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The excellent Sayonara Wild Hearts has gotten a surprise free PS5 upgrade, adding a new mode, DualSense support and more.

Sony giveth and Sony taketh away, with 10 games set to leave the company’s PlayStation Plus Extra/Premium service next month.

HBO’s The Last of Us was a huge hit when it released back in early 2023, amassing 10s of millions of viewers and winning a ton of awards. Though it was known that Season 2 is planned to arrive sometime in April of 2025, we’ve now gotten a concrete premiere date.

Sony’s recent PlayStation State of Play showcase broke a bunch of viewership records for the company - with over 2 million concurrent watchers.

Following their recent State of Play, Sony is reportedly planning to host a full-blown PlayStation Showcase later this Summer.

As part of Sony’s live-service push from a couple years ago, the console maker announced Fairgame$ back in May of 2023: a “fresh, modern take on the heist genre”. While we did not get any concrete release window at the time, one leaker has now claimed that the game has been pushed from its internal release of 2025 to some time next year.

Following a brief tease a couple weeks ago, Team Asobi have now released the latest patch for Astro Bot, bringing 5 new levels, PS5 Pro support and more.

Following the massive success of Astro Bot, Sony has confirmed that they plan to release more single-player family games in the future.

The Until Dawn film is almost here, with the Groundhog-Day inspired horror flick set to premiere in just a few months on the 25th of April.

Despite suffering from supply chain issues for years, the PS5 has more than made up for the time lost – with the console having now sold over 75 million units.

During Sony’s State of Play, the company announced a bunch of titles set to come to PS Plus Extra/Premium – including Armored Core and day-one additions.

Following from 2021’s excellent Returnal, Housemarque is back with a new IP Saros: “the ultimate evolution of the [studio's] gameplay-first experience.”

After almost 10 years of waiting, Ultizero Games' Lost Soul Aside is finally coming to the PS5 and PC on the 30th of May.

Late last year, we began to hear rumours that Sony Bend’s open-world zombie shooter ‘Days Gone’ could be getting a PS5 remaster in the wake of the release of Horizon Zero Dawn’s recent PS5 upgrade. Sure enough, during last night’s State of Play, Sony officially announced Days Gone Remastered alongside a bunch of nifty new additions.

Sony's next State of Play stream has been confirmed and is set to air on the 12th of February, offering 40 minutes of new PS5 game announcements.

The PlayStation Network recently suffered from its biggest down period in well over a decade – second only to the infamous 2011 PSN outage. While not nearly as severe (lasting less than 24 hours), Sony has offered an apology to players, giving all PS Plus subscribers 5 extra days of service for free.

A new State of Play event is reportedly just around the corner, potentially bringing a few exciting announcements and updates later this month. Gaming insider NatetheHate (via VGC) has hinted that Sony is planning a State of Play event sometime during February without specifying a date. However, when asked for …

Due to the highly-positive reception towards their introduction, Sony has promised to bring back its anniversary PS5 themes as a more permanent addition.

Silent Hill 2 Remake continues to be a major win for Konami and Bloober Team, with the game having now surpassed 2 million copies sold.

Starting in 2026, Sony will no longer offer PS4-only titles as part of the console maker’s monthly PlayStation Plus Essential line-up:

In a surprising move, Sony has announced it will no longer require players to link their PlayStation Network (PSN) accounts to play certain PC titles. This decision comes after widespread criticism from PC gamers who objected to the PSN account requirement for games like God of War Ragnarök and Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered

Sony has now announced the full PlayStation Plus Essential line-up for February, headlined by the co-op heist FPS Payday 3 as well as High on Life.

2024's Final Fantasy VII Rebirth was the best-selling PS5 game on the Japanese PlayStation Store last year, according to Sony.

While the PlayStation 5 is currently outpacing sales of the PS4, the same cannot be said for Microsoft’s Series X|S compared to its own last-gen system.

After more than 30 years, Insomniac Games founder and CEO 'Ted Price' has announced that he'll be retiring from the studio.

Sony has announced the full list of games set to be dropped from PlayStation Plus some time next month, including a bunch of 'Tales of' titles.

The failure of Concord seems to have lit a fire under PlayStation, with Sony reportedly cancelling multiple live-service projects as a result of its reception.

During a live PlayStation tournament, Team Asobi surprise-unveiled a brand new Astro Bot level – hopefully coming to all players soon.

PlayStation’s 2025 plans will reportedly be revealed some time next month via a February State of Play, according to one insider: