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Monday19th Aug 2024
News PS5 Open World Crimson Desert Gets 7 Minutes of Raw Gameplay, and It Looks Ridiculous
Snow joke
Ahead of its showing at Gamescom this week, we've been handed seven whole minutes of Crimson Desert gameplay. Just to refresh your memory, this is the open world action adventure from South Korean developer Pearl Abyss. When it was first revealed all the way back at The Game Awards in 2020, many questioned the project's legitimacy — and...
News Death Stranding 2 Seems Like a Lock for Gamescom Opening Night Live
Kojima teasing DS2 once again
Gamescom Opening Night Live is the big kick-off event for Germany's huge gaming exhibition, with the one and only Geoff Keighley producing and presenting it each year. 2024's ONL is no different, and is very close indeed, being broadcast live in less than 48 hours. While we know a handful of the games that'll be making...
News Bully Receives New Taiwanese Rating for PS5, PS4 Ahead of Imminent GTA+ Release
School's in
Rockstar's beloved boarding school adventure Bully has been awarded fresh ratings in Taiwan. With new ratings for numerous modern platforms, including PS5 and PS4, they've sparked conversation online about what they could possibly be for. While a remaster or remake would be very welcome, it's much more likely these ratings are referring...
Preview Silent Hill 2 PS5 Grows in the Right Ways for Anticipated Remake
Going hands on with Bloober Team's PS5 remake
Bloober Team has asked fans of the PS2 classic Silent Hill 2 to give it a chance, as it looks to remake what's considered to be one of the greatest horror games ever made. The fanaticals' fears are based on the studio's previous titles (Layers of Fear, The Medium), where it's been accused of poorly...
News Judge for Yourself with Official PS5 Black Myth: Wukong Gameplay
PS5 version is no myth
Journey to the West-inspired Soulslike, Black Myth: Wukong, releases imminently, on 20 August for PS5. Our own review of the game will have to wait a while longer, as developer and publisher, Game Science, appears to have only sent out PC code so far. In the meantime, courtesy of IGN China, we at least have some official PS5...
News The Plucky Squire Getting Physical PS5 Edition, But Won't Be Ready in Time for Launch
That unbeatable, tactile feel
The Plucky Squire is a promising upcoming action adventure game, a dimension-defying storybook quest with a whole lot of heart. Developer All Possible Futures has revealed that the colourful indie will get a physical release on PS5, which is good news for all you collectors; however, this version won't be ready in time...
News 15 Minutes of Astro Bot PS5 Footage Has Leaked Online
Loose lips crash spaceships
Astro Bot's eagerly anticipated PS5 outing is almost upon us, launching on September 9th. However, it seems someone just couldn't wait that long, and around 15 minutes of gameplay has leaked online. Like last time around, the video itself has been pulled from YouTube (although you can still find it if you go looking), but...
News Geoff Keighley Says No Silksong at Gamescom Opening Night Live
Before and after are still possibilities
Geoff Keighley claims the ever-elusive Hollow Knight successor, Silksong, will not be at Gamescom's Opening Night Live, setting rampant fan expectations in check, if only slightly. Developer Team Cherry "is still cooking," according to Keighley, so we must continue to speculate in agony. It's been a few...
News Helldivers 2 Community Fractures, Traitor 'Chaosdivers' Want to See Super Earth Burn
There is no peace amongst the stars
With the always-rowdy Helldivers 2 community more upset with the state of the game currently than ever before, it really was only a matter of time before a splinter group of extremists would secede from Super Earth. Dubbed "Chaosdivers", this small but extremely vocal faction is mostly posting memes for now, but...
Sunday18th Aug 2024
Quiz Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 25
It's time to PlayStation
How much do you know about PlayStation and the gaming industry that surrounds it? If you fancy yourself a walking PlayStation encyclopaedia, then why not put your brain to the test with our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz? This is Issue 25 of our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz. You can have a crack at our previous...
News Until Dawn PS5 Is Priced at $60 / £60
A new dawn
We know Sony likes its premium price points, but the upcoming PS5 version of Until Dawn — which is effectively a one-to-one remake of the PS4 original — is asking a lot. According to ever-reliable leaker billbil-kun on Dealabs, the re-release will demand a full $60 / £60 / €70. Comparisons are being drawn to The Last of Us: Part...
News Black Myth: Wukong Is Another Game Over 100GB on PS5
That's no myth
It's not exactly a rarity these days, but it can still be jarring to see a game's file size weigh in at three digits. Releasing for PS5 in a matter of days, the preload for Black Myth: Wukong reveals that it'll gobble up 104GB of your console's storage space. It's a big one. The size doesn't come as a huge surprise, though. As we've...
Saturday17th Aug 2024
Poll Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for August 2024?
Plus or minus?
15 more games are being added across PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium this month, and as always, we want to know what you think of the lineup. At a glance, August's selection is what we'd call... interesting. Extra starts off strong with the all-time great RPG that is The Witcher 3, which includes the much enhanced PS5 re-release...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 542
The big leagues
Here in sunny England, club football returns this weekend for a brand new season. The nerves are kicking in over sporting events that we can't possibly control, and so some worry-free gaming may be on the menu for many of us. Here's what we're playing over the next couple of days... Khayl Adam: September is shaping up to be very...
Friday16th Aug 2024
Rob it Raccoon
Sly Cooper returns! Everyone's favourite kleptomaniac raccoon is finally here on PS5, albeit in port form rather than in a brand new title. Still, we'll take what we can get when it comes to Sly, and so it's a pleasure to see the first game in the series, Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus, as a PS2 Classic, available for a...
Poll Are You Hyped for Gamescom 2024?
Play the Gamescom
It's that time of year again folks, as the gaming industry descends on the city of Cologne in Germany. That's right, Gamescom 2024 is upon us, kicking off next week with Geoff Keighley's Gamescom Opening Night Live show on Tuesday the 20th August. But are you feeling excited about this year's convention? Historically, Gamescom has...
News Never Has a Game Looked So Good Yet So Jank as PS5's Neo Berlin 2087
Cyberdunk 2087
When we first wrote about Neo Berlin 2087 last year, we highlighted just how strange the project seemed to be — a sentiment that was shared across countless YouTube comments and social media posts. A PS5 shooter from German indie developer Elysium Game Studio, it boasts the kind of graphical fidelity that you'd associate with AAA...
Site News Where's Our Black Myth: Wukong PS5 Review?
Monkey business
By the time you read this, the first wave of reviews for Black Myth: Wukong will be online. You'll also have noticed we haven't got a full review of the action RPG ourselves yet, and there's a pretty good reason: PS5 codes have yet to be distributed. Yes, if you're looking for an assessment of the PS5 version in particular, you'll...
Hands On Black Myth: Wukong Is Brilliant, But We Have PS5 Concerns
Monkeying around
Black Myth: Wukong is easily one of our most anticipated games of the year, and after spending over 10 hours with it, we’re glad to see that our hype is warranted. Game Science’s action RPG, which is steeped in Chinese mythology, is a whirlwind of finely tuned combat and exemplary graphics, but it may have put too many eggs in...
News Arizona Sunshine Remake Resurrects the Zombie Shooter on PSVR2 This October
Dead man walking
Less than a year after the release of Arizona Sunshine 2, Vertigo Games has announced its next project. Arizona Sunshine Remake brings back the original zombie shooter on modern hardware, coming to PSVR2 on 17th October, 2024. You can get a glimpse at the remake in the announcement trailer above. This is a ground-up remake of the...
News Quantic Dream's Troubled Star Wars Eclipse Just Lost Its Lead Writer
Game remains MIA
First announced at The Game Awards in 2021 with an impressive, but ultimately quite meaningless CG trailer, Star Wars Eclipse has been missing in action ever since. Just in case your memory needs refreshing, this is the Star Wars project from Quantic Dream — the studio behind interactive story titles like Detroit: Become Human,...
News Of Course Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Will Be Blowing Up at Gamescom Opening Night Live
Holding out for a zero
Set to release on the 11th October, the marketing machine for Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero has been in full flow for months now, as Bandai Namco pumps out trailer after trailer on a near weekly basis. As such, it's no surprise whatsoever to hear that the anticipated fighter will be featured during Gamescom Opening Night Live...
News PSVR2 Action Game Vendetta Forever Has Big Superhot Energy, Launches in October
Shoot to kill, kill to move
Virtual reality specialist nDreams has announced its next project, and it reminds us very strongly of Superhot. Developed by Meat Space Interactive, the game is called Vendetta Forever, and it's coming to PSVR2 in October 2024. Inspired by cult action movies, Vendetta Forever is a stylish action game in which you must...
News FlatOut Returns with PSVR2 Title Now in Development
Not so flat
Bombastic arcade racing series FlatOut hasn't had a new entry since 2017's Total Insanity, but now it's coming back — albeit in a very different way. Simply titled FlatOut, development has begun on a new game in the series for virtual reality devices, including PSVR2. Unfortunately, there aren't too many details, but we do have an...
News Viral Hit Rhythm Game Trombone Champ Gets Unflattened on PSVR2 This Fall
Toot sweet
We've been hoping Trombone Champ would make it onto PS5 ever since we first caught wind of it, and it's finally happening — but not quite in the way we expected. Holy Wow Studios and Flat2VR Studios have announced Trombone Champ: Unflattened, a virtual reality adaptation of the viral rhythm title, and it's heading to PSVR2 later this...
News PSVR2 Action Adventure Behemoth Scales Things Up with November Release Date
This is big
Skydance Games has announced a release date for its promising virtual reality action title, Behemoth. As you can see in this new trailer, the game is lumbering onto PSVR2 on 14th November, 2024. As a recap, Behemoth casts you into the Forsaken Lands, where civilisation has been brought to its knees, and huge monsters roam the landscape...
News Rockin' Cyberpunk JRPG Keylocker Sticks it to the Man in September
You dig?
Keylocker is a stylish cyberpunk JRPG with turn-based and rhythmic combat. It caught us by surprise and looked like an exciting change of pace. It's out relatively soon, too, launching next month, 18th September, on PS5. Players inhabit the neon shoes of B0B0, a singer/songwriter who can harness the electric power of music to increase the...
News Feast Your Eyes on Dark Horse's Imposing Dragon Age: The Veilguard Hardcover Art Book
If looks could kill
Ready or not, Dragon Age: The Veilguard is coming in hot, detailing the onslaught of media fans can expect ahead of launch (which was confirmed to be 31st October on PS5 in a much better trailer). But if your gaming-adjacent tastes lie in a more tangible direction, then perhaps the reaso
News Hunt: Showdown Banishes PS4 Version, Boasts Unreal Engine 5 Visuals on PS5
Now Hunt: Showdown 1896 is my best friend
Hunt: Showdown has banished its PS4 version to the dustbin of history, launching the Unreal Engine 5-enhanced PS5 iteration called Hunt: Showdown 1896. In addition, it brings the new Mammon's Gulch map for players to get lost in, boasting some 16 unique compounds scattered across its vast alpine biome. In...
News Eliminate Them All in Slitterhead's Official PS5, PS4 Story Trailer
Soon
The upsettingly named Slitterhead, from Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama and the team at Bokeh Game Studio, continues to writhe towards a November 8th release on PS5 and PS4. We got a story trailer to shed some light on this mysterious, monster-infested world. Players will explore the futuristic streets of Kowlong as the Hyoki, a being...