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News Returnal Dev Commits to 'Premium' PS5 Experiences as Sony Continues Live Service Push
The plan is to be "fully-focused on single player"
With all the recent talk about Sony's live service push not stopping any time soon, PlayStation's Returnal developer Housemarque has spoken out about how it intends to remain "fully-focused on single player and premium experiences", at least in the foreseeable future. During
News Stellar Blade Sequel Announced, Out by 2027
At least Shift Up hopes it will be
Stellar Blade team Shift Up has officially confirmed it now has a sequel to the PS5 fan-favourite in the works, revealed in an investors' presentation. On one of the slides in a May 2025 powerpoint, it is shared the studio is working on Nikke, Stellar Blade, and something called Project Witches throug
News Helldivers 2 Fights Back on the Streets of Super Earth in Major PS5, PC Update
EDF! EDF! EDF!
Prepare yourself for Helldivers 2 to explode in popularity all over again, as a major update bringing the battle to the streets of Super Earth has deployed today. “Despite the valiant efforts of our Helldivers to push back the fleet, the Illuminate have reached Super Earth,” community manager Katherine Baskin declared on the PS...
News Stellar Blade PC Appears Poised to Be a Humongous Hit
Rocketing up Steam sales charts
Stellar Blade may not be for sale in some 129 countries due to publisher PlayStation’s policies, but it looks set to explode on PC when it releases next month. The game is currently the fifth best-selling title on Steam’s global charts, behind only evergreen Counter-Strike 2, the Steam Deck handheld, the imminent...
News Neil Druckmann Confirms Involvement in Second Unannounced Naughty Dog Project
He'll be in "more of a producer role"
There's been speculation in recent times about Naughty Dog's upcoming projects and now in a slight update, The Last of Us director Neil Druckmann has revealed he's involved in a second title at the studio. Druckmann has not only been locked in as one of the directors of Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet but...
News PlayStation, Hideo Kojima's Next-Gen Physint Game 'Five or Six' Years Away
See you on PS6
We are only a month away now from the next Hideo Kojima game releasing on PS5, but if you're more interested in what Kojima Productions has for the future, then you'll almost certainly need a PS6 to play it. When discussing film projects with French outlet Le Film Français, Kojima provides an overview of when he might get to make a...
News Intergalactic Recruits New The Last of Us Season 2 Actor for PS5 Game
Welcome aboard Tony Dalton
Naughty Dog has revealed an actor from the latest episode of The Last of Us on HBO will also star as a character in the developer's next PS5 game, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. Spoilers for the latest episode of The Last of Us - Season 2 on HBO follow. The Price, the penultimate episode of the series, focuses on...
News Stellar Blade PS5, PC Will Add a Boss Battle with One of NIKKE's Most Popular Characters
Here comes a new challenger
When the Stellar Blade Complete Edition was officially announced, developer Shift Up mentioned there’d be a new boss battle against Mann, the beefy personal bodyguard of Orcal from the main campaign. But now new language on PlayStation.com confirms we’ll also be facing off against one of
News We Were Oh So Close to Getting Soul Sacrifice 2 from Sony
Freedom Wars 2 was also in the works
Soul Sacrifice, and especially its expanded re-release Soul Sacrifice Delta, was superb. Released exclusively on the PS Vita, we suspect many of you may never have played this, but it deployed when Sony was looking to fill the gaping hole left by Monster Hunter’s sudden decision to transition from PSP to...
News Like It or Loathe It, This Is Why Sony Won't Stop Trying to Make Live Service Games for PS5
Almost 30% of record-breaking revenue from microtransactions
Disruption to the development of Fairgames has inevitably brought live service doubters out of the woodwork once more. It’s ironic, considering this week saw Sony announce its financial results for the fiscal year which finished on 31st March, where the PlayStation division registered...
News Sony to Focus on PS5 Engagement, First-Party Showing Greater Financial Discipline
Monthly active users key to company's ambitions
Sony has gone through a series of leadership changes of late, with hardware bigwig Hideaki Nishino promoted to PlayStation CEO and temporary boss Hiroki Totoki taking the top job at the Japanese giant overall. Ex-SIE exec Lin Tao has also been given a seat at the big table, assuming the role of Chief...
News Just 4% of PS5, PS4 Fans Think PS Plus Premium Represents Good Value for Money
Bleak
PS Plus Premium’s offering in May is awful, with forgotten PS2 first-person shooter Battle Engine Aquila the only new addition. In fact, subscribers are losing more this month than they’re gaining, with streaming support
News Helldivers 2 Dev Breaks Away from PlayStation, Next Game Will Be Self-Funded
The Warbond is broken
Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Studios has confirmed that it will not be partnering with PlayStation for its next game. According to CEO Shams Jorjani on Discord, the co-op shooter has been so successful that the company can now self-fund whatever's next — and whatever it is, it's probably going to be multiplatform. "Game...
News PS Plus Premium Members Stunned at Dramatic Decline in Quality
Nonplussed
PS Plus Premium is slumping back into old habits. The top-tier subscription service, which arrived with the grand promise of cloud streaming and retro classics, had been on a bit of an upwards trajectory – but a series of subpar updates has since seen it come crashing down to Earth. This month’s sole new addition is PS2 first-person...
News Sony Makes Stellar Blade Complete Edition for PS5, PC Official, Some Outfits Revealed
Out on 11th June
Shift Up has revealed it's releasing a Complete Edition of its excellent PS5 game Stellar Blade on 11th June 2025, which also marks the title's debut on PC. The release will bundle together the base game, all of the original pre-order bonuses, the two expansions themed around NieR Automata and NIKKE: Goddess of Victory, an
News Ghost of Yotei Dev: As Americans, We Knew How Ignorant We Were of Japanese Culture
Sucker Punch on doing things right
If you've been keeping up with Ghost of Tsushima and Ghost of Yotei developer Sucker Punch over the years, you'll know that the studio takes its work very seriously. Although Ghost of Tsushima wasn't utterly grounded in historical accuracy — taking heavy inspiration from samurai cinema — Sucker Punch still...
No interest in a game that "appeals to everyone"
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach review codes aren't available for press outlets like ourselves yet, but Sony and Kojima Productions will have been conducting internal reviews for months now. These are more designed to offer the studio feedback on what areas they could improve and give a rough estimate...
News Death Stranding 2 World Tour to Visit 12 Cities Around PS5 Release
From LA and London to Tokyo and Lucca
Just as it did with the first game, Kojima Productions has announced it is taking Death Stranding 2 on a worldwide tour before, during, and after the game's PS5 release. Called the World Strand Tour, there'll be 12 stops, and they'll offer "a celebration of all things Death Stranding as part of a World Tour,...
News Days Gone Remastered Gets Better with PS5 Update, Here Are All the Patch Notes
Biker game updated with balanced mode
Days Gone Remastered is a great version of the game, with its relit environments adding a real horror edge to the outing’s open world. One issue with the re-release, however, is that its resolution has taken a step backwards at 60fps, compared to the original backwards compatible PS4 edition. A new patch...
News God of War Fans Are Still Demanding Remasters of Kratos' Earlier Games
Keep your expectations low, boy
Kratos has an epic history on PlayStation but some of the older entries in the series could benefit from a refresh. Fans were hoping to hear something during the God of War 20th anniversary celebrations earlier this year following some juicy rumours, but Sony poured cold water on their excitement – confirming ahead...
News More Cars, More Events in Latest Gran Turismo 7 PS5, PS4 Update 1.59
New patch drops in the next 24 hours
Polyphony Digital has today confirmed the details of the latest Gran Turismo 7 update on PS5 and PS4, which will bring the racing game up to version number 1.59. The main additions are four new cars and three new events, most of which you can see in the trailer above. The patch implementing these new additions...
News Even More PS5 Price Increases Being Considered by Sony
As a result of Trump's tariffs
Sony has confirmed it is considering more PS5 console price increases and moving manufacturing of the system to the USA, as a result of tariffs implemented by president Donald Trump. As part of its financial forecast for the coming fiscal year, Sony said it expects roughly 100 billion yen (~$680 million) in tariffs...
News PS5 First-Party Game Sales Will Increase Over Next Year, Sony Says
A big year for exclusives
Sony is predicting a big year for first-party PS5 software moving forward, as it forecasts an increase in sales for its own exclusive software. We already know, of course, that Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is due out in June and Ghost of Yotei will follow in October. Other announced titles that could contribute to the...
News PS5 Takes Another Giant Stride Towards 100 Million Units Milestone
Getting closer
PS5 added another 18.5 million units to its overall hardware total in the fiscal year ending 31st March, 2025. Of that total, 2.8 million units were tacked on throughout the company’s fourth quarter. That takes the worldwide total of current-gen system’s sales up to 77.7 million units lifetime. Launch aligned, the PS5 is still...
Rumour New PS5 Pro Update Could Give Frame Rates and Resolutions a Massive Boost
Back to the PSSR
If a new rumour is to be believed, Sony is prepping a significant PS5 Pro update that could push game performance through the roof. PSSR, the AI-driven upscaling software that's always been a key PS5 Pro feature, is at the crux of these supposed enhancements. According to in-the-know YouTube tech channel Moore's Law Is Dead (as...
News Helldivers 2 Continues to Be Sony's Most Successful Live Service by a Mile
Big update brings players back in droves
Now that the initial interest has died down, it’s easy to forget Helldivers 2 remains an enormously successful game. While the likes of MLB The Show 25 and Gran Turismo 7 continue to perform, there’s not another game in Sony’s stable that’s attracted the kind of live service longevity of Arrowhead’s...
News Hot PS5s Cause Havoc at Sony's EVO Japan Grand Final
Feeling the heat
Video game consoles can be prone to all sorts of issues and at EVO Japan during the Guilty Gear Strive grand final last weekend, one of the PS5 units at the forefront of the event allegedly collapsed under the pressure. The USA representative RedDitto managed to fight his way out of the losers bracket of this competition and make...
News Intergalactic PS5 Star 'Bootcamp-ing' with Neil Druckmann to Ignore the Haters
Tati Gabrielle comments on mixed reception
Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is the upcoming sci-fi action game from Naughty Dog, starring Tati Gabrielle as a bounty hunter who winds up on a cursed planet. While the reveal trailer had plenty of positive reactions, it attracted more than its fair share of backlash, with many online users making...
News PS5 Now Lets You Buy Games with Your Face on PS Store
Apple Pay now an option
Sony has sneakily added a new payment option to PS Store on PS5, and it's good news for iOS users. Apple Pay is now available to use for purchases from PlayStation's digital storefront. Those with iOS/iPadOS 18 or later will be able to take advantage of the new feature. When you go to buy something from PS Store using...
News PS Plus Premium Sub Is the Highlight of New PS5 Console Bundle
Out now in the UK for £680
A new PS5 console bundle has been quietly listed on Sony's PlayStation Direct webstore, offering the base PS5 system with a disc drive along with a two-year subscription to PS Plus Premium. It's available now in the UK for £679.99. The same website is selling the PS5 console on its own for £479.99, so the 24 months of...
News Stellar Blade Dev Shows Off Silky Smooth Steam Deck Gameplay
Decked out
Ahead of the game’s hotly anticipated PC port next month, Korean dev Shift Up has shown off Stellar Blade running cleanly on the Steam Deck. The short X (or Twitter) clip features a few seconds of off-screen footage, as well-endowed swordstress Eve wrestles with some Naytibas in the game’s
News A Useful New PS5 Welcome Hub Widget Is Rolling Out to Some Users in Beta
Should launch for everyone soon
PS5's Welcome screen is what greets you each time you log into your console, and it's remained mostly unchanged since its introduction — but it seems Sony is readying a brand new widget. Some users, presumably those signed up to PlayStation's beta program, have received an update to the Welcome hub, adding a new...
News PS5's Next Big Game Death Stranding 2 Is Complete and Ready for Release
Tomorrow never comes
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach has gone gold ahead of its PS5 release on 26th June. For those not familiar with the industry lingo, the term “going gold” means core development has been completed, and developer Kojima Productions has submitted its master copy for manufacturing. In this modern era, teams will often...
News PS5's Share of Active US Players Is Slowly Beginning to Pummel Xbox
Well on top
While those of you who live in Europe and Asia will know Xbox has been little more than a footnote for quite some time, USA has remained somewhat of a battleground for Sony. We know from Circana data that PS5 tends to sell the most units on a monthly basis, but it’s still been somewhat competitive, with Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo...
News Death Stranding 2's PS5 Story Could Take a Monstrous 75 Hours to Beat
Porter Lou
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach’s story could be almost double the length of its predecessor, with a plot that could take you up to 75 hours to finish. At least, that’s if estimations from Eurogamer.net’s preview are accurate. The site writes that during a recent hands-on session at Kojima Productions’ futuristic Tokyo office, it...
News Xbox Is Stepping Up Its Backwards Compatibility Efforts Again, to the Envy of PS5 Fans
Blasting from the past
Where Microsoft has stumbled, Sony's got a lot of things right over the last couple of console generations — but one area where PlayStation fans would love to see an improvement is backwards compatibility. Funnily enough, backwards compatibility and general game preservation are something that Xbox has been excelling at for...
Gallery Death Stranding 2 PS5 Screenshots Take Guerrilla's Decima Engine to New Horizons
Take a hike
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is back following a big preview event, and while it's great to get a bunch of new impressions on the upcoming sequel, it's also an opportunity to see how it's looking. A batch of fresh screenshots accompany all the new coverage, and it's safe to say Kojima Productions is no slouch when it comes to...
News Hideo Kojima Not Planning to Make a Death Stranding 3, But He Has a Concept for It
Someone else "could probably make it"
In case you missed it, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach has just had a big media push, with many outlets previewing the upcoming sequel. As part of a Q&A during this preview event, Hideo Kojima reveals he has a concept in mind for a potential third outing, though says he won't be making it himself. Some light...
Round Up Death Stranding 2 PS5 Previews Describe a Metal Gear Glow Up for Kojima Sequel
In Hideo we trust
Kojima Productions recently invited a handful of games writers to Tokyo to play Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, and reading through the impressions, this sounds like a real glow-up for the fledgling franchise. The game takes place in both Mexico and Australia, with the Chiral Network protagonist Sam helped create in the original...
News Sony Celebrates Death Stranding 2 with Limited Edition PS5 Controller
Due out alongside the game
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is the next big release in Sony’s arsenal, and so it’s perhaps not massively surprising to learn it’s getting a Limited Edition DualSense controller, with pre-orders scheduled to get underway from 22nd May, exclusively on PS Direct. Here’s a nice picture of Hideo Kojima holding the...
News Days Gone Remastered PS5 Amplifies the Horror Compared to Its PS4 Predecessor
But resolution takes a tumble
Days Gone Remastered on PS5 is a really interesting game because it’s not the low-effort resolution and frame rate upgrade you tend to find with these types of projects. Tech experts Digital Foundry have put the re-release through its paces, and perhaps the most interesting wrinkle here is how Bend Studio has turned...
News Sony's New First-Party Studio Working on Lighthearted Team-Based Action Game for PS5
Looking for group
Sony has officially announced a new first-party studio named teamLFG, which it’s spun out of Bungie. (The LFG stands for 'Looking for Group', by the way, which is an undeniably rubbish name.) You may recall this dev has been an open secret for a while. Back when Bungie went through a series of layoffs, it was speculated that...
News Almost 2,500 Top-Notch PS5, PS4 Games Discounted in New PS Store Sale
Diablo 4! Silent Hill 2! Forspoken!
We’re knee-deep into May already, and that means Sony’s bringing some more pain to your wallet with another massive PS Store sale. Some of the featured games are enjoying their lowest-ever prices, like Diablo 4, which is 50% off. We’ve compiled some of the highlights below, and will follow-up with a full...
Talking Point What Should Ghost of Yotei's Biggest PS5 Improvements Be?
Mountain climber
Now that Ghost of Yotei has a confirmed 2nd October release date, the wait for new gameplay footage and details has begun. But since we're still in the dark with regards to a lot of what developer Sucker Punch is doing with this anticipated sequel, we thought it'd be fun to talk about what we actually want from the game. So, we've...
News Yoshida: Gran Turismo's Fate Was Partly Saved by Me
"Yamauchi told me I was right"
Gran Turismo has, for decades now, been an outstanding racing game. But the franchise’s success can perhaps best be attributed to a single gameplay detail: it’s a realistic simulator, but it’s also an accessible one. Pit it against modern driving sims like iRacing and it comes up short, but Gran Turismo is...
News Ghost of Yotei PS5 Will Be Even Better Than Its Wildly Successful Predecessor, Says Yoshida
"Sucker Punch has done it again"
Ghost of Tsushima was, in some ways, a surprise success. The game launched during the pandemic in 2020, and while it was always expected to be popular, it exceeded expectations with sales of over 13 million units announced in 2024. Even more impressive is that the title sold over one million units in
News Xbox Buyout Won't Stop Sony Bundling PS5 with Call of Duty
Black Ops 6 bundle reportedly on the way
Sony is reportedly set to offer an official PS5 console bundle containing a digital copy of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 in the near future. That's despite the series being owned by a rival hardware manufacturer. Reliable leaker Billbil-Kun made the claim on the Dealabs website, where they suggested that the...
News Returnal's PS5 Pro Upgrade Overdelivers with Improved Image Quality, Performance
Tech experts detail new update
Tech experts Digital Foundry have put Returnal’s surprise PS5 Pro update through its paces, and the results are remarkable to say the least. While dev Housemarque had promised improvement
News Ghost of Yotei PS5 Pre-Orders Show Players Are Willing to Pay $80, Even When They Don't Have To
Sucker punch
Ghost of Yotei has, as you’d expect, rocketed right to the top of the PS Store pre-order charts right around the world. In both the UK and US (and several other countries we checked, to be fair), the game is the number one most pre-ordered release on Sony’s storefront, with the $80 Deluxe Edition trending better than its...
