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News Helldivers 2 Now Kicks Inactive Players, Server Capacity Increased in Latest Patch
Should make wait times "much more bearable"
Developer Arrowhead Studios is fighting back the fires in Helldivers 2, the co-op shooter that's blown up in the weeks since launch. As part of this push to accommodate the vast volume of players, a recent update to the game made it so that any players sitting idle for a certain length of time will be...
News Sifu Marks Three Million Sales and Second Anniversary with New Outfits
Including one from Absolver
Sifu developer SloClap is celebrating the intricate brawler's second anniversary by confirming two final outfits are being added to the game today. While it was thought support for the PS5, PS4 game was being wrapped up in September last year, the studio today announced sales have surpassed three million units, so the...
News Assassin's Creed Mirage PS5, PS4 Update 1.0.7 Adds Permadeath Mode, Available Now
Here are all the patch notes
Ubisoft has just released the latest game update for Assassin's Creed Mirage, last year's back-to-the-roots entry in the stealth action series. The headline change in this major patch is the addition of Permadeath mode, but there are of course plenty of other fixes and improvements too. Update 1.0.7 is available now on...
News No Man's Sky Omega Update Overhauls Expeditions, Playable for Free This Weekend
Every man's sky
No Man's Sky has received yet another huge update today, 15th February 2024, and it's good news for basically everyone. The Omega update is primarily concerned with Expeditions, the game's community-focused mini campaigns that blend together all its various features. A whole new Expedition, also titled Omega, is star of the show, and...
News Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth PS5 Demo Update Will Improve Performance Mode Next Week
Will also be applied to full game
For the last week, eager fans have been able to play a demo for the hotly anticipated Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth on PS5. While the appetite for the RPG remains high, some players have been left a little deflated by the demo's somewhat rough visuals and technical performance. Fortunately, it looks like Square Enix will...
News PS Plus Extra Hit Teardown Gets More Mods, Available Now on PS5
Mod Pack 1 refreshed
Teardown launched last year on PS5, arriving as part of PS Plus Extra's catalogue from day one. The fully destructible sandbox has plenty of explosive potential as standard, but the console version also comes pre-packed with a selection of mods, adding yet more opportunities for glorious chaos. Today — that's 12th February...
News EA Sports WRC Season 3 Adds New Moments, Rally Pass, Latest Patch Available Now
Keep the motor running
EA Sports WRC is still receiving regular updates from Codemasters, and this month it's bringing not only a new huge patch, but also the start of a new season. While the game update is available today, Season 3 is set to get underway from 13th February. The seasonal content will include a fresh batch of Moments, doled out once...
News Huge Spider-Man 2 Update Adds New Game+, New Suits, More on 7th March
More features will be detailed soon
Insomniac Games has confirmed the long-awaited Marvel's Spider-Man 2 update that'll add New Game+, new suits, and much more will arrive on 7th March 2024. A tweet states a complete list of features will be shared closer to release, but until then, we know New Game+ and more Spider-Man suits are in. The...
News Dive into Free PS5, PS4 Racer Disney Speedstorm's Little Mermaid Season Soon
Gameloft proudly presents: your dinner
French developer Gameloft invites you to be its guest for its upcoming The Little Mermaid season in free-to-play kart racer, Disney Speedstorm. Scheduled to make a splash from 8th February, the Under the Sea update will include four new racers inspired by the legendary animated (and live action, we suppose)...
News Honkai: Star Rail's Humongous PS5 Update Adds an Entire Planet
The plot thickens on Penacony
HoYoverse’s hit space-faring RPG Honkai: Star Rail is all about the Trailblazer, an intergalactic explorer who travels from planet-to-planet solving problems and kicking ass. With the release of update v2.0, the ever-industrious developer will add an entire new location to the game, named Penacony. This former...
News More Cars, Events for Gran Turismo 7 in 1.42 Update on PS5, PS4
Race new concept cars and a Suzuki
Gran Turismo 7 will be treated to a new PS5, PS4 patch within the next 24 hours (depending on your timezone) that will add more cars, events, and Café menus to finish off. Update 1.42 bundles in three new cars: the BVLGARI Aluminum Vision Gran Turismo, Suzuki Jimny XC ’18, and the Genesis X Gran Berlinetta...
News Genshin Impact Will Soon Look Better Than Ever Before on PS5, PS4
New tech dramatically improves presentation
Genshin Impact’s drop-dead gorgeous world will get even more stunning when update 4.4 arrives on 31st January, adding annual Lunar New Year content to the Chinese-inspired region of Liyue. Debuting in the update on PS5 and PS4 is new tech named Global Far Fog and Gradient Tint Rock, which will add depth...
News Diablo 4 Season of the Construct Will Bring New Quests, Vaults to PS5, PS4
Third season begins on 23rd January
Blizzard has announced a third season of content for Diablo 4 will begin next week on 23rd January 2024. Given the name Season of the Construct, it's set to add a new questline, a new base of operations underneath Kehjistan, and a new type of dungeon named Vaults. Catch the announcement trailer above for more...
News More Overwatch 2 Controversy Over Passive Healing for More Heroes
No more team players
A future update in Season 9 of Overwatch 2 will implement passive healing for more heroes in the game, a change many fans see as a move further away from the notions of playing as a team and optimal character composition for covering healing and buffs. This will be just one tweak in a "massive set of gameplay and balance...
News Spy X Family's PS5, PS4 Street Fighter 6 Cameo Doesn't Quite Meet Expectations
Forgery
After an extended build up, Capcom has peeled back the curtain on Street Fighter 6’s crossover with Spy X Family Code: White – but the results haven’t left fans feeling waku waku. Effectively, the crossover amounts to a couple of avatar outfits for protagonists Loid and Yor Forger, allowing you to cosplay as the characters in the...
News Cult of the Lamb's Sins of the Flesh Update Is Its Biggest Yet, Launches 16th January
Birds and bees
Devolver Digital has just put out a new trailer for Cult of the Lamb: Sins of the Flesh, the game's largest post-launch DLC update so far. Amid a brief preview of gameplay, we get a release date, and it's not far off, arriving on 16th January, 2024. The game made waves on social media at the end of last year when it began teasing...
News Leaderboards, Accessibility Features, More Coming to PSVR2's C-Smash VRS in January
Game on
The enjoyable futuristic sports title C-Smash VRS is a firm favourite among PSVR2 enthusiasts, and that's partly down to some pretty great post-launch support. The game, a virtual reality revival of Dreamcast cult classic Cosmic Smash, has received some fantastic (and free) updates since it launched back in June 2023, and that looks set to...
News God of War Ragnarok, Valhalla DLC Both Updated, Here Are the Patch Notes
Install both before continuing
Santa Monica Studio has just released updates for both God of War Ragnarok and its free DLC, Valhalla. You can download and install them now, and the studio stresses you need to install both patches before you boot the game back up. The update for Ragnarok comes in at about 376MB, while the patch for Valhalla itself...
Huge update coming after Christmas
HoYoverse has hosted the next major livestream for Honkai: Star Rail’s upcoming v1.6 update, named Crown of the Mundane and Divine, which is scheduled to release on 27th December. Another colossal update for the uber-popular gacha, the content will include three new playable characters, fresh story content, and a...
News Lords of the Fallen Seasonal Content Starts Today, New Quests and Gear
New quests, gear, features, and snowballs
Successful Souls-like Lords of the Fallen will be patched today with the first of two seasonal updates that bring quests, weapons and armour pieces, and spells to the PS5 game. Offerings of Orius arrives today while Trial of the Three Spirits drops on 21st December 2023, each adding more features and festive...
News EA Sports WRC Season 2 Brings Central European Rally, More Moments, New Rally Pass
All coming very soon
As promised, EA Sports WRC is soon to be updated with one more rally location. The Central European Rally will be added to the game very soon, on 14th December 2023, as part of a free game update. This new rally, which includes stages in Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic, will add 32 kilometres of asphalt stages...
News Alan Wake 2 Pencils In New Ending, Nightmare Difficulty for Monday's New Game Plus Update
Writing's on the wall
Alan Wake 2's free New Game Plus update is dialled in for Monday, 11th December, and aspiring writers can experience the game again on Nightmare difficulty, with the prospect of an all-new ending in the offing. As is standard for this sort of thing, New Game Plus will allow players to retain their unlocked weapons, upgrades,...
News New Game+ Update for Assassin's Creed Mirage Coming Next Week
Permadeath mode in early 2024
Ubisoft has today confirmed the previously announced New Game+ update for Assassin's Creed Mirage will arrive in a PS5, PS4 patch at some point next week. Letting you carry your progress, unlocks, and items into a new playthrough, the publisher teases your second go around Baghdad will contain "new rewards". In...
News PS Plus Indie Hit Teardown Updated with Invert Y-Axis Option
Y didn't it have one already?
Teardown, which launched straight onto PS Plus Extra in November, is a great game with satisfying destruction and engaging, heist-like missions. Unfortunately, if you're the type of player who likes to inver the Y-axis for camera control, the game somehow released without this option. Now, a few weeks after its arrival,...
News LEGO Fortnite Is Available to Play Right Now, Watch the Gameplay Launch Trailer
LE(t's)GO
Fortnite is becoming much more than just Save the World and Battle Royale, and its transformation starts today as LEGO Fortnite goes live. Essentially a whole new game, it's now available to play — after you've downloaded the latest game update, that is. When you boot up Fortnite, you'll be greeted with a launcher screen that lets you...
News Fallout: New Vegas Vibes Front New Fallout 76 Content
Visit the casinos of Atlantic City
New Fallout 76 content available now is channelling the Las Vegas vibes of PS3 classic Fallout: New Vegas, with a new Expedition taking former vault dwellers to Atlantic City for some gambling and mob action. The free PS4 patch includes two new missions via a 27.3GB download as well as the new location and updates...
News The Brilliant Atari 50 Adds 12 More Games in Free Holiday Update, Available Now
What's old is new again
Atari and Digital Eclipse have just released a major update to Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration. The Holiday Content Update is now available for free to all owners of the game, and adds a dozen extra playable classics to the already impressive collection. The 12 games being added include a bunch of extra 2600 classics,...
News The Crew Motorfest Season 2 Brings Hoonigan to Hawaii on 6th December
Vroom vroom
The Crew Motorfest has been plugging away in the background since its launch in September. Ubisoft's typically fantastic post-launch support has kept the open world racer packed with things to do and rewards to earn. Now, though, Season 1 is drawing to a close as the game prepares for Season 2, which gets started tomorrow, 6th December...
News 12 Extra Atari 2600 Games Are on the Way to Atari 50, Even More in Further Updates
All available for free next week
A bonus 12 Atari 2600 games will be added to PS5, PS4 compilation Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration in an update arriving on 5th December 2023. The free patch is just the first in a series of updates planned that will add more classic titles to the experience we named one of 2022's Best PS5, PS4 Remake, Remaster,...
News K-Pop Ultrastars BLACKPINK Make an Effort to Bring KartRider: Drift Back from the Brink
How you like that?
It’s been a little time since we heard about free-to-play racer KartRider: Drift, but just like Overwatch 2 and LE SSERAFIM recently, publisher Nexon is calling upon the power of k-pop to put the release back in the limelight. And it’s not short-changing players with Kep1er or ALICE here: it’s bringing out the big guns, with...
News Arendelle Arrives on PS5, PS4 as Disney Speedstorm Lets It Go
Hopefully it won't get a frosty reception
The glacial backdrop of Arendelle will bring a touch of winter to Gameloft’s free-to-play kart racer Disney Speedstorm starting today, as the game’s latest season gets underway. Let It Go will bundle in a bunch of new racers, including Anna, Elsa, Olaf, Kristoff, and Hans. As always, they’ll all have...
News The Batman Movie Suit Coming to PS4's Arkham Knight Next Month
Free update on 15th December
Batman: Arkham Knight is being updated next month with the suit worn by Robert Pattinson in last year's film The Batman. Arriving on 15th December 2023, the suit will actually be available first in the new Nintendo Switch version of Batman: Arkham Trilogy, but will then be offered as a free download to PS4 players and...
News Cult of the Lamb Looks Like It'll Embrace Animal Instincts in Sins of the Flesh Update
Coming soon
Cult of the Lamb is a cracking mix of roguelike and life sim/management that walks a dangerously thin tonal tightrope. The art style makes it look like a Saturday morning cartoon, with adorable animal characters and cute, colourful environments. However, it has a more mature edge — sacrifice, death, the dark arts, and more are happily...
News PSVR2's Ghostbusters Receives New Mode, Skins, and Update Today
Catch ghosts in Heist & Seek
PSVR2 experience Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord is being treated to its first major update today that patches in a number of quality-of-life features and a new mode named Heist & Seek. If you own the season pass in addition to the base game, there are the new Keymaster and Gator skins to grab now also. The new...
News Another EA Sports WRC Update Is Available Now on PS5, Here Are the Patch Notes
More performance improvements
It was only last week that Codemasters released a major patch for EA Sports WRC, but another one has just arrived. The latest game update is available to download and install now, coming in at about 1.1GB on PS5. It looks like the main focus continues to be on improving the game's overall performance, combating...
News New Game+ on Its Way to Assassin's Creed Mirage Next Month
Part of a December update
Ubisoft has announced a New Game+ option will be part of a PS5, PS4 update for Assassin's Creed Mirage arriving at some point in December. The update will also add a new permadeath mode across all difficulties in the game, making your assassination attempts that little bit more intense. The series' Twitter account then...
News Marvel's Spider-Man 2 PS5 Update Available Now, Here Are All the Patch Notes
Thwip
Insomniac Games has just released a new update for Marvel's Spider-Man 2. Taking the game to version 1.001.005, the 460MB patch is yet another effort to squash a host of pesky bugs. It's available to download and install now. The patch includes various fixes, such as collision errors, missions failing to trigger, losing the ability to jump,...
News EA Sports WRC Update 1.3 Targets Performance Problems and Much More
Here are all the patch notes
Less than a week after release, EA Sports WRC is getting its first major patch in a bid to fix a number of issues. Arriving today, 8th November 2023, the 1.4GB update will bring the game to version 1.3, and it's setting its sights on technical hiccups and a laundry list of minor bugs and errors. As mentioned, the main...
News Hydro Archon Furina Finally Arrives in Genshin Impact's Huge PS5, PS4 Update
Fontaine expands east
HoYoverse is continuing to expand upon Genshin Impact’s recently added Hydro region Fontaine, and the release’s upcoming v4.2 update – dubbed Masquerade of the Guilty – will see new underwater regions incorporated. Crucially, it’ll plot the arrival of the Hydro Archon, Furina, a five-star sword wielder whose Elemental...
News Honkai: Star Rail's First Major PS5 Update Gets Spooky This Month
Assemble a ghost hunting squad in major new event
If Honkai: Star Rail is your first foray into the wonderful world of HoYoverse, then welcome to the party – and the seriously impressive churn of new content updates. Following the game’s release on PS5 a few weeks ago, it’s time to get ready for v1.5, the game’s next major expansion which...
News Huge PS5 Update Makes Immortals of Aveum Better Than Ever
You can also play for free
Ascendant Studios has today announced it'll be deploying a huge PS5 patch for Immortals of Aveum on 16th November 2023 that adds new playable content, New Game+, and an even tougher difficulty mode in Grand Magnus. On that same day, the PS5 game will also be available for anyone to play for free up until the third chapter...
News Latest Alan Wake 2 PS5 Patch Applies 200+ Fixes
Bugs thwarted, improvements made
Another PS5 patch has just gone live for Alan Wake 2, introducing over 200 improvements and bug fixes to the game. It is available to download now, bringing the title up to version number 1.000.008. A complete roundup of all the changes and additions can be found on the official Alan Wake website. The top-level...
News Another Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Update Available Now, Here Are the Patch Notes
Bug spray
Insomniac Games has just released a new game update for the popular Marvel's Spider-Man 2. Taking the title to version 1.001.004, the 922 MB patch makes a few more fixes as the developer aims to squash all those pesky bugs. This patch fixes a variety of issues, such as examples of the player getting stuck, bosses getting stuck, player...
News Biggest Gran Turismo 7 Update Ever Adds Cars, Tracks, Modes, Challenges
Welcome to SPEC II
As teased over the weekend, Gran Turismo 7 studio Polyphony Digital has today revealed the PS5, PS4 racer's biggest update yet. Dubbed SPEC II, it adds a four-player split-screen Couch mode, seven more cars, a new track in the Lake Louise Snow Circuit, the chance to try SOPHY AI in Quick Race, and an extra 50 challenges. All of...
News Gran Turismo 7 Promises Major PS5, PS4 Update Next Week
At least seven new cars incoming
Gran Turismo 7 has been growing on a monthly basis, but series creator Kazunori Yamauchi promises a “big update” is coming for November, with at least seven new cars. The industry veteran posted his traditional silhouette picture on Twitter, seemingly confirming the upcoming addition of the Lexus LFA, Nissan...
News Synth Riders Spooky Update Adds Yet More Free Content
A new song, and a few extras
The parade of new content for VR rhythm game Synth Riders continues! To celebrate the first Halloween since the launch of PSVR2, Kluge Interactive is once again celebrating the scariest time of year with free content. The 2023 Spooky Update includes one free song, Nightmare Cure by DanyloM & Electro Swing Thing...
News Disney Dreamlight Valley Won't Be Free-to-Play When It Launches After All
New plan
The Animal Crossing-esque Disney Dreamlight Valley has been in early access since September 2022, and it's soon to be making its full, proper launch in the very near future. However, plans have changed regarding its payment model; when it releases, it'll cost $39.99 instead of, erm, zero. Initially planned to be a free-to-play game,...
News Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Update Fixes Flag Issue and More, Here Are the Patch Notes
Puerto Rican flag restored
Insomniac Games has released a new patch for its smash hit superhero sequel, Marvel's Spider-Man 2. The game has been out for just under a week, and in that time a handful of bugs and errors have been raised. This 551 MB patch amends a few of those, most notably the issue surrounding an incorrect flag present in Miles...
News Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Post-Launch Updates to Add New Game+, Mission Replay
Expected before the end of the year
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is about to glide into our lives tomorrow, 20th October 2023. While it does have the odd bug or two (meaning technical issues, not the protagonists), a day one patch should tidy things up — but it's largely a very complete and polished game out of the box. Insomniac Games isn't finished...
News Improved PSVR2 Rails Shooter The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR Adds Horde Mode
Free update available now
The dramatically improved PSVR2 rails shooter The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR – which was a dismal experience on day one – has quietly added a Horde Mode in a free post-release update. The press release teases: “New horde mode! Will you survive the rooms of doom?” It adds: “On this s
