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  • News GTA 6 Is Still a Year Away, But There's a Massive New GTA Online Update Out Now

    Money fronts

    If you’re yearning for GTA 6, then perhaps the latest update in GTA Online will scratch your criminal itch. Money Fronts is the latest major expansion for GTA 5’s online sandbox – and it’s available to play in its entirety right now. This update will see you adding a new business to your Los Santos empire: the Hands On Car...

    • Rockstar Games
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Grand Theft Auto
    • GTA

YesterdayTue, 17th Jun 2025

  • News The Next Xbox Is a PC, So What Does That Mean for PS6?

    The times they are-a changin'

    In a strange, out of nowhere announcement today, Xbox has effectively announced its next-gen console. The confirmation comes courtesy of a video hosted by boss Sarah Bond, in which she announced a “strategic, multi-year agreement” with computer chip manufacturer AMD. Amusingly, Sony is also collaborating with the...

    • Sony
    • Microsoft
    • PS6
    • Industry
  • News Bungie Delays Marathon Indefinitely, No New PS5, PC Release Date Given

    Game needs more time to reflect player passion

    Bungie has today confirmed it's issuing an indefinite delay to its upcoming PS5, PC extraction shooter Marathon. A new release date hasn't been revealed, but more news will be shared towards the end of 2025. In a post to the official Bungie website, the developer said: "Through every comment and...

    • Bungie
    • PS5
    • PC
    • Marathon
    • Delays
  • News Xbox Announces Next-Gen Console Strategy, Promises 'Deeper Visuals' & Backwards Compatibility

    Pure Xbox "The next generation of Xbox is coming to life"

    Out of nowhere, Xbox has announced its next-gen hardware strategy today in the form of a short YouTube video, revealing a "strategic, multi-year agreement with AMD" that includes work on the next generation of Xbox consoles. Xbox's Sarah Bond mentions in the video how this "next-generation hardware...

    • Xbox
    • Next Xbox
    • Next-Gen
    • Microsoft
  • News Ex-PlayStation Boss Says Sony Has Never Really Seen Nintendo As a Rival

    "They don't even show up in business analysis"

    Shuhei Yoshida knows a thing or two about PlayStation: until his departure earlier this year, he’d been with the company since its inception. As he continues to chat about his career with different corners of the Internet, he’s popped up on the Nintendo-focused Kit & Krysta podcast, and he’s...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Nintendo
    • Industry
  • News Anticipated JRPG Trails beyond the Horizon Delayed into January 2026 on PS5, PS4

    We were so close

    Publisher NIS America has just confirmed that the latest Trails title, Trails beyond the Horizon, has been delayed into next year. Previously, the RPG was set for an autumn / fall launch here in the west — having already had its Japanese release back in 2024. The title will now target January 2026 on all platforms, including PS5...

    • NIS America
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Trails
    • Release Dates
  • News It Took Capcom Two Years to Secure the Legendary Face of Onimusha's New Hero

    On the face of it

    How long does it take to secure the rights to someone's face? Well, as it happens, the process can be a lot more drawn out than you might think. When Onimusha: Way of the Sword was first revealed, some fans of old samurai films immediately noticed that the game's main character held a striking resemblance to legendary Japanese...

    • Capcom
    • PS5
    • Onimusha
  • News This Death Stranding Story Recap Is Essential Viewing Before PS5 Sequel

    Get caught up in six minutes

    The original Death Stranding is a very story-heavy game, and since it has been five and a half years since it released, it's possible you're fuzzy on some of the details going into the sequel next week. As such, Kojima Productions has stepped in to provide an official story recap video. The studio has summed the first...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Death Stranding
  • News Well, Now the PS5 Needs an Official Trackball Controller As Well

    Golden Tee Arcade Classics teeing off next month

    Sony’s poised to release its first official arcade stick for the PS5 and PC in the coming months, but it may need to get its hardware engineers to cook up something else. Digital Eclipse, the game preservation specialists behind the upcoming Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection, has announced Golden Tee...

    • Digital Eclipse
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Golden Tee Arcade Classics
    • Announcements
  • News Pocket a Platinum in PS Plus Premium's Seminal New Retro Release

    Gong crazy

    Deus Ex: The Conspiracy, the PS2 port of Warren Spector’s seminal RPG, has a Platinum Trophy for you to unlock in its new PS Plus Premium emulated format. While this version of the game isn’t quite up to the same level as the PC original, it’s the version many people played due to the ubiquity of Sony’s console at the time...

    • Eidos Interactive
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS2
    • Deus Ex
  • News 'The Story Is Weak': Stellar Blade Dev Acknowledges PS5, PC Fave's Biggest Flaw

    Played out

    As we wrote in our original Stellar Blade PS5 review, the story is a bit rubbish. Don’t get us wrong, we enjoyed the vibes and some of the beats, but it all felt a bit trite and lost its way over the course of the release’s running time. Fortunately, games with lousy stories can still be fun, as it’s the moment-to-moment action...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PC
    • Stellar Blade
  • News These PS5, PS4 Games Are Leaving PS Plus in July

    6 titles depart next month

    As a selection of new PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium games are rotated into the two subscription tiers, Sony has also updated the service's Last Chance to Play section with what's leaving next month. Compared to past lists, this is a smaller selection for July 2025. The list is taken from the UK PS Store, which gene

    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Plus
  • News Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake Deep in Development by 'Team That Truly Cares'

    Ubisoft offers brief update

    Ubisoft has offered up the smallest of updates on the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake. In a social post, the publisher says it's still "deep in the game", being crafted "by a team that truly cares": It's not much to go on, but it at least is showing signs of life in the project. The remake was first...

    • Ubisoft
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Prince of Persia
  • News Red Dead Redemption 2's PS5 Version Seems All But Inevitable Now

    Arthur Morgan pours fresh whiskey on the fire

    There’s a good chance Red Dead Redemption 2’s long-awaited PS5 version could be announced within the next few days. While we’re connecting a lot of dots to create this story, we already know from respectable sources that Rockstar is plotting a current-gen version of its jaw-dropping open world...

    • Rockstar Games
    • PS5
    • Red Dead Redemption
  • News 9 New PS Plus Extra, Premium Games Available Now on PS5, PS4

    Including new day one game FBC: Firebreak

    Another nine PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium titles are now available for active subscribers as part of the service's June 2025 refresh. The PS5, PS4, and Classic picks are out now in the UK and Europe, and will become available across the USA later in the day. Here's a recap of what's on offer this...

    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Plus
  • Guide Resident Evil Village Guide: Tips, Tricks, and All Collectibles

    Your ultimate Resident Evil Village resource

    In this Resident Evil Village guide, we're going to share our beginner's tips and tricks to help you withstand every single thing Lady Dimitrescu and co have to throw at you. We are also going to reveal the location of all collectibles, including the Goats of Warding. Additionally, we shall cover All

    • Guides
    • Resident Evil Village
    • PS5
    • PS4
  • Guide These 20+ New PS5, PS4, PS Plus Games Are Coming Out This Week (16th-22nd June)

    Raidou Remastered! Rematch! Date Everything! More

    We're rounding up all of the new PS5 and PS4 games coming out this week, and it's a surprisingly busy summer week. The big new arrivals this week have to be Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army and Rematch, but FBC: Firebreak and

    • Guides
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Release Dates
    • Features
  • Guide Red Dead Redemption 2 Guide: Wiki and 100% Collectibles Walkthrough

    All you need to know about Red Dead Redemption 2

    In this Red Dead Redemption 2 guide, we have pages covering everything you need to know about the game, including where to find collectibles. If you're looking for where to find treasure, dinosaur bones, and more on your way to 100%, you've come to the right place. Note: This guide is a work in...

    • Guides
    • Red Dead Redemption 2
    • PS4
  • News Gears of War's PS5 Debut Axed in Japan Due to 'Platform Policies'

    Fenix down

    Gears of War: Reloaded will not get its grand PS5 console debut in Japan, as the remaster has been axed on Sony’s console in its home country. News comes courtesy of an Xbox Wire post, citing “regional rating restrictions” and “platform policies”. While the game will still release on Xbox Series X|S and PC in Japan, IGN...

    • Xbox Game Studios
    • PS5
    • Gears of War

Monday16th Jun 2025

  • Guide Last Chance to Get These 60+ PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store's Summer Game Fest Sale

    Discounted PS5 and PS4 games we recommend

    Sony is running a big new sale on PS Store, and this time, it's a promotional Summer Game Fest offer. There's about a week and a half to go, so there's still time to get some decent bargains. Running until 19th June, the Summer Game Fest sale includes thousands of PS5 and PS4 games with slashed prices...

    • Guides
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Store
    • Deals
  • News Final Fantasy 16 May Have Underperformed on PS5, But It's Doing Terribly on Xbox

    Was exclusivity really to blame?

    There’s been a lot of chatter about Final Fantasy lately, with Sony’s console exclusivity deals blamed for the franchise’s underperformance. After a heavy marketing campaign mostly funded by PlayStation, the likeable Final Fantasy 16 sold approximately three million u

    • Square Enix
    • PS5
    • Final Fantasy
  • News Critically Panned MindsEye Makes Surprising Debut in First Sales Report

    No accounting for taste

    MindsEye is being put through the wringer right now, but it seems UK gamers are willing to give it a shot. The country's physical games chart is here, and the action title has made a pretty strong debut at number four. Not a bad position for most new games, let alone one that's been so heavily criticised. As usual, the PS5...

    • UK
    • Sales
    • Charts
    • PS5
    • PS4
  • News Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Teases Big Improvements for Future Updates

    For the sake of tomorrow

    Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 may be a frontrunner for Game of the Year, but the near universal praise isn't stopping its developer from working on potential improvements. Sandfall Interactive has taken to social media in order to tease the studio's current trajectory. As you may already know, the RPG has been a hit beyond...

    • Kepler Interactive
    • PS5
    • Clair Obscur
    • Patches
  • News Another Upcoming PS Plus Premium Game Appears to Leak

    The set will be complete

    Legacy of Kain: Defiance seems to be preparing a PS Plus Premium launch in the near future, meaning all the games in the series will be playable on PS5, PS4 via the recent remaster collection and Classic releases. Word of the potential rerelease comes from Taiwan, where an age rating for the PS2 title has appeared, listing...

    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Plus
  • Feature The 20 Most Anticipated PS5 Games for the Rest of 2025

    As voted by you

    Last week, we put together a big Talking Point on our most anticipated PS5 games for the second half of the year. But it wasn't just about the opinions of our editorial team; we ran a poll asking you to vote on the titles that you're most looking forward to playing. Over 6,000 votes were cast across 70 upcoming PS5 games, making for...

    • Features
    • PS5
  • News Death Stranding 2 Feedback Was 'Too Good', So Hideo Kojima Made Big Changes

    Afraid of the game being "mainstream"

    During testing, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach was proving to be too good, spurring on director Hideo Kojima to make some changes to the game. That's according to musician Yoann Lemoine (Woodkid), who has collaborated with Kojima Productions on the upcoming sequel's soundtrack, in a recent interview with...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Death Stranding
  • News PS6's Rumoured Handheld Is Getting More Tangible by the Day

    Specced out

    Tech experts Digital Foundry have compiled a fresh wave of rumours regarding PS6’s rumoured handheld option, which is looking more and more like a tangible upcoming product by the day. Despite being potentially years away, the speculation comes courtesy of KeplerL2, a highly reliable AMD leaker who revealed many of the PS5 Pro’s...

    • Sony
    • PS6
    • Hardware
    • Rumours
  • News There's a Brutal Lack of Interest in Marathon from Hardcore PS5 Fans

    Run for it

    Sony's ill-advised live service push has resulted in pretty extreme skepticism from the PlayStation faithful — and it's really starting to look like Marathon will struggle to find any kind of footing with hardcore PS5 fans. Bungie's shooter was included in a big poll that we hosted on the site last week. We asked readers of Push Square...

    • Sony
    • Bungie
    • PS5
    • Marathon
  • News Borderlands 4 a $70 PS5 Game, Offers $100 and $130 Versions Too

    Three PS5 editions to choose from

    After much public deliberation, Gearbox Software has today confirmed Borderlands 4 will be a £59.99 / $69.99 game on PS5, at its launch. It will also offer an £89.99 / $99.99 Deluxe Edition and a £119.99 / $129.99 Super Deluxe Edition, both bundling in additional digital content. The three versions are available...

    • 2K Games
    • PS5
    • Borderlands
  • News Street Fighter 6 Confirms Collab with K-Pop Supergroup AESPA

    Winter is coming

    The new batch of classic Famicom games added to Street Fighter 6 were a surprise earlier today, but an intended one. However, a new Juri outfit emblazoned with the name of k-pop group AESPA seems like more of a mistake. Players accidentally found the costume while playing against V-Rivals in the Battle Hub. This is the mode that...

    • Capcom
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Street Fighter
  • News Minecraft Will Soon Look Better Than Ever on PS5, PS4

    Brick beautiful

    Minecraft’s blocky look is iconic, so while it’s no longer an indie game helmed by a single individual, that can never change. Series shepherds Mojang have been working on a visual overhaul for quite some time, however, and you’ll get your first taste of it later this week, from 17th June, when the Vibrant Visuals toggle...

    • Mojang
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Minecraft
  • News MindsEye Is Comfortably the Worst Reviewed PS5 Game of 2025

    Build a rocket bomb

    Poor ol’ MindsEye, eh? It’s so bad Sony’s been issuing refunds on the PS Store, an option it reserves for the most torrid of titles, like Cyberpunk 2077 on PS4 at launch. And with a Metacritic rating of just 38, it’s now officially the worst reviewed PS5 game of the year. In fact, th

    • IO Interactive
    • PS5
    • MindsEye
  • News Stellar Blade Thrives on PC, 1 Million Copies Sold in 3 Days

    Three million units across PS5, PC

    Stellar Blade has now sold over three million copies across both its PS5 and PC versions, developer Shift Up confirmed. The PC version gave the action title a considerable boost, as the team reports it sold one million units in just three days. After making a splash on PS5 last year, Sony acted as publisher for...

    • Shift Up
    • PS5
    • PC
    • Stellar Blade
    • Sales
  • News Sony Lifts Region Locks on Its PC Games, Including Helldivers 2, The Last of Us, More

    Hundreds of countries no longer restricted

    After just over a year, hundreds of countries can now once again purchase Sony's catalogue of Steam games. When Helldivers 2 launched on PC, players were uproarious about having to link a PlayStation Network account in order to play. Sony took this a step further, making its first-party titles

    • Sony
    • PC
  • News Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest Seems Unstoppable

    Sees an 89% increase in viewership again

    While we had very clear and obvious issues with E3 through until its eventual demise a few years back, we’re not really convinced Summer Game Fest has proven an adequate replacement really. But the reality is that the show, under creator Geoff Keighley’s industrious stewardship, is going from strength to...

    • Summer Game Fest
    • Industry
  • News Crash Team Racing Has Topped 10 Million Units, But Is Still Locked to 30fps

    A crime

    With a miraculous 10 million units sold across all consoles as of June 2025, the excellent Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled is one of the best-selling kart racers on the planet. The crime? It’s still locked to 30fps when played using PS5 backwards compatibility, and there’s no sign of a patch or native PS5 upgrade in sight...

    • Activision
    • PS4
    • Crash Team Racing
  • News Stellar Blade 2 Dev Will Try Its Best to Hit 2027 Release, But Don't Expect It

    Studio promises a "great" follow-up

    A sequel to Stellar Blade is officially in development and a recent investors' presentation tagged the title for a release by the end of 2027. However, whether you should actually expect the follow-up to be out by then is quite a different matter. Speaking in an interview with ThisIsGame (via MP1st

    • Shift Up
    • PS5
    • Stellar Blade
  • News Your Forgotten Honkai: Star Rail Characters Are About to Get a Lot More Useful

    Looking buffed

    As we’ve reported in the past, power creep is a real issue in gacha games like Honkai: Star Rail. To summarise the issue for those not in the know, developers will gradually make new characters more powerful than their predecessors to entice steady spending. But that means older units gradually become useless over time. Zenless...

    • HoYoverse
    • PS5
    • Honkai: Star Rail
  • News Andy Bogard Brings Fresh Energy to Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves on PS5, PS4

    Andy pandy

    The first post-release character for SNK’s heavily promoted Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves will challenge the fighter as soon as next week, on 24th June. You may recall the Japanese publisher announced an enticing proposition for this title: buy it at full-price and get the entire first Season Pass for free. While sales haven’t...

    • SNK
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Fatal Fury
    • DLC

Sunday15th Jun 2025

  • News The Witcher 4 Being Built for PS5 First and Foremost, Will Target 60fps

    Big ambitions

    CD Projekt RED has, historically, focused on the PC versions of its games, and then dialled them down for console. But this hasn’t always been a successful strategy for the studio. For example, many fans criticised the Polish studio for downgrading The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt prior to release, while Cyberpunk 2077’s issues on the PS4...

    • CD Projekt RED
    • PS5
    • The Witcher
  • News There's a Lot of Hype for PS5 Horror Cronos: The New Dawn

    Dead space

    It’s so funny how perception can change so quickly and dramatically. Bloober Team was, let’s be honest, under intense scrutiny when it was attached to the remake of Silent Hill 2. The studio was constantly criticised for its past output, and few had hope it would deliver a quality remake. But it did, and now suddenly there’s a lot...

    • Bloober Team
    • PS5
    • Cronos: The New Dawn
    • Trailers

Saturday14th Jun 2025

  • Poll Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for June 2025?

    Plus or minus?

    Oh boy. We're going to be real with you for a minute: we can't see these polls being particularly positive. In fact, going by the reactions we've seen online — and in our own comments sections — this might just be one of the worst PS Plus Extra and Premium updates yet. But let's at least recap what's on offer. Extra subscribers...

    • PS Plus
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Polls
    • Features
  • News This New PSPgo Inspired Retro Handheld Looks Brilliant

    Slip slidin' away

    You may recall a few weeks back, we reported on Anbernic’s new PSPgo-style retro handheld. Now the first hands-on impressions of the device are beginning to bubble up online, and it looks absolutely brilliant. While benchmarks are still embargoed for the time being, the chipset is basically identical to the RG556, so that means...

    • Retro
    • Handhelds
  • News This Outstanding New PS5, PS4 Shmup Will Make You Miss the SEGA Genesis Days

    To be this good takes AGES

    Everything is better in 16-bit, as Earthion proves. This new shmup from legendary developer Ancient – the Beyond Oasis maker founded by composer Yuzo Koshiro, who scored all-time classics like Streets of Rage 2 – has been designed with original SEGA Genesis hardware in mind. Due out on 31st July for both PS5 and PS4,...

    • Limited Run Games
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Earthion
  • Random Official PlayStation Console Diorama Pieces Are on the Way

    Miniature machines

    Those of you who collect figurines will be familiar with Good Smile Company’s posable Figma models. Sets include characters from video games, anime, and movies, including the likes of Geralt from The Witcher, Makima from Chainsaw Man, and even Michelangelo (seriously!). To complement these models, the Japanese company makes a...

    • Random
    • Culture
  • News Devil May Cry 5 Can't Stop Selling, Now Tops 10 Million Units

    Anime plays a big role in driving series forward

    Devil May Cry 5 has now sold over 10 million units, six years after its original release on the PS4 in 2009. This is a particularly significant milestone because the title was previously at 9.1 million units as of 31st March, meaning it’s tagged on another 900k units over the past three months...

    • Capcom
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Devil May Cry
    • Sales
  • Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 585

    Fun in the sun

    The sun is shining, the gaming is good, yeah. Honestly, with all of the non-E3 madness out of the way, we're looking forward to some sunshine and gaming goodness. Aaron Bayne: I'll be chipping away at Death Stranding 2 this weekend, and that's all I can say about that! I may nip into some matches of Gears of War Reloaded for this...

    • Talking Point
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • What Are You Playing
    • Features
  • News This PS5 Adventure from Another Code's Scribe Has a Truly Bonkers Premise

    A very dark auction

    There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of Dark Auction, a release announced last year with a concept created by Rika Suzuki, who’s best known for writing Hotel Dusk: Room 215 and Another Code. This game – a kind of point-and-click escape room-style visual novel – is due out on the PS5 later this year in Japan, and it...

    • Good Smile Company
    • PS5
    • Dark Auction
    • Trailers