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Quiz Can You Name These PS3 Exclusives?
George Foreman's own
The PlayStation 3 generation was a weird one, wasn't it? After a rough start with a high entry price and lacking exclusive games, Sony eventually managed to right the ship with the introduction of the PS3 Slim and some quality titles you could only play on the console. However, how well do you actually know those PS3 exclusives?...
Random Ghost of Tsushima Player Creates 'Ishikawa Stock', a Super Advanced Tactic for Storing Arrows
Hold these
Okay look, we know that we've been posting quite a few of these 'Random' Ghost of Tsushima articles lately, but the community just keeps coming up with brilliant stuff. This latest gem is what Twitter user @xxSeri hilariously calls "Ishikawa stock". The gist of it is that Jin can only carry so many arrows at any one time, and if you're u
News PS5 Fans Hyped After Sony Updates Future of Gaming Playlist
Event rumours intensify
Sony has updated its Future of Gaming playlist on YouTube, which compiled all of the announcements from its recent PlayStation 5 reveal event. This could be the first hint that fresh news is on the way, with rumours rife that the Japanese giant will hold some kind of event in early August to share more information about its...
News PS Plus August 2020 Free PS4 Games Revealed
It's a knockout
PS Plus' free PS4 games for August 2020 have been revealed. Sony has announced the new PS Plus lineup today over on the PlayStation Blog. The first is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered, and the second is Fall Guys, the 60-player battle royale platformer. What's more, the Activision FPS will be available early; you can...
Poll What PS5 Information Do You Want Most?
Price? Release date? Launch games?
It feels like an age has passed since the PlayStation 5 was revealed. We're all sitting here hungry to hear more, but Sony's been silent on its next-gen plans ever since the big event in the middle of June. The Japanese giant still has so much to information to share. We don't have a price. We don't have a release...
News PlayStation Shares Some Gobsmacking Ghost of Tsushima Player Stats
How many foxes have you petted?
PlayStation has shared a bunch of impressive-sounding Ghost of Tsushima statistics. The open world game's been out for a couple of weeks now, and it's fair to say that players have been busy. The key takeaways? People really like the Standoff mechanic. They also really like taking photos. Can't exactly blame them, can...
News Almost Everyone Is Banking on Sony Announcing PS5 Price and Release Date in August
Including "insiders"
August is the month for Sony to nail down many more PlayStation 5 details -- or so the internet would have you believe. That's right folks, we're once again at that point where desperation is setting in. Sony's been silent on the subject of next-gen since it revealed its upcoming console back in June, and of course this means...
Overwhelming force
After having topped the Japanese software charts at launch, Ghost of Tsushima has been forced from its throne by the seemingly unstoppable Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Still, the PlayStation 4 exclusive has maintained a steady momentum, selling an additional 53,000 copies. It's the kind of drop that we expect to see from n
Random Ghost of Tsushima Player Finds a Way to Turn Jin's Life into a Never-Ending Arrow Hell
Believe you can fly
We've all seen that Ghost of Tsushima player get absolutely wrecked by a barrage of Mongol arrows, right? Well Reddit user lys1030 has somehow made Jin Sakai's life even more miserable. They attack the same Mongol war camp that can't be captured until later in the story, resulting in a never-ending hail of arrows. These p
News Nioh 2: The Tengu's Disciple DLC Is Out Now on PS4
Costs £7.99/$9.99
The first of three pieces of DLC for Nioh 2 has today launched on the PlayStation Store, bringing with it a brand new area to do battle in and another story to follow. Titled The Tengu's Disciple, you can purchase it standalone for £7.99/$9.99 or as part of the Nioh 2 season pass which comes in at £19.99/$19.99. The listing...
News PS5 Completely Outpacing Xbox Series X in Terms of Popularity, Says New Research
Survey results promising for Sony
Running a PlayStation website can often skew our perspective when it comes to the wider gaming industry. But from where we're sitting, it feels like there's already a momentum to the PlayStation 5 -- something that the Xbox Series X doesn't quite have outside of hardcore circles. And new research, as reported by...
News PS5 Release in Late 2020 Still on Track as AMD's Chips Ship on Time
Chips in
We still don't have a release date, but Sony has said time and time again that the PlayStation 5 will launch by the end of 2020. And fortunately, production does seem to be on track. AMD, the manufacturer behind the next-gen console's CPU and custom GPU, has confirmed that shipment of these components has begun. During AMD's latest...
"To be honest, we were beaten"
Toshihiro Nagoshi the charismatic and colourful character behind the Yakuza series, has spoken at length about his appreciation for the recently released PS4 exclusive, Ghost of Tsushima. Despite being set on the Japanese island of the same name, Ghost of Tsushima was developed by Bellevue-based studio Sucker Punch,...
News Gran Turismo 7's PS5 Release Date Has Sparked Some Discussion
Is it coming soon?
When is Gran Turismo 7 releasing on the PlayStation 5? Despite developer Polyphony Digital showcasing gameplay during Sony’s recent showcase, there’s still a large chunk of the gaming community that believes the racer is years away – after all, ever since Gran Turismo 5, the Japanese studio has garnered a reputation for...
News PlayStation Spain Teases PS5 News, Trolls with Sony Bravia TVs
Bad idea
The hype for the PlayStation 5 is at an all-time high right now. Fans are ready to pre-order, the next-gen games are looking great, and the future is generally looking pretty bright. The Twitter account for PlayStation Spain clearly recognised this though and decided to play a bit of a cruel joke on its followers. A short while ago, it...
News Marvel's Spider-Man PS5 Remaster Rumours Re-Emerge, But Likely Erroneous
Speculation resurfaces
Aw, shucks – here we go again, folks. An excerpt from Game Informer magazine shared on Reddit and later around the web suggests that upcoming PlayStation 5 standalone exclusive Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales may ship with a remastered version of the original PlayStation 4 game. This was a popular point of discussion...
News PlayStation Documentary Resurfaces with New Trailer, Finally Arrives in September
From Bedrooms to Billions
Well, this has certainly been a long time coming. From Bedrooms to Billions: The PlayStation Revolution, a documentary all about Sony's impact on the games industry, is very nearly here. We reported on it four years ago, when it was
News Sony May Be Exploring Its Own DLSS-Esque Graphics Technology
Not-so native
What have we learned these past few years? It’s easy: native 4K is a waste of horsepower. Sony’s own checkerboard solutions in games like Horizon Zero Dawn already proved that point, but NVidia’s proprietary DLSS – or Deep Learning Super Sampling, to give it its full title – has sealed the deal. For those of you who don’t...
Feature 10 Big Upcoming PSVR Games
Still plenty more to come
It’s been nearly four years since Sony first introduced PlayStation VR, but even now, its virtual reality hardware continues going strong. While it remains a niche platform, PSVR has undeniably broken down barriers with an affordable price and easy to use setup, reaching a staggering 5 million sales back in January since...
News PS5 Was a Top Global Trend on Twitter Earlier This Year
Sony utilising social network effectively
Coronavirus induced lockdowns may have caused headaches for PlayStation this year, but Sony has also benefited greatly from the increased importance of home entertainment. And while the manufacturer’s had to alter its marketing model slightly, it’s also effectively leveraged increased interest in video...
The time factor
Deciding when to pull the trigger on purchasing a PlayStation 5 will be an important factor for many. It's a verdict that represents a much weightier investment than simply buying a game, taking into account your financial situation and what stage of life you're at. Next-gen consoles are always pricey at launch, and so we want to...
News Of Course Halo Infinite's Already Been Recreated in Dreams
No sign of Craig, though
Halo Infinite was the tentpole title showcased during Microsoft’s big Xbox briefing last week, and the web’s still aflutter with chatter regarding the first-person shooter. Some kind of Dreams adaptation was inevitable, then, and one of the PlayStation 4 exclusive’s more famous creators Disarmed has taken it upon...
News Free PS Store Credit Was Sent to a Small Number of PS Plus Subscribers
Cash back
Update (28th July): Now that the dust has settled, it seems only a very small selection of PS Plus subscribers received free PS Store credit from Sony. In a Push Square poll, just 4 per cent admitted to receiving the freebie out of almost 6,000 responses. It appears Sony selected randomly, so good on you if you were a recipient of the...
News PS5 UI Feature Sets Tongues Wagging Once More
Deeply integrated with games
There’s still so much we don’t know about the PlayStation 5, like how its brand new user interface will change the way we play games. One feature that’s been touched upon in past interviews is an evolution of the PlayStation 4’s
News Media Molecule Made a Music Video for Noah Cyrus Entirely in Dreams
A Sony collaboration
Here's an interesting story. Media Molecule, developer of the powerful PlayStation 4 creation game Dreams, worked with music artist Noah Cyrus to make an original video for her song, 'July'. It's part of a Sony Collaboration series, in which the company's various branches come together to work on a joint project. In this case,...
Random This Guy Takes His Ghost of Tsushima Standoffs Seriously
He is samurai
The standoff is one of the neatest mechanics in Ghost of Tsushima, as enemies feign attacks while you hold your nerve and pick the right moment to attack them. Reddit poster codmycave has kicked the immersion in these moments up a notch, however, by wielding his own headband and sword and… Well, give the video a watch. The coolest...
News Ghost of Tsushima Patch 1.05 Adds Lethal Difficulty, Easier Combat Setting, and Text Options
Time to die
Update: Ghost of Tsushima patch 1.05 is now live around the world, weighing in at 2.78GB. Get it downloaded and let us know your thoughts in the comments section below. Original Article: A new update for Ghost of Tsushima will be released today (that's the 27th July if you're reading this in the future) on PlayStation 4. Patch 1.05...
Poll Did You Get Free PlayStation Store Credit from Sony?
PlayStation Plus plus
Late last week, Sony started sending out free PlayStation Store credit to PlayStation Plus subscribers. Some users had £10/$10 automatically added to their PlayStation account in celebration of PS Plus' 10th anniversary, and they were told of this through the notifications screen on PS4. However, not everyone was lucky enough...
Soapbox Sony's Next PS5 Showcase Needs to Be a Scorcher
And it needs to start telling us more
And just like that, all eyes are on PlayStation once again. After the manufacturer’s big blowout in June, we haven’t learned a whole lot more about Sony’s next-generation console, beyond its box art design and some minor tidbits about upcoming titles. The Japanese giant rightly resisted the temptation to...
Hands On Dreams Just Got Bigger, Better, and Weirder with PSVR Support
Living the dream
Whenever we step into the world of Dreams, we're reminded just how brilliant it is. There's never a shortage of weird and wonderful things to discover, and that's if you don't bother making anything yourself. No matter how you enjoy Media Molecule's mecca for user-generated content, it provides countless hours of entertainment. Now,...
Quiz Can You Name These PS2 Games?
Say what you see
The PlayStation 2 -- what a machine. Sony's second gaming device was an absolute monster; it remains the best selling console in history, and has an absolutely gargantuan catalogue of software. Some of them are so iconic, you can tell which game they are by looking at a single image. But what about games that look kinda similar to...
News Ghost of Tsushima Players Are Already Pining for New Game +
And so are we
Ghost of Tsushima isn't a short game, but it has been out a whole week and some players have already polished it off. And as you'd expect of a quality release, a lot of fans want more. Sadly, Sucker Punch's open world epic doesn't come equipped with a New Game + mode -- a way to restart the story with all of your gear and abilities...
Poll What Review Score Would You Give Ghost of Tsushima?
Sharpened steel
Ghost of Tsushima has been out for a full week now, and as always, we want to know your thoughts. The game's already been a huge success for Sony -- news just broke that the title sold through a whopping 2.4 million copies in just its first three days on the market -- but do you think that it deserves the hype? That's what we're here...
Gallery Here Are Our Community's Best Ghost of Tsushima Photo Mode Screenshots
Sakai style
At the start of this week, we asked you to send in your very best Ghost of Tsushima screenshots taken with the game's excellent Photo Mode. And boy did you lot deliver. We've got more than 40 entries featuring Jin Sakai, the island of Tsushima, and its Mongolian invaders to admire, so thank you to everyone who participated. None of them...
Random This Pencil Art PS4 Is a Real Marvel
Comic book console
We’ve seen a lot of cool custom PlayStation 4 consoles over the years, but we may just have to hand the award to Shubhomoy Biswas for this stunning creation. The avid Spider-Man fan covered the top layer of his console with paper, and then proceeded to create an Into the Spider-Verse sketch on the top. He uses a variety of...
News Ghost of Tsushima Sells a Staggering 2.4 Million Copies in 3 Days
Another blockbuster IP for Sony
Sony has done it again: the PlayStation maker and publishing powerhouse has created yet another blockbuster property. Alongside the likes of Horizon Zero Dawn and Days Gone, Ghost of Tsushima can be labelled an undeniable hit, as it managed to sell a staggering 2.4 million copies in just three days. Sony has made a...
News Xbox Sure Did Announce a Lot of Timed Exclusives This Week
But it's not a fan of them
Microsoft bigwig Phil Spencer is not a big fan of timed exclusives, but his company announced plenty of them for the Xbox Series X this week. A large chunk of its press conference was dominated by so-called “console launch exclusives”, which means they’ll deploy day-and-date on Xbox and PC, but contractual...
News The Last of Us 2 Sets a New Record with 2.8 Million Digital Sales in June
Sony's biggest digital first-party launch
Love it or loathe it, The Last of Us: Part II has been a humongous success. Sony reported the game sold over 4 million copies in just three days, and it went on to smash the UK's physical chart, selling more than the rest of the top 10 combined. We know
News Viral Social Media Montage Showcases PS4's Impressive Generation
Simply the best
We think it’s probably fair to say that the PlayStation 4 has played host to some pretty good games. Sony, in particular, has transformed its first-party portfolio into an unrivalled industry titan, and this social media montage celebrates that. Give it a watch, we’ll wait: Yeah, the video editing is obviously outstanding, but...
News PS4 Firmware Update 8.00 Beta Invites Being Sent Out
Quality of life tweaks to community features
Sony’s rolling out beta invites for PlayStation 4 firmware update v8.00, so take a quick look at your inbox to see if you got in. This is actually a surprisingly beefy update considering the current-gen system is entering its twilight years, with the emphasis clearly on quality-of-life improvements to...
Random PS5 to Get 24-Karat Gold Makeover for the Uber-Rich
Gold
Worrying about how you’re going to make ends meet this holiday? Don’t worry, because the uber-rich are pondering how they’re going to get their pudgy mitts on a 24-karat gold PlayStation 5 for Christmas. Truly Exquisite, a UK-based personalisation company, is launching a bespoke PS5 collection later this year, and you’ll be able to buy...
Poll Did PS5 or Xbox Series X Have the Better Next-Gen Showcase?
First impressions
Microsoft just closed the curtain on its Xbox Series X showcase, which means both Sony and its Redmond rival have now revealed their first hands in the next-gen fight. It’s important to remember that both manufacturers will have plenty more to show in the future, but these livestreams are the inaugural sales pitches from the two...
News Ghost of Tsushima Has the Best Launch Ever for a First-Party PS4 Game in Japan
Nothing ghostly about it
Ghost of Tsushima has done incredibly well for itself in Japan. The numbers are in, and the open world title has enjoyed the best launch sales of any first-party PlayStation 4 game. Sucker Punch's latest moved 222,000 copies, which was more than enough to rocket the title to the top of the Japanese software charts. Its...
News Expect More PS5 Game Announcements Today
Microsoft to reveal all
It’s a big day for the Team in Green, but with Microsoft set to showcase third-party titles alongside first-party releases during an Xbox Series X showcase today, PlayStation fans should end up feasting as well. It’s unclear what the ratio will be between exclusives and multiformat titles, but we’re sure there’ll be a...
News PS4 Is Still the Best Place to Play According to New Trailer
Until the holidays, anyway
PlayStation 5 may be right around the corner, but Sony’s still busy flogging the PlayStation 4 ahead of the holidays. The platform holder has released a brand new trailer showcasing some of the biggest titles on the format right now, and it goes big on third-party partnerships, with the likes of Fortnite, Marvel’s...
Random Ghost of Tsushima Player Has a Real Tough Time with Archers
Ouch
Is there anyone out there who hasn't developed a grudge for the archers in Ghost of Tsushima? Those buggers can be a real pain in the arse during combat, especially when there's more than one of them. This scribe always makes sure to target them first in a fight, but the Twitter user in the clip below didn't have the chance to do that. In fact,...
News These Are the Five Best-Selling PS4 Exclusives in the US
An impressive list
With the release of Ghost of Tsushima, Sony has pretty much capped an outstanding generation of support for the PlayStation 4. But which titles have raked in the most cash in the United States thus far? NPD analyst Mat Piscatella has revealed the ranking of the top five exclusive games based on life-to-date dollar sales, and it...
News Dreams Update 2.16 Adds PSVR Support, Here's All the Patch Notes
Available to download now
The time has finally come -- Dreams gets PlayStation VR support today after months of waiting. The latest patch for the game takes the PS4 title to version 2.16, and it's available to download right now. It's one meaty update, so let's go through everything below. Inside The Box - A showcase for Dreams VR, with examples...
News Sony Says PlayStation Kiosks Snapped in Stores Are Not PS5 Related
Sony's ramping things up
Update: In a statement issued to IGN, Sony has denied that the retail kiosks spotted in stores are PlayStation 5 related. The Japanese giant didn't elaborate on what the displays are being used for, but presumably they were running PlayStation 4 demos prior to the coronavirus crisis. In fact, given the ongoing pandemic,...
News Ghost of Tsushima Sells Out in Japan, Sony Promises More Copies
A literal ghost in Japanese stores
Early indications suggest Ghost of Tsushima could become Sony’s fastest-selling new IP, and one territory the title’s taking by storm is Japan. The platform holder released a statement on Twitter earlier today, explaining that the release has exceeded expectations, and that some stores have now run out of...
