Overview
- Known As
- PlayStation 2 • PS2
- Company
- Sony
- Launched
- 26th Oct 2000
- Type
- Console
- Wikipedia
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_2
Latest Reviews of PlayStation 2 Games
Mini Review Mister Mosquito (PS2) - Sony Classic Sucks in All the Right Ways
Buzzin'
You only need to press the start button to know Mister Mosquito graduated from an era of PlayStation that’s long been lost. As the camera pans around the densely detailed exterior of the Yamada family’s estate, a dramatic voice over does its best David Attenborough impression, describing the precarious lifecycle of a mosquito. Your goal...
Mini Review TimeSplitters (PS2) - A Fantastic Foundation with Flaws
Running out of time
Despite releasing just two years prior to TimeSplitters 2, TimeSplitters finds itself noticeably lacking in a number of key areas. It’s not dissimilar to how the gap between 2 and Future Perfect felt, though that was of course three years. Just as Future Perfect pulled a lot of content from its predecessor, 2 would in turn...
Future imperfect
Despite launching just three years later and on the same hardware as TimeSplitters 2, TimeSplitters: Future Perfect looks like a title from a completely different console generation. This is both a good and a bad thing. Visually, things are substantially better, with far cleaner textures, more complex environments, and so on...
Make like a banana and split
The first-person shooter has gone through many changes over the years. It took a long time to perfect the formula on consoles; we didn’t receive Call of Duty right out of the gate, oh no. There were fundamental experiences that shaped the course of history for the genre, be it Wolfenstein 3D, GoldenEye, Halo, or...
Review Ghosthunter (PS2) - Overlooked Supernatural Shooter Should Be a Cult Classic
The ghost with the most
What a difference a twenty years makes. When Ghosthunter released in 2004 for PS2 it was met with poor sales and mixed reviews from the critics of the time. Generally, reviewers thought it looked great, but it was too linear and at a mere ten hours or so in length it was far too brief. Today, Ghosthunter looks like a bag of...
Review Summoner (PS2) - Ambitious RPG Remains a Relic of the Past
They sure don't make 'em like this anymore
Summoner is a party-based CRPG that launched on PS2 in 2000, and it was recently given a new lease on life thanks to a re-release on PS5 and PS4 via PlayStation's Classics push. Developed by Volition (later Deep Silver, of Saint's Row fame), the studio's ambitious and expansive effort was marred by a lack...
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Latest PlayStation 2 News
PSA Ace Combat 8 Comes with a Whole Other Game, But Only if You Pre-Order, and You Don't Have Long
Ace Combat Zero won't be available forever
The brilliant Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve makes its official launch on 2nd October, 2026, and if you're considering buying it, I'd highly recommend pre-ordering on this occasion. That's not only because the new game is another fantastic entry in Bandai Namco's longstanding series, but because it comes...
News You'll Want the Japanese Version of a New PS Plus Classic Out Today
For a better difficulty experience
Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams, a PS2 action classic, is out today on the PS Store for normal purchase (£7.99/$9.99) and on PS Plus Premium for subscribers. It means that the Onimusha series is almost entirely available on PS5 and PS4, but fans are raising an interesting quirk about this release: you should get the...
News Matt Groening Himself Says The Simpsons: Hit & Run Is 'Coming Back in Some Form'
And who are we to question him
There has been an awful lot of rumour and speculation about the potential return of The Simpsons: Hit & Run, a firm fan favourite game from 2003. Well, it seems like we might have finally gotten some sort of confirmation, and it comes straight from the creator of The Simpsons, Matt Groening. In a D23 panel, which...
Guide Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy Cheats: All Cheat Codes, Including Scorpion Skin
Town Scryer
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy is a genuinely enjoyable PS2 third-person shooter, elevated by its integration of over-the-top psychic powers. But if you’re looking to extract the most out of this classic action game, particularly now it’s available on PS5 and PS4 via PS Plus Premium, you may be looking for its cheat codes...
News No PS5 Version of Heavy Rain Dev's PS2 Classic Indigo Prophecy, as Sony Mucks Up Again
Old PS4 port included with PS Plus Premium today
Heavy Rain maker Quantic Dream will re-release its wildly ambitious PS2 adventure game Indigo Prophecy – better known as Fahrenheit in Europe – on the PS5 later this month. The game, already available on the PS Store as part of Sony’s PS2-to-PS4 program, will be updated in the platform...
News This Incoming PS Plus Premium Classic Will Have a Full Set of Trophies
All in the Mindgate
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy, a really fun physics-based action game for the PS2, is getting an emulated PS5 and PS4 re-release next week, including with PS Plus Premium. And now we have confirmation that the 2004 Midway effort will have a Platinum Trophy, as the trinkets have hit Sony’s serve
News PS Plus Premium's Brilliant PS2 Classic Gitaroo Man Arrives with Full Trophy Support
You win!
Until they launch on the service, it's never a sure thing if a PS Plus Premium retro release will feature Trophies on PS5 and PS4. Some do, some don't. Fortunately, the latest addition to the classic games library comes fully furnished with a set of digital trinkets to earn. Gitaroo Man, from Koei Tecmo and Liona Interactive (then known...
Rumour Insider Hints The Simpsons Hit & Run Remaster 'Is Happening'
Activision reportedly working on it
There has been a growing collective want for The Simpsons Hit & Run to make its grand return. Whether it happens is another matter, but word on the street is that a remake is indeed in the works. While discussing the freshly announced Spyro: A Realm Beyond, VGC's Jordan Middler, speaking on the publication's...
News Fan Favourite Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War Is a Pre-Order Bonus for Wings of Theve
And pre-orders are open now
The very promising Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve now has a release date alongside an action-packed new trailer, but there's even more reasons for fans of the series to get excited. Pre-orders for the fighter jet action game are live now on PS Store, and if you do, you'll receive a digital copy of PS2 classic Ace Combat...
News These 3 Classic PS2 Games Are Coming to PS5 via PS Plus Premium Soon
A good mix
One of the lowkey better moments during these recent State of Plays has been Sony confirming some upcoming retro content for its PS Plus Premium subscription tier. And we actually got some PS2 bangers during today’s presentation. The immediate lineup is as follows: Gitaroo Man: 16th June 2026 P
Feature This 007 Game You Didn't Play Was Basically PS2's Uncharted
Shaken, not stirred
With IO’s uber-exciting 007 First Light now hours away, I wanted to spotlight a James Bond game you’ve probably never played: Quantum of Solace. No, I’m not talking about Treyarch’s Call of Duty-esque first-person shooter, but Eurocom’s underrated PS2 adaptation, which plays a lot like Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune...
News How Rockstar Squeezed a Whole City into Your PS2
Wizardry
If you weren’t there at the time, it’s really difficult to put into words just how impressive GTA 3 was on the PS2. Sure, there’d been open world games before – Shenmue pre-dated it by a couple of years in Japan – but nothing on the scale of Liberty City, a living breathing sandbox where you could do anything and go anywhere...
News PS2 May Survive the Switch's Assault on Gaming History
"They had us in the first half, not gonna lie"
Sony’s decision to quietly increase the PS2’s sales to 160 million a few years ago may have proven a master stroke: the console should just about hang on to its status as the best-selling console of all-time. While the Switch is agonisingly close to the PS2’s record with 156 million units sold,...
News Final Fantasy X Turns 25 This Summer, as Square Enix Opens Special Website
Blitzballin'
Here's one that's got to make you feel old: Final Fantasy X is celebrating its 25th anniversary this summer. The beloved RPG, which first launched for the PS2 back in 2001, will be a quarter of a century old on the 19th July. And to help drum up some hype, Square Enix has opened a new website. At the time of writing, said website's...
News Sony Does Its Latest Retro Release Justice with a PS5, PS4 Trophy List
28 Trophies in Wild Arms 4 to unlock
It can sometimes be a complete toss-up whether the retro releases coming to PS Plus Premium and the PS Store will ship with a Trophy list, but in the case of today's new addition, Wild Arms 4 thankfully does give you a Platinum Trophy to unlock. It's available now via a PS Plus Premium subscription, or you can...
News Wild Arms 4 Returns on PS Plus Premium, But Its PS2 Reviews Were Ruthless
"Should such calculating mediocrity be continually excused?"
Wild Arms 4, the 2005 entry in Sony’s long-running JRPG series, launches later this week on the PS5 and PS4 via PS Plus Premium. It’s a rare first-party addition to the platform holder’s emulation efforts, as recent releases have leaned heavily on the catalogues of Bandai Namco and...
News 20-Year-Old Sony JRPG Makes Surprise Return to PS5, PS4 This Week, Free on PS Plus Premium
JRPGlee
Sony has, it seems, remembered to add some fresh software to PS Plus Premium’s glacially updated Classics Catalogue. Last week’s PS Plus Extra and Premium update confirms that Wild Arms 4, the 2005 PS2 JRPG from Media.Vision, will be emulated on both the PS5 and PS4 and available starting 21st April. The previous three Wild Arms games...
The best RPGs on PS Plus, ranked and rated
What are the best RPGs on PS Plus? Within its three tiers of membership, PS Plus is home to loads of quality role-playing games — or RPGs for short. RPGs come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Some are much more traditional, featuring turn-based combat and fairy tale storytelling, while others feature...
News Here's What a Jak & Daxter PS5 Remake Could've Looked Like
A fan pitch that didn't go anywhere
There's so much secrecy surrounding the video game realm, and that's just about the games that we know about, and that get announced. Today, a rare bit of insight has been shared about a project that sadly never came to pass. Animator and writer Travis Howe has revealed that he was part of a team that wanted to...
Feature Congratulations to Resident Evil, 30 Years Old Today and Better Than Ever
What's your favourite?
I was born in 1988 so I was still wet behind the ears when Resident Evil first released for the PS1, on 22nd March, 1996. I don’t recall my first time seeing the game, but I think Resident Evil 2 was probably the first one we owned. I distinctly remember being frightened by the opening CG cutscene, and even more terrified...
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