TodayFri, 26th Apr 2024

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  4

  News Future PS5 Game No Rest for the Wicked Opens to Positive Early Access Reviews

  Might be a "landmark" action RPG

  Ori maker Moon Studios is trying something different with its new, upcoming title No Rest for the Wicked, an isometric action RPG that can be just as colourful as it is dark. The game is slated to launch for PS5 when it reaches a 1.0 state, but until then, an early access phase is being conducted on PC, where its...

  • 55m ago
  • Private Division
  • PS5
  • No Rest for the Wicked
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  5

  News Slime Rancher 2 Launches on PS5 in Early Access This June

  Time to slime

  Popular life/farming sim Slime Rancher has had a sequel in the works for a long time, but it's now nearly ready to make the leap to PS5. Slime Rancher 2 has been in early access on PC and Xbox since 2022, and it'll soon add PS5 to the party when it arrives on 11th June, 2024. It'll still be in its early access phase when it launches...

  • 2h ago
  • Monomi Park
  • PS5
  • Slime Rancher 2
  • Announcements
  • Release Dates
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  32

  News Microsoft 'Meeting Players Where They Are' as Xbox Games Among PS Store's Bestsellers

  Lots of Xbox-owned titles in top 25

  Microsoft's CEO, Satya Nadella, has passed comment about Xbox's increased presence on other platforms. Speaking during an earnings call, he said how titles under the Xbox umbrella have been selling rather well on PlayStation Store. "Earlier this month, we had seven games among the top 25 on the PlayStation Store,...

  • 3h ago
  • Microsoft
  • Xbox
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • PS Store
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  8

  News Bungie to Undo Controversial 'Sunsetting' of Destiny 2 Weapons

  "We want to rally all Guardians to help fight the Witness"

  As the end of the current phase of Destiny 2 draws to a close, with The Final Shape out in just a month and a change, it really does seem like Bungie is putting it all on the line. A new faction, the first in years, will be introduced, as will the ability to mix and match subclass powers...

  • 10h ago
  • Bungie
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Destiny
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  7

  News The Wolf Among Us 2 Surfaces, Offering Screenshots

  Potentially among us?

  The Wolf Among Us 2 is the eagerly anticipated sequel to one of Telltale's most beloved games, but news of the endeavour has been surprisingly scarce. Last we heard, the game had been delayed and would not be released in 2023. Thankfully, a familiar face has kept the flame of hope alive. The Game Awards' own Geoff Keighley...

  • 11h ago
  • Telltale Games
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • The Wolf Among Us
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  38

  News Confusion as Fallout 4 PS Plus Owners Unable to Download Free Next-Gen Update

  Why is it always the case?

  Fans, all fired up from watching Amazon's excellent adaptation, are returning to Fallout games in droves, with the free PS5 update for Fallout 4 looking particularly appealing. However, with the update in the wild, players who picked up the underrated Fallout 4 via PS Plus Extra find they cannot

  • 12h ago
  • Bethesda
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Fallout
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  11

  News Dragon's Dogma 2 Success Means Capcom Shareholders Get a Bump

  That particular bet paid off

  Capcom has revealed that, mainly due to Dragon's Dogma 2's success, the company will pay out more money to shareholders than previously anticipated. The combination developer/publisher has revised its full-year earnings and dividend forecasts for the financial year ending 31st March 2024. Across all platforms, Dragon's...

  • 13h ago
  • Capcom
  • PS5
  • Dragon's Dogma
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  30

  News Stellar Blade Half-Second Input Delay Due to 'Game's Style of Animation', Says Director

  Parrying is the price that must be paid

  Stellar Blade is out today, and fans can finally play the full game to see what all the fuss is about. If you didn't get a chance to try the demo or just wanted to go in fresh, it is worth knowing that the half-second input delay when parrying or dodging is a feature, not a bug, as the game's director recently...

  • 14h ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Stellar Blade

YesterdayThu, 25th Apr 2024

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  236

  Guide PlayStation Studios: All Sony First-Party Developers and What They're Working On

  Every PlayStation exclusive project

  What are all PlayStation Studios developers and what are they working on? In this PlayStation Studios guide, we’re going to list all of the Japanese giant’s subsidiary game makers, along with their current projects. We’ll be updating this article regularly, as new titles are announced. Note: We've focused...

  • 2d ago
  • Sony
  • First-Party
  • Exclusives
  • PS5
  • PS4
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  99

  News Fallout 4 Next Gen Version Is Out Now on PS5, Xbox, and PC

  Head back to the wasteland

  The next-gen version of Fallout 4, which makes the game playable natively on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, is now available to download. For download links, please refer to the below: PS5 — PS Store Xbox Series X|S — Xbox Store (original game receives a patch) PC — Steam

  • 1d ago
  • Bethesda
  • PS5
  • Fallout
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  49

  Video Does Fallout 4 Look Better on PS5?

  The nuclear fallout has never looked smoother

  Fallout 4 has just received its long-awaited PS5 upgrade amidst the fervour conjured up by the Amazon Prime TV show. We’ve endured a little radiation to check out whether this native PS5 port has been worth the wait, and the results are mixed depending on who you ask. You can check out our...

  • 18h ago
  • Bethesda
  • PS5
  • Fallout
  • Videos
  • Features
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  87

  Poll Are You Playing Fallout 4's Next-Gen Version?

  Have you seen my son?

  First announced in 2022, the next-gen version of Fallout 4 is finally here — and it's no coincidence that its release roughly aligns with the arrival of Amazon's Fallout series. The post-apocalyptic property is once again a big deal — almost a decade after Fallout 4's original release — and so we want to know if you're...

  • 21h ago
  • Bethesda
  • PS5
  • Fallout
  • Polls
  • Features
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  42

  News Metaphor: ReFantazio Says No to Romance, Unlike the Persona Games

  No, you can't date the elf

  Atlus' upcoming RPG, Metaphor: ReFantazio, seems built around systems that wouldn't feel out of place in the developer's Persona series. It's got turn-based battles that hinge on striking enemy weaknesses, it's got warrior spirits that you can summon in combat, and — most crucially to this article — it's got a bonding...

  • 2d ago
  • Atlus
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Metaphor
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  5

  Guide Stellar Blade Guide: A Full 100% Walkthrough

  Your ultimate resource to ridding the world of Naytibas

  Stellar Blade is Korean developer Shift Up's console debut, focusing on buxom heroine Eve in her battle against the nefarious Naytibas. Available from 26th April 2024 on PS5, we awarded the outing an 8/10 in our Stellar Blade review. "Eve’s inaugural outing is largely excellent across the...

  • 1d ago
  • Guides
  • Stellar Blade
  • PS5
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  3

  News Granblue Fantasy: Relink Patch 1.2.0 Arrives This Week, with New Characters, Quests, and More

  Sky's the limit

  Despite being a very good game, Granblue Fantasy: Relink got a bit lost in what was a chaotic release schedule earlier this year — but developer Cygames will be hoping that the action RPG's first big update will get people's attention. Launching on the 26th April (that's tomorrow at the time of writing), patch 1.2.0 adds a bunch of...

  • 1d ago
  • Cygames
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Granblue Fantasy
  • Patches
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  9

  News Sea of Thieves Fully Playable Now on PS5 via Early Access

  Start today with the Premium Edition

  If you've pre-ordered the Premium Edition for Sea of Thieves off the PS Store, your seafaring quest can now begin on PS5 via five days of early access ahead of the official release date. Making its first appearance on Sony hardware, Rare brought its servers online for PS5 players, allowing them to get started on...

  • 23h ago
  • Xbox Game Studios
  • PS5
  • Sea of Thieves
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  28

  News Stellar Blade Gets New Game+ Mode in Day One Update on PS5

  Stellarer Blade

  The PS5 exclusive action game Stellar Blade launches tomorrow, 26th April, and as with most game launches these days, a day one update will arrive alongside it. While the patch will no doubt fix some bugs and get the title in better shape for release day, this one also throws in a big new feature: New Game+ mode. New Game+ is a...

  • 1d ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Stellar Blade
  • Updates
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  19

  News Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.46 Adds New Exclusive Car to PS5, PS4 Racer

  Plus extra vehicles, events, and menus

  Gran Turismo 7 has been freshly updated to version number 1.46 on PS5 and PS4, with the update adding a new car to the game you won't find anywhere else: the Škoda Vision Gran Turismo. Designed entirely around the Polyphony Digital racer, it's Škoda's first appearance in the franchise and is seen as a...

  • 1d ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Gran Turismo
  • Updates
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  5

  News Intense Arcade Racer Distance Is Finally Coming, 10 Years Later, to Both PS5 and PS4

  That's a long road

  The last time we wrote about Distance was just under a decade ago, when it was announced the game was coming to PS4. In the intervening years, the high-intensity arcade racer has been through a prolonged stint of early access and had its full launch on PC, but the PS4 version never surfaced. Now, thanks to a Trophy list appearing...

  • 1d ago
  • Refract Studios
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Distance
  • Trophies
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  13

  News Dragon's Dogma 2 Patch 1.10 Out Now on PS5, Adjusts Dragonsplague, Pawns, and More

  No performance updates, though

  As promised by Capcom earlier in the month, Dragon's Dogma 2 has a new update on PS5. Patch 1.10, which weighs in at a very manageable 563MB, features adjustments to various aspects of the game, like making dragonsplague easier to spot, and improving pawn behaviour. Those who caught the initial patch announcement...

  • 1d ago
  • Capcom
  • PS5
  • Dragon's Dogma
  • Patches
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  13

  News That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Is Coming to PS5, PS4 as an Action RPG

  Ready for prime slime

  Light novel and anime hit That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime is being adapted into video game form for the first time on consoles. Featuring a title that's going to kill us every time we have to type it out — That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Isekai Chronicles — it's a side-scrolling action RPG featuring a bunch...

  • 1d ago
  • Bandai Namco
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
  • Release Dates
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  12

  News Story-Heavy Stellar Blade PS5 Launch Trailer Prepares You for Release

  Spoiler warning

  Sony and Shift Up have put out a new Stellar Blade trailer to mark the PS5 exclusive's launch, with the release date set for tomorrow, 26th April 2024. Like a lot of launch trailers, the two-minute slice of footage features a lot of cutscenes and stretches of gameplay we haven't seen before, so you might want to skip it given the...

  • 22h ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Stellar Blade
  • Trailers

Wednesday24th Apr 2024

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  70

  Guide Fallout 4 Next Gen Update Release Times: When Can You Play the New Version?

  When do the PS5, Xbox Series X versions come out?

  When does the Fallout 4 Next Gen Update come out? When can you play the new version of Fallout 4 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S? With excitement surrounding the Fallout IP at record fever pitch following its well-received TV adaptation on Amazon Prime, publisher Bethesda is bringing back Fallout 4 with a...

  • 2d ago
  • Guides
  • Fallout 4
  • PS5
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  54

  News New PS5 Firmware Update Adds Community Game Help Feature, Here Are All the Patch Notes

  What does version 24.03-09.20.00 do?

  Sony has just released the latest PS5 system software update — always a glorious day on Planet PlayStation. Coming in at just over 1GB, it's available to download and install now. The question is, as always, what does the update do? As per the official patch notes, there are a few improvements, mostly...

  • 2d ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Firmware Updates
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  210

  Review Stellar Blade (PS5) - A Stellar PS5 Debut Destined to Become a Fan Favourite

  Would you Adam and Eve it?

  Debuts don’t get much stronger than Stellar Blade. Korean developer Shift Up – already financially flush from the success of its saucy smartphone gacha NIKKE: Goddess of Victory – has chosen the path of most resistance, turning its hand to AAA territory with this rambunctious action-adventure outing. Despite the...

  • 2d ago
  • Reviews
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Stellar Blade
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  33

  Review Sand Land (PS5) - Open World Adaptation Is a Demonic Delight

  Tanks for the memories

  Originally published all the way back in 2000 as a standalone manga, it's strange, but not unwelcome, to see Sand Land be revived as both an anime series and a video game almost a quarter of a century later. Authored by the late and legendary Akira Toriyama, Sand Land is an incredibly charming story about a post-apocalyptic...

  • 2d ago
  • Reviews
  • Bandai Namco
  • PS5
  • Sand Land
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  2

  Guide Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Guide: Jedi Chambers, Tips, and All Rumors

  The ultimate Star Wars Jedi: Survivor guide

  Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is the follow-up to 2019's Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, set in between the events of Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope. With friends old and new helping him along the way, Cal Kestis returns to fight back against the Empire and...

  • 3d ago
  • Guides
  • Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
  • PS5
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  18

  News Over 1,500 PS5, PS4 Games Discounted in New PS Store Sale

  May the force be with you

  A wallet busting array of PS5 and PS4 games have been discounted in Sony’s latest PS Store sale, with over 1,500 titles up for grabs at up to 80 per cent off. Highlights include Monster Hunter Rise and Resident Evil 4 for record lows of just £8.24 and £15.05 respectively. The offers will run through 8th May. Other...

  • 2d ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • PS Store
  • Deals
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  31

  News Project Awakening Still Exists, Six Years After Its Stunning PS4 Reveal

  Wake up

  Okay, who remembers Project Awakening? First revealed way back in September 2018 — for PS4 — it's an action RPG from Granblue Fantasy developer Cygames. That initial trailer, which debuted during a PlayStation showcase, garnered a lot of attention because of how next-gen it looked. In fact, it looked so impressive that many people...

  • 2d ago
  • Cygames
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Project Awakening
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  13

  Guide Best King Of Fighters Games, Ranked By You

  Time Extension King of the ring

  Capcom and SNK went toe-to-toe during much of the '90s, each trying to outperform the other in the realm of one-on-one brawlers. While the former found global fame via its Street Fighter series, the latter hit back in 1994 with The King of Fighters, a team-based and deeply technical rival which, at one point, was comfortably the...

  • 2d ago
  • Features
  • Guides
  • King of Fighters
  • Best Games
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  105

  News Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered Update Quietly Removes Sexy Lara Croft Pinups

  Did you think we wouldn't notice?

  The recently released and evocatively named Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered starring Lara Croft allowed an entirely new generation of gamers to experience the formative action platformers for the first time. But it seems that in the last update, released a couple of weeks ago, sexy pinup posters of Croft herself have...

  • 3d ago
  • Aspyr
  • PS5
  • Tomb Raider
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  14

  Review Another Crab's Treasure (PS5) - Undersea Soulslike Is as Good as It Is Buggy

  Giant enemy crabs

  Another Crab's Treasure might not look like a soulslike action RPG, but it is one. Take out the dark, oppressive nature of FromSoftware's output and replace it with SpongeBob, and you're more or less there. Purposely juxtaposing the established tropes of the genre, this title offers a fresh, more lighthearted experience without...

  • 2d ago
  • Reviews
  • Aggro Crab
  • PS5
  • Another Crabs Treasure
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  57

  Rumour Watch Dogs Is Dead, and Legion Reportedly Killed It

  Taken out back

  Questions were no doubt asked about the future of Watch Dogs when the latest game in the series, Watch Dogs Legion, underperformed both critically and commercially (even though its initial sales numbers might have hinted otherwise). The PS5 and PS4 open world title, which first launched in 2020, saw a lot of improvement through...

  • 2d ago
  • Ubisoft
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Watch Dogs
  • Rumours
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  31

  Rumour Assassin's Creed Hexe Out in 2026, More Linear Than Open World

  Adopts a new Fear System

  Assassin's Creed Hexe, which is currently a code name and is set to launch after the Japan-set Assassin's Creed Red, is the subject of a new report from Insider Gaming, which claims the title is aiming for a release in 2026. You'll apparently be playing as a female protagonist called Elsa, who comes equipped with...

  • 2d ago
  • Ubisoft
  • PS5
  • Assassin's Creed
  • Rumours
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  21

  News Next Free Lords of the Fallen Update Turns the PS5 Game into a Roguelite

  Modifier system available today

  Lords of the Fallen developer Hexworks has revealed the final free content drop in its post-launch roadmap will take the form of a roguelite modifier system, and it's available on PS5 today. When beginning a fresh playthrough or jumping into New Game+, you'll now have the chance to change the way the game plays and...

  • 2d ago
  • CI Games
  • PS5
  • Lords of the Fallen
  • Updates
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  20

  News Baldur's Gate 3 PS5 Physical Deluxe Edition Is Back in Stock

  But for how long?

  Baldur's Gate 3's extremely tempting PS5 physical Deluxe Edition was revealed in September and almost immediately sold out, with the expansive RPG launching first as a digital-only title. Demand convinced developer Larian Studios otherwise; the first round of orders is due to leave warehouses by the end of April. Keep this next...

  • 2d ago
  • Larian Studios
  • PS5
  • Baldur's Gate
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  25

  News Embracer CEO Admits Mistakes Were Made: 'I Could Take a Lot of That Blame Myself'

  Wingefors comments on mass layoffs

  Following the collapse of a "verbal agreement" reportedly worth $2 billion with the Saudi-funded Savvy Games, Embracer Group entered into a brutal nine-month restructuring programme that resulted in the loss of some 1,400 employees and the cancellation of dozens of unannounced games. CEO Lars Wingefors, whose...

  • 2d ago
  • Embracer Group
  • Industry
• 

  3

  News Persona 3 Reload's Seriously Slick Soundtrack Is Now Available to Stream

  Bangers from the Dark Hour

  The full Persona 3 Reload soundtrack is now available on music streaming platforms like Spotify and Apple Music. Spanning 62 songs across 2 hours and 15 minutes, the soundtrack is one heck of ride, made up of immaculately smooth beats and rousing battle themes. We can't recommend it enough. To be clear, the Reload...

  • 2d ago
  • Atlus
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Persona
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  11

  News Gori: Cuddly Carnage Gets Meow Release Date Trailer on PS5, PS4

  Don't be a pussycat

  It seems that the cat is indeed out of the bag, as we now have a release date and some additional gameplay for the slightly disturbing Gori: Cuddly Carnage. Prepare to skate 'n' slash your way through a freakish feline world from 29th August on PS5 and PS4. Almost the anti-Stray, Gori couldn't offer a more radically different...

  • 2d ago
  • Wired Productions
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Gori
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  1

  News Fortnite Festival Season 3 Update Adds Support for Rock Band 4 Guitar Controllers

  Everyone loves an encore

  Just yesterday, we learned that Billie Eilish would be headlining Season 3 of Fortnite Festival, the free-to-play music mode which has slowly but surely cornered the periphery market. With the update now live, there were a few welcome extra additions. For starters, guitar controller support for Harmonix's previous effort,...

  • 3d ago
  • Epic Games
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Fortnite