Tag Archives: PS5

During the 2023 Game Awards, Sony Santa Monica and Kratos made a surprising appearance, announcing a free rogue-like DLC in the form of God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla. Alongside the announcement, SSM revealed that the 2022 game has sold an impressive 15 million copies. Taking to the PlayStation blog to …

Following the overwhelming success of 2022’s God of War Ragnarök, there had been rumblings that the team at Sony Santa Monica were cooking up some DLC for the game. Even so, it came as a great surprise when the studio revealed God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla, bringing a free rogue-like …

Capcom's Monster Hunter series finally obtained global popularity in 2018 with the release of Monster Hunter: World. Now, we have our first look at Capcom's first truly next-gen Monster Hunter game – Monster Hunter Wilds.  At The Game Awards last night, Capcom unveiled the first trailer for Monster Hunter Wilds, …

In this ever-increasing world of digital media, it feels as though no one truly owns what they buy. One of the few ways to ensure your games will remain available to you in perpetuity is to buy physical discs. Unfortunately, even physical media is beginning to become unreliable in this …

The announcement of The Last of Us Part II Remastered came with a surprising number of new included features. Among them was the ‘No Return’ game mode – a rogue-like which will offer highly replayable levels using Part II’s excellent gameplay loop. Ahead of the title’s launch early next year, …

With the release of the first GTA VI trailer, we have finally gotten an official look at Rockstar Games’ next tentpole release. Of course, the publishing of the trailer brings with it a great deal of new details – some good, some bad. Fortunately, the game looks to be a …

One month ago, PlayStation and Polyphony Digital released their biggest update yet for Gran Turismo 7. Dubbed the ‘Spec II’ update, GT7 introduced a whole host of new features including 4-player split-screen, 50 new challenges, additional events and so much more. According to the studio, Spec II has helped to …

For Day 4 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar, we have teamed up with Seagate to give THREE lucky winners a storage boost. We have three prizes today, one winner will get a 1TB PCIe 4 NVMe SSD, one winner will get the 2TB Special Edition Starfield Seagate Game Drive for Xbox and another winner will get a Han Solo Special Edition FireCuda 2TB HDD. 

While CD Projekt Red had previously made it clear that Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 and the Phantom Liberty expansion would be the last major updates for the game, it turns out the studio still has a couple of surprises up its sleeve. With the Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition launching next week, …

I bet you didn't expect this. Sony and Xbox have collaborated (separately, we assume) with Yorkshire Tea to create two limited-edition controllers for their respective current-gen consoles. POPeArt designed both controllers, which are now available for over twice the MSRP of the standard models. Of all the unlikely partnerships we've …

The final PS+ update of the year has arrived. For December, Sony is delivering a final batch of three games to PS+ Essential subscribers, including one PS5 title and two cross-gen titles. Starting on December 5th until January 1st, PlayStation Plus subscribers will be able to claim three titles – …

One of the biggest surprises to come out of the announcement of The Last of Us Part II Remastered was the reveal of its No Return rogue-like mode. While little is known about this new addition, the LinkedIn profile of an ex-Naughty Dog dev seems to suggest that it will be a rather meaty affair...

Last week, Sony announced the full list of titles set to be added to PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium. As always, Sony giveth and Sony taketh away – with nearly a dozen titles set to be removed from the service next month. With November’s PlayStation Plus additions now officially live …

It has been a long road but Cyberpunk 2077 is finally complete. The introduction of Patch 2.0, as well as the Phantom Liberty expansion, has marked the end of development. Just like The Witcher 3, there will be one final Cyberpunk 2077 release, packaging together all the content available. CD …

After the release of The Last of Us Part 1, the second remaster for Naughty Dog's 2013 masterpiece, rumours began swirling that we would see a remaster for The Last of Us Part 2 as well. As it turns out, those rumours were true, with Sony officially announcing the game …

Each month, Sony updates its library of titles available to play through the platform’s PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscription tiers. While not the most exciting month, November’s line-up includes the day-one addition of the physics-based sandbox ‘Teardown’. Making the announcement on the PlayStation Blog, Adam Michel, the Director of …

Insomniac Games have been on a roll, with the PlayStation studio releasing 4 titles for the PS5 generation so far. Despite Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 only having launched last month, it seems as though the studio’s next game – Marvel’s Wolverine – is planned to release in 2024; at least according …

We've heard a lot about Sony's plans to make a big push into live-service games, seeking larger, recurring revenues than their single-player hits can provide. Originally, Sony had planned to ship around 12 live-service games by 2026 but that number has now been cut in half. During Sony's latest earnings …

The PlayStation 5 has recently been updated with a new design, commonly called the “Slim” version. This new version is smaller and lighter, and is gradually replacing the original version. The external differences between the new and older models are pretty obvious. However, it's unclear what has changed on the …

Naughty Dog have been working on a standalone multiplayer project set in the world of The Last of Us for quite a few years now. That said, with minimal updates since the game’s announcement, reports were released claiming that the title has been put on ice. The game’s director has …

Back in September, we reviewed the 4TB Lexar NM790 NVMe SSD. At the time, we were impressed by its speeds but pointed out that it really needed a heatsink to manage thermals for high-load situations. Now, Lexar is unveiling the NM790 SSD with heatsink, marketed towards gamers, both on PC …

We previously reported that Gran Turismo 7 was set to get a ‘Big’ update at some point this week. Now, Polyphony Digital has officially announced ‘GT7 Spec II’ – bringing 4-player split-screen, over half a dozen cars and much more. Making the announcement on their blog, the team at Polyphony …

Since its release last year, the team at Polyphony Digital have been diligently updating Gran Turismo 7 with a whole host of new features, cars and modes. Studio head and GT7 director Kazunori Yamauchi has now teased that a “big update” is set to drop some time this week. Teasing …

Insomniac's Spider-Man games contain plenty of easter eggs for the wider Marvel universe. Soon, Insomniac will expand its Marvel repertoire with a standalone game based on Wolverine. In a recent interview, Insomniac confirmed that while Wolverine doesn't get a nod in Spider-Man 2, Insomniac's version of the character will be …

Last Friday was a big one for PlayStation fans, as Insomniac released the sequel to its highly praised Spider-Man game. Spider-Man 2 has now been available for a few days and it has swiftly become the fastest-selling game in PS Studios' history...

Roblox is currently one of the most popular games of all time, with the free-to-play title seeing a total of 65 million daily active users and more than 5 Billion registered accounts. Despite this, Roblox hadn’t found its way on PlayStation platforms until last week. That said, during this short …

We're a few days away from the launch of Insomniac's next big PlayStation exclusive, Marvel's Spider-Man 2. The sequel to the 2018 game is set for a big launch, as the game has garnered rave reviews from critics.  Reviews went live for Spider-Man 2 today. Based on over 100 reviews …

The Dragon Ball series is undeniably one of the biggest franchises in anime, with its popularity translating to sales success on the video game front. One of the series’ most popular games in recent years has been Xenoverse 2. Despite being almost 7 years old at this point, the 3D …

Sony unveiled its first proper PS5 revision this week, with a new, slimmer model that shrinks the overall volume of the console by around 30 percent. The new version also moves to a modular disc-drive design, allowing Digital Edition buyers to save money on their initial purchase and pick up …

Sony is on a bit of an announcement spree this week. After unveiling the PS5 Slim last night, today the company is officially announcing the launch of PS5 Game Streaming, finally allowing customers to stream PS5 titles without having to download them.  While on Xbox, Cloud Game Streaming is limited …