Tag: PlayStation

  • News PlayStation Wrap-Up 2024 Finally Working After Over 24 Hours Offline

    Update: Finally find out what you played

    The Spotify Wrapped-esque platform, PlayStation Wrap-Up, is now available for all PSN users to check out their gaming stats for 2024. You can log in on the official website through the link, and you'll be treated to various statistics all about your year on PlayStation. The PlayStation Wrap-Up begins by...

  • News 30 Years of PlayStation History Documented on New Anniversary Website

    From the PS1 to PS5 and everything in between

    Sony has continued its 30th anniversary celebrations of PlayStation with new pages on its website that documents the five home consoles, two handheld systems, and VR headsets its released. Viewable through this link, you can browse 30 years of PlayStation history, reading up on everything from the PS1 to...

  • Quiz Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 30

    It's time to PlayStation

    How much do you know about PlayStation and the gaming industry that surrounds it? If you fancy yourself a walking PlayStation encyclopaedia, then why not put your brain to the test with our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz? This is Issue 30 of our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz. You can have a crack at our previous...

  • Quiz Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - PlayStation Console Special

    1, 2, 3, 4, 5

    How much do you know about PlayStation and the gaming industry that surrounds it? If you fancy yourself a walking PlayStation encyclopaedia, then why not put your brain to the test with our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz? But of course, this is not one of our ordinary PlayStation quizzes. The PS5 Pro has just released, and since...

  • News PlayStation Going on Tour in Musical Concert Next Year, Music from Sony's Biggest Games

    Tickets go on sale tomorrow

    Sony has today announced PlayStation The Concert, a world tour of musical pieces taken from some of the biggest and best PlayStation titles. The show includes performances from God of War, The Last of Us, Ghost of Tsushima, Horizon, and "many others that reflect our 30 years of making games". Tickets go on sale tomorrow,...

  • Quiz Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 29

    It's time to PlayStation

    How much do you know about PlayStation and the gaming industry that surrounds it? If you fancy yourself a walking PlayStation encyclopaedia, then why not put your brain to the test with our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz? This is Issue 29 of our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz. You can have a crack at our previous...

  • Quiz Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 28

    It's time to PlayStation

    How much do you know about PlayStation and the gaming industry that surrounds it? If you fancy yourself a walking PlayStation encyclopaedia, then why not put your brain to the test with our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz? This is Issue 28 of our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz. You can have a crack at our previous...

  • Quiz Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 27

    It's time to PlayStation

    How much do you know about PlayStation and the gaming industry that surrounds it? If you fancy yourself a walking PlayStation encyclopaedia, then why not put your brain to the test with our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz? This is Issue 27 of our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz. You can have a crack at our previous...

  • News PlayStation to Mark 30th Anniversary with New Gran Turismo Demo, Merch, Soundtracks

    An "early glimpse" at the celebrations

    Sony has today shared a brief look behind the curtain at its plans to celebrate the 30th anniversary of PlayStation. The PS1 released in Japan on 3rd December 1994, and 30 years later, the brand is still trucking along — and Sony wants to commemorate the occasion. Part of its plans include a new Gran Turismo...

  • Quiz Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 26

    It's time to PlayStation

    How much do you know about PlayStation and the gaming industry that surrounds it? If you fancy yourself a walking PlayStation encyclopaedia, then why not put your brain to the test with our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz? This is Issue 26 of our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz. You can have a crack at our previous...

  • Quiz Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Astro Bot Special

    A lot about a bot

    How much do you know about PlayStation and the gaming industry that surrounds it? If you fancy yourself a walking PlayStation encyclopaedia, then why not put your brain to the test with our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz? But of course, this is not one of our ordinary PlayStation quizzes. With the release of Astro Bot just...

  • Quiz Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 25

    It's time to PlayStation

    How much do you know about PlayStation and the gaming industry that surrounds it? If you fancy yourself a walking PlayStation encyclopaedia, then why not put your brain to the test with our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz? This is Issue 25 of our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz. You can have a crack at our previous...

  • News PlayStation's Domination of Europe Set to Continue with Renewed Champions League Sponsor

    The champiiiiiioooooons

    As we all know, PlayStation has long dominated the console market in Europe. More specifically, Sony's systems are nigh untouchable in countries like France and Germany — hugely important regions that often get overlooked, while so much emphasis is put on commercial trends in English-speaking markets, like the USA and the...

  • Quiz Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 24

    It's time to PlayStation

    How much do you know about PlayStation and the gaming industry that surrounds it? If you fancy yourself a walking PlayStation encyclopaedia, then why not put your brain to the test with our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz? This is Issue 24 of our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz. You can have a crack at our previous...

  • Quiz Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 23

    It's time to PlayStation

    How much do you know about PlayStation and the gaming industry that surrounds it? If you fancy yourself a walking PlayStation encyclopaedia, then why not put your brain to the test with our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz? This is Issue 23 of our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz. You can have a crack at our previous...

  • News Ridiculously Exhausted Man Laboriously Drags Limp Body Towards PS5, PS4

    We are all Exhausted Man

    Exhausted Man is a ludicrous physics game in which players must inhabit the role of someone who is absolutely knackered but refuses to sleep. In this delirious state, their body operates like a worm or snake, wriggling and writhing about (literally climbing the walls), struggling with the most basic of tasks, and it's coming...

  • News PlayStation Likely to Go All-Digital By PS7, Analyst Predicts

    Discless wonder

    For years now, it's felt like an all-digital future is inevitable — whether we like it or not. Game sales continue to skew increasingly towards digital, we've got publishers deciding against physical editions altogether, and we've even got retail boxes packing nothing but redeemable codes. The optics aren't great if you're an...

  • News Key Sony Exec Gives Eye-Opening Quotes on the Future of PlayStation and Gaming

    Out with graphics, in with stories

    Sony's just held a corporate strategy meeting in a bid to outline its plans for the company's future — but it's a separate interview with PlayStation Productions boss Asad Qizilbash that's really caught our eye. You may remember Qizilbash from a couple of PlayStation events that took place a few years back — a...

  • Guide Best PlayStation Games

    All the best games on every PlayStation

    What are the best PlayStation games? Well, this is a huge question; countless video games have been released across all of Sony's consoles, so picking just a handful of the very best is a tall order. Fortunately, we have plenty of guides that may help. If you're looking for the very best games you can play on...

  • News Celebrate Jim Ryan's Legacy with Iconic Digital Bobblehead

    "Happy retirement, Jim!"

    A stunning digital tribute to outgoing PlayStation bigwig Jim Ryan is now available for those who wish to celebrate the suit's legacy - in style. Players can pick up the collectable, posed like a modern-day Napoleon, through the digital platform PlayStation Stars; all you have to do is play a game Ryan "championed" during...

  • Poll How Do You Feel About All of the Xbox Multiplatform Rumours?

    A PlayStation perspective

    While we use the word 'rumours' in the headline of this article, the reality of the situation is that it really does look like Xbox is making significant changes to its business strategy. Speculation is absolutely rampant at the time of writing, with numerous reports all coming to the same conclusion: Microsoft wants to...

  • News PlayStation's Head of Third Party Deals and Acquisitions Gives Insight into How It All Works

    The best place to play

    Over the last few years especially, PlayStation as a company has been difficult to read. Sony's video game arm has adopted a secretive strategy ever since it launched the PS5, and so any degree of insight that we get into PlayStation's inner workings is always interesting. And this is where Shawne Benson enters the equation...

  • News PlayStation Users to Be Considered 'Part of the Xbox Community', Says Xbox Boss

    Phil Spencer's getting chummy

    Ah, good old Phil Spencer, always keeping us PlayStation plebs in his thoughts. In a fresh interview with Japanese publication Famitsu (as translated by our pals over at Pure Xbox), the Xbox boss spills some beans on what the future of Microsoft's gaming brand looks like. Spencer outlines a broader vision for Xbox as a...

  • News PlayStation Well Ahead of Nintendo, Xbox In Terms of Brand Momentum, Says Sony

    "The Strongest Gaming Brand"

    Sony's latest business report is packed with impressive looking statistics and graphs, but one particular page that catches the eye claims that PlayStation as a brand is enjoying much more momentum than its closest competitors. The graphic itself is based on Sony's own 'Global Brand Tracker of Brand Momentum', but it's...

  • News Tohru Okada, the Musician Behind PlayStation's Iconic Logo Sound, Has Passed Away

    Leaves behind a musical legacy

    Sometimes a particular sound or musical jingle becomes so synonymous with a brand or product that you don't even think about its origins. For most people, we would assume that's the case with the electronic note that has accompanied PlayStation logos since the days of the PS1. If you don't quite know what we're on...

  • Quiz Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 22

    It's time to PlayStation

    How much do you know about PlayStation and the gaming industry that surrounds it? If you fancy yourself a walking PlayStation encyclopaedia, then why not put your brain to the test with our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz? This is Issue 22 of our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz. You can have a crack at our previous...

  • Quiz Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 21

    It's time to PlayStation

    How much do you know about PlayStation and the gaming industry that surrounds it? If you fancy yourself a walking PlayStation encyclopaedia, then why not put your brain to the test with our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz? This is Issue 21 of our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz. You can have a crack at our previous...

  • Quiz Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - God of War Special

    Give me God of War

    How much do you know about PlayStation and the gaming industry that surrounds it? If you fancy yourself a walking PlayStation encyclopaedia, then why not put your brain to the test with our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz? But of course, this is not one of our ordinary PlayStation quizzes. With the release of God of War...

  • Quiz Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 20

    It's time to PlayStation

    How much do you know about PlayStation and the gaming industry that surrounds it? If you fancy yourself a walking PlayStation encyclopaedia, then why not put your brain to the test with our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz? This is Issue 20 of our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz. You can have a crack at our previous...

  • Quiz Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 19

    It's time to PlayStation

    How much do you know about PlayStation and the gaming industry that surrounds it? If you fancy yourself a walking PlayStation encyclopaedia, then why not put your brain to the test with our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz? This is Issue 19 of our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz. You can have a crack at our previous...

  • News Once Considered a PlayStation Competitor, Google Stadia Is Shutting Down

    Sorry, Stadians

    Back in 2019, Google officially announced its new game streaming platform, Stadia. At the time, the tech juggernaut framed Stadia as the future of gaming — a way to play all kinds of games on demand, without having to worry about your computer's specifications. It all sounded rather impressive — and it actually worked fairly...

  • Talking Point Is a PlayStation Showcase Really Happening This Year?

    Weighing up the "evidence"

    Is a dedicated PlayStation event really happening before the year is out? If you're a devout follower of industry "insiders", then you'll probably answer that question with a resounding 'yes'. But the reality is that Sony has become incredibly difficult to predict, especially when it comes to its consumer-facing actions...

  • Quiz Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 18

    It's time to PlayStation

    How much do you know about PlayStation and the gaming industry that surrounds it? If you fancy yourself a walking PlayStation encyclopaedia, then why not put your brain to the test with our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz? This is Issue 18 of our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz. You can have a crack at our previous...

  • Quiz Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 17

    It's time to PlayStation

    How much do you know about PlayStation and the gaming industry that surrounds it? If you fancy yourself a walking PlayStation encyclopaedia, then why not put your brain to the test with our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz? This is Issue 17 of our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz. You can have a crack at our previous...

  • Quiz Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 16

    It's time to PlayStation

    How much do you know about PlayStation and the gaming industry that surrounds it? If you fancy yourself a walking PlayStation encyclopaedia, then why not put your brain to the test with our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz? This is Issue 16 of our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz. You can have a crack at our previous...

  • Quiz Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 15

    It's time to PlayStation

    How much do you know about PlayStation and the gaming industry that surrounds it? If you fancy yourself a walking PlayStation encyclopaedia, then why not put your brain to the test with our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz? This is Issue 15 of our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz. You can have a crack at our previous...

  • Quiz Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 14

    It's time to PlayStation

    How much do you know about PlayStation and the gaming industry that surrounds it? If you fancy yourself a walking PlayStation encyclopedia, then why not put your brain to the test with our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz? This is Issue 14 of our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz. You can have a crack at our previous...

  • Quiz Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 13

    It's time to PlayStation

    How much do you know about PlayStation and the gaming industry that surrounds it? If you fancy yourself a walking PlayStation encyclopedia, then why not put your brain to the test with our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz? This is Issue 13 of our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz. You can have a crack at our previous...

  • Quiz Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 12

    It's time to PlayStation

    How much do you know about PlayStation and the gaming industry that surrounds it? If you fancy yourself a walking PlayStation encyclopaedia, then why not put your brain to the test with our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz? This is Issue 12 of our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz. You can have a crack at our previous...

  • Quiz Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 11

    It's time to PlayStation

    How much do you know about PlayStation and the gaming industry that surrounds it? If you fancy yourself a walking PlayStation encyclopaedia, then why not put your brain to the test with our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz? This is Issue 11 of our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz. You can have a crack at our previous...

  • Quiz Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 10

    It's time to PlayStation

    How much do you know about PlayStation and the gaming industry that surrounds it? If you fancy yourself a walking PlayStation encyclopaedia, then why not put your brain to the test with our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz? This is Issue 10 of our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz. You can have a crack at our previous...

  • Quiz Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 9

    It's time to PlayStation

    How much do you know about PlayStation and the gaming industry that surrounds it? If you fancy yourself a walking PlayStation encyclopaedia, then why not put your brain to the test with our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz? This is Issue 9 of our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz. You can have a crack at our previous...

  • Rumour Sony Showcase Could Be Set for First Week of June

    Update: Or might not be, who knows?

    Update: It wouldn't be a video game rumour without clarification, would it? Jeff Grubb has since taken to Twitter to expand upon his comments, explaining that he's also heard rumours that there'll be no Sony showcase until at least September: This wouldn't be entirely out of the ordinary, as last year it hosted...

  • Quiz Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 8

    It's time to PlayStation

    How much do you know about PlayStation and the gaming industry that surrounds it? If you fancy yourself a walking PlayStation encyclopaedia, then why not put your brain to the test with our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz? This is Issue 8 of our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz. You can have a crack at our previous...

  • Quiz Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 7

    It's time to PlayStation

    How much do you know about PlayStation and the gaming industry that surrounds it? If you fancy yourself a walking PlayStation encyclopaedia, then why not put your brain to the test with our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz? This is Issue 7 of our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz. You can have a crack at our previous...

  • Quiz Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 6

    It's time to PlayStation

    How much do you know about PlayStation and the gaming industry that surrounds it? If you fancy yourself a walking PlayStation encyclopaedia, then why not put your brain to the test with our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz? This is Issue 6 of our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz. You can have a crack at our previous...

  • News Temper Your Enthusiasm for Huge Week of PlayStation News

    The state of play

    Update: Well, well, well. As the infamous WaddleDeeKnows taught us recently, always consider pumping the brakes before you buy into the latest Twitter rumour. After huge hype on social media over the weekend – and throughout the morning, too – Kinda Funny Games host Greg Miller has ever so slightly walked back his tweet about...

  • Quiz Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 5

    It's time to PlayStation

    How much do you know about PlayStation and the gaming industry that surrounds it? If you fancy yourself a walking PlayStation encyclopaedia, then why not put your brain to the test with our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz? This is Issue 5 of our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz. You can check out our previous issues by...

  • Quiz Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 4

    It's time to PlayStation

    How much do you know about PlayStation and the gaming industry that surrounds it? If you fancy yourself a walking PlayStation encyclopaedia, then why not put your brain to the test with our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz? This is Issue 4 of our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz. You can check out our previous issues by...

  • Quiz Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 3

    It's time to PlayStation

    How much do you know about PlayStation and the gaming industry that surrounds it? If you fancy yourself a walking PlayStation encyclopaedia, then why not put your brain to the test with our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz? This is Issue 3 of our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz. You can check out our previous issues by...