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Wednesday12th Aug 2026
News 10 PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for August 2026 Announced
This month's full lineup revealed
Sony has today shared the lineup of PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium titles members can look forward to playing for the month of August 2026. Here's what will be on offer in the coming weeks, as the selection continues to be stretched across different Tuesdays in the UK, USA, and Japan: PS Plus Extra: August 2026:...
Feature 40+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in PS Store's Ready, Set, Play Sale
Recommended games going cheap
PS Store's latest sale has begun, and this time it's called Ready, Set, Play. The offer runs from now through to 26th August, 2026, and as always, it includes thousands of PS5 and PS4 games with reduced prices. Browsing through all of that can take a while, so we've put together a list of games we recommend you check...
News 2 More Truly Fascinating Retro Games Are Coming to PS5 This Week
Pick your poison
I’m loving writing about all these retro releases coming to the PS5, which are getting more and more interesting by the week. This time, on 13th August, we have a PS1 game from Console Archives I’ve personally wanted for an eternity: the all-girl fighter Touki Denshou Angel Eyes. Developed by Tecmo, this fighter first launched...
Monday10th Aug 2026
Feature Last Chance to Buy These 75+ PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store's Big Summer Sale
PS5 and PS4 games going cheap we recommend
The PS Store's massive Summer Sale has almost reached its end. Concluding in just a couple of days on 12th August, this gigantic sale contains thousands of PS5 and PS4 games at reduced prices. In this guide, we've compiled a select list of games going cheap that we think are worth considering. Discounted...
Guide These 18+ PS5 Games Are Coming Out This Week (10th-16th August)
Madden NFL! Pro Jank Football! Hell Let Loose!
Historically, the release of Madden NFL 27 always signalled the start of the video game release onslaught. Things are different in this digital era, of course, as the PS Store never really takes a break. However, there's no doubt a ton of games are due after this week. And to be honest, this period is...
Saturday8th Aug 2026
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 645
Assemble
That's another week in the can, then, folks — and this one was a lot less eventful. Fortunately, that means we can all relax with some good old fashioned video games. Here's what we're playing. Aaron Bayne: I'm doing that thing where I want to play too many games and will probably end up playing none of them, but I'm hoping to check out...
Feature Going Platinum: Dreams on PS4 Might Be My Most Bittersweet Plat
Wake up
Platinum Trophy #33: Dreams Date Earned: 9th October 2021 Dopamine Index: stars:3 Dreams was and is a very meaningful game for me. It comes from Media Molecule, one of my favourite studios working today. I fondly recall picking up the first LittleBigPlanet at a local game shop; they stayed open later than usual just so I could drop by...
Friday7th Aug 2026
News Quake Adds Free 30th Anniversary Campaign for All PS5 Players, Developed by MachineGames
Dawn of the Machine is out now
Ahead of this weekend’s Quakecon, it’s time to frag like it’s 1996! If you happen to own the PS5 or PS4 version of id Software’s iconic Quake, then good news: it’s just been updated with an all-new 19-level campaign, designed by MachineGames. Dawn of the Machine, developed to celebrate the series’ 30th...
Thursday6th Aug 2026
News This May Be the Best Looking PS5 Game I've Ever Seen, And It's Out Next Week
LCD sound
Allow me to introduce you to Future Knight, quite possibly the best looking PS5 and PS4 game I’ve ever seen. It’s due out next week, on 13th August. Inspired by old LCD handhelds manufactured by Tiger Electronics (or even Nintendo’s own Game & Watch), this side-scrolling shooter has one of the most unique aesthetics I think I’ve...
Wednesday5th Aug 2026
News Kingdom Hearts Is Coming to Fortnite, So I May Finally Spend My V-Bucks
Gawrsh
I bought a bunch of V-Bucks back when Honkai: Star Rail characters were added to Fortnite, and they’ve been burning a hole in my virtual pocket ever since. While there’s been a lot of great skins added lately, nothing’s really made me want to splash out – not even that awesome Spider-Man: Brand New Day costume that just came out...
News Another Absurdly Obscure PS1 Game Will Make Its Worldwide Debut on PS5 This Week
A day in the life
This one has me stumped. In fact, I may need to give my friends at Time Extension a call, because I’ve never heard of this. UFO: A Day in the Life will launch on the PS5 via Hamster’s Console Archives this week, from 6th August. It’s a PS1 game by a Japanese dev composed primarily of ex-Squaresoft staff which first launched...
Tuesday4th Aug 2026
Guide GTA Online: All Cars and Vehicles Compatible with Hao's Special Works Tuning Upgrades
Supercharge your fleet with HSW's new-gen upgrades
What are all cars and vehicles compatible with Hao's Special Works tuning upgrades in GTA Online? One of the new features in the PS5 and new-gen version of Rockstar's sandbox is Hao's Special Works, which allows you to add unique tuning upgrades to select vehicles in order to make them perform even...
News August 2026 PS Plus Essential Games Available to Download Now
On the PS Store until 31st August
A trio of new PS Plus Essential games can be downloaded at no extra cost from the PS Store right now, including one all-new day one debut. The three titles are available as of the publication of this article in the UK and Europe, with the PS Store expected to be updated later in the day in the USA. As a reminder,...
Monday3rd Aug 2026
Guide These 12+ PS5 and PS Plus Games Are Coming Out This Week (3rd-9th August)
Marvel Tokon! Beast of Reincarnation! More!
It's a quieter week on the PS5 this week in terms of volume of releases. But there are some heavy hitters here. The majority of you will probably be paying attention to Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, the new four-vs-four fighter from Arc System Works. But spare a thought for Game Freak's Beast of...
News Black Ops 2's PS5 Port Receives Emergency Patch After Hackers Bricked Accounts
"You may briefly see an account ban notice"
Activision’s barebones Call of Duty: Black Ops ports have sold ridiculously well on the PS5, but they’ve been the subject of various legacy hack attacks which have been ruining the experience for everyone. This weekend, there were reports of hackers targeting unsuspecting players in
News Street Fighter 6's New Season Is Underway on PS5 Now, Even if It All Feels a Bit Low-Key
Balance changes also out now
Perhaps it’s because my focus has been on Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls of late, but I don’t feel like there’s much hype for Street Fighter 6’s new season at all. Yasmine is out today, kickstarting the uber-popular fighter’s Year 4 Character Pass, with more fighters to follow, including Final Fantasy’s Tifa...
Saturday1st Aug 2026
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 644
Rootin' tootin'
Another week has come to a concludion, which means it's time to kick back and unwind with some good ol' video games. Aaron Bayne: Another week of rootin' n' tootin' in Red Dead Redemption 2! Jamie O'Neill: Since it's part of July 2026's PS Plus Essential games, I want to download Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 before the next...
Friday31st Jul 2026
Guide All PS Plus Games Available Now
Every PS Plus game, updated in one place
We’re tracking every PS Plus game available now, so you always know exactly what’s included in your tier of Sony’s subscription service. This page lists all current PS Plus Essential, PS Plus Extra, and
News These 8+ PS5, PS4 Games Will Be Delisted or Disabled in August 2026
Stop servers time
Oh boy, what a time for my bi-monthly article on delisted PS5 and PS4 games. For the record, I’m genuinely not trying to stick the boot in here, as I’ve been tracking these all year. I think it’s important for us all to know when digital games will be delisted or disabled, so we can act before it’s too late. Obviously in...
News Tom Holland Loves The Last of Us 2 So Much He Won't Watch the HBO Series
His favourite game of all time
We've been hearing a lot from Tom Holland lately, but I suppose that's makes sense considering he's in two of the summer's biggest movies. While doing press for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, he's probably been thrown every possible question, but it was Happy Sad Confused that asked him the most important one of all:...
News Recovering Balatro Players Should Probably Stay Away from CloverPit, Coming to PS5 Next Month
Bit of a gamble
If you're into endlessly replayable roguelikes that are all about racking up crazy high scores using various synergies and perks, CloverPit has probably been on your radar. It's been available on PC since September of last year, where it has over 12,000 "Very Positive" Steam reviews. It's since been ported to Xbox and mobile, and...
Thursday30th Jul 2026
Level up twice as fast
If you’re interested in PS Plus Essential game Dying Light 2, but not sure if you can be arsed with another open world grind – well, there’s good news, courtesy of dev Techland. The Polish studio is plotting patch v1.29 on 3rd August, a day before the game’s addition to PS Plus Essential. And interestingly, this will...
News Wahey! Croc 2: Kingdom of the Gobbos Returns in a PS5, PS4 Remaster Later This Year
Croc and roll
Publisher and developer Argonaut Games has announced its second remaster release; it's bringing back Croc 2: Kingdom of the Gobbos, with its originally scrapped subtitle now intact. Yes, the sequel to Croc: Legend of the Gobbos, which was brought back on modern platforms last year, is on the way, scheduled for release on PS5 and PS4...
Wednesday29th Jul 2026
News Insomniac's Spider-Man Finishing Moves Influenced Brand New Day, Says Tom Holland
Star speaks more about the games
It's been said a few times now that the Marvel's Spider-Man series, developed by Insomniac Games, has had some impact on the movies. Now, Tom Holland, who plays Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the Marvel films, has spoken more about his thoughts on how they have influenced Brand New Day, the latest big screen adventure...
News Cowabunga! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Join Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Today on PS5, PS4
It's turtle time
The latest addition to Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds arrives today on PS5 and PS4, this time adding a quartet of new characters to the dimension-hopping kart racer. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles join the fray in a premium DLC pack, and they're based on their appearance in the 2023 animated film, Mutant Mayhem. Here's a trailer...
Tuesday28th Jul 2026
News PS Plus Essential Games for August 2026 Announced
Early reveal from Sony
For some reason, Sony has announced the lineup of PS Plus Essential games for August 2026 a day early. It was meant to reveal the selection tomorrow, 29th August, but here we are with the news. Available to redeem and download from Tuesday, 4th August 2026, the PS Plus Essential titles for August 2026 are: Dying Light 2...
News Final 4 PS Plus Extra Games for July 2026 Available to Download Now
Dying Light! Power Rangers!
Everywhere else in the world has had full access to July 2026's selection of PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium games for some time now, but today, the UK, USA, and Japan finally join the fun with a complete selection of PS5, PS4 titles. The following four — and final — PS Plus Extra games from the July 2026...
News Japan Studio Couldn't Keep Up with Sony's Push for Games That Would 'Drive Hardware Sales'
So says Shuhei Yoshida
If you're a diehard PlayStation fan, you're probably still a bit sad about the demise of Japan Studio. It was once one of the company's most creative development teams, it was ultimately dissolved in 2021, and now, Astro Bot developer Team Asobi is all that remains of what was previously a larger operation. In a recent talk...
Monday27th Jul 2026
News First PS Plus Essential Game for August 2026 Already Confirmed
Full lineup this Wednesday
If you were watching today's Nintendo Direct, did you catch the first PS Plus Essential game for August 2026 was quite sneakily announced? Big Walk was previously confirmed to be a PS Plus Essential game whenever it launches, and now we have a release date: 4th August 2026. This is a Tuesday, and it lines up completely...
Guide These 18+ PS5 Games Are Coming Out This Week (27th-2nd August)
Halo! Blue Reflection! Truxton!
There’s no doubt about it: the big new game this week is Halo: Campaign Evolved, which some of you may already be enjoying if you paid extra for early access. Beyond that, this week is pretty stacked with new releases, but none really on the scale of Master Chief. Here's everything coming out this week. New PS5...
Saturday25th Jul 2026
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 643
Carnage awaits
Another week has come and gone, and this one was at least a little lighter on the PlayStation related drama. In fact, I think there's been some cool stuff this week, with various new Marvel's Wolverine trailers for example. Aaron Bayne: I'll be chipping away at Red Dead Redemption 2 a little more this week, which I'm loving, but in...
Friday24th Jul 2026
Guide New PS4 Games Release Dates in 2026
All 2026's upcoming PS4 launch dates
What new PS4 games release dates in 2025 are coming up? PS4 is certainly getting towards the end of its life, but there's still plenty of software on the way, and we'll be tracking all 2026 PS4 release dates on this page. Please keep in mind that this information is accurate to the best of our knowledge, and is...
News PSN Was Down for 6+ Hours, But All Services Now Up and Running
"Thank you for your patience"
PSN appears to be struggling globally, with Sony’s official status page saying “all services are up and running”. Down Detector shows a huge spike in reports over the past few hours in the US, which is gradually easing. In the UK, more reports are coming in as time passes. From my end, the entire network is...
Thursday23rd Jul 2026
News EA Sports FC 27 Goes Full NBA 2K with New 'Social Football Playground' Mode on PS5
Football is life
Well, I’d heard it on the grapevine that EA Sports was exploring an online hub for its FC franchise a while ago, and here it is. Clearly inspired by NBA 2K, The Grounds is a new mode “representing a side of football that's never existed in EA Sports FC until now”. Set to debut in EA Sports FC 27 in the PS5 version only –...
Wednesday22nd Jul 2026
News Black Ops Fans Sure Showed Up for PS5's Overpriced Call of Duty Ports
Back in Black Ops
Activision’s overpriced Call of Duty: Black Ops ports have sold like crazy on the PS5, with Circana analyst Mat Piscatella revealing both games breached the organisation’s Engagement Tracker for the week ending 11th July. This data is accurate for the United States, and takes into account total weekly players on Sony’s...
News US PS5 Sales Down Almost 20% Year-Over-Year, Rounds Out Tough Month for Industry
Meccha Chameleon punches well above its weight
June 2026 was always going to be a difficult month for the US games industry, as last year plotted the record breaking release of the Switch 2. Nintendo’s console registered an expected 79% year-over-year decline, contributing to a 21% decrease for the industry at large. The price adjusted PS5 also...
News Namco's Arcade Oddity Armadillo Racing Makes Its Console Debut on PS5, with Trackball Support
PS1 tycoon title The Conveni also coming
1997’s outlandish arcade oddity Armadillo Racing will make its console debut on PS5 and PS4 this week, on 23rd July, courtesy of industrious Japanese dev Hamster. Part of its Arcade Archives offering, the trackball-controlled System Super 22 racer sees you guide a rolled up armadillo through a series of...
Guide Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy Cheats: All Cheat Codes, Including Scorpion Skin
Town Scryer
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy is a genuinely enjoyable PS2 third-person shooter, elevated by its integration of over-the-top psychic powers. But if you’re looking to extract the most out of this classic action game, particularly now it’s available on PS5 and PS4 via PS Plus Premium, you may be looking for its cheat codes...
News Nearly a Decade After Launch on PS4, the Original Darkest Dungeon Is Getting New DLC
The Fire's Edge announced
Darkest Dungeon is an acclaimed roguelike strategy RPG that's been around for about 10 years, and to mark that milestone, it's about to get some brand new DLC. Developer Red Hook Studios has announced The Fire's Edge, set to release on PS4 and other platforms on 18th August, 2026. It's the first new DLC pack for the game...
Tuesday21st Jul 2026
News 9 PS Plus Extra Game Removals for August 2026 Confirmed
Goodbye my (undead) lover
This month's PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium games are out now (or a portion of them are if you are in the UK, USA, and Japan), which signals Sony's turn to reveal what PS5, PS4 titles will be leaving the service in August. The following nine games are set to leave PS Plus Extra on 18th August 2026: Earth Defense Force...
News No PS5 Version of Heavy Rain Dev's PS2 Classic Indigo Prophecy, as Sony Mucks Up Again
Old PS4 port included with PS Plus Premium today
Heavy Rain maker Quantic Dream will re-release its wildly ambitious PS2 adventure game Indigo Prophecy – better known as Fahrenheit in Europe – on the PS5 later this month. The game, already available on the PS Store as part of Sony’s PS2-to-PS4 program, will be updated in the platform...
News 4 More PS Plus Extra, Premium Games Available to Download Now
Pandora's box
Sony's staggered PS Plus Extra and Premium schedule means you're getting fresh additions to the catalogue throughout the month, and today sees the arrival of a few more games to the lineup. After adding Rise of the Ronin last week (in select regions), four more games join the fun (g
Monday20th Jul 2026
Guide These 20+ PS5 and PS Plus Games Are Coming Out This Week (20th-26th July)
Avatar Legends! Disgaea Mayhem! So much more!
This week is huge for PS Plus Extra subscribers, as there's really a ton of great games to download. But even if you're not, I think new releases like Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game should definitely demand your attention. Here's everything coming out this week. New PS5 Games This Week (20th-26th...
Saturday18th Jul 2026
Poll Are You Hyped for These 9 New PS Plus Games?
Plus or minus?
Sony’s announced its PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium lineups for the remainder of July, and it’s a decent lineup in my opinion The star of the show is Ubisoft’s surprisingly solid movie tie-in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, which recently got a third-person mode if you’re not a fan of first-person shooting. It’s a...
News PS5's Regional Pricing Switch Has Players Concerned Yet Again, Here's What's Happening
The price is right?
Vague posting on social media this weekend has PlayStation players irate with Sony yet again, this time because of regional pricing changes “in selected countries in Latin America and the Middle East”. The first trio of nations affected are Mexico, Honduras, and Nicaragua, and they should be noted because they will lose...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 642
In the mix
The summer heat will supposedly ease a little this weekend, which means playing games should be more comfortable – at least if you’re in the UK. These are the titles keeping us busy. Jamie O'Neill: Just like last weekend's WAYP 641, I'm still addicted to the 2011 PS3 port of Daytona USA. SEGA AM2's mastery of arcade driving design...
Thursday16th Jul 2026
News Fatal Fury's Season 3 Starts Next Week, Includes Two Mystery Characters on PS5, PS4
Rick Strowd first out of the blocks
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves’ insane DLC cadence looks set to continue now Season 2 is complete, with a new animated trailer teasing at least four more characters. The video hints at Rick Strowd, Laocorn Gaudeamus, Duck King, and Kim Kaphwan – two of which have already been hinted at in various other...
Wednesday15th Jul 2026
News 9 PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for July 2026 Announced
Morphin time
Sony has unveiled the games heading to PS Plus Extra's catalogue and PS Plus Premium's classics range for the month of July 2026. A total of 9 titles are joining the subscription service across the two tiers, and as was the case last month, their releases will be spread out over the next couple of weeks. Here are the games you can...
Tuesday14th Jul 2026
Guide GTA Online Guide: Your Ultimate Wiki and Walkthrough Resource
Everything you need to know about GTA 5's multiplayer mode
Welcome to our GTA Online guide, your ultimate wiki and walkthrough resource for Rockstar's enormous open world multiplayer game. In our GTA 5 PS5 review, we awarded the release an 8/10 and concluded there's "nothing quite like the crime caper". In this guide, we'll help you get your Los...
News PS5's Call of Duty: Black Ops Port Reportedly Riddled with Hackers
Blooper
If there’s one thing well-known about the original Call of Duty: Black Ops, it’s that it’s hacked to bits on the PS3. While it hasn’t put a whole lot of effort into the port, one positive of Activision re-releasing the title on PS5 and PS4 is that it promised new servers – and surely some fixes to those old exploits, right? Nah,...
