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TodayThu, 28th Mar 2024 News PS5, PS4's Gran Turismo 7 Continues to Get Better and Better Collaboration with upcoming anime Highspeed Étoile announced Sony doesn't consider Gran Turismo 7 to be a live service game, but developer Polyphony Digital treats it like it is one. The game goes from strength-to-strength with each new update, and while v1.44 is on the smaller side by the series' standards, it adds more complimentary content... News Take-Two Will Acquire Borderlands Dev Gearbox Entertainment $460 million deal makes sense Take-Two has announced plans to acquire Gearbox Entertainment from the embattled Embracer Group, in a deal reported to be worth $460 million. The buyout makes logical sense, as Gearbox Entertainment will operate under the framework of 2K Games, which has long been the publisher of the popular Borderlands series. It'll... News Star Wars Outlaws Rated in Australia M for Mature, mate Ubisoft's hotly anticipated PS5 game, Star Wars Outlaws, has been rated in Australia. The filing was made on 20th March (thanks, Kotaku), and there is speculation that a release date could be imminent, although that last part remains to be seen.
Outlaws has received a preliminary, standardised IARC (International Age Rating... News Judge Rules in Sony's Favour in $500m Controller Comms Lawsuit Communication is key A US judge has ruled that Sony did not infringe on another company's patented technology with its PlayStation hardware, specifically in regard to how consoles and controllers communicate.
As detailed by GamesIndustry.biz, Genuine Enabling Technology (GET) first filed a complaint against Sony back in 2017, claiming that the... News Lasguns Set to Fun in Glowing First Dune: Awakening Preview Survival MMO could be the sci-fi sandbox we've been waiting for Dune: Awakening from developer Funcom has a lot of hype to live up to in the wake of two inescapable films from Dennis Villeneuve based on Frank Herbet's legendary sci-fi novels. Thankfully, it seems to be on track, judging first from the scorching gameplay released at the start of the... News Don't Nod Has Seven Games in the Works, Four of Them Unannounced Reorganizing around RPGs, narrative adventure, action adventure branches Don't Nod, once the developer best known for the quirky adventure game Life is Strange, has seven games in development, four of which remain unannounced. With releases like Vampyr and Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden under its belt (and more on the way), it's clear that the... News Extensive Judas Gameplay Overview Dissects BioShock Creator's Next J stands for Judas At long last, the curtains have been drawn back on Judas, the first game from BioShock creator Ken Levine's outfit, Ghost Story Games. Courtesy of IGN, we've got our best look yet at the game, how its intriguing "narrative LEGOs" design philosophy works in play, and, of course, a familiar, chaotic form of powered combat we've been... YesterdayWed, 27th Mar 2024 News PS Plus Essential Games for April 2024 Announced Immortal membership The PS Plus Essential monthly games lineup for April has now been officially confirmed by Sony, offering up yet another trio of treats for subscribers. The titles on offer will be available to claim from Tuesday 2nd April. Here's what you can look forward to in the latest lineup:
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Minecraft... Preview Stellar Blade Is the PS5 Exclusive Enthusiasts Have Been Praying For Finally some good f*cking food If you were raised on a diet of Japan Studio oddities and quirky PlayStation published exclusives, then Stellar Blade is the game you've been praying for. Developed by Korean studio Shift Up - the infamous outfit behind the wildly popular smartphone shooter NIKKE: Goddess of Victory - this single player PS5... News Almost 4,000 Huge PS5, PS4 Games Discounted in Wallet Loosening Spring Sale Aw sh*t, here we go again Close to a colossal 4,000 PS5 and PS4 games are on sale in Sony's epic Spring Sale, which is rolling out at the time of writing and scheduled to run through 24th April. A second phase of deals will be added to the current crop on 10th April, potentially making this one of the biggest PS Store promotions in history.
Some... Random Neuralink Brain Implant Patient Pulls All-Nighter Playing Civilisation 6 "It was awesome" The first human recipient of a Neuralink brain implant has put the futuristic tech to work, which, amongst some truly incredible other things, includes staying up all night playing Sid Meier's Civilization VI, which is something we can certainly get behind.
Back in January, billionaire Neuralink co-founder Elon Musk announced on... News 6v6 Hero Shooter Marvel Rivals Officially Announced, But There's No Mention of PS5 Yet As was heavily rumoured, the new Marvel game is indeed a six-on-six, team-based, hero-based multiplayer shooter. It's called Marvel Rivals, and it's built around each character having their own unique abilities. You've got the Hulk, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Dr. Strange, Black Panther... It looks to be quite a robust roster.
There's just one... News PlayStation Fans Torn on Prospect of PS5 Pro Pro-crastination The all-but-official PS5 Pro has been a prominent talking point over the last couple of weeks, especially with leaked specifications and the like only adding fuel to the fire. But from our perspective, it's starting to seem like Sony has a fairly hard sell on its hands — even if the mid-gen upgrade ends up being aimed squarely at... Review Grandia HD Collection (PS4) - Barebones Collection Bundles Worthy RPGs Tough sell Grandia HD Collection bundles together two classic JRPG adventures from the tail-end of the genre's golden age, a series that has long since fallen by the wayside. Grandia, initially released on the SEGA Saturn, would make its way to PS1 in 1999, and its narratively unconnected but mechanically superior sequel, Grandia II, first came to... News TopSpin 2K25 Looks Like a Real Winner in PS5, PS4 Gameplay Showcase One to rally around This author has long championed TopSpin 4's realistic take on tennis, and while it's taken over ten years to get a sequel, we're ecstatic to see TopSpin 2K25 building on the foundations of its famous predecessor. This gameplay video recaps many of the features we mentioned in our recent preview, but it sprinkles in some... News Seismic Free No Man's Sky Update Transforms Space Stations on PS5, PS4 A whole new world For the next free update in the ever-expanding No Man's Sky, industrious developer Hello Games has completely rebuilt space stations. As it notes in a press release, previously these were one aspect of the game which weren't procedurally generated, but when the update launches later today (27th March), that will all change... News Huge Star Ocean: The Second Story R Update Makes This Fantastic Remake Even Better Reach for the stars Square Enix has dropped a substantial new update for Star Ocean: The Second Story R, which released for PS5 and PS4 last year. Already an incredibly well-made remake of a classic RPG, this patch adds some welcome features, such as a new difficulty level, new endgame bosses, new options for starting New Game+, and more.
Here are... News Helldivers 2 APC Game Master Reportedly an Imposter Masquerading as Joel Forget 3 Body Problem, we have a multiple-Joel situation Helldivers 2 players have reported encountering unsanctioned Super Earth weaponry and equipment in the wild since the game first launched. Almost immediately, players were running into mechs, vehicles, and even an incredibly cool-looking armoured personnel carrier (APC), all thought to be part... News Free Superhero MMO DC Universe Online Pows PS5 Life left in long-running game yet Almost 15 years ago, this author received a press kit from Sony Online Entertainment for superhero MMO DC Universe Online on the PS3. Fast-forward to the present day, and the developer - renamed Daybreak Game Company, of course - is still supporting the game, with the free-to-play affair now available to... Review Open Roads (PS5) - Mother-Daughter Road Trip Is a Leisurely Narrative Cruise Driving down memory lane Things haven't been easy for Fullbright, the company that most famously produced Gone Home back in 2013, a slice of indie narrative heaven that won plaudits. After the excellent (but less virally successful) Tacoma in 2017, it's now back with another long-awaited game, Open Roads — except, in fact, the name Fullbright has... Review Planet Zoo: Console Edition - A Tame But Charming Zoo 'Em Up There is no Dana, only Zoo Planet Zoo is at its best when things are going well. Some park building games thrive when they turn into disaster management sims and you're forced to frantically resolve crises before the whole thing comes crashing down like a house of cards. Planet Zoo ain't that.
Sure, things can and will go wrong in the zoo you've... News Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn Gets Extended PS5 Gameplay Overview Don't go off half-cocked Flintlock: Siege of Dawn is an upcoming PS5 action RPG from New Zealand developer A44 Games, best known for its 2018 Souls-Like, Ashen. Today, we were treated to an extended gameplay overview of the studio's next game, giving us our best look yet, with commentary from creative director Simon Dasan.
Influenced by flintlock... News Dragon's Dogma 2 Players Discover Working Trebuchets, Secret Areas A marvel of engineering Dragon's Dogma 2 continues to be the gift that keeps giving, with players reporting overnight the discovery of how to use the many catapults trebuchets (and ballista) left scattered around Capcom's reactive game world (though some are clearly destroyed). Even more exciting, the power and torque of these beautiful machines of... News Finish Them! Bot Plot Prompts Helldivers Campaign to Liberate Automaton Homeworlds Bots plot large-scale attack, Super Earth responds proportionally An encrypted message has come down from Super Earth High Command (developer Arrowhead Game Studios), ordering all available Helldivers 2 players to immediately embark on a "defensive annihilation" campaign against the Automatons' homeworlds. It's all or nothing; the objective this... News Free Arcade Racer Asphalt Legends Unite Skidding to PS5, PS4 With local and online multiplayer at up to 120fps There's a strong chance you're familiar with the Asphalt series: the Gameloft racer is a mainstay in any modern arcade, and is extremely popular on smartphones. Now an updated version of the free-to-play franchise is skidding on to PS5 and PS4, in the form of Asphalt Legends Unite. You can look... Tuesday26th Mar 2024 Guide New PS5, PS4 Games This Week (25th March to 31st March) And breathe What new PS5 and PS4 games are releasing in physical retailers and as part of the PS Store update this week? After a huge spate of blockbuster releases, things are a little quieter this time out. Click through the links for a full list of all new PS5 games release dates in 2024, all new PSVR2 games release dates in 2024, and News Xbox Planning to Release the 'Majority' of Its Exclusives on PS5 Third-parties apparently unsure whether to support Microsoft's system Xbox will apparently release the "majority" of its tentpole first-party titles on PS5 in the future, as its multiformat strategy gathers pace. Earlier in the year, the Redmond firm broadcast a strategic business meeting, where it announced four console exclusive titles -... News Devs Allegedly Pondering the Point of Sony's PS5 Pro Upgrade "Many feel they're not making the most out of PS5 yet" There have been two big stories on the ground at GDC this year: Xbox's flatlining brand and the purpose of the PS5 Pro. Speaking as part of a podcast, GamesIndustry.biz's well-connected reporter Christopher Dring noted that he didn't meet a "single person" at the show that understood... News UK Sales Charts: Dragon's Dogma 2, Rise of the Ronin Off to a Weak Start at Retail Not quite, Arisen It sounds like Dragon's Dogma 2 and Rise of the Ronin — both released on Friday of last week — have struggled to make an immediate impact in the UK. While we don't have the full sales charts just yet, GamesIndustry.biz's ever-knowledgeable Christopher Dring has outlined the relative success of the new releases, and it's fair to... Talking Point How Do You Feel About the PS5 Pro? Pro strats Although it's yet to be officially announced, we all know that the PS5 Pro is real, and it's likely dropping later this year. A mid-gen upgrade on the PS5, Sony will probably position the refreshed console as another premium product — something that it's been doing throughout the generation so far, with stuff like PS Portal and the... News Development of Santa Monica Studios' Next PS5 Game Appears to Be Going Swimmingly Judging by Barlog's general demenour Sony's first-party Santa Monica Studio is currently working on a new PS5 game, that much is known, having wrapped development on God of War Ragnarok with the release of the essential Valhalla DLC. If we had to bet, it will be quite some time before we hear anything more concrete, but one thing's for sure:... News Helldivers 2's Galactic War Effort Undermined by Bug This time, of the technical kind We all know that bugs represent an existential threat to the future of Super Earth and, by extension, to the players of Arrowhead's excellent Helldivers 2. However, the ongoing Galactic War effort is being undermined by one more treacherous than most. This makes determining precisely how much Liberty has been spread... News New Marvel Game Reveal Incoming, Rumoured to Be a 6v6 Hero-Based Shooter Holding out for heroes A new Marvel game will be officially announced tomorrow (that's the 27th March) at 8am PT / 11am ET / 3pm GMT. That's according to hype master Geoff Keighley, who's teasing the title on social media.
But as it happens, we may already know what this game is. As reported by Forbes, this project is heavily rumoured to be a... News Big PS5 Update Lets Sony Use Your Gameplay Clips to Help Other Players But you have to opt in A future PS5 update has been revealed, in which the 'Game Help' section of the system's interface will be significantly expanded upon. The new 'Community Game Help' is exactly what it sounds like: players will be able to reference gameplay clips from other users when they're stuck on a certain in-game objectives, challenges,... News Mysterious, Viral Dragon's Dogma 2 Mechanic Infecting Player's Pawns Confirmed cases of Dragonsplague detected Reports of a mysterious affliction infecting the Pawns of Dragon's Dogma 2 players, the AI-assisted NPC companion each player creates, have begun to trickle in. This sinister disease is known as Dragonsplague and affected Pawns will exhibit red glowing eyes, incoherent speech, disobedience, and increased... News Baldur's Gate 3's Most Charismatic Villain Was Once a Companion Character Got to draw the line somewhere Baldur's Gate 3 director Swen Vincke has revealed some surprising cut content that didn't make it into the final incarnation of the game, already one of the largest, most complete we've ever played. So, if you ever wondered which villains were once considered for companion status or which iconic locations from the... Poll What Review Score Would You Give Unicorn Overlord? Far from over(lord) We're a bit late with this one, but we still want to know your thoughts on one of this month's best games. We are, of course, talking about Unicorn Overlord — the strategy RPG from Vanillaware. The title was always going to be somewhat niche in terms of appeal, but those who have played it will know how finely crafted an... News Hype Man Geoff Keighley Teases Judas Talk for BioShock Anniversary Would you kindly tell us more? The Game Awards host and industry hype man, Geoff Keighley, is teasing a Judas-related info drop for tomorrow, 27th March, conveniently enough, the 11th anniversary of BioShock Infinite's launch. Keighley sat down alongside IGN executive editor News LEGO Fortnite's Massive Mechanical Mayhem Update Adds Cars Carnage The development of LEGO Fortnite has been fascinating to observe. While it launched in a stable and fulfilling state, Epic Games has been gradually iterating on the outing, adding fishing earlier in the year. Now it's preparing its next major update, scheduled to deploy on 26th March: Mechanical Mayhem, which brings a trio of vehicle... News Vampire Survival RPG 'V Rising' Is Getting A Castlevania Crossover Time Extension Sucks to be you We've been waiting a long time for an all-new Castlevania outing, but in the meantime, it would seem that we'll have to make do with collaboration titles, like Dead Cells' recent Return to Castlevania and the just-announced crossover with Stunlock Studios' vampire survival action RPG, V Rising.
Dubbed "Legacy of Castlevania", this...