PS5 News (Page 7)
Friday9th Jan 2026
"You don't deserve to live beyond today"
SNK promised we’d learn more about Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves’ second season early this year, and here’s our first taste: Kenshiro of Fist of the North Star fame is seemingly joining the roster. It’s an unexpected announcement, and while it’s technically not official just yet, we think the...
News Divinity Dev's Boss Backpedals on Generative AI, But Not All the Way
AI-ay-ay
Larian Studios, the team behind Baldur's Gate 3 and the upcoming Divinity, have been answering questions from fans on Reddit today, and the team clarified its position on the use of generative AI. A little while ago, head honcho Swen Vincke ruffled feathers with his comments about using the technology in the development process, but it...
News ARC Raiders Is a $40 Game Partly Because of Helldivers 2
Team decided "that is where we should sit"
While many of the most popular games these days are free-to-play, there's still plenty of room to find success with a premium release model, and ARC Raiders is a prime example. It was initially planned to be a free game, but switched to a traditional launch with a price tag, and has been hugely popular...
News Don't Forget, No Sleep for Kaname Date Will Shed Its Switch Exclusivity Soon
Coming to PS5 in February
Fans of AI: The Somnium Files may not need reminding, but it’s worth pointing out that the latest game in the series will sheds its Nintendo Switch exclusivity on 26th February. No Sleep for Kaname Date – From AI: The Somnium Files launched last year, but here’s your first proper look at the PS5 and PS4 version...
News PS5's Denshattack! Looks Like the Long Lost Dreamcast Game of Our Dreams
And it's on time for a Spring 2026 release
There’s very little new information about railway-based extreme sports game Denshattack! in this interview trailer, but we’re posting it because it just looks so cool. The team, Undercoders, comes from Barcelona – and it’s clearly got a lot of love for early noughties SEGA, with Jet Set Radio and...
News SAND: Raiders of Sophie Takes Sea of Thieves to the Desert on PS5 This March
Build your own mobile base
Sea of Thieves has proven popular enough to establish its own genre on PS5, and SAND: Raiders of Sophie looks like it’s building on the blueprints introduced by UK dev Rare. This is a PvP extraction shooter – stick with us!!! – where you’ll build giant walking bases known as Tramplers and use them to loot valuable...
Game of the Month Here's Every Winning PS5 Game for 2025
As voted by you
Well, we've done it. For the first time in Push Square history, we had an official Game of the Month for every single month of 2025. Through the magic of public polls, we had our loyal readers determine the best PS5 game of each month, and we must admit that you lot have pretty good taste. Just to tie a neat little bow on the...
News Watch Street Fighter 6's Alex Kick the Sh*t Out of Final Fight's Hugo in DLC Trailer
The man with no allies arrives
Street Fighter 6 may make some baffling decisions, like the latest Fighter Pass featuring artwork of characters not included in the game – but when it brings the heat, the world takes notice. And so, you’re probably going to watch this first teaser trailer of Alex, who’s joining the roster Spring 2026. As...
Thursday8th Jan 2026
News Try the Spiritual Successor to Parasite Eve, Coming to PS5 in 2026
But demo is only on Steam for now
Square Enix is never going to do the sensible thing and make a new Parasite Eve, so we’re relying on the ambition of one small Chinese studio to do it for us. Parasite Mutant received a positive response when it was announced last year, and now you can try it out ahead of its PS5 release later in 2026. The catch?...
"You'd think it would be possible"
Sony announced a new collection of console covers for the PS5 this week, and these ones look seriously nice. The HYPERPOP collection – which also includes DualSense controllers – relies on strong, vibrant colours and a gradient effect, which kinda makes the design look like negative photos or X-Rays or...
News Ubisoft, Bandai Namco, More Showing Up for the New Game+ Showcase Today
When will we rest
It's the first full week of 2026, and already there's a video game presentation to watch. The inaugural New Game+ Showcase is happening this week, on 8th January 2026: As you can see in the announcement post, this new show, put together by streamers and content creators, is promising to shine a light on 45 games. We don't know...
News Big Updates on Massive Xbox Games, Bound for PS5, Later This Month
Forza! Fable! Beast of Reincarnation?
As was quietly teased towards the tail-end of last year, around the same time as The Game Awards, a big Xbox Developer Direct will take place on 22nd January at 10AM PT / 1PM ET / 6PM GMT. If you’re not sure what time that is in your country, we’ve included a guide below: 6:00PM GMT 22nd Jan 2026...
Review Trails beyond the Horizon (PS5) - Trails Takes an Impressive Step Towards the End
Don't look back
Right, first things first, do not play Trails beyond the Horizon if you haven't already beaten Trails through Daybreak and Trails through Daybreak 2. Even by Trails standards, Horizon is ridiculously dense; the events of this long-awaited sequel rely heavily on you having intimate knowledge of past titles, and so even if you have...
News Sony May Be 'Planning Its Entire Calendar' Around GTA 6, Says Jason Schreier
Apparently it's still not "content complete"
Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier, one of the best-known journalists covering video games, has made some interesting comments on the status of Grand Theft Auto 6. Speaking on the Ringer-Verse podcast's gaming show Button Mash, Schreier is asked how confident he is in the game's current official release...
News JDM: Japanese Drift Master Brings Anime-Inspired Street Racing to PS5 in February
All updates included
Having skidded onto Xbox late last year, JDM: Japanese Drift Master has now locked in a PS5 release date. It'll screech to Sony's current-gen console on the 6th February, bringing anime-inspired street racing to the PlayStation Nation (yes, it's 2026 and we're still writing that). It's worth noting that JDM launched on Steam...
Game of the Month Terminator 2D: No Fate (December 2025)
As voted by you
We may have just wrapped up our Game of the Year coverage for 2025, but there's still one little thing we've got to take care of before moving on to 2026 in full... We are, of course, referring to Game of the Month. December's release schedule might have been overshadowed by all of the aforementioned Game of the Year discourse, but...
News Life Is Strange Reunion Pairs Max with Chloe Once More on PS5
Unannounced game leaks
An unannounced Life Is Strange game, subtitled Reunion, has been leaked for the PS5 by European ratings board PEGI. The upcoming game will likely be richly received by franchise fans, as it will see series protagonist Max Caulfield reunited with Chloe Price, her BFF – and eventual love interest – from the original game...
Rumour Indiana Jones Dev to KO More Nazis in Wolfenstein 3 on PS5
Multiple sources confirm project
Swedish studio MachineGames is best in class when it comes to knocking out Nazis, and fresh from the critical success of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, it looks like it’s turning its attention back to Wolfenstein. The dev previously worked on the acclaimed efforts Wolfenstein: The New Order and Wolfenstein 2:...
News Ambitious PS5 Pirate RPG Sea of Remnants Has Bags of Style in Latest Trailer
PC alpha test coming soon
You may remember Sea of Remnants from a State of Play last year; it was one of the more intriguing games announced during the show. Coming from NetEase and Joker Studio, Sea of Remnants is a free-to-play pirate RPG adventure set in a stylised world inhabited by wooden puppets. Its latest trailer is here, and the game...
News Fortnite's South Park Collab Revealed, Brings Multiple Characters, Cartmanland, More
Calling it Quints
Epic Games has officially lifted the lid on Fortnite's crossover event with South Park, and it looks like a great new event for fans. You can catch a glimpse at what this 'Born in Chaos' event has to offer in the announcement trailer, which kicks things off with a great animated short showing how the characters end up in the...
Wednesday7th Jan 2026
News No Plans for PS5 Version of Acclaimed Tactics RPG Published by Sony Subsidiary
"Not considering anything at the moment"
The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy – a dark horse contender for 2025’s Game of the Year, at least on PC and Switch – still seems unlikely to release on the PS5. Prior to its release, creator Kazutaka Kodaka had talked about how his Too Kyo Games team couldn’t afford to port the tactics RPG to...
News Capcom's Latest Street Fighter 6 Reveal Is Straight-Up Trolling Fans
But at least you get the excellent Capcom Sports Club
Capcom has announced a new Fighting Pass for its eternally popular brawler Street Fighter 6, but it’s proving brutal for fans. While the publisher promised to improve these periodic Battle Passes with more meaningful content, the artwork for this one is a straight-up troll. It prominently...
News Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined PS5 Demo Is Available Now
VII heaven
Square Enix has revealed the full opening movie for Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined, and in a word, it's magical. The movie takes full advantage of the remake's diorama-esque visuals, dropping its puppet-based characters into delightfully detailed environments as they battle against beasties big and small. We think it's pretty much a...
News PS5's Hyperpop Collection Adds Three Striking New Colours for DualSense, Console Covers
RGB
Think Sony was done with new colourways for your PS5 console and controllers? It's kicking off 2026 with a new range, entitled the Hyperpop Collection. Here's a good look at the vivid new designs in this flashy video: The three colours, available for DualSense PS5 controllers as well as PS5 console covers, are Techno Red, Remix Green, and...
Hands On Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined Could Be the Series' Best Remake Yet
A tight ship
Dragon Quest 7 has long been one of the most divisive entries in the incredible RPG series, mostly thanks to the sheer length of its island-hopping adventure. The original PS1 release and its 3DS remake both suffer from what we'd call rather severe padding at times, with a comical amount of backtracking often dismantling the story's...
News Fans Wonder if The Game Awards' Big Finale Highguard Is Even Coming Out
Over before it's even started?
You’d think being the big finale at a show watched by millions would be good for your game, wouldn’t you? In the case of Highguard, the upcoming free-to-play first-person shooter from ex-Titanfall and Apex Legends alumni, it may actually be a curse. PS5 fans will be all-too familiar with the brutal discourse that...
News Haunted Paws Dev Accuses New Cosy PS5, PS4 Horror of Being a Copycat
But it's launching next week anyway
Ghostly Whiskers will release on the PS Store, and it looks like yet another forgettable foray powered by AI art. But this particular effort from Cyprus-based studio Nostra Games has found itself at the centre of a storm, as the makers of indie effort Haunted Paws claim it’s a
News South Park Is Coming to Fortnite, Some Details Leaked Ahead of Launch
New playable characters and more
Fortnite's latest collab is with the longstanding animated series South Park, and fans are wondering exactly how its characters will fit into Epic's free-to-play shooter. The crossover was recently confirmed by Epic Games, with an official post teasing it with an image of Butters playing Fortnite: So, it's...
News Future Sports Series Speedball Resurrected on PS5 This Month
Ballin'
If you owned an Amiga, there’s a good chance you played The Bitmap Brothers’ future sports series, Speedball. The 1988 original’s sequel, Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe, was actually ported to dozens of platforms – including the PS1, where it adopted a 3D visual style, ultimately attracting a mixed critical response. Well, after an...
News ARC Raiders Battles Sports Games for PS5 Download Dominance in December
Guns or balls?
Sony has shared the PS Store's download charts for the month of December 2025, and it's ARC Raiders putting up the strongest fight for the top spot on PS5. The popular sci-fi extraction shooter manages to topple NBA 2K26 in North America, but it has to settle for second in Europe, where EA Sports FC 26 rules the roost. ARC Raiders...
Tuesday6th Jan 2026
News January 2026 PS Plus Essential Games Are Available to Download Now
Live until 2nd February
The first PS Plus Essential games of 2026 are here, adding another trio of PS5 and PS4 titles to members. January's lineup is available to claim right now in Europe, and will be going live in other regions throughout the day. You'll be able to nab the games from now through to 2nd February. They are as follows: Need for...
News You'll Never Guess the Most Played PS5, PS4 Games of 2025 in the US
What year is it?!
Go on, have a guess at what the five most popular PlayStation games of 2025 were in the US. We'll give you a few seconds to finalise your bets. If you need a quick hint, here it is: it's the exact same top five as 2024. As per usual, Mat Piscatella has handed us the data via Circana's own Player Engagement Tracker, which, again,...
News Sony Patents AI Assistant That Can Help You Beat Games, or Just Beat Them for You
Challenge neutralised
An interesting patent from Sony has recently been discovered, and it concerns the use of an AI assistant capable of providing contextual guidance while you're playing a game. As first reported by Boing Boing, Sony filed a patent for this concept back in April 2025, and it involves an AI "ghost" character that can help you get...
News From the Makers of Redout, Carmageddon: Rogue Shift Is Looking Really Promising
Carmageddon outta here
Carmageddon: Rogue Shift was quite the surprise when it was announced back in December, and it seems to be shaping up pretty nicely. A new trailer combines gameplay with some cinematic shots, and it looks like a seriously fun time: It comes from 34BigThings, the development team behind the Redout series, so there's some...
News Sony, Honda's Afeela 1 Car Can Be Customised with Astro Bot, God of War Dashboards
And sound effects
Sony returned to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to talk about the Sony Honda Mobility Afeela 1, its electric car that features some interesting PlayStation integration. These were more obvious at this year's showcase, with the company announcing some fun customisation options for the vehicle as well as full support for Remote...
News If Romeo Is a Dead Man's Mental Story Trailer Doesn't Pique Your Interest, Nothing Will
Dead but not buried
Batsh*t PS5 action game Romeo Is a Dead Man is still set to release in just over a month — on the 11th February — and so it's time for another quick reminder of how mental the Grasshopper title's shaping up to be. The Suda51-lead developer has dropped a new story trailer, which, while brief, does paint a rather fun picture...
News Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles Sees in the New Year with Major Sales Milestone
It's a sold strategy
Square Enix has announced Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, a remaster of its classic strategy RPG, has reached an impressive sales milestone. Shared on its social media channels, the publisher says the game has now surpassed one million copies sold: The Ivalice Chronicles is an enhanced version of the beloved...
Monday5th Jan 2026
Guide PlayStation Studios: All Sony First-Party Developers and What They're Working On
Every game coming from PS Studios
Sony's first-party developers are known collectively as PlayStation Studios, and it's these teams that make all the games published by the company. Whether it's PS5, PC, or beyond, there are always new games in the works. While we don't always know everything about what's in development, we've done our best to...
Guide These 2+ PS5, PS4, and PS Plus Games Are Coming Out This Week (5th-11th January)
Bunny Rampage! I Am Future! PS Plus Essential!
2026 is going to be chaotic for new PlayStation games, but give it a little time to warm up, eh? There are just two new titles announced for this week, but at least there's the latest PS Plus Essential update to look forwards to. Here are all the new games coming out this week. New PS5, PS4 Games...
Another trip to Pandora
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - From the Ashes is a surprisingly great offering of DLC. It’s a standalone story that takes place after the events of the main campaign, following the Dog Tag Warrior, So’Lek (a former side character), as he faces off against the villainous Ash Clan. The Kinglor Forest from the base game is...
News Obscure Racing Game Rockets in Price on the Back of PS5 Jailbreak Hopes
Copies fetching up to $400
Limited Run Games’ niche PS4 retail release of Star Wars Racer Revenge has rocketed in value, after it emerged disc-based copies of the game could be used to jailbreak the PS5. Sony’s new-gen console can obviously run PS4 discs through backwards compatibility, and while the LucasArts racer – originally released for...
Game of the Year All of Our 2025 Winners Revealed
A full GOTY recap
There's a chance that, over the last few weeks, you were too busy stuffing your face with delicious holiday food to notice our massive Game of the Year campaign. Don't worry, we're not judging anyone! An annual tradition here at Push Square, we write up a whole slate of articles to celebrate the year that was, highlighting the...
News Xbox Sales Hit New Low in UK, Barely Competes with PS5 at This Point
Another one bites the dust
Xbox hardware sales have hit a new low in the UK, as Microsoft continues to redirect its console business. In 2025, Xbox Series numbers were down a whopping 39% — making for the worst sales result in the brand's history. Many had expected some sort of decline given the company's renewed focus on multiplatform...
News More Digimon Games Incoming as Time Stranger's Success Sees Dev Team Expand
Champions of the Digital World
It sounds like Bandai Namco will be pushing for more Digimon games, off the back of Digimon Story Time Stranger's success. Time Stranger itself took around eight years to develop and eventually release, and naturally, the publisher would rather not get bogged down in such a lengthy production cycle for future...
News 'We Need to Trust Our Instincts': Expedition 33 Dev's Next Game Won't Bow to Fan Pressure
Keeping it obscur
Sandfall Interactive, the team behind the hit RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, has commented on how it's approaching work on its next game. In an interview with Edge magazine (thanks, GamesRadar), chief operating officer and production director François Meurisse mentions that, because of their debut game's success, there's "a bit...
News Casting and Performance Capture for Hideo Kojima's PS5 Exclusive PHYSINT Will Begin in 2026
And we're off
Hideo Kojima spent the best part of 2025 travelling around the world to support the release of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, but the auteur will remain grounded this year as work gets underway in earnest on his spy thriller PHYSINT. The PS5 console exclusive – which is being pitched as a successor to the Metal Gear Solid series...
News You'll Soon Be Able to Own Former Xbox Exclusive Hi-Fi Rush Physically on PS5
What a rush
Publisher Krafton has partnered with Limited Run Games to produce a trio of physical editions for Tango Gameworks' hit rhythm action game, Hi-Fi Rush. The game has only been available digitally up to now, but soon you'll be able to place orders for a physical copy to add to your collection. The three physical versions are as follows...
News Pac-Man DLC Comes to Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Later This Week on PS5, PS4
Waka waka
Bandai Namco's arcade hero Pac-Man is next in line to come to Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, and he arrives very soon indeed. An official teaser trailer reveals the premium DLC pack will be released on 7th January 2026: Like Minecraft and SpongeBob SquarePants, the Pac-Man content is a paid DLC add-on, included in the season
Sunday4th Jan 2026
Talking Point What Are Your PS5 New Year's Resolutions?
Start as you mean to go on
Losing weight? Pssht, it’s the biggest cliché in the book. Learning a new language? We guarantee you’ll have deleted Duolingo by March. Clearing your debt? Have you seen the release schedule. No, forget all those boring New Year’s Resolutions – they’re played out. We want to hear your PS5 resolutions for 2026...
Saturday3rd Jan 2026
News The Witcher 3 Really Could Be Getting a New Expansion on PS5 in 2026
To tide us over until The Witcher 4
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt first released to critical acclaim all the way back in 2015, but it could be getting an all-new expansion later this year. That’s the rumour that’s circulating right now, with relatively strong reporting behind it. Speculation has been swirling for a while, ever since Polish industry...
