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.
Hazelight Studios’ keeps nailing it with its co-op games by doing simple things really well.
Xbox’s been hard at work bringing its exclusives to the PS5. There was Hi-Fi Rush, Pentiment, and Sea of Thieves to start, but now it’s targeting bigger releases like Indiana Jones and The Great Circle and Forza Horizon 5. Microsoft announced that it was targeting Spring of 2025 for the beautiful racing game’s release and now we have a confirmed date: April 29th. You can even pre-order the game to get early access starting April 25th.
On March 4th, subscribers to PlayStation Plus Essential or higher tiers will be able to claim and download Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection, and Sonic Colors: Ultimate for free.
The latest BioWare-made RPG came out just five months ago, but its arrival to PlayStation’s monthly selection of freebies is likely a byproduct of its disappointing sales.
The Elden Ring Nightreign network tests are underway, but after a rocky early-morning start developer FromSoftware is considering extra sessions. The unapologetically stressful battle royale game has three hour time blocks scheduled through the weekend, though servers for PlayStation struggled and underwent maintenance not long after the 6AM ET start.
How fitting for Valentine’s Day that many of us maidenless couldn’t get a match.
The new Tick-Tock Shock level arrives today, while the remaining four will launch every Thursday at 9AM ET with new Special Bots to rescue. Astro Bot is also getting an update on PS5 Pros, allowing players “to enjoy an improved version of Astro Bot featuring a constant best resolution while still running at 60 frames per second.”
I’m not sure what the... heck... is going on in this new trailer, but I dig the weird and horror-y vibes of the game. It also has no map, which sounds intriguing and hopefully not terrible. It’s coming to PS5, Xbox Series X / S, and PC.
Days Gone Remastered is launching on April 25th on PS5, Sony announced today. It has new modes, including a permadeath and a speedrun mode. If you own the PS4 version, you’ll be able to upgrade to this remastered version for $10, according to a blog post. And on PC, you can pay $10 if you own the game to get new features as well.
There were sister locations, help was wanted (a couple of times), then there was a security breach. Now the next calamity in the Five Nights at Freddy’s series involves mimics. During the PlayStation State of Play presentation, Steel Wool Productions showed off a first look at gameplay for Five Nights at Freddy’s: Secret of the Mimic. Find those mimics and dodge murderous animatronics for minimum wage when Secret of the Mimic launches June 13th.
Pixeljunk studio Q-Games is back with an ambitious looking game called Dreams of Another. Here’s the description: “Rather than destroying objects by shooting — as in traditional shooting games — here, your shots materialize and rebuild the world. This unconventional mechanic offers a gameplay experience that challenges the norms of the genre and invites players into a whole new dimension.” It launches later this year.
As leaked last week via the Playstation Store, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater will be released on August 28th, 2025, as shown in today’s State of Play show. And yes, it will actually bring back the Ape Escape-themed mode.
After being revealed at The Game Awards in December, Capcom is showing off a little more of its return to Onimusha with a new trailer. The game itself is dropping some time in 2026.
PlayStation debuted the trailer for the next Sonic racing game, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds during its February State of Play presentation. As slick as this new Sonic racing game looks, its existence begs the question: why does Sonic need to drive? He’s already quote unquote “the fastest thing alive,” driving a car would unnec— Wait, what was I talking about? Oh yeah, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds launches on PlayStation sometime this year.
It will include a side-scrolling beat ‘em up mode, apparently. It comes out in April 2025.
There will also be a demo available on PlayStation for Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, which launches on February 21st.
There’s a new trailer for the looter shooter, but more importantly we finally have a release date: September 23rd.
Another classic action franchise is coming back, this time with Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, from the same developers behind Streets of Rage 4. It launches August 29th.
A new trailer for Monster Hunter Wilds kicked off today’s PlayStation State of Play show, and the game looks great. The trailer says that the game will get a free title updates in the spring and summer that add new content.
One of the more interesting stories to follow during today’s State of Play stream will be whether or not any of Microsoft’s big franchises are present, as the company is pushing forward with its multiplatform plans. In fact, many of its biggest upcoming games are coming to PS5.
Some players are “able to log-in and play again on PlayStation platforms, but not all game services may be back online,” according to the Fortnite Status X account.
Sony still hasn’t offered any meaningful updates about the many-hours-long PSN outage — unless you consider the AskPlayStation account’s recent afternoon reminder about M.2 SSD support helpful.
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Konami’s remake of Metal Gear Solid 3, will be released on August 28th, 2025, according to a trailer found on the PlayStation Store. The Ape Escape-themed Snake vs. Monkey mode apparently returns, too.
I’ve emailed Sony and Konami to ask if this is legit. Sure seems like it, though!
Sony sadly wasn’t kidding when it said the original PlayStation, PS2, PS3, and PS4 themes for the PS5 were a limited-time thing. According to the official PlayStation account on X, the themes are being removed tomorrow, January 31st, but will return “in the months ahead.”
Hopefully we’ll get even better themes so I can make my PS5 look and feel just like a PS2 — minus the disc read errors.
Sony has detailed the PC-specific features and recommended specs for the game, including Nvidia DLSS Ray Reconstruction, support for ultrawide aspect ratios up to 32:9, and more. The game also won’t require a PSN account to play.
According to Bloomberg and user reports, T-Mobile’s list of eligible devices for beta testing Starlink direct-to-cell connections now includes iPhones. While only a few Samsung Galaxy devices were supported at first, now iPhone owners with the most recent update can reportedly connect, as well as some people with Android 15 devices.
That gives those owners an alternative to Apple’s Globalstar-connected service while off the grid that works without pointing their phone at the sky first.
As of April 1st, Hideaki Nishino will become the president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, the company behind the PlayStation brand. This comes nearly a year after he and Herman Hulst were appointed co-CEOs of the PlayStation business, splitting responsibilities for leading the platform business and games following the retirement of Jim Ryan.
Hulst will continue leading development of PlayStation content for consoles, PC, film, and TV but will now report to Nishino.
Nishino:
We will continue to grow the PlayStation community in new ways, such as IP expansion, while also delivering the best in technology innovation.
