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TodayTue, 28th Apr 2026

  • News PS5 Confirmed to Be Affected by Game Expiry Issue, Sony Support Sends Mixed Messages on DRM

    Still no official statement after days of uncertainty

    There’s been huge concern among PS5 and PS4 owners today regarding an alleged form of DRM introduced by Sony which appears to suggest owned software will expire within a period of 30 days. However, it’s important to caution that the reporting thus far is inconsistent, there’s been no...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • DRM
  • News Wolverine PS5 Updates Still Coming in the Next Few Weeks

    Insomniac confirms its plans

    Insomniac has reiterated its plans to share more about Marvel's Wolverine during the Spring, even as its draws closer to its deadline. The season ends on 31st May 2026, meaning that the PS5 updates will drop in the next couple of weeks. The developer reaffirmed the reveal plans on social media, responding to a fan...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Wolverine
  • News UFC 6 Is Out Soon on PS5, But EA's Barely Said Anything About It

    Bruised and broken

    EA Sports is bringing back its wildly popular MMA fighting franchise for one more round, with EA Sports UFC 6 due out on 19th June for the PS5. Details about the game itself are agonisingly light, but the publisher has revealed a couple of bundles for you to pre-order. We’ll let you write your own jokes. For now, here’s what...

    • EA Sports
    • PS5
    • UFC
    • Announcements
  • News PS1 Classic Rugrats: Search for Reptar Returns on PS5, with 5 Other Games

    Tommy time

    Six classic Rugrats games, including the PS1’s iconic Rugrats: Search for Reptar, will be crawling to the PS5 this 15th May. Limited Run Games is adding to its line of retro compilations with Rugrats: Retro Rewind, featuring quality-of-life improvements for all its games, like save states and rewind. Here’s the full lineup, courtesy...

    • Limited Run Games
    • PS5
    • Rugrats
  • News Disgaea's Crazy Hack and Slash Spin-Off Nails Down July Release Date on PS5

    Enter the Mayhem

    Disgaea Mayhem, the hack and slash Disgaea spin-off that was confirmed for a western release a couple of months back, now has a proper launch date. It's bringing its especially mental brand of action to PS5 on the 23rd July, adding to what is quickly becoming a busy month for the console. It arrives just a couple of weeks after...

    • NIS America
    • PS5
    • Disgaea
    • Release Dates
    • Trailers

YesterdayMon, 27th Apr 2026

  • Feature 45+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in PS Store's Big Games Big Deals Sale (North America/Europe)

    Discounted PS5 and PS4 games we recommend

    The latest sale on the PS Store is live now, and it's running through to 6th May 2026. Named the Big Games Big Deals sale, it has thousands of PS5 and PS4 games included, and that can make it tough to find the stuff you want. In this list, we've put together a smaller selection of PS5 and PS4 games we...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Store
    • Deals
  • News These 6+ PS5, PS4 Games Will Be Delisted in May and June

    Sorry to see you go

    After a spate of delistings and server shutdowns in March and April, the next couple of months are looking a lot more relaxed on the PS Store. Of course, as is pretty much always the case, there are half-dozen or so things you need to be aware of. Here’s the upcoming schedule of potential disruption you should know about:...

    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Delistings
  • Guide These 23+ New PS5, PS4 Games Are Coming Out This Week (27th-3rd May)

    Saros! Invincible VS! NTE!

    It’s an absolutely gigantic week on the PS5 and PS4 this week, but two titles will probably take the bulk of the headlines. We’re obviously talking about first-party giga-hit Saros and fighting game Invincible VS. Spare a moment for the GTA-inspired gacha game NTE, too. Here's everything coming out this week. New...

    • Guides
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Release Dates
    • Features
  • News 'We're Going to Pull Funding if You Don't Fix This': Uncharted 4 Was Almost Cancelled on PS4 Because It 'Sucked'

    Game was redone from scratch

    We all know Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End was a troubled project. You may recall the game was originally announced alongside the launch of the PS4, with Amy Hennig at the helm. But she left Naughty Dog several years later, and The Last of Us duo Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley were parachu

    • Sony
    • PS4
    • Uncharted
  • News The Last of Us Online Was 'the Best Multiplayer Game' Devs Ever Played

    Not like this

    If you're still hurt by the cancellation of The Last of Us Multiplayer, then the following quotes won't make that pain any easier to bear: many Naughty Dog developers apparently considered it the "best multiplayer" game they'd ever played. The comment comes from the project's game director, Vinit Agarwal, who's been speaking about it...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • The Last of Us
  • News Final Fantasy X Turns 25 This Summer, as Square Enix Opens Special Website

    Blitzballin'

    Here's one that's got to make you feel old: Final Fantasy X is celebrating its 25th anniversary this summer. The beloved RPG, which first launched for the PS2 back in 2001, will be a quarter of a century old on the 19th July. And to help drum up some hype, Square Enix has opened a new website. At the time of writing, said website's...

    • Square Enix
    • PS4
    • PS3
    • PS2 Final Fantasy
  • News PS5 Price Increases Hit Another Region, Effective from 1st May

    Southeast Asia sees console price increases next

    Sony has revealed its recent spree of PS5 console price rises will spread to Southeast Asia, with the increases effective from Friday, 1st May 2026. An updated PlayStation Blog article details price increases for the standard PS5, PS5 Digital Edition, PS5 Pro, and the PS Portal in Singapore,...

    • Sony
    • PS5
  • News Crimson Desert Devs Get Huge Bonuses as Korean PM Praises PS5 Hit

    Finally, a feel good story

    Well, isn’t this nice? In an era of enshittification and layoffs, the devs at Crimson Desert maker Pearl Abyss have received huge bonuses for the game’s global success – and praise from Korea’s prime minister. Writing on social media, Kim Min-seok championed the Seoul studio for unlocking a “new chapter in...

    • Pearl Abyss
    • PS5
    • Crimson Desert
  • News Pragmata's Diana Hacks Resident Evil Social Pages, and It's Just Adorable

    She's discovered what Umbrella actually makes

    Diana from Pragmata is quite quickly becoming one of the video game faces of 2026, and Capcom is really leaning into it by letting the android hack into the social media channels of its other franchises. Today, she's taken over the Resident Evil social pages. Her self-portrait is the profile picture,...

    • Capcom
    • PS5
    • Pragmata
    • Resident Evil
  • News The Hollow Knight Inspiration Is Blatant in Promising PS5 Metroidvania Karma Exorcist

    Instant karma

    Karma Exorcist is a newly announced Metroidvania from a new studio named Cyclos, and it already looks pretty good. The game's based around Chinese mythology, and has you journey through the world of the dead, where a karmic imbalance is causing chaos. Your typical everyday problem, then. After giving its reveal trailer a watch, we...

    • Infini Fun
    • PS5
    • Karma Exorcist
    • Trailers
  • Feature Is Starfield's Crashing Finally Fixed on PS5?

    Wish upon a Starfield

    At this point we really shouldn't be surprised, but Bethesda somehow managed to release a borderline broken game on PS5, over two full years removed from its initial launch on other platforms. Now, to be clear, Starfield's crashing issues have not impacted every player — but reports have been so widespread and so numerous...

    • Bethesda
    • PS5
    • Starfield
    • Hands On
    • Features
  • News Assassin's Creed Hexe Development Doesn't Seem Like It's Going Too Well

    Director leaves, and more removed from project

    Announced way back in 2022, Assassin's Creed Hexe appears to have lost another director amid what seem to be turbulent times on the project. Benoit Richer has shared on LinkedIn that he's now moved away from his role as game director at Ubisoft Montréal. This follows a lot of big changes among...

    • Ubisoft
    • PS5
    • Assassins Creed
  • Guide Saros Guide: Tips, Tricks, and Everything You Need to Know

    All you need to know about Saros

    In this Saros guide, we take you through the basics of the game to ensure you're best prepared to meet its challenges. That includes finding collectibles, how to use Carcosan Modifiers, and how to get all Trophies. Collectibles: Throughout your journey across Carcosa, you will find a handful of collectibles that

    • Guides
    • Saros
    • PS5
  • News ARC Raiders Will Soon Look Even Better on PS5 Pro with New PSSR Support in Latest Update

    Brings "significant improvements"

    PS5's hit online multiplayer title ARC Raiders is set to receive a major update soon, and with that comes support for PS5 Pro's upgraded PSSR tech. Tomorrow, 28th April 2026, Embark Studios is releasing update 1.26 for its popular extraction shooter, and a big part of the patch is concerned with boosting the game's...

    • Embark Studios
    • PS5
    • Arc Raiders
    • Updates
  • News Star Wars: Galactic Racer Leak Points to PS5 Podracing in October

    Release date uploaded to Steam

    You will be playing Star Wars: Galactic Racer on PS5 from 6th October 2026, if a temporary update to the game's Steam page is to be believed. Over the weekend, the PC platform had the release date displayed publicly, but it has been pulled in the time since. Wario64 captured the date, along with its Deluxe Edition...

    • Lucasfilm Games
    • PS5
    • Star Wars
    • Leaks
  • News Star Wars Needs a Clean in PowerWash Simulator 2's Next DLC Pack on PS5

    The water pressure is strong with this one

    Developer FuturLab has announced the next premium DLC for its popular cleaning sim, PowerWash Simulator 2, and it's a big one. As revealed in the trailer below, Star Wars is the next stop in your digital power washing career: The DLC pack includes various famous places, vehicles, and other items from...

    • FuturLab
    • PS5
    • PowerWash Simulator 2
    • DLC
    • Trailers

Sunday26th Apr 2026

  • News Here's Your Very First Look at PS5's New Alien: Isolation Game

    Another perfect organism

    It was officially announced roughly 18 months ago now, and here – out of nowhere! – is your very first look at the new Alien: Isolation game. There’s honestly not a lot to see at all here: the trailer is 25 seconds long, features flashing lights, a sliding panel door, and an emergency phone booth. But honestly,...

    • SEGA
    • PS5
    • Alien
    • Trailers
  • News All-Time Great Ultra Street Fighter 4 on Sale for the First Time in 5 Years, Lowest Ever Price

    Shoryuken resist it?

    Capcom’s all-time great fighter Ultra Street Fighter 4, often credited with reviving the genre, is on sale on the PS4 for the first time in five years. You’re not reading that incorrectly: the title was last reduced in June 2021, when it dropped to $12.49/£9.99. It’s not been on sale once in the subsequent five years...

    • Capcom
    • PS4
    • Street Fighter
    • Deals
  • Feature 'This Feels Like Nothing Else Out There': Saros Devs on Making Another Standout PS5 Exclusive

    "I hope we're going to start calling them Returnal-likes at some point"

    Saros is the latest game from Finnish developer Housemarque, a long-established team that's been making banger games for decades. We really love this follow-up to Returnal — it builds on it in some really great ways that make getting to the brilliant action more accessible...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Saros
    • Interviews
    • Features
  • Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (April 26th 2026)

    Time Extension R-Type! Punch-Out!! Sega! Nintendo in Brazil!

    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. Punch Out!! NES's Cut "Guest Stars" To Appear In New Fanmade Game Boy Color Remix: The 1987 NES classic Punch Out!! could soon be making...

    • Retro Recap
    • Features
  • News This PS5 Roguelike Turns Alice in Wonderland into a Gritty Poker Action Game

    Curiouser and curiouser

    The spiritual successor to FuRyu’s CRYSTAR and CRYMACHINA will launch on 5th November for the PS5, with an Alice in Wonderland theme. Lewis Carroll’s iconic novel will form the backdrop for CRYMELIGHT, a “dark bishoujou action” roguelike which will incorporate poker themes into its battle system. Here’s the blurb,...

    • FuRyu
    • PS5
    • CRYMELIGHT
    • Announcements

Saturday25th Apr 2026

  • News PS5 Players Craving Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced, the Best-Selling Pre-Order in the USA, UK Already

    Doing the business on PS Store

    This week's big reveal of Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced seems to have gone down exceptionally well with PS5 owners, as the most expensive version of the remake is already topping the pre-order charts. In both the UK and the USA, the pricer Deluxe Edition is currently the "best-selling" pre-order on the PS...

    • Ubisoft
    • PS5
    • Assassins Creed
  • News GTA-Like Action Game Samson Is Coming to PS5, But We're Much Less Excited Now

    "We're correcting it almost daily"

    Back in January, we said Sony “must move mountains” to get Samson: A Tyndalston Story on the PS5. After a 51 rating for the PC version on Metacritic, we’re not so sure. But the game is coming this September anyway, as confirmed in an interview with

    • Liquid Swords
    • PS5
    • Samson
    • Announcements
  • Feature Meet the Man Making PS5 Manuals for Your Physical Games

    Book it

    No doubt like many of you, poring over PS1 manuals in the back of the car is a core memory for me. I used to get so excited for my latest game that I’d read the booklet from cover-to-cover, eagerly devouring as much information as I possibly could in anticipation of playing when I got home. Sadly, in this increasingly digital era, manuals...

    • PS5
    • Culture
    • Features
  • News 'We'll Share More When We're Ready': Xbox Wants to Make the 'Right Decision' on Exclusivity and PS5

    Not ready to commit to a timeline

    Earlier today we wrote extensively about Xbox leadership’s inability to stop speaking, and lo and behold, here’s another interview. That’s right, fresh from incoming CEO Asha Sharma’s address to the nation earlier this week – in which she confirmed the company is “

    • Xbox Game Studios
    • PS5
    • Industry
  • News Uncertainty Surrounds Rumoured Venom PS5 Game

    Is it cancelled or not?

    Conflicting reports on the status of the leaked Venom game from Insomniac have hit the Internet overnight. Speaking on a podcast, Miles Morales voice actor Nadji Jeter from the Marvel's Spider-Man titles said a "Venom game" and a "Venom DLC" were in the works, but then insinuates they were cancelled due to the passing of...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Venom
  • Round Up Saros PS5 Reviews Rate It as One of the Best Games of 2026

    Come back stronger

    It looks like Housemarque has done it again, as its latest game Saros is a smash hit with critics. The PS5 exclusive shooter has attracted near-unanimous praise, with reviews that are practically glowing pretty much everywhere you look. The reviews are strong enough to put it comfortably among the top-rated games of 2026 so far...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Saros
    • Reviews
    • Round Up
  • Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 630

    Take your pick

    It's raining games again, and we're all busy playing various different things here at Push Square Towers. That means we've got a pretty varied WAYP this week. Graham Banas: A big ol' VR weekend for me this time out. Between working on the new Little Nightmares game and finally pulling the trigger on Metro: Awakening on the heels of...

    • Talking Point
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • What Are You Playing
    • Features
  • Feature Going Platinum: I Went Full Trophy Sicko and Got the Bugsnax Platinum Twice on PS5 and PS4

    Bunger king

    Platinum Trophy #22 (and #23 I guess): Bugsnax Date Earned: 4th November 2020 (and also 25th November 2020) Dopamine Index: stars:4 I think it's here, with Bugsnax of all things, where I'm really beginning to let my inner Trophy hunter come to the fore. This is an interesting and odd one for a few reasons. Firstly, I reviewed Bugsnax...

    • Young Horses
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Bugsnax
    • Going Platinum

Friday24th Apr 2026

  • News 'PS5 Pro Redefines the Graphics Experience on Consoles': Assassin's Creed Remake Promises 'No Compromise' on Sony's System

    "We're extremely impressed"

    Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced promises to plunder the depths of the PS5 Pro’s power when it drops its anchor imminently, on 9th July. You can read a lot more through here about how the game is taking Edward Kenway’s incredible original adventure in a brilliant new direction, retaining the spirit of the 2013...

    • Ubisoft
    • PS5
    • Assassins Creed
  • Feature Xbox Is Flip-Flopping on PS5 Again, and It's Truly Getting Tiring

    Pick a lane

    There’s a deep irony to Xbox revealing it’s “re-evaluating” its PS5 strategy on the day co-dev Virtuos confirmed Forza Horizon 5 has sold five million copies on Sony’s console alone. Microsoft’s innate ability to build parasocial relationships with its biggest influencers temporarily too

    • Xbox Game Studios
    • Bethesda
    • Activision
    • PS5
    • Reaction
  • Review Saros (PS5) - Housemarque at the Peak of Its Powers with Its Best Game Yet

    Rahul breaker

    The thing about Housemarque is it makes some of the gamiest games in the AAA space, and that's a gift among big budget titles that play it so safe they start to feel a bit homogenous. With Returnal, the Finnish studio released the biggest game it had ever made. However, despite a substantial backing from Sony and a stronger focus on...

    • Reviews
    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Saros
  • Review Anbernic RG Vita Pro - A Vita In Name Only, And That's Okay

    Time Extension It looks like a duck, but doesn’t walk like one

    The PlayStation Vita was one of the first truly modern gaming handhelds, and, sadly, the last one that Sony made apart from the dubiously portable PlayStation Portal. It might have been a commercial failure, but the candybar layout, dual-stick design, and all-glass front set the stage for future...

    • Reviews
    • Anbernic
    • Emulation
    • Emulation Handhelds
  • News PS5 Live Service Fairgames Reportedly Roasted in Recent Pre-Alpha

    Not looking good

    At this point, we’re not sure Haven Studios can ever turn around the negative sentiment that’s stuck to Fairgames ever since it was revealed in 2023. The title got a worse reception than Concord, which would go on to release and subsequently be shut down within weeks. And yet, the project somehow persists. We know the Canadian...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Fairgames
  • News Toei's Trio of First Games Hold Little Interest for PS5 Players

    Cool story, bro

    Toei Games, the newly established publisher formed under the animation powerhouse’s umbrella, has announced its first trio of games. Is it a new One Piece? Or a new Dragon Ball? Nah, actually there’s nothing of interest for PS5 players here. In fact, it looks like the company is aiming to become some kind of boutique publisher...

    • Toei Games
    • PS5
  • News PS Plus Retro Games Studio Snapped Up by Atari

    Implicit Conversions acquired

    Atari has announced its acquisition of Implicit Conversions, a studio specialising in bringing retro games to modern systems, as reported by GamesBeat. Notably, Implicit Conversions is the team responsible for many of the classic titles made available on PS5 and PS4 as part of PS Plus Premium's range of old games. The...

    • Atari
    • Implicit Conversions
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Plus
  • News Expedition 33 Gets Free PS5 Content Update as It Turns One Year Old and Surpasses 8 Million Sales

    Available now

    It's been a full year since the release of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, a turn-based RPG that quickly became a phenomenon. To celebrate the game's first anniversary, developer Sandfall Interactive has just released a new patch that, as well as some fixes and adjustments, introduces some brand new content for fans to enjoy. It's...

    • Kepler Interactive
    • PS5
    • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
    • Updates
  • News SEGA to Revive Old IP Like Outrun, Streets of Rage, and NiGHTS in New SEGA Universe Project

    New projects to celebrate their anniversaries

    SEGA has revealed plans to celebrate some of its legacy IP this year in the form of "anniversary projects", under the new banner of SEGA Universe. While it is not confirmed every project will take the form of a new video game, the pitch from the publisher is as follows: "We’ll shine a light on beloved...

    • SEGA
    • PS5
  • News 'It Truly Excels': Saros Is Another 'Exceptional' PS5 Pro Game, Say Tech Experts

    Particle accelerator

    We're on the verge of release for Saros, Housemarque's brilliant PS5 exclusive third-person shooter, and Digital Foundry has provided its usual technical breakdown. The overall message seems to be that the studio has done a smashing job, finding a great balance between image quality, visual effects, and performance. That's to...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Saros
  • News 'You'll Experience a Noticeable Leap in Visuals': Genshin Impact Outlines Big Graphical Improvements as It Waves Goodbye to PS4

    Major region Snezhnaya arrives in August

    Genshin Impact is no longer playable on the PS4, and HoYoverse is plotting a “truly noticeable leap in visual quality” as it focuses all its attention on the PS5. Earlier today, the studio released a behind-the-scenes video about the open world RPG’s long anticipated region, Snezhnaya. The headline...

    • HoYoverse
    • PS5
    • Genshin Impact
    • Updates
  • News Elden Ring Movie Leaks Galore as Multiple Filming Clips Are Posted Online

    Dung Eater and Queen Marika spotted on set

    At this rate, you'll have seen half the Elden Ring movie adaptation from some perspective before it even hits theatres, as many more clips of filming taking place have appeared online. Filming is now actively taking place, and clips from people near the sets have recorded footage of the scenes in action...

    • A24
    • Movies
    • Elden Ring
  • News Sorry Fall Guys, But This Free-to-Play PS5 Party Platformer Looks a Lot More Fun

    An online party platform

    Fall Guys was big for five minutes but it’s really fallen off since Epic bought the developer. Attempts to integrate it into Fortnite have fallen flat, and the shameless Stumble Guys has largely eaten its lunch. And now Totopia, a free-to-play rival from China, has been announced, ahead of a release in 2027. As the...

    • JNG Studio
    • PS5
    • Totopia
  • News Fatal Fury PS5, PS4's Massive Anniversary Update Is Free to Download Now

    SNK going all-out

    SNK’s superbly supported Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves is going above and beyond with its first anniversary update, adding a visual novel-style story mode for free on 24th April. Available alongside DLC character Wolfgang Krauser, the new single player Wolves’ Destiny mode will depict the aforementioned emperor’s return to...

    • SNK
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Fatal Fury
    • DLC
  • News Resident Evil Requiem's Insane Momentum Continues with 7 Million Copies Sold

    Holy s***, two cakes

    Capcom has really knocked it out of the park with Resident Evil Requiem, a game that got off to an incredible start in late February and has been selling like hot cakes ever since. The series has been a strong performer for the publisher, but this latest horror action adventure has taken things up a notch. It's the...

    • Capcom
    • PS5
    • Resident Evil
    • Sales
  • News Invincible VS' PS5 Story Trailer Has Fans Joking It Looks Better Than the Show

    An all-new original story

    Like most modern fighting games, Invincible VS will have a cinematic story mode – and here’s your first look at it in motion. Many are already joking that the animation looks better than the popular Amazon Prime show, and there’s no doubt the game’s excellent 3D models look remarkable in motion. It’s got a kinda...

    • Skybound Games
    • PS5
    • Invincible VS
    • Trailers