It's official, Ghost of Tsushima is finally coming to PC, just as leaks earlier this week had claimed. Today, Sony has officially announced Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut for PC, complete with a new trailer. The port has been in development for over a year at Nixxes, a PC port …
Read More »Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s Performance Mode to get another patch
Final Fantasy VII rebirth launched late last month to rave reviews, with the 2nd part of the remake trilogy becoming one of the highest rated entries in the entire series. Despite this, the game has been criticised somewhat for its performance mode’s visuals. Fortunately, according to the game’s director another …
Read More »Horizon Forbidden West PC system requirements announced
Horizon Forbidden West is the next PlayStation game to make the transition to PC. The sequel to Horizon: Zero Dawn, offers up an even larger open world, a range of visual and gameplay upgrades, as well as a new campaign for players to dig through. On PC, we'll be getting …
Read More »Horizon multiplayer game still in the works following PlayStation layoffs
Sony announced earlier this week that it would be laying off hundreds of staff members across the PlayStation business, including some team members at esteemed studios like Insomniac Games, Naughty Dog and Guerrilla Games. With Guerrilla being hit, many were wondering if the long in-development Horizon multiplayer game had been …
Read More »Media Molecule was almost shut down by Sony
Just as has been the case with pretty much every game publisher, Sony recently announced a massive number of layoffs – including the closure of PlayStation’s London Studio. Though safe for now, it seems as though Media Molecule was very close to also getting the chop. As revealed by the …
Read More »Atlus gives a deeper look at Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance with extended trailer
Last week, Atlus and Sega officially announced that Shin Megami Tensei V would no longer be exclusive to Nintendo Switch. A new, revamped and expanded version of the game, Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance is now on the way and will be launching across Switch, PC, PlayStation and Xbox consoles. …
Read More »Demand for the PlayStation Portal “has continued to exceed our expectations”
Sony’s PlayStation Portal handheld is an interesting device which uses the company’s Remote Play service in order to stream titles from your home console to the portable peripheral. Despite requiring a constant internet connection, it seems as though there is a great deal of interest for some sort of handheld …
Read More »Long-rumoured Twisted Metal game reportedly cancelled
As part of a multi-media franchise revival, Sony had been pushing to see the return of the classic PlayStation destruction derby series Twisted Metal. Last year’s Peacock-distributed live-action adaptation was well-received, with a 2nd season confirmed to be on its way. Unfortunately, it seems as though the long-in-development Twisted Metal …
Read More »PlayStation is the latest company to announce mass lay-offs
Over the past year, there have been plenty of layoffs at studios across the games industry. Unfortunately, this trend has continued into 2024. Following on from Microsoft's announced layoffs earlier this year, Sony is now cutting down its workforce at Sony Interactive Entertainment. In an announcement today, penned by current …
Read More »Helldivers 2 increases CCU capacity to 800,000
Helldivers II has been suffering from success, with the game’s overwhelming and unexpected popularity leading to extended waiting times for eager fans of the game. Fortunately, the team have now managed to increase the game’s server capacity – allowing for up to 800,000 concurrent players. Over the course of the …
Read More »PlayStation CEO gives parting words: “Never forget that we’re an entertainment business”
Last year, the President and CEO of PlayStation Jim Ryan announced that he would be retiring from the company come this March. With his 30-year tenure at Sony set to end soon, the executive has revealed the most challenging moments of his career. In an interview with Variety, the soon-to-be …
Read More »PlayStation head wants Bungie to take ‘accountability’ for development timelines and expenses
Last year, Bungie announced a very late delay for Destiny 2's upcoming expansion, The Final Shape, a decision that also brought about some high-profile lay-offs at the company due to players dropping off of the game due to the poor reception to the Lightfall expansion. As it turns out, Sony …
Read More »Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance is coming to PC alongside consoles
It has been a couple of years since Atlus brought Shin Megami Tensei V to the Nintendo Switch. The mainline series that preceded the Persona games is back in the news again this week, with Atlus announcing plans to bring the game to even more platforms, complete with a big …
Read More »Sea of Thieves comes to PS5 this April
Sea of Thieves has proven to be one of Xbox’s most successful console exclusives. Launching all the way back in 2018, the game has gone from strength to strength, selling millions of copies on Steam alone and promising a decade’s worth of support from the team at Rare. Following reports …
Read More »Spider-Man 2’s NG+ update brings new suits, styles and more
Late last year, following the release of Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Insomniac Games announced that the title would be getting a rather significant update in 2024 – bringing with it a NewGame+ mode, additional accessibility options and more. Set to arrive on the 7th of March, we now have a complete …
Read More »PlayStation Portal has been hacked; can now run PSP emulator
Sony’s PlayStation Portal handheld is an interesting device which uses the company’s Remote Play service in order to stream titles from your home console to the portable peripheral. Despite being a streaming-only device, its Android-based software has now allowed for game emulators to be unofficially installed to the device – …
Read More »Xbox is going to bring exclusives to PlayStation and Switch, starting with four titles
Just as promised, today Microsoft uploaded the official Xbox podcast, with Phil Spencer, Sarah Bond and Matt Booty all sitting down to discuss 'updates on the Xbox business'. Ignoring how odd it is to see something like this from a console maker like Xbox, we do get some much needed clarifications on recent rumours. Kicking off with the games exclusivity discussion, Spencer confirms that four first-party Xbox games will be going to PlayStation and Nintendo.
Read More »Sony plans to be more ‘aggressive’ with multiplatform game releases
During Sony's recent earnings report, the company confirmed that it has dropped its forecast for PS5 sales in 2024 and confirmed that no ‘major franchise' exclusives will be launching this year. To make up for this, Sony is turning its attention to PC, looking to be more aggressive with its …
Read More »Square Enix promises to fix FFVII Rebirth’s performance mode visuals
Square Enix recently released a demo for the highly anticipated Final Fantasy VII Rebirth to much excitement. Unfortunately, fans noticed that the game’s performance mode included greatly degraded image quality. Fortunately, Square Enix have announced a fix for the demo – as well as the final release. Taking to Twitter, …
Read More »Insomniac’s Spider-Man series has surpassed 50 million games sold
In 2018, Insomniac surprised us all with the release of Marvel's Spider-Man, which went on to be heralded as one of the best superhero games ever made. In late 2023, we finally got a sequel with Spider-Man 2, which has now surpassed 10 million copies sold. Following its release in …
Read More »Kojima offers a ton of new details on Death Stranding 2
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach was recently shown off properly for the first time at Sony’s most recent State of Play. As with all Kojima trailers, there were a whole lot of hidden details to unpack. Beyond this however, Kojima has now offered over a dozen new and exciting …
Read More »Valiant Hearts sequel to finally release on consoles
Valiant Hearts: The Great War released over a decade ago as one of Ubisoft's most praised games at the time, but a sequel titled Valiant Hearts: Coming Home only just released last year. Currently, this sequel is exclusive to Netflix's mobile gaming platform, but recent leaks suggest a console release …
Read More »Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth demo has arrived, progress carries over to full game
As predicted, last night during Sony's Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth stream, Square Enix officially announced plans for a demo. Better yet, if you have a PS5, you can download it right now. The Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth demo has arrived on PS5, ahead of the game's full release on the …
Read More »Phil Spencer speaks out on Xbox multiplatform rumours
Is Microsoft moving away from exclusive games and embracing multiplatform development? Phil Spencer responds to the latest rumours...
Read More »PS5 firmware update adds DualSense improvements and more
Since its launch back in 2020, the PlayStation 5 has received a significant number of updates, adding brand new features alongside miscellaneous quality-of-life improvements. This latest beta update is part of the latter – though does bring with it a whole host of welcome additions. Making the announcement via the …
Read More »Helldivers II to get free post-launch story updates
Helldivers II is the next major first-party release from PlayStation Studios, with the co-op focused 3rd person shooter set to arrive later this week. Ahead of launch, the team have released a story recap for the first game – alongside promises of free post-launch support, Making the announcement via the …
Read More »KitGuru Games: The Console Wars are ending… and PC wins
Microsoft going multiplatform could finally end the 'console war' for good and PC gamers stand the most to gain...
Read More »Naughty Dog on TLOU Part III: “There is one more chapter to the story”
Shortly following the launch of The Last of Us Part II Remastered, Naughty Dog released Grounded II: Making The Last of Us Part II. The two-hour long documentary holds many revelations within it, but one of the most interesting is the fact that Naughty Dog’s next game is not a …
Read More »Neil Druckmann addresses TLOU Part II leaker
Back in 2020, ahead of the much anticipated launch of Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us Part II, the entirety of the game’s major plot points were released online, marking one of the single biggest leaks for a game in the industry’s history. Though the team of course addressed these …
Read More »Final Fantasy VII Rebirth file size revealed
One of the biggest marketing points for the upcoming second part of the Final Fantasy VII Remake – FFVII Rebirth – is the fact that (as was the case with the PS1 original), Final Fantasy VII Rebirth will be released on two discs due to its sheer size. Now, with …
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