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.
The site, which is home to merch from titles like The Last of Us, Astro Bot, and God of War, now displays a message saying it’s closing on December 31st, 2025, as spotted by PushSquare. It notes that its customer support team will still be available, but all sales are now final.
Vampire Survivors developer Poncle is drip-feeding new features coming in the game’s 1.14 update, and online co-op is the first of five teased announcements.
Local co-op came to Vampire Survivors back in 2023, but I’m excited I’ll be able to bother someone other than my wife to play with me.
The Special Edition controller will be available starting on October 20th for $84.99 through Walmart and in addition to layers of blue it features Pureisutēshon, the Japanese spelling of PlayStation, written on the back in Katakana characters. It’s part of a wider selection of PlayStation merch coming to Walmart including bags and figures.
You might have noticed tech is getting just a little more expensive these days. SteelSeries’ new $599.99 Arctis Nova Elite headset is only the latest example, but at least it means fans of spending money can complete the set.
Holmeser:
Pairs perfectly with my $999 Xbox Ally X and $750 PS5 Pro
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The open-world samurai game is a showcase for the kinds of single-player titles the platform is known for.
Chronoscript: The Endless End is a confusing title for a game, but based on a trailer, exploring its book-themed world could be a lot of fun. It’s set to launch in 2026.
There’s a new PS5 controller that looks a lot like Kratos coming out on October 23rd. Just try not to throw it to the ground in rage.
The action RPG finally has a launch date, and will be available early next year on February 6th. In the meantime, there’s a very dramatic new trailer.
Deux Ex turns 25 this year, which makes it a good time to announce a remaster. The updated version of the cyberpunk classic launches in early 2026.
Ahead of the shooter’s return here’s a look at the campaign, which spans from Gibraltar to Brooklyn. It launches on October 10th.
One of the first reveals of the night was Zero Parade: For Dead Spies, “a narrative-first espionage RPG steeped in paranoia, surrealism, and a struggle for redemption.” It’s due out next year.
Sony’s State of Play broadcast kicks off at 5PM ET, and it will be more than 35 minutes long. About five minutes of the show will be dedicated to gameplay for Saros, the next game from Returnal developer Housemarque.
Square Enix’s remaster of the strategy game is both fresh and nostalgic — even if you haven’t played the original.
Hideo Kojima’s new not-a-Metal-Gear game, Physint, now has three actors confirmed to star in the stealth-action game. The Metal Gear Solid creator revealed that Charlee Fraser, Don Lee, and Minami Hamabe will all feature in Physint, but casting is ongoing.
The game is still “another five or six years” away from release, so it might well be a PS6 title once it’s ready.
Sony bumped the PS5’s storage from 825GB to 1TB when it introduced the new Slim model. But gaming bargain hunter billbil-kun has info about a revised discless edition spotted in Europe, that would see its SSD drop back to 825, while the disc version remains at 1TB -- is that better than raising the price again?
After debuting during a PlayStation event in June, Hitman developer IO Interactive’s new James Bond game is getting a little more love from Sony.
A new State of Play this Wednesday at 2PM ET will give us 30 minutes of gameplay centered on “Bond’s first mission as an MI6 recruit.”
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Sony’s $50 price hike in the US hasn’t gone into effect yet on PlayStation’s website or at other retailers like Best Buy, Walmart, Target, and GameStop.
Ghost of Yōtei will be getting a free, co-op Legends mode next year, and it sounds like the one added to Ghost of Tsushima after its launch. Yōtei will be released on October 2nd, and Sony shared a new trailer at Opening Night Live.
Once the PlayStation-published shooter is available on Xbox consoles on August 26th, there will also be a new Helldivers 2 x Halo: ODST Legendary Warbond available, with armor seats, weapon skins, ODST-themed player cards, and a Warthog-style vehicle pattern, for the price of 1,500 Super Credits that you can pick up in-game or purchase.
“This model is fan art created by myself, it is not endorsed by, sponsored by or affiliated with Sony or PlayStation,” writes Graham Watson on his Bambu crowdfunding campaign. (Here’s more about those.) Looks awesome; I hope Sony’ll give it the nod or even a little help!
Beginning November 13th, the console version of PUBG: Battlegrounds will only be supported on PS5 and Xbox Series X / S, Krafton says.
This trailer starts with the PlayStation logo and ends with a teaser for Xbox’s most prized gaming franchise, before the game arrives on Microsoft’s consoles on August 26th. Meanwhile, formerly Xbox-exclusive Hellblade II: Senua’s Saga is launching on PlayStation.
Are the platform wars over?
Its 80.3 millionth, to be exact, half the lifetime sales of the PS2, the best-selling console of all time, and closing on the 87.4 million PS3 sales. Sony sold 2.5 million consoles over April-June, about the same as last year, but doubled its gaming profit thanks to game sales and subscriptions.
It lowered its forecast for the tariff hit, but that likely didn’t factor in Trump’s new threat of a 100 percent rate on chips.
