Tag Archives: PS5

The final PS+ update of the year has arrived. For December, Sony is delivering a final batch of three games to PS+ Essential subscribers, including one PS5 title and two cross-gen titles. Starting on December 5th until January 1st, PlayStation Plus subscribers will be able to claim three titles – …

One of the biggest surprises to come out of the announcement of The Last of Us Part II Remastered was the reveal of its No Return rogue-like mode. While little is known about this new addition, the LinkedIn profile of an ex-Naughty Dog dev seems to suggest that it will be a rather meaty affair...

Last week, Sony announced the full list of titles set to be added to PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium. As always, Sony giveth and Sony taketh away – with nearly a dozen titles set to be removed from the service next month. With November’s PlayStation Plus additions now officially live …

It has been a long road but Cyberpunk 2077 is finally complete. The introduction of Patch 2.0, as well as the Phantom Liberty expansion, has marked the end of development. Just like The Witcher 3, there will be one final Cyberpunk 2077 release, packaging together all the content available. CD …

After the release of The Last of Us Part 1, the second remaster for Naughty Dog's 2013 masterpiece, rumours began swirling that we would see a remaster for The Last of Us Part 2 as well. As it turns out, those rumours were true, with Sony officially announcing the game …

Each month, Sony updates its library of titles available to play through the platform’s PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscription tiers. While not the most exciting month, November’s line-up includes the day-one addition of the physics-based sandbox ‘Teardown’. Making the announcement on the PlayStation Blog, Adam Michel, the Director of …

Insomniac Games have been on a roll, with the PlayStation studio releasing 4 titles for the PS5 generation so far. Despite Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 only having launched last month, it seems as though the studio’s next game – Marvel’s Wolverine – is planned to release in 2024; at least according …

We've heard a lot about Sony's plans to make a big push into live-service games, seeking larger, recurring revenues than their single-player hits can provide. Originally, Sony had planned to ship around 12 live-service games by 2026 but that number has now been cut in half. During Sony's latest earnings …

The PlayStation 5 has recently been updated with a new design, commonly called the “Slim” version. This new version is smaller and lighter, and is gradually replacing the original version. The external differences between the new and older models are pretty obvious. However, it's unclear what has changed on the …

Naughty Dog have been working on a standalone multiplayer project set in the world of The Last of Us for quite a few years now. That said, with minimal updates since the game’s announcement, reports were released claiming that the title has been put on ice. The game’s director has …

Back in September, we reviewed the 4TB Lexar NM790 NVMe SSD. At the time, we were impressed by its speeds but pointed out that it really needed a heatsink to manage thermals for high-load situations. Now, Lexar is unveiling the NM790 SSD with heatsink, marketed towards gamers, both on PC …

We previously reported that Gran Turismo 7 was set to get a ‘Big’ update at some point this week. Now, Polyphony Digital has officially announced ‘GT7 Spec II’ – bringing 4-player split-screen, over half a dozen cars and much more. Making the announcement on their blog, the team at Polyphony …

Since its release last year, the team at Polyphony Digital have been diligently updating Gran Turismo 7 with a whole host of new features, cars and modes. Studio head and GT7 director Kazunori Yamauchi has now teased that a “big update” is set to drop some time this week. Teasing …

Insomniac's Spider-Man games contain plenty of easter eggs for the wider Marvel universe. Soon, Insomniac will expand its Marvel repertoire with a standalone game based on Wolverine. In a recent interview, Insomniac confirmed that while Wolverine doesn't get a nod in Spider-Man 2, Insomniac's version of the character will be …

Last Friday was a big one for PlayStation fans, as Insomniac released the sequel to its highly praised Spider-Man game. Spider-Man 2 has now been available for a few days and it has swiftly become the fastest-selling game in PS Studios' history...

Roblox is currently one of the most popular games of all time, with the free-to-play title seeing a total of 65 million daily active users and more than 5 Billion registered accounts. Despite this, Roblox hadn’t found its way on PlayStation platforms until last week. That said, during this short …

We're a few days away from the launch of Insomniac's next big PlayStation exclusive, Marvel's Spider-Man 2. The sequel to the 2018 game is set for a big launch, as the game has garnered rave reviews from critics.  Reviews went live for Spider-Man 2 today. Based on over 100 reviews …

The Dragon Ball series is undeniably one of the biggest franchises in anime, with its popularity translating to sales success on the video game front. One of the series’ most popular games in recent years has been Xenoverse 2. Despite being almost 7 years old at this point, the 3D …

Sony unveiled its first proper PS5 revision this week, with a new, slimmer model that shrinks the overall volume of the console by around 30 percent. The new version also moves to a modular disc-drive design, allowing Digital Edition buyers to save money on their initial purchase and pick up …

Sony is on a bit of an announcement spree this week. After unveiling the PS5 Slim last night, today the company is officially announcing the launch of PS5 Game Streaming, finally allowing customers to stream PS5 titles without having to download them.  While on Xbox, Cloud Game Streaming is limited …

While previous rumours had indicated that a redesigned PS5 would be announced this year with a slimmer chassis, the lack of announcement over the summer led us to believe that perhaps this new console would slip into 2024. That is not the case, as Sony has, seemingly randomly, unveiled the new PS5 today...

The Hotline Miami series resonated with a great deal of fans when it released over a decade ago, merging fast-paced top-down shooting with puzzle-like mechanics and layouts alongside a hardcore 1-hit-kill/death system to make for a highly replayable and addictive “1 more try” type of experience. With it having been …

With The Last of Us: Factions going through delays and Naughty Dog's rumoured new IP still nowhere to be found, many have been wondering what the studio is up to. As it turns out, the studio may be releasing a game soon… a remaster of The Last of Us Part …

When Red Dead Redemption Remastered dropped for PlayStation and Switch consoles, Rockstar caught some flack for the lack of 60FPS mode, particularly when the game runs on PS5. With the latest update, this may have been fixed. As spotted by Push Square, Patch 1.03 for Red Dead Redemption Remastered has …

As we inch closer and closer to the 20th of October release of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, the team at Insomniac Games have been going deeper into the many changes and improvements coming with the much-anticipated sequel. One of the core focuses by the studio has been with the game’s accessibility …

Despite being known for its story, 2013’s The Last of Us featured a rather fun multiplayer mode known as Factions. Ahead of 2020’s The Last of Us Part II, Naughty Dog confirmed that the sequel would not include a Factions mode – with the team instead working on a standalone multiplayer project. Since then, the title has seemingly struggled to find an identity – with it reportedly now being put on ice.

Seagate is launching its first officially licensed Game Drive for PS5 consoles. The new M.2 SSD is designed to slot straight into the free slot in the PS5, allowing owners to expand storage and install more new-gen games. Backwards compatible titles can run on PS5 (and Xbox Series X/S) through …

EK announced a one-of-a-kind cooling product for the PS5: a full-cover monoblock. The EK-QuantumX CoolingStation Monoblock for PS5 cools all of the key components of the PS5 while giving a unique look to your "console" with D-RGB lighting and a plexi cutout. It is attached using normal ATX motherboard stand-offs, making mATX enclosures ideal for a water-cooled PS5.

Back in August, we reported on the many different accessibility features which are set to be implemented into the upcoming Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, including the ability to slow down the entire game at will (both for accessibility and to allow for cool photo mode opportunities). Now, the team at Insomniac …

Alan Wake II is one of the most anticipated games of the year, with Remedy Entertainment’s upcoming survival horror title recently seeing previews go live from a bunch of different outlets. Said previews have all been pretty positive, and so to add to the good news, Remedy Entertainment confirmed that …