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You can now scroll through your games in nostalgic style, thanks to a new update pushed out for the PlayStation 5. To celebrate the PlayStation's 30th anniversary, Sony released a handful of themes for the PS5, letting you customize your system to look and sound like the PS1, PS2, PS3, and PS4...

PlayStation is 30 years old this week, if you can believe such a thing, and so celebrations are in order. The company's just released a 'Thank You' video through its official channels, taking fans on a breakneck tour of some beloved games. Interestingly, most of the titles that show up in this...

Argonaut founder Jez San is someone who knows his way around gaming technology. He coded the best-selling Starglider when he was still in his teens, bringing 3D visuals to hardware that had traditionally struggled with anything that wasn't 2D. Later, he would join forces with Nintendo to help...

PlayStation's big 30th anniversary is upon us, and to celebrate, C-Smash VRS has received a free update for both the PSVR2 version and the recent, flat PS5 edition. With this latest game update, the futuristic racket sport title features new music and a new Time Attack mode. The music consists...

With Sony supposedly working on a next generation handheld PlayStation alongside the main PS6, it's had us pondering what it'd be like. Would fans want something like a Steam Deck equivalent, that accesses your existing PlayStation library? How much cash would people be prepared to splash on...

Longtime Sony executive Shuhei Yoshida has announced their departure from PlayStation this week, and Xbox boss Phil Spencer has sent the exec a warm message - as he prepares to leave one of Microsoft's biggest competitors in the gaming space. Taking to Twitter early this morning, Phil sent his...

PlayStation executive Shuhei Yoshida has announced he will be leaving Sony, effective from 15th January 2025. He has spent 31 years with the company, helping to bring multiple systems to market and put fan-favourite games on them, like Bloodborne. Once the president of SIE Worldwide Studios...

Ape Escape is just one of the series synonymous with PlayStation — the PS1, in particular — and so it makes sense to see Fangamer celebrating the franchise as Sony's gaming brand approaches its 30th anniversary. Images: Fangamer The gaming merch retailer has brought back some neat-looking...

We're now a couple of months removed from the last State of Play — the one with Ghost of Yotei — and so we're starting to see eager PlayStation fans clamouring for another event. The good news is that we might be getting one. While there hasn't been any official word on the subject — what else...

We've heard a lot about Xbox's plans to create a handheld console at some point in the future, but we didn't know that PlayStation was planning one as well - apparently that's the case according to a new report from Bloomberg. The outlet says that Sony is in "the early stages" of developing a...

Portable gaming devices are coming back into fashion. The Nintendo Switch has played a substantial part in that, providing users with the choice to play on a TV or untethered, if they prefer. Of course, mobile is an enormous part of the puzzle too, with very capable smartphones in the palms of...

Sony's remote play device will be getting cloud play support soon, following the announcement of a new beta release of the Portal's system software. If you're subscribed to PlayStation Plus's Premium tier and have a PS Portal, you'll be able to trial out game streaming on the device, allowing...

Sony has promoted Olivier Courtemarche to head of mobile at PlayStation. He was previously made co-head of mobile alongside Kris Davis in June 2023, but has now taken on the role solo. The announcement came via an update from Courtemarche on LinkedIn (thanks, Mobilegamer.biz). In addition...

Sony has now officially confirmed its range of Black Friday discounts across PS5 consoles, PSVR2, games, accessories, and more. They all begin this Friday, 22nd November and run until 2nd December 2024. While the new PlayStation Blog post doesn't actually confirm it, PS5 systems are expected to...

Update [Mon 18th Nov 2024, 3:30pm]: After teasing it earlier in the year, plastic tat manufacturer Youtooz has now officially announced its PlayStation line – and it looks amazing. Featuring Astro Bot, Ratchet, Sly Cooper, and Kratos, each figurine is colourful, detailed, and posed nicely. The...

Pokémon may have ventured onto smartphones in recent years, but the core series is very much exclusive to Nintendo consoles – which makes the arrival of Tetris Forever all the more interesting. Digital Eclipse's latest 'Gold Series' collection celebrates the famous Russian puzzler, including...

Xbox boss Phil Spencer says there are no "red lines" banning certain Microsoft games from being released on PlayStation, but it's too early to make decisions about tentpole franchises like Halo. Speaking to Bloomberg, Spencer said that "the ball is moving in the right direction" when it comes...

Starting November 19th, a new set of games will be added to the PlayStation Plus game catalog. Exclusive to Extra and Premium tier PS+ subscribers, some of the headline titles this month include the re-addition of Grand Theft Auto V, Like a Dragon: Ishin, and some retro titles. The full list of...

Sony has today confirmed the lineup of PS5, PS4, and Classic games coming to PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium for the month of November 2024. There are 17 titles in total, and they'll all be available to download and play next week on 19th November 2024. Here's what active members have to look...

Yesterday, Antstream added five PS1 Net Yaroze titles to its Antstream Arcade service, including Time Slip, Pushy IIb, Bouncer 2, Adventure Game, and Arena. Net Yaroze, in case you've never heard of it, was a development kit released by Sony in 1996 in Japan (and in 1997 in other countries)...