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Thursday22nd Aug 2024
News People Are Already Freaking Out Over Monster Hunter Wilds' PS5 Frame Rate
Wild world
And so it begins. With Monster Hunter Wilds sporting a playable demo at Gamescom 2024, impressions of Capcom's heavy hitter are really starting to rack up online. The vast majority of players seem to be walking away from the demo very impressed — which isn't surprising, given just how promising the game looks — but of course, there's...
News PS5, PC Hero Shooter Concord Was in Development for 8 Years
A long flight
It’s a sign of the times: live service shooter Concord took an enormous eight years to develop. The tidbit was confirmed on X (or Twitter) by lead character designer Jon Weisnewski. He wrote: “Today Firewalk Studios launched Concord. The game has been in development for around eight years and I’ve been there for almost five of...
News The Stone of Madness Is a PS5 Tactical Stealth Game from the Makers of Blasphemous
Coming in 2025
Publisher Tripwire Presents and developer The Game Kitchen, known for its Blasphemous series, have announced The Stone of Madness. Coming to PS5 in early 2025, it's a real-time stealth strategy title set in 18th century Spain, about a group of asylum inmates attempting to escape. As you can see from the debut trailer, it has quite a...
News Phantom Blade Zero Dazzles with Chaotic Combat in PS5 Gameplay Video
Bright spark
Splashy action games are in at the moment, with the likes of Stellar Blade and Black Myth: Wukong proving to be big hits. The latest title to enter the no man's land between Dark Souls and character action fare like Devil May Cry is Phantom Blade Zero, from Chinese studio S-GAME. Coming to PS5, albeit with no firm release date yet, the...
News Surreal Turn-Based JRPG Bloomtown: A Different Story Begins in September
Stranger things have happened
Bloomtown: A Different Story is a turn-based social JRPG set in a surreal world with a dark twist, from the makers of the excellent Graveyard Keeper. Think Stranger Things, by way of Stardew Valley, but with turn-based combat, and it arrives on PS5 and PS4 next month, on 24th September. Set in a "seemingly pleasant...
News Friendly Fire Expected in 16-Player Starship Troopers: Extermination PVE Action
Helldivers? Never heard of 'em
Starship Troopers: Extermination will compete directly with Arrowhead's Helldivers 2, landing under fire on PS5 on 11th October, and it looks absolutely sick. Johnny Rico, of the legendary Rico's Roughnecks (and your commanding officer in-game), called Helldivers 2 a
News Dune: Awakening Gets Gameplay Epic, 25 Minutes of Fremen Action
We are not worthy
We thought we'd been spoiled yesterday with a five-minute look at the frankly stunning Dune: Awakening, a survival MMO headed for PS5 in 2025. Imagine our surprise to find 25 minutes of developer-led gameplay, fresh from Gamescom, awaiting us today. In the presentation, we see the early-game experience, a tutorial jaunt before...
News Joy as Capcom Ditches Gendered Armour in Monster Hunter Wilds, a Series First
Fashion over function, always
Monster Hunter Wilds will be the first game in the series' long history to ditch the idea of gendered armour sets, with Capcom confirming that "all characters can wear any gear". Predictably, this was met with rapturous applause and celebration from the Monster Hunter community. From what we understand, this doesn't...
News Gwendoline Christie Cast as Civilization 7's Evocative Narrator
Brienne of Tarth picks up where Ned Stark left off
While nominally a long-running, legendary strategy series, Civilization is also immensely quotable, which you can't say about many other 4X games. Getting lost in the minutiae of empire-building while Sean Bean drops some of the hardest, most hilarious lines from history was a highlight of Civ VI,...
News Incredibly, Mafia: The Old Country Will Feature a Full Sicilian Dub on PS5
Mark of authenticity
Some games really bug us with their lack of authenticity when it comes to voice acting, but Mafia: The Old Country is going the extra mile. The game is set in 1900s Sicily, and it’ll feature a full Sicilian dub to boot. While you can safely assume English will also be available as an option, this may be the best way to play if...
News Faaast Penguin Is Chaotic PS5 Multiplayer Fun from Japan
And it's free-to-play
We don’t expect Faaast Penguin to set the world alight – but boy does it look fun! Created by storied Japanese studio Historia, the team behind titles like The Caligula Effect, this is a chaotic free-to-play racing game in a similar vein to Fall Guys – albeit somehow even zanier! It reminds this author of the iconic slide...
Wednesday21st Aug 2024
News Xbox's Sea of Thieves Has Apparently Shipped Over 1 Million Copies on PS5
Tharrr she blows
Rare’s live service sailing sim Sea of Thieves has proven a humongous hit on PS5, frequently appearing on sales charts and now apparently topping one million sales. Word comes by way of a Windows Central article spotted by forum
Preview Broken Sword Is Back in the Most Passionate Remaster Possible
Charles Cecil guides us through the labour of love
While there can be some variation, video game previews are generally handled in one of two different ways: we're either left to our own devices whilst playing or a developer will sit alongside us acting as a guide. The former is preferred, but sometimes, the latter can be handled with such genuine...
News Explore an Apocalyptic Britain in Atomfall on PS5, PS4 Early Next Year
Fall, Britannia
You’ll be able to explore the Britain the Tories want from March 2025, when Oxford-based dev Rebellion releases Atomfall on PS5 and PS4. You may remember this one being quietly announced earlier in the year; it’s the same developer from the Sniper Elite series, although it depicts a dystopian northern England, ruled by robots in...
News Monster Hunter Wilds Gets 1 Hour of PS5 Gameplay Fresh from Gamescom
The hunt is on
Finally, Capcom has given us live, unedited gameplay from Monster Hunter Wilds — and it looks outrageously good. The action RPG got a big demonstration at Gamescom 2024, in which the developers run us through a full hunt in the desert region that's featured heavily in previous trailers. The gameplay starts at around the 27 minute...
Poll Are You Playing Black Myth: Wukong?
A myth no more
There was a time when many (including ourselves, at points) questioned whether Black Myth: Wukong was an actual, real game. A lengthy development cycle and a series of stunning trailers contributed to this perspective, but here we are, four years after the title's initial announcement, and Wukong has arrived on PS5. The action RPG...
News PS5 Is Selling Twice As Fast As PS4 in China
On the move
While there’s a lot of doom and gloom surrounding consoles lately, largely due to flattening growth and spiralling costs, it’s perhaps worth remembering that there are still plenty of success stories that can be attributed to the PS5. One of which pertains to the Chinese market, where Sony’s system is selling two times faster than...
News Sci-Fi Shooter Sequel Revenge of the Savage Planet Announced, Coming 'Early-ish' 2025
Can planets be vengeful?
A few years ago, Journey to the Savage Planet released on PS4, a sci-fi survival shooter with a tongue-in-cheek tone. Now, developer Raccoon Logic (previously Typhoon Studios) returns with the sequel, Revenge of the Savage Planet. Check out the announcement trailer above. Playable solo or in two-player co-op (on or...
News Bidding Begins with Dark Auction: Hitler's Estate on PS5
Führer road
Narrative adventure game Dark Auction: Hitler’s Estate – which is being written by Gangsta creator Kohske in collaboration with Hotel Dusk: Room 215 scribe Rika Suzuki – is coming to the PS5, according to a Gematsu translation of a Japanese press release. The game, now due in 2025, went through a round of crowdfunding late last...
Hell yeah
Helldivers 2 has been reigning supreme as the USA's top-selling game of 2024, but just like that, it's now playing second fiddle. EA Sports College Football 25 has trumped Sony's sci-fi co-op shooter, touching down in first place on July's software chart and now the year's best-selling title. According to analyst Mat Piscatella, the game's...
News Black Myth: Wukong Prompts PS5 Sales Explosion in China
Sony won't Myth its projections
As you’re probably already aware, Black Myth: Wukong has exploded in China and other Mandarin speaking countries such as Taiwan. On launch day, the title peaked at almost 2.5 million concurrent players on PC platform Steam – before settling at a much less remarkable 200k when the region went to sleep. It’s...
News Xbox on Bringing Exclusives to PS5: The Industry Is Changing for All of Us
Spencer continues to talk
Xbox boss Phil Spencer never misses an opportunity to speak publicly, and at Gamescom today he’s been chatting as part of an official livestream. Asked specifically about his company’s decision to bring Indiana Jones and the Great Circle to PS5,
Preview Dying Light: The Beast Pulls a Lost Legacy as DLC Turned Full PS5 Game Impresses
30-minute Gamescom demo detailed
While it only has a single marketing beat to its name in the form of a Gamescom Opening Night Live reveal trailer, studio Techland might be selling its Dying Light 2 DLC turned full game a little short. Based on a demo played to us live at the German expo, Dying Light: The Beast wouldn't raise many eyebrows if it had...
News Xbox Renegotiated Indiana Jones Deal to Exclude PS5, Then Ported It Anyway
Well that was a waste of time
If you want an insight into the shifting strategy at Xbox, then look no further than this: a little over a year ago, in June 2023, Bethesda boss Pete Hines told the Federal Trade Commission in court that his company had renegotiated its Indiana Jones deal with Disney to exclude the PS5. The Great Circle, originally
News Stellar Blade Dev Expects to Sell More Copies on PC Than PS5
The mods will be mad
Stellar Blade has been a huge success on PS5, but Shift Up is expecting to sell even more copies when the title eventually comes to PC. While Sony played an instrumental role in bringing the release to market, supporting the title with advertising and development assistance, the Korean studio has always said it plans to bring...
News Over 1,000 Discounts on PS5, PS4 Games in Latest PS Store Sale
PS offering
The PS Store is playing host to yet another sale. While the big August offer is still ongoing, a new sale has begun, named PlayStation Indies, reducing prices on a vast array of PS5 and PS4 games and their associated add-ons. There's a wide range of titles included here, including some we wouldn't necessarily label as indies, but...
News Genshin Impact Boss Cries on Stage Following Harsh Fan Feedback
"We're just like you"
Liu Wei, better known to HoYoverse fans as Da Wei, is a billionaire – but that hasn’t stopped him from weeping like a baby on stage at a recent fanfest in Shanghai. While most company executives quietly pull the strings from their Ivory Towers, the boss of Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail is surprisingly forward-facing,...
News Persona 3 Reload: Episode Aigis Has a New Boss Fight You'll Never See Coming
Behind the mask
For the most part, Persona 3 Reload: Episode Aigis is going to be a one-to-one remake of the original Persona 3 FES epilogue, but that doesn't mean Atlus can't have fun with optional boss battles. As the DLC's new trailer reveals, you'll be able to test your might against the one and only Joker — Persona 5's daring protagonist. In...
News PS5 RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Looks Bloody Brilliant in Full 25 Minutes of Gameplay
I FEEL QUITE HUNGRY
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 developer Warhorse Studios had promised a gameplay deep dive fresh from Gamescom 2024, and it's delivered. The studio's graced us with 25 minutes of footage, which covers so many of the RPG's core systems and mechanics. We kick things off with a rather mundane quest, before things take a turn and...
News Free-to-Play MOBA Predecessor Is Now Available on PS5
MOBA meets third-person shooter
Predecessor has just launched its full 1.0 version on PS5, and you can download and play it right now. This is a free-to-play multiplayer game that combines the typical three lane MOBA setup with a third-person view. The news came via a new trailer shown during Gamescom Opening Night Live. The video mixes in some...
