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News Sony's PlayStation Awards Show 2019 Will Be Broadcast Live Next Week, Seemingly in English
Congrats
The PlayStation Awards 2019 will be livestreamed on PlayStation's official YouTube channel, it seems. We've had no word on this, by the way -- the scheduled stream has only just popped up on the website. In years past, the PlayStation Awards have been Japanese events where developers and their games are celebrated. This year, however, it...
News Learn More About God of War's Development with New Podcast from Santa Monica Studio
Worlds Collide
Santa Monica Studio, the developer behind PlayStation 4's excellent God of War, is opening up even more about how the game was made. After creating a two-hour behind the scenes documentary earlier this year (which is well worth watching), members of the team have gathered to talk shop in a new podcast mini series. It's called Worlds...
Talking Point What Free December 2019 PS Plus Game Do You Want?
When will December 2019's PS Plus lineup be revealed?
What’s the December 2019 PlayStation Plus lineup? And when will the December 2019 PS Plus lineup be announced? Sony's subscription service has been on a good run, with some really top software on offer lately. However, with Christmas right around the corner, members will be hoping the platform...
Random Death Stranding Instagram Filter Lets You Cry Tar in Moody Selfies
Social strands
Are you looking to stand out on Instagram? Maybe freak out your friends, or post a particularly moody pic? What better way to do all of these things than with a Death Stranding filter? Yes, if you follow this link and open it in Instagram on your device of choice, you'll unlock a special filter that puts you in the broken world of...
News Hey Look, a Black Friday Advert Has Appeared on the PS4's Dashboard
But you can get rid of it pretty easily
Black Friday is kicking off across the web, and that includes Sony's own PlayStation Store sale. A metric ton of PS4 games are going cheap on the digital storefront, and it's a sale well worth checking out. In fact, Sony really doesn't want you to miss out on all the bargain-hunting fun. A big ol' Black Friday...
News Dreams Gets Australian Rating - Is a PS4 Release Date Imminent?
Dream come true?
Ratings boards can occasionally preempt exciting news. It's not terribly uncommon for a previously unannounced game to be rated ahead of the official reveal, or the announcement of a release date. Forgive us, then, for this latest development on one of PlayStation 4's most exciting exclusives, Dreams. It's been available in early...
News New The Last of Us 2 Concept Art Is Stunningly Stylised
Four new pieces
The Last of Us: Part II is a game that wouldn't look out of place on a fan's bedroom wall alongside movie and music posters. Beautifully realistic and gritty, it's the sort of experience that translates well into physical art. Developer Naughty Dog clearly recognises that as it has revealed a new partnership with art gallery Cook and...
News PS Store's Black Friday Bonanza Kicks Off Tomorrow, PS Plus Subs Reduced
'Tis the season of spending
Black Friday 2019 won’t officially get underway until next week, but don’t think that’s going to stop your corporate overlords from getting the jump on the commercial holiday and squeezing every dollar out of your tightly sealed wallet early. Unsurprisingly, the PlayStation Store is getting in on the action from...
News Cloud Saves Need to Improve on PS5, Says PlayStation Community
Save cap needs to go
Cloud saves on PlayStation 4 are just about serviceable at best, aren't they? Uploaded in the background while you're playing the latest game, it's never too much of a hassle. That'll all well and good, but reports have come and gone over the past five years of community struggles when you really start to dig into the feature...
News Sony Promotes PS4 Remote Play During Google Stadia Launch Week
Play anywhere
Sony’s already combated Google Stadia by significantly dropping the price of PlayStation Now and adding tentpole titles like God of War and Grand Theft Auto V, but the platform holder’s also eager to point out that you can play PlayStation 4 around the house using Remote Play. The manufacturer recently upgraded this feature, of...
News Cancelled PS3 Exclusive Eight Days Pitched as 'Greatest Action Movie' on Consoles
John Travolta and Halle Berry approached
Eight Days, The Getaway 3, and Agent are three cancelled PS3 exclusives that still sting the heart of the PlayStation faithful to this day. With none seeing the light of day in the previous generation, it's the SCE London Studio-fronted title Eight Days that we actually saw the most of prior to its scrapping...
Rumour PS5 Release Date and Price Allegedly Leaked, But It's Just Some Guy on Twitter
False alarm
A Twitter user has stated a supposed release date and price of the PlayStation 5. This rumour is being reported by other outlets as a leak, and the date and price are being touted as fact. The truth is that this isn't fact -- it's one person's best guess. The account @PSErebus, framing itself as an "insider", is reporting on when Sony...
News PSVR Titles Grab an Impressive Four Nominations at The Game Awards
A good night for the headset
Death Stranding may be about to get all the attention at The Game Awards next month thanks to a whopping nine nominations across eight different categories, but that's not the only place where Sony is cleaning house. As part of the Best VR/AR Game, PlayStation VR titles ma
Random Trophy Hunter Creates Mural Dedicated to His Past 200 Platinums
That's a lot of gongs
Do you remember your very first Platinum Trophy? Reddit user eblackham does -- it was Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time on PS3. That's because the man in question is very much a dedicated Trophy hunter with more than 200 Platinums to his name. To celebrate the landmark moment, and look back on the past decade of PlayStation,...
News PS4's Five Years of UK Dominance Looks Like It's Coming to an End as Switch Takes the Lead
About time?
Since its launch in late 2013, the PlayStation 4 has dominated the UK market. Sony's system has been the best selling console in the UK for the last five years running, but it's starting to look like the ageing king's reign is finally coming to an end. As GamesIndustry reports, the Nintendo Switch is currently the UK's top seller, and...
News Death Stranding Dominates The Game Awards 2019 with 9 Nominations
Kojima wipes the floor
The nominees for next month's Game Awards, hosted by Geoff Keighley, have just been announced and it looks set to be a very big night for Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding. The PlayStation 4 console-exclusive has received nine nominations across a total of eight different categories, including the all-important Game of the Year...
News PS5 Will Save You Lots and Lots of Time
Speed demon
Playing games on the PlayStation 4 is not as immediate as it should be, and Sony has made a point of stressing that the PlayStation 5 will function faster than its predecessor. We’ve already seen elements of this: Marvel’s Spider-Man, for example, loads in under one second on the next-gen console, compared to over 15 seconds on the...
Deal Sony Reveals Black Friday Discounts on PS4 Consoles, Games, PS Plus, and More
It's that time again
Can you feel that? Those tremors in the ground? That's the ominous approach of frugal shoppers stampeding to stores for Black Friday. It's coming, everyone, and nothing can stop it. We may as well just ride the storm. Of course, playing its part in the swirling vortex of bargains and elbows in the ribs will be Sony, as it aims...
News Days Gone 2 Could Happen as Sony Bend Wants to Continue Exploring Its World
Not gone yet
Days Gone may not have been a huge hit with critics but the PlayStation 4 exclusive has enjoyed an impressive amount of success with the wider market -- and that's what counts when it comes to pitching sequels. Speaking to GamesRadar after Days Gone won PlayStation 4 Game of the Year at The Golden Joystick awards, technical director...
Rumour PS5 Controller Removes Light Bar
Let there be no light
The PlayStation 5's controller -- supposedly named the DualShock 5 -- will ditch the light bar that was introduced with the DualShock 4. That's according to a freshly uncovered Sony patent that shows clearly labelled drawings of the next-gen device. As you can see, the PS5 edition doesn't seem to have a light
News PS5 Controller Looks a Lot Like DualShock 4 in New Patent
Bigger triggers, smaller thumbsticks
In recent Wired articles discussing next year's PlayStation 5, the all-new controller that will ship with the console has been described as looking a lot like the current Dualshock 4 pad. Now, a newly uncovered design on the official Japanese patent website has given us our firs
News Days Gone Is PlayStation Game of the Year at This Year's Golden Joystick Awards
Trophy unlocked!
The Golden Joystick Awards 2019 wrapped up over the weekend, and this year's winners have been announced. The annual, public-voted awards ceremony took place on Friday evening, and we can now see which games took home those hefty-looking trophies. Days Gone was nominated in four categories, and rides away with two wins; Best...
News PlayStation and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Will Cross Paths in Upcoming Tournament
Wait, what?
It seems even PlayStation can't resist the allure of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Japanese gaming mag Famitsu has arranged a corporate tournament for a bunch of the country's top businesses, and among the competitors will be a team from Sony's gaming platform. As you can see in the above video, PlayStation joins seven other companies...
News Crash Bandicoot Buses Invade Britain
Time to play
Crash Bandicoot buses are popping up all over the UK, as part of a massive PlayStation promotion in the nation. The gigantic banner advertisements feature a fresh render of the contrary ‘coot, complete with the slogan ‘It’s Time to Play’. There are similar liveries being used throughout the country featuring Kratos, too. Of...
Poll One Week Later, What Review Score Would You Give Death Stranding?
Make a connection
It's been one whole week since Death Stranding launched on PlayStation 4. Hideo Kojima's latest has sparked debate after debate all across the internet, and it continues to do so. The game received very positive critical reviews -- for the most part -- but the title's had its detractors since the moment it was revealed. That said,...
News No, Microsoft Has Just Revived the Studio Acquisition Wars
Top Trumps
Update: The studio acquisition wars are over? Far from it, as contrary to the comments in the original iteration of this article, Xbox chief Phil Spencer has admitted that Microsoft is still actively seeking out new studios to purchase. Fortunately, the suit pointed out that this isn’t a game of Top Trumps, like some fans seem to...
News Next Xbox Will Match PS5 Price and Power, Says Microsoft
Let the battle begin
Speculation surrounding Sony and Microsoft's next generation consoles continues to grow. Although we know a decent amount about the PlayStation 5 and the next Xbox, there are still a number of key questions that need to be answered. No doubt the most common of these questions is to do with cost -- what are we going to be paying...
News New PSVR Ad Takes You Hostage and Welcomes an Alien Invasion
Live the game
PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan said that the hardware manufacturer has plans to support PlayStation VR across the Black Friday and Christmas seasons, and it already looks like that commitment is taking shape in the form of a new ad for the virtual reality headset. As seen above, the most successful VR device on the market abducts you in the...
News PS5 Concept Video Shows What One Retailer Thinks the Console Will Look Like
PlayStation Fünf
What will the PS5 look like? It's a question we won't know the answer to until sometime next year, but where's the harm in having a good guess? European retail chain MediaMarkt Saturn has taken a stab at producing a concept for Sony's next-gen machine, and you can see the results for yourself in the above video (thanks,...
News Mark Wahlberg Joins Cast of Uncharted Movie That's Never Going to Happen
Come on, pack it up folks
This Uncharted movie, huh? We've been writing about the big-screen adaptation of Nathan Drake for the best part of a decade now, and this thing still hasn't made any meaningful progress. Spider-Man himself, Tom Holland, is signed up to play the role of the franchise's protagonist, but now another star has joined the...
News Death Stranding Climbs to the Top of the Japanese Sales Charts
Nice work, Sam
Another week, another first place finish for PlayStation software in Japan. Following on from Persona 5 Royal's impressive performance last week, Death Stranding has ascended to the summit of the latest sales charts according to Famitsu. The PS4 exclusive moved around 186,000 physical copies, which was more than enough to secure the...
Rumour Did the Release Date for Dreams Just Get Leaked by ShopTo?
Happy Valentine's Day
Update: The ShopTo tweet revealing what could be the release date of Dreams has been deleted. Is Sony about to make an announcement? Original Story: Well, this made us sit up and pay attention on a quiet Wednesday afternoon. Online retailer ShopTo just tweeted out about Dreams, the PlayStation 4 exclusive creation engine...
News Death Stranding Patch 1.05 Available Now on PS4
Improved performance
The patches and updates for Death Stranding have been coming thick and fast ever since its launch last week, and you'll have one more to download when you next boot up your PlayStation 4. Patch 1.05 has arrived, but what it has actually done to the game remains a bit vague. Weighing in at just over 1GB, the patch notes simply...
News Naughty Dog Has 'Big Ambitions' for Its Next Multiplayer Project
Factions incoming?
Despite the fact that The Last of Us' multiplayer offering on both PS3 and PlayStation 4 was considered a fairly major success, its sequel is dropping all online functionality. The Last of Us: Part II is a completely single player experience, much to the disappointment of many. However, we know that developer Naughty Dog is...
Rumour Is the Recently Patented PlayStation Cartridge Upgradable SSD Storage for PS5?
Report suggests cartridges may be for system storage
A couple of days ago, LetsGoDigital managed to get hold of another PlayStation related patent. This time, it seems Sony has listed an interesting cartridge device, but what is this thing's purpose? We already know the PS5 will have a 4K Blu-ray drive for phy
Talking Point Is the PS4's Final Year of Relevance in Danger of Becoming Overhyped?
Let's all calm down for a second
Let's not beat around the bush here. Besides Death Stranding, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and Resident Evil 2, 2019 has been a poor year for major video game releases on PlayStation 4. The AAA space has seen the likes of ANTHEM's disappointment and seemingly big titles come and go without an ounce of post-launch...
Rising up
You know that training montage right near the start of Horizon: Zero Dawn? It's a quick and effective way to show the growth of main character Aloy. She goes from being an energetic kid to a capable hunter in the space of just a few minutes, but you know what's even more impressive? The fact that Survivor's 'Eye of the Tiger' syncs up...
News Hideo Kojima Reckons There's a Reason Death Stranding Didn't Connect with American Critics
"Flies higher than an FPS"
Death Stranding’s reviews are nowhere near as divisive as they’ve been painted to be, but the game did come under intense scrutiny from some American publications, namely IGN and Giant Bomb. While the criticism hasn’t come exclusively from US-based media – British magazine EDGE outright refused to review it, for ex
News No, This Isn't a New WipEout on PS4
Dreams strikes again
Not a week goes by that we don't spot at least one impressive creation made in Media Molecule's Dreams. This time, we've been wowed by SlidEout 3019 by PlayStation 4 user Gauffreman -- a clear love letter to Sony's WipEout series. If you're not convinced by the above screenshot -- which already shows the ridiculous attention to...
News Sony Files Patent for Curious New Cartridge
Tomorrow is in your hands?
Sony has filed a patent for a curious new cartridge in Brazil, raising speculation about the nature of the product it’s designed for. The last cartridge-based console that the company released was the ill-fated PS Vita, and with the PlayStation 5 already confirmed to include a 4K Blu-ray drive, it’s unlikely to be...
Opinion Maligned PlayStation Chief Jim Ryan Is Silencing His Critics
Pipe down
PlayStation boss Jim Ryan is not a pantomime villain, but that’s what he’s been portrayed to be. The executive – guilty of toeing the company line on cross-play, for example – has long been the butt of enthusiast gamers’ jokes. His biggest slip-up? An off-the-cuff remark about the original PSone Gran Turismo playable next to the...
News Sony's Worldwide Studios Celebrate the Release of Death Stranding with Brilliant Artwork
Decima pals
Sony's own development studios are pretty well known for congratulating each other whenever one of their games launches, and it seems some Worldwide Studios teams are treating Kojima Productions the same way. Death Stranding is out today on PlayStation 4, and to celebrate, the likes of Guerrilla Games and Sucker Punch Productions have...
News Don't Worry, Death Stranding Runs and Looks Great on the Base PS4
Every bit as good as the Pro version
There had been some concern a few months back that the base PlayStation 4 model was being left behind as the likes of Control and Borderlands 3 ran poorly on the 2013 hardware. Now, Sony's biggest first-party release of 2019 is here, and it turns out that Death Stranding runs just as well as it does on the PS4...
Poll Should Sony Work with Hideo Kojima Again?
What's next for Kojima Productions?
Death Stranding is out today, bringing a conclusion to one of the most prestigious partnerships in games. Sony bent over backwards for Hideo Kojima, providing him with the source code to Guerrilla Games’ Decima Engine and a budget big enough to produce a title with a bunch of Hollywood stars. Nevertheless, the...
News Games Are So Beautiful on PS4 Pro You'll Flood a City with Your Tears
According to Sony
Remember the good old days of PlayStation's unusual adverts? Mental Wealth sticks out as a particularly weird one, but there are numerous examples you could dig up. This latest promo doesn't quite reach the heights of some of Sony's late 90s classics, but it's still one of the stranger ads we've seen for PS4. More specifically,...
News PlayStation Needs to Evolve to Keep Pace with How People Play, Says Sony
Change is an opportunity
“It’s human nature to view change as a risk, but change is every bit an opportunity,” PlayStation boss Jim Ryan told GamesIndustry.biz. He’s referring to stories regarding upheaval at Sony, which has most recently seen the departure of Shawn Layden and role changes for
Random Don't Get Our Hopes Up for a SOCOM Reboot, Shuhei Yoshida
Retweet sparks speculation
Sony's Shuhei Yoshida has just moved into a new role at PlayStation that will see him working with independent developers ahead of the PS5's launch, but in his spare time, he clearly enjoys creating waves on Twitter. He is certainly one to retweet and promote community creations, reviews, and interesting Sony-focused...
News Death Stranding Save Data Can Balloon in Size If You Don't Keep It in Check
So many autosaves
The way Death Stranding manages its save data is... Unique, to say the least. The vast, vast majority of games on PlayStation 4 rack up maybe three or four autosaves at a time and let you create a bunch of manual saves if that's what you prefer. Standard stuff. But for whatever reason, Death Stranding has a habit of creating loads...
News Of Course Death Stranding Is Getting Review Bombed on Metacritic
What a bunch of BBs
Oh for God's sake, this again? For some reason, quite a few people on the internet have decided that Hideo Kojima's a hack and that he deserves some hate. It's a weirdly convoluted narrative that we've watched develop over the course of Death Stranding's development, and now that the game is here, detractors seem to be out in...
News Sony: Our Exclusives Are Too Special and Valuable to Giveaway Day One with PS Now
On another level to Xbox
No one is going to argue against the value of Xbox’s Game Pass service, but Sony and Microsoft are in different places with their first-party games. While the former has been breaking long-standing records all generation long with releases like Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, God of War, and Marvel’s Spider-Man, the Team...
