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It's all about the SSD
Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut has lip sync for Japanese voices — but only on PlayStation 5. And, unsurprisingly, a lot of fans have been wondering why that is — including ourselves. Fortunately, we were able to get an answer from Sucker Punch creative director Nate Fox, who was kind enough to explain how the new...
News Ghost of Tsushima: Iki Island Expansion Size Is Similar to Act 1 of the Main Game
Basically another Act
Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut includes a whole new adventure, which takes place on the island of Iki. But just how big is the Iki Island Expansion? Well, we asked creative director Nate Fox that very question in our big Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut interview, and we got a very promising answer. "If you're familiar...
Behind the mask
With Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut carving its way to both PlayStation 5 and PS4 on the 20th August, we've been eager to learn more about what's being added to Jin's expanded adventure. As you may already know, Director's Cut features a brand new expansion, which sees our intrepid samurai travel to the mysterious Iki Island...
News PS5 Will Use the DualSense to Optimise 3D Audio Through TV Speakers
Sounds good
This is blowing our mind a little bit: PlayStation 5’s next firmware update will add 3D audio for bog-standard television speakers, as previously promised. Naturally, the results won’t be as effective as with a quality pair of headphones, but Sony will optimise the experience by detecting the acoustics of your room using the...
News PS5 Firmware Update to Fix Annoying Operating System Oversights
No more confusion over PS5 and PS4 software
Support for extended PlayStation 5 storage is just the tip of the iceberg for the console’s latest firmware update, which is currently in beta around the world. Sony has also been busy beavering away on the next-gen device’s operating system – and fixing some of its biggest oversights. To begin, the...
News Seagate FireCuda 530 Is the First Third-Party SSD Compatible with PS5
But it comes at a cost
Before the PlayStation 5 launched, system architect Mark Cerny said it would be a little while before third-party hardware manufacturers would produce SSDs compatible with the console, such is the speed of its internal drive. Now, though, it looks like some companies are catching up. Seagate's latest SSD, the FireCuda 530...
News Sony Rolling Out PS5 Internal SSD Access in Next Beta Update
Requirements shared, prices revealed
If you've been looking to extend your PlayStation 5 storage capacity by finally gaining access to the internal SSD slot, we hope you signed up for the recently announced console update beta program. Sony has uploaded a new support page detailing how to add an M.2 SSD to the console, and the ability will be made...
News PS5's Destruction AllStars Cranks Up the Carnage with Gameplay Changes
Developer reinvents the wheel
Destruction AllStars’ minuscule – but dedicated – community has been eager to know just what Lucid Games is playing at with the vehicular combat title, after it quietly extended Season One and then failed to provide any meaningful updates. The answer is that it’s been reimagining the gameplay a little bit, as it...
News Sony Confirms Nixxes Purchase Will Aid Future PC Ports
Great reputation following Square Enix work
Sony has confirmed its acquisition of Nixxes is designed to enable further ports of PlayStation titles to PC. Speaking in an interview with Famitsu, PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan said: "We are also happy with our efforts to provide our IP to PCs, although it is still in its infancy, and we look forward to...
News Sony Issues Sales Updates for Major PS5 Games, Most Exceed One Million
Miles Morales! Returnal! MLB! Ratchet!
Alongside sharing news that the PlayStation 5 has now sold 10 million units, making it the fastest-selling console out of Sony ever, the company also issued updates on purchasing figures for many big titles native to the hardware. Courtesy of an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, we now know
News PS5 Hits 10 Million Sales, Is the Fastest-Selling PlayStation Console Ever
The big 1-0
We all know how hard it is to buy a PlayStation 5. PS5 stock has been extremely limited since the console's release in November last year, and when it does actually hit store shelves, it sells out almost immediately. However, such high demand has lead to the system breaking a load of sales records up until this point — and now, the PS5...
News Digital Gaming Expo DreamsCom Is Officially Open in Dreams on PS4
Go, go, go
Rejoice: DreamsCom 21 has arrived. The second iteration of Dreams' very own convention kicks off today on PlayStation 4, showcasing countless community creations across over 40(!) floors of booths. Simply boot up the game and enter DreamSurfing, and you'll be presented with DreamsCom at the top of the page. You can either jump right into...
News Media Molecule Teases Ancient Dangers: A Bat's Tale, Another Original Game Made in Dreams
Update: Gameplay footage shown in new video
Update: Media Molecule has delved into Ancient Dangers: A Bat's Tale during its DreamsCom stream. The game started life as an asset kit, but has evolved into a full game, in which you'll explore dungeons and fend off baddies alone or in local co-op. This Mm Original looks like another brilliant little game...
News Media Molecule's Next Game Is Tren, a Toy Train Adventure Made in Dreams
Update: Check out the announcement interview
Update: Tren has featured on the DreamsCom live stream. In the above video, creator John Beech is interviewed about the Mm Original coming to Dreams, with plenty of gameplay on show. It looks absolutely delightful; you'll be exploring a wooden train world, upgrading your engine, hauling freight, and...
News Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut Could Take Up a Healthy Chunk of Your PS5 Storage
But it's nothing crazy
The file size for Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut has been spotted ahead of the game's release next month. The ever-reliable PlayStation Game Size picked it out on Sony's servers, and unsurprisingly, it looks like Director's Cut is going to be a bit bigger than the original release. It does include the Iki Island expansion,...
News Former Sony Boss Fearful of Industry Consolidation
Studio buyouts not the right way to do things
It's been almost two years since former Sony worldwide studios chairman Shawn Layden very hurriedly left PlayStation, with nothing but a tweet marking his departure. There have always been questions asked about what happened in the time since, but today the businessman announces he has taken up a...
Random Olympics Volley Ball Player Kelly Claes Loves Marvel's Spider-Man
"Spider-Man all day!"
Video games appear to be seeping into the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. First, we had the opening ceremony, which featured music from various Japanese game franchises. Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Monster Hunter, and plenty more got a nod as athletes from competing countries walked into the stadium. It was pretty great. Anyway, one...
Tw!nkleR10t and Ultimo Barricado downsized
It's a shame, but it's impossible to deny that Destruction AllStars has been a somewhat failed experiment from Sony. The multiplayer vehicular action game has some good ideas, but ultimately doesn't seem to have caught on, even despite being available on PlayStation Plus for two months. That said, it looks...
News Astro's Playroom PS5 Dev Team Asobi Staffing Up for its Next Game
A 3D action game, you say?
PlayStation's most recently established developer, Team Asobi, is the studio responsible for the fantastic PS5 pack-in game, Astro's Playroom (and, of course, Astro Bot Rescue Mission). The Japanese team has enjoyed lots of acclaim for its small but mighty platformer, and it looks as though it's gearing up for its next...
News Death Stranding Sells Over Five Million Copies Across PS4, PC
Update comes just before Director's Cut
Kojima Productions today announced sales of Death Stranding have surpassed the five million mark worldwide as of March 2021. That figure accounts for both the PlayStation 4 and PC versions ahead of Death Stranding Director's Cut, releasing on PS5 in September. Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz, head of publishing...
Poll Should Sony Do More PS5 Director's Cuts?
Like Death Stranding and Ghost of Tsushima
It's starting to look like 'Director's Cuts' could be a new product line for Sony — a way to re-release and revitalise interest in existing titles, seemingly going beyond what you'd get from a PlayStation 5 upgrade patch, or something similar. Death Stranding Director's Cut was the first to be announced,...
News Anna Torv Joins The Last of Us TV Show Cast as Tess
Fringe actress on board
HBO has recruited another actress for its big-budget TV adaptation of The Last of Us, with the latest pick-up being Anna Torv as Tess. She is perhaps best known for her role in Fringe as Olivia Dunham, but has also appeared in more recent television shows such as Secret City, Mindhunter, and The Newsreader. Hitting much...
News PS5 Pushes New 'Be Back Soon' Message When PSN Is Down or Having Difficulties
FYI
Here's something that we've never noticed before: on PlayStation 5, if you attempt to sign in to the PlayStation Network, and the network is experiencing technical difficulties, you'll get a small pop-up message that states "Services are busy right now. We'll be back soon." How thoughtful! No, but seriously, it's good that something like this...
News Here's a Peek at This Year's DreamsCom, the In-Game Expo Made in Dreams
Grab your lanyard
Do you miss the experience of visiting an exhibition hall for a big gaming event? The hours-long queues, the tacky merchanidse, the body odour — it's all part of it, and we can't help but feel a little nostalgic for the days of necking Mountain Dew samples because we're too polite to decline the poor sales rep. If you've been...
News New PS5 Offer Gives Six Months of Apple TV+ for Free
Available to new and existing subscribers
If you've got a PlayStation 5 console and you want to see what all this Ted Lasso palaver is about, you're in luck. Starting today through until 22nd July 2022, you can get six months of Apple TV+ for free via the PS5 Media app. This offer is only open to PS5 owners, as you need to activate it through the...
News Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut Japanese Voice Trailer Shows the New Lip Sync
Lip service
Sony has uploaded a second story trailer for Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut — but don't expect any new footage. This is the same trailer that was released earlier, except it's got Japanese voices with English subtitles. The primary goal here is to highlight the new Japanese lip sync, which is exclusive to the Director's Cut. Given...
News Horizon Forbidden West's Aloy Joins Genshin Impact for a Limited Time
"More info soon"
Aloy, the protagonist of PlayStation titles Horizon Zero Dawn and the upcoming Horizon Forbidden West, will soon be available as a playable character in online RPG Genshin Impact. She will only stick around for a limited time, but the machine hunter is indeed on her way. More information concerning her addition will be shared soon,...
Good for the soul
As if we needed more reasons to get hyped for Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut, developer Sucker Punch has confirmed that the new Iki Island expansion will be home to a number of animal sanctuaries. Jin will be able to visit these peaceful locations and interact with the wildlife, which includes wild cats, deer, and even monkeys...
News Detroit: Become Human Tops Six Million Sales Across PS4, PC
AI worldwide
French team Quantic Dream has announced its premier PlayStation 4 title Detroit: Become Human has now sold more than six million copies worldwide across Sony's last-gen console and the more recent PC port. The developer took to Twitter to thank everyone that has purchased the game, of which it is "proud of". It's not known whether...
News Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut Iki Island Expansion Gets Great Looking Story Trailer
Plus plot details
Sony has released a new trailer for Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut, which gives us a much better idea of what the re-release's new content is all about. Iki Island is an expansion that sees Jin travel to... well, the island of Iki, where a different Mongol threat is taking root. The above trailer gives us a look at the...
News PS Store Summer Sale Discounts So Many Big PS5, PS4 Games
PS5 exclusives! Mass Effect! Hitman!
It's time for one of the big ones: Sony's PlayStation Store summer sale is here and it's packing a lot of enticing deals for PS5 and PS4 games. Some of the discounts listed below expire at midnight on 4th August 2021 while others feature for a further two weeks, so be sure to check that important detail when you...
News PS5 Digital Edition Revision Sheds 300 Grams, Revises Base Screw
Losing the lockdown pounds
The ultra-rare PlayStation 5 Digital Edition has been on a diet, according to documentation discovered in Japan. Sony has submitted paperwork for a new model (CFI-1100B) which according to the manual is 300 grams lighter than its predecessor and has a slightly more manageable base screw. It’s unclear if there are any...
News PS Store Summer Sale Brings the Heat on 21st July
🥵
Just a quick heads up: the PS Store’s Summer Sale will raise temperatures starting 21st July. While Sony’s yet to confirm which games will be included, it is hyping up the discount event in newsletter emails. The correspondence promises a “range of incredible deals and offers” and adds that we should expect “big savings on games,...
News New PS Vita Releases Pegged for 20th July as Sony Ceases Submissions
One last hurrah
While the PS Vita storefront will remain open for the foreseeable future – following a dramatic U-turn from the Japanese giant – Sony is sticking to its original plan of ceasing to accept submissions for the handheld’s PS Store from 20th July, meaning a final batch of new releases will deploy tomorrow. A couple of indie...
Poll Ghost of Tsushima Released One Year Ago Today - What Review Score Would You Give It Now?
Second chance
Ghost of Tsushima released for PlayStation 4 on the 17th July 2020, meaning that it's one year old today. The PS4 exclusive was extremely well received by both players and critics, and went on to be a commercial blockbuster for Sony. Developer Sucker Punch also did a great job of supporting the game once it was on the market, providing...
News With the Steam Deck Announced, This Is What a Next-Gen PSP Could Be
Alternate universe
Sony is, quite clearly, done with the handheld market. While there’s no question Nintendo has enjoyed enormous success with its hybrid hardware Nintendo Switch, the previous portable PlayStation failed to capture the imagination of gamers – even if the PS Vita is considered something of a cult classic these days. But...
News Netflix Allegedly Plotting Gaming Service, and PlayStation Could Be a Partner
Sony assets discovered in service's source code
Netflix appears poised to enter the gaming arena, after it announced earlier this week that it had hired ex-EA executive Mike Verdu to lead its expansion into the lucrative sector. While this could, potentially, be considered yet another headache for market leader PlayStation, it’s possible the...
News Sony 'Closely Monitoring' Nintendo Switch OLED as Industry May Look to Increase Prices
Costs going up
Nintendo Switch is a runaway freight train, seeing impressive success several years into its cycle. As you may be aware, the company recently announced a revised hardware model, the Nintendo Switch OLED, but despite including a better screen – similar to that employed by the PS Vita almost a decade ago – it’s leveraging the same...
News The Last of Us TV Show Now Has Its Bill, Frank, and More
The cast of us
The Last of Us is being adapted into a television series, thanks to a partnership between PlayStation Productions and HBO. With filming having just started this month, it's still a ways off, but with the talent attached to the project, it should be pretty good once it finally arrives. We know who will be playing most of the main...
News Jim Ryan Says Players Only Remember the Best Games
"No one really cares about a game that is only okay"
We're probably a little biased, given we're a PlayStation-focused site, but it's hard to argue against Sony having some of the most talented game development teams in the business. The likes of Naughty Dog, Insomniac Games, Santa Monica Studio, and more have been producing big hits for the...
News After E3 2021 No Show, Sony's Seemingly Skipping Gamescom As Well
Of course
It’s hardly a surprise anymore really, but Sony will seemingly be skipping Gamescom 2021 next month, as the organisation retains its silent ritual. Outside of a couple of cameo appearances during Geoff Keighley’s opening keynote Summer Games Fest, the company completely avoided the digital version of E3 2021 – and it doesn’t look...
News Abandoned PS5's Realtime Trailer App Renamed Realtime Experience App
The more you know
Abandoned’s bizarre – and oft-delayed – Realtime Trailer app has been renamed the Realtime Experience app, ahead of its purported 29th July pre-load date on the PlayStation 5. The client will allegedly play host to “multiple trailers (when available)” betwe
News Xbox Boss Is a Big Fan of Sony's PS5 Controller
It's a bloody good pad, to be fair
Not for the first time, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has complimented Sony’s work on the PlayStation 5’s controller. The DualSense, with its combination of haptic feedback and adaptive triggers, is transformative when implemented correctly – and it’s something Microsoft has been paying attention to. In fact,...
Soapbox PS5 Is Beautiful When Its Distinctive Features Are Used Properly
Sammy's a big fan of Sony's new console when it comes together
I’ve got to be honest: unless it’s a first-party game, I’ve come to expect the worst when it comes to publishers using PlayStation 5’s unique features. Many of them will talk a big game prior to release, but once you get your fingers on the pad, it falls apart. Titles like DIRT 5...
Rumour Mocap for the Next Spider-Man Game Has Begun
Spidey sense is tingling
It hasn't been announced or even teased yet, but we all know that a new Marvel's Spider-Man is happening at some point. In fact, the prolific Insomniac Games could be working on it right now — and that's what this story is all about. Earlier this week, Miles Morales actor Nadji Jeter posted a picture of himself on...
Hands On Media Molecule Flexes with Megapenguin Rehatched's Opening Levels in Dreams
Collaborative project's primer is fantastic
We'll openly admit to being a little late to the party on this, but we've just played Megapenguin Rehatched in Dreams and have to tell you about it. As we reported a couple of weeks ago, Megapenuin Rehatched is a collaborative project within Media Molecule's creation game. The idea is brilliant: the...
News Looks Like The Last of Us 2 Has Been Permanently Discounted on PS Store
But only in the US for now
The Last of Us: Part II appears to have been permanently discounted on the PS Store in the United States, following its release last year. The sequel – which we awarded a 10/10 – is now available from $39.99, with the Digital Deluxe bumping the price to $49.99. Unlike other savings on Sony’s virtual storefront,...
Random Sony Plasters PS5 All Over American Game Show Jeopardy
Gamer's delight
Sony’s bought out a quiz category in US game show Jeopardy, resulting in some amusing PlayStation 5-themed questions. The category, labelled ‘Gamer’s Delight’, starts out innocently enough with a question about Astro’s Playroom, but quickly descends into marketing hell, with the manufacturer eager to slip in key buzzwords...
News Gran Turismo 7 Peripherals Incoming for PS5, PS4
As Polyphony Digital partners with Fanatec
It’s been a long time since we last got an update on Gran Turismo 7, but the PlayStation 5 and PS4 simulation racer is beginning to pop up in headlines again. Earlier this week, an unfinished page on the official PlayStation website seemed to tease some kind of impending beta, and now developer Polyphony...
News Tactical PSVR Shooter Firewall Zero Hour Is Still Getting Seasonal Content
Three years after release
Sony’s simply got to be lining up a next-gen sequel to tactical shooter Firewall Zero Hour, right? The PSVR exclusive, now in its third year, is still getting seasonal content – and while Operation: Rubicon is releasing without any additional maps or contractors, the longevity of the release is impressive to say the...
