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TodayTue, 21st Jan 2025

  • News Brilliant Balatro Breaks 5 Million Sales, Dev Asks Everyone to Give Indies a Chance

    No joker

    Many would argue that Balatro was one of 2024's finest games. The insanely addictive card-based indie ended up on numerous Game of the Year lists — including our own — and its excellence has been rewarded with 5 million sales. Balatro's a bona fide hit, then, and we're sure that its appearance at The Game Awards 2024 — where it...

    • Playstack
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Balatro
    • Sales
  • News Unknown 9 Labelled a 'Failure' as Dev Cancels Project, Moves to 'Existing Bandai Namco IP'

    More layoffs also confirmed

    Released in October of last year, Unknown 9: Awakening really struggled to make an impact, to the point where developer Reflector Entertainment is now having to cancel another project and layoff yet more staff. This unfortunate news comes from a post by CEO Herve Hoerdt on LinkedIn, which reads: "Today I informed our...

    • Bandai Namco
    • Reflector Entertainment
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Unknown 9
  • News Dynasty Warriors: Origins Appears to Be Doing Very Well

    Building a new dynasty

    Dynasty Warriors: Origins is looking like it will be a big commercial success on the back of its critical acclaim. The soft series reboot achieved the highest rating in the franchise’s long history recently, with our review heaping praise on the title. Now it’s attracting players in droves. While we don’t have PS5...

    • Koei Tecmo
    • PS5
    • Dynasty Warriors
  • News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Roadmap Confirms Three Expansions and Loads of Updates in 2025

    Kingdom Come: Delivering

    Releasing on PS5 in just a couple of weeks, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has revealed its roadmap for the rest of 2025 — and it sounds like Henry's going to be very busy indeed. To start with, a "selection" of free updates will be dropping throughout the spring, adding various gameplay extras like the ability to customise...

    • Deep Silver
    • PS5
    • Kingdom Come
  • News Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Patch 2.0.6 Out Now on PS5, Adds Super Hard Boss Fight, Rebalances Combat

    A heroic effort

    A beefy 5.4GB update for Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero is available to download now on PS5. Patch 2.0.6 adds support for the game's first DLC pack — also out today — alongside an all-new, limited-time game mode. It's called the 'Legendary Warrior Face-Off', and has you fight against an "extremely powerful character". Again, this...

    • Bandai Namco
    • PS5
    • Dragon Ball
    • Patches
  • Guide Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero: All Characters, DP Costs, and Transformations

    DLC characters included

    Looking for a list of all characters in Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero? Well, you've come to the right place. In this Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero guide, we've got a full list of every playable character in the game, complete with screenshots, DP costs, and available transformations while in battle. If you need any help...

    • Guides
    • PS5
    • Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
  • News The Official Metaphor: ReFantazio Manga Makes Some Interesting Story Changes

    And you can read it now

    An official manga adaptation of last year's RPG hit Metaphor: ReFantazio is out now, but the opening chapter actually deviates from the game's story, making for an interesting read even if you're familiar with the source material. The first 60 pages of the manga are available to read right now, for free and in English, on...

    • Atlus
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Metaphor
  • News PS Plus Loses These 8 PS5, PS4 Games Next Month

    It's an RPG exodus

    Just as a new batch — and the first of the year for 2025 — of PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium games arrive, the Last Chance to Play section of the service has been updated to reveal what titles are departing next month. Leaving on 18th February 2025, as per the Japanese PS Store, the PS5, PS4 games set to be removed are:...

    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Plus
  • News Horizon's MMO Appears to Have Been Cancelled

    Another one bites the dust

    Over a year ago, Sony announced a strategic partnership with Korean publisher NCSOFT, with the speculated goal being to create a multiformat MMO based on the Horizon franchise. At the time, CEO Jim Ryan said: “Partnering with NCSOFT advances our strategy to expand beyond console and broaden PlayStation’s reach to a...

    • NCSOFT
    • Sony
    • Horizon
    • PS5
    • PC
  • News January 2025 PS Plus Extra, Premium Games Available to Download Now

    11 more PS5, PS4, and Classic titles to play

    The first PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium updates of 2025 have arrived, bringing 11 new PS5, PS4, and Classic titles to active members. They're all available to download now in the UK and Europe, and availability in the USA will be rolled out later in the day. Here's a full list of what's on offer: PS...

    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Plus
  • News Vampire Survivors' Lack of Plot a Tricky Prospect for Film Adaptation, Says Dev

    "Nobody can really anticipate how a film about it is going to be"

    Vampire Survivors developer Poncle has acknowledged one of the small issues facing the inevitable adaptation of such a successful IP, which is leaning towards being a film in favour of an animated TV series (yes, really). A simple game to pick up and play, its lack of story,...

    • Poncle
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Vampire Survivors
  • News Critically Maligned 90s Street Fighter Animated Series to Make Shock Blu-ray Comeback

    Darkstalkers adaptation, too

    Capcom’s crappy 90s Street Fighter animated series is making a surprise comeback, courtesy of boutique Blu-ray publisher Discotek. The re-release, which will feature all 26 original episodes, will be preserved using a format the publisher is dubbing SD-BD. This basically means that the content will be presented in its...

    • Capcom
    • Street Fighter
    • Cartoons
    • TV
  • News Genshin Impact Maker to Pay $20 Million FTC Fine Over Gacha System

    As part of "commitment to transparency"

    Genshin Impact maker Cognosphere – which conducts business as HoYoverse – has agreed to pay a $20 million fine to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), settling a case which alleges it’s misleading children over the true cost of obtaining rare gacha rewards. The action RPG, which first launched on PS4 in...

    • HoYoverse
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Genshin Impact
  • News Vintage Retro Sports Games Preserved on PS5, PS4 from 30th January

    Acceptable in the 90s

    One of the few real highlights of this generation thus far has been the abundance of retro game compilations, preserving classics on contemporary hardware. Accolade Sports Collection is honestly one that will be difficult to recommend, as this selection of retro sports releases will have aged like milk. However, we appreciate...

    • QUByte
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Accolade Sports Collection
    • Release Dates
  • News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Dev Refutes Saudia Arabia Ban Claim

    "Congratulations, sir knight, you've finally become a man"

    Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is almost upon us, and the highly ambitious WRPG, a subgenre in which freedom of choice is essential, is shaping up to be the immersive, unabashedly single-player experience to beat in 2025. Likely because of that, a pernicous rumour has arisen online, one which...

    • Deep Silver
    • PS5
    • Kingdom Come
  • News EA in Hot Water Over Alleged Use of Conflict Imagery in Battlefield Art

    Seemingly innocuous asset again under scrutiny

    Meaningful information is gleaned from official video game artwork less often than you might think, which is to say virtually never, so EA and DICE making headlines, again, for the same piece of promotional imagery released for the as-yet-officially-unannounced next Battlefield feels significant. With...

    • EA
    • Battlefield
  • News Black Ops 6, Warzone Ranked Play Will Be Less Sweaty Soon on PS5, PS4

    Season 2 will bring "the ability to disable cross-play for console players"

    We aren't sure why this wasn't already the case, but Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Warzone players will soon be able to disable cross-play with PC in the restricted Ranked Play mode, which Activision hopes will "improve the gameplay experience." This news follows the firm's...

    • Activision
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Call of Duty
  • News Civilization 7 Goes Gold Ahead of Series' Simultaneous Launch Debut

    A new golden age

    Rejoice, fellow map-gazers: Firaxis' long-awaited Civilization VII is fast approaching and will be on us before you know it, arriving on PS5 and PS4 alongside PC on 11th February. Putting some final pieces of the puzzle into position, Civ VII has officially gone gold. Physical editions are now locked and loaded ahead of a first for...

    • 2K Games
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Civilization
  • News Platinum Trophy for Imminent PS1 Game MediEvil 2 on PS Plus Premium

    40 Trophies to earn in total

    Set to drop on PS Plus Premium inside the next 12 hours, there's a Platinum Trophy attached to the PS5, PS4 release of PS1 classic MediEvil 2. The full Trophy list has appeared on Exophase, though it doesn't appear to be joined by one for Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings — at the time of writing, at least. There...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • MediEvil
    • Trophies

YesterdayMon, 20th Jan 2025

  • News Resident Evil 6 Appears Set for a PS5 Port

    New age rating spotted

    Capcom is preparing a native PS5 version of Resident Evil 6 if new ESRB age ratings are to be believed. The outlet has a new listing for an "Xbox Series" version of the game (spotted by VGC), suggesting current-gen ports are on the way, with a PS5 port almost certainly included. Following efforts in recent years, much of the...

    • Capcom
    • PS5
    • Resident Evil
  • News Damning PlayStation Studios Rumour Debunked After Live Service PS5 Game Cancellations

    Devs did know about them

    Earlier today, a follow-up story to last week's PlayStation Studios cancellations started doing the rounds online, claiming that the developers of these cancelled projects — Bluepoint Games and Bend Studio — only heard the news at the same time as everyone else. If true, the whispers painted a rather damning picture of...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Industry
  • News Would You Pay $100 for GTA 6?

    Some of the games industry hopes so

    There is apparently "hope" within the games industry that Rockstar Games will increase the price of Grand Theft Auto 6 to as much as $100 so that other developers can feel justified in raising the cost of their own games. Documented in a report from analyst Matthew Ball of Epyllion (via VGC), it's claimed that GTA...

    • Rockstar Games
    • PS5
    • Grand Theft Auto
    • GTA
    • Industry
  • News Code Violet Takes Aim at Dinosaur Horror in June on PS5

    We might have a crisis on our hands

    Code Violet is the (presumably) official title of TeamKill Media's upcoming third-person horror game, in which players must run, hide, and fight to survive an unfortunate outbreak of genetically engineered dinosaurs. Despite having an announcement trailer on the official PlayStation YouTube channel and a...

    • TeamKill
    • PS5
    • Code Violet
  • News Days Gone Dev Says It Still Plans to Create 'Cool Sh*t' for PS5 After Live Service Cancellation

    Cruisin' for a bruisin'

    PS5 fans have been left bemused by the news that Bend Studio was working on a live service game, which was cancelled as part of an internal review recently. Early last year, a job listing noted that the Oregon-based o

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Bend Studio
    • Industry
  • News The Worst Tomb Raider Game Should Play a Bit Better in PS5, PS4 Remaster

    New control scheme, restored content for Angel of Darkness

    Generally regarded as the worst Tomb Raider game ever, PS5 and PS4 players will soon be able to subject themselves to Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness by way of a second Lara Croft remastered collection. It's out next month, but as a new blog post on the Tomb Raider website shares, the...

    • Aspyr
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Tomb Raider
  • News Hollow Knight: Silksong Dev Trolls Fans with Delicious Chocolate Cake

    856 days and counting

    Hollow Knight: Silksong still doesn't have a release date, but that hasn't stopped developer Team Cherry from trying to have its cake and eat it, too. Having tortured its fanbase for years with an admirably lackadaisical pace of development, the devs are now trolling players with a picture of a piece of chocolate cake. This...

    • Team Cherry
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Hollow Knight
  • News Hollow Knight: Silksong Still a 'Real' Game and 'Will Release'

    It's been 84 years...

    One of the most anticipated indie games of all time, Hollow Knight: Silksong is "real, progressing, and will release", with fans still begging for an update more than five years after its original announcement. The comment comes from a Team Cherry employee in marketing and publishing, responding to a fan asking how the game is...

    • Team Cherry
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Hollow Knight
  • News Games Workshop Reportedly Cancels Mysterious Fantasy Warhammer RPG

    Double-edged sword

    Like 40,000's God-Emperor of Mankind, fantasy's Elector-Count of Reikland, Karl Franz, gives with one hand and takes with the other. Following the success of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 and news that IP holder Games Workshop was looking for the next big hit, it seems an in-development RPG set in the grimdark fantasy version...

    • Games Workshop
    • Industry
    • Warhammer
  • News Kriegsfront Tactics Plots Turn-Based Mecha Action on PS5

    Mechanized Jungle Guerilla Warfare

    Kriegsfront Tactics is a gritty turn-based tactical RPG in the style of the Front Mission series, and it's coming to PS5 at some stage in the future. Rather than the future tech you might expect, Kriegsfront is set in an alternate 1970s South Asia and features a low-poly retro art aesthetic. Commanding a squad of...

    • Toge Productions
    • PS5
    • Kriegsfront Tactics
  • News Infinity Nikki Sets Sail to the Firework Isles to Find Free Outfits in Massive PS5 Update

    Ignite the light

    Infinity Nikki’s update cadence is a lot quicker than other popular gacha games, which means v1.2 is almost upon us already. That means there are new outfits, quests, minigames, and more to look forward to from 23rd January. Named the Firework Season, this update is all about celebration, as our eponymous stylist sets sail to the...

    • Infold Games
    • PS5
    • Infinity Nikki
    • Updates
  • Random Tekken 8 Boss Katsuhiro Harada Is Hashtag Open to Work

    He isn't leaving Bandai Namco, just wants to meet new people

    Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada has temporarily turned some heads with early indications that he could be back on the job market, a prospect likely to make most interviewees sweat. Updating his LinkedIn profile image with the hashtag #opentowork, Harada really just wants to meet new...

    • Bandai Namco
    • Industry
    • Tekken

Saturday18th Jan 2025

  • News Shuhei Yoshida on PSVR2: 'I'm Sorry'

    Far from a PS2 moment

    The recently departed PlayStation executive Shuhei Yoshida has apologised for how PSVR2 hasn't turned into a PS2 situation, where Sony successfully built on its first iteration to release an even more successful product. Speaking on the Kinda Funny Gamescast (via UploadVR), it appeared Yoshida had very little positivity to...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PSVR2
  • News More Astro Bot Content on the Way as New Speedrun Level, Bot Revealed

    That's Heihachi!

    It appears Team Asobi has more content planned for Astro Bot, but the evidence is sourced from a rather unlikely place: a jigsaw puzzle. Following his departure from PlayStation, Shuhei Yoshida has been sent a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle of the PS5 ship featured in the game and lots of Special Bots surrounding it. Eagle-eyed users...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Astro Bot
  • Poll Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for January 2025?

    Plus or minus?

    The first batch of PS Plus Extra and Premium games for 2025 have been revealed, and as always, we want to know your thoughts. Extra, Sony's middle subscription tier, had some great months in 2024, dishing out loads of highly rated releases across the year. Some would argue that it's been the most consistent of the three PS Plus...

    • PS Plus
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Polls
    • Features
  • Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 564

    And chill

    With the launch of Dynasty Warriors: Origins, the 2025 release schedule has finally begun. There's lots to look forward to over the next 12 months, so get a move on with those backlogs and catch up to the present so that we can enjoy all of the promising titles ahead. This is what we're playing this weekend, either old or new. Aaron...

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

Friday17th Jan 2025

  • Reaction Sony's Live Service Push Has Been a Disaster of Utterly Insane Proportions

    A new low

    Live service. The two words that every PlayStation fan seems to pop a blood vessel over. And you know what? That kind of visceral reaction now seems justified. Under former CEO Jim Ryan's leadership, PlayStation had announced its intent to blitz the live service market — to create PS5 mega hits that would rake in unprecedented dough. To...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Reaction
    • Features
  • News Sony Cancels Bluepoint, Bend Studio PS5 Games, One Being a Live-Service God of War Title

    The two developers won't be closed

    Sony has revealed via a Bloomberg article that it has cancelled PS5 projects from both Bluepoint and Bend Studio. The two developers remain open and won't be shut down, and Sony is now

    • Sony
    • PS5
  • News Major Path of Exile 2 Update 0.1.1 Out Now on PS5, Patch Notes Are Massive

    The grind continues

    Path of Exile 2 developer Grinding Gear Games has confirmed that Patch 0.1.1 is dropping this week. It'll be the action RPG's first major update, as the team gears up for 2025 as a whole. We don't have official patch notes just yet, but in the above video, game director Jonathan Rogers gives an overview of what you can expect...

    • Grinding Gear Games
    • PS5
    • Path of Exile
    • Patches
  • News Lists of Sony’s Cancelled Live Service PS5 Games Paint a Worrying Picture

    How many of the 12 confirmed projects are still alive?

    With another two of Sony's live-service PS5 games cancelled and sent to the scrapheap, PlayStation fans and games media have started to truly map out the results of the company's Games as a Service efforts, announced a few years ago. The results, outside of an unexpected Helldivers 2 success...

    • Sony
    • PS5
  • News Dragon Age: The Veilguard Director Is Leaving BioWare

    Having served an 18-year career at EA

    Dragon Age: The Veilguard game director Corinne Busche is leaving BioWare after an 18-year career at EA, with two of them in the position on the RPG project, Eurogamer reports. It is understood the developer hasn't been affected by any layoffs elsewhere; this is simply Busche moving on in the coming weeks...

    • EA
    • PS5
    • Dragon Age
    • Industry
  • News Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Sales Reach New Heights as Game Celebrates Sixth Anniversary

    Watch your altitude

    Bandai Namco has announced a new sales milestone for the brilliant Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown. Now six years old, the campy combat flight sim has sold over six million copies across all platforms. The publisher also notes that this means the series as a whole has now surpassed 20 million units. "Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown is...

    • Bandai Namco
    • PS4
    • Ace Combat
    • Sales
  • News Now Sadly Passed, the Legendary David Lynch Directed One of PlayStation's Strangest Adverts

    Rest in peace

    David Lynch, the renowned film director and writer, has passed away aged 78. Known for his influential works like Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive, The Elephant Man, and so many more, Lynch leaves behind an extraordinary, inimitable legacy that has had an enormous impact on movies, TV, and games. Notably, he also wrote and directed one...

    • Industry
    • Culture
  • News Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Finally Reveals Its First DLC Pack, Featuring 11 Characters

    Super Heroes

    Bandai Namco has finally dropped a trailer that confirms the first batch of DLC characters for Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero. As expected, this initial wave is based on 2022's fantastic Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero movie. It includes 11 new fighters, one additional costume — Piccolo's Red Ribbon soldier disguise — and three new...

    • Bandai Namco
    • PS5
    • Dragon Ball
    • Trailers
  • Guide Dynasty Warriors: Origins Guide: Your Ultimate Resource

    Everything Dynasty Warriors: Origins

    In this Dynasty Warriors: Origins guide, our goal is to help you with the game's main systems, ranging from your all-important kingdom choice, to forging the best possible weapons. If you're looking to get the most out of Origins — especially after completing the campaign — then this guide should hopefully...

    • Guides
    • PS5
    • Dynasty Warriors: Origins
  • Poll Are You Playing Dynasty Warriors: Origins?

    Return of the King(doms)

    It's been close to seven years since Dynasty Warriors 9 came along and soured Koei Tecmo's cult hack and slash series. But with Dynasty Warriors: Origins, the Japanese publisher has breathed new life into the franchise — a fresh start that was so desperately needed. "In many ways, Dynasty Warriors: Origins is the series...

    • Koei Tecmo
    • PS5
    • Dynasty Warriors
    • Polls
    • Features

Thursday16th Jan 2025

  • News Switch 2 Reveal Indirectly Adds Credence to Halo PS5 Rumours

    Loving Nate the Hate

    After countless leaks and rumours, Nintendo's Switch 2 has finally been officially announced, and the industry is now patiently awaiting further information in a few months' time. It's always exciting when a new console is on the horizon, and as mentioned, they usually bring a lot of rumours and leaks with them. Notably,...

    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Rumours
  • Poll Will the Switch 2 Compete with PS5?

    The Switch up

    Yes, it finally happened: the Switch 2 has been officially revealed. After months of frankly obnoxious rumours and leaks, Nintendo's next console has been confirmed for a 2025 release. We'll hear more about it on the 2nd April, which gives us three months of additional speculation to endure. Yay! Snark aside, we're obviously looking...

    • Sony
    • Nintendo
    • PS5
    • Switch
    • Polls
  • News Why Hasn't Sony Done Anything with Bloodborne? Shuhei Yoshida Has a Theory

    Ex-PlayStation exec weighs in

    For a long time, a burning question among PlayStation fans has been why Bloodborne remains untouched. Well, Shuhei Yoshida, who just exited the company, has offered his theory on the subject. Speaking to Kinda Funny Games in a recent interview, Yoshida says that the beloved FromSoftware action RPG is "one of the most...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Bloodborne
    • Shuhei Yoshida
  • News Shuhei Yoshida: If You Want New First-Party PS5 Games, You Should Support Remasters

    They're good, actually

    Some PS5 fans have been a little frustrated by Sony's output over the last few years, with what feels like fewer brand new games and an increase in remasters and remakes. While that's an understandable frustration, ex-PlayStation executive Shuhei Yoshida says these projects are necessary to allow first-party teams to keep...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Shuhei Yoshida
  • Rumour Next State of Play Showcase Set for Next Month

    So says Nintendo Switch 2 leaker

    Sony's next State of Play livestream will take place next month in February, the leaker who just correctly suggested the Nintendo Switch 2 will be announced today has hinted. Responding to a user on Twitter asking about the next possible State of Play showcase, NateDrake responded: "How's February sound?" A State...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • State of Play
    • Rumours