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.
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.
Developer HoYoverse is ending support for the game, which will leave the PlayStation store next month and stop working entirely next April. The devs blamed “limitations related to hardware performance and platform application size.”
Fortunately, Genshin Impact will remain playable on more powerful hardware like the PS5 and, um, your phone.
Sony has announced Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, a new Marvel Comics fighting game developed by Guilty Gear studio Arc System Works, will make its debut at EVO 2025. You’ll be able to demo six playable characters - Storm, Ms. Marvel, Doom, Captain America, Iron Man and Star Lord - arranged in teams of four.
Also at EVO 2025, will be a developer panel discussing gameplay and development, if I know anything about EVO, there will likely be an exhibition showcase for the game as well. You can catch all the new info on Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls when EVO 2025 starts on August 1st.
Alamo Drafthouse, which is owned by Sony, is hosting a film series “inspired by” Ghost of Yōtei, a PlayStation video game made by Sucker Punch Productions, which is a Sony-owned studio. There’s even a custom popcorn bucket.
There will be a “limited restock” on September 9th, according to a post on PlayStation’s Facebook page.
Preorders will be available to PlayStation Plus members starting July 21st at 10AM ET. They’ll be open to the general public on July 23rd at 10AM ET.
The base version of Cyberpunk 2077 is now available as part of PlayStation Plus’ Game Catalog.
Last month during its summer State of Play, Sony said that it would put on a special presentation focused on Ghost of Yotei. Now it’s time. On Thursday July 10th at 5PM ET / 2PM PT on Twitch and YouTube, Playstation will put on a 20-minute deep dive into Sucker Punch Studios’ follow-up to Ghost of Tsushima. Expect more info on gameplay, Atsu, her story, and her bloody quest for vengeance.
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While the PS5 Pro may get crisper graphics in 2026, PlayStation architect Mark Cerny says his next console won’t come that quick. “My time-frame is multi-year here,” he told Tom’s Guide. Both Sony’s lawyers and Microsoft’s planners once suggested next-gen consoles would arrive 2028.
Cerny also says he’s helping build AMD’s next-gen GPUs. “Big chunks of RDNA 5, or whatever AMD ends up calling it, are coming out of engineering I am doing on the project,” he said, referring to Project Amethyst.
After a long wait, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach launches today on the PS5. And if you’re looking to read all about Hideo Kojima’s latest, we’ve got you covered: there’s our review, an exploration of the music, a story about cutscenes, and even some thoughts from Kojima himself. And here’s the launch trailer which, of course, is six minutes long.
The developers at Ninja Theory have been hard at work adding new features to Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II and now they’re ready to show it to even more players than before. Seanua’s Saga: Hellblade II Enhanced launches on Xbox, and, as a part of Xbox’s new multiplatform strategy, it’s coming to PS5 too on August 12th.
The enhanced edition will include a performance mode with 60 FPS (not available on the Series S unfortunately.) A new gameplay mode called Dark Rot, an improved photo mode, and developer commentary.
Sony just outlined the games coming to PlayStation Plus in July, and the headliner is Diablo IV. The subscription service is also celebrating its 15th anniversary at the moment, which includes some deals in the PlayStation store.
The Switch 2 is bigger than the original, but how does it compare to a GameCube?
Apple, at WWDC: “This year, the frameworks that power input across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro are getting major upgrades, with easier pairing for PlayStation DualSense controllers across all of your devices.”
PlayStation, on X: “Want to pair your DualSense controller to multiple devices at once?
An update planned for later this year enhances pairing functionality.”
Seems useful, whenever this rolls out.
