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News 'We Won't Make You Do the Same Thing Over and Over': Ghost of Yotei PS5 Will Keep You Guessing
Expect the unexpected
If there was one major issue with Ghost of Tsushima, it’s that it lacked the variety to keep its open world interesting. While we did initially have fun following foxes and writing haikus, the game unquestionably ran out of steam as we pursued its Platinum, and honestly ended up grating at times. Creative director Nate Fox...
News Sony's Stunning PS5 Fighter Marvel Tokon Will Be Playable for the First Time at Evo 2025
Avengers assemble
In news that should give fighting game fans even more reason to be hyped for this year's Evo, PlayStation has confirmed that Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls will be playable at the event. Developed by the genre masters at Arc System Works and first revealed during June's State of Play, Marvel Tokon is a full-on team-based brawler...
News Today's Your Last Chance to Earn Points for Free PS Store Credit
As the PS Stars program slowly winds down
Anyone looking to earn PS Stars points they want to exchange for free PS Store credit must do so in the next 24 hours and change, as the ability to claim points from your game purchases is going offline tomorrow, 23rd July. The move is only the latest step in Sony's decision to slowly take its PS Stars...
News Stellar Blade Dev Will Take 'Every Measure' to Ensure Social Media Hack Never Happens Again
After ne'er-do-wells launched cryptocurrency scam
Stellar Blade maker Shift Up is having to fight off hackers, as its X (or Twitter) account has been compromised and is promoting a cryptocurrency scam. The game’s director Hyung-Tae Kim has been communicating with fans on social media, urging them not to interact with anything the page posts. He...
News Ghost of Yotei PS5 a Similar Length to Ghost of Tsushima, Same Scope
Expect a roughly 25-hour main story
Sucker Punch expects Ghost of Yotei to take roughly the same length of time to beat as it did Ghost of Tsushima, which was in the region of 25 hours for the main story alone. The estimate comes from a recent developer interview with VGC, where it was revealed that the Bellevue team designed Ghost of Yotei with...
News Ghost of Yotei's State of Play Has Been Watched More Than Sony's Summer Showcase
Ghoulishly good
Ghost of Yotei’s dedicated State of Play has been hugely successful at raising the profile of the upcoming PS5 release. In fact, with 3.2 million views at the time of writing, it’s actually been watched more than Sony’s summer State of Play, which aired on 4th June. That video has three million views. There is some...
Poll 5 Years Later, What Do You Think of Ghost of Tsushima?
Fight with honour
Five years ago today (well, technically yesterday — sorry we're a bit late on this one), Sony released Ghost of Tsushima as a PS4 exclusive. A real departure from the inFAMOUS games in terms of style and tone, Ghost of Tsushima was PlayStation Studios' Sucker Punch expressing its love for all things samurai cinema. Featuring a...
News Official Ghost of Yotei Popcorn Bucket Triggers Tedious Takes on PS5 Exclusives
Here we go again
Official popcorn buckets have become marketing masterstrokes, and they’re now infiltrating the world of video games as well. With Ghost of Yotei heavily inspired by Japanese cinema, Sony is working with Alamo Drafthouse Cinema to broadcast five classic movies which inspired the upcoming Sucker Punch sequel. The event, named Way...
News Don't Expect Ghost of Tsushima, Jin Sakai References in PS5 Sequel Ghost of Yotei
"Its very much its own story"
Any references to Ghost of Tsushima and its protagonist Jin Sakai will be at a premium, it appears, in the PS5 follow-up Ghost of Yotei. The sequel is set just under 300 years after Ghost of Tsushima, so Jin will be long dead by the beginning of the revenge-focused events in Ghost of Yotei. Still, Jin could have...
News There's More to Ghost of Yotei's Story Than Its Revenge Quest
"Her quest for revenge is the start"
It appears the plot in PS5's Ghost of Yotei has more up its sleeve than just the revenge quest to hunt down the Yotei Six that killed Astu's family. In a new interview with GamesRadar, the premise Sucker Punch Productions has led with up until now is described as only the "start". Nate Fox said: "We don't want...
Reaction Sony's PS5 Games Keep Getting Better After Launch, and Often for Free
Platform holder deserves some praise
Last week, Sony added a new way to play The Last of Us 2, a game which first released over five years ago, in 2020. The response, on our website, was mixed. While many posters celebrated the arrival of the Chronological mode, others criticised Naugh
News Sucker Punch Would 'Love' an inFAMOUS Trilogy on PS5
Ice Cole
Sucker Punch wants to bring updated versions of the inFAMOUS franchise to PS5. In an interview with Game Informer about its upcoming exclusive Ghost of Yotei, creative director Nate Fox admitted that he wants to see the Seattle studio’s back catalogue brought forward to Sony’s new-gen console. He said: “I would love to work on...
News Ghost of Tsushima Celebrates 5 Year Anniversary with Free PSN Avatars
Come and get 'em
The beloved Ghost of Tsushima is five years old, and to mark the milestone, developer Sucker Punch Productions has prepared a nice little treat for fans. Over on its social channels, the studio has announced a trio of special PSN avatars, available to all users free of charge: You'll be able to rep Tsushima's main man, Jin...
News PS Stars Program Marks Its Eventual Shut Down with One Last Collectible
"Thanks for three years"
Sony has uploaded the final PS Stars collectible, as the service begins to properly wind down. While the program will be live until November 2026 for current members, it stopped accepting new players in May, and there'll be no more rewards or collectibles after next week. The last collectible is a literal PlayStation Star,...
Talking Point What Do You Want from God of War Maker Sony Santa Monica Next?
The man, the myth
It’s been several years since God of War Ragnarok and its superb roguelike add-on Valhalla released, which means some fans have started to ponder what developer Santa Monica Studio is up to. One of Sony’s flagship first-party studios, the American dev has worked on some of PlayStation’s very best games, including two eras of...
News Sony's Zelda Movie Confirms Its Link and Zelda Actors
Ainsworth and Bragason get the roles
Nintendo has announced the actors who will play Link and Zelda in the firm's upcoming The Legend of Zelda film, which is being produced by Sony Pictures Entertainment. In a tweet from Shigeru Miyamoto, it's confirmed Link will be played by Benjamin Evan Ainsworth and Zelda is played by Bo Bragason. Miyamoto is...
News PlayStation to Skip Gamescom Show for the Sixth Year in a Row
Hasn't been there since 2019
Sony has announced in a statement to German outlet GamesWirtschaft it won't be exhibiting at Gamescom next month, marking the sixth year in a row it's skipped the biggest gaming expo in the world. Since the platform holder hasn't been on the showfloor since 2019, this comes as little surprise. However, the decision to...
News Helldivers 2 Xbox Announcement Prompts Avalanche of Spider-Man Port Begging
Green goblins
If you have an active interest in PS5 and haven’t abandoned X (or Twitter) yet, then you’ll no doubt have found yourself inundated with an avalanche of Marvel’s Spider-Man port begging this week. In the aftermath of Helldivers 2’s announcemen
News PS5 to Have Major Presence at ChinaJoy Expo in Shanghai Next Month
Joy
Sony rarely attends gaming conventions anymore, but it’s still putting in effort in emerging countries, like China. On that note, the platform holder has announced plans for a “major booth” at ChinaJoy 2025 in Shanghai next month, which is one of the biggest gaming expos in the world. Last year’s event attracted over 360k attendees, so...
News New Twisted Metal Classics Both Offer PS5, PS4 Platinum Trophies
Both games have 21 Trophies each
Newly available today on PS Plus Premium and purchasable standalone, Twisted Metal 3 and Twisted Metal 4 launch with full Trophy lists on PS5 and PS4, allowing you to earn Platinum Trophies in each. With the set now complete, you could get 100% Trophy completion across every PS1 entry in the series. Both of the...
News Secret New PS5 Firmware Update Out Now, Get the Patch Notes Here
What does version 25.05-11.60.00 do?
A new PS5 firmware update is available to download now, but it is something of a secret at the moment as Sony has not shared word of it anywhere online, and the PS5 console doesn't prompt you to download it either. Weighing in at 1.34GB, you can trigger a download from the Settings menu on your PS5 by selecting...
News Sony Santa Monica's Next Big Thing Not a New IP But May 'Feel Like One'
"Why does everybody think Barlog's game is a new IP?"
Cory Barlog, the veteran Santa Monica Studio director behind all-time PlayStation classics like God of War 2 and 2018’s God of War reboot, is toiling away on the studio’s “next big thing”. We’ve known for some time that the developer has been plotting a fresh intellectual property, as...
News Sony Says PS5 Is the Best Place to Watch in TV Centric Ad
TV, TV, TV
We suppose every aspect of the PS5 is a potential selling point and that includes its multimedia functionality. While we’re not in the PS3 era anymore, where the Blu-ray player was one of the main reasons to own the system initially, there are still plenty of people who use their console to stream Netflix and various other apps. This...
News PS5 30th Anniversary Console Gets a 'Limited Restock' in September
Pre-orders open later this month
Sony has announced it'll be restocking the 30th anniversary editions of the base PS5 system, PS5 DualSense controller, and the PS Portal this September. Limited supplies will be available from 29th September, and pre-orders will go live once again later this month on 23rd July, exclusively on the PlayStation Direct...
Hands On Chronological Mode Is a Fascinating Way to Play The Last of Us 2 Again
Going through with it in order
The Last of Us Part II is probably about the furthest you could possibly get from a normal video game in the AAA space, and that's a very good thing. Naughty Dog took story and structural risks that paid off with an outstanding experience in 2020 — but what if it hadn't? In a rare "what if" scenario, the California...
News Stolen PS1 WipEout Games Axed from the Xbox Store
Wiped out
A new release on the Xbox Series X|S consoles this week has been yanked from sale, after it appeared to infringe on Sony’s software. The shameless Anti-Gravity Racing WipEout seemed to include slightly edited emulated versions of the original WipEout and its successor WipEout 3: Special Edition, with minor texture changes and button...
Sucker Punch puts its best foot forward
Sucker Punch has finally pulled back the curtain on Ghost of Yotei, the next tentpole PS5 exclusive launching later this year, on 2nd October. This presentation was the deep dive we’ve all been waiting for, delving into the key facets of the forthcoming follow-up: exploration, combat, and personalisation...
Poll Are You Sold on Ghost of Yotei?
Boast of Yotei
Thanks to its dedicated State of Play showing, we now have a much better understanding of what Ghost of Yotei's trying to achieve, from both a sequel perspective and as a modern open world adventure. The broadcast, which lasted roughly 20 minutes, gave us an in-depth look at all kinds of gameplay systems and mechanics. We think the...
News Two Amazing Ghost of Yotei Music Tracks Out Now on Music Streaming Services
Shamisensual
As promised during the game's State of Play deep dive, two music tracks taken from Ghost of Yotei are available to listen to right now on music streaming platforms like Spotify and Apple Music. The game's original score is by Japanese composer Toma Otowa, who's worked on all kinds of music for Hollywood films and video games. Sucker...
News Ghost of Yotei Goes Above and Beyond with New Director Modes, Even Has Lo-Fi Beats
Samurai cinema
Ghost of Tsushima's superb Kurosawa Mode has inspired developer Sucker Punch to go a few steps further with Ghost of Yotei, which introduces a bunch of new ways to play the game. For starters, the aforementioned Kurosawa Mode returns, letting you play in black and white, with increased wind effects and crackling soundscapes — an...
News Two Jaw-Dropping Limited Edition Ghost of Yotei PS5 Consoles Announced
And a ton of accessories
Sony will release two limited edition Ghost of Yotei console bundles to mark the release of Sucker Punch’s stunning new open world game. These incredible hardware designs will include imagery of the eponymous Yotei and the surrounding area of Ezo, which is better known as Hokkaido today. The first bundle comes in gold,...
News Ghost of Yotei Confirms Japanese Dub at Launch, Complete with Full Lip-Syncing
Walk the talk
Ghost of Yotei will feature an optional Japanese dub — with full lip-syncing — at launch, developer Sucker Punch has confirmed. You may remember that with Ghost of Tsushima, the Japanese voicework was not lip-synced to the character models until the Director's Cut released on PS5. The studio caught a bit of flak for this, and so...
Live Watch the Ghost of Yotei PS5 State of Play Right Here
The big gameplay reveal
PlayStation is finally ready to give us an in-depth look at Ghost of Yotei via a dedicated State of Play broadcast. We've seen very, very little of the PS5 exclusive up until this point, so we're expecting this to be a fairly comprehensive showing. Developer Sucker Punch has lined up around 20 minutes of gameplay for us to...
News Astro Bot Has Added Its Most Wanted Cameo in Huge PS5 Update
Spoilers within
Astro Bot has added its most wanted cameo by a country mile as part of an update today which adds several new levels to the award-winning PS5 game. This article contains spoilers, so if you want to enjoy the update fresh then we’d strongly recommend clicking away now. Seriously, you’ve been warned – spoilers follow the video...
News 'We're Just Getting Started': Sony Marks 15 Years of PS Plus with Future Pledge
Things can only get better
Sony’s released a somewhat soppy trailer to celebrate 15 years of PS Plus. The platform holder’s subscription first launched on the PS3, and has gone through a string of reinventions since then. Its current guise sees the service divided into three tiers, with PS Plus Essential offering basic online play and monthly...
News What Time Is Ghost of Yotei PS5's State of Play Livestream?
Find out when to watch Sucker Punch's showcase
We’ve all been waiting for this one: Ghost of Yotei’s big State of Play blowout will air this week, from 2PM PDT/10PM BST on 10th July. Before we continue, here’s when you can expect to watch the broadcast in your country: 10PM BST 10th July 2025 The livestream, which was announced earlier in...
News PS Plus Will Make Two Twisted Metal Titles Playable in Europe for the First Time
Around the world
For a lot of American gamers growing up in the 90s, PlayStation is Twisted Metal. But in Europe, the series never hit in the same way. There are a multitude of reasons for that, with marketing and local tastes being among them. But availability was an issue as well: Twisted Metal 3 and Twisted Metal 4 never released outside of USA...
News Cyberpunk 2077 Out Now on PS Plus Extra, Phantom Liberty DLC Heavily Discounted for Subscribers
Chippin' in
PlayStation's announced the PS Plus Extra games lineup for July, and the big surprise is that Cyberpunk 2077 is up for grabs today. Yep, it's available early as part of the ongoing PS Plus 15th Anniversary celebrations — and that's not all. PS Plus subscribers are being handed a 30% discount on Phantom Liberty, the game's superb 2023...
News PS4 Firmware Update 12.52 Out Now, Features 'Security Fixes'
Security!
You know there's not much going on in the world of PlayStation when we're desperate to write about a new PS4 firmware update. The update's available to download right now on Sony's last-gen console, and the single patch note suggests that this is an attempt to plug up some potential software exploits. "We’ve made some security fixes to...
News Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann Has an Intergalactic LEGO Set, And So Could You
Block party
Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is practically guaranteed to be one of the PS5’s signature games – it’s a new intellectual property from Naughty Dog, after all, and the California-based studio rarely ever has a miss. It’s feasible, then, that heroine Jordan A. Mun’s futuristic Porsche spaceship could one day be immortalised...
Surprise Patch 2.1.0
Well this is a surprise. Naughty Dog has announced a brand new update for The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered, which lets you play through the whole game in chronological order. The suitably named Chronological Experience reshuffles Ellie and Abby's adventure so that events play out across a linear timeline. If you've already...
Poll What Review Score Would You Give Death Stranding 2?
Special delivery
We hope you've been having fun trotting around the atmospheric landscapes of Death Stranding 2 over the last week or so, because it's time to give Kojima Productions' latest a rating of your own. Needless to say, this globe-trotting PS5 sequel has been really well received, both by critics and fans of the first game. The original...
News PS5 Fans Divided Over Helldivers 2 on Xbox Pivot
"Get ready for irrelevance"
It’s been a bit of a rollercoaster week in the games industry, and for PS5 fans it’s been underlined by Sony’s sudden decision to publish Helldivers 2 on Xbox Series X|S. This is an unprecedented decision from the manufacturer: while it’s not the first PlayStation game to launch on Microsoft’s machine, it feels...
News PlayStation Fans Want Diogo Jota PSN Avatar to Return After Footballer's Tragic Death
Given away during Days of Play 2024
PlayStation fans are calling on Sony to make a Diogo Jota PSN avatar available once again so they can commemorate the Liverpool footballer following his and his brother's tragic deaths earlier this week. The avatar was available for free in the Days of Play 2024 campaign, but it was only a limited release and is...
News Digital Sales Make Death Stranding 2 PS5 Estimates Much Stronger
Said to have sold 1.4 million copies
Physical UK video game sales are almost dead in the water, but that does not stop early conclusions from being drawn from them. At the start of this week, Death Stranding 2 opened to a 66% drop in physical sales in the region compared to the first game. Now, via data firm Ampere, it's estimated the PS5 exclusive...
War does change after all
Sony is bringing Helldivers 2 to Xbox consoles roughly 18 months after its release, in a move that signals another unexpected strategy shift in an industry that never stands still. It’s not the first PlayStation game to launch on Microsoft’s machines, as MLB The Show ripped that band aid off earlier in the generation...
News Death Stranding 2 and Rematch Trade Blows in PS Store's Top Selling PS5 Games of June
Thing about Sam Bridges is he'll always try and walk it in
Two games you wouldn't expect to see in the same sentence are Death Stranding 2: On the Beach and Rematch, but it turns out they were two of the best-selling PS5 games on PS Store last month. In fact, they trade places exactly in the North American and European charts; Kojima Productions'...
Random Kojima Hyped to See Fan Playing Death Stranding 2 on PS Portal at London Launch Event
In the crowd, no less
During a launch event for Death Stranding 2: On the Beach in London this week, auteur Hideo Kojima was hyped to see a fan in the audience playing on his PS Portal. “You’re playing right now – that’s cool,” he shouted, spotting the fan holding up their Remote Play handheld in the crowd. “Wow, he really is...
News PlayStation Is Bringing Helldivers 2 to Xbox, Out on 26th August
Port to Xbox Series X|S confirmed
Sony and Arrowhead Studios have revealed that they're porting their incredibly popular co-op game Helldivers 2 to Xbox Series X|S, due for release on 26th August 2025. This is a full version of Helldivers 2, costing $40, and is published by PlayStation Publishing on Xbox Series X|S. It's now available to pre-order...
News Neil Druckmann Focused on Naughty Dog Games, Steps Away from The Last of Us TV Show
Update: Halley Gross also leaves the TV show
Naughty Dog studio head Neil Druckmann has today revealed he is stepping away from production of The Last of Us TV series on HBO so he can put his "complete focus" on game development. With the production of season two complete and no "meaningful work" done on the third season yet, Druckmann views this...
