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News Expedition 33, Ghost of Yotei Have Started Scooping Up GOTY Awards
Clair Obscur wins Ultimate Game of the Year
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Ghost of Yotei were two of the big winners at today's Golden Joystick Awards, with the Sandfall Interactive game earning seven awards in total, including Ultimate Game of the Year. The fan-favourite RPG also won the following categories: Best Storytelling, Best Visual...
News PS5 Exclusive Ghost of Yotei Is One of the USA's Best-Selling Games of 2025
No masking it
There's been an unusual, negative narrative surrounding the sales momentum of Ghost of Yotei, but when it comes down to the hard facts, the PS5 exclusive is doing very well for itself. As revealed in Circana's USA sales data for the month of October, Ghost of Yotei came in as the third best-selling game of the month, behind...
News Check Those Inboxes! Marvel Tokon PS5 Beta Invites Are Being Sent Now
Marvelous news
Desperate to try out uber-promising PS5 fighter Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls? Well, there’s good news: the first wave of beta invites for the title’s second closed test are being sent out right now. Anecdotally, we’re seeing a lot of people receiving invites on social media, so it looks like this is going to be a much bigger...
News Horizon Sales Update Cements It As One of Sony's Strongest Franchises
On the ascent
You can’t mention Guerrilla’s excellent open world RPG franchise Horizon without a bunch of weirdos coming out of the woodwork. “It’s an industry plant,” they reductively regale. “It’s being milked,” they add. Well, with only two mainline instalments to date, it turns out the franchise is pretty freakin’ popular...
News PS5 Welcome Hub Update Adds New Stat Tracking, Backgrounds
Give your PS5 a seasonal feel
Sony has pushed a new update live to the Welcome Hub app on PS5 that adds a new widget with extra stat tracking on it, as well as a seasonal animated background that changes throughout the year. On our UK PSN account, the update is live now and you'll be alerted to the new widget and background. When you add the...
News Huge Ghost of Yotei PS5 Patch Drops Next Week, Adds New Game+, Items, and More
Available on 24th November
Sony has confirmed a significant PS5 update for Ghost of Yotei will go live next week on 24th November that adds New Game+, an additional vendor and cosmetic items, stat tracking, and more. Updating the title to version number 1.1, the New Game+ option is the headliner. You can start up a second playthrough from the main...
News Gran Turismo 7's New Bonus Credits Offer Feels Cruel for Current Players
Newcomers only
It was announced a little while back that the Gran Turismo series reached a whopping 100 million copies sold in total, making it comfortably one of Sony's most successful franchises. In celebration of this milestone, developer Polyphony Digital has announced a couple of things for Gran Turismo 7. The first is a major free update...
News One of Ghost of Yotei's Most Unique Features Was Meant to Be Much Bigger
But had to be scaled down
Ghost of Yotei makes great use of PS5 and all its bells and whistles, but one of the clearest examples is its time travel mechanic. At certain spots in the game, you're able to warp instantly to the past in order to see the world from Atsu's perspective when she was a child. Combining the PS5's speedy SSD with Sucker...
News Twisted Metal Renewed for Season 3 and Gets New Showrunner
David Reed joins for third season
The TV adaptation of classic PlayStation series Twisted Metal has been renewed for a third season by Peacock, Variety reports. The outlet also states David Reed will be joining as showrunner, replacing Michael Jonathon Smith. Variety claims Reed will join as showrunner and executive producer for the third season of...
News $100 Off PS5 Consoles, PSVR2 for Black Friday 2025
PS Portal on sale too
In addition to a bumper PS Store sale and a questionable PS Plus membership discount, Sony will also puts its range of PS5 consoles, PSVR2, and PS5 accessories on sale for Black Friday 2025. Beginning on 21st November, you can save $100 on PS5 systems, $100 on PSVR2, $20 on a PS Portal, and up to $30 on accessor
News PS Store's Enormous Black Friday Sale Set to Go Live 21st November
Wallets at the ready
One of the main attractions of PlayStation’s annual Black Friday offers is the bumper PS Store sale, and this year will be no different. Thousands of PS5 and PS4 games and add-ons will be brought down in price on Sony’s digital storefront. We don’t yet know what exactly will be included, but we do know some small details...
News PS Plus Gets a Decent Black Friday Discount, But There's a Catch for Existing Members
Subscribe and save
As part of PlayStation’s usual range of Black Friday offers, PS Plus subscriptions are going cheap, but there’s a caveat for existing members. Sony is offering 33 per cent off PS Plus 12-month subscriptions at all tiers, and that discount applies to new subscribers. Current members who upgrade to a higher tier will get 33 per...
Feature Last Chance to Get These 45+ PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store's November Savings Sale
Grab these recommended games
PS Store's onslaught of offers never ceases, and the latest assault is live right now. It's the November Savings sale, and it runs through to 21st November, so there's not long to go before the sale's over. As always, the sale includes thousands of items across PS5 and PS4, making it kinda hard to find the good stuff...
Past management wasn't fussed about format's domestic woes
PlayStation’s previous management believed it was acceptable for Nintendo to erode its market share in Japan, but new CEO Hideaki Nishino – who’s Japanese and has replaced British leader Jim Ryan – won’t go down without a fight. According to a report by TV Tokyo (as translated by...
News PS5 Sony Games Bag 19 Nominations at The Game Awards 2025
Death Stranding 2, Ghost of Yotei doing bits
First-party games from PlayStation always have a large presence in the list of nominees for The Game Awards, and this year's show is no different. Thanks to Death Stranding 2, Ghost of Yotei, and a few other PlayStation Studios titles, Sony is the most-nominated publisher at the show. Clair Obscur:...
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 Here's Your First Look at Sony's Zelda Movie, Film Shots Revealed
Link and Zelda in their official form
After some third-party clips of filming for Sony and Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda movie adaptation made their way to the Internet over the weekend, the Nintendo Today app has shared the first official shots. Here are the first three official screens from Nintendo: As we already know, Link is being...
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...
Talking Point Will PlayStation's Mobile Push Be a Success or a Flop?
The power of the cell
We all knew this was coming, but PlayStation's efforts in the mobile space are beginning to show at last. The platform holder has been building up a mobile division of PS Studios, and it's taken several years to really get off the ground, but following this week's announcements, we're finally starting to see the investment...
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...
Poll Does the Steam Machine Pose a Threat to PS5?
Dream machine?
Just in case you missed it, Valve announced the (admittedly well-named) Steam Machine earlier this week. And no, it's got nothing to do with Daft Punk. It's an enticingly small box that's designed to kind of bridge the gap between PC and console. Basically, you can hook this thing up to your TV and use it as a Steam-based console,...
News PS Plus Members in the UK Now Get Money Off Purchases from PlayStation Direct
Every little helps
Here's a little bit of good news for any UK-based PS Plus members: Sony has introduced a new perk on its PlayStation Direct online store exclusively for subscribers. Essentially, members of PS Plus can save 5% on purchases across the site, the only exceptions being pre-orders and Flex leasing plans. Obviously 5% isn't huge,...
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 Ratchet & Clank Mobile May Be Okay Actually, First Gameplay Revealed
20+ minutes of gameplay now online
The thought of a Ratchet & Clank game on mobile phones instead of a big-budget Rift Apart PS5 sequel will have had some PlayStation fans turning their noses up, but give the new game a chance, and its debut gameplay videos actually look more than acceptable. Above you'll find 22 minutes of Ratchet & Clank: Ranger...
News Here's Why Sony Is Making a Japan-Specific PS5 Console
The sales numbers don't lie
The headline announcement out of this week's State of Play Japan livestream was a new PS5 console that's specific to the country. It only operates in the Japanese language, and it only works with Japanese PSN accounts. By doing this, Sony is able to offer the system at a vastly reduced price of ¥55,000 ($350), which...
News Sony Flexes Its Almighty Marketing Muscle with PS5 Promos Around the World
It happens on PS5
You could accuse PlayStation of a lot of things, but a lazy marketer is not one of them. While pundits will often reductively refer to Sony’s successes as fortuitous or by accident, the company invests millions upon millions of dollars into ensuring the general public knows about its brand. And with its new worldwide campaign...
News Another Horizon Online PS5 Game Is Coming Before Horizon 3, It's Claimed
Made to wait for Aloy
Anyone hoping to play the third instalment in the main Horizon series will have to wait for the rumoured online title from Guerrilla Games itself to release first. This is a second game that's separate from the newly confirmed Horizon Steel Frontiers for PC and smartphones. Both it and a second multiplayer Horizon project from...
News Sony Targeting Big Holiday Sales with New PS5 Fortnite Bundle, Includes Exclusive Cosmetics
PS5 is for life, not just for Fortnite
We already knew this, but recent sales reports have pegged PS5 as a major success. It's the second fastest-selling PlayStation in US history, and the console recently surpassed 84.2 million sales. Capitalising on this momentum, then, Sony has unveiled a new PS5 console bundle that includes exclusive goodies...
News Horizon Dev Guerrilla Won't Abandon PS5, Has 'More' Games Coming
"More on that to come"
Horizon Steel Frontiers, a new MMO set in Aloy's universe, won't be launching on PS5. Instead, the Guerrilla Games and NCSOFT collaboration is targeting the PC and mobile phone market. This marks the first time a video game attached to the Horizon IP will not have any kind of presence on PlayStation, but that doesn't mean 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...
PS5 years later
Many PlayStation fans would argue that this generation has never really got going, but that hasn't stopped the PS5 from being a commercial juggernaut. Sony's current-gen machine has basically dominated the US market since its release in 2020. And now, five years on, it's the second fast selling PlayStation device ever, beaten only...
News New Ratchet & Clank Game Announced, But Not for the Platform You Want
Ranger Rumble coming soon to mobile
There's a new Ratchet & Clank game coming soon! Insomniac Games is involved! And it's coming to... mobile! Yes, Sony has just announced Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble, a "free to download", mobile multiplayer shooter heading to Android and iOS. A collaboration between Insomniac and mobile dev studio Oh BiBi,...
News PS5's Biggest Game Has Not Released Yet, PlayStation Boss Teases
Is that GTA 6 or something else?
As the PS5 turns five years old today, there's an increasing interest in what comes next from Sony. PS6 rumours have been rife over the past 12 months, and they all point to a more modest next-gen console with a portable device to go along with it. Sony isn't saying anything publicly just yet; in fact, it's doubling...
News PS5 Is Getting an Official 27" Monitor with DualSense Charging Functionality
Screen it all before
Sony is all-in on the PS5’s product family, so it’s really not a major surprise to see it reveal a new 27-inch gaming monitor. Due out next year in the “US and Japan”, the panel follows the same design philosophy of the console, and will feature a DualSense charging hook which will allow you to store away your...
News No New Characters Revealed for Marvel Tokon, PS5 Beta Returns in December
X-Mansion added as new stage
An uninterrupted Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls beta will get underway from 5th December, and will run for 72 hours without any breaks or pauses. If you participated in the previous beta, then you’ll be eligible to play this one as well. Similarly, if you registered and were unsuccessful last time, you may be selected...
News Gran Turismo 7 Gets First Paid DLC in the Power Pack, Out 4th December
It's only for PS5, no PS4 version
More than three and a half years after its PS5 and PS4 release, Polyphony Digital is launching the first paid DLC for Gran Turismo 7 to go alongside its free Spec III update. Called the Power Pack, it's out on 4th December 2025 and will only be available on PS5. It's said to be designed for "racing purists", where...
News Sony to Stimulate Japanese PS5 Sales with Cheaper, Language Locked Model
A massive price cut
Sony will attempt to get PS5 sales moving in its domestic Japan with a new cheaper language locked model. The system will only work with Japanese PSN accounts and will only support Japanese as a language. It will include 825GB of storage space. The new-gen PlayStation console has been struggling against Nintendo’s family of...
Live Watch Sony PlayStation's State of Play Japan Here (November 2025)
40+ minutes of Japan, Asia reveals
Probably the most unusual of any State of Play livestreams up until now, Sony today plans to share 40+ minutes of PS5 news and reveals designed for the Japanese and Asian markets. This will result in announcements for "games created in Japan and across Asia, alongside a few other exciting updates". There'll also be...
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 PS5 Fans Say Ghost of Yotei Plays Better, But Can't Match Ghost of Tsushima's Story or Hero
Jin wins over Atsu
At the end of last week, we published a public poll, asking Push Square readers to ruminate on Ghost of Yotei, and whether it really is a better game than its predecessor, Ghost of Tsushima. Nearly 10,000 users voted in our poll, making it one of the biggest we've ever ran here on the site. And with that in mind, the results are...
News PS5 'In the Middle' of Its Lifecycle, Claims Sony
"We are planning to expand it even further"
An interesting comment from Sony exec Lin Tao has PlayStation fans weighing up the potential of an expanded lifecycle for the PS5. As we all know by now, Sony's plans for the PS5 were significantly impacted by the pandemic, which disrupted production and effectively stalled the opening years of this...
News Sony Speaks on Bungie Acquisition Disaster, Takes an 'Impairment Loss'
Sales, user engagement fallen short of expectations
Sony's $3.6 billion purchase of Destiny 2 developer Bungie has, for all intents and purposes, been an utter disaster, and the PS5, PS4 hardware maker all but knows it at this point. Having bought the studio to assist its push into the live-service space, Sony has cancelled multiple multiplayer...
News PS5, PS4 Userbase Keeps on Getting Bigger, Attracts More Players Year-on-Year
Monthly Active Users count on the rise again
The graph charting Sony's userbase growth on PS5 and PS4 is only going up, as another fiscal quarter comes to a close with the number of Monthly Active Users on PSN higher than the same period of time last year. During the Q2 quarter for fiscal year 2025 (1st April — 30th June), the PlayStation Network...
Guide What Time Is PlayStation's State of Play Japan?
Dates, times, and what to expect
Sony's latest State of Play is on the way, and this one has a special focus on Japan. It should be an interesting watch for PlayStation fans, but when exactly is the livestream? On this page, we'll explain all you need to know about the upcoming State of Play Japan. What Time Is PlayStation's State of Play Japan...
News PS5 Sales Now Top 84.2 Million Units, Well on Way to 100 Million Milestone
Keep rollin'
PS5 shipped another 3.9 million units in the quarter ending 30th September, pushing the console above 84.2 million units lifetime and closer to its inevitable 100 million units milestone. Sales were up 100k units year-over-year, meaning the system’s performance remains flat, despite higher prices and a challenging economic...
News Ghost of Yotei PS5 Sales Surpass 3.3 Million Units, Crush Boycott Nonsense
Exactly Atsu expected
Ghost of Yotei has crushed any lingering social media narratives, selling 3.3 million units as of 2nd November. That’s the total number of copies sold through to consumers, and spans the full 32 days since the game’s release. By comparison, Ghost of Tsushima sold 2.4 million units in three days, and crossed five million...
News 'It's Been a Dream': Marvel Boss Raves About PS5 Fighter's ArcSys and PlayStation Team-Up
Fighting goals
Marvel Games' general manager, Haluk Mentes, has shared his thoughts on the upcoming fighting game from Sony and Arc System Works, Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls. In an interview with Game Informer, Mentes only has glowing comments for the collaboration between his team and the aforementioned publisher and developer. "Others have said...
Hands On PS Portal Is a Whole New Device with Cloud Streaming Update
To the cloud
The PS Portal is one of Sony’s biggest surprise hits. Released back in 2023, this remote player — which lets you remotely control your PS5 from anywhere with an internet connection — has continued to improve itself with countless updates. The latest, and potentially greatest, is the ability to stream games that are in your PS5...
News State of Play Announced for 11th November, Focus on Japanese PS5 Games
Over 40 minutes of news and reveals
Sony has confirmed it's hosting a new State of Play livestream tomorrow, 11th November 2025. This will be a showcase focusing on PS5 games from Japan and Asia, dubbed "State of Play Japan", and will run for more than 40 minutes. It'll focus on "games created in Japan and across Asia, alongside a few other...
