Author: Garry Smith
Mortal Kombat 1 developer NetherRealm decided on its next game three years ago, Ed Boon has confirmed.In a tweet, Boon said NetherRealm planned to support Mortal Kombat 1 “for a long time to come,” after an interview with ComicBook quoted the developer as saying “NetherRealm’s next game has been in development for three years.”“Love the fact that there is excitement for our next game,” Boon later clarified. “And I don’t want to be a stickler for words…“But we haven’t been working on our next game for three years already. The actual quote was that we knew what our next game…
Welcome back to saving a bunch on top games while reminiscing on the retro greats that made us. I’ll be your host for today’s discounts, which include a slightly cheaper Black Myth: Wukong and $12 VR games for anybody who bought a PS VR2 to play the best of PCVR. That’s what I’ll be buying ’em for, at least. In olden times news, I’m equipping the Grunt Birthday Party Skull for Halo 3’s 17th. The AU launch for this was more or less a life event for myself and many of you—to the tune of 50K units ($6M) sold in…
Ghost of Tsushima is officially getting a sequel titled Ghost of Yotei, it was confirmed during today’s Sony State of Play presentation. It’ll arrive sometime in 2025.It was the big announcement to close out the State of Play, and one of the biggest surprises. Developer Sucker Punch showed off a significant look at footage too, including some gorgeous cinematics. And if you couldn’t glean from the title, it’ll focus on a different setting and a brand-new protagonist, Atsu, moving away from Ghost of Tsushima’s Jin Sakai. Sucker Puncher didn’t reveal too much during the presentation, but we got a little…
Sony has announced the PlayStation Plus monthly games for October 2024 at today’s State of Play, which will be available from October 1 through November 4, 2024.The biggest edition to the line-up is WWE 2K24 on PS4 and PS5, which IGN gave an 8/10 in its review and compared to its predecessor saying, “While not drastically different, WWE 2K24 is better in almost every way, touting small but smart additions to well-tested systems and modes as opposed to taking bigger risks.”Next up is last year’s remake of Dead Space on PS5, which we gave a 9/10 and called “a superb…
The upcoming LEGO-Horizon crossover, LEGO Horizon Adventures, received a release date: it will be released on November 14 for PS5, PC, and Nintendo Switch – matching the date that Sony accidentally leaked last month.LEGO Horizon Adventures, a family friendly take on Guerrilla’s two-game (so far) series about Aloy and her survival in a world taken over by machines, was announced back in early June. We got to play it in June; check out our preview impressions. We also wondered about who exactly this game is for – though it is pretty cool that everything in the game could apparently be…
Sony has confirmed that Horizon Zero Dawn will be the next in its string of remasters, officially unveiling the project at today’s State of Play. Its release date is October 31.The new project will include 10 hours of re-recorded dialogue along with other visual enhancements. Those who already own the PS4 version will be able to upgrade for $9.99. While this is the studio’s first official look at project, Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered was seemingly accidentally confirmed last week via an ESRB rating. A remaster had been heavily rumored for some time before that, however, with reports of its existence…
During the Sony’s September 2024 State of Play livestream, Capcom showed a new story trailer for Monster Hunter Wilds. But the big news was the reveal of the game’s launch date: the Monster Hunter Wilds release date is February 28, 2025, and it’ll be available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.We recently played a preview build of the game, and came away impressed with Monster Hunter Wilds, but you can watch the new trailer below. And further details on Monster Hunter Wilds were given on PlayStation blog. Arkveld is the flagship monster for this entry and comes from…
We already knew Keanu Reeves would be voicing Shadow in the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog 3, but he’s taking his voice talents to Sega’s video games as well.Announced during today’s Sony State of Play (in a moment of pure “wait, was that Keanu?”), Reeves will voice Shadow as part of an upcoming Sonic x Shadow Generations DLC, the “Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Movie Pack.” Interestingly, the update will arrive on December 12, a week before Sonic the Hedgehog 3’s release on December 20, and be inspired by scenes in the movie. It’s certainly the latest big development in what Sega’s…
During a segment featuring PS5 Pro architect Mark Cerny in today’s Sony State of Play, a number of games were confirmed to support Sony’s upcoming mid-gen refresh console, including Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Metal Gear Solid Delta, Resident Evil 4 Remake, and Assassin’s Creed Shadows.Cerny referenced his 10-minute presentation from earlier this month in the new State of Play before teeing up a montage of big-name third-party games that will support Sony’s $700 enhanced PS5.Though we haven’t yet played them on PS5, we have recently had hands-on previews with Dragon Age: The Veilguard (twice, in fact) and Metal Gear Solid…
Just days after Nintendo sued developer Pocketpair for alleged patent infringement, Pokemon-with-guns game Palworld has appeared at Sony’s State of Play in a surprising shadow drop: the game is out on PS5 at last, starting today.The monster battling adventure materialized during the State of Play today featuring a player character cheekily designed to look rather like Horizon: Zero Dawn’s Aloy, complete with a team of pals.We didn’t really see any new game details in the trailer, but it concluded with the message that the game is out today on PS5.Palworld’s release on PS5 comes just after the news that Nintendo…