PS4 News
TodayFri, 20th Mar 2026
Feature PS Plus Members Have Early Access to Select PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store's Spring Sale
Here are some recommendations
If you're a PS Plus subscriber, you've been given an early look at some of the games that'll be included in an upcoming PS Store Spring Sale. Members can now take advantage of a handful of discounts that'll be going live for everyone next week. Before the sale properly kicks off on 25th March, let's take a look at...
News You Lose These 2 PS Plus Extra Games in April 2026
Sports and story on their way out
With the selection of PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium titles for March 2026 made available for a few days now, the service's Last Chance to Play section has finally been updated with the departing titles for next month. At the moment, only two PS5 games are confirmed to be leaving PS Plus Extra in April, but more...
News Feb 2026 USA Sales: PS5 Outsells Nintendo's New Switch 2 for a Second Consecutive Month
Resident Evil Requiem a monstrous success
Sony’s five-year-old PS5 is keeping its nose in front of Nintendo’s new Switch 2, as it managed a second successive month ahead of the hybrid. While sales of the PlayStation were down year-over-year, it led the Mario maker’s machine across both units and dollar sales metrics. That may all change in...
YesterdayThu, 19th Mar 2026
News Street Fighter 6's Incestuous New Storyline Divides Opinion
Oh Alex, that's not right
Street Fighter 3: New Generation protagonist Alex is available now in Street Fighter 6, but it’s not necessarily his gameplay that’s got tongues wagging. Some bizarre lore changes have sent ripples through the Capcom community, as it turns out our favourite facepainted wrassler may be engaging in a spot of the ol’...
News Sony to Drop PSN Branding Later This Year, New Report Claims
Just a visual change, nothing more
Sony shall phase out its PlayStation Network and PSN branding by September 2026, according to an internal email seen by Insider Gaming. This will supposedly be purely a visual change for the online service, rather than introducing any "technical alterations". The two names will be removed from all Sony assets by...
Opinion Why Is Sony Scrapping the PSN Name?
Network nonsense
I was about to sleep last night when I saw a strange report circulating on social media: Sony is set to scrap the PSN branding. While not confirmed by the company – this communication, it seems, was only intended to be shared with devs for now – it comes from a good source and seems legit to me. So, the immediate question...
News Tomb Raider 1-3 Remaster Team Says New Outfits Aren't AI, Promises Fixes for Disastrous Update
"No AI generated assets were used"
Aspyr Media has come out in defence of the range of new outfits it recently added to the Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered collection, claiming "no AI generated assets were used" to make the costumes. It states the skins were "created by our team of artists" in a statement posted to social media, though it admits that...
News Mega Man Blasts onto PS5, PS4's Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds with DLC Launch Next Week
Blue bomber meets blue blur
The next premium DLC pack for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds brings Capcom's beloved robo-hero Mega Man to the kart racer, and now we know exactly when. As shown in the below teaser trailer, the Mega Man pack launches next week, on 25th March 2026: The trailer doesn't reveal too much about the DLC, but we already know some...
Wednesday18th Mar 2026
News Shinobi: Art of Vengeance DLC Dated in One of the Best PS5 Trailers You'll See Today
Villains expansion coming soon
SEGA really knocked it out of the park with Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, the first game from its plan to revive some legacy franchises. Developed by Lizardcube, the game is a super slick, side-scrolling action game with a fantastic art style and wonderfully fluid combat. Now, the publisher has announced a release date...
Tuesday17th Mar 2026
News March 2026 PS Plus Extra, Premium Games Available to Download Now
8 more PS5, PS4, and Classic titles to play
The monthly PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium game refresh has arrived for current subscribers, adding yet another eight PS5, PS4, and Classic titles to play. The lineup of games is available to download now in the UK and Europe, and will be available in the USA later in the day. Here's a reminder of the...
News Amid the PS5 Pro PSSR 2 Excitement, a New PS4 Firmware Update Is Also Available Now
What does version 13.50 do?
Sony hasn't forgotten about its last-gen console, as it's rolled out a new firmware update for PS4. This comes alongside the big new update for PS5 (and more notably, PS5 Pro), which sees the PSSR upscaling technology get some upgrades. Unfortunately, PS4's new update doesn't implement anything nearly as exciting, but...
News Further Frustration as PS Plus' Latest Retro Game Arrives without PS5, PS4 Trophies
Tekken the p*ss
Tekken: Dark Resurrection, the excellent PSP port of Tekken 5, is available for all PS Plus Premium members to download today. But like all of Bandai Namco’s emulated ports, it’s arrived without Trophies. Sony’s policy for these retro releases is to relax its requirements, so trinkets are not mandated like in most other...
Monday16th Mar 2026
Feature 50+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in PS Store's Mega March Sale (North America/Europe)
PS5 and PS4 games going cheap we recommend
We're in the throes of March right now, and Sony's celebrating this revered part of the year with the Mega March sale on PS Store. It runs from now until 25th March, and as expected, the sale contains literally thousands of digital items going cheap. That can be hard to parse, which is where we come in...
Guide These 20+ New PS5, PS4, and PS Plus Games This Week (16th-22nd March)
Crimson Desert! The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin! MLB The Show 26!
We told you March was a big month for new PS5 releases, and this week proves it. All eyes will, of course, be on Crimson Desert. But keep a look out for The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin and MLB The Show 26 – two other undeniably massive titles as well. Here’s everything coming out...
News 'Unprofessional and Shameful': Tomb Raider Fans Hate 1-3 Remaster's New Outfits
"This is free and I still don't want it"
The Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered bundle on PS5 and PS4 got a patch last week, adding new challenges, Trophies, and costumes — but the content hasn't gone down well with the series' playerbase. While it was a free update, fans aren't pleased with the quality of the new outfits to the game, which were not part...
Shame they aren't voiced, mind
You've got to hand it to SEGA and Sonic Team — the post-launch support for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds has been pretty great. The premium DLC has seen the likes of Pac-Man, SpongeBob SquarePants, and Minecraft join the fun, but alongside these have been severa
Sunday15th Mar 2026
News These 10 Major PS5, PS4 Games Will Be Delisted in March and April
You've been warned
With each passing the month, the number of impending PS Store delistings stack up. And this period is a particularly big one for imminent server closures and delistings. Here’s everything you need to be aware of for the remainder of March and the entirety of April: The Finals (PS4): 18th March (Online Services Disabled) WBSC...
Feature Going Platinum: I Only Got MediEvil PS4's Plat Because I Had To
Putting in the work
Platinum Trophy #16: MediEvil Date Earned: 23rd October 2019 Dopamine Index: stars:1 I never want to take my job for granted. What do you mean I get money for writing about and playing video games? Younger me would be beside himself. An interesting part of being in games media, and more specifically being a critic, is that...
Saturday14th Mar 2026
Poll Are You Happy With Your PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for March 2026?
Plus or minus?
Another 8 games are headed the PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium next week, with Sony confirming the full lineup just a few days ago. But as always, we want to know if you're actually happy with what's on offer. Let's begin with Extra, which seems to just keep on delivering the goods. Sony's middle tier subscription appears to have...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 624
Gaming finds a way
It’s the quiet before the Crimson Desert storm, which is good news for those of you who need a little extra time to clear your backlog. Here’s what we’re playing this weekend. Jamie O'Neill: Back in WAYP 622, Ristar24 kindly recommended the Game Boy's Jurassic Park 2: The Chaos Continues on the Jurassic Park Classic Games...
Friday13th Mar 2026
Guide New PS4 Games Release Dates in 2026
All 2026's upcoming PS4 launch dates
What new PS4 games release dates in 2025 are coming up? PS4 is certainly getting towards the end of its life, but there's still plenty of software on the way, and we'll be tracking all 2026 PS4 release dates on this page. Please keep in mind that this information is accurate to the best of our knowledge, and is...
Guide All PS Plus Games Available Now
Every PS Plus game, updated in one place
We’re tracking every PS Plus game available now, so you always know exactly what’s included in your tier of Sony’s subscription service. This page lists all current PS Plus Essential, PS Plus Extra, and
News 'Imagine Being Such a Loser': We've Hit Rock Bottom with Website Dedicated to 'Failing' Games
'Flopathon'
Good grief. We've reached new lows today, as video game anti-fans have established a new website that's all about tracking Steam player numbers to determine just how badly a game has flopped. If there was any doubt about the website's intentions, it's literally named Flopathon, and we won't be linking to it. Essentially, the site is...
Thursday12th Mar 2026
Poll Has PS5's Dynamic Pricing Debacle Changed Your Relationship with the PS Store at All?
To buy or not to buy
An interesting exchange occurred on the Push Square Slack channel earlier this week, as we were putting the finishing touches to our Mega March sales guide. “What if our users are seeing different prices?” PS Store professor Stephen Tailby pondered. We, of course, double-checked as much as possible – but it was a...
Jeff Kaplan explains his departure
Jeff Kaplan, who worked at Blizzard for almost 20 years, has explained the main reason why he left the company in 2021. This comes from a much wider interview via Lex Fridman, going over Kaplan's whole career, including his role as game director of the original Overwatch. We've time-stamped the moment he talks...
News Europe Is Putting Harsher Age Restrictions on All the Things You Hate About Modern Gaming
PEGI turning up the heat
Pan-European Game Information, or PEGI as it's known, is the video game age classification organisation for most of the continent, and it's about to introduce some pretty major changes. As reported by Eurogamer, PEGI has outlined a number of new rules and regulations that aim to protect players from some of modern gaming's...
News Huge Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered Update Adds Custom Challenge Mode, Costumes, Trophies
Out now on PS5, PS4
A significant update for Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered has just landed on PS5 and PS4. If you're a fan of Lara's original trilogy, you're probably going to love what's on offer here. The patch adds a fully customisable Challenge Mode, in which you can modify multiple facets of gameplay. 10 new outfits for Ms. Croft are yours to...
News Morrowind-Style RPG Dread Delusion Is Suddenly Less Than One Week Away on PS5
Dreading it
Dread Delusion, the largely beloved old-school style RPG that released on PC back in 2024, now has a PS5 and PS4 release date. Previously, the eye-catching adventure had given us a vague 'spring 2026' launch window, but it's actually arriving sooner than people might think. Indeed, it's out in less than a week, on the 17th March. We've...
News Dave the Diver's Wild DLC Expansion Turns Up the Heat This Summer on PS5, PS4
In the Jungle gets a date
Mintrocket has finally announced a release date for its major DLC expansion to Dave the Diver. The breakout hit arrived on PS5 and PS4 in 2024, and soon you'll be able to explore an entirely different region with all-new mechanics. In the Jungle arrives on 18th June 2026: Unlike most of the other DLC and updates to the...
News Beloved PS5 RPG Expedition 33 Set to Steamroll Another Game Awards Ceremony
BAFTA nominations announced
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has proven to be quite the awards magnet, and that trend looks set to continue as the BAFTA Games Awards rolls into view. All the nominations for the upcoming awards ceremony have been announced, and Sandfall Interactive's debut game leads the charge with a total of 12 nods. Ben Starr,...
Wednesday11th Mar 2026
News 8 PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for March 2026 Announced
Warhammer! Persona!
Sony has officially announced the new wave of games that are coming to PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium next week. At a glance, March 2026's lineup is pretty strong, boasting a total of 8 titles across PS5 and PS4. Most of these games were leaked earlier in the week — as per usual — but they've now been confirmed. The new...
News The Mode That Almost Killed Fortnite Is Free-to-Play from Next Month
You can Save the World on 16th April
Before it became the biggest thing in the world as a Battle Royale game, Fortnite wasn't doing well. It largely flopped as a PvE experience in a campaign named Save the World, and looked to be going the way of many failed live service titles we see today. The grand pivot to a Battle Royale game saved Fortnite,...
News Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.68 Adds Yet More Cars, Events to PS5, PS4 Racer
Monthly updates keep on coming
Another month, another Gran Turismo 7 update is the mantra at Polyphony Digital, as it readies patch 1.68 for the PS5, PS4 driving game. The update will go live within the next 24 hours, and it adds a further three cars and four race events to the experience. The new events added to the World Circuits menu are as...
News PS Plus Premium Has Given You Just 1 Classic PlayStation Game a Month for Over Half a Year Now
Little bang for your buck
With today's announcement of the single PS Plus Premium title for March 2026 now public, PlayStation has gone seven months in a row providing the most expensive tier of its subscription service with just one new title per month. The last time that it stretched to two was in August 2025, when the PS1 versions of Resident...
Not-so Mega, Man
Mega Man is one of gaming’s most iconic characters, but voice actor Ben Diskin – who starred as the Blue Bomber in 2018’s Mega Man 11 – won’t be reprising his role in the upcoming Dual Override. In a long post on social media site BlueSky, he said he’s heart broken over the situation, but explained he “won’t work...
Tuesday10th Mar 2026
Guide Best Online Multiplayer Games on PS4
PlayStation 4's best online multiplayer games
What are the best online multiplayer games on PS4? Online multiplayer is a relatively modern feature of video games, but it's just part of the furniture these days. While not every game comes packaged with online modes, many of them do, and some revolve around it entirely. It's safe to say there are lots...
All-ages PS4 games ranked and rated
What are the best kids games on PS4? When most people talk about PlayStation 4, they're thinking about its (brilliant) range of experiences aimed at an older audience. However, the console also features an extensive variety of family-friendly games. With so many wonderful titles to choose from, we need your help...
The best PS4 indie games ranked
What are the best indie games on PS4? It's an almost impossible question, as there are so many great ones to choose from. Indies are incredibly diverse, and the PS4 plays host to hundreds of excellent experiences. To name just a few examples, there are some relatively well-known games like Hotline Miami, Bugsnax, and...
PS4's best platformers ranked and rated
What are the best platformers on PS4? If you've been playing games for any length of time, you'll know that platformers have been around since the very beginning. Some of gaming's most recognisable characters are from platformers — your Marios, your Sonics, and so on. Platformers on PS4 come in all shapes...
Hands On Assassin's Creed Unity's PS5 Update Has Made Us Rethink That 5/10 Review
Revolutionary
Assassin's Creed Unity was a weird one, wasn't it? Arguably the most ambitious instalment in the series up until that point, Unity was panned at launch — primarily because it was an absolute shambles in terms of technical performance. Our own review of the game, which was first published all the way back in November 2014 — has it...
News 7 PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for March 2026 Leaked Early
It's not FF16 or Dragon's Dogma 2
Sony will be revealing the full lineup of PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium games for March 2026 on Wednesday, 11th March, but the reliable leaker BillBil-Kun has once again beaten the company to the punch. The insider has revealed a total of seven games that'll be included in this month's selection,
News Fortnite, the Biggest Game in the World, Wants You to Help Pay Its Bills
"We're raising prices to help pay the bills"
According to Epic Games, the cost of running Fortnite has "gone up a lot", and so it wants its playerbase to help pay the increased bills. To do this, it's raising the price of V-Bucks, the game's premium currency. "The cost of running Fortnite has gone up a lot and we’re raising prices to help pay the...
Monday9th Mar 2026
Feature Last Chance to Get These 40+ PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store's Dealmania Sale
Cheap PS5 and PS4 games we recommend
Ring the bell, it's sale time on the PS Store — but not for much longer. Sony's latest bargain bonanza, named Dealmania, is upon us, and it runs until 11th March 2026, meaning there's only a couple of days left. There are thousands of PS5 and PS4 games with discounted prices, which can be a lot to browse...
News Limited Run Hits Reset on Its Disastrous Sonic X Shadow Generations Collector's Edition
"We owe you a clear apology"
Limited Run Games doesn't have the greatest reputation among enthusiasts, and its Sonic X Shadow Generations Collector's Edition is a prime example of why. In short, this particular product includes a large statue of the titular characters stood atop a Dreamcast, and in addition to taking a very long time to manufacture...
Guide These 10+ PS5, PS4 Games Are Coming Out This Week (9th-15th March)
Monster Hunter Stories! Fatal Frame! Toxic Commando! More!
March is a crazy month for new releases, but this particular week is a little quieter than you'd expect. We suppose the big new releases would be Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly Remake and Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection, but keep an eye on John Carpenter's Toxic Commando and...
News The UK Has Gone Mad for Resident Evil After the Huge Success of Requiem on PS5
Resi revival
Capcom recently released Resident Evil Requiem, and it's been so successful that it's seemingly dragging along every other Resi game with it. That's certainly true in the UK; the latest physical retail charts have come in, and the top 10 includes five Resident Evil games across all platforms. Requiem is still number one, of course,...
Saturday7th Mar 2026
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 623
We go again
In terms of gaming industry news, this week was a lot less chaotic than previous ones. That means the emphasis is back on the games, so here's what we're playing. Jamie O'Neill: I'm still playing Arkane Lyon's Deathloop from 2021. I find Colt Vahn's quips amusing, so it's a fun game to return to five years later. Liam Croft: I don't...
Friday6th Mar 2026
News Some PS5 Users Really Are Paying More for Their Games on PS Store Than Others
Sony's still testing out dynamic pricing
A few months ago, we reported on some strange, inconsistent pricing spotted on the PS Store, and it seems this hasn't gone away — and may have become even more widespread. Over on good old Reddit, someone shared their experience while looking at Assassin's Creed Unity, which recently received an update...
News 'You've Got to Be Joking': Street Fighter 6 Fans Rage at Slow Rollout of Skins
Dressed to depress
We’ll say one thing about Street Fighter 6’s skins: they always look awesome. Unfortunately, many fans remain frustrated with how slowly they’re being added to the game. Case in point: 17th March will see two new outfits, for Elena and DeeJay, added. These are still part of the Outfit 4 swimsuit series which started some...
Release date confirmed
In case you missed it, Thomas and Friends: Wonders of Sodor was announced recently, and it's a dream come true for Thomas fans young and old. Developer Dovetail Games — the same team behind Train Sim World — has now confirmed a release date, and it's very close. You'll be able to visit the island of Sodor starting 17th...
