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January2024
News PS Stars Retroactively Rewarding Lost PS5, PS4 Loyalty Points
January blues
Update: Many fans over the holidays found they weren’t rewarded with PS Stars points for their purchases, but that has started to change over the past few days. Anecdotally, this author has received all missing loyalty points now, and others are reporting a similar situation online. Keep an eye on your account and obviously contact...
PS Store Sales Charts Few Surprises for PS5, PS4 Over Crucial Christmas Period
The usual suspects
Sales were likely to be extremely high on the PS Store this December, but there was very little surprise in where fans decided to spend their money. On the PS5, in North America and Europe, first-person shooter Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 was the best-selling game. It was also a best-seller on PS4 in North America, but could...
News Fake Mobile Game Ads Take Centre Stage in New PS5, PS4 Release
This time, they're real
Update: Yeah! You Want ‘Those Games’, Right? So, Here You Go! Let’s See You Clear Them! is available now on PS5 and PS4 for $9.99/£7.99. You can learn more about the title below. Original Article: We’ve all seen them: fake mobile game ads! You know the ones, right? Those games that look like great fun when they pop...
News Japan Sales Charts: PS5 Can't Quite Topple 100k in Final Weeks of Year
But a solid year for Sony in its home nation
All in all, Sony had a decent year in Japan in 2023 – although it couldn’t topple 100k in the final two weeks of December. The system instead settled for a total tally of 81,943 units, less than half that of ageing rival Nintendo Switch. Obviously, the House of Mario’s role as market leader in its...
News Konami Reveals Rocket Knight, Rare Felix the Cat Collection on PS5, PS4
Porcine power trip
Like a bolt from the blue, publisher Konami has revealed two intriguing retro collections in collaboration with Limited Run Games. Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked bundles together three games from the series, and Felix the Cat combines two difficult-to-come-by titles for the first time. Neither has a release date as yet...
News Dragon's Dogma 2's Sphinx Poses Compelling Gameplay Riddles on PS5
Riddles in the dark
Dragon's Dogma 2 is looking like a fairly radical departure from standard single-player RPG fare. One such example is a nightmarish quest giver, Capcom's depiction of the classical Sphinx, which will require the player to solve riddles with their actions rather than words. As part of IGN's ongoing First coverage of the game,...
News Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown NPC Sneaks Through with Text-to-Speech Audio at Launch
Not so fast buddy
Ubisoft seems to have a bonafide hit on its hands with Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, critically at least, and we awarded Sargon's latest adventure an 8/10 in our own review. But as slick as the game is, it looks like one slipped by the goalie, as Ubisoft confirms the game will ship with a specific NPC still using placeholder...
News Rocksteady Lifts Suicide Squad Alpha NDA in Apparent Bid to Counter Damning Previews
Suicide mission?
Final previews for Rocksteady's upcoming action game, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice, were muted at best, with the knives coming out at many mainstream outlets. This frosty reception has seemingly blunted the game's marketing momentum, and the powers at Warner Bros. have made the unorthodox, seemingly unprecedented decision to...
News Rock Out in The Last of Us 2 Remastered as Legendary Composer Gustavo Santaolalla
Jammin' with the big man
There aren't many sleeps left until the release of The Last of Us Part II Remastered, which arrives on PS5 next week, on 19th January. If the prospect of reliving the harrowing adventure all over again wasn't enough, or the inclusion of the intriguing No Return roguelike mode, then how about jamming out in Guitar Free Play...
News Sand Land Release Date Locked in for April on PS5, PS4
Ready to roll
Ah, we were wondering when Sand Land would get a release date. We'd have bet on it aiming for the summer months, but it's actually launching a bit sooner, on the 26th April. Yep, it's time to add yet another Japanese game to the early 2024 release schedule! This PS5 and PS4 action adventure has looked quite promising in all of the...
News Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Demo Is Out Now on PS5, PS4
Stealth approach
Update: As suggested, the playable demo for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is available to download now on PS5 and PS4. Just in case you haven't seen them, the action platformer is getting some really good reviews — so it's probably worth checking out the aforementioned demo for yourself! <related ids="160271"> Original...
Review Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (PS5) - A Slick, Satisfying, and Royally Robust Metroidvania
Crowning glory
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is the first major game in Ubisoft's beloved series in a very long time, so we have to give the publisher some kudos for not playing it safe. While a straightforward remake of The Sands of Time is also on the way, this entry is a side-scrolling action platformer with a Metroidvania structure. It...
News Diablo 4 Season 3 Set for the 23rd January
Hell yeah?
Diablo 4's third season will kick off on the 23rd January, according to the game's freshly updated login screen. Blizzard is yet to actually tell us what Season 3 will entail, but the developer has been teasing a livestream for the near future. It's safe to assume that details are incoming, then. Of course, this also means that you've...
News Waiting for SEGA's New Crazy Taxi? Fill the Time with Taxi Life, Hitting PS5 in March
Let's have some fun
Look, we all love Crazy Taxi. The bright colours, the iconic cars and characters, the fast, frantic gameplay — it's a difficult series to dislike, and we can't wait for SEGA's new entry to arrive. However, we can certainly see the value in a taxi game that takes the opposite approach, one that plays it straight and lets you...
News Granblue Fantasy: Relink Showcase Has Loads of New PS5 Gameplay, Including an Endgame Battle
Level 100 here we come
Cygames hosted an in-depth Granblue Fantasy: Relink showcase earlier today, with a heavy emphasis on fresh PS5 gameplay footage. The first section walks us through the single-player story mode, demonstrating the adventure's structure. It essentially boils down to large, explorable areas and big battles, which are strung...
News Latest Banishers PS5 Trailer All About Love, Death, and Sacrifice
As it nears 13th February launch date
DON'T NOD has put out a new trailer for upcoming PS5 title Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, this time focusing on the relationship between the two main characters set to explore New Eden of the 1690s. With a story focus for roughly two-thirds of the footage, it gives way to magical gameplay clips and combat. The...
News Marvel's Spider-Man 2 the Most-Nominated Game at This Year's DICE Awards
Coming in swinging
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 may be Push Square's 2023 Game of the Year (as well as our community's number one, too), but it failed to scoop up any trophies during last month's Game Awards. However, Geoff Keighley's glitzy show isn't the only awards ceremony. The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences hosts the DICE Awards early each...
News Upgraded PS5 Controller with Hugely Improved Battery Life Spotted
Up to 12 hours of uninterrupted gameplay
An improved, upgraded version of the PS5’s excellent DualSense controller appears to have leaked on Best Buy Canada’s website. The listing for the product, titled ‘PS5 v2 DualSense Wireless Controller’, promises the same features and functionality as the existing version, but also touts “exceptional...
News Minecraft Legends Development Ends Less Than a Year After Launch
Gone, but not forgotten
Mojang has announced that action strategy spin-off Minecraft Legends will receive no further updates, meaning there won't be any new content, Lost Legends, or Marketplace DLC coming to the game. It's a surprising announcement, considering the game only launched in April of last year. Minecraft itself remains the best-selling...
News Ridiculous Dino Shooter Son and Bone Blasts to PS5 This Year
Clever boy
Up for a properly schlocky dinosaur-based shooter? Of course you are, and it's called Son and Bone. The game looks mental in its above announcement trailer, as player character Sam Judge destroys the overgrown reptiles with guns of all shapes and sizes. The bit where he rips a triceratops' horn off before shoving it into one of the...
Talking Point What Do You Want from Sony and PlayStation in 2024?
A pivotal year for PS5
2024 could and probably should be a big year for Sony and PlayStation. This is the PS5's fourth year on the market, and although it's widely accepted that the current console generation was forced into a slow start by the pandemic, this sort of midpoint is typically where Sony's systems begin to flourish. So, with all of this...
Mini Review Vertigo 2 (PSVR2) - Phenomenal VR Shooter Shares a Lot of DNA with Half-Life
The life of Brian
What a pleasant surprise Vertigo 2 has turned out to be. Waking up in a cell, held captive by the omnipotent — and possibly sinister — Brian, you are eventually let loose to explore a massive scientific facility housing a quantum reactor. The similarities to Half-Life are striking and immediate, but dev Zulubo hasn’t shied...
News 14 Games on the Way to PS Plus Extra, Premium Next Week
Beginning with a bang?
Sony has today revealed the first line-up of PS5, PS4, and Classic games making their way to PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium for 2024. There are 14 titles in total, and all will be rolled into the service from Tuesday, 16th January 20
News Panda Is Fighting for Bamboo Shoots in Latest Tekken 8 Character Trailer
Panda pop
We're getting very close to Tekken 8 now, and Bandai Namco has kept things ticking with regularly released character trailers. The latest of these shines a light on Panda, a character that's been part of the series since PS1's Tekken 3. In the video, we see her using powerful leaps and charged punches to lay waste to her opponent. It...
News Fan Outcry Leads to Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Item Pricing in Apex Legends Being Lowered
But it's still a pricey investment
Following heavy criticism of the monetisation surrounding the new Final Fantasy VII Rebirth event in Apex Legends, EA has made adjustments so that getting the full set of items on offer should cost considerably less. Previously, the item packs were going to cost 1,000 Apex Coins (around $10) each, meaning you'd...
News Lil Guardsman Combines Papers, Please-Style Duties with an Explorable Fantasy World
Coming very soon on PS5 and PS4
If you've been craving the bureaucratic responsibilities of Papers, Please, you might be interested in Lil Guardsman — although the tone couldn't be more different. Due to arrive on PS5 and PS4 on 23rd January, this cartoonish, 2D adventure has you admitting — or denying — entry into a fantasy kingdom. You play...
News Retro Survival Horror Alisa: Developer's Cut Corners a PS5, PS4 Release Date
Aggressive angles
Alisa: Developer's Cut has been announced for a PS5 and PS4 launch on 6th February, hearkening back to an era of tank controls and tight corners, a golden age for the genre that gave us Resident Evil and Silent Hill. If you think the kids these days could stand to learn a thing or two about true survival horror, then this acclaimed...
News Dragon's Dogma 2 Trickster Class Perfect for Pacifists on PS5
Smoke and mirrors
Dragon's Dogma 2 is creeping up, out on the 22nd of March, and will likely arrive while we still have our hands full with other all-consuming RPGs, like Persona 3 Reload and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. We'll cross that bridge when we get there, but in the meantime, IGN's exclusive First coverage continues, giving us a detailed look...
News Cyperpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty Boasts Impressive Attach Rate, Deemed Commercial Hit
Night City royalty
Phantom Liberty closed the Cyberpunk 2077 feedback loop, earning back some of the goodwill lost due to the chaotic launch of the base game with a compelling expansion. It sold exceptionally well (five million copies in 2023), and developer CD Projekt Red considers the DLC offering a bonfide comm
News Helldivers 2 Confirms PS5, PC Crossplay with Inspirational Gameplay Trailer
How about a nice cup of lib-er-ty?
Heroically deploying from high-orbit, Helldivers 2 is inbound for an 8th February release on both PS5 and PC (earlier reports of a 28th February deployment should be considered defeatist propaganda). In a rousing piece of promotional media, crossplay was confirmed between PS5 and PC, ensuring a steady stream of new...
News New PS5 Slim Faceplates Spotted at CES
The Deep Earth Collection for the Slim
New PS5 Console Covers spotted at CES suggest the latest Deep Earth Collection of faceplates for Sony's current-gen system could soon become available for the PS5 Slim also. The Volcanic Red, Cobalt Blue, and Sterling Silver variants are already available (from 26th January 2024 for Sterling Silver) for the...
News Helldivers 2 Delay Just a Typo, PlayStation Seemingly Confirms
Still launching on 8th Feb
Update: Updated marketing material from PlayStation strongly suggests that Helldivers 2 is still releasing on the 8th February. Last night, a trailer from CES 2024 contained small print that seemed to confirm a delay, but it looks like that was just a typo (unless the new date has actually been leaked, but that seems...
News Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Previews Are Far from Positive
Kill streak
People have been casting a cynical eye over Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League for a while now, ever since it was revealed to be a live service title. Rocksteady, the near legendary developer behind the Batman: Arkham games, has been working on this thing for what feels like way too long, and based on a number of fresh previews from...
News Spy X Family's PS5, PS4 Street Fighter 6 Cameo Doesn't Quite Meet Expectations
Forgery
After an extended build up, Capcom has peeled back the curtain on Street Fighter 6’s crossover with Spy X Family Code: White – but the results haven’t left fans feeling waku waku. Effectively, the crossover amounts to a couple of avatar outfits for protagonists Loid and Yor Forger, allowing you to cosplay as the characters in the...
News Nobody Expected to See Brian Cox Retelling Tekken's Entire Storyline Today
But here we are
With Tekken 8 releasing in just over a couple of weeks, you would have expected Bandai Namco to release some kind of story recap spanning the series' many iterations. However, we doubt anyone could have predicted that said recap would be given to us by Scottish actor Brian Cox. If you're at all familiar with Cox, seeing him harp on...
News Immortality Brings Marissa Marcel's Lost Films to PS5, Out 23rd January
From Her Story, Telling Lies creator Sam Barlow
Half Mermaid Productions and Her Story, Telling Lies creator Sam Barlow have confirmed Immortality will be ported to PS5 on 23rd January 2023 for $19.99. Barlow first shared word of a PS5 version being in the works casually on Twitter last year, but with the port now official, it's confirmed the...
News Cyberpunk 2077's Next Patch Is Expected to Drop Very Soon
Chippin' in
Cyberpunk 2077 fans have been anticipating a new patch for the open world RPG since the end of last year. Update 2.1, which launched on the 5th December, brought some major additions like a working metro system, new romance events, and replayable races — but it also introduced a handful of fresh bugs. CD Projekt Red has already stated...
News Jeff Minter's Akka Arrh Set for PSVR2 Port This March
Step inside the madness
Atari has announced last year's Akka Arrh from Jeff Minter will be receiving a PSVR2 port this March. The game will now play out in a 3D space rather than the 2D universe of the original version, allowing every element of the vision to come "to life with an intensity and clarity that was once unimaginable". Beyond the March...
News Baldur's Gate 3 Gets Another Massive Patch Out of Nowhere
Hotfix #16 is here
A new update for Baldur's Gate 3 has arrived, kicking off 2024 with a bit of an unexpected bang. Hotfix #16 promises a laundry list of bug fixes, while also making minor improvements to specific mechanics. Chances are, if you happen to be running into a particular or persistent issue, this patch will probably address it. Fair...
News Apex Legends Fans Are Absolutely Irate with the Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Event's Pricing
Materia girl
Acquiring all of the previously announced Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth crossover content in Battle Royale smash hit Apex Legends could cost you upwards of $300. The event, which goes into effect today, includes a whole bunch of cosmetics and gear from the upcoming Square Enix sequel – but the prices are out of control. <related...
News Gran Turismo Dev to Collaborate with Sony Honda on Real-Life Car
Test drive AFEELA in Gran Turismo 7 for free
Gran Turismo developer Polyphony Digital, already at the heart of so many different projects, will collaborate with Sony Honda Mobility on its real-life electric vehicle, AFEELA. The partnership was announced during the Japanese giant’s CES 2024 press conference overnight, although exactly what the...
News Marvel's Spider-Man's Mary-Jane Face Model Calls for an End to Unacceptable Behaviour
"I felt unsafe and uncomfortable"
Stephanie Tyler Jones, Mary-Jane Watson’s face model in Marvel’s Spider-Man and Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, has written an impassioned plea on her social media, begging for an end to unwarranted harassment from rabid followers. Writing on Instagram, in a post addressed to ‘Spider-Man fans’, she said she...
News Warner Summoning More Harry Potter Games After Success of Hogwarts Legacy
Accio games
Warner Bros. captured magic in a bottle with Hogwart Legacy, and the open world action RPG dominated sales charts all year. It conjured an impressive 22 million copies sold, making it the year's best-selling game. Such a momentous expenditure of energy could not go unnoticed, and it should come as no surprise that this success would...
News There Are More People Playing PS5, PS4 Than Ever Before
An enormous 123 million, actually
Sony announced that monthly active users for PlayStation – which will primarily consist of PS5 and PS4 players, but may include a few PS3 stragglers, too – eclipsed all records in December 2023, as they totalled 123 million account logins overall. This could include multiple users on the same system, but...
News Baldur's Gate 3 Director Already Hard at Work on Larian Studios' Next Game
But don't expect specifics anytime soon
It's hard to find a more exciting success story from 2023 than that of Larian Studios, the plucky Belgian developer behind the monumental Baldur's Gate 3. Extremely deep and full of meaningful, unique content, it was the work of hundreds of passionate minds across years, setting an imposing precedent for the...
Live Watch Sony's CES 2024 Press Conference Right Here
Electronics avenue
Looking to watch Sony’s CES 2024 press conference? Then you’ve come to the right place. Look, we’ll be upfront with you right out of the gate: this is the Consumer Electronics Show, so don’t expect a particularly heavy emphasis on PlayStation at all. We should get a glimpse into the manufacturer’s overarching strategy,...
News Hogwarts Legacy Conjures a Staggering 22 Million Sales
Like magic
Magically-charged action RPG Hogwarts Legacy sold 22 million copies in 2023, Warner Bros. has revealed. Even for a game that's based on such a massive property, that's a staggering number — putting it right up there with the best selling titles of the last few years. Initially, the game launched for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC in back...
Rumour Sea of Thieves Might Be One More Xbox Game Coming to PS5
Potentially part of a change in strategy
Off the back of speculation suggesting Microsoft exclusive Hi-Fi Rush could be ported to Nintendo Switch — and maybe even PS5 also — Giant Bomb journalist Jeff Grubb has claimed Sea of Thieves from Rare might also be jumping ship to Sony's system. Speaking on his daily Game Mess Mornings show, Grubb...
News Tomb Raider Trilogy Remaster Has 'Plenty More to Share' as Fans Question Lack of Gameplay
"Soon"
The awkwardly named Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Starring Lara Croft launches in just over a month on PS5 and PS4, but all we've seen of the project up until this point is a small selection of screenshots and roughly 20 seconds of trailer footage. The lack of fresh information has eager Tomb Raider fans on edge — and so plenty of them have...
News Cult of the Lamb's Sins of the Flesh Update Is Its Biggest Yet, Launches 16th January
Birds and bees
Devolver Digital has just put out a new trailer for Cult of the Lamb: Sins of the Flesh, the game's largest post-launch DLC update so far. Amid a brief preview of gameplay, we get a release date, and it's not far off, arriving on 16th January, 2024. The game made waves on social media at the end of last year when it began teasing...
News Alan Wake Set for Dead by Daylight, More Info Tomorrow
There's always a flashlight
Dead by Daylight studio Behaviour Interactive appears ready to confirm Alan Wake protagonist... Alan Wake will be the next playable Survivor in the multiplayer game. The developer has published a new Twitter post that teases a blinking flashlight, presumably referring to the one the writer uses in-game to fight back the...
News Metal Gear Solid Remake Hopes Kept Alive by New Report
Delta: Snake Eater the priority, though
Konami looks to be resurrecting its Metal Gear Solid series via ports of all the old mainline games that form the Master Collection (with volume one already out now), but a new report has reignited hopes the Japanese publisher still plans to give the original PS1 classic a full makeover. Areajugones (via
News Monster Hunter World Enjoys Massive Popularity Surge Following Wilds Reveal
Worldwide
Monster Hunter World is currently enjoying one of the most popular periods of its life, despite being almost six years old. The action RPG's active player numbers have skyrocketed over the last few weeks, with sites like Steam Charts suggesting it hasn't been this huge since the release of Iceborne — the game's only expansion — in...
News PS5's UK Sales End 2023 Down by 19%, But Still the Leading Console
The most popular system under the tree
New data from GfK has confirmed the PS5 was the best-selling console within the UK across December and throughout the Christmas period, though it achieved that with a 19 per cent dip in sales compared to November 2023. The current-gen system was the only machine to suffer a dip in purchases, with Nintendo...
News Sony's Third-Party Chief Explains How PlayStation Makes PS5 the Best Place to Play
"They're the experts at making a great game"
Vanishingly few games on PS5 are actually exclusive, but Sony has done an outstanding job since the start of the generation of setting its system apart. A lot of this has revolved around the unique features of the DualSense controller, and PlayStation’s Global Head of Third-Party Portfolio Shawne Benson...
Guide What Time Is Sony's CES 2024 Press Conference?
The first briefing of the year
Looking for what time is Sony's CES 2024 press conference? The Japanese manufacturing titan may have shifted its focus to entertainment in recent years, but it remains a consumer electronics giant — and has been a permanent fixture at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas for decades now. This year is no...
News Fiendish Baldur's Gate 3 Players Exploit Raphael for Infernal Act 1 Gear
Pairs well with Zhalk's Everburn Blade, we hear
Baldur's Gate 3 is one of the most intricate and absorbing RPGs ever made, and almost six months after launch, players are still kicking the tyres of Larian's epic game. An exploit has recently been uncovered in the game's opening hours that will allow exceptionally dedicated players to not only turn...
News Podcast Chit-Chat Prompts Fresh Xbox First-Party on PS5, PS4 Rumours
A different kinda rush
If you poked your head into the deep recesses of enthusiast gaming social media this weekend, you’ll have no doubt discovered avid discussion about the potential of a high profile Xbox first-party game coming to rival consoles. While the discussion has largely occurred in riddles – as is so often the case with this...
News Dawntrail Adding Artistic Pictomancer Job Class to Final Fantasy 14 on PS5, PS4
Relm reborn
Juggernaut MMO Final Fantasy XIV's upcoming Dawntrail expansion introduces the Pictomancer Job class, inspired by the artistic magic of Relm Arrowny of Final Fantasy VI fame. The Pictomancer is a ranged DPS class that uses a magical paintbrush and pallet to bring their artistic creations to bear on the battlefield, with colourful and...
News Naughty Dog Details The Last of Us 2 Remastered Upgrade Path on PS5
It can't be for nothing
Those currently enduring or plotting a playthrough of Naughty Dog's grim epic on PS5 have been given some hope. The developer has shared vital information on how The Last of Us Part II Remastered upgrade will work for veteran players looking to do it all over again. The developer posted an update on Twitter detailing the...
News Football Fans Anticipate an Update on PS5's EA Sports College Football This Coming Week
A long-awaited revival
The long-in-development, oft-delayed reboot of EA Sports College Football, which has been fervently anticipated by gridiron fans for years, could finally be unveiled this coming week – according to a report by 247Sports. The site claims “sources” have told it that new information about the title will be unveiled during...
Poll Which Persona Game Has the Best Opening?
Now it's personal
Atlus revealed the opening for Persona 3 Reload earlier this week, and it's so good that it got us wondering: which Persona game has the best title sequence? In case you don't know, each game in the series typically introduces itself with an animated opening, featuring a unique song and some gorgeous artwork. There's no doubt...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 510
Dry January
It's the bleak first week of a New Year. We suppose there's renewed optimism with it being 2024, but the weather sucks and the frivolity of Christmas is in the rear-view mirror. At least there's video games, eh? Here's what we're playing. Aaron Bayne: After wrapping up God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla during the week, I'm moving on to...
Feature 30 PS5, PS4 Indie Games to Watch Out for in 2024
Indie-licious
Every year is filled to bursting with wonderful indie games, and it looks like 2024 will be no different. While the big-budget side of the industry is also firing on all cylinders, it's often the indie space where you'll find the most creative, diverse, and interesting stuff to play. If you're keen to learn a little more about what...
Poll Which PS5 Games are You Buying in Early 2024's Ridiculous Release Schedule?
40 PS5 games up for grabs
2024 is upon us, and off the back of an amazing array of games in 2023, this year is serving up a lot of new releases over the next few months. Indeed, the period we're categorising as 'early 2024' (from now until the end of April) is packed with PS5 titles, and we want to know how you'll be spending your hard-earned money...
News Granblue Fantasy Anime Goes Free on YouTube Ahead of Relink's February Launch
Linking up
If you're looking forward to Granblue Fantasy: Relink and you want to get in the mood for some sky island adventure, Cygames has your back. The company's English YouTube channel has uploaded the first seven episodes of the Granblue Fantasy anime, suitably titled Granblue Fantasy: The Animation. It first aired in 2017, and it adapts the...
Soapbox Hear Me Out! Honkai: Star Rail Is One of PS5's Better Roguelites
The scintillating Simulated Universe
Roguelites are so universally popular these days that you’re beginning to see the genre bolted on to cinematic action games, like God of War Ragnarok’s recent Valhalla expansion or the upcoming No Return mode being added to The Last of Us: Part 2 Remastered. While both great examples of the formula, I want to...
Deals PlayStation Direct Slashes Prices of Games and Accessories in January Sale (UK)
Up to 50% off PS5's biggest and best
If you're on the lookout for some decent savings to kick off the new year, PlayStation's official UK store might just be the place for you thanks to its newly-launched January sale. Coinciding with the PS Store's digital January sale, which is offering literally thousands of digital savings right now, these new...
News GTA 5's Michael Voice Actor a Big Fan of GTA 6 Protagonist: 'Lucia's Hard, Man'
Addresses claims the series has gone "woke"
Grand Theft Auto V voice actor Ned Luke is a big fan of Lucia's vibe, one of two playable protagonists in Rockstar's hotly-anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI. Luke, who portrayed Michael in GTA V, called the inclusion "huge" for the series, pushing back on "clowns" who insist the series has somehow gone woke...
News Holster That Evoker! Persona 3 Reload PS5, PS4 Animated Opener Here to Hold You Over
Killer style
The interminable wait for Persona 3 Reload has felt like an eternity, but in concrete proof we aren't stuck in Tartarus, Atlus has released the eagerly anticipated RPG's opening animated movie. The cherry on top? We get our first taste of an all-new track: "Full Moon Full Life". In the trailer, we see the sorts of suicide-themed...
News Get Lost in Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown's Dark World on PS5, PS4
It's about time
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Ubisoft's imminent action platformer, will see the return of the titular Prince in an all-new adventure, the first since 2010's The Forgotten Sands. Forgoing 3D, this more traditional style will hearken to the series' roots, taking inspiration from Persian mythology and adding a darker twist. Combat...
News The Last of Us 2 Remastered's No Return Mode 'Not Recommended for Weak Hearts', Warns Dev
Palpitations are normal, right?
The release of The Last of Us Part II Remastered is right around the corner, lurking in the darkness, with Naughty Dog's enhanced re-release creeping towards a PS5 launch on 19th January. One of the most intriguing aspects is the vaunted No Return mode, a roguelike twist on gameplay, which one Naughty Dog developer...
News Konami PS5 Remakes Silent Hill 2 and Snake Eater Scheduled for 2024, Says Sony
Creeping up
PlayStation has just published a trailer (above) and a webpage that both detail some of the biggest games heading our way in 2024. It's certainly worth checking out, as it does highlight how exciting this year is looking at this early stage. Most notable, though, is release windows for a pair of major Konami titles. Both Silent Hill 2...
News Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty Smashed 5 Million Sales in 2023
Got that Dogtown in 'em
CD Projekt Red has provided a quick update on the commercial success of Phantom Liberty — the big Cyberpunk 2077 expansion that released back in September of last year. The DLC launched alongside the game's 2.0 Update, which once again propelled the open world RPG back into the spotlight. Anyway, Phantom Liberty managed to...
News PS5's Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden Doesn't Want You to Forget About Its February Release
Ghosting
Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden is out on PS5 next month, and despite being shown off at various gaming events last year, it feels like the intriguing action title is struggling to stand out. Publisher Focus Entertainment is trying its best to get some eyes on the game, and so it's pumping out these smaller gameplay trailers — each one of...