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News American Senators Continue to Target Sony Over PS5, PS4 Timed Exclusives
PlayStation alleged of engaging in "anticompetitive conduct"
More and more American senators are calling out Sony over its timed exclusivity deals, as the fallout from Xbox’s unfathomable $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard continues to rumble. North Dakota’s Kevin Cramer is the latest to throw his hat into the ring, sending a letter...
News PSVR2 Sales May Actually Be Stronger Than Has Been Suggested
Estimates paint a more positive picture
Earlier in the month, a Bloomberg report citing analysis from IDC’s Francisco Jeronimo suggested that PSVR2 was off to a “slow” start and would need a price cut to avoid “complete disaster”. This prompted plenty of hand-wringing from enthusiasts, who pointed to many perceived “problems” with the...
Random Horizon Forbidden West DLC Pays Homage to Classic Killzone 2 Moment
Cloud nine
Killzone 2’s trailer intro sequence is iconic. It was part of the infamous original E3 demo which turned out to be smoke and mirrors, but was later replicated in a re-reveal trailer for the final PS3 game. And now Dutch developer Guerrilla Games has paid tribute to it in a trailer for Horizon Forbidden West’s expansion Burning Sho
News Journey to LA in Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores Launch Trailer
New scenes, characters, and weapons revealed
With Horizon Forbidden West DLC Burning Shores less than a week out from its PS5 release, Sony has dropped a big launch trailer that provides far and away our best look at the expansion yet. Featuring new characters, cutscenes, and what look like important moments, it may be considered too spoiler heavy...
Poll How Was Final Fantasy 16's State of Play Showcase?
Share your reaction to the big livestream
You might already be sold on Final Fantasy XVI, but Sony and Square Enix still felt it necessary to put on a State of Play livestream all about the PS5 RPG. With a roughly half-an-hour deep dive into combat, exploration, and more the focus of the show, no other games were included in the event. Final...
Live Watch Final Fantasy 16's State of Play Livestream Right Here (13th April, 2023)
Live with Clive
Sony and Square Enix will combine for a State of Play broadcast featuring Final Fantasy XVI tonight. We've been promised over 20 minutes of footage from the upcoming PS5 exclusive, with a supposed focus on RPG elements and gameplay mechanics. If you're not quite sold on the latest instalment in Square Enix's beloved series, then you...
Preview Firewall Ultra Proves There's Plenty to Look Forward to on PSVR2
We take on First Contact Entertainment in world-first demo
After a barnstorming launch bursting with software, PSVR2 is experiencing something of a post-release lull. The games have largely dried up, and enthusiast discussions have transitioned to whether the hardware is looking like a flop or not. The only way to reverse that narrative is with...
News Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores Expands Aloy's Moveset with Flashy New Finishers
Those machines don't stand a chance
The buildup towards Horizon Forbidden West's major DLC expansion, Burning Shores, has been almost non-existent. All we really know is that it's PS5 only, takes Aloy to the ruins of Los Angeles, and will feature at least one new machine. Now, less than a week out from launch, we've learned that
News Sony Pushes PS5, PS4 Further into eSports with Dedicated YouTube Channel
A new challenger enters the arena
Sony has launched a new YouTube channel called PlayStation eSports, which, as you might have inferred, will be all about competitive gaming on the platform. The channel will feature interviews with professional players, highlight reels, and all kinds of exclusive content. It looks like the place to stay up-to-date...
News Become the Proud Owner of a Shuhei Yoshida Bobblehead with PS Stars
Ohhh Yosp
It seems as though Sony's PS Stars loyalty programme, which grants points for purchases and digital goodies for completing goals, has very much been off the radar for most. It's worth joining — you might as well get the points and work towards some store credit — but it does feel like it's been a shrug of the shoulders for most. That's...
News PS Plus May Have Finally Stopped Spamming You for Claiming Free Games
Thank you for your purchase
It’s a problem as old as time: we like to describe it as the Thank You for Your Purchase Heart Attack. We’ve all experienced it on at least one occassion in our lives: we’ve hurriedly downloaded the latest PS Plus games, checked our inbox an hour later, and felt the blood rush from our faces. “Thank You for Your...
News Gran Turismo Movie Pairs a Character-Driven Story with 'Bloody Intense' Racing
Director talks up incoming flick
The Gran Turismo movie has had its share of nay-sayers since its announcement, but it has some serious potential. Telling the true story of a player who went from playing the titular game to racing real cars, it has a decent premise and, by the sound of it, will feature some awesome driving action, too. Director...
Reaction Dreams Losing Support Is a Sad End to PS4's Most Unbelievable Project
The dream is over
Wow, what a journey. In case you haven't heard yet, Media Molecule has decided to cease its live service operations for Dreams, its magnificent and severely under-played PS4 exclusive. The game itself is staying online, and you can continue to play and create to your heart's content, but this marks the beginning of the end. After...
News A Year After Stadia's Death, PlayStation Appears Poised for Cloud Gaming Push
Is a better home awaiting in the sky?
It's beginning to look like this PS5 Remote Play handheld is going to be a thing whether we, the PlayStation faithful, like it or not. Further, Sony appears poised to once more dive headlong into the cloud gaming breach now that Stadia is cold in the gr
News Horizon Forbidden West Fans Are Only Just Finding Out About a Devastating Attack
Leaplasher living up to it's name
Horizon Forbidden West's upcoming expansion, Burning Shores (launching 19th April), requires players to beat the base game to access it. So it seems wayward players (perhaps distracted by Elden Ring's untimely launch) are returning in droves to take care of unfinished business. In the process, some are encountering...
News State of Play Showcase Set for Thursday, Final Fantasy 16 the Focus
No other games included
Sony has announced it'll be hosting a State of Play livestream this coming Thursday, 13th April 2023. Starting at 10pm BST / 2pm PT / 5pm ET, the show will be all about Final Fantasy XVI. No other PS5 games will feature during the event. The big show will provide a deep dive into the RPG's setting, battle system, and Eikons...
News Sony Quietly Hands Trophy Support to One More PS Plus Premium Game
Echoshift gets 30 Trophies
PSP puzzler Echoshift — which you can play on PS5 and PS4 via PS Plus Premium — has been updated today with Trophy support. It follows on from a series of updates implemented under the hood by Sony for other classic titles brought back via its subscription service. The Trophy list is live now, with 30 gongs to grab and...
News Naughty Dog Gives PS5 Some Love in New The Last of Us: Part I Patch
Adds new HBO content
Don't you worry, PS5 owners: Naughty Dog has not completely forgotten about you just yet as it attempts to fix The Last of Us: Part I on PC. The developer has today put out a patch for the PS5 version of the remake which adds new content based on the HBO TV adaptation, fixes some bugs, and improves the accessibility features...
News PS5 Accounts for Over Half of All Console Sales in the UK This Year
Purchases up by 180%
Sales of PS5 systems account for more than half of all console purchases in the UK during the first quarter of 2023, GfK data has revealed. Both Nintendo Switch and Xbox Series X|S recorded percentage losses compared to the same period of time in 2022 (down by more than 25% and then 18% respectively) while sales of the PS5 were...
News Media Molecule to Cease Live Service for Dreams, Now Working on a New Project
Time to wake up
After just over three years of support, developer Media Molecule has announced its plan to discontinue updates for Dreams. Announcing the news on the game's official website, the studio explains that, following the 1st September 2023, it will no longer be releasing updates or in-game events as it looks to move onto a new project...
News God of War Ragnarok Update 4.01 Available Now on PS5, PS4, Here Are All the Patch Notes
Patching up NG+
Hot on the heels of the last major update, Santa Monica Studio has released a new patch for God of War Ragnarok. Aimed at issues introduced alongside New Game Plus and other extra content, this seems like a small but important update if you're going through Kratos' journey once again. The patch (version 4.01) fixes a bunch of bugs...
News Guerrilla Games Talks PSVR2 Tech, Designing Horizon Call of the Mountain
Feel the call of the wild
Developers from Guerrilla Games, including studio head Jan-Bart Van Beek, have taken centre stage to discuss some of the design and tech that made Horizon Call of the Mountain possible (which it co-developed in partnership with Firesprite). Van Beek describes a persistent issue that all VR developers face, the ever-present...
News The Last of Us PC Is Still Punishing CPUs, Despite 14GB Performance Patch
It can't be for nothing
The PC port of The Last of Us was a trainwreck developer Naughty Dog had to know was coming, and it continues to work hard to sure up the cracks, pushing out updates at a rapid clip. The reputational damage done at launch will likely take a lot longer to fix, with the studio admitting the port (which was done in-house) was...
News This PlayStation Patents Terminology Row Is the Stupidest Story in Games
Sony underfire for insinuating other systems are inferior
Sony is underfire for insinuating in patents that it makes superior products to its rivals. While it shouldn’t be particularly surprising for a giant corporation to back its own output, boilerplate terminology discovered in a slew of PlayStation applications has sent the Internet into a...
News PS5 Remote Play Handheld Purportedly Pegged for November
A stream of hardware en route
While we still don’t know much about Sony’s roadmap for 2023, rumours are certainly setting up another absolutely enormous year for the manufacturer. The company’s already released the DualSense Edge and PSVR2, and it apparently has a revised PS5 hardware model with a detachable disc drive locked for September –
News Gran Turismo 7's 120fps Options are 'Game-Changers', Says Digital Foundry
They're certainly frame rate-changers
In case you missed it, the latest game update for Gran Turismo 7 introduced a handful of new visual options that let you really crank up the frame rate on PS5. With the new patch installed, the driving game now supports 120 frames-per-second as well as VRR, letting you push performance beyond the traditional...
News Most PlayStation Fans Aren't At All Sold on a PS5 Remote Play Handheld
Rumoured portable has work to do
One of this week's biggest news stories centred around Sony's plans to reportedly release a new PlayStation handheld. It sounds exciting when you write it down like that, but expectations were very quicky adjusted upon the realisation that this device would — again, reportedly — be dedicated to PS5 Remote Play...
News PS Plus Premium's Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror Upgraded with PS5, PS4 Control Fix
Right stuff
PSP, as we’re sure you know, only had one analogue stick, which made mapping traditional 3D controls to the handheld a bit of a headache. One way developers would circumvent this issue is by binding the camera to the face buttons, allowing you to look up with triangle and so on. This wasn’t a particularly elegant solution, but it...
News Sony Claps Back at UK Regulator's 'Irrational' Reversal on Microsoft Activision Deal
Down, but not out
Sony has hit back at the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) over its revised stance regarding Microsoft's proposed $69 billion buyout of Activision Blizzard, which has softened significantly in recent days. The CMA published Sony's response, which calls out the organisation's abrupt about-face, stating: "The CMA’s...
News Decorate Your PS5, PS4 Profile with Free Death Stranding 2 Avatars
Pod catcher
We barely know a thing about Death Stranding 2 – after all, Sony doesn’t discuss upcoming games much anymore – but here’s a free avatar pack to, y’know, whet your appetite. You get four different profile pictures if you redeem the code, each featuring a BB Pod with a different number of tentacles inside. Lovely! You’ll...
Poll Are You Playing God of War Ragnarok's New Game Plus?
Oh boy!
If you've been hankering to replay the superb God of War Ragnarok, then there's simply never been a better time to dive back in. The game's anticipated New Game Plus mode has been released as part of a hefty update, increasing the level cap, reworking certain encounters, and letting you take all of your unlocked abilities and gear into an...
Rumour Sony's Allegedly Cut PSVR2 Production Plan by 20% in 2023
Growing pains
There’s been all kinds of speculation about PSVR2 and its supposedly slower than expected launch. Bloomberg had previously reported that Sony had cut its production plan for the peripheral’s launch by more than half, although this was al
News Horizon Forbidden West's PS5 Exclusive DLC Has Another Staggering Settlement to Explore
Quen den
One of the strengths of sequel Horizon Forbidden West, despite not being mentioned too much, are its achingly beautiful settlements. They may lack interactivity, but they’re outstanding areas to simply explore, bursting with environmental storytelling that reveal more about the lifestyles of the clans that inhabit them. Burning Shores,...
Random Fans Are Having Fun Imagining What a PS5 Remote Play Handheld Might Look Like
Dare to dream
The news that Sony reportedly has some kind of Remote Play-focused handheld in development has us all in something of a tizzy. Obviously, as die-hard PlayStation fans, we all want to see the PS Vita live again, but this 'Q Lite' does not appear to be designed to fill that gap. Regardless, some fans couldn't help but imagine what such a...
Talking Point Would You Care About a PS5 Remote Play Handheld?
Another way to play
Sony is, reportedly, planning to release a new PlayStation handheld. But before you absolutely lose your mind over the potential of a PS Vita 2, know that this rumoured device is apparently dedicated to Remote Play. Yep, the codenamed 'Q Lite' is a specially built system that's designed to sync up with your PS5, letting you play...
News God of War Ragnarok's Huge New Game Plus Update Out Now on PS5, PS4
Surprise update adds extra mode
God of War Ragnarok has just received a major update on PS5 and PS4, introducing the long-awaited New Game Plus mode. The update is available to download and install right now. New Game Plus is a mode that allows you to carry over certain progress and items from a completed playthrough into a new one. To compensate...
News Sony Patents Heat Dispensers Inside PS5 Controllers
Hot or cold
Here's another wild patent Sony has registered that it'll never actually use: the ability for the PS5 DualSense controller to dispense heat to reflect on-screen gameplay. Based on upgrading the current pad's haptic feedback feature, the idea is that vibrations will warm the controller up or cool it down depending on what's happening in...
Rumour PS5 Pro Really Is Targeting 2024 Release Date
New report doubles down
Rumours of a PS5 Pro just won't go away, as Insider Gaming is once again reporting that the generational half-step is targeting a 2024 launch date. Back in March, the reliable publication said Sony has plans for a Pro console, which is supposedly in development. Insider Gaming is now saying that the assumed PS5 Pro is "aiming...
Rumour PS Vita 2 Dreams Killed But Sony Might Have a Handheld for PS5 Remote Play in the Works
No Vita no life
The unreported piece of Sony hardware that's been alluded to over the past week could be a "cloud-streaming handheld" according to Jeff Grubb of Giant Bomb. Overnight, the journalist tweeted about having heard of such a device and then advised fans to "definitely scope down those expectations". Instead of a PS Vita 2, this is said to...
Random Today Is Horizon Protagonist Aloy's Birthday
Older and wiser
It all gets a bit confusing when you talk about sci-fi characters’ birthdays because, well, technically Horizon Forbidden West’s Aloy hasn’t even been born yet. She’s from the future, after all! Let’s ignore the obvious flaws in marking the milestones of fictional characters and just roll with this one, though: it’s...
Random Sony Shoehorns PS5 Ad into Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Trailer
Swinging from the same hymn sheet
Sony’s got a lot of eyeballs on the latest trailer for its upcoming animated movie sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. And rightly so: the film looks absolutely incredible, both visually and tonally. Like, seriously – this is top-tier superhero stuff. Interestingly, the Japanese giant’s using the...
News Steam Deck Support Not Naughty Dog's Focus as It Fixes The Last of Us
PC version takes priority
Official Steam Deck support for The Last of Us: Part I will have to wait as Naughty Dog has announced its post-launch efforts are set on bringing the base PC version up to snuff. The developer has already apologised for the state of the PC port, calling it not "Naughty Dog quality". Another hotfix is expected to be deployed...
Poll We Need You to Rate More of Your Fave PS5 Games
Give us those scores
It’s been a year since we last asked you to rate your favourite PS5 games, and in that time we’ve compiled the data to put together some pretty comprehensive listicles, including our ginormous guide to the Best PS5 Games. Of course, with new titles releasing every week, it’s important our content remains accurate – and...
Random Gran Turismo 7 Players Are Manipulating Physics and Popping Truly Sick Wheelies
Push it to the limit
The Gran Turismo franchise has always pushed PlayStation's technological limits. Gran Turismo 7 is no exception, and players are taking full advantage of developer Polyphony Digital's fancy physics engine to pop some monstrously sick wheelies. Spotted by The Gamer, enthusiasts over on the GT7 Subreddit have taken th
News The Last of Us PC Is Not 'Naughty Dog Quality', Developer Admits
In the Dog House
Naughty Dog has apologised to PC players for the state in which The Last of Us: Part I launched, a release that has earned the prestigious studio it's lowest-ever Metacritic rating. The developer took to Twitter to address the issues players are facing, promising that a larger patch is in the offing for later in the week. Despite...
News Accessibility Tags Rolling Out Across PS Store This Week
Select PS5 games supported
Sony has announced the PS Store will be updated with accessibility tags this week, allowing select PS5 games to detail the options they have before the title is bought. Vital for disabled gamers, supported titles will let you press the Triangle button on the marketplace to view a list of accessibility options, broken down...
News Street Fighter 6's Official PS5, PS4 Arcade Stick Is Licensed by Sony and Capcom
Seal of approval
Hori’s new Street Fighter 6 themed arcade stick is licensed by both Sony and Capcom, so you can be pretty confident this will suit your needs when the brawler releases in June. Compatible with the PS5, PS4, and PC, the Fighting Stick Alpha promises “tournament grade” quality, and can be opened up for easy customisation and...
Deal God of War Ragnarok PS5 Consoles Get Tasty Limited-Time Discount
Now's the time to grab a PS5
With PS5 consoles becoming more and more readily available at retail, we've thankfully reached a point where you can hit up your favourite store and pick up a shiny new system with relative ease. That hasn't always been the case, of course, meaning discounts on consoles have been a very rare occurrence indeed. It looks...
News Horizon Call of the Mountain Update 1.04 Available Now, Here Are the Patch Notes
Call of the accessibility improvements
PSVR2's flagship game, Horizon Call of the Mountain, has just received a pretty decent update. Available to download and install now, the patch (version 1.04) makes a number of nice accessibility improvements, as well as fixing a whole bunch of bugs. To start with, subtitles now have more options; you can add...
News DualSense Edge PS5 Controller Is Now Compatible with Apple Devices
Software updates add support
Following a series of software updates across Apple's range of devices, the PS5's DualSense Edge controller now works with them. The regular DualSense has been compatible with iPhones and co. for a good while, and now its premium stablemate is joining the fray. Support for DualSense Edge is just one patch note in the...