PS5 News (Page 3)
Tuesday9th Dec 2025
Nobody can, by the sound of it
China has entered the video game space in a massive way over the last few years, and Shuhei Yoshida, formerly one of PlayStation's most beloved executives, reckons studios in the country have a big advantage over those in Japan. Speaking in an interview with 4Gamer (translated by Automaton),
News PlayStation Confirmed for the Game Awards with a New Look at PS5 Exclusive Saros
Housemarque's shooter in the spotlight
PlayStation has announced its participation in this year's Game Awards, and it's showing off its very next PS5 exclusive title. Saros, the new game from Returnal developer Housemarque, will be part of the spangly, year-ending show, as confirmed on PlayStation's social channels: All we know is we're getting...
News The Boys Brings Some Much-Needed Heat to PSVR2 Next Year
Yeah, boy
Well, this may not technically be a first-party PlayStation project, but Sony hasn’t forgotten about PSVR2 entirely. In fact, the headset remains very relevant right now, with numerous noteworthy titles releasing for it. And Sony Pictures Virtual Reality has added another title for you to look forward to: a stealth action adaptation of...
News Capcom Name-Drops Mega Man, Ace Attorney, Devil May Cry Series for Future Expansion
A fresh dose of hopium for fans
Capcom has been killing it for many years now, with the majority of its games coming out to critical acclaim and sales success. It's been focusing on its most popular franchises, like Resident Evil and Monster Hunter, but it sounds as though the Japanese publisher may be turning its attention to some of its series...
News LEGO Batman Will Build the Hype with an Appearance at the Game Awards
Legacy of the Dark Knight update inbound
The Game Awards is fast approaching, and as expected, we're now beginning to learn about a handful of games that'll be present during the show. One of those is now confirmed to be LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, as announced via the game's social channels: It's not known exactly what will be shown...
News Fatal Fury PS5, PS4 Will Return with a Second Season of DLC Fighters
Next up?
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves clearly didn’t sell anywhere near as well as SNK perhaps hoped after it plastered the fighter everywhere. But it looks like it’s done enough for a second season of DLC. While there are no details just yet aside from the fact that it’s happening, the legendary Japanese developer proudly flaunted the news...
Monday8th Dec 2025
Feature 65+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in PS Store's End of Year Deals Sale (North America/Europe)
The best games in the current sale
We're into the next big sale in PS Store's never-ending carousel of offers. The current sale is named End of Year Deals, and it runs from now until 22nd December 2025, so there's still a few weeks to take advantage. Somehow, it's an even bigger sale than usual, with over 4,500 items included. That's a crazy...
News AI Accusations Killed a PS5, PS4 Game in Two Days, and the Studio Behind It Is Shutting Down
Postal: Bullet Paradise ain't happening
Earlier this week saw the announcement of Postal: Bullet Paradise, a Vampire Survivors-esque "bullet heaven" title based on the longstanding shooter franchise. However, before you get too excited, know that the PS5/PS4 game has been cancelled — just two days following its official announcement. This is...
Stick the landing
Once the exclusive domain of the PC, demand has seen hardcore sims like Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 land comfortably on consoles like the PS5. This particular venture into Sony airspace arrives approximately a year after it crash landed elsewhere, with dev Asobo Studio bundling in all of its various bug fixes from the past 12...
Guide These 13+ PS5, PS4, and PS Plus Games Are Coming Out This Week (8th-14th December)
Yakuza 0! Microsoft Flight Simulator! Skate Story!
This week is likely going to be the last big window for new releases on the PS Store, because the games need to stop coming out at some point, right? It's a big one all the same, with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, Skate Story, several Yakuza re-releases, and Terminator 2D: No Fate all vying for...
News Bonus PS Plus Extra Game for December 2025 Available Now
Skate Story on the service now
You will get the full PS Plus Extra game lineup for December 2025 later this week, but as a bonus for subscribers, there is an entirely new game available to members as of right now. That title is Skate Story on PS5, and it joins the service as a new day-one game. Skate Story has been made by a single developer named...
News Cancelled First-Party PS5 Game Leaks Online in Gameplay Videos
The scrapped PS5 title from Deviation Games
In the formative years of the PS5 generation, Sony made a number of agreements with third-party developers to publish their projects. Deviation Games was one of them, but its game was cancelled in early 2024. Now, footage of what it was working on has been published online. Leaked by
Mini Review Skate Story (PS5) - The Most Unique, Most Stylish Skateboarding Game to Date
Hell is a halfpipe
We've played many great skateboarding games, but none have ever looked or felt like Skate Story. This isn't about chasing massive scores or finding crazy lines; it's a single-player journey through the underworld, playing as a crystalline demon on a mission to save himself. The Devil says he'll return the demon's soul if he can...
News We Could've Had Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 on PS5 Much Sooner
How times change
A developer has revealed that a PS5 port of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 was initially turned down by Xbox — prior to the company's pivot to multiplatform releases. In an interview on XDA, head of the series Jorg Neumann speaks about bringing the game to PS5, including an anecdote about a much earlier pitch to bring it to...
Rumour Sony's Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic PS5 Remake May Soon Return
Or are they making Sith up?
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Sony announced Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake, a timed PS5 exclusive modernisation of the classic RPG. We first heard about this project way back in September 2021, but reported difficulties with development have significantly delayed its production. Now, rumour...
News PS5 Survival Gem The Alters Gets Big Free Content Update Today
New features, modes, and more
The Alters, a PS5 sci-fi survival title released earlier this year to widespread praise, is receiving its biggest update so far today that adds new features, customisation options, and modes to the experience. See it all in action in the new trailer. Once downloaded, with the patch going live today, you can install a...
Oh, lord
There was a brief moment late last week where fans were convinced The Game Awards’ mysterious statue tease was related to Lords of the Fallen 2. For those out of the loop, Geoff Keighley has been posting about an activation outside of Los Angeles, which is hyping up a reveal expected at this week’s awards ceremony. While there have...
News Honkai: Star Rail's Milestone PS5 Update Allegedly Postponed Due to Political Tensions
Sweet dreams
HoYoverse updates run like clockwork, so the fact the sci-fi RPG Honkai: Star Rail’s milestone v4.0 update has been delayed by two weeks is quite a surprise. As part of its most recent Special Programme, the dev announced that v3.8 will run for eight weeks as opposed to its usual six weeks. It said in a statement earlier today that...
News You'll Probably Be Able to Pre-Order Saros PS5 Soon
Two versions get age ratings
It looks like Housemarque plans to open digital PS5 pre-orders for Saros in the very near future, as standard and Digital Deluxe editions of the game were rated in Taiwan earlier today. Of course, with The Game Awards set to take place later this week, it appears likely that the PS5 title will appear during the show...
Review Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow (PSVR2) - A Disappointingly Thin Dishonored-Lite
Should have stuck to the shadows
Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow is disappointing. This latest from Vertigo Games, although developed by Maze Theory, had some real promise on the lead-up to launch. But having rolled credits, we don’t feel much beyond relief that it’s over. Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow is the continuation of a franchise that we last...
News Tekken Director Katsuhiro Harada Announces Departure After 30 Years at Bandai Namco
K.O.
Katsuhiro Harada, director and producer of the Tekken series, has announced he'll soon leave Bandai Namco. The news comes as the fighting game franchise reaches its 30th anniversary. Harada has worked on every game in the series, with his career almost entirely focused on it over three decades. "I felt this was the most fitting moment to...
News Tekken Mega Music Mix Dropped by Series Boss Harada, and It's 30 Years of Pure Nostalgia
Enter... the Tekken
Alongside the announcement that he's leaving Bandai Namco, legendary Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada has dropped a treat for fans in the form of a 60-minute music mix. The track, which at the time of writing is only available on SoundCloud, basically covers 30 years of Tekken history, mashing countless pieces of music together...
News Highly Rated Switch 2 RPG Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma Adds to Packed February on PS5
Finally confirmed
Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma has been handed an official release date on PS5. It launches on the 13th February, 2026. This one has seemed inevitable for quite some time. PS5 age ratings for the game surfaced before it had even launched on Switch 2, Switch, and PC earlier this year, and more recently, the title's PS5 Trophy...
News Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Is Still Stupidly Popular, Reels in 1 Million Monthly Players
Rock the dragon
You should never underestimate the enduring popularity of Dragon Ball — as evidenced by Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero. The bombastic fighter, which launched for PS5 back in October of last year, is still attracting a crazy number of players. At least, that's what producer Jun Furutani says. Speaking after the recent PlayStation...
News Cassette Boy Is Bringing Fez-Like World-Bending Energy to PS5, PS4, Free Demo Out Now
A new perspective
For some, Fez remains one of the best puzzle platformers in living memory, so it should be little surprise to see a handful of games taking inspiration from its world-twisting ways. One upcoming example is Cassette Boy, which was announced a while ago but now finally has a release date on PS5 and PS4. It comes out on 15th January...
News Elden Ring Nightreign DLC Off to a Flyer with Two Million Launch Sales
Thank the Deluxe Edition for that
Elden Ring Nightreign players have turned up in their droves for the recently released PS5, PS4 expansion The Forsaken Hollows, with FromSoftware confirming the DLC has sold over two million copies. In a social media post, the developer shared the news in a graphic with the caption: "In the deepest recesses of...
Sunday7th Dec 2025
News 'It's a Huge Upgrade': PS5 Pro Poised to Improve Massively in 2026
PSSR U Red E?
Sony’s not been shy about the fact that it’s actively working on improvements to the PS5 Pro, and specifically its PSSR upscaling technology. Support for the system has been mixed since the supercharged system’s release in 2024: some games benefit greatly from the enhanced hardware, while others have undoubtedly underwhelmed...
Feature The Game Awards 2025 Predictions: PS5 Games, the Muppets, and Geoff Keighley's Shoes
What's gonna happen?
The Game Awards is so close, we can practically hear Geoff Keighley's platitudes about the current state of the industry already. It's always a wild ride, watching the show as we do every year, despite things kicking off at half past midnight UK time. By the show's end, we're sleep-deprived, delirious, and questioning why we...
We're all connected
Hardware sneak Moore’s Law Is Dead has kickstarted a fresh chain of rumours about PS6’s purported portable incarnation. On a recent YouTube video, he shared an anonymous email from a dev about PS5’s recently added low power mode. According to them, Sony is eager for more devs to take advantage of it, and provided...
News PS5 Dominates USA and UK on Black Friday, Comfortably Outsells All Its Rivals
On top
PS5 absolutely obliterated its rivals in the UK this Black Friday, selling an outrageous 62% of all console hardware during the week ending 30th November. To put the number into perspective, the newly released Switch 2 – in its first Black Friday – made up 23% of the sales, while the Xbox Series X|S occupied 10%, and the original Switch...
News Promising PS5 Console Exclusive Phantom Blade Zero Will Get a Release Date at The Game Awards
This is going to be big
S-GAME promised it would announce a release date for its highly anticipated PS5 action game Phantom Blade Zero before the end of the year, and all will be revealed at The Game Awards next week. There’s really not much more we can add to this story, but writing on X (or Twitter), the official account for Geoff Keighley’s...
Saturday6th Dec 2025
News Cryptic Game Awards Statue Teaser Rumbles on with New Riddle
regal.inspiring.thickness
Just what the heck is Geoff Keighley teasing? With a post on X, the presenter and producer of shows like The Game Awards and Summer Game Fest has sent fans into a spin, trying to pick apart a mysterious message. Here's what Keighley has posted: The text in the post is a phrase that, when searched on navigation site...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 610
Three weeks until Xmas
Have you put your Xmas decorations up yet? Now we're in December, you have our permission. Go get it done and play some games. Aaron Bayne: It's a mixture of things for me this weekend. I'm playing a bit of Elden Ring Nightreign with my mates, I'll be checking out the Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora third-person mode, I'm...
News Riot's Free-to-Play Fighter 2XKO Out on PS5 in a Few Weeks
A legendary 2026 awaits
Surprise! League of Legends maker Riot Games’ free-to-play fighter 2XKO will sucker punch the PS5 in January 2026, and you can wishlist the release right now on the PS Store so you don’t miss it. This game was announced ages ago and has gon
News Train Sim World 6's First Japanese Railway Route Looks Breathtaking in PS5, PS4 Teaser Trailer
And breathe
Train Sim World 6’s first Japanese railway route the Tadami Line was announced all the way back for Train Sim World 4, so there are certainly criticisms that can be levelled at dev Dovetail and its partner Union Workshop for taking this long to get the content out. But this teaser trailer does confirm the content is coming together at...
News Major Monster Hunter Wilds News Expected Next Week
Livestream planned for Monday
Capcom will provide an update on flagship game Monster Hunter Wilds and its upcoming RPG spin-off Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection during a livestream next week. Scheduled to get underway on 8th December on YouTube, the livestream will include news about Wilds’ highly anticipated Title Update 4, which is...
Friday5th Dec 2025
News Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War Turns Helldivers 2 into a Retro, PS2-Era FPS
Complete with FMVs
Satirical sci-fi is in at the moment, with Helldivers 2 taking off massively last year, and its direct inspiration, Starship Troopers, is getting in on the action. Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War is a freshly announced single player first-person shooter set within the universe of the much-loved sci-fi action movie. It's not...
Preview Avatar PS5 Is Transformed in Third-Person, Expanded in From the Ashes DLC
An evolving Pandora
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - From the Ashes is a bigger deal than we initially thought. The third paid DLC for Massive Entertainment’s 2023 movie tie-in offers up a 25-hour campaign, a new region, and the highly requested third-person mode. But what really struck us was a greater sense of what was described as “brand...
News New PS5 Controllers Said to Be Optimised for Better Battery Life
Making the most of it
Sony has allegedly optimised the internals of the DualSense controller in order to ensure longer lasting performance. A whole heap of testing from a Polish console modder and so-called controller technician reveals that the latest model of the PS5 pad (CFI-ZCT2W) optimises performance for longer play sessions. He points to...
Guide Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Beta: All Start Times, How to Play, and What's Included
All you need to know about the Marvel Tokon beta
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, Sony's superhero fighting game, comes out sometime in 2026, but fans will be able to give it a try very soon with the second closed beta test. The closed beta will give you a chance to play the Arc System Works tag-team fighting game, but what are all the details? In...
News Sony's All-In on Exciting PS5 Action RPG The God Slayer, Despite an Xbox Version Existing
An unusual re-reveal
There was confusion this week when steampunk action RPG The God Slayer was announced for Xbox Series X|S as well as PS5 and PC. The game had been revealed as part of Sony’s China Hero Project programme, but there was no mention of the scheme in the title’s latest trailer. This led us to assume that the project had expanded...
News PS5 Sci-Fi Action RPG SOL Shogunate Is Samurai in Space, and It Looks Awesome
Moon knights
SOL Shogunate has just been announced for PS5, and it looks like the most video game-y video game you could hope to see. In development at independent studio Chaos Manufacturing, the game is a single player sci-fi action RPG all about samurai in space: The game is set in an alternate future in which humanity has spread across...
Big Blue World
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is hoping to make a big splash with its upcoming tie-in DLC, From the Ashes, a full-blown expansion that we recently got to try out. Between flying the skies on our Ikran and taking out the new Na’Vi Ash Clan enemies, we sat down to speak with From The Ashes’ narrative director, Aoife O’Friel, to...
News GTA 5 Protagonist Michael Returns in GTA Online Mansions Update
Out on 10th December for free
Michael, one of the three main characters from the single player story in GTA 5, will return to the GTA Online part of the experience next week in a free update. You can get a bit of visual context in the trailer above. Across a new series of missions featuring the protagonist, you shall work towards earning your very...
News Resident Evil Requiem Is at The Game Awards with a 'New Look'
Now less than one week away
The Game Awards host Geoff Keighley has confirmed Resident Evil Requiem will be part of the announcements in next week's show. Capcom is bringing a "new look" at the PS5 game, which will presumably be another trailer. Keighley's tweet revealing the game's inclusion also comes with a slightly new piece of key art,...
News PS5 Metroidvania MIO: Memories in Orbit Launches in a Post-Silksong World in 2026
Hopefully it's memorable
You may have forgotten about MIO: Memories in Orbit, a Metroidvania action platformer announced earlier this year. Well, publisher Focus Entertainment has finally announced a release date; it comes to PS5 very soon, on 20th January 2026. MIO is the name of the little robot you play as. They've lost their memories, and...
News Romeo Is a Dead Man Will Be One of PS5's Craziest Action Games When It Launches in February
Release date announced
One of the more interesting games on the horizon is Romeo Is a Dead Man, the next effort from Suda51's studio, Grasshopper Manufacture. Announced during a State of Play, the game now has an official release date, and it's surprisingly soon. The game comes out on 11th February, 2026: You play as Romeo, a man who very nearly...
News One of 2025's Most Beloved and Adorable Games Is Setting Up Shop on PS5
Tiny Bookshop is on the way
Tiny Bookshop, a highly acclaimed indie title that released earlier this year on PC and Switch, is confirmed for release on PS5. The cute and cosy adventure trundles onto Sony's console on 10th April 2026, both physically and digitally. In the game, you run a mobile bookshop you can take to different areas, setting up...
News Splitgate 2 Is Being Renamed as Well as Relaunched, Arrives Later This Month on PS5, PS4
Meet Splitgate: Arena Reloaded
Splitgate 2 is coming back to PS5 and PS4 very soon, and not only has it been given a total overhaul, it's also got a new name. Now called Splitgate: Arena Reloaded, the free-to-play multiplayer FPS relaunches on 17th December 2025: The above trailer showcases some gameplay before design director Josh Watson gives...
News We Didn't Have a New Carmageddon on Our 2026 PS5 Bingo Card
And it's a roguelite this time
Oh wow, we didn’t expect to see a new Carmageddon game get announced before Christmas. Obviously, the controversial vehicular combat franchise has a long history, with the second game in particular proving somewhat popular on the PS1, despite attracting dreadful reviews. The franchise got a bit of a soft reboot on...
