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Friday7th Aug 2026
News Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Update Adjusts the Brand New Day Suit Following Fan Outcry
A fresh start
Spidey fans have been treated to a very good new movie, and they can even don the character's suit from Brand New Day in Marvel's Spider-Man 2 to keep the good times rolling. Unfortunately, the free new costume was quickly met with a lot of criticism from players, who complained about inconsistencies with the suit in the film, as well...
News New Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Gameplay Confirmed for Gamescom Opening Night Live
Cloudy forecast
It's official: we'll be graced with a new look at Final Fantasy 7 Revelation later this month, during Gamescom Opening Night Live. Geoff Keighley's showcase takes place on Tuesday the 25th August at 11am PT / 2pm ET / 7pm BST / 8pm CEST, just before the German convention opens up to the press and public the following day. The thing...
News Quake Adds Free 30th Anniversary Campaign for All PS5 Players, Developed by MachineGames
Dawn of the Machine is out now
Ahead of this weekend’s Quakecon, it’s time to frag like it’s 1996! If you happen to own the PS5 or PS4 version of id Software’s iconic Quake, then good news: it’s just been updated with an all-new 19-level campaign, designed by MachineGames. Dawn of the Machine, developed to celebrate the series’ 30th...
Thursday6th Aug 2026
News Sony's Looking to Bring More Ads to PlayStation, and Fans Won't Like It
Push Square for a Taco Bell
Sony may be looking at ways to incorporate ads from “non-endemic” brands into its console, as the company increasingly looks for ways to maximise profits. Digiday spotted a series of new job listings posted last month by the platform holder, which imply it’s looking to explore new advertising opportunities across...
News Devolver's Brilliant Roguelite Dopamine Factory, Ball X Pit, Is a Smash Hit at 2 Million Sales
Final free DLC out now
Ball X Pit, the Breakout-esque arcade action roguelite from Devolver Digital, is not only a fantastic game — it's also a big hit. The publisher launched the unusual title in October of last year, and since then, it's sold over 2 million copies, the company confirms in a new press release. I don't know the budget for the...
News Halo Made Its PS5 Debut, So Now It's Time for Xbox to Lay Off the Team That Made It
Standard
Halo: Campaign Evolved is a “heroic” remake of an iconic game, and it’s available for the first time on PS5. (Although it may not be setting the sales charts alight, according to early estimates.) Now with the project out of the door, it’s time for the Xbox grim reaper to hit the people that made it with a round of layoffs. It must...
News This Sequel to One of PS5's Secret Best Indie Games Deserves a Better Release Date
Toem 2 sent to die
Toem is one of my personal favourite indie games on PS5, so I'm really looking forward to the sequel, which has just received a release date at last. Unfortunately, that release date is slap bang in the middle of an incredibly busy schedule; Toem 2 launches on 29th September, 2026. It has me wondering what chance it has,...
News Marvel Tokon Release Times: Here's When You Can Start Playing Sony's Fighter on PS5, PC
Next stop: the lab
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls launches today, but depending on where you live, its servers will go online at different times. If you’ve already got your physical copy in-hand, or your digital purchase pre-loaded, you may be wondering when you can start playing. Here are all the times for around world: 8AM PDT 6th Aug 2026 As...
News This May Be the Best Looking PS5 Game I've Ever Seen, And It's Out Next Week
LCD sound
Allow me to introduce you to Future Knight, quite possibly the best looking PS5 and PS4 game I’ve ever seen. It’s due out next week, on 13th August. Inspired by old LCD handhelds manufactured by Tiger Electronics (or even Nintendo’s own Game & Watch), this side-scrolling shooter has one of the most unique aesthetics I think I’ve...
News GTA 6 PS5 Gameplay Coming This Month, Here's When to See It First on Netflix
It's happening
Publisher and developer Rockstar Games has announced it'll be showing off more of GTA 6 very soon. Later this month, on 27th August 2026, an official extended look will debut via Netflix, as teased in the below post. "See an extended look at 'Grand Theft Auto VI', the next evolution in the groundbreaking 'Grand Theft Auto'...
News Marvel Tokon's Day One Update Promises a Much Smoother Experience on PC, PS5
Beta feedback implemented
While the reception to Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls during its open beta was largely very positive, some users — especially on PC — were experiencing some pretty serious issues with the game. A handful of problems were causing some significant performance hitches, and it's something developer Arc System Works promised...
News New PS5 Beta Firmware Is Available Now, Here Are All the Patch Notes
Making things beta
Sony has emailed out about a new public beta branch of the PS5 system software, allowing participants to trial upcoming new features before they launch for everyone. If you're part of the beta programme, you can download and install the new version right now. But what does it do? Well, the main addition this time is related to...
News With Digital Game Sales at 90%, Capcom Appears Unfazed By Sony's Disc-Free Future
"We do not anticipate a significant impact"
Publisher Capcom has shared a short but decisive comment with regards to the shrinking physical games market — which is of course being expedited by PlayStation's plan to stop making discs. In its latest financial results, the Japanese company was asked what impact it expects in the mid-to-long term...
News Marvel Tokon's PS5 Trophy List Won't Put Up Too Tough a Fight for the Platinum
And it looks pretty easy
We're just one week away from the release of Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls on PS5 and PC, and assuming the issues from the open beta are fixed, we should be in for a great new fighting game. Occasionally, Trophy lists pop up online a few days before a game is due to launch. That's usually not the case for Sony-published...
News Disc-Based PS5s Now Warn Buyers About the Impending Death of Physical Games
Important notice
If its recent earnings call wasn’t already evidence enough, Sony is not backing down on its decision to stop manufacturing physical games in January 2028. Proving it’s had this move in the hopper
Wednesday5th Aug 2026
Guide Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls: All Confirmed Characters and Stages
Ready, fight
A fighting game is only as strong as its character roster, and with almost 100 years of comic book history to pull from, Arc System Works and PlayStation's Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls has a pretty varied roster. Which Characters Are Confirmed for Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls?: 21 characters make up the launch roster of Marvel...
Video What Are Your Favourite Video Game Worlds?
A digital frontier
Over the last month, I’ve been taking my time with a replay of Red Dead Redemption 2. It’s the first time I’ve revisited it since completing it for the first time around 2020. Not that you really needed any reminding that this is a video game on an entirely different level from many others, but I’ve really been struck by...
News Xbox Will Copy PlayStation's Platinum Trophy Later This Year
"Heard you"
Look, there’s no way of revising history: Trophies were developed as a response to the Xbox 360’s achievements. The popularity of the feature clearly caught Sony cold, and it wasn’t until 2008 that it was able to introduce its own system on the PS3, starting with Super Stardust HD. It’d take a while before Trophies became...
Rumour Marvel Tokon's Comic Book May Have Leaked Its Remaining DLC Fighters
Potential spoilers, obviously
A new official Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls comic book is out today, and some fans think it may have confirmed the remaining characters from the fighter’s Year 1 DLC. We already know Phoenix Cyclops will be part of the roster, with three more to be confirmed as part of the title’s first year of post-release...
Reminder The THQ Nordic Showcase Brings Us a Whole Bunch of AA PS5 Games This Week
The good stuff
I'll be honest, I'd completely forgotten there was a THQ Nordic Showcase this week. I figured I'm probably not alone, so I thought it'd be worth highlighting the presentation in case you're interested. As the name suggests, publisher THQ Nordic is planning to show off its upcoming slate of titles, and it takes place on Friday 7th...
News Don't Worry, PS5 Has Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave at Home
Beaten Path paves a route to release in 2027
What do you think of Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave, then? Looks like another solid strategy RPG for Nintendo folk, doesn’t it? But if you don’t have a Switch 2, at least there’s Beaten Path to look forward to. With all due respect, this Kickstarter-funded tactics title – due out in 2027 –...
News Another Absurdly Obscure PS1 Game Will Make Its Worldwide Debut on PS5 This Week
A day in the life
This one has me stumped. In fact, I may need to give my friends at Time Extension a call, because I’ve never heard of this. UFO: A Day in the Life will launch on the PS5 via Hamster’s Console Archives this week, from 6th August. It’s a PS1 game by a Japanese dev composed primarily of ex-Squaresoft staff which first launched...
News The Whole Assassin's Creed Series Is Now Spearheaded by Valhalla's Director
Did I axe you
Ubisoft knows that Assassin's Creed is one of its safest bets in terms of financial return — and so it's spending a lot of time and effort in making sure that the right people are in charge of the property. The publisher's huge (and still partly ongoing) restructuring has meant that Assassin's Creed now falls under the...
Site News Where's Our Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls PS5 Review?
Sit tight
By now, you were probably expecting to read our full Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls review. Unfortunately, we’re not going to bring you our final thoughts until after launch. Given the live service, online nature of this superhero fighter, Sony has decided to withhold review code until launch day, when the game’s multiplayer servers...
News Oh Great, Even Moonlighter 2 Has Settled on a September PS5 Release Date
At least there's a demo out now
Are Digital Sun and 11 Bit Studios having a laugh? As if next month's release schedule wasn't already stupid enough, they've decided to drop Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault on the 2nd September for PS5. This dungeon-crawling sequel's been in early access since November of last year. Version 1.0 will signal its full...
News Game Freak Pledges 'Continuous Updates' for Beast of Reincarnation After Mixed Reception
It's evolving
This week saw the release of Beast of Reincarnation, from publisher Fictions and developer Game Freak. While I quite like the action RPG despite it having a few rough edges, it seems the reception has generally been quite mixed, with critics and players divided on various aspects. It seems like Game Freak is paying attention,...
News Kingdom Hearts Is Coming to Fortnite, So I May Finally Spend My V-Bucks
Gawrsh
I bought a bunch of V-Bucks back when Honkai: Star Rail characters were added to Fortnite, and they’ve been burning a hole in my virtual pocket ever since. While there’s been a lot of great skins added lately, nothing’s really made me want to splash out – not even that awesome Spider-Man: Brand New Day costume that just came out...
News Halo's No Match for Activision's Barebones Digital-Only Black Ops PS5 Ports
According to estimates
Activision’s digital-only Call of Duty: Black Ops ports dominated the PS5 in July, according to estimates from analytics firm Alinea. The sales tracker claims that the two PS3 games – rereleased on modern hardware with no improvements – sold a combined 11.2 million copies on the PS Store, more than every other game on...
News EA Studios Brace for Layoff Bloodbath as New Owner Debt Demands $700 Million Cost Cuts
Here it comes
EA is about to gut itself in a bid to help settle its self-inflicted and eye-watering $18 billion debt. The company took said debt on when it was bought up by a consortium consisting of the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners. The buyout was officially completed yesterday. As per the...
News Marvel Rivals Is About to Seriously Shrink Its File Size on PS5
Saving space
The PS5's SSD storage is a precious resource; if you don't upgrade it, you're left with a relatively small amount of space to play with, especially as high profile games have ballooned in size over the last few years. That being said, NetEase has some good news regarding its popular free-to-play superhero shooter, Marvel Rivals. In a...
News It May Be 18 Months Old, But Monster Hunter Wilds Just Got a Free Playable Demo on PS5
Give it a shot
Publisher Capcom has just released a free playable demo for its 2025 action RPG, Monster Hunter Wilds. Announced on its socials and available on PS5 now, the Prologue Demo grants you access to the game's first few campaign missions, giving you a taste of the action in the early hours. A nice bonus is that, if you decide to buy the...
Guide Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Guide: 100% Completion Walkthrough
Your ultimate Marvel's Spider-Man 2 resource
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is the newest superhero title from Insomniac Games, and serves as a sequel to Marvel's Spider-Man and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales. Released for PS5 on 20th October 2023 and PC on 30th January 2025, we awarded the game an 8/10 rating in our Marvel's Spider-Man 2 PS5 review...
News 'We're Entering This Next Chapter from a Position of Strength': EA Completes $55 Billion Buyout
Publisher officially goes private
EA’s said it’s entering its “next chapter from a position of strength” as it completes its controversial $55 billion leveraged buyout. The deal, first announced last year, sees the company go private, led by a consortium of the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners. As...
Tuesday4th Aug 2026
News Retro Beat-'Em-Up Bros, This PS5 Brawler Based on The Walking Dead Looks All Right
Streets of survival
I’ve always enjoyed retro beat-’em-ups, and the genre has enjoyed a bit of a renaissance in the last few years, with games like Marvel Cosmic Invasion and TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge. I don’t expect The Walking Dead: Streets of Survival to be anywhere near as good as those two, but it does look like it’ll scratch an itch,...
News Announced for PS5 at State of Play, Gothic Action RPG Crimson Moon Finally Has a Release Date
And it's soon
Crimson Moon, a cool-looking, gothic-styled action RPG that was announced for PS5 during February's State of Play broadcast, has finally locked in its release date. Previously, the title was down for a vague 'September' launch, but now it's fully committed to the 1st September. It'll be here before you know it. Developer...
Reminder The PS5 Release Schedule Is About to Become the Busiest It's Ever Been
GTA 6 is to blame
We're now a few days into August 2026, which means that the pre-GTA 6 games avalanche is underway. It only gets more and more insane from here, folks. I've written about this before, but now that it's actually here, I think it's worth reiterating just how mental the PS5 release schedule is over the next three months or so. It's...
News This Year's EA Sports FC Is Definitely Different, and I'm Eager to See How It's Received
Grounds-breaking
EA Sports invited me to watch its various preview presentations for FC 27, which is launching officially on 25th September. But among all the usual buzzwords about advanced defensive AI and improved off-the-ball runs, I was most compelled to learn about The Grounds, the game’s new social sandbox mode, which will only be available...
News Mafia: The Old Country's PS5 DLC Will Expand on Sicily's Scope
Salieri's back
Mafia: The Old Country was a solid single player story game – but releasing as a cheaper game did clip its wings a little at launch. Hangar 13’s hugely improved on the endgame offering with its Free Ride content a little after launch, and it looks like upcoming expansion Man of Honor is going to seriously bolster the amount of...
News Hot Wheels: Infinite Rush Highlights Its Open World Islands in New PS5 Gameplay Trailer
Toy town
Developer Milestone is unveiling new gameplay and details for Hot Wheels: Infinite Rush in the run-up to the game's launch, just over a month from now on 10th September. Building on the Hot Wheels Unleashed series, Infinite Rush's big point of difference is its open world structure, and the below video goes into a bit more detail on this...
One kiss
The Trails series is no stranger to cliffhangers. In fact, you could argue that developer Falcom's a little too keen on them, given how many of its games end on a truly insane note. But there's always been one particular cliffhanger that's stayed with longtime fans of the franchise. Obviously I'm going to veer into spoiler territory here,...
News This Famicom Era Shooter, Coming to PS5, Looks Like It Totally Slaps
Out this week
Changeable Guardian ESTIQUE released for the Famicom in 2024, so it’s an all-new game designed specifically for 8-bit hardware. But if you don’t want to deal with Nintendo’s 80s appliance and would rather just play this title on a contemporary console you own, it’s coming to the PS5 this week, with some bells-and-whistles like...
News Rumours of an Unannounced Elder Scrolls Game Have Been Debunked
Tell me lies
Some fans of The Elder Scrolls got a bit carried away over the weekend when a former developer's LinkedIn profile had supposedly outed an unannounced project. Rumours started swirling on social media and Reddit, before a number of gaming websites picked it up. However, the owner of said profile quickly debunked all of the speculation...
News If You Missed Them, Marvel's Wolverine, God of War Laufey's Comic-Con Panels Are Now Online
Playing catch-up
Not long ago, PlayStation hosted a handful of panels at San Diego Comic-Con, and if you missed them, they're now officially available to watch online. The event focusing on Marvel's Wolverine has been out for around 10 days or so, but the God of War Laufey panel has finally also been uploaded, giving you the opportunity to get...
News August 2026 PS Plus Essential Games Available to Download Now
On the PS Store until 31st August
A trio of new PS Plus Essential games can be downloaded at no extra cost from the PS Store right now, including one all-new day one debut. The three titles are available as of the publication of this article in the UK and Europe, with the PS Store expected to be updated later in the day in the USA. As a reminder,...
Review Beast of Reincarnation (PS5) - Pokémon Dev's Flower Power Action RPG Is Nearly in Full Bloom
Plantses with wolves
Beast of Reincarnation presents itself like a Souls-like action RPG, and it definitely shares some traits with games of that ilk, but I think labelling it that way isn't quite accurate. It is an action RPG, but it's not as intimidatingly difficult as FromSoftware's efforts, and it's doing enough stuff of its own that makes it...
News Ex-Wrestler Dave Bautista in Talks to Take Over from Ryan Hurst as Kratos in God of War TV Show
Thoughts?
Ex-WWE wrestler and Guardians of the Galaxy star Dave Bautista is reportedly in talks to play Kratos in Amazon’s upcoming God of War live action TV show. Variety reports that the 57-year-old is in discussions to replace Ryan Hurst, who is being recast after tearing his bicep last month. Amazon and Sony want to get filming
Monday3rd Aug 2026
News Black Ops 2's PS5 Port Receives Emergency Patch After Hackers Bricked Accounts
"You may briefly see an account ban notice"
Activision’s barebones Call of Duty: Black Ops ports have sold ridiculously well on the PS5, but they’ve been the subject of various legacy hack attacks which have been ruining the experience for everyone. This weekend, there were reports of hackers targeting unsuspecting players in
News AC Black Flag Resynced Improved with 5GB PS5 Patch This Week
Blow off steam without the blowpipe
The acclaimed – and best-selling – Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced will get further PS5 improvements and refinement from tomorrow, 4th August, as part of a new 5GB patch, v1.0.6. Available to download from around 10AM ET / 7AM PT, the main improvement includes the ability to hide the blowpipe from...
News Sony's New Spider-Man Movie Secures Biggest Domestic Box Office Debut in History
With great results come great responsibility
Fresh off some great financial results, Sony will be kicking back and sucking in the fresh air this weekend, as its new Spider-Man movie battles with Avengers: Endgame for the biggest Box Office opening in history. Brand New Day reportedly pulled $168 million domestically on Friday, with Sony Pictures...
News Attack on Titan 3 Avoids the GTA 6 Chaos on PS5, Locks in December Release Date
Beyond the walls
Attack on Titan 3 will indeed release this year — but it's not going to get into a fight with GTA 6, or any of the many PS5 games that are launching in September and October. Instead, it's opted for a 10th December date, which seems like a pretty wise decision to me. This upcoming adaptation from publisher Koei Tecmo and...
