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News Lost Soul Aside's Hilarious English Voice Acting Goes Viral as PS5 Action Game Launches
Maybe play this one in mandarin
With the long-awaited Lost Soul Aside now available worldwide – be sure to read our review in progress for an early verdict on the game – some scattered clips of the English localisation are beginning to go viral on social media. It should be noted that this title has been developed by a small team within China,...
Feature 15+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in PS Store's Weekend Offer
Limited time deals we recommend
Sony is going ham on PS Store discounts right now. Not only are the PlayStation Indies sale and the Ready, Set, Play sale both live at the moment, it's now set in motion a Weekend Offer. As the name suggests, the Weekend Offer is only available from now until the end of 1st September 2025, so there's
News Form Your Own Opinion on Lost Soul Aside with Free PS5 Demo
Two boss fights, but no save transfer
We’d strongly encourage you to read our Lost Soul Aside PS5 review in progress if you’re looking for an early verdict on Sony’s long-awaited character action game, but you’ll also be able to form your own opinion with a free demo, which is slowly rolling out worldwide now. At the time of publication,...
News Sony's Next Blockbuster Ghost of Yotei Goes Gold Ahead of October PS5 Release
No ghosting here
Developer Sucker Punch has confirmed that Ghost of Yotei — set to release in just over a month, on the 2nd October — has gone gold. For those unfamiliar with the term, going 'gold' means that the game is ready to ship. It doesn't always mean that the title's in prime condition — we do live in an age of prominent day one...
News Ghost of Yotei Focuses on Firearms in Latest PS5 Gameplay Video
Bang for your buck
Sony has been drip-feeding us new Ghost of Yotei gameplay in short videos, each one focusing on a different tool in Atsu's arsenal. The latest is out now, and it focuses on firearms: Set in 1603, Atsu wields a matchlock rifle as well as, we think, a flintlock pistol. In the clip, the very first shot sees her use the handgun,...
Rumour PS6 Handheld Device Can Be Docked Like Nintendo Switch 2
Dock dock goose
We've yet to hear anything official about PS6 and its supposed handheld companion device, but there has been lots of hearsay and "leaked" information flying around regardless — and the latest rumour is an interesting one. A recent video from YouTube channel Moore's Law Is Dead claims to have seen up-to-date documentation from tech...
News Sony Opens Up Ghost of Yotei PS5 Console, Accessories Pre-Orders Next Week
Secure them from 4th September
Sony has revealed pre-orders for the PS5 limited edition console based on Ghost of Yotei, as well as its accompanying accessories, will be available from 4th September 2025. The limited edition Gold version of the base PS5 system will be available from the PlayStation Direct website and select retailers, while the...
News New Concept Cars Headline Gran Turismo 7 Patch 1.62 on PS5, PS4
Drive two new Corvette concept cars
Gran Turismo 7 will provide you with the chance to digitally test drive two brand new Corvette concept cars as part of its imminent update on PS5 and PS4. Patch 1.62 will go live inside the next 24 hours, delivering a monthly update that contains four new cars in total. There's also going to be a new Menu to...
News There's More to Ghost of Yotei's Mysterious Wolf Companion Than We Thought
Fur real
In Ghost of Yotei, protagonist Atsu will apparently be joined on her quest for revenge by several like-minded companions — but one ally in particular has had all of the attention so far. As shown in multiple gameplay videos up until now, a mysterious wolf can aid Atsu in combat, but this wild canine isn't just some basic buddy who'll...
News As Sony Game Launches on Xbox, Helldivers 2 Heads Behind Enemy Lines
A whole new world
The next major expansion for Helldivers 2 is a week away, as dev Arrowhead attempts to inject new enthusiasm into its live service success story. The timing is ideal, as the Sony game is launching on Xbox Series X|S today, along with a new Warbond inspired by Halo 3: ODST. The tit
News Sony's Convoluted PS Store Refund Process Has Finally Been Streamlined
Policy is still quite strict, though
If you've ever tried to get a refund for a PS Store purchase, you'll know that the process is quite painful. Fortunately, Sony's finally done something about it, as the method by which you can ask for your money back has been made much simpler. While logged into your PSN account on the PS app for smart devices...
News Ghost of Yotei Playable at TGS, Sony to Share More in Livestreamed Events
Marvel Tokon also at the show
Sony has announced it's bringing a playable PS5 demo for Ghost of Yotei to next month's Tokyo Game Show, as part of a preliminary lineup for the event. Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls will also be there, along with livestreamed events and special fan giveaways. "This year's PlayStation booth will allow visitors to...
News Early Lost Soul Aside PS5 Reviews Axed as 'Comprehensive' Day One Patch Is Announced
Step aside
Lost Soul Aside, the PS5 (previously PS4) action game that's been in development for what feels like a lifetime, will receive what sounds like a significant day one patch. As revealed on social media by the title's official accounts, the update, which will be available to download on the 29th August, features "comprehensive performance...
News 'The Number of Live Service Games Is Not Important': PS5 Boss Gives Rare Insight into Strategy
Hermen Hulst speaks
Earlier in the generation, Sony famously announced plans to release 10 live service titles, as it looked to diversify its first-party offering and create lucrative recurring revenue streams. But it’s been a year since the disastrous first-person shooter Concord released and was subsequently shuttered, which has prompted the...
News Lost Soul Aside's PS5 Platinum Won't Be a Walk in the Park
Git gud
The Trophy list for Ultizero Games’ long anticipated character action game Lost Soul Aside has hit Sony’s servers. And while it harbours few surprises about the title, it doesn’t look like a walk in the park. While you’ll earn the vast majority of your virtual trinkets for simply working your way through the story, you’ll also...
News As the PS5's Price Increases in USA, Big Deals Are Revealed for China
Sony looks to capitalise on Lost Soul Aside
Sony raised the price of the PS5 in the US this week blaming a “challenging economic environment”. Look, we don’t want to get too deeply into the politics of it all, but we know the uncertain situation caused by tariffs is playing a huge role in all of this. PlayStation did shield itself from the...
News Sony Confirms Another 4 PS5 Games It's Helping to Publish
All from the Middle East and North Africa
By way of its Hero Project initiatives, Sony has confirmed another four PS5 games it's going to help publish from the Middle East and North Africa. Over the past year, Sony has been working to "identify and support original voices and empower creators from emerging regions to tell their stories through...
News Sony's Action Game Lost Soul Aside Will Take Full Advantage of PS5 Pro Enhancements
Watch a new making-of featurette
The next Sony-published game is right around the corner — the long-awaited Chinese action title, Lost Soul Aside. Scheduled for release on 29th August 2025, a new post on the PS Blog details the PC and PS5 Pro versions of the game, and there's also a new making-of video showing off a bunch of footage. As you'd...
Guide 45+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in PS Store's Gamescom Promotion Sale (North America/Europe)
PS5 and PS4 games going cheap we recommend
With Gamescom around the corner, the PS Store's latest sale promotes the upcoming exhibition, bringing down prices on lots of PS5 and PS4 games. Running from now until 27th August, there are so many discounts to browse through that it can be hard finding the good stuff. As always, we're here to highlight...
Ghost with the most
Ghost of Yotei developer Sucker Punch has revealed key details regarding the game's Legends multiplayer DLC, which will be released for free at some point in 2026. Overall, this sounds like a near identical deal to Ghost of Tsushima's Legends mode. Yotei's take will feature a set of story-driven missions for two players...
News PS5 Price Increases Confirmed for USA, Effective 21st August
$50 increase for all PS5 models
Sony has shared that it's raising the prices of the base PS5, base PS5 Digital Edition, and the PS5 Pro in the USA. Going into effect tomorrow, 21st August, the increased prices are as follows: PS5: $549.99 ($50 increase) PS5 Digital Edition: $499.99 ($50 increase) PS5 Pro: $749.99 ($50 increase) Sony vice...
News Ghost of Yotei Legends Multiplayer Drops as Free DLC in 2026, New Story Trailer Is a Stunner
Legends in the making
Much like its predecessor Ghost of Tsushima, Ghost of Yotei will receive its dedicated co-op multiplayer mode post-launch. Ghost of Yotei Legends will arrive in 2026. Not very specific, but we assume it'll be earlier in the year rather than later. And yes, it'll be free for everyone who owns the game. On top of that news,...
News Halo: ODST Content Officially on PS5 in Next Week's Helldivers 2 Update
Halo armour, weapons, and more on PS5
Following last week's tease, it's now been confirmed that content from Halo 3: ODST will be arriving in Helldivers 2 on the same day the game's Xbox Series X|S port launches, 26th August. In the form of a Legendary Warbond, you can see what's in store in the trailer above. The collaboration brings with it the...
Aw sh*t, here we go again
Sony will host a PS5 livestream in late September which could be a PS Showcase but is more likely to be a State of Play. That’s according to Giant Bomb’s Jeff Grubb, who has a strong track record of being accurate about these things. Speaking as part of a livestream earlier today, Grubb invited websites to report on...
News Meltdowns on Social Media As Sony Markets Its Upcoming Xbox Port
"Pack it up, console warriors"
If you’ve happened to visit the cesspit that is X (or Twitter) this weekend, then you’ll have seen the meltdowns over Sony’s decision to market one of its upcoming games. The official PlayStation.com page for Helldivers 2 has now been updated to reference the release on Microsoft’s machine, which will be...
News 'They Don't Know What They're Doing': Analyst Sticks the Boot in Sony's 'Clueless' Management
"PlayStation's lost its way"
Veteran industry analyst Michael Pachter believes Sony has “lost its way” due to executives who “don’t know what they’re doing”. In a brutal video – where he mistakenly spoke about Haven Studios’ Fairgames, and has since clarified his comments – he went to town on the current PlayStation management...
News Lost Soul Aside's New PS5 Gameplay Is Probably Its Most Insane Yet
Juggle trouble
Lost Soul Aside is looking more and more like a combo fan's dream action game, and its latest trailer showcases just how mental its fast-paced combat can become. Main character Kaser is joined by Arena — the otherworldly creature that floats by his side at all times. Basically, by utilising Arena's various abilities, you can knit...
News Don't Believe the Speculation About PS5's Fairgames Getting Cancelled
Update: Michael Pachter clarifies
The web is awash with rumours about Sony pulling the plug on Fairgames. For those of you who haven’t been following this game – and, frankly, we don’t blame you if you haven’t – this is the anti-billionaire co-op shooter from Canadian developer Haven Studio, which was founded by Jade Raymond and purchased...
News 'We'll Continue to Evolve the PS Store': Sony on Making PS5, PS4 Shopping Better
"Keep an eye out for even more improvements"
With over 80% of all PS5 and PS4 purchases made through the PS Store this past quarter, you can see why Sony’s storefront is a massive point of importance for the platform holder. The problem is, it’s got a long way to go before it catches up to much better digital storefronts, like the gold-standard...
News Ghost of Yotei Spotlights the Yari Spear in Latest PS5 Gameplay Clip
Pointed stick
Last week, Sony and Sucker Punch shared a brief video, highlighting one of the weapons you'll get to wield in Ghost of Yotei when it launches in October. That first video was about the kusarigama, and now, we have a brief video about the yari — a spear type weapon that forms part of Atsu's arsenal. It looks no less violent of...
News Sucker Punch's Art Department Has Gone Extra Hard with PS5's Ghost of Yotei
New enemy designs drop jaws
Ghost of Yotei will take you on an unforgettable journey across Japan’s iconic Hokkaido region, as you assume the role of Atsu and seek out the so-called Yotei Six. And we’ve got our best glimpse of them yet courtesy of some incredible artwork uploaded to the game’s official PlayStation.com page. Sucker Punch...
News Death Stranding 2 Delivers Five Hour PS Plus Trial Next Week
Premium package
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach will be the next PS5 game to get a fully playable trial through PS Plus Premium. Kojima Productions' latest only released a couple of months back — exclusively on Sony's current-gen system — so this is a somewhat timely follow-up. If you're yet to be sold on the story-driven, traversal-heavy...
Sorry, Nintendo
In an amusing wrinkle, the upcoming live action The Legend of Zelda movie’s snagged an official X (or Twitter) account – and it’s currently only following PlayStation and Sony Pictures. The latter makes sense, of course, because this movie’s being made by Sony Pictures – but we do think it’s moderately humorous that...
News Halo 3: ODST Content Teased for Helldivers 2, Even on PS5
Drop pod, theme song spotted
Arrowhead Studios seems to be teasing Halo 3: ODST content for Helldivers 2, as the popular co-op shooter makes the jump to Xbox Series X|S at the end of the month. At the end of a newly uploaded trailer, titled Bring the Boom, a drop pod can be seen landing in a city at night, which very closely resembles the overall...
Guide Last Chance to Buy These 99+ PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store's Huge Summer Sale
PS5 and PS4 games going cheap we recommend
PS Store's massive Summer Sale is here, and as you'd expect, it's stuffed with thousands of discounts across PS5 and PS4 games and add-ons. The sale runs until 13th August 2025, so you've only a short time left to take advantage. While it's great that there are so many items included, it can be an awful...
News PS3's Store Has Been Restored, After Fans Feared the Worst
It's all okay
Sony has tried to shut down the PS3’s creaking PS Store before, but it was met with such a ferocious backlash it reversed its decision. The system is almost 20 years old at this point, though, so whenever it breaks, fans always fear the worst. And that’s what’s happened this week: the last-last-gen console’s storefront has...
News Sony Likens Its Fledgling Anime Business to the PS1 Era
On the cusp of an explosion
Sony’s investing big time into anime, as it watches the medium grow worldwide and looks to capitalise. The company-wide initiative – which aims to unify its three entertainment divisions – has seen it acquire Crunchyroll and invest in organisations like K
News New Ghost of Yotei PS5 Gameplay Footage Highlights Kusarigama Weapon in Gory Combat
Wield the chain-sickle
Ghost of Yotei is the next major first-party game from Sony, and it's looking great, especially after that recent State of Play — and it now seems the marketing machine is officially up and running. New gameplay footage has made its way online via official social channels, and the video puts the spotlight on just one of...
News Gran Turismo 7's Exhaustive Car List Gets Stunning Dedicated Webpage
Check out every car in the game
Gran Turismo 7 is a real celebration of the automobile, and you only need to look at its enormous list of cars as proof. Fortunately, checking out the 500+ vehicles available to play in the game is easier than ever, thanks to a recent new addition to the series' official website. The full Gran Turismo 7 car list is...
News A Quote from a Sony Exec Is Causing a Hubbub Among PS5 Fans Again
"We're moving away from a hardware-centric business"
An out of context quote from Sony Senior Vice President Sadahiko Hayakawa has sent shockwaves through the PS5 fan base yet again. In the aftermath of the Japanese giant’s latest earnings report, Hayakawa answered a question from newspaper Nikkei involving the company’s recent investment in
News Sony Admits PS5 Live Service Push Is Not Going Smoothly
But live service games contributed over 40% of revenue
An executive within Sony has admitted the company's expansion into the live service sector with recent PS5, PC titles is "not entirely going smoothly". During the firm's latest financial earnings call, Sony CFO Lin Tao commented on PlayStation's latest efforts in the sector, saying the...
Astonishing earnings plot growth in every metric
In every conceivable measure, the PlayStation business is absolutely thriving. While there’s been a huge amount of chatter about the trajectory of consoles in 2025, Sony’s latest financial report paints a completely different picture. Over the last few years, one criticism that’s been levelled...
News Simple Death Stranding 2 PS5 Patch 1.08 Fixes Camera Issues
925.1MB in size
Kojima Productions has pushed a new Death Stranding 2 patch on PS5 live today, updating the game to version number 1.08. You can download the update now, with it weighing in at 925.1MB. The Sony XDEV Twitter account has the patch notes, and it says to expect "an issue where the camera / environment would appear to stutter when in...
News Sony Controlling More of Marathon Dev Bungie, Will Be Integrated into PS Studios
Marathon to launch by April 2026
Sony has reiterated its intentions to take more ownership and control of Bungie as it looks to fully integrate the Destiny 2, Marathon developer into PS Studios. Following a string of controversies and failures, the studio update was shared by Sony CFO Lin Tao in the Q&A section of the company's latest financial...
News PS5 Console Sales Surpass 80 Million Milestone, Closing in on PS3
80.3 million systems sold
Sony announced, as part of its latest financial results, that the PS5 console has now reached 80.3 million console sales. 2.5 million PS5 systems sold in the Q1 quarter of fiscal year 2025 (April to June), helping it to reach the milestone. The update means the PS5 is now closing in on the PS3's lifetime sales of roughly...
News PlayStation the Driving Force Behind Xbox's Helldivers 2 Port
"It was all PlayStation"
PlayStation management has been credited as the ones pushing to get Helldivers 2 on Xbox Series X|S, rather than the lead developers within Arrowhead Studios. In response to fans on Discord (via Windows Central), the developer's CEO Shams Jorjani said any praise for making the Helldivers 2 port onto Xbox Series X|S a...
News Outer Banks Star Madelyn Cline Has Exceptional Video Game Taste
I know what she played last summer
Whenever a celebrity is asked about their favourite video game, they tend to give the stock answer. Unless it’s Henry Cavill on the other side of the microphone, you’re usually going to hear the same responses: Super Mario Bros, Fortnite, Call of Duty, and so on. But for Outer Banks star Madelyn Cline, her...
News Sony CEO Hiroki Totoki Visited Hideo Kojima as Attention Turns to Physint
Strengthening relationships
Hiroki Totoki, the current CEO of Sony, has spent a lovely afternoon with Hideo Kojima in Tokyo. The executive, who briefly served as PlayStation’s CEO while he learned about the business, took an obligatory photo with the Death Stranding maker in his studio’s iconic hallway. He then signed the developer’s wall...
News Media Molecule's Last Remaining Co-Founder Resigns After Nearly 20 Years
David Smith exits
Media Molecule's David Smith, the last co-founder still at the studio, has announced he's leaving the company. The developer shared the news on its socials today, with a statement from Smith himself. He says he's leaving Media Molecule to pursue "personal creative projects". Here's the full statement: 20 years ago I founded Mm...
News Lost Soul Aside Shouldn't Be Delayed Anymore, PS5 Game Goes Gold
Ready for 29th August launch
Unless it pulls a Cyberpunk 2077, then 29th August 2025 really is the day you'll finally get to try out Lost Soul Aside. The PS5 and PC title has gone gold today, meaning all work on the 1.0 version of the game is complete. In a translated post on WeChat, team UltiZero Games said the game will go on sale "as scheduled"...
