Tag: Announcements
Will you cop it?
The Tokyo-based dev behind bitesized management sims like Game Dev Story has announced its next PS5 and PS4 project, inspired by the long running manga KochiKame. This isn’t particularly new territory for the dev, as it recently released a dorayaki shop strategy sim featuring Doraemon, so KochiKame seems like a natural fit for...
News Rising Anime Sensation GACHIAKUTA Gets Its Own PS5 Game, And It's Not an Arena Fighter
Clean it up
Like the media industry at large, gaming companies are increasingly tapping in to the rising popularity of anime. That means, while it took way too long for the likes of Demon Slayer and Jujutsu Kaisen to get their own video games, Korean studio COM2US has already announced plans to adapt GACHIAKUTA to the PS5. Admittedly there’s no...
News An Open World Spaghetti Western Survival Game for PS5? Sign Us the Hell Up Right Now
Kickstarter planned for early 2026
We’ve always had a soft spot for Western games, long before Red Dead Redemption made the genre mainstream. One title that always sticks with us is GUN on the PS2, an underappreciated title which actually pre-dated Red Dead Redemption by a few years. (Yes, we know there was Red Dead Revolver, but that was a very...
News Star Wars Racing Games Are Back in Galactic Racer, Out for PS5 in 2026
From a new team of Criterion talent
Anyone with fond memories of PS1 classic Star Wars Episode 1: Racer will want to keep their eye on the newly-revealed Star Wars: Galactic Racer, a new racing title for PS5 that's releasing next year. Catch the reveal trailer above. In this all-new entry, you'll be racing across familiar locations like Jakku and...
News Fans of Sony's Forgotten Hardware Franchise May Want to Take Note of TankRat on PS5
Tank you very much
Hands up if you remember Hardware: Online Arena on PS2 or Hardware: Rivals on PS4? Okay, anyone who’s got a palm above their head immediately earns our respect. TankRat kinda reminds us of that long-forgotten Sony series, but we suppose more recognisable reference points would include World of Tanks or even Crossout...
News Pop Punk Action Abounds in Ex-Capcom Producer's Stupid Never Dies on PS5
Bring your bae back to life
What if Lollipop Chainsaw was less Britney Spears and more Avril Lavigne? That’s the question Stupid Never Dies from ex-Capcom producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi aims to answer. The premise is absolutely absurd, so we’re just going to let the press release do the talking for us: “In a world where monsters are part of...
News Good Dog! Atmospheric Adventure The Free Shepherd Rounds Up a 2027 Release on PS5
'Herd you may like this one
We can’t believe no one’s made a shepherding sim before. This seems like such a no-brainer for a gameplay concept. To be fair, it does look like there’s more to The Free Shepherd than simply rounding up sheep. This debut trailer hints at a lingering mystery, but it’s one we won’t solve until 2027, when the...
News Free-to-Play FPS Highguard Closes Out The Game Awards, Coming to PS5 on 26th January
Overtrot
As host Geoff Keighley was so eager to explain, typically The Game Awards end with a teaser for a title from the far-flung future. This year, however, he picked a title launching in a few short weeks. Highguard is a new free-to-play FPS from Wildlight Entertainment, a team of Apex Legends and Titanfall veterans. The game’s described as...
News Mega Man: Dual Override Brings Back the Blue Bomber in 2027 on PS5, PS4
Mega, man
Capcom mentioned it was eager to bring Mega Man out of retirement, and here’s your first look at the Blue Bomber’s next game. It’s called Mega Man: Dual Override, and it’s launching on PS5 and PS4 in 2027. Sony’s last-gen console will still be kicking in a couple of years, it seems. Here’s the blurb: “Mega Man returns in...
News Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve Revealed, Soars onto PS5 in 2026
Flying high
Fans already knew Bandai Namco and Project Aces were working on it, but now it's officially official: Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve has been announced. The arcade action flight sim is coming to PS5 in 2026, as revealed in the debut trailer: The presentation looks excellent and more cinematic than usual, immersing you in a first person...
News Total War: Warhammer 40k Was SEGA's Big, Unmissable Game Awards Reveal
Not quite what fans expected
The Game Awards is just hours away as we write this, and several publishers and developers have teased their involvement with Geoff Keighley's awards show. Now, even SEGA is getting in on the fun, with a tease that it's also going to be part of the proceedings. On YouTube, the publisher reposted the official livestream...
News Lara Croft Returns in Two New Tomb Raider Titles on PS5
That's a lot o' Lara
Amazon Games is bringing not one but two new Tomb Raider games to the PS5, releasing in 2026 and 2027. The first of the games, Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, is a reimagining of the original PS1 game, developed by Crystal Dynamics and Flying Hog Studios. Designed to celebrate the series’ 30th anniversary, the release...
News Control Resonant from Remedy Revealed, Out in 2026 for PS5
Focus on melee combat with Dylan Faden as the lead
The next entry in the Control universe, named Control Resonant, has been announced by Remedy. It's coming to PS5 in 2026, and you can catch the reveal trailer above. This time around, Dylan Faden takes the lead role, and the combat will be melee-focused. You can catch some gameplay clips in the...
News Sony Announces 4Loop, the Next Co-Op Game from the Creator of Left 4 Dead
Bad Robot's game revealed
Sony and Bad Robot Games have announced 4Loop, a new sci-fi co-op shooter coming "soon" to PS5 and PC. The game is described as a tactical, four-player title "crafted for endless replayability and infinite ways to build the ultimate team". There aren't too many details out there about the game right now, but it looks...
News SOMA, Amnesia Team Reveals Ontos for PS5, Out Next Year
Featuring Stellan Skarsgård as voice actor
Frictional Games has revealed its spiritual successor to SOMA, which is named Ontos and will launch for PS5 next year. Check out the announcement trailer above. Stellan Skarsgård of Andor will be a voice in the game, and here's some setup: What begins as a search for answers quickly spirals into...
News Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic Announced, from Mass Effect Director
A spiritual successor to Knights of the Old Republic
Lucasfilm Games and Arcanaut Games have announced Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic, a spiritual successor to the classic RPGs Knights of the Old Republic. Check out the trailer above. Casey Hudson, the game director of Knights of the Old Republic and the original Mass Effect trilogy, is...
News Xbox Game South of Midnight Comes to PS5 Next Year
During the Spring 2026 season
Compulsion Games has confirmed that South of Midnight will be ported to PS5 in Spring 2026, having released for Xbox Series X|S and PC earlier this year. The developer confirmed the PS5 version (along with a Nintendo Switch 2 edition) in a social media post: Compulsion Games' third game as a studio, it previously...
News Jaws' Infamous NES Adaptation Is Getting Ported to PS5, with All-New Features
"We're gonna need a bigger boat"
Jaws’ notorious NES adaptation is coming to the PS5 in 2026, courtesy of Limited Run Games. That means there are a couple of retail editions on the way, which we’ll dig into shortly, but first more on the game itself. Originally released in 1987 by LJN, this title was credited to Atlus, but was actually...
News This PS5 Action Strategy Hybrid from Inti Creates Looks Like a Long Lost PS1 Game
A real ActRaiser
Fans of ActRaiser, it’s time to pay attention: Inti Creates has announced an all-new action strategy hybrid named – wait for it – Kingdom’s Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster. The main takeaway here is that the game blends city building with side-scrolling combat, drawing comparisons to Square Enix’s...
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 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...
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...
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...
News About Fishing Is an Angling Game with an Awesome Retro Aesthetic
Silent gill
All is not quite as it seems in upcoming angling sim About Fishing, which creator The Water Museum says has been “made out of love for Shenmue and SEGA Bass Fishing”. We can certainly see the Dreamcast vibes. The trailer starts out light-hearted enough, as two polygonal characters share a portion of curly fries next to a misty lake...
News Sony London's Cancelled PS5 Game Seemingly Revived as Cast Outs
Early access beta in 2027 on PS5
At least some of the work, ideas, and inspiration that went into the now-cancelled PS5 game from shuttered PlayStation developer London Studio have found their way into Cast Outs, a newly announced game from a team containing eight former London Studio developers. Cast Outs is an online co-op game set in an urban...
News Sony Announces, Soft Launches MLB The Show Mobile for iOS and Android
Philippines only for now
Sony's latest push into mobile territory is MLB The Show Mobile, just announced and soft launched in the Philippines. Developed in-house at San Diego Studio — developer of the main MLB The Show series — you can get a sense of the free-to-play game in the below trailer: The official website describes MLB The Show...
News The Next Game from the Makers of GoldenEye and TimeSplitters Is Balatro Meets Scrabble
Beyond Words announced
Two legendary developers have joined forces once again, and it's a game that's a teensy bit outside what they're best known for. From Steve Ellis and David Doak, two of the minds behind renowned shooters GoldenEye 007 and TimeSplitters, comes Beyond Words, a strategic, roguelike word game. Coming to PS5 in early 2026, the...
News A Game About Digging a Hole Is the Next Viral PC Hit Burrowing onto PS5 Soon
Digging it
Earlier this year, those paying attention will have likely seen an unusual game cropping up on social media, all about digging a hole and seemingly nothing more. Well, that game is A Game About Digging a Hole, and after its huge success on PC, it's now coming to consoles. The viral hit indie title is tunnelling through to PS5 on 9th...
News Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail Maker Reveals Next-Gen Open World Powered by Unreal Engine 5
The next big thing
You could be forgiven for thinking HoYoverse is pretty busy right now. That’s because it is! In addition to its established titles like Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail, it’s also recently announced Animal Crossing-like Petit Planet and auto-chess battler
News Vampire Crawlers Is the Deck-Building Vampire Survivors Spin-Off We Never Knew We Wanted
Will it actually have vampires?
Developer Poncle has announced Vampire Crawlers, a brand new spin-off game from its smash hit "bullet heaven" action game, Vampire Survivors. Vampire Crawlers is based within the same universe as the main game, but it's viewed from a different perspective and a different genre altogether, as you can see in the debut...
News Returnal's Influence Expands with PS5 Roguelite Shooter ARMATUS
Viva la France
Returnal may not be the best-selling PS5 exclusive, but it’s attracted a slew of copycats. The latest of those looks to be ARMATUS, a roguelite third-person shooter launching in 2026. This game is set in the “demon-infested ruins of Paris”, which some would argue is just modern-day France. But we think the dev’s taking a few...
News Top-Notch Metroidvania F.I.S.T. Gets a PS5 Prequel in Zoopunk
Set decades before F.I.S.T.
TiGames has shared plans that it's making a prequel to the fantastic 2021 Metroidvania title F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch called Zoopunk. Set decades before the events of F.I.S.T., you can get your first look in the trailer above, with the game confirmed for PS5. Zoopunk explore the origins of Torch City, which was...
News Brightfall Combines Horror, Co-Op, and Crafting in Unique Roguelite Adventure on PS5
Look on the bright side
Developer Dark Point Games, the team behind Achilles: Legends Untold, has announced its next project — Brightfall, an open world, roguelite, horror adventure for up to four players. Check out the debut trailer below: Set on a mysterious and ever-shifting Celtic island, you play solo or in co-op to survive its spooky...
News Tales of Berseria Remastered Set for PS5, $40 Game Out on 27th February
The next Tales remaster from Bandai Namco
Bandai Namco has confirmed that Tales of Berseria will be the next entry in the Tales RPG franchise to get the remaster treatment. Tales of Berseria Remastered will release for PS5 on 27th February 2026, priced at £34.99 / $39.99. You can watch the reveal trailer above. The new version features "enhanced...
News You Had Your Fun with Umamusume, Now It's Time to Get Serious with Champions Stable
No more horsing around
Umamusume: Pretty Derby really left its mark on 2025, didn't it? While things have quietened down a bit now, for a while you couldn't move for anime horse girls. The game remains popular, of course, but what if you fancy something a bit more grounded in reality? Well, publisher Leonardo Interactive has announced Champions...
News Somehow, We're Already on the Sixth Game in Milestone's RIDE Series
PS5 motorcycle racer announced
Sometimes, specific things can catch you off-guard and make you feel as though time is moving much faster than it actually is; one of those for us is the RIDE franchise, which is about to get its sixth instalment. The series began all the way back in 2015; six games in just over 10 years (not including all the other...
News New Ratchet & Clank Game Announced, But Not for the Platform You Want
Ranger Rumble coming soon to mobile
There's a new Ratchet & Clank game coming soon! Insomniac Games is involved! And it's coming to... mobile! Yes, Sony has just announced Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble, a "free to download", mobile multiplayer shooter heading to Android and iOS. A collaboration between Insomniac and mobile dev studio Oh BiBi,...
News The Original MySims Comes to PlayStation for the Very First Time with Cozy Bundle This Month
Wii love to see it
PS5 is about to get a new life sim, and it's actually one from nearly 20 years ago. MySims: Cozy Bundle brings the Sims off-shoot to PlayStation on 18th November, as announced on EA's socials earlier this week: While MySims SkyHeroes hit PS3 back in 2010, this marks the first time the original game and its sequel, MySims...
News Record Your Own Actions to Progress in Cute Puzzle Platformer MotionRec on PS5
Out next year
You'd think side-scrolling puzzle platformers have done it all, but new ones come along every now and then to prove otherwise. MotionRec, from indie dev HANDSUM, is an interesting case; you can record specific movements and then play them back later, allowing you to traverse otherwise impossible obstacles. The game was featured in...
News PS1 Classics Aquanaut's Holiday, Tail of the Sun Will Be Revived, But Not on PS5
Sony's 32-bit oddities only on Switch, PC
Two all-time classic PS1 oddities, Aquanaut’s Holiday and Tail of the Sun, will be revived on modern hardware as part of developer Artdink’s newly announced ARTDINK GAME LOG preservation project. But they’ll only be available on Switch and PC, despite both games originally being published by Sony...
News No Sleep for Kaname Date Sheds Switch Console Exclusivity, Investigates PS5, PS4 Next Year
In case you missed it
No Sleep for Kaname Date - From AI: The Somnium Files launched as a Nintendo console exclusive earlier this year, but it will set its sights on the PS5 and PS4 from 26th February. The game will be available digitally on both of Sony’s consoles, but a physical version will also be available for the PS5. Those who splash out...
News Huge Anime Hero Shooter Fate Trigger Will Launch in Early Access on PS5 Next Year
Eyes up, guns up
Juggernaut anime-style hero shooter game Fate Trigger will make a splash on PS5 in Early Access next year. The game – from Saroasis Studio – is a free-to-play competitive shooter with a very distinctive art style. Consider it a crossover of, say, Overwatch and Zenless Zone Zero. Crossplay with PC will be an option, but...
News Start Your MLB The Show 26 Journey Now, Ahead of PS5 Launch Next Year
Play ball
Like the sun rising and Shohei Ohtani finding himself on base, MLB The Show 26 has been announced. As was the case last year, San Diego Studio has revealed the game early, although this time it’s not having to do so with its bat between its legs. Fans may recall MLB The Show 25 was also unveiled early in response to scrutiny about its...
News What If Kiki's Delivery Service Was a Cosy Parisian PS5 Baking Game?
Très bien
The Witch’s Bakery wears its inspiration on its sleeve, and that’s no bad thing. From the magical cat to the retro hand animated vibes, this upcoming PS5 effort is effectively Kiki’s Delivery Service in Paris – but with more pretzels than parcels. The game – due out in 2026 – is being described by Sunny Lab Games as a...
News As Sony's PS Plus Premium Expands Slowly, Another Dev Announces PS1 Emulation Plans
First three ports confirmed
While Sony’s own emulation efforts via PS Plus Premium continue to progress glacially, other organisations are getting in on the act. Brazilian company QUByte announced overnight that it’s upgraded its proprietary QUByte Emulation Engine with PS1 support, and it intends to release “many cult favourites” from the...
News Even More Cult SEGA CD Games Are Somehow Making Their Way to PS5, PS4
Another one?
Of all the systems enjoying a contemporary console renaissance, we wouldn’t have put money on the SEGA CD. But the “hits” just keep coming – this time FMV boxing game Prize Fighter, which first launched in 1993. Once again, dev Screaming Villains is handling the port, with Limited Run Games on deck to offer a physical version...
News Acclaimed Skiing Adventure Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders Finally Confirmed for PS5
No release date yet
We really enjoyed Lonely Mountains: Downhill on PS4, so we've been eagerly waiting to see if a PS5 version of its snowy follow-up would come along. Lo and behold, Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders is now officially confirmed for Sony's console. Here's the announcement trailer to give you an idea: Unfortunately, there are almost...
News 'Every Possession Is a Highlight Reel': NBA The Run Brings Pick-Up-and-Play Basketball to PS5
Slam dunk
For as much as we respect and appreciate many of the sports sims available today, we miss the arcade games of yesteryear. NBA Jam, NFL Street, SSX Tricky – previous generations played host to dozens of different pick-up-and-play sports games, which have largely gone away. NBA The Run is bringing all of that back. Due out in 2026 on...
News Retro Resident Evil Fans Will Want to Pay Attention to The Florist on PS5
Flower power
Do you miss the PS1 era of survival horror games? While we’re enormous fans of modern efforts like the Resident Evil 2 remake and Silent Hill F, we occasionally do yearn for the fixed camera vibes of the 90s. That’s the feel that New Zealand-based dev Unclear Games is trying to recreate with The Florist, an unnerving PS5 horror...
News Acclaimed Action Platformer Antonblast Is Smashing Its Way to PS5, PS4 in 2026
Dynamite
Antonblast, a Wario-inspired action platformer, is finally coming to PlayStation sometime next year. The game launched on Switch and PC in late 2024, and quickly garnered favour with critics and players alike. The port to PS5 and PS4 was announced during this Awesome Console Showcase: Taking many of its cues from the Wario Land series,...
