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Wednesday4th Mar 2026
News Sony Returns to PlayStation Exclusivity and Stops Single Player PC Ports, New Report Says
Live service games will still be ported
Sony will no longer port its first-party single player games to PC and other platforms, a new Bloomberg report reveals. Following on from claims the h
News 'We're Not Hiding Anything': Crimson Desert Dev 'Sick' of Claims Around No PS5 Footage
Fans compare it to Cyberpunk 2077 launch
Developers at Crimson Desert studio Pearl Abyss, and most notably PR and marketing director Will Powers, seem to be at the end of their tethers regarding the concerns around the lack of console footage for the game. With the open world title now just over two weeks away from its console and PC release, the...
News Marathon PS5 Is Out Here Turning Its Launch Trailer into a Music Video
In Death We've Just Begun
Even if you're not really into what Bungie is doing with the gameplay of Marathon, you have to appreciate the stylised approach of its marketing beats and trailers. Case in point: a day before release, it has turned the title's launch trailer into a music video. Performed by Poppy and Son Lux, it's an eight-minute look at...
Making moves
Capcom believes Street Fighter 6 can reach an even wider audience following the release of the franchise’s forthcoming live action movie. Speaking as part of a transcribed Q&A with investors, the firm said it intends to “expand sales opportunities by aligning marketing activities with the film’s release”. It further added that...
News Marvel Rivals Celebrates the Movies Throughout 2026 in Run Up to Avengers: Doomsday
Assemble
After a rocky few years, Marvel is returning to the big screen in a major way with Avengers: Doomsday this December, and Marvel Rivals is spending the rest of the year building excitement for it. The popular free-to-play multiplayer game has announced a Path to Doomsday, comprising several in-game events inspired by each Avengers movie...
News Let It Die Ending Online Service After Nearly 10 Years, But You'll Still Be Able to Play It
Let it live
Bad news and good news for Let It Die fans; the original game is shutting down its servers after almost a decade. However, you'll be able to keep playing forever with the Offline Edition. Let It Die is a free-to-play online action game with a roguelike structure, with enemies you face being other players. On 1st September 2026, the...
News Resident Evil Requiem Surpasses an Astonishing 5 Million Sales in Its First Week
Capgod
Resident Evil Requiem, the latest game in Capcom's popular horror action series, has gotten off to an incredibly strong start. The publisher has officially announced the new entry has surpassed 5 million units sold since its launch on 27th February 2026, meaning it's reached that milestone inside its first week on the market. As far as...
News Flog Mouth-Watering Egg Sandos in This Cosy Konbini Sim on PS5
7/11
If you’ve ever spent time in Japan, you’ll know the humble convenience store – or konbini, as they’re known colloquially – is at the heart of any given community. They also stock absurdly delicious food, from packaged snacks through to freshly made delicacies, like the mouth-watering egg sandos, which genuinely deserve some kind of...
News Highguard Permanently Shuts Down on 12th March
Going offline forever
Highguard developer Wildlight Entertainment has confirmed its failed live service shooter shall be shut down and taken offline permanently next week on 12th March 2026. After attracting a large player base on release day in January, users quickly fell off and a number of updates and bonus modes failed to bring many players...
Tuesday3rd Mar 2026
News 'There Is Nothing to See Here': Dev Denies Fallout: New Vegas Remaster Rumours
Please (don't) stand by
Developer Iron Galaxy appears to be teasing something to do with Fallout, sparking plenty of speculation from franchise fans. A few days ago on LinkedIn, the studio posted a rather eyebrow-raising image, which was largely overlooked until now. The photo shows two work monitors, both of which are adorned with the classic...
News Physical Game Sales Hit All-Time Low in the US
Discless wonder
In 2025, physical game spending dropped to a new low in the US. This is according to Circana analyst Mat Piscatella, who reports that based on tracked data — which dates back to 1995 — sales reached just $1.5 billion. Again, an all-time low. Now, obviously, physical games still make money — it's not like physical media is...
News At Long Last, #DRIVE Rally Brings Its Arcadey Style to PS5 This Summer
Beep beep
We first covered #DRIVE Rally back in late 2023, and we've been wondering exactly what happened to its console release in the meantime. Fortunately, we now have a firm answer; the arcadey rally racer is coming to PS5 at last on 18th June, 2026. It appears as though the PS4 version has fallen by the wayside. The game first arrived on PC...
News Bandai Namco Teases 'New RPG', to Be Revealed This Week
Play your role
Bandai Namco has teased the announcement of a "new RPG" for this Thursday (or Friday, depending on your timezone). The teaser's currently scheduled over on YouTube, and it's already causing mass speculation. The short description reads: "A serenity soon to be disturbed." Hmmm. The thumbnail doesn't seem to give anything away, and...
News Bungie Confirms First Two Marathon Seasons, Both Adding Free Content
Season 1 until June, Season 2 then until August
As it does with Destiny 2, developer Bungie will be hoping Marathon becomes enough of a success to let it support it with new content in the years to come. To that end, the studio has shared what to expect from the game's first two seasons. Season 1 lines up with the title's launch later this week, on...
News Patapon's Gorgeous Spiritual Successor Marches onto PS5, PS4 in July
Ratatan summer
Ratatan, the rhythm strategy game from the minds behind Patapon, now has a release date. The colourful spiritual successor finally comes to PS5 and PS4 on 16th July, 2026, as revealed in this new trailer: Ratatan was originally unveiled as a Kickstarter project, which was very successful, and it's now been a good couple of years...
News Acclaimed Twin-Stick Shooter Minishoot' Adventures Available Now on PS5
Ship shape
Minishoot' Adventures, a highly-acclaimed little game that combines twin-stick shooting and adventure elements, is now available on consoles, including PS5. After launching first on PC, the game has just hit the PS Store at $15.99/£11.99. Here's the console announcement trailer: As mentioned, Minishoot' Adventures (yes, the...
News Wild Train Game Denshattack Will Brighten Up Your Summer on PS5
Release date announced
The extremely promising Denshattack finally has a release date. Publisher Fireshine Games and developer Undercoders have announced the arcadey train game is heading to PS5 on 17th June, 2026. The news comes via a super stylish new trailer: You control a train hurtling along the track at crazy speeds, able to flip and...
News Promising PS5 Music Adventure Game Mixtape Gets May 2026 Launch
From the team behind The Artful Escape
The Artful Escape developer Beethoven And Dinosaur has revealed it'll be following up on its debut project with Mixtape on 7th May 2026. Having been announced a few years ago, the final release date was shared during the latest Nintendo Indie World livestream. Check it out above. Footage mostly covers the...
Rumour GTA 6 Pre-Orders Incoming as Game IDs Are Finally Added to PS5 Database
Lock and load
Pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto 6 could be going live in the near future, as per fresh information from a reliable leaker. Said leaker is PlayStation Game Size, who regularly takes to X (formerly Twitter) in order to share details taken from the PS Store's database. The account claims that title IDs for Rockstar's hugely anticipated...
News FlatOut Fans, Take Heed: Spiritual Successor Trail Out Crashes onto PS5 This Week
Crash bang wallop
If you're into aggressive, destruction-heavy racing games like Wreckfest and FlatOut, you may want to pay attention to Trail Out. Developed by Good Boys, the game follows in the footsteps of Bugbear Entertainment's destructive racers, and it's finally coming to PS5 after several delays. The team confirmed the new release date on...
News As Sonic 4 Movie Officially Begins Filming, Reports Say Sir Ben Kingsley Is Involved
Hammer time
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 -- as in the movie, not the game — has officially kicked off filming. The news was shared by director Jeff Fowler, who has been at the helm of all four films. He's seen pictured below, with Amy Rose's signature hammer over his shoulder. She's due to make her proper debut in the sequel, which will hit theatres in...
News God of War TV Casting Spree Continues with Modi, Magni, Gna, and Thrud Actors
Thor's family fleshed out
Amazon has shared another set of casting announcements for its upcoming God of War TV show, this time confirming who will play Modni, Magni, Gna, and Thrud in the live-action adaptation. With Ólafur Darri Ólafsson already confirmed to play Thor, the latest news fleshes out his family members with actors to play his two...
News Capcom to Show What It's Got After Resident Evil Requiem in Spotlight Showcase
30 minutes of info and updates incoming
Capcom has announced it'll be hosting another of its Spotlight livestreams later this week, having just put out Resident Evil Requiem. For the first time in a while, the showcase won't contain any Resident Evil titles at all. Instead, this is what will be part of the show: Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted...
News Marvel Tokon Making Refinements Based on Player Feedback in the Run Up to Launch
Beta making it better
Sony and Arc System Works' exciting fighting game, Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, finally got a release date (and a few more confirmed characters) at the recent State of Play, and it seems to be shaping up very nicely. There are just a few months between now and the game's launch on 6th August 2026, and it seems the developer...
News March 2026 PS Plus Essential Games Available to Download Now
Redeemable until 6th April
Sony has made the PS Plus Essential games for March 2026, which it revealed last week, available to all members. The lineup is out now and live now across the UK and Europe, and the USA gains access later in the day. Here's a reminder of what's on offer for PS Plus Essential subscribers for March 2026: PGA Tour 2K25...
Monday2nd Mar 2026
News Crimson Desert Tech Analysis Raises More Questions About PS5 Performance
PC build impresses
Our friends over at Digital Foundry just published an in-depth look at Crimson Desert, the open world adventure that's set release for PS5 in just over a couple of weeks. The aforementioned analysis, however, is all about the game's performance on PC, and the tech that's behind its impressive visuals and physics. In short, Pearl...
Opinion If Sony's Doubling Down on Its Most Popular Franchises, Where's Uncharted?
Safe bets
It isn't a new observation to declare we're very much in the age of IP, revisiting the same popular franchises over and over again. There's a good reason it's happening — games (or any media) following this tactic sell, and fresh, new ideas are risky business when budgets are now many hundreds of millions of dollars. PlayStation is at...
News Stellar Blade Dev May Cut Sony's Support and Self-Publish the Sequel
Beli-Eve in yourself
It'll be interesting to see how involved Sony is with Stellar Blade's inevitable sequel, because it looks like the Korean developer is in the process of setting up its own publishing arm. Sony and PlayStation obviously played a major role in selling Stellar Blade; there's no doubt the action title greatly benefited from a...
News Shocking: PlayStation Studios Are Hiring for New Games
No way
We hope you're sitting down for this: Some of Sony's developers are hiring for their next projects. It's hard to believe, we know, but just take a moment and let it sink in. Take a quick breath, have a think about Sully's moustache, and you'll be alright. Okay, sarcasm out of the way, it has indeed been pointed out that a number of PS...
News 'What the F*ck Is This?': God of War Creator Hates First TV Show Image
But he's confident it'll be a good series
Not content with just dunking on new God of War games like Sons of Sparta, series creator David Jaffe has now turned his attention to the first image from the upcoming TV show adaptation Amazon Prime is making. In it,
News This Week's Nacon Connect Presentation Postponed Following Financial Troubles
See you in May
French video game publisher Nacon has delayed its special presentation after the recent news that it has filed for insolvency. Nacon Connect 2026 was announced last week, initially scheduled for 4th March 2026, but it will now take place sometime in May. In a press release, the company explained why it's postponing the broadcast...
Rumour Starfield PS5 Release Date Locked in for April as Xbox RPG Targets Lower Price Point
Space race
We've marked this one down as a rumour, but it looks like Starfield really is gearing up for an April release date on PS5. The RPG, previously an Xbox console exclusive, will launch for Sony's system on the 7th April. You may recall that this same date was leaked a few weeks back, but it's now being reported on by the incredibly reliable...
News The Witcher 3's New Expansion Really Does Exist, Says Reliable Insider
Medallion's humming
If recent rumours are to be believed, The Witcher 3 is getting a brand new expansion at some point in the relatively near future — and now, a known insider has added yet more weight to the whispers. Reliable leaker NateTheHate took to X (also known as Twitter) in order to answer some quickfire questions over the weekend. When...
News More God of War PS5 Details Leak, Out in 2027 with New Protagonist
Expect a reveal this year
Following this past weekend's posts of Santa Monica Studio's next game being "a new franchise within the God of War universe", insider NateTheHate2 has leaked details surrounding the project. Given their reliability, you'll find the claims after the image below. Potential spoilers could follow. According to the leaker,...
News Resident Evil Requiem's Physical UK Launch 'Much Bigger' Than Village, 4 Remake
Based Capcom
Capcom continues to knock it out of the park with its latest game, the very well-received Resident Evil Requiem. The horror action game launched just before the weekend on 27th February 2026, and its first few days on the market appear to have been very strong indeed. The data for physical UK sales has come in, and while it represents...
Sunday1st Mar 2026
Rumour God of War Dev Working on 'A New Franchise Within the God of War Universe'
God of more
You know that rumoured God of War project that's supposedly been in development at Santa Monica Studio for a good few years now? The one being headed by veteran director Cory Barlog? Well, if a fresh leak is to be believed, it'll signal the start of an expanded universe for the legendary PlayStation property. A now-deleted LinkedIn...
Feature Going Platinum #14: Concrete Genie
Where dreams are made of
Platinum Trophy #14: Concrete Genie Date Earned: 8th October 2019 Dopamine Index: stars:3 Concrete Genie has an air of sadness about it, despite being a pretty joyous experience to play. It was only the second game produced by developer PixelOpus, but it was much bigger in scope and offered something quite different from...
Saturday28th Feb 2026
News He-Man's Retro PS5 Brawler Looks Like a Lost Capcom Classic
Spritely
Bitmap Bureau’s beautiful licensed beat-‘em-up He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction will bring its bleached blonde hair to PS5 this 28th April, publisher Limited Run Games has announced. We went hands-on with this one about a year ago at Gamescom, and came away extremely impressed with its retro-inspired...
Poll Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Essential Games for March 2026?
Plus or minus?
We're just hours away from the beginning of March 2026, if you can believe it, and so it's time to take a look at next month's PS Plus Essential games. Unfortunately for people who have zero interest in golf, a leak from earlier in the week turned out to be completely accurate; PGA Tour 2K25 is being paraded at the front of the pack...
Guide These 13+ PS5, PS4, and PS Plus Games Are Coming Out This Week (2nd-8th March)
Marathon! Scott Pilgrim EX! Docked!
This week's release schedule is actually a little quieter in the aftermath of Resident Evil Requiem. But that doesn't mean there's nothing to look forward to: Marathon is an absolutely enormous release for Bungie, and it finally debuts on 5th March. We'd also recommend keeping an eye on the likes of Docked and...
News 'It's the Real Deal': Tech Experts Praise PS5 Pro's Upgraded Upscaler
"The results are beautiful"
PSSR, or PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution, is getting a behemoth upgrade – and you can test it right now in Resident Evil Requiem. Sony’s confirmed that a universal toggle will be added to its supercharged system in Ma
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 622
A requiem awaits
We’ve got a sneaking suspicion we know what you’re playing this weekend – does it, per chance, rhyme with “weevil”? Thought it might! Here’s your regularly scheduled WAYP. Aaron Bayne: I've been dying to get my hands on Marathon properly for a while, so this weekend, I'll be diving into the server slam. I can't wait!...
News Sony Quietly Decided to Scale Back PC Ports Last Year, Insider Claims
"No longer a priority"
We’re yet to receive official word from Sony, but by all accounts, it’s scaling back its PC publishing strategy. The news comes by way of a flurry of notable leakers, all of whom have been proven to have knowledge of PlayStation’s plans in the past. Among them are
Friday27th Feb 2026
News Shuttered Dev Bluepoint Wanted to Remake Bloodborne, FromSoftware Blocked It
Pitched to Sony and "the numbers made sense"
A remake of the PS4 classic Bloodborne was pitched to Sony by the now-shuttered studio Bluepoint Games, and it was actually accepted because "the numbers made sense", a
Poll Are You Playing Resident Evil Requiem?
Double trouble
One of the most anticipated games of the year, Resident Evil Requiem is here, and by almost all accounts, it's another Capcom banger. The developer's doing something a little bit different with this latest instalment, splitting its campaign between new protagonist Grace and returning hero Leon. The former's story chapters tend to be...
News Retro Sports Favourite Backyard Baseball Returns in a Brand New Game Later This Year
New kid on the block
A couple of years ago, the Backyard Sports series made a sudden return, and it now seems publisher Playground Productions is readying up a brand new game. Backyard Baseball is being revived in a fully 3D entry, with the intro sequence showing the transition to a new dimension: Developed by Mega Cat Studios, this new game...
Hands On Marathon Is Dense, Demanding, and Drop Dead Gorgeous
Reach for the stars
We can tell you one thing for free: Marathon isn’t another ARC Raiders-like extraction shooter. Where Embark’s phenomenal title is instantly fun and approachable for most gamers, Marathon is dense, brutally tough, and clearly catering to a more hardcore niche. And we think that’s a good thing. That means, of course, that...
News Spider-Man's Iconic Advanced Suit Looks Excellent in Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls
Insomniac's outfit included in special edition
The Advanced Suit, created by Insomniac Games just for Marvel's Spider-Man and its sequels, has pretty quickly become an iconic outfit for the ever-popular superhero. Emblazoned with a big, white spider on the front and back, it's quite the departure from Peter Parker's standard suit, but it's a...
News Here's Your First Look at the God of War TV Show
Father and Son
Amazon has posted the first official look at its in-production God of War TV series, which will adapt the two most recent PS5, PS4 titles. Here it is: The image shows off Kratos (played by Ryan Hurst) and Atreus (played by Callum Vinson) out on a hunt together. This presumably depicts a scene where Kratos is teaching Atreus how to...
News 140K+ Players Slam Marathon Servers in Pre-Launch Test, and That's Just on PC
Bungie title proving popular
The big Marathon server slam is now underway ahead of the game's full release on 5th March, and it's attracting a lot of curious players. During its first 24 hours of free access, the server slam peaked at 143,621 concurrent players on PC. With the weekend approaching, the chances its peak player count increases are...
