For more than 25 years, Sony’s PlayStation has been synonymous with gaming. It’s given players experiences like God of War, The Last of Us, and Final Fantasy VII alongside technological innovations from CD-ROMs all the way up to 4K, VR, and cloud gaming. There have even been attempts at portable gaming with the PSP and Vita. Across multiple generations the company has been a pioneer, starting with the original PlayStation and continuing with the PS5.
You’ll be able to play this new version of Sony’s narrative / horror game starting October 4th on PS5 and PC. In addition to updated visuals (built using Unreal Engine 5), the game will offer “revised cinematography,” a reworked prologue, and new collectibles, according to a PlayStation blog post.
But note that on PC, you’ll need a PlayStation Network account, like with God of War Ragnarök.
The PlayStation Store listing for Rockstar’s western briefly described an unannounced PC version of the game. The apparent mistake was corrected, but not before Eurogamer noticed — and The Internet Archive grabbed a snapshot.
According to that archived page, the game will get everything from last year’s console updates, plus “increased resolutions and framerates, multiple displays, and other accessories, plus spatial surround sound.”
The infamous horror game collaboration between Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro drummed up enormous hype before the project was cancelled amid game developer Konami’s fallout with Kojima.
PS4 owners who managed to install P.T. before it was removed in 2015 can still enjoy playing the demo while we mourn what could have been the best Silent Hill game released since 2001.
The game is finally being released for Sony consoles on August 29th. It’s already available on Steam, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, and mobile.
There were reportedly only 150 pairs made and distributed in 2006 / 2009, but NiceKicks and SneakerNews report the PlayStation x Nike Air Force 1 Low will be re-released next year, according to unnamed sources.
Nike revisited the concept with a 2018 edition and a Paul George collaboration, but the originals are by far the best and have gone for as much as $6,000 on StockX,
Several official PlayStation accounts have come up with a helpful metric to determine the size of the PS5 and the PS5 slim: food. Latin America used arepas, torrijas for Spain, and Greggs sausage rolls for the UK. After a lengthy and spirited discussion involving everything from corndogs to pizza rolls, we at The Verge are unable to come up with an American equivalent. What do you suggest?
The game’s deceptively complicated puzzles will make you love every second as you lose track of time.
Based on the game’s first trailer, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed developer AHeartfulofGames seems to have nailed the Mutant Mayhem visual style.
Disappointingly, Mutants Unleashed only supports two players. It’s out for PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, and PCs on October 18th.
Sony is developing just two PSVR 2 games, Android Central reports. Two! That’s not a great sign.
If you already have a PSVR 2, you’ll be able to hook it up to your PC starting in August, so that might make it more useful. But mine has been in a closet for months, and still I don’t see a reason to take it out.
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An adorable platformer, mythological tower defense, RPG / puzzle hybrid, and open-world Star Wars.
Critical Hit Games’ Nobody Wants to Die got its first gameplay trailer during the Summer Game Fest’s Future Games Show.
A neo-noir, time-controlling detective story, Nobody looks like a slick. moody blend of Bioshock, Blade Runner, and maybe even The Fifth Element. So I’ll be buying it, no matter what reviewers say. It’s out July 17th on Steam, Xbox Series X / S, and PS5.
Sonic Generations was a good-ass game and I’m excited for its darker, edgier sequel Sonic x Shadow Generations. Just in time for the Sonic 3 movie, Sonic x Shadow Generations adds a gaggle of new levels to play as Shadow the Hedgehog — but let’s not get our hopes up that Keanu Reeves will make an appearance in this one. Sonic X Shadow Generations launches on Xbox, PC, and PlayStation October 25th.
Astro’s Playroom got a stealth-dropped update today, with new trophies, collectible in-game gatchas, and secret “PS Labo” rooms.
It also features a riddle-like mystery to rescue special bots — including a Bloodborne one. Forum-goers are donning tinfoil hats ahead of potential announcements at Summer Game Fest, which starts within the hour. Team Asobi already has an upcoming Astro Bot game.
If you want to be technical about it, 8K was never especially viable on the PS5 to begin with, but when the system launched in 2020 TV makers were heavily pushing 8K as the next big thing and Sony wanted to futureproof its pricey platform.
With a PS5 Pro coming soon, and likely supporting more robust 8K, removing 8K claims off the PS5 box isn’t a surprise.
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The DidYouKnowGaming YouTube channel got David Hayter, the voice of Solid Snake in the Metal Gear Solid games (with some exceptions), to narrate a roughly 15-minute video of obscure facts and Easter eggs from the first PlayStation game.
It reminded me, after all these years, just how leeringly horny the original game was.
The classic PlayStation platformer is coming back with a new edition on the PS5. It launches on August 1st (a PS4 version will follow). “I’ve long wished that the game could be accessible to more people on modern systems,” creator Tokuro Fujiwara explained on the PlayStation Blog. “Now that the opportunity is here.”
