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News PlayStation Propels Sony to Best Q1 Operating Profit Ever
Back in black
Sony is a much healthier company these days, and it’s posted another sturdy financial report pertaining to the three month period which ended on 30th June. PlayStation was once again the biggest financial driver, with the division helping to propel the Japanese giant to its largest Q1 operating profit results of all-time. The gaming...
News Concrete Genie Has a Photo Mode, Includes Ability to Time Lapse Your Process
Picture perfect
There's no denying that Concrete Genie is a very picturesque game -- you need only take a look at our hands-on preview to see the wonderfully colourful screenshots. It's hardly a surprise, then, to learn that Pixelopus is throwing in a Photo Mode, which has become something of a signature feature of Sony's first party titles. We...
Hands On Concrete Genie's Colourful PSVR Experience Could Cure Sadness
Short but sweet
You need to know one thing about being a games writer: publishers will always ask you what you think when you hand them back the controller. In the case of Concrete Genie, the ever-affable folks at Sony wanted our reaction to the title’s PlayStation VR experience, which is included for free alongside the main game. “You’ve...
News Concrete Genie Will Not Support HDR At Launch
But post-launch support possible
Concrete Genie is so gosh darn glitzy that we’ve taken to describing it as HDR: The Game here at Push Square Towers. Consider our surprise, then, when creative director Dom Robilliard informed us during a recent preview event that the title doesn’t even support the nifty new television technology at all. Red...
News Concrete Genie Adds a Lick of Paint to PS4 from 8th October
A happy accident
You’ve read our Concrete Genie preview, right? Of course you have, and now you’re probably wondering when you can play it. PixelOpus confirmed to us during a recent demo event that the full game will drop on 8th October in North America and 9th October in Europe, meaning that it’s just a few months away at this stage. That’s...
Hands On Concrete Genie Plays to the Strengths of Sony's First-Party
Art attack
You’ve never played a game like Concrete Genie before, but this is unmistakably a product of Sony’s first-party. Developed by PixelOpus – a curious mix of game development graduates paired with industry veterans – the third-person adventure sees you painting ethereal monsters onto the walls of a dilapidated sea port, which was...
News PS4 Has Officially Sold 100 Million Units, and It's Done So Faster Than Any Other Console
PS Phwoar
By jove, they've done it -- Sony has now sold through 100 million PlayStation 4 consoles. The data for the first financial quarter of 2019 has been released, and the Japanese giant managed to sell 3.2 million PS4s between April and June, tipping it over the edge of the milestone. We're sure all the folks at PlayStation HQ will be popping...
Talking Point What Free August 2019 PlayStation Plus Games Do You Want?
When will August 2019's PlayStation Plus lineup be revealed?
What’s the August 2019 PlayStation Plus lineup? And when will the July 2019 PS Plus lineup be announced? Sony really disappointed with July 2019’s offering, pledging PES 2019: Pro Evolution Soccer before pulling the plug after a strong backlash and replacing it with narrative drama...
News Death Stranding Will Be a Statement, Trying to Move the Industry Forward
Kojima's name will sell the game
Death Stranding is more than just a game, and actor Troy Baker believes that if director Hideo Kojima achieves what he’s set out to, it’ll be a statement. Speaking at Manchester Comic-Con, the Higgs star teased that the auteur is trying to move the industry forward with his upcoming PlayStation 4 exclusive...
News The Last of Us 2 Is 'Hands Down the Most Ambitious Game Naughty Dog Has Ever Made'
Bigger than ever imagined
It’s been over a year since we last got an update on the highly anticipated The Last of Us: Part II, but speaking at Manchester Comic-Con this weekend, star Troy Baker managed to whet our appetite with some tidbits about what we can expect from the title when the title deploys. The actor, who plays Joel in the series, was...
News PS4 Exclusives Cross Paths with Free Uncharted 4 Bike Skins in Days Gone
Ride it like you stole it
Bend Studio seems to be putting an awful lot of effort into post-launch support for its popular PlayStation 4 exclusive, Days Gone. The open world survival game has been getting regular new challenges lately, adding even more to do in the already huge adventure. Its latest addition to the game is a set of new skins for...
News Microsoft CEO: Cloud Partnership Is 'All Driven by Sony'
Companies dependent on each other, says Nadella
One of the year's most surprising turn of events was the partnership formed between Sony and Microsoft. In a "memorandum of understanding", the two companies shook hands on the opportunity to share technology, primarily relating to cloud-based streaming. This shocked many -
News Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Won't Take Away from Sony to Achieve Success
"That's not me"
Xbox's figurehead Phil Spencer is clearly in favour of collaborating with competition rather than keeping them at arm's length, so much so that he wouldn't want to take away anything from Sony or the PlayStation brand in order to better Microsoft's family of consoles. During an interview with Fortune Magazine, when asked if the...
News Sucker Punch Writer 'Reveals' The Order: 1886 Sequel
But promptly backtracks
Sucker Punch writer Jordan Lemos – who’s currently busy beavering away on Japanese samurai open worlder Ghost of Tsushima – “revealed” a sequel to The Order: 1886 on a podcast this week. Given his position within the Worldwide Studios family, Reddit was quick to pick up on the story,
News Days Gone 1.30 Patch Adds Accessibility Options and Even More Challenges
Three more challenges in August
Yet another patch for Days Gone has just gone live, bringing with it a huge selection of accessibility options as well as support for three more optional challenges arriving in August. Update 1.30 now allows you to invert the horizontal camera, camera follow tracking now works correctly, you can disable the Dualshock...
Random Check Out These Excellent Fanmade Death Stranding Box Arts
Dead good
Death Stranding's official box art was revealed just over a week ago, but it wasn't to everyone's taste. The cover, which features main character Sam off to the side, looking back across the box, divides opinion, with many saying it's just a bit boring, especially for a inevitably mental game like Death Stranding. For the record, we think...
News New Death Stranding Trailer Takes a Look at Heartman
"I'm already dead"
Sony and Kojima Productions have released a new Death Stranding trailer -- a 'character spotlight' for Heartman, one of the game's main cast members. Modelled after film director Nicolas Winding Refn, Heartman looks like he'll be something of a confidant to protagonist Sam. The trailer itself actually gives us a little more...
News Days Gone Brings Out the Horde for Free Weekly Challenge
Dead don't ride
Days Gone’s commitment to free weekly content continues today, with the addition of the Keep Them Safer mission. This is a timed Horde challenge, with multiple sub-objectives requiring you to use the crossbow effectively – and get a designated number of kills without taking damage. You’ll also have to avoid dodge rolling, and...
Random Russian Fans Recreate Hideo Kojima and Death Stranding Characters in Matryoshka
Death Stacking
Fans love to share their passion for any given game in all kinds of ways. Whether it's comic strips, paintings, or tattoos, there's some wonderful stuff created by communities, and Hideo Kojima embraces this on a pretty regular basis. As well as off-screen shots of his upcoming title Death Stranding, his Twitter feed often showcases...
News PS4 Firmware Update 7.00 Beta Brings Bigger Parties, Better Voice Chat, and Update Improvements
Party time
Sony is currently sending out codes for the PlayStation 4 firmware update 7.00 beta. As previously reported, this upcoming software update (which doesn't have a confirmed release date yet) will introduce 16-player parties alongside better quality voice chat. But that's not all firmware 7.00 will do. According to the beta code email, the...
News Free Update for PSVR Shooter Blood & Truth Adds New Game Plus, New Challenges, More
Lovely jubbly
Cor blimey, it's hot, innit? On the hottest day of the year, London Studio has released a cool new update for its brilliant PlayStation VR action title, Blood & Truth. The free update adds a couple of new features to the game, making it an even more complete package for fans of VR firefights. The headline addition is New Game Plus...
News Media Molecule Is Hiring Small Development Teams to Make Games Using Dreams
Dream job
Posting about job listings isn't always that interesting, but Media Molecule isn't your average game studio. The whimsical Guildford developer has updated the jobs page on its official site, and this new opening sounds like an incredible opportunity. In a nutshell, the Sony studio is looking to contract small dev teams to create fresh...
News PS Vita Firmware Update 3.71 Keeps Handheld Alive
Not dead yet
Sony’s still got the PlayStation Vita on life support, despite it ceasing to manufacture the handheld. The platform holder has released firmware update v3.71 for the system today, which fixes an exploit named Trinity currently being leveraged for homebrew. According to the modding scene, it’s still currently possible to spoof the...
Weirdness Death Stranding Scene Stolen in Brazilian Perfume Ad
Eau de Kojima
Hideo Kojima’s influence reaches far and wide, but we can’t say we expected Death Stranding to be aped in a Brazilian perfume commercial. That’s exactly what appears to have happened in this O Boticário ad, however, as the kaiju from one of the title’s trailers towers over an immaculately scented actor. The similarities...
News Marvel's Iron Man VR Looks Stark in PSVR Gameplay Footage
Tony on PlayStation
Marvel’s Iron Man VR is looking really rather impressive. The upcoming PlayStation VR exclusive – which is being published by Sony and developed by Camouflaj – sees you take control of the titular Avenger in a brand new first-person campaign controlled using the PS Move wands. In this gameplay footage – which starts at...
News Death Stranding Director Takes Aim at Fortnite Fame
"I don't want to make that"
Hideo Kojima is widely regarded as one of the most imaginative minds in video games, and speaking during a Death Stranding panel at the San Diego Comic-Con this weekend, he admitted that he has no interest in following the Battle Royale boom. To the sound of thunderous applause, he said: “The easiest way to make money...
News Sony Will Exhibit at Gamescom, Tokyo Games Show
Back in business
Sony’s absence at E3 2019 contributed to one of the worst conventions at the American game show since the event began two decades ago, but the platform holder will exhibit at Gamescom 2019 and Tokyo Games Show 2019. While there’s no confirmation of any press conferences right now, the company will be present on both show floors,...
News Final Fantasy VII Remake Remade in Dreams on PS4
A dream come true
We do love it when a Dreams creation goes viral. Media Molecule's tools have proven to be extremely versatile during this early access phase. From someone using the game to make a puppet show to another user aiming to recreate the gameplay of Super Mario 64, the community has managed to build some incredible things. The trend...
Random God of War Art Director's Take On Cuphead and Mugman Is a Knockout
Mugshots
Raf Grassetti was art director on the brilliant PlayStation 4 exclusive God of War, but that hasn't stopped him from turning his hand to other games. He's gained a bit of a reputation lately for his wonderful interpretations of numerous Smash Bros. fighters. Even more recently, Grassetti has expressed his love of Cuphead by sharing
News Death Stranding's Official PS4 Box Art Revealed
Steelbook art, too
Update: Over on the PlayStation Blog, developer Kojima Productions has offered a better look at Death Stranding's official box art. Here's the standard edition: And the steelbook: Original Article: Hideo Kojima and friends have just wrapped up a panel at San Diego Comic-Con, and one of the more notable announcements to...
News Days Gone Reloads with Fourth Free Challenge Map
Ambush Camp Rush available now
Another week is tiptoeing towards its conclusion, and that means Days Gone’s fourth free challenge map is out now. Named the Ambush Camp Rush, it’s based upon a mission from the main campaign – but now there’s a timer and sub-objectives to complete. As always, leaderboards will allow you to compare your score...
News PS Plus Subscribers Save a Huge 75 Per Cent in US PSN Flash Sale
A Plague Tale: Innocence part of the lineup
Sony’s decided to get a little spontaneous this week, as it’s dropped the latest US PlayStation Store Flash Sale a day early. Scheduled to run from now through 8AM PT on 22nd July, the promotional period will see titles like A Plague Tale: Innocence ($34.99) and Batman: Arkham Knight ($15.99) heavily...
News PS4 Firmware Update 6.72 Now Available to Download
You won't believe what it does
Good news for all you firmware update fans out there: Sony just released update v6.72 for PlayStation 4. That's right, you can now download the very latest system software patch to get your PS4 console bang up to date. If this doesn't get you excited to play some games in the middle of July, nothing will. So, what...
News Iron Man VR Developer Video Showcases a Ton of New Gameplay Footage
Suit up
Are we the only ones more interested in Iron Man VR than next year's Marvel's Avengers? It's shaping up to be a really great PlayStation VR game, and it looks the part too in this latest behind the scenes trailer. Check it out above. Amongst snippets of interviews with the developers of the title, we get brief glimpses of new gameplay that...
News PS4 Exclusive Marvel's Spider-Man Is the Best-Selling Superhero Game Ever
In the United States, anyway
Just how well did PlayStation 4 exclusive Marvel’s Spider-Man sell? Staggeringly well, if we’re honest. While it was previously recognised by United States-based sales tracking firm NPD as the fastest selling superhero game ever, it’s since become the best-selling game in its category – period. That means it’s...
News Oculus Wants to Trade with Sony for PSVR Exclusives
"We've thought about it"
In what would be an unprecedented instance of video game swapsies, Oculus bigwig Jason Rubin has said that his company would “love” to trade exclusive games with competitor Sony. The former Naughty Dog man told Kotaku that “they have great stuff that they’ve funded and we have great stuff that we’ve funded”. The...
News Sony San Diego Has a Brand New Office and Logo
First-party developer on the move
It’s all change at MLB The Show developer Sony San Diego, which seems to be the latest team under the PlayStation first-party umbrella to be leveling up. The studio – which also houses the Product Development Services Group and, purportedly, an entirely new unit rumoured to be working on an original Uncharted...
News PSVR Shooter Blood & Truth Is Getting a Free Demo Tomorrow on PlayStation Store
Have a butcher's
Blood & Truth is one of PSVR's best action games. The full-length follow up to PlayStation VR Worlds' London Heist, it's a brilliantly tactile shooter with some incredible moments. If you've yet to take the plunge, you're in luck; Sony has just announced a free playable demo will arrive on the PlayStation Store tomorrow...
Deal Assassin's Creed Odyssey: Deluxe Edition Is Going Cheap This Week on EU PlayStation Store
Less than half price
The latest Deal of the Week is live on the European PlayStation Store, and this one's pretty good. If you've been biding your time on Assassin's Creed Odyssey, you could do worse than to nab it during this week long offer. The Deluxe Edition of the game is down from £66.99 / €84.99 to £29.99 / €34.99 -- a saving of 55 per...
News PlayStation Japan Is Back with a Beautifully Animated PS4 Montage Trailer
Iceborne! Borderlands 3! Dreams!
You always know you're in for a good time when PlayStation Japan's YouTube channel uploads a new PS4 lineup video. Set to music, these sizzle reels do a great job of going over the games coming to Sony's console in the next few months, and this latest one is no different. In fact, we love the animations between all...
Random God of War Art Director Turns His Hand to Cuphead Bosses
Raf Grassetti draws King Dice and the Devil
For a while now, the art director of God of War, Raf Grassetti, has been creating some frankly brilliant fan art of his favourite video game characters. You may have seen his interpretations of various Nintendo mainstays, among others, who appeared in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Now, he's recreating...
Guide Amazon Prime Day PS4 Sale - All Deals on PS4 Games, PS Plus, Consoles, and More
Primed and ready
It's Prime Day over on the gargantuan internet retailer Amazon, and that means Prime members get some exclusive deals and discounts on a huge range of products. That of course includes PlayStation 4 consoles, games, and much more. In this guide, we've compiled every deal we could find so you have all the links you need in one place...
News Days Gone 1.25 Patch Drops as First Motorcycle Challenge Drifts In
Drifter's run
The post-release support for Days Gone has proved both a blessing and a curse. Sony Bend has done a brilliant job of addressing criticism levelled at the PlayStation 4 exclusive open worlder promptly, but those 15GB updates sure do start to add up. Your bandwidth is about to take another battering regardless, as the Oregon-based...
News Super Mario 64's Physics Flawlessly Recreated in Dreams
Peachy
A complaint often levelled at user-generated content is that it rarely plays as well as a professionally made game. It’s a fair criticism: hobbyist creators working in suites such as LittleBigPlanet are often capable of incredible artistic achievements, but it’s rare for amateurs to get that all-important “feel” right. That’s what...
News PS Vita's Not Quite Done Yet, Despite Reports to the Contrary
Vitality
Sony’s largely called time on the PlayStation Vita, with hardware and cartridge production mostly over. There are still a surprising number of titles being published globally on the PlayStation Store, however, but there had been some speculation overnight that support may be coming to an abrupt end.
Soapbox Why Sony's PS5 Strategy Will Pay Dividends
Sammy believes giant is right to target hardcore gamers
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: the PlayStation 5 is poised to "fail", and op-ed writers around the world are scrambling for the hottest take. One article published by financial site CCN – not to be confused with American news network CNN, to be clear – was bold enough to declare...
News Death Stranding PS4 Screens Shared on Social Media by Hideo Kojima
Social strands
Metal Gear auteur Hideo Kojima is taking a break from posing in his ostentatious hallway, and is now opting to share off-screen photographs of Death Stranding on his social media pages. All of the shots have a common theme: they show protagonist Sam – played by The Walking Dead star Norman Reedus – resting in the wilderness...
News Latest EU PlayStation Store Sale Offers Big July Savings on PS4 Games
Summer gaming
How are you spending these hot summer months? Sunbathing on the beach? Enjoying a barbecue with your chums? Taking pleasant walks under crisp blue skies? Time to shut yourself away in the darkness: it's video game time. Sony's just lifted the lid on a new European PlayStation Store sale, and there are some corkers going cheap. Yakuza:...
Random Embarrass Your Friends with These PlayStation Branded Shirts
Cheap but cheerful?
Now here's something you won't want to be seen wearing outside of the house. Spotted by Reddit user TheGamingZookeeper, American outlet TJ Maxx is selling two PlayStation branded shirts that we're sure aren't flying off the shelves. That's TK Maxx here in the UK if you want to head into a store for a good laugh. Retailing at...
Soapbox Nintendo Switch Lite Signals the Need for a PS4 Super Slim
Sammy reckons it's time for one last revision
I don’t know if you realise this, but the PlayStation 4 still costs $299.99 officially. Sony has added value to the console by increasing its base hard drive size and also by bundling in software, but it’s more or less maintained the same MSRP for nearing three years now. That’s a testament to the...
