PS5 News (Page 5)
Tuesday18th Nov 2025
News November 2025 PS Plus Extra, Premium Games Available to Download Now
9 more PS5, PS4, and Classic titles added
Sony has updated its top two PS Plus tiers today with the full range of previously confirmed PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium games for November 2025. There are nine PS5, PS4, and Classic titles in total, and here's the full list of what's on offer from today: PS Plus Extra: November 2025:
News These 9 PS Plus Games Are Leaving in December 2025
Departing on 16th December
The lineup of PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium games for November 2025 is available now to subscribers, but this, in turn, means the PS5, PS4 titles departing the service next month have also been confirmed. On 16th December 2025, the following nine PS5, PS4 games will no longer be part of the service: Battlefield 2042...
News $100 Off PS5 Consoles, PSVR2 for Black Friday 2025
PS Portal on sale too
In addition to a bumper PS Store sale and a questionable PS Plus membership discount, Sony will also puts its range of PS5 consoles, PSVR2, and PS5 accessories on sale for Black Friday 2025. Beginning on 21st November, you can save $100 on PS5 systems, $100 on PSVR2, $20 on a PS Portal, and up to $30 on accessories like the...
News Sony's PS Plus Premium Offer for PSVR2 Games Seems to Die Next Month
Last two remaining PSVR2 titles to expire
The initiative to get PSVR2 games into the hands of PS Plus Premium subscribers looks to be quietly coming to an end next month. Every PSVR2 title that Sony initially included in the offer has expired, and the final two — Arcade Paradise VR and Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge - Enhanced Edition...
Mini Review Neon Inferno (PS5) - Beautiful Layers, Chaotic Bullets
Bullet hell
Some games embrace their inspirations in an obvious display of affection, which is exactly what developer Zenovia Interactive has done with Neon Inferno. This 2D run-and-gun platformer has a ton of similarities to classics such as Contra, yet manages to achieve its own identity with an interesting narrative and engaging gameplay...
News Try Battlefield 6 for Free in One Week Trial, from 25th November
Access to five modes and three maps
EA has confirmed a free trial for Battlefield 6 will go live for one week on 25th November 2025, allowing anyone access to five multiplayer modes and three maps until 2nd December. While the Battle Royale mode Redsec is free-to-play, the main game is a full-priced title. Through the free trial, you could get a...
News Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 UK Sales Plummet 61% Compared to Black Ops 6
Behind Battlefield 6, too
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 was always going to sell well enough to top the UK's physical games chart at launch, but it seems it might not be performing quite to the degree you might expect. While the game is currently number one, it's actually had a smaller launch sales period than its closest competition, Battlefield 6...
News Don't Expect a Resident Evil Requiem Demo, Capcom Has 'No Plans'
Oh, okay
Publisher Capcom appears to confirm that Resident Evil Requiem won't be receiving a pre-launch demo. For many of the previous games in the series, Capcom has released some form of playable demo ahead of release, allowing fans to take the latest survival horror title for a spin. Even going as far back as Resident Evil 6, the company has...
News EA Sports Skipping Standalone F1 Game in 2026, Will Return 'Reimagined' in 2027
2026 season will be a paid expansion
EA Sports and Codemasters have been churning out yearly Formula One games for a while now, and it looks like it's time for a shake up. The publisher has announced its plans for the next couple of years of the franchise, and in a nutshell, it's skipping a new, standalone game in 2026, instead opting to overhaul...
News Lumines Arise's Excellent Soundtrack Releases in February, New Single Available Now
Music to our ears
Lumines Arise is a wonderful game for many reasons, but a big one is its great OST, and soon you'll be able to own it. Publisher Enhance has announced a date for the digital release of the soundtrack; it'll be available on 2nd February, 2026, with pre-orders now available via Bandcamp. The full album will cost $10. The music...
Monday17th Nov 2025
Guide These 12+ PS5, PS4, and PS Plus Games Are Coming Out This Week (17th-23rd November)
Demonschool! Neon Inferno! R-Type!
As we lurch towards Black Friday, the release schedule is finally starting to slow down. That means just 12 new games next week, with no real standout highlights, aside from perhaps indie duo Demonschool and Neon Inferno. Some fans may be looking forward to the new SpongeBob title, too. These are all the PS5 and...
News Xbox Partner Preview Officially Confirmed for 20th November, Includes 'Brand New Reveals'
Will be worth a watch for PS5 users
It feels a little odd to be talking about a potential Xbox Partner Showcase here on Push Square, but with the company releasing pretty much all its games on PS5 nowadays, it only seems right. Anyway, yes, it sounds as though Microsoft is planning an Xbox presentation in the very near future. That's according to...
Talking Point The Game Awards 2025 Nominations Announced - Who Are Your Winners?
Who deserves the trophy?
The Game Awards has just unveiled the shortlists for every category at this year's event, highlighting many fantastic titles that have launched throughout 2025. As expected, there are some standouts nominated for multiple awards, with the most-nominated titles including Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Ghost of Yotei, and Death...
News Assassin's Creed Mirage Update 1.1.0 Adds Major Free DLC, Patch Notes Revealed
Includes the Saudi Arabia-funded expansion
Ubisoft has today revealed exactly what to expect from its Saudi Arabia-funded DLC for Assassin's Creed Mirage, which releases for free on PS5, PS4 tomorrow. After a 22.6GB patch on PS5 and a 16.6GB one on PS4, all players will gain access to a new expansion named Valley of Memory, promising six hours of...
Past management wasn't fussed about format's domestic woes
PlayStation’s previous management believed it was acceptable for Nintendo to erode its market share in Japan, but new CEO Hideaki Nishino – who’s Japanese and has replaced British leader Jim Ryan – won’t go down without a fight. According to a report by TV Tokyo (as translated by...
Help wanted
Developer Purple Lamp Studios has been honing its craft working on several licensed games, with more than one SpongeBob title under its belt. Its latest effort, SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide, is another 3D platformer riding the wave of nostalgia caused by its remake of the fan favourite, Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated...
News PS5 Sony Games Bag 19 Nominations at The Game Awards 2025
Death Stranding 2, Ghost of Yotei doing bits
First-party games from PlayStation always have a large presence in the list of nominees for The Game Awards, and this year's show is no different. Thanks to Death Stranding 2, Ghost of Yotei, and a few other PlayStation Studios titles, Sony is the most-nominated publisher at the show. Clair Obscur:...
News The Lost Soul Aside Redemption Arc Starts in Tomorrow's Feature-Packed PS5 Update
Wave-based Surge of Voidrax mode included
Lost Soul Aside developer UltiZero Games will be hoping to pull a No Man's Sky as it works to update and improve its rather mediocre PS5 action game released a few months ago. That all begins tomorrow, 18th November 2025, with a comprehensive patch that adds a new mode and a handful of extra features to the...
News PS5 RPG Where Winds Meet Makes a Strong Start with Two Million Players
Manages it inside 24 hours
The newly released PS5, PC online RPG Where Winds Meet attracted over two million players during its first 24 hours of availability, marking a successful launch for the free-to-play title. Everstone Studios shared the milestone on social media, and included some further stats like: One of the top 7 sellers on Steam One...
News Superhero Adventure Dispatch Projected to Hit Three-Year Sales Target in Three Months
Super speed
Developer AdHoc Studio has shared that its debut game Dispatch is seriously outperforming its sales expectations. As reported by Gamesindustry.biz, the episodic adventure game, which combines workplace comedy with superheroes, is projected to hit its three-year sales target in its first three months on the market. While we don't know...
News Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's Controversial AI Use Is Even Attracting Attention of US Politicians
"We need regulations"
The recently launched Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 has come under heavy fire for its usage of AI-generated artwork, and it's causing such a stink that US congressmen are speaking out against it. Ro Khanna, who represents California's 17th congressional district, responded to one of the many social media posts about the game,...
News Resident Evil Requiem's Leon Kennedy 'Leaks' Are Fake News, Says Capcom
Don't believe it
Any Resident Evil fans will know that rumours have been swirling about Leon Kennedy making an appearance in Resident Evil Requiem, and it's now reached a point where a producer has commented on the matter. Ever since the horror game's announcement, it's been speculated by many that Leon Kennedy, star of several previous entries,...
Saturday15th Nov 2025
All PS5, PS4 games lists for PS Plus Essential, Extra, and Premium
What are all PS Plus games? Sony's PS5 and PS4 subscription service, PlayStation Plus, is jam-packed with hundreds of games available to members. On this page, we're going to tell you everything you need to know about PS Plus, including a full list of all PS Plus games across all...
News Embarrassing AI Art Plagues Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Launch
Activision confirms use of AI tools
If the utterly ridiculous co-op campaign wasn't bad enough, another negative dominating the chatter around the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is its seeming use of AI artwork in-game. In the multiplayer customisation menu, some of the Calling Cards you can attach to your profile closely resemble AI filters,...
News 'Very Vague' Rumour Claims Sony May Scale Back PC Ports of PS5 Games
Maybe, anyway
It’s a complicated time for PlayStation fans. This week saw the announcement of Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble and Horizon Steel Frontiers, two flagship first-party Sony titles which won’t be available on the PS5. There’s context that’s getting lost in the social media overreaction, of course: PlayStation has wanted to...
Poll Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for November 2025?
Plus or minus?
November's PS Plus Extra and Premium games have been officially revealed, but are Sony's two most expensive subscription tiers still carrying their weight? Let's find out. Admittedly, things do not get off to a positive start on Extra. Grand Theft Auto 5 is, somehow, the headline act, as if there are still people out there who...
News Sony Trying to Silence Concord Revival Project After Fans Brought PS5, PC Disaster Back
But why?
Even a year removed from its release, it’s still difficult to process just what a disaster Concord was. It was a flop on a scale we’ve never seen before – a true unprecedented catastrophe. But – and stick with us here – it wasn’t the worst game ever made. Yes, its character designs were questionable and its overall concept...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 607
Keeping it indoors
The UK is currently under siege from a storm, ushering in what feels like the start of winter and cold temperatures. As a result, there's never been a better time to fire up the PS5 and stay inside. Here's what'll keep us occupied this weekend. Jamie O'Neill: I'm on a retro Namco fix after last week, and with seven weekends...
Friday14th Nov 2025
The best PS5 indies, ranked and rated
What are the best indie games on PS5? In this evolving list, it's up to the Push Square community to define the very best indie titles the platform has to offer. The term "indie" has a nebulous, ever-shifting meaning, but generally speaking, we're talking about smaller scale games from smaller scale studios...
Poll Does the Steam Machine Pose a Threat to PS5?
Dream machine?
Just in case you missed it, Valve announced the (admittedly well-named) Steam Machine earlier this week. And no, it's got nothing to do with Daft Punk. It's an enticingly small box that's designed to kind of bridge the gap between PC and console. Basically, you can hook this thing up to your TV and use it as a Steam-based console,...
News Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's Single Player Campaign Is Being Torn Apart
Worst one yet?
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is out today, 14th November 2025, and players are not happy, with its campaign being a particularly thorny issue. Many of the problems fans are having with the single player story are technical ones, mainly relating to the game's always online nature. For example, even when playing solo, you cannot pause...
News Here's Why Sony Is Making a Japan-Specific PS5 Console
The sales numbers don't lie
The headline announcement out of this week's State of Play Japan livestream was a new PS5 console that's specific to the country. It only operates in the Japanese language, and it only works with Japanese PSN accounts. By doing this, Sony is able to offer the system at a vastly reduced price of ¥55,000 ($350), which...
News Steel Yourselves: The Game Awards Nominees Are Being Announced Imminently
Here comes Geoff
It's that time once again, everyone. The Game Awards, Geoff Keighley's big, year-ending awards ceremony and pseudo-E3 conference, in nearly upon us. However, before we get there, we need to know which games are up for what awards. On Monday 17th November, all the nominees will be revealed in a special announcement presentation:...
News PS Plus Members in the UK Now Get Money Off Purchases from PlayStation Direct
Every little helps
Here's a little bit of good news for any UK-based PS Plus members: Sony has introduced a new perk on its PlayStation Direct online store exclusively for subscribers. Essentially, members of PS Plus can save 5% on purchases across the site, the only exceptions being pre-orders and Flex leasing plans. Obviously 5% isn't huge,...
Nice town, I'll take it
Age of Empires 4: Anniversary Edition is another excellent real-time strategy game from the now venerable series that popularised the subgenre back in the late 90s and early 2000s (with 'popular' being a relative term). Developed by Relic Entertainment and initially published by Xbox Game Studios in 2021, it's now the turn...
News Sony Flexes Its Almighty Marketing Muscle with PS5 Promos Around the World
It happens on PS5
You could accuse PlayStation of a lot of things, but a lazy marketer is not one of them. While pundits will often reductively refer to Sony’s successes as fortuitous or by accident, the company invests millions upon millions of dollars into ensuring the general public knows about its brand. And with its new worldwide campaign...
News Tomb Raider Dev Loses Another 30 Staff in New Round of Layoffs
Crystal Dynamics shrinks again
Crystal Dynamics, the development studio currently working on a new Tomb Raider game, has announced a round of layoffs hitting the company. The news comes via a post on the company's LinkedIn page, where it states just under 30 job cuts "across various departments and projects" in a bid to "restructure the company and...
News Hi-Fi Rush Now Officially in the Hands of 'AI-First' Publisher Krafton
Yay?
Hi-Fi Rush fans, rejoice! Beginning today, publishing rights are transferring from Bethesda to Krafton following the latter's revival of Tango Gameworks. The development studio would otherwise have been shuttered, but it was scooped up by Krafton at the last minute, along with the Hi-Fi Rush IP. Now, it officially belongs to the South Korean...
Thursday13th Nov 2025
News First PS Plus Extra Game for December 2025 Announced
Available from 2nd December
Rockstar Games has announced a PS5 version of Red Dead Redemption is releasing on 2nd December 2025, and it will also join the PS Plus Extra lineup for that month on the same day. This now gives us the first PS Plus Extra title for next month, with many other PS5, PS4 titles set to join it. For anyone who already owns...
News Red Dead Redemption 1 Confirmed for PS5, Out 2nd December
Free upgrade for PS4 owners
All the rumours and speculation over the past 12 months have pointed towards Red Dead Redemption 2 finally getting a native PS5 upgrade, but what if it's actually the first game receiving the treatment? A new age rating from the ESRB board suggests so. Red Dead Redemption, the first game, has received an ESRB age rating...
Review Dispatch (PS5) - Interactive Superhero Show Is a Damn Good Time
Cape diem
It only takes playing through one or two episodes of Dispatch to realise that this superhero comedy-drama has bags of potential. But spread between a total of eight instalments, does it stick the landing? The thing about Dispatch is it's not really much of a game in the traditional sense. This is more about watching than interacting, and...
Mini Review Rennsport (PS5) - A Sim Racer That Just Can't Match the Competition
Shifting down
As long as Polyphony Digital continues to release and refine Gran Turismo titles, simulation racers will always have a hard time competing on a Sony console. With Rennsport, developer Competition Company is looking to separate itself from the leader of the pack by creating a cross-platform sim experience that’s geared heavily...
News Horizon Dev Guerrilla Won't Abandon PS5, Has 'More' Games Coming
"More on that to come"
Horizon Steel Frontiers, a new MMO set in Aloy's universe, won't be launching on PS5. Instead, the Guerrilla Games and NCSOFT collaboration is targeting the PC and mobile phone market. This marks the first time a video game attached to the Horizon IP will not have any kind of presence on PlayStation, but that doesn't mean the...
News Promising PS5 RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker Looks Way More Polished in Huge Gameplay Demo
A new dawn
Developer Rebel Wolves has given us a fresh look at its upcoming dark fantasy RPG, The Blood of Dawnwalker. This is a particularly meaty gameplay demo, with the video clocking in at just under 29 minutes. The whole thing's narrated, giving some interesting insight into the studio's ambitions. As you'd expect, there's a lot to cover...
News Sony Targeting Big Holiday Sales with New PS5 Fortnite Bundle, Includes Exclusive Cosmetics
PS5 is for life, not just for Fortnite
We already knew this, but recent sales reports have pegged PS5 as a major success. It's the second fastest-selling PlayStation in US history, and the console recently surpassed 84.2 million sales. Capitalising on this momentum, then, Sony has unveiled a new PS5 console bundle that includes exclusive goodies...
News Another Horizon Online PS5 Game Is Coming Before Horizon 3, It's Claimed
Made to wait for Aloy
Anyone hoping to play the third instalment in the main Horizon series will have to wait for the rumoured online title from Guerrilla Games itself to release first. This is a second game that's separate from the newly confirmed Horizon Steel Frontiers for PC and smartphones. Both it and a second multiplayer Horizon project from...
News Silent Hill F Made Easier in Difficulty Overhaul, Adds Casual Mode
Get all the PS5 patch notes here
Konami and Neobards Entertainment have published a new Silent Hill F patch on PS5 today that works to slightly lower the difficulty throughout the game, and adds a new Casual Mode. The update tweaks the difficulty by making changes to enemy density, faster stamina replenishment, and reducing the damage taken from...
News Lies of P Publisher Neowiz Going Big with 5 Upcoming Games
And publishing a further two titles
Lies of P publisher Neowiz looks to be on the rise off the back of the Soulslike's success, with the company announcing it has five projects in development internally, and then it's collaborating with another two external studios to publish the games they're making. The firm's plans were confirmed in an investor...
News An Oversized Blade Is the Answer to All Your Problems in PS5, PS4 Metroidvania Gigasword
Out today, and there's a free demo too
Gigasword has kinda passed us by, but it looks pretty interesting. From publisher Akupara Games and developer Studio Hybrid, this is a 2D action game with a Metroidvania structure, and it looks like its namesake is the key to everything — literally, at times. With nice pixel art and chiptune music that...
News The Brilliant Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Has Now Sold Over 4 Million Copies
That's a lot of Henrys
Warhorse Studios has announced that its ambitious and highly acclaimed sequel, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, has reached an impressive sales milestone. The medieval RPG has now surpassed sales of 4 million. The developer announced the sales update on its socials: "We can't thank you enough for helping us reach this...
