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TodayThu, 23rd Jul 2026

  • News EA Sports FC 27 Goes Full NBA 2K with New 'Social Football Playground' Mode on PS5

    Football is life

    Well, I’d heard it on the grapevine that EA Sports was exploring an online hub for its FC franchise a while ago, and here it is. Clearly inspired by NBA 2K, The Grounds is a new mode “representing a side of football that's never existed in EA Sports FC until now”. Set to debut in EA Sports FC 27 in the PS5 version only –...

    • EA Sports
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • EA Sports FC
  • News Marvel Tokon's First DLC Character Has Been Revealed, Launching This Fall

    An unexpected addition

    Sony and Arc System Works have revealed the first playable character that will join Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls in post-launch DLC. It's Phoenix Cyclops, and you can catch a brief glimpse of him in this teaser trailer: Phoenix Cyclops, voiced by Ray Chase, is the first fighter in the game's Year 1 DLC. He's scheduled to...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PC
    • Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls
    • DLC
  • News Marvel Tokon's Intro Movie Is Anime as Hell, and I Love It

    This is the stuff

    Okay, now I demand Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls gets a new anime adaptation for Crunchyroll. At the San Diego Comic Con today, Arc System Works debuted the opening movie for its upcoming PS5 and PC fighter. And it looks like it belongs to a time when I spent lazy Saturday mornings lounging around eating cereal in my pyjamas. We...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PC
    • Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls
    • Trailers
  • News Wolverine PS5, Marvel Tokon Will Feature Free Crossover Content

    Lookin' good, bub

    Sony wants to position PS5 as the place for superhero games, and two of its biggest 2026 titles will include crossover content. Marvel’s Wolverine and Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls are collaborating on two new costumes, which will be available in each other’s games. For the Insomniac action adventure, you’ll be able to...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Marvel's Wolverine
    • Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls
  • News There's No Doubt About It, Wolverine PS5 Looks Awesome

    Watch the story trailer now

    As part of its San Diego Comic-Con panel earlier today, Insomniac dropped the story trailer for Marvel’s Wolverine, ahead of its PS5 exclusive release on 15th September. This mostly focuses on in-game cinematics from the upcoming action adventure, and it looks awesome. We get a glimpse of both Sabretooth and Lady...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Marvel's Wolverine
    • Trailers
  • News 'We're Going to Do What's Right By the Game': Amazon Boss Speaks More on the Future of James Bond 007 Games

    First Light is "awesome"

    Amazon has further clarified its position on future James Bond games in new comments about the series and 007 First Light developer IO Interactive. You may recall some confusion a little while ago when Jeff Gattis, head honcho at Amazon Games, passed comment on First Light and the future of the series. At the time, he...

    • IO Interactive
    • Amazon
    • PS5
    • 007 First Light
  • News 'I'm Struggling to Find Anything Redeemable': Bully's Spiritual PS5 Successor Roasted in First Preview

    Sauceless

    If you were hoping the American Pie-inspired sandbox game Agefield High: Rock the School would finally provide PS5 with a spiritual successor to Bully, you may want to recalibrate your expectations. A new IGN preview, which is probably one of the most scathing I’ve ever seen, says the game is “unpolished, uninspired, and flat”. It...

    • Perp Games
    • PS5
    • Agefield High
  • News Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 Brings Bombastic Xenomorph Blasting to PS5 Next Month

    Let's rock

    Daybreak Games has announced a release date for its sci-fi co-op shooter, Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2. The sequel is locked and loaded for launch on PS5 on 25th August, 2026. The news comes via the game's social feeds, with a brief gameplay teaser giving a glimpse of what to expect: Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 ups the ante from the first...

    • Daybreak Games
    • PS5
    • Aliens
    • Release Dates
  • News Physical Game Fans Won't Like This New Data About US PS5 Sales

    It's just facts

    Circana analyst Mat Piscatella got roasted this week for sharing legit US sales data about the state of physical games. If you believe social media, this is all part of a Sony-led propaganda campaign to silence criticisms of its decision to stop manufacturing disc-based g

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • USA
    • Sales
    • Industry
  • Guide Halo Campaign Evolved Guide: 100% Collectibles Walkthrough

    The ultimate Halo collectibles resource

    In this Halo Campaign Evolved guide, we'll provide a 100% collectibles walkthrough that documents where to find every Skull and Terminal in all the Missions. Halo Campaign Evolved Guide: Walkthrough: Below we provide a walkthrough of Halo: Campaign Evolved, sharing where to find all the collec

    • Guides
    • Halo: Campaign Evolved
    • PS5
  • News Dragon Ball's Biggest Game, Sparking Zero, Gets Even Bigger on PS5 Next Week

    Including an all-new single player mode to master

    Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero, the behemoth anime fighting game from Bandai Namco, will expand in scale once more next week – as the publisher has attached a 30th July release date to its Super Limit-Breaking Neo DLC. If you missed the reveal, this expansion will include more than 30 new playable...

    • Bandai Namco
    • PS5
    • Dragon Ball
    • DLC
  • News PS5's War for Attention Finds a New Foe with Games on Amazon Prime

    Here comes a new challenger

    The console industry is far from dead, but it is facing challenging times – and that applies to all manufacturers, by the way. Outside of rising prices and an ageing audience, I personally find it fascinating how the PS5 increasingly finds itself locked in an attention war with social media, streaming services, and...

    • Amazon
    • Industry
  • News Embrace Your Inner John Hammond with Dinosaur Park Tycoon Game Parkasaurus on PS5

    Chaos theory

    Publisher Atari has announced it's bringing Parkasaurus to PS5 in just a few weeks. As you might have guessed from the game's name, it's a management sim in which you fill enclosures with various species of dinosaurs and maximise your profits to make your park even bigger and better. Here's the trailer: Parkasaurus originally...

    • Atari
    • PS5
    • Parkasaurus
    • Announcements
  • News Sony's New Resident Evil Movie, Directed by Zach Cregger, Looks Superb in New Trailer

    You are dead

    Sony has released a new trailer for its upcoming Resident Evil movie, directed by Zach Cregger of Weapons and Barbarian fame. This clip is a little longer than the previous one, showing Austin Abrams as courier Bryan sent on an assignment to Raccoon City General Hospital. While it still doesn’t scream Capcom’s game franchise,...

    • Sony Pictures
    • Movies
    • Resident Evil
  • News Horizon PS5 Remaster Updated for Probable PS6 Handheld Support

    Patch 1.09 out now on PS5

    Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered has today received a patch that adds a setting very few people on PS5 will actually use: support for the console's Power Saver mode. When activated, the Power Saver mode runs PS5 titles at lower settings in order to consume less electricity. As much as caring for the environment is becoming...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Horizon
    • Patches
  • News My Most Anticipated 'Train Sim World 6' Route Is Finally Almost Out on PS5

    Next stop: Japan

    Train Sim World 6’s most anticipated route by a Japanese country mile is finally launching later this month, on 30th July for PS5. The Tadami Line – first unveiled during the Train Sim World 4 era – has been in development at Union Workshop for an eternity, and is finally ready to bring 40 acres of scenic railway action to...

    • Dovetail Games
    • PS5
    • Train Sim World
    • DLC
  • News Prime Yourself for Marvel's Wolverine on PS5 with This Prequel Comic

    Prior events

    San Diego Comic-Con is going on right now, and as announced last week, Marvel's Wolverine is joining the festivities with a panel about the game. Prior to the event, which is scheduled for 11:15am PDT today, Marvel and Insomniac Games revealed a comic book that serves as a prequel to the PS5 exclusive title, telling fans what occurs...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Wolverine
  • News STALKER 2 Dev Refutes Claims About Xbox's Funding for Timed Exclusivity

    Money stalks

    An interesting detail has emerged about S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl and its timed-exclusive launch on Xbox. Sergiy Grygorovych, founder of developer GSC Game World, spoke about how that deal came to be in a recent video interview. While he doesn't divulge any numbers, he says that Xbox paid a lofty sum to have the game as a...

    • GSC Game World
    • PS5
    • Stalker
  • News New PS5 Firmware Update Is Available to Download Now, Here's What It Does

    What does version 26.05-13.60.00 do?

    Sony has issued another update for the PS5, bringing its system software to version 26.05-13.60.00. This comes a few weeks after the previous update, which rather excitingly improved performance and stability. Just thinking about it gets me misty-eyed. But what about this update? What could this new firmware...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Firmware Updates

YesterdayWed, 22nd Jul 2026

  • News 'They May As Well Eliminate the Hardware Too': Japanese Dev Says Sony 'Doesn't Understand' the Feelings of Fans

    Disgaea creator Sohei Niikawa says fans cherish their physical games

    Disgaea creator Sohei Niikawa doesn’t believe Sony has “considered what physical editions mean to the people who value them”. The Japanese giant has announced plans to cease manufacturing physical discs in January 2028 – a decision which has attracted widespread criticism,

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Industry
  • News Here's How Much Better Metal Gear Solid 4 Looks on PS5

    Master Collection Vol. 2 tech specs revealed

    Konami has today revealed the resolutions that Metal Gear Solid 4 and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker will run at when they launch on PS5 via next month's Master Collection Vol. 2 package. It's important to recognise these new versions are much, much closer to ports than they are proper remasters, but...

    • Konami
    • PS5
    • Metal Gear Solid
  • News Sony Imposes 'Strictest Ever Social Media Guidelines' on Staff Due to PS5 Disc Debacle

    "They knew everyone would be p*ssed off"

    According to ex-Santa Monica Studio employee Alanah Pearace, Sony has imposed the “strictest social media guidelines” ever on its employees due to PS5’s disc debacle. Earlier this month, the manufacturer announced plans to cease manufacturing physical media in January 2028. This has created one of the...

    • Sony
    • PS6
    • PS5
    • Industry
  • News Black Ops Fans Sure Showed Up for PS5's Overpriced Call of Duty Ports

    Back in Black Ops

    Activision’s overpriced Call of Duty: Black Ops ports have sold like crazy on the PS5, with Circana analyst Mat Piscatella revealing both games breached the organisation’s Engagement Tracker for the week ending 11th July. This data is accurate for the United States, and takes into account total weekly players on Sony’s...

    • Activision
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Call of Duty
    • Sales
  • News US PS5 Sales Down Almost 20% Year-Over-Year, Rounds Out Tough Month for Industry

    Meccha Chameleon punches well above its weight

    June 2026 was always going to be a difficult month for the US games industry, as last year plotted the record breaking release of the Switch 2. Nintendo’s console registered an expected 79% year-over-year decline, contributing to a 21% decrease for the industry at large. The price adjusted PS5 also...

    • USA
    • Sales
    • Charts
    • PS5
    • PS4
  • News MindsEye's Latest Attempt to Rekindle Interest Is to Become Rocket League

    Well, kind of

    A big new update has arrived for MindsEye, the infamous PS5 action game that had a disastrous launch and is still trying to claw things back. Update 8's main attraction is Grenade Football, marking the debut of cross-platform multiplayer in the game. Grenade Football is a colourful, arcadey spin on soccer in which two teams of 5...

    • Build a Rocket Boy
    • PS5
    • MindsEye
    • Updates
  • News Namco's Arcade Oddity Armadillo Racing Makes Its Console Debut on PS5, with Trackball Support

    PS1 tycoon title The Conveni also coming

    1997’s outlandish arcade oddity Armadillo Racing will make its console debut on PS5 and PS4 this week, on 23rd July, courtesy of industrious Japanese dev Hamster. Part of its Arcade Archives offering, the trackball-controlled System Super 22 racer sees you guide a rolled up armadillo through a series of...

    • Hamster
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Arcade Archives
    • Console Archives
  • News NBA 2K27 Finally Ditches PS4, Reveals PS5 Cover Athletes

    Time to upgrade

    Sports games tend to support last-gen consoles longer than most, but 2K Sports has finally pulled the plug on PS4 with NBA 2K27. This year’s game, available from 4th September, will only be available on the PS5, so if you’re a hooper who’s been holding out, it’s time to upgrade. There’ll be a trio of cover stars this...

    • 2K Sports
    • PS5
    • NBA 2K
    • Announcements
  • Guide Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy Cheats: All Cheat Codes, Including Scorpion Skin

    Town Scryer

    Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy is a genuinely enjoyable PS2 third-person shooter, elevated by its integration of over-the-top psychic powers. But if you’re looking to extract the most out of this classic action game, particularly now it’s available on PS5 and PS4 via PS Plus Premium, you may be looking for its cheat codes...

    • Guides
    • Psi-Ops The Mindgate Conspiracy
    • Cheats
    • PS5
    • PS4
  • News Nearly a Decade After Launch on PS4, the Original Darkest Dungeon Is Getting New DLC

    The Fire's Edge announced

    Darkest Dungeon is an acclaimed roguelike strategy RPG that's been around for about 10 years, and to mark that milestone, it's about to get some brand new DLC. Developer Red Hook Studios has announced The Fire's Edge, set to release on PS4 and other platforms on 18th August, 2026. It's the first new DLC pack for the game...

    • Red Hook Studios
    • PS4
    • Darkest Dungeon
    • DLC
  • News 'From Japan to the World': ArcSys Reveals How It Built the Unique Style of PS5's New Marvel Fighter

    Familiar but fresh

    The thing I really appreciate about Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is that it’s providing a different spin on familiar characters and concepts. For example, we’re all familiar with Iron Man, right? But Arc System Works’ interpretation of the character incorporates elements from mecha manga and anime, like Gundam and Getter...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PC
    • Marvel Tokon
    • Videos

Tuesday21st Jul 2026

  • News 9 PS Plus Extra Game Removals for August 2026 Confirmed

    Goodbye my (undead) lover

    This month's PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium games are out now (or a portion of them are if you are in the UK, USA, and Japan), which signals Sony's turn to reveal what PS5, PS4 titles will be leaving the service in August. The following nine games are set to leave PS Plus Extra on 18th August 2026: Earth Defense Force...

    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Plus
  • News Sales Data Paints a Very Grim Picture for Physical PS5 Games in the USA, UK

    Just 7 PS5 games sell over 100k boxed copies

    According to new sales data from Circana director Mat Piscatella, only seven PS5 games have sold more than 100,000 physical copies in 2026. In the week that ended 11th July 2026, just two PS5 titles managed to sell over 10,000 physical units during that seven-day timespan. The two new statistics are...

    • PS5
    • Sales
    • Circana
    • USA
  • Guide Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Open Beta: Start Times, How to Play, and What's Included

    All you need to know about the Marvel Tokon open beta

    We're now just a few weeks away from the launch of Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, a brand-new fighting game from Sony and Arc System Works. Before its full release on 6th August 2026, you'll be able to play it early with a substantial open beta test. Running for a few days, you'll have the chance...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PC
    • Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls
    • Betas
  • News No PS5 Version of Heavy Rain Dev's PS2 Classic Indigo Prophecy, as Sony Mucks Up Again

    Old PS4 port included with PS Plus Premium today

    Heavy Rain maker Quantic Dream will re-release its wildly ambitious PS2 adventure game Indigo Prophecy – better known as Fahrenheit in Europe – on the PS5 later this month. The game, already available on the PS Store as part of Sony’s PS2-to-PS4 program, will be updated in the platform...

    • Quantic Dream
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS2
    • Indigo Prophecy
  • News The Witcher 3's Big New Expansion Makes Its Debut at Gamescom Opening Night Live

    Songs of the Past shows itself

    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is over a decade old, but even so, it's getting a brand new expansion next year, Songs of the Past, and our first chance to see it arrives next month. As it does every year, Gamescom takes place in late August, and it always kicks things off with Geoff Keighley's Opening Night Live showcase...

    • CD Projekt Red
    • PS5
    • The Witcher
  • News 4 More PS Plus Extra, Premium Games Available to Download Now

    Pandora's box

    Sony's staggered PS Plus Extra and Premium schedule means you're getting fresh additions to the catalogue throughout the month, and today sees the arrival of a few more games to the lineup. After adding Rise of the Ronin last week (in select regions), four more games join the fun (g

    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Plus
  • News Indie Publisher Will 'Safeguard' Devs by Making PS5 Physical Games for All Eligible Titles

    "We will continue till the last day"

    In a rather dramatic – dare I say borderline performative – statement of intent, Chinese indie publisher Astrolabe Games has released a “manifesto”, pledging its commitment to PS5 physical games until Sony stops manufacturing them in January 2028. The so-called ‘A-Go Manifesto’ promises to...

    • Astrolabe Games
    • PS5
    • Industry
  • Mini Review 70's-style Robot Anime Geppy-X (PS5) - Zany PS1 Shooter Is a Real Treat

    Retro oddity

    70’s-style Robot Anime Geppy-X has simply got to be the best kind of retro re-release. I’d never heard of this Japan-only PS1 scrolling shooter from 1999, but I had an absolute blast playing through its enhanced PS5 version, lovingly repackaged by Implicit Conversions – the studio behind PS Plus Premium’s emulated catalogue...

    • Reviews
    • Bliss Brain
    • PS5
    • 70s-style Robot Anime Geppy-X
    • Mini Reviews
  • News PS5's New Commercial Goes All-In on Marvel

    Superheroes happen on PS5

    Sony’s released a new commercial spotlighting its increasingly strong alliance with Marvel. The trailer focuses mostly on console exclusives Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Marvel’s Wolverine, and Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls – but it also includes clips of Marvel Rivals, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, and Marvel Cosmic...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Commercials
  • News Your Latest PS Plus Extra Game Just Got a Massive Free Update

    Fire starter

    Firefighting Simulator: Ignite may not be the most eye-catching new PS Plus Extra addition, but it’s worth pointing out the game is getting a major free update today, alongside its inclusion with Sony’s subscription. Available to download right now, the free Shannondale Update includes “five new missions and additional...

    • astragon Entertainment
    • PS5
    • PS Plus
    • Firefighting Simulator
    • Updates
  • News DC's Free-to-Play Marvel Tokon Rival Doesn't Look Great

    Small DCKO energy

    We’re getting a bad ass Marvel fighter next month in the form of Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, so you may have been hoping for something similar from DC. While rumours about Injustice 3 swirl, though, Warner Bros has announced a new free-to-play fighter based on the DCKO comic crossover series. Unfortu

    • Warner Bros
    • Mobile
    • DC Comics
  • News The Witness Dev's Next Game, Order of the Sinking Star, Revealed for PS5

    Releasing later in 2026

    Order of the Sinking Star, the next game from The Witness studio Thekla, has been knocking about in development for some time now. With the plan to release the puzzle game this year, though, it's now finally been confirmed a PS5 version is planned. The game is promising over 1,000 "interconnected, hand-crafted" puzzles from...

    • Arc Games
    • PS5
    • Order of the Sinking Star
    • Announcements
  • News Real Madrid, France Star Kylian Mbappe Fronts FC 27 Cover Art

    Full reveal on Thursday

    Hot off almost helping to overturn a 4-0 half-time lead, France forward Kylian Mbappe has been announced as the cover star for FC 27. A full reveal with a trailer and additional information will take place this Thursday, 23rd July 2026. For today, we have the boxart which Mbappe will front, with the below being the Ultimate...

    • EA Sports
    • PS5
    • EA Sports FC
  • News Against All Odds, Disappointing Arcade Racer Wreckreation Is Getting a PS5 Sequel

    Wreckreation 2 announced

    A sequel to Wreckreation was not on my bingo card, but that's exactly what we're getting. Simply named Wreckreation 2, the game was recently announced for PS5 and other platforms, coming from the newly-established studio When Tides Turn. When Tides Turn appears to be largely the same dev team that made the original, just...

    • When Tides Turn
    • PS5
    • Wreckreation 2
    • Announcements

Monday20th Jul 2026

  • Feature 70+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in PS Store's Massive Summer Sale (North America/Europe)

    PS5 and PS4 games going cheap we recommend

    The PS Store has embarked on its latest offer: the Summer Sale. Running from now all the way to 12th August, this is another gigantic sale with thousands of PS5 and PS4 games going for reduced prices. In this guide, we've compiled a select list of games going cheap that we think are worth considering...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Store
    • Deals
  • Guide These 20+ PS5 and PS Plus Games Are Coming Out This Week (20th-26th July)

    Avatar Legends! Disgaea Mayhem! So much more!

    This week is huge for PS Plus Extra subscribers, as there's really a ton of great games to download. But even if you're not, I think new releases like Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game should definitely demand your attention. Here's everything coming out this week. New PS5 Games This Week (20th-26th...

    • Guides
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Release Dates
    • Features
  • News 'Please Play When GTA 6 Comes Out': AC Black Flag Resynced Will Add New Features to Keep You Aboard

    New Game Plus and more incoming

    Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced launched only recently, but already, its director is promising more to come for the highly acclaimed remake. Speaking in a video interview, Ubisoft Singapore's Richard Knight is asked about post-launch support for the open world pirate adventure, and while he doesn't make any...

    • Ubisoft
    • PS5
    • Assassins Creed
    • Updates
  • News Ghost Recon: Wildlands Looks Set for PS5 Upgrade at 4K, 60FPS

    Along with a new mission

    Ubisoft appears to be preparing an updated and enhanced version of PS4 open worlder Ghost Recon: Wildlands, as per a new graphic uploaded to its Xbox Store page. On the listing for the Definitive Edition, an image highlights a "major update" that's yet to be released or confirmed by the French studio, which talks of 4K and...

    • Ubisoft
    • PS5
    • Ghost Recon