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News You Can Now Pre-Order God of War's 20th Anniversary PS5 Controller
Special DualSense up for purchase now
God of War turns 20 this year, and to mark the occasion, Sony has produced a limited edition of the DualSense PS5 controller. If you're a fan of Kratos and his grisly journey through mythology, you'll be able to celebrate with this commemorative pad, as pre-orders are now live across various retailers. The...
Talking Point Are You Getting Sick of Sony's Supposedly 'Samey' Approach to Story Telling?
Sad dad
A new IGN article about Sony’s approach to story telling in its first-party games has gone viral. The piece – entitled ‘I’m Getting Bored of Every PlayStation Game Telling the Same Story’ – has attracted both agreement and ire in equal measure, as any good op-ed should. But do you agree with it? The underlying thesis for the...
News Sounds Like Sony May Finally Be Starting to Wind Down PS4 Support
Certain services getting the axe
The PS5 has been around for nearly five years now, and throughout that time, the PS4 has still been a big part of the wider gaming landscape. With an enormous install base and more accessible price point, Sony's last-gen console has lived a much longer lifespan than most other machines, with many modern games still...
Poll Are You Playing Ghost of Yotei?
A mountain to climb
It's a damn good time to be a fan of tense sword fights and open world settings, because Ghost of Yotei has finally arrived on PS5. The sequel to 2020's Ghost of Tsushima, it's almost hard to believe that it's been more than five whole years since Sucker Punch gave us the story of Jin Sakai. Yotei opts for a more freeform...
News PS Studios Celebrates Launch of Ghost of Yotei on PS5 with Gorgeous Artwork
Wolf pack
Another PS Studios game has launched, and that means a new wave of lovely original artwork from fellow first-party teams. Ghost of Yotei arrives today, 2nd October 2025, and to celebrate Sucker Punch's sequel, other teams in Sony's ranks are posting art on social media. As of right now, there are only a couple of examples, but as North...
News PlayStation Puts Its Entire Slate of PC Ports in a Steam Sale
Get anywhere from 20% to 80% off
If you've been waiting on discounts to build up your collection of PC versions for PlayStation-published titles, right now is the perfect opportunity to pull the trigger. Except for the very latest releases (Lost Soul Aside and Midnight Murder Club), every single PS5, PS4 game Sony has ever ported to PC is now on...
News Ghost of Yotei Gets a Near Perfect Score in Japan's Most Famous Gaming Magazine
But it can't beat Tsushima
Famous Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu has just dropped its latest issue — and it features a review for Ghost of Yotei. The PS5 exclusive, which releases tomorrow at the time of writing, has been handed a near perfect score of 39/40. For Famitsu, this is a rare occurrence; only 30 games — by our count — have ever...
News Ghost of Yotei's London Billboard Is One of the Coolest Ads We've Seen in Ages
Cutting edge marketing
Ghost of Yotei launches tomorrow, 2nd October 2025, and so it's the time to shine for PlayStation's marketing teams. The company has routinely done some brilliant marketing campaigns and installations in the past, with London often playing host to some of its best efforts. That's no different for Sucker Punch's sequel, which...
News New PS5 Firmware Update Is Available to Download Now
What does version 25.06-12.02.00 do?
Happy Wednesday everyone, and it is a happy one, because Sony has released a new PS5 firmware update. Taking the console's system software to version 25.06-12.02.00, the patch is available to download and install right now, weighing in at about 1.3 GB. So, what does it do? Here's the official patch note,...
News Sony Is a 'Terrible Company' That's 'Blowing It in the Games Business', Says Michael Pachter
Not another one
Business analyst Michael Pachter seemingly really has it in for Sony, as he's now said it's a "terrible company" that is currently "blowing it in the games business". This has followed on from suggestions he made last month of "clueless" management that doesn't know what it's doing. The latest comments were made during an interview...
News Ghost of Yotei-Inspired Tour Brings PS5 Game to Life in Hokkaido
Go back to the Edo period in real life
Just like they did with Ghost of Tsushima, the residents of Japan are embracing this week's PS5 release, Ghost of Yotei, by offering a tour of landmarks and Hokkaido areas the game will have used as inspiration. Available from November 2025, the Ghost of Yotei Hokkaido Tour is a five-hour excursion...
News Stellar Blade Ending Extended in New Epilogue Scenes
90 seconds of fresh Xion footage
Seemingly never quite done working on the game, developer Shift Up has pushed yet another free Stellar Blade update live to PS5 and PC today. This time, it has extended one of the three endings with a selection of short epilogue scenes. The clips don't amount to much; they're more comical than anything else and...
News New PS5 Slim Is Cheaper in Every Way Except the Retail Price, New Teardown Video Reveals
Sony's tightening its belt
Hardware revisions are extremely common throughout PlayStation's history, and while some are more substantial than others, they typically make for consoles that are cheaper to make, and thus cheaper to buy. However, due to global conditions outside the company's control, Sony's latest version of the regular PS5 (the...
News Official PlayStation Art Book to Mark 30 Years of Gaming History
"A 400 page visual journey through PlayStation history"
Sony has confirmed it's publishing a 400-page art book documenting 30 years of PlayStation history to mark the brand's anniversary. The tome will release in Spring 2026, and it's available to pre-order now from Read_Only Memory. It costs £95, or there's a "The First 30 Years" Deluxe Edition...
Rumour New PS5 DualSense Controller Will Feature a Removable Battery
More power to you
As Sony reportedly prepares a new PS5 Pro model for release, word on the street is that the company's also got a revised DualSense controller ready to go. This is another rumour that stems from Polish outlet PPE, who previously c
News PS5's Ghost of Yotei Gets Glorious Illustrated Famitsu Cover
Looking sharp
The latest issue of Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu boasts a particularly striking Ghost of Yotei illustration (thanks, Genki), ahead of the PS5 exclusive's launch in just a few days. Famitsu often snags artwork created specifically for its covers, and we think this one's a beaut. It depicts a very anime-looking Atsu slicing through...
News Superb Ghost of Yotei Soundtrack Sets the Mood Ahead of Next Week's PS5 Launch
Out now on music streaming platforms
Ahead of the game's release next week on the 2nd October, developer Sucker Punch has dropped the Ghost of Yotei soundtrack — or at least a large chunk of it — on music streaming platforms. Now, understandably, plenty of players will want to hear these tracks for the first time in-game, but there's also...
News The Last of Us 2 Is Now Available on PS Plus Extra on PS5, PS4
Happy Last of Us Day
Today is 26th September, otherwise known as The Last of Us Day — an annual celebration of Naughty Dog's series. To mark the occasion this year, Sony has added The Last of Us: Part II (PS4) and The Last of Us: Part II Remastered (PS5) to PS Plus Extra's game catalogue. They're both available to download now. The Last of Us...
News Don't Expect a Helldivers 3: Arrowhead Hopes Helldivers 2 Is a 'Forever Game'
"Think RuneScape"
Helldivers 2 has had its low points in its short lifespan so far, but by and large it's been a massive hit for Sony and developer Arrowhead Game Studios. It's been so successful, in fact, that the team expects it'll be maintaining and updating the sci-fi co-op shooter indefinitely, with no sequels or off-shoots in the works...
News PlayStation's New 'Rewards' Program Goes Down Like a Lead Balloon
Is it a reward if you have to pay for it?
PS Stars was by no means the best rewards program there's ever been, but at least there was an obvious benefit to investing your time into it. You could earn PS Store credit, and now Sony is in the process of killing it off. Earlier this week, the platform holder confirmed a new rewards system in Franchise...
News Maybe We'll Get Character Reveals at Marvel Tokon's Tokyo Game Show Presentation
It's got to happen some day
Since the announcement of Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls back in June, we've yet to see any additional characters revealed for the game. We know about eight characters so far, all of whom were shown off in the amazing reveal trailer. While there have been several good opportunities for Sony and Arc System Works to show...
News Revised PS5 Pro Model Reportedly Coming Soon in Europe, But Don't Expect Much
What a Pro
A new version of the PS5 Pro is reportedly coming very soon to the European market. That's according to very reliable leaker billbil-kun, reporting via Dealabs. Apparently, the new model (CFI-7121) is simply a minor hardware revision, and will likely be virtually identical. It's posited that the only meaningful change will be the...
News Who Is Playing Wolverine in Insomniac's PS5 Game?
Who's the star of Marvel's Wolverine?
Who is playing the title role in Marvel's Wolverine on PS5? For many, the character of Wolverine is synonymous with Hugh Jackman, who has portrayed the mutant superhero in many X-Men and standalone Wolverine films over the years. However, for Insomniac Games' original game, the character, also known as James...
News Here's Your First Look at Spider-Man and Ghost Rider Gameplay in Marvel Tokon
Playable at Tokyo Game Show
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls has unveiled eight characters so far, but only six have been shown off in detail beyond the reveal trailer. That's now changing, however, as both Spider-Man and Ghost Rider are playable in the latest build of the game, playable at this year's Tokyo Game Show. Some footage of the characters...
News Here's One Last Ghost of Yotei Trailer as the Game Approaches Launch on PS5
Vengeance is nigh
Sony has been pushing Ghost of Yotei hard, with a slow but constant feed of gameplay clips and trailers in the run up to its 2nd October release date. Now that reviews are out and with only a few days to go, the platform holder has released one more trailer to get you in the mood for Atsu's quest for revenge. It's a cool...
News Marvel's Wolverine Re-Reveal Has Gone Down Extremely Well with PS5 Fans
That's more like it
The inevitable re-reveal of Marvel's Wolverine wasn't guaranteed to be a blockbuster event, but its blood-soaked reintroduction appears to have really struck a chord with PS5 enthusiasts. At the time of writing this article, the trailer itself has racked up a very impressive 3.6 million views on the official PlayStation YouTube...
Review Ghost of Yotei (PS5) - The Greatest Sucker Punch Game Ever
You Me at Yotei Six
If ever there was one developer considered the master of making sequels, Sucker Punch would have a strong case for the accolade. With Sly 2: Band of Thieves and inFAMOUS 2 already in its back catalogue, the Bellevue studio has upped its game all over again for Ghost of Yotei. Five years of expanding and improving upon Ghost of...
News PS5 Is the Most Successful Console in PlayStation History, States Sony
Generational
The PS5 is Sony's most successful ever console. That's according to the company itself, with CEO Hideaki Nishino spreading the word during a Tokyo Game Show 2025 keynote (as reported by the no doubt incredibly busy Geoff Keighley). So what does "most successful" actually mean in this situation? Well, based on the keynote photograph...
News Nixxes Confirms It's Working Alongside Housemarque on PS5 Shooter Saros
It's a Saros operation
Housemarque lifted the lid on its upcoming roguelite third-person shooter Saros, revealing gameplay for the first time, and it's only about six months away. It turns out the Finnish studio isn't working on the game alone; fellow PS Studios team Nixxes has been supporting development. The studio confirmed its involvement on...
News Gran Turismo 7 Gets Massive Free PS5, PS4 Update as Series Tops 100 Million Units
New tracks, cars, and more
Gran Turismo has surpassed an extraordinary sales milestone – it’s topped 100 million units across the entire franchise to date. To mark the occasion, creator Polyphony Digital is plotting a ‘Spec III’ update for Gran Turismo 7, which will launch for free in December. Here’s the full extent of what it will...
News Sony Celebrates 20 Years of God of War with New PS5 Controller
Pre-orders open on 3rd October
You are not getting any remasters of a new game, but how about a God of War-branded PS5 controller? To celebrate 20 years of the series, a DualSense pad featuring Krato's iconic red marking will be made available. The controller will release on 23rd October 2025, and pre-orders open on 3rd October. It'll cost £74.99...
News Sony Adds Official Desktop Speakers to Its Increasingly Enormous Product Family
Sounding good
Sony has been doubling down on hardware and accessories all generation, but while the FlexStrike fighting stick seems like a natural fit for its product portfolio, these new Pulse Elevate wireless speakers may come as a surprise. “Pulse Elevate builds upon the imme
News First Wolverine PS5 Gameplay Is Incredibly Gory, Set for Fall 2026
You've got red on you
We've finally been handed our first proper look at Marvel's Wolverine, and boy is it bloody. This is the new action game from Insomniac Games, the PlayStation Studio behind the Marvel's Spider-Man series — except this superhero outing is packing way more violence than Peter Parker's teen-rated escapades. As you can see in...
News Saros Launches Exclusively on PS5 in March 2026, and It Looks Fantastic in First Gameplay
Come back stronger
Saros, the upcoming roguelite shooter from Returnal developer Housemarque, has received its first gameplay footage, and it looks every bit as fast-paced and action-packed as its predecessor. Check out the gameplay trailer below to get a glimpse: Looking like Returnal 2 in all but name, Saros is a sci-fi third-person shooter...
Live Watch Sony PlayStation's State of Play Here (September 2025)
Nice try, bub
It's time for another Sony PlayStation State of Play, which means approximately 35 minutes of new PS5 updates. We know Housemarque's next project Saros will be among the lineup, but what else awaits? Fans are hoping for Marvel's Wolverine, Resident Evil Requiem, and more. Join us live from 2PM PT / 10PM BST to find out. PlayStation...
News Ghost of Yotei Looks Set to Have Another Incredible Photo Mode on PS5
Share button will get a workout
While probably not the first to ever do it, Sucker Punch's inFAMOUS: Second Son was arguably the real starting point for photo modes in games. Since then, the developer has included the feature in each of its subsequent titles, and we'd say it's one of the best at it. We already knew Ghost of Yotei would include a...
Guide What Time Is PlayStation's State of Play for September 2025?
Dates, times, and what to expect
Sony has another State of Play lined up for us, with plenty of cool announcements and updates to enjoy. It should be an exciting 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. <related ids="188265"> What Time...
News More Free Updates for PS5 Fan Favourite Stellar Blade Planned
New quests available later today
As previously teased, Stellar Blade is adding new quests on the PS5 today – and there’ll be a “small gift” available for those who complete them all. The new missions will be found on the Bulletin Board in Xion, but there’s no word at the time of writing about what they’ll actually entail. We’re...
News Gran Turismo 7's Latest Update Adds Yet More Cars and Events on PS5, PS4
Vroom for more
Gran Turismo 7 continues to plod along with regular updates on PS5 and PS4, and the latest of these will be available imminently. From 23rd September at 10pm PDT (24th September at 6am BST), you'll be able to download and install update 1.63, introducing another batch of vehicles and events to enjoy. This time, drivers can enjoy...
News 'We Can Now Load Millions of Assets': Ghost of Yotei Dev Explains Technical Leap on PS5
See that mountain?
Leading up to its release, Ghost of Yotei has often been criticised for looking all too similar to 2020's Ghost of Tsushima — but the sequel does apparently take full advantage of the PS5 hardware to push visuals that its PS4 predecessor simply wouldn't have been able to handle. In an interview with Autom
Predict the unpredicted
All the rumblings were true: Sony has just officially announced its next State of Play presentation, in its regular late-September slot. With about 35 minutes of third- and first-party games included, we're left wondering what the show might entail. This calls for another set of predictions! Below we'll be going over a few...
News Bungie's Much Criticised Shooter Marathon Will Skip PS5's New State of Play
Gotta take a little time
Marathon, the upcoming multiplayer shooter from Bungie, will reportedly not be showing up at this week's State of Play broadcast. The studio's been reluctant to discuss its game for months now, following on from the disastrous revelation that the project had plagiarised a plethora of art assets. Bungie was forced to carry...
News Is This the First Tease of Next-Gen PS6 Graphics?
Kojima posts game engine render of Physint character
Developers like Kojima Productions are a handful of studios on the frontline constantly pushing the capabilities of video game tech and visuals, and Hideo Kojima may have shared a glimpse at the sort of graphical leap PS6 could provide. First-party project Physint is so far away from release that...
News State of Play Confirmed for 24th September, 35 Minutes of PS5 News and Reveals
PS5 exclusive Saros confirmed for showcase
Sony has today announced a State of Play livestream will indeed be taking place this week. In fact, it's tomorrow, 24th September. The showcase will be just over 35 minutes long, and includes an "extended look" at Saros from developer Housemarque. Here's the full brief from the PlayStation Blog: We’ll...
News New PlayStation Rewards Program to Offer Exclusive Merch, Starts Today
Get a special Ghost of Tsushima pin, t-shirt
Sony has confirmed a new PlayStation rewards program that's available starting today, named Franchise Rewards. Tied to your PS5, PS4 Trophy completion in the first drop, you gain access to exclusive merchandise based on the biggest PlayStation games. The first batch offers a pin and a t-shirt inspired by...
News PS5 Pro Users Starting to Feel a Little Shortchanged After Poor or Absent Support
Is it really a pro move?
The PS5 Pro launched just under a year ago, promising AI-enhanced upscaling, smoother performance, and improved ray tracing. The $700 console is more powerful than a standard PS5 and generally runs games better; there are some particularly good examples, including Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Horizon Forbidden West, and Stellar...
News Sony Remembers PS4 Classic The Last Guardian, Supported Work on $1,500 Statue
Available to reserve now
It might have taken an eternity for it to come out, but The Last Guardian is now approaching 10 years old. The PS4 title helped to define a generation for the hardcore PlayStation audience, and now you could spend a whopping $1,500 for a stunning statue of Trico and the boy to commemorate it. Produced by Torch Torch, with...
News 'There Is Much More to Be Done': Polyphony Digital Steps Up Gran Turismo Recruitment
Back behind the wheel
Polyphony Digital is hiring for its GT Explore Studio, a department with offices around the world which liaises with various real-life car manufacturers on in-game concepts, like the Vision GT series. The role, which involves a lot of schmoozing, will see successful candidates help shape the future of the automotive industry...
News Here's Your First Look at PlayStation's Next Big Thing, Hideo Kojima's PHYSINT
First cast members confirmed
Hideo Kojima has revealed the first poster for his upcoming espionage action game with PlayStation, which currently doesn’t have a platform attached but will likely launch on the PS6 and PS5. While there’s no release date or plot details confirmed, Kojima shared a brief update on the project’s status during a...
News Ghost of Yotei Gets Yet Another Trailer, This Time Showcasing PS5 Features
Another one
How many trailers does one game need? We're not sure that question actually has any definitive answer, but we're starting to think that Sony's going a bit mad with these Ghost of Yotei promos. Obviously the PS5 exclusive is out in just one week and a few days, so it makes sense for the marketing machine to be in full swing — but we...
