Author: Sarah Connor

Hi everyone! Time to level up this Lunar New Year! Purchase a new PlayStation®5 and stand to win prizes such as PS5 Digital Edition – 30th Anniversary Limited Edition Bundle, PlayStation Portal Remote Player, PlayStation Store gift cards, Sony Bravia TV and more.  View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image From 17th January to 2nd February, there will be discounts on PlayStation 5, PS VR2, DualSense wireless controllers, PULSE Elite Wireless headset and PULSE Explore wireless earbuds, applicable in participating retailers (https://www.playstation.com/local/retailers/).  View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image From…

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Category: Games Dynasty Warriors: Origins Truly Reinvents a Decades-Long Series Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire Editor-in-Chief Published January 13, 2025 Dynasty Warriors is comfort food for me – Omega Force’s long-running series tells the same kingdom-spanning tale in with each instalment, always aiming to deliver on its “1v1000” combat conceit with each new game. Discovering the series with Dynasty Warriors 2, I’ve returned again and again over the last 25 years to see this huge cast of characters play their part in the same epic tale – developing favorites (hello, Guan Yu) along the way by sheer weight of time spent…

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As 2024 came to a close, we asked you to take a look back and share your favorite screenshots you took while playing in 2024 using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are the Share of the Year highlights: cuterboy296 shares Astro Bot in the God of War themed level tossing the Leviathan Axe. riainwonderland shares a back to back portrait of Aloy and Rost from Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered. themarkplumb shares a close up portrait of Abby in newly released skin in The Last of Us Part II Remastered. calisarah1998 shares Kay Vess walking out of a structure in Star Wars Outlaws.…

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December wrapped up another fun year of gaming. What did you enjoy most about last month’s title lineup?  How does it work? At the end of every month, PlayStation Blog will open a poll where you can vote for the best new game released that month. After the polls close we will tally your votes, and announce the winner on our social channels and PlayStation.Blog.  What is the voting criteria? That’s up to you! If you were only able to recommend one new release to a friend that month, which would it be? Note: re-released games don’t qualify, but remakes…

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Category: Next Week on Xbox Next Week on Xbox: New Games for January 13 to 17 Mike Nelson, Xbox Wire Editor Published January 10, 2025 Next Week on Xbox highlights all the games arriving soon on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows, and Game Pass. Below are more details on these upcoming games, with links to their profiles for further information (release dates may change). Beautiful Sakura: Surfing Club (Windows) Cropware ☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ Get it now Beautiful Sakura: Surfing Club (Windows) – January 15 Going in with low expectations, Kaito couldn’t believe it when he hit it off with the…

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It’s time to see which PS5, PS4, PS VR2, and free-to-play games topped the download charts last month. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 held a solidified front on the PS5 charts, remaining in the top five of December’s US and EU lists. Alien: Rogue Incursion burst onto December’s PS VR2 list, landing in the top five of the US and EU regions. Check out the full listings below. What titles are you playing this month? PS5 Games US/CanadaEUCall of Duty: Black Ops 6EA SPORTS FC 25NBA 2K25Call of Duty: Black Ops 6EA SPORTS Madden NFL 25Hogwarts LegacyGrand Theft Auto…

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It’s been a minute, but the Savage Planet franchise continues! We’re back for number two… same folks, same franchise, same studio, but with a new name: Raccoon Logic.  Formerly Typhoon Studios, we originally developed Journey to the Savage Planet (originally released in 2020 and currently available as part of the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog). Now our new sci-fi co-op adventure Revenge of the Savage Planet, a comical survival story of explorers entertaining themselves to death, is set to blast off on PS5 and PS4 in May 2025.  You’ll build and customize your own habitat, explore the alien landscape, scan everything,…

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Category: Developer_DirectJanuary 9, 2025 Developer_Direct Returns on January 23 – A Celebration of What’s Coming for Xbox Players Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire Editor-in-Chief It’s time to get a look at what’s next – Developer_Direct is back. On Thursday, January 23 at 10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern / 6pm UK, fans will get an inside look at a selection of highly anticipated games coming to Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Game Pass players this year. Presented by the game creators themselves, Developer_Direct offers an in-depth look at upcoming titles, how they’re being created, and who’s creating them. We’ll visit Compulsion Games…

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There are few modern video game icons as influential and well known as Lara Croft. Blasting her way onto PlayStation back in the polygonal era of 1996, gaming was never the same after Tomb Raider launched. Since then, PlayStation has been in lockstep with the British archaeologist-adventurer, with every mainline canon game getting its time to shine. And with Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered coming to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on February 14, now’s the perfect time to revisit them. The PlayStation era Tomb Raider – 1996 – PlayStation – Eidos Interactive, Core Design         Introducing the…

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