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Thursday28th Nov 2024
News Official Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Tournament Is an Unsurprising and Unmitigated Disaster
What did you expect?
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero is not a competitive fighting game by design. Its colossal character roster is purposefully unbalanced, its mechanics are abusable at almost any level, and many of its underlying systems are built for spectacle instead of technical depth. So when Bandai Namco announced 'The Dramatic Showdown' — an...
News Despite Nintendo Litigation, Palworld Gets Its Biggest Ever Update on PS5
Due in December
Palworld is embroiled in a fierce legal battle with Nintendo, and if the Japanese console maker gets its way, the survival game will be removed from sale. That’s not stopping developer Pocketpair from soldiering on, though, as it’s announced the biggest update yet for the open world monster taming title – and it’s due out in...
News The Wacky But Promising Baby Steps Now Slated for 2025
Few more strides to take
Devolver Digital has announced Baby Steps won't be releasing on PS5 until 2025, as part of its comical Delayed Awards livestream. The game, which is inspired by the recent trend of titles that are purposefully hard to control (think Chained Together and Getting Over It), sees you play as a man baby taking hi
Rumour Forza Horizon 5 Is Ready to Roll on PS5, But Release Has Been Delayed
Vroom for improvement
Once again, the rumour mill surrounding Xbox's multiplatform plans has spun back into action. This time, it's claimed that Forza Horizon 5, Playground Games' acclaimed open world racer, is prepared for launch on PS5, but its release has been pushed back. The statement comes from eXtas1s, a known leaker who's hinted in the...
News Shocking: Sony Promotes PSVR2 with New Trailer Showcasing Upcoming Games
Marketing
Sony has done what many thought to be impossible: it's advertising PSVR2. The company's current-gen virtual reality hardware hasn't really been getting the marketing push it deserves, but with a slew of exciting games launching recently and plenty more coming soon, it seems now's the time to get the message out. With the above new...
News This Horizon Rip-Off Has to Be One of the Most Blatant Copycat Games Ever
Forbidden East
Tencent has announced a new open world, crafting-based survival game called Light of Motiram, and if comparisons to Sony's own Horizon series aren't immediately obvious, then you may need to book a Specsavers appointment. Clearly copying the overall theming, colourway, enemy design, and post-apocalyptic setting, this is a very blatant...
News Terminally Ill Fan Flown to Gearbox to Play Borderlands 4 Early
"It was amazing"
At the start of the year, a Borderlands superfan named Caleb McAlpine attempted a "longshot", putting out what he described as a plea to Gearbox to allow him to play the still-in-development Borderlands 4. McAlpine suffers from stage-four cancer and may have less than two years to live, and the good folks over at Gearbox have...
News Live-Action Cyberpunk Still in Conceptual Phase, CDPR to Peruse Partners in 2025
Full circle
While we had hoped to hear more about CD Projekt Red's teased live-action Cyberpunk 2077 project in early 2025, it seems it's still quite a ways off. CDPR says the project is still in the conceptual phase and won't be ready to shop to potential publishing partners for at least another year. We still don't know whether this live-action...
News GOTY Dark Horse Balatro's Popularity Explodes Following TGA Nomination
Award shows are worthless, are they?
The seductive cult of Balatro continues to spread, with LocalThunk's poker-themed roguelike claiming untold more converts. The game's surprise Game of the Year nomination at Geoff Keighley's The Game Awards caused an explosive uptick in players across multiple platforms. That's in spite of conventional wisdom,...
News Bloodborne Server Maintenance Scheduled for PlayStation's 30th Anniversary
3rd December should be a day to remember
Stop us if you've heard this one before, but an eerie confluence of events has us excited about Bloodborne again, that excellent, exclusive FromSoftware joint on PS4. Gluttons for punishment that we are, we can't help but pathetically get our hopes up. What's the worst that could happen? We've been hurt by...
News Another Former Mass Effect Dev's New Studio Is Facing Financial Woes
World's Untold is "pausing operations"
In a strange bookend to the week, it seems another former Mass Effect senior developer's new undertaking is feeling the current industry pressure. Worlds Untold, established by NetEase Games and led by ME trilogy writer Mac Walters, is "pausing operations" until sufficient funding can be found. Walters re
News Surprise! The Finals Comes To PS4, PS5 Pro Update Available Now
Lock and Load, contestants
The popularity of The Finals is on the up, with Season 4 breathing a wave of fresh air over the arena. The community's lukewarm response to the previous season seems to have been taken into account, and many of the issues have been rectified. This means that this is the perfect time to jump into The Finals if you haven't...
Wednesday27th Nov 2024
News PS5 Sales Still Trending 8% Ahead of the PS4 in USA
Despite initial shortages and high prices
Despite doom and gloom surrounding the console market, the PS5 is still trending around 8% ahead of the PS4 launch aligned in USA, despite its higher price point and pandemic-induced stock shortages. Given the challenges of the global economy, Sony will consider this a success. Mat Piscatella confirmed the...
News PS5 Fans Willing to Pay a Pretty Penny for a Steam Deck-Like Portable PlayStation
Not cheaping out
With Sony supposedly working on a next generation handheld PlayStation alongside the main PS6, it's had us pondering what it'd be like. Would fans want something like a Steam Deck equivalent, that accesses your existing PlayStation library? How much cash would people be prepared to splash on one? Well, we know that, at least from...
Larian does it again
Wow, as if Baldur's Gate 3 wasn't already one of the best RPGs money can buy, developer Larian is delivering what sound like another outstanding update in 2025. In a new community post on Steam, the studio spills the beans on what we can expect from Patch 8. There are three huge additions incoming: full cross-play...
News Gran Turismo 7 Lauded as 'One of the Best PS5 Pro' Games Yet
So says tech experts Digital Foundry
Polyphony Digital's driving simulator Gran Turismo 7 has been praised as "one of the best PS5 Pro" enhanced games to date, with "basically every feature of the new console fully utilised", according to Digital Foundry. The tech experts have delivered their verdict following last week's PS5 Pro update, and have...
News Sly Cooper, Jak and Daxter Part of PS Plus Premium Lineup for December
Three games playable from 10th December
Alongside the PS Plus Essential lineup for December 2024, Sony has also revealed a few of the Classic titles joining PS Plus Premium next month to mark its 30th-anniversary celebrations. Three PS2 classics are on the way, available from 10th December 2024: Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (PS2)
News PS Plus Essential Games for December 2024 Announced
Co-op! Aliens! Pokémon?
Sony has today confirmed the three PS5, PS4 games that will be included in the PS Plus Essential update for December 2024. Available to download and play from Tuesday, 3rd December 2024, they are: It Takes Two (PS5, PS4) | Review Aliens: Dark Descent (PS5, PS4) | Review Temtem (PS5)
News Dress-Up RPG Infinity Nikki Will Preview PS5 Launch with Livestream This Week
Set out to infinity
Those of you who play gacha games like Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail will know it’s common for the biggest titles to hold regular livestreams to preview their updates. As the next big thing on PS5, you may not be particularly surprised to learn Infinity Nikki is plotting a Special Program later this week, ahead of its...
News Kadokawa Wants Sony's Full Commitment with Buyout of Entire Company
Or not at all
One of the biggest stories in games right now is Sony's potential acquisition of Kadokawa Corporation. In a new report from Bloomberg, it's claimed that the two companies have been in talks about a buyout for years. According to the report, the pair has been back and forth on a deal for a long time, with the main issue relating to the...
Rumour Black PS Portal Part of New PS5 Accessories Refresh
In addition to Helldivers 2 PS5 pad
A black PS Portal is rumoured to be part of a PS5 accessories refresh that Sony has planned for the near future. A new report from Dealabs insider Billbil-Kun suggests the current PS Portal model will soon be available in a black colourway, and will retail at the same price as the design already on the market now...
Rumour Mortal Kombat 1's Future DLC Cancelled After Poor Sales of Khaos Reigns
Mortal wound
Mortal Kombat 1 has had its ups and downs since it arrived in 2023, but NetherRealm Studios has been supporting it regardless with new DLC fighters and more. If a new rumour is to be believed, however, it looks like the team's post-launch work on the game may come to an abrupt stop. Over on the Mortal Kombat Leaks subreddit, "verified...
News CD Projekt Red Partners with Netflix for New Cyberpunk Animated Series
Good news, straight from Night City
Fans of the excellent Cyberpunk: Edgerunners are sitting pretty, with CD Projekt Red today confirming a partnership with Netflix to produce another animated project set in the world of Cyberpunk 2077. We have to assume it will be something separate from Edgerunners, however, as CD Projekt has not confirmed another...
News Indiana Jones PS5 'by Far' MachineGames' Biggest Undertaking
Several Indy movies worth of cinematic cutscenes
Wolfenstein developer Machine Games has revealed that the upcoming, once Xbox-exclusive Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will be the studio's biggest project by quite a margin. With almost four hours of cinematic cutscenes alone, that's like two Indiana Jones films on top of a very generous shooter...
News Infinity Ward's Turn in 2026, Sledgehammer Games in 2027, Says Call of Duty Insider
2025 remains a mystery
As everyone is still glued to Black Ops 6, it might seem too soon to start looking ahead to future releases, but the voracious Call of Duty beast never rests. According to a known series insider, Sledgehammer Games will reportedly lead development on 2027's inevitable Call of Duty release. This same leaker expects that 2
News Devolver's Delayed Awards May or May Not Go Ahead Later Today
Devolver Digital reserves the right to delay the show until the very last moment
Chaotic video game publisher Devolver Digital is allegedly holding its 15th Annual Devolver Delayed Awards 2024 today, 27th November. If the show does go ahead, viewers can look forward to "the only awards show recognizing those heroic developers with the courage and...
News Cyberpunk 2077, Phantom Liberty Make Bank for CD Projekt Red with Impressive Sales Figures
Night City royalty
Cyberpunk 2077's deeply disappointing launch is just a blip in the rearview mirror at this point, and while we certainly won't forget, we're hopeful for the studio's future. According to CD Projekt Red's recently posted financials, that future is looking bright indeed; Polaris, colloquially known as The Witcher 4, has entered full...
News PlayStation Exec Shuhei Yoshida Will Leave the Company in January
After 31 years of service at PlayStation
PlayStation executive Shuhei Yoshida has announced he will be leaving Sony, effective from 15th January 2025. He has spent 31 years with the company, helping to bring multiple systems to market and put fan-favourite games on them, like Bloodborne. Once the president of SIE Worldwide Studios, Yoshida has more...
Tuesday26th Nov 2024
News As the Switch Closes in, Sony Confirms PS2 Sold 160 Million Units
Up from the 155 million previously assumed
For over a decade, the PS2’s official sales total sat at 155 million units, as Sony stopped reporting sales of the system in 2012. It was always assumed the final number was higher, as the console wasn’t officially discontinued until a year later, and there would have been leftover inventory that...
News The Witcher 4 Hits Huge Dev Milestone, Enters Full Production
Baptism of Fire
Polaris, the project name for the next The Witcher title, has just hit an all-important milestone in its development process. Director Sebastian Kalemba has taken to social media in order to reveal that the game — commonly referred to as The Witcher 4 — is now in "full-scale production". Typically, this means that the bones of...
News One Month Later, PS Stars Cash Rewards Finally Return
£5 / $5 offer available again
Whether it was an intentional removal or not remains unknown, but PS Stars users are beginning to notice the return of cash rewards on their PlayStation phone app. Reports of a £5 / $5 redemption option going live have spread across the internet, and we ourselves now have the reward listed in our personal app. It was...
News 30 Years of PlayStation History Documented on New Anniversary Website
From the PS1 to PS5 and everything in between
Sony has continued its 30th anniversary celebrations of PlayStation with new pages on its website that documents the five home consoles, two handheld systems, and VR headsets its released. Viewable through this link, you can browse 30 years of PlayStation history, reading up on everything from the PS1 to...
News Ubisoft Reportedly Making a Minecraft Meets Animal Crossing Social Sim
Voxel-based Alterra in the works
A publisher as big as Ubisoft always has a lot on the go at once, much of which is known, so it's always interesting to hear about something we weren't expecting. In a new report from Insider Gaming, it seems the company is hard at work on a game called Alterra. Citing anonymous sources, the site claims the game...
Talking Point What Do You Think of the PS5 Pro, Three Weeks Later?
Pro-fessional opinions
The PS5 Pro is almost three weeks old at the time of writing this article, having released on the 7th November — and we think it's time to weigh up our early thoughts on Sony's supercharged system. At $700 / £700, the Pro's pricing still makes our eyes water, even though we've been playing games on the thing for the best...
Mini Review Trombone Champ: Unflattened (PSVR2) - Ridiculous Rhythm Game Is Top Brass Nonsense
Let it slide
Following Trombone Champ's viral success on flat screens last year, it's now come for the virtual reality crown too, and if anything, the format elevates the silliness even more. Trombone Champ: Unflattened successfully brings this ludicrous rhythm game to PSVR2, building on the unwieldy hilarity already present by having you mime the...
News Outstanding PS2 RPG Dragon Quest 8 Is Now 20 Years Old
Remaster, anyone?
At the time of writing this article, it just turned 12am in Japan — and that means Dragon Quest 8 is officially 20 years old. The PS2 RPG first launched on the 27th November, 2004 — but the West didn't get to experience this franchise-defining adventure until later. Dragon Quest 8 dropped the following year in the US, but us...
News Lemmings Fans Should See This Retro-Style Sci-Fi Action Adventure Coming to PS5, PS4
Rescue mission
If you've ever played Lemmings and wanted to take a more hands-on approach, Moons of Darsalon may be worth a try. Coming to PS5 and PS4 on 6th February next year, the game has you playing as a little astronaut who must rescue all the others in each level. When you find characters, they'll follow along behind you, and it's your job to...
News Remedy Still Working on Alan Wake 2 PS5 Pro Patch Enhancements
As normal PS5 update goes live
A new Alan Wake 2 update has been deployed today on PS5, though you won't find any PS5 Pro-specific enhancements in its patch notes. Remedy has said it needs more time to research "a few things on the Pro when it comes to improved performance" as the update available at the PS5 Pro's launch made the Performance Mode...
News Fans of Aquanaut's Holiday Will Want to Pay Attention to This PSVR2 Title
Under the sea
Aquanaut’s Holiday, an oft-overlooked PlayStation deep-sea diving series, is one of this author’s all-time favourite franchises – so it’s exciting to see Subside poised for release on PSVR2. This game promises unparalleled aquatic realism, as you plunge beneath the waves of a variety of biomes and interact with the wildlife...
News Godzilla, Baymax Front Fortnite's Japanese-Themed Hunters Season
Yes, Godzilla
We’re days away from a gigantic concert event in Fortnite, concluding the current hip-hop themed Remix season. After that, a new arc will begin, with Chapter 6 Season 1: Hunters from 1st December. As has been rumoured, this will have a Japanese theme, and the first look at the Battle Pass confirms Godzilla and Baymax will be...
News Beloved, Sekiro-Inspired Action Platformer Nine Sols Finally Arrives on PS5, PS4
Deflect this
Released for PC back in May, it feels like we've been waiting on Nine Sols for an age. The ridiculously highly-rated action platformer is supposed to be a genuine Game of the Year contender if you're into 2D adventures, and it finally arrives on PS5 and PS4 today (that's the 26th November, if you happen to be reading this article at a...
News A Helldivers 2 Special Edition DualSense PS5 Controller Is Reportedly on the Way
Choose your weapon
Helldivers 2 has done astonishingly well this year. It's comfortably one of the best-selling games of 2024, has a consistent rate of active users, and developer Arrowhead has demonstrated its commitment to the players with regular, meaningful post-launch updates. While it's had its ups and downs, it's been a big success story, so...
News Naughty Dog's Supposed New IP Timeless Travel Seemingly a Fake
Brought back down to Earth
We all know Naughty Dog is beavering away at something, we just don't know what. Well, we know it'll be a single player game in the studio's usual style, with the developer committing to that after dropping its multiplayer The Last of Us title. But what is the Californian studio up to? A clue from LinkedIn has appeared...
News Capcom's PS Plus Premium Games Available Now without Subscription
Dino Crisis, Resident Evil for £8 / $10 each
An update to Capcom listings on the PS Store has seen the publisher's two classic titles available via PS Plus Premium now up for purchase individually, outside of the subscription service. Previously locked behind the PS Plus Premium tier, you can now simply buy Dino Crisis and Resident Evil: Director's...
News DualSense Edge, Pulse Headphones Reportedly Getting Black Variant
Yes
According to a reliable source, the PS5's premium controller, the DualSense Edge, as well as the Pulse Elite and Pulse Explore wireless headphones, will reportedly come in black. Sadly, images were not forthcoming; you'll just have to use your imagination with the above base DualSe
News Black Ops 6 Is the 'Biggest Call of Duty Ever', Player Engagement Through the Roof
In the 30 days since launch
In further proof that we are living in a simulation, the Call of Duty series 2024 entry, Black Ops 6, is the biggest yet in the franchise's 21-year history. That's in terms of both sales and player engagement, with publisher Activision proudly crowing BO6 ranks #1 in terms of launch window hours and matches played...
News Naughty Dog Casts Troy Baker to Star in Untitled Next PS5 Game
What year is it?!
In news that might at first sound like a parody, developer Naughty Dog has cast The Last of Us lead, Troy Baker, in its untitled next PS5 game. Baker, who famously played grizzled dad Joel Miller in PlayStation's premiere series, was a natural pick, says Naughty Dog chief Neil Druckmann: "In a heartbeat, I would always work with...
News Larian Studios Made a Staggering Amount of Money on Baldur's Gate 3
Going to need another Bag of Holding
Commanding a controlling majority of Larian Studios' shares, charismatic founder, CEO, and Baldur's Gate 3 director Swen Vincke can now likely buy all the armour he likes, maybe even a castle or two. While it should come as no surprise to learn that the masterful D&D sequel was huge for the plucky,...
News Silent Hill 2 Players Decode Ominous Messages from Endless Static
Sending out an SOS
Silent Hill 2 is amongst the spookiest games ever made, and Bloober Team's excellent remake included some entirely new scares, with more being discovered all the time. Particularly attentive players have began to discern a pattern in the endless static on the TVs spread around town, with some even repeating legible messages in...
Guide Hogwarts Legacy Guide: Walkthrough, Tips and Tricks, and All Collectibles
Your 100% completion guide for Hogwarts Legacy
In this Hogwarts Legacy guide, we'll provide a full walkthrough of the Main Quest and all Side Quests and Assignments, as well as reve
