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Friday12th Dec 2025
News PS5's Phantom Blade Zero Poised to Be the Next Big Thing from 9th September
Finally a release date
S-GAME promised it’d date its highly anticipated PS5 console exclusive Phantom Blade Zero at The Game Awards, and now we know what date to mark on our calendars. The action RPG will release on 9th September. In a new trailer, the Beijing-based studio showed off a bunch of crunchy combat and some spectacular cinematics...
News PS5 Exclusive Saros Delayed, But Pre-Orders Are Live Right Now
Watch the new trailer
Sony has pushed back the release of Housemarque's arcade shooter Saros, but pre-orders are now live on PS Store. The game was originally slated for 20th March, but it's now slipped to 30th April. The update comes at the end of a new trailer, which focuses on the game's narrative side: On PS Blog, Housemarque's Gregory...
News Open World RPG Shooter No Law Announced for PS5
Grey area
No Law is a new open world, first-person RPG-shooter from Neon Giant — the team behind isometric cyberpunk shooter The Ascent — and it's coming to PS5. No Law doesn't have a release window yet, but it does show gameplay in its debut trailer. You play as a grizzled ex-military man named Grey Harker, who just so happens to reside in a...
News Netmarble Serves Up a Gluttonous Helping of Gameplay from PS5's The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin
Free RPG out early next year
Who needs to add another gacha to their PS5 rotation? Honestly, not us, but we’ve played a chunk of Netmarble’s free-to-play manga adaptation The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin, and we can confirm it’s very high quality. This one is more closely aligned to, say, Genshin Impact and Wuthering Waves – although its open...
News 007 First Light Unveils Lenny Kravitz as a Villain in New Trailer
Don't let him get away
In a move nobody expected, musician Lenny Kravitz is set to appear in 007 First Light as one of Bond's adversaries. He plays a villain named Bawma, who seems to be the criminal kingpin of a place called Aleph in Mauritania. Per the trailer, it seems Bawma will capture Bond in a very, well, James Bond fashion; we see the...
News Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred Loots April Release Date, New Paladin Class Playable Tonight
Hammer time
Diablo 4's next expansion, Lord of Hatred, will drop on the 28th April 2026 — but the bigger news is that the game's brand new class is playable tonight. Granted, we don't know exactly when "tonight" is, but the bottom line is that if you pre-order the aforementioned expansion, you unlock the Paladin now(ish). It'll obviously be...
Be the robin
LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight has released a fun new trailer, showing off multiple heroes and villains featuring in the action adventure. Alongside the new gameplay, the trailer also clues us in on the release date; the game swoops in on 29th May, 2026: As well as Batman himself, this LEGO title keeps up the tradition of...
News Control Resonant from Remedy Revealed, Out in 2026 for PS5
Focus on melee combat with Dylan Faden as the lead
The next entry in the Control universe, named Control Resonant, has been announced by Remedy. It's coming to PS5 in 2026, and you can catch the reveal trailer above. This time around, Dylan Faden takes the lead role, and the combat will be melee-focused. You can catch some gameplay clips in the...
News Ex-Yakuza Director Reveals Gang of Dragon, Which Is Basically a New AAA Yakuza Game
There's a new dragon in town
Toshihiro Nagoshi is basically the father of the Yakuza / Like a Dragon franchise, but he left RGG Studio and SEGA back in 2021 to form his own development outfit — fittingly named Nagoshi Studio. And guess what? He's basically just making his own Yakuza game (with mega publisher NetEase's monetary backing). It's...
News Sony Announces 4Loop, the Next Co-Op Game from the Creator of Left 4 Dead
Bad Robot's game revealed
Sony and Bad Robot Games have announced 4Loop, a new sci-fi co-op shooter coming "soon" to PS5 and PC. The game is described as a tactical, four-player title "crafted for endless replayability and infinite ways to build the ultimate team". There aren't too many details out there about the game right now, but it looks...
News Leon Kennedy Really Is in Resident Evil Requiem, New Trailer Confirms
Two intertwining stories
The PS Store might have let the cat out of the bag a few days ago with its updated art leak, but we now have the official confirmation that fan-favourite character Leon S. Kennedy will play a large role in Resident Evil Requiem. He appeared during a new trailer that debuted at The Game Awards, which you can catch above. It...
News SOMA, Amnesia Team Reveals Ontos for PS5, Out Next Year
Featuring Stellan Skarsgård as voice actor
Frictional Games has revealed its spiritual successor to SOMA, which is named Ontos and will launch for PS5 next year. Check out the announcement trailer above. Stellan Skarsgård of Andor will be a voice in the game, and here's some setup: What begins as a search for answers quickly spirals into...
News Baldur's Gate 3 Dev Announces New Divinity RPG, Its 'Biggest Game Ever'
Simply divine
And there it is, confirmation that all that mysterious statue malarkey was for Larian Studios' latest project — a new game in the Divinity series. Simply known as 'Divinity' right now, this RPG is supposedly the biggest game that the developer has ever made. Yes, even bigger than Baldur's Gate 3, which can quite easily occupy your...
News Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic Announced, from Mass Effect Director
A spiritual successor to Knights of the Old Republic
Lucasfilm Games and Arcanaut Games have announced Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic, a spiritual successor to the classic RPGs Knights of the Old Republic. Check out the trailer above. Casey Hudson, the game director of Knights of the Old Republic and the original Mass Effect trilogy, is...
News Capcom's Pragmata Is Out 24th April on PS5, Demo Coming Soon
Another Capcom game for 2026
Capcom has revealed that Pragmata will release for PS5 on 24th April 2026, and you'll be able to sample it yourself in a demo coming to the PS Store soon. Catch the new trailer above, which features city gameplay for the first time. Capcom’s newest IP—PRAGMATA. An all-new Science Fiction action adventure with its...
News Xbox Game South of Midnight Comes to PS5 Next Year
During the Spring 2026 season
Compulsion Games has confirmed that South of Midnight will be ported to PS5 in Spring 2026, having released for Xbox Series X|S and PC earlier this year. The developer confirmed the PS5 version (along with a Nintendo Switch 2 edition) in a social media post: Compulsion Games' third game as a studio, it previously...
Live Watch The Game Awards 2025 Livestream Here
Winner takes all
With E3 little but a distant memory and Summer Game Fest a little like a dress rehearsal, whether you like it or loathe it, The Game Awards has become that annual moment in the gaming calendar where everyone comes together. This year’s show is expected to break records yet again, as host Geoff Keighley pulls together a slew of...
Thursday11th Dec 2025
News Deus Ex Remastered Delayed Indefinitely Following Fan Backlash
Full refunds incoming
Previously set to release for PS5 on the 5th February 2026, Deus Ex Remastered has been hit with an indefinite delay, with the news coming directly from publisher and developer Aspyr. Announced back in September during a State of Play broadcast, the revival was showcased via a brief gameplay trailer, which highlighted an...
News PlayStation Winds Back Time with Awesome 30th Anniversary Watch Collection
Time flies
It seems Sony isn't quite done with its 30th anniversary celebrations, as it has partnered with Anicorn on some seriously cool wristwatches. Hong Kong-based Anicorn is a watchmaker and design company that's produced original works as well as other collaborations, including SEGA and Kojima Productions. Now, it's announced a series of...
News Major Monster Hunter Wilds PS5 Performance Improvements Detailed Ahead of Next Week's Update
Finally
Capcom has shared much more information on Title Update 4 — the major Monster Hunter Wilds patch that's dropping on the 16th December. As previously promised, the update will feature potentially significant performance improvements across all platforms. The developer's provided an outline on how this stuff's going to work, and it sounds...
News Tomb Raider Game Reveals Seem to Leak Ahead of The Game Awards
A new game and a remake, potentially
The next Tomb Raider game will be officially unveiled at The Game Awards later this week, Geoff Keighley has revealed. In a tweet ahead of the show, Keighley said on social media we'll get "a look at the future of one of gaming's most iconic franchises" this Thursday. "This is one you won't want to miss." For...
News New and Returning Killzone Content in Helldivers 2 Warbond Next Week
Free Warbond for previous buyers of any Killzone item
Arrowhead Studios has announced the return of the Killzone-themed Warbond for Helldivers 2, which restores all of the content from the last time the items were available and pairs them with new ones. The Legendary Warbond will be live once again from 18th December 2025 in-game, and it'll cost...
News The Witness, Braid Creator Teases New Game Reveal at The Game Awards
Jonathon Blow to show off next project
Jonathon Blow and his development team at Thekla, the creators of puzzle game classics Braid and The Witness, are at The Game Awards later today with the reveal of their next game. Blow confirmed he'll be in attendance in a tweet and YouTube video teasing an announcement: This will presumably be the...
News Want a Three Minute Slot During The Game Awards? That'll Be $1 Million, Please
Reported costs are sky high
The Game Awards is arguably the biggest event in the gaming calendar nowadays, and it sounds like Geoff Keighley's glitzy Los Angeles awards show is enormously expensive to be a part of. In a report from Kotaku, anonymous sources "familiar with this year’s show" say that a one-minute trailer during the show costs up to...
News Jim Ward, Voice of Ratchet & Clank's Captain Qwark, Has Passed Away
Aged 66
Jim Ward, an American voice actor and radio host known for his work in video games and cartoons, has sadly passed away. This comes via his radio co-host Stephanie Miller, who shared the news on social media. Aged 66, the precise reason for his passing was not disclosed, but health issues relating to Alzheimer's disease coupled with...
Guide What Time Is The Game Awards 2025?
Dates, times, and what to expect
This year's edition of The Game Awards is almost here, with Geoff Keighley preparing another big, year-ending show combining awards and game announcements. To get ready for the event, we've put together this guide, giving you all the details — dates, times, and anything else you need to know ahead of time. Let's...
News Jaws' Infamous NES Adaptation Is Getting Ported to PS5, with All-New Features
"We're gonna need a bigger boat"
Jaws’ notorious NES adaptation is coming to the PS5 in 2026, courtesy of Limited Run Games. That means there are a couple of retail editions on the way, which we’ll dig into shortly, but first more on the game itself. Originally released in 1987 by LJN, this title was credited to Atlus, but was actually...
Under the lights
There have been a few musical RPGs before. The likes of Stray Gods springs to mind – or, heck, even Eternal Sonata to an extent. But People of Note, the upcoming PS5 adventure from Iridium and Annapurna, has really caught our attention. This isn’t going to be for everyone, and you’ll know within the first 20-seconds of the...
News Street Fighter 6's New Battle HUD Setting on PS5, PS4 Is So Simple Yet So Fun
What's old is new again
Oh, it’s hard not to love this! Capcom has announced a new Battle HUD customisation feature for Street Fighter 6 which will launch next week, on 16th December. The concept is simple, but a lot of fun: you can change the design of the overlays in your game to one of the franchise’s previous entries. Supported designs...
News PS5's Welcome Hub Adds Its Cosiest Animated Wallpaper Yet, Complete with ASMR Audio
Warm and fuzzy
Sony’s been slowly adding to the functionality of its Welcome Hub starter screen, with new widgets and animated wallpapers. You may recall, it recently added a seasonal wallpaper which changes depending on the time of the year. But now, just in time for the holidays, it’s
Wednesday10th Dec 2025
Feature Predict The Game Awards 2025 with Our 20 Question Quiz
Can you predict TGA 2025?
We're now hurtling towards The Game Awards 2025. Geoff Keighley's big show is just over 24 hours away from the time of posting this article, and that can only mean one thing... we want you to try and predict what's in store! That's right, the Push Square predictions quiz is back by popular demand. If you haven't taken part...
News Your Tongue Is the Ultimate Tool in Frog 3D Platformer Big Hops on PS5
Hop to it
The 3D platformer genre is coming back into fashion, and Big Hops is just one example. This indie effort from Luckshot Games stars you as a young frog who's taken from his home and plonked somewhere else, and the adventure is all about getting back. Being a frog, Hop has a few tricks up his sleeve. Obviously, he's a natural born...
News Beastro Combines Cooking, Farming, and Turn-Based Battles in a Unique PS5 Adventure
Sounds tasty
Beastro is a unique combination of genres that looks like a delightful cosy game heading to PS5. Developed by Timberline Studio, the game doesn't yet have a date, but it's coming "soon" to Sony's console. You play as Panko, a chef who runs a restaurant in the village of Palo Pori. It's your job to feed your customers, including the...
Poll How Would You Rate Cyberpunk 2077, 5 Years Later?
V good
Today marks the fifth anniversary of Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt Red's dark future, open world RPG that's based on the longstanding tabletop franchise. The game has come a long way since its original PS4 launch — and that's putting it extremely lightly. It arrived on Sony's last-gen machine as both a technical and mechanical mess. It was so...
News 9 PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for December 2025 Announced
Here's the full PS5, PS4, and Classic game lineup
Sony will be revealing the full line-up of PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium games for December 2025 later today, but Dealabs leaker Billbil-Kun has beaten it to the punch with a partial list. According to them, these three games will be part of the l
News 'Deeply Concerning': GTA Dev's Alleged Union Busting Has Now Reached the UK Prime Minister
Rockstar to be officially investigated
Rockstar Games has been in the news lately, not just because it's working on the biggest game on the horizon, GTA 6, but also because it abruptly fired tens of staff members. It's a move that those affected are claiming is union busting, and it's led to protests and pleas in a bid to reinstate th
News Sony's India Hero Project Brings a Cosy Adventure Game to PS5 in April 2026
Fishbowl gets a release window
Fishbowl was introduced to the world via Sony's India Hero Project program last year, and soon, it'll be making its way to PS5. The cosy, melancholy adventure game from developer imissmyfriends.studio doesn't have a concrete date yet, but it's narrowed its release window to April 2026: The game has you playing as...
News Evo 2026 Games Revealed, Lack of Marvel Tokon Raises PS5 Release Date Questions
Mortal Kombat goes MIA
The game lineup for Evo 2026 has been officially unveiled, and while it's clearly going to be a stacked event, there is one notable omission that's already sparking some debate. Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, the Marvel-based brawler from Arc System Works that's being published by Sony, has not been named as an Evo 2026 or Evo...
News Almost Killed by Xbox Layoffs, John Romero's Next Game Has 'Survived'
But it will be quite different now
Legendary game creator John Romero has confirmed his next project has "survived cancellation" after Microsoft cut its funding for the project as part of a wave of layoffs earlier this year. Speaking at a video game expo in Madrid, Spain (via Eurogamer), Romero announced during a panel that the game had been saved,...
Filmmaker names some of his favourite games
Prolific film director Guillermo del Toro is a big fan of video games, and it sounds like the modern God of War titles rank among his absolute favourites. Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, he's asked what the best game he's ever played is, and he names several classics in his long answer, but...
News Give Indiana Jones a Temple of Doom Outfit in New PS5 Update
Dressed up for Pankot Palace
MachineGames has handed Indiana Jones and the Great Circle yet another free PS5 patch that adds a new outfit to the game, this time themed around a scene from the Temple of Doom. Having downloaded the update, you can open up the Outfit tab within the pause menu and select the brand new Pankot Palace outfit. This is...
Mini Review Milano's Odd Job Collection (PS5) - A Quirky PS1 Time Capsule Reopened
All work, all play
We don’t know what we’ve done to deserve it, but we’re living in charmed times for retro re-releases. Case in point: PS1 minigame compilation Milano’s Odd Job Collection – better known as Mirano no Arubaito Collection in Japan – has arrived on Western shores for the first time, having debuted over 26 years ago...
News Netflix Says Warner Bros Games Doesn't Hold 'Any Value' in $82 Billion Acquisition
Game plan
In case you missed the big news, Netflix has entered into an agreement to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery in a deal worth a stonking $82 billion. While this primarily concerns the movie and TV business, the deal also includes Warner Bros. Games and all its subsidiaries and IPs, including NetherRealm Studios (Mortal Kombat), Rocksteady...
News This PS5 Action Strategy Hybrid from Inti Creates Looks Like a Long Lost PS1 Game
A real ActRaiser
Fans of ActRaiser, it’s time to pay attention: Inti Creates has announced an all-new action strategy hybrid named – wait for it – Kingdom’s Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster. The main takeaway here is that the game blends city building with side-scrolling combat, drawing comparisons to Square Enix’s...
News The Last of Us Co-Director Will Reveal His Next 'Creatively Charged' Title at The Game Awards
The next from us
Bruce Straley spent decades at dev Naughty Dog, where he’s credited as the co-game director on a variety of hit titles, like Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, The Last of Us, and Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End. That’s not a bad resume, eh? But after getting burnt out on AAA game development, he left the Sony first-party in 2017 and...
News Sony Hypes Halo PS5 in Its Hot Games of 2026 Trailer
How times change
If you travelled back in time just a few years and told us Halo: Campaign Evolved would feature in a PS5 montage trailer, we genuinely wouldn’t believe you. But here it is, one of 15 titles featured in a two-minute hype trailer, which we reported on yesterday. Sony’s nestled the Xbox first-person shooter alongside first-party...
News Mystery Game Awards Reveal Is a New Divinity RPG, as Riddle Is Finally Solved
Trademarks spill the beans
Fans of Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian Studios (ourselves included) are starting to believe that Geoff Keighley's big tease for The Game Awards has something to do with a new Divinity project. For those totally out of the loop, Larian had created its own fantasy RPG universe — Divinity — long before it was handed...
Scraps back-to-back sub-series releases
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7’s sales are way down compared to its predecessors, and now Activision has come out and commented on the situation. While the game has still managed to top the charts in many countries, its performance has been described as “terrible” by some analysts, after it launched
Tuesday9th Dec 2025
News 'It's Fun and Looks Amazing': PSVR2's Next Must-Have May Be Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
"We're pretty close"
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is out now on the PS5 and it’s excellent, but it’s bound to get even better when it adds optional PSVR2 support next year. Those of you who own the headset will know Gran Turismo 7 becomes even better when paired with Sony’s headset, and we’re expecting similar from Xbox Game Studios’...
News PlayStation Teases 2026 PS5 Games in New Trailer
Halo! 007! Wolverine! Saros!
PlayStation has published an all-new sizzle reel trailer that looks to tease only a selection of the PS5 titles you can look forward to playing in 2026. In order from start to finish, the titles included are listed below with their release dates where applicable: Marvel's Wolverine Resident Evil Requiem — 27th...
