PS4 News (Page 8)
Thursday23rd Jan 2025
News Dec 2024 USA Sales: PS5 Best-Selling System of the Year, PS Portal Best-Selling Accessory
Sony had another big year
It’s business as usual for PS5 in Circana’s USA sales report for December 2024, as Sony’s system was the month’s top-selling console yet again, despite dipping 18% year-over-year. It’s important to remember that the device had a particularly strong 2024, so these are still very respectable numbers. Both the...
News Iconic Final Fantasy Baddy Turns Heads at Louis Vuitton Fashion Show
Veni, veni, venias (gloriosa)
Few series feature so many iconic villains as Final Fantasy; fewer still can boast of a villain that has endured for decades, with a fashion sense that continues to turn heads. Surprising in the sense that it took us off guard, IP holder Square Enix has partnered with musician and fashionista Pharrell Williams on the...
News Activision Details Black Ops 6, Warzone Season 2 Content, Teases The Terminator
"I'll be back"
In exhaustive detail, Activision has outlined the many changes, additions, and gameplay revisions players can expect alongside Season 2 of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Warzone, launching on 28th January. Confusingly, we have a launch trailer for you a whole week early. In broad strokes, Season 2 will introduce three new maps, tw
News Tactical Trilogy Concludes with Fuga: Melodies of Steel 3 on PS5, PS4
Once more, with feeling
Fuga: Melodies of Steel 3 has been officially announced for PS5 and PS4, continuing CyberConnect2's series of disturbingly dark tactical RPGs, and we got a reasonably wild trailer to celebrate. The unlikely crew (mostly cat people) of the mysterious and powerful tank, Taranis, will again need to take up arms against the...
News Guilty Gear Strive Anime Debuts in April, Looks Top Tier in New Trailer
Gearing up
A new trailer for the Guilty Gear Strive anime, Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers, has dropped, alongside a debut date. The series will be available to watch via Crunchyroll, starting in April — and it actually looks really good in this promo. As was already confirmed, the show's using a mix of 2D and 3D animation, and it seems to work...
Wednesday22nd Jan 2025
News PS Plus Subscriptions on Sale, Up to 35% Off
Offer live until 4th February
Sony has discounted PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium subscriptions by up to 35 per cent for new users and anyone looking to upgrade their current membership. The offer is available now until 4th February 2025 to mark the Lunar New Year. The fine print explains all: "Join PlayStation Plus by February 4 and enjoy 35%...
News Ubisoft Marks One Year of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Despite Team No Longer Existing
Internal team gone but never forgotten
Released for PS5, PS4 just over a year ago, Ubisoft is celebrating Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown as it marks its one-year anniversary with a new trailer. It mostly works as an accolades trailer, pulling review quotes from media outlets and displaying them over gameplay footage. The worst part about it,...
News Classic Indiana Jones Scavenges a PS5, PS4 Platinum Trophy
Unlock it before the Great Circle arrives
We’re huge fans of Sony’s retro game initiative, which has seen classic PS1, PSP, and PS2 titles re-released on PS5 and PS4 with upscaling and quality-of-life features. But we understand not all third-parties want to play ball, and certainly don’t want to invest in the addition of Trophies. We really...
News Captain Blood Brings Cancelled PS2-Era Pirate Action to PS5, PS4 in May
Aye aye, captain
Announced back in the summer of last year, Captain Blood now has a 6th May release date on PS5 and PS4. There's a mad story behind this one. Originally, Captain Blood was meant to be an Xbox title — as in the first Xbox — but an especially rough development cycle pushed it to the Xbox 360. The bad luck didn't stop there,...
News Darkest Dungeon 2 DLC Inhuman Bondage Breaks Chains, But No PS5, PS4 Date Yet
"You were bold, once. Be bold once more"
Darkest Dungeon 2 is about to get even more desolate, thematically speaking; in real terms, the impending Inhuman Bondage DLC will, in fact, add a new hero, an enemy faction, another region, and several carriages full of trinkets and combat items to reinforce the base game further. Inhuman Bondage embarks on...
News Free SEGA Account Reveals Rewards for Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii on PS5, PS4
Kiryu's suit is out of the closet again
Like every publisher in the industry, SEGA wants to keep you captive. To do that, it’s launched a new SEGA Account which will eventually span all of its games but is starting with Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. While it’s optional, creating the account will reward you with in-game goodies and...
News The Angry Video Game Nerd Goes 8-Bit in New Action Platformer for PS5, PS4
Holy ****
Another game based on the eternally dumb Angry Video Game Nerd series is incoming on PS5 and PS4. This time, the Nerd's going full NES, starring in an 8-bit adventure suitably titled Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit. It's described as a "new, sinister universe filled with platforming levels, classic AVGN enemies, and nonlinear level design"...
News One of GBA's Rarer Games Will Soon Be Readily Available on PS5, PS4
God bless this generation
If you’re a collector of retro games, you’ll know it’s becoming increasingly difficult to get your hands on certain titles. Ninja Five-O, a well-regarded GBA side-scroller from Konami, is one such title that’s pricey to buy these days. Cartridges do exist, but they cost $100s boxed, and that may well price many of...
Tuesday21st Jan 2025
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:...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Guide MediEvil 2 Cheats: All Cheat Codes and Unlockables
Sir Daniel gets what he wants
PS1 classic MediEvil 2 has made its way to PS Plus Premium, allowing subscribers to experience the second adventure of Sir Daniel Fortesque. If you're looking to revisit the game or even experience it for the first time, our page will lend you a helping hand with all cheat codes and unlockables available in the game...
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...
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...
Guide Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings Cheats: All Cheat Codes and Unlockables
Secrets with a snap of the whip
Due to the renewed interest in Indiana Jones games based on the recent release of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, you might be tempted to check out the new PS Plus Premium game from the PS2 and PSP days: Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings. Below you'll find all cheat codes and unlockables in the game. Indiana...
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...
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,...
Monday20th Jan 2025
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...
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...
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...
Saturday18th Jan 2025
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...
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...
Friday17th Jan 2025
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...
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,...
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...
Preview Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii Is an Absurd, Great Twist on Like a Dragon
Hands on impressions after two hours of play
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is the sort of video game name where the subtitle warrants a sentence all to itself. Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. RGG Studio has always embraced the series' comical facets, but not until now has it ever been so blatant and — quite frankly — proud of them. After more...
Wednesday15th Jan 2025
News Ubisoft Might Relinquish Some of Its IP to a New Venture to Boost Publisher's Value
New-bisoft
According to a new report, Ubisoft stakeholders Tencent and the Guillemot family are considering starting up a new venture and migrating some of the publisher's IP across. Word comes from Bloomberg in a paywalled story that cites people familiar with the situation. Apparently, the two entities are weighing up the possibility of starting...
Thursday16th Jan 2025
News Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii Unloads PS5, PS4 Combat Overview Trailer
Shiver our timbers
Looking increasingly ship-shape, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii arrives next month on PS5 and PS4 worldwide on 21st February. SEGA has offloaded a solid gameplay overview trailer (using an impressive number of pirate puns) to hold you over in the meantime, highlighting Majima's suitably savage combat options. The Mad Dog...
News Stylish PS5, PS4 Fighter Bleach: Rebirth of Souls Reveals Story Mode, Combat System, and More
Don't call it a comeback
Bandai Namco's released a meaty new trailer for Bleach: Rebirth of Souls, covering the brawler's combat system and various game modes — including its story adaptation. Combat-wise, we can't help but think that Rebirth of Souls looks pretty interesting. It's got the kind of simple fundamentals that you'd expect from a...
Wednesday15th Jan 2025
News 11 New Games Are Coming to PS Plus Extra, Premium Next Week
January lineup announced
Sony has announced the first batch of games coming to PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium in 2025. January's additions will arrive next week on the 21st, bolstering both the Extra games catalogue and the Premium retro titles lineup. The games are as follows: PS Plus Extra: January 2025: God of War Ragnarok (PS5, PS4) |
News New PS Store Sale Hands Out Big PS5, PS4 Game Discounts
1,400+ PS5, PS4 titles on offer
Sony has today set a new PS Store sale live, themed around New Year Deals that offers PS5, PS4 game discounts from today until 29th January 2025. Below you'll find a selection of the best offers available in the sale: Gran Turismo 7 25th Anniversary Edition — £53.99 / $49.49 (40% / 45% off) Ratchet & Clank:...
News Evo 2025 Lineup Announced as New Fatal Fury Joins Tekken 8, Street Fighter 6, and More
Get ready for the next battle
Set to take place on the 1st to the 3rd of August, this year's Evo has confirmed its lineup of main games. Eight titles will take centre stage, including Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, which releases for PS5 and PS4 in April. SNK's latest will be joined by the usual heavy hitters (and the classic Marvel vs. Capcom...
News Lil Gator Game Is Getting a Lil Bigger with DLC Expansion, In the Dark
Will you snap it up?
Publisher Playtonic Friends and developer MegaWobble have announced an expansion for the adorable action adventure, Lil Gator Game. Arriving on PS5 and PS4 in 2023, the cutesy title will become a fair bit larger with the expansion, entitled In the Dark. Said to double the size of the game, In the Dark takes players underground...
Tuesday14th Jan 2025
Reminder PS Plus Extra, Premium Lose These 11 Great Games in a Week
Play them before they're gone
Sony is set to reveal the first batch of PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium games for 2025 tomorrow, but more urgently for current members, the day they arrive also marks the removal of 11 great PS5, PS4 titles from the service. From 21st January 2025, the following 11 games leave the two tiers, rendering them unplayable...
News Metaphor: ReFantazio PS5, PS4 Patch 1.11 Brings Neat Menu Updates
Speed up the process
Atlus has issued a rare Metaphor: ReFantazio patch for all consoles and PC that adds a few new menu options that make navigating them quicker and easier. Updating the PS5, PS4 editions to version 1.11, the update introduces the ability to change your battle formation and swap party members in and out from both the main menu and...
Random You'll Want to Plunge a Knife into Zayn Malik's The Last of Us Birthday Cake
Clicker or cake?
Like most reasonable people, we didn't think we'd be writing about British singer Zayn Malik's birthday cake when we woke up this morning. The performer, previously part of One Direction, recently celebrated his 32nd birthday, and posted about his cake on Instagram, because that's the sort of thing that happens now. However, it's...
News Lunar Remastered Collection Brings Two Classic RPGs to PS4 in April
Lunar phases
Publisher GungHo Online Entertainment has announced that Lunar Remastered Collection will release on the 18th April for PS4. The collection was announced back in September of last year, targeting a spring 2025 launch. But now that we've got an official date, it's worth pointing out that there's no mention of a PS5 version in the press...
News Fatal Fury's Mai Makes the Jump Over to Street Fighter 6 Next Month
Out on 5th February
Capcom has revealed by way of a new gameplay trailer that the second crossover character in Street Fighter history will be available from 5th February 2025. Mai from the Fatal Fury series is joining Terry Bogard in Street Fighter 6, and you can catch a glimpse of how she plays in the trailer above. Mai utilises a mixture of...
News PowerWash Simulator Folds In VR Team, Putting Further Support on Ice
PSVR2 version looking more unlikely than ever
PowerWash Simulator developer FuturLab has announced that it will not continue with plans to support PowerWash Simulator VR. CEO Kirsty Rigden says that the team loves and supports VR, but with some unfilled vacancies on the primary team, job security for the studio must always come first. FuturLab made...
Monday13th Jan 2025
News Japan Sales Charts: There Are Just Two PS5 Games in the Entire Top 30
Living in a Nintendo world
Nintendo's total domination in its home turf of Japan continues with the latest physical sales information (thanks, Gematsu). In the final weeks of 2024, the top 30 games almost exclusively comprise Switch software, with just a couple of exceptions. In the week ending 5th January 2025, Astro Bot appeared in 20th and...
News Luck Be a Landlord, the Roguelike That Inspired Balatro, Is Finally Coming to PS5, PS4
Spin to win in February
Luck Be a Landlord, a roguelike arcade game released on PC and mobile in 2023, is heading to consoles at last. The indie title, made by developer TrampolineTales, is coming to both PS5 and PS4 on 6th February, 2025. If you're out of the loop, Luck Be a Landlord is a game in which you must spin a customisable slot machine in...
