Tag Archives: PS5

In a surprise announcement, Sony is increasing the price for its PlayStation Plus subscription service from tomorrow, but only for new subscribers.

While Sony had been increasingly dipping its toes into the PC gaming space, recent reports claimed that the console maker would be pulling back from the sector, with its first-party single player titles no longer being ported to the PC platform. Though yet to be officially announced, known insider Jason Schreier has now ‘confirmed’ that PlayStation’s Hermen Hulst informed staff of this strategy change during a recent Town Hall meeting.

Over a decade on from the last entry, insiders have claimed that Sony might be working on a new InFamous project not developed by Sucker Punch.

Team17 and Expression Games have finally nailed down a release date for Hell Let Loose: Vietnam. The game will become available this Summer, for PC, PS5 and Xbox, offering six large-scale maps and massive 50v50 battles.  The tactical shooter transitions from its World War II setting to the jungles of …

Croteam and Devolver Digital have revealed The Talos Principle 3, the final chapter of the thought-provoking first-person puzzle series. In this final game, we will go on a cosmic journey across more than a dozen worlds, each presenting their own challenges to solve.

The past few years in particular have felt pretty bleak for the video games industry, with the rise and fall of countless live-service games creating volatility, while the influx of gen-AI has led to continuous price hikes across the board. Despite all this, the head of 3rd parties at PlayStation ‘Christian Svensson’ has claimed that “there are no dire times for the industry ahead as far as I'm concerned.”

85% of all PlayStation 4 and PS5 game sales during the past Quarter (ending 31st of March 2026) were digital titles, with just 15% physical.

Not all fans were impressed with the reveal for Horizon Hunters Gathering, but development has continued. The latest closed playtest is now due to take place, with Sony inviting fans to sign up to participate.  The next playtest for Horizon Hunters Gathering will take place from May 22nd to May …

Over the past week, there has been concern amongst console gamers after a PlayStation term of service update indicated that there would now be a required online check-in to continue accessing digital games on PS5 and PS4. Now, Sony has issued a statement on the matter. The initial concern was …

Andy Nguyen (TheFloW) has launched a guide to installing Linux on a PS5. By publishing the technical steps to turn a PlayStation 5 into a fully functional PC, Nguyen has effectively handed players a “Plan B” for hardware ownership. This jailbreak targets disc-version consoles running older firmwares, but not all …

May’s PlayStation Plus Essential line-up arrives on the 5th, including the latest EA Sports FC entry, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers and Nine Sols.

While fans continue to wait for a next-gen version of RDR2, the original Red Dead Redemption is set to get a physical release on PS5.

The final part of Arc Raiders’ Q1 2026 roadmap is here, with the Riven Tides update adding a new map alongside PSSR 2 support on PS5 Pro.

Comments from videogame voice actors have sparked plenty of rumours in the past. This month, one voice actor openly talked about Insomniac's plans for a Venom side-game or DLC following Spider-Man 2, but other sources quickly shot down the claim that the game had been cancelled.  In an interview with …

Critic reviews for the Housemarque developed Saros have gone live, with the title landing as the highest-rated game in the studio's 30 year history.

Asha Sharma has been in charge of Xbox for just a couple of months at this point but we are already starting to see some significant changes. For starters, last year's Game Pass price hikes have been reversed. Next on the agenda is a re-evaluation of how Xbox handles exclusives.  …

Ahead of the arrival of Forza Horizon 6, co-developer Virtuous officially confirmed that Horizon 5 has sold over 5 million copies on PS5.

Pearl Abyss continues to impress with the speed of its patches for Crimson Desert. A number of criticisms from the pre-launch period were addressed in the week of the game's release. Since then, the studio has been focused on making more improvements based on user feedback.  The latest patch for …

With the rest of April’s PlayStation Plus line-up now available, Sony have announced which titles will be removed from the service, including Control.

PlayStation owners will soon need to verify their age in order to use Sony’s communication features such as voice chat and direct messages.

Like clockwork, Arrowhead Game Studios have announced brand new DLC coming to Helldivers II, with the Exo Experts Warbond officially arriving early next week.

Just as promised, this evening 4A Games officially revealed the next mainline game in the Metro series. Metro 2039 is scheduled to release ‘this Winter', so any potential delay would likely push the game into 2027. Metro 2039 is a handcrafted, story-driven shooter campaign in which players take on the …

Earlier this week, we learned through leaks that Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, Football Manager 26 and The Crew Motorfest would all be joining the PlayStation Plus library this month. Now, Sony has revealed the full list, including five extra games. PlayStation Plus Extra is Sony's answer to Game Pass, giving …

Starfield has been out on PS5 for around a week now and while it is doing better than a few other recently released Xbox ports, the sales numbers still sound far from ideal for a game that had been in development for a decade. 

Sony has not yet announced the next round of titles for the PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium libraries, but the same leaker responsible for monthly PS+ Essential leaks has now revealed some of the new games heading to Extra and Premium subscribers later this month.  Just after the midway point …

Recently, Sony announced a fresh round of pricing adjustments for its PS5 console line-up, pushing costs up for the PS5, PS5 Digital Edition, the PS5 Pro, the PlayStation Portal and other accessories. As it turns out, this announcement pushed many US gamers into upgrading before the new pricing came into …

The face model for Peter Parker in Insomniac Games’ Spider-Man has teased that he is working on a new project, presumably a 3rd mainline entry in the series.

New details have leaked regarding SSM's next project, with the God of War spin-off reportedly taking Kratos’ wife Faye to multiple East Asian mythologies.

According to insiders Naughty Dog currently has 3 projects in the works: Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet; a new Uncharted game and The Last of Us Part III.

It has been a couple of months since the last State of Play showcase took place. Apparently, there could be another one happening pretty soon.