Yakuza Dev Partners with Xbox for Stranger Than Heaven, Confirms Deep Dive for May
Stranger and stranger.In an interesting twist, it seems as though RGG Studio — the Japanese developer behind the Yakuza / Like a Dragon series — has signed on with Xbox to promote its next game.The intriguingly titled Stranger Than Heaven put in a fresh appearance during the Team in Green's…
Mass Effect Fans, You Cannot Ignore The Expanse: Osiris Reborn on PS5 Next Year
Expansive.We've said it multiple times before and we'll say it again: The Expanse: Osiris Reborn is the closest thing we're getting to the return of Mass Effect.Well, until the new Mass Effect comes out, but we're still waiting on even a glimpse of that project.Read the full article on…
Rumour: Dramatic PS5 Price Increases Teased by French Source
But is it true?A French source believes a PS5 price hike is imminent.In a post on X (or Twitter), the account GyoJvFR warns prospective PlayStation purchasers to brace themselves for a “drastic” increase.Read the full article on pushsquare.com
'They Cancelled The Last of Us Factions, So We're Building Our Version': Indie Dev Vows to Revive Iconic Multiplayer Mode
"This is Terminal War".We can’t speak for the entire PlayStation community, but we suspect all anyone wanted from the new The Last of Us Factions was fresh maps and gameplay from The Last of Us 2.Naughty Dog instead pursued one of the most ambitious projects in its history, and eventually…
Review: Crimson Desert (PS5) - A Generational Open World Buried in Early Access Cruft
Kliff bracer.Crimson Desert is a fascinating video game. It's an open world adventure of frankly absurd scope, taking blatant cues from notable examples of the genre, like Red Dead Redemption 2, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and The Witcher 3.But where those three titles have a clear…
Further Evidence of PSN's Rebrand Uncovered on the PS5 Console
PSN references removed.Sony is scrapping the PSN brand and it doesn’t look like it’ll be getting a new name.Earlier this week, we pointed out how the PSN Status Page on PlayStation.com was edited late last year to remove any mention of the PlayStation Network.Read the full article on…
Pragmata's Uncanny New York Stage Was Meticulously Crafted By Humans to Look AI-Generated
Robot master.In Pragmata, Capcom's upcoming third-person shooter, you explore a lunar research station taken over by hostile AI, but it won't be all grey corridors and harsh fluorescent lights.One quite different environment that's been shown off is a cityscape that's very reminiscent of New York,…
'How Was This Missed in the Writing Process?': Capcom to Revise Street Fighter 6's Incestuous New Storyline
Oh Alex, that's not right.Street Fighter 3: New Generation protagonist Alex is available now in Street Fighter 6, but it’s not necessarily his gameplay that’s got tongues wagging.Some bizarre lore changes have sent ripples through the Capcom community, as it turns out our favourite facepainted…
Hit Strategy Roguelike Mewgenics in Active Development for PS5 as Devs Tease Port
Cat's outta the bag.Mewgenics is the latest game from the minds behind The End Is Nigh and The Binding of Isaac, and the question of whether it'll make it onto consoles has been floating around since its PC launch.Well, if there was any doubt, it can be cast aside as console ports for the…
'This Is Unsustainable Madness': Modern Video Game Budgets Are Out of Control
Many games now cost $300m or more.The cost of making AAA video games on America’s west coast, where some of Sony’s most prestigious first-party devs like Naughty Dog and Santa Monica Studio are based, is out of control.Musing on social media site BlueSky, reliable Bloomberg journalist Jason…
PS5 Horror Silent Hill F Gets New Canon Ending in Surprise Manga Adaptation
Reader beware, you're in for a scare.Konami’s superbly haunting Silent Hill F will see its story continued with a new manga adaptation.Excitingly for fans of the original PS5 game, this comic will feature an all-new ending penned by original writer Ryukishi07.Read the full article on…
Mecha Franchise PATLABOR Returns to PS5 in First Game for Over 20 Years
An arresting development.The last proper PlayStation game in the mecha multimedia franchise PATLABOR launched on the PSP in 2005, so the announcement of PATLABOR The Case Files is somewhat significant.While characters from the series did appear in Disaster Report’s spiritual successor City…
'It Wasn't a Live Service Game': Shuttered Sony Studio Teases Scrapped PS5 Project
"We were making one helluva game".Sony shuttered first-party studio Dark Outlaw Games this week, a new team fronted by Treyarch veteran Jason Blundell.And contrary to common opinion its game was not a live service title, as confirmed during a Twitch stream with Junior Game Designer JCBackfire.Read…
Everything Is Not as It Seems in This Painterly PS5 Cozy Game
Unsettle down.Cozy games are dime a dozen on the PS5, but NIS America’s upcoming Village in the Shade looks to be taking the genre in a slightly more unsettling direction.All is fairly familiar in the opening exchanges of this announcement trailer: a painterly isometric world makes way for…
Here's What a Jak & Daxter PS5 Remake Could've Looked Like
A fan pitch that didn't go anywhere.There's so much secrecy surrounding the video game realm, and that's just about the games that we know about, and that get announced.Today, a rare bit of insight has been shared about a project that sadly never came to pass.Read the full article on pushsquare.com
Directive 8020 Promises 'Sharper Visuals' with PS5 Pro's Updated PSSR 2 Upscaler
Best on Sony's supercharged console.Directive 8020, the Alien-inspired sci-fi horror from Until Dawn creator Supermassive Games, looks to be a real return to form for the UK-based narrative game dev.And it’ll look and play best on the PS5 Pro, thanks to a series of improvements detailed on the PS…
Have Another 30 Seconds of Pure Saros PS5 Gameplay Before Previews Drop
It looks so good.We must say, we've been enjoying the way Housemarque has been drip-feeding these tiny new clips of Saros. Every time we see the game in action, it looks excellent.Today sees the arrival of another short video, this time showing a different biome with a purple sky:Read the full…
Sony and Honda Have Abandoned Their PS5-Integrated Electric Car Afeela
Playtime's over.The Afeela, an electric car being developed in a joint venture by Sony and Honda, is no longer coming to market.Both the Afeela 1 and the second model have been dropped, the companies have announced.Read the full article on pushsquare.com
Despite PS5 Hits, Sony Sinks to 21st in Metacritic's Publisher Rankings
A mixed Metascore bag.Sony had a couple of outstanding games in 2025, namely Death Stranding 2: On the Beach and Ghost of Yotei. But a mixed slate meant it struggled to really make any kind of impact on Metacritic’s latest publisher rankings.Despite awkward naming conventions, the aggregator is…
PS5's Dynamic Pricing Debacle Appears to Extend to the US Now
These are dark times.Sony’s controversial new dynamic pricing appears to have rolled out in the US.While the practice originally seemed limited to a slew of regions in Europe, evidence is beginning to emerge of its implementation in the US, specifically with the new Spring Sale.Read the full…