Tag: Announcements
News The Mermaid's Tongue Is the Next Murder Mystery from the Makers of Tangle Tower
Detective Grimoire and Sally return
Developer SFB Games is best known for its Detective Grimoire series of murder mystery adventure games, with Tangle Tower perhaps the biggest of those titles. Now, it's time to see what's next for the investigator and his assistant. Grimoire and Sally's next mystery is named The Mermaid's Tongue, and you can watch...
News Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story Is Digital Eclipse's Next Interactive Documentary
Coming to PS5, PS4
If you're into gaming history, retro collections, or both, you'll no doubt have checked out Digital Eclipse's awesome docu-games in recent years. The Making of Karateka was the studio's most recent, and the first in its new Gold Master Series — games that double as comprehensive, interactive documentaries. It's just announced...
News GTA 6 Trailer Out Now, 2025 Release Window Revealed
Leaked details all confirmed to be real
Update: Just minutes after the trailer leaked, Rockstar Games has gone and officially posted the trailer itself. So, here it is: GTA 6 releases in 2025. Catch the reveal trailer above. <related ids="159214"> Original article: Ahead of one of the biggest gaming trailer drops of the PS5 generation, the...
News Stylish Metroidvania Cookie Cutter Announced and Dated for PS5
Out on 14th December
Cookie Cutter, a stylised 2D Metroidvania game "designed for mature players", has been announced and dated for PS5 all at once. The title launches on Sony's current-gen machine on 14th December 2023, and you can get a taste of what to expect in the trailer above. Through a mixture of fighting and platforming, main character...
News PS1 JRPG Fans May Want to Keep an Eye on Arisen Force: Vonimir for PS5, PS4
Old-school gamers arise
Our esteemed scribe Robert Ramsey wrote about the impact of PS1’s unmatchable catalogue of JRPGs earlier this month, and if that specific article spoke to you, here’s a game you probably should be paying attention to. Arisen Force: Vonimir is currently seeking a small amount of funding on Kickstarter, but is planned for...
News House Flipper 2 Is Turning a Profit on PS5 in March
Flippin' heck
House Flipper 2 is making a move onto consoles in 2024. Due to release soon on PC, the house-renovating simulation game will arrive on PS5 about three months later, launching 21st March next year. If you're unaware of the game (or its predecessor), it's all about buying a fixer-upper property, cleaning it up, making repairs, and...
News The Long Lost Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution Resurfaces on PS5, PS4 in 2024
Wishes do come true
Shantae, WayForward's well-liked action platformer series, started life on Nintendo's Game Boy Colour in the early noughties, and a sequel for the Game Boy Advance started production but was never finished. Now, 20 years later, the game is finally set to see the light of day; Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution is heading to...
News Acclaimed Indie Game Planet of Lana Makes the Leap to PS5, PS4 in 2024
Should be a Lana fun
Publisher Thunderful Games has announced its hit side-scrolling adventure, Planet of Lana, is heading to new platforms, including PS5 and PS4. Previously a console exclusive on Xbox, the game takes a running jump onto Sony's consoles in Spring 2024. If you're unfamiliar with this one, Planet of Lana is a 2D puzzle platformer...
News Sony Will Help Fund and Distribute a Live-Action The Legend of Zelda Film
Yes, you read that correctly
Nintendo has today announced it'll follow up the live-action movie adaptation of Super Mario Bros. with a film all about The Legend of Zelda, and Sony Pictures is helping to fund the project and then distribute it. Revealed in a press release, Shigeru Miyamoto will produce the flick alongside Uncharted and Spider-Man:...
News Spirit of the North 2 Announced for PS5, Should Look Foxy in Unreal Engine 5
Fur and feather
Publisher Merge Games and developer Infuse Studio have announced Spirit of the North 2, a sequel to the well-liked original adventure. A debut trailer tells us what to expect from the game, which has you playing as a cute fox with a glowing tail. With a raven companion at your side, your quest is to restore the land's lost...
News PS5 Slim Officially Unveiled, Attachable Disc Drive, Launches November
There it is
Sony has announced and revealed the long-rumoured new PS5 model. Launching in November 2023 in the United States with other countries to follow, this updated SKU has a smaller form factor and, as expected, a disc drive which can be bought and attached separately. <products group-id="25642"> The new PS5 has been reduced in...
News Pac-Man Goes Battle Royale in Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs
Chows down early 2024
Bandai Namco has announced Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs, which is essentially a battle royale spin on its iconic arcade series. While Pac-Man 99 has sort of already done that, this is a new take on the formula that's coming to a wider range of platforms — including PS5 and PS4. In this version, a group of 64...
News Japanese Dev Compile Heart Is Keeping Itself Crazy Busy
Tons of titles in development
Compile Heart, the Japanese dev behind franchises like Hyperdimension Neptunia, is keeping itself busy under its revised management structure, which went into effect on 1st October. Moving forward, the company will be led by industry veterans Naoto Tominaga and Hikaru Yasui, both of whom are committed to continuing the...
News The Makers of Hotshot Racing Turn to PSVR2 for Stylised FPS Heroes of Forever
Gunning for glory
Lucky Mountain Games is an indie studio best known for its great arcade racer, Hotshot Racing, but it's doing something completely different for its next project. Heroes of Forever has been announced for PSVR2, a first-person shooter with a low-poly aesthetic launching next year. You play as an agent for Time Enforcement Command,...
News The Last Case of Benedict Fox Comes to PS5 in a Definitive Edition
Visual and gameplay improvements
Side-scrolling platformer The Last Case of Benedict Fox will be ported to PS5 as a Definitive Edition, it's been confirmed. First released for Xbox Series X|S and PC in April, this updated version sports combat and platforming improvements, better visuals and an updated UI, enhanced enemy AI, and further gameplay...
News 3DS RPG The Legend of Legacy Gets a PS5, PS4 Remaster
Out next year
NIS America has announced it's remastering the Nintendo 3DS RPG The Legend of Legacy for PS5 and PS4, with a view to release the enhanced version early next year. Catch the trailer above to see it in action. Details covering how the RPG will run better on Sony's consoles or any resolution upgrades haven't been shared. Officially...
News Tales of the Shire Is a Cosy New Lord of the Rings Game from Weta Workshop
Previously helped make the movies
Publisher Private Division and developer Wētā Workshop have announced Tales of the Shire, a brand new game in the Lord of the Rings universe. Coming to PC and consoles sometime in 2024, it's described as a "heart-warming" new game all about your "cosy Hobbit life". The above new teaser trailer has just been...
News Original Tomb Raider Trilogy Remastered on PS5, PS4, Pre-Order Available Now
Starring Lara Croft
Update: Tomb Raider I-III Remastered is now available to pre-order on PS Store. The new listing also reveals the collection's price, which is a very reasonable £24.99 / $29.99 (USD). PS Plus members can get a 10 per cent saving on that, too. Original Story: Announced at the just-finished Nintendo Direct, Tomb Raider I-III...
News Contra: Operation Galuga PS5, PS4 Reimagines an Arcade Classic
Run 'n' gun
Contra has had its highs and lows over the years, but the franchise is obviously famous for its arcade debut, which is arguably one of the greatest shooters ever made. Now, developer WayForward has announced a modern reimagining of the all-time classic Contra: Operation Galuga, which promises “modern graphics and sound, new stages, new...
News Manga, Anime Sensation Spy x Family Lines Up PS5, PS4 Debut Next Year
Forgery
The superb manga and anime series Spy x Family, which sees undercover agent Loid Forger tasked with forming a faux family for his most difficult peace-keeping mission yet, is finally getting its first PS5 and PS4 game – and despite Bandai Namco being the publisher, it’s not an arena brawler. Developed by Groove Box Japan, Spy x Anya:...
News Pretty Tactical RPG Unicorn Overlord Announced for PS5, PS4
New Vanillaware game out in March
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim and Dragon's Crown developer Vanillaware has announced its next game is a stunning tactical RPG that goes by the name of Unicorn Overlord. It's coming to PS5 and PS4 on 8th March 2024, and you can check out the announcement trailer above. As footage reveals, this is a turn-based strategy RPG...
News Desolate Aussie CRPG Broken Roads Still Planned for PlayStation Release, Other Platforms Dated
An upside-down Baldur's Gate situation
Post-apocalyptic Australian CRPG Broken Roads is a title that's been percolating for a while now, and we got a release date trailer, but one that's sadly lacking regarding PlayStation information. The good news is that the title is still planned for the platform; the bad is that we'll have to wait a little...
News Football Manager 2024 Will Be PS5's Best Spreadsheet Simulator of the Year
Gordon Banks on it
It’s a new year with a fresh football season underway, so that means Football Manager 2024 is imminent. While the series notoriously skipped PlayStation platforms for several years, last year saw the Sports Interactive spreadsheet simulator release on the PS5 – and the latest instalment will continue that trend from 6th...
News Acclaimed Social Deduction RPG Gnosia Is Coming to PS5, PS4
Don't be so Gnosia
Gnosia has already built a cult audience on platforms like the Nintendo Switch and even PS Vita, but now PS5 and PS4 players will be able to experience the social deduction RPG, when it arrives on 14th December. Physical editions have been announced for Japan, but there’s currently no word on whether those will be available...
News Roblox Finally Comes to PS5, PS4 This October
Online platform expands to PlayStation
Roblox, the immensely popular online platform, is heading to more systems — and that includes Sony's consoles. Yes, the game is finally heading to both PS5 and PS4, and it's on the way very soon; it arrives next month, sometime in October 2023. The news was announced during a Roblox Developers Conference, at...
News Latest TMNT Film Gets a Video Game Sequel, Out Next Year
Set months after the movie
Outright Games has revealed it's developing a sequel to the recent Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem movie as a game for PC and consoles, launching next year. It will be set months after the events of the film and feature visuals inspired by the big-screen flick. "Combining energetic ninja teamwork gameplay with...
News EA Sports WRC Takes Rallying 'Next-Gen' on PS5 This November
Pre-order for three days of early access, VIP Passes
EA Sports has confimed the "first truly next-generation rally game" EA Sports WRC will launch for PS5 on 3rd November 2023. Packing 18 official FIA World Rally Championship locations, 10 current WRC, WRC2, and Junior WRC vehicles, and another 68 classic race cars, lots of new features from the...
News Ace Strategy Game Jagged Alliance 3 Confirmed for PS5, PS4
Take back Grand Chien soon
THQ Nordic has announced it's porting the well-received PC strategy game Jagged Alliance 3 to PS5, PS4. Set to launch "soon", it'll cost £49.99 / $59.99. Check out the reveal trailer above. Originally released for PC only last month, you'll take part in strategic turn-based battles to win back the country of Grand Chien...
News Free PS5, PS4 Gacha Project Mugen Will Drop Your Jaws
The next big thing?
Wow, watch out HoYoverse, eh? Teased earlier in the month, Chinese juggernaut Netease Games has announced a new, upcoming PS5 and PS4 open world named Project Mugen – and its debut trailer will almost certainly drop your jaws. While it leans heavily into gacha tropes – those waifu character designs have been purpose built to...
News Survival Horror Sequel Tormented Souls 2 Announced for PS5
Launches in 2024
Dual Effect has announced it's developing a sequel to survival horror game Tormented Souls, slated to release on PS5 in 2024. Tormented Souls 2 brings back main character Caroline Walker to "stalk the halls of haunting monasteries and other nightmarish locations. Brace yourself to confront terrifying creatures armed only with...
News Broken Sword: Parzival's Stone Announced Alongside Remaster of the First Game
Both projects coming to consoles
It's a good day to be a Broken Sword fan. Developer Revolution Software has just announced not one but two projects — the first is Broken Sword: Parzival's Stone, an all-new entry in the adventure series, and the second is Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars Reforged, a remaster of the original. Both of these...
News Iconic N64 Shooter Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion Will Aim at PS5, PS4
Dino crisis
The iconic noughties first-person shooter Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion will roar to PS5 and PS4 later this year, on 14th November, as part of an ongoing preservation effort from retro remaster specialists Nightdive Studios. The game – which first launched on Nintendo 64 almost 23 years ago – will use the latest version of the...
News Dustborn's Weaponised Words Hit Home on PS5, PS4 in Early 2024
Sticks and stones
Dustborn is a single-player story-driven action adventure game developed by Read Thread Games and published by Quantic Dream. It was first revealed back in 2020 and is now targeting a release in early 2024, and we got a new trailer at Gamescom's Opening Night Live. Taking a page out of the Skyrim playbook, words are your weapons...
News Expeditions Is the Next Offroad Sim from the Makers of SnowRunner on PS5, PS4
Off the road again
Saber Interactive has made a name for itself within the niche world of hardcore simulation games. Having made Mudrunner and SnowRunner, publisher Focus Entertainment has just announced the follow-up: Expeditions. Coming to PS5 and PS4, this looks to be opening up the offroading experience even more. Fundamentally the game looks a...
News Thank Goodness You're Here! Is an Absurd Adventure 'Slapformer' Coming to PS5
More like Silly the Pink
We never thought we'd hear Lily the Pink in a game trailer, but here we are in 2023, on the strangest timeline. Thank Goodness You're Here! has just made its debut at Gamescom, and it looks ridiculous. You play as a little yellow man who's arrived early for his meeting with the mayor of a northern English town called...
News Little Nightmares 3 from Until Dawn Dev Announced for PS5, PS4
Out in 2024
The Little Nightmares series will continue with a third entry on PS5, PS4 next year, developed by Until Dawn, The Dark Pictures studio Supermassive Games. The original team Tarsier Studios was acquired by the Embracer Group in 2021 but
News Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 Also Sneaking to PS4
Out of the box
Despite the PS5 being Sony’s flagship format these days, its previous generation console the PS4 continues to receive robust software support from most major publishers. It’s perhaps not a gigantic surprise that Konami has committed to releasing its retro compilation Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 on the decade-old...
News Project Mugen Is the Next PS5 Gacha Gunning for Genshin Impact's Crown
Gonna gacha good
A brand-new open world gacha game is coming to PS5, and it looks pretty promising so far. Project Mugen will be officially unveiled at Gamescom next week, on 24th August, for Sony’s new-gen console alongside PC and mobile. It’s being developed by a studio named Naked Rain, which is a subsidiary of NetEase’s Chinese-based...
News Gritty TMNT: The Last Ronin PS5 Trailer Is a Teaser in Every Sense of the Word
Shell, then - we're waiting
There’s really not a lot we can say about this TMNT: The Last Ronin trailer, which debuted during THQ Nordic’s showcase yesterday. The game, which had previously been teased as influenced by favourites like Sony Santa Monica’s recent God of War reboot, is being developed by Destroy All Humans!’ Black Forest Games,...
News Titan Quest 2 Brings the ARPG Back to Greek Mythology on PS5
Watch the announcement trailer
THQ Nordic has just announced Titan Quest 2, a sequel to the well-regarded ARPG from 2006. Developed by SpellForce 3 studio Grimlore Games, the title returns to a Greek mythology setting, with top down action akin to Diablo. The announcement trailer sets up the story, in which Nemesis corrupts the Threads of Fate and...
News Somerville Revealed for PS5, PS4, Out on 31st August
From former Playdead developers
Following a Trophy list leak last week, it's been confirmed the side-scrolling puzzle-platformer Somerville is releasing on PS5 and PS4 on 31st August 2023. From developer Jumpship, the studio is made up of former Playdead members, best known for Limbo and
News Dhaba: Land of Watermarks Revealed as Another China Hero Game on PS5
From Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption dev
As part of an overnight livestream, Sony revealed another PS5 title coming from its China Hero Project initiative: Dhaba: Land of Watermarks. It shall form part of the program's third wave of games out of the country, which also includes The Winds Rising from F.I.S.T. developer TiGames. Dhaba: Land of...
News F.I.S.T. Dev Confirms The Winds Rising for PS5
Part of China Hero Project's third phase
F.I.S.T.: Forged in Shadow Torch studio TiGames has announced during Sony's latest ChinaHero Project showcase that its next title is a story-driven action RPG named The Winds Rising, releasing on PS5. The reveal trailer embedded above gives very little away, but it's said to sport a "grand adventure" all...
News Shrek, Po, and Boss Baby Burn Rubber in DreamWorks All-Star Kart Racing
Hey now, you're an all-star
It seems everything is getting a kart racer lately, so why not DreamWorks? The animation studio has many memorable characters that star in its films, and you'll soon be able to send them drifting around bends in DreamWorks All-Star Kart Racing. It comes from GameMill Entertainment, the team that's previously brought us...
News Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate Is Roguelike Chess with Guns Coming Soon to PS5, PS4
Dodge this
We've all been there — you're being trounced in a round of Chess, feeling frustrated, and want nothing more than to flip the table or swipe all your opponent's pieces off the board. One game that may offer some of this catharsis is Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate, which is making its way over to PS5 and PS4 on 24th August 2023. The...
News King Kong Game Skull Island: Rise of Kong Announced for PS5, PS4
Out later this year for £34.99
A new King Kong game titled Skull Island: Rise of Kong has today been announced for PS5 and PS4. It's slated to arrive later this year from developer IguanaBee Studios, priced at £34.99. Check out the reveal trailer above. Taking control of King Kong himself, you'll fight to avenge your parents and become king once...
News The Room VR: A Dark Matter Unlocks a PSVR2 Port, Free Upgrade for PSVR Players
Another puzzle solved
Here's another win for PSVR2 users: the acclaimed first-person puzzler, The Room VR: A Dark Matter, is being ported to Sony's new headset. It launched for the last-gen visor back in 2020, but Fireproof Games is bringing it to the more modern PSVR2 very soon. You can get a taste for it in the new trailer above. If you're...
News Legend Bowl Brings Retro Tecmo Bowl Vibes to PS5, PS4 Next Month
With full, highly customisable Franchise mode
The highly customisable, retro-inspired Legend Bowl will toss a bullet pass to PS5 and PS4 from 9th August, with a fully-fledged Franchise mode to keep you occupied season-on-season. The gameplay – clearly inspired by the legendary Tecmo Bowl series – may have a throwback pixel art aesthetic to it,...
News Puzzling Great Patrick's Parabox Hits PS5 Next Week
Priced at $19.99
The very well-regarded puzzle game Patrick's Parabox will be making its way to PS5 next week on 26 July 2023. A brain-teasing title all about boxes, you'll need to manoeuvre in and out of them to solve puzzles by pushing boxes into and out of other boxes. Check out the trailer above to see the concept in action. Across 350 levels,...
News TMNT: Shredder's Revenge Shows Off Totally Tubular Survival Mode for PS5, PS4
Lookin' real radical
If you’ve been looking for reasons to replay the DotEmu’s bodacious beat-‘em-up TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge, then you’re about to get your wish with the addition of DLC expansion Dimension Shellshock. Due out later this year, the developer’s
