Tag Archives: PS5

The ‘Tales Of' series has been going for decades. While Bandai Namco shipped the best game in the franchise recently with Tales of Arise and its expansion, there are still fans clamouring to revisit some of the older titles. We've already had a couple of big remasters, focusing on fan-favourites …

Riot Games has been working away on Valorant for a couple of years now, securing a top spot as one of the most-played competitive shooters. Soon, millions of console players will be able to access the game for the first time, as the Xbox Series X/S and PS5 version of …

Techland has been hard at work delivering new content updates for Dying Light 2, carrying on its tradition of lengthy post-game support. Soon, there will be a massive new multiplayer event added to the game – a raid. If you want to check out this new mode, then there will …

Sony kicked off the Concord beta earlier this month but things have not quite gone to plan. Despite being a freely available download on Steam, PC players just don't seem all that enthralled with the game, amassing just a couple of thousand players. Concord is due to be Sony's next …

Pacific Drive is a unique run-based, first-person driving survival game in which “your car is your only companion as you navigate a surreal and anomaly-filled reimagining of the Pacific Northwest”. Released back in February of this year, the indie game has already proved to be a hit, selling over 600,000 …

Splitgate reached V1.0 in 2022 after an extensive period of early access development, followed by a year-long open beta. Now, the developers at 1047 Games have announced plans for a sequel.  While Splitgate did garner a lot of praise at one stage, its popularity began to fizzle out pretty quickly …

Though in many ways it feels like just yesterday, Sucker Punch Productions’ Ghost of Tsushima is now officially 4 years old. In this time, the brand new IP has gone from strength-to-strength, breaking PlayStation records and becoming a franchise into itself – despite just having one game so far. 4 …

Sony has been steadily growing its PlayStation Plus Extra/Premium service ever since its revamp a couple years ago. As with most subscription game services however, titles only stick around for a limited time. The console manufacturer has now announced which half-a-dozen-or-so games will be leaving next month.

With Xbox announcing plans to bring a select few first-party games to rival console platforms earlier this year, there have been rumours around bigger franchises like Halo and Gears of War also making the jump to multi-platform. The Coalition is currently deep into development on Gears of War: E-Day for …

The First Descendant may have launched to mixed reviews, but the game has still managed to find a sizeable player base. According to the developers, the game has already surpassed 10 million players, just one week on from launch.  The First Descendant, published by Nexon, has surpassed 10 million players …

Despite PlayStation claiming a quitter year for first-party releases, the announcement of a full fledged Astro Bot game for the PS5 during the company’s last State of Play took many by surprise in the best way. While the upcoming 3D platformer is keeping things more traditional with a set of …

Phasmophobia hit it big back in 2020 when the game was released in Early Access, launching to near immediate success. In the years since, the team at Kinetic Games have continued to work diligently on the game, improving it across the board. Unfortunately, the game’s long-anticipated console release has been …

Concord is the latest major gamble from Sony Interactive Entertainment, with the upcoming live-service Hero Shooter having a lot to prove in a market which isn’t exactly begging for more games in the genre. Perhaps as a way to entice more players to try out the upcoming game, Sony has …

Sony has now announced the next batch of games for PS Plus subscribers. If you are on one of the higher Extra or Premium tiers, you can expect a new batch of titles available to download, including the likes of Remnant 2 and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion. Following …

Over the last four years, 2K Games has separated the NBA 2K games, with an ‘old gen' version for Xbox One, PS4 and PC, and a ‘next gen' version, released only for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. PC gamers have been complaining about this disparity since the debut of NBA …

Earlier this year, Sony unveiled its next big live-service game, Concord. With two betas coming up for both console and PC, the team at Firewalk has shared the minimum and recommended hardware requirements to play the game at 1080p/60FPS, 1440p/60FPS or 4K/60FPS.  The minimum PC requirements aren't particularly high but …

Cities Skylines 2 launched on PC last year but was quickly panned by players for performance issues. Since then, Paradox has been focused on fixing up the PC version of the game, delaying the planned console release. Unfortunately, it looks like the console version of the game is also facing …

Since the initial release of Gran Turismo 7 back in 2022, the team at Polyphony Digital have continuously updated the game with new vehicles, modes, tracks, and a whole bunch more. Arriving later this month, GT7’s July update is set to introduce half a dozen new cars, improved physics, AI …

Earlier this week, a viral tweet pointed out that Sony's latest rewards program, PlayStation Stars, has been offline for over a month, longer than the massive PSN outage of 2011. This had all gone by without any updates from Sony. The company has been quick to take notice and is …

Capcom has consistently released demos for its games ahead of time, be it for the new Monster Hunter, Resident Evil, or otherwise. Ahead of the game’s official launch on the 19th of July, Capcom have now released a demo for their upcoming new IP Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess. Making …

Dead Rising, the 2006 cult classic zombie shooter, is getting a new lease of life with a next-gen remaster coming this September. Capcom announced the news today, promising a faithful but improved version of the game that started the franchise. The Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster will feature enhanced graphics, including …

Ever since I got a hold of my PS5 on launch day back in late 2020 I have been enamoured with the DualSense controller. The addition of brand new precise haptics alongside Adaptive Triggers (in combination with all the prior innovations seen with older PlayStation controllers), makes for an in-hand feeling which can only be had on PlayStation…sort of. Those wanting to truly unlock the potential of the DualSense – even far beyond the capabilities of the PS5 itself – can do so on PC thanks to the Steam application DSX...

Stellar Blade released earlier this year to a wave of success. The PS5 exclusive currently has a user score of 9.2/10 on Metacritic and was confirmed to have been a hit, with a PC port and even a sequel currently being considered. We now have more concrete figures on its …

More than 10 years on from its initial release, Final Fantasy XIV is doing better than ever, with a bunch of recent updates ensuring the MMO continues strong for many years to come. Following the release of the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S versions of the game, a new update …

In recent generations Sony has fallen behind Microsoft when it comes to backwards compatibility. This has slowly been changing with the console manufacturer recently launching revamped PS2/PSP emulators for the PS5. Though it seemed like it would never happen, according to one insider Sony is working on a PS3 emulator...

Pocketpair's global community manager, Bucky, has recently dropped hints about the launch of Palworld on the PlayStation 5. The anticipation for Palworld's arrival on Sony's platform has been building, especially since Pocketpair had previously suggested bringing the game to other platforms, with subtle nods to a potential PS5 version. Bucky …

Despite being by far the best selling game of all time, Mojang had shown a surprising lack of interest in bringing current-gen versions of Minecraft to the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Finally, after years of waiting, the current-gen Xboxes got a 4k patch late last year. Now, a …

Despite Black Myth Wukong being announced for Xbox Series X/S, PS5 and PC since its initial reveal, this month, we learned that the game would not actually be available on Xbox at launch. This immediately kicked off rumours that the developers were struggling to get the game running on Xbox …

Bluepoint Games came out of the gate swinging this generation with the release of the excellent Demon’s Souls Remake at the launch of the PS5. Since then, the team have been quiet, with little known aside from the fact that they are working on an ‘original title’. While it has …

Sony has been steadily growing its PlayStation Plus Extra/Premium service ever since its revamp a couple years ago. As with most subscription game services however, titles only stick around for a limited time. Sony has now announced which games will be leaving next month. In going to the PlayStation Plus …