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PS5 Price Hike Announced For Some Regions

Sony has announced a PS5 price hike in certain regions. The company says it's made this "difficult decision", which notably won't apply to the USA, as a result of increasingly difficult economic…

August 25, 2022 | 08:12 EDT

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PlayStation 5 Accolades Feature Being Shut Down

The PlayStation 5 accolades feature is shutting down this fall, which makes sense because no one used it. Basically, it tried to encourage good behavior in the PlayStation 5 community by allowing…

August 1, 2022 | 10:59 EDT

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PS5 System Software 1440p output Beta Has Begun

Sony has officially begun the beta test for the PS5 System Software 1440p update, which comes along with several new and exciting features that may just roll out later this year for the world to see…

July 28, 2022 | 03:19 EDT

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Deceive Inc. I Spy Something Fun

There's a lot of fun to be had in single-player games, but multiplayer and online titles dominate a lot of the playing field. There are many different types of competitive scenarios from deathmatches…

July 26, 2022 | 09:00 EDT

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Yes, Hideo Kojima is Still Working With PlayStation

To the shock and dismay of some PlayStation fans, Kojima Productions is no longer exclusively making console games for PlayStation. Yesterday, Hideo Kojima announced that he and his studio have…

June 13, 2022 | 10:14 EDT

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PS Plus Classic Games Info Trickling Out From Asia

The PlayStation Plus revamp is due to launch in Asia later today, and new details have been trickling through from the region since earlier today. They include two new PS Plus Classic games, as well…

May 23, 2022 | 10:07 EDT

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Hellpoint Next-Gen Upgrade And New DLC Set For July

Cradle Games and TinyBuild has announced the launch date for its upcoming Hellpoint next-gen upgrade. The horror-inflected sci-fi Soulslike is hitting next-gen consoles this July, which is also the…

May 17, 2022 | 11:00 EDT

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PlayStation Plus Classic Games Will Have Trophy Support

Update May 20th 8:46AM: It's looking like PlayStation Plus Classic games Trophy support will be a thing for at least some titles when they launch. A tweet from Syphon Filter developer Bend Studio has…

May 20, 2022 | 08:50 EDT

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First PlayStation Plus Classics Leaked Ahead of Overhaul

The first three PS1 games likely to be included as part of the PlayStation Plus Classics lineup have been leaked via the PSN backend. There's a retro fighting game, a racer, and a quirky puzzler, and…

April 28, 2022 | 11:56 EDT

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PlayStation Cuts Around 90 Retail-Focused Jobs

Sony has cut around 90 retail-focused jobs at PlayStation, signaling a possible shift from retail sales to directly marketing to consumers. Things have been going pretty well for Sony…

March 31, 2022 | 02:49 EDT

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PlayStation Spartacus Revealed As A PlayStation Plus Overhaul

Sony has announced that its long-rumored PlayStation Spartacus service is actually an overhaul to its PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now subscription models. The two will now be merged under the…

March 29, 2022 | 08:15 EDT

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Every First-Party Sony Game Developer As of 2022

The recent purchase of Jade Raymond’s new company Haven Studios by Sony is just the latest in a long line of game developers who have joined the fold. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) was…

March 28, 2022 | 11:00 EDT

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Resident Evil 2, 3, And 7 Getting Free Next-Gen Upgrades This Year

Three major Resident Evil titles are getting next-gen upgrades this year. Resident Evil 2, 3, and 7 are all coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S sometime in 2022, complete with visual improvements…

March 2, 2022 | 11:10 EST

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What PlayStation 5 & Xbox Series X Could Learn from Each Other

Getting your hands on any of the new-gen consoles is still difficult, with some players literally winning online lotteries to get the opportunity to order one. I myself lucked out recently and was…

February 3, 2022 | 12:00 EST

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Horizon Forbidden West's Combat is Lookin' Good

In a recent deep dive on Horizon Forbidden West, one of Guerilla Games' main goals was to evolve the combat significantly by evolving the combat from Horizon Zero Dawn and build on the principles of…

December 6, 2021 | 09:35 EST

Demon's Souls, Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, Returnal, and Death Stranding, all of which have been sold as PS5 retail games
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PS5 Retail Games More Popular Than Digital Downloads

A survey has revealed that PS5 retail games are more popular than digital downloads by a pretty wide margin. The survey shows that as of August 2021, three physical PS5 games were sold for every two…

November 19, 2021 | 11:04 EST

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It’s Been a Year Since the PS5 Preorder Debacle: Was It Worth It?

September 16, 2020, a day in which Sony fans around the world finally got concrete information about when they could expect a PlayStation 5 in their homes. The PS5 release date and price were both…

September 17, 2021 | 12:00 EDT

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GreedFall PS5 Upgrade Won't Apply To The PS Plus Version

Bad news for PS Plus subscribers hoping to get the upcoming GreedFall PS5 upgrade. If you acquired the game through PS Plus, you won't be eligible for the free upgrade, so you'll have to keep playing…

June 29, 2021 | 10:57 EDT

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Biomutant Review

There was once a time when the idea of mutations and post-apocalyptic societies would’ve blown our minds. However, those concepts are now so commonplace that creators are struggling to put a new spin…

May 24, 2021 | 11:00 EDT

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PS4 & Xbox One Games Aren't Going Away Any Time Soon

The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X are celebrating their fifth month on the market right now. While the consoles have sold incredibly well according to sales reports released so far, there are still…

April 13, 2021 | 01:00 EDT

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Sony Reveals Next-Gen PlayStation VR Controller

Sony has unveiled a brand-new PlayStation VR controller for use with its next-gen headset. The controllers will feature some of the same functionality as the PS5's DualSense controller but will have…

March 18, 2021 | 08:58 EDT

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Next-Gen: The Backwards-Compatibility Anomaly

In the wake of the PlayStation 5 outperforming the Xbox Series X across many next-gen games, Microsoft pulled the "most powerful console" tagline from its socials. Its on-paper specs haven't…

March 17, 2021 | 12:00 EDT

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Denuvo Anti-Cheat Now Available To PS5 Developers And Publishers

Denuvo Anti-Cheat technology is now available for developers and publishers to use on PS5 as middleware. The company says it's joined the PlayStation 5 Tools and Middleware program, which aims to…

March 10, 2021 | 08:54 EST

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PS3 Exclusives That Need to Come to the PS5

The next-generation PlayStation 5 console received high praise from fans and critics alike, but it remains far from perfect. One of the biggest issues to gamers is the console's lack of backwards…

January 14, 2021 | 11:00 EST

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Sao Paulo Court Rules Sony Can't Block PS5 Consoles Over PS Plus Collection Sale

The Court of Justice of Sao Paulo has ruled that Sony must unlock PlayStation 5 consoles it locked over the sale of PlayStation Plus Collection-eligible accounts. Users had been creating PS5 accounts…

December 28, 2020 | 11:01 EST

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No More PS5s Are Getting Shipped To Australia This Year

Sony has confirmed it won't be restocking the PlayStation 5 in Australia this Christmas. Instead, Aussies will have to wait until 2021 to get their hands on a PS5 if they haven't already. What's…

November 30, 2020 | 10:14 EST

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PS4 Games Don't Run at 120 fps on PS5 Because They Require a Port

As reported by Eurogamer, the reason that PlayStation 5 users are 'unlikely' to see many PlayStation 4 games running at 120 fps is that they require a native port. This is completely different from…

November 20, 2020 | 10:32 EST

Assassin's Creed Syndicate, one of the games Ubisoft has confirmed will not be playable on PS5
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[Updated] Ubisoft Pulls List of PS4 Games That Can't be Played on PS5

Update October 31, 11:30 AM: Ubisoft has responded to our inquiry, and also taken down the Blog Post on the Ubisoft Connect website that listed the Ubisoft PS4 Games not working on PS5. A…

October 30, 2020 | 12:52 EDT

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Sony Reveals More Details About PS5 Accessibility Settings

Sony has revealed some more information about accessibility options that will be available on the PS5. These include modifying the DualSense controller's functionality and changing the display, plus…

October 30, 2020 | 10:17 EDT

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Some PS5 Trophies Will Give You Digital Rewards

Obtaining some PS5 trophies will grant access to certain digital rewards as PS5 trophy rewards. These include profile avatars and banners. We don't yet know what other rewards Sony could be planning…

October 19, 2020 | 11:38 EDT

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Next-Gen Destiny 2 Launches November 10th, Optimizations Coming December 8th

Bungie has revealed how next-gen and cross-gen play will work in Destiny 2. Some features will be available right out of the gate on November 10th, while others will be coming at a later date this…

October 15, 2020 | 10:50 EDT

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PlayStation 5 Backwards Connectivity Info Revealed

The PlayStation 5 has a lot of unanswered questions surrounding it, and today most circling around backwards compatibility have been answered. Thanks to a PlayStation.com support page, we now have a…

October 9, 2020 | 12:33 EDT

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New Horizon Forbidden West Machine, Shellsnapper, Debuts In Comic

One of Horizon Forbidden West's new machines has been revealed by a Horizon Zero Dawn comic book. The Shellsnapper, a machine resembling a turtle, will make its debut in Titan Comics' Horizon Zero…

October 6, 2020 | 09:11 EDT

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Why I'm Buying the PlayStation 5 Over the Xbox Series X

Genesis or Super Nintendo? Nintendo 64 or PlayStation? Xbox, PlayStation 2, or GameCube? These are the questions that have ruled the industry. What flag will you wear when you step forward into the…

October 5, 2020 | 12:15 EDT

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The 2020 Console War: Which Next-Gen Console is Right For You?

The next generation of gaming is upon us, and everyone’s playing favorites. Ray tracing, 8K resolution, 120 frames per second—lots of buzzwords are being thrown around the PlayStation 5 and Xbox…

October 5, 2020 | 12:00 EDT

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Why I'm Buying the Xbox Series X Over the PlayStation 5

 We're getting closer and closer to November, and with it the launches of the two ninth generation consoles: the Xbox Series X|S and the PlayStation 5. By the time you're reading this, pre-orders…

October 5, 2020 | 12:30 EDT

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Sony's PlayStation 5 Event Makes Me Wonder What The Hell Happened

While 2020 has been a year struck by major disruptive events like wildfires (Australian, Californian, and many more I'm sure I don't know of), pandemics, and social justice movements, that has also…

September 17, 2020 | 11:30 EDT

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Godfall Release Date Announced and It's a PlayStation 5 Launch Title

After Sony's PlayStation 5 event earlier today, Gearbox decided to get in on the announce things randomly on twitter for the PlayStation 5 launch. Rather then clarifying something Sony said, altering…

September 16, 2020 | 08:09 EDT

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Spider-Man, Horizon, and Sackboy Coming to PS4

Looking at all of the new titles announced for the PlayStation 5 but not in the position to buy a new console? Don't worry, because you may be able to get your hands on some of those exclusive games…

September 16, 2020 | 06:28 EDT

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PS5 Next Generation Prices for Games and Accessories

While you would think a 40 minute event would be the perfect time to announce your launch line up of games, as well as address the elephant of changing the default retail price point; Sony…

September 16, 2020 | 05:59 EDT

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God of War Ragnarok Announced At PS5 Showcase

The stage is set. We've seen teasers, trailers and announcements for a variety of Playstation 5 exclusives and other popular titles, from Call of Duty: Cold War to Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales…

September 16, 2020 | 05:02 EDT

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PS Plus Collection Announced for PS5

Sony's PlayStation Showcase has finally revealed some details about the PS5, in this case, a new service known as the PS Plus Collection. This new service will offer PS5 gamers a slew of the best PS4…

September 16, 2020 | 04:50 EDT

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[Updated] Demon's Souls Will Be A PlayStation 5 Exclusive After All

Update: Sony has told Kotaku that Demon's Souls would not be coming to PC and other consoles. The inclusion of the reference to this in the trailer shown was a "mistake" and attributed to "human…

September 16, 2020 | 04:51 EDT

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Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach Coming To PS5

Sony's Playstation 5 Showcase announced that the next generation is set to receive a new Five Nights at Freddy's title: Security Breach. There wasn't a great deal to go off aside from an ominous,…

September 16, 2020 | 04:49 EDT

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New Gameplay Trailer For Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Sony's Playstation 5 Showcase treated audiences to an exclusive look at gameplay for the hotly anticipated sequel to 2018's smash hit superhero game, Marvel's Spider-Man. Marvel's Spider-Man:…

September 16, 2020 | 04:27 EDT

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Hogwarts Legacy Arrives on PlayStation 4, 5, PC, Xbox in 2021

One of the new titles unveiled at today's PlayStation 5 showcase is Hogwarts Legacy. Releasing sometime in 2021, the game will give players the opportunity to create their own characters and explore…

September 16, 2020 | 04:25 EDT

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PS5 Coming Out Nov 12th for $499; Digital for $399

At today's PlayStation 5 Showcase, we finally got the release date and pricing information for the PlayStation 5. The new console will launch in the U.S., Japan, Canda, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand…

September 16, 2020 | 04:49 EDT

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Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition Announced, Available at PS5 Launch

At today's PlayStation 5 Showcase, a trailer for Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition was shown off. It will launch with the PS5 digitally, so no word yet on if it will have a physical release.  Our 2019…

September 16, 2020 | 04:38 EDT