Tag Archives: PS5

Helldivers 2 has taken the industry by storm since its release back in February, with the co-op shooter far exceeding Arrowhead Game Studios’ expectations. Despite this, the team have been keeping up with a rapid rate of post-launch patches and updates – the latest of which is now live. Making …

Dave the Diver is a “casual, singleplayer adventure RPG featuring deep-sea exploration and fishing during the day and sushi restaurant management at night”. Released last year, the title received wide acclaim for its chill nature, comedic chops and satisfying gameplay loop. Previously exclusive to PC and Switch, Dave the Diver …

Despite being by far the best selling videogame of all time, Minecraft has for the past 3 years been running on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S with last-gen equivalent settings. Following a stealth update to the Xbox’s beta release, Minecraft looks set to finally get official current-gen ports. …

We've known for a while now that Sony is planning a PlayStation 5 Pro, a mid-generation refresh with more powerful hardware, capable of running games at better settings. The purported specs have already been covered, but now we have information on what games will need to do in order to …

Sony has been working on a number of ‘live service' projects at its studios for a while now. Some of these have been cancelled, like Naughty Dog's TLOU Factions 2, or Insomniac's promising-looking Spider-Man: The Great Web. Others have lived on, like the upcoming Horizon Zero Dawn multiplayer game. It …

Back in 2020, Sony published Predator: Hunting Grounds: An asymmetrical multiplayer game, similar to the likes of Friday The 13th and Dead by Daylight, in which a group of elite operatives must take down the ever-elusive predator – and vice versa. Failing to set the world on fire at the …

Stellar Blade is an interesting looking fast paced spectacle fighter which feels like a cross between NieR Automata and Bayonetta. Following the accidental release of the upcoming game’s demo a couple weeks ago, the team at SHIFT UP have now announced its official release. Making the announcement on the PlayStation …

As they do every month, Sony is set to remove a handful of titles from its PlayStation Plus Extra game subscription service in April. Fortunately, the console maker offers plenty of heads-up, with subscribers having a solid three weeks to give these titles a whirl. Updating its ‘Last Chance to …

Much like Final Fantasy 16, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth launched exclusively on PS5 with a performance mode that included just a few too many visual trade-offs. Fortunately, Square Enix has been working on it since the game's launch last month and now, a new update aims to make the game's …

Sea of Thieves will be one of the first titles from Xbox Games Studios to come to PlayStation – following in the footsteps of Pentiment and most-recently Hi-Fi RUSH. Ahead of this, the team at Rare have shared some of their plans for the game’s next 3 Seasons worth of …

As games have gotten increasingly complicated, we have seen certain aspects of gameplay become more of a bother than necessary. Rise of the Ronin by Team Ninja appears to be doing all it can to streamline the process of playing the game itself, adding a plethora of cool quality-of-life additions. …

As a Japanese studio, Tango Gameworks almost certainly wanted to see Hi-Fi Rush on more platforms. Earlier this year, Microsoft confirmed plans to bring a few more of its first-party games to rival consoles, and now just as promised, Hi-Fi Rush is now officially available on PS5.  Hi-Fi Rush was …

Recently, we've seen a few leaks pointing towards the existence of the PS5 Pro. Sony reportedly has the spec mapped out, with plans for a higher clocked CPU and a beefier GPU. This will enable a new PlayStation Super Resolution feature, similar to AMD's FSR, apparently with the hope of …

While Sony executives have insisted that PlayStation VR2 sales have been fine, analysts have been claiming the opposite since launch. Some new evidence of the souring situation has surfaced this week with Sony reportedly pausing production of the headset due to an overabundance of stock.  According to Bloomberg, Sony has …

Palworld quickly became one of the biggest indie success stories of all time upon its Early Access release in late January; amassing a whopping 12 million copies sold on Steam alone in just two weeks and becoming the 2nd most-concurrently played game in the platform’s history – among other broken …

After spending years in the competitive PC FPS space with little to no competition, Counter Strike found an equal in the form of Valorant; the latest title from League of Legends makers Riot Games. Having grown over the course of the past few years on PC, Riot Games look set …

Last month, Sony released a PS5 firmware update via their beta branch, bringing with it a notable set of improvements across the board – including DualSense enhancements. Now, the firmware has graduated out of beta and is available for all. Available right now to download and install, the latest PS5 …

Just yesterday, a gameplay trailer for Insomniac's cancelled multiplayer game, Spider-Man: The Great Web, appeared online. Many sources of this video have now been removed, but just 24 hours later, a second trailer for the game has leaked. 

After a lengthy development, Nightdive Studios’ System Shock Remake finally released on PC in May of last year, faithfully recreating the 1994 immersive sim classic. Console players unfortunately were told that they had to wait a bit longer to get their hands on the game. Finally however, a release date …

As with pretty much every publisher nowadays, Ubisoft has its own game subscription service. Known as Ubisoft+, the service has been available on PlayStation since 2022 – but only as part of your PS+ subscription. Now, Ubisoft is making the service a standalone option for players. Ubisoft+ is a game …

Back in 2020, former Call of Duty: Black Ops leads, Jason Blundell and Dave Anthony, formed a new studio, Deviation Games, and swiftly signed a publishing deal with Sony for a new multiplayer game. Unfortunately, that game will no longer see the light of day, as Deviation Games is now …

11-bit Studios had a hit on its hands when it first launched Frostpunk back in 2018. Since then, the studio has been hard at work on a big new sequel. During the Xbox Partner Preview stream this week, we finally got more details, with the game set to launch in …

Insomniac finally shipped the New Game+ patch for Spider-Man 2 this week, but the update ended up including one major unintended addition. With this update, PS5 owners can actually access the developer menu, something usually locked off to gamers.  Players who discovered the dev menu quickly began playing around with …

Helldivers 2 is one of the biggest surprise success stories of 2024 so far, with the sequel to what was a niche PS3/Vita title blowing up on both Steam and PS5 upon its launch last month. In the wake of the game’s most recent patch, the team have now teased …

Final Fantasy VII rebirth launched late last month to rave reviews, with the 2nd part of the remake trilogy becoming one of the highest rated entries in the entire series. Despite this, the game has been criticised somewhat for its performance mode’s visuals. Fortunately, according to the game’s director another …

Horizon Forbidden West is the next PlayStation game to make the transition to PC. The sequel to Horizon: Zero Dawn, offers up an even larger open world, a range of visual and gameplay upgrades, as well as a new campaign for players to dig through. On PC, we'll be getting …

All the way back in February 2022, the director for the cult hit PlayStation exclusive series ‘Gravity Rush’ stated that he would like to see the franchise come to PC. It seems as though this will soon be the case, with insiders claiming a remaster of Gravity Rush 2 is …

Start brushing up on your Samurai lore, Ghost of Tsushima looks to finally be releasing on PC...

Back in October last year, Bandai Namco announced that they would be updating the highly-popular Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 in 2024 with a new current-gen release for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. With the game well over 7 years old at this point, the publisher has now given an …

The Dragon Ball franchise has been producing video games for decades, creating many well-known and loved series. One of the franchise’s breakout hits was 2018’s Dragon Ball FighterZ. Following years of post-launch support, the game has finally gotten a native current-gen upgrade – featuring rollback netcode. Taking to Twitter, the …