PS5 News - Page 26
July2024
News Unknown 9: Awakening Steps Up with New Gameplay Walkthrough Trailer
Less unknown now
Bandai Namco has released new gameplay footage of the upcoming action adventure title, Unknown 9: Awakening. In it, you get to see about eight minutes of the game, with an emphasis on combat and stealth encounters. The main hook is that lead character Haroona has the ability to "step" — a power that lets her temporarily...
News Boba, Bare Feet, and Bins Headline Honkai: Star Rail's Big PS5 Update
A return to the Xianzhou Luofu
The next major Honkai: Star Rail update is coming 31st July, and it’s taking the Trailblazer back to the Xianzhou Luofu. Yeah, we know, we didn’t like the story much there either – but there’s an opportunity to start afresh here, as the Wardance Ceremony gets underway. This storyline is set to span two full...
Review Nobody Wants to Die (PS5) - Film Noir Meets Cyberpunk in This Stylish Detective Thriller
Who wants to live forever?
What would happen if humans created a way to make death optional by transferring consciousness from one body to another? Nobody Wants to Die answers that question in the most realistic way possible: the rich live forever, and the poor barely live at all. Set in New York in 2329, Nobody Wants To Die tells the story of...
News PS5 Pro Still Likely to Launch This Year, Tokyo Game Show Reveal Possible
Professional opinion
Update: An innocuous tweet from gaming tipster Tom Henderson appears to have been taken out of context, as the writer has provided an update on the PS5 Pro, based on his knowledge. According to Insider Gaming, devs will be required to support Sony’s supercharged system from 15th September, and while this doesn’t mean a...
News Beloved Murder Mystery Game The Case of the Golden Idol Gets PS5, PS4 Ports Next Week
Out on 23rd July
The highly regarded mystery game The Case of the Golden Idol will make its way to PlayStation next week as PS5 and PS4 ports have been confirmed to be releasing on 23rd July 2024. Using point-and-click gameplay, you'll solve a series of murders across 50 years of history using your deductive skills to fill in the blanks. Check out...
News Celebrate PowerWash Simulator's Second Washer-Versary with Free, Filthy Content
The Muckingham Files continue
Somehow, the soothing washer-sim PowerWash Simulator is now two years old, and as a part of what is being called its Washer-Versary, it has some filthy free content for all you clean freaks. Publisher Square Enix and developer FuturLab have revealed The Muckingham Files Part 3, with the free update already live on PS5...
News Walk on the Wild Side with Diablo 4's Spiritborn Class in October
Apex predator
Diablo 4 is gearing up for its first expansion in October, and Vessel of Hatred is set to spice things up a bit, introducing an all-new class. To tide us over in these lean times, Blizzard has entrusted us with a cinematic trailer introducing the animalistic Spiritborn, which calls upon the power of Spirit Guardians to strike down its...
News Overwatch 2's Newest Support Hero, Juno, Will Be Playable This Weekend
Pew pew
Overwatch 2's newest hero is a highly mobile Martian Support named Juno, and for a limited window, you can see how she stacks up against the rest of the crew. You'll have to be quick, however; this limited-time trial runs from today, 19th July, to the 21st. Versatility appears to be the name of Juno's game, with many of her weapons and...
News Sony Appears to Have Leaked Helldivers 2's Next Warbond
Wrap yourself in Freedom's Flame
The latest in a long line of publisher/developer snafus, it seems Sony has leaked the name and description of the next Warbond pack coming to Helldivers 2, whether Arrowhead was ready or not. Spied by IGN, players on Reddit have reported getting a PlayStati
News Classic Stages Return in Sonic X Shadow Generations Comparison Trailer
Generation leap
Sonic X Shadow Generations is still a good few months away, but SEGA is getting hedgehog fans excited with small updates here and there. The latest comes in the form of a comparison trailer, placing classic Shadow levels side by side with the revamped versions in the upcoming game. As you can see, stages from Sonic games in which...
Poll Are You Playing the Concord Open Beta?
Take aim
The Concord beta is now open to everyone over the weekend, across both PS5 and PC. And, if you jumped into the early access beta last weekend, you can dive straight back into this open period, with your previous progress intact. But will you be taking Concord for a spin over the next few days? We quite enjoyed our time with the...
News Play C-Smash VRS in Pancake Mode on PS5 from 26th September
Dreams cast
Back when Cosmic Smash launched on Dreamcast in 2001, it was a traditional arcade-style tennis title you played with a controller. Wolf & Wood reimagined the release for PSVR2 last year as C-Smash VRS, using motion controls and a first-person perspective to make for a more expressive experience. We loved it, but not everyone has...
News Horror Hit The Mortuary Assistant Creeping onto PS5, PS4 in August
It lives again
If you're into your horror games, you may be aware of The Mortuary Assistant — an indie adventure title that's been a huge success on PC and Nintendo Switch. Now, it's finally coming to PS5 and PS4, alongside a definitive edition update for all existing versions. As the name suggests, The Mortuary Assistant has you working a shift...
News We Find This PS5 Wishlist Issue Irrationally Irksome
Is it discounted or not?
While it’s overwhelmingly a great console, there are no shortage of small irritations which detract from the overall PS5 experience. One that’s been irking this author irrationally for months now is how the wishlist displays discounts. It really shouldn’t be a difficult concept: if you’ve flagged a game as one...
Mini Review Asphalt Legends Unite (PS5) - Over-the-Top Arcade Racer Serves Up Some Free Fun
Simple and silly
The era of outrageous arcade racers is all but dead these days. The likes of Forza Horizon and The Crew Motorfest have picked up the mantle, but we miss the days of sliding our Ferrari F50s around corners at right-angles, with retina burning SEGA blue skies and pumping c*ck rock providing the perfect backdrop. It’d be a criminal...
News There's Already Concern Over Concord's Player Count as Open Beta Begins
Shoot to kill
Concord's open beta begins today (that's the 18th July) on PS5 and PC, welcoming anyone and everyone into the hero-shooter fray. But this celebratory moment is in danger of being overshadowed by talk of the game's player count. Indeed, the previous early access beta — which ran from the 12th July to the 14th July — reportedly...
News Splitgate 2 Announced for 2025, More News Coming in August
Devs creating "dream sequel"
1047 Games has announced Splitgate 2, a sequel to its viral hit multiplayer shooter from a few years back. Much like the original, Splitgate 2 will be a free-to-play FPS, with its main hook being the ability to drop portals on the battlefield to get the best of your opponents. It's confirmed for both PS5 and PS4, and...
News EA Sports College Football 25 Will Be One of USA's Biggest PS5 Games This Year
Concurrent players near 750k in Early Access
There have been comfortably over 700,000 people playing EA Sports College Football 25 online across all platforms at times this week – and it’s technically not even out yet. The long-awaited American football game can be enjoyed for up to ten hours as part of subscription EA Play, while those who...
News Only Two New PS5 Titles Infiltrated the European Top Ten for the First Half of 2024
Older releases round out the list
Here’s a reminder that most people are perfectly content buying and playing older games on their spangly new systems: only two new PS5 titles released in 2024 managed to make the year’s top ten so far. That’s right, despite Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Tekken 8, Stellar Blade, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, and...
News PS5 Simply Can't Match the Pace of 2023 in Europe
But holding steady
For the first half of 2024, sales of PS5 are down 16 per cent year-over-year. While this may sound like cause for concern, it’s worth noting it’s still comfortably the region’s best-selling console, and it’s competing with a particularly fruitful period. In the early months of 2023, Sony widely promoted the platform’s...
News WWE Wrestlers Team Up in Warzone, Modern Warfare 3 Season 5 Update
Rhea Ripley! Cody Rhodes! Rey Mysterio!
WWE superstars Rhea Ripley, Cody Rhodes, and Rey Mysterio have been announced as the next famous faces to appear in the crossover bonanza that is the Call of Duty series. Available from next week on 24th July 2024 in Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone, you'll unlock the Rhea Ripley skin as soon as you purchase the...
News Pacific Drive Gets Photo Mode, New Customisation Options, More in Free Update
Paid cosmetics pack also available
Developer Ironwood Studios has just released a big update for its supernatural driving game, Pacific Drive. This is the first major content update for the title, bringing new features and gameplay to the experience for free. Photo mode is perhaps the biggest new addition, allowing you to take snapshots of your...
News EA Sports FC 25 Kicks Off in September on PS5, PS4
Ultimate Edition lets you play a week earlier
Sports fans, rejoice, as EA Sports FC 25 will take to the field on 27th September on PS5, PS4. Punters can opt for either a standard or Ultimate Edition of the game, allowing those willing to pay extra access a little earlier, from 20th September. If you can't contain yourself, pre-orders are open now,...
News Dragon Age: The Veilguard Not the 'Right Game' for 'Nasty' Blood Magic
Keep your evil bottled up within
RPGs often feature a morality system, allowing players to dictate how their chosen character will interact with a given game world, ranging from relatively black-and-white to endlessly crushing, grimdark grey (we're looking squarely at you, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader). How BioWare's upcoming Dragon Age: The...
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance Dev Honours Decade-Old Kickstarter Pledge
Select backers will get the sequel for free
Warhorse Studios is currently hard at work putting the finishing touches into its eagerly-anticipated sequel, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, but like humble protagonist Henry of Skallitz himself, the developer hasn't forgotten its roots. Starting as something of an internet rumour, it has since been...
News Yeah! You Want 'Those Games', Right? Well Good, 'Cos There's a PS5, PS4 Sequel
More minigames you definitely wanted
We’ve all seen them: the totally fake mobile game ads that are strangely engrossing. The titles never turn out to be as good as the commercials, but one industrious developer has taken it upon itself to actually make them. That’s how Yeah! You Want ‘Those Games’, Right? So Here You Go! Now, Let’s See...
News BioWare Will 'Finally' Return to Its Roots with Dragon Age: The Veilguard's Storytelling
Golden Age
There's a crystal clear emphasis on character-driven storytelling in Dragon Age: The Veilguard. From the actual name of the game through to the (admittedly terrible) reveal trailer, and then the fairly promising gameplay demonstration, The Veilguard's party members are in the spotlight. And this is exactly what BioWare should be doing,...
News Check Out a Full 10 Minute Star Wars Outlaws Quest on PS5
New footage no longer outlawed
As part of its IGN First promotional period, ten more minutes of Star Wars Outlaws have been published online. In this clip, protagonist Kay Vess is tasked with finding a sarlacc tooth, so she seeks out one of the giant creatures in the desert and heads inside. Unfortunately, her hard work uncovering the enormous fang...
Interview Learning All About The Precinct, PS5's Super Promising Sandbox Cop Game
Have a seat
We've been keeping an eye on The Precinct for a while now. It's an indie game where you play as a cop, fighting crime on the streets of a sandbox city. It's always sounded like a really cool concept to us, and so we caught up with Lewis Boadle — the title's art director and co-founder of developer Fallen Tree Games. We asked Lewis...
Preview EA Sports FC 25 Promises a Different Kind of Rush on PS5, PS4
Here we go
EA Sports FC 24’s transition away from FIFA did no harm to the Redwood juggernaut’s flagship football franchise, and you could argue the rebranding itself actually helped re-engage former fans who had previously fallen off. However, while the on-pitch action itself was fine, it wasn’t the revolution we were hoping for, delivering a...
News Free-to-Play Phenomenon Genshin Impact Gets Its Own PS5 Console Bundle in Japan
Impact
PlayStation has a long history of bundling its consoles with blockbuster games, and it's certainly not afraid of releasing region-specific bundles that are designed to appeal directly to key markets. For example, it's partnered with EA Sports on a bunch of European packages in the past, shipping the PS4 with select FIFA titles. It's...
News PS5 Police Sandbox The Precinct Gets Hit with a Delay into Fall 2024
Stop right there
The Precinct, the very promising police-based indie we've reported on a few times now, has been pushed back from its previously announced 15th August release date. The PS5-bound title is now targeting a less specific autumn / fall launch, with developer Fallen Tree Games offering an explanation through the game's Steam page. "This...
News Hey Jude! England and Real Madrid's Bellingham Fronts EA Sports FC 25
Na na na nananana
EA Sports has perhaps realised that having a human potato as its cover star is not best for business. The publisher has therefore swapped out Manchester City’s Erling Haaland for Real Madrid’s much more agreeable Jude Bellingham with EA Sports FC 25. The boy from Birmingham has enjoyed a rapid rise to stardom, initially...
News No Man's Sky: Worlds Part I Revamps the Universe in Biggest Update of 2024
Better water! Volumetric weather! More creatures!
No Man's Sky is getting yet another game-changing free update from the industrious folks at Hello Games. Named Worlds Part I, this update, available for all players today, is the largest to hit the game this year so far, making some sweeping improvements that essentially make the universe even more...
News You Can Finally Play Inazuma Eleven on PS5, PS4 from Tomorrow
All along the Victory Road
It’s been a long, long road to Inazuma Eleven’s long-awaited PlayStation debut, but you’ll finally be able to put the soccer RPG through its paces from tomorrow. While the full release of Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road is still a little way away, the Worldwide Beta Test Demo will kick-off from 4AM PDT/7AM EDT on 18th...
Mini Review Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn (PS5) - Yeah, It's Pretty Good
Use axe to grind
Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn is the textbook definition of a good video game. You probably won't think of it much after rolling credits, but in the moment, there's enough in its roughly 12-hour campaign for a fulfilling time. A quick hit of comfort food for the Souls-like audience, it succeeds with fun combat and movement abilities...
News Over 4,500 Massive PS5, PS4 Games Discounted in Sizzling Summer Sale
It's getting hot in here
An eye-watering 4,500 gigantic PS5 and PS4 games and add-ons are now on sale on the PS Store as part of Sony’s mind-bogglingly big summer sale. Discounts run up to an enormous 80 per cent off, and span major titles like Elden Ring (£34.99/$41.99) and Hogwarts Legacy (£25.99/$27.99). Here are some of the highlights:...
News Sea of Stars Dev Offers Brief Update on Story DLC, Co-Op Mode
Things are going swimmingly
Sea of Stars won hearts and minds with its colourful aesthetic and appealing, classic gameplay when it was released in 2023. Now, a full year after launch, developer Sabotage has offered a brief update on its upcoming story DLC and intriguing cooperative mode, promising that more information will be coming this year...
Random Jocks Met by 'Lorem Ipsum' Error in EA Sports College Football 25
Well, actually
EA Sports College Football 25 has just entered its Early Access period and has seen an insane response, all but guaranteeing its place as one of the best sports games on PS5. Some players are reporting an error preventing them from accessing the game's Dynasty Mode, in which they take on the responsibility of coaching a football...
News Elden Ring Poster Signed by Hidetaka Miyazaki Currently at Auction for $15,000
It's for a good cause
An Elden Ring poster signed by auteur FromSoftware boss Hidetaka Miyazaki is currently being auctioned for charity, with the proceeds going towards the Immune Deficiency Foundation. If you've got a spare stack of cash and would like to invest in a unique piece of memorabilia while helping a worthy cause, bidding doesn't close...
News Development Teams 'Saddened' by Demoralising Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 Leak
Send in the Ordos
A development build of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, which seemingly comprises the entire game, was uploaded onto a torrent site, and gameplay videos have begun to spread across the internet. Publisher Focus Entertainment and developer Saber Interactive have urged all faithful fans to refrain from spreading spoilers until the...
News The Casting of Frank Stone Goes Grindhouse in PS5 Release Date Trailer
Stone the crows
Dead by Daylight is so big these days, it’s spawning its own line of full-scale spin-off games, starting with narrative adventure The Casting of Frank Stone. Developed by Until Dawn maker Supermassive Games, the title’s due out on 3rd September for the budget price of $39.99. There’ll also be a Deluxe Edition for $49.99...
Poll What Review Score Would You Give Zenless Zone Zero?
Zero/10
It's only a couple of weeks old, but Zenless Zone Zero can already be classed as yet another slam dunk for HoYoverse. The free-to-play action RPG is the third game that the Chinese developer has released on PlayStation, alongside Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail — and both of those titles are still attracting a huge number of players...
News Genshin Impact Fan Frustration Boils Over As Backlash Goes Viral
Voice actors chime in
Genshin Impact has once again found itself in the eye of an almighty social media storm, and this may be the most venomous backlash the uber-popular gacha has faced to date. Earlier this month, HoYoverse released the trailer for its new region Natlan, which is inspired by real-life continents like Africa and South America. You...
News Astro Bot Adorns EDGE Magazine's 400th Issue, Paying Homage to 10 PlayStation Icons
We want them all
EDGE, the UK's premium gaming magazine and one of the last bastions of games media in print, has just celebrated its 400th issue. It's an amazing milestone for a mag that's been going for over 30 years. Whether you still enjoy a physical thing to leaf through or simply get all your gaming news online, it's hard to deny EDGE's...
Feature The 10 Best PS5 Games of 2024 So Far
As voted by you
The votes are in, and the results are here. Just over a week ago, we asked the Push Square community to vote for their PS5 Game of the Year for 2024 so far. Indeed, we've had over six months of highly rated releases, and 40 of those titles were included in the poll. Readers could vote for just one game, and a total of 3,361 votes...
News PS2 Launch Title Summoner Surprises with a Full Slate of PS5, PS4 Trophies
Platinum armour
Summoner wasn’t the standout PS2 launch title, but it has its fair share of fans. Now the Volition developed action RPG can be enjoyed afresh on PS5 and PS4 as part of Sony’s PS Plus Premium emulation efforts – and perhaps as a surprise, it has a Platinum Trophy to unlock. The Japanese giant’s generally only added Trophies to...
News Neverness to Everness Makes GTA an Anime Open World on PS5
Powered by Unreal Engine 5
At this point, the PS5 is living up to its alternative moniker of GachaStation 5, as it’s becoming the place to play many of the biggest gacha games. Riding on the coattails of Zenless Zone Zero, Chinese outfit Hotta Studio – the team behind Tower of Fantasy – has announced its next big project: supernatural urban...
News PS Plus Extra Loses Five More PS5, PS4 Games in August
Last chance to play
PS Plus Extra will be losing five games from its catalogue in August, once the subscription service's next update rolls around in the middle of the month. In other words, you've only got a limited amount of time to try these titles before they're hooked. The marked games are as follows: NBA 2K24 (PS5, PS4) Need For Speed...
News Mortal Kombat 1 Unveils Takeda Takahashi as Next DLC Fighter in Flashy Trailer
Ferra joining the kameo roster
The next DLC character for Mortal Kombat 1 is Takeda Takahashi, WB Games and NetherRealm Studios have announced. The news comes alongside a splashy gameplay trailer, showing off the playable fighter and all his fancy moves. Takeda is a character first seen in Mortal Kombat X, a student of Scorpion and an adept fighter...
News Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters Says It's All About How You Use It with PS5, PS4 Platinum
Motion in the ocean
Bite-sized PSP action platformer Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters is available to download on PS5 and PS4 right now, and yes, there’s a Platinum pot to unlock along the way. The spin-off adventure developed by High Voltage Games has been added to the PS Store as part of PS Plus Premium – although you can purchase it...
News Massive Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7 Detailed, Dev Confirms More Updates Are Planned
Crossplay, photo mode, and more
In case you haven't heard, Baldur's Gate 3 is getting another huge update in September, which has been in the works for a while. And, ahead of the Patch 7's beta testing period on PC, developer Larian Studios has shared additional details on what we can expect from the update. As was previously revealed, evil...
News Iconic PSP Tactics RPG Jeanne d'Arc Has a Platinum on PS5, PS4
Viva la France
Level-5’s iconic PSP tactics RPG Jeanne d’Arc has been freed from its handheld shackles and is available to play right now on PS5 and PS4, as part of PS Plus Premium. If you’re not subscribed to Sony’s subscription service, you can also purchase the game a la carte, so there’s no excuse not to give this acclaimed Fire Emblem...
News 13 More PS Plus Extra, Premium Games Are Available to Download Now
Going Jeanne d'Arc
Those subscribed to PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium now have access to a selection of 13 more PS5 and PS4 titles. In Europe, Sony has dropped the latest monthly additions to its game catalogue and lineup of retro classics, meaning you can download or stream them right now. The games will be rolling out to North America in a...
Interview Outlast Developer on Making the Switch to Live Service
Going live to outlast the rest
Live service is a triggering word amidst gaming communities, but that didn’t sway Red Barrels. The Montreal-based developer has made a name for itself by crafting up the iconic Outlast series, an intensely linear single-player horror franchise that has to date surpassed 37 million sales. However, earlier this year...
News Take in a Concord Double Feature with These Scene-Setting Cinematic Vignettes
"Yep, it's a map"
One of the ways Concord hopes to carve out a place for itself in the increasingly crowded service space is with weekly vignettes, telling an ongoing narrative that will begin at launch on 23rd August. To set the scene, we've got a double feature depicting the beginning of the Northstar crew's story. They're both animated well and...
News Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Nails Down Upcoming Multiplayer Beta Dates
Duty calls
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is creeping ever closer, and Activision has revealed the dates players can come to grips with its next game, offering multiple opportunities to try it out ahead of launch. Depending on your buy-in level, you could play for over a week at the end of August and into September. Announced on its blog, Call of Duty...
News Brush Up on Your SNK History with Metal Slug Tactics - The Legacy Retrospective
Continue?
Metal Slug Tactics is slated to launch on PS5 and PS4 in 2024, and the shift from sidescrolling shmup action to tense, turn-based tactics seems like a genuinely inspired one. While we wait for a more concrete release date, Paris-based publisher Dotemu has put together a lovely little retrospective, which should help kill a little bit of...
News Heresy as Full Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 Dev Build Leaks Months Ahead of Launch
A traitor can never be forgiven
A fully playable development build of the eagerly anticipated Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has emerged online, well ahead of the game's 9th September release date. It's a recent build, from about a month before the game went gold, which was just "randomly posted on a tracker". Unusually, it includes server...
Poll What Review Score Would You Give The First Descendant?
First of all
Free-to-play PS5 shooter The First Descendant is a couple of weeks old now, and we want to know what you think of it. Granted, it can be difficult to judge live service titles like this just weeks into its full release, but divided opinions have already made for interesting reading in this case. Prime example: we really weren't keen on...
News Tokyo-Based PS5, PS4 Action RPG REYNATIS Will Receive Nine Free Updates
Rey to go
The promising Tokyo-based action RPG REYNATIS will be supported post-release with nine additional free expansions, publisher NIS America has announced. According to a press release, the updates will include “new story episodes for main characters Marin Kirizumi and Sari Nishijima, along with a secret episode”. Unfortunately, there’s...
Mini Review Flock (PS5) - Hohokum Meets Pokémon in Relaxing Collect-'Em-Up
Ready and woollen
If you're looking for a game to just chill out to, Flock will definitely meet that criteria. From the minds behind Hohokum, I Am Dead, and Wilmot's Warehouse, to name a few, this laidback adventure is all about finding and documenting dozens of unusual creatures, and that's more or less it. The open world expands as you progress...
News FC 25 Reveal Is This Week, Jude Bellingham's on the Cover
Hey, Jude
EA Sports will lift the curtain on EA Sports FC 25 this week. The reveal is happening via a trailer on YouTube, which airs on the 17th July at 5pm BST / 6pm CEST / 12pm EDT / 9am PDT. And, as has been rumoured, Jude Bellingham's going to be the cover star — although he's joined by a selection of familiar faces on the front of FC 25's...
Review Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess (PS5) - An Absorbing Action-Strategy Hybrid
Active tower defence
Capcom is absolutely dialled in right now; everything it touches seems to turn to gold, from major releases to smaller experiments. Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess certainly fits into the latter category, and it's a terrific time for fans of real-time strategy with a twist. Being able to control a hero character in amongst...
Mini Review Darkest Dungeon 2 (PS5) - Road Trippin' Roguelike Not for the Faint of Heart
Highway straight to hell
Like its predecessor, Darkest Dungeon 2 is about making the best of a bad situation and enduring unspeakable horrors. Unlike the original Darkest Dungeon, it's a faster-paced roguelite meant to be played repeatedly instead of a traumatic, lengthy dungeon crawler. As massive fans of the original, getting over that fact was...
News UK Sales Charts: It Takes Two Leapfrogs Back into Top 10, Hogwarts Legacy Takes the Lead
Three griffins on a shirt
Hazelight Studio's hit co-op game, It Takes Two, has made its return to the UK's physical top 10. It's currently in ninth position, thanks to some deep discounts if Amazon is anything to go by. It's always good to see the usually unmoving bestsellers shaken up a little, though aside from this title, it's all pretty...
News Sony to Demo Wuthering Waves on PS5, PS4 at Chinese Convention
Gacha game takes another step closer
Here’s further evidence that gacha game Wuthering Waves may be releasing imminently on PS5 and PS4: publisher Sony will be showcasing the game at ChinaJoy 2024 in Shanghai later this month. As spotted by Gematsu, the Kuro Games developed open world outing was included on a promotional flier for the event, which...
Mini Review Spy x Anya: Operation Memories (PS5) - A Cute But Repetitive Slice of Life
Elegant?
Mercifully, Spy x Family was never going to work as a cut-and-paste anime arena brawler. Tatsuya Endo’s laugh-out-loud slice-of-life manga sensation is effectively a comedy, and while it does have its fair share of spy action, you were never going to see expressive infant Anya flying across a 3D environment performing Kamehamehas –...
News Concord's Early Beta Extended an Extra Day on PS5, PC
Keep it rolling
Concord is currently in the middle of the first of two beta test periods, and it's just been extended a little. The early beta, reserved for those who've pre-ordered and those with a PS Plus subscription, was meant to conclude on 14th July, but has been extended to include the 15th as well. The news comes via the game's official...
Mini Review Schim (PS5) - Adorable Platformer Doesn't Quite Stick the Landing
Beast of the shadow
Schim is a stylish platformer with relaxed vibes and a charming soundtrack. Its world is filled with the eponymous little critters. These adorable shadow frogs are the spirits of living things or objects, and everything that can make a shadow has one. The game follows one schim in particular, in this case one attached to a young...
News The First Descendant Draws a Massive 10 Million Players in First Week
But how many will stick around?
Free-to-play shooter The First Descendant has drawn massive crowds in its first week live, with publisher Nexon pronouncing that some 10 million players have already checked out the game. Noted by Insider Gaming, with no upfront cost, it remains to be seen how many of those players will stick around, but it's still...
News Re-Enactment Group Not Satisfied with Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Shadows Flag Apology
This is why you don't mess with the Teppo-tai
It seems Ubisoft's apology for using the Sekigahara Teppo-tai's flag without permission has not been accepted. The Japanese historical re-enactment group informed the publisher that its distinct banner had been used in concept art for the upcoming Assassin's Creed Shadows, which promptly apologised...
News Nexon Will Update The First Descendant's In-Game Icons Following Plagiarism Complaints
"We will continue to improve the game for fans of the looter shooter genre”
Last week, Forbes writer Paul Tassi raised concerns that some of the in-game icons in The First Descendant looked strikingly similar to those used in Destiny 2. The story was widely reported, and in a statement to
Preview Ignore The Haters, Concord Is a Good PS5 Shooter We Can't Wait to Play More Of
This one struck a Concord
Ahead of its 23rd August launch, we finally got our hands on Concord, the live service hero shooter from Firewalk Studios. Sony’s big multiplayer gamble was not met with the best of first impressions when it debuted at State of Play, but now that we’ve had some time with the game, is this shaping up to be the next live...
Poll Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for July 2024?
Plus or minus?
13 more PS5, PS4, and Classic games will be making their way to PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium on Tuesday, with much of the reaction from the official announcement focusing on the strong line-up of retro titles Sony has put together for the drop. General highlights include Remnant 2, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion, and some...