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With the year drawing to a close, it’s time for developers and publishers to reflect on the year gone by. They’re also drawing up plans for the year ahead. In more than 100 interviews with Japanese game creators, carried out by Famitsu, a long list of unannounced titles were revealed to be in development. Very

Best Family Game is a returning category that celebrates games that provided wider accessibility to everyone in the family, whether you’re an adult, a child, or somewhere in between. Best Family Game isn’t neccessarily about a game being “easy,” but rather having a family-friendly veneer that everyone can enjoy together. From the magic wonder of

Be it a quick button press or the stunning result of multiple edits, PlayStation games’ Photo Modes – and PS4’s Share and PS5’s Create buttons – have given us all the chance to play photographer in memorializing special moments. And those shots are captured for good reason. Whether they’re being shown to the world or

Goodbye Volcano High might not look like a graphically-intensive game, but its visual effects and art do put a strain on older hardware, which developer KO_OP is glad is not the case with the PlayStation 5. Speaking to the Official PlayStation Magazine (via GamesRadar), Creative Director Saleem Dabbous revealed that the PS5’s hardware allows developers to

Disaster Report publisher Granzella has teased Disaster Report 5 in a blog post reflecting upon 2020. According to a translation provided by Gematsu, it looks like the title is already in development, albeit in the early stages. The post reads: Rumors of a ‘5’ There might be some of you saying, ‘All you have to

Those who purchase the upcoming Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will be entitled to a PS5 and Xbox Series X/S upgrade at no additional cost. As spotted by ResetEra user The Praiseworthy, Ubisoft recently updated its official online store to add this information. A previously

The “hid-sony” driver has been available on Linux for a while. According to Phoronix, Sony has released a new “hid-playstation” driver today to include support for DualSense controllers, as well as other PlayStation hardware. Linux users can now use the DualSense controller in USB and Bluetooth modes. The driver supports the controller’s LEDs, motion sensors, touchpad,

Covid-19 has had a massive impact on some industries this year. As reported by MarketWatch, both the global movie industry and North American sports industry have taken hits this year as restrictions have affected people’s ability to attend events. On the other hand, sales within the games industry have risen by 20% to reach a

NieR: Automata has reached a big sales milestone. The official game Twitter account revealed the title has now shifted 5 million units. 『NieR:Automata』の全世界累計出荷＆ダウンロード販売本数が500万本を突破しました。本当に、本当にありがとうございました。 #ニーアオートマタ pic.twitter.com/OPdUVbGjH5 — NieR公式PRアカウント (@NieR_JPN) December 24, 2020 At Tokyo Game Show, Platinum Games revealed that the title had reached 4.85 million units sold. It’s taken just three more months to reach

CD Projekt RED has rolled out another Cyberpunk 2077 hotfix ahead of Christmas, which should make the game crash less on consoles. Full patch notes are as follows: Quests Dum Dum will no longer go missing from Totentanz entrance during Second Conflict. Console-specific Improved memory management and stability, resulting in fewer crashes. PC-specific Removed the 8

Genshin Impact has been updated to version 1.2. There’s a brand new area known as Dragonspine, a subzero climate, quests, weapons, artifacts, and a new event called The Chalk Prince and the Dragon. Dragonspine is the first new area to be added to the game since its release. Found in the south of Mondstadt, the

Sony Pictures chairman and chief executive officer, Tony Vinciquerra, has revealed that the company currently has ten movies and television shows based on PlayStation IPs in production. Speaking to CNBC (via MediaPost), Vinciquerra revealed that three of the projects are movies, and the remaining seven are TV shows. Some of the projects have already been revealed, including

With the Dualsense controller having haptic feedback and adaptive triggers, most PlayStation 5 games are making use of the new features. Kena: Bridge of Spirits is no exception. According to Official PlayStation Magazine UK, these features will have a variety of applications across Kena’s abilities, equipment, and combat encounters. Mike Grier, one of the game’s

Hello everyone! PS5 has arrived and with it, an amazing slate of launch titles. I’ve been hopping back and forth between games like Demon’s Souls, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and of course wonderful indie titles like The Pathless and Bugsnax. It’s an embarrassment of riches, an overwhelming feeling that there are way more great games

Hey Pilots! The time is finally here to enter the arena and start your journey to the top in Override 2: Super Mech League. At Modus Games, we’re extremely excited to welcome returning fans and newcomers to the series with today’s launch.  Play Video The 3D competitive arena brawler returns with 20 distinctly devastating mechs,

Developer Housemarque has shown off new footage from its upcoming PlayStation 5 exclusive, Returnal. The gameplay is part of the following developer video, in which Housemarque delves into the origins of the sci-fi psychological horror. You’ll also learn more about how the team plans to tackle the narrative and what kind of experience you can

Ringing in the New Year just got a little sweeter – Celebrate the arrival of FIFA 21 FUT tournaments on PlayStation 4 with seven-stacked days of tournaments and prizes! From December 26 to January 1, participate in daily competitions for a chance to finish the year strong and make a name for yourself. This is

Temperatures are plummeting, but the battle is just heating up in Cold Sun, the third season of Warface: Breakout. Between a brand-new map, exclusive rewards, new features and Christmas events on the way, find out what awaits in the upcoming free update. New Map: Outskirts While most of your battles have been on war-torn, futuristic

Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is off to a good start, having sold 1.7 million digital copies worldwide at launch, according to a SuperData report. This figure is 50 percent higher than Odyssey‘s launch numbers. Valhalla‘s overall revenue was 23 percent higher than Odyssey‘s at launch, but its in-game revenue was down by 62 percent. The latter is

Lawyers in CD Projekt RED’s home country Poland are considering filing a class-action lawsuit against the developer for “misrepresentation” of Cyberpunk 2077 “in order to receive financial benefits.” An article published in The New York Times first revealed that lawyers as well as investors unhappy with the situation are considering their legal options, and things are

With 2020 nearing its much-awaited end, Metacritic has released its list of ten worst reviewed video games of the year. If you’re here to see where Cyberpunk 2077 stands in this list, you may X out now. While the game is getting panned on consoles, it didn’t drop as low as some of the gems

Following one of the most disastrous AAA launches of the last generation, CD Projekt RED’s management is reportedly facing backlash from its staff for questionable decisions made during the course of Cyberpunk 2077‘s development. The report comes from none other than Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, who has been sounding the alarm about mandatory crunch at the

I’m not sure many people outside of the PC community could tell you what The Witcher was 10 years ago. And I’d bet that even fewer people knew who CD Projekt RED was. Such is usually the case for even very good PC developers, as they work to create and refine a property or identity

Control Ultimate Edition launched on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One last year, but was delayed for Sony’s latest console. Remedy has now confirmed the game will be released on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S digitally in February 2021. A physical edition will follow a month later. The Ultimate Edition will include the base game,

Sometimes, video game music transcends its original purpose as a soundtrack. A quick glance at the numbers on any music streaming service is testament that certain scores haunt players long after they have finished a game. In my case, Nier achieved the opposite. I was enthralled by its soundtrack before I’d even played the game.

Wow! Despite a shorter voting period than last year, voter turnout in this year’s Game of the Year polls shattered previous records, coming in at over 2.5 million total votes across all categories. Thank you! PS Blog readers declared Naughty Dog’s long-awaited follow-up The Last of Us Part II the clear champion this year, taking

Cyberpunk 2077’s launch, particularly on consoles, has been nothing short of tumultuous, but the hits just keep coming. Sony has now fully removed Cyberpunk 2077 from the PlayStation Store, offering full refunds to anyone who wants one. The announcement came this evening, with PlayStation creating an entire page on its site dedicated to Cyberpunk 2077

Our review of Sackboy: A Big Adventure noted it was a hidden gem of the PS5 launch, particularly noting it was a great couch co-op game to play with family and close friends. Sackboy: A Big Adventure was due to be released with online multiplayer too, but the feature was delayed briefly. After promising to

Online play comes to Sackboy: A Big Adventure today as part of a new title update.* And with it a new opportunity to experience the chaotic, slapstick multiplayer fun of Sackboy’s latest escapade. Our goal from day one of this project was to give players an excellent single-player platforming experience. But… we wanted that experience

Happy holidays yokai hunters! As promised, I’m excited to announce the harrowing conclusion to Nioh 2, The First Samurai*, the final DLC expansion of our story from Team Ninja, is available today.  To commemorate this occasion, I wanted to bring you some insight into the development of this third and concluding expansion which will bring