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Hands On Jak X Helps Plug a Hole in PS4's Library
Has it really come to this?
Jak X: Combat Racing has released on the PlayStation 4 as a PS2 Classic and it’s made us realise just how rubbish Sony’s new-gen console is for good ol’ arcade racers. They exist, of course: Trackmania Turbo’s fine; DriveClub’s decent (although it’s more simcade than, say, SEGA Rally). But where are the...
News Sony Temporarily Cuts Price of PS4 Pro, PSVR for Christmas
Stocking stuffers
Miss out on Sony’s various Black Friday 2017 deals? Not a problem: the platform holder’s looking to kill it this Christmas with another round of attractive offers for both the PlayStation 4 Pro and PlayStation VR. Starting from 10th December in the United States through 16th December for the PS4 Pro and 24th December for PSVR,...
News There's a Bloodborne Comic and It Looks Freakin' Rad
Orphan of Kot
Comics aren’t your host’s favourite form of media, but it’d take a cold heart not to warm to this Bloodborne strip. It’s part of a new Titan series named The Death of Sleep, which is being helmed by franchise fans Ales Kot and Piotr Kowalski. They’re probably big names in the comic book world – we wouldn’t know. One...
News Hideo Kojima Cameos in Horizon: Zero Dawn's Complete Edition Trailer
That was unexpected
Here’s a trailer for Horizon: Zero Dawn’s Complete Edition, which is out this week and includes the recently released Frozen Wilds expansion pack. And oh look, here’s Death Stranding creator Hideo Kojima telling us it’s “truly impressive” in Japanese. And here’s Siobhan Reddy from Media Molecule dropping swears that...
Rumour God of War PS4's Release Date May Have Been Leaked
For god's sake
We know that God of War is supposedly due out in the first half of 2018, but Sony may have just accidentally leaked the highly anticipated title's release date ahead of an official announcement. Spotted by the eagle-eyed Wario64, the US PlayStation Store added a 22nd March, 2018 launch date to the game's page overnight. However,...
News December 2017's Free PS Plus Games Are Out Now
Dark side
Looking for something new to play this holiday? December 2017’s roster of free PlayStation Plus games are available to download now in Europe, with North America scheduled to follow shortly after going to press. The headliner this time, in case you missed it, is Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition – an awkward pun but a very well-liked...
News Death Stranding Expectations Increase as Kojima, Del Toro Storm The Game Awards
Confirmed guest presenters
We’re a little bit torn on Death Stranding right now. It’s been a year since we last got an update on Hideo Kojima’s madcap PlayStation 4 exclusive, and part of us is gagging to see more. But we can’t help but feel it would be really cool if Sony and Kojima Productions resisted the urge to reveal more, and just...
News Jak & Daxter's PS4 Re-Releases Will Delight Trophy Fans
Pricing's pretty decent, too
The trio of Jak & Daxter titles set to release on the PlayStation 4 this week as PS2 Classics will come with 118 Trophies in tow – and that’s ignoring Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, which launched earlier in the year. All of the titles include Platinum Trophies, with Jak X: Combat Racing receiving...
News UK Politicians and Campaigners Lobby Against Detroit: Become Human
Exclusive attracts controversy
Those of you old enough to remember the name Jack Thompson will recall a time when video games were considered Public Enemy No. 1, and various politicians and campaigners were forever lobbying to get them banned. It’s all gone quiet on that front lately, but Detroit: Become Human’s controversial “child abuse”...
News Media Molecule to Host Dreams Game Jam at PSX 2017
What are you Dreaming of?
Those attending PSX 2017 next week will have the opportunity to drop by the Dreams booth in order to participate in a Game Jam that Media Molecule’s planning. According to the PlayStation Blog, the creative competition will give attendees a crash course in “how quick and easy it is to make games, music, and more just...
News Sony Is Sending Select PlayStation Plus Members PSVR Bundles for Free
Yours to try for 14 days
Anyone that says Sony isn’t really trying to sell PlayStation VR will get a finger waved in their faces from us. In addition to taking the headset on tour again this year, heavily discounting the price on Black Friday 2017, and generally assembling a continuously strong lineup of games, it’s now launched a new initiative...
News Retro PS2 Clock Theme Releases on PS4 Next Week
Wump
After the awesome PSone Anniversary Theme, we’re surprised that Sony hasn’t capitalised on its legacy with more throwback backgrounds. Fortunately, it’s announced this humdinger inspired by the PS2’s legendary clock. If you’re not sure what we’re referring to, here’s the last-last-gen console’s timepiece in all of its glory:...
News Trio of Jak & Daxter Titles Launch on PS4 Next Week
Jak's back
They were spotted on the PlayStation Store a few days ago, and now they’ve been dated: Jak II, Jak 3, and Jak X: Combat Racing will complete the Jak & Daxter series on the PlayStation 4 from 6th December – well, assuming you ignore the handful of PSP spin-offs anyway. A
News Sony Will Not Stop Posting Discounts on the EU PS Store
Our wallet's already dead
Over the past few years, the PlayStation Store has become one of Sony’s biggest bread winners. And it’s easy to see why: the digital plaza has finally caught up to venues like Steam in 2017 and been packed to the brim with brilliant offers all year. The thing is, they just don’t stop on the European PS Store; hot on...
News Bluepoint Commentates Shadow of the Colossus Remake's Intro
Return to the forgotten lands
Bluepoint is remaking Shadow of the Colossus from scratch, and in this video a trio of the studio’s top dogs commentate on the intro to explain the kind of work that’s been done. In the clip, the developers touch upon the addition of new physics, the improvements to the lighting, and the overall enhancement of...
News Spider-Man's Tom Holland Researching Next Role with Uncharted Collection
Origin story on the way?
Looks like the rumours regarding Spider-Man star Tom Holland playing a younger Nathan Drake in some kind of Uncharted origins movie were true: the British actor Instagramed an image of himself about to get started on Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection for “research purposes” this week
News Microsoft Won the Top Gong at the PlayStation Awards 2017
Twist
Every year, Sony hosts an event named the PlayStation Awards in Japan. The ceremony is designed to celebrate all of the titles that have performed well on its platforms in Asia, with gongs handed out to titles that have crossed a specific sales threshold. It’s basically just a big knees up where the platform holder can say thank you for...
News Unwrap the First of EU PS Store's 12 Deals of Christmas Today
Bah humbug
How is it Christmas already? It only feels like yesterday yours truly was attempting to play The Last Guardian through severely hampered vision – it’s a long story. Anyway, the 12 Deals of Christmas are back on the European PlayStation Store – an annual rollercoaster where fans wait in hope of great deals that never really tend...
News PSX 2017 Will Require Coffee if You're in Europe
Sony outlines schedule for show
We’re sure attendees are going to have a blast on the PlayStation Experience 2017 showfloor this year, but it’s sounding like a disaster if you want to follow the show outside of the United States. Sony’s revealed the schedule for the annual event which kicks off on Friday, 8th December – and you’re going to...
Every PlayStation VR game you must own
PlayStation VR is now officially one year old, and with the headset proving a popular choice ahead of the holidays, what better way to celebrate the futuristic facemask’s first birthday than with a list of our ten favourite titles to date. This countdown was actually a lot harder to compile than you may...
News Video Games Had an Amazing Black Friday in the UK, PS4 Was Standout Success
Business is booming
Video games absolutely killed it on Black Friday 2017 it seems, as over 300,000 consoles were sold in the UK alone. The figure comes courtesy of GfK Entertainment (as reported by Games Industry.biz), with the PlayStation 4 purportedly being the standout performer. As mentioned previously, the PS4 had its strongest week since l
News Jak & Daxter's PS4 Re-Releases Can't Be Too Far Away Now
Team eco
There’s no way around it: Sony’s PS2 Classics initiative has been embarrassing. While the ports are generally pretty good – complete with Trophy functionality, upscaling, and integration with the PlayStation 4’s operating system – they’ve been slow to release, and so many essentials from the last-last-gen console’s catalogue...
News Quantic Dream's David Cage Remembers 2012's Kara Tech Demo
Becoming human
All the way back in 2012, French developer Quantic Dream released a tech demo called Kara running in realtime on the PlayStation 3. It wasn’t a game back then: it was the Parisian studio showing what it could do with Sony’s hardware, but it would eventually form the foundations of Detroit: Become Human – the firm’s third...
News Sony: We Announced Some PS4 Games Too Early
Company candid about perceived errors
Perhaps one of the most vocal criticisms aimed at Sony is that it announces games too early. While we’re yet to see any real big cancellations from the company since the heady days of The Getaway 3, it has been at the helm of some laughably late projects – the brilliant but embarrassingly overdue The Last...
Deals PS4 Pro Scores Another Temporary Price Drop in the UK
Now almost £200 cheaper than Xbox One X
We may get fleeced a lot of the time here in the UK, but at least our retailers are not afraid of slashing RRPs. All of the Black Friday and Cyber Monday tomfoolery is over, but that’s not stopped Amazon from plunging the price of the PlayStation 4 Pro to £259.99. This isn’t a bundle so you just get the...
News Demon's Souls Servers Prepare to Die Next Year
Going dark around the globe
Update: Both Bandai Namco and Atlus have now confirmed that Demon’s Souls’ servers will be switched off in Europe and North America respectively on 28th February, meaning that the game’s days are numbered after nine years of life. As previously reported, you will still be able to play offline, though key...
News Sony: PS4 Had Biggest Black Friday in PlayStation's 22 Year History
"PS4 is thriving"
Sony had the biggest Black Friday in PlayStation history, according to SIE exec Eric Lempel. Speaking with CNBC, the suit said that the organisation “sold more consoles than we ever have in our 22 year history” – despite the device largely selling out in the United States. Lempel added that additional purchases such as...
News PSVR Dominating as Virtual Reality Sector Passes Major Milestone
Sony commands 50 per cent share of sales
Sony is continuing to gobble up a large proportion of the virtual reality market with PlayStation VR, but while former president Andrew House was concerned by the lack of competition from other high-end devices earlier in the year, he’ll be happier with these latest results tracking the virtual reality...
First Impressions Erica Proves That Playlink Can Offer More Than Party Games
Live action point-and-click impresses
The best feeling when you’re a games reporter is heading into a demo feeling like you know exactly what you’re about to see – only for your expectations to be completely shattered. Erica is one such game. Announced as part of Sony’s barnstorming Paris Games Week 2017 press conference this week, it looked...
Talking Point What Free December 2017 PS Plus Games Do You Want?
When will December 2017's PS Plus lineup be revealed?
What’s the December 2017 PlayStation Plus lineup? It’s a good question, and one that a significant number of people will find themselves pondering right about now. As we near the end of November, we’re lurching ever closer to the final PS Plus update of the year, so it’s going to be...
Crime scene investigation
So far, Sony’s new PlayLink initiative hasn’t amounted to anything more than a decent selection of casual party games. Both Knowledge Is Power and That’s You follow the Jackbox Party Pack formula of wrapping up trivia questions within a fun and humorous setting, while SingStar: Celebration allows editor Sammy Barker...
News We'll Always Back New Intellectual Property, Promises Sony
Organisation pledges more originality
Sony has never been afraid to try new things. Perhaps more than any other publisher, the platform holder is constantly re-inventing its lineup, ditching old brands and allowing new ones to take their place. And speaking in an interview with VG247, Worldwide Studios bigwig Michael Denny acknowledged that while...
News Sony Explains Why It Gives First-Party Devs So Much Creative Freedom
Developers flourish when they're having fun
When you’re doing something you enjoy, you’re generally going to go the extra mile. This is a philosophy that applies to all walks of life, but it extends to game developers, too. There will be some out there who enjoy the churn of bi-annual releases in a safe and familiar franchise, but others prefer...
News Four Years After Launch, PS4 Is Selling Out Again
Black Friday bonanza brings online shortages
A strange thing is happening: four years after launch, the PlayStation 4 is selling out – particularly online in the United States. To be clear, if you had planned on getting Sony’s system this week, then you’ll probably find plenty of stock in store – assuming you’re willing to fight for it –...
News Sony Goes All-In on Monster Hunter: World Audio Merch in Japan
Rumble in the jungle
Sony's really pushing Monster Hunter: World in Japan, where it'll be releasing a whole line of audio-based products that tie into Capcom's upcoming action role-playing title. The lineup includes a snazzy looking Monster Hunter branded Walkman, some stylish headphones, and a neat little portable speaker. We're not entirely...
News Gran Turismo Sport Scores Traditional Single Player Campaign for Free
Huge updates planned for Polyphony's racer
Well, then. The biggest criticism pointed at Gran Turismo Sport was that it lacked the franchise’s traditional single player campaign mode – and it looks like Polyphony Digital’s taken that feedback to heart. Starting in December, it will roll out an enormous new update incorporating what it’s...
News Missing Bloodborne Monster Finally Hunted Down
Only took three years
Bloodborne’s most mysterious monster, believed by many to have been cut from the game entirely, has been discovered almost three years after the critically acclaimed PlayStation 4 exclusive’s release. The Flaming Undead Giant was first sighted at PlayStation Experience all the way back in 2014, but many assumed he had been...
News US PS Store Rolls Out Tons of Black Friday PS4 Deals
What're yer buyin'?
Hot on the heels of last week’s early access PlayStation Plus sale, Sony has rolled out the full roster of Black Friday 2017 deals on the North American PlayStation Store. There are some big discounts here, including 50 per cent off Madden NFL 18 ($29.99), 40 per cent off FIFA 18 ($35.99), and 60 per cent off
News EU PS Store's Black Friday 2017 Sale Brings Cheap PS4 Blockbusters
New releases, low prices
As promised, the European PlayStation Store has gone live with its round of Black Friday 2017 savings, with early access available for PlayStation Plus members starting now. Don’t worry if you’re not currently subscribed – although annual memberships are discounted right now – as you’ll be able to join the fun from...
Deals PS Plus Subscriptions Discounted in the US and UK
Extend your PlayStation Plus membership for 12 months
Sony’s kicked off its week-long Black Friday 2017 promotion, and you can find the best PS4 deals in the UK and the best PS4 deals in the US through the respective links. US and UK gamers are getting a little bonus, though: 12 month PlayStation Plus subscriptions have been discounted to $39.99...
Deals PS4 Pro Price Drop Temporarily Rolled Out in the UK
Hardware bundles under £300
Sony’s temporarily slashed the price of the PlayStation 4 Pro in the UK – pretty heavily, too. At the time of typing, you can currently snag Sony’s supercharged system alongside Call of Duty: WWII and either FIFA 18 or Gran Turismo Sport for £299.99. Factor in the price of the software, and you’re effectively...
Review SingStar: Celebration (PS4)
Bum note
Another year, another karaoke game. After a disappointing debut PlayStation 4 instalment, Sony’s London Studio is back with SingStar: Celebration, another title in the publisher’s new lineup of PlayLink games. Available to play with microphones, a PlayStation Camera (remember those?), or the Singstar Mic mobile app, this year's edition...
News This PS4 Black Friday Ad Is Well Worth Watching
Psychic superpowers
PlayStation Europe’s got surprisingly good at these comedy PlayStation 4 commercials – in fact, it’s been on a bit of a roll for a while now, so kudos to the marketing department for coming up with them. This latest Black Friday ad is another decent one, focusing on a fortune teller who’s trying to predict the PS...
Hardware Review PS4 Slim Review - The Most Affordable PlayStation 4
Does Sony's diminutive device deliver?
It's amazing how much can happen in the space of a month. We never really expected Sony to release a PlayStation 4 Slim, but here we are putting Sony's shrunken system through its paces. There are times when the games industry feels like it's moving at a snail's pace, with titles announced eons before...
News First US PlayStation Store Black Friday 2017 Deals Go Live
But for PS Plus members only
The first leg of the US PlayStation Store Black Friday 2017 sale has gone live, focusing on savings for PlayStation Plus members. It’s worth noting that a larger sale not strictly limited to PlayStation Plus members will launch on 21st November, so there’s still much more to look forward to. This particular sale will...
News Celebrate a Decade of Uncharted Adventures All Month
Nate-ness awaits
Uncharted is just about a decade old, and in order to celebrate we ranked the best Uncharted games for your entertainment – and irritation. As one of the biggest PlayStation properties, however, Naughty Dog has its own anniversary events in mind – and it all starts with the slice of nostalgia embedded above. From 19th November...
News God of War's Kratos Would Rather Punch Loot Boxes in the Face
Show us how you really feel
In the wake of the Star Wars Battlefront 2 fiasco, loot boxes are a hot button topic in the industry right now. And veteran God of War director Cory Barlog has revealed in GIF form how he feels about the fallout. So, as a form of catharsis for all of you, here’s Kratos punching a treasure chest in the face: It’s...
News PlayStation VR Gets a Massive Temporary Price Cut in the UK
Save huge on Skyrim VR, Gran Turismo Sport bundles
PlayStation VR’s price has been temporarily slashed in the UK, with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR and Gran Turismo Sport bundles available for £249.99 for a limited time. Both sets come with a headset, a PlayStation Camera, and a copy of PlayStation VR Worlds. This is an absolute bargain bin...
News Sony's Bringing Over 100 PS4, PSVR Games to PSX 2017
PlayStation heaven
The press conference may be a low-key affair this year, but Sony’s still bringing the heat for attendees at PlayStation Experience 2017 next month. The platform holder has revealed the near-final list of playable games for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation VR, and there’s over 100 titles on the docket. Many of these are yet to be...
Deals Grab a PS4 Pro with Three Blockbuster Games for a Great Price
FIFA 18! Crash Bandicoot! Call of Duty!
The holidays are quickly approaching, and retailers are competing over the best value bundles. Take this PlayStation 4 Pro offer at Currys PC World, where you can currently purchase the supercharged system alongside FIFA 18, Call of Duty: WWII, and Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy for £339.99. When you...
