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During Sony’s recent PlayStation Showcase, the console manufacturer officially announced Project Q – a Remote Play enabled handheld which will allow you to play your PS5 games away from the console itself. Few details were shared at the time – though according to an industry insider Project Q’s battery life …

With the release of The Last of Us Part II in 2020, fans of Naughty Dog’s games have been eagerly awaiting the studio’s next original project. There has been a great deal of back-and-forth between fans regarding whether this title is The Last of Us Part III or a separate …

After a year and a half of waiting, Sony finally hosted another PlayStation Showcase. Unfortunately, the general consensus appears to be that the console manufacturer was unable to live up to the hype – primarily due to a lack of first-party titles. That said, according to one insider, many of …

During the recent PlayStation Showcase, Sony teased a number of first-party projects currently in development by the console manufacturer’s more recently-acquired studios. One such announcement unveiled ‘Concord’ – a new PVP multiplayer FPS from Firewalk Studios coming to PS5 and PC. Teasing the game with a rather abstract trailer, the …

Ahead of the PlayStation Showcase, we heard talks of a WIFI-focused handheld being in development at Sony. Known internally as Project Q, PlayStation has now officially announced the handheld – alongside the surprise reveal of gaming-focused wireless earbuds.

Sony concluded its lengthy PlayStation Showcase with an extended look at Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. Set to arrive in Autumn of this year, Insomniac Games showed off what separates this game from the first two: multiple playable Spider-Men; the symbiote-infused black suit; web wings and more. Releasing a 3-minute long trailer …

Forspoken had an unfortunate launch period. Released back in late January the open-world action-adventure title received quite a bit of criticism from fans and reviewers alike due to a multitude of reasons. Since then, the team at Luminous Productions have released some rather substantial updates, with the latest patch bringing …

Sony’s PlayStation VR2 launched in late February to high praise across the board with many deeming it to be the best virtual reality headset available. Unfortunately, the headset has had somewhat of a slow start, with leakers reporting that Sony had cut the hardware’s production by 20%. That said, we …

Coming off of the success of the PlayStation 4 Sony have been riding high with the PS5. That said, the console manufacturer appears to be evolving its strategy for this generation, claiming that it wants to cover every single gaming genre with its first-party portfolio of games. As part of …

It's been almost 7 years since the release of Persona 5 and yet there has been no official word on a sequel. That said, plenty of rumours and leaks have popped up over the years. As we inch closer to the inevitable release of a Persona 6, details surrounding the …

6 years on from Breath of the Wild, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is finally in the hands of fans. One of the biggest takeaways from the game so far is disbelief in how the console manufacturer was able to run this ambitious title on the woefully …

With the PS5 generation we have seen Sony take an interest in the PC gaming space, having ported a number of PlayStation exclusives to the platform in recent years. That said, unlike Microsoft, there has been an extended lag between when a game launches on PlayStation and its eventual PC release. Now, SIE CEO Jim Ryan has claimed that PC ports will release 2-3 years after their launch on PS5.

Following a long string of leaks and rumours Sony finally made its much-anticipated PlayStation Showcase official. Set to go live this Wednesday the 24th of May, the console manufacturer has promised over an hour of announcements “focusing on PS5 and PS VR2 games in development from top studios from around the world”. Vague descriptors aside, we know next to nothing about this upcoming showcase – making for an exciting event indeed. With that, here’s my hopes and fears for the 2023 PlayStation Showcase.

Nintendo’s support for its Switch Online service has been somewhat inconsistent ever since it first went live back in 2018. That said, the subscription service has slowly but surely been filled up with a number of quality titles. Joining the NSO library next week is the Super Mario Advance Trilogy. …

Back at CES earlier this year, Sony announced Project Leonardo – an accessibility focused controller “that works ‘out of the box’ to help many players with disabilities play games more easily, more comfortably, and for longer periods.” Now, the console manufacturer has revealed the controller’s official name alongside a slew …

Nearly 3 years after the game debuted on the Epic Games Store as well as Ubisoft Connect in July 2020, the free-to-play Trackmania reboot (known simply as ‘Trackmania’) dropped onto Steam back in February of this year. Now, the title is making its way to consoles (and Amazon Luna), with …

Back in 2021 it was announced that ex-Call of Duty developers Jason Blundell and Dave Anthony‘s newly formed studio Deviation Games is partnering with PlayStation on a brand new AAA IP for the console manufacturer. Unfortunately, nothing has been shown from this game so far, and now to add a …

With the Steam Deck, many players quickly began searching for emulators to play console games both new and old on the handheld. With the ROG Ally coming up, people are already exploring its emulation capabilities and so far, the results look promising.  ETA Prime has uploaded a new YouTube video …

In recent years Sony has partnered with a number of small yet promising indie studios – many of which consist of industry veterans. Just some of the partnerships have included FireSprite Games; Haven Studios; Deviation Games and more. One such partnership was seemingly with Final Strike Games, working on an …

Since its launch in Spring of 2017, the Nintendo Switch has consistently sold like hotcakes, with the handheld-console hybrid finding itself near the top of the list of best-selling consoles. With the latest figures released, it is safe to say that the Switch could very well end up being the …

Horizon Zero Dawn proved to be a huge success for PlayStation, with the 2017 open-world title helping push the team at Guerrilla Games to new heights – both in terms of their ambitions, as well as the team’s commercial/critical success. Just one year after its launch, 2022’s Horizon Forbidden West …

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II was the very first Xbox Series X/S video game to be announced by Microsoft, officially unveiled alongside the then-next-gen console during the 2019 Game Awards. Despite its early announcement, the status of Hellblade II’s release date remains unknown. That said, Microsoft could finally be teasing the …

With the previous generation of consoles, we saw our first look at the notion of mid-gen console upgrades thanks to the release of the PlayStation 4 Pro and Xbox One X systems. Rumours have claimed that Sony is planning to have a similar release structure for the current-gen PS5, with …

Firaxis Games of XCOM fame last year released Marvel’s Midnight Suns – the comic book card-based tactics game – to a mostly welcome reception across the board. At the time, the game was promised to be coming to Nintendo Switch alongside a previous-gen version. Now, while the release date for …

When Sony first entered the video games industry back in 1994, the world was a very different place, with Nintendo and SEGA being the two biggest video game console manufacturers. In the nearly 3 decades since, we have seen the meteoric rise of the PlayStation brand, with no signs of …

Minecraft is the best-selling game of all time, having shifted over 238 million copies across the game’s many platforms. While we are unlikely to ever see a Minecraft 2, the team at Mojang have been keeping the Minecraft name going with a number of spin-offs crossing many different genres. The …

The upcoming Asus portable gaming console has been the subject of many rumours and leaks in recent weeks. Now, another leak has emerged, this time shedding light on the expected price for the entry-level model. The leak claims that the console with the Ryzen Z1 chip will be priced at …

The video games industry is rather secretive, especially Nintendo. That said, we can often glean some of these redacted details thanks to job listings. Such is the case with a new posting by the console manufacturer – with Nintendo officially discussing their “next generation” platform. As discovered by Reddit user …

Following the cancellation of the Epic Games MOBA Paragon in 2018, the creator released all of the game’s assets online for free, allowing other studios to pick up the mantle where they left off. One of the games spawned from Paragon’s ashes was ‘Predecessor’. Following its Early Access launch late …

Asus's upcoming ROG Ally has been spotted on Geekbench. The recently found entries suggest the forthcoming portable console will have two custom AMD Ryzen “Phoenix” APU options with considerably different GPU specs: the Ryzen Z1 and the Z1 Extreme. Benchleaks was the first to share a Geekbench entry of the …