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Random Chloe Grace Moretz Is Eager for Sony to Make a New PSP
"That thing was so fun"
It turns out actress Chloe Grace Moretz is a closet PSP fan! The actress, perhaps best known for her role as Mindy McCready in Kick-Ass, took to Twitter to ponder why PlayStation hadn’t made another handheld. “That thing was so fun,” she exclaimed. Depressingly, many replies pointed to the disastrous performance of the...
Random Every American PS2 Manual Has Been Preserved on the Internet
Pamphlet perfection
Back when we were little and we were lucky enough to be bought a new PS1 game by our parents, we’d spend the entire car ride home reading through the manual, trying to get a taste of the action that awaited us once we were reunited with our console. Those days are long gone, and while there are things to appreciate about the...
Random Marvel's Spider-Man PC Mod Lets You Play As... IGN's Gotham Knights Review Score?
Look out! Here comes the 5/10
Hardcore PC players sure do seem to have a sense of humour, that's for sure. With Sony bringing some of its first-party PlayStation games to Steam and Epic Games Store, it opens up the doors to the wild world of modding. Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered appears to be a popular target; not long ago, a mod was released that...
Random Forget Need for Speed Unbound, This GT7 Livery Goes Full Auto Modellista
Designer replicates original Ridge Racer livery as well
Auto Modellista wasn’t a great PS2 racing game, but the Capcom outing has gone down in history for its eye-catching cel-shaded artstyle. Many were hoping that Need for Speed Unbound, rumoured to adopt an “anime style” prior to its reveal, would be that title – but it’s opting for...
Random Jazz Up Your Wardrobe with Selene's Jacket from Returnal
Atropos is real
Returnal isn’t the first game we’d turn to when creating cool PlayStation merch, but nerd fashion label Insert Coin has done an outstanding job with its upcoming Selene windbreaker. Inspired by the protagonist from Housemarque’s award-winning roguelike, this chic white and yellow waterproof is packed with neat references from...
Random Filmmaker John Carpenter Has Been Struggling to Get Through The Last of Us 2
"I couldn't get the generator started"
You many not be aware, but legendary filmmaker and composer John Carpenter is a big fan of video games. As highlighted in a recent interview with AV Club, he's been spending his spare time playing all kinds of titles, like Fallout 76, Horizon Forbidden West, and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. One game,...
Random Kill It with Fire! Scientists Grow Brain Cells That Can Play Pong
This won't end well
There wouldn’t be PlayStation without Pong, but there may not be humans if scientists don’t slow down. Well, not natural ones anyway. A team of boffins from the company Cortical Labs have created a lab-grown brain capable of playing Atari’s classic arcade cabinet. In what sounds like the premise to a horror movie, the...
Random Who Needs Silent Hills When You Have Street Fighter 6's Character Creator?
Street frighter
Street Fighter 6’s character creator is one of the most obsessively ridiculous avatar builders we’ve seen in some time. There are a frightening array of options – arguably too many – which allow you to sculpt the tiniest details of your alter-ego, even down to the size of their lats and rear delts. Of course, with such...
Random A DualSense Plush Toy Is Something We Didn't Know We Wanted
Thanks, Shu
The DualSense is an awesome controller, and really elevates PS5 games when used to its full potential. We love the pad as it is, but the thought of it being more huggable never occurred to us. As it turns out, the PS5's fancy controller makes a surprisingly good plushie. Shuhei Yoshida, who now heads up PlayStation's indies team,...
Random Iconic PS1 Startup Sequence Is Even More Glorious on a 35-Foot TV
Size matters
Back in the late 90s, we would all boot up our original PlayStation consoles on old school CRT TVs, and we'd be happy with that. The Sony Computer Entertainment and PS1 logos would appear in turn on a screen which was, at the absolute max, 40 inches, but realistically, probably half that. Maybe half again if you were rocking one of...
Random Need for Speed Twitter Is Beefing with Everyone Right Now
No one is safe
The new Need for Speed game is cool – but its official Twitter account is trying to be cooler. Rather than settle for standard, clinical public relations, EA has perhaps cottoned on to the modern style of corporate social media: embrace the memes and don’t give a sh*t! That’s why the game’s community manager is basically...
Random Who Needs PS5? Legendary FPS DOOM Now Runs in Microsoft Notepad
Productivity DOOMed
It’s wild what people can achieve with a bit of willpower and knowhow. Legendary first-person shooter DOOM has been ported to everything from Casio Calculators to fridge freezers – but even we’re surprised to see it running relatively well in Microsoft Notepad. To be clear, that’s notepad.exe – the exact same program...
Random Did You Know WipEout's Iconic Logo Was Made Up of a Bunch of 8s?
No one eights it either
Font nerds of the world unite: we’ve got a piece of trivia here that will have your Times New Roman twitching! Did you know that WipEout’s iconic PS1 logo was made up of a bunch of 8s, all aligned differently and cut out to spell the name? Don’t believe us, well here’s the irrefutable proof: It’s such a simple...
Random PS5, PS4's Pad Was Made for Viral Sensation Trombone Champ
Rootin' for a tootin'
Chances are you’ve heard of toot-‘em-up Trombone Champ by now. The ridiculous rhythm game has been all over social media and has taken streaming site Twitch by storm: it’s just the latest in a long line of viral video games to blow up based purely on its threadbare premise. Thing is, its support for motion controls makes...
Random The New Monkey Island Game Gives Naughty Dog Boss Neil Druckmann a Cameo
"Still can't believe it!"
The new (and very highly rated) Monkey Island game stars none other than Neil Druckmann, the man himself has confirmed. You probably know Druckmann as the co-president of Sony first party studio Naughty Dog, and director of The Last of Us and The Last of Us: Part II. Okay, so 'stars' is perhaps pushing it. Druckmann...
Random Developers Unite After Viral Take Gets the Meme Treatment
"Graphics are the first thing finished in a video game"
Takes, both good and bad, are aired on Twitter as a matter of course, and the realm of video games is no exception. The good ones are often elevated, and the bad ones are usually mocked or simply ignored. Some are so spectacular, however, that they can unite an entire industry, resulting in a...
Random Marvel's Spider-Man in First-Person Is Sick, Will Make You Sick
Look out! Here comes the Spider-lunch
PlayStation games on PC might rub some fans the wrong way, but there's one very important thing we all need to remember: mods. A community will form around most major PC games these days in order to tinker with them in all sorts of ways, modifying the experience in some way. One modder, Jedijosh920, has...
Random We Want This Physical Version of Cult of the Lamb's Knucklebones Mini-Game
Not baa-d
Cult of the Lamb is a great game in its own right, but its simple mini-game, Knucklebones, is a fun change of pace from all that dungeon crawling and follower sacrificing. It's a game in which two players take turns rolling six-sided dice, placing them into one of three columns and competing for points. There are very few rules, but it...
Random Here's Proof Marvel's Spider-Man Is a Game for Babies
A baby game for children
Marvel's Spider-Man is a goldmine for Sony; the character is immensely popular across basically all media, appealing to a wide audience, and Insomniac Games put together a truly brilliant open world adventure the superhero deserves. It's just a win all around; no one's unhappy about Marvel's Spider-Man. There's just one...
Random Have Nightmares About Rajang with This $200 Monster Hunter Pillow
Bodied pillow
Rajang, the often terrifying ape-like beast from Monster Hunter, now exists in official pillow form. Capcom is selling the 90cm by 70cm item through its Japanese merchandise store, and it'll set you back 26,400 yen, which is about $200 or £165, when it releases on the 9th February 2023. The pillow's 15cm thick, so it's likely got a...
Random We Want a Game Based on Sucker Punch Animator's Viral Tweet
Jurassic Fantasy
Certain things are just inarguably cool, and it seems like Sucker Punch Productions has a good eye for that trait. Superheroes. Samurai. Dinosaurs. Big swords. Wait, what were those last two? While the Sony studio is almost certainly plugging away at Ghost of Tsushima 2, gameplay animator Jean Nguyen has been cutting loose with...
Random Here's How That Awesome God of War Ragnarok Sand Sculpture Was Made
Sand dad
Remember that awesome God of War Ragnarok sand sculpture that was doing the rounds on social media a few weeks back? Today the official PlayStation Taiwan YouTube account posted a cool time-lapse video showing how the monument was constructed. The sculpture depicts the cover art for the game and bears the title's release date:
Random Can Sony Topple SEGA and Nintendo? Classic BBC Report Investigates
It'll never catch on
If you’re not subscribed to BBC Archives on YouTube, we recommend you do so. The broadcaster is unearthing oodles of classic news reports, many of which pertain to home computing. It’s really fascinating seeing common contemporary technologies, like email and the Internet, presented as ground-breaking in these old television...
Random Maybe Don't Buy PS5 Stock from Celebrities on Twitter
Sony system at the centre of scam
Earlier this week, retired WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley tweeted that he had PS5 stock for sale, and that he was donating the proceeds to charity. He also offered buyers an opportunity to hang out with him at an upcoming pro wrestling event. Now LA Lakers boss Jeanie Buss is offering a similar incentive to gullible...
Random This Crappy God of War Knock Off for Xbox Does Not Look Legal
We have God of War at home
Perhaps the lawyers at Microsoft are too busy trying to wrap up the company’s near-$70 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, because we’re not entirely sure how this God of War knock-off made it onto the Xbox Store. War Gods Zeus of Child, developed b
Random Sony Bend's Bespoke Office Arcade Cabinet Has Us Green with Envy
Gabe over
The cool thing about working at a video game studio is – well, it’s a video game studio. That means the company is able to surround all the boring stuff – y’know, computers and kitchen appliances – with ridiculous, morale improving paraphernalia. Case in point: Sony Bend’s new bespoke arcade cabinet is a real treat. The case...
Random Xbox Boss Can't Wait for God of War Ragnarok Either
Norse guy
In the latest instalment of Corporate Bigwig Is Actually Your Friend™, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has declared that, just like you, he’s excited for God of War Ragnarok. The suit declared his enthusiasm in a social media post, where he also listed out the first game he ever played and favourite all-time game. Spencer won’t need to wait...
Random God of War Ragnarok Sand Sculpture Makes Waves
Beach boy
Thinking of making a few pathetic sand castles on holiday this summer? You need to up your game, boys (and girls)! This absurdly detailed God of War Ragnarok sand sculpture has gone viral, and has even attracted the astonishment of the previous game’s director, Cory Barlog. “Wow,” he exclaimed in response to the creation, with a...
Random Cats Watching Stray Is Your New Favourite Twitter Account
Purrfection
We're sure you've noticed, but Stray launched yesterday, and it's been capturing hearts across the board. It turns out playing as a common pet appeals to a lot of people, especially those who already have a cat or two at home. The love for the game has put a jolly spin on the week, and then we discovered @CatsWatchStray. This new...
Random Deus Ex's First Tweet in Almost a Year Is All About Stray
Asked for this
Understandably, the official Deus Ex social media has been pretty quiet for a while. After all, the last game released back in 2016, not to mention Embracer's buyout of Square Enix developers and IPs. However, the Twitter account has broken a nearly year-long silence, and it's not even to talk about Deus Ex. It's a tweet focused on...
Random A Piano Is the Latest Input Device With Which Elden Ring Has Been Beaten
FromSoftware's latest has really struck a chord
FromSoftware games often bring out the best (and occasionally the worst) in all of us, rewarding ingenuity and experimentation. But somehow, we don't think Miyazaki, even in his wildest dreams, would have expected Elden Ring players to invent such fantastic challenges for themselves, using inputs so...
Random Bandai Namco Sends Legendary Elden Ring Player an Actual Sword
You have no power here, Malenia
You may have heard about an Elden Ring player by the name of Let Me Solo Her. The heroic figure has helped hundreds of Tarnished take down Malenia — one of the game's hardest bosses — via co-op, and Let Me Solo Her has since been immortalised through fan art, inspirational videos, and more. In fact, Let Me Solo...
Random EA Gets Destroyed for Trying to Meme About Single-Player Games on Twitter
"They’re a 10 but they only like playing single-player games"
It's always a bit cringe when corporations try to get in on social media memes, isn't it? There's a very. very fine line between a legitimately clever tweet and a tweet that completely blows up in the author's face — and it's the latter that's happened to EA's official account. As we...
Random Skegness Is Now Home to the Official Fall Guys Bench
Just 53 minutes from the beach
In case you didn't know, Fall Guys has made some big strides lately. The game now has a native PS5 version, launched on other consoles, and has adopted a free-to-play structure. That's quite a lot of change for the 60-player battle royale platformer, and developer Mediatonic has celebrated in style. With some...
Random Jak and Daxter Fans Are Porting The Precursor Legacy to PC
Precursor master race
Who needs professional game developers, right? Tech-savvy fans of the original Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy are taking matters into their own hands, porting the classic PS2 platformer to play on modern PCs. This isn't an emulation job; the group's aim is to get the game running natively on PC by basically retooling the...
Random Amazing Dreams Remake of Unreal 5 Train Station Scene Is Playable Now
Plus: Watch a timelapse of its construction
Update (19/5/22): When we first shared this story about a Dreams recreation of that Unreal Engine 5 demo, the work was only half done. Now, though, artist Martin Nebelong has completed the reconstruction, and it's kind of amazing how closely he's been able to match that photo-realistic scene. You can see...
Random We Totally Would Have Played Horizon Zero Dawn on PS1
Rough and ready
Ah, the PS1 – also known as the GreyStation, for those of you who read Nintendo Official Magazine in the 90s. Sony’s system helped pioneer the transition from beautiful 2D sprites on the Super Nintendo to rudimentary clusters of polygons – many of the games have aged atrociously, but they’ll forever be in our hearts. With...
Random Guilty Gear's Beef with Former US President Bill Clinton Concludes 23 Years Later
Mankind blamed the beasts
The year is 1999, and Bill Clinton is president of the United States of America. The ever-growing popularity of video games is causing a stir, and Clinton decides to highlight the potential dangers of our favourite hobby during a now much-memed speech. He presents a number of 'violent' video game magazine ads to onlookers,...
Random This Elden Ring Artwork Made in Dreams Is Simply Stunning
The Lands Between
Here's your semi-regular reminder that Dreams is amazing. The make-anything creation suite really does have very powerful tools, and you can create some truly breathtaking things if you know what you're doing. Case in point: this fantastic fan art for Elden Ring. The creation seen in the above video is the work of Martin Nebelong,...
Random Elden Ring PS1 Demake Looks Sharp Enough to Take Someone's Eye Out
All those angles
Sure, modern gaming is all well and good with high definition graphics, motion-captured animation, and astronomical production values, but we'd scrap all that in an instant if we could have those very same games on the original PlayStation's hardware. Alright, that's a lie, to be honest, but there is something about PS1-era visuals...
Random This Is How PlayStation Consoles Would Look if They Rendered Themselves
Inception
This is brilliantly random: how would each PlayStation console look if it rendered itself? Electronics Hub sought to answer that exact question, and came up with this stunning infographic. Effectively what you’re seeing is each Sony system – from the PS1 all the way through to the PS5 – rendered within the boundaries of its own...
Random Fall Guys Is Now Available in Monopoly Form
Battle royale platformer gets board game treatment
Two games we thought were quite far away from each other were Fall Guys and Monopoly, but that's not stopped a crossover from happening anyway. Mediatonic's bean-filled multiplayer game has been popular since its explosive PlayStation Plus launch in 2020, and now, it's looking to dominate the...
Random We Thought This T-Rex Made in Dreams Was a Shot from Jurassic Park
Stunning recreation goes viral
It's been a little while since we've had a Dreams creation go viral, hasn't it? Media Molecule's create-'em-up platform lets players make whatever they like, and there are countless examples of amazing works from the community. It's always a good feeling when the game can capture some broader attention, and an...
Random Love or PlayStation, This Viral TikTok Asks
Which do you choose?
If you could choose between love or a PlayStation 5, which option would you pick? The former (hopefully) sets you up for life while the latter is only in vogue for roughly seven more years. It could be a tough decision for some, so TikTok user PANDA BOI posed the question to the general public. In a video that has now gone viral...
Random Play Sonic at Electric Speeds When Original Game Comes to All Tesla Vehicles
Gotta game fast
Sonic the Hedgehog is a character known for his speed, but when we play his video games, we're usually very stationary. If you've always felt a bit of a couch potato while flinging the blue blur across the screen like a ping pong ball, you'll be pleased to hear about this new collaboration. Yes, SEGA and Tesla have announced a...
Random Kratos, Aloy, and Ratchet Look Good Enough to Eat Recreated in Gingerbread
Can't catch me
December is here, and that means the world begins to turn its attention towards Christmas. The festive season is here, which means you'll start hearing Slade in shopping centres and panic-buying last-minute gifts. It wouldn't be Christmas without all the food, though, and for many, gingerbread is as festive as a yule log or a turkey...
Random Bloodborne Looks Superb as a Cartoon Network Animated Series
This fan-made trailer is amazing
We grew up watching plenty of cartoons throughout the 90s and early 00s, so this fan-made trailer for a Bloodborne animated series is a double-whammy of wow. Artist Anthony Berardo has created the above video, and we're kind of blown away. Firstly, it's pretty staggering how perfectly Bloodborne translates to a...
Random Fan Made Ape Escape Demo Has Us Pining for PS5 Remake
Monkey business
Sony doesn't appear to be in any rush to bring back Ape Escape, does it? One of the company's classic franchises, it's beloved by fans of a certain age. It's arguably been replaced these days by Astro Bot, a character who's proven very popular with PlayStation 5's Astro's Playroom, but hope for Ape Escape to return is clearly still...
Random These Fake PlayStation Showcase Leaks Are Hilarious
PSP 2! Men in Black! Entire rundown!
It's the day before Sony's biggest gaming showcase of the year, so naturally, the internet is rife with fake leaks. No matter whether it's a full rundown of the entire PlayStation Showcase or fanmade concept art for a brand new handheld device, there are a lot of online users with uncles at Sony who claim to have...
Random MLB Star Shohei Ohtani Scores Ghost of Tsushima Inspired Topps Trading Card
Eastern eye
Two-way Japanese sensation Shohei Ohtani is one of the best players in the MLB right now, starring as both a pitcher and a batter for the Los Angeles Angels. And now he has a new Topps trading card, inspired by Ghost of Tsushima. The one-of-a-kind baseball card, designed by artist Chuck Styles, reimagines the former Hokkaidō Nippon-Ham...
