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News Rafts of PS5, PS4 Games Discounted in Big in Japan Sale
Land of the rising savings
If you weren’t already aware, a new PS Store sale has gone live! We know, what you’re thinking – you’ve already got Horizon Forbidden West to finish and Elden Ring to begin. Just stick with us, though, because you’re going to want to check out this sale – especially if you’re a fan of PlayStation 5 and PS4...
News PS5, PS4's Revamped PS Plus Sub Allegedly Outlined in Report
"Pretty close to launching"
If this report is accurate, then we’d strongly recommend Sony goes back to the drawing board – and fast. New details have emerged regarding PlayStation’s revamped PS Plus subscription service, which is “pretty close to actually launching”. The problem? It sounds like pretty poor value for money based on what’s...
News Gran Turismo 7 Trailer Pits Real-Life Against PS5
And the winner is?
Judging by this comparison video, the framerate in real-life is awful! Sony’s released a video pitting Gran Turismo 7’s virtual rendition of Willow Springs against the real thing, and it makes for compelling viewing. The in-car footage is using a GoPro in the cockpit, so it looks a lot livelier than the game’s silky smooth...
News Sony Expanding Support for PS5 Screenshots, Videos on PS App
Coming to more countries
Sony’s slowly increasingly the capabilities of the PS App on iOS and Android smartphones, with its Game Capture functionality becoming available in more territories, following a trial in Canada and Japan. Beginning with the Americas – don’t worry Europe, more regions will follow imminently – you’ll soon be able to...
News PS5, PS4 Rumourmongers Reckon a Sony Showcase Is Coming in March
All aboard
With the release of Gran Turismo 7 next week, Sony will have effectively emptied its release slate. We know that God of War Ragnarok is due out this year, but it’s still not dated – and beyond that, there’s only Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and Marvel’s Wolverine on the horizon. Neither game is likely to launch until late 2023 at the...
News Horizon Forbidden West Update 1.05 Released, Here Are the Patch Notes
Iffy HDR, collision detection, and facial animations fixed
Guerrilla Games has just released a new patch for Horizon Forbidden West. Update 1.05 is now available to download on both PlayStation 5 and PS4, and it makes a long list of fixes. While there are still some issues outstanding the developer is aware of, this should go a long way in improving...
News Gran Turismo 7's PS5, PS4 Commercial Is Unsurprisingly Shiny
Lined up
Wow! We’re nowhere near done with Horizon Forbidden West, and Sony’s already running Gran Turismo 7 commercials on television! Of course, the simulation racer will release next week on PlayStation 5 and PS4, so we’re really being spoiled at the moment, aren’t we? The ad’s pretty good by the way: it leans into the #FindYourLine...
News Here's Your First Look at PS5's PSVR2 Headset, Which Is Lighter and Slimmer Than the Original
Future nostalgia
Like so much of PSVR2’s build-up thus far, Sony has just unceremoniously dropped images of the final product online. The headset and redesigned PSVR2 Sense controllers match the design aesthetic of the PlayStation 5, with a dual-tone white and grey finish. “You’ll notice the PSVR2 headset has a similar shape as the PSVR2 Sense...
News Horizon Forbidden West's PS5, PS4 Visual Issues a High Priority, Patch Incoming ASAP
Guerrilla working to resolve HDR, shimmering, and pop-in problems
Horizon Forbidden West looks incredible on both the PlayStation 5 and (perhaps, surprisingly) PS4, but it’s not flawless: its presentation does have a few issues, including HDR hiccups, shimmering, and pop-in. The good news is that developer Guerrilla Games is on the case, and
News Sackboy Joins Aloy in the Forbidden West with Free Horizon Costumes
Available now
Sackboy: A Big Adventure has received its fair share of freebie DLC outfits, and that's not stopping just yet. To celebrate the release of Horizon Forbidden West, Guerrilla Games' action RPG sequel, the cuddly platformer has just received a duo of new costumes, and as usual, they're adorable. Aloy and her mysterious frenemy Sylens...
News In the UK, 70% of Boxed Horizon Forbidden West Buyers Paid More Than They Needed To
British problems
And this, dear readers, is why companies are so cunningly ambiguous! Early physical sales data for Horizon Forbidden West has arrived in the UK, and with it comes confirmation that “almost a third of sales” were on the PlayStation 4. That means roughly 70 per cent of people paid
News Horizon Forbidden West Is Getting Review Bombed on PS5, PS4 for No Reason
0/10, apparently
It wouldn’t be a major video game release without gamers exhibiting embarrassing behaviour. Horizon Forbidden West has been quietly racking up disproportionately negative reviews on Metacritic overnight, and while it’s still holding a steady overall user score, the string of 0/10s are obviously beginning to look disingenuous...
News God of War Ragnarok PS5, PS4 Still Pegged to Release This Year
It's coming
Horizon Forbidden West is out now – check our Horizon Forbidden West guide – and Gran Turismo 7 is right around the hairpin bend, which means Sony’s attention will eventually have to transition to God of War Ragnarok. The title’s largely been kept undercover to allow PlayStation to focus its attention on the aforementioned...
News Sony's Releasing a PS4 System Update to Fix Cyberpunk 2077 Disc Issues
Cyberpunk'd
We should all know by now that things rarely go smoothly when it comes to Cyberpunk 2077 and PlayStation 4. Since the game's gigantic 1.5 update launched earlier this week, some PS4 players have had issues launching their disc version of Cyberpunk 2077 — and it's actually Sony that's moving to fix the problem. On the 19th February,...
News Horizon Forbidden West Reaction GIFs Are Just the Best
You know it
It’s becoming a bit of a PlayStation Studios tradition, isn’t it? Ever since the first few Sony first-party GIFs went viral, virtually every team has been trying to get in on the fun. Guerrilla is the latest to give it a go, with a set of memes featuring characters from Horizon Forbidden West. For example, here’s one of Aloy:...
Poll Did You Buy Horizon Forbidden West?
Journey to the West
The time has finally come for Aloy's second open world outing. Horizon Forbidden West is out now on both PlayStation 5 and PS4, and although we have a sneaking suspicion that the game will be incredibly popular with you lot, we still want to know whether you're grabbing a copy. Of course, we heartily recommend this one. In our...
News Horizon Forbidden West PS5, PS4 Shimmering Bug Solved
Restart your game
A visual issue in Horizon Forbidden West causing shimmering has been addressed and resolved. Guerrilla Games has released a hotfix for its acclaimed role-playing game, which you can download and install now. All you need to do is restart the title a couple of times to grab the update and apply it. The Dutch developer explained on...
News PlayStation Studios Celebrate Horizon Forbidden West Launch with Cool Crossover Art
PlayStation's finest
You may not have heard, but Horizon Forbidden West is out now on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. The highly anticipated sequel to 2017's Horizon Zero Dawn, Guerrilla Games has been working on this ambitious open world title for years — and now the developer's ready to celebrate the game's release alongside its fellow...
News MLB The Show 22's Technical Test Is Out Now on All Platforms
Will you Show up?
Fancy taking an early look at MLB The Show 22? As is the case every year, Sony San Diego Studio is running a technical test right now across all platforms – including the Nintendo Switch – meaning you can try out this year’s game early. It’s worth noting that this is an unfinished build, so don’t expect all of the...
Hands On Don't Sleep on Machine Strike, Horizon Forbidden West's Chess-Like Board Game
Putting all the pieces together
While Horizon Zero Dawn was a wonderful debut entry from Guerrilla Games — a studio that was entering all-new territory with an open world action RPG — it did have its flaws. Built up towns were one of them; they looked cool from a distance, but had little to do once you got inside. Horizon Forbidden West goes to...
News PlayStation Liverpool's New Luxury City Digs Look Lovely
This means more
As we reported earlier in the month, PlayStation is relocating its office in Liverpool. The company’s new 65,000-square-foot digs will bring it into the bosom of the city, after a stint at Wavertree Technology Park dating all the way back to the PS1. Sony’s Dave Parkinson shared some swish new photos of the campus on
News Horizon Forbidden West Delay Enabled Guerrilla to Avoid Crunch
"We are very aware of the disadvantages of crunching"
Horizon Forbidden West is out now, and we absolutely love it. The game – which we awarded a 9/10 in our Horizon Forbidden West PS5 review – was originally scheduled to release towards the tail-end of last year, but was pushed back ever so slightly into February. That, according to game...
News PlayStation's Marketing Department Is Having the Time of Its Life Right Now
Horizon! Gran Turismo! Uncharted!
When it’s on song, PlayStation has one of the best marketing departments in the world. Many of you will recall its mid-pandemic antics when the PlayStation 5 launched, including a complete rebranding of London’s iconic underground. And after a quiet year in 2021, the organisation is going a bit mad right now,...
News Horizon Forbidden West Patch Prepares PS5, PS4 Exclusive for Launch
Performance improvements and more
Sony has pushed a Horizon Forbidden West patch, which prepares the Guerrilla Games opus for launch. Weighing in at around 500MB on the PlayStation 5 and PS4, update 1.40 includes a number of key improvements to overall performance and stability. The full patch notes, as scraped from Sony’s servers by PlayStation...
News The Last of Us' TV Show Will Not Air This Year
Clicker clack
You’ll have to wait a while longer for The Last of Us television show, as it unfortunately won’t air this year. The Hollywood Reporter published 20 questions with HBO Max programming chief Casey Bloys, and he remarks that the show is “shooting right now in Canada” and that “we haven’t announced an air date yet”. He added:...
News Uncharted Movie Director Wants to Recreate A Thief's End's Car Chase in Sequel
"That car chase is unparalleled"
The jury’s still out on whether the Uncharted Movie will get a sequel, although the early Box Office indications are positive, and Sony is promoting the film hard. Nevertheless, as part of a roundtable with Naughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann – his hat says The Last of Us: Part II, by the way ?
News Could PS3, PS Vita Closures Be on the Cards After Wii U, 3DS Announcements?
Sony's got a good excuse now
Sony tried, and failed, to close the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita storefronts last year – after an enormous social media backlash convinced the company to change its mind. PlayStation boss Jim Ryan took to the PS Blog with his tail between his legs, statin
News Horizon Forbidden West Takes Over UK Cities in Advertising Push
There's a Tremortusk in Leeds
Horizon Forbidden West is out in two days time, and Sony wants the uninformed to know about it. The company's UK division has this morning begun posting shots of various advertising boards across the UK with Aloy plastered across them. She's joined by a Slitherfang in Glasgow, accompanies a Tremortusk in Leeds, and...
News New PS Store Planet of the Discounts Sale Live Now, 900+ PS5, PS4 Deals
GTA! Demon's Souls! Ruined King!
Sony is back with another PlayStation Store sale, this time themed around the Planet of the Discounts branding. There are over 900 PS5, PS4 deals, all of which are live now through until midnight on 2nd March 2022. Listed below is just a selection of the best PS5, PS4 deals this sale has to offer. For starters, the...
News Gran Turismo 7 Will Require Two Blu-ray Discs on PS4, Just One on PS5
Blu-ray reaching its maximum capacity
Polyphony Digital’s gigantic racing sim Gran Turismo 7 will ship on two Blu-ray discs on the PlayStation 4, but will only require a single disc on the PS5. Confirmation comes by way of Sony’s own online storefront PlayStation Direct, as spotted by GT Planet, which states “2 Discs” will be required for...
News Here's That PlayStation Productions Ident in Direct Feed Quality
Aloy! Kratos! Astro Bot!
Update: Okay, so that PlayStation Productions ident looks much better in direct feed. So thankfully, Sony has published it on Twitter for us all to witness in its full 20-second glory. Take a look below and let us know what you think! Original Story: We
News Ball Out with Online Competitive Co-Op in MLB The Show 22 on PS5, PS4
Friends and family get to step out of the bullpen
With the game announced, it’s time for Sony San Diego Studio to dig into some of the features you can expect to find in MLB The Show 22 when it releases on 5th April. First up: online competitive co-op for teams of two or three. For the first time ever, you’ll be able to team up in either Play...
News Horizon Forbidden West's LEGO Tallneck is Out Now, Here's Where to Buy One
And get a closer look with the official trailer
Update: Sony's given us a proper look at the Horizon Forbidden West LEGO set with an official trailer embedded above. Looks wonderful, doesn't it? Stock can be hard to come by, but here are the links you need to secure one for yourself: Original Story (February 2022): LEGO sets based on gaming...
News Sony Planting Trees for Unlocking Horizon Forbidden West Trophy
Play for our planet
In collaboration with the Arbor Day Foundation, Sony will plant a tree in three deforested areas across the US every time a specific Trophy in Horizon Forbidden West is unlocked. It's called the Play and Plant program, and will help the reforestation efforts at the Douglas County Forest in Wisconsin, the Sheep Fire Pr
News Uncharted Movie Opens with $21.5 Million in Takings Before US Release
A "solid" start on the big screen
After its first weekend at the box office in select European territories, PlayStation Productions' Uncharted has opened to $21.5 million in takings. Variety reports this as a "solid" start to Nathan Drake's stint on the big screen, with the UK being its best opening as it generated $6.4 million in the territory. It...
News Maybe Don't Look at Horizon Forbidden West's PS5, PS4 Trophy List
It's riddled with spoilers
Horizon Forbidden West releases this week, and you can read our full review through here. Of course, it’s common for a game’s Trophy list to appear on Sony’s servers prior to release, but we’d recommend you take extreme care before browsing it. While story-related Trophies are “hidden” by default on the...
News Horizon Forbidden West PS5, PS4 Graphics Modes Analysed by Digital Foundry
30fps mode recommended on PS5
You've seen the overwhelming amount of praise Horizon Forbidden West has been treated to in this morning's reviews, so now the attention turns to how the PlayStation 5, PS4 game runs on the two consoles. Digital Foundry is, as always, the master in this field. It has today posted its findings covering both systems in a...
News Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales Is Now Sony's Third Best-Selling Game in the US
Of all time
Not bad for a spin-off, eh? Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales is now Sony’s third best-selling game in the United States since records began all the way back in 1995. To make clear, this is ranked strictly on dollar sales, not units, making this feat even more impressive, seeing as the standard version of the game costs $49.99...
News Horizon Forbidden West's Cinematic Trailer Builds Serious Hype for Next Week's Release
Rise above ruin
Regular readers will know that we're not huge fans of CG trailers — but as far as we're concerned, they're A-okay when the title in question has already given us so many gameplay demonstrations to gawk at. And that's the case with this cinematic trailer for Horizon Forbidden West. Clocking in at a cool minute, it's a pretty short...
News Horizon Zero Dawn Sales Top a Staggering 20 Million on PS4, PC
Thunderjaw-dropping
Horizon Zero Dawn has been a colossal success for Sony and PlayStation. When the PS4 exclusive launched back in 2017, many questioned developer Guerrilla Games' decision to move away from the Killzone franchise — but it was a move that certainly paid off. Aloy's adventure has now topped 20 million sales across PS4 and PC. It's...
News Aloy Gets Her Very Own Twitter Emoji Ahead of Horizon Forbidden West
Red head redemption
You may have noticed, but Sony has a lot riding on Horizon Forbidden West. The company has clearly invested exorbitant sums of money into the PlayStation 5 and PS4 exclusive, and so the marketing machine is absolutely chugging right. Case in point: Aloy just got her very own Twitter emoji, which we suppose is becoming fairly...
News Horizon Forbidden West PS5, PS4 Pre-Load Available Now
First steps to the Forbidden West
If you have pre-ordered Horizon Forbidden West through the PlayStation Store, the option of pre-loading the title ahead of release should now be available to you. The download in Europe sits at 90.55GB and is currently patched to version 1.03. Meanwhile, the game's size in the US is a few gigabytes less. That's most...
News Horizon Forbidden West Has Gyro Aiming, Many Accessibility Options
Optional load screens on PS5
Fans of motion-based controller inputs will be incredibly happy to learn that Horizon Forbidden West ships with support for gyro aiming as part of a long list of accessibility options included in the PlayStation 5, PS4 title. The feature is only mentioned alongside use of the PS5 DualSense controller, where the built-in...
News Sony to Open Bumper New Office in Liverpool, UK
You'll never walk alone, etc
Liverpool, UK: the city of The Beatles, Cilla Black, and meaning more. It’s also the home to some of Sony’s central operations, including its XDEV division which works with external developers on PlayStation Studios projects. But now it’s moving to a new office, having been situated at Wavertree Technology Park...
News So, It Seems Xbox Really Will Keep Activision Games Like Call of Duty on PS5, PS4
Interview makes things crystal clear
Well, this is quite the turnaround, isn’t it? Perhaps under the cloud of regulatory investigations, Microsoft has effectively committed to multiplatform releases of Activision Blizzard games, like Call of Duty and others. This news broke as part of a
News New PS5 Beta Firmware Pins PS Plus Icon to the Start of the Home Screen
Placed before PS Store and Explore page
The latest PlayStation 5 beta firmware has begun rolling out to those lucky enough to be sent a code from Sony, and one change the update makes to the console is pinning the PS Plus icon to the very start of the home screen. Prior to the firmware update, the icon would move down the line in the same fashion as...
News PS Plus Paywall Dropped for PS5, PS4 Online Games This Weekend
Free weekender returns
Sony is once again allowing anyone to play their PlayStation 5 and PS4 games online without the need for an active PS Plus subscription this weekend. From 12th February 2022 through to the 14th, the paid membership won't be needed to take part in some hectic multiplayer action. Sony highlights the likes of Monster Hunter...
Blah blah blah
God, we're never going to hear the end of this are we? In a new official blog post, Microsoft has outlined its "Open App Store Principles", and it's...well, it's a really boring read, so we'll just skip to the part that mentions Sony and PlayStation. It states: "First, some commentators have asked whether we will continue to make...
News Gran Turismo Sophy Is an AI Quicker Than Pro Drivers
To be implemented into future games
As teased at the start of this week, Sony AI and Gran Turismo 7 developer Polyphony Digital have announced their joint "breakthrough project" of an AI that beats the lap times of professional drivers. Named Gran Turismo Sophy, the team is working out how to implement it into future entries of the GT series. It...
News Horizon Forbidden West Is a Looker Even on a Base PS4
22 seconds of footage
We've been treated to a ton of Horizon Forbidden West gameplay shot on PlayStation 5, but now as the game's release draws closer, Guerrilla Games has been sharing what the last-gen version looks like. A few weeks ago we saw what the open worlder looks like on PS4 Pro, and now it's the turn of the nine-year-old base PS4...
