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Thursday6th Mar 2025
News SEGA Dethrones Capcom, Crowned Metacritic's Highest-Rated Publisher of 2024
Based SEG-od?
Despite perhaps not making as much money as it might have hoped, one-time console manufacturer SEGA has been officially crowned the highest-rated publisher of games of 2024 by review aggregator Metacritic. Following critically acclaimed releases like Metaphor: ReFantazio, Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance, and Like a Dragon: Infinite...
Guide These 13+ New PS5, PS4 Games Are Coming Out This Week (3rd-9th March)
Age of Mythology Retold! Split Fiction! Two Point Museum! More
Welcome to a new feature where we’re compiling all of the PS5 and PS4 games releasing this week. There are a few big names here, including Josef Fares’ latest co-op adventure, Split Fiction. You can also look forward to Microsoft strategy remake Age of Mythology Retold. Here are all...
News Take a Halberd to the Tainted in PS5, PS4 Metroidvania 9 Years of Shadows
Musicvania
9 Years of Shadows is a promising Metroidvania we had our eye on back in 2022. It's since released on PC, and resurfaced with a new "announcement" trailer on the official PlayStation YouTube channel. Sadly, we still don't have a release date. From developer Halberd Studios, fittingly enough, armed with a polearm that can be employed as...
News Cities: Skylines 2 PS5 Still Under Construction, Structural Issues Still Need Fixing
Expected back in October 2023
Cities: Skylines II developer Colossal Order has provided an update on the game's PS5 version, which remains under construction more than a year and a half after its scheduled due date of October 2023. Apparrently Colossal Order still has "more things we need to address", and the game won't be arriving before Summer...
News Epic Games' War on Fortnite Cheaters Continues, Fraudster Exposed
Examples will be made until the situation improves
Epic Games' war on cheaters rages on, and it seems Fortnite's developer/publisher is willing to wage it; after naming and shaming one cheater and giving the recovered funds to charity a fortnight ago, Epic has filed a new lawsuit against an apparent serial fraudster, Isaac Strock, who it is suing...
Wednesday5th Mar 2025
News Prepare 107GB of Space for Assassin's Creed Shadows on PS5
Preload from 18th March
It appears Assassin's Creed Shadows will demand roughly 107GB of SSD space when the time comes to install the new Ubisoft open worlder on PS5. The game is available for preload on Xbox Series X|S and is taking up the aforementioned amount of space, so it's expected the PS5 version will be similar in size. The PS5 preload for...
News Legendary Manga Baki the Grappler Is Getting a Punch-Out Style PS5, PS4 Game
Muscle in
Legendary (and often legendarily weird) manga Baki the Grappler is getting a video game adaptation... but it's not what you might have expected. Taking clear inspiration from the classic Punch-Out!!! titles, Baki Hanma: Blood Arena is a 2D, over-the-shoulder beat-'em-up where you'll need to get a read on your opponent's moves and act...
News Until Dawn Remake Dev 'Effectively' Closed, Says New Report
Studio down its bare bones
Ballistic Moon, the developer that worked with Sony on its PS5, PC remake of Until Dawn, has "effectively closed" down, according to a new report from Insider Gaming. The outlet suggests, after speaking to sources "with knowledge of the situation", that the studio is down to its bare bones following a quiet round of...
Poll So, Is Monster Hunter Wilds 'Too Easy'?
Authorised by the Guild
Before Monster Hunter Wilds actually released, you may recall that there were heated debates surrounding the game's overall difficulty. Of course, no one but reviewers had actually played Capcom's latest at that point, but that didn't stop hardcore fans from fretting over the title's supposed lack of challenge. In various...
News 'Don't Bet' on The Last of Us 3, Warns Neil Druckmann
"This could be it"
Naughty Dog studio head Neil Druckmann has warned in a new interview that you should not expect The Last of Us 3 to be a surefire bet that actually gets made in the future. Despite the open-ended conclusion of the second game and his claim there's "probably one more chapter to the story", Druckmann suggests there aren't any...
News Release Window for Anticipated Superhero Game Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra Seemingly Revealed
Black Panther, Captain America game apparently coming soon
Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra, the superhero action game featuring Black Panther and Captain America, has been an elusive game since its initial reveal, but thanks to a loose-lipped voice actor, it seems we now know when it's due out. In an interview with The Direct, voice actor Khary Payton...
News SEGA to Have a Quieter Year as It Focuses on Growing Sonic, Persona, Like a Dragon Teams
Fewer full games in 2025
SEGA's plans for its financial year 2025 have been outlined in its latest earnings call, and in a nutshell, the publisher is planning fewer game releases and investment in its core studios. When asked about its plans for FY25, which for SEGA is April 2025 to March 2026, SEGA revealed it will be launching a smaller number of...
Rumour Far Cry Multiplayer Shooter Has Been 'Rebooted' as Ubisoft Turmoil Continues
Far Crying
Ubisoft has effectively pulled the plug on a yet-to-be-announced Far Cry project — a multiplayer extraction shooter that's apparently been "rebooted" following an internal review. This leak comes via the ever-reliable Insider Gaming, and suggests that, once again, Ubisoft is really struggling to align its business at present. We first...
News FragPunk Delayed on Consoles at the Last Minute, Was Due Out Tomorrow
PS5 players will receive compensation
FragPunk, the latest online multiplayer shooter from Chinese publisher NetEase, has been indefinitely delayed on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S just 24 hours before it was scheduled to release. While the PC version will still launch as planned on Thursday, 6th March 2025, the console editions will be held back because...
News Monster Hunter Wilds Will Cycle Weekly Event Quests with In-Game Rewards on PS5
The hunt never ends
Monster Hunter Wilds launched at the tail end of last week, and it's been a monumental success already, having sold 8 million copies in just three days. While there's plenty of content in the game for players to chew on, Capcom has now kickstarted a weekly schedule of Event Quests, introducing fresh missions to complete that'll...
News PlayStation Struck by More Layoffs in the Aftermath of Multiple Cancelled PS5 Games
Update: PS Studios Malaysia also affected
Sony may be healthier than ever when it comes to its balance sheets, but the pursuit of more profits never truly goes away. Sadly, that’s resulted in more job losses at PlayStation’s acclaimed Visual Arts division, a first-party development group which provides motion capture, art, animation, and much...
News PS Portal Keeps on Defying Odds, UK Makes It a Best-Seller
Sold 143,845 units in the UK in 2024, says data
Sony's own PS5 streaming device, the PS Portal, was the best-selling gaming accessory of 2024 across the UK in terms of revenue, and the sixth best-selling in terms of units sold, new research reveals. Based on GfK Entertainment data gathered by ERA, the handheld achieved this through 143,845 unit...
Gallery Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 Comparison Screenshots Show PS5, PS4 Glow Up
Hey good lookin'
Much like its predecessor, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 is bringing two classic skateboarding games to modern hardware. And while a different developer has been enlisted to handle this project, the glow up is easy to appreciate. Here are a bunch of comparison screenshots which pit the grainy originals against their PS5 and PS4...
News PS5, PS4 Fans Baffled by Sony's Decision to Promote Shovelware
Oh no
There’s a lot of junk on the PS Store, as many of you will be aware. A recent report delved into why there’s so much crap on Sony’s storefront, and determined that the Japanese giant is not particularly meticulous when it comes to vetting the developers publishing content on its virtual plaza. While this isn’t brilliant to begin with,...
Random There's a Run on Cheese Naan in Japan, and Monster Hunter Wilds Is to Blame
We'll take two
Mmmm, cheese naan. It’s comforting, filling, and outrageously delicious. It’s also selling out at Japanese restaurants right now, and Monster Hunter Wilds is to blame. Automaton reports that fans of the hit PS5 game have been storming Nepalese restaurants right around the country after seeing a cutscene in the game which depicts...
News Sony Remembers the PS3 in Surprise Firmware Update
Update 4.92 available to download now
Turning the clock back roughly 15 years to the heights of the PS3 generation, Sony has supplied its third home console with an unexpected firmware update as of today, 5th March 2025. The system patch updates the console to a version number of 4.92, but don't expect it to come with any dramatic changes for the...
News Original Baldur's Gate 3 Bloodsucker Astarion Officially Joins D&D Canon
Unlikely heartthrob
Sadistic vampire spawn, Astarion, one of Baldur's Gate 3's breakout original characters, has officially been accepted into Dungeons & Dragons' established, ongoing canonical universe, the first to do so. Having previously been included in the corner of a sketch in the 2024 edition of Wizards of the Coast's D&D Player's...
Two of the best PS1 role-playing games ever made
Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars is the unwieldy name Konami has bestowed upon a remastered collection of two of the best PS1 JRPGs ever made, enhanced and made more accessible for modern gamers on PS5 and PS4. Both Suikoden and Suikoden II tell a connected tale...
News MLB The Show 25's All-Important Diamond Dynasty Looks Better Than Ever on PS5
New modes and more
While it’d never say it publicly, developer San Diego Studio knows Diamond Dynasty is MLB The Show 25’s bread and butter. This is the mode that undoubtedly gets the most engagement – and makes the most money. It’s no surprise to see it go hard on this year’s version of the team-building mode, then – especially after...
Dino hunter
Guerrilla Games is continuing to strengthen the team working on its online multiplayer adaptation of the Horizon franchise. The game – which has never been officially announced but has been acknowledged by the studio – has an all-star team working on it, led by Rainbow Six: Siege director Simon Larouche. But now it’s added...
News Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Fans Sceptical of Seismic Changes to Fourth Game on PS5, PS4
"Please keep it civil"
You perhaps had to be there, but Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater was the Call of Duty of the early PlayStation era. The franchise was unfathomably huge, and its impact reached beyond just video games: it had genuine cultural influence. All of that meant that the series started to get milked, and perhaps identifying that it...
Random Capcom Survey Site Crushed by Monster Hunter Wilds' Massive Audience
Trampled underfoot
After hunting down a stunning eight million players in just three days, it seems Capcom's newfound mega-popularity isn't all upside: a survey the company is asking players to fill out with feedback has been hit with so many respondents that the site crashed due to "heavy traffic".
News Streets of Rage 4 Dev Reveals Stunning Original Beat-'Em-Up Absolum for PS5, PS4
“Spells, counters, upgradable abilities, uniquely powerful fighters”
As everything old is seemingly new again, publisher Dotemu has revealed a joint effort from Guard Crush Games (Streets of Rage 4) and French animation specialists Supamonks: Absolum, an arcade-like beat 'em up, announced for PS5 and PS4 and expected in Spring 2025. Set in an...
News The Witcher Anniversary Concert World Tour's First Dates Revealed, More to Come
Woodwind's howling
CD Projekt Red has announced, as part of the 10th anniversary celebrations for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (can it really have been that long?), the first two tour dates for a globe-trotting tour, with more dates and locations forthcoming. Fittingly enough, The Witcher in Concert will begin in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 31st and...
News Tencent Increases Stake in FromSoftware Parent, Closing the Gap on Sony
"Part of a capital business alliance"
Chinese holding company Tencent, the biggest firm in the video game industry in terms of investment and revenue, has increased its stake in Kadokawa, the Japanese parent company of our beloved Soulslike maker, FromSoftware. Purchasing an additional 1.1% of Kadokawa's total shares, it now holds a 7.97% stake...
Tuesday4th Mar 2025
News Give Wallace & Gromit a Scrub in New PowerWash Simulator DLC
Out now on PS5, PS4 for £6.49 / $7.99
Wallace & Gromit are the stars of today's latest PowerWash Simulator DLC, with the pack available on PS5, PS4 now for £6.49 / $7.99. First revealed in late January, this new expansion lets you clean five more locations: Wallace & Gromit's Dining Room & Kitchen Wallace & Gromit’s House The...
News Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 Is Finally Official, Ollies onto PS5, PS4 This Summer
Back to the old grind
Well-known leaker billbil-kun, who often snags scoops for Dealabs, has revealed some key information about Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4, which is scheduled to be officially revealed later today. Over on X, billbil-kun has leaked the game's release date and information about various editions and pre-order bonuses: To...
News Astro Bot PS5 Up for 8 BAFTA Awards, Including Best Game
Helldivers 2, LEGO Horizon also receive nominations
Astro Bot from Team Asobi will have the chance to earn a further eight awards at this April's BAFTA ceremony, with the PS5 exclusive nominated in eight different categories, including the overall Best Game. The BAFTA Awards take place on 8th April 2025, and Astro Bot has the chance to win in the...
News Be the First to Try New PS5 Games and Features with Sony's Beta Program
Register interest in future PlayStation tests
Sony wants you to be among the first to try out upcoming PS5 games and features, and it’s launching a new beta program to manage it all. While participating in betas has often required you to jump through various different hoops, the platform holder is launching an “easier, more consolidated way for...
Review Split Fiction (PS5) - A Truly Outstanding, Peerlessly Creative Co-Op Adventure
You couldn't write it
Split Fiction, like Hazelight Studios' previous titles, is only playable in local or online co-op. To match this collaborative direction, the Push Square review is a back-and-forth between the pair who played through the game, as has become tradition. This time, assistant editor Stephen Tailby had a helping hand from video...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Length Between 40 and 80 Hours, New Game+ Under Consideration
Smaller doesn't mean short
With Assassin's Creed Shadows' 20th March release date just around the corner, more and more details are being passed around via interviews and event coverage, with the game's length being a key talking point. Thanks to an official showcase in Kyoto, the ever-informative Genki got to interview creative director Charles...
Guide Last Chance to Get These 18 PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store's Extended Play Sale
Recommended PS5 and PS4 games going cheap
The PS Store's latest sale is Extended Play, which is predominantly focused on add-on packs and other DLC. However, despite this theme, there are plenty of great full PS5 and PS4 games included, with the offer lasting from now until 12AM on 6th March. If you're after some recommendations, you've come to the...
News Monster Hunter Wilds Patch 1.000.004 Out Now, Fixes Game-Breaking Bug, Crashes
The hunt continues
An update for Monster Hunter Wilds will be deployed on the 4th March, but it won't be the performance-enhancing patch that many players are waiting for. Over the weekend following Wilds' release, there were numerous reports of a game-breaking bug that occurs during Chapter 5 of the main story. Basically, there's a quest where...
News Carmen Sandiego Puts Stealth Action on PS5, PS4 Today
Priced at £24.99 / $29.99
Based on the Netflix series twist where she is actually a hero, the video game adaptation of Carmen Sandiego releases for PS5, PS4 today. This is a port of the mobile phone game that came out earlier this year, with the PlayStation versions costing £24.99 / $29.99. Check out the launch trailer above. Here's the story...
News Anime Inspired by Iconic PS1 RPG Suikoden 2 in the Works
Short and Suikoden
JRPG hall of famer Suikoden 2 – which originally released on the PS1 in 1998 and is getting a PS5 and PS4 remaster later this month – will be adapted into an anime. Announced alongside mobile game Suikoden Star Leap, the series will be developed by Konami Animation, which is its first project on this scale. “As our first...
News 3 New PS Plus Essential Games Live Now, Including PS5 RPG Dragon Age
Claim one of PS Plus Essential's biggest titles
One of the biggest PS Plus Essential games for some time, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, is available to download now for all active members, along with two additional PS5, PS4 titles in Sonic Colors: Ultimate and TMNT: The Cowabunga Collection. The three games are redeemable in the UK and across Europe,...
News Could the Next Xbox Get a Head Start on PS6?
Rumourmonger claims devkits are already out
A rumour doing the rounds on social media today claims the next Call of Duty is currently in development at Infinity Ward, and will release in 2026 on various platforms – including a supposed next-gen Xbox. The rumourmonger, TheGhostofNoHope, is said to be well-connected when it comes to the...
News Monster Hunter Wilds Sells 8 Million Units in Three Days, Capcom's Fastest Selling Game Ever
Sales monster
Monster Hunter Wilds’ unstoppable success has earned it over eight million sales in just three days, making it the fastest-selling game in publisher Capcom’s history. The publisher failed to provide any additional information about the game’s performance in its press release, so we’ll need to await further announcements to...
News Monster Hunter Series Producer Just Got a Big Promotion at Capcom
Ryozo Tsujimoto moving up in the world
Ryozo Tsujimoto, a key producer at Capcom responsible for the Monster Hunter series, has received a big promotion after the company announced a personnel reshuffling. From 1st April, Tsujimoto, who currently serves as "deputy in charge of development divisions", will assume the Chief Product Officer position in...
News Street Fighter 6's Ridiculous New Music Video Is Pure 90s Nostalgia
Sing along
Capcom has released a new Street Fighter 6 music video for a song that can be unlocked in World Tour mode – but only if you have God given fighting game chops. The music video is based on classic 90s karaoke videos, and shows a man dressed in Ryu’s gi playing on an old CRT screen and eating various different foods. These are...
News Konami Announced a New Suikoden Game, But There's a Huge Catch
Monkey's paw
It’s been almost 20 years since the last mainline entry in the Suikoden series, so the time feels right for a new game. Suikoden Star Leap, announced during a glitzy livestream overnight, is in many ways exactly that – except there’s a big catch. As the publisher proudly proclaims, this is the “first title to be tailored for...
News No Objections to Street Fighter 6's Surreal Ace Attorney Crossover on PS5, PS4
The Steel Samurai sentences you to a smackdown
In one of the stranger, but nevertheless appealing crossovers we've seen in recent days, Street Fighter 6 players had better prepare their defenses, legal or otherwise, as a crossover with Capcom's long-running, often ludicrous court-room brawler, the Ace Attorney series, is set for a showdown. The...
Rumour Gears of War Collection Will Be Revealed for PS5 This Summer
Launching day and date on Sony's system
A collection of classic Gears of War games will introduce PS5 owners to the franchise this year, according to well-connected Spanish tipster eXtas1s. The snoop also accurately revealed Forza Horizon 5 for Sony’s system, among others, so clearly has some knowledge of Microsoft’s plans. In a
News Yoshi-P No Longer Sits on Square Enix's Board of Directors
Final Fantasy XIV, XVI director's name quietly removed
Naoki Yoshida, affectionately known to his legions of fans as Yoshi-P, no longer sits on Square Enix's board of directors. After making changes to its management structure, Yoshida has seemingly been demoted to executive officer; as the creative director has often chafed at being tied up with...
News Still Wakes the Deep Publisher Goes Solo After Sumo Group Buyout
Secret Mode under new ownership
Secret Mode, the UK publisher of games like Still Wakes the Deep and A Little to the Left, has purchased its independence from Sumo Group, which, in turn, is a subsidiary of Tencent. Secret Mode's current leadership team, including co-founder James Schall and VP of publishing, Ed Blincoe, partnered with investment...
