This hasn’t been the wet hot summer extravaganza Monster Hunter Wilds was hoping for. Despite Capcom breaking glass on an event-themed bikini for its fan-favorite blacksmith Gemma, community vibes remain off and the publisher is getting grilled on why more players aren’t flocking to the franchise’s first installment…
If you’ve been on social media over the past week, then you’re probably familiar with the backlash against MasterCard, Visa, PayPal, and Stripe. A ragtag movement of gamers, artists, adult content creators, sex workers and queer activists are uniting to resist payment processor-based censorship targeting Steam and itch…
It looks like a free PS5 upgrade for a fan favorite PS4 RPG is incoming, if a PS Store backend leak is anything to go by. A native PS5 version of 2018’s Kingdom Come: Deliverance was spotted by a known leaker, taking players by surprise.
X user PlayStation Game Size, who is known for scraping the PSN backend, seems pretty confident that Kingdom Come: Deliverance is getting a native PS5 port.
Asked when they expect the port to be officially announced, PlayStation Game Size said that it should be revealed soon, and further clarified that the entry they found in the backend was not a patch for the PS4. In other words, this is an entirely new SKU, so expect a definitive version of sorts that includes all DLC and comes with bells and whistles like visual upgrades.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
— PlayStation Game Size (@PlaystationSize) July 31, 2025
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As for how much Kingdom Come: Deliverance will cost on the PS5, that’s anybody’s guess right now, but it’s possible that the port will be free for existing owners on PS4 as has been the case with a large number of games. If not free, the upgrade should come at a discount for existing owners, at the very least.
So, if you were considering buying Kingdom Come: Deliverance, now might be a good time to pick up the PS4 version for a whopping $5.99 on the PS Store.
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When accusations of plagiarism are made, there’s usually an awful lot of back-and-forth, denials from all sides, and rarely clear-cut satisfaction. But after yesterday’s claims by a Chinese illustrator that his artwork had appeared in Pokémon TCG Pocket’s brand new set, Wisdom of Sea and Sky, the mobile app’s official…
PS Plus Extra and Premium users will get another day-one game in August 2025 as a new PS5 adventure game is set to join the catalog. Abzu dev Giant Squid’s promising new game, Sword of the Sea, will be getting a console exclusive release on the PS5 on August 19.
Sword of the Sea is a charming and zen surfing adventure where players explore a “mysterious and visually stunning world of waves.” The game’s composer is none other than the talented Austin Wintory.
“Explore a world where the land flows in constant waves,” an official description reads. “From massive tides to the smallest ripples, the shifting sea of dunes is incredibly detailed and beautifully rendered.”
Sword of the Sea will also release on PC. An Xbox version has not been announced.
Sony will kick off its August 2025 PS Plus announcements tomorrow, July 30, with the free monthly Essential games that’ll go live on Tuesday, August 5. By August 13, we’ll get the full Extra and Premium lineup.
Besides Sword of the Sea, we’re expecting classics Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis to join PS Plus Premium. The games have already been confirmed for PS Plus with a “summer 2025” window.
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As we step ever closer to the event horizon of Stephen King properties, soon all will be drawn in. Right now you could be watching MGM+’s The Institute, catching The Life of Chuck in theaters, watching trailers for The Running Man andThe Long Walk, seeingThe Monkey on Hulu in a week, and getting psyched for Mike…
An upcoming PS5 exclusive action adventure RPG has received a concerning update from a player who got their hands on the game at a recent preview event. Journalists and content creators recently got to play Lost Soul Aside at an event in China, and one of the participants has shared a couple of issues that has fans worried.
A fan and former insider, who goes as Lunatic Ignus on X, claims to have played Lost Soul Aside at the aforementioned event. According to them, creator Yang Bing confirmed that the game is AA rather than AAA, and its $60 price tag is cause for concern.
Lunatic Ignus claims that Lost Soul Aside “doesn’t stand up for itself,” and in some parts, it “feels very cheap with animations and combat.” The player reckons that although Chinese gamers are intrigued by the game, it’s overpriced for what it has to offer.
As a reminder, the game was funded and is being published by Sony Interactive Entertainment on both PS5 and PC.
For comparison purposes, Black Myth: Wukong launched as a $60 game whereas Wuchang: Fallen Feathers came with a $49.99 price tag. Hit RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 also cost $49.99 at launch.
Lost Soul Aside was announced more than a decade ago, but Lunatic Ignus claims they were told at the event that development didn’t “truly” start until 2021, and it took its toll on Yang Bing’s health.
The verdict on Lost Soul Aside will arrive when the game releases on August 29. In the meantime, check out some new gameplay footage:
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With the fantastic Star Trek: Strange New Worlds back for season three, the potential for the franchise feels so strong. As opposed to back in January when Section 31 came out, and the potential for the franchise felt desperately weak. That’s Star Trek: as good as its last outing. So where will the forthcoming Starflee…
An unexpected leak suggests that Sony is expanding its current PlayStation multiplatform strategy, upsetting a portion of its fanbase. The leak we speak of is an official job advertisement through which Sony is specifically seeking a candidate to help put its games on rival platforms.
The job in question is for the role of Senior Director, Multiplatform & Account Management. What sticks out in the description is Sony mentioning first-party PlayStation Studios titles going multiplatform beyond PC.
“You will play a critical leadership role in shaping and executing the global commercial strategy for PlayStation Studios software titles across all digital platforms beyond PlayStation hardware, including Steam, Epic Games Store, Xbox, Nintendo, and mobile,” the ad reads.
This is going down as well as you’d expect. While Xbox fans are understandably happy, social media and gaming forums are chock-full of negative comments from the PlayStation community.
Players argue that going multiplatform made Xbox hardware sales worse than they’ve ever been, with Microsoft’s gaming division suffering from its executive decisions. They reckon that there will be little incentive to buy PlayStation consoles should first-party games land on other platforms.
Some industry folks have also weighed in on the matter, arguing that console exclusives make little financial sense as times have changed, and they are on their way out.
A former PlayStation dev himself reckons that it’s time for change:
What do our readers think? Did Helldivers 2 mark the start of Sony’s new strategy?
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H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds is a well that so many creatives have drawn from. From the infamous nation-terrifying Orson Welles radio play of 1938, through Steven Spielberg’s 2005 movie, via 1996's Independence Day, and now to a brand new movie starring Eva Lonoria and Ice Cube, it’s never not being reimagined.…
An increasing amount of developers and publishers are dropping support for PS4, and it seems that PS5 players couldn’t be happier. As blockbuster games like Call of Duty continue to support last-gen platforms, it looks like Battlefield 6 will finally be ditching PS4.
Yesterday, EA lifted the curtains on Battlefield 6. Although we’ve only been treated to a cinematic trailer for now (multiplayer reveal coming July 31), reports suggest that the game won’t be on PS4 and Xbox One.
EA has yet to confirm the reports and Battlefield 6’s PS Store page doesn’t list any platforms, but if true, we certainly won’t be surprised. EA’s Madden NFL 26 — one of its biggest games of the year — will also be skipping last-gen consoles for the first time.
While this news may come as a disappointment to PS4 players, PS5 players have expressed relief. “The game would be so limited if they catered to low end hardware,” one fan wrote on X, referencing a common theory that last-gen support holds back current-gen games. “CoD should follow suit with Black Ops 7 as well,” wrote another.
Similar responses were seen on other forums.
“Companies refusing to let them [last-gen consoles] go is why this generation of consoles sucked,” a Reddit user opined. “Last gen should have been ditched four years ago,” another concurred.
Whether last gen held back the current gen or not is debatable, but the general consensus is that this generation hasn’t remotely been as exciting as the previous generations.
I’d argue that much of that is down to a lack of fresh IP and scant release schedules.
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The Switch 2 is in that awkward early phase where most of its best games are old. Nintendo has put out a couple of big exclusives, sure, but by and large, the draw of the system largely lies in the ability to play games on the go that used to demand you be tethered to a TV. So if you’re thinking of buying the thing in…
Nintendo appears to be having a great time of late, recreating its classic TV ads for new products. A few months back, Paul Rudd reprised his pre-fame role in a SNES commercial for the Switch 2, and now we have a modern reimagining of a 1989 Game Boy ad for the fantastic-looking Lego Game Boy that releases later this…
Following on from Steam’s delisting of hundreds of extreme adult games, indie gaming site Itch.io has made the even more extreme move of (in some cases temporarily) removing all NSFW games from its store pages and search results. The action, made in response to pressure group Collective Shout, has led to even this…
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Microsoft’s push to separate the concept of Xbox games from the Xbox console itself has always felt a little...annoying? The corporation’s “This is an Xbox” campaign has been more confusing than anything else. However, the really significant aspect of this detaching of the games from the machines is the releasing of…
The last few years haven’t been kind to Marvel Studios. Once the lifeblood of Hollywood to the point where the whole endeavor arguably felt too big to fail, the MCU is in the midst of a much-publicized course correction. Too many streaming series that were deemed “essential” by Marvel Studios, and too many cinematic…
There wasn’t a lot that was particularly great about the 1980s, but one by-product of that ridiculous decade was big, dumb action movies. Inevitably starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, they were the sorts of movies you could cheer at. There aren’t so many big-budget movies like that today, which is why I’m so completely…
Players have been left frustrated as 505 Games has shut down online services for a 2016 PS4 game without notice. Players are warned that if they purchase popular racing game Assetto Corsa or any of its editions on the PS Store, they won’t have access to the advertised online features and won’t be able to unlock multiplayer trophies.
Assetto Corsa offers single-player modes so those who aren’t into multiplayer won’t be bothered by this sudden development. However, it’s still a tad annoying that existing players weren’t warned of multiplayer closure in advance and 505 Games hasn’t worked with Sony to update the game’s PS Store listing.
Users on PSNProfiles dug around quite a bit and spotted a multiplayer closure notice on Assetto Corsa’s Japanese PS Store, but the game’s Japanese version was published by a different company than 505 Games.
“This is becoming an irritating trend because there were two other games not that long ago where the only shutdown notices were in the Japanese Store but nowhere else,” wrote user HuntingFever.
Assetto Corsa’s base game currently costs $29.99 on the PS Store and its Ultimate Edition costs $39.99. The game comes with a bunch of add-ons including a $19.99 Season Pass.
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Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot’s has made some comments on the sales issues of Star Wars Outlaws. The big boss claims that Outlaws’ middling performance last year was, in large part, because the whole Star Wars franchise was in “choppy waters.”
PS5 players are rejoicing as a new hit shooter dropped on the console that’s not Call of Duty. While there’s no shortage of good shooters in the market, it’s hard to make a splash between the likes of Call of Duty, Rainbow Six, and free-to-play games like Fortnite. Enter Void Interactive’s Ready or Not, which has smashed past PC sales milestones on console.
According to Void Interactive CEO Julio Rodriguez, it took more than a month for Ready or Not to sell a million copies on PC. On consoles, the game surpassed that mark within a couple of days. Yes, days.
I’ve been monitoring chatter on social media and gaming forums, and have found the general consensus to be that Ready or Not is a surprising breath of fresh air, especially in the console space. I haven’t seen players this excited about a new shooter in quite a while.
This isn’t to say that Call of Duty, Fortnite, and the plethora of other shooters aren’t doing well. But to say that there was apetite for something fresh, and it shows.
In our own review of Ready or Not, PlayStationLifeStyle’s Tyler Treese lauded the game for its “intense and captivating” gunplay coupled with top-notch co-op gameplay that makes for some memorable, fun moments with friends.
Have our readers tried Ready or Not? Share your thoughts with us below.
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Developer Ripstone has announced a new game that supports 8K on PS5 Po, bringing the total of games that support the resolution to five. Pure Pool Pro is billed as the “hyper-real successor” to the popular 2014 game Pure Pool, and it runs in “stunning native 8K” at 60 FPS without using Sony’s PSSR upscaler.
Pure Pool Pro won’t support 8K on the base PS5, but in a statement to PushSquare, Ripstone pledged 120 FPS in native 4K for the standard console.
“We know this sounds like a tall claim,” Ripstone said about Pure Pool Pro’s resolution targets. “But the nature of the pool being fixed around the table, our relatively lightweight proprietary engine, and our initial pre-alpha testing before any optimizations leads us to believe it’s achievable.”
The base PS5 launched with the promise of 8K slapped onto the box, which Sony ultimately scrubbed when it realized 8K was still a pipe dream. To date, only five games have received 8K support. Besides Pure Pool Pro, the following games run in 8K:
Time will tell if we’ll we see more 8K games on the PS6.
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A U.S. District judge has rejected Sony’s antitrust settlement with a group of gamers over alleged “supracompetitive” PS Store game prices. The $7.85 million settlement was originally announced in December 2024, with Sony denying any wrongdoing.
According to Bloomberg, Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín said that the settlement, which was finalized in March 2025, lacked clarity and did not follow the guidelines set by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs — a group of gamers — have been given an opporunity to “remedy the deficiencies within 30 days.”
The class action lawsuit was filed by PlayStation gamers back in 2021, two years after Sony announced that retailers will no longer be able to sell digital game codes for the PS Store. The plaintiffs argued that “Sony’s monopoly allows it to charge supracompetitive prices for digital PlayStation games, which are significantly higher than their physical counterparts sold in a competitive retail market, and significantly higher than they would be in a competitive retail market for digital games.”
Sony denied any wrongdoing, but said that it decided to settle the lawsuit to avoid a costly battle and prolonged litigation. The company has been facing legal action over PS Store prices in several countries.
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A 2023 PS5 multiplayer action game is shutting down for good, its developer has announced. Toylogic, the studio behind Square Enix flop Foamstars, is ending service for its 100-player live service game, Warlander.
Warlander servers will be shut down on January 20, 2026. Starting today, players will no longer be able to purchase in-game currency called Goldings. However, Warlander will remain available to play and download until January, and any Goldings players own will be usable until then.
Toylogic has said that it will not be providing any refunds for microtransactions. “We plan to continue the Weekend Campaign and 2-Army Great War events until the end of service,” the studio announced.
Toylogic plans to reboot Warlander and says its development is going well. However, the studio hasn’t yet confirmed whether the reboot will release on consoles or not.
Speaking specifically about Warlander’s PS5 version, the game comes with 14 trophies. Although there’s no Platinum trophy, if you care about game completion, then now is a good time to wrap things up.
PS Plus members can claim free Warlander add-ons from the PS Store, which contain items like various boosters. It might be a good idea to pick them up to aid you in your trophy hunt.
Warlander itself is free-to-play, and doesn’t require a PS Plus membership.
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Nintendo made it very clear in 2023 that mobile game Mario Kart Tour would receive no more updates. As part of the company’s mass move away from mobile gaming, the four-year-old app had had its day. But now, almost two years later, the game is receiving a surprise new campaign to celebrate the recent arrival of Switch…
Perhaps Pixar has another chance to prove itself with an original movie, before it’s fully relegated to sequels for the rest of time. Next year’s Hoppers has just released its first trailer, and it shows what looks like a delightful talk-to-the-animals movie. But will it be enough to rescue the studio after Elio’s box…
We’re more than halfway through 2025, and as we head into the summer lull, what better time than the present to look back at some of the incredible games we’ve played this year? A whole new console launch happened since we last updated this list, and if that’s not a reason to give our Best Games of 2025 So Far list a…
Pokémon TCG Pocket is already nine months old, because time has come loose from its moorings and there’s a global conspiracy to cover up this chronological catastrophe. Over its three-quarters of a year, the mobile version of the collectible card game has introduced many new sets of cards, a new ranked tournament…
The times of transition between two console generations are often fraught, with publishers trying to sell to two ever-shifting markets, with their expectations of forward or backward compatibility, and the perceived inherent unfairness of needing to buy the same game twice. Square Enix has taken an interesting…
Sony Interactive Entertainment rolled out PS5 system software update 25.05-11.60.00 for July 2025 early this morning, weighing a little over 1 GB. However, the firmware update doesn’t bring anything exciting, and you’ve probably already guessed what the patch notes state.
“We’ve improved system software performance and stability,” reads the official patch information.
Sony’s probably plugged some vulnerabilities, but sometimes, the company does make noticeable changes that it doesn’t advertise. We’ll just have to wait for players to report those changes, if any.
As usual, today’s PS5 firmware update is being rolled out in phases, so if you aren’t prompted to update your console, don’t worry.
Players have been demanding some more meaningful system software updates, but unfortunately, some of the most commonly requested features remain elusive. Folders on the home screen is one of the most requested features alongside better Discord integration.
“Can we just get discord share screen already, man,” reads the most upvoted response to today’s update on Reddit. “I just want folders on the home screen,” reads another.
At this point, PS5 owners have given up hopes on new themes and UI customization.
We’ll update our readers if any changes are reported following today’s patch.
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PS Store has revealed the initial list of games leaving PS Plus Extra and Premium in August 2025 as the July lineup has started rolling out in some regions. As accurately predicted earlier this month, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is among the games leaving next month. However, subscribers have a stellar lineup, which includes Cyberpunk 2077, replacing the outgoing games.
As usual, the following list of departures has been taken from the Japanese and Asian PS Stores. Expect other regions including North America and Europe / U.K. to have the same list when their respective stores update.
The games listed above will leave in mid August, when next month’s Extra and Premium lineups are added to the catalog. We’ll update the list if more games are added to PS Store’s Last Chance to Play section.
July’s lineup has begun rolling out in Japan and some parts of Asia. Sony has said that it’ll be staggering the release of PS Plus games starting with Singapore and Australia this month.
By noon (local time) Tuesday, July 15, the games will be available in the Americas and Europe / U.K.
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Nintendo’s move into movies has certainly been a cautious one. So far, it’s amounted to a single released film, 2023's astoundingly successfulThe Super Mario Bros. Movie. Where some would have then rushed to ride that success, pumping out releases based on its vast range of characters, Nintendo is taking a calmer…
Following a leak two weeks go, the PS5 port of a 2021 Nintendo Switch console exclusive game was shadow dropped over the weekend. Danganronpa creator’s action adventure puzzle game World’s End Club is now available on the PS Store. Unfortunately, there’s no PS4 version.
World’s End Club costs $24.99 / £19.99 / €24.99 on the PS Store. There’s no discount offer for early buyers or PS Plus members.
Developed by Too Kyo Games with Kazutaka Kodaka serving as creative director, World’s End Club tells the story of a group of Tokyo school children, who are part of a club comprised of “oddball kids from all over Japan.”
“Reycho and the other members are somehow different than the other kids around them,” reads an official description. “Then, one day, during the summer while on the bus for their class trip, they get into an accident. When they wake up, they’re in a theme park under the sea. Reycho and the others are trapped inside this strange, long-abandoned place.”
World’s End Club originally launched in 2020 on Apple Arcade followed by a period of Switch console exclusivity. It’s unclear why a PS4 version has not been released.
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Fans have been fearing that one of the best PS4, PS3 shooters is in the process of shutting down, but those speculations have been put to rest. Players noticed that as of a month ago, Battlefield 4 turned off the option to rent servers on PS4, which means that players can’t create new servers or renew existing ones.
Once the existing Battlefield 4 servers expire, they’ll be gone for good, and this will have major implications on the game’s multiplayer. It also means that you won’t be able to boost with friends. Additionally, some of Battlefield 4’s trophies might become harder to unlock.
The option to renew or create servers was already nuked on the PS3 sometime last year, and this latest development on the PS4 has players worried.
“I don’t know if this is EA trying to quietly shut down Battlefield 4 communities, push people to Battlefield 2042, or just force players into Quick Match using DICE-owned servers,” one player complained on Reddit. “Either way, it feels like we’ve been abandoned. To make it worse, there’s been no official announcement.”
Well, EA heard the noise and issued the following statement:
All’s well that ends well. That said, Battlefield 4 will inevitably shut down one day, so if you’re trying to pop those trophies, now is a good time to get them out of the way.
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After an eight-month wait, players can finally get their hands on official PS5 Pro covers. At yesterday’s Ghost of Yotei State of Play, Sony announced that game themed-limited edition Gold face plates (pictured above) will be released for the PS5 Pro along with PS5 Slim.
We’ve previously written at length about the strange lack of console covers for PS5 Pro, which Sony promised would be released in due course last November. While it’s nice to have Ghost of Yotei covers for both consoles, they’re limited edition, and we already know what that means for a large number of players.
That said, players have been switching things up by buying third-party covers from sites like AliExpress, so perhaps Sony doesn’t see much of a point in releasing the variety of covers that the PS5 Slim gets. Still, it would be nice to see more choice for PS5 Pro.
“Both [PS5 Slim and Pro] console covers feature the same kintsugi inspired designs and maker’s seal found on The PS5 Console – Ghost of Yōtei Gold Limited Edition Bundle,” Sony wrote on the PS Blog.
We’ll be publishing a guide on where and when to preorder the newly announced Ghost of Yotei consoles and accessories later today, so stay tuned.
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Sony’s just-broadcast Ghost of Yōtei State of Play has revealed a huge amount of the sumptuous open-world revenge-em-up. 19 minutes of new footage is accompanied by the most chilled NPR-like narration from Sucker Punch developers Jason Connell and Nate Fox.
Electronic Arts is finally shutting down online servers for an acclaimed 2013 PS3, PS4 game after 12 years. Frankly, we’re a bit surprised that Need for Speed: Rivals multiplayer was still alive, but it won’t be by the end of this year.
According to a notice on both EA’s website and Need for Speed: Rivals official PS Store page, online servers will be sunset on October 7, 2025. Other affected platforms include Xbox, EA App, and Steam.
Since Need for Speed: Rivals can be played offline, we don’t think the game will eventually be delisted. But if you want to try it before it’s potentially pulled, it costs $19.99 on the PS Store and has one free DLC pack: Koenigsegg One:1 vehicle. There’s also a Complete Edition for $29.99, and while there’s no discount on any of the above at this time, EA Play members can play Need for Speed: Rivals as part of their subscription at no additional cost.
All that said, we do want to warn trophy hunters that the game comes with online trophies. If that bothers you, now is a good time to make some progress towards them.
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PlayStation players have another intriguing PS5 exclusive to look forward to in 2025, and it can be wishlisted now on the PS Store. Last week’s confirmation of Where Winds Meet being a timed exclusive got buried beneath Xbox layoffs and more pressing industry news, so players would be forgiven for not noticing this one.
Where Winds Meet is an open world wuxia RPG. Originally announced at Gamescom 2022, the Chinese game will be published by NetEase. Players can go through the campaign solo or gather up to four friends to play. There is also a multiplayer mode, with developer Everstone Studios promising to add engaging content including PvP battles.
Where Winds Meet’s latest story trailer confirms that it’ll be available on PS5, PC, and mobile when it launches on 2025. It won’t be available on “other consoles” (read: Xbox Series X|S) for at least six months.
“Set during the turbulent era of tenth-century China, you take on the role of a young sword master, uncovering forgotten truths and the mysteries of your own identity,” an official overview reads. “As the wind stirs across mountains and rivers, so too will your legend rise.”
A release date and price for Where Winds Meet have yet to be announced.
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Live-service game development has become the ultimate gamble for any publisher. If you get a hit, you’re set—money will pour in for as long as you can surf the wave. If you miss, countless millions are lost forever. Most of them miss. The latest game to spectacularly fail to be a long-running cash cow is Steel Hunters,…
Sony Interactive Entertainment has just rolled out PS4 system software update 12.52, and the modding/jailbreaking community isn’t going to be too happy about this one. Unlike the last firmware update that brought usability improvements, this one patches security exploits and vulnerabilities.
On its official website, Sony only disclosed the following detail:
In other words, this will set the modding community back a bit.
The PS4 has already been jailbroken to quite an extent and we’ve seen beloved delisted games like DriveClub brought back to life in 60 FPS glory. But Sony has been super quick in plugging vulnerabilities. After all, a sizeable chunk of the PlayStation community is still using the PS4.
Sony is also continuing to release security patches for the PS3. One such update was released in March, and required players to update their consoles to continue using its blu-ray drive.
As a reminder, modding and jailbreaking is against Sony’s terms of service irrespective of what your stance is. There is an argument to be made in favor of preserving games, but such activities can result in bricked consoles and PSN bans.
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A 65-inch 4K Sony BRAVIA TV with PS5-exclusive features has received a massive $2,000 discount for Amazon Prime Day.
The sale has reduced the A95K Series TV by a whopping 57%, with its price plummeting from $3,499.99 all the way down to $1,498.00.
The deal has been made exclusive for Prime members as part of Amazon’s annual Prime Day sales. This means that the huge discount will be made available for a limited time only.
The Sony TV deal can be purchased on Amazon via the following link:
The deal is only available for a limited time, with it set to conclude on July 9 as the Prime Day sales continue.
The Smart TV boasts a QD-OLED display with Dolby Vision HDR to boost visual fidelity. It’s an ideal TV for PS5 owners, given its high 120Hz refresh rate, which rivals many high-speed PC monitors, and an exclusive game menu that consolidates all your game settings in one place.
The Sony TV also has several exclusive PS5 features, such as Auto HDR Tone Mapping and Auto Genre Picture Switch, which recognizes the type of game players are enjoying and updates the picture settings accordingly.
The deal is available for a limited time only, so if you’re in the market for a TV to enhance your PS5 gaming experience at its lowest price, then get it before it’s gone.
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Düsseldorf’s Dokomi is an annual anime and Japanese entertainment convention, with a special focus on cosplay. So of course that means Mineralblu were there, in order to capture the finest fits on the show floor, to share with you today.
As players were hoping for Final Fantasy 9 remake news on the eve of the original’s 25th anniversary, a known insider dropped some really bad news. The game, which was all but confirmed to be in development, may have possibly been canceled.
Final Fantasy 9 remake was originally named in the infamous Nvidia GeForce Now leak, which turned out to be completely accurate. Later, known insiders corroborated its existence, and in June last year, the game was once again leaked by the Epic Games Store database, EpicDB.
Fast forward to today, the 25th anniversary of the original release of Final Fantasy 9. Players got their hopes up for an announcement as back in March, Square Enix had launched a website in preparation for the celebrations. The following month, the company posted a crytpic tweet that many assumed was hinting at a reveal.
However, according to kown insider NateDrake, who has a pretty stellar track record, things aren’t exactly going great for the rumored remake.
“As of last check it remains in development, to my knowledge, but I need to a do a fresh check and see what a more current status is,” NateDrake wrote on ResetEra. “I did hear a month or so ago that it was in trouble and possibly canceled.”
NateDrake followed up by saying that they need to further verify their information regarding the potential cancellation, so do take this with a grain of salt. But fans are already upset over this report.
We’ll update our readers when we have more information.
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An increasing amount of developers are echoing former PlayStation boss Jim Ryan’s views on PS Plus and Xbox Game Pass. Ryan was once criticized for suggesting that the Game Pass model was unsustainable, but following the recent Microsoft layoffs that severely gutted the Xbox division, veteran developers are speaking out against Game Pass.
The conversation was kicked off by industry veteran and Arkane Studios founder Raphael Colantonio. In response to the Xbox layoffs, Colantonio asked why no one was talking about Game Pass, which he referred to as “the elephant in the room” over on X.
“I think Game Pass is an unsustainable model that has been increasingly damaging the industry for a decade, subsidized by Microsoft’s ‘infinite money’, but at some point reality has to hit,” Colantonio continued.
In response, Baldur’s Gate 3 studio Larian’s Michael Douse agreed, pointing out the obvious i.e. “the infinite money thing never made any sense.” Colantonio then replied by calling Microsoft’s messaging surrounding Game Pass “bull****,” stating what many have been saying: putting AAA games on Game Pass day-one does hurt sales.
“The economics never made sense, but at the same time I do recognize that for smaller teams with new or riskier IPs it helped de-risk,” Douse replied. “Much prefer Sony’s ‘lifecycle management’ strategy.”
The conversation carried on, but the takeaway is that “the only way Game Pass can co-exist without hurting everyone is for the back catalog,” in Colantonio’s words — precisely the PS Plus strategy.
The debate is still raging over on X and gaming forums like Reddit and ResetEra. Some have argued that there are certain games players wouldn’t play if they weren’t added to Game Pass. Others have countered that argument by pointing out that there’s very little evidence of subscription services increasing sales.
Someone even dared to bring up Concord, arguing that the game may have benefitted from launching on PS Plus. However, this too was countered by people pointing out that Concord’s beta was completely free. Yet, a negligible amount of players took part in it, suggesting that Firewalk’s doomed shooter was beyond saving.
What do our readers think?
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