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News Minit, the 60 Second Adventure Game, Announced for PS4
Spare a minute
Devolver Digital has a knack for publishing games that are either delightfully obscure or just plain brilliant, and Minit looks to be no different. Announced via the PlayStation Blog, this intriguing adventure game is an open-ended title with lots of NPCs to help, secrets to discover, and items to find. The catch is that the sword...
News Ratchet Invades Super Bomberman R on PS4, Launching in June
Bombax
Super Bomberman R has finally been announced for PS4, after a leak from a Korean rating outed the port. The title will release on 12th June in the Americas and 14th June elsewhere, both physically and digitally. Interestingly, the PS4 version of the game will come with an extra, exclusive characte
News Shadow of the Tomb Raider Launches 14th September on PS4
No dumb exclusivity
Shadow of the Tomb Raider will not be bound by a ridiculous period of exclusivity like its predecessor, with the new entry launching day-and-date on the PlayStation 4 from 14th September. Of course, all of this already leaked, but you can see the high-quality teaser trailer embedded below, courtesy of the official PlayStation...
News Replay Over 50 16-Bit Hits with SEGA Genesis Classics Collection
Rise from your grave
Welcome to the Fantasy Zone, folks! As leaked overnight, SEGA is resurrecting over 50 releases from its iconic 16-bit era as part of the SEGA Genesis Classics collection for the PlayStation 4. Titled differently outside of the United States, this is a console port of the meaty compilation that released on Steam recently. It...
News Runbow Makes a Colourful Splash on PS4 Next Month
Rainbow chaser
The kaleidoscopic party game Runbow is heading to PS4, and it's coming very soon indeed. The platformer/brawler is set to launch on PlayStation Store on 24th April 2018. A physical version dubbed the Deluxe Edition is also planned, but this is due to release a little later, on 14th June. This version of the game will include all DLC...
News PSone Racing Franchise V-Rally Returns in September
Dirrty
One email subject we did not expect to receive today: V-Rally is back. The legendary PSone racing series is scheduled to receive a fourth instalment this September on the PlayStation 4, with French developer Kylotonn pairing up with publisher Bigben Interactive to revive the off-road brand. A teaser trailer is embedded above, confirming the...
News Sci-Fi Platformer Planet Alpha Announced for PS4
Atmospheric
Team 17 has announced Planet Alpha, the latest game under its steadily growing publishing umbrella. Make sure you check out the trailer above, as it looks rather interesting. You'll be making your way across an alien planet, escaping from "relentless enemies" as they chase you across the world. The first thing to take away from this...
News Hello Neighbor Sneaks Onto PS4 This Summer
Through the keyhole
Hello Neighbor, a mysterious stealth horror game, is moving to PS4 this summer, according to a new post on the PlayStation Blog. If you're unfamiliar with Hello Neighbor, it's been gaining a lot of popularity on PC, where it recently released fully after a long stint in early access. The aim of the game is to sneak inside your...
News Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Announced, Launches 12th October
Deploying ahead of Red Dead?
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (officially, IIII) has been announced by Activision ahead of a 17th May community reveal event. As rumoured, the sequel is being helmed by Treyarch. This confirmation caps off a spate of leaks, including one courtside at an NBA game over the weekend. There are no other details on the title as of...
News Torn, a Sci-Fi Mystery Adventure, Is Coming Soon to PlayStation VR
Haunted mansion
A new PlayStation VR title has been unveiled on the PlayStation Blog, and it looks pretty interesting. Torn is described as a "dark sci-fi mystery" and takes inspiration from shows like Black Mirror and The Twilight Zone. You'll be navigating the large house of a physicist who mysteriously disappeared decades ago, and in doing so...
News Super Seducer, the Game About Getting Laid, Hits on PS4
Try not to Ruina your chances
Divisive dating coach Richard La Ruina has the gift of the gab, and he’d like to share some secrets about the opposite sex. The massively controversial – and downright comedic – Super Seducer will make a pass at the PlayStation 4 from 6th March, and its sole goal is to get you into bed with gorgeous girls. Yes, we...
News Experience the Crisis on the Planet of the Apes with PSVR
Monkey business
You’ll play as a primate in the upcoming Crisis on the Planet of the Apes VR for PlayStation VR, a new virtual reality release that aims to ape [Hahaha – Ed] the popular Hollywood property. The game will cast you as a prisoner, and you must “confront human aggression as you climb, jump, and shoot through the chaos of an...
News Little Dragons Café Is a Bizarre Blend of Dragon Rearing and Restaurant Management
Tipping the scales
Sometimes all you need to fall in love with a game is the elevator pitch, and in the case of Little Dragons Café, we’re already pondering when we can give publisher Aksys Games our money. The brainchild of Harvest Moon creator Yasuhiro Wada, the forthcoming PlayStation 4 title blends dragon rearing with restaurant management...
News Furries in Frenzy as SEGA Lines Up Sonic the Hedgehog Feature Film
Aw, yeah – this is happenin’
There’s good news today for furry fans: SEGA has signed a deal with Paramount to bring Sonic the Hedgehog to the silver screen. In a potentially petrifying press release for the rest of the planet, the Japanese publisher notes that the adaptation – which will mix live action with CG animation – is set to...
News DJMax Respect Dances to PS4 on 6th March
Not the Dark Souls of rhythm games
Perennially popular South Korean rhythm-‘em-up DJMax Respect will make its PlayStation 4 debut in North America and Europe on 6th March. This is a first for the series, as it’s never released in Europe on a Sony system before. It’s also the first edition since DJMax Technika Tune, which launched on the PS...
News Trailblazers Looks Like a Cool Mashup of WipEout and... Splatoon?
Coming this year to PS4
Above is the announcement trailer for a brand new arcade racing game named Trailblazers, and it does an excellent job of explaining what this interesting new game is all about. Coming from a new studio called Supergonk, this neat looking racer features anti-gravity vehicles, twisty tracks, and team-based gameplay. However,...
News Moss Squeaks onto PSVR Next Week
New trailer released
The release date for Polyarc's anticipated PlayStation VR title, Moss, has been announced. The lovely looking adventure game will release for Sony's headset on 27th February, in just over a week's time. Tam Armstrong, co-founder of Polyarc, has taken to the PlayStation Blog to talk about the game's development. "It’s been a...
News Rick & Morty: Virtual Rick-ality Heading to PlayStation VR in April
Wubba lubba dub dub
We don't have too much longer to wait to get our hands on Rick & Morty: Virtual Rick-ality: it's heading to PlayStation VR on 10th April 2018. Writing on the PlayStation Blog, Brad Nicholson of Adult Swim Games goes into a little more detail on what to expect from the game. Virtual Rick-ality is an adventure game that...
News How the Heck Is Football Supposed to Work with PSVR?
Hand ball
We reckon you could probably make a pretty great American Football game with PlayStation VR, especially from the quarterback position – but how is soccer supposed to work? Well, SportsBarVR developer Cherry Pop Games reckons it’s figured it out with VRFC – a new football-based virtual reality title set to release on 27th February...
News Farming Simulator 19 Is Not to Be Confused with Far Cry 5
Not horsing around
Change the logos in this Farming Simulator 19 debut trailer and you’ve got a killer commercial for Far Cry 5, but the only dead heading you’ll be doing here is to your ripened barley. Focus Home Interactive, in conjunction with developer Giants Software, has announced the next edition in its barnstorming agricultural brand –...
News Attach Your PS Move to a Plush Toy in Konrad the Kitten
"This makes your virtual kitten feel like a real one"
In perhaps the silliest use of the PlayStation Move yet, German developer FuzionPlay has developed a mode for its upcoming PlayStation VR pet sitting sim Konrad the Kitten where you attach one of the motion controllers to a plush toy with “elastic bands or scrunchies” for added authenticity...
News First Person Puzzler Q.U.B.E. 2 Squares Up On PS4 Next Month
Be there
Toxic Games, the developer behind Q.U.B.E. 2, has announced the release date for its upcoming sequel. You'll be shifting multicoloured blocks around clinical environments on 13th March 2018. Following on from Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut - which we were quite fond of - the next game in the series adopts a similar structure, tasking you with...
News Who Asked for a Battle Royale Game with 'Souls-Like' Combat?
Someone must have
When something’s popular you can count on copy-cats, and Egress is a shining example of that. Described as a “role-playing battle royale with intense hardcore Souls-like combat system”, the Fazan Games developed title clearly has no shame. It’s due out in 2018 on the PlayStation 4, and promises an alternate universe...
News Final Vampyr Dev Diary Reveals Release Date
Fangs very much
The last of the four-episode web series on DONTNOD's Vampyr has been made available today. This video is entitled "Stories From the Dark", and sees the development team speak about how they've approached storytelling within their latest title. They talk about the narrative bleeding into the gameplay, and how telling stories in games...
News The Surge 2 Announced, Coming to PS4 Next Year
Mech some room for it
Focus Home Interactive has today revealed that it's once again joining forces with Deck 13 to bring us The Surge 2, a sequel to the sci-fi Souls-like action game. It's planned for release in 2019. The sequel will apparently build upon the aspects that people enjoyed - the limb-removing combat and RPG elements - and swap the...
News Red Dead Redemption 2 Release Date Confirmed, Delayed to Fall
Saddle up
Rockstar has just confirmed the release date for its latest Western epic, Red Dead Redemption 2. Delayed from its "Spring 2018" release window, the game will now launch on 26th October 2018. In a short press release on its website, Rockstar says, "We apologize to everyone disappointed by this delay. While we had hoped to have the game out...
News South Park: The Stick of Truth Steps Out of the Fractured But Whole in February
A Kenny move
Previously only available as a pre-order bonus with sequel South Park: The Fractured But Whole, Ubisoft has announced that South Park: The Stick of Truth will launch as a standalone PlayStation 4 game on 13th February. Interestingly, it’ll be available both physically and digitally, and will retail for $29.99 in the United States...
News Dead Cells Looks Like One to Watch on PS4
Rogue-lite coming this year
As we've no doubt pointed out several times before, the PlayStation 4 is home to a huge variety of games, and it's marvellous. The PlayStation Blog will often announce new titles heading for the platform, and the latest looks like it could be worth keeping an eye on. Making its way to PS4 in 2018 after a stint in Early...
News Those Who Remain is a Psychological Thriller Coming to PS4
Boo
The US PlayStation Blog has just revealed a new narrative thriller named Those Who Remain. Due out in 2018, the game is being made by a small indie studio that calls itself Camel 101. There's a spooky trailer, which we've embedded above, which suggests some sort of supernatural slant to the game's story. It takes place in the fictional town of...
News Ubisoft Details Assassin's Creed Origins DLC Release Dates
By 'eck
Looks like that leaked release date for the first Assassin's Creed Origins DLC, The Hidden Ones, was accurate. Ubisoft has just announced the first DLC pack will be releasing on 23rd January. However, that isn't the only release date it's revealed. In a press release, the publisher has also plotted out two more add-ons heading to their...
News Foul-Mouthed Platformer Rad Rodgers Heading to PS4
Language!
THQ Nordic isn't done announcing new projects just yet. The latest game the publisher has revealed is a console release of Rad Rodgers, a Kickstarted platformer featuring the titular young boy and his cursing robot companion. The game launches on PS4 21st February. The game is a 2D platformer with shooter elements set in what appears to...
News Dakar 18 Announced for PS4
Will it be rally good?
Dakar, the crazy, dangerous endurance rally, is getting an official PS4 game later this year. The announcement trailer popped up on PlayStation's YouTube channel today, featuring a variety of vehicles and environments, and it certainly looks interesting. The game is being developed by Bigmoon Entertainment and will be...
News Waifus Go to War in SNK HEROINES Tag Team Frenzy
Scissor sisters
If you’re all about girl-on-girl, then the newly announced SNK HEROINES Tag Team Frenzy may catch your eye. Due out on the PlayStation 4 this summer, the title sees SNK’s “iconic” heroines duking it out without a single sausage in sight. It’s a two-on-two fighter, but it sounds like it’s going to be a fairly accessible...
News Mech Shooter Border Break Heading to PS4 in Japan
Battlebots
Border Break isn't all that well known in the West, but it's a pretty popular arcade game in Japan that's been around for a long time. SEGA has announced it will be making its way to PS4 this year, and has only been confirmed for Japan at this stage. The game is a multiplayer third person shooter in which players engage in 10 vs 10...
News The Raven Remastered Announced for PS4, Coming This March
By Jove!
THQ Nordic has today announced it will be bringing The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief to PS4. Originally released on PS3 in 2013, the remaster of this episodic whodunnit mystery features fully redone animation, lighting, and hair, according to the publisher's press release. Additionally, The Raven Remastered will also feature subtitles in...
News de Blob 2 Brings Even More Colour to PS4 Next Month
Poor man's Splatoon 2
THQ Nordic has today announced that it will be releasing de Blob 2 on PS4, and we won't have to wait very long. The port will be released on 27th February. This follows the re-release of the original game, which we had fun revisiting back in November. The publisher details the game in a press release, but you probably know...
News Online Free Roam Heading to Need for Speed Payback in 2018
Happy New Goodyear
Need for Speed Payback is to be updated with a whole new way to play, according to a tweet from yesterday afternoon. Online free roaming will be added to the game for free later this year. At this stage, there's really not much else to report. We imagine there will be more information as the release draws near, but we doubt...
PSX 2017 Firewall Zero Hour Brings Rainbow Six Tactics to PSVR
With full PSVR Aim Controller support
Ever wanted to play a tactical first-person shooter in PlayStation VR? In that case, Firewall Zero Hour may very well have been made for you. Launching exclusively on the PlayStation 4 with full PSVR Aim Controller support, the title sees you divided into teams, working to either recover or defend a laptop that...
PSX 2017 Jupiter & Mars Announced for PS4, PSVR
Whale of a time
Jupiter & Mars was announced at PSX 2017, and it's coming to both PlayStation 4 and PlayStation VR. No date was confirmed, but we'd say 2018 is a safe bet. It appears to be an undersea adventure/exploration game, set in a distant future where humans have "disappeared". Details are thin on the ground, but we do know you play...
PSX 2017 Rick & Morty: Virtual Rick-ality Revealed for PSVR
Rickroll'd
Well-liked virtual reality title will release on PlayStation VR in 2018. The puzzler is renowned for being impressively tactile, allowing you to use your PlayStation Move wands to interact with virtually everything that you can see in the world. The game's playable at PSX 2017 this weekend, and there's a trailer embedded above.
PSX 2017 Take a Trip to Donut County, Coming to PS4 in 2018
What's updog?
Donut County, the latest indie title from Annapurna Interactive, is heading to PlayStation 4 next year. Announced during Sony's PlayStation Presents show at PSX 2017, this unusual game sees you play as a small hole in the universe, with a loose goal of swallowing up all and sundry to grow bigger, though to what end remains a mystery...
PSX 2017 MediEvil Rises from Its Grave with a PS4 Remaster
Bone-rattling
It started at the beginning. Shawn Layden has become infamous for his t-shirts that hold subtle and not-so-subtle secrets, and he was at it again with PSX 2017 by zipping it up in a jacket. At the conference's end, he finally revealed that his apparel of choice for the night points toward a remaster of MediEvil, which will be coming to...
News World War Z Swarms PS4 in the Near Future
Will you Pitt it up?
Days Gone has always looked like an unofficial World War Z game, but now there’s an official one in the works, too. This appears to be very different to Sony Bend’s take on the zombie apocalypse, however, adopting a four-player co-op format. The huge swarms of the undead are still present, though. There’s no word on a...
News Vacation Simulator Takes a Trip to PSVR Next Year
Maybe? Probably
Owlchemy Labs has debuted its latest game, Vacation Simulator, during The Game Awards' pre-show. A follow-up to its previous PlayStation VR title Job Simulator, this new game adopts the same comedic chaos in sunnier settings. In the trailer embedded above, for example, we see the player enjoying a warm day at the beach, eating hot...
News Square Enix Confirms New Tomb Raider, Lara Croft's Defining Adventure Begins in 2018
"Won't be long between reveal and when you can play"
There’s a new Tomb Raider game in development, and Square Enix doesn’t want you to know just yet, but it’s called Shadow of the Tomb Raider. How do we know? Because it leaked months ago: Eidos Montreal is making it while Crystal Dynamics keeps itself occupied with The Avengers. Sorry for the...
News AO Tennis Takes a Shot at PS4 in Time for the Australian Open
Kerber your enthusiasm
You wait all generation for a tennis title to appear, and then two get revealed within the space of a few months. Fizzing a forehand back at Tennis World Tour is Big Ant Studios’ AO Tennis, which is set to release in time for the Australian Open on 16th January down under. We haven’t been able to confirm a European and...
News Mega Man 11 Announced Out of Nowhere, Mega Man X Series Confirmed for PS4
Mega, man
Wait, what?! Capcom hosted a Mega Man anniversary stream earlier today, and it happened to drop a teensy little news nugget: Mega Man 11 is in production. Don’t believe us? There’s a trailer embedded above and it looks pretty freakin’ good. We daresay this is what Mighty No. 9 should have been. Capcom’s keeping a tight lid on...
News FMV Murder Mystery The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker Quizzes PS4 Next Year
Lovecraftian murder mystery
Hands up if you’re enjoying the renaissance of FMV games? With the likes of The Bunker already available on the PlayStation Store, and the fascinating Erica on the way, the genre is enjoying something of a revival right now. And Wales Interactive is playing a big part in that, announcing a collaboration with D’Avekki...
News Gal Gun 2 Falls in Love with You Next Spring on PS4
Pantsu paradise awaits, apparently
Inti Creates’ awkward rails shooter series Gal Gun will come back for another kiss on the PlayStation 4 next Spring, as niche publisher PQube readies the follow up to last year’s Double Peace. The title – which will once again see you fending off legions of ladies with your Pheremone Shot – will see you rub...
News Far From Noise Is a Game About a Conversation in a Car on the Edge of a Cliff
Really
The best thing about the emergence of indie developers is that you end up with games like Far From Noise, a title which is all about a conversation you have in a car perched perilously on the edge of a cliff. It’s coming out on 14th November and it sounds wonderfully brilliant if the PlayStation Blog post is anything to go by. “Far from...
