PS5 News (Page 10)
Saturday1st Mar 2025
Guide GTA 6: Everything We Know So Far
All the key GTA 6 details you need to know
Are you looking for everything we know so far about GTA 6? With Rockstar Games having finally announced the much-anticipated sequel, interest in the game is currently sky-high. This GTA 6 guide is designed to document everything we know so far about the game, revealing important details about its release...
Poll Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Essential Games for March 2025?
Plus or minus?
March 2025 has turned out to be a pretty big month for PS Plus Essential. Three games were confirmed for the third-tier subscription earlier this week, and as always we want to know if you're happy with what's on offer. So, the big story here is undoubtedly the inclusion of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, which only released back in...
News You Can Get a Head Start on Next Week's Big PS Plus Game
Create your Dragon Age character today
Dragon Age: The Veilguard marks one of the biggest PS Plus Essential drops for some time, based both on its general quality and how it was only released for PS5 a handful of months ago. It's an update important enough that you may be willing to drop what you're currently playing to experience it now, but you...
The road to success
Is Forza Horizon 5’s price too high? While approximately 40% of you said so in our Push Square poll, it’s certainly not hurting pre-orders of the PS5 port, which is due out on 29th April. A quick look at the
News Classic Turok Game Upgraded for PS5 with New Features and Fixes
New PS5 version out now
Nightdive Studios has returned to its remaster of the original Turok game to give it a full facelift on PS5 via a new native version, released yesterday. The list of new features also applies to the PS4 version, which can now support up to 120 frames-per-second and includes gameplay additions from Turok 2 like on the fly ammo...
News Cancelled Twisted Metal PS5 Game Sounds Exactly As Expected
It was a Battle Royale title
The cancelled Twisted Metal live-service PS5 game from Firesprite was a Battle Royale experience that featured "third-person shooter mechanics wrapped with third-person vehicle combat with the objective of being the last one standing", to the surprise of no one. The description is taken from a developer's online CV,...
News Promising PS5 Survival Horror in Post Trauma, Out This Month
31st March to be exact
Spanish developer Red Soul Games has announced its PS5 survival horror game Post Trauma will launch at the end of this month, on 31st March 2025. Its debut title, which is inspired by the classics of the genre, sees the train conductor Gordon awaken in a different dimension following a panic attack. What follows is fixed...
News PS5 Sci-Fi FPS La Quimera Confirmed by Former Metro Series Devs
New breakaway studio formed
New video game studio Reburn has announced its first project to be PS5 title La Quimera, a sci-fi FPS set in the exosuit-fronted future of Latin America. Playable alone or in two-player co-op, you can catch the reveal trailer above. La Quimera comes from a rebranded developer called Reburn. It was formally known as 4A...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 570
It's wild out there
There's only one game on the lips of gamers this weekend, and it's Monster Hunter Wilds. Bizarrely, though, not everyone on our team is playing Capcom's latest. What's wrong with 'em? Aaron Bayne: On top of trudging along with Dark Souls 3, I'll likely sink a bit of time into the Splitgate 2 alpha. Jamie O'Neill: 49 years...
Friday28th Feb 2025
News PS Plus Essential Games for March 2025 Include Some Massive Names
A shockingly strong month
Sony’s confirmed the latest selection of PS Plus Essential games members can expect in March 2025. As always, there are three PS5 and PS4 games to grab, with the trio scheduled to be available to download from Tuesday, 4th March. The offering is as follows: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (PS5) | Review Teenage
News Game of the Year Contender Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Targeting April PS5 Release
A big month ahead
Xbox has said that first-person adventure game Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will release this spring on PS5, but it hasn’t committed to a particular date. However, a throwaway line in a The Verge article published by connected scribe Tom Warren may have narrowed down the window. In it, he points out that Microsoft is...
News Acclaimed Castlevania, Metroid Dev Reveals Blades of Fire for PS5
Forge the love of god
MercurySteam, the Spanish studio behind games like Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and the critically acclaimed Metroid Dread, has announced its next tentpole title: action adventure outing Blades of Fire. It’ll launch on the PS5 from 22nd May for $59.99/£49.99. The press release reveals: “Step forward Aran de Lira, the last...
News PS5 Fans Are Desperate for a Physical Version of Xbox Game Forza Horizon 5
Boxed car racer
Xbox has abandoned physical media faster than Sony, with many of its major titles shipping on borderline blank discs – assuming they get a retail release at all! But while most software on PS5 is purchased digitally, there’s still a big market for physical releases. Practically all of Sony’s games release on Blu-ray, and...
News Monster Hunter Wilds Eclipses All Expectations on Launch Day
Truly wild
Monster Hunter Wilds looks like it’s going to have a crack at being the biggest game of the year. Within hours of releasing, the latest in Capcom’s uber-popular property attracted almost one million concurrent players on Steam. That’s the eighth highest concurrent count in the PC storefront’s history, with the title guaranteed to...
News Forza Horizon 5 Will Be Best on PS5 Pro as Xbox Supports Sony's New System
Improved visual fidelity and more
Forza Horizon 5 – releasing 29th April as previously announced – will play best on PS5 Pro, as Xbox Game Studios pledges full support for Sony’s supercharged system. According to a blog post on the game’s official website, the open world racer will feature two graphics options on all of Sony’s consoles:...
News Japan Sales Charts: A PS5 Game Finally Rules the Roost as Like a Dragon Plunders
A pirate's life
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii has shot straight to the top of the latest Japanese sales charts, having launched on the 21st February. As you may have noticed, we don't write about the charts too often these days — and that's primarily because there's hardly ever anything going on that's relevant to PlayStation. It's nice...
News Sony Targets Indian Indie Talent with Two New PS5 Titles
Part of PlayStation's commitment to innovation
Sony recently revealed its strategy for growing its brand and unlocking the Chinese market: help local developers succeed worldwide. And now it’s applying the same tactics to another country, as part of its India Hero Project. Today, it announced two new indie games for the PS5, developed and...
Cashcom
Capcom makes damn good video games, but for years now, the publisher's peddled dodgy microtransactions — often to the detriment of the titles that they're attached to. And the newly-released Monster Hunter Wilds is no different. Just like in 2018's Monster Hunter World, players need to pay up with real money if they want to make cosmetic...
Thursday27th Feb 2025
Guide Monster Hunter Wilds: How to Play Co-Op with NPC Bots
Support Hunters are here to help
How do you play with NPC bots in Monster Hunter Wilds co-op? In this Monster Hunter Wilds guide, we're going to provide a step-by-step answer. How Do You Play Co-Op with NPC Bots in Monster Hunter Wilds?: If you need help on your hunts but you're not feeling particularly sociable, there's a way to simply welcome...
Friday28th Feb 2025
Poll Are You Playing Monster Hunter Wilds?
Going Wilds
Say goodbye to your free time over the next few weeks, because there's a new Monster Hunter in town. Capcom's oversized weapon simulator is back with Monster Hunter Wilds, and we want to know if you're jumping in. Monster Hunter World was obviously an unprecedented hit for the company, having been crowned Capcom's best selling title of...
News 3DO's One-Time Mascot Gex Grabs a PS5 Collection This Summer
Enter the Gecko
The original Gex game was included as a pack-in with the short-lived multimedia system 3DO, and is one of the failed format’s better remembered games. Of course, the release would later be ported to the PS1, and its subsequent 3D sequels Gex: Enter the Gecko and Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko led on PlayStation. And now the entire Gex...
News Launch Day Character Anby Gets a Makeover in Mega Zenless Zone Zero PS5 Update
Anby go again
It’s hard to find a hook for the latest Zenless Zone Zero update, because in reality this is just more of a very, very fun gacha game. But we suppose the biggest story is that Anby, the burger loving launch day character who appears on the game’s PS5 game tile, is getting a makeover. The character will be upgraded to a 5-Star in...
News Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot Gets an All-New Storyline and Open World In Daima DLC This Summer
Chibi or not chibi
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is getting another substantial DLC offering this summer, this time based on the recent Dragon Ball Daima anime. This is the first chapter in a two-part expansion, with the second half coming at a later date. But even so, the DLC's set to be a big one, boasting an entirely new story campaign (naturally), and...
Thursday27th Feb 2025
News PSVR2 Gets Enormous Price Reduction Starting March 2025
Virtually giving it away
Sony has announced new price points for PSVR2, its current-gen virtual reality tech for PS5. Revealed via the PS Blog, the headset's RRP is being significantly reduced, with the new prices going into effect starting next month, March 2025. PSVR2 comes in two SKUs; one that comes bundled with a voucher code for Horizon...
News Terminator 2D: No Fate Looks Like a Modern Day Mega Drive Game for PS5, PS4
This will blow your mind
Where the heck did this come from?! Reef Entertainment has announced Terminator 2D: No Fate, a modern Mega Drive-style side-scrolling shooter based on the iconic 1991 movie. The art style and gameplay very much reminds us of the classic RoboCop Versus Terminator game from 1993, which we played on SEGA’s aforementioned...
Video Monster Hunter Wilds Graphics Compared on PS5 and PS5 Pro
We look at all three settings
By now, you may have heard that Monster Hunter Wilds has... issues on PS5, and even PS5 Pro. Capcom's action RPG can struggle in terms of both visual quality and performance, often resulting in a disappointingly uneven experience. It's certainly not unplayable, but we were all hoping for better. So, in order to take a...
News Xbox's Forza Horizon 5 Snatches April Release Date on PS5, Priced at $60
New horizons
Forza Horizon 5 now has a confirmed release date on PS5 (which is a sentence that we never even dreamed of writing just a couple of years back). The open world racer launches on the 29th April, with four days of early access for those who shell out for the $99.99 'Premium Edition'. Speaking of pricing, the standard edition's coming in...
Guide Monster Hunter Wilds: All Armor Sets and Skills
High Rank and Low Rank
Looking for all armor sets and skills in Monster Hunter Wilds? In this Monster Hunter Wilds guide, we've got a full list of every armor set in the game, complete with information on skills and available decoration slots. This guide also covers both Low Rank and High Rank equipment. Please note that this guide may contain...
News 'Expect the Unexpected' in Anticipated PS5 Exclusive Death Stranding 2
New details emerge ahead of SXSW showing
Sony’s updated its official PlayStation.com page for Death Stranding 2: On the Beach days before Hideo Kojima’s panel at SXSW. While it’s all very vague, the descriptions do give us some firmer details about what we can expect from the PS5 exclusive when it launches later this year. “Sam – with...
News This Stunning New PS5 RPG from Nacon Needs More Attention
Edge of Eternity dev goes again
French publisher Nacon is teaming up with Edge of Eternity developer Midgar Studios on a new PS5 RPG, and it probably deserves more attention. Edge of Memories is an action RPG with an anime flavour, and it’s packing a soundtrack featuring singer Emi Evans (NieR: Automata) and composer Yasunori Mitsuda (Chrono...
Talking Point Is PSVR2 Worth Buying In 2025?
New price, same old headset
Sony is permanently reducing the price of the PSVR2 this March, so it begs the question: is the PSVR2 worth buying in 2025? Dropping the price of admission to £399.99 / £399.99 / €449.99 is one of the least surprising things to happen in a fairly surprising couple of years for the PSVR2. With very little of the...
News Monster Hunter Wilds' Big April Update Adds Harder Enemies as Difficulty Discourse Continues
Temper yourself
Capcom has detailed the first big 'Title Update' for Monster Hunter Wilds, which will drop at some point in April. The idea is that by this time, most players who snagged the game at launch will have played through the main campaign — as well as the High Rank stuff — and will be looking to sink their teeth into something new...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows PS5 Trophies Will Test Your Shinobi, Samurai Skills
Platinum for the patient
Assassin's Creed Shadows' 20th March release date is creeping ever closer, unless you manage to snare one of the illicit copies currently in circulation, in which case you are likely playing now. Despite that unfortunate snafu, we know we are getting closer, as the game's PS5 Trophies have now been confirmed; that is, except...
News Capcom Reveals Monster Hunter Wilds Global Release Times
The anticipation of the hunt
Monster Hunter Wilds is almost upon us. It will be released on PS5 tomorrow, February 28th. Series fanatics will likely want to start playing the second servers go live. Capcom understands this all too well and has confirmed the precise global release times so that prospective hunters can immediately get to hunting...
News All Your Friends Can Play Midnight Murder Club for Free on PS5
Guest Pass means only one person needs to own the game
Midnight Murder Club is not free-to-play, but you’ll only need one copy to play with all your friends. A little bit like Split Fiction, developer Velan Studios has announced a Guest Pass for the game, which means only one person will need to own it to play with five friends. Here’s the...
Guide Monster Hunter Wilds Guide: Your Ultimate Resource
Everything you need to know about Monster Hunter Wilds
In this Monster Hunter Wilds guide, we're going in-depth on some of the game's key aspects, covering all armor sets and skills, all monsters, and more. We also have some tips and tricks for beginners and other important information about Capcom's action RPG. Note: This guide is a work in...
News Nacon Connect 2025 Promises Exciting PS5 News on 6th March
Expect announcements and exclusive gameplay footage
Nacon is one of the more prolific PS5 publishers, but it’s a little underrated and often overlooked as a result. It’s upcoming Nacon Connect 2025 livestream will likely be worth watching nonetheless, as it promises updates on upcoming titles like Hell Is Us and Edge of Memories. According to...
News Cheap PS5 Rental Service Rolls Out in Japan, Just in Time for Monster Hunter Wilds
Playtime
One of Japan's most popular retailers is rolling out a new rental service for the PS5 console itself — and it's actually quite cheap at just 980 yen (around $7 or £5) for a full week. The PS5 has sold fairly well in Japan up until this point, but there's no question that the region's home console market has shrunk significantly over the...
News Nathan Drake, Shadowheart Actors to Host Future Games Show Spring Showcase in March
Mark your calendars
If you've been feeling in the mood for another video games event to watch, you're in luck — Future Games Show is set to return very soon with its Spring Showcase. It's scheduled to go live on 20th March, 2025 at 1pm PT / 4pm ET / 8pm GMT. The presentation will be hosted, as usual, by a duo of recognisable voice actors from...
Guide Astro Bot: Cock-A-Doodle-Doom - All Collectibles: Bots
All collectibles in Cock-A-Doodle-Doom
Looking for a Cock-A-Doodle-Doom collectibles walkthrough in Astro Bot? This page will show you where to find all the collectibles in Cock-A-Doodle-Doom, a level found in Vicious Void. As part of our Astro Bot guide, our Tick-Tock Shock collectibles
News Tetris Forever Slots in Two More Games in 'Biggest-Ever Update' on PS5, PS4
Lock it in
Tetris Forever is an excellent compendium of classic puzzle gaming action, combining an incredible collection of block-falling games with documentary snippets and archival footage in the tradition of Digital Eclipse's latest, like Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration, and The Making of Karateka. It seems there's still more story to tell;...
News Iconic Anime Cowboy Bebop Has Now Infiltrated Fortnite on PS5, PS4
The real folk blues
1998 sensation Cowboy Bebop, widely regarded to be one of the greatest animes of all time, has now infiltrated the world of Fortnite. Available in the Item Shop right now, you can purchase packs including protagonists Spike Spiegel and Faye Valentine. The characters cost 1,500 V-Bucks apiece, or you can pick up a big bundle...
Guide Monster Hunter Wilds: How to Beat Zoh Shia - Weaknesses and Rewards
All you need to know about Zoh Shia in Monster Hunter Wilds
How do you beat Zoh Shia in Monster Hunter Wilds? Zoh Shia is one of all the monsters you'll face in the action RPG. As part of our Monster Hunter Wilds guide, we're going to tell you all you need to know about the Zoh Shia, including combat tips and potential rew
Guide Monster Hunter Wilds: How to Beat Xu Wu - Weaknesses and Rewards
All you need to know about Xu Wu in Monster Hunter Wilds
How do you beat Xu Wu in Monster Hunter Wilds? Xu Wu is one of all the monsters you'll face in the action RPG. As part of our Monster Hunter Wilds guide, we're going to tell you all you need to know about the Xu Wu, including combat tips and potential rewards.
News Surreal Management Sim Promise Mascot Agency Opens Doors on PS5 in April
"Open-world mascot management crime drama"
Promise Mascot Agency has to be one of the, let's say, unique games we've ever encountered. Described as an "Open-world mascot management crime drama", it's a fairly bizarre concept, and that's before you get a look at the titular mascots themselves. In any case, we now have a release date, this one arrives...
Guide Monster Hunter Wilds: How to Beat Guardian Rathalos - Weaknesses and Rewards
All you need to know about Guardian Rathalos in Monster Hunter Wilds
How do you beat Guardian Rathalos in Monster Hunter Wilds? Guardian Rathalos is one of all the monsters you'll face in the action RPG. As part of our Monster Hunter Wilds guide, we're going to tell you all you need to know about the Rompo
Guide Monster Hunter Wilds: How to Beat Uth Duna - Weaknesses and Rewards
All you need to know about Uth Duna in Monster Hunter Wilds
How do you beat Uth Duna in Monster Hunter Wilds? Uth Duna is one of all the monsters you'll face in the action RPG. As part of our Monster Hunter Wilds guide, we're going to tell you all you need to know about the Uth Duna, including combat tips and potential rew
Guide Monster Hunter Wilds: How to Beat Jin Dahaad - Weaknesses and Rewards
All you need to know about Jin Dahaad in Monster Hunter Wilds
How do you beat Jin Dahaad in Monster Hunter Wilds? Jin Dahaad is one of all the monsters you'll face in the action RPG. You'll fight one in the story campaign, but will not be able to defeat one until the High Rank portion of the game. As part of our Monster Hunter Wilds gu
Guide Monster Hunter Wilds: How to Beat Guardian Arkveld - Weaknesses and Rewards
All you need to know about Guardian Arkveld in Monster Hunter Wilds
How do you beat Guardian Arkveld in Monster Hunter Wilds? Guardian Arkveld is one of all the monsters you'll face in the action RPG. As part of our Monster Hunter Wilds guide, we're going to tell you all you need to know about the Arkveld, including combat
Guide Monster Hunter Wilds: All Monsters and How to Beat Them
Every monster in Monster Hunter Wilds
Looking for information on how to beat all the monsters in Monster Hunter Wilds? Capcom's action RPG is filled with dozens of beasts to slay, and each one is very different from the next. As part of our Monster Hunter Wilds guide, we've compiled a list of every monster in the game, with information on their...
