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  • News Guerrilla Games Came Up with Its Own Upscaling Tech for Decima Engine, and It Rivals PSSR

    Who needs PSSR 2.0?

    Earlier this week, Sony shared the PC specs required to run Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, and it came with a small but interesting detail that's worth highlighting. As it turns out, Guerrilla Games, makers of Horizon, implemented its own upscaling solution for titles made using its Decima engine. Decima hasn't been used for...

    • Sony
    • Guerrilla Games
    • PS5
  • News Wolverine PS5 Release Date Reveal Sparks Bluepoint Cover-Up Claims

    "Y'all are so desperate"

    Marvel’s Wolverine is releasing on 15th September, but some fans are surprised by how Sony shared the news. The announcement came suddenly on a Tuesday morning, with no new trailer, gameplay, or word of pre-order bonuses. Some conspiracy theorista believe there’s a reason for this: the announcement was made to bury the...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Wolverine
  • Feature Marathon Collector's Edition Might Be the Best We've Ever Seen

    Style is the name of the game

    We’ve been lucky enough to get our hands on the Marathon Collector’s Edition (courtesy of Bungie) ahead of the game’s launch on PS5 on 5th March. Bungie’s upcoming extraction shooter is easily one of the most stylish-looking games of 2026. Whether it's the design of the maps on Tau Ceti IV, or the...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Marathon
    • Videos
    • Features
  • News New Saros PS5 Gameplay Footage Is Brief But Cool as Heck

    Housemarque gives us a tiny taste

    Before we all get too excited about Marvel's Wolverine and GTA 6, let's not forget about Saros — Housemarque's follow-up to the brilliant Returnal. It's due to launch on 30th April, so it's only a couple of months away at this point. As big fans of the studio and the vast majority of its output, we're extremely...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Saros
  • News PlayStation Visited Kojima Productions Lately, But What For?

    Kojima's been editing trailers again

    Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), or PlayStation to most of us, paid a visit to Kojima Productions in Tokyo recently, and it begs the question — what was discussed? Yesterday, 24th February 2026, Hideo Kojima posted about the platform holder's presence at his studio, and it looks as though the team brought...

    • Sony
    • Kojima Productions
  • News It's a Big Week for Fans of Arcade Racing Games on PS5

    Let's show our support

    Do you love arcade racing games? Well, it’s time to put your money where your mouth is, because this is shaping up to be a big week. As we write this, Genki’s legendary Tokyo Xtreme Racer has just released on PS5. The origins of the franchise date all the way back to the SEGA Saturn, but many of you will probably have...

    • Hamster
    • Genki
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Tokyo Xtreme Racer
  • News Guilty Gear Strive 2.00 Still on Schedule Despite Months of Silence

    Still Striving

    Announced all the way back in the summer of last year — during Evo 2025, to be precise — Guilty Gear Strive's 2.00 update is set to be a significant overhaul. The only problem is that we're still waiting on the details. Developer Arc System Works attached a very vague '2026' window to version 2.00, and it's been silent on the...

    • Arc System Works
    • PS5
    • Guilty Gear
  • News Konami's Iconic X-Men Arcade Game Coming to PS5 Alongside Other Marvel Classics

    With rollback netcode

    Konami’s all-time classic X-Men: The Arcade Game is coming to the PS5 with six-player online and rollback netcode. The 1992 beat-em-up is considered among the genre’s finest, and was briefly ported to the PS3 in 2010, before being delisted a few years later. The game will be included as part of a new compilation from...

    • Limited Run Games
    • PS5
    • Marvel MaXimum Collection
    • Announcements
  • News Amazon Walks Away from Open World Racing Game from Ex-Forza Horizon Devs

    It's still being made though

    Amazon Game Studios is dropping its involvement with Maverick Games, a studio that's been busy making a brand new, open world racing game. According to a report from The Game Business, the company will no longer be publishing the title, which has yet to be formally revealed. However, that doesn't mean the game is...

    • Amazon Games
    • Industry
  • News Horror-Tinged Assassin's Creed Hexe Loses Its Creative Director Years into Development

    New AC boss takes over

    Do you remember Assassin's Creed Hexe? It was officially announced all the way back in 2022 alongside Assassin's Creed Shadows, and as far as we know, it's been in some form of development ever since. However, VGC is now reporting that the project has lost its creative director, Clint Hocking. His departure is no doubt linked...

    • Ubisoft
    • Assassins Creed
  • Feature 40+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in PS Store's Dealmania Sale

    Cheap PS5 and PS4 games we recommend

    Ring the bell, it's new sale time on the PS Store. Sony's latest bargain bonanza, named Dealmania, is upon us, and it runs from now until 11th March 2026. There are thousands of PS5 and PS4 games with discounted prices, which can be a lot to browse through. To help out, we've put together this list of...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Store
    • Deals
  • News Ninja Gaiden 4 DLC Drops Next Week on PS5, Adding New Chapters, Weapons, Enemies, and More

    Would Ryu look at that

    Ninja Gaiden 4's promised DLC — titled The Two Masters — will launch next week, on the 4th March. Set to bolster the already super stylish (and super satisfying) action title, the expansion adds three new campaign chapters, two new weapons, new enemy types, new trials, and a new challenge mode, dubbed 'Abyssal Road'...

    • Xbox Game Studios
    • PS5
    • Ninja Gaiden
    • Release Dates
    • Trailers
  • News PS Plus Essential Games for March 2026 Announced

    Hope you like golf

    The PS Plus Essential lineup for March 2026 has been officially announced, and as per usual, subscribers can look forward to four games spread across PS5 and PS4. We already knew about one of these titles, because it was leaked earlier this week. We are, of course, talking about the inclusion of PGA Tour 2K25 — a sports sim...

    • PS Plus
    • PS5
    • PS4
  • Random "They Wanted It Dark And Sexy" - Maximo: Ghosts to Glory Artist On The "R-Rated" Version We Never Got To Play

    Time Extension "I think they most likely went 'Woah, this is way too dark'"

    If you're a huge fan of the Ghost 'n Goblins series or just so happened to own a PS2 back in the early 2000s, you might remember Maximo: Ghosts to Glory. Developed by Capcom's American branch, in collaboration with legendary Famitsu artist Susumu Matsushita, Maximo was a 3D-based...

    • Random
    • News
    • Capcom
    • PS2
  • News PS5 Pro Upgrade Details Spotted, as Sony Patents PSSR 2.0 Tech

    Rumoured release imminent

    A freshly spotted Sony patent has shed a little more light on PSSR 2.0 — the update that's coming to PS5 Pro at some point this year. Rumour has it that the software upgrade is launching very soon indeed, so the timing of this patent perhaps adds some weight to the whispers. As is usually the case with tech-based...

    • Sony
    • PS5 Pro
  • News Kratos Now Knows His TV Show Villain for God of War Series

    Ed Skrein to play Baldur

    Baldur, the Norse god who helps to kickstart the events of God of War 2018, will be played by Ed Skrein in the upcoming TV adaptation from Amazon Prime. The London-born actor is best known for roles in Jurassic World: Rebirth (as Bobby Atwater) and Deadpool (as Ajax). A visual comparison of the actor and character can be...

    • Amazon
    • TV
    • God of War
  • News 'The Plan's the Plan Until It's Not the Plan': Xbox All Over the Place on Future PS5 Ports

    "I need to learn"

    We’re not sure why new Xbox boss Asha Sharma is conducting exclusive interviews with Windows Central little more than 24 hours into her tenure, but as we’ve all observed over the past few years, Microsoft executives tend to love to talk. So, while she openly admits she needs to “learn [about the business] candidly”, here...

    • Microsoft
    • Xbox Game Studios
    • PS5
    • Industry
  • News Things Sure Aren't Sounding Good for French Publisher Nacon

    Firm files for insolvency

    With the announcement of next week’s Nacon Connect, you may be forgiven for thinking all is well with the French publisher. That’s unfortunately not the case. In a letter published today, the firm has filed for insolvency. To cut to the chase, its majority shareholder Bigben Interactive recently defaulted on its...

    • Nacon
    • Industry
  • News This Is the Next PS5 Gacha That's Going to Eat Up All Your Time

    Sinful stuff

    If the excellent Arknights: Endfield didn’t already have you pondering how you’re going to stay on top of your gacha dailies, then this epic The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin launch trailer definitely will. As we’re not intimately familiar with the manga source material, we’re going to defer to the press release to explain what’s...

    • Netmarble
    • PS5
    • The Seven Deadly Sins
    • Trailers
  • News If This Marathon Trailer Doesn't Get You Hyped for the PS5 FPS, Nothing Will

    By hook or Rook

    After a shaky reveal period, Marathon’s marketing has been on point for a while now. But this latest cinematic trailer, released prior to the game’s impending server slam, is the piece de resistance so far. It depicts a Rook – a lone Runner, searching for scraps – after a climactic battle. As he tries to prise some loot...

    • Bungie
    • PS5
    • Marathon

Tuesday24th Feb 2026

  • News Sony Returns to Social Media After 72 Hour Hiatus But Fans Still Aren't Happy Following Bluepoint Closure

    "Fire Hermen Hulst"

    Sony has seemingly ceased all social media activities following the devastating news involving Bluepoint this week. In the immediate aftermath of the unfortunate news breaking about the Demon’s Souls remake dev, a scheduled post on Marathon was published across all of PlayStation’s accounts. While it’s likely the post had...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Industry
  • News Marvel's Wolverine PS5 Release Date Announced

    When's it out, bub?

    Out of absolutely nowhere, Insomniac Games has revealed the release date for the hotly anticipated Marvel's Wolverine. Per the social post shared by the studio, the PS5 exclusive superhero blockbuster launches on 15th September, 2026: No other follow-up details have been shared at this time. You can wishlist the game on PS...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Marvels Wolverine
    • Release Dates
  • News PS Store Adds Another Layer of Transparency to PS5, PS4 Game Pricing

    Rolling out globally

    The PS Store has gradually been getting better throughout the PS5's lifecycle, and another update has arrived on the console storefront to make your purchases that little bit more informed. In an update that's rolling out globally at the time of writing, Sony has made it so that a game's PS Store page now shows the price at...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Store
  • News The Simpsons: Hit & Run Studio Returns, and Fans Are Hopeful for a Remaster

    Renamed New Radical Games

    There's a huge amount of nostalgia for The Simpsons: Hit & Run, which most would agree is the best video game based on the long-running animated series. The GTA-lite action adventure originally released in 2003, developed by Radical Entertainment, and fans have been clamouring for a remaster or remake for a long time...

    • New Radical Games
    • The Simpsons Hit & Run
  • News Original Xbox Creator Shares Brutal Opinion of New Leadership, Believes This Is the End of Xbox

    "Xbox is being sunsetted"

    "Xbox, like a lot of businesses that aren't the core AI business, is being sunsetted. They don't say that, but that's what's happening." This is the frankly brutal take of original Xbox co-creator Seamus Blackley, who believes that the Team in Green's recent leadership change all comes down to Microsoft's continued chase...

    • Microsoft
    • Xbox
    • Industry
  • News Don't Worry, Team Ninja Split Doesn't Impact Nioh, Ninja Gaiden, Dead or Alive Dev

    Like a Gust of wind

    In a bid to bolster its most effective development teams, publisher Koei Tecmo is in the process of reshuffling its studios. It's a move that's currently making headlines, because at a glance, it suggests that Team Ninja is being split apart and reassigned. While the overhaul will see an entire division of Team Ninja be...

    • Koei Tecmo
    • Team Ninja
    • Industry
  • News Wait! Some Fans Will Be Playing Horizon's Divisive PS5, PC Multiplayer Game This Weekend

    Gather round

    Wow, Guerrilla’s really not messing around with this one: the first closed beta test for the divisive Horizon Hunters Gathering will get underway this weekend. Yes, you read that correctly – it means selected fans will be playing the game in just a few short days, as confirmed in an email from PlayStation. Those who are part of...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PC
    • Horizon
    • Betas
  • News Craving Classic Castlevania? Saint Slayer Hits PS5, PS4 This April

    8-bit action with full local co-op

    If you’re looking forward to the new Castlevania game coming from Konami later this year, then may we recommend Saint Slayer: Spear of Sacrilege in the meantime. It’s due out 20th April for both PS5 and PS4. This throwback NES-inspired adventure looks to take its inspiration from the early era of Castlevania,...

    • Lillymo Games
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Saint Slayer
  • News Sony Puts Must-Own PS5 Accessories on Sale in the US

    Including PSVR2, Access Controller, and more

    A big part of PlayStation’s business has become its portfolio of officially licensed accessories, from headphones to headsets and everything in between. Right now, on Sony’s official storefront PS Direct in the US, the company has temporarily slashed the price of a variety of its all-important...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Accessories
  • News Kingdom Come: Deliverance Director Ditches Game Development to Work on Medieval Movie

    Kingdom came and went

    Kingdom Come: Deliverance developer Warhorse Studios is (technically) losing one of its most prominent figures, as director and writer Daniel Vávra steps away from the beloved RPG series, and games in general. Instead, Vávra will help lead the Kingdom Come: Deliverance movie project, which makes for an interesting twist...

    • Warhorse Studios
    • PS5
    • Kingdom Come
    • Industry
  • News 'No Second Chances': Marathon Cheaters Will Be Banned Forever, Bungie Says

    Hardball

    Bungie is on the verge of launching its latest game, Marathon — an extraction multiplayer shooter based on the studio's old series. Releasing on PS5, PC, and Xbox Series X|S on 5th March 2026, the sci-fi FPS is just over a week away, and the team has shared a blog post highlighting its efforts regarding network and security measures...

    • Bungie
    • PS5
    • Marathon
  • News Here's How Beefy a PC You'll Need for Death Stranding 2

    PC specs revealed

    Sony and Kojima Productions are set to release Death Stranding 2: On the Beach on PC imminently, and ahead of the launch date of 19th March, the official PC specs have been revealed. We're not going to pretend we know exactly what we're talking about when it comes to PC hardware gubbins, but we'll happily share the information so...

    • Sony
    • PC
    • Death Stranding 2
  • News Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter Scores a Super Expensive, Time-Limited Special Edition

    Bracer yourself

    Western publisher GungHo Online Entertainment knows it's got something special on its hands with Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter, and so that's probably why it's given this very expensive physical edition the green light. Priced at a whopping $274.99 / £239.00 on PS5 — and that's without shipping — the 'Golden Wings Edition' is...

    • GungoHo Online Entertainment
    • PS5
    • Trails
  • News Sonic the Hedgehog Faces His Biggest Test Yet in Upcoming Godzilla Crossover Comic

    Let them fight

    If you enjoyed the recent DC x Sonic the Hedgehog comic book miniseries, then we suspect you may be all-in on this all-new crossover from IDW. In what’s looking like the Blue Blur’s biggest battle yet, he’ll face off against Godzilla in an all-new larger-than-life story, penned by Godzilla Rivals’ Nick Marino and drawn by...

    • IDW
    • Sonic
    • Godzilla
    • Comics
  • News MOUSE: P.I. For Hire Delayed Another Month on PS5 to Make It 'An Experience to Remember'

    Now launching in April

    MOUSE: P.I. For Hire, the black-and-white, hand-animated FPS, has been delayed. It was previously targeting 19th March, 2026, but its release date has now moved a few weeks to 16th April. Developer Fumi Games and publisher PlaySide Studios shared a statement about the decision on the game's social channels: "We have made...

    • PlaySide
    • PS5
    • MOUSE: P.I. For Hire
    • Release Dates
    • Delays

Monday23rd Feb 2026

  • Feature Last Chance to Buy These 70+ PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store's Critics' Choice Sale

    Top PS5 and PS4 games going cheap

    Sony has introduced its latest offer to the PS Store, and this time it's the Critics' Choice sale. Closing on 25th February 2026, it contains thousands of digital goodies to browse through. To make that experience a little easier to manage, we've put together a shorter list of games we wholeheartedly recommend...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Store
    • Deals
  • News First PS Plus Essential Game for March 2026 Leaked Early

    Forward, March

    Like clockwork, Billbil-kun has leaked one of the titles in PS Plus Essential's upcoming monthly games selection. The leaker, who has accurately named countless PS Plus games in the past, reports via Dealabs that the "headline" game for March 2026's lineup will be PGA Tour 2K25. It'll be one of the games made available to all PS...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS Plus
    • Leaks
  • Feature Last Chance to Get These 30+ PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store's PlayStation Indies Sale

    Discounted PS5 and PS4 games we recommend

    If the Critics' Choice sale isn't enough for you, Sony has now introduced a second offer on the PS Store — the PlayStation Indies sale. Closing on 25th February 2026, it features another big batch of PS5 and PS4 games going cheap. We've whittled down the sale to a more manageable list of recommendations...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Store
    • Deals
  • Guide These 12+ PS5, PS4 Games Are Coming Out This Week (23rd-1st March)

    Resident Evil Requiem! Tokyo Xtreme Racer! Towerborne!

    Whew, the number of games coming out this week may not be particularly high, but they're big'uns! You've got Tokyo Xtreme Racer making its long-awaited return, as well as Xbox's Towerborne dropping at last. And oh yeah, there's a little game called Resident Evil Requiem coming out. Here's...

    • Guides
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Release Dates
    • Features
  • The Making Of Omega Boost - "Layzner's Movement Was Burned Into My Imagination" - How Yuji Yasuhara Created A PS1 Mecha Classic

    Time Extension "If you entrust this to me, I will absolutely make it work"

    One of the mecha games on the original PlayStation was Omega Boost. Affording 360-degrees of gameplay, it was and still is a unique game. So I was elated to be able to talk with the game’s main programmer and game designer, Yuji Yasuhara, about how the game got made. Before we got to...

    • Features
    • The Making Of
    • PS1
  • News Roguelite Double Dragon Gaiden Is Quietly Becoming a PS5, PS4 Must Play

    Bimmy becomes canon

    We liked retro beat-‘em-up roguelite Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons when it first released, but outstanding post-release support has quietly transformed this into a PS5 and PS4 essential. Dev Secret Base has been adding free character content to this game for over a year now, culminating in the release of four new...

    • Maximum Entertainment
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Double Dragon
    • Updates
  • News Yet Another Live Service Game Bites the Dust, But PS5 Players Get a Full Refund

    Meat your maker

    Hey, remember King of Meat? Maybe? Kind of? Well, it released for PS5 on the 7th October last year, and now it's been removed for digital storefronts, ahead of being completely shut down in April. This is an online-only co-op game published by Amazon Game Studios, where teams of up to four players can tackle community-made dungeons...

    • Amazon Games
    • PS5
    • King of Meat
  • News Forza Horizon 6's Renewed Focus on Progression Casts You as a Nobody in Japan

    Playground talks game structure

    While Forza Horizon 5 is a great open world arcade racer, it can very easily overwhelm with its constant unlocks and countless activities to chase. Especially coming to it late on PS5, it throws a lot at you from the off. It's very refreshing, then, that Forza Horizon 6 has an overhauled progression system that'll...

    • Xbox Game Studios
    • PS5
    • Forza Horizon
  • News The Critically Acclaimed Riven Remake Looks Like It's Headed for PS5

    Getting Myst-y eyed

    It looks as though the remake of Riven is due to release imminently on PS5. The game is a classic first-person puzzle adventure that first released in 1997, but in 2024, developer Cyan Worlds released a full blown remake on PC. Now, it appears it'll be making its debut on consoles in due course. As reported by Gematsu, this...

    • Cyan Worlds
    • PS5
    • Riven
    • Trophies
  • News Monster Hunter Stories 3 Is Just as Long as Previous Games, Despite Being Way More Cinematic

    Winging it

    Despite a clear focus on more ambitious storytelling, complete with loads of big budget cutscenes, Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection is just about as long as its relatively humble predecessors. This is according to a 4Gamer interview that's been doing the rounds, in which series veteran and executive producer Ryozo Tsujimoto...

    • Capcom
    • PS5
    • Monster Hunter
  • News Saints Row Is 'Dead' Says Design Director After Prequel Pitch 'Ghosted' by Embracer Group

    Death row

    It sounds like the Saints Row series isn't doing too hot right now. Chris Stockman, design director on the first game in the franchise, certainly seems to think it's the end of the road for the open world action series. A few months ago, Stockman shared with the Saints Row Reddit that he was asked to propose

    • Embracer Group
    • PS5
    • Saints Row
  • News 'A Level of Passion That's Never Been Seen Before':.hack//ZERO Developer Goes All-In On New RPG

    ZERO to hero

    In case you missed it, a brand new .hack game was announced last week, named .hack//ZERO. The reveal was obviously a big deal for developer CyberConnect 2, in celebration of the company's 30th anniversary — but it really does sound like the studio's throwing absolutely everything at the project. Indeed, the revival of .hack is so...

    • CyberConnect 2
    • .hack
  • News Origins, Black Flag Creative Director Made Head of Assassin's Creed Franchise

    History repeats

    Following a significant shakeup of its overall business and production pipelines, Ubisoft has revealed that three franchise veterans will be responsible for Assassin's Creed going forward, under its new Vantage Studios umbrella. Given that this news has been broken by Variety magazine of all things (alongside Ubisoft's own

    • Ubisoft
    • Assassins Creed
    • Industry
  • News Legendary Anime Evangelion Is Getting a Brand New Series Written by NieR's Yoko Taro

    NieR and far

    In news that's got the world of anime rubbing its eyes, a brand new Evangelion series has been announced. But what does that have to do with video games? Well, it's actually being written by Yoko Taro — the (often twisted) mind behind the NieR games. We certainly didn't see that one coming. What's more, the score's being handled by...

    • Anime
    • Culture