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Friday29th May 2026
News I Can't Believe I'm Writing This: Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat Is Coming to PS5, PS4
Party game based on classic novel
Here’s a story I didn’t expect to write on this otherwise uneventful Friday afternoon: Dr. Seuss’ iconic children’s novel The Cat in the Hat is coming to the PS5 and PS4. Outright Games is making this one, which is described as a “party game” for up to four-players. It looks a lot like Mario Party to...
News Crimson Desert's PS5 Feature Set Has Been Expanded in Latest Patch
Full controller remapping option added
The latest weekly Crimson Desert update from Pearl Abyss has taken a slightly different direction compared to previous patches, but it's still just as important. Instead of a content addition, it's a new feature: controller button remapping. At launch, the game's control scheme was heavily criticised for being...
Review 007 First Light (PS5) - James Bond Returns in a Strong, Confident Origin Adventure
The game's Bond, James Bond
James Bond is undoubtedly one of the most famous names in all of fiction, which is a pretty funny thing to be able to say for a secret agent. With a multitude of books, movies, games, magazines, and countless items of merchandise, the character, and the version of the world he inhabits, is so familiar to so many. IO...
News Modern Warfare 4 Trots Out the Same Messaging of Realistic Skins in Call of Duty
How long will you stick to that promise?
A new Call of Duty game is once again attempting to win over the series' hardcore audience by saying it'll keep the skins and item collaborations added post-launch "grounded and transparent". During yesterday's reveal of Modern Warfare 4, developer Infinity Ward said everything in the title is tied to its...
News PS5 Is Finally Getting One of PC's Biggest Cult Racing Games
Break stuff
I’ve got to be totally transparent with you: I’d never heard of the terribly named BeamNG.drive until today. However, after seeing the response to the racer’s PS5 announcement trailer, I decided to do a bit of research. It turns out this physics-based cult classic has been huge on PC for a decade, and squeezing it onto console is...
Thursday28th May 2026
News 007 First Light Debuts to 1.5 Million Sales in Just 24 Hours
Not bad, Bond
007 First Light sold 1.5 million copies in its first 24 hours on the market, developer IO Interactive has announced. In a social media post, the developer thanked those who bought the game for showing up, as well as their enthusiasm and for sharing their experiences so far. "1.5 million copies sold! Thank you for showing up to the...
News Modern Warfare 4 Wants You to Pre-Order to 'Help Ensure the Best Day One Experience'
Early access to beta planned
You’ll get early access to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4’s open beta if you pre-order the game on the PS5. Activision is activating its usual marketing tactic with this year’s game, and digital pre-orders are already available on the PS Store. Physical pre-orders will also include access to the beta, but...
News Gobliiins Collection Is Out Now, and It's One of the Most Robust Retro Packages on PS5
Five games in one
Out now on PS5 (it was only announced last night!), Gobliiins Collection is probably one of the most robust retro packages on the market. It contains the first five Gobliiins games, and comes with a sizeable list of extras. You'd be forgiven for not knowing what Gobliiins is, because the property's never made its way to...
News The Witcher 3's New Expansion Will Be Fully Revealed at Gamescom in August
Songs of the future
CD Projekt Red has confirmed that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past — the game's brand new expansion — will get its full reveal at Gamescom 2026. In fact, the DLC will actually be on show in the developer's dedicated area, so it's fair to expect a proper blowout ahead of its intended 2027 release. This year,...
News Warzone to Be Delisted, Taken Offline on PS4 as Modern Warfare 4 Goes Current-Gen Only
Removed from PS Store on 4th June
Activision has confirmed the PS4 version of Warzone will be taken offline and rendered unplayable once the first season of support for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 goes live. Revealed earlier today, Modern Warfare 4 is the first entry in the franchise to only be available on current-gen cons
News 'Of Course': Pragmata Director Wants a Sequel to Happen Just as Much as You Do
But it's not his decision
Capcom's Pragmata made a fairly big splash when it arrived earlier this year. The new IP from the Japanese publisher has proven to be a success, and its director is keen to see more. In an interview with GamesRadar, director Yonghee Cho is asked about the potential for Pragmata to become another big series for Capcom going...
News Sony's Spamming PS5 Age Verification Reminders Ahead of June Cutoff
UK and Ireland need to comply now
Sony is currently sending out multiple waves of emails and PSN notifications to PS5 users in the UK and Ireland, reminding them to verify their age in order to continue using communication features like text-based messaging and voice chat. This whole age verification thing was announced back in April, with...
News Planet Zoo 2 Announced, Brings Flying Birds, Aquariums, and More to PS5 Later This Year
Going wild
Frontier has just announced Planet Zoo 2, the straightforwardly-named sequel to its popular zoo-keeping management sim. While there's not any raw gameplay, the in-engine announcement trailer at least sets the tone for this feel-good game: The headline new additions in Planet Zoo 2 are aviaries and aquariums, introducing lots of new...
News Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Is Official, Launching This October on PS5
A high Price to pay
It looks as though the 2026 Call of Duty (not the 2026th, although it does feel like there have been that many) will be subtitled Modern Warfare 4. While there have been some fake leaks doing the rounds online, the very reliable billbil-kun posted the following, which all but confirms what's next for the popular shooter series:...
News Tekken 8 Really Is Getting Back on Track After a Truly Terrible Start to the Year
Patch 3.01 is another win
Patch 3.01 for Tekken 8 has arrived alongside returning DLC character Kunimitsu — and it's actually turning out to be another significant win for Bandai Namco and the Tekken team. Just in case you haven't been keeping up, Tekken 8 was in a terrible state just several months ago. The big Season 3 update dropped in March,...
News 'Launching the Game Is Just the Beginning': Don't Trade in 007 First Light for PS5
There's an extensive roadmap to follow
As it stands, 007 First Light is one of the strongest single player campaigns of 2026 so far. And that’s no small statement: it’s been a remarkably packed year, between Pragmata and Resident Evil Requiem, to name just two. But once you’re done with the 10 to 15 hour story, you may want to keep hold of...
Rumour Persona 6 Protagonist Leaks Catch Fans Off Guard, Reveal Whispers Intensify
Is it finally happening?
After years of rumours, whispers, and fake leaks, we may finally have something on Persona 6. Funnily enough, this is a leak as well — but it's being backed by known insiders over on ResetEra, where you can find the images themselves. Basically, several grainy photographs of concept art have surfaced online. The art...
News 'Have Fun in the Festering Slop Pit': Hideo Kojima Underfire for Generative AI Short
"Not my Kojima"
Hideo Kojima will stop at nothing to cosy up with his celebrity pals, but this generative AI short starring the Death Stranding maker alongside longtime collaborator Nicolas Winding Refn is proving a bridge too far for many. The six-minute film debuted at the 79th Cannes Film Festival by Prada this week, promoting an upcoming event...
CD Projekt Red reiterates what an "expansion" is
Following yesterday's reveal of new The Witcher 3 content in the form of Songs of the Past, CD Projekt Red has leaned into its definition of what an expansion is, as opposed to standard DLC. This is something the Polish developer has talked up before, and was also commented on by Idris Elba in the...
News 'That's a Huge Bummer': Street Fighter 6 World Tour Support Ends with Ingrid on PS5, PS4
Sorry, single players
Street Fighter 6 is, at its heart, a competitive multiplayer game. But I think it’s worth appreciating just how much value World Tour mode has added for single player fans. With each new DLC drop, Capcom has added new story and quests to the campaign, allowing you to learn the moves of its Masters and interact with them for...
News Sudden Steam Deck Price Increase Pins More Questions on PS6
Decked
Valve has suddenly and dramatically increased the price of its Steam Deck OLED range, pushing the price of the 1TB model beyond even a PS5 Pro. In fact, the price increases here are staggering: the 512GB model has gone from $549 to $789, while the aforementioned 1TB model has jumped from $649 to $949. Yes, that’s a $300 price increase...
Wednesday27th May 2026
News Standout PS5 Horror Title Perceptum Could Be Something Special
Coming to PS5 in 2027
Given the sheer amount of indie horror game trailers uploaded to the PlayStation YouTube channel on a weekly basis, it is very easy to glaze over them all. However, this one has caught my eye: Perceptum has you play as a Medium looking into a missing family inside an empty house. A case the police have given up on, you use a...
News Sorry, Astro Bot's New PS5 Update Doesn't Have Anything to Do with State of Play
Unless...
One of PS5's best games, Astro Bot, has today received a small update, but any hope it's related to the impending State of Play must unfortunately be cast aside. The update takes the title to version 1.019.000, and is only 400 MB in size. Team Asobi hasn't released any official patch notes, but a bit of research on X suggests there's...
Random I Don't Think I Could Pull Off This New PSP Crossbody Bag
Somewhere, Marcus PSP is wearing one of these
With my Oshi no Ko tee and NewJeans backpack bling, I’m what’s commonly referred to as a “fashion disaster”. So you’d expect this new Zara crossbody bag to be something I would buy. But I don’t think even I can pull this one off. Available for $35.90/£19.99/€22.95, this new sling is...
News Ex-Forza Horizon Devs Poised to Reveal New PS5 Racer Prior to Sony's State of Play
Coincidence?
While we all wait patiently for Forza Horizon 6 on the PS5, we may have another racer to look forward to. A studio comprised of ex-Playground devs, Maverick Games, has posted a countdown on its official YouTube page, ticking down to 2nd June. The timer is set to expire at 6AM EDT / 11AM BST that morning, approximately 12 hours before...
News Backrooms' 20-Year-Old Director Learned to Create in PS3's LittleBigPlanet
Portal a huge influence too
Horror movie Backrooms by 20-year-old director Kane Parsons is poised to be a surprise Box Office hit when it arrives in theatres later this week. Deadline predicts it could take $20 million during its opening weekend, as it looks set to resonate with a younger audience of movie goers, already fans of Parsons’ work on...
News Bungie's Maligned Shooter Marathon Goes Free-to-Play for a Full Week on PS5
No PS Plus required
In an attempt to entice new players, Marathon will be totally free to play for a full week on PS5, starting from the 2nd June and lasting until the 9th June. This lines up with the launch of the previously announced Season 2, which is introducing a new map and shell (character class), alongside various seasonal challenges. Gear...
News PS Plus Premium Users Get 40+ New PS5 Demo Trials from Today
Try out over 40 indie games on PS5
Sony has given its selection of Game Trials for PS Plus Premium users a considerable update today, allowing members to sample more than 40 new PS5 games as part of their subscription. All the Game Trials focus on "acclaimed indie games", and are available to play from today until 10th June 2026. As Game Trials,...
News We Still Don't Know Sales Figures, But Saros PS5 Player Stats Reveal Some Big Numbers
This is Saros business
It's been almost a month since the launch of Saros, Housemarque's excellent PS5 shooter, and it seems players have been pretty busy in that time. The studio has released a handful of statistics, giving us an interesting view of various in-game achievements. Well, I say achievements; the first stat is the number of times...
Round Up Mina the Hollower Earns Critical Acclaim, Best-Rated Game of 2026 in First Reviews
Called a "must play" in 93 Metacritic rating
Mina the Hollower has shot to the top of the review scoreboards for 2026, as its set of critic reviews ready for its launch have earned the game an overall Metacritic score of 93. This makes it the highest-rated game of 2026 so far on the website, beating the 91 score for Forza Horizon 6, and the 89...
News Dragon Quest Monsters Finally Drops Nintendo Exclusivity with a New PS5 Game
The Withered World awaits
An all-new Dragon Quest Monsters game has been announced, and it's "coming soon" to PS5. The intriguingly titled Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World is actually called Dragon Quest Monsters 4 in Japan, so it's another mainline entry and not some kind of spin-off. As the headline of this article suggests, it's been a...
News Uber Promising PS5 Action Game 'Tides of Annihilation' to Be Playable This Year
Chinese dev to take title on tour
Ambitious Chinese outfit Eclipse Glow Games will allow fans to go hands on with uber promising action game Tides of Annihilation later this year, with more details to be announced in due course. The confirmation comes as part of a behind-the-scenes video, where the studio has moved to allay fears about the...
News Dragon Quest 12 Renamed and Re-Revealed After Development Restart, First Gameplay Shown
But it's still a long way off
Dragon Quest 12: The Flames of Fate no longer exists. The next mainline instalment in the decades-old franchise was announced years back, but executive producer Yosuke Saito has confirmed that the project ran into quite a lot of trouble. Basically, development was scrapped, and the whole thing was restarted. The...
News No Man's Sky Players Face a Whole New Threat in Yet Another Free Major Update
The Swarm is available now
No Man's Sky has received another major update, free for all players, and it adds an entirely new enemy that threatens the whole universe. The update is named The Swarm, and it introduces a large scale antagonistic force, the Hive of Glass, capable of destroying freighter fleets, and possibly even space stations. It's...
News PlayStation Offers Free PSN Avatars with This Download Code
Give your PSN profile an indie feel
If you're bored of the PSN avatar currently representing your PS5, PS4 profile, then a fresh batch of indie-themed images have been provided by Sony as part of the Days of Play promotion for 2026. Using the regional codes listed below, you can get new PSN avatars from Baby Steps, Cairn, and Lumines Arise. Those...
News Sony's Smartphone Gambit Gets Underway with MLB The Show Mobile, Available Worldwide Now
(Google) Play ball
Sony may be winding down its mobile push internally after failing to fully get it off the ground, but it’ll still be hoping MLB The Show Mobile brings in some significant revenue now it’s released. The smartphone spin-off, developed by San Diego Studio, has been in testing for several months already – but is now available...
News Third Witcher 3 DLC Is Real! Songs of the Past Comes to PS5 in 2027
More details coming late summer
After many rumours and much speculation, CD Projekt Red has announced a third expansion for The Witcher 3 really is happening. It's called Songs of the Past and it's coming to PS5 (no PS4 version) in 2027. The developer pitches the DLC as the following: "Songs of the Past will return players to the role of legendary...
News Try One of 2026's Best PS5 Games in New Resident Evil Requiem Demo
Play the game's early stages
Capcom swore it wouldn't put out a Resident Evil Requiem demo in the lead-up to its February 2026 launch, but now we are a few months removed from its debut, the publisher is open to the idea. A demo containing "part of the game's early stages" is now available on the PS Store. Any save data from the demo will not...
News With PS5 at Its Highest Ever Price, There'll Be No Console Discounts for Days of Play
Damp squib
Days of Play has been a really positive sales window for PS5 in the past, coming right in the middle of the year, and giving Sony’s consoles a boost before Black Friday and Christmas. This year, while I anticipate there will be a decent amount of software sold through the PS Store, there’ll be no console deals at all. Of course,...
News PS Store Days of Play Sale Live Now with 2,000+ PS5 Game Deals
RE Requiem! Ghost of Yotei! Dispatch!
Sony has started rolling out its range of Days of Play discounts and deals for 2026, with the PS Store its first stop. More than 2,000 PS5, PS4 games have been put on sale, all available until 10th June 226. The sale is now live in the UK and across Europe, with the USA gaining access later in the day. Below...
News Can Season 2 Turn Bungie's Marathon Around?
Suited and looted
While it certainly hasn’t been a Concord-esque disaster by any stretch of the imagination, it would demand an extremely optimistic outlook to say Marathon has been a success. Sales have been soft on console, and even on PC – where the extraction shooter has performed best – it’s struggled to retain player numbers on par...
News The Witcher 3 Dev Announces Anniversary Stream, Gets Bombarded with Rumoured DLC Demands
Aw sh*t, here we go again
CD Projekt Red fans just never learn, do they? And I happily count myself amongst them. The developer has announced a livestream for the 28th May, celebrating the tenth (tenth!) anniversary of The Witcher 3's second expansion, the outstanding Blood and Wine. There is nothing to suggest that this will be anything other...
News 007 First Light Tech Analysis Reveals Just How Far Ahead PS5 Pro Is
60fps and much better image quality on PS5 Pro
With the title now available in a very short stint of early launch access, Digital Foundry has published its 007 First Light technical deep dive, focusing first on the base PS5 and PS5 Pro. It sounds like, across the game's Performance and Quality Modes on th
Tuesday26th May 2026
It's basically been down since 2024
Here’s the curious thing about Destruction AllStars: its servers have been offline since 2024, although Sony’s never officially acknowledged it. Well, until today that is – the game is now 100% disabled, and has been delisted from the PS Store without prior notice. If you already own it, Arcade Mode will...
News PS Plus Is Doing Something I've Never Seen Before with June's Games
Time extension
I’ve been covering PlayStation since before PS Plus rolled out in 2010, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen this before. Sony has announced that EA Sports FC 26, part of the May 2026 monthly games, will be made available to claim for an additional two weeks, pushing it into June 2026’s lineup as well. This means that while PS...
Feature Going Platinum: This Gorgeous Game About a Dying World Is an Easy Plat
Do you have a Minute? ...of Islands?
Platinum Trophy #27: Minute of Islands Date Earned: 17th June 2021 Dopamine Index: stars:2 Yes, this edition of Going Platinum is late. However, in my defence, I've been very very busy. Also, it was a bank holiday weekend. Also, I'm feeling quite ill. Also, it's too damn hot. None of these things are the...
News Capcom Is Sitting on a Goldmine of PS5 Announcements - But When Are They Coming?
Capgod
Capcom's currently sitting on a veritable goldmine of game-related announcements, and I'm just wondering when we're going to get them. The Japanese company's obviously on an incredible run — a run that arguably started back with Resident Evil 7 in 2017. We've basically had a full decade of Capcom being one of the best publishers on the...
News Current PS Plus Subscribers Screwed Again by Days of Play Discounts
No option to extend your current tier membership
Sony really does not want you to pay less for your active PS Plus membership at its current tier, because it's once again restricted its Days of Play offers for the service to new and upgrading users. The platform holder has been doing this for a number of years now, and it never goes down well. From...
News In an Alternate Universe, We're All Playing GTA 6 on PS5 Now
Game was originally due out today
Today was supposed to be the day, readers. In an alternative universe, we’re all sitting down with a hot cup of green tea and a copy of GTA 6. Okay, maybe it’s a bit too warm for anything but an iced drink, but who knows what the weather’s like in a parallel world, huh? Anyway, the point I’m ambling around...
News Unannounced City Builder LEGO Skylines Could Be Something Special
Build it up
You can always count on the Korean or Taiwanese ratings boards for a leak or two, and we covered the big news regarding Persona 4 Revival earlier today. But the sudden emergence of LEGO Skylines from Paradox Interactive could also be big, assumin
