Tag: Sony
News Stellar Blade Director Says 'Korean NieR' Comparison Is a 'Great Honour'
But stresses that gameplay differs greatly
Even to casual fans of Yoko Taro's esoteric NieR franchise, the similarities to the upcoming and eagerly anticipated Stellar Blade are apparent—both feature flashy, action-based gameplay and buxom, blade-wielding protagonists, for starters. Rather than shy away from these comparisons, director Hyung-Tae...
News Evo 2024 Games Announced, Tekken 8 and Street Fighter 6 Headline
A new battle begins
The main games lineup for Evo 2024 has been revealed, and to the surprise of no one, Street Fighter 6 and Tekken 8 are the headline acts. Those heavy hitters will be joined by Guilty Gear Strive, Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, Under Night In-Birth 2 , Mortal Kombat 1, King of Fighters XV, and
News Helldivers 2 Outlines the Story So Far in Stylish Trailer, Confirms Post-Launch Updates
For democracy
We're on the verge of launch day for Helldivers 2, the sci-fi co-op shooter hitting PS5 and PC this week. While the emphasis in the game is very much on the action, there is some semblance of a story behind all the carnage, and that's what this new trailer aims to convey, complete with a neat stylised look. The story details touched...
News MLB The Show 24's PS5, PS4 Collector's Edition Is Extremely Unique and Cool
Paper talk
MLB The Show 23 was half annual sports game, half historical documentary – and it looks like San Diego Studio is responding to all the positive feedback from its previous release, and doubling down in MLB The Show 24. Case in point: its extremely unique Collector’s Edition celebrates the voice of black newspapers and writers, who...
News Helldivers 2 PS5 Trophies Will Have You Doing Your Part for the Platinum
For Super Earth
Helldivers 2 is only a couple of days away at the time of writing, and it's looking more and more promising the closer we get. The third-person co-op shooter has players working as a team to eliminate alien threats using an array of powerful weaponry. It looks like it should scratch that mindless shooting-stuff itch, and you can work...
News New PS5 Firmware Beta Improves DualSense Sound, Adds Share Screen Interactions
Starting today
Sony has just announced a new PS5 firmware update that's going into public beta testing today. A selection of PS5 users will be invited via email to try out the firmware's new features before it's rolled out to everybody. Time to check those inboxes! So, what's the deal with this firmware beta? Well, it's not an enormous one, but...
News Stellar Blade Dev Considering Crossover Content with Saucy Smartphone Shooter NIKKE
"If that's what the users want"
NIKKE: Goddess of Victory, Korean developer Shift Up’s saucy gacha shooter, is one of the biggest mobile games on the planet, raking in upwards of $25 million per month according to Sensor Tower data. It’s always felt inevitable, then, that the studio will draw upon the game’s enormous audience to promote...
News Abusive Last of Us 2 Fans Allegedly Levelled Death Threats at Abby Actor's Newborn Son
Truly vile
One of the more heartbreaking revelations of Naughty Dog's recently released Grounded II: Making the Last of Us Part II documentary was the extent to which unwell The Last of Us fans took their grievances. The worst of it, according to Abby actor Laura Bailey, was "real hardcore death threats", some of which were even directed at Bailey's...
News Microsoft Has Apparently Been Stocking Up on PS5 Devkits as Xbox Pivots
Further fuel to the fire
While an enormous amount of attention has been placed on the games Microsoft is potentially bringing to PlayStation, reports also suggest the tech titan has been quietly stocking up on PS5 devkits to support its plans. Speculation comes courtesy of fan site Xbox Era, which broke the news Starfield may be coming to Sony’s...
News Stellar Blade's Japanese Dub Won't Be Available Worldwide, But Korean Will Be
English, Korean, and Japanese will be lip-synced
Stellar Blade’s big re-reveal during last week’s State of Play focused on its English dub, with many fans commenting they’d prefer to play the game in either Japanese or its native Korean. Speaking with developer Shift Up during an interview earlier today, we quizzed Game Director Hyung-Tae Kim...
News Sounds Like Naughty Dog's Next Game Won't Be The Last of Us 3
Or possibly the one after that
Naughty Dog recently released Grounded II: Making The Last of Us Part II, a two-hour documentary delving into the creation of the mammoth sequel. Full of in-progress footage and stories from development, It's well worth watching, and you can do so for free on YouTube. In its closing moments, Neil Druckmann says he has...
News Stellar Blade's Protagonist's Body Is Based on This Real-World Korean Model
"We wanted the most attractive looking body for the user"
A chunk of Stellar Blade’s online discourse has revolved around the PS5 exclusive release’s buxom protagonist Eve, with social media scuttlebutt suggesting the character is based on real-life South Korean model Shin Jae-eun. We’ve been searching for confirmation of the Instagram...
Rumour A PS5 Remake of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Is Possibly on the Cards
Buried treasure?
The eternal churn of online scuttlebutt continues apace, and this time, our old pal Nathan Drake is said to be coming out of retirement. According to XboxEra's Nick Baker and John Clarke, the very first game in the series — Uncharted: Drake's Fortune — might be in the running for a PS5 remake. Speaking on their podcast, the...
Guide What Time Is the Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth State of Play?
Dates, times, and what to expect
When is the Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth State of Play? Sony has only just presented us with a bumper State of Play featuring various upcoming titles, but it closed the show with news that another edition would be coming very soon indeed. This latest State of Play will focus entirely on Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, the second...
News The Last of Us 2 Began Life as Open World Melee Epic Heavily Inspired by Bloodborne
May you find your worth in the waking world
With the release of Grounded II: Making The Last of Us Part II, fans have been given a unique insight into the challenges and triumphs developer Naughty Dog encountered while creating its violent sequel, The Last of Us Part II. One of the biggest genuine surprises was a few almost throwaway lines,...
News Kojima Confirms Mads Mikkelsen Won't Be Returning for Death Stranding 2
Stranded on the Beach
Iconic actor Mads Mikkelson will not be returning for Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, creator Hideo Kojima has confirmed, with the tragic tale of his character, Cliff Unger, having been resolved in the original Death Stranding.Kojima confirmed the news on Twitter in response to fan inquiries about the star returning...
News Friendly Fire at the Core of Helldivers 2, All for a Good Laugh and Chaos
And you can't turn it off
While bringing the camera close to your character is one of the biggest changes Helldivers 2 makes from the original, a feature that remains very much the same is friendly fire. If a teammate steps in the path of your own bullet barrage or laser beam, or is caught up in a missile strike, they'll sustain damage and could...
News Third-Person View Makes Helldivers 2 More Immersive, Better Game Feel
Original game still has its place
Probably the biggest change Helldivers 2 makes compared to the PS4 original is its camera perspective. Replacing the top-down view is an over-the-shoulder, third-person camera in the PS5, PC sequel, and this is designed to help you "feel more immersed in the experience". Speaking to assistant game director Sagar...
News The Last of Us 3 Probably Happening at Some Point in the Future
"Probably one more chapter to the story"
As part of the developer documentary covering how The Last of Us: Part II came to be, Neil Druckmann reveals he now has a "concept" for a third instalment in the series. It sounds like a third game is very far away, but now Druckmann has that concept after "years" of searching for it, he says there's...
Rumour PC, PS5 Versions of Media Molecule's Dreams Were Allegedly Real, Cancelled
PC version was "ready to ship"
Dreams remains a tremendous hub for imaginative players (and is home to some truly excellent creations), but the underplayed PS4 exclusive will, sadly, remain a PS4 exclusive. Outcry from fans about the game's potential were it to be released on more platforms — particularly PC — have been around since the start,...
News The Last of Us 2's Dev Documentary Grounded II Available to Watch Now
Two hours of development insight
As announced last month, Naughty Dog has put together a new documentary that provides a deep dive into the making of The Last of Us: Part II, and it's available for viewing now. You can either watch it on YouTube — the video is up above — or you can download a new patch for The Last of Us 2 Remastered on PS5 and...
News Live-Service Content in Helldivers 2 Likened to D&D, Will React to PS5, PC Players
Items will never be removed from the game
Just like many other multiplayer experiences on the market, Helldivers 2 will be supported long past its PS5 launch with new content to play and items to earn. However, Arrowhead Studios is not simply producing fixed content drops it can plan for months down the line; rather, it sees itself as a D&D game...
News A Marvel's Spider-Man Glitch Nearly Found Its Way into Across the Spider-Verse Movie
Getting heated
Sony has just released a pretty interesting video as part of its Creator to Creator series. Available to watch on YouTube, it's part one of a conversation between various creative leads on two beloved Spider-Man projects — Marvel's Spider-Man 2 from Insomniac Games, and Sony Pictures Animation's Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse...
Rumour A New PlayStation Handheld Console Reportedly in the Works
We wish
Following the PlayStation Vita's relatively poor commercial performance, it's never really seemed likely that Sony would return to the handheld space. In a world where smartphones are already everywhere and development budgets and timescales are ballooning, a dedicated handheld console seems like the last thing Sony would focus on. However,...
"Don't do this."
Members of the Insomniac Games development team have been forced to speak out against the online abuse they are receiving over the lack of Marvel's Spider-Man 2 updates. The problem was first brought to light by advanced senior community manager Aaron Jason Espinoza, who tweeted: "Sending violent threats to game developers over game...
Preview Helldivers 2 Utterly Revels in Its Chaotic Bug Battles
Hands on with Sony's new shooter
The jury's still out on whether Sony's live-service push will prove fruitful or not, but Helldivers 2 at least gets it off on the front foot. The satisfying addictiveness of the Arrowhead Game Studios follow-up will see it fit perfectly in a rotation of other online and single player titles, circumventing the pull of...
News Kojima's Bizarre PS5 Death Stranding 2 Trailer Gets the Meme Treatment
Another weird little guy to obsess over
At yesterday's State of Play showcase, Hideo Kojima unveiled new gameplay for and officially confirmed the title of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. As was the case with the original Death Stranding, it watches like a fever dream, dredged from the deepest recesses of Kojima's imagination. According to the...
News Gran Turismo Sport's Last Ever PS4 Patch Enables Offline Saves
Preserving offline play forever
Gran Turismo Sport, controversially, tied save files to a server – raising understandable preservation concerns, in addition to an abundance of other issues. However, as Polyphony Digital has terminated the title’s online services, it’s released one final patch which will allow existing owners to save their...
News Could Sony, Hideo Kojima's Physint Be the First Announced PS6 Game?
He even says it's for the "next generation"
Considering that Kojima Productions is nowhere near the biggest developer in the world, it seems absurdly busy at the moment. The Japanese team has Death Stranding 2: On the Beach slated for 2025, it's collaborating with Xbox on OD, and now there's a new IP in the works funded by Sony. That is a lot of...
News South Korean Superstar Sejeong Is Tifa and Aloy in Asian PS5 Ad
Happy New Play-Year
Celebrations for the Lunar New Year get underway imminently in Asia, and Sony is marking the occasion with a new ad campaign featuring South Korean superstar Kim Sejeong. In the commercial, the multi-talented ex-IOI and Gugudan member can be seen dressed as Aloy from Horizon Forbidden West and Tifa from Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.
Gallery Death Stranding 2: On the Beach's PS5 Movie Posters Reveal Elle Fanning, More
Meet the cast
We all know Hideo Kojima loves movies, and often he’ll try to present his games in the same way as his favourite flicks. Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is no different, as evidenced by this selection of movie posters featuring stars Norman Reedus, Leah Seydoux, and Elle Fanning. Of note, director Fatih Akin has lent his likeness as...
News Pre-Orders for Promising PS5 Exclusive Stellar Blade Open Very Soon
Sit tight until next week
We all know that Shift Up’s extremely promising PS5 exclusive Stellar Blade will launch on 26th April, which isn’t that far away. As such, pre-orders will open imminently for the outing, from 7th February. There’ll be two options available: the Standard Edition and the Digital Deluxe Edition. And, don’t worry if you...
News Until Dawn PS5, PC Will Boast Fresh Locations and an All-New Camera
More than a remaster
Until Dawn’s announcement for PS5 and PC has confused many, because despite being a decade old, the original Supermassive Games story is still very playable on PS4. Sony obviously has big plans for the franchise because it’s working on a movie adaptation, which will be directed by Lights Out’s David F. Sandberg. But this...
Poll How Would You Rate the Latest State of Play Showcase?
Did Sony get 2024 off to a good start?
Sony's first State of Play livestream of 2024 has been and gone, leaving us with a whole host of all-new PS5 and PSVR2 games to consider in the year ahead. Excitement for the show was quite a bit higher than would be typical of a State of Play due to the rumours and speculation spread in the days leading up to...
News Rise of the Ronin PS5 Gets Gameplay Deep Dive at Sony's State of Play
Samurai flamethrower
Team Ninja's upcoming open world epic, Rise of the Ronin, got a blowout at Sony's latest State of Play showcase, with a gameplay overview trailer giving us our best look yet at the game in action. We see its impressive depiction of 19th-century Yokohama, one of the first Japanese ports opened to trade with foreign countries. The...
News Sony Partners with Hideo Kojima on Physint, Basically Sounds Like a Metal Gear Successor
Metal Gear?!
Sony and PlayStation Studios have announced a partnership with Kojima Productions on a project titled (or at least codenamed) Physint. Going by how all of this is being framed, this is essentially a successor to Metal Gear — which is of course owned by Konami, and has nothing to do with Kojima anymore. The game is already being...
News Schlock Horror Favourite Until Dawn Being Rebuilt for PS5, PC
Movie also on the way
It’s arguably one of the best examples of the branching narrative genre, and with a movie around the corner, Until Dawn is getting freshened up for PS5 and PC later this year. Ballistic Moon is handling development, as opposed to original creator Supermassive Games, with the title being completely recreated in Unreal Engine...
"Exciting news you won't want to miss"
And just like that, right at the end of the latest State of Play, Sony has confirmed that it'll be hosting another broadcast next week on the 6th February. It'll be going all-in on Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth ahead of its release several weeks later, on the 29th February. "Square Enix will be sharing new gameplay...
News Death Stranding 2 Subtitle On the Beach Confirmed, Out in 2025
10-minute trailer to digest
As was rumoured, PS5 exclusive Death Stranding 2 will sport the subtitle On the Beach. The game will be out next year in 2025, and we've got a new trailer clocking in at nearly 10 minutes long to digest. Check it out above. "Embark on an inspiring mission of human connection beyond the UCA. Sam—with companions by his...
Live Watch Sony PlayStation's State of Play Livestream Right Here (31st January, 2024)
Stellar Blade! Rise of the Ronin! Death Stranding 2?
Looking to watch Sony PlayStation’s State of Play livestream today? Well, you've come to the right place! State of Plays can be mixed affairs, but Sony's latest presentation is looking like the real deal. With over 15 games promised, including first-party titles Rise of the Ronin and Stellar...
News PS Plus Premium Adds Spider-Man 2 PS5 Trial Next Week
Swing for it
PS5 exclusive Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is getting a two-hour trial next week, available to PS Plus Premium subscribers. Starting from the 6th February, you'll be able to play through the opening sections of the highly rated action title, which should give you just enough time to get a feel for the game. Spidey's being added to what is now...
News Prices Plunge on Over 1,500 PS5, PS4 Games in Brand-New Sale
How low can you go?
Good grief, as if the stacked release schedule wasn’t already proving tough enough to navigate, now Sony has plunged the price of over 1,500 PS5 and PS4 games on the PS Store. There’s some quality content up for grabs here, like Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition for £43.49/$53.24 – or its excellent Phantom Liberty expansion...
Guide What Time Is PlayStation's State of Play?
When and where to watch State of Play
What time is Sony's State of Play livestream, and when and where can you watch it? State of Play is Sony's irregularly scheduled show for providing updates on the latest games coming to PS5, PS4, and PSVR2. Usually a little smaller in scale than a PlayStation Showcase, the State of Play will still be worth...
Not a surprise anymore, eh?
It’s not really a big story anymore because this has been happening for years, but Sony announced its internally developed first-party game MLB The Show 24 overnight – and once again, PlayStation owners will be forced to pay full-price for the title, while Xbox Game Pass subscribers can play it at no extra cost. This...
News Unleash Democratic Carnage with Warbonds in Helldivers 2 on PS5
Ask not what Super Earth can do for you...
Helldivers 2's planned embarkation date of 8th February is fast approaching, with millions (probably) of PlayStation players preparing to put boots on the ground on some of the most inhospitable planets in the galaxy. Any true patriot of Super Earth knows the worth of investing in one's own wargear, which...
Talking Point What Can We Expect in the Next State of Play Show?
Setting some PS5, PSVR2 expectations
Sony has confirmed it's starting 2024 with a bang, as a new State of Play show will see us into the start of February, just as many of the PS5 titles it's struck marketing deals with are set to release. The firm has confirmed over 15 PS5, PSVR2 games will appear within a 45-minute timespan, opening the floodgates...
News Stellar Blade Springs Back to Life as Anticipated PS5 Exclusive Nears
Well, would you Adam and Eve it?
One of the tentpole titles featured during this week’s State of Play will be Korean developer Shift Up’s highly anticipated PS5 exclusive Stellar Blade, which is scheduled to release later this year. Already confirmed to be one of the 15 titles featured during the 40-minute presentation, the game’s social media...
News Death Stranding 2 Practically Confirmed for State of Play as Hideo Kojima Hypes Stream
On the beach
It’s been strongly rumoured in the past few days, but it looks like Death Stranding 2 will feature during this week’s State of Play livestream. While not explicitly mentioned in Sony’s announcement post, Hideo Kojima has taken to Instagram to hype up the event, which suggests the hotly anticipated sequel will appea
News Spanish Sales of PS Portal Are Gaining on PSVR2
PS5 peripherals compete
A new report from Gamereactor covers Spain's final two weeks of software and hardware sales in 2023, and it looks as though Sony's divisive PS Portal is doing alright for itself. In fact, a comparison with PSVR2 suggests it's becoming the country's PS5 companion of choice. The article states that PSVR2 has so far sold about...
Poll What Review Score Would You Give The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered?
Can't be for nothing/10
We understand this is a bit of a weird poll since some of you will have already given the original The Last of Us: Part 2 a score, but we've got to be thorough with these things so that our Best PS5 Games lists are all correctly updated! The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered is the same game, but it looks slightly better and comes...
