TodayThu, 18th Apr 2024

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  News Imagine Earth Promises Sustainable Sci-Fi City Building on PS5, PS4 in May

  Earthly desires

  Imagine Earth, a city building strategy title that launched a few years back on PC and Xbox, is making the jump to PS5 and PS4 on the 9th May. The game takes place in 2084, and tasks you with creating sustainable civilisation on various alien planets, following on from the greed-driven ruin of humanity's original home. We think...

  • 10m ago
  • Serious Bros
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Imagine Earth
  • Release Dates
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  News PSVR2 Rhythm Game Synth Riders Adds Choice 80s Hits with Upcoming DLC Pack

  Available 23rd April

  Synth Riders' impeccable slate of DLC just doesn't seem to have an end in sight, does it? Well, here we are once again, as the team at Kluge Interactive has cooked up something really special for this latest DLC: 80s Mixtape - Side A. Hot off the heels of the marvellous Electro Swing Essentials 2 pack, Synth Riders is tapping...

  • 40m ago
  • Kluge Interactive
  • PS5
  • PSVR2
  • Synth Riders
  • DLC
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  News You Can Now Unbrick Any Sony PSP

  Time Extension "Turn your worthless brick into your precious handheld device"

  The Sony PlayStation Portable was a fantastic handheld during its active lifespan, but it's arguably an even more exciting one today thanks to the fact that it's so easy to hack it with custom firmware, opening up homebrew and emulation possibilities. Indeed, many people still swear by...

  • 3h ago
  • PSP
  • Mods
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  2

  News Acclaimed RPG Shop Sim Potionomics Brews Up PS5 Masterwork Edition in 2024

  Tincture perfect

  Publisher Marvelous and developer Voracious Games have unveiled a console port of their well-received shopkeeping sim, Potionomics. Coming to PS5 this autumn as Potionomics: Masterwork Edition, this is a souped-up version of the game that adds various new features to the experience. Playing as Sylvia, a young witch who's...

  • 3h ago
  • Marvelous
  • PS5
  • Potionomics
  • Announcements
  • Trailers
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  18

  Rumour 2K Gearing Up for Mafia Announcement

  But don't go snitching

  A rumour is currently doing the rounds, suggesting that we could learn more about 2K's plans for the Mafia series' future (or perhaps past) in the days ahead. A new game was confirmed to be in development back in 2022, potentially a prequel, and we've heard virtually nothing since. But the source says the reveal could just as...

  • 6h ago
  • 2K
  • Mafia
  • Rumours
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  9

  News Take Back King City in Super-Powered Tactics Game Capes on PS5, PS4

  Save the day from 29th May

  Capes is a turn-based superhero tactics game set in a world where the villains have already won. We've had our eye on this one for a little while now, as it looks like it could be quite special. Here's hoping it won't be received as tragically as Firaxis' excellent

  • 7h ago
  • Daedelic Entertainment
  • PS5
  • Capes
  • Trailers
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  4

  News Braid: Aniversary Edition Briefly Delayed, But Will Boast 40 New Levels

  Fair trade

  Braid: Anniversary Edition has been hit with a brief delay, but the blow was softened by the news that the anticipated package will come packing some 40 additional levels. Developer Jonathon Blow revealed that the anticipated enhanced re-release will now arrive two weeks later than anticipated, on 15th May for PS5 and PS4. Officially...

  • 8h ago
  • Thekla
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Braid
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  10

  News Helldivers 2 Players Encountering Factory Striders in Unprecedented Numbers

  Automatons back AT-AT again

  Helldivers 2 players have recently managed to blunt the advance of the oncoming Automaton invasion fleet, with the conflict again devolving into a grinding stalemate. However, it seems the machines never rest on their laurels, as reports of the lumbering Factory Striders being deployed in unprecedented numbers begin to...

  • 9h ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Helldivers
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  News Fallout Series Timeline Adds Up, Says Todd Howard

  "Everything that happened in the previous games, including New Vegas, happened"

  The release of Amazon's adaptation of Fallout has sparked a resurgence in the series and increased focus on the alt-history that binds it all together. Some fans recently raised concerns that events in the TV show seemingly retconned the events of the black sheep of the...

  • 10h ago
  • Amazon
  • Bethesda
  • TV
  • Fallout

YesterdayWed, 17th Apr 2024

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  64

  News Final Fantasy 16 Patch 1.31 Out Now on PS5, Brings Big Damage Buffs for Clive, Better Side Quests, and Much More

  Patch notes are huge

  Update: Final Fantasy 16 update 1.31 is available to download now on PS5, ahead of The Rising Tide's release on the 18th April. It weighs in at 2.8GB, and you can read the full patch notes below, in the original article. Original Story: Square Enix has published the patch notes for Final Fantasy 16's next update, which is set...

  • 21h ago
  • Square Enix
  • PS5
  • Final Fantasy
  • Patches
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  28

  Video Is Fallout 76 Worth Playing in 2024?

  (Vault) dwelling in the past

  If, like us, you’ve been watching the new Fallout show on Amazon Prime, then you’ve likely turned to PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium to download or stream one of Bethesda’s iconic RPGs. For us, we skirted the mu

  • 1d ago
  • Bethesda
  • PS4
  • Fallout
  • Videos
  • Features
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  49

  News Sony Reveals PlayStation Overlay for PC Ports, Supports Trophies, Friends List

  Ghost of Tsushima the first to use it

  Sony has today confirmed a new PlayStation overlay that will ship on its PC ports, with next month's Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut being the first to use it. You'll be able to access it from Windows PCs from either the in-game menu or by pressing "Shift + F1", which will pull up a new screen housing your PSN...

  • 23h ago
  • Sony
  • PC
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  54

  News Ubisoft Responds to Star Wars Outlaws Exclusive Jabba the Hutt Boondoggle

  This deal is getting worse all the time

  Since unveiling the eye-watering $130 Ultimate Edition of Star Wars Outlaws last week, Ubisoft has been under fire from fans furious a full-priced single-player game would even warrant a Season Pass in the first place. Worse, acquiring the Season Pass is the only way to "play the exclusive Jabba's Gambit...

  • 1d ago
  • Ubisoft
  • PS5
  • Star Wars
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  42

  News GTA Publisher Laying Off 5% of Workforce and Cancelling 'Several' Games

  Around 600 people will lose their jobs

  Grand Theft Auto owner Take-Two has announced it's laying off around five per cent of its more than 11,500-employee-strong workforce in an effort to save $165 million annually. Around 600 full-time workers will be affected by the layoffs, and some unannounced games within the publisher are to be cancelled as a...

  • 1d ago
  • Take-Two
  • Industry
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  News Wizards of the Coast Already Courting Multiple Studios to Develop Next Baldur's Gate

  The heart needs time to heal

  Baldur's Gate fans, new and old, will remember where they were when they first heard that dark horse Larian Studios would not be developing the next game. How could any dev walk away from an achievement like Baldur's Gate 3, a masterpiece which teased a vanishingly rare "10" out of this stingy scribe, one of only t

  • 1d ago
  • Wizards of the Coast
  • Baldur's Gate
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  News It Takes Two Devs Will Show Us What's Next This Year, and It's 'Real Good'

  We believe them

  Hazelight Studios, Josef Fares' development team responsible for It Takes Two and A Way Out, is teasing its next project. As the studio turns 10 years old, it's promising a look back at its history, but promises we'll be seeing what comes next sometime later this year. The team shared the tease in a post on social media: It tells...

  • 20h ago
  • Hazelight Studios
  • PS5
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  12

  News UK Studio Kwalee Announces Layoffs to Make Room for New Hires

  Saying the quiet part out loud

  UK studio and publisher Kwalee has revealed recent staff cuts were made to "reshape" the company's business around "significant growth opportunities." The company has layed off approximately 10% of its workforce, around 40 people, in recent months. Despite that, Kwalee stressed it expects to grow its headcount...

  • 1d ago
  • Kwalee
  • Industry
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  21

  News Star Wars Outlaws Will Feature Galaxy's Most Infamous Card Game

  "You have an awful Sabacc face"

  Star Wars Outlaws has been in the headlines recently for some less-than-ideal reasons. Still, one thing we are genuinely looking forward to is the inclusion of Sabacc, the blackjack/poker hybrid popular among rogues like Han Solo and Lando Calrissian. Strangely, despite the rules being first revealed in 1989, its...

  • 1d ago
  • Ubisoft
  • PS5
  • Star Wars
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  20

  News A New Rayman Game Is Coming This Year, But Not in the Way Everyone Wants

  Board game launching in Q3

  Ubisoft needs to sort us all out with a new Rayman video game, because the last two main entries have been absolute bangers. Instead of following up on the excellent Rayman Legends, though, everyone's favourite armless hero is getting his very own board game, imaginatively named Rayman: the Board Game. Players will be...

  • 19h ago
  • Ubisoft
  • Rayman
  • Board Games
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  News Newest Zombie Army VR Trailer Is All About the PSVR2 Campaign

  Play alone or with a friend

  Rebellion has today published a fresh PSVR2 trailer for Zombie Army VR, a spin-off from the main Zombie Army series that marks its first foray into virtual reality. It delivers a fully-fledged campaign that can be played alone or with a friend, and charts a path alongside the main games telling the story of a Deadhunter...

  • 22h ago
  • Rebellion
  • PS5
  • PSVR2
  • Zombie Army
  • Trailers
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  11

  News Atari Hires WayForward to Make Yars Rising, Out for PS5, PS4 This Year

  Continues the Yars' Revenge storyline

  Atari has announced it's collaborating with Shantae and River City Girls developer WayForward to develop a new entry in the Yars' Revenge series, named Yars Rising. Slated to launch at the end of this year, the title was announced during today's Nintendo Indie World showcase, but will release also for PS5 and...

  • 21h ago
  • Atari
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Yars Rising
  • Announcements
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  News Charming Action RPG Cat Quest 3 Sails to PS5, PS4 In August

  The quest continues

  Formerly known as Cat Quest: Pirates of the Purribean, but now renamed Cat Quest 3, the third game in developer The Gentlebros' charming series is sailing to PS5 and PS4 on the 8th August. The title also has a new trailer that's stuffed with fresh gameplay footage — and if, like us, you're a fan of the first two games, then...

  • 20h ago
  • Kepler Interactive
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Cat Quest
  • Release Dates
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  News Strategy Sequel SteamWorld Heist 2 Sets Sail on PS5, PS4 This August

  Heist five

  SteamWorld Heist, the beloved turn-based tactical shooter, is getting a sequel. Launching on PS5, PS4, and basically everything else on 8th August 2024, SteamWorld Heist 2 is a direct follow-up to the original, swapping out spaceships for a sea-faring adventure but retaining the ricochet-based strategy fans know and love. You play as...

  • 18h ago
  • Thunderful
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • SteamWorld Heist 2
  • Announcements
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  7

  News Wasteland DJ Three Dog Actor Wants in on Amazon's Fallout Adaptation

  "Because one dog ain't enough, and two is too low, it's me, Three Dog!"

  The actor behind the incredibly memorable Fallout 3 radio host, Three Dog, is interested in appearing in Amazon's excellent TV adaptation. Erik Todd Dellums, who lent his voice to the character in Bethesda's 2008 game, says he's got "something darker than Three Dog, but just as...

  • 1d ago
  • Amazon
  • Bethesda
  • TV
  • Fallout
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  News Fate/Samurai Remnant's Second DLC Fully Revealed, a New Story with a Master Swordsman

  Looking sharp

  Koei Tecmo has fully revealed the second DLC for action RPG Fate/Samurai Remnant, ahead of its release on the 18th April (that's tomorrow at the time of writing). The 'Yagyu Sword Chronicles' features a new storyline that involves a newly introduced warrior spirit, the master swordsman Munenori Yagyu. Protagonist Iori and his faithful...

  • 18h ago
  • Koei Tecmo
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Fate
  • Trailers
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  News Adorable PSVR2 Game Toy Trains Will Double in Size with Huge Infinite Loop Update

  Arrives this week

  We rather liked Toy Trains when we reviewed it earlier in the year — a cute, if slight, experience all about putting together little tracks to deliver materials around each level. It won't be quite so small soon, though, as a massive free update is set to seriously scale things up. Called the Infinite Loop update, developer...

  • 19h ago
  • Something Random
  • PS5
  • PSVR2
  • Toy Trains
  • Updates

Tuesday16th Apr 2024

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  News Huge PS Plus Clearout Confirmed for May, 25 Games Leaving

  Including some Final Fantasy classics

  Sony has today updated the Last Chance to Play section of its PS Plus service, revealing far and away the biggest batch of PS5 and PS4 titles leaving at once. On 21st May 2024, a whopping 25 games will be taken off PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium, including some quality Fina

  • 2d ago
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • PS Plus
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  News 14 More Games Land on PS Plus Extra, Premium Today

  Another two in the coming weeks

  Today is the day for April 2024's PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium game refreshes to come into effect, with 14 PS5, PS4 and Classic titles landing across the two tiers. The games are available now in the UK and Europe, and availability in the USA will be rolled out later on in the day. Day one title Dave the Diver...

  • 2d ago
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • PS Plus
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  32

  News Sony Takes Down PS5 Pro YouTube Leak, Suggesting It's All Legit

  More fuel for the fire

  As if there was much doubting it at this point, the copyright claim of a YouTube video, which has resulted in its removal, points towards all of the PS5 Pro leaks being accurate. The video in question was posted by the channel Moore's Law Is Dead, and it had a hand in kickstarting the leaks that have since surrounded Sony's...

  • 2d ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • PS5 Pro
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  Review Dave the Diver (PS5) - PS Plus Gains an Inventive, Satisfying Adventure Overflowing with Ideas

  He sells sushi by the sea shore

  If Dave the Diver proves anything, it's that one shouldn't make judgements based on appearances. Not only does the loveable lead character exceed the expectations of his cohorts at every turn, but the game itself goes well beyond what it looks like. At a glance, this is a charming adventure about exploring the sea,...

  • 2d ago
  • Reviews
  • Mintrocket
  • PS5
  • Dave the Diver
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  News The 2006 "PlayStation Experience" Trailer Can Be Yours For $70,000

  Time Extension Has been "out of service for several years"

  Someone is selling the PlayStation Experience trailer used by Sony back in 2006 to promote its PSP handheld and PS2 home console (thanks, IGN). The trailer was spotted on Facebook Marketplace by Reddit user ArguingMaster, and is festooned with related branding, including posters for ATV Offroad Fury 4,

  • 2d ago
  • PlayStation
  • Sony
  • PSP
  • PS2
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  News Fresh PS5 Pro Report Reiterates Sony Demands for Upgraded Games

  An "ultra-boost mode" is detailed

  Building on an article published overnight, The Verge has another post that largely reiterates past reporting from Insider Gaming covering what Sony has planned for its PS5 Pro and the upgrades it will bring to current games. Reported first at the star

  • 2d ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Rumours
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  Random YouTuber Calculates Approximate Fallout TV Protagonist's Season 1 XP Gain

  It's a testament to the show it can be gamified so

  Amazon's genuinely great adaptation of Fallout really seems to have struck a chord, with fans flocking back in unprecedented numbers to various games in the series and theories and speculation already running rampant. It should also come as no surprise that at least one fan of the mechanically-heavy...

  • 2d ago
  • Amazon
  • Bethesda
  • TV
  • Fallout
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  Mini Review Planet of Lana (PS5) - A Gorgeous, Serene Platform Puzzler

  Lana-ly planet

  If you're looking for a quick and gorgeous game, one you can polish off in a couple of relaxed afternoons, Planet of Lana fits the bill. Previously an Xbox console exclusive, it's come to PlayStation now, and will speak to anyone who enjoyed the likes of Limbo or Inside. It's in the same vein, with a small and powerless protagonist...

  • 2d ago
  • Reviews
  • Thunderful
  • PS5
  • Planet of Lana
  • Mini Reviews
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  54

  News Stellar Blade Is a Better Game Than NieR: Automata, Yoko Taro Reckons

  Praise from both game directors

  Stellar Blade developer Shift Up quite clearly took a lot of inspiration from PS4 great NieR: Automata during the making of its soon-to-be-released PS5 exclusive, but in the case of Automata director Yoko Taro, he thinks that the student has already become the master. In an interview with IGN Japan (via Eurogamer),...

  • 2d ago
  • Sony
  • Square Enix
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Stellar Blade
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  41

  News PS5, PS4 Ports of Xbox Survival Game Grounded Out Now

  Alongside the final Fully Yoked update

  Microsoft has today released the third of four Xbox games currently announced for PS5, PS4 boxes: the online survival title Grounded. You can grab a digital copy now from the PS Store for £32.99 / $39.99, granting you access to the final Fully Yoked Edition, which Obsidian Entertainment says is the last...

  • 2d ago
  • Xbox Game Studios
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Grounded
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  News Transmog System 'Doesn't Make Sense' in Helldivers 2, Says CEO

  "Like having an apple that tastes like bacon or the other way around"

  We doubt we were alone in wondering whether some kind of transmogrification system could reach fashion-conscious Helldivers 2 players grasping hands, but sadly, that won't be the case. Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt put this particular pipe dream to bed, definitively stating, "We...

  • 2d ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Helldivers
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  News Prepare Yourself for Incoming Metaphor: ReFantazio Livestreams

  ATLUS to provide an extensive update

  ATLUS has revealed plans for what it is calling the "ATLUS Exclusive: Metaphor: ReFantazio" broadcast, with the publisher/developer promising approximately 30 minutes of never-before-seen gameplay. How's that for something to look forward to? Spotted by Gematsu, the broadcast will be available on YouTube on 22nd...

  • 2d ago
  • Atlus
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Metaphor
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  News S.T.A.L.K.E.R. PS4 Trilogy Fixes Save, Crash, and Bug Issues for All Games

  Three title updates available now

  GSC Game World has published PS4 patches for the three games that make up the S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Legends of the Zone Trilogy. Following its surprise release last month, the developer has now updated the three titles with fixes that should address a variety of save, crashing, and bug-related flaws. The patch notes are...

  • 2d ago
  • GSC Game World
  • PS4
  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
  • Patches
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  News Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Film Casts Shadow, Voiced by Keanu Reeves

  Dark side of the same coin

  Two years after debuting in Sonic the Hedgehog 2, it seems a Hollywood leading man of sufficient talent has finally been found to portray the edgy Shadow the Hedgehog. Keanu Reeves, who needs no introduction but will get one anyway, is the star of film franchises like The Matrix and John Wick, and, of course, Cyberpunk...

  • 2d ago
  • SEGA
  • Paramount
  • Sonic the Hedgehog
  • Movies
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  News UK Sales Charts: Helldivers 2 Returns to Top 10 in Quiet Week for New PS5, PS4 Releases

  Cooling off

  Boy, those first few months of 2024 were crazy, right? The torrent of big, flashy new games is finally relenting, though, and the UK's physical games chart is beginning to settle into a groove. EA Sports FC 24 is number one, once again, and Hogwarts Legacy is equally consistent at number two. The remainder of the bestsellers has been...

  • 2d ago
  • UK
  • Sales
  • Charts
  • PS5
  • PS4
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  News Fans Resurrect LawBreakers Servers, Cliffy B Nods Approvingly

  Don't call it a comeback

  After LawBreakers developer Boss Key Productions shut down following the game's poor performance, it was thought that would be the end of the gravity-defying FPS. So traumatic was the entire ordeal that Cliff Blezinski, studio founder of Gears of War fame, swore off making video games for good. Now, years later, fans have...

  • 2d ago
  • Boss Key Productions
  • PS4
  • LawBreakers