Tag: Announcements
News Just Six Months After Space Marine 2's Launch, Space Marine 3 Has Been Announced
Warhammer 40k's hit shooter getting a follow-up
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 3 has been officially announced, only six months after the massively successful launch of Space Marine 2. Publisher Focus Entertainment is partnering with Games Workshop and Saber Interactive once again on the follow-up to the hit third-person shooter. On the...
News PowerWash Simulator 2 Announced, Scrubbing Up on PS5 in 2025
What a chore
Developer FuturLab has announced PowerWash Simulator 2, a direct sequel to its satisfying smash hit clean-'em-up. Due for release on PS5 sometime in 2025, the announcement comes via the above teaser trailer, showing the series' gnome mascots unveiling the title and brief glimpse of gameplay. Unlike the original game, PowerWash...
News GBA-Inspired Platformer Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo Announced for PS5, Demo Out Now
Sleeper hit
Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo has just been announced for PS5, a cute action platformer with presentation clearly inspired by Game Boy Advance. Published by PM Studios and developed by Pocket Trap, this charming 2D adventure casts you as Pippit, a bat on a quest to restore his family's honour after his aunt is kidnapped. "Using...
News Six Major PSVR2 Games Announced as Headset Gets Huge Price Drop
Life in the device yet
PSVR2 is getting more affordable than ever this month, with Horizon Call of the Mountain bundles plunging to just £399.99/$399.99. It’s the perfect moment for some new game announcements, then, and Flat2VR has delivered with six new reveals overnight. There are some really cool games here, so let’s recap them all: Out...
News Styx Returns for a Third Stealth Game on PS5, Blades of Greed Out This Year
Who needs Sam Fisher?
After a number of cycling titles — of both the management and Tour De France variety — Blood Bowl 3, and Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood, the French developer Cyanide Studios has announced it's returning to what it's probably best known for: the stealth-focused Styx series. A third entry in the franchise has been...
News Lovecraft Attempts 4-Player Co-Op in The Mound: Call of Cthulhu
Coming to PS5 in 2025
A second Lovecraftian and Cthulhu-centric game revealed as part of the Nacon Connect livestream, The Mound: Call of Cthulhu is a four-player co-op horror game inspired by the H.P. Lovecraft novella The Mound. It's coming to PS5 in 2025, and you can get the announcement trailer above. The developer behind it is Clash: Artifacts...
News Gran Turismo 7 Gets a New PS5 Rival in Realistic Sim Racer Rennsport, Due Out in 2025
Renn and sim-py
There's a breed of racing game typically found on PC that takes the simulation sub-genre to the extreme, and Rennsport is one of them. It's now been announced for PS5, with Nacon publishing the title sometime in 2025. Rennsport is a realistic sim racing game co-developed by Teyon and Competition Company. It has an emphasis on...
News Story-Focused Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss Out on PS5 in 2026
From the team behind The Council
Big Bad Wolf, the developer behind story-centric titles The Council and Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong, has today revealed its next narrative game for PS5. Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss was one of the headliners from today's Nacon Connect livestream, and it's slated to release in 2026. Check out the announcement...
News Konami Announced a New Suikoden Game, But There's a Huge Catch
Monkey's paw
It’s been almost 20 years since the last mainline entry in the Suikoden series, so the time feels right for a new game. Suikoden Star Leap, announced during a glitzy livestream overnight, is in many ways exactly that – except there’s a big catch. As the publisher proudly proclaims, this is the “first title to be tailored for...
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...
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 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...
News Breakout Beyond Brings Brick-Breaking Back on PS5, PS4 Next Month
From the makers of Bit.Trip
Atari has announced yet another retro series to be brought back in modern style. Breakout Beyond revives the classic brick-busting arcade title, and it's coming to PS5 and PS4. Developed by Choice Provisions, the team behind the Bit.Trip series, Breakout Beyond's main point of difference is its orientation. Instead of...
News Anthropomorphic Band Management RPG Rockbeasts Revealed for PS5
And the crowd goes wild
We love a good tycoon game but pair it with a story-driven RPG and our ears prick up immediately. Rockbeasts looks to blend the best of both, delivering a kind of fly-on-the-wall documentary about a group of anthropomorphic musicians who rose to stardom under your tutelage. As manager, you’ll be making decisions that...
Here weeb go again
Hands up if you played Psychic Force on PS1? The Taito title was a bit pants, but it had an awesome 90s anime aesthetic, so there’s a good chance it somehow made its way into your collection anyway. Veteran designer Hiroshi Aoki – who’s also worked on the likes of Dariusburst and Rune Factory – is back with a new...
News Indie Horror Hit Mouthwashing Is Set for PS5 This Year
Physical version available via Fangamer
Wrong Organ has confirmed a PS5 port of its hit horror game Mouthwashing will release later this year, both digitally on the PS Store and physically thanks to a boxed copy supplied by Fangamer. You can sign up to receive alerts relating to the latter, though a fixed release date hasn't been announced yet. The...
News Management Sim Classic RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Takes a Ride on PS5, PS4 in March
Complete Edition coming soon
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Complete Edition, a classic management sim from the early noughties, is finally coming to PS5 and PS4 next month. Published by Atari, the game is set to release on Sony's consoles on 20th March, 2025, with an HD coat of paint. It made its way onto Switch several years ago, but will soon be...
News No, We Don't Really Know What the Next PixelJunk Game Is Either
Dreams of Another announced for PS5
Developer Q-Games, makers of the fan favourite PixelJunk series, has announced its next title, Dreams of Another — and it's all a bit of a mystery so far. Coming to PS5 with PSVR2 support this year, this is a "third-person exploration-action game" built around a particular theme: "There is no creation without...
News Octopus Platformer Darwin's Paradox Isn't the Next Game We Expected from Konami
But we'll take it
Publisher Konami has announced its next game, and it's not quite what you might have in mind. Darwin's Paradox is a platformer about a silly little octopus, and it's coming to PS5 in 2025. Playing as the titular cephalopod, you're scooped out of the sea and into a strange food factory. You'll need to use Darwin's innate abilities,...
News Hit Survival Crafting Game Abiotic Factor Announced for PS5, Will Be Day One on PS Plus
Factor it in
Publisher Playstack has announced that its survival crafting experience, Abiotic Factor, is coming to consoles, including PS5. The game made a decent splash on PC when it launched in early access last year, and when it hits its 1.0 final version in Summer 2025, it'll arrive on PS5 — day one on PS Plus Extra. This is a first-person,...
News Mysterious Puzzle Adventure Blue Prince Is Coming to PS5, Day One on PS Plus
No room for error
Blue Prince is a very promising-looking puzzle adventure title, and it's just been announced for PS5. What's more, the game will be launching into PS Plus Extra's game catalogue from day one. This is a first-person game in which you explore a mysterious mansion with a layout that's constantly changing. You need to plot out the...
News Shinobi: Art of Vengeance Is the First of SEGA's Old Franchise Revivals, and It Looks Awesome
From the makers of Streets of Rage 4
You may remember SEGA announced it's reviving a bunch of its dormant IPs; one of them is Shinobi, and it looks like it'll be the first to release. The full title of this new game is Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, and it's coming to PS5 and PS4 on 29th August, 2025. Coming from Lizardcube, one of the devs behind the...
News Lies of P DLC Overture Announced, Coming to PS5, PS4 This Summer
A prequel to the main game
Roughly one and a half years after the title's original release, Round8 Studio has finally unveiled the Lies of P expansion it has in the works. It's called Overture and will release for PS5, PS4 this summer. The DLC will require the base game to play it, and you can catch the first look above. Here's the story setup,...
News Days Gone Remastered Is Real, Out for PS5 This April
PS4 owners can upgrade to PS5 version for $10
The rumours were real: Days Gone Remastered is a real video game project Sony is releasing for PS5 and PC. The original PS4 title has been remastered for PS5 and PC, and packs in new content like extra modes and features. If you own a copy on PS4, you'll be able to upgrade to the PS5 version for $10...
News Saros Is the Next PS5 Exclusive Game from Returnal Dev Housemarque, Coming 2026
Sci-fi roguelite action
Sony and developer Housemarque have announced Saros, launching exclusively on PS5 (with PS5 Pro support, of course) in 2026. All we have so far is a cinematic trailer introducing player character Arjun Devraj, who's trapped on shapeshifting planet Carcosa, which is stuck in a loop surrounding a solar eclipse. While the...
News London Is in Ruins for New PS5 Game Tides of Annihilation
Inspired by Devil May Cry, Stellar Blade
One of the standout new game announcements from Sony's latest State of Play livestream, the newly formed Chinese developer Eclipse Glow Games has revealed Tides of Annihilation for PS5. The game uses the English capital of London as a backdrop for an action-heavy experience inspired by Devil May Cry and...
News One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 Sets Sail for PS5 with More DLC Planned
Nautical but nice
Bandai Namco’s unprecedented post-release support for its successful anime adaptations has claimed a new benefactor, as One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 – originally released in 2020 – is coming to the PS5 with new DLC planned. There’s currently no word on whether the new-gen version will offer a free upgrade from the PS4, but...
News Xbox, PC Indie Favourite Dungeons of Hinterberg Coming to PS5
Arrives in March with bonus update
Microbird Games has today revealed it's bringing Dungeons of Hinterberg to PS5 next month following its original Xbox Series X|S, PC launch last year. Scheduled in for 13th March 2025, the release brings the base game to PS5 along with a newly announced update that includes a "new, secret bonus episode". There is...
News Onimusha 2 Remaster Announced for PS4, Coming This Year
Relive the Samurai's Destiny
Capcom has revealed it's releasing a remaster of PS2 classic Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny later this year for PS4. As it prepares for new mainline game Onimusha: Way of the Sword, the firm is returning to its remastering efforts, which it began six years ago with an updated Onimusha: Warlords release. As the footage in...
News Microsoft Confirms PS5 Ports for Age of Empires 2, Age of Mythology
Both launch in the coming months
Microsoft has today revealed it'll be releasing PS5 ports of Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition and Age of Mythology: Retold in the coming months. The former will launch for PS5 in Spring 2025, and the latter is out on 4th March 2025. Revealed less than a week after the PS5 port of Forza Horizon 5 was first...
News Forza Horizon 5 Confirmed for PS5, Out This Spring
Another one
Microsoft has today announced a PS5 version of its premiere racing game Forza Horizon 5 will release later this year in the Spring. It'll be the most up-to-date version of the base game, with its DLC packs available to buy separately. The port is being done by Panic Button, in collaboration with main developer Playground Games. While no...
News Cave Crave on PSVR2 Could Be One Way to Cure Claustrophobia
Coming to PSVR2 this Spring
If you have a fear of confined and tight spaces, this may not be the next PSVR2 purchase you want to make — or maybe it is so you can work towards curing your claustrophobia. Newly announced for Sony's VR device, Cave Crave sees you don the headset and explore absurdly tight tunnels and caves. The PSVR2 title is out...
News MLB The Show 25 Skips PS4, Xbox Game Pass in Milestone Entry
All change on 20th anniversary
For the first time in several years, MLB The Show 25 players will not be getting a rough deal when they play on PS5. The series has been included at no extra cost with Xbox Game Pass for a while, a notable inclusion considering it’s developed by Sony subsidiary San Diego Studio. But that won’t be the case this...
News God Bless Super Technos World, Coming to PS5 in April
12 classic titles make a comeback
We’ve mentioned on multiple occasions how brilliant it is publishers are preserving their back catalogues on PS5, and Super Technos World: River City & Technos Arcade Classics may be one of our favourite compilations thus far. This pack features 12 games, some of which never released outside of Japan. That...
News PGA Tour 2K25 Sets Up PS5 Birdie for 28th February
Tiger Woods, Matt Fitzpatrick, and Max Homa on the cover
2K has today formally revealed PGA Tour 2K25, releasing next month on 28th February 2025 for PS5. Tiger Woods, Matt Fitzpatrick, and Max Homa have been revealed as the three cover stars of the game's three versions, which start at a base £64.99 / $69.99 edition and work up to a Legend Edition...
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...
News The House of the Dead 2 Remake Lives! Launches This Spring 2025
More classic arcade action is back
Forever Entertainment has today confirmed its The House of the Dead 2: Remake will release on PlayStation systems in Spring 2025, roughly five years after it originally confirmed that the project was in the works. A new trailer shows off the enhanced version, which features "faithful" gameplay and remastered...
News Tiny Terry's Turbo Trip Looks Like a Great Open World Appetiser Before GTA 6
Comes to PS5 in February
Fans of open world games will be spoiled for choice this year on PS5 (assuming nothing is delayed), and another promising example has just joined the pack. Tiny Terry's Turbo Trip is making the move from PC to consoles on 13th February, including PS5. This wacky-looking sandbox adventure is obviously smaller in scale than...
News WWE 2K25 Teased in Debut Netflix Live Show
More details on 27th January
WWE is now streaming its weekly RAW and Smackdown shows on Netflix, and as part of last night's big kick-off show, a few teasers for this year's WWE 2K25 were first revealed. During the show itself, Roman Reigns and his manager Paul Heyman are recorded in a scene discussing a platform "where the whole can acknowledge"...
News Ex-Telltale Talent Announces Dispatch, a Superhero Comedy Adventure Game
Another day at the office
AdHoc Studio, a team including former Telltale Games writers and directors, has just announced Dispatch — a comedy narrative adventure about working the desk behind a team of superheroes. Citing previous work on beloved games like The Wolf Among Us and Tales from the Borderlands, this new game is looking great in its...
News Warren Spector's Multiplayer Stealth Game Thick As Thieves Sneaks onto PS5 in 2026
Thiefs
Dev team Otherside Entertainment has announced Thick As Thieves, a multiplayer stealth game heading to PS5 in 2026. The studio is founded by legendary designers Warren Spector and Paul Neurath, who brought us classic, stealthy immersive sim series such as Thief and Deus Ex. The big difference is that, instead of a single player experience,...
Ready?
A new Virtua Fighter game is in-development now at Yakuza maker Ryu ga Gotoku Studio – and we’ll see more of the release in action during a VF Direct imminently. We’ll update this article once the new information is shared, but for now all we have to go on is a new look for series star Akira in a clip where he’s battling fellow...
News One Move Away on PS5 Is Like Unpacking Except You're Actually Moving House
You're crying
Unpacking must have proven so popular that it’s getting a kinda unrelated pseudo-sequel from a different developer, where your goal is to actually move house. Described as a first-person puzzle game, you need to stack up your worldly belongings as you embark on a new chapter in your life in One Move Away. “Whether you’re the...
News Shadow Labyrinth Makes Pac-Man a 2D Action Platformer on PS5
You need to see this to believe it
Of all the shocks and surprises at The Game Awards, Shadow Labyrinth may just be the most unusual of them all. It’s a side-scrolling action platformer in a similar style to something like, say, Dead Cells – except it’s inexplicably also a Pac-Man game. Here’s the press release overview: “As Swordsman No...
News Screamer May Be the Most Unexpected Racing Game Reboot for PS5 Ever
30-year franchise gets a sci-fi anime makeover
For those of you who don’t know, Screamer first launched for MS-DOS operating systems in 1995, and was quite ground-breaking for its presentation at the time. It required an Intel Pentium processor due to its advanced graphics, and running it effectively was a flex for PC players at the time...
News SEGA's Not Telling Us Much About Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds for PS5, PS4
New road awaits
A new Sonic Racing game is in development, but here’s the briefest of hints from The Game Awards. We basically get to see a few seconds of Shadow the Hedgehog’s fist, as he jumps into a black-and-red sports car. <related ids="175687"> Unfortunately, there’s no release date or no mention of gameplay mechanics or roster...
News Turok: Origins Brings the Series Back on PS5 as a Co-Op Third Person Shooter
Clever girl
An old school favourite is returning with Turok: Origins, a brand new entry in the series. It's coming to PS5, though there's no release date in place yet — all we have to go on for now is the above announcement trailer and some basic details. In development at Saber Interactive, Turok: Origins changes things up by ditching the...
News The Last of Us 2 Remastered Announced for PC, Makes the Jump in April 2025
Double clicker
The Last of Us: Part II Remastered has been announced for release on PC. The spruced up Naughty Dog sequel will be arriving on Steam and Epic Games Store on 3rd April, 2025. Being developed jointly by ND, Nixxes, and Iron Galaxy Studios, the port will be "newly optimized and enhanced" for PC, with more details on specific...
News Okami Sequel Announced by Capcom
Hideki Kamiya as game director
18 years after the PS2 original, Capcom has announced it's developing a sequel to Okami, with Hideki Kamiya as game director. Check out the trailer above. All of the official details from Capcom are as follows: "Okami sequel project is underway!! Okami is a game critically acclaimed for its unique world, heartwarming...
News Overcooked Dev Announces Stage Fright, a New Co-Op Game Published By Hello Games
They've been cooking
Ghost Town Games, the tiny development studio behind the Overcooked series, has just announced its brand new title. It's called Stage Fright, it's another co-op experience, and it's being published by Hello Games. Two players can play together locally or online, and while it's quite different to the chaotic cooking sim, it...
