Innovation is king when it comes to video games, especially when reinventing a beloved franchise. Developers are challenged with balancing what fans loved about the series’ origins while modernizing the experience and providing surprising gameplay enhancements that players didn’t even know they wanted. Few developers understand this task better than Santa Monica Studio, which reimagined
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The PS3, PS2, PSP, and PlayStation games included in PS Plus Premium can be confusing with a lot of games exclusive to certain regions. There are even PS4 games exclusive to Premium subscribers. We’re here to clear things up with a full list of PS Plus Premium games included in the PlayStation Classics section at
The future for Disco Elysium 2 is not looking great. Martin Luiga, an editor on Disco Elysium, has revealed on a Medium post that three lead developers have left the game’s developer ZA/UM since the end of last year, saying that this seems like “bad news for the loving fans that are waiting for the Disco
September has come and gone, and with it some amazing games! Which new release will take the Players’ Choice crown? Vote in the poll below to help decide! How does it work? At the end of every month, PlayStation.Blog will open a poll where you can vote for the best new game released that month.
It looks like Sony’s PlayStation Stars royalty program will have an exclusive, invite-only fifth tier but mystery surrounds this tier. The company hasn’t been particularly great in explaining new services and schemes (especially as of late), leaving players to fill in the blanks and figure things out themselves. Such is also the case with PlayStation
Tencent acquisitions have thus far mainly revolved around acquiring minority stakes and making investments in the global video games industry, but it looks like the company plans to change that strategy. According to a new report by Reuters, the Chinese gaming giant now plans to aggressively pursue full ownerships or controlling stakes in video game
Ember Lab has rolled out Kena: Bridge of Spirits update 2.03, which fixes bugs introduced by the recent Anniversary Update. To mark the game’s first anniversary, the developer introduced a number of new features like New Game+, an enhanced photo mode, Spirit Guide trials, and much more. Patch 2.03 also makes several stability improvements and
The rumored Horizon Forbidden West DLC, which seems to have been outed by Sylens actor Lance Reddick following a previous hint, is all but confirmed if a new Guerrilla Games job advertisement is anything to go by. That Horizon Forbidden West is possibly getting DLC/expansion was practically a given but both Sony and Guerrilla have been
Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem has never been announced for any other platforms than PC, yet it definitely seems to be making its way to PS5 seeing as the game’s trophy list made a surprise appearance today. This suggests the game will be released on the console soon despite the lack of comment from developers Croteam
Horizon Forbidden West was released back in February and fans have been speculating when we may be getting DLC ever since. Of course, Horizon Zero Dawn had a sizeable expansion in the form of The Frozen Wilds, so it’s a decent assumption to make for the sequel. Speculation has now picked up again after a
Last week, we asked you to spin your gears and share robots, droids, and machines from the game of your choice using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: RevolutionAndre shares Kit from Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart in macho machine mode. sorathluna shares a Slitherfang coiling up in the desert in Horizon Forbidden West.
It’s October, and you know what that means–freaks and frights are abounding! There’s no better time to dive deep into some wildly experimental and stylish survival horror than the Halloween spooky season, and this month’s PlayStation Indies delivers on that front. As for the “freaks”–well, we’ve got a gaggle of very strange creatures and some
Spooky season is nearly here – and what could be scarier than a purgatory dimension haunted by half-finished ideas and forgotten concepts? Our annual made-in-Dreams Halloween celebration is nearly ready to welcome you – and all of your cruelly abandoned WIPs, you monster – to The Land of Lost Dreams. This year, we asked the
The Dead Space remake isn’t settling for being a simple graphical update. In an EA Blog, the devs explained that while the game will hit all the main beats and events of the original, they want to expand it to include lore from across the series. They also want to give side characters more time
Earlier this year, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan revealed they planned to have 12 live-service games based on PlayStation IPs by the end of fiscal year 2025. One of those is seemingly in development at Jetpack Interactive, previously a support studio who ported God of War to PC in January. According to job listings
That’s right! PlayStation’s iconic woolen hero is heading to PC! We’re so excited that a whole new audience of players is going to get the chance to join Sackboy on his big adventure. Today, we’re delighted to be able to reveal details of the new features and enhancements that you can look forward to when
PlayStation Stars is the new loyalty program for players to earn rewards by completing certain tasks. Like the new PlayStation Plus tiers, the scheme is being rolled out gradually across all regions. While we had been told that the scheme would be launching in Asia in late September, it was still a bit of a
Hi everyone! I’m Nicolas Bécavin, Lead Engine Programmer on A Plague Tale: Requiem. The game launches on October 18, and I’m here to give you a little preview of what you can expect tech-wise! Play Video Verify your age to view this content. Verify your age to view this content. Taking the next-gen leap We