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News Sony Announces Gigantic PS5 Price Increases, Effective from April 2026
Break the bank
Following a leak about the announcement, Sony has now confirmed it will be increasing the prices of PS5 consoles, as well as PS Portal. Starting on 2nd April, 2026, the RRP on PS5, PS5 Pro, and PS Portal devices is set to go up quite significantly, due to "continued pressures in the global economic landscape". Here are the current...
News In Its Crackdown on PS Store's Garbage PS5 Games, Surely Sony Won't Let Gran Carismo Through
Something familiar about it
Sony has been battling the PS Store's infestation of shovelware lately. It's been wiping thousands of low-quality, low-effort games from its digital storefront in a bid to keep the quality bar that bit higher. Unfortunately, while it's a valiant effort on the company's part, more and more of them pop up all the time, but...
News Amazon's God of War TV Show Has Found Its Freya in Another Key Casting
Found
Amazon's big God of War TV adaptation is set to have a big ensemble cast, and we know who is playing many of the key characters now — but one very important one has been a mystery for a while now. Today, we've finally learned who will portray Freya in the upcoming series. Sonya Walger As reported by Variety, Sonya Walger will take up the...
News 'We're Only Talking About the PS5': Saros Director on Cancelled PC Port Reports
A non-answer as you'd expect
We’re sure Saros director Gregory Louden was primed and ready to field questions about a potential PC port of the upcoming roguelike when the dev invited media to Helsinki recently. And his answer reflects an employee on the tip of his toes. “Today we're only talking about Saros and the launch on the PS5,” he...
Rumour Dramatic PS5 Price Increases Incoming, Potential Announcement Tomorrow
But is it true?
A French source believes a PS5 price hike is imminent. In a post on X (or Twitter), the account GyoJvFR warns prospective PlayStation purchasers to brace themselves for a “drastic” increase. According to his message, prices will increase as follows: PS5 Slim: From €549.99 (~$634) to €649.99 (~$749) PS5 Pro: From €799.99...
Round Up 'Already a GOTY Contender': 5 Things We Learned from Saros PS5 Previews
The next must-have PS5 exclusive
Today, 26th March 2026, the video game press has exploded with new information, impressions, and gameplay footage on Saros, the next title from storied studio Housemarque. Following its work on the brilliant Returnal, Saros is another sci-fi third-person shooter with arcade sensibilities and roguelike features, but...
News Further Evidence of PSN's Rebrand Uncovered on the PS5 Console
PSN references removed
Sony is scrapping the PSN brand and it doesn’t look like it’ll be getting a new name. Earlier this week, we pointed out how the PSN Status Page on PlayStation.com was edited late last year to remove any mention of the PlayStation Network. And now we’ve noticed a similar thing in the PS5 settings. I
News 'It Wasn't a Live Service Game': Shuttered Sony Studio Teases Scrapped PS5 Project
"We were making one helluva game"
Sony shuttered first-party studio Dark Outlaw Games this week, a new team fronted by Treyarch veteran Jason Blundell. And contrary to common opinion its game was not a live service title, as confirmed during a Twitch stream with Junior Game Designer JCBackfire. Speaking on the project, Blundell said we’re...
News Here's What a Jak & Daxter PS5 Remake Could've Looked Like
A fan pitch that didn't go anywhere
There's so much secrecy surrounding the video game realm, and that's just about the games that we know about, and that get announced. Today, a rare bit of insight has been shared about a project that sadly never came to pass. Animator and writer Travis Howe has revealed that he was part of a team that wanted to...
News Have Another 30 Seconds of Pure Saros PS5 Gameplay Before Previews Drop
It looks so good
We must say, we've been enjoying the way Housemarque has been drip-feeding these tiny new clips of Saros. Every time we see the game in action, it looks excellent. Today sees the arrival of another short video, this time showing a different biome with a purple sky: It isn't really showing us anything particularly new, but it...
News Sony and Honda Have Abandoned Their PS5-Integrated Electric Car Afeela
Playtime's over
The Afeela, an electric car being developed in a joint venture by Sony and Honda, is no longer coming to market. Both the Afeela 1 and the second model have been dropped, the companies have announced. This comes from a report via Asian outlet Nikkei, which says Sony and Honda have decided to "discontinue the development and launch...
News Despite PS5 Hits, Sony Sinks to 21st in Metacritic's Publisher Rankings
A mixed Metascore bag
Sony had a couple of outstanding games in 2025, namely Death Stranding 2: On the Beach and Ghost of Yotei. But a mixed slate meant it struggled to really make any kind of impact on Metacritic’s latest publisher rankings. Despite awkward naming conventions, the aggregator is looking at the Metascores of all titles released...
News PS5's Dynamic Pricing Debacle Appears to Extend to the US Now
These are dark times
Sony’s controversial new dynamic pricing appears to have rolled out in the US. While the practice originally seemed limited to a slew of regions in Europe, evidence is beginning to emerge of its implementation in the US, specifically with the new Spring Sale. Deals account Cheap Ass Gamer
News God of War: Sons of Sparta's Latest Update Promises Fixes for Its Nasty Save Issues
Here are the patch notes
Sony's shadow-dropped spin-off God of War: Sons of Sparta has been selling surprisingly well, and that presumably leads to more feedback for developer Mega Cat Studios. The team has been dropping fairly regular updates for the game since its launch, aiming to stamp out remaining bugs and make the experience smoother for...
News PlayStation's Disastrous First-Party Leadership Culminates in Yet Another Studio Closure
Dark Outlaw Games dead
In an increasingly dark day for video games, Sony’s disastrous leadership of first-party studios has taken yet another casualty. Dark Outlaw Games, led by Treyarch veteran Jason Blundell and officially acknowled
News One of PS5's Most Graphically Intensive Games Patched to Support Low Power Mode
Forbidden power
Horizon Forbidden West may also be available on the PS4, but it’s still one of the PS5’s most graphically impressive games. There’s just no doubt about it. Now the Guerrilla console exclusive has been patched to support the system’s new low power mode, making it one of a few titles to actually support the feature. Sony
News Sony's Lost Breaking Bad PSVR Project Unearthed in New Report
Walter must have wilted
Sony’s been very strong in the television space for some time now, but Breaking Bad was undoubtedly one of the firm’s biggest successes. You may recall all the way back in 2017, it announced plans to produce a PSVR game, in collaboration with the show’s creator Vince Gilligan. Now new research from
News PS5 Pro's Acclaimed PSSR 2 Upscaler Runs Faster Than Its Predecessor
Blast processing
Sony’s new PSSR 2 upscaler for the PS5 Pro is not only returning better results than its predecessor, but it’s also achieving them faster. As you may or may not know, everything you see outputted by your console has a computational cost, and this is sometimes measured in time. Take upscaling, for example: it takes time for the...
News It Won't Be Much Longer Before We See More of PS5 Exclusive Marvel's Wolverine
Spring is upon us
We've known about Marvel's Wolverine since September 2021, when the game was announced with a short teaser trailer. This September — just over five years later — we'll all be playing the PS5 exclusive action adventure. In the meantime, things have been fairly quiet, but this will be coming to an end in the near future. So...
News Sony's PS5, PC Fighter Will Generate Squad Names Depending on Which Marvel Heroes You Assemble
And the announcer will read them
Beyond the excitement of Peni Parker joining the roster of Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, dev Arc System Works announced a new feature for the game that’s gone under the radar. Obviously we know there will be “canon” squads in the game, like the newly announced Amazing Guardians. But you’ll of course be free...
Feature Last Chance to Buy These 50+ PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store's Mega March Sale
PS5 and PS4 games going cheap we recommend
We're in the throes of March right now, and Sony's celebrating this revered part of the year with the Mega March sale on PS Store. The sale ends on 25th March, meaning you only have a couple of days to take advantage. As expected, the sale contains literally thousands of digital items going cheap. That...
News Sony's PSN Rebrand Is Well Underway, and the Clues Have Been There All Along
We just didn't notice them
Sony has apparently informed developers that it’ll be phasing out the PSN – or PlayStation Network – branding later this year, and the evidence has been staring us in the face all along. When the PSN briefly went offline last night, we turned to the
News Peni Parker Is the Perfect Fit for PS5, PC Fighter Marvel Tokon
Introducing the Amazing Guardians
Given its anime style, Peni Parker always felt like a lock for upcoming PS5 and PC brawler Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls. And here’s confirmation of her inclusion as part of the Amazing Guardians, which features previously announced characters Spider-Man, Ms Marvel, and Star Lord. Here’s a poster for the squad:...
News Intergalactic PS5 Seemingly Adds The Last of Us Star to Its Cast
An intergalactic treasure
It looks like actress Merle Dandridge will be part of the cast for upcoming PS5 exclusive, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. The star – best known by PlayStation fans for portraying Marlene in both The Last of Us game and its television adaptation – was photographed by Naughty Dog boss Neil Druckmann in a motion...
News PSN Service Returning on PS5, PS4 as Brief Outage Took Service Offline
Taken offline for roughly two hours
It's a bit ironic that the weekend after it's reliably reported Sony will drop its PlayStation Network branding, the service experiences an outage. Reports are now flooding in worldwide that PSN is down and offline this Saturday, with issues surrounding PS5, PS4 consoles telling users they're offline. On the...
Crackdown on shovelware continues
Sony is getting more and more aggressive with shovelware on the PS Store. You may recall earlier in the year it delisted hundreds of titles from publisher ThiGames, the company behind “classics” like The Jumping Pizza. Now it’s axed hundreds more from two more publishers, with their entire catalogues nuked...
News PS5 Spin-Off God of War: Sons of Sparta Has Been a Big Hit for Sony
Punching above its weight
Here’s some proof that not everything Sony publishes needs to have a nine figure budget, as side-scrolling spin-off God of War: Sons of Sparta has quietly been a big success. The Mega Cat Studios-developed Metroidvania, which was shadow dropped during a State of Play, quietly appeared in 14t
News Bizarre PlayStation PC Launcher Rumours Rubbished as Reporter Doubles Down on No More PS5 Ports
"At some point, Sony will confirm it"
There’s a weird rumour doing the rounds claiming Sony is working on its own launcher for PC games. While we haven’t been able to track down the original source, the X (or Twitter) post below gained a lot of traction by regurgitating the story: The speculation suggests that PlayStation will deploy its own...
News Saros Dev Explains How the PS5 Game Is More Approachable, Customisable Than Returnal
It'll still be hard, though
Housemarque, the development studio behind upcoming PS5 exclusive Saros, has released a new video that goes over some of the ways it differs from its predecessor, Returnal. The main thing the team focuses on here is the ways in which Saros is a more approachable experience overall: In Returnal, while there are some...
News It Sounds Like PS6 Will Support a Form of FSR Frame Generation
"I look forward to discussing this more"
We didn’t expect this when sat down for our Friday evening curry: a tidbit from an upcoming Mark Cerny interview, confirming AMD’s FSR Frame Generation will come to PlayStation at some point. In a pull quote published by Digital Foundry, hardware architect Cerny revealed that PlayStation has co-en
A kind of LinkedIn hell
Mark Cerny doesn’t post on X (or Twitter) very much, but when he drops by to tell us about his latest Platinum Trophy, it feels authentic. This exchange with AMD’s Jack Huynh, however, reads like poorly disguised PR. Alongside an image showing four different screenshots – with each game’s logo carefully overlaid in...
Opinion Why Is Sony Scrapping the PSN Name?
Network nonsense
I was about to sleep last night when I saw a strange report circulating on social media: Sony is set to scrap the PSN branding. While not confirmed by the company – this communication, it seems, was only intended to be shared with devs for now – it comes from a good source and seems legit to me. So, the immediate question...
News Spider-Man: Brand New Day Just Did Something Even GTA 6 Couldn't
Records are made to be broken
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is comfortably one of the most anticipated movies of the year, and here’s the proof. The sequel to the $2 billion No Way Home totted up over 718 million views in 24 hours on YouTube, destroying GTA 6’s record of 475 million views in 24 hours. Even the PlayStation mirror, which includes...
News Sony to Drop PSN Branding Later This Year, New Report Claims
Just a visual change, nothing more
Sony shall phase out its PlayStation Network and PSN branding by September 2026, according to an internal email seen by Insider Gaming. This will supposedly be purely a visual change for the online service, rather than introducing any "technical alterations". The two names will be removed from all Sony assets by...
News PSVR2 Takes Another Hit as Sony Nukes Exclusive Shooter Firewall Ultra
Another nail in the coffin
Remember Firewall Ultra? Well, it seems Sony just did, as it's now unceremoniously pulling the plug. If you try to search for the game on PS Store, you won't find it; the page has been delisted from Sony's storefront, seemingly with no warning. Moreover, a brief update regarding the title's online services has been made...
News Frantic Shooter Saros Is Shaping Up to Be a Real Showpiece for PS5, PS5 Pro
Playing with power
Developer Housemarque is a well-established studio that has always managed to make the most of whatever hardware it's working with, filling its games with flashy effects, countless particles, and oodles of visual flair. Saros, its upcoming PS5 exclusive shooter, looks to be no different. This is its first game as a PS Studios...
News PS5 Piggybacks the Spider-Man: Brand New Day Hype
"Friendly neighbour"
In a rare symbol of corporate synergy, PlayStation has uploaded its own version of the new Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer. The highly anticipated movie – due out on 31st July – teases the events of the film, which takes place after the $2 billion No Way Home. Those of you who watched the 2021 movie will recall Peter...
News After PS5, PS4, and PS Portal, Even PS3 Gets a Console Update
Firmware version 4.93 has arrived on PS3
PlayStation has clearly made this the week for its console firmware updates, because now even the PS3 has a new one for active owners to download. The PS5 got a PS5 Pro-specific graphics enhancement, the PS Portal received an improved visual mode and enhanced cloud streaming, and the PS4 patch improved the...
News PS5's Power Users Are Spending More Than Ever, and PS Portal Proves It
50% subscribed to PS Plus Premium
In order to offset rising RAM prices, Sony’s talked about how it wants to monetise its core users more than ever. The thing is, that’s something it’s been successful at all generation. We know the PS5 is already its most profitable console ever made, and there’s one tidbit in its PS Portal
News 'This Is Finally Living Up to Its Promise': PS5 Pro Owners Thrilled with PSSR 2 Upgrade
Universal toggle putting in work
The new PS5 Pro firmware update is available now, adding a toggle which forces PSSR 2 upscaling into all compatible games. While several titles, like Resident Evil Requiem and Silent Hill F, have been updated to natively take advantage of the feature, this univ
1080p High Quality mode unlocked
Sony has announced a new PS Portal firmware update will roll out worldwide starting today that adds a new graphical option to improve visuals, and a refinement of the cloud streaming experience. Having downloaded the system patch, the PS Portal will have access to a new 1080p High Quality mode. This lets PS5 games...
News Death Stranding 2 Adds Cut Content, New Mode, Videos in Big PS5 Update
All coming this Thursday
Death Stranding 2 receives its PC version this Thursday, 19th March 2026, and the extra content that edition brings will also be patched into the PS5 version. Whereas the first game got its bonus content via a paid Director's Cut, the sequel is handed it in a free update, and it still seems like a substantial addition...
News Amid the PS5 Pro PSSR 2 Excitement, a New PS4 Firmware Update Is Also Available Now
What does version 13.50 do?
Sony hasn't forgotten about its last-gen console, as it's rolled out a new firmware update for PS4. This comes alongside the big new update for PS5 (and more notably, PS5 Pro), which sees the PSSR upscaling technology get some upgrades. Unfortunately, PS4's new update doesn't implement anything nearly as exciting, but...
News New PS5 Firmware Update with Anticipated PSSR 2 Toggle Available Now
Things can only get better
Sony has started to roll out the new PS5 firmware update which includes transformative new features for its supercharged PS5 Pro console. While the platform holder has warned the system software will proliferate worldwide over the “coming days”, you can attempt to force download it by manually checking for an update...
News Base PS5 Owners Should Download New Firmware Update Too for This Extra Feature
Welcome Hub gets a new mode
Today's new firmware update is mostly designed to add the upgraded PSSR feature to PS5 Pro, but the base PS5 hasn't been completely left out in the cold. Anyone who owns the standard PS5 console can still grab the system patch and apply it to their systems, and they shall find the Welcome Hub on their home page has a new...
News 'An Even Smoother Experience': Developers Chime in on PS5 Pro's PSSR 2 Update
Pros talk about Pro
It's a good day for those with a PS5 Pro, as Sony is rolling out the all-important PSSR 2.0 update today. While the enhanced upscaling tech can be enabled for all games with PS5 Pro support, a select few have been highlighted in a PS Blog post, with commentary from the development teams behind them. It's always interesting to...
News PS5 Pro Firmware Update Adds PSSR 2 Upgrade to PS5 Games Today
Here's some of the supported PS5 games
Sony has confirmed a PS5 Pro firmware update that goes live today will implement the anticipated PSSR upgrade to the machine. Owners of the PS5 Pro have been able to sample the improvement in Resident Evil Requiem for a few weeks now, but once the firmware update has been applied, the following will also sport...
Feature Going Platinum: I Only Got MediEvil PS4's Plat Because I Had To
Putting in the work
Platinum Trophy #16: MediEvil Date Earned: 23rd October 2019 Dopamine Index: stars:1 I never want to take my job for granted. What do you mean I get money for writing about and playing video games? Younger me would be beside himself. An interesting part of being in games media, and more specifically being a critic, is that...
News PS5 Exclusive Intergalactic's Alleged New Webpage Is No Big Deal at All
It's gone viral all the same
Fans are freaking out about a “new” Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet website, but it’s nothing to get excited about at all. We’re not sure why chatter about the PlayStation.com page started to circulate today, but a look back at Archive
News PS5's Coolest Collection of Controllers and Console Covers Are Out Now
Yeah, they've killed it with these
Sony’s learned this generation that accessories can butter its bread in a serious way. Credit where credit’s due: the DualSense has established itself as a hugely popular controller, while the PS Portal has become one of the biggest peripherals in the industry. The firm’s also found success with various...
