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News Overland Is a Post-Apocalyptic Road Trip Across the US, Coming to PS4 in Late 2019
Always rescue the dog
Now this one looks really, really cool. Overland is the latest game from Nights in the Woods publisher Finji, and its a premise that's interesting to say the very least. "Take care of a group of travelers on a post-apocalyptic road-trip across the United States in this turn-based survival game." Slated for a release on PS4...
News Oceanic Shooter Swimsanity! Plunges the Depths of PS4 This Summer
Kitty got wet
Decoy Games’ underwater-themed multiplayer shooter Swimsanity! will plunge the depths of the PlayStation 4 this summer, so you may want to start holding your breath. No, not literally – that was just a joke. Anyway, the oceanic adventure – which features online and local co-op and versus modes – sees you battling against...
News The Terrible Tennis World Tour Repackaged for Roland-Garros
You cannot be serious?
Remember when Tennis World Tour launched last year on the PlayStation 4 in a state worse than Andy Murray’s hip? Well, it seems that developer Breakpoint Games has more nerve than Nick Kyrgios when he’s insulting opponents’ girlfriends, as it’s repackaging the entire game for Roland-Garros. Due out in May, this
News Double Fine Announces Post-Apocalyptic Roguelike RAD, Coming to PS4 This Year
That's rad
You can always count on Double Fine to put a unique spin on something, and that's what it's done with RAD, just announced for PS4. It's a roguelike action game set in a world that's been devastated by armageddon twice, now roamed by mutants and bereft of humanity. Players take control of a teenager who is tasked with entering the Fallow,...
News Konami Celebrates 50th Anniversary with Retro Collections Coming to PS4
Castlevania! Contra! More!
Konami might not be in everyone's good books, but the company has been around for a very long time. This year marks its 50th anniversary, and to celebrate, the publisher has announced a trio of legacy collections coming to PS4 in 2019. The first to arrive will be Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection, a pack that...
News Castle Crashers Remastered Making Its Way to PS4 This Summer
Late to the party
Better late than never, we suppose. As teased last week, developer The Behemoth has announced its popular co-op beat 'em up is coming to PlayStation 4 with Castle Crashers Remastered. Writing on its blog, the studio states the remastered version of the game comes with all previously released DLC, performance and visual...
News Sniper Elite VR Will Bring You Closer to the Scope
Aim down sights
Oxford-based studio Rebellion is going Sniper Elite crazy, with the announcements of Sniper Elite V2 Remastered and Sniper Elite 5. But it’s got one more long-range shooter in production: Sniper Elite VR. A collaboration with UK studio Just Add Water, the title appears to be in development for PlayStation VR – and it looks like...
News No Man's Sky Beyond Is the Next Big Update Coming to the Space Exploration Title
Above and beyond
Even before you hop into the game itself, No Man's Sky has been on quite the journey, hasn't it? It's had more ups and downs than a department store elevator, going from overwhelming hype before release to disappointment at launch. Hello Games' ongoing project has been improved immensely since it arrived in 2016, and it seems to be...
News Mutazione Mixes Mutants with Melodrama, Makes Its Way to PS4 This Year
Abomination Street
When a game is billed as a "mutant soap opera," it's going to catch our attention. From the developer behind Sportsfriends, obscure adventure game Mutazione looks wonderfully unusual. Give the teaser trailer a watch above. Another small title announced over on the PlayStation Blog, the game is apparently inspired by "the ensemble...
News New Sniper Elite in Development, But No News for a Year
Popping penises on PS5?
A full-scale sequel to Sniper Elite 4 is in development at Oxford-based developer Rebellion, but it won’t be sharing anymore information for a year. That’s particularly curious timing, when you consider that we’d expect the PlayStation 5 to be officially announced by then. Could it be a next-gen title? We honestly...
News Sniper Elite V2 Remastered Busts Nazi Balls This Year
Third time's a charm
Sniper Elite started life on the PlayStation 2, and was later remade for the PlayStation 3 in the form of Sniper Elite V2. What harm is another console generation going to do, then? Sniper Elite V2 Remastered is due out this year on the PlayStation 4, bringing you back to Berlin with 4K graphics on the PS4 Pro and HDR support...
News VanillaWare Has Teased a Secret New Title
Painterly
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim is taking an eternity to release, but the Prologue version of the game – which is available now in Japan – includes a teaser for developer VanillaWare’s next project. Currently untitled, the 20-second clip shows a soldier in the studio’s familiar painterly style. It was hiring for an unannounced project as...
News Skyworld Is the Next PSVR Game from Arizona Sunshine Dev
Take to the skies
Skyworld is a new turn-based strategy title making its way to PlayStation VR later this month. Developed by Vertigo Games, it's the next virtual reality title from the creators of the noteworthy but rather average Arizona Sunshine. The undead aren't the star of the show this time around though, as studio director Richard...
News Hyper Light Drifter Dev Reveals Next Game, Solar Ash Kingdom
Check out the first trailer
Hyper Light Drifter is one of our favourite PS4 indie titles, so we're excited to see a first glimpse of developer Heart Machine's follow-up project. The studio has released a teaser trailer for its next game, called Solar Ash Kingdom, and you can see it above. Currently only confirmed for PC, it looks like it'll be...
News Retro Platformer The Messenger Confirmed for PS4, Makes the Jump Next Week
Don't shoot the messenger
Well, that didn't take long. Following last week's story that acclaimed retro platformer The Messenger had been rated by PEGI for PlayStation 4, developer Sabotage has now officially confirmed it's coming to Sony's platform. The game blends together 8-bit and 16-bit styles as you guide your ninja protagonist through an...
News The Riftbreaker Is a Mix of Action RPG and Base Building Coming to PS4
Mech-ing progress
This newly announced PlayStation 4 title looks pretty interesting. Called The Riftbreaker, it combines base building mechanics with top-down hack and slash action in a sci-fi setting. You play as Ashley S. Nowak, the titular Riftbreaker who travels to unknown planets to establish a settlement to allow for human colonisation. Using...
News 3D Realms Returns to Its Roots with Wrath: Aeon of Ruin
You will not survive
3D Realms is set to go back to where it all began with Wrath: Aeon of Ruin, a hardcore first-person shooter developed using the original Quake engine and tech. That's right, the PS4 is getting a brand new game based on technology from 1996, and it looks the part too in the trailer above. Taking up the role of the Outlander,...
News Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince Tells a Fresh Tale on PS4 Later This Year
First trailer released
Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince was officially confirmed towards the end of last year, but it's only now that we get our first glimpse at the new entry in the series. The new game sees a return to a 2.5D perspective, and sends Amadeus, Pontius, and Zoya on a new quest to find the mysterious Prince Selius, whose nightmares are...
News Dreams Will Be Entering Early Access This Spring on PS4
Keep the dream alive
Media Molecule has announced that its long-awaited PlayStation 4 exclusive create-'em-up Dreams will be going into Early Access. This comes via a lengthy post on the PlayStation Blog, where studio head Siobhan Reddy explains the developer's reasoning behind the unconventional early release. In a nutshell, Media Molecule decided...
News Police Adventure Game Beat Cop Writes PS4 a Ticket on 5th March 2019
Beat it
Small publisher 11 Bit Studios has announced it's bringing the well-received arrest-'em-up Beat Cop to PlayStation 4. This title looks like it takes some inspiration from Papers, Please -- you'll be working a regular beat on one New York City street, writing tickets, making arrests, and investigating nefarious goings-on. It seems relatively...
News Hollow Knight: Silksong Is the Sequel to Team Cherry's Beloved Insect Adventure
A bug's life
Hollow Knight, one of the most acclaimed indie titles in recent years, is getting a full sequel, developer Team Cherry has announced. Named Hollow Knight: Silksong, the game places Hornet in the spotlight in her very own adventure, with a new world to explore and hundreds of new enemies to tackle. "Hollow Knight: Silksong is the epic...
News Colourful Action RPG Oninaki Announced for PS4
Oni way to go
Square Enix and Tokyo RPG Factory has announced the latest in its line of throwback role-playing game experiences, with the colourful Oninaki. Due out this summer on the PlayStation 4, the release will see you assume the role of a Watcher called Kagachi who must destroy the bonds that tie the Lost to the—oh, who the heck writes this...
News Harmonix Announces VR Rhythm Shooter Audica
Mic drop
Have you been wondering what Rock Band studio Harmonix has been up to lately? The developer has been awfully quiet for a while, but today it announced its brand new game. It's called Audica, and it's a virtual reality rhythm shooter. Using dual pistols, you'll be firing at various targets in time to the music, and it looks pretty cool...
News Survive Your Fears in Sci-Fi Horror Chernobylite
Rad
Well, then – this looks eerie, doesn’t it? Get Even developer The Farm 51 has announced Chernobylite for the PlayStation 4, a sci-fi survival horror developed using a 3D-scanned recreation of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. If you ever played the Chernobyl VR experience for PlayStation VR, then you’ll know just how eerily accurate this...
News Titanfall Dev's Free Battle Royale Apex Legends Out Now on PS4
Download from the PS Store
Apex Legends, the anticipated free-to-play first-person shooter from Titanfall 2 developer Respawn Entertainment, is out now on the PlayStation 4. Available to download globally from the PlayStation Store, the title promises a new kind of Battle Royale experience, as the studio’s knack for kinetic controls takes centre...
News Chaotic Party Game Move or Die Finally Makes the Move to PS4 in March
How to lose friends
Quick-fire multiplayer games are pretty common these days, and amid all the rage-inducing successes and failures, they can be a lot of fun. The likes of TowerFall Ascension, Ultimate Chicken Horse, and Nidhogg thrive on things getting heated between you and your pals, and so too does Move or Die, which is coming to PS4 after...
News Relive Groundhog Day with PSVR Sequel Like Father Like Son
It's happening again
Well, this came out of absolutely nowhere. Groundhog Day, the classic 90s movie starring Bill Murray, is getting a pseudo-sequel as a PlayStation VR game. Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son has just been announced, and it's a collaboration between Sony Pictures and Tequila Works that no one could've predicted. The game has you...
News Development on a New Alice Game From American McGee Is Underway
Alice: Asylum in the works
Man, we haven't thought about American McGee and his Alice in Wonderland games for a while now. The last game from the creator was Alice: Madness Returns, but that released on PS3 all the way back in 2011. It seems McGee is ready to dive down the rabbit hole once again, as his blog has revealed he's begun work on Alice:...
News WRC 8 Announced, Kicks Up Dust on PS4 in September
Rally the troops
For a while, Bigben Interactive's official World Rally Championship games have released annually, with Kylotonn Entertainment on development duties. However, the studio has taken an extra year to work on the latest entry in the series, WRC 8. The game was announced yesterday, and you can watch the reveal trailer above. In a press...
News SteamWorld Quest Brings Fantasy RPG Fun to Versatile Franchise
Card to beat
We’ve had two action platformers and a strategy title, so we suppose it’s time for the alarmingly versatile SteamWorld series to try its hand at a turn-based role-playing game. Due out first on Nintendo Switch, with other platforms to follow at a later date, SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech will see you leading a “party of...
News Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid Morphs onto PS4 in April
Bagsy the red one
Following a recent leak, a new Power Rangers game has been announced, and it's heading to PS4. Called Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, the game appears to be a budget one-on-one fighter, featuring characters old and new from across the franchise's many iterations. It's developed by nWay, a studio known for its mobile titles...
News Cross-Platform Co-Op Stars in PSVR Sequel Dick Wilde 2
Buddy up with PC players
Dick Wilde was a pretty harmless PlayStation VR shooter, perhaps notable for featuring PSVR Aim Controller support during the peripheral’s early days. Playstack has now announced that a sequel is on the way, and it’ll feature cross-platform co-op across the PlayStation 4 and PC, as the titular red neck and his pair of...
News Wandersong Belts Out a PS4 Release on 22nd January
Music to our ears
If you've not heard about Wandersong, it's a cutesy platformer about a travelling bard who can use his singing to help him on his journey. It released on other platforms towards the end of 2018, where it received pretty unanimous praise. Fast forward to today, and the game is all set to release for PS4 on 22nd January 2019. As you...
News SNK 40th Anniversary Collection Heading to PS4 in March
Going retro
Retro fans rejoice: NIS America is bringing SNK 40th Anniversary Collection to PS4, and it's not too far away. The collection hits Sony's console on 19th March 2019, as announced via the above trailer. This retro package contains more than 20 early SNK titles, including classics such as Athena, Crystalis, and Ikari Warriors. You'll be...
News Hitman HD Enhanced Edition Plans a Perfect Murder Next Week on PS4
Blood Money and Absolution updated and remastered
If the excellent Hitman 2 didn’t give you enough Agent 47 action last year, then you may be excited to learn that IO Interactive has announced the Hitman HD Enhanced Collection – and it’s garrotting a console near you from next week, on 11th January. As previously rumoured, the double pack will...
News Granblue Fantasy Versus Is a New PS4 Fighting Game from Arc System Works
And another one
Geez, this Granblue thing is big business, huh? Cygames is not only paying Platinum Games to make a full-scale PlayStation 4 action RPG based on the smartphone series, but it’s also roped in Dragon Ball FighterZ developer Arc System Works for a fighter as well. The one-on-one brawler – named Granblue Fantasy Versus – will...
The Game Awards 2018 Free-to-Play Action RPG Dauntless Coming to PS4 in 2019
New trailer released
Dauntless is currently a PC only, free-to-play action RPG, but that'll change next year when the game hits PS4. The game appears to be very similar to Monster Hunter in terms of gameplay, with you and other players able to team up to defeat various Behemoths and use their parts to build and upgrade armour and weapons. It looks...
The Game Awards 2018 Journey to the Savage Planet Announced with Teaser Trailer
Launches next year
Games big and small were announced at this year's Game Awards, and one title that almost got swept under the carpet is Journey to the Savage Planet, a first person adventure game from a brand new developer. Typhoon Studios was founded by industry veterans, whose combined works include Assassin's Creed III, Far Cry 4, and Batman:...
The Game Awards 2018 Mortal Kombat 11 Finishes Him on 23rd April
Fatality
Mortal Kombat 11 is not only real, but it’s releasing on 23rd April for the PlayStation 4. A community reveal event will be hosted on 17th January, where we’ll presumably see the first footage from the hotly anticipated fighter. If you simply can’t wait to cough up your cash, pre-orders are open now and will guarantee you access to...
The Game Awards 2018 ABZU Dev Giant Squid Returns with The Pathless
Run, forest
The Pathless has just been announced at The Game Awards, and it looks like another mystical adventure from Giant Squid. As you can see from the above trailer, it looks a little more action packed than the studio's previous game, ABZU, with an eagle friend helping you fly and giant creatures to battle. Sadly we don't know a whole lot...
Stanley was pleased
The Stanley Parable is a comedic narrative game that launched on PC about five years ago. It became something of a cult hit thanks to its myriad endings and amusing narration. A surprise announcement at The Game Awards 2018 revealed that the game is finally making its way to PS4 with The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe. Coming...
News Nicalis Announces Three Games Coming to PS4 in 2019
The End Is Nigh! Dungreed! Crystal Crisis!
If you're not familiar with Nicalis, it's a game developer and publisher that focuses on smaller projects. Games in its portfolio include Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap, The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth, and Redout, among plenty of others. Yesterday, the company announced a trio of its games will be making...
News Fortnite Creative Officially Announced, Launches Later This Month
A world of pure imagination
Well, there it is. After being leaked online by a YouTuber, Epic Games has officially unveiled Fortnite Creative, a sandbox mode allowing players to build their own maps and match types. You can get a very brief glimpse at some of the possibilities in the above video. As expected, you'll be able to craft unique levels...
News The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame Launches on PS4 Alongside the Film in 2019
Try to act surprised
In perhaps the least surprising game announcement for 2019, Warner Bros and TT Games are currently developing The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame to coincide with the anticipated film sequel. As you might expect, it's set to feature Emmett, Lucy, Batman, and all the faces fans will remember, as well as a bunch of new characters from The...
News Sony Unveils New PSVR Bundle Featuring Borderlands 2 VR and Beat Saber
Just in time for Christmas
It feels like a lot of people bought into PlayStation VR over the last week or so, thanks to some stellar deals during Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The bundles that had been discounted were generally great, offering up some of the platform's best games like Astro Bot Rescue Mission and Superhot VR alongside Sony's...
News Dead or Alive Xtreme 3: Scarlet Announced Amid Sony Censorship Row
No word of any changes yet
Your favourite buxom Dead or Alive babes will bring more sun and sangria to the PlayStation 4 from 20th March in Japan, as Koei Tecmo has announced an updated version of Xtreme 3 for Sony’s system. The news comes amid a censorship row which is seeing the Japanese giant clamp down on saucy software, although there’s no...
News Runner3 Makes the Jump to PS4 Next Week
The Bit.Trip series returns
The Bit.Trip series is an unusual but well liked string of platformers, and the latest game is no different. Runner3 released on Nintendo Switch and PC earlier in the year, but it's now heading to PlayStation 4 with a whole host of gameplay enhancements. The rhythmic running and jumping looks as enjoyable as ever, but...
News Free Agent Bryce Harper Fronts MLB The Show 19
What jersey will he wear?
Soon to be former Washington Nationals hot shot Bryce Harper will front MLB The Show 19 – but what jersey will the free agent wear? The six-time MLB All-Star and former Rookie of the Year will begin his journey into a new franchise as the star of Sony’s flagship sports series, with developer San Diego Studio partnering...
News Sony Announces 2TB PS4 Pro Coming to Japan This Month
Will it head West?
Games are taking up more and more storage space as time goes on, so it's only sensible to ensure you have as big a hard drive as possible. Currently, the only PS4 console you can buy that has more than 1TB of storage is the 2TB 500 Million Limited Edition PS4 Pro, which is extremely limited in number. However, it seems that Sony...
News Everyone's Favourite Platforming Hero Is Back with Bubsy: Paws on Fire on PS4
Happy Halloween!
In possibly the scariest news story you'll read today, the infamous platformer mascot Bubsy is making a swift return to PS4. After last year's frankly rubbish resurgence, Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back, it's a surprise to see the character make yet another comeback, but here we are. Bubsy: Paws on Fire hits PS4 in 2019...