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Friday25th Aug 2023
News Armored Core 6 Overview Trailer Preps Potential PS5, PS4 Pilots for Launch
All systems go
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon is the latest game from developer FromSoftware, and we got our best look yet in an expansive overview trailer, and not a moment too soon. Armored Core VI is out today, 25th August, on PS5 and PS4. Divided into multiple parts, the trailer looks at the game's narrative setup, explosive battle...
News Persona 5 Tactica Battle Gameplay Showcases Revolutionary SRPG Mechanics
Positioning is everything
Persona 5 Tactica is currently gearing up for its 17th November tactical insertion onto PS5 and PS4. To hold us over, we got another Xbox-flavoured trailer (this time showcasing battle gameplay), which features some exciting additions and innovations even veterans of SRPGs might find interesting. Baton Passes are making...
Guide Armored Core 6 Guide: Walkthrough, Boss Fight Strategies, and Best Parts
Your ultimate Armored Core 6 resource
Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon is the latest entry in the mech series from FromSoftware, released following the likes of Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and Elden Ring. It launched for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC on 25th August 2023. In our Armored Core 6 PS5 rev
Thursday24th Aug 2023
Mini Review Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate (PS5) - Roguelike Chess Is a Neat Novelty
Chekhov's Gambit
Chess with a shotgun works better than you think. While it sounds absurd on paper, Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate is a simple yet tightly designed roguelike strategy title that turns the measured, tactical board game into something novel and unique. However, just because you're given a firearm, that doesn't mean you can switch...
News Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai Overview Has Everything You Need to Know
Action RPG reveals all
A new overview trailer for Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai (we still can't believe how bad that name is) may just be exactly what you need to watch if you're even the least bit interested in the upcoming action RPG. The video covers the title's characters, combat system, and gameplay structure — and it's...
News Park Beyond Receives Major Free Update, First DLC Pack in September
For your amusement
Bandai Namco's theme park management sim, Park Beyond, didn't exactly set the world on fire when it launched back in June. While the game's focus on larger-than-life rides is a neat hook, it's unfortunately full of technical problems that leave the experience feeling undercooked. However, developer Limbic Entertainment is far from...
News Sony to Acquire Audio Tech and Headphone Specialist Audeze
Will operate independently
Sony Interactive Entertainment, or SIE if you're running late, is set to acquire Audeze, a company specialising in audio technology and headphones. The cost of the acquisition hasn't been disclosed. If you're unfamiliar, Audeze manufactures several lines of high-end headphones, including gaming headsets. It also develops...
Poll Are You Sold on PlayStation Portal?
Another way to play?
The officially named PlayStation Portal is Sony's own dedicated remote play device, allowing you to stream your PS5 to what we think is a slick-looking handheld. Boasting an eight-inch 1080p screen alongside DualSense selling points like adaptive triggers and haptic feedback, actually sitting down with one of these things would...
News Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 Update Will Launch 'a Little Bit Before' Phantom Liberty, Says a Cheeky CDPR
Loads of new gameplay shown
Ever since Cyberpunk 2077's game-changing 2.0 update was announced, fans have been wondering when it'll actually launch. Obviously, it's always been assumed that the patch will arrive ahead of the Phantom Liberty expansion on the 26th September, since the DLC incorporates a lot of the new systems and mechanics — like...
News God Damn! Alan Wake 2 Just Looks Incredible on PS5
Wake up
There’s nothing really surprising or new about this Alan Wake 2 gameplay demo – it’s very much the cinematic third-person shooter you may be expecting. The bottom line, however, is that it looks absurdly good – like, unbelievably so. Much of this 15-minute demo revolves around obsessively detailed environments, but it eventually...
News Assassin's Creed's Smartphone Spin-Off Has a Very Familiar Final Name
Jaded
Assassin’s Creed Codename Jade, the smartphone-based open world spin-off set in ancient China, has been officially named – and it won’t surprise you that it’s simply dropped a word to become Assassin’s Creed Jade. The title, officially announced during German convention
News Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 Previews Are Massively Positive
It sounds brilliantly brutal
Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 has looked pretty damn promising in every gameplay snippet we've seen so far, and now it feels like the hype for this long-awaited sequel has just reached new heights. Previews from Gamescom are starting to trickle online, and based on everything we've read, there's real reason to be...
News No Man's Sky Echoes Update Adds New Robotic Race, Improved Space Combat, Much More
Another huge update
Hello Games is clearly far from done with No Man's Sky, as it's just dropped the latest in a long string of massive, meaningful updates. The sci-fi explore-'em-up has now received its next free expansion, Echoes, teased last week, and it's another literal game-changer. The headline addition this time is a brand new race of...
News PS Portal's Battery Life Aiming to Match PS5 Controller
Power hour
How long will the newly announced Remote Play handheld PS Portal’s battery last? While there were rumours recently it could dip as low as a couple of hours, Sony’s told CNET that it’s aiming for the sam
News Scorn, the Most Repulsive Game Ever Made, Comes to PS5 in October
H.R. Giger-bytes
Publisher Kepler Interactive and developer Ebb Software have finally announced a release date for the PS5 port of Scorn, the grotesque first-person horror title that first launched last year. If you're interested in exploring its fleshy, squelchy nightmare of a world, you can do so when it arrives on 3rd October 2023. Inspired by...
Review Fort Solis (PS5) - Glitzy Walking Sim Disappoints
In space no one can here you snooze
There is something calming about a clichéd sci-fi horror, isn’t there? Abandoned space stations, eerie corridors, and the endless possibilities of danger make up a genre that has successfully infiltrated just about every format of entertainment. Fort Solis is just the latest, bringing with it a subdued sci-fi...
News 2D Bloodborne-Like Action Game The Last Faith Carves Out a November Release on PS5, PS4
Bloody hell
The Last Faith was announced over a year ago, and it's one we've been patiently waiting for. It's another of those action games that aims to bring the hardcore challenge of Soulslikes into the realm of side-scrolling. Coming from publisher PlayStack and developer Kumi Souls Games, this one in particular seems to have Bloodborne coursing...
News Looks Like MediEvil Is Next in Line for a Film or TV Adaptation from PS Productions
Look alive
It looks like our beloved Sir Dan Fortesque might be resurrected in a whole new way. Eagle-eyed MediEvil fans have spotted what appears to be a tease for a film, or possibly TV show, based upon the cult classic PlayStation series. If you head over to the official website for PlayStation Productions — the company established to adapt...
News Dead or Alive, You Should Watch This RoboCop: Rogue City PS5 Trailer
Due out in September
Terminator: Resistance attracted a small but dedicated audience when it launched initially on PS4 and later on PS5 a few years ago, and now developer Teyon is back with another movie license tie-in. RoboCop: Rogue City is unlikely to be the highest budget first-person shooter to release on Sony’s new-gen console, but we do...
News Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio-Esque PS5 Indie Parcel Corps Continues to Deliver the Goods
Still due in 2024
Satirical delivery sim Parcel Corps may not be scheduled to arrive until 2024, but it’s once again brought the goods with this traversal trailer. While the clip doesn’t reveal too much new, it does showcase how you’ll be able to use your bicycle to navigate its dystopian cel-shaded city, grinding on rails and wall-riding to...
News Free PS5, PS4 Gacha Project Mugen Will Drop Your Jaws
The next big thing?
Wow, watch out HoYoverse, eh? Teased earlier in the month, Chinese juggernaut Netease Games has announced a new, upcoming PS5 and PS4 open world named Project Mugen – and its debut trailer will almost certainly drop your jaws. While it leans heavily into gacha tropes – those waifu character designs have been purpose built to...
News Zenless Zone Zero Looks Like Yet Another HoYoverse Hit
Definitely won't make you zzz
We got a glimpse of Zenless Zone Zero during Gamescom Opening Night Live, but the trailer maybe wasn’t the best introduction to the title for those unfamiliar with the release. This gameplay showcase does a much better job of showing off the title, demonstrating its life-sim style lobby where you can play arcade games...
News AK-xolotl Unleashes Amphibian Fury on PS5, PS4, from 14th September
Armed and ready to slay
Axolotls were already some of nature's deadliest predators, but when armed with the most popular gun in the world, they become paedomorphic salamanders truly worth fearing. Such is the pitch for the excellent-looking AK-xolotl, a top-down roguelike shooter starring a cold-blooded, preemptively overprotective parent. Get ready...
News PS5 Cinematic Horror Game Retrieval Teases Sci-Fi Terrors
Spooky
Retrieval is being billed as a cinematic horror action-adventure game that follows Hana Loshe, the commander of a research team some 18 billion miles away from Earth, who uncovers the horrors living just beneath the surface. Don't expect this one to launch anytime soon, but it's been announced for PS5. Despite sharing similar names and...
Random Gamescom Opening Night Live Interrupted By Stage-Invading GTA 6 Fan
No answers, just more questions
Gamescom's Opening Night Live event was briefly derailed when a man invaded the stage, interrupting host and producer Geoff Keighley. The man appeared to repeat the phrase “Bill Clinton wants to play GTA 6" several times before being led away by security. The phrase is apparently in reference to Matan Even, AKA...
News Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's Multiplayer Beta Dates Have Been Revealed
Go time
A series of beta tests for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 have been scheduled to test the shooter's multiplayer aspect before its 10th November release. Players on PS5 and PS4 will get a crack at the game first, over the weekend of the 6th of October through the 10th. More information on MW3's multiplayer suite will be detailed at Call of...
News Pacific Drive Revs Narrative Engine in PS5 Story Trailer
Something special's going on beneath that hood
Pacific Drive is one of the fresher, more intriguing prospects on the horizon, and though it was recently delayed into 2024, a new story trailer shown off at Gamescom's Future Games show has us anticipating a post-apocalyptic road trip of our own. A vehicular, run-based roguelike, players drive a...
News PS5 Fans Note Very Fast Start to 2024 Release Schedule
Hope you don't have a backlog
The start of 2024's video game release schedule is starting to take shape thanks to a flurry of Gamescom reveals, and PS5 players are already beginning to notice we've got another packed year ahead. With games such as Baldur's Gate 3, Marvel's Spider-Man 2, and Persona 5 Tactica still to come this year, the first two...
News Survival Horror Sequel Tormented Souls 2 Announced for PS5
Launches in 2024
Dual Effect has announced it's developing a sequel to survival horror game Tormented Souls, slated to release on PS5 in 2024. Tormented Souls 2 brings back main character Caroline Walker to "stalk the halls of haunting monasteries and other nightmarish locations. Brace yourself to confront terrifying creatures armed only with...
News Persona 3 Reload's Battle System Gets Some Great Upgrades from Persona 5
Teamwork makes the dream work
With Atlus giving press the opportunity to play Persona 3 Reload at Gamescom this year, we're starting to see preview articles pop up online, providing new information on how the remake actually plays. Based on official correspondence, we know that Reload is a largely faithful recreation of the original PS2 title, but...
