PS5 News - Page 22
August2024
Announcement of an announcement of an announcement
The Dragon Age: The Veilguard release date is finally here! Well, almost. BioWare's confirmed that it'll be handing eager fans a full date roughly 24 hours from the posting of this article. Just to be clear, it'll be announced on the 15th August at 9pm Pacific / 12pm Eastern / 5pm UK / 6pm Central...
News 15 PS Plus Extra, Premium Games Announced for August 2024
Time to split
Like clockwork, the new selection of games heading to PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium have been announced by Sony today. Available to download and play from Tuesday, 20th August 2024, a total of 15 titles are being added to the subscription service's game catalogues. Here's what you're getting: PS Plus Extra: August 2024: The...
News SEGA Announces Two Point Museum for PS5
This is an artefact
We've had Two Point Hospital and Two Point Campus — what's next for this fun series of management sims? Well, SEGA and Two Point Studios have just announced their next game: Two Point Museum. Confirmed for PS5, Two Point Museum looks like exactly what you'd expect from the developer. You'll be able to create, curate, and...
News PS Store's August Savings Sale Drops Some Big Discounts on PS5, PS4 Games
Persona! Final Fantasy! Kingdom Come!
What, you thought the summer sale would carry through August? Don't be absurd! In typical PlayStation fashion, the company's simply dropped a new PS Store sale, appropriately called August Savings. Loads of games across both PS5 and PS4 have been hit with fresh discounts, including a handful of bangers that...
Poll Rate Your Favourite PS5 Roguelike Games
Run it back
What are the best roguelike games on PS5? That's a question that we want to answer, but we need your help in order to do so. As regular Push Square readers may know, our best games lists are determined by user ratings — and our goal is to make a new list specifically for roguelike titles. 'Roguelike' itself is a fairly modern term,...
News 'Rebuilt' Until Dawn Comes to Haunt PS5, PC This October
Comparison trailer highlights improvements
Though there doesn't seem to be much hype surrounding it, part of Sony's first-party slate for 2024 is the PS5 and PC release of Until Dawn. This fan favourite horror adventure game released nearly a decade ago, and now, it's coming back on modern hardware, with a pretty significant overhaul to boot. We now...
Deals PS5 Price Cuts Continue with Savings on Consoles, Games, and Accessories (Europe)
Update: £40 off PS5 Slim, up to 60% off games
Update: Today is the final day of PlayStation Direct's UK and EU sale – deals end at midnight tonight, 14th August 2024. Consider this your final chance to grab anything that takes your fancy below! Original Article (30th July, 2024): This summer has been a pretty spectacular time for savings on...
News Space Marine 2 Analyses Tactical, Sniper Classes from Aboard Imposing Gothic Battle Barge
Only in death does duty end
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is powering towards a 9th September launch on PS5, and the wait is proving difficult for the Emperor's faithful. Thankfully, publisher Focus Home Entertainment has been drip-feeding us a nutrient-rich gruel of gameplay clips to tide us over in the meantime, detailing the Tactical and...
News Baldur's Gate 3 Still Winning, Adds Coveted Hugo Award to List
The most prestigous award in sci-fi, fantasy literature
Despite being released over a year ago and having already secured just about every award possible, Baldur's Gate 3 continues to win, this time securing an extremely prestigious, much-coveted Hugo Award for Best Game or Interactive Work. The Hugo Awards have been around since 1953, which...
News Arrowhead Unveils 60-Day Plan to Placate Rebellious Helldivers 2 Fans
Surrounded, outgunned
Developer Arrowhead has announced a 60-day plan with which it hopes to calm the currently riotous Helldivers 2 community, a vocal number of whom are unhappy with the current state of the game. The recently released Escalation of Freedom update itself was supposed to be something of a make-good but has instead served as an...
News Concord Pre-Load Available Now on PS5, Post-Launch Roadmap Revealed
Buckle up
Things have gone a little quiet, but Sony is on the verge of launching its next big online multiplayer game. Concord, its 5v5 first-person shooter, launches very soon; the "proper" launch date is 23rd August, while those who've pre-ordered the digital deluxe edition will gain access starting on 20th August. Whichever version you've plumped...
Embalm for the soul
Whether you enjoy claustrophobic horror, or you simply always wanted to work in a morgue (no judgement), The Mortuary Assistant has something for you. Developer Darkstone Digital’s atmospheric puzzler has you engage in the macabre monotony of the embalming process, with added supernatural terror. You play Rebecca Owens, fresh...
News Halloween, Ash vs. Evil Dead Getting 16-Bit Platformers, Launching This October
Collab between WayForward and Boss Team Games
Following up on yesterday's news about new titles based on the Halloween movie series, developer Boss Team Games has now also announced two more games. In collaboration with WayForward, RetroRealms is a series of 2D, 16-bit style action platformers, and the announced pair are based on Halloween and Ash...
Preview Dead Rising Plays and Looks Like a Dream in PS5 Deluxe Remaster
To be Frank, it's excellent
In the near two decades since Dead Rising helped define the early years of the Xbox 360, there's never been anything else quite like it — not even Capcom's three follow-ups. All deviated from the structure set by Frank West in some way, whether it was removing the critical time mechanic or placing less emphasis on a...
News The Cell Saga Looks Glorious in New Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Gameplay
Perfect
If we had to pick a favourite Dragon Ball saga, it would probably be the Cell Saga. The storyline has everything: a mysterious stranger with a sword who's capable of obliterating Frieza all over again, a plot that involves cool time travel elements, immense character development for Vegeta, Gohan's ascent as a warrior, and a roster of...
News Terminator Survivors Delayed, Will Be Back in 2025
Surviving
Publisher Nacon has announced a delay for its upcoming survival action title, Terminator Survivors. In a statement made on social media yesterday, it's been confirmed that the early access PC launch of the game has been pushed back to 2025. The delay has been made in order for Nacon and developer Nacon Studio Milan to "realize our...
BioWare is going big
Dragon Age: The Veilguard has a lot of expectations riding on it, and BioWare appears to be going all out to meet them, promising an ambitious RPG of rare scale. In fact, the developer says that the game's opening is bigger and more bombastic than the conclusion to 2014's Dragon Age: Inquisition, which was pretty impressive in...
News Baldur's Gate 3's Lae'zel Combat Stance Literally the Stuff of Ancient Samurai Dreams
Divine inspiration
Larian Studio's animation game was extremely on point in Baldur's Gate 3. The ludicrous number of unique interactions each character has gives each so much personality, and as it turns out, inspiration struck one of the developers from an unexpected angle. In an illuminating new series looking at mocap in BG3, Larian's...
News Cancellation of The Last of Us Online Was 'Not a Bloodless Endeavour'
Someone had to pay the butcher's bill
The cancellation of Naughty Dog's anticipated multiplayer offering, The Last of Us Online (colloquially known as Factions, originally meant to ship as part of The Last of Us: Part II), is a situation we still haven't quite recovered from in an industry seemingly beset by bad news. For better or worse, more...
News Ubisoft Suggests More Development Time Required for Future Assassin's Creed Games
Four years is just right
With Assassin's Creed Shadows set to spring out of the bushes on the unwary in November, Ubisoft says that dev cycles between titles must be longer to find the "right balance". At four years in the oven, Shadows has had the most development time of any title in the series to date, including massive open-world epics...
News Cult N64 Classic Glover Grabbing Physical PS5, PS4 Release
Single handed
Glover wasn’t the best 3D platformer on a system that was home to several all-timers in the genre, but it was memorable for its four-fingered hero. The game – which is coming to PS5 and PS4 courtesy of Brazilian IP hoarder QUByte – will be available to pre-order physically on PS5 from Limited Run Games, starting tomorrow, 13th...
News PS5 Hero Shooter Hit Marvel Rivals Will Reveal New Characters and More at Gamescom
Rivals cool
If, like millions of others, you’re still enjoying the Marvel Rivals closed beta, then you’ll want to pay attention to Gamescom Opening Night Live for the reveal of new characters and content. Host Geoff Keighley confirmed that there’ll be key updates during the German convention’s opening salvo, and you can find out when to...
Slime to grind
Aside from being a total pain in the arse to type, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Isekai Chronicles is an action RPG based on the popular anime of the same name. The adaptation offers a brief introduction to the source material, before plopping you into one of the property's later story arcs. Those unfamiliar with the...
News Uniqlo Introduces Make-Your-Own Monster Hunter Merch Range
But it's Japan only for now
Clothing retailer Uniqlo has unveiled a new line of merchandise for Monster Hunter, and it lets fans make custom items with a variety of stamps. Unfortunately only available in Japan right now, the website allows you to choose from dozens of Monster Hunter designs and apply them to t-shirts, hoodies, and tote bags however...
News Beware! Scalpers Reselling Astro Bot PS5 Controllers for Ridiculous Prices
Astro not
Astro Bot is due to arrive on PS5 in just under a month's time, and when it does, a limited edition DualSense controller will launch alongside it. The pad is probably the best custom controller PS5 has received yet, and pre-orders have sold out across multiple retailers very swiftly. Unfortunately, it seems a portion of those sales have...
News PS5's Lack of Tentpole Exclusives Isn't Hurting Engagement, Says Sony
Breaking records despite alleged drought
While some enthusiasts would strongly disagree, Sony doesn’t feel like the lack of “tentpole” exclusive titles have impacted engagement with its PS5 console this year. While the platform holder has published titles like Rise of the Ronin and Stellar Blade, it hasn’t released a major sequel since...
News Sandbox Detective Title Shadows of Doubt Sleuths on PS5 in September
Open case
Shadows of Doubt now has a confirmed release date. The sandbox detective title — which features procedurally generated crimes that can offer up some truly crazy situations — is currently in early access on PC. That testing period comes to an end on the 26th September, as that's when version 1.0, and the recently announced PS5 version,...
News Capcom Wants All of Its Legacy Fighting Games to Be Re-Released on PS5, PS4
Did someone say Rival Schools?
Between compilations like Capcom Arcade Stadium and its sequel, Capcom Beat ‘Em Up Bundle, and Capcom Fighting Collection, the Japanese publisher has being doing an amazing job making its renowned brawlers playable on contemporary hardware, like PS5 and PS4. That strategy will reach its zenith with the release of the...
News Randy Pitchford Teases Borderlands 4 After Tirade Over Flop Movie Adaptation
Pitch unperfect
Randy Pitchford must feel quite conflicted at the moment. As the boss of Gearbox, the studio behind the Borderlands franchise, it must be quite mind-blowing to see the series you helped create get a big budget movie adaptation. However, considering the catastrophic opening weekend sales figures, we reckon it’s probably quite...
News PS Portal Is By Far the UK's Most Popular Gaming Accessory Right Now
A massive success
Back when Sony’s streaming handheld PS Portal was announced, an enormous 33 per cent of you polled on Push Square said you had zero interest in the device. Well, as it turns out, you’re in the minority, because the Remote Play portable is proving a runaway hit for the platform holder. In the UK,
News 'We're Back, Baby,' Exclaims Acclaimed Tango Gameworks Director
The story goes on
John Johanas is just one of many staff reprising his role at Tango Gameworks following the Tokyo-based studio’s shock resurrection under Korean publisher Krafton. After being understandably “emotional” following the company’s closure in May, the creative director’s emotional rollercoaster has swung back upwards, as he’s...
News PS5 Continues to Dominate a Slow UK Games Industry in July
Despite a slow month for games
PS5 once again was the best-selling console in the UK for July, despite it being a weak month for the industry overall. Approximately 77,000 consoles were sold overall, with the PS5 moving the bulk of those machines. Sony’s system was down 30 per cent year-over-year, while the Nintendo Switch and Xbox Series X|S...
News Shuttered Xbox Dev Tango Gameworks to Be Revived, Hi-Fi Rush IP Acquired
Krafton breathes life back into team
Following Microsoft's high-profile, "emotional" shuttering of Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks, it seemed like that would be the end of the series and seemingly the end of the story. Like a bolt out of the blue, today it's been announced that Krafton, the Korean publisher behind PUBG, has acquired the IP and...
News Dino Shooter Son and Bone Achieves Peak Video Game in PS5 Gameplay
Things that make you go boom
Son and Bone is an unabashed video game fever dream, the kind of thing a non-gamer probably thinks the medium is actually full of. A bombastic boomer-shooter, players take on the role of Sam Judge, a sheriff on the trail of an infamous bandit, who unexpectedly finds himself on an alien world inhabited by dinosaurs. In a...
News Geralt Voice Actor Confirms Role in The Witcher 4, White Wolf Will Be 'Part of the Game'
This world needs a professional, not a hero
While The Witcher trilogy has primarily followed the adventures of Geralt of Rivia, all of that will change in the next entry in CD Projekt Red series', colloquially known as The Witcher 4. However, this transition will be eased by one Doug Cockle, the voice actor responsible for bringing Geralt to life,...
News More Spicy Helldivers 2 Drama as Freedom's Flame Backlash Boils Over
Flamethrower nerf results in review bomb reprisals
None of us are truly happy, not really, but it seems Helldivers 2 players are even less so, judging by the predictably volatile response to balancing changes introduced as part of the anticipated Escalation of Freedom update. Nerfs to flamethrowers ahead of the release of the fire-focused Freedom's...
Mini Review Valorant (PS5) - A Fantastic, One of a Kind Competitive Shooter
For the hardcore
At the end of June, we shared some impressions of Valorant on PS5 after it launched in closed beta. In those thoughts, we said that the game felt "unlike anything else on console" and that "a few more changes feel needed in order to really replicate that PC experience on consoles", but we were looking forward to how Valorant would...
Getting there
Alan Wake 2 is one of the finest games money can buy on the PS5, but developer Remedy’s still not seen a penny of profit from the release. The title’s financial toils have been well documented for a little while now; effectively, it needs to make back its development and marketing budget before it can start generating royalties for...
News Fortnite's Next Season Will Make Unthinkable Sums of Money on PS5, PS4
Marvel-ous
Disney promised big gaming news at its D23 convention this weekend, but there was no Kingdom Hearts or Marvel’s Wolverine – just Fortnite. To be fair, the entertainment giant has invested billions of dollars into Epic Games, and is building a new experience within the Battle Royale that will sit alongside adjacent modes like Fortn
Mini Review Love Is All Around (PS5) - Dumb Dating Sim Is Laugh Out Loud Funny
You love to see it
Gu Yi must be the luckiest man alive. The protagonist of FMV dating sim Love Is All Around is up to his eyeballs in debt, a bit of a creep, and a personality black hole – but he still has a group of drop-dead gorgeous girls competing against each other to pay his bills and invite him to stay in their multi-million dollar homes...
News GTA 6 Won't Be on Subs Like PS Plus at Launch Because Take-Two Makes 'Rational' Decisions
Zelnick doesn't think much to the model
Microsoft has changed consumer’s perceptions on Xbox Series X|S. By committing all first-party games to its Game Pass Ultimate membership, including the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, it’s cultivated an audience less likely to pay full-price for new games. This has affected software sales on its...
News Dead Rising's PS5 Remaster Will Strip Bonus Points for Erotic Photos
Laid bare
Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster – the forthcoming Capcom remake of its legendary PS3-era undead roguelike – will strip the release of its ‘Erotica’ feature, which awarded bonus points for titillating photographs. In the original version, you’d earn PP (or Prestige Points) for capturing shots of ladies’ cleavage or underwear, but...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 541
A kinda rush
The Olympics are slowly drawing to a close, the summer is heading towards its premature conclusion, and – guess what! – video games will start releasing again soon. Here’s what we’re playing this weekend. Aaron Bayne: I think it's time to finally go back to Helldivers 2, since the new Escalation of Freedom update just dropped...
News Tennis Sim Tiebreak Has Almost 100 Tournaments on PS5, PS4
That's a lot
For a while, Nacon was making the only tennis games in town – but that’s not the case now TopSpin 2K25 has returned to the arena. The French publisher has been looking for ways to differentiate its latest title, Tiebreak, then. And the solution: it just has way more content, with over 120 officially licensed players and almost 100...
Poll Have You Pre-Ordered an Astro Bot PS5 DualSense Controller?
You wish
In case you didn't know, the anticipated Astro Bot PS5 DualSense controller went up for pre-order today, resulting in a surprising amount of hubbub. Indeed, the special edition pad ended up selling out across a number of websites, and even Sony's own PlayStation Direct store had to bring back its dreaded queueing system in a bid to quell...
Interview Wild Bastards Dev on Why You Should Be Gunning for This Slick Sci-Fi Shooter on PS5
You bastards
Following up on 2020's Void Bastards — a moreish first-person shooter with a distinctly tactical edge — the talented team at Blue Manchu is back with more, er, bastards. Its new title, Wild Bastards, should be a hoot if the studio's previous work is anything to go by, and so we caught up with game designer Jonathan Chey to learn all...
News Quidditch Champions Will Depict Never-Before-Seen Harry Potter Schools on PS5, PS4
School daze
Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions will feature a number of arenas for you to compete in, and a couple of them will be based upon schools never seen before. Obviously, those familiar with the source material will be familiar with Beauxbatons Academy of Magic and Durmstrang Institute, both of which are referenced in the books – but here...
News Expect Big Fortnite News at Disney's D23, And Livestream It All in the PS5, PS4 Game
A kind of magic
As many of you already know, Disney has invested billions of dollars into Epic Games and Fortnite, and the giants are collaborating on all-new experience which will exist within the platform. We may learn more about that this weekend at D23, as the duo have teased big news direct from the show floor. Don’t worry if you’re not in...
News Splitgate 2 First Gameplay Footage Emphasises New Factions Feature
Live gameplay airing next week
Free-to-play shooter sequel Splitgate 2 has unveiled the very first look at its gameplay, which you can watch for yourself above. This follow-up to the original, which was a breakout success, is built in Unreal Engine 5 and makes some big changes, such as the main subject of the video: factions. While the main USP of...
News The Exit 8 Ripoff Changes Its Name and Logo on PS5 Following Original Game's Release
Emergency exits
Update: Well, the arrival of The Exit 8 on PS5 and PS4 has clearly had an impact. As reported in the original article below, the PS Store was already home to a title called The Exit 9 — a blatant ripoff of The Exit 8, which was quite clearly designed to try and fool users into thinking that it was related to the horror-tinged...
News It Took PS5 Longer Than PS4 to Pass 4 Million Units Milestone in the UK, But There's Context
It costs a helluva lot more for starters
The PS5 has officially crossed the four million units milestone in the UK, but it’s achieved it 31 weeks slower than its predecessor, the PS4. There’s crucial context here that needs to be observed, however: the PS5 wasn’t readily available for the first two years of the generation, as the aftermath of...
News Space Marine 2 Serves Up Worthy Look at Meaty Multiplayer Modes
In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, in addition to its lengthy single-player offering, comes fully equipped with some backup multiplayer modes as well. In a gore-soaked new trailer, we get a look at some of the multiplayer shenanigans you can dive into when the game drops from orbit onto PS5 on...
News Dragon Age: The Veilguard Won't Let You Control Companion Characters
"I will admit that, on paper, that might feel like something was taken away"
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is starting to sound like a proper Dragon Age game. Mechanically speaking, each release is radically different, tied together by thematic and recurring elements, kind of like Final Fantasy (with templars in place of moogles). Put another way,...
News Bungie to Reveal the Future of Destiny and Its Next Multi-Year Journey Soon
A Marathon, not a sprint
It’s not been the best few weeks for legendary developer Bungie, as it’s seen its studio downscaled, one of its teams spun-off, and its management underfire. Now fans of Destiny 2 are beginning to ponder what’s next for the game they love – and the company that made it. All will be revealed in the near future,...
News Iconic 90s FPS DOOM Adds All-New Campaign in PS5, PS4 Bundle
And it'll be free for many of you
Two of the greatest games of all time have been re-released on PS5 and PS4 – alongside a brand-new, original campaign created by id Software, Nightdive Studios, and MachineGames. Available right now, DOOM + DOOM 2 is free to download if you’ve ever purchased DOOM or DOOM 2 individually on PS4 before. For...
News You'll Be Able to Play Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's Zombies in Third-Person
A new perspective
Call of Duty is, as you all know, a first-person shooter. But the highly anticipated Zombies mode for Black Ops 6 will allow you to toggle to a third-person perspective, so you can get your undead slaughtering fix from behind the back of your character as opposed to down the barrel of your gun. It’s part of a suite of...
News PS Plus Extra Loses Five More Noteworthy PS5, PS4 Games
Ten in total for August
A further five games will be removed from PS Plus Extra later this month, although the exact date remains unconfirmed. It takes the total to ten for August, as we previously reported on five titles set to be booted from the service imminently. The full updated lineup listed on the PS5’s Last Chance to Play section is as...
News Highly Rated, P.T.-Like Walking Sim The Exit 8 Has Suddenly Arrived on PS5, PS4
Going underground
Well this is a nice surprise. The Exit 8, a horror-tinged walking sim that released on PC last year, has suddenly popped up on PS5 and PS4. It's available to buy right now, priced at £3.29 / $3.99. "You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8", reads the official...
News The Smash Hit Vampire Survivors Finally Comes to PS5, PS4 Later This Month
This is surviving
Vampire Survivors, the massively popular title from indie developer Poncle, has a firm release date on PS5 and PS4 at last. Already out on basically everything else, the hit game comes to Sony's consoles on 29th August, 2024. The news comes alongside the above trailer which, to be honest, is not particularly helpful in telling you...
News Monster Hunter Wilds Marketing Suggests Early 2025 Release Window as Fans Speculate
The hunt is on
Officially, Monster Hunter Wilds is targeting an incredibly vague '2025' release. But unofficially, fans are starting to believe that the action RPG is dropping sooner rather than later. This is primarily because of Capcom's current marketing flurry, which has seen the publisher release a steady supply of gameplay videos, day by day,...
News Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP Pre-Orders Live Now on PS5
Watch the new gameplay trailer
Developer and publisher Dragami Games has opened up pre-orders for its upcoming remaster, Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP. You can now pre-purchase the game for PS5 on the PS Store for $44.99 / £39.99, with a 10 per cent discount for PS Plus members. To mark the beginning of the pre-order period, the company has released a...
News Elden Ring Squashes Shadow of the Erdtree Bugs in Latest Update, Here Are the Patch Notes
Available now
A new game update for Elden Ring is now ready to download and install on PS5 and PS4. Bandai Namco and FromSoftware announced the new patch earlier today, taking the smash hit action RPG to version 1.13.2. It's far from the biggest update the game has ever seen, but it makes a handful of notable bug fixes to Shadow of the Erdtree. A...
News Black Myth: Wukong Builds the Hype with Stunning Final Trailer
Not long to wait now
Black Myth: Wukong has looked brilliant since its debut years ago, and it continues to do so in the last trailer before release. The game launches on 20th August on PS5, and to whet our appetites before then, we have this nearly five-minute video to drum up more hype. The trailer is all in-game footage, firstly showcasing...
News Baldur's Gate 3's Honour Mode Responsible for More Than a Million Failed Playthroughs
Ultimate bragging rights
Developer Larian Studios has released another fun trove of fascinating player statistics garnered from Baldur's Gate 3. It has come to light that the game's much-vaunted Honour Mode has prematurely ended over 1.2 million playthroughs, with just 141,000 successfully completed, which we should camp out on for a se
News Castlevania Sinks Teeth Into August Dead By Daylight Collaboration
Dracula and Belmont, together again
It seems like Konami wants Castlevania everywhere but in its own dedicated game, judging by the slew of collaborations we've seen in recent days. First, it was Dead Cells, then V Rising, and now Dead by Daylight will play host to Dracula himself, in addition to Trevor Belmont. Previously
News Helldivers 2's Next Stratagem Seemingly Revealed During Dev Livestream
Whoopsie daisy
Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has seemingly leaked a fiery future stratagem during a PlayStation Access livestream. We love the sound of an Orbital Napalm Barrage and hope to deploy it against bugs liberally in the future. Chronicled by GamesRadar+, PlayStation Access hosted a livestream to mark Helldivers 2's big Escalation of...
News Suicide Squad the Villain Behind Warner Bros Gaming Revenue Drop
But Hogwarts Legacy is a tough act to follow
Warner Bros. Discovery has reported its Q2 2024 earnings, and in fairly unsurprising news, a lot of fingers are being pointed at Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. The villainous service game is largely taking the wrap for a precipitous 41% year-over-year revenue drop experienced by the WB Games...
News Meet Metis in Fresh Persona 3 Reload: Episode Aigis Gameplay Trailer
Sister act
Persona 3 Reload is getting its Episode Aigis - The Answer expansion on 10th September, which focuses on everyone's favourite clockwork companion. In a new trailer, Atlus introduces us to Aigis' sister of sorts, Metis, and gives us a glimpse of the kind of dungeon-delving players can expect to undertake. The Answer was first released in...
News Baldur's Gate 3 Reveals Utterly Ridiculous Player Stats for One Year Anniversary
Down bad by the river
If you can believe it, it's (almost) been one whole year since the release of Baldur's Gate 3 on PS5. Crazy! But you know what's even crazier? The player-related stats that developer Larian Studios has just unleashed upon the world. Needless to say, they make for a richly entertaining read. Please note that spoilers for...
News Fortnite Adds Option to Buy Its Battle Pass Rewards After 18 Months
So skins based on real IP can come back
Epic Games has revealed a change to the way it delivers Fortnite rewards in its Battle Pass structure as it opens up the option to sell items in the Shop that were previously only available if you worked through an old Battle Pass. With a big focus on skins based on real-life IPs like Star Wars and Marvel...
News PS5 Action RPG The First Berserker Gets 15 Minutes of Fresh Gameplay
Bloody roar
Ahead of its showing at Gamescom later this month, The First Berserker: Khazan has decided to drop 15 whole minutes of gameplay footage. This is the most we've seen of the action RPG so far, with the video showcasing some exploration and a lot of combat. The action itself is definitely Souls-like, but with what seems to be a slightly...
News Smash Hit Roguelike Balatro Has Sold Over 2 Million Copies, Free Major Update Incoming
Cashing in
Balatro, the devilishly addictive roguelike deckbuilder, has now passed the two million sales milestone across all platforms. The game, almost entirely made by someone known only as LocalThunk, has been a big success critically, and we can safely say it's been a commercial hit too. The game sees players drawing cards and playing poker...
News PS5 Journey-Like Sword of the Sea Reappears Over a Year After Its PlayStation Showcase Reveal
Ride the wave
Sword of the Sea caught the eye during the PlayStation Showcase that aired in May 2023. Clearly inspired by timeless PS3 and PS4 title Journey, its reveal trailer promised a visually striking adventure in which you surf across sands atop a big sword. Lovely stuff, but we've seen nothing of the game since its announcement. Fortunately,...
Reaction PS5 Needs a Price Cut
Sticker shock
Don’t let the discourse tell you otherwise: the PS5 is doing very well. Tagging another 2.4 million units to its total in the quarter concluding 30th June, the system now sits at 61.7 million units sold. That’s a phenomenal feat when you consider all the chaos Sony has had to circumnavigate: the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent...
Preview Space Marine 2 Is a PS5 Blockbuster That's Worth the Hype
I crave a bloodbath... or a blood shower
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is easily one of the best co-op shooters we’ve played in years. If you had fun slaying Terminids with friends in Helldivers 2, then you’ll likely enjoy the bloodier and arguably more epic battles against Tyranids here. Where Space Marine 2 differentiates itself from...
