TodayFri, 19th Apr 2024

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  News Sony Reportedly in Talks to Team Up for Paramount Bid

  Sony Pictures Entertainment on the prowl

  News has been quiet on the acquisition front in recent days, at least when it comes to video game IP. However, according to a new report, Sony is currently in talks with a monied ally to acquire storied picture-house Paramount and all the cross-media potential such an addition would bring. That's according...

  • 5m ago
  • Sony
  • Industry
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  News Eiyuden Chronicle Sequel Will Move Forward, Despite Death of Creator

  Rabbit & Bear Studios to carry on Murayama's legacy

  Sadly, February marked the passing of Yoshitaka Murayama, the legendary creator of Suikoden and its spiritual successor, Eiyuden Chronicle, with Hundred Heroes releasing on PS5 and PS4 next week. Developer Rabbit & Bear Studios has announced its intenti

  • 1h ago
  • Rabbit & Bear
  • PS5
  • Eiyuden Chronicle
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  News Sony Collaborating on SEGA's Golden Axe Animated Series

  Bringing peace to the land is my duty!

  The immortal SEGA brawler Golden Axe is being resurrected as a comedic animated series, of all things. Ordered by Comedy Central and produced by CBS Studios in collaboration with Sony Pictures, the series will undoubtedly feature buxom men and women battling dragons and various beasts, and presumably, hilarity...

  • 2h ago
  • SEGA
  • Sony Pictures
  • TV
  • Golden Axe
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  News Super Earth Demands Helldivers 2 Players Slaughter 2 Billion Terminids

  To replenish precious supplies of E-710

  Helldivers 2 players have been issued a new directive as the Galactic War effort again devolves into a grinding stalemate. The Automatons have deployed increasing numbers of Factory Striders to break the impasse, but for now, the line holds. To amass the necessary fuel to fire a Super Earth counterattack,...

  • 3h ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Helldivers
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  News Fallout Will Officially Shoot a Second Season on Amazon Prime

  Everyone liked that

  Amazon has now officially announced a second season of its overwhelmingly successful Fallout TV adaptation shall be shot and released on its Amazon Prime streaming service. A second batch of episodes appeared likely after the series was handed $25 million of Californian tax credits, but now it's official. Within the first four...

  • 4h ago
  • Amazon
  • TV
  • Fallout

YesterdayThu, 18th Apr 2024

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  38

  News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Heads Back to Medieval Europe on PS5

  The "bigger, better" sequel is out this year

  Warhorse Studios has today announced Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, a PS5 sequel to the 2018 original. Set to release later this year, you can check out the reveal trailer above. The studio says it is a "bigger, better, and more ambitious" title that the team has grown to more than 250 employees to create...

  • 10h ago
  • Deep Silver
  • PS5
  • Kingdom Come
  • Announcements
  • Trailers
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  Poll Are You Playing Final Fantasy 16: The Rising Tide?

  Making waves

  The second and final expansion for Final Fantasy 16, titled The Rising Tide, is out now on PS5 — and if you can believe it, we're fast approaching the base game's first anniversary. But such a realisation has made us wonder... Are you returning to Final Fantasy 16 in order to play through this new DLC? Or could it be that the...

  • 11h ago
  • Square Enix
  • PS5
  • Final Fantasy
  • Polls
  • Features
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  News Baldur's Gate 3 Dev Making Two New Games, Its 'Best Work Ever'

  Also details BG3 Patch 7

  Baldur's Gate 3 team Larian Studios has confirmed it has two new games in the works as it looks to moves on from the Baldur's Gate IP. Having put together one of the greatest RPGs in a generation last year, the Belgian developer won't be making any new narrative content for the third iteration or creating a Baldu

  • 12h ago
  • Larian Studios
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  News Darkest Dungeon 2 Revealed for PS5, PS4 with a 15th July Release Date

  PS Plus members get a discount

  Red Hook Studios has today confirmed Darkest Dungeon 2 will be releasing for PS5 and PS4 on 15th July 2024. Its DLC, The Binding Blade, is also being ported across to Sony systems, though you'll need to buy it on top of the base game. A discount is being offered to PS Plus members, and there'll also be an Oblivion...

  • 14h ago
  • Red Hook Studios
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Darkest Dungeon
  • Announcements
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  News Fallout 4 Sales Up 7,500% in Europe as Bethesda Series Dominates

  Four Fallout games in the top 10

  Bethesda has managed to successfully spread Fallout fever off the back of Amazon Prime's well-received TV show, with sales of Fallout 4 increasing by a whopping 7,500 per cent in Europe. It was the continent's best-selling game last week, accounting for both physical and digital purchases. Other titles in the RPG...

  • 15h ago
  • Bethesda
  • Fallout
  • Sales
  • Europe
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  Preview Tails of Iron 2 Adds Monster Hunting, Undead Bats in Scaled Up Sequel

  Fight fur survival

  The original Tails of Iron was quietly a big success for developer Odd Bug Studio. The action RPG about a kingdom of rats has drawn in a lot of fans thanks to its sketch-like art style, deliberate combat, and explorable world. We suppose the fact it's narrated by Doug Cockle — voice of Geralt in The Witcher series — may have...

  • 15h ago
  • United Label
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Tails of Iron
  • Previews
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  News Imagine Earth Promises Sustainable Sci-Fi City Building on PS5, PS4 in May

  Earthly desires

  Imagine Earth, a city building strategy title that launched a few years back on PC and Xbox, is making the jump to PS5 and PS4 on the 9th May. The game takes place in 2084, and tasks you with creating sustainable civilisation on various alien planets, following on from the greed-driven ruin of humanity's original home. We think...

  • 17h ago
  • Serious Bros
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Imagine Earth
  • Release Dates
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  News PSVR2 Rhythm Game Synth Riders Adds Choice 80s Hits with Upcoming DLC Pack

  Available 23rd April

  Synth Riders' impeccable slate of DLC just doesn't seem to have an end in sight, does it? Well, here we are once again, as the team at Kluge Interactive has cooked up something really special for this latest DLC: 80s Mixtape - Side A. Hot off the heels of the marvellous Electro Swing Essentials 2 pack, Synth Riders is tapping...

  • 18h ago
  • Kluge Interactive
  • PS5
  • PSVR2
  • Synth Riders
  • DLC
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  News You Can Now Unbrick Any Sony PSP

  Time Extension "Turn your worthless brick into your precious handheld device"

  The Sony PlayStation Portable was a fantastic handheld during its active lifespan, but it's arguably an even more exciting one today thanks to the fact that it's so easy to hack it with custom firmware, opening up homebrew and emulation possibilities. Indeed, many people still swear by...

  • 20h ago
  • PSP
  • Mods
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  News Acclaimed RPG Shop Sim Potionomics Brews Up PS5 Masterwork Edition in 2024

  Tincture perfect

  Publisher Marvelous and developer Voracious Games have unveiled a console port of their well-received shopkeeping sim, Potionomics. Coming to PS5 this autumn as Potionomics: Masterwork Edition, this is a souped-up version of the game that adds various new features to the experience. Playing as Sylvia, a young witch who's...

  • 20h ago
  • Marvelous
  • PS5
  • Potionomics
  • Announcements
  • Trailers
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  Rumour 2K Gearing Up for Mafia Announcement

  But don't go snitching

  A rumour is currently doing the rounds, suggesting that we could learn more about 2K's plans for the Mafia series' future (or perhaps past) in the days ahead. A new game was confirmed to be in development back in 2022, potentially a prequel, and we've heard virtually nothing since. But the source says the reveal could just as...

  • 23h ago
  • 2K
  • Mafia
  • Rumours
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  News Take Back King City in Super-Powered Tactics Game Capes on PS5, PS4

  Save the day from 29th May

  Capes is a turn-based superhero tactics game set in a world where the villains have already won. We've had our eye on this one for a little while now, as it looks like it could be quite special. Here's hoping it won't be received as tragically as Firaxis' excellent

  • 1d ago
  • Daedelic Entertainment
  • PS5
  • Capes
  • Trailers
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  News Braid: Aniversary Edition Briefly Delayed, But Will Boast 40 New Levels

  Fair trade

  Braid: Anniversary Edition has been hit with a brief delay, but the blow was softened by the news that the anticipated package will come packing some 40 additional levels. Developer Jonathon Blow revealed that the anticipated enhanced re-release will now arrive two weeks later than anticipated, on 15th May for PS5 and PS4. Officially...

  • 1d ago
  • Thekla
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Braid
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  News Helldivers 2 Players Encountering Factory Striders in Unprecedented Numbers

  Automatons back AT-AT again

  Helldivers 2 players have recently managed to blunt the advance of the oncoming Automaton invasion fleet, with the conflict again devolving into a grinding stalemate. However, it seems the machines never rest on their laurels, as reports of the lumbering Factory Striders being deployed in unprecedented numbers begin to...

  • 1d ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Helldivers
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  News Fallout Series Timeline Adds Up, Says Todd Howard

  "Everything that happened in the previous games, including New Vegas, happened"

  The release of Amazon's adaptation of Fallout has sparked a resurgence in the series and increased focus on the alt-history that binds it all together. Some fans recently raised concerns that events in the TV show seemingly retconned the events of the black sheep of the...

  • 1d ago
  • Amazon
  • Bethesda
  • TV
  • Fallout

Wednesday17th Apr 2024

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  News Final Fantasy 16 Patch 1.31 Out Now on PS5, Brings Big Damage Buffs for Clive, Better Side Quests, and Much More

  Patch notes are huge

  Update: Final Fantasy 16 update 1.31 is available to download now on PS5, ahead of The Rising Tide's release on the 18th April. It weighs in at 2.8GB, and you can read the full patch notes below, in the original article. Original Story: Square Enix has published the patch notes for Final Fantasy 16's next update, which is set...

  • 2d ago
  • Square Enix
  • PS5
  • Final Fantasy
  • Patches
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  Video Is Fallout 76 Worth Playing in 2024?

  (Vault) dwelling in the past

  If, like us, you’ve been watching the new Fallout show on Amazon Prime, then you’ve likely turned to PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium to download or stream one of Bethesda’s iconic RPGs. For us, we skirted the mu

  • 2d ago
  • Bethesda
  • PS4
  • Fallout
  • Videos
  • Features
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  59

  News Ubisoft Responds to Star Wars Outlaws Exclusive Jabba the Hutt Boondoggle

  This deal is getting worse all the time

  Since unveiling the eye-watering $130 Ultimate Edition of Star Wars Outlaws last week, Ubisoft has been under fire from fans furious a full-priced single-player game would even warrant a Season Pass in the first place. Worse, acquiring the Season Pass is the only way to "play the exclusive Jabba's Gambit...

  • 2d ago
  • Ubisoft
  • PS5
  • Star Wars
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  52

  News Sony Reveals PlayStation Overlay for PC Ports, Supports Trophies, Friends List

  Ghost of Tsushima the first to use it

  Sony has today confirmed a new PlayStation overlay that will ship on its PC ports, with next month's Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut being the first to use it. You'll be able to access it from Windows PCs from either the in-game menu or by pressing "Shift + F1", which will pull up a new screen housing your PSN...

  • 2d ago
  • Sony
  • PC
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  News GTA Publisher Laying Off 5% of Workforce and Cancelling 'Several' Games

  Around 600 people will lose their jobs

  Grand Theft Auto owner Take-Two has announced it's laying off around five per cent of its more than 11,500-employee-strong workforce in an effort to save $165 million annually. Around 600 full-time workers will be affected by the layoffs, and some unannounced games within the publisher are to be cancelled as a...

  • 2d ago
  • Take-Two
  • Industry
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  News It Takes Two Devs Will Show Us What's Next This Year, and It's 'Real Good'

  We believe them

  Hazelight Studios, Josef Fares' development team responsible for It Takes Two and A Way Out, is teasing its next project. As the studio turns 10 years old, it's promising a look back at its history, but promises we'll be seeing what comes next sometime later this year. The team shared the tease in a post on social media: It tells...

  • 2d ago
  • Hazelight Studios
  • PS5
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  News Wizards of the Coast Already Courting Multiple Studios to Develop Next Baldur's Gate

  The heart needs time to heal

  Baldur's Gate fans, new and old, will remember where they were when they first heard that dark horse Larian Studios would not be developing the next game. How could any dev walk away from an achievement like Baldur's Gate 3, a masterpiece which teased a vanishingly rare "10" out of this stingy scribe, one of only t

  • 2d ago
  • Wizards of the Coast
  • Baldur's Gate
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  News UK Studio Kwalee Announces Layoffs to Make Room for New Hires

  Saying the quiet part out loud

  UK studio and publisher Kwalee has revealed recent staff cuts were made to "reshape" the company's business around "significant growth opportunities." The company has layed off approximately 10% of its workforce, around 40 people, in recent months. Despite that, Kwalee stressed it expects to grow its headcount...

  • 2d ago
  • Kwalee
  • Industry
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  News Star Wars Outlaws Will Feature Galaxy's Most Infamous Card Game

  "You have an awful Sabacc face"

  Star Wars Outlaws has been in the headlines recently for some less-than-ideal reasons. Still, one thing we are genuinely looking forward to is the inclusion of Sabacc, the blackjack/poker hybrid popular among rogues like Han Solo and Lando Calrissian. Strangely, despite the rules being first revealed in 1989, its...

  • 2d ago
  • Ubisoft
  • PS5
  • Star Wars
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  News A New Rayman Game Is Coming This Year, But Not in the Way Everyone Wants

  Board game launching in Q3

  Ubisoft needs to sort us all out with a new Rayman video game, because the last two main entries have been absolute bangers. Instead of following up on the excellent Rayman Legends, though, everyone's favourite armless hero is getting his very own board game, imaginatively named Rayman: the Board Game. Players will be...

  • 2d ago
  • Ubisoft
  • Rayman
  • Board Games
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  News Newest Zombie Army VR Trailer Is All About the PSVR2 Campaign

  Play alone or with a friend

  Rebellion has today published a fresh PSVR2 trailer for Zombie Army VR, a spin-off from the main Zombie Army series that marks its first foray into virtual reality. It delivers a fully-fledged campaign that can be played alone or with a friend, and charts a path alongside the main games telling the story of a Deadhunter...

  • 2d ago
  • Rebellion
  • PS5
  • PSVR2
  • Zombie Army
  • Trailers
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  News Fate/Samurai Remnant's Second DLC Fully Revealed, a New Story with a Master Swordsman

  Looking sharp

  Koei Tecmo has fully revealed the second DLC for action RPG Fate/Samurai Remnant, ahead of its release on the 18th April (that's tomorrow at the time of writing). The 'Yagyu Sword Chronicles' features a new storyline that involves a newly introduced warrior spirit, the master swordsman Munenori Yagyu. Protagonist Iori and his faithful...

  • 1d ago
  • Koei Tecmo
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Fate
  • Trailers
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  News Charming Action RPG Cat Quest 3 Sails to PS5, PS4 In August

  The quest continues

  Formerly known as Cat Quest: Pirates of the Purribean, but now renamed Cat Quest 3, the third game in developer The Gentlebros' charming series is sailing to PS5 and PS4 on the 8th August. The title also has a new trailer that's stuffed with fresh gameplay footage — and if, like us, you're a fan of the first two games, then...

  • 2d ago
  • Kepler Interactive
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Cat Quest
  • Release Dates
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  News Atari Hires WayForward to Make Yars Rising, Out for PS5, PS4 This Year

  Continues the Yars' Revenge storyline

  Atari has announced it's collaborating with Shantae and River City Girls developer WayForward to develop a new entry in the Yars' Revenge series, named Yars Rising. Slated to launch at the end of this year, the title was announced during today's Nintendo Indie World showcase, but will release also for PS5 and...

  • 2d ago
  • Atari
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Yars Rising
  • Announcements
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  News Strategy Sequel SteamWorld Heist 2 Sets Sail on PS5, PS4 This August

  Heist five

  SteamWorld Heist, the beloved turn-based tactical shooter, is getting a sequel. Launching on PS5, PS4, and basically everything else on 8th August 2024, SteamWorld Heist 2 is a direct follow-up to the original, swapping out spaceships for a sea-faring adventure but retaining the ricochet-based strategy fans know and love. You play as...

  • 1d ago
  • Thunderful
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • SteamWorld Heist 2
  • Announcements
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  News Wasteland DJ Three Dog Actor Wants in on Amazon's Fallout Adaptation

  "Because one dog ain't enough, and two is too low, it's me, Three Dog!"

  The actor behind the incredibly memorable Fallout 3 radio host, Three Dog, is interested in appearing in Amazon's excellent TV adaptation. Erik Todd Dellums, who lent his voice to the character in Bethesda's 2008 game, says he's got "something darker than Three Dog, but just as...

  • 2d ago
  • Amazon
  • Bethesda
  • TV
  • Fallout
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  News Adorable PSVR2 Game Toy Trains Will Double in Size with Huge Infinite Loop Update

  Arrives this week

  We rather liked Toy Trains when we reviewed it earlier in the year — a cute, if slight, experience all about putting together little tracks to deliver materials around each level. It won't be quite so small soon, though, as a massive free update is set to seriously scale things up. Called the Infinite Loop update, developer...

  • 1d ago
  • Something Random
  • PS5
  • PSVR2
  • Toy Trains
  • Updates