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News Transmog System 'Doesn't Make Sense' in Helldivers 2, Says CEO
"Like having an apple that tastes like bacon or the other way around"
We doubt we were alone in wondering whether some kind of transmogrification system could reach fashion-conscious Helldivers 2 players grasping hands, but sadly, that won't be the case. Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt put this particular pipe dream to bed, definitively stating, "We...
News New PS5 Pro Leak Points to Significant Graphics Push from Sony
Back in the PSSR
Although we're still waiting on Sony's official announcement, the PS5 Pro seems to be all systems go behind the scenes. Following on from several leaks over the last few months, a new report from The Verge says that Sony is really starting to push its supercharged console, as it's currently asking development teams to make sure that...
News 2016's Ratchet & Clank Reboot Gets Fan-Favourite Gun in Free Update
Where does the time go?
Insomniac's excellent Ratchet & Clank reboot, released in 2016, has received a surprise update. The update adds a fan-favourite weapon for free, just in time for the eighth anniversary of the game's launch. If you already own the game, simply navigate to the PSN store page, and you can play around with the Bouncer...
News PS Stars Rewards Now Include Top PS5 Games Rise of the Ronin, Helldivers 2, More
Good point(s)
If you regularly use a PS5 or PS4, there's very little reason not to be using PS Stars. This rewards programme, currently only accessible via the PlayStation mobile app, rewards users with points for PS Store purchases, as well as neat little digital collectibles for completing simple campaigns. Part of the service also allows you to...
PS Store Sales Charts Helldivers 2 Dominates Once Again, Dragon's Dogma 2 in Third
Marching on
Helldivers 2 continues its winning streak over on the PS Store. Arrowhead's co-op shooter was February's most downloaded PS5 title, and now it's done the same for March too. It's in first place on both the US and EU charts, seeing off hot competition in the weeks since it launched. Second place differs between North America and Europe,...
News Stellar Blade Download Size Will Respect Your PS5 Storage
Would you Adam and Eve it
Unlike a lot of recently released blockbusters, Stellar Blade won't be taking up a massive chunk of your PS5's storage space. As per the ever-reliable PlayStation Game Size, the upcoming action title weighs in at a very reasonable 30.4GB, which is obviously a far cry from the 80GB and above downloads that players have...
News Stellar Blade's Demo Had Way More Daily Active Players Than Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's
Nearly double at its peak
A recent analysis has revealed an interesting statistic about a pair of playable demos on PS5. According to Ampere, Stellar Blade's demo, at its peak, had almost twice the number of daily active players compared to the peak for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's demo. Apparently, the Korean action RPG's best day saw the demo accrue...
News Get a Glimpse of Stellar Blade's Fearsome Naytiba Bosses on PS5
Monstrous
Stellar Blade is just around the corner, with the eagerly-anticipated action game arriving exclusively on PS5 on 26th April. If the wait is proving too much to bear, we've been given a glimpse at some of the game's fearsome Naytiba, which will serve as climactic boss encounters in the game. While we only see the outlines of several...
News Helldivers 2 Players Can Now Requisition Level 4 Super Destroyer Modules
New ship upgrades for each section
Helldivers, in response to the increased threat presented by the massive, seemingly unstoppable Automaton invasion fleet pointed directly at Super Earth, requisition of Level 4 Super Destroyer Modules is now available. The added edge these permanent ship upgrades give might be enough to stem the mechanized tide...
News Stellar Blade Director Emphasises Importance of 'Single-Player Games with an Ending'
Variety key to market health
The video game landscape has changed dramatically over the last decade or so, with live, online, evolving experiences becoming more and more commonplace. While there are still plenty of meaty single-player titles being conjured up for players each year, there's definitely been an industry-wide pull, rightly or wrongly,...
News 16 More Games Coming to PS Plus Extra, Premium in April
Let's dive in
Sony has announced the full lineup of PS5 and PS4 games hitting PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium this month. A varied selection of titles will be joining the catalogue, starting from 16th April — with the exception of Tales of Kenzera: ZAU, which launches into PS Plus Extra on the 23rd, and Animal Well, launching on 9th May.
News A Further 2,000 Major PS5, PS4 Games Are on Sale Right Now
Spring to life
The second stage of Sony’s massive Spring Sale has launched on the PS Store, bringing with it over 2,000 more must-have deals. Some of these prices are truly outrageous, like UFC 5 Deluxe Edition, which can now be yours for a record low of £19.99/$59.99. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is also available half-price, costing...
News Stellar Blade Director Cites Taxi Driver Strike, Retro Sci-Fi as Inspirations
Wait, what?
The eagerly anticipated PS5 exclusive action game Stellar Blade is out at the end of the month, on 26th April. Ahead of the game's launch, Shift Up director Kim Hyung Tae has opened up about where the inspiration for the game came from. The usual suspects, anime and sci-fi from the '80s and '90s, including Alita: Battle Angel, were...
News Helldivers 2 Players at LIBCON 1, Expected Automaton Invasion of Cyberstan Begins
Previous bot encounters mere skirmishes in comparison
A new Major Order has come down from Super Earth High Command (Arrowhead Studios), diverting all available Helldivers 2 players to the Valdis Sector. There, a massive Automaton invasion fleet consisting of tens of thousands of warships has emerged from FTL, swiftly overrunning multiple worlds...
News Sony Santa Monica Studio Seemingly Hiring for New God of War Game
God of more
If Santa Monica Studio suddenly announced that it was working on a new God of War game, there wouldn't be a shred of shock to be found amongst anyone even remotely familiar with PlayStation. But, it's still a nice thing to think about. As spotted by Portuguese site Geekinout, the PlayStation Studios developer is currently hiring for a...
News Stellar Blade Goes Gold Ahead of Late April Release on PS5
Ready for 26th April launch
Good news: Stellar Blade won't suffer a delay at the final hour as the PS5 exclusive has now gone gold. This means that work on the base 1.0 version of the game is complete, so Shift Up can start printing the title onto PS5 discs. Between now and launch, the developer will likely work on a day one update to address any...
News Long Awaited PS5 Action Game Lost Soul Aside Is Still Alive, But Early 2024 Window Is Long Gone
Lost and still not found
Ah, Lost Soul Aside. Originally a one-man project that was picked up by Sony, the game's been in development for roughly seven years. In that time, the title has clearly undergone some dramatic changes — especially in terms of scope — and it's looked more and more promising with every showing. The game's most recent...
News Hooray, Helldivers 2 Players Can Unlock the Game's Platinum Trophy Again
The Automatons have returned
Good news, everyone! The Helldivers 2 Trophy list is working again, primarily because the Automaton enemy faction has returned to the game. For those out of the loop, a community event called Operation Swift Disassembly had tasked players with wiping out hordes of evil robots — and the troops actually pulled it off in...
News Despite Flagging Physical Software Sales, PS5's Retail Presence Is Still Strong in Japan
We visited Yodobashi Akiba to find out first hand
During a recent trip to Tokyo, we were eager to observe PlayStation’s retail presence. A lot has been made of PS5’s flagging physical software sales, which look downright embarrassing compared to the biggest hits on Nintendo Switch. Titles like Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Dragon’s Dogma 2 have...
News Sony Hires Superstar Korean Cheerleader to Cosplay as Stellar Blade's Eve
A big name for a big game
Sony is sparing no expense on the promotion of upcoming PS5 exclusive Stellar Blade in Asia, as it’s hired Korean cheerleading sensation Lee Dahye to cosplay as protagonist Eve as part of a meet and greet in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Those who pre-order the game will have an opportunity to attend an event with the Dragon...
News MLB The Show 24's PS5, PS4 Live Service Support Is Getting Stronger
New single player Storylines and more
Sony doesn’t officially consider MLB The Show 24 and its annual contemporaries part of its live service strategy, but it absolutely is. San Diego Studio has been supporting its baseball sim with season-long content updates for several years now, and it looks like the latest game will be getting its best...
News Stellar Blade Difficulty Designed to Be 'Challenging' Yet Approachable
Story mode slows the action down
One of the more unexpected discoveries to come out of the recent Stellar Blade demo is the PS5 exclusive plays quite a bit more like Dark Souls than expected, with a lot of fans expecting an experience more akin to Bayonetta or Devil May Cry. This approach to difficulty is by design according to lead developers at...
News Helldivers 2 Is Selling at a Faster Rate Than Spider-Man 2 in the UK
Democracy trumps web-slinging
New sales tracking data from GSD — which accounts for both physical and digital purchases — has revealed Helldivers 2 is selling better than Marvel's Spider-Man 2 in the UK across its first eight weeks of availability. The multiplayer title's sales are trending better than what Insomniac's latest web-slinging epic...
News New MediEvil Trophy List Suggests PS1 Original Being Resurrected for PS Plus Premium
How Fortesque-itous
A classic first-party Sony series could be making yet another return to the limelight. MediEvil was brought back with a full-blown remake on PS4, but it looks as though the PS1 original may soon also be playable on modern platforms. On PSNProfiles, a site that scrapes Trophy information from PlayStation Network, a new list has...
News The End? Helldivers 2 Players Rid Galaxy of Automaton Menace
Another foe falls before the might of Super Earth
Operation Swift Disassembly was a total success, with casualties, while appalling, still well within acceptable margins. Helldivers 2 players crushed the vicious machines in an all-out assault over the weekend, landing on and liberating the last occupied planets offering any resistance. The Galactic...
News PS Plus Classic Resistance: Retribution Gets Infected Mode and More in Upcoming Update
Arrives next week
Bend Studio is going above and beyond for its PS Plus Premium classic title, Resistance: Retribution. Originally a spinoff developed for PSP, the game is now playable on PS5 and PS4 for members, complete with Trophies and all the other usual enhancements. Rather than leave it as it is, though, the developer is soon to release a...
News Cowardly Helldivers Turn on Malevelon Creek Veterans, Targeting Noble Cape Wearers
Keep your friends close, and your comrades, closer
Just yesterday, we brought you word of a commemorative cape being issued to all Helldivers 2 players in honour of the tragic loss and subsequent triumphant liberation of the Automaton-infested meme world, Malevelon Creek. But there's a darker side to this all-too-human story of vict
News 'Smaller' PS5 Exclusives Still Reportedly Coming Later This Year
Size doesn't matter, but exclusivity does
Reports from some familiar faces suggest that Sony still has some "smaller" PS5 exclusives set for the tail end of 2024. Insiders and various industry types agree that they'll likely be seen at next month's rumoured PlayStation event. The consensus seems to be that the long-awaited Silent Hill 2 remake will...
News Helldivers 2 Democratic Detonation Warbond Offers New, Explosive Peacekeeping Options
Spoiled for choice
Helldivers, additional help is on the way in the form of the Democratic Detonation Warbond, which comes loaded with the latest peace-keeping/pacification implements imported fresh from the forges of Super Earth, along with all-new armour sets. It drops next week, on 11th April. Primary weapons include the BR-14 Adjudicator Rifle,...
News Rise of the Ronin PS5 Patches 1.02, 1.03 Focus on Bug Fixes, No Performance Improvements Yet
You've been framed
Team Ninja has (rather stealthily) released two updates for Rise of the Ronin. The first of these patches (1.02) arrived on the 29th March, while the second (1.03) has only just dropped. However, if you were expecting the developer to address the title's disappointingly flexible frame rate, then you're out of luck. Indeed, these...
News Free Skins and New Game+ for Stellar Blade After PS5 Launch
Shift Up speaks on microtransactions
Stellar Blade developer Shift Up has shared what the studio has planned in terms of post-launch support for its soon-to-be-released PS5 exclusive. In a recent interview with bbs.ruliweb.com, it revealed the title will receive free updates that bundle in new costumes for protagonist Eve to wear alongside a New...
News Helldivers Dev Marks 'Malevelon Creek Memorial Day', Issues Commemorative Capes
A date which will live in infamy
Developer Arrowhead Game Studios has officially honoured the brave sacrifice and noble fallen of Malevelon Creek. The pivotal battle against the Automatons marked the community's first significant loss, which was recently avenged as a part of the ongoing Operation Swift Disassembly. To celebrate, 1st April will...
News Stellar Blade Director Recommends Players Wear Clothes, Where Possible
Clothes maketh the (wo)man
Stellar Blade is launching exclusively on PS5 at the end of the month, on 26th of April, and anticipation is high amongst enthusiasts for the appealing action RPG. We love what we've played so far. Still, not an insignificant amount of attention is directed at the game due to its more aesthetic attributes and the many...
News Google Engineers Responsibly Report PS Portal Exploit, Ending Potential PSP Emulation
Inevitably
In February, we brought you word of a group of Google engineers who, apparently just for fun, managed to hack Sony's streaming PS Portal to run emulated PSP games offline. Being courageous White Hat types, the group "responsibly reported" the issues to Sony. The exploit was quietly fixed in patch 2.0.6, which also seems to have improved...
Rumour Sony to Host Big PlayStation Event Next Month
Could be a PlayStation Showcase
Sony likes to put on major State of Play livestreams and host its PlayStation Showcase during the month of May, and it appears the company is gearing up to do so once again in 2024. Giant Bomb journalist Jeff Grubb reports he's heard "a bunch of times" from sources that Sony is planning an event for May, and it sounds...
News Helldivers 2 Players Reeling as Automatons Counter with Heavy Walkers, Armoured Gunships
New machines, deployed in secret
Helldivers 2 players are currently fully committed to Operation Swift Disassembly, a surgical campaign to eradicate the Automaton threat once and for all. The situation on the ground remains extremely fluid; following the successful liberation of Malevelon Creek, a symbolic victory for the force
News PS Portal Update Appears to Have Quietly Improved Video Quality
Read between the lines of the patch notes
PS Portal owners may have noted that system update 2.0.6 is now available, requiring the usual restart rigamarole. The patch notes for the update are incredibly sparse but potentially quite profound, reading simply: "We've improved system software performance and stability." In the hours since, players have...
News Big Helldivers 2 PS5, PC Update Adds New Weather Hazards, Increases the Level Cap
Patch 01.000.200 available to download now
Helldivers 2 has taken a new patch on PS5 and PC that adds new weather effects to the popular shooter and triples the maximum level. Having downloaded update 01.000.200, you'll have the chance to encounter blizzards and sandstorms while out on missions. Also, you can now grind your way up to level 150 while...
News Helldivers 2 Players Secure Symbolic Victory with Anticipated Liberation of Malevelon Creek
Remember the Creek
Helldiver's 2's latest, most relentless campaign continues as "Operation Swift Disassembly" develops. This time, the mission objective is nothing less than the complete eradication of the Automatons for good. And while the war is still far from over, lovers of liberty can sleep soundly tonight, comforted by the joyous news that...
News New PlayStation CEO Hiroki Totoki Starts Temporary Role Today
Will aid search for Jim Ryan's successor
Sony president Hiroki Totoki will today step into his new role as PlayStation CEO following Jim Ryan's retirement after a more than 30-year tenure at the company. While retaining his duties across the wider business, Totoki's main objective will be to aid the search for a true successor to Jim Ryan while...
Rumour PS5 Pro's 'Enhanced' Label Covers Resolution, Frame Rate, Ray Tracing Upgrades
Only one needed for the PS5 Pro tag
Sony will brand games with a PS5 Pro "Enhanced" label if they go the extra mile to support its upgraded machine, a new Insider Gaming report claims. In keeping with promotional efforts seen for the PS4 Pro during the last generation, such a badge is said to feature if a studio applies just one of a few different...
Poll What Review Score Would You Give Rise of the Ronin?
On the rise
Rise of the Ronin has been out for just over a week now, and so we want to know what you think of Team Ninja's open world action RPG. Published by Sony itself, this PS5 exclusive was met with somewhat divided reviews, and so currently sits at a 76 on Metacritic. User impressions have been more lenient overall, but it's still hard to...
Poll Are You Playing the Stellar Blade Demo?
Live by the blade
Out now on PS5, the Stellar Blade demo offers up the first hour-and-a-bit of the Sony-published action title. As its April release date nears, it feels like anticipation for this flashy action game is at an all-time high — and first impressions have been positive pretty much across the board. "This feels like the type of game...
News Jim Ryan Leaves PlayStation as PS5 Set to Become Its 'Most Successful Console Ever'
"Right now, we're at the top of our game"
Today marks the end of Jim Ryan's 30-year tenure at Sony Interactive Entertainment. Having climbed the ladder of the company all the way to the top, his five-year stint as CEO has now drawn to a close, with Hiroki Totoki temporarily taking over until a permanent replacement is found. Speaking on the latest...
News The Stellar Blade Playable Demo Is Now Available on PS5
Try it yourself
There's been a lot of chatter about this Stellar Blade demo recently. First, it was released accidentally, and although Sony took it back down pretty quickly, it wasn't fast enough to stop a few people playing and sharing footage online. So, we knew a demo was coming, and it wasn't much later that we got official confirmation. Now,...
News PS5's Stellar Blade Isn't Out Yet, But There's Already Talk of a Sequel
Plus a potential photo mode, although who'd want that?
IStellar Blade is a hotly anticipated PS5 exclusive launching in late April, and it already seems set for success, possessing some indefinable quality that makes us think it will sell like gangbusters. Developer Shift Up must be getting plenty of positive feedback because CEO Hyung-Tae Kim is...
News Helldivers 2 Brings Out the Big Guns for Automaton Eradication
Democracy's arsenal continues to grow
Helldivers 2 players are now fully committed to the assault on the Automaton homeworlds in a preemptive campaign of "defensive annihilation". The first waves met stiff resistance from the machines, and the entire situation was at risk of becoming a dangerous quagmire for the forces of Freedom. Thankfully, seeing...
News Sony Beta Testing Intriguing New Feature in PS App on Mobile
Appy now?
If you're using the official PlayStation app on your phone, you may have noticed an intriguing patch note in the latest update. Sony is introducing (in beta form) a new section named Lore, which will sort of turn the app into a second screen-style experience, containing things like diary entries, character profiles, and cutscenes as you...
News PS5, PS4's Gran Turismo 7 Continues to Get Better and Better
Collaboration with upcoming anime Highspeed Étoile announced
Sony doesn’t consider Gran Turismo 7 to be a live service game, but developer Polyphony Digital treats it like it is one. The game goes from strength-to-strength with each new update, and while v1.44 is on the smaller side by the series’ standards, it adds more complimentary content...
News Judge Rules in Sony's Favour in $500m Controller Comms Lawsuit
Communication is key
A US judge has ruled that Sony did not infringe on another company's patented technology with its PlayStation hardware, specifically in regard to how consoles and controllers communicate. As detailed by GamesIndustry.biz, Genuine Enabling Technology (GET) first filed a complaint against Sony back in 2017, claiming that the...
