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News Sony to Add More Free PSN Avatars Based on PS5 Games Tomorrow
Horizon, Sackboy, Ratchet & Clank
Here's a nice little treat: if you really want to get in the mood for some PlayStation 5 gaming ahead of next month, you'll be able to theme your PSN profile around an upcoming title from tomorrow. Sony will be dropping another batch of free avatars for you to customise your profile picture with and they're all...
News Days Gone Gets Huge 25GB Update Ahead of PS5
Get the patch notes here
The PlayStation 4 titles included in the PS Plus Collection will all take advantage of the PlayStation 5 Game Boost feature with improved framerates and load times, and Days Gone appears to be preparing itself for that right now. The Sony Bend-developed title has just received a gigantic 25GB patch on PS4 that is being...
Talking Point Happy 20th Birthday, PlayStation 2
A toast to the most popular console ever
There's no other way to describe it: PlayStation 2 was an absolute beast. Sony followed up the popular (and industry-changing) PlayStation with a more capable console in the year 2000, and little did we know it would go on to become the best-selling gaming machine ever. It's a record the PS2 holds to this...
News PlayStation Phone App Redesigned for PS5 with New Features
Voice chat, PS Store integration, and more
Later today, the PlayStation application for smartphones on iOS and Android will receive a major overhaul that brings it up to speed with the feature set of the PlayStation 5. Introducing new features such as voice chat, native PlayStation Store integration, and a smoother all-round experience, this is all...
News PS4 Sales Pass 113 Million Units, Sony Enjoys Another Strong Quarter
Raking it in
Sony’s financials continue to make for healthy reading as the coronavirus pandemic has boosted the PlayStation business to stratospheric levels. The manufacturer’s current flagship system, the PlayStation 4, shipped 1.5 million units in the three month period ending 30th September, meaning its life-to-date sales currently sit at...
News Sony Targeting Over 7.6 Million PS5 Sales by End of March
More than the PS4
Sony is aiming to sell over 7.6 million PlayStation 5 consoles by the end of March next year, as the company has raised its overall profit outlook by 13 per cent to ¥700 billion (~$6.7 billion). The organisation tends to be cautious with its hardware forecasts, so don’t be surprised if it eclipses that number. Nevertheless,...
News PS Plus Subscriber Milestone Closes on 50 Million
Active members increase again
At some point PlayStation Plus will peak, but the subscription service is still on an upwards trajectory. Sony hit a new active member milestone in its latest financial report, confirming it now has 45.9 million paying users. That’s up from 45.0 million earlier in 2020, and 36.9 million the same time last year,...
News PS5 Launch Advert Takes Us to Space
Narrated by Travis Scott
Sony has revealed the official advert that will accompany the PlayStation 5 as it launches across the world in just a couple of weeks time. Narrated by the Japanese giant's new strategic creative partner Travis Scott, the minute-long ad is full of inspirational clips before taking the viewer to space. It then signs off with...
News New PS Store Sale Has Some of the Last PS4 Deals Before PS5 Arrives
FIFA! Tales of! Borderlands!
Sony decided to another week off from discounting the latest and greatest games on PlayStation 4, so this new sale is the first one we've seen for 14 days. What also makes this fairly significant is that it's the final batch of price drops to conclude just before the PlayStation 5 launches, sounding off at midnight on...
News Sony Will Grow First-Party Organically, Could Bolster Portfolio with Acquisitions
Jim Ryan pocketing his cheque book for now
Microsoft’s spending spree in recent years has somewhat changed the status quo in the first-party forum wars. Sony is still very much home to an elite roster of teams with an unmatched production pipeline, but in terms of scale, Xbox’s acquisition of Bethesda means that PlayStation Studios is now...
News Sony Admits Not Everyone Will Be Able to Get PS5 At Launch
PS5 pre-orders took 12 hours to match 12 weeks of PS4
If you were still hoping to secure a PlayStation 5 ahead of the console’s launch on 12th November, you may want to lower your expectations: Sony’s admitted that not everyone in the market for the next-gen machine will be able to get their mitts on one from the off. “The demand as expressed...
Next-gen starts when we say so
We’re happy to confirm that this morning we received a PlayStation 5 from Sony, meaning that you can expect tons of coverage over the coming weeks. It’s been a year unlike any other really, meaning that this morning was our first opportunity to touch the next-gen console and its controller. We’ve obviously got...
Rumour Sony Bans In-Store PS5 Sales in Norway Due to Coronavirus Concerns
Stay at home
Sony won't allow PS5 to be sold at Norwegian retailers, says a report from Norwegian website Gamer.no. According to sources, potential buyers won't be able to simply pick up a next-gen console from their local outlets when it launches next month, as per orders from Sony. Supposedly, the Japanese giant doesn't want to put customers at...
News Astro's Playroom Is Absolutely Stuffed with PlayStation Easter Eggs
A real treat for fans
If you're a PlayStation fan, you'll absolutely want to take a look at Astro's Playroom on PS5. Not only are early impressions very positive, but it seems the game is being packed with love for the brand and its first-party games. In this gameplay video from IGN, it's easy to spot loads of references to other PlayStation...
News Astro's Playroom Previews Suggest a Great Showcase of PS5's Key Features
The future is now
A PlayStation 5 embargo has lifted, and the Western press is finally able to share some thoughts on Astro's Playroom. Pre-installed on every PS5, the game is likely to be one of your first experiences with the new console. So, how is it? According to these early previews, it's sounding like an excellent showpiece. The above video...
News PS5 Redesigns Trophy Sharing with Video Playback
More than a screenshot
Here's a neat little detail that shouldn't be lost amongst today's PlayStation 5 console embargo lift: the next-gen system has redesigned how you share a Trophy unlock with social media. Instead of just a simple screenshot at the moment the Trophy pops, the PS5 now saves a video clip a few seconds long detailing the lead-up...
News PS5 Unboxings Reveal the Hardware in the Flesh
Media goes hands on
As the first PlayStation 5 console embargo lifts, media outlets and YouTubers primarily in the US are able to unbox the next-gen system itself and reveal what it looks like in real life. The same goes for the PS5 DualSense controller and even the cables you'll use to hook the console up to your TV. We can confirm that Push Square...
News Sackboy: A Big Adventure Has Crossplay Co-Op Between PS5 and PS4
No sack left behind
Sackboy: A Big Adventure is a key game in Sony's PlayStation 5 launch lineup, but it's also due for release on PS4. The LittleBigPlanet spin-off doubles down on being a tight-knit 3D platformer, and it supports up to four players in local or online co-op. It all sounds pretty good to us, and what little we've seen has been very...
News Will PS5 Support 1440p Screens? Fans Are Eager for Answers
Still unclear
A post on monitor manufacturer BenQ’s website over the weekend fuelled hopes that the PlayStation 5 would be compatible with 1440p screens, but the page has since been edited leaving fans eager for answers. Sony has confirmed that the next-gen console will, of course, work on 1080p and 4K displays, but it’s been conspicuously quiet...
News Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales Has an Achievable PS5, PS4 Platinum Trophy
Separate lists for PS4 and PS5 versions
Sony’s generally made its Trophies much easier to unlock in recent years, and Marvel’s Spider-Man underlined that approach with a very attainable Platinum gong. It looks like Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales will be following in its predecessor’s agile footsteps, with a relatively straight-forward...
News PS5 Upgrades God of War with Up to 60FPS Support
Favor Performance mode
Phwoar, this is the sort of stuff we love to see from Sony's first-party developers. If you're planning on replaying God of War or even experiencing it for the first time (you're a lucky one) on PlayStation 5, then you'll be treated with support of up to 60 frames-per-second. Santa Monica Studio confirmed the news in a tweet,...
News Sackboy: A Big Adventure Has Hardcore Levels to Beat Alongside the Campaign
Knitted Knight Trials
Sackboy: A Big Adventure is the darkhorse of the PlayStation 5 launch game line-up, and we're incredibly excited to get our hands on it alongside Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Demon's Souls. What's even better then is that there's so much more to do after you beat the base campaign, including a new set of levels that...
News PS5's Destruction AllStars Free with PS Plus, Delayed to February 2021
New trailer and information next week
Destruction AllStars, the vehicular combat title from Lucid Games, has been delayed out of the PlayStation 5 launch lineup into February 2021 – where it’ll be available free for PlayStation Plus subscribers for two full months. This means that you’ll have two months to add the release to your game library,...
Uncharted territory
Sony is recruiting talent to its recently established Malaysian first-party studio, and it’s looking for a Cinematic and In-Game Animator to help with its work on one of PlayStation’s most “well-known and well-loved franchises”. This is a support studio setup to help out the company’s various teams around the world,...
News PS5, PS4 Architect Mark Cerny Is a Better Gamer Than You
Cerny not
PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 lead system architect Mark Cerny broke his Twitter hiatus overnight to confirm that he’s unlocked the Platinum Trophy in rock-hard run-‘n’-gun indie Cuphead. It was the Marble Madness creator’s first post on the social media platform since last year, when he unlocked the Platinum in Invisible Inc –...
News Until Dawn PS4 Improvements Are Unfortunately Wishful Thinking
Game hasn't been patched in years
There are some reports swirling that Until Dawn’s loading times, like The Last of Us Remastered, have been improved on the PlayStation 4. This all started with a post on Twitter, but it’s since been upvoted on
News Demon's Souls PS5 Apparently Went Gold Last Month
Anticipated remake on track
If you’ve been waiting for confirmation of the completion of Demon’s Souls’ development, then… Well, there’s no need to worry, because according to Souls specialist Lance McDonald, the title went gold all the way back on 24th September. That was a little over a month ago, but it seems reasonable, considering...
News Mark Wahlberg Gives Us Our First Glimpse of Sully in the Uncharted Movie
Lookin' good, kid
Movember will be “mo” problem for Mark Wahlberg, as he’s ‘tached up to play Victor ‘Sully’ Sullivan in the upcoming Uncharted movie. We’ve already seen Tom Holland as Nathan Drake – whose performance has been given the seal of approval by mocap star Nolan North – but this is our first glimpse of the iconic...
News The Last of Us Remastered PS4 Loading Time Improvements Are Extraordinary
Pre-PS5 patch cuts loading times enormously
Update: Wow! We now have video proof of just how much Naughty Dog has improved the loading times in The Last of Us Remastered on PS4. As demonstrated below, it takes just 14 seconds to load a new game, compared to 1 minute 30 seconds previously. That's an absolutely insane difference. Loading a save takes...
Quiz Can You Name All These Uncharted Characters?
Who's who?
There are a ton of characters across the Uncharted series. We're obviously very familiar with a few of them, but lots of personalities weave in and out of Nathan Drake's adventures. Some leave more of an impression than others, but can you remember their names? In this quiz, we'll be testing just that. Can you put a name to all the...
News The New PS Store for Web, Mobile Is a Dramatic Downgrade
It beggars belief, honestly
Before we’re too critical, we should stress that this article comes with a caveat: the new PlayStation Store for web and mobile still isn’t live for everyone yet, so it’s possible it may still be being adjusted on the fly. Still, it’s been available for a good 12 hours for us now, and we’re shocked this is what...
News PS5 Controller Unboxing Reveals Premium Product, Doesn't Work with PS4 Yet
A closer look
PlayStation 5 has exploded into life today, with influencers and media in the United States receiving consoles earlier this morning. That’s been followed by an Austin Evans video, in which the tech YouTuber has unboxed a DualSense controller and done a bunch of tests with it. It’s a full 10 minute video, but to summarise he...
News Travis Scott Presents PS5 Is the Most Extraordinary Marketing You'll See in 2020
TS5
Update: Okay, we now have some context for this commercial from PlayStation. According to a PlayStation Blog post by Eric Lempel, the rapper has signed with the company as a “strategic creative partner”. Here’s a bit more: “We heard Travis is a huge PlayStation fan, so we started a conversation with him that led to this unique...
News J. Jonah Jameson Is Not Dressed How You Expect in Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Ho ho ho
This is your first glimpse of J. Jonah Jameson in Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and he’s dressed as – well, Santa Claus! The editor-in-chief of the Daily Bugle is trying to dream up one of his infamous web-slinger putdowns, when both Miles and Peter Parker smash through his studio, trying to wrangle Rhino. It follows a stunning...
News PS5 Has Instructions on Transferring Data from PS4 Right on the Box
Make the move
Here's an interesting little tidbit. If you own a PlayStation 4 and were wondering how to transfer data over to your PS5, Sony's got you covered. As discovered by Polygon's Samit Sarkar, the retail box for the PS5 has instructions on the bottom that tell you how you can bring over your profile data and more to the new console. It...
Hands On Ghost of Tsushima New Game+ Is a Great Addition That's Well Worth Playing
Back in the saddle
Thanks to update 1.12, Ghost of Tsushima now boasts New Game+ — a way to replay Jin's epic adventure with all of your skills, equipment, and cosmetics from a previous playthrough intact. New Game+ was pretty much the community's most requested feature, and we're happy to report that Sucker Punch has done a brilliant job of...
News PS5 Consoles Are with Media and Influencers Right Now
Here we go
Update: A bunch more outlets are now joining the PS5 fun. It seems lots of US-based media are receiving their PS5 consoles, with many of them sharing images of the box on social channels. Places like Polygon, GamesRadar, Washington Post, and more have teased fans on Twitter:
News Ghost of Tsushima Patch 1.13 Out Now on PS4, Fixes Legends and New Game+ Bugs
Platinum armour bug squashed
A small update for Ghost of Tsushima is now available to download on PS4. Patch 1.13 addresses a number of minor issues that were introduced with the game's massive 1.12 update, which added the co-op Legends mode and New Game+. Ghost of Tsushima Update 1.13 Patch Notes Resolved a bug causing frequent Network Error...
News Full Set of PS5 Accessories Spotted at Retail
But you can't buy them yet
Update #3: And just like that, we have the full set of PS5 accessories spotted at retail. The final missing piece of the puzzle was the PS5 Media Remote, and here it is, courtesy of Reddit: Now we wait to see the actual console at retailer warehouses around the world. Update #2: We've almost got the full set now, with...
News Fresh Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales Details and Gameplay in New Video Preview
It's almost here
We've heard a fair amount about Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales lately, but it seems there's more to learn about this upcoming PlayStation 5 launch title. Eurogamer was treated to a viewing of the first 25 minutes of the game, and has put together everything it found out in the above video. Even if you've been keeping up with all...
News PS5 Custom Faceplates Are Already Available to Pre-Order
Unofficial ones, anyway
The PlayStation 5's white outer shell can be easily removed from the console. It's yet to be officially confirmed, but the theory is that we'll be able to replace the default casing with different coloured or patterned faceplates in the future. We wouldn't be surprised to see Sony flogging all kinds of custom panels down the...
News Miles Morales' WhatsApp Conversations with Family and Friends Continue
"There's no right way to be a hero"
Update #2: Miles Morales may be busy keeping the streets of Harlem safe, but he's always got a spare minute to contact his Mami. In this latest Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales promotional clip, he checks in with Rio Morales to assure her that he's absolutely not going to chase Spider-Man around the streets of...
News Ghost of Tsushima: Legends' Raid Launches 30th October, Patch Due Today
Brace yourself
The culmination of Ghost of Tsushima: Legends’ initial storyline will unfold from 30th October, with the addition of the multiplayer mode’s hotly anticipated Raid. This promises devastating difficulty and will demand focus from all four samurais who participate in it; there’ll be no matchmaking, so you’ll need to assemble your...
News Here's Your First Look at Tom Holland As Nathan Drake in the Uncharted Movie
It's happening
Things really seem to finally be going well for the Uncharted movie. The film, which we've been covering for years, appears to be making some meaningful progress, and we're starting to see some of that. Hot off the heels of Nolan North's visit to the set, the movie's star Tom Holland has shared his first in-character image. Here it...
News Goal Machine Robert Lewandowski Has a PS5, Maybe
Life goals
Bayern Munich and Polish international striker Robert Lewandowski has a PS5, supposedly. The prolific goal scorer — who played in the Champions League last night as his team battered Atletico Madrid 4-0 — took to Instagram in order to share a cheery photo of himself, DualSense controller in hand. Of course, the question is whether...
News Sony Confirms PS5 Media Apps, Explains Dedicated Entertainment Space
Netflix! YouTube! Spotify! More!
Update: Crunchyroll reached out to us to confirm that the anime-centric app will also be available at launch on the PS5. So add another one to the list! Original Story: Sony has confirmed the initial selection of media apps that will be available alongside the PlayStation 5 at launch. They include: Apple TV (which,...
News Tom Holland Receives the Real Nathan Drake's Approval in New Uncharted Movie Set Photos
Takes a Drake to know a Drake
There have been mixed feelings from Uncharted fans about Tom Holland's starring role in the upcoming movie, but it seems the original Nathan Drake is happy with the actor's involvement. Nolan North, who provided the voice and motion capture for the character in all the games, has visited the movie set, and he gives his...
News Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales Looks Slick in Crimson Cowl Get-up
Hoodie but goodie
There’s no point in defending New York City if you’re not going to do it in style. Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales will have a variety of different suits for you to swag out in, and as part of a Daily Bugle report, Insomniac Games has introduced a fresh new look: the Crimson Cowl Suit. This “slick, athletic” suit comes...
News Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales Combat Gameplay Shows New Abilities in Action
New Spidey, new powers
The combat in Marvel's Spider-Man starts simply, but as you progress and unlock more gadgets, it becomes surprisingly complex. The end result is satisfying, forcing you to combine various powers with dodges, takedowns, and aerial attacks. For Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Insomniac Games is augmenting this already fun...
News Marvel's Spider-Man PS5 Costumes Will Also Be Added to PS4 Game
Exact timing is to be decided
As part of Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered on PlayStation 5, developer Insomniac Games has announced that a trio of new costumes will be added to the release. However, if you’re planning to stick with the PlayStation 4 game – be it on your existing console or via backwards compatibility – you may be happy to...
