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Over the years we have seen many first-party Sony titles outperform one another, meaning while 2018’s God of War managed to sell 3.1 million copies in 3 days – making it the fastest-selling PlayStation game at the time, it was soon outdone by both Marvel’s Spider-Man and then The Last …

Today CD Projekt Red gave us our first look at the next-gen update for The Witcher 3 and shared many other details of the patch. For starters, the game is getting ray-traced global illumination and ray-traced ambient occlusion. It will also support upscaling techniques like DLSS and FSR 2.0.  On …

Media Molecule’s Dreams remains one of the most unique titles to be published by PlayStation, with the game-creation toolkit amassing a moderate-yet-dedicated audience. As part of its community efforts, Media Molecule hosts an annual Impy Awards where they celebrate some of the most creative Dreams – nominations for which have …

The relative accessibility of digital gaming has allowed for far more titles to be published to online storefronts for much less cost than would be required if wanting to do so in a physical capacity. This has had its advantages and disadvantages – with the latter being that storefronts are …

This month, CD Projekt Red finally gave us a date for The Witcher 3's long-awaited ‘next gen' update. The update not only includes enhanced graphics for PC and consoles, but also new in-game content. We've yet to see what the game looks like with this new update, but that will …

While initially CD Projekt Red had planned to release next-gen updates for The Witcher 3 in 2021, it was later pushed to 2022. The enhanced version of The Witcher 3 was being developed by Saber Interactive, but CD Projekt Red took over development earlier this year, planning for a Q4 …

God of War Ragnarok has just been released for PS4 and PS5, and to commemorate the occasion, Seagate has partnered with Sony to launch a special edition 2TB external hard drive.  Designed to match the Ragnarok-themed DualSense controller from Sony, the Seagate special edition God of War Ragnarök game drive …

Hideo Kojima and Kojima Productions took a big risk when they chose to develop Death Stranding: A delivery simulator with divisive gameplay and ‘frustrating’ mechanics. Despite this, the game managed to find its audience, and while it may have had a slow start, Death Stranding has now been announced to …

We're well into November at this point, making it prime time for Sony to unveil its next batch of games for PlayStation+ Premium subscribers. This month, the primary focus will be on Ratchet & Clank, as Sony gears up to celebrate the franchise's 20th anniversary.  To celebrate the 20th anniversary …

In every console generation, we eventually see smaller and slimmer redesigns. With the upcoming PS5 revision, we could see Sony move away from the disc and digital versions of the PS5 we've seen so far. Instead, Sony would offer a detachable disc drive for the console, which could help cut …

Since its initial announcement, we've known that Final Fantasy 16 is set to be a PS5 exclusive, at least for a certain period of time. The latest trailer of the game has revealed how long we'll be waiting before seeing the game on other platforms.  A note in the latest …

Fans have been eagerly anticipating Final Fantasy XVI ever since it was first unveiled all the way back in September 2020. Announced to be releasing some time in mid-2023, it seems as though the team at Square Enix are more than equipped to meet this date, with development on Final …

Prior to Microsoft acquiring Bethesda, Sony had actually set up a partnership with the company, which would see two Bethesda games turn into PS5 console exclusives. The first game, Deathloop, launched in 2021 and just recently came to Xbox. Now, it looks like Ghostwire Tokyo for Xbox is only a …

Sony Santa Monica had a GOTY hit on its hands with God of War (2018), now four years later, it looks like the team will repeat that success. The embargo has now lifted on God of War: Ragnarök reviews, painting a vastly positive outlook for the game, which launches next …

After years of substandard Call of Duty releases, the latest Modern Warfare II was expected to hit it big thanks to the success of 2019’s Modern Warfare. Early figures seem to back this up, with Modern Warfare II having the biggest launch ever for a COD on the PlayStation store. …

Sony sent out a lot of review codes for God of War: Ragnarok ahead of its launch in November. Unfortunately, some who got early access leaked huge spoilers for the campaign. Now, those spoilers are likely to get worse, as at least one retailer has broken the street date, selling …

While the PC gaming market shifted over to digital games years ago, many console owners still buy physical discs. However, we are now starting to see publishers pulling back on physical releases. This year for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, Activision chose to put almost no data on the …

The PS5 has been a fast seller ever since its launch. Even now, almost two years later, the console is still difficult to pick up at retail and requires some planning on the customer's part. With the console selling out as fast as they can be made, we've seen Sony …

As with nearly every month now, the line-up of free PlayStation Plus titles for November have leaked ahead of time, revealing that next month will include two free PlayStation 5 games, including Nioh 2. As reported by Dealabs (who also recently leaked the upcoming Prime Gaming line-up), November’s free PlayStation …

Fallout is commemorating its 25th anniversary, and as part of it, Bethesda has been holding events on Fallout 76 to celebrate the milestone. However, it seems it won't be the only game to get something out of this celebration. Fallout 4 will soon receive a free upgrade for PS5, Xbox …

Sony first announced plans to integrate Discord with PlayStation consoles all the way back in May 2021, and while Discord account linking has been added, other features like Voice Chat have yet to arrive. Xbox consoles received Discord voice chat access earlier this year, and now, it looks like PlayStation integration …

One of the core focuses by studios in recent years has been the desire to make their games more and more accessible, with each year seeing games offer more options for players of all kinds. God of War Ragnarök is set to arrive early next month, and ahead of its …

One of the best aspects to the most recent generation of consoles is the fact that they offer enough graphical headroom, allowing for multiple performance options to be added to games. Unsurprisingly, one of the best publishers in this regard is none other than Sony themselves, with God of War …

We've been hearing that Final Fantasy 16 is in good shape for quite some time now. Earlier this year, Square Enix confirmed that the game is on track to release in the summer of 2023. Now, Final Fantasy 16 producer, Naoki Yoshida, has added that the game is in the …

Microsoft and Sony have been locked in a back and forth regarding the Xbox manufacturer’s intentions to acquire publisher Activision Blizzard for almost $70 Billion. A secondary effect of this engagement is the fact that many ‘inside baseball’ details are being revealed. One new interesting tidbit claims that Insomniac Games’ …

Recently, we reported that the upcoming Gotham Knights would be launching with just one graphics mode on consoles; that being a 30fps experience. With most current-gen titles offering multiple performance options, its absence is notable. Fortunately, one upcoming game which WILL offer multiple modes is The Callisto Protocol. A rumour …

With Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered now available on PC and Spider-Man Miles Morales soon to be on its way to the platform, many fans have turned to the future of the franchise, wondering just how well development on Spider-Man 2 is going. Though we have yet to get a proper look …

While The Outer Worlds does have a 60FPS mode on Xbox Series X via Microsoft's own FPS Boost feature, Obsidian never released a dedicated ‘next-gen' version of the game for Xbox Series X/S and PS5. That is finally changing with the new ‘Spacer's Choice' Edition of the game. A couple …

Back in August, Sony announced the DualSense Edge – its own pro-grade controller to take on Microsoft's Xbox Elite Series gamepads. The controller and its features were shown at the time, but pricing and launch date were not announced. That changed today, and the DualSense Edge will be significantly more …

Ahead of almost any video game launch, reviewers and other select people are given early copies of a game in order to play and review them, with the caveat being that they are embargoed until a certain date and time. One of the most anticipated games of the year is …