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TodayFri, 29th Mar 2024

  • Guide New PS5, PS4 Games This Week (1st April to 7th April)

    Reset era

    What new PS5 and PS4 games are releasing in physical retailers and as part of the PS Store update this week? With publishers all fighting to get their games out prior to the end of the financial year, the start of April is ridiculously slow for new releases. Click through the links for a full list of all new PS5 games release dates in...

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    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Release Dates
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  • Guide New PS5 Games Release Dates in 2024

    All 2024's upcoming PlayStation 5 launch dates

    What new PS5 games release dates in 2024 are coming up? If you're after a full list of 2024 PlayStation 5 release dates, you've come to the right place. With the PS5 now in its third year, the number of games heading its way is growing larger and the quality is getting better. We'll be keeping you...

    • Guides
    • PS5
    • Release Dates
  • Guide New PS4 Games Release Dates in 2024

    All 2024's upcoming PlayStation 4 launch dates

    What new PS4 games release dates in 2024 are coming up? If it's a full list of 2024 PlayStation 4 release dates you need, look no further. As usual, we'll be updating this article throughout the year, refreshing it with new titles and release dates so you can be clear which new PS4 games are on the...

    • Guides
    • PS4
    • Release Dates
  • Guide New PSVR2 Games Release Dates in 2024

    All 2024's upcoming PlayStation VR2 launch dates

    What new PSVR2 games release dates in 2024 are coming up? If you're looking for a full list of 2024 PSVR2 release dates, then we've got you covered. Sony's headset is off to a strong start in its first year on the market, with virtual reality developers both big and small committing their support to...

    • Guides
    • PS5
    • PSVR2
    • Release Dates
  • News Taiwanese Dev Red Candle Dates Next Title Nine Sols, But Only for PC

    No word on PlayStation yet

    Nine Sols, the highly anticipated new title from Detention dev Red Candle, will launch on 29th May – but only on PC for now. The side-scrolling action game, which is heavily inspired by Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, has been in development for quite some time, and blew past its crowdfunding targets a few years ago...

    • Red Candle
    • Nine Sols
  • News PS5's Stellar Blade Isn't Out Yet, But There's Already Talk of a Sequel

    Plus a potential photo mode, although who'd want that?

    IStellar Blade is a hotly anticipated PS5 exclusive launching in late April, and it already seems set for success, possessing some indefinable quality that makes us think it will sell like gangbusters. Developer Shift Up must be getting plenty of positive feedback because CEO Hyung-Tae Kim is...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Stellar Blade
  • News Not Everyone Is in Love with Dragon's Dogma 2 on PS5

    A more mixed reception from fans

    We really liked Dragon’s Dogma 2 in our review, describing it as the “apex of RPG adventuring”. But it appears the enthusiasm has not quite infected everyone yet, as the title’s community is surprisingly divided right now. Obviously, performance issues and those launch day microtransactions aren’t exact

    • Capcom
    • PS5
    • Dragon's Dogma
  • News Monster Hunter Wilds Reportedly 'Fully Open World', Coming Q1 2025

    Into the Wilds

    With Dragon's Dogma 2 currently enthralling players worldwide, it might seem too soon for some to contemplate another open world epic from storied developer Capcom, but here we are. Reliable leakster Dusk Golem let slip a few morsels from sources on Discord, and they seem pretty confident that this one will arrive in Q1 of 2025,...

    • Capcom
    • PS5
    • Monster Hunter
  • News Helldivers 2 Brings Out the Big Guns for Automaton Eradication

    Democracy's arsenal continues to grow

    Helldivers 2 players are now fully committed to the assault on the Automaton homeworlds in a preemptive campaign of "defensive annihilation". The first waves met stiff resistance from the machines, and the entire situation was at risk of becoming a dangerous quagmire for the forces of Freedom. Thankfully, seeing...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Helldivers
  • News Layoffs Hit Gearbox Staff Hours After Embracer Sale

    Like clockwork

    Less than a day after the news that Take-Two Interactive would acquire Borderlands developer Gearbox Entertainment from the embattled Embracer Group, layoffs have already begun. In the hours since former Gearbox employees were made redundant, they've taken to Twitter, and while the total number of staff impacted remains hard to...

    • Embracer Group
    • Industry
    • Gearbox
  • News Joker's Free Suicide Squad DLC Now Available on PS5

    "Here comes the goon squad!"

    Things have been quiet on the Suicide Squad front since the game was released in February. Publisher Warner Bros was disappointed by the game's poor sales but doubled down on making its live service dream a reality. A free DLC update is now available, adding The Cro

    • Warner Bros
    • PS5
    • Suicide Squad

YesterdayThu, 28th Mar 2024

  • News Sony Beta Testing Intriguing New Feature in PS App on Mobile

    Appy now?

    If you're using the official PlayStation app on your phone, you may have noticed an intriguing patch note in the latest update. Sony is introducing (in beta form) a new section named Lore, which will sort of turn the app into a second screen-style experience, containing things like diary entries, character profiles, and cutscenes as you...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Mobile
  • News Cyberpunk 2077 Is Now Completely Free to Play on PS5 for the Weekend

    Night City calling

    Update: The free trial for Cyberpunk 2077 is now available through the PS Store until Sunday night. You can play five hours of CD Projekt Red's open world game, and the progress that you make can be carried over to the full thing should you decide to grab it later on. Keep in mind, though, that you'll be downloading the full game...

    • CD Projekt Red
    • PS5
    • Cyberpunk
  • News PS5, PS4's Gran Turismo 7 Continues to Get Better and Better

    Collaboration with upcoming anime Highspeed Étoile announced

    Sony doesn’t consider Gran Turismo 7 to be a live service game, but developer Polyphony Digital treats it like it is one. The game goes from strength-to-strength with each new update, and while v1.44 is on the smaller side by the series’ standards, it adds more complimentary content...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Gran Turismo
    • Updates
  • News Judge Rules in Sony's Favour in $500m Controller Comms Lawsuit

    Communication is key

    A US judge has ruled that Sony did not infringe on another company's patented technology with its PlayStation hardware, specifically in regard to how consoles and controllers communicate. As detailed by GamesIndustry.biz, Genuine Enabling Technology (GET) first filed a complaint against Sony back in 2017, claiming that the...

    • Sony
    • Industry
  • News Star Wars Outlaws Rated in Australia

    M for Mature, mate

    Ubisoft's hotly anticipated PS5 game, Star Wars Outlaws, has been rated in Australia. The filing was made on 20th March (thanks, Kotaku), and there is speculation that a release date could be imminent, although that last part remains to be seen. Outlaws has received a preliminary, standardised IARC (International Age Rating...

    • Ubisoft
    • PS5
    • Star Wars Outlaws
  • News Japan Sales Charts: Dragon's Dogma 2, Rise of the Ronin Can't Beat Princess Peach

    Feeling pink

    Three relatively big games all released on the same day last week: Dragon's Dogma 2, Rise of the Ronin, and Princess Peach: Showtime!. But as we all know, Japan absolutely adores its Nintendo Switch exclusives — and so perhaps it's no huge surprise to see the latter title top the latest charts. To be fair, there wasn't a big gap...

    • Japan
    • Sales
    • Charts
    • PS5
    • PS4
  • News Take-Two Will Acquire Borderlands Dev Gearbox Entertainment

    $460 million deal makes sense

    Take-Two has announced plans to acquire Gearbox Entertainment from the embattled Embracer Group, in a deal reported to be worth $460 million. The buyout makes logical sense, as Gearbox Entertainment will operate under the framework of 2K Games, which has long been the publisher of the popular Borderlands series. It’ll...

    • Take-Two
    • Gearbox Entertainment
    • Industry
  • News Documentary Details the Creation of PS5's Critically Acclaimed Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

    The making of a modern classic

    Square Enix has started a documentary series which delves into the creation of the critically acclaimed Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. This first episode, Shaping the World, discusses how the developer reimagined the original game’s sprawling PS1 map into an enormous PS5 sandbox. It features anecdotes from directors Naoki...

    • Square Enix
    • PS5
    • Final Fantasy
    • Videos
  • News Extensive Judas Gameplay Overview Dissects BioShock Creator's Next

    J stands for Judas

    At long last, the curtains have been drawn back on Judas, the first game from BioShock creator Ken Levine's outfit, Ghost Story Games. Courtesy of IGN, we've got our best look yet at the game, how its intriguing "narrative LEGOs" design philosophy works in play, and, of course, a familiar, chaotic form of powered combat we've been...

    • Ghost Story
    • PS5
    • Judas
  • News SEGA Drops Relic Entertainment and Cuts Back Across the UK

    Around 240 jobs lost

    SEGA has sold off primarily PC-based strategy game developer Relic Entertainment, and is in the process of cutting up to 240 jobs across its various UK studios. Relic, which makes the Company of War games, will become an independent studio moving forwards, and said in a short statement that it remains on good terms with its...

    • SEGA
    • Industry
  • News Red Dead Redemption Is Now Included with Subscription Service GTA+

    Darn tootin'

    Good news, everyone — our favourite subscription service has recently received a brand new perk. That's right: GTA+ now includes Red Dead Redemption, John Marston's tragic Western tale, alongside the other games in the collection. In all seriousness, we have a suspicion not everyone will know what GTA+ is, so let's go through it...

    • Rockstar Games
    • PS4
    • Red Dead Redemption
  • News PS Plus Premium's Classic Catalogue Seemingly Adding Star Wars Rebel Assault 2 Next Month

    Not-so Hidden Empire

    Sony's official update on additions to PS Plus Extra and Premium usually arrive a couple of weeks into a given month, but it looks like one of April's retro classics has already been discovered. Fans of rail shooters, John Williams, or both, prepare yourselves — Star Wars: Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire looks set to join...

    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Plus
  • News Lasguns Set to Fun in Glowing First Dune: Awakening Preview

    Survival MMO could be the sci-fi sandbox we've been waiting for

    Dune: Awakening from developer Funcom has a lot of hype to live up to in the wake of two inescapable films from Dennis Villeneuve based on Frank Herbet's legendary sci-fi novels. Thankfully, it seems to be on track, judging first from the scorching gameplay released at the start of the...

    • Funcom
    • PS5
    • Dune
  • News PS5, PS4 Action RPG Visions of Mana Still Looks Great in New Gameplay Trailer

    Combat and character classes

    We're still waiting on a release date, but Visions of Mana still looks really promising in its latest gameplay trailer. It's a pretty short video — clocking in at just over a minute — but there's quite a lot of stuff on show. It's got a bit of traversal, some combo-based combat, and confirms that your party members...

    • Square Enix
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Mana
    • Trailers
  • News Dragon's Dogma 2 DLC? Tell Capcom You Want Another Dark Arisen in New Survey

    Arise again

    Capcom has published a player survey for Dragon's Dogma 2. It asks for opinions on various aspects of the game, including what you like and dislike about it. But the most interesting question comes right at the end, which reads: "Would you be interested in purchasing DLC for Dragon's Dogma 2, if additional contents were to be released?"...

    • Capcom
    • PS5
    • Dragon's Dogma
  • News Don't Nod Has Seven Games in the Works, Four of Them Unannounced

    Reorganizing around RPGs, narrative adventure, action adventure branches

    Don't Nod, once the developer best known for the quirky adventure game Life is Strange, has seven games in development, four of which remain unannounced. With releases like Vampyr and Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden under its belt (and more on the way), it's clear that the...

    • Don't Nod
    • Industry
  • News Dragon Ball XenoVerse 2 Support Simply Never Ends as Four-Part Expansion Is Announced

    PS5 version still set for May

    Dragon Ball XenoVerse 2 is over seven years old at this point, but it just keeps getting bigger. With the PS5 version still set to release on the 24th May, Bandai Namco has revealed that a new series of DLC chapters will be dropping "soon". Titled the 'Future Saga', it'll be made up of four chapters, which, again, just...

    • Bandai Namco
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Dragon Ball
    • Trailers
  • News Wreck-It Ralph Is Racing into Disney Speedstorm on PS5, PS4 Next

    Breaking the Internet

    It’s almost time for the next season of Gameloft’s free-to-play kart racer Disney Speedstorm, and this author’s dreams of an Alice in Wonderland-themed update have been crushed yet again. Instead, the developer appears to be teasing Wreck-It Ralph content, by posting a small GIF of a candy-themed race track. Expect an...

    • Gameloft
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Disney Speedstorm

Wednesday27th Mar 2024

  • News PS Plus Essential Games for April 2024 Announced

    Immortal membership

    The PS Plus Essential monthly games lineup for April has now been officially confirmed by Sony, offering up yet another trio of treats for subscribers. The titles on offer will be available to claim from Tuesday 2nd April. Here's what you can look forward to in the latest lineup: Immortals of Aveum (PS5) | Review Minecraft...

    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Plus
  • Preview Stellar Blade Is the PS5 Exclusive Enthusiasts Have Been Praying For

    Finally some good f*cking food

    If you were raised on a diet of Japan Studio oddities and quirky PlayStation published exclusives, then Stellar Blade is the game you’ve been praying for. Developed by Korean studio Shift Up – the infamous outfit behind the wildly popular smartphone shooter NIKKE: Goddess of Victory – this single player PS5...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Stellar Blade
    • Previews
    • Features
  • News Almost 4,000 Huge PS5, PS4 Games Discounted in Wallet Loosening Spring Sale

    Aw sh*t, here we go again

    Close to a colossal 4,000 PS5 and PS4 games are on sale in Sony’s epic Spring Sale, which is rolling out at the time of writing and scheduled to run through 24th April. A second phase of deals will be added to the current crop on 10th April, potentially making this one of the biggest PS Store promotions in history. Some...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Store
    • Deals
  • Random Neuralink Brain Implant Patient Pulls All-Nighter Playing Civilisation 6

    "It was awesome”

    The first human recipient of a Neuralink brain implant has put the futuristic tech to work, which, amongst some truly incredible other things, includes staying up all night playing Sid Meier's Civilization VI, which is something we can certainly get behind. Back in January, billionaire Neuralink co-founder Elon Musk announced on...

    • PS4
    • Industry
    • Neuralink
    • Civilization
  • News PlayStation Fans Torn on Prospect of PS5 Pro

    Pro-crastination

    The all-but-official PS5 Pro has been a prominent talking point over the last couple of weeks, especially with leaked specifications and the like only adding fuel to the fire. But from our perspective, it's starting to seem like Sony has a fairly hard sell on its hands — even if the mid-gen upgrade ends up being aimed squarely at...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS5 Pro
  • News 6v6 Hero Shooter Marvel Rivals Officially Announced, But There's No Mention of PS5

    Yet

    As was heavily rumoured, the new Marvel game is indeed a six-on-six, team-based, hero-based multiplayer shooter. It's called Marvel Rivals, and it's built around each character having their own unique abilities. You've got the Hulk, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Dr. Strange, Black Panther... It looks to be quite a robust roster. There's just one...

    • Marvel
    • Trailers
  • News TopSpin 2K25 Looks Like a Real Winner in PS5, PS4 Gameplay Showcase

    One to rally around

    This author has long championed TopSpin 4’s realistic take on tennis, and while it’s taken over ten years to get a sequel, we’re ecstatic to see TopSpin 2K25 building on the foundations of its famous predecessor. This gameplay video recaps many of the features we mentioned in our recent preview, but it sprinkles in some...

    • 2K Sports
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • TopSpin 2K25
  • News Huge Star Ocean: The Second Story R Update Makes This Fantastic Remake Even Better

    Reach for the stars

    Square Enix has dropped a substantial new update for Star Ocean: The Second Story R, which released for PS5 and PS4 last year. Already an incredibly well-made remake of a classic RPG, this patch adds some welcome features, such as a new difficulty level, new endgame bosses, new options for starting New Game+, and more. Here are...

    • Square Enix
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Star Ocean
    • Patches
  • News Seismic Free No Man's Sky Update Transforms Space Stations on PS5, PS4

    A whole new world

    For the next free update in the ever-expanding No Man’s Sky, industrious developer Hello Games has completely rebuilt space stations. As it notes in a press release, previously these were one aspect of the game which weren’t procedurally generated, but when the update launches later today (27th March), that will all change...

    • Hello Games
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PSVR2
    • No Man's Sky
  • News Free Superhero MMO DC Universe Online Pows PS5

    Life left in long-running game yet

    Almost 15 years ago, this author received a press kit from Sony Online Entertainment for superhero MMO DC Universe Online on the PS3. Fast-forward to the present day, and the developer – renamed Daybreak Game Company, of course – is still supporting the game, with the free-to-play affair now available to...

    • Daybreak Game Company
    • PS5
    • DC Universe Online
  • News Helldivers 2 APC Game Master Reportedly an Imposter Masquerading as Joel

    Forget 3 Body Problem, we have a multiple-Joel situation

    Helldivers 2 players have reported encountering unsanctioned Super Earth weaponry and equipment in the wild since the game first launched. Almost immediately, players were running into mechs, vehicles, and even an incredibly cool-looking armoured personnel carrier (APC), all thought to be part...

    • PS5
  • News Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn Gets Extended PS5 Gameplay Overview

    Don't go off half-cocked

    Flintlock: Siege of Dawn is an upcoming PS5 action RPG from New Zealand developer A44 Games, best known for its 2018 Souls-Like, Ashen. Today, we were treated to an extended gameplay overview of the studio's next game, giving us our best look yet, with commentary from creative director Simon Dasan. Influenced by flintlock...

    • Kepler Interactive
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Flintlock
  • News Finish Them! Bot Plot Prompts Helldivers Campaign to Liberate Automaton Homeworlds

    Bots plot large-scale attack, Super Earth responds proportionally

    An encrypted message has come down from Super Earth High Command (developer Arrowhead Game Studios), ordering all available Helldivers 2 players to immediately embark on a "defensive annihilation" campaign against the Automatons' homeworlds. It's all or nothing; the objective this...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Helldivers
  • News Dragon's Dogma 2 Players Discover Working Trebuchets, Secret Areas

    A marvel of engineering

    Dragon's Dogma 2 continues to be the gift that keeps giving, with players reporting overnight the discovery of how to use the many catapults trebuchets (and ballista) left scattered around Capcom's reactive game world (though some are clearly destroyed). Even more exciting, the power and torque of these beautiful machines of...

    • Capcom
    • PS5
    • Dragon's Dogma
  • News Free Arcade Racer Asphalt Legends Unite Skidding to PS5, PS4

    With local and online multiplayer at up to 120fps

    There’s a strong chance you’re familiar with the Asphalt series: the Gameloft racer is a mainstay in any modern arcade, and is extremely popular on smartphones. Now an updated version of the free-to-play franchise is skidding on to PS5 and PS4, in the form of Asphalt Legends Unite. You can look...

    • Gameloft
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Asphalt Legends Unite
    • Announcements

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