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Guide These 5+ New PS5, PS4 Games Are Coming Out This Week (4th-10th August)
Demon Slayer! Hello Kitty! Mafia!
The summer drought is becoming more and more a thing of the past, but this week's selection of new releases doesn't exactly reinforce that line of thinking. There are only a few titles heading to PS5 and PS4 in the coming days, but having said that, there are still some interesting games among them. Mafia: The Old...
Poll Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Essential Games for August 2025?
Plus or minus?
Has 2025 been a good year for PS Plus Essential so far? We'd certainly argue that the service has been on a solid run for at least a few months now, and August's offering is mostly strong as well. Without a doubt, this month's biggest draw is Lies of P — t
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 592
Rage bound
The weather's turned decisively grey here in the UK, so does that mean summer's almost over. Oh well, there's no shortage of gaming goodness to get involved with this weekend. This is what we're playing. Aaron Bayne: After some hands-on time with Battlefield 6, I reckon I'll be booting Battlefield 2042 this weekend. The new game feels...
Live Watch the THQ Nordic Showcase 2025 Livestream Here
Should be a Norse time
As August gets underway, THQ Nordic is next in line to have its very own summer showcase. Little has been fully revealed about what to expect here, but a teaser for the event hints at updates on Wreckreation, The Eternal Life of Goldman, and Reanimal, among others. Plus, a brand new SpongeBob game is almost certainly on the...
Preview Battlefield 6 on PS5 Is the Battlefield We've Been Praying For
Beautiful chaos
Being a Battlefield fan is a tumultuous experience. We’re used to the cycle of getting hyped for a new release, thinking it’ll be the one, and then being let down by some kind of change that EA has made. Well call us fools, because after a couple of hours with Battlefield 6 on PS5, we think it really could be the one...
Poll Which Characters Do You Want to Join the Roster of Marvel Tokon on PS5, PC?
Marvelous
As a four-on-four fighter, Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is going to require a massive roster of characters. The good news is that dev Arc System Works will have a wealth of superheroes and supervillains to choose from. Ahead of Evo, which is guaranteed to bring new announcements for the upcoming PS5 and PC brawler, we’ve assembled a...
Round Up Silent Hill F Previews Rave About Upcoming PS5 Horror
Media impressions are live
A series of Silent Hill F previews have gone live today, detailing the experiences of other games media websites based on five hours of play. Impressions are overwhelmingly positive, suggesting the first completely new game in the series will pick up where Silent Hill 2 left off with another excellent survival horror...
Reaction PS Plus Essential Deserves Much More Credit for Its Free PS5, PS4 Games in 2025
It's been a good year
Back when Sony released two higher priced tiers of PS Plus in 2022, many worried that the quality of PS Plus Essential would plummet. While the uptake of PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium has been positive,
Round Up Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound's Glowing Reviews Sing Praises of Slick Action Platformer
Delightbound
From the team behind the excellent Blasphemous series comes Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound — a side-scrolling throwback to the series' roots — and it seems it's a big success. The reviews have been rolling in for the action platformer today, and they're offering extremely high praise. Many critics are championing the game's fundamentals,...
Feature 4 Big Reasons Why You Should Watch Evo 2025 This Weekend
A huge year for fighting games
Evo 2025 is just around the corner, and the world's biggest annual fighting game event promises to be a true spectacle for a number of key reasons this year. We don't want to jump the gun and say that the fighting game scene is at a crossroads, but Evo is always a great barometer for how "healthy" the current crop of...
Guide 99+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in PS Store's Updated and Expanded Summer Sale
PS5 and PS4 games going cheap we recommend
PS Store's massive Summer Sale is officially here, and as you'd expect, it's stuffed with thousands of discounts across PS5 and PS4 games and add-ons. The sale runs from now through to 30th July 2025, and it's now even bigger, with an update adding yet more games to the gargantuan offer. While it's great...
Guide These 13+ New PS5, PS4 Games Are Coming Out This Week (28th-3rd August)
Ninja Gaiden! Tales of the Shire! Hololive!
As we move into August, the release calendar is about to get busier. But this week is a real slow one, with Ninja Gaiden Ragebound the only real major highlight of note. Here are all the new PS5 and PS4 games coming out this week. New PS5, PS4 Games This Week (28th-3rd August): Achilles Survivor...
Boomtown
Atari has made a fascinating resurgence in recent years, one that's seen the revival of many old school classics with fresh twists. Of these, perhaps the biggest leap so far is Missile Command Delta, bringing back the 1980 original in an almost unrecognisable form. To learn more about this game and the thought process behind its design, we...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 591
Ready or not
As we move deeper into August, the looming release schedule is starting to get busier. With so many games on the horizon, here's what's keeping us occupied this weekend. Aaron Bayne: I'm squadding up and getting tactical this weekend with a bit of Ready or Not. Jamie O'Neill: While I can't decide if I'm more nostalgic for the first,...
Talking Point Sony's Investing in Anime, But Why Isn't PlayStation Leading the Charge?
Rogue synergy
Sony saw the anime boom before many of its rivals – and to its credit it’s been investing accordingly. Back in 2021 it acquired streaming service Crunchyroll for $1.1 billion, and it’s since invested in multimedia conglomerates like Kadokawa and Bandai Namco
Preview Dying Light: The Beast May Be the Best the Series Has Ever Been
Going beast mode for our old pal Kyle Crane
Dying Light: The Beast is basically Dying Light refined, and we think that's great news. We recently travelled to Poland to get some hands on time with Techland’s latest on PC. After four hours of exploring its new setting of Castor Woods, experiencing its story, and coming to grips with the hilariously...
Guide These 12+ New PS5, PS4, and PS Plus Games Are Coming Out This Week (21st-27th July)
Abiotic Factor! Wuchang! Wheel World!
As August nears, the PS5 and PS4 release schedule is looking a trifle light. But make no mistake, there are big games this week: Abiotic Factor is on PS Plus Extra, Wheel World looks like one-to-watch, and Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is unquestionably a big release. Here are all the new PS5 and PS4 games coming...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 590
A little bit of this, a little bit of that
Will the heat ever subside? It's roasting out there, and our DualSense feels like it's been melting in our hands of late. Still, we'll be rubbing down our pads this weekend and playing the following games. Aaron Bayne: This weekend I'll be flitting between the new Destiny 2 expansion, Edge of Fate, and...
Poll 5 Years Later, What Do You Think of Ghost of Tsushima?
Fight with honour
Five years ago today (well, technically yesterday — sorry we're a bit late on this one), Sony released Ghost of Tsushima as a PS4 exclusive. A real departure from the inFAMOUS games in terms of style and tone, Ghost of Tsushima was PlayStation Studios' Sucker Punch expressing its love for all things samurai cinema. Featuring a...
Guide Best Bethesda Games on PS5
The best PS5 Bethesda games ranked and rated
What are the best Bethesda games on PS5? Now owned by Microsoft after a historic acquisition, Bethesda has still released a bunch of fantastic games on Sony's console. Best known for its RPG franchises like The Elder Scrolls and Fallout, the company has also brought us a wide range of experiences from...
Reaction Sony's PS5 Games Keep Getting Better After Launch, and Often for Free
Platform holder deserves some praise
Last week, Sony added a new way to play The Last of Us 2, a game which first released over five years ago, in 2020. The response, on our website, was mixed. While many posters celebrated the arrival of the Chronological mode, others criticised Naugh
Talking Point What Do You Want from God of War Maker Sony Santa Monica Next?
The man, the myth
It’s been several years since God of War Ragnarok and its superb roguelike add-on Valhalla released, which means some fans have started to ponder what developer Santa Monica Studio is up to. One of Sony’s flagship first-party studios, the American dev has worked on some of PlayStation’s very best games, including two eras of...
Interview Out Today, Ready or Not Is the Modern, Relentless Rainbow Six: Vegas for PS5
Learn more from art director Mark Ronson
With the French publisher Ubisoft still all in on Rainbow Six: Siege, a sense of nostalgia for the PS3 series Rainbow Six: Vegas has been brewing for quite some time now. First released on PC and now out today on PS5, Ready or Not looks to fill that space. The hardcore, intense shooter makes you a SWAT...
Guide Last Chance to Get These 65+ PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store's July Savings Sale
Discounted PS5 and PS4 games we recommend
Sony has set live its latest PS Store offer, giving you access to a wide range of bargains in the July Savings sale. Running now until 16th July, there are thousands of potential bargains to be had — but to save you some browsing time, we've picked out a selection of PS5 and PS4 games we highly recommend...
Guide These 14+ New PS5, PS4, PS Plus Games Are Coming Out This Week (14th-20th July)
EDENS ZERO! Shadow Labyrinth! Hunter x Hunter!
There are more games coming out on PS5 and PS4 this week than you may think, although as we're in mid-July, they're lower profile ones. We suppose the big highlights include anime adaptations EDENS ZERO and Hunter x Hunter Nen x Impact, although we'd also shout out Pac-Man-themed Metroidvania oddity...
Hands On Chronological Mode Is a Fascinating Way to Play The Last of Us 2 Again
Going through with it in order
The Last of Us Part II is probably about the furthest you could possibly get from a normal video game in the AAA space, and that's a very good thing. Naughty Dog took story and structural risks that paid off with an outstanding experience in 2020 — but what if it hadn't? In a rare "what if" scenario, the California...
Poll Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for July 2025?
Plus or minus?
Another ten titles are being added across PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium this month, and as always, we want to know if you're happy with that Sony's offering. There's no doubt that Extra is getting all the headlines this time around. The middle tier of the subscription service is serving up a varied mix of eight titles — but...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 589
The sun is shining
The sun is absolutely blasting right now, so there's never been a better time to pull the curtains shut and play some video games. Here's what's keeping us busy. Aaron Bayne: The sun is blazing here so I doubt I'll play too much this weekend, but if I do it'll likely be some Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4. Jamie O'Neill: I love...
Poll Are You Sold on Ghost of Yotei?
Boast of Yotei
Thanks to its dedicated State of Play showing, we now have a much better understanding of what Ghost of Yotei's trying to achieve, from both a sequel perspective and as a modern open world adventure. The broadcast, which lasted roughly 20 minutes, gave us an in-depth look at all kinds of gameplay systems and mechanics. We think the...
Live Watch the Ghost of Yotei PS5 State of Play Right Here
The big gameplay reveal
PlayStation is finally ready to give us an in-depth look at Ghost of Yotei via a dedicated State of Play broadcast. We've seen very, very little of the PS5 exclusive up until this point, so we're expecting this to be a fairly comprehensive showing. Developer Sucker Punch has lined up around 20 minutes of gameplay for us to...
Preview Way of the Sword Reforges Onimusha for a New PS5 Era
Lookin' sharp
Would it be lazy to compare Onimusha: Way of the Sword to Dark Souls? Probably, but after seeing Capcom’s latest character action adventure in motion for approximately 20 minutes, we can’t help but sink into FromSoftware shorthand. The reality is that the likes of Elden Ring have had such an overwhelming influence on the genre,...
Round Up Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 PS5 Reviews Say Shove-It to the Sceptics
A worthy grind
If you grew up with a PlayStation in the late 90s and early 00s, then chances are you had a Tony Hawk game. For this author, it was the original Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, but many of you may have jumped in with Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 on the PS2. Wherever you did your first virtual kickflip, there’s a good chance this franchise...
Game of the Month Death Stranding 2 (June 2025)
As voted by you
June marked what was probably the quietest month of the year so far in terms of new releases. Outside of the obvious event that was Death Stranding 2, big budget titles were basically nonexistent. But to say that June lacked quality would be doing it a disservice. Rematch, for example — the addictive arcade-y soccer sim from Sifu...
Guide These 10+ New PS5, PS4 Games Are Coming Out This Week (7th-13th July)
Tony Hawk! College Football! More!
We're thick in the slow summer season now, so don't expect a whole lot of new releases to keep your PS5 company. There are a couple of major standouts, though: EA Sports College Football 26 for all you football fans, and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 for everyone else. Here are all the new PS5 and PS4 games coming...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 588
We go again
It's been an eventful week in the video game industry, so we could all probably do with a bit of a breather, couldn't we? Here's what we're playing. Jamie O'Neill: Since chatting with @playstation1995 about SEGA's classic beat-'em-ups in last weekend's WAYP, I've been hankering for Lizardcube's artwork to depict some Streets of Rage 4...
Poll What Review Score Would You Give Death Stranding 2?
Special delivery
We hope you've been having fun trotting around the atmospheric landscapes of Death Stranding 2 over the last week or so, because it's time to give Kojima Productions' latest a rating of your own. Needless to say, this globe-trotting PS5 sequel has been really well received, both by critics and fans of the first game. The original...
War does change after all
Sony is bringing Helldivers 2 to Xbox consoles roughly 18 months after its release, in a move that signals another unexpected strategy shift in an industry that never stands still. It’s not the first PlayStation game to launch on Microsoft’s machines, as MLB The Show ripped that band aid off earlier in the generation...
All inFAMOUS games ranked and rated
What are the best inFAMOUS games? Before Sucker Punch Productions began its noble quest to Japan with the Ghost series, it made a series of open world superhero titles, and it remains a fan favourite franchise. Set in a world where a select few people possess superhuman powers thanks to a rare gene, the games use...
Live Watch Bandai Namco Summer Showcase 2025 Livestream Here
My Hero Academia! Digimon! Tekken! Tales?
Thought the season of summer showcases was over? You’re wrong! Next up we’ve got Bandai Namco, with the announcement of a new My Hero Academia game. This show will also include updates on various upcoming titles, including Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots, Digimon Story Time Stranger, and The Blood of...
Guide Last Chance to Get These 50+ PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store's Mid-Year Deals Sale
Recommended PS5 and PS4 games going cheap
So long as the Earth keeps turning, there will always be a new PS Store sale to browse. Mid-Year Deals is the current offer, and it's only active until 3rd July 2025, so you'll need to get in quick to make the most of it. As usual, it features thousands of discounts across PS5 and PS4 games and add-ons. In...
Poll 15 Years of PS Plus - What Do You Think of Sony's Subscription Service?
Plus size
Here's a factoid that makes us feel incredibly old: PS Plus has just celebrated 15 years since its inception. We know, it's almost hard to believe, but Sony's PlayStation-based subscription service has been around since 2010. Originally launching on the PS3, PS Plus was a much different beast back then. For starters, a subscription...
Opinion Diablo 4's Story Campaign Is Well Worth Playing on PS Plus
Who needs an endgame?
A lot of people will tell you that Diablo 4 is crap. But when people take a dump on Blizzard's latest, they're usually referring to the title's endgame grind — something that the developer's really struggled to balance and refine ever since the game's launch roughly two years back. Diablo 4's reputation is in tatters these...
Guide Last Chance to Get These 12+ PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store's PS Plus Weekend Offer Sale
Exclusive discounts for PS Plus members
As Sony celebrates 15 years of PS Plus, it's introduced a special, weekend-long sale on PS Store exclusively for members of the service. Those who are subscribed to PS Plus get reduced prices on a range of PS5 and PS4 games and add-ons, and while this is obviously a smaller promotion than PS Store's usual...
Guide These 10+ New PS5, PS4, PS Plus Games Are Coming Out This Week (30th-6th July)
Warside! Biped 2! Anger Foot!
Yet again, we're rounding up all of the new PS5 and PS4 games coming out this week, and it's a slower one we're afraid. We suppose the big new arrival this time is Anger Foot, but it's slim pickings if you're looking for something high-profile. Consider exploring your backlog. Here are all the new PS5 and PS4 games...
Poll Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Essential Games for July 2025?
Plus or minus?
The summer months are officially upon us here in the UK, but is July's PS Plus Essential offering good enough to keep you away from the sunshine? That's what we're here to find out! Three PS5 titles are up for grabs next month, with Diablo 4 being the headline act. Blizzard's action RPG was highly anticipated ahead of its release...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 587
Stand and deliver
A big week has marked the release of another Hideo Kojima classic, with Death Stranding 2: On the Beach now publicly available for everyone. Needless to say, it's dominating the WAYP discussion. Aaron Bayne: I'll likely chip away at both Death Stranding 2: On the Beach and Dune Awakening this weekend. Issy van der Velde: This...
Live Watch Arc System Works Showcase (June 2025) Livestream Here
Marvel Tokon! Guilty Gear! More!
Arc System Works has been making amazing fighting games for decades, but it's firmly on the radar of PlayStation fans following the announcement of Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls. This livestream will likely give us an updated look at the upcoming PS5 and PC brawler, as well as various other projects, like Guilty Gear:...
Live Watch Capcom Spotlight (June 2025) Livestream Here
RE Requiem! Pragmata! Monster Hunter!
The summer season of video game livestreams isn't quite done yet, since Capcom has its latest Spotlight showcase to debut, featuring new looks at Resident Evil Requiem and Pragmata. This is expected to be a fairly low-key livestream, but given how strong of a publisher Capcom is at the moment, the quality on...
Poll Are You Playing Death Stranding 2?
Death stanning
Didn't have your fill of trekking across atmospheric landscapes in Death Stranding? You're probably sprinting straight into Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, which just so happens to be out now on PS5. As soon as the reviews dropped earlier in the week, Kojima Productions' latest became one of the year's highest rated games. Critics...
Tactical decisions
Final Fantasy Tactics is widely regarded as one of the best strategy RPGs ever made, and with The Ivalice Chronicles now confirmed — an enhanced remaster of the PS1 classic — we wanted to find out more about this long overdue revival. Fortunately, Square Enix gave us a chance to get in touch with three of the project's key...
