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News Are We Ready to Admit Horizon's Online Co-Op PS5 Game Looks Good Yet?
Horizon Hunters Gathering shares new footage
Horizon Hunters Gathering was announced earlier this year, Guerrilla's co-op multiplayer spinoff, and it was quickly torn apart online. We think that knee-jerk reaction was a little rash, because from what's been released so far, it shows a lot of potential, and that divisive art and animation style...
News PS5 Firmware Update Out Now, We Hope You Like Emojis
Thumbs up
PS5 firmware update 26.03-13.20.00 (catchy!) is available to download now. And this latest system software patch isn't just your usual stability upgrade — it's actually packing an all-important improvement... more reaction emojis. Get in! If you make use of messages on PS5, then you've probably noticed that you can 'react' to text from...
News Free Gran Turismo 7 Update Adds Everything from Supercars to a Twingo
Plus, new content for Power Pack expansion
Sony’s live service strategy has been mixed to say the least, but regardless of how the company actually defines Gran Turismo 7, there’s no denying its on-going support remains unparalleled. This week will see an all-new update released for the racing sim, adding a trio of new cars, a Café collection...
Feature Xbox Game Pass vs PS Plus - Was Sony Right All Along?
After more Microsoft flip-flops, Sony's stayed true to its word
It’s easy to forget at this stage of the generation, but Sony was under intense pressure to create a rival to Xbox Game Pass when the PS5 released. Many felt that Microsoft, with an open cheque book and The Best Deal in Gaming™, was going to eat its lunch. But the Japanese giant...
News Helldivers 2 Continues Its Brilliant Run of Post-Launch Content with Another Warbond on PS5
Exo Experts inbound
If you're still playing Helldivers 2, good news: Arrowhead has another premium Warbond up its sleeve, bringing you a new box of toys to play with in the co-op shooter. It's called Exo Experts, and you can see what it's all about in the below trailer: Available starting 28th April, this Warbond is focused on introducing new...
News Sony Does Its Latest Retro Release Justice with a PS5, PS4 Trophy List
28 Trophies in Wild Arms 4 to unlock
It can sometimes be a complete toss-up whether the retro releases coming to PS Plus Premium and the PS Store will ship with a Trophy list, but in the case of today's new addition, Wild Arms 4 thankfully does give you a Platinum Trophy to unlock. It's available now via a PS Plus Premium subscription, or you can...
News Wild Arms 4 Returns on PS Plus Premium, But Its PS2 Reviews Were Ruthless
"Should such calculating mediocrity be continually excused?"
Wild Arms 4, the 2005 entry in Sony’s long-running JRPG series, launches later this week on the PS5 and PS4 via PS Plus Premium. It’s a rare first-party addition to the platform holder’s emulation efforts, as recent releases have leaned heavily on the catalogues of Bandai Namco and...
News PS5 Age Verification Coming to UK and Ireland, Needed for Messages and Voice Chat
Get your phone out
In what is a rather sudden development, PS5 players are being sent notifications about age verification. At the time of writing, this is limited to players in the UK and Ireland. The message says that in "compliance with global regulations", users will need to verify their age "later this year" if they want to continue using...
News 20-Year-Old Sony JRPG Makes Surprise Return to PS5, PS4 This Week, Free on PS Plus Premium
JRPGlee
Sony has, it seems, remembered to add some fresh software to PS Plus Premium’s glacially updated Classics Catalogue. Last week’s PS Plus Extra and Premium update confirms that Wild Arms 4, the 2005 PS2 JRPG from Media.Vision, will be emulated on both the PS5 and PS4 and available starting 21st April. The previous three Wild Arms games...
Feature Last Chance to Buy These 60+ PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store's Spring Sale
Recommended PS5 and PS4 games going cheap
The PS Store's latest offer, simply named the Spring Sale, is on right now, and it's running until 22nd April 2026, so there's not much time left to grab a bargain. With thousands of PS5 and PS4 games included in the sale, it can be difficult to browse through all that, which is where this guide comes in...
News Astro Bot's Adorable Set of 'Surprise' Figurines an Essential for PS5 Fans
They're so damn cute
Look, Astro Bot may just be the best mascot PlayStation's ever had, and you only need to look at how much merch there is of the little guy to see that. The little robot platforming hero adorns various T-shirts, mugs, and accessories, but he's also perfect for toys, as we've already seen with various figurines. Well, that trend...
News Gran Turismo Copycat Forced to Change Its Name for Release on PS5, PS4
Gran Carismo no more
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 Sony...
News PS5's Fairgames Is a Free-to-Play Extraction Shooter, and It's Not Dead Yet
Private playtest planned for this weekend
We’re trying hard not to be too cynical until we’ve seen fresh gameplay footage, but you’ve got to ask what’s going on with PS Studios’ portfolio building these days. Fresh from the muted release of Marathon – an extraction shooter with an eye-watering budget and Bungie talent behind it – Sony...
News More Expensive Than Ever, But Saros Will Put PS5 Pro to Work
Coming 30th April
If you need some way of justifying your PS5 Pro purchase — either before or, god forbid, after the recent price increase — then Saros looks to be one way of doing so. Housemarque has put out a new trailer today focusing on the upgraded console and what it brings over the base PS5 system. Catch it above. Amongst gameplay clips,...
News PS5 State of Play Definitely Not Happening on 16th April as Unconfirmed Rumour Whiffs
Cross it off your calendar
Very reliable sources had hinted a State of Play could take place this week, on 16th April, but we’ve now comfortably passed the window where it looks likely to take place. While there is a slim possibility of Sony announcing and hosting the show on the same day, this would be out of character for th
News PSN Down for Some, Service Mostly Now Restored
Down and out
There are widespread reports of a PSN outage circulating online, with PS5 and PS4 owners noting an inability to play multiplayer games. We just tested our console and were able to login, but did have some issues playing some of our online-only games. Sony has yet to officially acknowledge the downtime, but from what we’re seeing,...
News 8 PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for April 2026 Announced
A trio of titles revealed
Sony is due to make its official announcement about additions to the PS Plus Extra and Premium catalogues later today, 15th April 2026, but as is usually the case, a selection of those games have been leaked early. The ever-reliable Billbil-kun reports on Dealabs about three of the games heading into PS Plus Extra's game...
Rumour A God of War PS5 Prequel Not Starring Kratos Will Take Us to Multiple Mythologies
Myth busters
There have been a lot of rumours circulating about the future of the God of War franchise, and one concerning a spinoff prequel refuses to die down. Outlet MP1st has reported several key details about a supposed new game in the series, one that has previously been described as "a new franchise within the God of War universe"...
News Bloodborne Returns in Major Animated Movie, and Producer Jacksepticeye Couldn't Be More Excited
Top of the 'borne-ing
Bloodborne fans, you've finally been fed. While it may not be quite the news you're looking for, it seems there are still some at Sony who remember the hardcore action RPG exists. At CinemaCon, Sony Pictures has announced it's developing a Bloodborne animated movie, alongside PlayStation Productions and Lyrical Animation...
News US PS5 Hardware Sales Hit a 2026 High Prior to Huge Price Increase
The peak before the collapse
Unsurprisingly, US consumers flocked to stores to pick up PS5 hardware prior to the console’s enormous price increase earlier this month. Circana analyst Mat Piscatella reveals that Sony’s console enjoyed its highest sales of 2026 so far during the week ending 4th April. The system’s price increase officially...
Live-action movie wraps filming
It still feels a little funny to say Sony Pictures is helping make a Legend of Zelda movie, but we are where we are. The company is partnering with Nintendo on the live-action adaptation of the beloved action adventure series. Sony Pictures recently announced at CinemaCon that filming has now wrapped on the project,...
News Sony Announces High-End Gaming Monitor for the Uber Sweats
Get IN(the)ZONE
In the midst of reports that PlayStation is moving away from its PC strategy, Sony’s INZONE gaming line is doubling down with a selection of high-end gaming products taking aim at the PC market. INZONE, a brand of gaming products that include headphones and monitors, has released some pricey yet stellar products in the past,...
News Inevitable PS5 Sequel Marvel's Spider-Man 3 Teased in a Quickly Deleted Social Post
IYKYK
Insomniac Games is one of Sony's busiest and best studios, and while it's currently on the final stretch with Marvel's Wolverine, it appears as though development is already in progress on another superhero action adventure. Ben Jordan, who acts as the face model for Peter Parker in the Marvel's Spider-Man series, recently posted an...
Naughty naughty
Naughty Dog, one of Sony's most highly valued development studios, is pretty notorious for its crunch culture, with extended working hours the norm during certain periods of a game's production. Crunch is a problem throughout the medium, but Naughty Dog is arguably one of the worst culprits, and that's because it's given up trying...
News Reported Physint Casting Call Looks for a Villain on a Hijacked Bus
"Mads Mikkelsen in Hannibal but with flair"
Kojima Productions appears to be starting work on Physint in proper soon, as reported casting calls for characters have been picked up by MP1ST. The outlet claims that the developer is currently searching for actors to fill a variety of roles aboard a hijacked bus, from a villain-esque character to...
News PS5's PS Store Is Getting a Netflix-Style Makeover Soon
Refit en route
In addition to redesigning the homepage of the PS5, it looks like Sony is also plotting some sweeping changes to the PS Store. An image circulating on social media from the system’s beta program shows a new-look layout for the storefront, complete with large Netflix-style tiles and a bunch of different filtering tags. You can see...
News Another Attempt at a Metal Gear Solid Movie Is Being Made by Sony
Final Destination Bloodlines directors signed up for project
A movie adaptation of Metal Gear Solid has been attempted for decades, and now a renewed effort from Sony Pictures has given the movie another chance at finally happening. It's signed Final Destination Bloodlines directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein to perform the same role on a Metal...
News PS5 Price Hike Hits Japan Hard as PS5 Pro Sales Sink to Xbox Levels
How low can you go?
There’s really no reason to purchase a non-language locked PS5 console in Japan after Sony’s latest price hike, and the market has responded. The latest Famitsu hardware sales data spanning the week ending 5th April shows that just 840 PS5 Pro consoles were sold during the period. A further 558 disc-based PS5 consoles were...
News PS5 Fans Want Trophy Upgrades After Xbox Improves Achievements
Stuck in 2020
Some PS5 fans are green with envy today, after Xbox announced improvements to the Achievements system. Sony famously copied Microsoft’s metagame during the PS3 era, introducing Trophies with Super Stardust HD. While it was optional at first, support was eventually mandated and it’s become a big part of the PlayStation experience...
News Saros PS5 Marketing in Full Swing as Sony Drops Yet Another Trailer
Footage and media quotes combine
PlayStation wants to make absolutely sure you've seen at least a bit of Saros gameplay in the lead-up to its PS5 release this April, so it's been flooding YouTube with new trailers. And here's another one, this time blending footage with some quotes taken from the recent round of media previews. Catch it above...
News Saros Looks Like Pure Chaotic Bullet Hell Madness in Latest PS5 Gameplay Clip
And we can't wait
Sony is on the verge of launching its latest PS5-exclusive first-party game, and every time we see it, we want to play it just that little bit more. Saros launches on 30th April, the next arcade shooter from developer Housemarque, and it's looking just as aggressive and challenging as its predecessor in this brand new gameplay...
"Abso-f*ckin-lutely not"
It’s not really the end of the world, but whoever cooked up Sony’s new Playerbase competition may be having a rethink today. The idea, as announced on the PS Blog yesterday, is to “celebrate” the PlayStation community by putting you in its games, starting with Gran Turismo 7. Howe
News State of Play with Third-Party PS5 Reveals Tipped for Next Week, According to Notorious Snoop
16th April could be the day
Sony is planning to host its next State of Play livestream within the next seven or so weeks, according to reliable leaker Nate the Hate. In a social media post, he responded to a user questioning whether there'll be a YouTube video regarding PlayStation's future plans. The leaker said a video will arrive following the...
News 007 First Light Is Getting Its Own Limited Edition DualSense PS5 Controller
The Man with the Golden Pad
You know Sony considers a game a big deal if it gets its very own custom DualSense controller, and the latest title to receive that honour is 007 First Light. Yes, IO Interactive's upcoming James Bond action adventure game is getting a special, limited edition PS5 pad, and here it is: The 007 First Light controller is...
News Here's a Better Look at PS5's Redesigned Home Menu, Currently in Beta
Looking sharp
Slowly, we’re starting to see more of Sony’s redesigned PS5 home menu, which is currently available to a select few users for beta testing. The new layout incorporates a ribbon at the top which can be navigated using the b:L1 and b:R1 buttons. This allows you to quickly switch between different screens, including your Games,...
Opinion Sony's 'Playerbase' Is a Weak and Weird Way to Celebrate PS5 Fans
What are we doing here?
Sony announced The Playerbase today, a kinda competition designed to put people like you – yes, you – in some of its biggest first-party games. I understand the company wants to establish a closer relationship with its core players, but is this the best it could come up with? This reminds me of
News PlayStation to Start Putting Fans into PS5 Games with New Playerbase Program
Beginning with Gran Turismo 7
Well, if you've ever wanted your likeness to appear as an official asset in a PlayStation game, you now have the chance: Sony has announced a new scheme called The Playerbase, where you can have yourself scanned and placed into a PS5 title. To start off, one fan will be selected to appear as a character in Gran Turismo...
Rumour Naughty Dog 'Floated' the Idea of Uncharted 5 Before COVID
A thief's continuation
Naughty Dog, the studio behind Uncharted, has apparently been toying with the idea of a new entry for years. That's according to reliable insider Tom Henderson. Speaking on the Insider Gaming podcast, Henderson briefly touches on the Uncharted series, stating that the studio has "floated" a new game more than once. Recently,...
News PS5 Home Page Refresh Live Now for Some Users
Small update moves things around
An updated PS5 home screen has gone live for certain console owners that makes some minor tweaks to the positions of your PS5, PS4 games and the PS Plus, PS Store, and Library widgets on the page. Those with the update have had their horizontal scrolling bar now entirely filled with PS5, PS4 games. The PS Plus and...
News 'I Think So': God of War Actor Hints at the Return of Sex Minigames in PS5 Remake
Push circle to pleasure
Kratos’ original voice actor TC Carson has hinted that God of War’s controversial sex minigames may return in Santa Monica Studio’s upcoming PS5 remake. This has been a big topic of conversation ever since the new versions were announced, as they were considered a little cringey even upon release, and may seem even...
News Ghost of Yotei's Brutal Raid Will Have No Matchmaking at Launch, So Bring Friends
No time to be antisocial, samurai
If you want to tackle Ghost of Yotei Legends’ endgame Raid this week, you’re going to need to find a few likeminded friends and fast. Sucker Punch has confirmed that, at launch on 10th April, the difficult mission will not support matchmaking. You will need a squad of four players to challenge it, however...
News Sony Delists 100s More Crappy PS5, PS4 Games, Including Jesus Simulator
Wonder if it'll rise again
It’s becoming increasingly obvious that Sony is not playing around with poor quality software on the PS Store anymore. The company’s delisted thousands of cash grabs this year alone, and this morning it’s swept away hundreds more. News first emerged on PSNProfiles, but we’ve been able to corroborate the...
He's not a big gamer, though
In a rare English language interview with Bloomberg, Sony CEO Hiroki Totoki has talked about his company’s transition from consumer electronics to entertainment. The Japanese giant is best known for its history making products like televisions and CD players, but recently it spun off its Bravia business as part of a...
News Remember Those PC Icons on PS5? Sony Removed Them
Going through changes
Do you remember last November one industrious PlayStation fan fuelled speculation by uncovering unused icons in the PS5’s operating system? The symbols prompted discussion about a potential PC launcher, as they alluded to things like ‘Cross-Buy’ and ‘PS5/PC’. Of course, this story has developed since, because it’s...
News Everyone's Talking About DriveClub Again, PS4's Underappreciated Racer
Are you part of the Club?
In this day and age, it’s rare we experience a warm fuzzy feeling when we boot up X (formerly known as Twitter, of course). But the past few days have been lovely: our feed is full of people talking about DriveClub again. The discussion started when someone posted a clip of the game and its infamous rain effects. The...
News For All the Talk About Crimson Desert, Nothing Beats MLB The Show on the US PS5 Chart
Home run
It shouldn't come as much of a surprise to learn that Crimson Desert was one of the best-selling games on the PS Store for the month of March. The open world action game has been the talk of the town ever since its launch, and overall it's been selling like mad; it's over 4 million copies at this point. However, what we hadn't really...
"I was down for it"
Iconic actor TC Carson has reprised his role as Kratos, after the God of War protagonist was recast for the Norse saga. Long-time fans will recall Carson brought life to the anti-hero in the Greek games, before being replaced by Christopher Judge in the more sombre God of War (2018) and God of War Ragnarok. But starting with...
News PS5 Power Saver Yet Again Tipped as PS6 Handheld 'Trojan Horse'
More smoke
Hands up if you’re using PS5’s Power Saver mode? We’re not seeing many raised palms. Sony implemented this feature in a recent firmware update, linking it to its carbon neutral goals. And as we’ve seen from various implementations, enabling it
News Uncharted Fans Think a Social Post Is Evidence of New PS5 Entry
"Research..."
Uncharted fans have dug up a six-week-old Instagram post from a Naughty Dog developer, and are now contemplating whether it's subtly teasing a new game in the series. Back in February, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy director Shaun Escayg made a seemingly innocent post about doing a bit of "research". The image in question features a...
News Fans Reckon PS Studios Website Adjustments Hint at Sony's Move Away from PC
Plus: Bluepoint removed
Fans have spotted some recent changes to PlayStation's official webpage for its first-party developer group, PS Studios. As pointed out by X user Zuby_Tech, there are some small but potentially meaningful adjustments. It's previously been reported that Sony is set to move away from the PC market and concentrate on its...
