Review Silent Hill: Townfall (PS5) - Dated Bite-Sized Horror... in a Good Way
Ordell's ordeal
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Review Control Resonant (PS5) - A Wildly Inventive and Drop-Dead Gorgeous Sequel
You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling
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- Remedy
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News Final Fantasy 7 Revelation on PS5 Pro Offers a Bespoke 4K, 60fps Mode Thanks to PSSR
Final Fantastic
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News Gundam Celebrates 40 Years of Games with a Dedicated Broadcast Next Month
Rogue orbiting
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- PS5
- Gundam
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TodayWed, 23rd Sep 2026
News Final Fantasy 7 Revelation on PS5 Pro Offers a Bespoke 4K, 60fps Mode Thanks to PSSR
Final Fantastic
PS5 Pro users will apparently be spoilt for choice when it comes to picking a graphics mode in Final Fantasy 7 Revelation. The highly anticipated RPG will seemingly feature four different settings on Sony's more expensive system — although one of them is clearly going to be the favourite. Before I get stuck into the details, I...
- Square Enix
- PS5
- PS5 Pro
- Final Fantasy
News Digital PS5 Purchases Kicking Back Cash to More and More Players
Feeling flash
Sometimes I think Sony is guilty of saying too little. I remember when it announced PS5 backwards compatibility, and it was so cautious with its language that there was concern over how widely supported it’d be. It ended up being superb and working with practically every PS4 game. I mention all this because the company has taken...
- Sony
- PS5
- PS Store
News Gundam Celebrates 40 Years of Games with a Dedicated Broadcast Next Month
Rogue orbiting
It's an important time for Gundam in regards to video games, and not just because the fantastic looking Gundam Rogue Orbit is locked in for a March 2027 release. Indeed, it's apparently been 40 whole years since Gundam first stepped onto the gaming scene (I'm honestly not sure which title is being used as the starting point) and so...
- Bandai Namco
- PS5
- Gundam
Showtime
Atlus has just announced Persona Super Live 2027. It's dated for the 19th March, running until the 21st, taking place in Yokohama, Japan. This is fairly big news because there hasn't been a Persona Super Live since 2022. And if you hadn't already noticed, it's happening about a month after the release of Persona 4 Revival, which comes out...
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- PS5
- Persona
News 600+ PS5 Games Going Cheap in New PS Store Sale, Including Halo and AC Black Flag Resynced
Deals live until 7th October
Sony has pushed a new PS Store sales promotion live as of today: Autumn Adventures. It discounts over 600 PS5 titles, and the deals will be available until 7th October 2026. Below you'll find a selection of the best ones. Halo: Campaign Evolved — £39.99 / $39.99 (20% off) Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced —...
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- PS Store
News Resident Evil Film Producer Turns to New Silent Hill Movie, Report Claims
Roy Lee listed as working on Silent Hill
Roy Lee, the producer of Weapons and the latest Resident Evil film from Zack Cregger, might have lined up a new Silent Hill movie as one of his next projects. As part of a new Wall Street Journal article — which documents Lee's career — the Silent Hill franchise is listed as one of the IPs he's currently...
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- Movies
- Silent Hill
Nemesis
Out of nowhere, Aspyr has revealed Middle-earth: Shadow Bundle — but don't get too excited! As of right now, the collection is exclusive to the Nintendo Switch 2, launching next week on the 30th September. The bundle includes Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor Game of the Year Edition and Middle Earth: Shadow of War Definitive Edition
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News State of Decay 3 Dev Hit with 'Significant' Layoffs After Going Independent
Update: Undead Labs suffers job losses
Undead Labs, the Seattle-based developer behind the State of Decay games, has survived the latest round of Xbox layoffs. However, the studio has reiterated that it'll no longer operate under the Xbox umbrella; it's now an independent outfit. This direction of travel was previously confir
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YesterdayTue, 22nd Sep 2026
News 2 More September 2026 PS Plus Extra Games Available to Download Now
Ball X Pit! Slitterhead!
If you're a PS Plus Extra member in the UK, USA, or Japan territories, you've got another two PS5, PS4 games to play as part of your membership starting today. Ball X Pit and Slitterhead join the service in those regions as of 22nd September, though anyone outside these places already gained access to the full September...
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News PS Plus Discount for One of PS5's Best New Indie Games
Well Dweller opens to 90+ critic reviews
What if I told you a new PS5 game with a Metacritic rating of 91 and an Opencritic score of 90 is coming out today? Silent Hill: Townfall and Control Resonant are not officially releasing until Thursday, so what could it be? Well Dweller is that game, a Metroidvania experience from single developer Kyle...
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- PS5
- Well Dweller
News Huge 30GB Update Prepares Ghost of Yotei for DLC, Some Features Already Live Now
Try the Beauty of Yotei mode and transmog now
Ghost of Yotei players were surprised today when their PS5 boxes unexpectedly pulled a 29GB patch for the PS5 game, but this isn't Sucker Punch releasing the Echoes of Sekigahara expansion early. Instead, this appears to be an update to the game that prepares it for the Complete Edition enhancement...
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- PS5
- Ghost of Yotei
- Updates
News Xbox Confirms Job Losses and Studio Changes, Activision to Make Next Halo Game
Halo Studios loses roles, Obsidian now under Bethesda
Microsoft has now confirmed the rumours of the next wave of job layoffs within its Xbox division, as well as important changes to its internal studio makeup. At a top level, 268 employees are losing their jobs across Halo Studios, other first-party developers, and the Xbox Game Studios...
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- Xbox
- Industry
News Microsoft Closing Hellblade Dev Ninja Theory After Failed Buyout Talks
Two firms considered acquisition
As part of another wave of Xbox job losses, Microsoft has confirmed it intends to shutter Hellblade studio Ninja Theory. Previously, it was thought the British team had found a buyer, just like the State of Decay 3 team Undead Labs. However, an update from Xbox executive Matt Booty revealed that talks with two...
- Microsoft
- Ninja Theory
- Industry
News 'Hundreds' More Xbox Layoffs Reportedly on the Way, Studios to Be Consolidated
Halo series to go under Activision, it's suggested
Microsoft will confirm another wave of job losses within its Xbox division, affecting "hundreds" of workers, imminently, it is being widely reported. Via outlet The Information, it is claimed hundreds of employees will lose their jobs "this week", and in addition, "several" developers within Xbox...
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- Xbox
- Industry
- Rumours
Reaction Did Fans Just Bring Destiny Back from the Dead?
Unlock the vaults
If you’ve been paying attention to chats during any live gaming event this year, especially Sony’s State of Plays, you’ll notice a term being spammed continuously – and no, it’s not “no disc, no buy”; it’s actually “we want Destiny 3”. Since Bungie’s announcement to axe continued support for Destiny 2, many...
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- Destiny
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Rumour Next Halo Game Will Be a New 'Mainline Instalment', Casting Doubt on More Remakes
Campaign devolved
Given that Halo: Campaign Evolved basically confirms plans for another remake in an unlockable ending scene, it's surprising to hear that the series' next game will apparently be a brand new, mainline title. This fresh rumour comes from The Hollywood Reporter, who credit an unnamed source in their coverage
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- Activision
- Halo
- Rumours
News Dragon's Dogma 2 Dev Says There's a 'Significant Gap' in What Western and Eastern Players Want
"We should give players options"
There's apparently a really big difference in what players enjoy about Dragon's Dogma 2, depending on where they're from. This is according to two of the game's key figures, producer Naoto Oyama and director Kento Kinoshita — the latter being in charge of the soon-to-be-released Dark Arisen expansion. In a recent...
- Capcom
- PS5
- Dragons Dogma
Open world blues
Whether we like it or not, in-game guidance systems have become a staple of modern gaming. Sometimes this stuff can feel incredibly heavy-handed, like the controversial 'fart gas' in Marvel's Wolverine. Other times, it just comes off as a bit annoying, like when Atreus and Mimir constantly offer up puzzle hints in God of War. And...
- Square Enix
- PS5
- Final Fantasy
Monday21st Sep 2026
News First PS Plus Extra Game for October 2026 Announced
Mycopunk gets a PS5 release date
Devolver Digital has confirmed Mycopunk will come to PS5 on 20th October 2026. You can see it in action in the newest trailer above, but another key piece of information is the reveal gives us our first PS Plus Extra game for October 2026. During this month's State of Play livestream, Sony announc
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- PS Plus
Review Silent Hill: Townfall (PS5) - Dated Bite-Sized Horror... in a Good Way
Ordell's ordeal
If you were to cut the Silent Hill 2 remake by about a third, make it first-person, and set it in Scotland, you'd be most of the way to Silent Hill: Townfall. The latest game in the survival horror series is more of a traditional experience compared to last year’s Silent Hill F, returning to the sort of environments, puzzles, and...
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- Konami
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Guide These 26+ PS5 and PS Plus Games Are Coming Out This Week (21st - 27th September)
Silent Hill! Control Resonant! Dune!
September continues to be ridiculous; this week sees the arrival of another 26 games on PS5 and PS4. As we often say in our staff chat, there are simply too many games. Among the chaos are a handful of bigger titles to look out for. They include the likes of Control Resonant, Silent Hill: Townfall, and Dune:...
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News Stellar Blade Still Not Finished, Four Free Bayonetta Costumes Coming to PS5
Original game will get "some changes" for sequel
Korean dev Shift Up showed off the Switch 2 version of Stellar Blade at the Tokyo Game Show last week, which I played and previewed for Nintendo Life
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The UK's third strongest release of the year
There are roughly 15-16 months left until Sony kills off physical PlayStation games, so it's always a fun story when news of a disc-based success rolls around for the company. During its first week on the market, Marvel's Wolverine recorded PlayStation's biggest physical sales launch in the UK in 2026...
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- PS5
- Marvel's Wolverine
- UK
- Sales
News Say Sawadika to Your New PS5 Controller, Feat Lisa from Blackpink
Got this DualSense from Geneva
Good news Blinks, there’s a new Lisa x PlayStation merch collection on the way – including a limited edition PS5 controller. Bad news Blinks, your wallet is about to get a lot lighter. Last year, Sony announced the Thai singer had signed on as its global ambassador, but this amounted to very little beyond the odd...
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- PS5
- Accessories
- Hardware
"Destiny is foundational to Bungie’s future"
Back in May, Bungie revealed that Destiny 3 is not in development, despite the popular assumption that the studio must be working on something alongside Marathon. This triggered an almighty outcry from fans of the sci-fi franchise, many of whom had been banking on Bungie bringing the series back with a...
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- Bungie
- PS5
- Destiny
- Marathon
News Sony's Acclaimed Resident Evil Movie Breaks Box Office Records
That's how you do it
It’s shaping up to be a particularly big quarter for Sony Pictures, following the record-breaking success of Spider-Man: Brand New Day. (Now the highest-grossing movie of all time in North America.) The firm’s new Resident Evil movie – directed by Zach Cregger – has
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- Movies
- Resident Evil
News Dawnwalker's First Big PS5 Patch Adds an Even Easier Difficulty Mode and Improves Combat
Sun's up
The Blood of Dawnwalker is set to receive its first major update next month. In an interview with Eurogamer, director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz gives us something of a patch preview, outlining a few key features. For starters, another difficulty option is being added. Perhaps surprisingly, this setting will be the easiest of the bunch,...
- Bandai Namco
- PS5
- Dawnwalker
- Patches
News Final Fantasy 7 Revelation Will Offer Automatic Level Ups If You Ignore Side Stuff
Thanks to Rebirth feedback
In a very interesting tidbit from Tokyo Game Show, Final Fantasy 7 Revelation will apparently feature an automatic level-up system, designed specifically for players who just want to experience the main story. Via an interview with IGN Japan, as translated by Genki, director Naoki Hamaguchi spills the beans on said...
- Square Enix
- PS5
- Final Fantasy
"The Apothecary Diaries and the original Atelier fans match"
Waiting for a delayed flight out of the UK earlier this month, I heard word that Koei Tecmo had announced a game based on the light novel series The Apothecary Diaries, subtitled The False Imperial Brother. As the rest of the Push Square team will attest, I let out a little yelp – both...
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- PS5
- The Apothecary Diaries
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News Try One of 2026's Most Anticipated 2D Games in Castlevania PS5 Demo
Available from 1st October
The promising 2D Metroidvania game Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is being treated to a demo two weeks ahead of its PS5 release date. The demo will be available from 1st October 2026, and it lets you play the opening chapter of the game. If you like what you play, you'll be able to transfer your save data over to the full...
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- Castlevania
- Demos
News Classic RPGs Lufia and Lufia 2 Are Adventuring to PS5 with 'Enhanced' Gameplay
True Luf
Classic SNES RPGs Lufia and Lufia 2 will be reborn on PS5 at some point next year. New publisher Clear River Games, in partnership with original publisher TAITO, is bringing the duology back, and so if you're old enough to remember these relatively ancient adventures, then you're (hopefully) in for a seriously nostalgic treat. The first...
- Clear River Games
- PS5
- Lufia
- Trailers
News Persona 4 Revival Seems to Add a Whole New Social Link
Special delivery
Over the weekend, Atlus dropped a second deep dive video for Persona 4 Revival — and it actually served up a pretty big surprise. As it turns out, the upcoming remake will boast a brand new social link — a character who the protagonist can forge a bond with through repeated interactions. Said character is Aika Nakamura, the...
- Atlus
- PS5
- Persona
Feature Indie Games Survey 2026
Indie Know
If you're reading this, then you've already taken the first step to getting involved with our Indies Games Survey for 2026. Completing this survey will help us get to know you – our audience – better, and this in turn will help to shape and evolve the site in a way that directly benefits you. Don't click off the page yet! We've...
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Sunday20th Sep 2026
News 'I Love Sony': Kojima Unsure if Physint Will Ever Come to PS6, Hasn't Decided on Decima Engine
Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier says Kojima and Sony negotiated for months
In the aftermath of the Tokyo Game Show, a couple of timely interviews from Hideo Kojima have been published simultaneously by IGN and the
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- Physint
- Hideo Kojima
Feature All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (September 20th 2026)
Time Extension Metal Gear! Kid Kirby! Strider II!
Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature we run each and every weekend which rounds up all of the best retro gaming news and content of the past week in one place. A Second English Translation For Sega CD Shadowrun Appears, And It's Also AI-Assisted: A second Shadowrun translation has appeared online, but...
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- Features
Saturday19th Sep 2026
News Wolverine PS5 Tones Down 'Fart Trails' as Title Tipped to Be a Huge Sales Success
May add toggle to remove it entirely
As it promised, Marvel’s Wolverine dev Insomniac has already started responding to the intense criticism aimed at its latest PS5 exclusive – as sales analysts predict the title is on track to be a major Sony success. A new hotfix, available to download now, reduces the opacity and intensity of the title’s...
- Sony
- PS5
- Marvel's Wolverine
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 650
Cool
Wow, it's a milestone issue of WAYP yet again. But we'll save the big celebration for 700 next year. This week, we're keeping things short and sweet. Aaron Bayne: I've got a review game on the go which I can't talk about yet, but I'll also be quite keen to check out RuneScape Dragonwilds with some mates. Jamie O'Neill: Reaching 650 issues...
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- What Are You Playing
- Features
Preview Don't Sleep on Fate/Extra Record - This Story-Driven PS5 RPG Shows Real Promise
Yes, master
I've been keeping an eye on Fate/Extra Record for years at this point, so when the game was finally handed a confirmed release date a couple of weeks back, I was over the moon (pun very slightly intended). The good news didn't stop there, though. Not long after the big reveal, publisher Aniplex invited me to an extended preview of the...
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- Marvelous
- PS5
- PS4
- Fate
News Longest-Ever Tokyo Game Show Curtailed Due to Typhoon Warning in Japan
Safety first
This year’s Tokyo Game Show was scheduled to be the biggest in the long-running event’s history, with activities scheduled to run for a full five days, as opposed to its usual four. But a typhoon warning in Japan has curtailed activities, and in the interest of public safety, organisers have cancelled Monday’s event. Sunday will...
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- Tokyo Game Show
- Industry
- Japan
Preview Ascendance Has Me Hyped to Obsess Over Monster Hunter Wilds Again
Mmm, so tasty!
When Capcom announced Monster Hunter Wilds’ upcoming expansion, Ascendance, would be playable at Tokyo Game Show, it immediately became the top title on my list to get my claws into. Monster Hunter has been one of my favourite video game series since Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate launched back in 2013, and it’s been incredible seeing...
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- PS5
- Monster Hunter
- Previews
- Features
Feature Going Platinum: Unpacking's Obsession with Possessions Makes Me Think of All My Random Stuff
There arose such a clutter
Platinum Trophy #37: Unpacking Date Earned: 14th May 2022 Dopamine Index: stars:3 I'm sure I can't be alone in this, but my family is exceedingly good at holding onto things. I think we grow quite attached to objects. Growing up, there was always stuff everywhere, piled on top of other stuff, and it's something I've...
- Good Games
- PS5
- Unpacking
- Going Platinum
- Features
Friday18th Sep 2026
Review Control Resonant (PS5) - A Wildly Inventive and Drop-Dead Gorgeous Sequel
You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling
I’m fighting a possessed bus with a weapon that morphs from an axe to a whip whilst the skyscrapers of Manhattan fold in on themselves like I’m in a dream from Inception. Nowhere else could this be the case than in a Remedy game. Releasing its third entry in the Remedy Connected Universe,...
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Bruce Straley weighs in on big budget titles
Bruce Straley, formerly a key senior staff member at Naughty Dog, has aired his grievances with modern AAA games. In a feature from Edge magazine, which examines the "broken" state of the industry's big budget productions, he shares his distaste for how risk-averse they tend to be. "I think the verbs...
- Sony
- PS5
- Industry
News Former Sony Suits Recreate Infamous PS4 Game Sharing Skit, Only without the Disc
Hits different these days
Back in 2013, then-PlayStation executives Shuhei Yoshida and Adam Boyes made history with a silly little video that made a mockery of Xbox One's much-maligned DRM plans. 13 years later, a lot has changed, and the video has a completely different effect — but it's still an iconic gag. Well, Yoshida and Boyes are...
- Sony
- PS5
News Final Fantasy 7 Revelation on PS5 Will Be a Mammoth 200GB, Director Says
Best clear some space then
Planning on playing Final Fantasy 7 Revelation? You'd best be ready to get your PS5's SSD in order. Naoki Hamaguchi, director of the upcoming third and final entry in the FF7 remake project, has estimated the game will amount to a whopping 200GB, or thereabouts. This comes via an interview with VGC, in which he discusses...
- Square Enix
- PS5
- Final Fantasy
Shibuya cross
SEGA’s really giving us unprecedented pre-release access to Crazy Taxi: World Tour, the 2027 revival of AM3’s all-time classic arcade ferry-’em-up. Back at Gamescom I spoke to director Kenji Kanno before getting my hands on the new Germ
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- PS5
- Crazy Taxi
- Previews
- Features
Thursday17th Sep 2026
News Solid Snake Returns In New Metal Gear Animation From Mitchell Hammond
Time Extension Beware the Shotmaker
It's been two long years since we last heard from Mitchell Hammond, the artist behind the impressive, independently produced "Metal Gear Warhead Activate" animation from 2024. But Hammond has returned, bringing with them a recreation of a familiar scenario from Hideo Kojima's seminal stealth series. The new clip, titled "Metal...
- Metal Gear
- Konami
- Hideo Kojima
- Animation
Movie Review Resident Evil - The Best Resident Evil Film Ever
Barbarian Biohazard
I already know what you're thinking: after six Milla Jovovich-led movies and Welcome to Raccoon City, calling something "the best Resident Evil film ever" isn't exactly saying very much. The flicks based on Capcom's iconic horror series have been fun but ultimately poor for almost 25 years now. As the games have only gotten...
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News 'It's Hard to Go Back': CDPR Says The Witcher 3 Remastered Should Feel Like a Current Release
CDPR wants it to "shine again"
The Witcher 3 Remastered's announcement took everyone by surprise at Gamescom, especially since CD Projekt Red appears to be packing it with so many improvements (while also making it a free upgrade for existing owners). The developer's already detailed most of these additions and adjustments, but why has the team...
- CD Projekt Red
- PS5
- The Witcher
Feature PlayStation Is the Only Platform Holder at TGS 2026, and It's Putting on a Show
Inside Sony's enormous booth
Ever since it broke up with E3, lodging one nail in the convention’s coffin, Sony has shied away from big public displays of affection. The cynics among you would perhaps say it’s reflective of this modern era of PlayStation, where it wants as little to do with its community as possible – but it’s had this...
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