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Friday24th Oct 2025
News New EA Partnership Will 'Reimagine How Games Are Made' with AI
"Would you like me to add some lens flare to that?"
The AI boom has arrived, and it’s infiltrating the video game industry at large. Stability AI, a “leading independent and multi-modal generative AI company”, has announced a strategic partnership with EA to “co-develop transformative generative AI models, tools, and workflows that empower...
News The Finals Gets Ready for Halloween with New Ghoul Rush Mode
Spooky stuff indeed
Season 8 of The Finals is now well into its stride, and this week's mid-season update brings a frighteningly good new game mode, a plethora of spooky rewards, a scarily good store update, and a spread of smaller fixes and improvements – all in time for Halloween. Mid-season update 8.6.0 introduces a new infection-based game...
News PS5 Pro Is Definitely Not the Best Place to Play The Outer Worlds 2 at Launch
Performance and image stability issues
While the PS5 Pro is turning in utterly outstanding results in first-party games like Ghost of Yotei, third-party publishers are having a tougher time getting to grips with the hardware. The Outer Worlds 2 is the latest effort to perform worst on Sony’s supercharged $750 hardware, according to experts...
News This Is Why Xbox Is Bringing All of Its Games to PS5 Now
Insight into what's been going on at Redmond
Xbox has undoubtedly become one of the biggest publishers on PlayStation – but it may not be entirely through choice. A new article from Bloomberg (paywalled) delves into the business decisions behind Microsoft’s sudden multiformat move, and while little of it will surprise, it does add clarity to...
News Fortnite's Highly Anticipated The Simpsons Season Starts to Leak
First look at map and art
We’ve waited multiple generations for a new The Simpsons game, but it looks like a Fortnite season is the best we’re going to get. Fortunately, this sounds like an extremely fun event if you’re a fan of Matt Groening’s legendary animated show. Early key art confirms Homer, Marge, Ned Flanders, Bart, Krusty, and...
Thursday23rd Oct 2025
News PS4's Legendary PT Demo Used to Teach Japanese Students English
Yes, really
PT, the iconic PS4 demo that revealed Silent Hills, has found itself a new use case: teaching Japanese school students the English language. Niigata Prefectural Tsunan Secondary School, located in the Niigata prefecture and north of Tokyo, posted an article earlier this week about one of its fifth-grade English classes using PT to learn...
News Fallout 76 Finally Gets a Native PS5 Version Next Year
Burning Springs expansion in December
Almost five years after the console's launch, it's been confirmed Bethesda will finally provide Fallout 76 with a native PS5 version. The online game has always been playable via backwards compatibility, but wasteland explorers had to put up with last-gen visuals and framerates. From next year, there'll be a...
News Mark 10 Years of Fallout 4 with a PS5, PS4 Re-Release Next Month
Anniversary Edition out on 10th November
Bethesda might finally be done re-releasing Skyrim over and over again, so how about a few extra versions of Fallout 4 instead? To mark 10 years since its original release, Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition shall launch for PS5 and PS4 on 10th November 2025. This new version of the RPG will package the base...
Rumour New Halo Game Heading for PS5, Will Almost Certainly Be Announced This Week
Is it finally happening?
There's a growing belief that Microsoft will unveil a new Halo game this week, and that it'll be confirmed for a PS5 release. And by 'this week', we mean as early as tomorrow — Friday the 24th October. That's because this year's Halo World Championship — the series' official esports event — takes place over the...
News Project Tal Is Another Stunning Open World Action RPG Targeting PS5
That's what we're Tal-king about
While we'll be the first to admit that we're losing track of all these crazy-looking action games from Chinese and Korean studios, that doesn't make Project Tal any less impressive. This newly announced title is currently in development at MADNGINE in South Korea. It's based around the country's mythology, and it's...
News 'Final' Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 DLC, Mysteria Ecclesiae, Dated for November
Third expansion coming 11th November
Warhorse Studios has announced its third and "final" story expansion for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 will release for PS5 on 11th November 2025. Given the name Mysteria Ecclesiae, you'll venture to the Sedletz Monastery to investigate a deadly disease. Catch the reveal trailer above. Here's the setup: "Join...
News Bonus Elden Ring Items from New Tarnished Edition Delayed to 2026
Switch 2 version is delayed, pushing back PS5, PS4 items
FromSoftware has made the decision to delay the Nintendo Switch 2 version of Elden Ring to 2026, with the knock-on effect being the bonus items contained within this new Tarnished Edition also having been pushed back on PS5, PS4. The updated version comes with two new starting classes (Knight...
Review Full Metal Schoolgirl (PS5) - This Offbeat Anime Roguelite Somehow Gets It Right
Learning the hard way
For a game about robotic students raging against a sinister regime, Full Metal Schoolgirl is weirdly relatable. The onset of AI has brought life to a horde of automaton employees known as the Working Dead, tasked by a tyrannical corporation to behave as corporate slaves. With a single organisation controlling Tokyo’s...
News Survival Horror Sequel Tormented Souls 2 Out Today on PS5
Priced at £24.99 / $29.99
Following up on one of the best indie survival horror games of recent years, Tormented Souls 2 is out now on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. It utilises fixed camera angles and a limited inventory in classic Resident Evil fashion, and you could catch a taste for the title in the launch trailer above. It's a direct sequel to...
Review The Outer Worlds 2 (PS5) - Mechanically Fantastic RPG Struggles to Be Memorable
In one ear, Outer the other
The Outer Worlds 2 is Obsidian trying to rediscover the role-playing magic that once defined it as a juggernaut within the genre. And in a lot of ways, this bigger, and generally better sequel accomplishes its goals. Compared to The Outer Worlds — and indeed, compared to many other modern RPGs — the game provides...
News Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Adds Persona 5 Protagonist as Sales Top 1 Million Units
Sellin' at the speed of light
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is a hit for SEGA, with sales now surpassing one million units worldwide. According to the Japanese publisher, since release on 25th September, players have raced over 74.5 million times, participated in over 31.5 million Grands Prix, and competed in over 13 million Ranked Matches. To attract...
News For a Fleeting Moment, It Felt Like PS2 Gangster Game Scarface Could Be Getting a Re-Release
But it all went up in flames
Oh, how we loved Scarface: The World Is Yours on PS2. This PS2 crime caper first launched in 2006, about a month prior to the PS3 in the United States, and it was an awesome send-off for the system in our opinion. While it was, in many ways, a GTA clone, we really loved building up our criminal empire and simply...
Round Up Once Upon a Katamari PS5 Reviews Roll Up Some Big Scores
Bundles of fun
Once Upon a Katamari is the first all-new instalment in Bandai Namco’s ball rolling brand for quite some time. It’s also a rather good one. The embargo for outing lifted earlier today, and it’s already wrapped up some pretty big scores. Its aggregate rating on Metacritic is at about an 80 on PS5, which is sturdy stuff for this...
News Xbox Boss Believes Sony's Strategy of Console Exclusives Is 'Antiquated'
"The biggest games in the world are available everywhere"
Xbox fans against the organisation’s multiformat strategy may want to close their eyes now, as boss Sarah Bond is signalling her company has no plans to explore exclusivity again. In an interview with Mashable, she pointed out that all of the biggest games in the world are available...
Wednesday22nd Oct 2025
News This Astro Bot Dual Speeder Figure Might Be the Best PS5 Merch Money Can Buy
Need for speed
If you've got room on your shelf for something special, you may want to hold out for this newly announced Astro Bot Dual Speeder figure. It doesn't have a release date yet, but the posable figurine has got to be one of the coolest PlayStation collectibles we've seen in a long time. It's from Bandai Spirits Tamashii Nations — a...
News Marvel Cosmic Invasion May Be the Perfect PS5, PS4 Beat-'Em-Up to Round Out Your 2025
Final two characters confirmed
Too many cool games, too little time. Right? Are you keeping up? Well, whether you are or aren’t, add another PS5 and PS4 must play to your list: Marvel Cosmic Invasion, the awesome throwback beat-‘em-up from DotEmu, will drop on 1st December. Developed by TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge maker Tribute Games, the...
News PS5 Surpasses Lifetime PS3 Sales in the US
Onto the next
The PS5 has now overtaken the PS3 in terms of lifetime sales in the US. That's according to the latest data from ever-informative Circana (formerly NPD) analyst Mat Piscatella, who reports that Sony's current-gen console topped the PS3 as of September this year. Those of you who were around for the PS3 generation may remember the...
News Sony Game Helldivers 2 Is Proving a Monstrous Success on Xbox
Hey big seller
Do you remember when we reported August’s USA sales charts? Helldivers 2 was missing from the Xbox charts, which we immediately posited as an error. Analyst Mat Piscatella, who publishes the data, said he’d investigate – and here we are. The third-person shooter is a massive success on Microsoft’s machine. So,
News PowerWash Sim 2 Will Continue to Team Up with Other IPs for DLC Packs
At least three IP-based expansions confirmed
One of the best things about the first PowerWash Simulator title was how its post-launch DLC leaned into other gaming and general media IPs. You could scrub clean locations and items from Final Fantasy VII Remake or take a trip to Bikini Bottom for a SpongeBob SquarePants expansion. Now, developer...
News Sep 2025 USA Sales: Ghost of Yotei PS5 Boycott Fails, Sequel Sells 'Great'
PS5 unit sales up 10% month-over-month
There was a small pocket of social media users who insisted Ghost of Yotei would be a failure. Unfortunately for them, the Sucker Punch sequel has done “great”. A vocal minority of the terminally online took umbrage with the release’s heroine, as well as some industry drama involving employees at the...
News You Could Now Play Death Stranding 1, 2 with Worse Graphics on PS5
Both games get the Power Saver mode update
Death Stranding Director's Cut, the enhanced PS5 version of the original game, has been updated to take advantage of the console's new Power Saver mode. When played in this mode, the game's overall performance (graphics, frame rate, and potentially more) will be reduced, but it'll consume less power. In...
News Battlefield 6 Gets Even Better on 28th October, New Maps, Modes in Season 1 Update
Say hello to Blackwell Fields
EA has today shared a first look at the sort of content that'll keep you coming back to play Battlefield 6 now that it's out on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Just over two weeks after the release, from 28th October, the game's Season 1 batch of content begins to roll out. The overall roadmap is split into three...
News PS Portal Still a Huge Success as Sony Reportedly Preps PS6 Handheld
5% attach rate to PS5 in the USA
At least one in every 20 owners of a PS5 in the USA also has a PS Portal to go with the console, it's been revealed. Mat Piscatella of Circana shared as part of the USA sales report for September 2025 that "the attach rate of PlayStation Portal to PlayStation 5 hardware has now exceeded 5%". A device heavily...
Mini Review PowerWash Simulator 2 (PS5) - A Bigger, Better, Squeaky Clean Sequel
Lather, rinse, repeat
PowerWash Simulator 2 is a pretty straightforward sequel. It sticks to the core of what made the first game such a cult hit, but builds on it just enough with a few smart revisions and new features. Broadly, this is more of the same, but so strong is the satisfying clean-'em-up gameplay that we don't mind one bit. Each level...
News Tales of Xillia 2 Remaster Confirmed in Development, Still No Word on a Xillia Bundle
Xillia and Xillia 2 will release separately
Tales of Xillia Remastered is out on PS5 in just over a week, and we're looking forward to it — but will Tales of Xillia 2 get the same treatment? The answer to that increasingly popular query is yes, according to a new Famitsu interview with series director Yusuke Tomizawa (as reported by...
News PS5 Black Friday Bundle Will Knock $100 Off the Price
That should sell
Sony’s hoping to fatten a few stockings with PS5s this Black Friday, as word of an upcoming Fortnite bundle comes courtesy of the ever-reliable billbil-kun of Dealabs. According to the snoop, the platform holder plans to introduce the new console on 21st November, a week prior to the busy Black Friday shopping period. The...
News No Man's Sky Grows Yet Again with Another Free Content Update, Available Now on PS5, PS4
Breach update launches today
It probably shouldn't be surprising at this point, but No Man's Sky has just received yet another free update, adding more new content to the space exploration game. This update is named Breach, and it's out now on all platforms, including PS5 and PS4: Breach's big new addition is space wrecks — dilapidated old...
All in good time
Much has been said about the return of Dragon Quest 7 thanks to Reimagined — the full remake that's releasing in February — with some onlookers questioning Square Enix's decision to "streamline" the game's massive story. But producer Takeshi Ichikawa thinks that the narrative might actually resonate a lot better with a modern...
News Remedy CEO Out in Aftermath of FBC: Firebreak Disaster
Live (out of) service
Remedy CEO Tero Virtala has stepped down with immediate effect, as the Finnish studio deals with the fallout of its live service disaster. Last week the company revealed that it was effectively writing off the entire development budget of FBC: Firebreak, after the first-person shooter failed to find a foothold in the crowded...
News Switch 2 Port Marks Addition of New Persona 3 Reload Songs on PS5, PS4
Update on 23rd October
Atlus has confirmed that it's adding a selection of Persona 3 and Persona 3 FES tracks to its PS5, PS4 remake Persona 3 Reload tomorrow, 23rd October. The free update coincides with the release of the RPG's port to Nintendo Switch 2, and there'll be eight additional tracks in total, coming to all platforms. The new songs are...
News Pixel Art Angling JRPG Sea Fantasy Reels in a Surprise PS5 Release Date
What a catch
Adorable pixel art angling JRPG Sea Fantasy has netted a 24th October release date on the PS5, after launching on pretty much every other platform earlier this year. The game looks like it’s stepped straight out of the 16-bit Super Nintendo era, with a nostalgic overhead look, but its big twist is that a lot of its gameplay revolves...
News Now Devs Are Politely Asking Their PS4 Players to Upgrade to PS5
You know you want to
One of PS5’s biggest challenges has been actively encouraging players to upgrade from the wildly popular PS4. With hardware prices still high for the new-gen system, the reluctance to upgrade has slowly started to affect third-party publishers – even Capcom recently complained about it. And with Genshin Impact expected to...
News New PS5 Firmware Update Available Now, Here's What It Does
More than just mere stability
Sony has released a meaty new firmware update for the PS5, which adds more than system stability – although you shouldn’t get your hopes up too high. The patch – creatively codenamed 25.07-12.20.00 – is available to download now, and weighs in at a whopping 1.319GB in size. Among its new features are the...
News More Than 2,500 Must Have PS5, PS4 Games Discounted in New PS Store Sale
As we creep closer to Christmas
Sony’s in the process of launching a new PS Store promo which has seen more than 2,500 games discounted – including some essentials at their lowest ever prices. While the deals are still deploying globally, we can already see many of the games included, and their savings in the UK. We’ll obviously update with...
News PS6 Could Be Less Than Half the Price of Microsoft's 'Very Premium' Next-Gen Xbox
No brainer
We’ve already reported on how the PS6 – due out in 2027 – is expected to be less powerful than Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox, but that difference is going to come at a significant cost it seems. Earlier this week, in an interview with
Tuesday21st Oct 2025
Poll Are You Playing Ninja Gaiden 4?
Back for blood
It's taken over 13 years to get here, but Ninja Gaiden 4 is upon us. That's right, Team Ninja's hardcore action franchise is finally back in the spotlight, and by most accounts, it's a welcome return. The game's been given some really positive review scores, with many critics praising its all-out focus on unapologetically hectic...
Mini Review Tekken 3 (PS1) - PlayStation's Definitive Fighter Is Still King
Enter the Tekken
Tekken was already a big deal before Tekken 3 came along, but the third instalment rocketed Bandai Namco's series to truly awesome heights. It was both a revolutionary 3D fighting game and a commercial juggernaut, helping define an entire console generation. But perhaps the most impressive thing about Tekken 3 is that, over three...
News The Simpsons' Long Rumoured Mini-Season Includes Springfield Takeover, According to Leaks
Visit virtual Springfield in November
Fortnite aficionados may be aware of a bunch of rumours doing the rounds lately, all pointing towards The Simpsons making a big splash in the game in a future update. Well, known Fortnite leakers have doubled down on this, and it sounds like it'll be a pretty major event in Epic Games' everything-'em-up...
News PS5 Has Been 'Special' Thanks to SSD, DualSense Features Rather Than Visuals
So says Astro Bot lead developer
Video game visuals have very comfortably hit the point of diminishing returns, making the traditional jump from the PS4 to a PS5 less obvious. To combat this, Sony invested in a meaningful SSD and DualSense controller features as differentiators, and the Team Asobi studio director Nicolas Doucet believes these are...
News The Sinking City 2 Had Been Targeting a Surprise PS5 Release, Delayed Due to War in Ukraine
Will surface in 2026
Frogwares was hoping to release sequel The Sinking City 2 as a surprise in late 2025, but it’s delayed the game into 2026 due to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Sergiy Oganesyan, the studio’s head of publishing, explained: “Developing a game during a war isn’t something you can ever really prepare for, but something...
News Marvel Rivals' First Ever PvE Mode Gets Gameplay as Zombies Invade the Free PS5 Title This Week
Where's Deadpool when you need him?
Ahead of its Halloween event dropping later this week, on the 23rd October, Marvel Rivals has handed us a zombie-filled gameplay trailer. This is the free-to-play title's first ever foray into co-op PvE, as teams of heroes are tasked with taking down waves of undead enemies while completing set objectives. As...
Let's talk about Rex, baby
The Jurassic World Evolution series' greatest strength has always been how it sits comfortably in the sweet spot between serious park building mechanics and the giddy wonder of dinosaur related mayhem. Jurassic World Evolution 3 is the best yet — not revolutionary by any stretch of the imagination, but a game that knows...
News Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Was to Get DLC at One Point, Scrapped for the Third Game
Square Enix did have DLC plans
Square Enix won't be expanding Final Fantasy VII Rebirth with any DLC, but it did have plans to at some point during the development of the RPG. Game director Naoki Hamaguchi shared with Wccftech the developer had plans to make Final Fantasy VII Rebirth DLC, but after revisiting the topic, it ultimately decided to...
News Disappointment As Tekken 3 Is the Latest PS1 Classic to Launch without Trophies
As expected, unfortunately
For whatever reason, Bandai Namco does not want Sony to add Trophies to its emulated PS1 games. While most of the platform holder’s own classic games have been updated to add in gongs – either at launch or later – Bandai Namco’s selection of re-releases remain Trophy-less. And unfortunately, the highly...
News Monster Hunter Wilds Is Going All-In for Halloween with Costumes, Quests, and More
Dreamspell begins
Honestly, Capcom's put more effort into Monster Hunter Wilds' imminent Festival of Accord than we thought it would. The latest seasonal event kicks off tomorrow at the time of writing, on the 22nd October. Subtitled Dreamspell, the spooky occasion will see the Grand Hub undergo another redecoration, and new event quests will be...
