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News Helldivers 2's Galactic War Effort Undermined by Bug
This time, of the technical kind
We all know that bugs represent an existential threat to the future of Super Earth and, by extension, to the players of Arrowhead's excellent Helldivers 2. However, the ongoing Galactic War effort is being undermined by one more treacherous than most. This makes determining precisely how much Liberty has been spread...
News Stellar Blade PS5 Demo Drops This Week, Progress Carries to the Full Game
Stellar news
Sony and developer Shift Up have confirmed that a playable demo for Stellar Blade will launch later this week, on Friday the 29th March. Of course, we all knew this was coming — the demo was actually released several weeks early, by mistake, on the PS Store. Sony pulled it offline as quickly as it could, but not before a bunch of...
News Days Gone Dev Bend Studio Staffing Up for 'AAA Live Service' Game
Finger on the pulse
Sony first-party developer Bend Studios is staffing up for another "AAA live service" game, and it seems that PlayStation will continue to chase the live service dragon. When we last heard from the Oregan-based developer of Days Gone, Bend said it was still "cooking" and, if nothing else, seemed confident whatever they were...
Poll Are You Playing Rise of the Ronin?
Rise up
The latest game from Nioh studio Team Ninja, Rise of the Ronin is a PS5 exclusive, complete with Sony's backing. While it does continue the developer's run of creating challenging action RPGs, Ronin is set within a sprawling open world — which is a first for the team. Critic reviews have been slightly mixed. In our own Rise of the Ronin...
News Horizon Forbidden West Off to a Sturdy Enough Start on PC
Sixth biggest Sony release on PC thus far
There’s an argument that the novelty of Sony’s delayed single player PC ports has worn off, but Horizon Forbidden West is bucking that trend. The open world sequel, converted by Nixxes, has opened to a respectable peak of 35,168 concurrent users on Steam, making it the sixth biggest PS Studios launch on...
News Big PS Store Discounts on Major PS5, PS4 Titles for PS Plus Members This Weekend
Save it
Rarely a day passes without a deluge of discounts on the PS Store these days, and another 50 or so offers have been unloaded on to the storefront ahead of the weekend. These discounts will be valid until 27th March, so you’ve got a few days to decide what takes your fancy and why. Please note, these deals are exclusive to PS Plus...
Gallery Stunning Ukiyo-e Rise of the Ronin Mural Unveiled to Commemorate PS5 Release
Roamin' into the world of Ronin
Rise of the Ronin, the latest tentpole PS5 console exclusive from legendary Japanese developer Team Ninja, has been subject to a colossal marketing push in Asia, where posters and billboards have been spotted around cities such as Taipei for several weeks now. That’s all culminated in an Edo period art exhibition in...
News Frontline Helldivers 2 Players Report First-Ever Sightings of Flying Bugs
Previously, Bugs weren't thought capable of flight
Earlier this week, we brought you word of a dangerous paranoia sweeping the ranks of Helldivers 2 players who, perhaps not getting enough sleep, have convinced themselves that operatives of an alien faction known as The Illuminate already walk among us. Well, if that sounds ridiculous, you'd best...
News PSN, PS Store Back Online After Several Hours of Issues
Phew
Update 2: Just in time for the midnight releases of Dragon's Dogma 2 and Rise of the Ronin, PSN is back up and running at full capacity. This includes the PS Store, which seemed to have been hit with the worst issues, stripping the service of functionality for several hours. Update: The majority of PSN's services seem to now be back on track,...
News PS Portal Is Proving Everyone's Predictions Wrong
A whole new world
Prior to its release, few predicted PS Portal would be successful. Many were baffled by Sony’s decision to release the Remote Play handheld, which streams gameplay directly from a PS5. But as the months wear on, it’s becoming increasingly obvious that Sony’s added a permanent fixture to its hardware portfolio, with the device...
News Updated PS5 Explore Page Adds New Features, Backgrounds
Still only available in the USA
The Explore page on the PS5 home screen appears to be running a beta that adds new features like backgrounds, friend activities, your controller's battery life, and easy links to console storage. Mystic, a popular PlayStation YouTuber, posted a new video today detailing the additions, which appear to have only rolled...
News Latest Helldivers 2 Patch Introduced a Pesky Crashing Issue, Developer Is On the Case
Those damn bugs
Oops! The most recent patch for Helldivers 2, namely version 1.000.103, has inadvertently brought in a new issue, causing frequent crashes for many players. If you have the latest patch for the game installed, you may have experienced this yourself, with the shooter suddenly quite unstable. While this is obviously isn't great, the...
Review Rise of the Ronin (PS5) - A Safe, Outdated Open World Game
A whole Nioh world
By trying to do so much, Rise of the Ronin feels like an inferior version of everything it's inspired by. With an open world populated by map markers and side activities, it’s a worse Assassin's Creed. With a historical Japanese setting, it's a worse Ghost of Tsushima. With a combat system that prioritises parrying, it's a worse...
News Media Molecule's Live Curation Support for Dreams Stops Next Month
Incoming changes will automate filtering
Studio Media Molecule has been winding down its live development and support for Dreams for a while now, as it shifts towards work on its next big game. The next step in this process is the stoppage of the game's live curation, which has been manually handled by a dedicated team since the game's launch. As...
News PS5 Pro's Proprietary DLSS-Esque Upscaler Sounds Superb
4Kin' get in
The days of developers pushing for native resolutions feel like they’re coming to an end. The reality is that it’s a waste of resources, especially as upscalers like DLSS (or Deep Learning Super Sampling, to give it its full name) get better and better. It’s no surprise Sony is exploring similar technology with PS5 Pro, and it...
Ballin'
MLB The Show 24 may not be the best-looking sports game on the market anymore, but San Diego Studio continues to lead the field by pushing the boundaries of the genre overall. This year’s release may feel largely familiar when you’re at the plate, but the expansion of narrative-based experiences in the Storylines section demonstrates how...
News First Rise of the Ronin PS5 Review Score Is Sky-High
Famitsu publishes its verdict
Update: The review embargo for Rise of the Ronin has now lifted, and overall critic verdicts haven't been as kind to the PS5 title as Famitsu. On Metacritic, the game sits at a score of 76 from 94 outlets. In our Rise of the Ronin PS5 review, we awarded the game a 6/10 and concluded: "Rise of the Ronin isn't a bad...
News PS5 Pro's Rumoured Spectral Super Resolution Tech Could Be Transformative
A long-term play
According to all rumours and reports, Sony is working on its own reconstruction technology similar to DLSS, or Deep Learning Super Sampling. The feature, named PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution according to Insider Gaming, seems like a long-term play by the platform holder, with the first iteration planned for the PS5 Pro...
News Sony Reportedly Undertaking Internal Investigation Following Leaked PS5 Pro Specs
Alright, which one of you jokers was it?
Sony is reportedly undertaking an internal investigation to determine how exactly the specs for Trinity, the codename by which the colloquially-named PS5 Pro is internally known, leaked so entirely over the weekend. The incident occurred during a third-party developer rollout, and while we may never learn the...
News Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier Unearths Another Retro Platinum Trophy for PS5, PS4
Eco warriors
Sony’s emulation strategy has been fairly consistent adding Trophies to classic first-party titles, and upcoming PSP port Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier will not buck the trend. The game – technically the last mainline entry in Naughty Dog’s platforming series – first launched in 2009, and mixes traditional adventuring with...
News Helldivers 2 Paranoia Peaks, Players Convinced The Illuminate Already Walk Among Us
Report further sightings to your nearest Democracy Officer
Helldivers 2 players have served heroically in the ongoing intergalactic war effort, turning out in their millions to patriotically defend Super Earth from the external threats of both Bug and Bot. But reports have begun to trickle in about a new enemy faction moving in the shadows, or...
News Both God of War PS5, PS4 Games Battle for Top Billing in Sony's Twitter Competition
Kratos vs. Kratos
Kratos must go to war with himself in order to win a Twitter competition put together by Sony, because the final bout as PlayStation fans pick their favourite games is God of War versus God of War Ragnarok. At the time of writing, the poll that determines the winner still has 16 hours left to run, and the results so far are...
News Helldivers 2 Named February's Best-Selling Game in Europe
Data includes physical and digital sales
Third-party estimates claim Sony's surprise PS5, PC hit Helldivers 2 has sold more than eight million copies, and across Europe at least, it's been announced as the region's best-selling game for February 2024. This is according to GSD data, which includes both physical and digital purchases. 56 per cent of...
News Sony Allegedly Pausing PSVR2 Production Due to Surplus of Unsold Stock
VRy concerning
Sony has allegedly paused production of its PSVR2 headset while it works to clear a surplus of stock, according to an article by Bloomberg journalist Takashi Mochizuki, who has had his stories corrected by the manufacturer in the past. The article, citing unnamed sources “familiar” with the firm’s plans, claims the p
News Sony Polls Players on Favourite Games That Aren't Bloodborne
Bluepoint's Demon's Souls, however, is fair game
PlayStation Studios has churned out some fairly immaculate AAA bangers over the years, and now the firm is applying the screws to fans, asking them to pick their favourites. In a tournament-style Twitter poll designed to crown "which PlayStation game reigns supreme", Sony has infuriated long-suffering...
News Over Eight Million Helldivers 2 Players Recruited Since Last Month
"A game for everyone is a game for no one"
The unstoppable Helldivers 2 war machine continues unabated, and our latest intelligence suggests that Swedish developer Arrowhead Games Studios has successfully deployed more than eight million copies since making simultaneous planetfall on PS5 and PC last month. That's according to TD Cowen analyst Doug...
Rumour PS5 Pro Is Up to Three Times Faster Than PS5 as Specs Surface
Sony aiming for a Holiday 2024 launch
The heavily rumoured PS5 Pro will feature a GPU (graphics processing unit) up to three times faster than the PS5 model currently available, it's been claimed. Insider Gaming and YouTuber Moore's Law is Dead state PS5 Pro documents were posted to Sony's developer portal, and screenshots have been shared with them...
News Here's a Crash Course on What's New in MLB The Show 24 on PS5, PS4
Home run?
MLB The Show 24 is quietly one of Sony’s most successful series, but with developer San Diego Studio forced to iterate on unforgiving annual cycles, it can be difficult for it to make meaningful improvements year-over-year. This short 60-second trailer provides a crash course on what’s new in the latest game, then, which is out today...
News Proudly Represent Democracy with a Helldivers 2 Clothing Range
Available to pre-order now
Helldivers 2 has become big enough to earn its own clothing range on Insert Coin, with a variety of t-shirts, hoodies, and pins up for pre-order now. The items are set to ship in late May, by which point the tides of the in-game galactic warfare could have turned. There are two t-shirts — one bearing the Helldivers logo...
News Temporary PS5 Price Cuts Target Europe As Sony Makes Final Push for Goal
We go again
Sony may have revised its PS5 sales estimate for the current financial year, which will end on 31st March. But unsurprisingly it still wants to sell as many systems as possible, which means it’s going to make one last push for that all-important 21 million units target it’s been eyeing. And how does it intend to do that? One last...
News Huge PS5, PS4 Games Discounted for the Weekend Only
Gotta go fast
Sony knows it’s onto a good thing with the PS Store, as with each passing week it continues to add dozens of new titles, all of which are ripe for future reductions and price promotions. That means we’re seeing bigger and bigger sales every month, and time-limited Weekend Offers are becoming a thing on top of regularly scheduled...
News Live-Action and Cutscenes Meet for a Rise of the Ronin PS5 Launch Trailer
Out on 22nd March
Rise of the Ronin is out for PS5 as an exclusive next week, which means Sony has given it the usual flashy launch trailer treatment, blending live-action footage with cutscenes taken from the game. Clocking in at exactly one minute, you can check the trailer out above ahead of the 22nd March 2024 release date. Before launch, we'll...
News Unlock a Free 12 Months of PS Plus Premium with PlayStation's Visa Credit Card
Only in the US, though
New customers who sign up to use the PlayStation Visa credit card can nab a free 12-month subscription to PS Plus Premium if you spend $600 on your account within 60 days of opening it. The offer will expire on 15th September, 2024 and is obviously only available in the United States, Alaska, and Hawaii. You can find more...
News PS4 Is Still Getting Firmware Update Improvements, By the Way
Not forgotten
We suspect the vast majority of our readers will have moved on to the PS5 by now, but there are still millions upon millions of lingering PS4 users around the world. Sony has remained committed to the console, despite it now being over a decade old, and earlier this week it released a brand-new firmware update which actually makes some...
News Oft-Forgotten Jak & Daxter Spin-Off The Lost Frontier Soaring to PS5, PS4 via PS Plus Premium
Not-so lost anymore
Those itching for a new Jak & Daxter probably won’t have their enthusiasm sated by Sony’s emulated PS5 and PS4 re-release of Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier – but it can’t hurt, huh? The game, originally released in 2009 by High Impact Games, was first conceived by Naughty Dog, but due to its focus on Uncharted:...
News New PS5 Firmware Update Available to Download Now
Beta testing complete
Following just over a month of beta testing, Sony has now rolled out the latest PS5 firmware update to all. It's available for download now for everyone that wasn't included in the beta phase. As per the PlayStation Blog, here are all the new features included: Controller speaker enhancements. The controller speakers can now...
News Colossal PS Store Sale Plunges the Price of Over 1,000 PS5, PS4 Essentials
Spend to the end
More than 1,000 essential PS5 and PS4 games have been discounted in the latest PS Store sale, which is live now in most regions and scheduled to run through 27th March. The promotion plunges prices by up to 75 per cent, and includes some heavy hitters like the excellent Final Fantasy 16 for £38.99 and Prince of Persia: The Lost...
News Cancelled Live Service Spider-Man PS5 Game Allegedly Surfaces
The great web
A trailer for a game named Marvel’s Spider-Man: The Great Web has leaked online, revealing what appears to be a live service, online adaptation of Insomniac Games’ superhero series. Gameplay looks largely familiar to the studio’s single player titles, except the big twist here is that Being Greater Together involves playing...
Preview Rise of the Ronin Shows Promise, But It's No Showstopper Yet
Our thoughts after four hours of play
After honing its craft across the Ninja Gaiden series, two Nioh games, and the recent Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, you can hardly call Rise of the Ronin a coming-out party for Team Ninja. This is a vastly experienced developer that knows what it's doing, and has done so to good success for almost 30 years. The...
Rumour The Last of Us 2 Remastered Is Sony's Next PC Port
But there'll be a longer wait than usual
The Last of Us Part II Remastered is the next PS5 game Sony plans to port to PC, according to the leaker who correctly shared Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut would be coming to the platform prior to the official announcement. The user, who goes by Silknigth on Twitter, suggests the port will be revealed next...
News Helldivers 2 Is Still Absolutely Killing It on PC, By the Way
One of the biggest surprises of the year
Now that the initial wave of Helldivers 2 enthusiasm has subsided, you may be forgiven for thinking that the title has fallen off. That’d be a mistake, because it’s worth reiterating the title is still absolutely enormous on Steam. Over the weekend, for example, it managed a peak of 411k players on...
News Exclusivity Is the Achilles' Heel of Huge Blockbusters, Says Former PlayStation Exec
Well-liked suit Shawn Layden chimes in on industry trends
There’s a huge amount of chatter about exclusivity in the aftermath of Microsoft’s decision to port select titles to PlayStation and choppy waters in the industry at large. This year alone has seen thousands of game developers laid off, as the industry
News Everyone's Talking About Eve's Outfits in PS5 Exclusive Stellar Blade
Parasite Eve
Sony accidentally released a demo yesterday for Nikke: Goddess of Victory developer Shift Up’s hotly anticipated console debut, PS5 exclusive Stellar Blade. While the platform holder has
News Sony Patches Mistakenly Released Stellar Blade PS5 Demo to Stop People From Playing It
Stellar work
Update: Well, even if you did manage to grab the Stellar Blade demo on PS5 (it was mistakenly released on the PS Store for roughly 25 minutes before being pulled), you probably won't be able to play it from this point on. Sony seems to have updated the demo's license, meaning that if your PS5 is connected to the internet, you'll now be...
News Rise of the Ronin PS5 Trophy List Points Towards a Lot of Open World Work
Gonna need a horse
The Trophy list for soon-to-release PS5 exclusive Rise of the Ronin is now showing up on Sony's servers. There are 51 digital trinkets to collect, and after a brief analysis, we're pretty sure that unlocking the Platinum Trophy won't be a walk in the park. For starters, the action RPG expects you to complete basically all of its...
News PS5's Stellar Blade, Rise of the Ronin Headline New Montage Trailer
With a song by Genki Rockets
PlayStation Japan, as you’ll already know, loves a good montage trailer. And this latest clip – which has a bit of a road trip vibe to it – is a bit of a banger, spotlighting upcoming console exclusives like Rise of the Ronin and Stellar Blade. There’s also space to feature titles like Helldivers 2, Silent Hill...
News Helldivers 2's Cutting Edge Premium Warbond Locked, Loaded for 14th March Deployment
Sending out an SOS
While today's top story remains the Liberation of Tien Kwan, Super Earth high command (developer Arrowhead) has revealed the Cutting Edge Premium Warbond, giving all loyal Helldivers a glimpse of the arsenal on the way to the forces of Democracy. Expect distribution to begin on 14th March in exchange for a lifetime of service and...
News Spider-Man 2's New Game+ Update Adds Access to Dev Menu That Could Corrupt Your Saves
Curiosity killed the cat
The eagerly anticipated New Game+ update is now available in Marvel's Spider-Man 2. It adds plenty of additions players have been asking for, and at least one no one had on their bingo card: access to a developer debug menu that messing around in could potentially corrupt your saves and disrupt Trophy progress. Developer...
News Super Destroyers Over Tien Kwan! Helldivers 2 Liberation of Mech Foundry World Begins
This not a drill
Priority orders have come down from Super Earth High Command (developer Arrowhead Game Studios), calling all available Helldivers to arms in response to the surprise, cowardly, and entirely predictable assault on the foundry world of Tien Kwan, located in the Theseus Sector. Until Liberty and Democracy are restored, production of...
News Spider-Man 2's Massive New Game+ Update Is Finally Here, Mission Replay and More Included
Crime never sleeps
It's taken a good few months, but the highly anticipated New Game+ patch for Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is upon us. This is a meaty update that goes far beyond the headline act, boasting additional accessibility options, and even the ability to replay individual story missions. For the uninitiated, New Game+ lets you play through the...
