TodayThu, 16th Nov 2017

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  6

  News There's a Person Building Fast Food Restaurants in No Man's Sky

  Lovin' it

  No Man’s Sky added its base building features a little while back, but we were oblivious to the fact that people were actually getting rather creative with them. Take the YouTube account Boid Gaming, which appears to be occupying itself by building fast food restaurants in the far expanses of Hello Games’ enormous universe. First up,...

  • 5 mins ago
  • Hello Games
  • PS4
  • No Man's Sky
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  0

  News Dynasty Warriors 9 Gets a Confirmed Release Date in Europe and North America

  Armed and ready

  Koei Tecmo's attached a release date to Dynasty Warriors 9 in both Europe and North America. The open world hack and slasher is set to launch on the 13th February, 2018 here in the West, just a week after it hits Japan. Good to know that we won't be getting it weeks or months later, as is often the case. Dynasty Warriors 9...

  • 20 mins ago
  • Koei Tecmo
  • PS4
  • Dynasty Warriors
  • Release Dates
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  14

  PS4

  Review Cat Quest

  Purr-fection or cat-astrophe?

  Cat Quest is an open world RPG set in the land of Felingard which has been conquered by dragons. You play as the last of the blood knight cats meaning you have the ability to slay these dragons with the help of your trusty sword. That’s not the only issue in these lands, though, as an evil pussy named Drakoth has...

  • 35 mins ago
  • Reviews
  • PQube
  • PS4
  • Cat Quest
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  22

  News 'We Will Fix This' Says Star Wars Battlefront 2 Dev as Loot Box Outrage Rumbles On

  Do you believe?

  Star Wars Battlefront 2 developer DICE threw itself into the lion's den yesterday as it hosted a Reddit AMA. For those out of the loop, this basically means that members of the dev team sat down and took the time to answer questions and respond to feedback over on Reddit. As you'd expect, things didn't exactly go smoothly for...

  • 50 mins ago
  • EA
  • DICE
  • PS4
  • Star Wars
  • Microtransactions
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  13

  PS4

  Review Road Rage

  Motorcyc-hell

  THE FUTURE. Sick of being taken advantage of by power hungry, money grubbing fat cats, the disenfranchised people of the city of Ashen rise up against their oppressors the only way they know how: by forming motorcycle gangs and hitting each other with big sticks. This is Road Rage: a dreadful vehicle combat game that is probably only...

  • 1 hour ago
  • Reviews
  • Maximum Games
  • PS4
  • Road Rage
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  1

  News Trails of Cold Steel I: Kai Officially Dated, 4K, 60FPS Remaster on PS4

  Sharpened steel

  Well this is all happening quite fast, isn't it? Only a week ago, Falcom confirmed that it was porting The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel and The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II to PlayStation 4, and now the first game has a Japanese release date. The re-release will be titled The Legend of Heroes:&

  • 1 hour ago
  • Falcom
  • PS4
  • Trails of Cold Steel
  • Release Dates
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  4

  News File a Disaster Report Next Year on PS4

  Incredible crisis

  Disaster Report 4 Plus: Summer Memories will wreak havoc next year in Japan, developer Granzella has announced. The survival action game will see you assume the role of an everyman (either male or female) who must survive the aftermath of an earthquake. You may remember this franchise on the PlayStation 2; Disaster Report 4 was...

  • 1 hour ago
  • Granzella
  • PS4
  • Disaster Report
  • Trailers
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  6

  Deals Grab a PS4 Pro with Three Blockbuster Games for a Great Price

  FIFA 18! Crash Bandicoot! Call of Duty!

  The holidays are quickly approaching, and retailers are competing over the best value bundles. Take this PlayStation 4 Pro offer at Currys PC World, where you can currently purchase the supercharged system alongside FIFA 18, Call of Duty: WWII, and Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy for £339.99. When you...

  • 2 hours ago
  • Sony
  • PS4
  • Hardware
  • Bundles
  • UK
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  12

  Guide Dragon Ball FighterZ Roster - All Confirmed Characters

  Every playable character revealed so far

  Dragon Ball FighterZ is shaping up to be a very impressive take on the still incredibly popular anime and manga property. A mostly traditional 2D-style fighting game crafted by Guilty Gear and BlazBlue developer Arc System Works, it's due to release on PlayStation 4 on the 26th January, 2018...

  • 2 hours ago
  • Bandai Namco
  • PS4
  • Dragon Ball
  • Characters
  • Guide
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  4

  News Adult Gohan, Gotenks, and Kid Buu Join the Dragon Ball FighterZ Roster

  Potential unlocked

  Another three Dragon Ball characters have been added to the playable roster of Dragon Ball FighterZ, according to the latest issue of Japanese magazine Weekly Jump. The game's getting Adult Gohan, Gotenks, and Kid Buu -- all of which seem like logical additions. The publication also reveals that the release will come...

  • 2 hours ago
  • Bandai Namco
  • PS4
  • Dragon Ball
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  27

  News PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Dev Bringing New IP to PS4

  No further information available, though

  Bluehole, the developer of steam train success PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, is working on a new intellectual property for the PlayStation 4. The title – also scheduled to release on the Nintendo Switch – will primarily target the Asian market, although there’s no indication of what it will actually...

  • 14 hours ago
  • Bluehole
  • PS4
  • PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
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  67

  PS4

  Review Need for Speed Payback

  Pay up

  We’re not sure about The Fast and the Furious, but Need for Speed Payback sure will make you furious fast. Ghost Games has spent two years tuning up EA’s flagship racing brand following 2015’s disappointing reboot, but it hasn’t made much progress – in fact, an abhorrent monetisation model means that it’s actually gone backwards...

  • 15 hours ago
  • Reviews
  • EA Games
  • PS4
  • Need for Speed Payback

YesterdayWed, 15th Nov 2017

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  15

  Guide How to Output All PS4 Audio Through Headphones via DualShock 4

  Play your PS4 games easily with earbuds

  If you’re a late night gamer but don’t have access to a nifty headset, there’s a way to output all PlayStation 4 audio through traditional iPod-esque headphones or earbuds via the DualShock 4. All you need is a pair of earphones with a 3.5mm jack, and you’re pretty much good to go. Here's what you need...

  • 1 day ago
  • PS4 Audio Headphones
  • PS4
  • DualShock 4
  • Sony
  • Headphones
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  123

  Hardware Review PSVR Review - Should You Buy PlayStation VR?

  Virtual revolution

  At least I can say I have lived. Sony's award-winning 1999 commercial hinged on one simple, indelible message: PlayStation has the power to transform you into someone you're not; the capacity to transport you to places that you've never been to before. And in the near-two decades since that promise was made, the Japanese giant's...

  • 2 days ago
  • PSVR Review
  • Sony
  • PS4
  • PlayStation VR
  • Hardware Review
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  46

  Hands On Skyrim VR Has Improved a Helluva Lot with PlayStation VR

  The Elder Scrolls V's final build fares much better in virtual reality

  Our early The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR impressions weren’t exactly enthusiastic. We tested the game in sub-optimal convention conditions with hellish teleportation enabled, and walked away from our demo like we’d just spent an afternoon in The Bannered Mare. The opportunity...

  • 20 hours ago
  • Bethesda
  • PS4
  • PlayStation VR
  • Skyrim
  • Hands On
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  92

  Hardware Review PS4 Pro Review - Should You Upgrade Your PlayStation 4?

  Do you even 4K, Pro?

  For a company supposedly sitting on its near 70 million unit install base, Sony sure isn't slowing down. Just a month after ushering in a virtual revolution with PlayStation VR, the platform holder released the first ever iterative console model with the PlayStation 4 Pro; the bags under the eyes of the Japanese giant's...

  • 22 hours ago
  • PS4 Pro Review
  • Sony
  • PS4 Pro
  • PS4
  • Reviews
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  35

  News Square Enix Teases Final Fantasy XII News That Will 'Make Fans Happy'

  Frantastic

  Last month, Square Enix announced that Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age had shifted one million copies on PlayStation 4, taking both shipped figures and digital sales into account. It's a good result for a remastered PlayStation 2 title -- a divisive one at that -- and as such, the publisher will be hosting a celebratory livestream...

  • 1 day ago
  • Square Enix
  • PS4
  • Final Fantasy
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  31

  Japanese Sales Charts Sonic Forces Completely Flops as Awful New Need for Speed Overtakes

  Insult to injury

  Well would you look at that, the latest Japanese sales charts actually offer up some interesting talking points. Right off the bat, only one new game made it into the top five, and that was Need for Speed: Payback. The open world arcade racer managed to shift a meagre 21,000 copies on PlayStation 4 despite being butchered by...

  • 1 day ago
  • Japan
  • Sales
  • Charts
  • PS4
  • PS3
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  13

  Deals Major PS4 Games Discounted to Less Than a Tenner on EU PS Store

  Anything take your fancy?

  Black Friday hasn’t quite arrived yet, but Sony’s hoping to get you in the mood for some sales with its Games Under £9 (or €10 for our former friends on the continent) promotion. There are some good discounts here, but nothing you won’t have seen before. Mirror’s Edge Catalyst, for example, is now £6.19 with...

  • 1 day ago
  • Sony
  • PS4
  • Sales
  • Deals
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  22

  News Final Fantasy XV's Co-Op Comrades Expansion Fights the Darkness Today on PS4

  Light our darkest hour

  Final Fantasy XV's third expansion is out today on PlayStation 4, but unlike the game's previous character episodes, this latest addition offers a completely different experience. Indeed, the focus is on co-op multiplayer in Final Fantasy XV: Comrades, as teams take on missions to hold back the darkness and the monsters...

  • 1 day ago
  • Square Enix
  • PS4
  • Final Fantasy
  • DLC
  • Trailers
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  66

  Poll Ultimate PlayStation Character Tournament: Round 1 - Matches 13-16

  Ready? Fight!

  This is the fourth week of our Ultimate PlayStation Character Tournament. 128 characters enter, but only one will be crowned champion -- and you decide who that champion will be. If you want to know more about the Ultimate PlayStation Character Tournament, be sure to click through here. Previous Results (Click the image to...

  • 1 day ago
  • Ultimate PlayStation Character Tournament
  • Polls
  • Features
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  5

  Live Watch Bungie Drop Details on Destiny 2's First Expansion

  Ooosiris

  Destiny 2's first expansion, Curse of Osiris, is due out early next month, and Bungie's ready to drop some juicy details. The developer's taking to Twitch in order to talk about the upcoming add-on, and it all kicks off at 11:00 PT/19:00 GMT. Will you be tuning in with us? What kind of stuff would you like to see the studio cover? Join a...

  • 20 hours ago
  • Bungie
  • PS4
  • Destiny
  • DLC
  • Live
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  PS4

  Review Guardians of the Galaxy: Episode Five - Don't Stop Believin'

  I am Groot

  It's probably a little bit late in the day but Don't Stop Believin', the final episode of Telltale's Guardians of the Galaxy, is easily the best episode of the series to date. That might not sound like glowing praise given the often painful mediocrity of the previous episodes, but it at least makes for a nice surprise and leaves us with a...

  • 1 day ago
  • Reviews
  • Telltale Games
  • PS4
  • Guardians of the Galaxy
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  3

  News Take a Virtual Tour of Hell with DOOM VFR Bundle for PSVR

  Time to meet your DOOM

  Sony’s flooding the market with new PlayStation VR bundles at the moment, and DOOM VFR is the latest title to get the pack-in treatment. Bethesda’s bloody first-person shooter will be available alongside (what appears to be) the revised PSVR headset, as well as a PlayStation Camera and the new demo disc. It’ll be...

  • 20 hours ago
  • Bethesda
  • PS4
  • PlayStation VR
  • DOOM
  • Hardware
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  13

  News Yakuza: Kiwami 2 Demo Will Heat Up the Japanese PS Store Next Week

  Suits Kiryu, sir

  We’ve been treated to more Yakuza than we probably deserve in recent months, with the franchise enjoying something of a belated renaissance in Western territories. Overseas it’s business as usual, as SEGA readies Yakuza: Kiwami 2 for release – a full-blown remake of the second game in the series. And those of you with Japanese...

  • 1 day ago
  • SEGA
  • PS4
  • Yakuza
  • Japan
  • Demos

Tuesday14th Nov 2017

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  50

  Round Up Star Wars Battlefront 2 Reviews Lurch Towards the Dark Side

  Palpatine's having palpatations

  The original Star Wars Battlefront was one of those edge cases where it attracted a mixed critical response but was actually reasonably well-liked by fans. With the sequel, publisher EA and developer DICE will have been hoping to improve upon the original’s Metacritic rating of 73 – but it’s going to have its...

  • 3 days ago
  • EA Games
  • PS4
  • Star Wars
  • Round Up
  • Features
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  59

  Guide Assassin's Creed Games Ranked from Best to Worst

  Blade runner

  Ah, Assassin's Creed. The success of Ubisoft's massively popular open world series is partly responsible for pushing the publisher up near the very top of the industry food chain, where it now sits alongside the likes of EA and Activision. But as is the case with any long standing franchise, Creed has had its ups and downs. Some of its...

  • 2 days ago
  • Ubisoft
  • PS4
  • PS3
  • VIta
  • PSP
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  54

  News EA Already Promising Changes to Star Wars Battlefront 2 Following Fresh Loot Box Outrage

  Feel the force

  Earlier today (or yesterday, depending on when you're reading this), we reported on some rather rough Star Wars Battlefront 2 news. The story covered the outrage sweeping across the 'net regarding the game's increasingly controversial loot boxes and the notion that heroes -- that's Darth Vader and the other powerful, named characters...

  • 3 days ago
  • EA
  • PS4
  • Star Wars
  • Microtransactions
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  81

  News Horizon: Zero Dawn Leads the Way with Five Nominations at The Game Awards

  Aloy time

  The Game Awards has just announced its list of nominees for the upcoming show on 7th December, and Horizon: Zero Dawn has come out on top with five nominations. Aloy's adventure is nominated in the following categories: Game of the Year, Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, and Best Action/Adventure Game. Elsewhere,...

  • 2 days ago
  • Sony
  • PS4
  • Horizon
  • The Game Awards
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  PS4

  Review LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2

  Loki alright

  With Marvel releasing films almost weekly, it feels like the superhero craze of the last decade is starting to reach critical mass. The comic-book giant’s huge catalogue of heroes and villains seems inexhaustible, yet LEGO Marvel Superheroes 2 puts them all to good work, using and dispatching them with the cold-heartedness of a Disney...

  • 2 days ago
  • Reviews
  • Warner Bros
  • PS4
  • LEGO Marvel Superheroes 2
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  16

  Store Update 14th November 2017 (Europe)

  All aboard the Cole train

  We would say it’s a big week on the European PlayStation Store this week, but big weeks have become the norm lately, so it’s just an average update really. We suppose the headline new arrival is Star Wars Battlefront II, but L.A. Noire, The Sims 4, and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR are also vying for your attention...

  • 2 days ago
  • Store Update
  • Europe
  • PS4
  • PS3
  • Vita
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  12

  News Bartending Title VA-11 HALL-A Finally Mixes It on PS Vita Today

  But only in North America for now

  It’s been a long, long time coming, but cyberpunk bartending sim VA-11 HALL-A will serve up its unique brand of visual novel drama on the PlayStation Vita in North America today. The title will release as a digital download for $14.99, but Limited Run Games has already confirmed a physical edition which will be...

  • 2 days ago
  • Sukeban Games
  • Vita
  • VA-11 HALL-A
  • Release Dates
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  10

  News A New Samurai Warriors Game Is in Development, But It's a While Off Yet

  Sharpening the blade

  Ahead of Dynasty Warriors 9's Japanese release early next year, publisher Koei Tecmo has confirmed that the next Samurai Warriors game is in the works. The news comes via series producer Hisashi Koinuma, who posted on Twitter saying that development has just started. Koinuma doesn't specify what the project...

  • 2 days ago
  • Koei Tecmo
  • Samurai Warriors