Tag: PC
News 'Sony Finally Understands': Over 70% of PS5 Fans Agree with Decision to Scrap PC Ports
All in agreement
The PS5 fandom can be a divisive place at the best of times, but it seems almost everyone’s in agreement on one thing: Sony’s right to scrap its PC ports. In a Bloomberg report earlier this week, it was claimed that PlayStation will cease releasing its tentpole first-party exclusives on storefronts like Steam, although it will...
News After Cancelling Most PC Ports, Sony Promotes New 'PC Ready' Controller
It's a PS5 pad and a USB cable
In terms of its public face, it's business as usual at Sony: it's not the one that reported on the cancellation of PlayStation games being ported to PC. However, on the same day it's reliably suggested single player first-party efforts won't appear elsewhere anymore, it's perhaps a little funny to see Sony advertise a...
News Sony Apparently Pulls the Plug on PC Ports of Saros, Ghost of Yotei
No longer on the agenda
As part of a wider story on Sony’s decision to pullback PC ports of its single player games, it seems planned versions of Saros and Ghost of Yotei have been scrapped. While the former isn’t even out on PS5 yet and was likely up to a year away, it’s possible Sucker Punch’s sequel – which originally released last...
Opinion Sony's PC Pullback Is the Right Move for PS5
The importance of being exclusive
Sony is scaling back its PC strategy, and I think it’s made the right call. The platform holder has spent the past few years clumsily walking a tightrope between true PS5 exclusivity and the spoils of a growing Steam install base, but it’s never really found a way to satisfy both sides. In my opinion, the...
News Sony Returns to PlayStation Exclusivity and Stops Single Player PC Ports, New Report Says
Live service games will still be ported
Sony will no longer port its first-party single player games to PC and other platforms, a new Bloomberg report reveals. Following on from claims the h
News Marvel Tokon Making Refinements Based on Player Feedback in the Run Up to Launch
Beta making it better
Sony and Arc System Works' exciting fighting game, Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, finally got a release date (and a few more confirmed characters) at the recent State of Play, and it seems to be shaping up very nicely. There are just a few months between now and the game's launch on 6th August 2026, and it seems the developer...
News Sony Quietly Decided to Scale Back PC Ports Last Year, Insider Claims
"No longer a priority"
We’re yet to receive official word from Sony, but by all accounts, it’s scaling back its PC publishing strategy. The news comes by way of a flurry of notable leakers, all of whom have been proven to have knowledge of PlayStation’s plans in the past. Among them are
News Kena: Scars of Kosmora Is Now Available for Wishlist on PS Store and PC
Kena believe it
During the most recent State of Play, things kicked off with the unexpected announcement of Kena: Scars of Kosmora. A direct sequel to Kena: Bridge of Spirits, the game is due for release later this year, and you can now add it to your wishlist on PS Store,
Rumour Sony Backtracking on PC Strategy, Shifting Towards PS5 Exclusivity Again
For single-player games, at least
There's currently a lot of noise surrounding Sony's PC strategy, and how the company is supposedly set to back away from its stance of releasing key first-party titles on PC as well as PS5. Over on ResetEra, the ever-reliable Jason Schreier has strongly suggested that such a move is in motion. Speaking on the
News Did You Get In? Beta Invites for Horizon's Divisive PS5, PC Multiplayer Game Out Now
Gather round
Wow, Guerrilla’s really not messing around with this one: the first closed beta test for the divisive Horizon Hunters Gathering will get underway this weekend. Yes, you read that correctly – it means selected fans will be playing the game in just a few short days, as confirmed in an email from PlayStation. Those who are part of...
News Here's How Beefy a PC You'll Need for Death Stranding 2
PC specs revealed
Sony and Kojima Productions are set to release Death Stranding 2: On the Beach on PC imminently, and ahead of the launch date of 19th March, the official PC specs have been revealed. We're not going to pretend we know exactly what we're talking about when it comes to PC hardware gubbins, but we'll happily share the information so...
News PS5's Marvel Fighter Will Add Four More Characters, One New Stage as Year 1 DLC
Sounds fairly standard
We now know Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls will launch with 20 characters when it drops on 6th August. 11 of those characters have already been announced, with Magik, Wolverine, and Danger joining the roster in yesterday’s
News Sony's Sublime Marvel Fighting Game Brings the Unbreakable X-Men to PS5, PC on 6th August
Storm! Magik! Wolverine! Danger!
The absurdly beautiful Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls has a release date: 6th August. It’s also finally got some new characters: the Unbreakable X-Men. Many of you will know Storm was already part of the roster, but she’ll be joined by Magik, Wolverine, and Danger. Obviously, you’ll be able to mix and match...
News Death Stranding 2 Gets Its PC Port on 19th March
Kept you waiting?
In what feels like housekeeping at this point, Sony has officially revealed a PC port of Death Stranding 2 on 19th March 2026. You can see the reveal trailer for the platform above. The PC version will have: Unlocked framerates in gameplay Ultra widescreen support DualSense controller support Upscaling and frame generation And...
Guide Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls: All Confirmed Characters and Stages
Ready, fight
A fighting game is only as strong as its character roster, and with almost 100 years of comic book history to pull from, Arc System Works and PlayStation’s upcoming Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is sure to have one of the most hyped line-ups in recent memory. We’ll be updating and compiling this page with every announcement as it...
News Sony's PS5 Fighter Marvel Tokon Confirms 20 Characters at Launch, Single Player 'Episode' Mode
12 to be revealed
Finally, we have a bit more information on Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls — the PS5 brawler that's being published by Sony. Funnily enough, this new info comes from the game's Steam page, which has only just been updated (as spotted by Wario64). We would assume that this stuff is being revealed in conjunction with Marvel Tokon...
Poll What's Your Reaction to Horizon Hunters Gathering?
On the hunt
Thanks to years of leaks and rumours, we knew it was coming — but Horizon Hunters Gathering still feels like a surprise now that it's been made official. This is Sony's co-op spin on the Horizon franchise, plopping up to three players in the shoes of premade hunters, each with their own weapons and abilities. It goes without saying...
News Sony Finally Confirms Horizon Co-Op Game, Horizon Hunters Gathering for PS5, PC
The one made by Guerrilla Games
We've known for years now that two Horizon co-op titles are in development, one from NCSoft and another being made internally at Guerrilla Games. Now, the latter has finally been unveiled as Horizon Hunters Gathering. It's coming to PS5 and PC, and you can get an extended look in the trailer above. Horizon Hunters...
News Helldivers 2 Adds a Tank in Major Update, More Hard-Hitting Weaponry in New Warbond
We march on Cyberstan
Arrowhead has today issued a major game update for its popular co-op shooter, Helldivers 2, and it comes with an explosive new addition to the arsenal. The Bastion tank headlines the update, a fondly remembered vehicle from the original Helldivers that makes its return in the sequel. Players will need to put it to good use...
News Helldivers 2 Support Continues in the Latest Warbond Drop, Out Next Week
Redacted Regiment starts on 20th January
Arrowhead Studios has announced that the first noteworthy update to Helldivers 2 in 2026 will take place next week, as it puts out another Premium Warbond for players. With a dark and edgy aesthetic, the Redacted Regiment Premium Warbond comes out on 20th January 2026, containing new weapons, Stratagems,...
"The team is pushing forward"
The announcement of Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is one of the most memorable moments of 2025. But after a pretty positive first closed beta, enthusiast opinion on the PS5 and PC brawler is beginning to sour. Dig into any hardcore circles and you’ll see a lot of criticism pointed at the Sony published game, with...
News Stellar Blade PS5 Success Grants CEO a Presidential Commendation
For his contributions to the industry
Stellar Blade has done so well for itself since release that Shift Up CEO Hyung-tae Kim has been awarded a presidential commendation award by the president of South Korea. Awarded at the Korea Content Awards last week, it is designed to recognise Kim's "consistent efforts to strengthen the global...
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 New and Returning Killzone Content in Helldivers 2 Warbond Next Week
Free Warbond for previous buyers of any Killzone item
Arrowhead Studios has announced the return of the Killzone-themed Warbond for Helldivers 2, which restores all of the content from the last time the items were available and pairs them with new ones. The Legendary Warbond will be live once again from 18th December 2025 in-game, and it'll cost...
News Helldivers 2 on PC Sees Massive Reduction in Install Size Thanks to Sony Studio Nixxes
Optimisation station
PS5 users won't have had to worry about this, but Helldivers 2 on PC has a much larger install size than the console version. However, developer Arrowhead, in conjunction with Sony's PC specialist Nixxes Software, has managed to make a dramatic reduction that'll make it an even smaller install than it is on PS5. In an update...
News Stellar Blade Dev's Ambitious New Cross-Platform Project to Be Published by Tencent Subsidiary
Affiliate assisting on dev too
Korean dev Shift Up already has an existing relationship with Tencent subsidiary Level Infinite on saucy smartphone shooter NIKKE: Goddess of Victory, so it’s perhaps not a surprise to see the company step in to publish its next title, Project Spirits. The game – developed using Unreal
News Sony Poised to Publish PS5 Hit Death Stranding 2 on PC
Bridging the gap
Sony will publish Death Stranding 2: On the Beach for PC in the relatively near future, if an ESRB rating is to be believed. The original game was ported to other platforms by 505 Games, but this preceded the platform holder’s strategy of bringing more first-party titles to storefronts such as Steam. It took roughly eight months...
News New Weapons, Stratagems Take Helldivers 2 to the Jungle in Latest Premium Warbond
Python Commandos arrives soon
Helldivers 2 has announced the next premium Warbond coming to the game, and it looks purpose-built for destroying bugs. The Python Commandos Warbond is set to arrive on 2nd December 2025. Here's the trailer to give you an idea of what to expect: Players can look forward to several new weapons and stratagems,...
News Stellar Blade Is Sony's Most Successful Single-Player PC Game to Date, Says Shift Up
Putting in a good shift
Developer Shift Up has revealed some of its own data about Stellar Blade, the Sony-published action game that launched on PC earlier this year. The game, which features main character Eve on a quest to save the planet from monstrous forces, is reportedly the "best-selling PlayStation-exclusive launch IP in history",...
News Sony Estimated to Have Made $1.5 Billion from Steam, But the Novelty Is Wearing Off
Master pace
A big report from Alinea Analytics estimates that Sony has made $1.5 billion from Steam since beginning to port its first-party titles to the PC storefront. That may seem like an enormous number, but it’s worth noting it’s taken five years to achieve. For context, the entire PlayStation division generated around $7 billion in...
News The Lost Soul Aside Redemption Arc Starts in Tomorrow's Feature-Packed PS5 Update
Wave-based Surge of Voidrax mode included
Lost Soul Aside developer UltiZero Games will be hoping to pull a No Man's Sky as it works to update and improve its rather mediocre PS5 action game released a few months ago. That all begins tomorrow, 18th November 2025, with a comprehensive patch that adds a new mode and a handful of extra features to the...
News Mobile MMO Horizon Steel Frontiers Seems to Have Captured Lots of Attention Already
Millions watch first trailer
Despite leaking around 12 hours earlier than expected, Horizon Steel Frontiers’ announcement trailer has now topped 2.5 million views on YouTube, three days after it debuted. Meanwhile, its gameplay trailer has managed a further 217k views. We expect some of these views have been generated by pre-roll ads, but it’s...
News 'Very Vague' Rumour Claims Sony May Scale Back PC Ports of PS5 Games
Maybe, anyway
It’s a complicated time for PlayStation fans. This week saw the announcement of Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble and Horizon Steel Frontiers, two flagship first-party Sony titles which won’t be available on the PS5. There’s context that’s getting lost in the social media overreaction, of course: PlayStation has wanted to...
News Sony Trying to Silence Concord Revival Project After Fans Brought PS5, PC Disaster Back
But why?
Even a year removed from its release, it’s still difficult to process just what a disaster Concord was. It was a flop on a scale we’ve never seen before – a true unprecedented catastrophe. But – and stick with us here – it wasn’t the worst game ever made. Yes, its character designs were questionable and its overall concept...
News 'We'd Love to Do It': Sounds Like NCSOFT Wants Horizon Steel Frontiers on PS5 as Much as You
Up to Sony, then?
Horizon is spreading its wings with a full blown MMO action RPG, with the caveat that it's only coming to mobile and PC. Yes, Horizon Steel Frontiers won't be released for PS5, much to the disappointment of fans. More than anything else, this seems to be the biggest bone being picked with this game; how come it's skipping PS5?...
News Horizon MMO Uses AI 'Extensively' in Development, Says NCSOFT
AI assistance in all areas "from coding to art"
Sony just announced a new Horizon game with Horizon Steel Frontiers, an MMO launching on mobile and PC, and it's not gone down all that well with fans. To make matters worse, developer NCSOFT has now stated the game has been built partially using AI assistance — a topic that's divisive, to say the...
News The Next Horizon Game Is an MMO for Mobile and PC, Prompting Fury from PS5 Fans
Watch the first gameplay footage
Sony’s fledgling mobile strategy is slowly coming into focus. Earlier this week, it announced Ratchet & Clank: Galaxy Rangers, an arena-based multiplayer shooter for mobile. And now, ahead of G-STAR in Korea, the long-rumoured MMO from NCSoft Horizon Steel Frontiers has been revealed. It’ll be available on PC...
News Stellar Blade Success Helps Korean Games Thrive, Ex PlayStation Boss Believes
Shu Yoshida praises Shift Up title
The success of PS5, PC action title Stellar Blade is the sort of catalyst that could propel the Korean games industry into the mainstream, former PlayStation president Shuhei Yoshida believes. In an interview with Minimap at the G-Star games exhibition in Busan, Korea, the former PlayStation lead discussed the...
News Football Manager 26 Given a Red Card on PC for Putting PS5 Players First
"A slap in the face"
After unprecedentedly taking a year out in 2024, you can finally buy spreadsheet simulator Football Manager 26 – but long-time PC players are already giving the release a red card. At the time of writing, the game has attracted ‘Mostly Negative’ reviews on popular storefront Steam, with one of the common points of...
News Leaked Cross-Buy Icon on PS5 Hints at Mysterious Pro-Consumer Move from Sony
Something is afoot
A mysterious new cross-buy icon has been datamined on the PS5. The symbol – discovered on the console itself – was first shared by Amethxst on X (or Twitter), who says he believes it has been added since March 2025. While other icons discovered by the user are already in use – such as for the Power Saver mode – the...
News Concord's Disastrous Demise Could Help Push for Better Consumer Rights in UK
Sony praised for refunds
Well, at least one (potential) positive may come from Concord's unprecedented failure: the disastrous PS5 and PC shooter is now being used to push for stronger consumer rights in the UK. As reported by Eurogamer, the 2024 title, which was shut down just two weeks after launch, has been mentioned by name in the House of...
News Forgotten PS5, PC Game Lost Soul Aside Still Being Patched and Optimised
New update available to download now
After a decade of waiting and anticipation, the world has very quickly moved on from PS5, PC title Lost Soul Aside. The game released to disappointing reviews, and it's hardly been mentioned since that August 2025 launch. Still, developer UltiZero Games is working to improve its action-focused effort...
News Sony's Rumoured Handheld May Be Years Away, But Ghost of Tsushima Is Steam Deck Verified Now
Jin-'n'-out
Sony has updated Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut on PC to add Steam Deck compatibility. While verification isn’t necessarily required to run a release on Valve’s handheld, it does symbolise that additional work has been invested to ensure playability has been optimised. As part of the Patch Notes on the game’s Steam page,...
News Sony's MLB The Show Finally Seems Set to Throw Down on PC
San Diego Studio staffing up
Sony’s San Diego Studio, the makers of the MLB The Show franchise, finally seem set to bring the series to PC. Many of you will know MLB forced PlayStation to launch the franchise on more platforms, which has resulted in recent entries being available on Xbox and Switch. But considering the platform holder launches...
Preview Marvel Tokon's Biggest Battle Isn't in the Arena
Too mighty for mere mortals?
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is without a doubt one of 2026’s most exciting PS5 releases. But the game, which has garnered a tremendous reception, has a challenging tightrope to walk: it needs to appeal to the pros who show up at events like Evo, while simultaneously sustaining the interest of casuals who don’t...
News PlayStation Puts Its Entire Slate of PC Ports in a Steam Sale
Get anywhere from 20% to 80% off
If you've been waiting on discounts to build up your collection of PC versions for PlayStation-published titles, right now is the perfect opportunity to pull the trigger. Except for the very latest releases (Lost Soul Aside and Midnight Murder Club), every single PS5, PS4 game Sony has ever ported to PC is now on...
News Stellar Blade Ending Extended in New Epilogue Scenes
90 seconds of fresh Xion footage
Seemingly never quite done working on the game, developer Shift Up has pushed yet another free Stellar Blade update live to PS5 and PC today. This time, it has extended one of the three endings with a selection of short epilogue scenes. The clips don't amount to much; they're more comical than anything else and...
News Don't Expect a Helldivers 3: Arrowhead Hopes Helldivers 2 Is a 'Forever Game'
"Think RuneScape"
Helldivers 2 has had its low points in its short lifespan so far, but by and large it's been a massive hit for Sony and developer Arrowhead Game Studios. It's been so successful, in fact, that the team expects it'll be maintaining and updating the sci-fi co-op shooter indefinitely, with no sequels or off-shoots in the works...
News Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail Dev Reveals Animal Crossing-Esque Cosy Game
But not officially confirmed for PS5 yet
Part of its pursuit to take over the world – or, at least, all of your spare time – Genshin Impact maker HoYoverse has revealed cosy game Petit Planet for PC, mobile, and “additional platforms”. Sign-ups for a beta test are live now across PC and mobile. It’s actually unclear whether PS5 will be...
News Worried Fans Can Rest Easy: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Is 'Doing Very Well' on PS5, PC
It's all good
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is both critically acclaimed and adored by fans, serving as a great follow-up to the first game in the remake trilogy. However, fans quickly became concerned about the game's sales performance when publisher Square Enix said it was falling below its notoriously lofty expectations. Players have been worried in...
