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News The Final Fantasy 9 Remake Rumours Return Following Kingdom Hearts 4 Confirmation
Tantalusing
Right, we need to talk about Final Fantasy IX Remake again, because the rumours have well and truly returned. This supposed remake first popped up in the now infamous Nvidia leak, which outed loads of potential video game projects. Just after the leak happened in September of last year, Nvidia came out and confirme
News Could the Shenmue 4 Dream Still Be Alive?
Hints and teases happening
Shenmue 3 was a strange game in hindsight. While this author was rather enamoured with its commitment to the legendary series’ plodding pacing, there’s no doubt that it failed to meaningfully move the franchise’s narrative forward – a bizarre decision, considering just how long we waited to play the threequel...
Rumour New Need for Speed Is Current-Gen Only, Leaving PS4 in the Dust
Reportedly no longer cross-gen
Did you forget a new Need for Speed is on the way? We wouldn't blame you; it was confirmed to be in development in June 2020, with only the briefest of glimpses at EA Play Live. We've heard next to nothing since — save for some super early leaked footage — but it's apparently heading our way towards the end of this...
Rumour A New Ghost Recon Game That Isn't Frontline Is in Development
Ain't afraid of new Ghost
Apparently, Ubisoft has a new Ghost Recon game in development — a game that isn't Ghost Recon Frontline. This is according to a report from Kotaku, which cites anonymous sources. Supposedly, this new project is codenamed 'OVER', and it was part of the big Nvidia leak that happened back in Septembe
Rumour Ubisoft's Making a Hero Shooter Battle Royale Codenamed Pathfinder
Here we are again
Ubisoft's at it again! The French publisher is reportedly developing a new battle royale game, possibly codenamed Pathfinder. This is according to industry tipster Tom Henderson, who writes that gameplay will be team-based, with groups attempting to reach the middle of the map in order to fight a big AI boss. The premise sounds...
Rumour PS Plus PS5, PS4 Games for April 2022 Leaked Early
Dealabs strikes again
Three things are certain in life: death, taxes, and Dealabs leaking the PlayStation Plus lineup each month. Yes, once again, the French retailer has apparently gained early knowledge of Sony's PS Plus games, meaning we now know April's lineup with near certainty. So, what are they? According to Dealabs, April 2022's PS Plus...
News Temper Your Enthusiasm for Huge Week of PlayStation News
The state of play
Update: Well, well, well. As the infamous WaddleDeeKnows taught us recently, always consider pumping the brakes before you buy into the latest Twitter rumour. After huge hype on social media over the weekend – and throughout the morning, too – Kinda Funny Games host Greg Miller has ever so slightly walked back his tweet about...
News Xbox Game Pass Inspired PS Plus Reboot Reveal Rumoured with Splashy Lineup of Games
Announcement potentially incoming next week
Update: Additional insight on Sony’s revamped PS Plus subscription comes courtesy of Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad, who explained on Twitter: “Sony's services revamp isn't looking to compete 1:1 with Xbox Game Pass, and it's leaning into adding additional value through a tiered approach. [It’s]...
News Dozens of New PS5, PS4 Games from Ubisoft Allegedly Outed
Prince of Persia 2D! Immortals 2! The Crew 3!
As many of us realised several years ago, E3 is dead. While organisers ESA continue to dilly-dally over the ongoing relevance of the obviously defunct convention, publishers are plotting their own independent alternatives. One of those companies, allegedly, is Ubisoft, as per industry know-it-all Tom...
News Shaky Sly Cooper PS5 Rumours Intensify, with PixelOpus Attached
The Thievius Raccoonus returns?
Sigh, did WaddleDeeKnows teach us nothing? Mere weeks later and Twitter is once again up to its old tricks, this time with a new Sly Cooper title on the agenda. Unfortunately, for as much as we’d love to see the Thievius Raccoonus return, you’re going to be feeling very thirsty from the sheer amount of salt being...
Rumour PlayStation's Next State of Play Showcase Reportedly Airing This Month
Potentially even later this week
We've been seeing some rumours flying around lately that Sony is preparing to hold a fresh State of Play — or some sort of PlayStation update, anyway — in March. The trouble is there are almost always a few people claiming something of this nature is just around the corner, and it can be hard to discern who...
News PS5, PS4's Revamped PS Plus Sub Allegedly Outlined in Report
"Pretty close to launching"
If this report is accurate, then we’d strongly recommend Sony goes back to the drawing board – and fast. New details have emerged regarding PlayStation’s revamped PS Plus subscription service, which is “pretty close to actually launching”. The problem? It sounds like pretty poor value for money based on what’s...
Rumour PS Plus PS5, PS4 Games for March 2022 Leaked Lineup Changes
Back in business
Update: Dealabs’ esteemed leaker has come through with what now looks to be the final lineup for PS Plus in March 2022. The poster, who’s been sharing Sony’s subscription games for well over a year now, notes that the media picked up on his riddles, although it seems the full lineup is actually as follows:
Rumour Resident Evil 4 Remake Making Changes, Announcement Could Be Soon
Village intro now at night, it's reported
It's been a while since we heard anything about the rumoured remake of Resident Evil 4, but a new report from Fanbyte suggests the project is making some changes to the beloved game. Citing sources speaking to the website, Imran Khan (who accurately reported on Xenoblade Chronicles 3 long before its...
Rumour Final Fantasy 9 Remake, Final Fantasy Tactics Remaster, and Many More Could Be Real After All
The huge NVIDIA leak is back
Remember when that big NVIDIA leak in September last year had everyone salivating over crazy-sounding projects like 'Final Fantasy IX Remake' and 'Final Fantasy Tactics Remaster'? Well, they may not be so crazy after all. We're obviously six months down the line now, and revisiting the leak has sparked a whole new round...
Rumour New, Smaller Assassin's Creed Game Will Focus on Stealth in Late 2022 or 2023
Abandons open world formula
Ubisoft has a new Assassin's Creed game in development, according to a fresh report from Bloomberg's ever-reliable Jason Schreier. Sources say that this title — codenamed Rift — will abandon the open world structure of the most recent Assassin's Creed games, and will focus on stealth-based gameplay. It sounds like...
News PS5's Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Has Allegedly Been Delayed Until 2023
How you doin', pudd'n'?
Months after Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League was pegged with a 2022 release target, Warner Bros has apparently pushed the promising Rocksteady project back. Respected Bloomberg scribe Jason Schreier reports that the title has been quietly delayed internally, and is now ta
Rumour Uncharted May Be Getting a LEGO Set Soon
Golden brick
Rumour has it among dedicated LEGO communities that Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End may be getting its very own set. This would follow in the footsteps of various video game tie-ins, including – famously – Super Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog. According to a post on Brick Fantatics – citing an Instagram insider named Falcon Brick...
News Horizon Forbidden West Leak Is Real, Full Game Could Be Spoiled, Says Report
Aloy, Aloy
Update: According to VGC, the recent Horizon Forbidden West leak is probably real. Sources have told the publication that the full PS4 game — minus some missing art assets — is out there in the wild. This would suggest that the leaked version of Forbidden West is an unfinished build — perhaps a developer build that's somehow been...
Rumour Quantic Dream's Other Upcoming Game Based on Dark Sorcerer Demo
Not a troll, a goblin
Here's a blast from the past. About eight and a half years ago, Sony and Quantic Dream put out a visually stunning tech demo entitled The Dark Sorcerer. This is essentially a short film (embedded above), taking a dark fantasy premise and twisting it with some fourth wall-breaking comedy. While it's not been seen or heard of...
Rumour Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 2 Reveal Planned Prior to E3 2022
Star Wars Celebration seems likely
A sequel to Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order will be announced just prior to E3 2022, gaming sleuth Jeff Grubb reckons. The GamesBeat journalist made the comment on the latest episode of his GiantBomb show GrubbSnax, which is behind a paywall. We will apparently be hearing about the sequel "in a significant way" before...
Rumour The Last of Us Remake Almost Complete, Out This Year
In the second half of 2022
The rumoured remake of PlayStation 3 classic The Last of Us is supposedly nearing completion, so much so that we should expect a PS5 release in the second half of 2022. That's according to online tipster Tom Henderson, who says "multiple people" have shared such information with him. VGC has since backed the clai
News Death Stranding Director's Cut Is Leaping to PC in Spring 2022
PS5 console exclusive making the trek
Update (5/2/22): Publisher 505 Games has now officially confirmed that Death Stranding Director's Cut will be coming to PC. Following on from yesterday's reports, it's now officially happening. The enhanced version of Kojima Productions' strand game will launch simultaneously on Steam and Epic Games Store...
Rumour PS Plus PS5, PS4 Games for January 2022 Leaked Early
Starting the year off big
As is tradition, French deals forum Dealabs has leaked next month's PS Plus lineup well ahead of time. The site has gotten the PS5 and PS4 games included in the service bang on for basically half a year now, so you can essentially take this list as confirmation. According to Dealabs, the January 2022 PS Plus lineup consists...
Rumour Assassin's Creed Valhalla 'Dawn of Ragnarok' Expansion Leaks Ahead of Live Reveal
By Odin's eye
Assassin's Creed Valhalla's 2022 expansion has seemingly leaked just hours after Ubisoft teased its official reveal (set to take place on the 13th December). As compiled on Reddit, the DLC appears to have been outed almost entirely through a Chinese storefront. Several screenshots show Odin — or Hav
Rumour Unannounced Splinter Cell Game Will Be Open World
Likened to Halo Infinite
Hot on the heels of his Assasin's Creed Valhalla DLC claims, online tipster Tom Henderson has potentially shared a look behind the curtain of another Ubisoft title: the currently unannounced Splinter Cell game. Instead of shoehorning protagonist Sam Fisher into every other one of its IPs, Ubisoft is
Rumour Assassin's Creed Valhalla Gets Surprise DLC This Month, 2022 Expansion Is 40 Hours Long
Valhalla's not the end
We didn't think we'd be writing about juicy rumours for Assassin's Creed Valhalla over a year after its release, but that's just how things have panned out for Ubisoft's hugely successful open worlder. According to in-the-know games reporter Tom Henderson, Valhalla is getting a surprise DLC this month, which could be announced...
News New BioShock Set in a Fictional Antarctic City in the 1960s
Ice
Surely an announcement of the next BioShock is imminent? When it rains, it pours – and right now it’s practically sleeting Big Daddy drills. A fresh set of rumours recently pegged the game’s name as BioShock Isolation, and now word comes by way of Sacred Symbols’ Colin Moriarty that the release is set in a fictional Antarctic city in the...
Rumour New PlayStation Subscription Will Give Access to PS1, PS2, PS3, PSP Games
Service will have "tiers"
A new report from Bloomberg says that Sony is planning a to launch a new subscription service that merges PS Plus and PS Now. It's potentially huge news for the PlayStation Nation (yes, we're still writing that), but there are some finer details in the report that make for some very interesting reading. The re
Rumour PS1 JRPG Chrono Cross Really Is Getting a Remaster
It's that time again
Today in rumours that simply refuse to die: PlayStation JRPG Chrono Cross is being remastered, presumably for current or last-gen consoles — or both. Indeed, this gossip has being doing the rounds for months, but the ever-reliable Gematsu has added some much needed weight to the reports. The publication has heard that a...
News Albert Wesker Artwork from Resident Evil 4 Remake Allegedly Leaked
When it rains you need an Umbrella
We told you earlier that the Thanksgiving holiday had brought the rumour-mill to life, and here’s another humdinger: Albert Wesker artwork from Capcom’s apparent Resident Evil 4 Remake, all allegedly leaked by voice actor DC Douglas himself. It’s claimed that the below sketches were sent privately to fans on...
Rumour PS Plus PS5, PS4 Games for December 2021 Leaked Early
It's time for Godfall
PS Plus' selection of PlayStation 5 and PS4 games for December 2021 look to have leaked early, with reliable French website Dealabs getting the jump once more. The free PS5, PS4 games included in December 2021's update aren't due to be announced until 1st December due to the way the dates fall, but the site in question says we...
Rumour Beyond Good and Evil 2 'Still Several Years Away'
Sequel still in development
What's going on over at Ubisoft? Beyond Good & Evil 2, officially announced in 2017, is seemingly no closer to completion today, and recent hearsay suggests it's still nowhere near finished. Tom Henderson, a games journalist who will often post leaks and rumours via Twitter, claimed to have heard that the game is...
Rumour PS Plus November 2021 PS5, PS4 Games Leaked Ahead of Reveal
One PS5, PS4 game confirmed
Update #2 (27th October 2021, 23:00): How many updates will we need to issue until we have the full list of free PS Plus games for the month of November 2021? Sony's latest State of Play showcase came and went, and the company decided to confirm just one of the PS5, PS4 games. That's the brand new title First Class...
Rumour Sackboy: A Big Adventure Is Making the Jump to PC
Unravelled
Sackboy: A Big Adventure could be the next PlayStation exclusive to arrive on PC. References to the game's original codename — 'Project Marmalade' — have been found on Steam's database, and the title was also included in the infamous GeForce Now leak, which was picked apart earlier this year. However, these traces have apparently just...
Rumour Mafia: Definitive Edition, Celeste Coming to PS Now
Final Fantasy IX also on deck
You’ve already seen the November 2021 PS Plus rumour, but the same French source has also teased what we can expect from PS Now next month as well. While this obviously isn’t watertight and should be approached with some degree of scepticism, clearly this poster’s knowledge of Sony’s subscriptions is second to...
News Warner Bros Allegedly Making Brawler with Fred Flinstone, Gandalf, and Batman
Shaggy from Scooby-Doo also on deck
Want a loopy rumour to kick your week off in the right way? Warner Bros is allegedly developing a Super Smash Bros-style mascot mash-up featuring characters like Fred Flinstone, Johnny Bravo, Gandalf, and Shaggy. The game – apparently named Multiversus – was initially tagged as NetherRealm Studios’ next...
News First Mainline Splinter Cell in Eight Years Allegedly Enters Production
Intelligence emerges
After shoehorning protagonist Sam Fisher and his iconic night vision goggles into, well, everything, Ubisoft has allegedly given the go-ahead to the first mainline Splinter Cell game in almost a decade. According to “development sources” reported by VGC, the release is in t
News The Last of Us 2 Joins PS Now Alongside Fallout 76, Final Fantasy VIII, and More
Huge lineup for October 2021
Update: Sony has confirmed the PS Now lineup for October 2021, which includes The Last of Us: Part II as previously rumoured. Naughty Dog’s survival horror epic will be available to play until 3rd January, 2021. You’ll be able to stream or download the game to a PlayStation 5 or PS4, and you’ll even get better...
News Sony Allegedly Funding Kojima Productions Silent Hill Game
The story that won't stop
It’s the rumour that just won’t go away: a new Silent Hill game is apparently being bankrolled by Sony, and Death Stranding developer Kojima Productions is allegedly at the helm. Yesterday we reported that Konami is looking to reboot a number of its most popular properties, including Metal Gear Solid and Castlevania. As...
Rumour Konami Planning Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, Castlevania Revivals
Full remake of Snake Eater
Konami is reportedly planning to revive its Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, and Castlevania franchises as it maps a return to the premium game space following an internal restructure at the start of this year. That's according to sources speaking to VGC
Rumour Destruction AllStars Dev at the Wheel for New Twisted Metal Game
Twisted meta
Destruction AllStars developer Lucid is reportedly working on a new Twisted Metal title, according to VGC sources. Rumours of a Twisted Metal rebirth have been doing the rounds for quite some time, and on paper this sounds like a perfect fit. Supposedly, the ne
Rumour PS Plus October 2021 PS5, PS4 Games Have Leaked
War, fighting, and golf
This is becoming a bit of a routine now, isn't it? The weekend before Sony plans to reveal next month's PS Plus titles, French website Dealabs claims to have the scoop. After the site correctly leaked a number of PS Plus line-ups from months past, we think you can put quite a bit of trust in this new prediction. Dealabs says...
News EA Confirms Battlefield 2042 Delay to November
The 19th to be precise
Update: Following the claims made by insiders over the past 24 hours, EA DICE has confirmed Battlefield 2042 will be delayed. The game now releases on 19th November 2021, and an update on the open beta will arrive later this month. Taking to Twitter, the development team said: "Building the next generation of Battlefield...
Feel the GeForce
Update: NVIDIA has now responded to yesterday's possible leak of unannounced games, suggesting many that are part of the list aren't real as they're used for "internal tracking and testing" instead. Courtesy of Wccftech, the company's statement reads: "NVIDIA is aware of an unauthorized published game list, with both released...
News Car Combat Series Twisted Metal Allegedly on the Cusp of a Comeback
Sony bringing back cult classic
A new Twisted Metal game is reportedly in development, and will coincide with Sony’s upcoming television show. The series – which was previously rebooted on PlayStation 3 – is one of the oldest in PlayStation’s first-party portfolio, and while it never really resonated with the European market, is considered...
News There's a Dicey inFAMOUS PS5 Rumour Doing the Rounds
Down the Cole hole
There’s a PlayStation Showcase this week, which means anyone with a Twitter account has heard inside information about the event from their Uncle who works at Sony. We’ve seen tons of stories flying on social media this weekend, including the prospect of a new Marvel title and so much more. The one that seems to have stuck is...
Rumour Uncharted PC Collection Is Probably Real, But Leaked Image Looks Fake
Drake's biggest journey yet?
Something that PlayStation fans will have to get used to is the idea of Sony releasing first-party games on PC. That's just how things roll, now. After the successful launch of Horizon Zero Dawn and Days Gone on Steam and Epic Games Store, Sony has doubled down on this initiative. PC porting house Nixxes is now part of...
Rumour PS Plus September 2021 PS5, PS4 Games Allegedly Leaked
Here we go again
Ah, another PlayStation Plus leak, just in time for the weekend. Ahead of the official PS Plus games reveal which should fall on the 1st September, it looks like next month's lineup has been outed. The source is French site Dealabs, which has been spot on with PS Plus leaks in the past. So what are the games? Well, on PS5, we're...
News Promising PS4 Exclusive WiLD Has Allegedly Been Canned
Hardly WiLD news
Let’s not beat around the bush: WiLD looked incredible. The ambitious open worlder helmed by Michel Ancel and his Wild Sheep Studio was announced as a PlayStation 4 exclusive eons ago, but with the Rayman maker retiring from games and development seemingly stalling for an entire generation, word is that it no longer exists...
