS Portal has proved a massive commercial success, offering a convenient way to enjoy PS5 games around your home via streaming. But bizarrely, Sony’s own proprietary Remote Play method pales in comparison to PX Play, an unofficial alternative which is getting a big update on PC, Mac, and...
- Sony
- PS5
- Remote Play
The final countdown
With hype at an all-time high, there’s one key question for Crimson Desert to answer: just how will it run on consoles? Rumour has it there’ll be no console reviews of the wildly ambitious console RPG prior to launch, which has understandably aroused suspicion among PS5 owners. But Korean dev Pearl Abyss has maintained a...
- Pearl Abyss
- PS5
- Crimson Desert
News 8 PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for March 2026 Announced
Warhammer! Persona!
Sony has officially announced the new wave of games that are coming to PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium next week. At a glance, March 2026's lineup is pretty strong, boasting a total of 8 titles across PS5 and PS4. Most of these games were leaked earlier in the week — as per usual — but they've now been confirmed. The new...
- PS Plus
- PS5
- PS4
Hands On Ghost of Yotei Legends Is Big Enough and Good Enough to Be Its Own Game
Sucker Punch does it again
It's almost impossible to knock Ghost of Yotei's Legends update. It's free to everyone who owns the game, adding an entire online co-op mode, complete with a large number of missions, four playable classes, and loads of unlockable cosmetics. Sucker Punch has gone above and beyond here, and it wouldn't be for the first...
- Sony
- PS5
- Ghost of Yotei
- Hands On
- Features
News PS5 Fans Will Learn About Up to 40+ New Games During This Lengthy Livestream
Future Games Show returns
In case you weren't aware, the Future Games Show makes its return this week with the Spring Showcase. Future Games Show has quietly become a part of the video games calendar of events over the last few years, showing up every so often with a whole bunch of interesting titles to show off. The upcoming Spring Showcase is no...
- PS5
- Future Games Show
- Events
News SEGA's PS5 Games Get Good Reviews, So Why Aren't You Buying Them?
Good scores don't always mean good sales
SEGA's recent software lineup has been enjoying overall very strong reception from critics — but that has "yet to translate into a further increase in unit sales", the publisher has said. This comes from a recent Q&A all about the company's Q3 financial results. In response to a question about "scaling...
- SEGA
- PS5
- Sales
- Industry
News The Hype for Saros Grows with Its Shortest PS5 Gameplay Video Yet
Efficient, you could say
Saros is just over a month away now on PS5, and we're itching to play it after all these tiny gameplay clips. The latest snippet of footage is here, and it's yet more proof this is gonna be a great follow-up to its predecessor Returnal. The video is the shortest one yet at only 14 seconds, but when the game looks this...
- Sony
- PS5
- Saros
- Videos
News Ghost of Yotei Nearly Stole One of Breath of the Wild's Most Distinctive Features
But it didn't fit the game
In a parallel universe, Ghost of Yotei is a very different game, one that includes a key mechanic from one of Nintendo's most highly praised games of the last 10 years: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. In this reality, however, the idea was scrapped, as revealed during a GDC talk from Sucker Punch leaders Nate Fox...
- Sony
- PS5
- Ghost of Yotei
News PS5's Helldivers 2 Goes Full WW1 in Upcoming Entrenched Division Warbond
Flamin' 'eck
Helldivers 2 is set in the far flung future, but for its latest premium Warbond, it's turning back time all the way to the early 20th century. The Entrenched Division Warbond launches on 17th March 2026, and it has lots of "vintage" inspired gear, including some pretty hefty weaponry. This includes the B/FLAM-80 Cremator, a new...
- Sony
- PS5
- Helldivers 2
- Updates
News The Mode That Almost Killed Fortnite Is Free-to-Play from Next Month
You can Save the World on 16th April
Before it became the biggest thing in the world as a Battle Royale game, Fortnite wasn't doing well. It largely flopped as a PvE experience in a campaign named Save the World, and looked to be going the way of many failed live service titles we see today. The grand pivot to a Battle Royale game saved Fortnite,...
- Epic Games
- PS5
- PS4
- Fortnite
Rumour PlayStation Fans Could Be Building a LEGO PS1 Console This Christmas
LE(t's)GO
If you're a fan of LEGO, you're probably aware that the company has been looking to video games for some of its premium sets. Thus far, the majority of gaming builds have revolved around Nintendo, although there have been a couple of Horizon sets in the past, of course. Anyway, according to a LEGO leaker, one upcoming set from the...
- Sony
- LEGO
- PS1
- Leaks
- Rumours
News Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.68 Adds Yet More Cars, Events to PS5, PS4 Racer
Monthly updates keep on coming
Another month, another Gran Turismo 7 update is the mantra at Polyphony Digital, as it readies patch 1.68 for the PS5, PS4 driving game. The update will go live within the next 24 hours, and it adds a further three cars and four race events to the experience. The new events added to the World Circuits menu are as...
- Sony
- PS5
- PS4
- Gran Turismo
- Updates
News PS Plus Premium Has Given You Just 1 Classic PlayStation Game a Month for Over Half a Year Now
Little bang for your buck
With today's announcement of the single PS Plus Premium title for March 2026 now public, PlayStation has gone seven months in a row providing the most expensive tier of its subscription service with just one new title per month. The last time that it stretched to two was in August 2025, when the PS1 versions of Resident...
- PS5
- PS4
- PS Plus
News What If Jak & Daxter Was a Cosy Life Sim? It Might Look Like This Promising PS5 Game
Lou's Lagoon coming this year
Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, developer Tiny Roar has announced a PS5 version of its upcoming game, Lou's Lagoon. On first impressions, it looks like a combination of those PS2-era Sony platformers fans know and love — stuff like Jak & Daxter and Ratchet & Clank — with modern life sim elements...
- Megabit Publishing
- PS5
- Lous Lagoon
Not-so Mega, Man
Mega Man is one of gaming’s most iconic characters, but voice actor Ben Diskin – who starred as the Blue Bomber in 2018’s Mega Man 11 – won’t be reprising his role in the upcoming Dual Override. In a long post on social media site BlueSky, he said he’s heart broken over the situation, but explained he “won’t work...
- Capcom
- PS5
- PS4
- Mega Man
Tuesday10th Mar 2026
Hands On Assassin's Creed Unity's PS5 Update Has Made Us Rethink That 5/10 Review
Revolutionary
Assassin's Creed Unity was a weird one, wasn't it? Arguably the most ambitious instalment in the series up until that point, Unity was panned at launch — primarily because it was an absolute shambles in terms of technical performance. Our own review of the game, which was first published all the way back in November 2014 — has it...
- Ubisoft
- PS5
- PS4
- Assassins Creed
- Hands On
News Fan Fave Resident Evil 2 Is Getting a Third Remake, Exclusively in Arcades
Bandai Namco entrusted with all-time classic
Capcom’s awesome 2019 remake of 1998’s Resident Evil 2 is one of the best PS5 and PS4 games in recent memory. But now it’s getting a third adaptation, courtesy of Bandai Namco. This new version of the all-time classic will be available in arcades, and is being redesigned as a rails shooter-style...
- Bandai Namco
- Arcade
- Resident Evil
News The Until Dawn PS5 Remake Studio Is Officially Gone for Good
Ballistic Moon is no more
Ballistic Moon, the UK developer that worked with Sony to remake Until Dawn for PS5, has been officially dissolved and now no longer exists. A final gazette notice was issued at the start of February 2026, meaning the company will be dissolved within the three months that follow 3rd February 2026. Just over a year ago, it...
- Ballistic Moon
- Industry
News 7 PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for March 2026 Leaked Early
It's not FF16 or Dragon's Dogma 2
Sony will be revealing the full lineup of PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium games for March 2026 on Wednesday, 11th March, but the reliable leaker BillBil-Kun has once again beaten the company to the punch. The insider has revealed a total of seven games that'll be included in this month's selection,
- PS5
- PS4
- PS Plus
- Leaks
News Crimson Desert's PS5, PS5 Pro Modes Revealed, PS5 Pro Offers Substantial Upgrades
Performance, Balanced, and Quality modes detailed
Pearl Abyss has revealed Crimson Desert launches with three different graphical and performance modes on consoles, with base PS5 and PS5 Pro offering different resolutions and target frame rates. At launch, on 19th March 2026, here is what you'll have to choose from, depending on which PS5 console...
- Pearl Abyss
- PS5
- PS5 Pro
- Crimson Desert
Monday9th Mar 2026
News Limited Run Hits Reset on Its Disastrous Sonic X Shadow Generations Collector's Edition
"We owe you a clear apology"
Limited Run Games doesn't have the greatest reputation among enthusiasts, and its Sonic X Shadow Generations Collector's Edition is a prime example of why. In short, this particular product includes a large statue of the titular characters stood atop a Dreamcast, and in addition to taking a very long time to manufacture...
- Limited Run Games
- PS5
- PS4
- Sonic X Shadow Generations
Tuesday10th Mar 2026
News 'Exclusives Are Absolutely Not Happening': Xbox Helix Will Share Library with PS6
"The plan's the plan until it's not the plan"
Inconsistent messaging from manufacturer Microsoft has prompted fresh speculation about whether it’ll continue to release its games on PlayStation. With new information on Xbox Helix expected at GDC this week, comments from CEO Asha Sharma have prompted a fresh wave of speculation about whe
- Microsoft
- Xbox
- PS5
- Industry
Holding hands is good for your health
Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly Remake is absolutely terrifying. Team Ninja delivers unequivocal, spine-chilling survival horror, if — and it’s a really big if — you’re willing to stomach a few familiar frustrations. In recent years, Koei Tecmo has attempted to resurrect the Fatal Frame/Project Zero...
- Reviews
- Koei Tecmo
- PS5
- Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly Remake
News Fallout 3 PS5 Is Fast Becoming One of the Worst Kept Secrets in Gaming
War games
Fallout fans have discovered another hint — from an unusual source — that a remaster of Fallout 3 may indeed be in the works. As shared on the series' Reddit, a group of new product listings from McFarlane Toys have emerged online, and a toy related to "Fallout 3 Remastered" is among them. You can view all the listings through the...
- Bethesda
- PS5
- Fallout
News Clair Obscur Dev Withdraws All Legal Action Against Unrelated Comic Book
Très bien
A comic book about a peasant who enrols at a magical school may be forced to change its name, following legal action from Sandfall Interactive. Olivier Gay’s L’Academie Clair-Obscur released earlier this year, after being conceived in 2019 and picked up by a publisher in 2024. But legal representatives for Clair Obscur: Expedition...
- Sandfall Interactive
- PS5
- Clair Obscur
- Culture
- Comics
News Ghost of Yotei's Massive Legends Update Out Now for Free on PS5
Legends, reborn
It's a big day for Ghost of Yotei fans, because its Legends update has just arrived on PS5. It weighs in at a whopping 27GB. As promised, this sizeable patch adds the anticipated co-op mode, which, based on what we've been told, is seriously robust. And yes, it's totally free for all Yotei owners. Much like Ghost of Tsushima's...
- Sony
- PS5
- Ghost of Yotei
News 'This Is Big Unemployed Behaviour': Overwatch Dev Roasts SteamDB Fanatics
Out for the count
A growing trend in hardcore gaming communities revolves around Steam concurrent player numbers. As one of the few publicly available measures of a game’s success (or lack thereof), we’ve seen the emphasis on them escalate in recent times. While they only track the number of people playing a specific title on a single platform...
- Bungie
- PS5
- Marathon
- Blizzard
- Overwatch
News PS5 Players Could Get Compensation as Sony Slammed for Monopolistic Practices in UK Court
"Excessive and unfair"
A UK court hearing accusing Sony of “monopolistic” practices couldn’t have come at a worse time for the PS5, as its walled garden is set to be threatened by the open ecosystem of Microsoft’s upcoming Xbox Helix. A £2 billion (~$2.7 billion) class-action lawsuit argues that the Japanese giant is treating its millions...
- UK
- PS5
- Industry
News Resident Evil Requiem Story DLC Confirmed, Bonus Mode in May
Is that you, Mercenaries?
Capcom has confirmed it will be heavily supporting Resident Evil Requiem during this post-launch period, most notably in the form of a story expansion and an additional mode. In a video posted to social media, director Koshi Nakanishi reveals story-focused DLC is now in development, which will "delve deeper into the world...
- Capcom
- PS5
- Resident Evil
- DLC
News As PS6 Delay Rumours Swirl, Fans Debate Ray Tracing's Worth
Ray to go
A slew of viral posts on social media overnight have sparked a debate about the merits of ray tracing. As far as we can tell, the discussion was started by PlayStation power user Pyo, who some of you will be familiar with if you use X (or Twitter). He said: “Hot take but ray tracing is one of the most unnecessary things implemented to...
- Sony
- PS6
- PS5
- Industry
News Hypothetically, Could Sony Stop Its PS5 Ports from Running on Xbox Helix?
The new era
We now know Xbox Helix, the next-gen system from Microsoft, will run PC games. This represents a dramatic change from the tried-and-trusted console business model, and it remains to be seen how the Redmond firm will square the circle. Platform holders like PlayStation and Nintendo have, historically, sold their hardware at a loss or...
- Sony
- PS5
- PC
- Microsoft
- Xbox
News Sony Rated the Best Big Game Company to Work for in Japan, Beating Nintendo, Capcom, More
So says employee data
Sony — or more specifically, Sony Interactive Entertainment — is pretty much the best major gaming company to work for in Japan. Apparently. That statement's based on employee satisfaction data, as collected by analytics firm OpenMoney (via Automaton's translation). Said data highlights three important factors: average...
- Sony
- Japan
- Industry
News Fortnite, the Biggest Game in the World, Wants You to Help Pay Its Bills
"We're raising prices to help pay the bills"
According to Epic Games, the cost of running Fortnite has "gone up a lot", and so it wants its playerbase to help pay the increased bills. To do this, it's raising the price of V-Bucks, the game's premium currency. "The cost of running Fortnite has gone up a lot and we’re raising prices to help pay the...
- Epic Games
- PS5
- PS4
- Fortnite
Round Up GreedFall 2 PS5 Reviews Suggest a Rough Start for the RPG Sequel
Not what Nacon needs
GreedFall: The Dying World is not looking like the win embattled French publisher Nacon needs. The first round of reviews are in for the PS5 version, and while they’re not a disaster, they are showing a decline compared to the original game. As things currently stand, the sequel commands a 65 on aggregate review site...
- Nacon
- PS5
- GreedFall
- Reviews
- Round Up
News Metal Gear Solid Delta Already One of the Best-Selling Versions of MGS3
Sales hit two million milestone
Konami today confirmed last year's Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater has surpassed two million sales worldwide. It's doubled its total sales since release in August 2025, when the PS5 remake instantly opened to one million purchases on launch day. The update actually means the latest edition is already one of the...
- Konami
- PS5
- Metal Gear Solid
- Sales
News Invincible VS Invites Everyone to Get Beaten to a Bloody Pulp in Its PS5 Open Beta
Code red
Invincible VS is getting an open beta ahead of its full release on the 30th April. The incredibly bloody fighter has looked really promising up until now, so this'll be a big deal in terms of setting expectations for the finished game. To be clear, the title's had closed alpha tests in the past — but this is going to be based on a much...
- Skybound Games
- PS5
- Invincible
