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News Retailer Error Revives The Last of Us 2 PS5 Upgrade Dreams
Next-gen version incoming?
The Last of Us: Part II received a disappointing amount of attention from developer Naughty Dog for the PlayStation 5’s launch. While titles like Days Gone and Ghost of Tsushima have been patched to take full advantage of the hardware, and others like Watch Dogs Legion and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla have received
News Time Names PS5 One of 2020's Best Inventions
"Adds a new dimension to play"
Time magazine has named the PlayStation 5 among its top 100 inventions of 2020, praising its “small advancements that combine to create a revolutionary experience”. The publication runs a similar list annually, on the basis of products that it feels are “making the world better, smarter, and even a bit more...
News Weirdly, a PS5 Bug Is Causing the Blu-ray to Spin Every Hour
No one knows why
While the PlayStation 5 is generally fine for primetime, there are a few weird bugs that Sony will be eager to mop up quickly. One that’s doing the rounds on Reddit right now is connected to the Blu-ray drive, and how it’ll spin every hour or so despite every game on the console being installed to the system’s super-fast SSD...
News Marvel's Spider-Man PS4 to PS5 Save Transfer Available Now
All your Trophies will pop
As promised, Marvel’s Spider-Man has patched in PlayStation 4 to PlayStation 5 save transfers, meaning you’ll be able to pick up your progress on Sony’s next-gen console exactly where you left off. You’ll need to ensure both the original game and Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered are updated to v1.19 and v1.001.000...
News Rick and Morty Got Paid a Lot to Promote PS5
Naturally they recommend it
Rick and Morty are not exactly strangers to PlayStation marketing campaigns, having partnered with the platform holder for last year’s Death Stranding launch. Now the double-act are back with a new PlayStation 5 commercial, but Rick seems more interested in the bung of dollar bills he’s received from Sony. “This is...
News Custom PS5 Console Hits the Internet, And It Looks Incredible
Artist Has No Limits
Sometimes you just have to sit back and admire an artist's work. Just look at this custom PlayStation 5 console, designed and painted by Twitter user @Oskunk. Describing themselves as a French Pop Artist, they have designed a one of a kind PS5 faceplate featuring some of Sony's best exclusives. That includes God of War, Days...
News Amazon UK Responds to Stolen PS5 Delivery Claims
What's going on?
Update 2: We asked Amazon UK why isn't it possible to prioritise affected customers for the next wave of stock, who replied that they "have shared this with the relevant teams" and "don’t have any details on this now". Finally, we asked whether Amazon UK could confirm whether they are getting the police involved with their...
News A PS5 Firmware Update Will Add VRR Support in the Future
Variable Refresh Rate coming soon
It was on our list of 10 things PS5 needs to improve, and it looks like Sony is already poised to respond. An update to the console’s official FAQ, as spotted by ResetEra, reveals that VRR support will be added in a future firmware update. It’s worth remembering that you will need a compatible television to take...
News PS5 Coil Whine Could Be Caused by a Loose Sticky Label
The discussion rages on
That irritating buzzing sound many have assumed is PlayStation 5 coil whine could be caused by something else entirely. At least, that’s according to an investigation by one Twitter user, who found that there was a loose sticky label nestled amongst his fan, causing an irritating noise when the console was powered up. This...
News PS5's Worldwide Launch Lights Up the Entire Globe
An historic event
Sony spent a fortune marketing the PlayStation 5’s launch over the past week and a bit, which has resulted in this glossy trailer. The company — along with Amplify — lit up famous landmarks all around the world, including the Burj Khalifa. In the video embedded above, you’ll see Piccadilly Circus in London and the...
News HBO Greenlights The Last of Us TV Show, Production to Begin Soon
It can't be for nothing
PlayStation Productions, the new division within Sony Interactive Entertainment designed to create television and film adaptations of its popular game franchises, is really cooking now. Following the completion of principle photography for the Uncharted Movie, the group has now officially sold its previously announced first...
News Someone in Sweden Drew the PlayStation Symbols in the Sky
Ace combat
Swedish gamers were treated to an extra-special surprise earlier today, as a plane’s vapour trails were used to draw the PlayStation symbols in the sky. It’s unclear whether this was a paid promotion by Sony or just a fan, but this Stockholm pilot was clearly feeling giddy after the European launch of the PlayStation 5 this week...
News PS5 Scalpers Are Selling Systems for $1,500/£1,000 on eBay
Ouch
Unfortunately, the PlayStation 5 is sold out around the world, and while we’re keeping track of PS5 stock to help you to find a console, systems are inevitably appearing on eBay at upwards of $1,500 or £1,000 a pop. A quick browse on the auction website reveals boxed consoles are being flogged at a 200 per cent mark up, as scalpers...
Next-gen is here
After what's felt like a long and winding week of waiting, the PS5 has finally launched in Europe. And so, for this weekend's poll, we're going with the most obvious question: do you have a PS5? If you do, by the way, you should check out All Our PlayStation 5 Coverage. Whether you pre-ordered it months ago or somehow managed to...
News Sony Unsure if PS Plus Collection Will Expand with More Games
The wait and see approach
If you never owned a PlayStation 4 but picked up its next-gen counterpart recently, the PlayStation Plus Collection is a pretty outstanding investment. 20 PS4 games are yours to own with an active membership, comprising of 10 first-party titles and another 10 from third-party developers. As for whether the PS Plus...
News PS5 Now Lists Black Friday Sale in PS Store, But No Deals Section Yet
It was there before launch
Update: The PlayStation Store on PS5 now has its own section for today's Black Friday sale. Scroll down to the Featured category and it'll be there waiting for you. Both PS5 and PS4 games are listed. Original story: The very first PS Store sale of the PlayStation 5 generation has arrived, celebrating Black Friday with a...
Random This PS5 Tweet Just Ruined the DualSense Controller
Back to the PS4 pad then
Now that the rest of the Push Square crew has finally gotten some hands on time with the PlayStation 5 DualSense controller, we can all very confidently say that it's a genuine game-changer. The haptic feedback and adaptive triggers are two outstanding features that we hope more PS5 games adopt in the future. However, it's...
News Absolutely Every PS5 Is Sold Out, Says Sony
Company working to increase supply
Are you trying to buy a PlayStation 5? According to boss Jim Ryan speaking with Russian outlet TASS, “absolutely everything is sold”. While there has been a trickle of PS5 stock returning to the retail channel this week, it’s gone in minutes. And the executive has revealed that, after spending much of the...
News The Secret Behind Demon's Souls' New Door Has Been Revealed
Armour set steeped in lore
While Demon's Souls is a very faithful remake of the 2009 classic on PlayStation 5, Bluepoint Games has added a little something of their own. A new door was quickly discovered behind an illusory wall, with the promise of at least an item for your troubles. And after days of trial and error, the hardcore Souls community...
News Sony Boss Jim Ryan Doesn't Know if Starfield's Coming to PS5 Anymore
"Out of our hands"
Starfield, the next big role-playing game from Bethesda Game Studios, was presumably pegged for the PlayStation 5 at one point. But now the developer’s in the process of being acquired by Microsoft, there are question marks over whether it’ll still release on Sony’s next-gen system at all. The Redmond firm has been...
News Sony: We Don't Like Console Wars, Competition Makes Us Work Harder
"It avoids us getting complacent"
Sony boss Jim Ryan has weighed in on the latest “console war” between the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S|X, stating that he doesn’t like the term and that “it’s great there’s competition”. Speaking with Russian outlet TASS, the executive explained that strong products from the Japanese giant’s...
News PS Plus Subscriptions on Sale for Black Friday
Discounted memberships available now
PlayStation Plus subscriptions are on sale for Black Friday 2020, meaning you can get a year of service for 25 per cent off right now. In the UK, that works out to be a very reasonable £37.49 for 12 months, which is a decent deal. The sale’s not currently live in the United States, but we’re sure it’ll...
News Sony on PS5's Response to Game Pass: There Is News to Come, But Not Today
Jim Ryan teases new initiatives
Speaking with Russian media outlet TASS, PlayStation bigwig Jim Ryan was asked about Sony’s response to Xbox’s popular Game Pass subscription service. He replied, intriguingly: “There is actually news to come, but just not today.” The executive then went on to talk about PlayStation Now, which is the Japanese...
News PS5 Coil Whine Complaints Intensify as System Launches in Europe
Whirred up, son
Complaints of PlayStation 5 coil whine are not going away, as the system arrives in more homes and continues to be put through its paces. The issue is common with high-end graphics cards, so it’s not wildly surprising that Sony’s next-gen console is suffering from it – although it’s worth stressing that not everyone is...
News Nioh Collection Shows Off Speedy PS5 Load Times, New Screenshots
Levels load in seconds
The Nioh Collection will be bundling together remasters of both Nioh and Nioh 2 for PlayStation 5 next February, and if this new loading demonstration is anything to go by, the titles will fully take advantage of the system's SSD. The series' Twitter account has posted a new video showing off how quickly the collection can...
Round Up PS5 Launch in Europe - All Our PlayStation 5 Coverage
Everything you need
Sony launched the PlayStation 5 in the United States last week, but now the next-gen console has arrived in Europe as well. It marks the end of an extremely long week for most of our readers, but the beginning of an exciting period for the iconic brand. We’ve played the new console to death already, and to complement your...
News Marvel's Spider-Man File Sizes Are 25 Per Cent Smaller on PS5
Every little helps
Sony, it seems, wasn’t lying when it said that the PlayStation 5 can reduce file size footprints due to the speed of its SSD. The console manufacturer stated prior to launch that duplicated data on the PS4 caused the file size of games like Marvel’s Spider-Man to increase. It had indicated that this wouldn’t be a problem on...
News Some PS5 Users Are Inserting Their Discs the Wrong Way Round
Whoops!
It's kind of hilarious that we even have to write this post, but here we are. A lot of new PlayStation 5 users are booting their consoles up for the first time and either diving straight into a next-gen game or grabbing a free upgrade of a PlayStation 4 title. However, a significant amount of them are inserting the discs in the wrong way...
News Demon's Souls PS5 Easy Mode Was Considered by Bluepoint, But Felt It 'Wasn't Our Place'
Studio decided against easier difficulty option
Here's a news flash for you: Demon's Souls is hard. Much like FromSoftware's later action RPGs, the game is famously very challenging, rewarding skilful play but harshly punishing your mistakes. Push past the difficulty and these are some seriously brilliant games, but not everyone is comfortable with...
News PS5 Launch Causes Technical Issues at UK Retailers
Delivery network also stretched
PlayStation 5’s launch today has brought a number of UK retailers to their knees, with many scrambling to fulfil deliveries and keep their websites online. A fresh rollout of PS5 stock today temporarily slowed John Lewis’ website to a crawl, while
News PS5 Lights Up Buildings Around the Globe as It Launches Worldwide
For all the players
With today's launch, PlayStation 5 is now officially out in most major territories. To celebrate, Sony is of course going nuts. In London, the Underground has been given a PlayStation makeover, and there's even a cross-promotion with Greggs if you're feeling hungry. However, there's more — a huge advert is now dominating the...
News PS5 Makes It So Much Easier to Appear Offline and Busy
No more bothering
The PlayStation 4's approach to appearing offline wasn't exactly intuitive, because to select the status, you would have to actually log in to your profile and quickly switch the setting. Thus, you would actually appear online for a couple of seconds. However, on PlayStation 5, you can select your status from the moment you hit the...
Random Indulge in PS5's UK Release with the Greggs & PlayStation Launch Box
Taste has no limits
The PlayStation 5 has finally arrived on UK shores after an agonising week of waiting. Sony has been going all-out to celebrate the occasion, particularly in London; Underground signs and station names have been given a brilliant PlayStation makeover. But that's not the end of it. The platform holder has partnered with bakery...
Feature 20 Secret PS5 Features You May Not Know About
Under-the-radar options
Even if you've been living inside a Bugsnax's stomach, you'll no doubt be familiar with the PlayStation 5's headline features. Sony's stopped at nothing to ensure consumers know about the super-fast SSD, innovative DualSense, and huge roster of critically acclaimed exclusives. But what about those secret features that fall...
Feature 10 Things PS5 Needs to Improve
Make it better
The PlayStation 5 is very good – it’s excellent, in fact, as we explained in our PS5 review. Sony’s next-gen console is not perfect, however, and there’s a fair amount that the organisation could address in the short term to make the experience even better. In this article, we’ve compiled 10 improvements that we believe the...
Review Demon's Souls (PS5) - Cult Classic Becomes PlayStation's Best Ever Launch Game
So the world might be mended
Long have the cacophonous cries for a remake of FromSoftware’s PlayStation 3 cult hit Demon’s Souls reverberated through the Internet. Those wishes were undoubtedly amplified after the game’s servers were shut down back in 2018, turning a once-bustling bastion of experimental online interactions into just another...
Review Sackboy: A Big Adventure (PS5) - Lovely Launch Game Revives LittleBigPlanet Protagonist
Material world
Sackboy is too good a character to sit on the sidelines, but for the last six years that’s exactly what the LittleBigPlanet protagonist has done. With creator Media Molecule turning its attention to the outrageously ambitious imagination simulation Dreams, it’s been six long years since we saw the smile of Sony’s only knitted...
Review Astro's Playroom (PS5) - The Perfect PlayStation 5 Pack-In
U R not Red E
Is there an argument that Asobi Team is the most inventive Sony studio right now? The small sector of Japan Studio is certainly getting the most out of the platform holder’s hardware, as Astro Bot Rescue Mission proved by completely reinvigorating the classic 3D platformer on PlayStation VR. With its latest project, free PlayStation...
Review Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales (PS5) - A Sublime Superhero Spin-Off
Be greater. Be Yuleself
Insomniac Games came out swinging with its first foray into the world of Marvel’s iconic wall-crawler, but this spin-off has even more vigour and verve than its PlayStation 4 predecessor. Booting – in less than 10 seconds, we’re eager to add – with a shot of protagonist Miles Morales on the subway, the release takes...
News The Game Awards Nominations Mark an Incredible Final Year for PS4
First-party prowess
Hardware manufacturers typically slow down their first-party output for a console in the lead-up to the launch of the next one, but Sony doesn't follow the mantra these days. The Game Awards has revealed the nominations for this year's show and games you can only play on PlayStation 4 lead the pack by a very significant margin...
News London Underground Taken Over by PS5 with Special Signs and Rebranded Stations
Mind the hype
Sony likes to splash the cash on marketing for its major releases, and it doesn't get more major than a whole new console. PlayStation 5 releases tomorrow in the UK (plus other regions), and to celebrate the occasion, it's bringing the hype in the most exciting way possible: public transportation. The platform holder is pulling out...
News Spider-Man PS4 Allegedly Sells More Than 20 Million Copies
LinkedIn says so
According to the LinkedIn page of David Bull, Global Marketing Leader at PlayStation, Marvel's Spider-Man has sold more than 20 million copies since its September 2018 launch on PlayStation 4. That's an absolutely astounding statistic that builds upon the already supremely impressive 13.2 million sales from back in August 2019. We...
News PS4 Players Can't Compare Some Trophy Lists with PS5 Profiles
Games played only on PS5 don't appear
Here's a little thing we've noticed during the PlayStation 5 review process: we currently can't view Trophy lists from games that were started on the new console from a PlayStation 4 system. When you go to compare Trophies, those new titles appear blank without any information on what the PS5 user has done. We...
News The Forced PS5 Hardware Bundles Are Getting Bigger
Anyone need a new chair?
Retailers know that the world wants a PlayStation 5 and that they’ve got you by the balls. But while we could somewhat see the value of Costco Canada’s big catch-all bundle with a new Sony television and all of the accessories, this forced Curacao package has left us rolling our eyes. It’s ava
News PS4 Firmware Update 8.01 Is Available to Download Now
What does it do?
Here we go, everyone. On the eve of PlayStation 5's European launch, Sony has given PS4 owners one last thing to look forward to: a firmware update. Who doesn't love one of those? PS4 firmware update 8.01 is available to download right now, coming in at about 477MB. So, what does this system update do? What joys will this bring to...
News PS5 Sold Out in Japan, But Launch Numbers Are Dire
Second-worst PlayStation launch since PS2
PlayStation 5 has sold out in Japan, although it won’t be setting any records. In fact, predictably, this is the second-worst major PlayStation hardware launch in the region (including handhelds) since the PlayStation 2, beaten only by the PlayStation 3. The console sold 118,000 units in four days...
News People Are Now Livestreaming Their Attempts to Secure PS5 Stock
Of course they are
We suppose it was going to happen eventually in this social media world: fans are now livestreaming their attempts to secure PS5 stock. Imagine our surprise when YouTube recommended us a video earlier today of one gamer named Poy refreshing the
News PS5 Fans Hope New Firmware Update Fixes Issues
Launch week woes
It’s been almost a week since the PlayStation 5 launched in the United States, and while it’s been a relatively smooth launch overall, there have been a few niggles that have concerned early adopters. Namely, Sony’s next-gen console has been prone to crashing, with Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered causing particular problems...
News You Can Mute All PS5 Audio with the DualSense's Microphone Button
Just hold it down
The new PlayStation 5 discoveries keep cranking up – even a week after the system’s American launch. Did you know, for example, that the DualSense’s mute button can also be used to quickly and conveniently turn off all of the system’s sound? You may want to do this if someone’s trying to speak to you, or if you need to...
News Sony Believes PS5 Game Pricing Is Fair, Denies It Considered Charging More
Jim Ryan reckons the games are worth it
The price of PlayStation 5 games has gone up, but many in Europe specifically have been disgusted by the massive increase. Purchasing a title like Demon’s Souls in the UK costs £70, which converts to almost $93. Now, obviously the British pricing includes VAT, but many feel it’s still far too much for a...
