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The Game Awards 2018 God of War Wins Game of the Year
Kratos returns to his throne
After winning a slew of awards in a row, it had felt like Red Dead Redemption 2 was going to clean up at The Game Awards 2018 – but God of War swept in to take the top gong from under Rockstar’s nose. Sony Santa Monica’s epic reimagining of one of PlayStation’s most iconic franchises also took home awards for...
News Get Discounts on The Game Awards Nominees in US PlayStation Store Sale
Award winning bargains
We're mere hours away from The Game Awards 2018, and as has become tradition, the US PlayStation Store is playing host to a new sale, celebrating the nominees in this year's show. It's live right now, and features a whole range of reduced prices on lots of the nominated games. Battlefield V is down to $35.99, Call of Duty:...
News There Are References to More Great Games in the PS Classic's Source Code
Crash Bandicoot! PaRappa the Rapper! Gran Turismo!
At this point in time the PlayStation Classic has become a better punching bag than Glass Joe, so it’s no surprise that forum dwellers are frothing at the mouth over a Tweet which claims the micro-console has dozens of other great games on it. The reality is that there are simply references to...
News Sony Publishes Neat First-Party Puff Piece
Visual Arts Services Group listed among developers
Sony’s published a neat video touring its first-party studios in the United States, with the intention presumably to try and recruit talent to its teams. The video includes interviews from key personnel at Sony Santa Monica, Sony Bend, PixelOpus, and others. In the clip, the staffers talk about...
News The Last of Us: Part II Will Not Appear at The Game Awards 2018
Naughty Dog speaks
Expectations are high for The Game Awards 2018, and there’s speculation swirling around virtually every major upcoming release. Sony released a reactions video for The Last of Us: Part II this week, forcing some fans to theorise that the sequel may pop up during Geoff Keighley’s bonanza on Thursday
News It's an Interesting Time to Be Posting The Last of Us: Part II Reaction Trailers
What the Ellie?
The Last of Us: Part II was announced two years ago, and while we’ve seen a handful of trailers now, the game’s still very much shrouded in mystery. This reaction trailer is a curious upload on the PlayStation channel then. It marks the two year anniversary of the Naughty Dog sequel’s reveal, and shows various YouTubers...
News December 2018's PS Plus Games are Available to Download Now
Selection box
Mince pies are in the shops and people are questioning where the year has gone -- it's December, alright. A new month means a new selection of PS Plus games, and 2018's final roster of complimentary titles is available to download right now in Europe. As always, the North American PS Store will follow within the next few hours or so...
News PSN Offline Worldwide as Sony Engineers Investigate
PlayStation Network down in December
PlayStation Network is offline, and Sony engineers are currently wielding fire extinguishers in an attempt to put out the flames. While the issues don’t appear to be affecting absolutely everyone, this sounds like a fairly widespread outage, with a vast majority of players affected. Remember when this used to...
News Social Media Scuttlebutt Says Microsoft Is Sniffing After Sony Studio
Money talks
Microsoft has been snapping up mid-sized studios like corporate acquisitions are going out of fashion, and now the social media rumour mill is aflame with speculation that the team in green is about to snap up a studio that’s worked with PlayStation in the past. This opens the floor to a raft of possibilities, from Supermassive Games...
News Marvel's Spider-Man Is Now the Fastest Selling PS4 Game Ever in the UK
On track to become best selling PS4 exclusive
We all knew Insomniac's latest open world adventure was a hit, but this is pretty crazy. Marvel's Spider-Man has become the fastest selling PS4 game at UK retail. If that wasn't enough, GamesIndustry claims that the superhero blockbuster is gaining on Uncharted 4: A Thief's End to become the best selling...
Guide Where to Buy the PlayStation Classic Mini Console
There's still plenty of them around
Sony announced the PlayStation Classic earlier in the year, a pint-sized PSone console with a bunch of games pre-loaded. The mini machine is available right now, and you can get it from various retailers across the web. But where can you buy the PlayStation Classic? Here's a quick guide on the mini machine and how...
News Sony Thinks of the Children as Senran Kagura Producer Laments Censorship
"It's a difficult problem"
The president of SCEJA has seemingly provided the first official comment on the censorship row that has affected multiple PlayStation games over the past few months. Posted on Japanese website Ebitsu.net – but without official translation or verification just yet – Atsushi Morita purportedly told attendees at a Japan...
Review Battle Arena Toshinden - Significant But Not Special
Not quite a load of old Tosh-inden
"Play History. Make History." The marketing tagline for the 2018 release of the PlayStation Classic highlights an added attribute of the miniature console in the sense that all 20 games included may not actually be classic PSone games, yet even the less worthy inclusions provide gamers with a snapshot of playing...
News US PS Store Flash Sale Hopes to Bust Your Wallet This Weekend
Take all my money
Black Friday 2018 has come and gone, but your financial security is not safe just yet. Sony’s launched a brand new PlayStation Store Flash Sale in North America which has seen a ton of titles discounted. Some of the highlights include Battlefield 1 for $4.99, Burnout Paradise Remastered for $7.99, and Gravity Rush 2 (hello!) for...
News EU PlayStation Store Christmas Sale Begins Today on PS4
New deals each weekend
PS4 owners will know it's Christmas time when Sony starts dropping deals in the weeks ahead, and amazingly, we've reached that time. Instead of its usual 12 Deals of Christmas, where a dozen games get generous discounts every two days, this year sees the introduction of several deals that will be swapped out for new ones each...
News European PSVR Mega Pack Bundle Offers Sony's Headset with Five Top Games
Everything in one box
Sony seems to be really getting behind PlayStation VR ahead of the holiday season. Not only was it aggressively discounted during Black Friday, the platform holder has been introducing brand new bundle packs for the device. Earlier in the week, we saw the new PSVR bundle with
News This Isn't the PS5, Despite What Some Sites Are Claiming
Fake news
There are some PlayStation 5 renders doing the rounds, and some sites want you to believe that they’re Sony’s next-gen console. That’s absolute nonsense, of course, considering the company’s yet to even announce a new system. The mock-ups are pretty neat, though, showcasing a slim, almost external hard drive-esque box. There...
News Sony Europe's New PS4 Commercial Shows What You Can Do
Double life
Sony’s launched a new commercial in Europe which builds on the idea that you can be anyone and do virtually anything when you’re playing on the PlayStation 4. The campaign, which is titled ‘This Could Be You’, shows ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances – all of which are linked to some of the year’s biggest games,...
News Sony Celebrates Five Years of PS4 with Video Full of Player Stats on Exclusive Games
The best place to play
Today marks the fifth anniversary of the PS4 in Europe, and Sony's of course celebrating the milestone. The platform holder has released the above video, which highlights this generation's best PlayStation exclusives, as well as some impressive figures and feats accomplished by fans. For example, 46 million Thunderjaws have...
News Sony Showed Gran Turismo Sport Running in 8K at 120 Frames-Per-Second
A glimpse of PS6?
Sony has potentially teased a glimpse of what a future PlayStation could deliver, by demoing Gran Turismo Sport in an eye-melting 8K at a blistering 120 frames-per-second. At an event in Tokyo focusing on outrageous consumer electronics, the Japanese giant showcased its new Crystal LED Display System with footage of Polyphony...
News Sony Patented a Cartridge and Everyone Went Mental Over It
But it's not for a new handheld
A patent filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment and published this week prompted many to believe that the Japanese giant may be working on a successor to the PlayStation Vita, but despite the documentation depicting a new cartridge-like product, it’s got absolutely nothing to do with a hypothetical handheld –...
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...
Hardware Review PS Classic - A Nostalgic Nineties Novelty
Everything you need to know about the PlayStation Classic
On the 24th anniversary of the PlayStation’s release in Japan comes the PlayStation Classic, a micro-console created to cash in on growing nostalgia for Sony’s first ever system. Following in the footsteps of Nintendo’s own NES and SNES miniatures, this plug-and-play PSX comes bundled...
Talking Point What Free December 2018 PlayStation Plus Games Do You Want?
When will December 2018's PS Plus lineup be revealed?
What’s the December 2018 PlayStation Plus lineup? And when exactly will the December 2018 PS Plus lineup be announced? It's the final PS+ lineup of the year, so we're all hopeful that Sony's got a cracker in store to round out what has been a particularly strong year for the subscription...
Cyber Monday 2018 Get This PS4 Bundle with Trio of Exclusives and PS Plus for a Great Price
Everything you need and more
It being Cyber Monday, there are still some fantastic offers floating around, and we've found an interesting PS4 bundle that'd be ideal for newcomers to Sony's system. This console bundle provides you with a 1TB PS4, three months of PlayStation Plus, and three excellent PS4 exclusives -- God of War, Uncharted 4: A...
News European PS Store Slashes More Prices in Cyber Monday Flash Sale
Big titles and indie classics all discounted
If Black Friday's collection of deals wasn't enough, PSN users in Europe will be happy to hear news of a further flash sale that celebrates the lesser-known Cyber Monday. Highlights include Rise of the Tomb Raider for a cool £8.99, Burnout Paradise Remastered at the same price, and XCOM 2 for £9.99...
Review Marvel's Spider-Man: Turf Wars - Another Helping of Spidey Goodness
War never changes
You probably know what to expect from Turf Wars, the second chapter in Marvel's Spider-Man's City That Never Sleeps expansion. As with The Heist, this DLC pack for Insomniac's immensely popular superhero action game sticks with the established formula, providing a good excuse to get back into the swing of things. Yes, it's more of...
News Shawn Layden Hinted That Sony Was Done with E3 a Year Ago
Old video resurfaces
This is an interesting video to watch in hindsight, now that Sony has announced it won’t be attending E3 2019 at all. Kyle Bosman from Easy Allies was the first to bring it up, but it’s since been shared around the web, and it does foreshadow more recent news. The clip is taken from last year’s
News Will Sony Censor Catherine: Full Body? Developer Can't Give a Definitive Answer
No "mysterious lights", at least
If you're big into risque video game content then you may not want to hear this, but Catherine: Full Body developer Atlus -- more specifically its own Studio Zero -- has seemingly shied away from giving a definitive answer on whether or not the upcoming title will be censored under Sony's new sexual content policy...
Black Friday 2018 Amazon UK PS4 Double Packs Bundle Big New Games Together for a Low Price
Twice as nice
Happy Black Friday, everyone -- time to prize open your wallets and splash out on some bargains. There are lots of enticing offers to be found across the Internet today, but tucked away on Amazon UK is a collection of PS4 game double packs that are worth highlighting. Essentially, they consist of two of this season's biggest releases...
Black Friday 2018 PS4 Controllers At Their Lowest Ever Price
Under £30 in the UK
There’s no doubt that PlayStation 4 controllers can be one of the hidden costs of Sony’s console, as you’re pretty much forced to pay through the nose for additional pads or replacements. You’re going to want to take advantage of these heavily discounted DualShock 4s on Black Friday, then, because they’re available...
News PSN Account Banned Over Cultural Mistake Reinstated by Sony
Account reportedly back online
Yesterday saw an interesting story blow up on Reddit, as a Mexican PS4 owner shared how his PSN account had been banned because of a misunderstanding regarding his username. The moniker includes the word "Kike", a racist term for Jewish people, but as the user explained to Sony, it's also a shortened version of his...
Black Friday 2018 Sony's Bundling 2018's Biggest Games with PS4 for Black Friday
Winning strategy
Sony’s slate of PlayStation 4 bundles in the UK speaks to the importance of marketing deals, because the console’s being sold alongside arguably the three biggest games of the holiday season: Red Dead Redemption 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, and FIFA 19. And yes, if you want to throw Marvel’s Spider-Man into the conversation,...
News Sony Reportedly Bans PSN Account Over Cultural Misunderstanding
No solution in sight
It’s a holiday in the United States, so that means there are no press releases to mull over and games industry drama gets a big fat spotlight shined in its eyes instead. To be fair, this is an unfortunate story that we hope will be resolved promptly. Over on Reddit, a Mexican gamer claims that his PlayStation Network account...
Black Friday 2018 Pre-Order This UK PSVR Bundle with Astro Bot and Ace Combat 7 for a Great Price
Buy now, play later
One of this Black Friday's hottest items is PlayStation VR, and it has a whole host of discounted bundle packs that are well worth considering. However, one outlier is this PSVR bundle, as it contains a game that's yet to be released. In this particular offer, you'll be getting the PSVR Starter Pack along with the superlative...
News This PS Classic Commercial Is the Second Best Thing You'll See This Thanksgiving
Turkey being the best, obviously
PlayStation Classic launches soon, so it’s probably about time we had a commercial, right? Whatever your opinion on the product, this ad is pretty amazing, starting out with a 16-bit scene before transitioning to the dinosaur from the PSone’s iconic demo disc – who’s attacked by King from Tekken...
Black Friday 2018 PlayStation Gear Reduces Prices on All Sorts of Official Merchandise
Clothing, accessories, art prints, more
Black Friday is very nearly here, and it's not just your normal retailers throwing out offers like there's no tomorrow. Sony's own PlayStation Gear website, which sells all kinds of PlayStation branded goodies, is holding a special sale too, and it includes hundreds of items from across its range. A bunch of...
Black Friday 2018 This UK PSVR Bundle with Astro Bot Rescue Mission Is a Steal
Immersive value
Black Friday is almost upon us, but that hasn't stopped Sony from dropping a few deals here and there ahead of the bargain bonanza. In addition to some great discounts on the European and North American PlayStation Store, the platform holder has revealed this PlayStation VR bundle at a fantastic price. This bundle includes the PSVR...
Black Friday 2018 PSVR Aim Controller with Firewall Now Under £45
Well, shoot
There aren’t an enormous number of games that are compatible with the PSVR Aim Controller, but what a lovely piece of hardware it is – as our review explains. You can currently nab the plastic firearm alongside a copy of tactical shooter Firewall Zero Hour in the UK for £44.99, which is a great accompaniment for
News No Man's Sky Visions Update Adds Further Planet Variation, Community Missions, More on PS4
Expanding universe
The post-launch support for No Man's Sky has been pretty unbelievable all things considered, and as promised, Hello Games is continually bolting on new features and upgrades to keep the divisive experience fresh. The latest major update for the game, Visions, is out tomorrow on PS4, taking the game up to version 1.75, and it...
News Check Out This Hand Painted Concrete Genie Mural from Paris Games Week
Games are art
Perhaps Sony's smallest first party exclusive, Concrete Genie is looking delightful, and we're excited to see more from the Pixelopus adventure. Sony brought the graffiti puzzler to Paris Games Week 2018, and it enlisted the help of French artist named Tsuchinoko to decorate its booth. The result is an endearing recreation of the...
News Spider-Man PS4's Second Add-On Turf Wars Gets a Launch Trailer
The greatest show on turf
Sony has released the launch trailer for Marvel's Spider-Man's second expansion pack, Turf Wars. Starring big-headed baddie Hammerhead, the add-on marks the second part of the City That Never Sleeps side-story. As is the case with the previous DLC, you can expect new story missions, collectibles, challenges, and, of course,...
Black Friday 2018 PS4 Exclusives Dirt Cheap in the UK
Uncharted! Detroit! More!
If you happen to have missed out on any of the PlayStation 4’s biggest blockbusters of late, then Black Friday 2018 has your back. Sony’s reduced the price of a bunch of its biggest games in the UK, with many of its major titles from this year getting the promotional price treatment. You may have already seen the news...
Black Friday 2018 Sony's Cheap $199 PS4 Bundle Comes with 20% Off the PS Store
Stacks with digital Black Friday deals
Just bought Sony’s ultra-cheap $199 PlayStation 4 Black Friday bundle? Don’t toss away all the packaging just yet, because the platform holder’s tossed in an additional bonus: 20 per cent off one full shopping cart on the PlayStation Store. This voucher stacks with the current batch of discounts on the...
But probably not
We're less than a month away from The Game Awards 2018, and naturally, rumours of potential announcements are starting to fly around. The latest word on the street is that Sony is readying a trio of release dates for three of its own PS4 exclusives -- Death Stranding, Ghost of Tsushima, and Dreams. This comes from a Brazilian...
Black Friday 2018 Sony's Big Black Friday Bundle Is Already Selling Out in USA
Running thin
It’s not Black Friday 2018 yet, but Sony’s flagship holiday bundle is already selling out. In the United States, the platform holder launched its heavily promoted 1TB PS4 Slim Spider-Man bundle over the weekend, and you can’t get it from Amazon anymore. Stores all over the country are reporting sell-outs, and while you probably...
Black Friday 2018 Spider-Man PS4 Swings to Its Lowest Price Yet
No excuses now
There’s never been a better time to nab one of the best games of the year, as Marvel’s Spider-Man has swung to an impressive £28.99 in the UK, making it a borderline no-brainer. You can grab the title from Amazon: <products region="UK" id="7722" style="list"> We absolutely loved the PlayStation 4 exclusive, describing it...
Black Friday 2018 God of War PS4 Price Axed in Both UK and US
Boy, that's a good deal
God of War is one of 2018's best games, taking Kratos through Norse mythology in one of PS4's greatest adventures. If you've yet to play this PS4 exclusive, now is the time to grab it. For Black Friday 2018, the game can be found on Amazon's UK and US sites for a bargain bin price -- £20.99 and $29.39 respectively. With a...
Black Friday 2018 Cheap PS4 Controllers Now Available in USA
Dual shock
If you’re just finishing Red Dead Redemption 2, then it may be time for a new DualShock 4 – there’s no doubt you’ll have spent the past month obliterating your X button due to Rockstar’s dated gameplay design. There’s good news, though: Sony’s reduced the price of much of its PS4 controller line ahead of Black Friday 2018,...
Black Friday 2018 PSVR Bundles Available As Low As $199
VRtual insanity
PlayStation VR has quietly had an outstanding year, so there’s never been a better time to enter the wonderful world of virtual reality. Fortunately, there are some pretty darn cheap PSVR bundles available ahead of Black Friday 2018, with prices going as low as $199. You can pick up two different bundles from Amazon right now:...
