Thursday, 26 June 2025

Mario Kart World Fans Had A Trick For Getting Regular Online Races And Nintendo Just Blew It Up

Mario Kart World’s big open map is one of the major things that sets it apart from the rest of the franchise, but it’s also become a real drag for fans who just want to have traditional three-lap races around their favorite tracks online. A workaround was soon discovered, a sneaky way that let people always guarantee…

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Ring Psychology: Understanding The 6 Phases Of A Wrestling Match Through Heel Era John Cena

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Wednesday, 25 June 2025

PS Portal System Update 5.1.0 Released and Players Aren’t Happy

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Sony quietly released PS Portal system software update 5.1.0 this morning, the patch notes for which has left players underwhelmed. The handheld doesn’t get firmware updates as frequently as the PS5, so it seems players were expecting a little more than the usual “stability,” but that’s pretty much what they ended up receiving.

PS Portal system software update 5.1.0 patch notes (June 25, 2025)

Patch notes for today’s PS Portal update are as follows:

  • We’ve improved system software performance and stability.
  • We’ve improved the messages and usability on some screens.

Although the PS Portal turned out to be a commercial success, the handheld isn’t without issues, many of which revolve around connectivity.

Since Sony doesn’t always disclose all the changes it makes in a system software update, I decided to check out the dedicated PlayStation Portal subreddit to see if players had noticed any improvements beyond what’s outlined in the patch notes. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like we got any stealth improvements this time.

Quite a few players said that the update took obnoxiously long to install even though it’s a small file, and issues like stuttering in some games still persist. There are also no further developments on the cloud beta front.

“This is what the new update does: upgrade from LCD to OLED,” one player wrote sarcastically. “It will change the physical disc games you own,” joked another. “Still waiting for cloud streaming to be more widely distributed,” wrote a third.

Here’s hoping more improvements and features come soon.

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PlayStation Store Update Worldwide June 24, 2025

Each week Sony brings PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PlayStation VR, and PlayStation Plus owners new content, add-ons, games, and more. Here is the complete global PlayStation Store update. PlayStation LifeStyle catalogs the PlayStation Store updates for the major regions across the globe. Check back every Tuesday to keep up to date with each week’s PlayStation Store Update.

North American Update

June’s PlayStation Plus Essential Lineup

  • Alone in the Dark (PS5)
  • Bomb Rush Cyberfunk (PS4/PS5)
  • Destiny 2: The Final Shape (PS4/PS5)
  • NBA 2K25 (PS4/PS5)

PS4 & PS5 Games

  • 20th Century Beauties
  • The Alpha Wolf
  • Arcade Archives SPINAL BREAKERS
  • Arcade Archives Strategy X
  • Architect Life: A House Design Simulator
  • Arena Renovation
  • Astro Surge
  • Bag Hero
  • Ball Rush 2
  • Baseball Card Shop Simulator
  • Bee Flowers: Save the Garden
  • BMX CITY RUN
  • Bombardiro Crocodilo Simulator
  • BRAINROT: FIGHTING
  • Car Street
  • Carnival Heroes: 24 Super Party Minigames
  • Cash Wash Simulator
  • Chronicles of the Wolf
  • Climate Station
  • Collie Call: Farm of Tomorrow
  • Croaktopia
  • Drug Dealer Simulator
  • Dustwind: Resistance
  • ESCAPE BACKROOMS: DARKNESS HORROR
  • Frame Cat
  • Fruitbus
  • GET TO WORK SIMULATOR
  • Giant Flee
  • How 2 Escape: Lost Submarine
  • The Jumping Bonbon Match 2 – PS4 & PS5
  • Legendary Hoplite
  • Legends: Saint George
  • Liar’s Pub
  • Little Strays
  • Lost in Random: The Eternal Die
  • Maestro
  • Marine Survivors
  • Maze: Interim Odyssey
  • Medieval escape
  • Minos Dungeon
  • No Sun To Worship
  • Offer price, $2.39. Original price, $7.99.
  • ONLY Sky Parkour: Island UP!
  • Only Tung Tung Sahur UP
  • The Original Moorhuhn Hunt
  • Pirate Trails: Tentacles and Treasures
  • Prehistoric Gal
  • Presentiment of Death
  • Puzzle Escapes: Paws & Claws
  • Puzzle Piecer: The Sky Above
  • RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army
  • REMATCH
  • REPORT EXTRACTION
  • Rogue Loops
  • Star Overdrive
  • Supermarket Manager 2025
  • Through the Nightmares
  • Tralalero Tralala™ Wars
  • Trials Of Randoom
  • Twin Colliders
  • UNDERWARD
  • Velocity Riders
  • Vessels of Decay
  • Weed & Greed
  • Without a Voice

Next Page: European Update

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Tuesday, 24 June 2025

Everything's An Xbox Including This Meta Quest 3S That Costs $100 More And Can't Play Your Xbox Games

The limited edition Meta Quest 3S Xbox Edition (yes, that’s what it’s called) looks neat. I’ll give it that. The all-black model with the green inlays cuts a nice contrast with the normally white-only VR headsets. Everything else about it confuses me, including why it exists.

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Five Essential Tips For Tackling Dynasty Warriors: Origins' Ultimate Difficulty

The Ultimate Warrior difficulty is the very core of Dynasty Warriors: Origins’s post game, and conquering it requires revamping the way you approach virtually every battle. No longer can you systematically take down every enemy base before you totally overwhelm the map’s boss with your massive army. Instead, you’ll…

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Monday, 23 June 2025

New PS Plus Day-1 Game Isn’t Off to a Great Start

PS Plus game

The latest PS Plus day-one game launched less than a week ago, and it’s already struggling. FBC: Firebreak‘s reception is a far cry from what previous day-one game Blue Prince received, with the latter earning universal praise and the former earning… well, a largely negative response.

PS Plus game FBC: Firebreak struggling to retain players

While we don’t have PSN and Xbox numbers, FBC: Firebreak only managed an all-time peak of 1,992 concurrent players on Steam. Developer Remedy Entertainment has acknowledged that “clearly, not everything” has gone well for the game, and has promised to improve things “starting now.”

“We hear you loudly and clearly,” Remedy wrote, outlining a massive list of improvements that it plans to make, starting with improving the first-hour experience of FBC: Firebreak. “The game’s first hours do not provide a great experience due to a combination of things,” Remedy admitted, placing some of the blame on lack of onboarding.

Two of the elements Remedy plans to improve are progression speed and gear unlocks. “We hear you: the grind is too slow,” the developer wrote.

Remedy previously promised free post-launch content for FBC: Firebreak, but decision about the type of DLC it’ll release depends on player feedback. Right now, though, FBC: Firebreak has more pressing issues than DLC, including but not limited to attracting and retaining enough players to justify keeping servers live.

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