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Rumour Kingdom Come: Deliverance Coming to PS5 with Native Version
By royal decree
It appears as though the original Kingdom Come: Deliverance is heading for PS5. The sequel launched earlier this year on current-gen platforms, but it seems like its predecessor will be joining it on PS5 in the near future. That's according to PlayStation Game Size, an X account that scrapes the PS Store for new listings and...
News State of Decay 3 Is Another Upcoming Xbox Game Tipped for PS5
Along with Gears of War: E-Day
Adding to the speculation of a Gears of War: E-Day port to PS5 from the past weekend is the suggestion State of Decay 3 will also make its way to Sony's current-gen console. According to outlet MP1ST, the upcoming survival game i
News Plants vs. Zombies Appears Ready to Return in Leaked PS5 Remaster
Reportedly out in October
EA and PopCap Games are bringing back the original Plants vs. Zombies game for a PS5 remaster releasing in the next couple of months, a new leak and report strongly suggest. Overnight, files for a Plants vs. Zombies project were discovered on the Chinese version of an EA website. A key art was discovered amongst them, and...
Rumour Battlefield 6 Out in October for PS5, Competes with Call of Duty
Reportedly priced at £70 / $70
The debut reveal trailer for Battlefield 6 will go live tomorrow, 24th July, but reliable leaker Billbil-Kun already appears to have many of the important release details. According to them, Battlefield 6 releases for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on 10th October 2025, meaning it'll compete directly with Call of Duty:...
Rumour 'Fatekeeper' Trademark Points to Kingdoms of Amalur Sequel
Keep the fate
An actual sequel to Kingdoms of Amalur? Hey, it might be happening, if a new trademark from publisher THQ Nordic is anything to go by. Eagled-eyed Reddit user Tozzeb spotted said trademark on the European Union's database; it's just been approved, having been registered on the 1st July. The trademark itself is for 'Fatekeeper' —...
Rumour Unforgettable RPG Dragon Quest 7 Tipped for PS5 Release
Allegedly spotted on internal document
Dragon Quest 7 is, without question, one of the greatest RPGs on the PS1. Unfortunately, it didn’t release in Europe until 2016, with the Nintendo 3DS’ excellent remake Dragon Quest 7: Fragments of the Forgotten Past. Now there’s chatter of a new version being prepared for modern hardware, including the...
News Gunslingin' Shooter Call of Juarez Rumoured to Be Revived After Over a Decade
Rootin' tootin'
Call of Juarez probably isn’t the first franchise that springs to mind when you think of first-person shooters, but this author has fond memories of Techland’s gunslingin’ series. The 2009 sequel Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood was a truly underrated Western escapade on the PS3, and its smaller scale 2013 reboot Call of Juarez:...
Rumour Realistic, First-Person Ghost Recon Game Is Ticking Along, Targeting 2026 Release
Intel acquired
Development of the next Ghost Recon game is reportedly progressing as planned, with the title now targeting a 2026 release. According to Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson — who, of course, has a fantastic track record when it comes to all things Ubisoft — the project is set for "internal alpha" testing this autumn / fall. The...
News God of War's Rumoured Metroidvania Now Due in 2026 on PS5
Curse the gods
It’s somewhat of an open secret at this stage that God of War is going back to Greece in a 2.5D-style Metroidvania game, perhaps similar in style and scope to last year’s critically acclaimed Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. But the summer of not-E3 announcements has come and gone without mention of the release, leading many to...
Rumour Sony Wants Warner Bros' Gaming Assets, Like Mortal Kombat
As management upheaval continues
Warner Bros is going through a period upheaval, and apparently that’s got Sony sniffing. To be honest, website SEScoops may not be the most recognisable website, but it’s citing sources which claim the Japanese manufacturer is interested in scooping up its new WB Streaming and Studios business, which is being...
News PS6's Rumoured Handheld Is Getting More Tangible by the Day
Specced out
Tech experts Digital Foundry have compiled a fresh wave of rumours regarding PS6’s rumoured handheld option, which is looking more and more like a tangible upcoming product by the day. Despite being potentially years away, the speculation comes courtesy of KeplerL2, a highly reliable AMD leaker who revealed many of the PS5 Pro’s...
Rumour Gears of War PS5's Blu-ray Will Include the Full Game on the Disc
A rarity for Microsoft
It’s a sign of the times that this headline exists at all! But Xbox has proven that it doesn’t give a hoot about physical media anymore, despite mouthpiece Phil Spencer saying his company is supportive of the sector a little over a year ago. As you’ll no doubt be aware, the PS5 versions of DOOM: The Dark Ages and...
Rumour Data Miner Claims to Have Found Evidence of Halo on PS Store
Is it Chief you're looking for?
Of Xbox's big trio of exclusive franchises, Halo is the final one yet to come to PlayStation — but according to one person's claims, that could change pretty quickly. Data miner @grunt.api says they have discovered evidence of a Halo game on PS Store's backend: "A Halo g
Rumour Red Dead Redemption 2 PS5 Version Is Real, Out This Year
Along with a Switch 2 version
The possibility of a PS5 version for Red Dead Redemption 2 just became a bit more realistic, as the very reliable leaker NateTheHate has claimed in his latest predictions podcast that a next-gen version of the Rockstar open worlder is in the works. On the podcast, he said: "Those rumours are true. Red Dead Redemption 2...
Rumour New Cyberpunk 2077 DLC Is Incoming, Developer Leak Suggests
Night City never sleeps
There's something going on with Cyberpunk 2077 — and we're not just talking about the game's imminent Nintendo Switch 2 port (although that might be part of the deal). So, in brief, there's now reason to believe that Cyberpunk 2077 is getting some kind of DLC. To be clear, we don't think this is another expansion ala...
News Resident Evil 9 PS5 Reveal This Week, It's Claimed
That's a State of Play announcement
The next mainline entry in the Resident Evil series will be revealed at some point this week, reliable leaker NateTheHate has claimed. Initially reported by MP1st, it was suggested that Resident Evil 9, as it's colloquially called, will be confirmed this week, during one of the many livestreams that make up
Rumour Greek God of War Game Is a 2.5D Metroidvania
Smaller scale project in the works
With a new State of Play livestream confirmed for Wednesday, 4th June, speculation over whether the heavily rumoured new God of War game set in Greece will appear has kicked into gear. Though its presence in the show isn't mentioned, both Tom Henderson of Insider Gaming and the Giant Bomb journalist Jeff Grubb...
Rumour New Cyberpunk 2077 PS5 Patch Will Release Alongside Switch 2 Version
One more time
Another update for Cyberpunk 2077 may be incoming, based on pretty interesting findings via the open world RPG's imminent Switch 2 release. This rumour comes straight from the cyberpunkgame subreddit, where eagle-eyed users spotted an intriguing detail in some recent gameplay footage, taken from the aforementioned Switch 2 version of...
Rumour A BioShock Announcement Is Inbound, and It's a Return to Rapture
What a shock
One of the most iconic games of the last 20 years is BioShock, and it seems as though 2K Games may be planning to announce a new project in this acclaimed series. That's according to MP1st, which claims to have obtained information about a new BioShock something to be announced in the coming months. Apparently, whatever the project...
News Starfield Should Still Come to PS5 in 2025, and It'll Be in Its Best Shape Yet
Short turnaround between reveal and release
With Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2, Gears of War: Reloaded, and The Outer Worlds 2 already announced for a PS5 release later in the year, Microsoft's multi-platform efforts are now in full swing. One of the long-rumoured Xbox to PS5 ports is Starfield, and according to new claims, the Bethesda RPG is still on...
Rumour Assassin's Creed Shadows Co-Op Mode Still In Development, First Expansion Targets September
Shadowy business
Assassin's Creed Shadows' long rumoured co-op mode is apparently still in the works, with the intention being to release it as part of the game's ongoing post-launch support. This is based on a fresh report from the ever-reliable Insider Gaming. Sources close to the open world title's development say that Shadows' team has been...
Rumour Bungie Targeting a Top Five 2025 Title with Marathon
Good luck
According to well-connected Bungie beat reporter Paul Tassi, the Sony studio has placed massive expectations on Marathon. Speaking as part of a video in which he outlines all the problems facing the upcoming extraction shooter, he said that he heard the game “needed to be in the top five of NPD sales for the year if it’s going to be a...
News Rumours of a Red Dead Redemption 2 PS5 Version Swirl Again
Alongside a Switch 2 version, apparently
One of the most unexplainable things of the PS5 generation so far is how Red Dead Redemption 2 has never been given a current-gen patch. It's perfectly playable on PS5 in backwards compatibility, but you're locked to 30 frames-per-second and an inferior resolution compared to what's available on Xbox Series...
Rumour New PS5 Pro Update Could Give Frame Rates and Resolutions a Massive Boost
Back to the PSSR
If a new rumour is to be believed, Sony is prepping a significant PS5 Pro update that could push game performance through the roof. PSSR, the AI-driven upscaling software that's always been a key PS5 Pro feature, is at the crux of these supposed enhancements. According to in-the-know YouTube tech channel Moore's Law Is Dead (as...
News PS5 Fans Furious As Microsoft Ships DOOM: The Dark Ages with Just 85MB on the Disc
Stop us if you've heard this one before
DOOM: The Dark Ages, the upcoming medieval shooter from maker id Software, may be the latest Bethesda outing to enforce a download on its boxed copies. You may recall Indiana Jones and the Great Circle’s physical edition also required a significant download, with just 20GB of data included on the disc...
Rumour Six Years of Assassin's Creed RPGs, Remakes, Multiplayer Games Planned at Ubisoft
Not-so-hidden blades
We hope you like Assassin's Creed, because it sounds like you'll be seeing a lot more of it over the next few years. Ubisoft has apparently mapped out the next six years of the franchise, breaking it up between tentpole 'RPG' games, remakes of older titles, and multiplayer-focused projects. This is according to the...
News Concern Call of Duty Could Be About to Paywall Gameplay Modes
Pay or play
A fresh rumour has Call of Duty fans concerned Activision could be about to lock certain gameplay modes behind a paywall. The speculation – which stems from serial series leaker TheGhostofHope – claims the company is planning to lock season time-limited modes behind its Battle Pass, meaning even if you own the game, you may not...
News Rumoured Chrono Trigger Remake Hasn't Been Leaked After All
Trigger'd
Well, this isn't a story that we were expecting to write up on a quiet Friday evening! According to multiple people who attended Comicon Naples earlier today, a panel featuring Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii has outed the existence of a Chrono Trigger remake. Attendees report that Horii simply mentioned the supposed remake, before his...
News PS Plus Essential Game for May 2025 Possibly Leaked Early
Perfect product promotion
The landing page for PS Plus on PS5 may have accidentally leaked an upcoming game addition for its base tier PS Plus Essential. The PS5 remaster of Until Dawn has been spotted as being promoted as a "Monthly Game", which means it's coming to PS Plus Essential. The PS Plus Essential lineup for May 2025 is scheduled to be...
Rumour Until Dawn Dev's Unannounced Blade Runner PS6, PS5 Game Cancelled
Time... to die
Until Dawn developer Supermassive Games was apparently working on an unannounced PS6 and PS5 game based on the Blade Runner universe — but the project has now been cancelled. According to a fresh scoop from Insider Gaming, the title entered pre-production back in September of last year, and the plan was to get everything up and...
Rumour Ubisoft Still Chasing Live Service with New Battle Royale Now in Development
Scouting things out
Ubisoft has a new battle royale game in development, reportedly. According to Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson — who, we must reiterate, has an immaculate track record when it comes to the French publisher — this project is "heavily inspired" by Respawn Entertainment's Apex Legends. Its working title is apparently 'Scout',...
Rumour New PlayStation Portable Capable of Playing PS5 Games at Lower Resolutions
The whole world in your hands
As you may have already heard, rumour has that Sony is working on two new pieces of hardware: the inevitable PS6 and a new portable platform capable of natively playing your PS5 library. While the latter certainly sounds pie in the sky at first blush, it’s actually a story with credibility. Various well-connected...
News PS5's Worst Kept Secret Could Now Be Days Away
Bitter Oblivion
You’ve already heard about Bethesda’s Oblivion remake because we’ve written about it several times at this point. Several relatively reliable industry insiders have teased an April release for the title, and now Giant Bomb’s Jeff Grubb has said we can expect it at some point during the week commencing 21st April. That’s...
Rumour Gears of War Could Finally Be Revealed for PS5 at the Xbox Showcase
Fenix rising
PS5 fans who’ve spent generations itching for some active reload action on the DualSense may finally get their wish at the Xbox Showcase, as connected leaker extas1s says he expects a bundle featuring the original Xbox 360 trilogy to be announced during the event. We’ve been hearing for quite some time tha
News Oblivion PS5 Remake Rumours Are Relentless, Claims of April Shadow Drop
Reveal and release all at once
Claims of a PS5 remake for RPG classic The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion simply won't go away, as another rumour adds to the speculation of an April 2025 announcement and release all at once in the form of a shadow drop. Discussing on his daily gaming news podcast, Giant Bomb member Jeff Grubb (via VGC) added to the...
Rumour New Deus Ex Game Pitched, But Publishers Aren't Biting
Ex'd
Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided developer Eidos Montreal has apparently been pitching a new Deus Ex title to various partners and publishers — but no one's taken it on yet. This is the story from Insider Gaming, who say that the downsized studio was (and possibly still is) putting this project forward on a regular...
Rumour An XCOM-Like Rainbow Six Spin-Off Is in the Works for PS5
Breach
Ubisoft's Rainbow Six franchise exists almost exclusively as the evergreen Rainbow Six: Siege these days, but the publisher is reportedly gearing up to branch the property out into an entirely new genre. According to Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson — who quite clearly has credible sources at Ubisoft — a tactical, turn-based Rainbow Six...
Rumour Oblivion Remake About to Be Revealed as Old Oblivion Listings Are Updated
Here we go
We've going to be very happy when the supposed Oblivion remake is finally announced. Not because it's actually real, but because we won't have to cover these increasingly tedious rumours. The latest 'insider' information to do the rounds originates on social media (of course). A user by the name of Detective Seeds — who, to be fair,...
Rumour New Trails Game Announcement Incoming as English 'Trails Beyond the Horizon' Name Is Leaked
NIS one
Falcom enthusiasts have reason to believe that a localisation announcement for Kai no Kiseki: Farewell, O Zemuria — the sequel to Trails through Daybreak 2 — is imminent. Kai no Kiseki has been available in Japan since last year, and its localisation here in 2025 would mean that the west will actually be caught up with the series. As...
Rumour New God of War PS5 Game Returns to Greece This Year
Said to be a "side-story project"
Sony has a completely new God of War PS5 game up its sleeve that sees Kratos return to Greece, and it's releasing later this year, new claims suggest. As the franchise's 20th-anniversary (22nd March) comes and goes with just God of War Ragnarok armour and skins, a tribute video, and merch, Jeff Grubb of Giant Bomb...
Rumour Oblivion PS5 Remake Releasing Next Month Appears More and More Likely
Update: Original leaker shares more
A PS5 remake of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion from Bethesda appears to be an inevitability at this point, and according to leaker NateTheHate and VGC, we won't have to wait long to play it. Rumours surrounding the project from earlier this year pointed towards a June 2025 launch, but in a new VGC report, it is...
News PS6 Could Be the Only High-End Next-Gen Console, As New Xbox Touted to Be a 'PC in Essence'
Update: Massive report reveals Microsoft's plans
Recent comments from Windows Central's executive editor Jez Corden have sparked discussion about when Xbox's next-gen console will emerge, and more interestingly, what exactly it will be. Speaking on an episode of the Xbox Two Podcast, Corden responds to rumours that Call of Duty studios already have...
Rumour Gears of War's PS5 Debut May Be Missing Multiplayer Modes
Fenix down
Gears of War is almost certainly set to make its PS5 debut this year, with multiple rumourmongers claiming some kind of remastered trilogy will be announced for Sony’s system this summer. However, there could be a catch: it may be missing competitive multiplayer. Writing on X (or Twit
Rumour Far Cry Multiplayer Shooter Has Been 'Rebooted' as Ubisoft Turmoil Continues
Far Crying
Ubisoft has effectively pulled the plug on a yet-to-be-announced Far Cry project — a multiplayer extraction shooter that's apparently been "rebooted" following an internal review. This leak comes via the ever-reliable Insider Gaming, and suggests that, once again, Ubisoft is really struggling to align its business at present. We first...
News Could the Next Xbox Get a Head Start on PS6?
Rumourmonger claims devkits are already out
A rumour doing the rounds on social media today claims the next Call of Duty is currently in development at Infinity Ward, and will release in 2026 on various platforms – including a supposed next-gen Xbox. The rumourmonger, TheGhostofNoHope, is said to be well-connected when it comes to the...
Rumour Gears of War Collection Will Be Revealed for PS5 This Summer
Launching day and date on Sony's system
A collection of classic Gears of War games will introduce PS5 owners to the franchise this year, according to well-connected Spanish tipster eXtas1s. The snoop also accurately revealed Forza Horizon 5 for Sony’s system, among others, so clearly has some knowledge of Microsoft’s plans. In a
News God of War Remasters Could Be Coming to PS5 as Series Celebrates 20th Anniversary
News next month?
God of War will celebrate its 20th anniversary next month, as the inaugural game in the storied series first launched on PS2 all the way back on 22nd March, 2005. It’s almost certain Sony will mark the occasion in some way, and some fans believe ports of Kratos’ classic Greek escapades could be imminent. Currently, only God of...
Rumour Rocksteady's Next Single-Player Game Based on Batman Beyond, May Be a PS5 Exclusive
Sounds too good to be true
A rumour linked to allegedly accurate leaker Lunatic Ignus has started spreading. It follows a report from Bloomberg's Jason Schreier that developer Rocksteady is looking to return to the world of single-player Batman. Word on these lawless, unverified stree
Rumour Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 Will Launch on PS5 During Xbox's Summer Showcase
Shadow drop incoming?
There's no smoke without fire, and it seems the blaze is getting bigger. We're now hearing rumours about the unannounced Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4, which will allegedly be simultaneously announced and released in June. This comes from known leaker eXtas1s, speaking in a recent YouTube video. According to eXstas1s, Tony...
Rumour One of Sony's Last PS5 Live Service Games Fairgames Out in 2026
Will it get a fair shot?
Following numerous cancellations, we're probably now at a point where you could count the number of PS5 live-service games Sony has in the works on one hand. Fairgame$ from Haven Studio and Bungie game Marathon are two of them, but it's been suggested the former needs more time. According to Giant Bomb journalist Jeff Grubb,...
