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  • News Highguard Permanently Shuts Down on 12th March

    Going offline forever

    Highguard developer Wildlight Entertainment has confirmed its failed live service shooter shall be shut down and taken offline permanently next week on 12th March 2026. After attracting a large player base on release day in January, users quickly fell off and a number of updates and bonus modes failed to bring many players...

    • Wildlight Entertainment
    • PS5
    • Highguard
  • News Physical Game Sales Hit All-Time Low in the US

    Discless wonder

    In 2025, physical game spending dropped to a new low in the US. This is according to Circana analyst Mat Piscatella, who reports that based on tracked data — which dates back to 1995 — sales reached just $1.5 billion. Again, an all-time low. Now, obviously, physical games still make money — it's not like physical media is...

    • Sales
    • Industry
  • News At Long Last, #DRIVE Rally Brings Its Arcadey Style to PS5 This Summer

    Beep beep

    We first covered #DRIVE Rally back in late 2023, and we've been wondering exactly what happened to its console release in the meantime. Fortunately, we now have a firm answer; the arcadey rally racer is coming to PS5 at last on 18th June, 2026. It appears as though the PS4 version has fallen by the wayside. The game first arrived on PC...

    • PM Studios
    • PS5
    • Drive Rally
    • Release Dates
  • News Bandai Namco Teases 'New RPG', to Be Revealed This Week

    Play your role

    Bandai Namco has teased the announcement of a "new RPG" for this Thursday (or Friday, depending on your timezone). The teaser's currently scheduled over on YouTube, and it's already causing mass speculation. The short description reads: "A serenity soon to be disturbed." Hmmm. The thumbnail doesn't seem to give anything away, and...

    • Bandai Namco
  • News Bungie Confirms First Two Marathon Seasons, Both Adding Free Content

    Season 1 until June, Season 2 then until August

    As it does with Destiny 2, developer Bungie will be hoping Marathon becomes enough of a success to let it support it with new content in the years to come. To that end, the studio has shared what to expect from the game's first two seasons. Season 1 lines up with the title's launch later this week, on...

    • Bungie
    • PS5
    • Marathon
  • News Patapon's Gorgeous Spiritual Successor Marches onto PS5, PS4 in July

    Ratatan summer

    Ratatan, the rhythm strategy game from the minds behind Patapon, now has a release date. The colourful spiritual successor finally comes to PS5 and PS4 on 16th July, 2026, as revealed in this new trailer: Ratatan was originally unveiled as a Kickstarter project, which was very successful, and it's now been a good couple of years...

    • Ratata Arts
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Ratatan
    • Release Dates
  • News Acclaimed Twin-Stick Shooter Minishoot' Adventures Available Now on PS5

    Ship shape

    Minishoot' Adventures, a highly-acclaimed little game that combines twin-stick shooting and adventure elements, is now available on consoles, including PS5. After launching first on PC, the game has just hit the PS Store at $15.99/£11.99. Here's the console announcement trailer: As mentioned, Minishoot' Adventures (yes, the...

    • Seaven Studio
    • PS5
    • Minishoot Adventures
  • News The Budget Alice-In-Wonderland-Inspired PS2 Horror Game 'Tairyou Jigoku' Is Now Available In English

    Time Extension The new fan translation is based on the Spanish translation from 2021

    Fans of Japanese horror can now play one of the PS2's creepier and more unusual survival horror games in English, thanks to a new translation patch from the hacker DrewM-Hax0r. The Tairyou Jigoku (otherwise known as The Overwhelming Hell) was a game developed by Tamsoft for D3...

    • News
    • PS2
    • Fan Translations
  • News Wild Train Game Denshattack Will Brighten Up Your Summer on PS5

    Release date announced

    The extremely promising Denshattack finally has a release date. Publisher Fireshine Games and developer Undercoders have announced the arcadey train game is heading to PS5 on 17th June, 2026. The news comes via a super stylish new trailer: You control a train hurtling along the track at crazy speeds, able to flip and...

    • Fireshine Games
    • PS5
    • Denshattack
    • Release Dates
    • Trailers
  • News Promising PS5 Music Adventure Game Mixtape Gets May 2026 Launch

    From the team behind The Artful Escape

    The Artful Escape developer Beethoven And Dinosaur has revealed it'll be following up on its debut project with Mixtape on 7th May 2026. Having been announced a few years ago, the final release date was shared during the latest Nintendo Indie World livestream. Check it out above. Footage mostly covers the...

    • Annapurna Interactive
    • PS5
    • Mixtape
    • Release Dates
  • Rumour GTA 6 Pre-Orders Incoming as Game IDs Are Finally Added to PS5 Database

    Lock and load

    Pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto 6 could be going live in the near future, as per fresh information from a reliable leaker. Said leaker is PlayStation Game Size, who regularly takes to X (formerly Twitter) in order to share details taken from the PS Store's database. The account claims that title IDs for Rockstar's hugely anticipated...

    • Rockstar Games
    • PS5
    • Grand Theft Auto
    • GTA
    • Rumours
  • News FlatOut Fans, Take Heed: Spiritual Successor Trail Out Crashes onto PS5 This Week

    Crash bang wallop

    If you're into aggressive, destruction-heavy racing games like Wreckfest and FlatOut, you may want to pay attention to Trail Out. Developed by Good Boys, the game follows in the footsteps of Bugbear Entertainment's destructive racers, and it's finally coming to PS5 after several delays. The team confirmed the new release date on...

    • Crytivo
    • PS5
    • Trail Out
    • Release Dates
  • News As Sonic 4 Movie Officially Begins Filming, Reports Say Sir Ben Kingsley Is Involved

    Hammer time

    Sonic the Hedgehog 4 -- as in the movie, not the game — has officially kicked off filming. The news was shared by director Jeff Fowler, who has been at the helm of all four films. He's seen pictured below, with Amy Rose's signature hammer over his shoulder. She's due to make her proper debut in the sequel, which will hit theatres in...

    • SEGA
    • Paramount
    • Sonic the Hedgehog
    • Movies
  • News God of War TV Casting Spree Continues with Modi, Magni, Gna, and Thrud Actors

    Thor's family fleshed out

    Amazon has shared another set of casting announcements for its upcoming God of War TV show, this time confirming who will play Modni, Magni, Gna, and Thrud in the live-action adaptation. With Ólafur Darri Ólafsson already confirmed to play Thor, the latest news fleshes out his family members with actors to play his two...

    • Amazon
    • TV
    • God of War
  • News Capcom to Show What It's Got After Resident Evil Requiem in Spotlight Showcase

    30 minutes of info and updates incoming

    Capcom has announced it'll be hosting another of its Spotlight livestreams later this week, having just put out Resident Evil Requiem. For the first time in a while, the showcase won't contain any Resident Evil titles at all. Instead, this is what will be part of the show: Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted...

    • Capcom
    • PS5
  • News Marvel Tokon Making Refinements Based on Player Feedback in the Run Up to Launch

    Beta making it better

    Sony and Arc System Works' exciting fighting game, Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, finally got a release date (and a few more confirmed characters) at the recent State of Play, and it seems to be shaping up very nicely. There are just a few months between now and the game's launch on 6th August 2026, and it seems the developer...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PC
    • Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls
  • News March 2026 PS Plus Essential Games Available to Download Now

    Redeemable until 6th April

    Sony has made the PS Plus Essential games for March 2026, which it revealed last week, available to all members. The lineup is out now and live now across the UK and Europe, and the USA gains access later in the day. Here's a reminder of what's on offer for PS Plus Essential subscribers for March 2026: PGA Tour 2K25...

    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Plus

YesterdayMon, 2nd Mar 2026

  • Feature 40+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in PS Store's Dealmania Sale (North America/Europe)

    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 Crimson Desert Tech Analysis Raises More Questions About PS5 Performance

    PC build impresses

    Our friends over at Digital Foundry just published an in-depth look at Crimson Desert, the open world adventure that's set release for PS5 in just over a couple of weeks. The aforementioned analysis, however, is all about the game's performance on PC, and the tech that's behind its impressive visuals and physics. In short, Pearl...

    • Pearl Abyss
    • PS5
    • Crimson Desert
  • Opinion If Sony's Doubling Down on Its Most Popular Franchises, Where's Uncharted?

    Safe bets

    It isn't a new observation to declare we're very much in the age of IP, revisiting the same popular franchises over and over again. There's a good reason it's happening — games (or any media) following this tactic sell, and fresh, new ideas are risky business when budgets are now many hundreds of millions of dollars. PlayStation is at...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Uncharted
    • Opinion
    • Features
  • News 'What the F*ck Is This?': God of War Creator Hates First TV Show Image

    But he's confident it'll be a good series

    Not content with just dunking on new God of War games like Sons of Sparta, series creator David Jaffe has now turned his attention to the first image from the upcoming TV show adaptation Amazon Prime is making. In it,

    • Amazon
    • TV
    • God of War
  • News Stellar Blade Dev May Cut Sony's Support and Self-Publish the Sequel

    Beli-Eve in yourself

    It'll be interesting to see how involved Sony is with Stellar Blade's inevitable sequel, because it looks like the Korean developer is in the process of setting up its own publishing arm. Sony and PlayStation obviously played a major role in selling Stellar Blade; there's no doubt the action title greatly benefited from a...

    • Sony
    • Shift Up
    • PS5
    • Stellar Blade
  • News More God of War PS5 Details Leak, Out in 2027 with New Protagonist

    Expect a reveal this year

    Following this past weekend's posts of Santa Monica Studio's next game being "a new franchise within the God of War universe", insider NateTheHate2 has leaked details surrounding the project. Given their reliability, you'll find the claims after the image below. Potential spoilers could follow. According to the leaker,...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • God of War
    • Rumours
  • Rumour Starfield PS5 Release Date Locked in for April as Xbox RPG Targets Lower Price Point

    Space race

    We've marked this one down as a rumour, but it looks like Starfield really is gearing up for an April release date on PS5. The RPG, previously an Xbox console exclusive, will launch for Sony's system on the 7th April. You may recall that this same date was leaked a few weeks back, but it's now being reported on by the incredibly reliable...

    • Bethesda
    • PS5
    • Starfield
    • Rumours
  • News Shocking: PlayStation Studios Are Hiring for New Games

    No way

    We hope you're sitting down for this: Some of Sony's developers are hiring for their next projects. It's hard to believe, we know, but just take a moment and let it sink in. Take a quick breath, have a think about Sully's moustache, and you'll be alright. Okay, sarcasm out of the way, it has indeed been pointed out that a number of PS...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Industry
  • Rumour Fallout Project, Possibly Remasters, Teased by Surprise Developer

    Please stand by

    Developer Iron Galaxy appears to be teasing something to do with Fallout, sparking plenty of speculation from franchise fans. A few days ago on LinkedIn, the studio posted a rather eyebrow-raising image, which was largely overlooked until now. The photo shows two work monitors, both of which are adorned with the classic 'Please...

    • Fallout
    • Rumours
  • News Resident Evil Requiem's Physical UK Launch 'Much Bigger' Than Village, 4 Remake

    Based Capcom

    Capcom continues to knock it out of the park with its latest game, the very well-received Resident Evil Requiem. The horror action game launched just before the weekend on 27th February 2026, and its first few days on the market appear to have been very strong indeed. The data for physical UK sales has come in, and while it represents...

    • UK
    • Sales
    • Charts
    • PS5
    • PS4
  • News The Witcher 3's New Expansion Really Does Exist, Says Reliable Insider

    Medallion's humming

    If recent rumours are to be believed, The Witcher 3 is getting a brand new expansion at some point in the relatively near future — and now, a known insider has added yet more weight to the whispers. Reliable leaker NateTheHate took to X (also known as Twitter) in order to answer some quickfire questions over the weekend. When...

    • CD Projekt Red
    • PS5
    • The Witcher
  • News This Week's Nacon Connect Presentation Postponed Following Financial Troubles

    See you in May

    French video game publisher Nacon has delayed its special presentation after the recent news that it has filed for insolvency. Nacon Connect 2026 was announced last week, initially scheduled for 4th March 2026, but it will now take place sometime in May. In a press release, the company explained why it's postponing the broadcast...

    • Nacon
    • PS5

Sunday1st Mar 2026

  • Rumour God of War Dev Working on 'A New Franchise Within the God of War Universe'

    God of more

    You know that rumoured God of War project that's supposedly been in development at Santa Monica Studio for a good few years now? The one being headed by veteran director Cory Barlog? Well, if a fresh leak is to be believed, it'll signal the start of an expanded universe for the legendary PlayStation property. A now-deleted LinkedIn...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • God of War
    • Rumours
  • Feature Going Platinum #14: Concrete Genie

    Where dreams are made of

    Platinum Trophy #14: Concrete Genie Date Earned: 8th October 2019 Dopamine Index: stars:3 Concrete Genie has an air of sadness about it, despite being a pretty joyous experience to play. It was only the second game produced by developer PixelOpus, but it was much bigger in scope and offered something quite different from...

    • Sony
    • PS4
    • Concrete Genie
    • Going Platinum
    • Features
  • Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (March 1st 2026)

    Time Extension Banjo-Kazooie! Mortal Kombat! Ridge Racer Type 4!

    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. This Ridge Racer Type 4 Lego Is Just What I Wanted To See: Lego builder StudWorks has produced a series of custom builds which...

    • Retro Recap
    • Features

Saturday28th Feb 2026

  • News 'It's the Real Deal': Tech Experts Praise PS5 Pro's Upgraded Upscaler

    "The results are beautiful"

    PSSR, or PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution, is getting a behemoth upgrade – and you can test it right now in Resident Evil Requiem. Sony’s confirmed that a universal toggle will be added to its supercharged system in Ma

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Hardware
  • News He-Man's Retro PS5 Brawler Looks Like a Lost Capcom Classic

    Spritely

    Bitmap Bureau’s beautiful licensed beat-‘em-up He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction will bring its bleached blonde hair to PS5 this 28th April, publisher Limited Run Games has announced. We went hands-on with this one about a year ago at Gamescom, and came away extremely impressed with its retro-inspired...

    • Limited Run Games
    • PS5
    • He-Man
    • Release Dates
  • Poll Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Essential Games for March 2026?

    Plus or minus?

    We're just hours away from the beginning of March 2026, if you can believe it, and so it's time to take a look at next month's PS Plus Essential games. Unfortunately for people who have zero interest in golf, a leak from earlier in the week turned out to be completely accurate; PGA Tour 2K25 is being paraded at the front of the pack...

    • PS Plus
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Polls
    • Features
  • News Sony Quietly Decided to Scale Back PC Ports Last Year, Insider Claims

    "No longer a priority"

    We’re yet to receive official word from Sony, but by all accounts, it’s scaling back its PC publishing strategy. The news comes by way of a flurry of notable leakers, all of whom have been proven to have knowledge of PlayStation’s plans in the past. Among them are

    • Sony
    • PC
    • Industry
  • Guide These 13+ PS5, PS4, and PS Plus Games Are Coming Out This Week (2nd-8th March)

    Marathon! Scott Pilgrim EX! Docked!

    This week's release schedule is actually a little quieter in the aftermath of Resident Evil Requiem. But that doesn't mean there's nothing to look forward to: Marathon is an absolutely enormous release for Bungie, and it finally debuts on 5th March. We'd also recommend keeping an eye on the likes of Docked and...

    • Guides
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Release Dates
    • Features
  • Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 622

    A requiem awaits

    We’ve got a sneaking suspicion we know what you’re playing this weekend – does it, per chance, rhyme with “weevil”? Thought it might! Here’s your regularly scheduled WAYP. Aaron Bayne: I've been dying to get my hands on Marathon properly for a while, so this weekend, I'll be diving into the server slam. I can't wait!...

    • Talking Point
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • What Are You Playing
    • Features

Friday27th Feb 2026

  • News Sony Confirms Big PS5 Pro Upgrade Is Out in March, Better PSSR Upscaler

    Test it in Resident Evil Requiem today

    Sony has today fully announced its promised PS5 Pro tech enhancement, which works to improve the PSSR feature that upscales games. The update will be rolled out to system owners next month in March, and Resident Evil Requiem — out today — has been confirmed as one of the titles that'll support the upgraded...

    • Sony
    • PS5 Pro
  • Hands On Marathon Is Dense, Demanding, and Drop Dead Gorgeous

    Reach for the stars

    We can tell you one thing for free: Marathon isn’t another ARC Raiders-like extraction shooter. Where Embark’s phenomenal title is instantly fun and approachable for most gamers, Marathon is dense, brutally tough, and clearly catering to a more hardcore niche. And we think that’s a good thing. That means, of course, that...

    • Previews
    • Bungie
    • PS5
    • Marathon
    • Hands On
  • News Shuttered Dev Bluepoint Wanted to Remake Bloodborne, FromSoftware Blocked It

    Pitched to Sony and "the numbers made sense"

    A remake of the PS4 classic Bloodborne was pitched to Sony by the now-shuttered studio Bluepoint Games, and it was actually accepted because "the numbers made sense", a

    • Sony
    • PS4
    • Bloodborne
  • Rumour Sony Backtracking on PC Strategy, Shifting Towards PS5 Exclusivity Again

    For single-player games, at least

    There's currently a lot of noise surrounding Sony's PC strategy, and how the company is supposedly set to back away from its stance of releasing key first-party titles on PC as well as PS5. Over on ResetEra, the ever-reliable Jason Schreier has strongly suggested that such a move is in motion. Speaking on the

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PC
    • Rumours
  • News Here's Your First Look at the God of War TV Show

    Father and Son

    Amazon has posted the first official look at its in-production God of War TV series, which will adapt the two most recent PS5, PS4 titles. Here it is: The image shows off Kratos (played by Ryan Hurst) and Atreus (played by Callum Vinson) out on a hunt together. This presumably depicts a scene where Kratos is teaching Atreus how to...

    • Amazon
    • TV
    • God of War
  • News Guitar Hero Studio RedOctane Is Back with Stage Tour, a New Plastic Instrument Rhythm Game

    Reunion tour

    Remember when Guitar Hero was one of the biggest video game franchises on the planet? Well, some of the original devs do, and they've regrouped to produce a spiritual successor. RedOctane Games has announced Stage Tour, a rhythm action game built to be played using musical instrument peripherals. The studio has many former staff...

    • RedOctane Games
    • Stage Tour
    • Announcements
  • Poll Are You Playing Resident Evil Requiem?

    Double trouble

    One of the most anticipated games of the year, Resident Evil Requiem is here, and by almost all accounts, it's another Capcom banger. The developer's doing something a little bit different with this latest instalment, splitting its campaign between new protagonist Grace and returning hero Leon. The former's story chapters tend to be...

    • Capcom
    • PS5
    • Resident Evil
    • Polls
    • Features
  • News 140K+ Players Slam Marathon Servers in Pre-Launch Test, and That's Just on PC

    Bungie title proving popular

    The big Marathon server slam is now underway ahead of the game's full release on 5th March, and it's attracting a lot of curious players. During its first 24 hours of free access, the server slam peaked at 143,621 concurrent players on PC. With the weekend approaching, the chances its peak player count increases are...

    • Bungie
    • PS5
    • Marathon
  • News Japanese PlayStation Exclusive '70's Robot Anime Geppy-X' Is Coming To Modern Systems

    Time Extension Coming to Steam, Switch, PS4, PS5 and Xbox Series S/X this July

    Implicit Conversions has announced that it is bringing the 1999 PS1 title 70's Robot Anime Geppy-X to modern-day systems. Developed by Aroma and only released in Japan, Geppy-X is a 2D shmup which pays tribute to the classic super-robot anime series of the 1970s, such as Getter Robo,...

    • PS1
  • News Kena: Scars of Kosmora Is Now Available for Wishlist on PS Store and PC

    Kena believe it

    During the most recent State of Play, things kicked off with the unexpected announcement of Kena: Scars of Kosmora. A direct sequel to Kena: Bridge of Spirits, the game is due for release later this year, and you can now add it to your wishlist on PS Store,

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PC
    • Kena: Scars of Kosmora
  • News Spider-Man's Iconic Advanced Suit Looks Excellent in Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls

    Insomniac's outfit included in special edition

    The Advanced Suit, created by Insomniac Games just for Marvel's Spider-Man and its sequels, has pretty quickly become an iconic outfit for the ever-popular superhero. Emblazoned with a big, white spider on the front and back, it's quite the departure from Peter Parker's standard suit, but it's a...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls
  • News You Can Now Play UNO in Fortnite with Official Creative Island

    UNO Royale

    Mattel Digital Studios has announced the arrival of UNO Royale, an official Fortnite Creative Island you can play within Epic's everything game right now. The popular card game has made its way into Fortnite with some interesting twists, as you can see in the below trailer: UNO Royale "combines the gameplay and social interaction of...

    • Epic Games
    • Mattel
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Fortnite