Review Screamer (PS5) - Finally, a Racing Game Doing Something Interesting
In its own lane
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Feature Congratulations to Resident Evil, 30 Years Old Today and Better Than Ever
What's your favourite?
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Guide These 18+ New PS5, PS4 Games Are Coming Out This Week (23rd-29th March)
Life Is Strange! Screamer! Mega Man!
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Rumour Dragon's Dogma 2 DLC Heavily Hinted at in 2nd Anniversary Artwork
North facing
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News Sony's PS5, PC Fighter Will Generate Squad Names Depending on Which Marvel Heroes You Assemble
And the announcer will read them
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Studio said it'd respond quickly
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TodayMon, 23rd Mar 2026
Rumour Dragon's Dogma 2 DLC Heavily Hinted at in 2nd Anniversary Artwork
North facing
Are we seriously still writing about Dragon's Dogma 2 and its mythical DLC here in March 2026? You better believe it! Although it's never been officially acknowledged by Capcom, a potential expansion for the 2024 open world RPG has long stood at the heart of many rumours. And now, on the game's second anniversary, some fans are...
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News Sony's PS5, PC Fighter Will Generate Squad Names Depending on Which Marvel Heroes You Assemble
And the announcer will read them
Beyond the excitement of Peni Parker joining the roster of Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, dev Arc System Works announced a new feature for the game that’s gone under the radar. Obviously we know there will be “canon” squads in the game, like the newly announced Amazing Guardians. But you’ll of course be free...
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Time Extension "We used every card we had"
In the realm of retro gaming news in 2026, the announcement that 70's Robot Anime Geppy-X is getting a re-release certainly ranks pretty high on the 'shock-o-meter', not least because the game is considered to be a cult classic even in Japan, but also because it's getting a Western release for the first time ever...
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Studio said it'd respond quickly
Two major Crimson Desert patches have released in quick succession on the PS5 today, solving critical errors in the open world game. Over the weekend, Korean dev Pearl Abyss promised that it would respond to feedback regarding the release’s “uncomfortable” controls. It also
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News PS5 Players Will Definitely Want to Tune into Xbox's Partner Preview Later This Week
Stranger Than Heaven and more confirmed
Xbox has announced a Partner Preview showcase, and PS5 users will want to give it a watch. This is Xbox's third-party presentation, meaning the games featured will all be from external publishers. That means most if not all the games shown will be heading to PS5 too. Moreover, the company has announced a few...
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Will the publisher use the tech?
Generative AI's role in video game development is a thorny issue right now, and we expect it'll stay that way for a good while yet. Whether you like it or not, we presume developers and publishers at all scales are at least experimenting with the technology to see if it brings any value to their production...
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News These 12 Major PS5, PS4 Games Will Be Delisted in March and April
You've been warned
With each passing the month, the number of impending PS Store delistings stack up. And this period is a particularly big one for imminent server closures and delistings. Here’s everything you need to be aware of for the remainder of March and the entirety of April: Firewall Ultra (PSVR2): 17th March (Delisted); 17th...
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Guide These 18+ New PS5, PS4 Games Are Coming Out This Week (23rd-29th March)
Life Is Strange! Screamer! Mega Man!
March continues to rumble on in earnest with another big week. Among the notable new releases is arcade racer Screamer, compilation Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection, and sequel Life Is Strange: Reunion. Here's everything that's coming out this week. New PS5, PS4 Games This Week (23rd-29th March):...
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News There's a New Live Action Yakuza Adaptation, and You Can Watch It All for Free Now
With full English subtitles as well
There are now almost as many live action Yakuza adaptations as there are unexpected Kazuma Kiryu comebacks, but you can watch this one for free. Not to be confused with 2024’s critically maligned Amazon conversion, this one features actors from Japan’s long-running gangster drama series, Nihon Touitsu...
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News While We Wait for a New 3D Sonic Game, PS5 Is About to Get the Next Best Thing
More Haste less speed
If you're a fan of Sonic the Hedgehog, chances are you enjoy games that play at intense speeds and provide a real sense of forward momentum. Well, a lesser-known game singing from that same hymn sheet is bound for PS5, and it looks like it's worth your attention. It's called Haste, and while it's yet to be officially announced...
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Feature Last Chance to Buy These 50+ PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store's Mega March Sale
PS5 and PS4 games going cheap we recommend
We're in the throes of March right now, and Sony's celebrating this revered part of the year with the Mega March sale on PS Store. The sale ends on 25th March, meaning you only have a couple of days to take advantage. As expected, the sale contains literally thousands of digital items going cheap. That...
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News Sony's PSN Rebrand Is Well Underway, and the Clues Have Been There All Along
We just didn't notice them
Sony has apparently informed developers that it’ll be phasing out the PSN – or PlayStation Network – branding later this year, and the evidence has been staring us in the face all along. When the PSN briefly went offline last night, we turned to the
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YesterdaySun, 22nd Mar 2026
Review Marathon (PS5) - Bungie's Extraction Shooter Is Truly Brilliant, and It Only Gets Better
It's a marathon, not a sprint
There’s been a lot of heat surrounding Marathon in the lead-up to its launch. Some say it’s not what they want from Bungie, others say it's a far cry from the glory days of Halo. But cutting through all of the noise, we think Marathon is actually a bold new adventure from Bungie. It may take you a little bit to...
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Review Screamer (PS5) - Finally, a Racing Game Doing Something Interesting
In its own lane
Arcade racing games still exist, but only just. The only big budget series that's still around is Forza Horizon, which is fine if you're in the mood to zip around in a fairly safe open world. The full breadth of what arcade racers can be just isn't represented these days. Fortunately, Screamer is here to remind everyone that, yes,...
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Full internal audit underway
Crimson Desert dev Pearl Abyss has released a groveling apology after generative AI assets were discovered in the enormous PS5 open world game. In a statement posted to X (or Twitter) moments ago, it explained that it used the technology to help “explore tone and atmosphere” but always intended to replace them with...
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Guide Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls: All Confirmed Characters and Stages
Ready, fight
A fighting game is only as strong as its character roster, and with almost 100 years of comic book history to pull from, Arc System Works and PlayStation’s upcoming Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is sure to have one of the most hyped line-ups in recent memory. We’ll be updating and compiling this page with every announcement as it...
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News Intergalactic PS5 Seemingly Adds The Last of Us Star to Its Cast
An intergalactic treasure
It looks like actress Merle Dandridge will be part of the cast for upcoming PS5 exclusive, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. The star – best known by PlayStation fans for portraying Marlene in both The Last of Us game and its television adaptation – was photographed by Naughty Dog boss Neil Druckmann in a motion...
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Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (March 22nd 2026)
Time Extension DOOM! Devastators! Animal Crossing!
Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature we run each and every weekend which rounds up all of the best retro gaming news and content of the past week in one place. DOOM Star Says The Movie Was "Probably One Of The Worst Films Ever Made": Rosamund Pike, who starred in the live-action DOOM movie, doesn't...
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Feature Congratulations to Resident Evil, 30 Years Old Today and Better Than Ever
What's your favourite?
I was born in 1988 so I was still wet behind the ears when Resident Evil first released for the PS1, on 22nd March, 1996. I don’t recall my first time seeing the game, but I think Resident Evil 2 was probably the first one we owned. I distinctly remember being frightened by the opening CG cutscene, and even more terrified...
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News Peni Parker Is the Perfect Fit for PS5, PC Fighter Marvel Tokon
Introducing the Amazing Guardians
Given its anime style, Peni Parker always felt like a lock for upcoming PS5 and PC brawler Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls. And here’s confirmation of her inclusion as part of the Amazing Guardians, which features previously announced characters Spider-Man, Ms Marvel, and Star Lord. Here’s a poster for the squad:...
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Saturday21st Mar 2026
News PSN Service Returning on PS5, PS4 as Brief Outage Took Service Offline
Taken offline for roughly two hours
It's a bit ironic that the weekend after it's reliably reported Sony will drop its PlayStation Network branding, the service experiences an outage. Reports are now flooding in worldwide that PSN is down and offline this Saturday, with issues surrounding PS5, PS4 consoles telling users they're offline. On the...
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Crackdown on shovelware continues
Sony is getting more and more aggressive with shovelware on the PS Store. You may recall earlier in the year it delisted hundreds of titles from publisher ThiGames, the company behind “classics” like The Jumping Pizza. Now it’s axed hundreds more from two more publishers, with their entire catalogues nuked...
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News PS5 Spin-Off God of War: Sons of Sparta Has Been a Big Hit for Sony
Punching above its weight
Here’s some proof that not everything Sony publishes needs to have a nine figure budget, as side-scrolling spin-off God of War: Sons of Sparta has quietly been a big success. The Mega Cat Studios-developed Metroidvania, which was shadow dropped during a State of Play, quietly appeared in 14t
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News Crimson Desert Dev to Patch PS5 RPG's 'Uncomfortable' Controls
Apologises for launch day issues
There’s a lot to love about PS5 RPG Crimson Desert, but its control scheme is not one of them. It takes cues from the worst of Rockstar’s releases, and is somehow even more cumbersome and complicated than even those. In a message on X (or Twitter), dev Pearl Abyss says it’s been listening to feedback and is...
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News Saros Dev Explains How the PS5 Game Is More Approachable, Customisable Than Returnal
It'll still be hard, though
Housemarque, the development studio behind upcoming PS5 exclusive Saros, has released a new video that goes over some of the ways it differs from its predecessor, Returnal. The main thing the team focuses on here is the ways in which Saros is a more approachable experience overall: In Returnal, while there are some...
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News You'll Want to Pre-Order the Art Book for Award Winning PS5 RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Out in English soon
You may recall last year, award winning RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 announced a stunning French language art book. At the time, many people pondered if it would ever be released in English, and now we have confirmation courtesy of publishers Pix’n Love and Udon Entertainment. The stunning hardback boo
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News Bizarre PlayStation PC Launcher Rumours Rubbished as Reporter Doubles Down on No More PS5 Ports
"At some point, Sony will confirm it"
There’s a weird rumour doing the rounds claiming Sony is working on its own launcher for PC games. While we haven’t been able to track down the original source, the X (or Twitter) post below gained a lot of traction by regurgitating the story: The speculation suggests that PlayStation will deploy its own...
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News Gran Turismo 7 Was an Inspiration for Microsoft Flight Sim 2024's PSVR2 Mode, Coming Soon
Out early this year
We love and highly recommend Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 as it is, but there’s no doubt its PSVR2 mode will make it better. It’s just the perfect fit, isn’t it? Yes, sitting in the cockpit is awesome when you’re looking through the window of your 4K television screen – but we all want to be there, don’t we?...
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Lala how their life goes on
Platinum Trophy #17: Return of the Obra Dinn Date Earned: 2nd November 2019 Dopamine Index: stars:3 I realise this entire series of features is all about the platinum Trophies I've collected over the years, but I must stress — and I've said this before — they are largely pointless. I bring this up because I'm...
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Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 625
Cross worlds
It's another massive week in the world of PlayStation, with Crimson Desert and a dozen or so other titles out. As always, we want to know what you're playing. Jamie O'Neill: I'll return to one of my favourite games of 2025, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, in appreciation of Stephen's March feature, which is aptly titled SEGA's PS5 Games...
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Friday20th Mar 2026
Make up your own mind
We’ve finally been able to test Crimson Desert on base PS5. For those who haven’t been keeping tabs on this title, Pearl Abyss didn’t provide us with console review code prior to release. (We have since received codes for Sony’s system.) While we’re working on a full hands on report based on the PS5 Pro version,...
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Feature PS Plus Members Have Early Access to Select PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store's Spring Sale
Here are some recommendations
If you're a PS Plus subscriber, you've been given an early look at some of the games that'll be included in an upcoming PS Store Spring Sale. Members can now take advantage of a handful of discounts that'll be going live for everyone next week. Before the sale properly kicks off on 25th March, let's take a look at...
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Hands On Crimson Desert Runs Well Enough on PS5 Pro, But What About That Intro?
The most baffling opening in gaming
It does not matter how long you've been playing video games for, or how many of them you've finished: Crimson Desert has the ability to make you feel like you're back at the beginning again. The new open worlder is one of the most baffling games we've ever played — from almost every angle. It's a lesson in how...
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News You Lose These 2 PS Plus Extra Games in April 2026
Sports and story on their way out
With the selection of PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium titles for March 2026 made available for a few days now, the service's Last Chance to Play section has finally been updated with the departing titles for next month. At the moment, only two PS5 games are confirmed to be leaving PS Plus Extra in April, but more...
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A kind of LinkedIn hell
Mark Cerny doesn’t post on X (or Twitter) very much, but when he drops by to tell us about his latest Platinum Trophy, it feels authentic. This exchange with AMD’s Jack Huynh, however, reads like poorly disguised PR. Alongside an image showing four different screenshots – with each game’s logo carefully overlaid in...
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News Feb 2026 USA Sales: PS5 Outsells Nintendo's New Switch 2 for a Second Consecutive Month
Resident Evil Requiem a monstrous success
Sony’s five-year-old PS5 is keeping its nose in front of Nintendo’s new Switch 2, as it managed a second successive month ahead of the hybrid. While sales of the PlayStation were down year-over-year, it led the Mario maker’s machine across both units and dollar sales metrics. That may all change in...
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"We will listen closely to the wide range of feedback"
It only launched a few hours ago, but Crimson Desert has already sold through two million copies worldwide, making it a massive success for dev Pearl Abyss. In a message on social media, the dev acknowledged the support of its fans, and said it’s already paying close attention to feedback and...
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News It Sounds Like PS6 Will Support a Form of FSR Frame Generation
"I look forward to discussing this more"
We didn’t expect this when sat down for our Friday evening curry: a tidbit from an upcoming Mark Cerny interview, confirming AMD’s FSR Frame Generation will come to PlayStation at some point. In a pull quote published by Digital Foundry, hardware architect Cerny revealed that PlayStation has co-en
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News A PS1-Era Cross Between Silent Hill and Truck Simulator Is Not Something We Knew We Wanted
Easy Delivery Co. heading to PS5
Easy Delivery Co. is yet another PC indie darling that's now making the journey over to consoles, and it looks like one to watch. This is a driving and delivery game set in a somewhat eerie mountain village, and it's your job to cart things over to their destinations: It strikes us as an unusual mix of Silent...
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News Marathon's All-Important Endgame Mode Cryo Archive Is Finally Here
Ice ice baby
Marathon’s piece de resistance Cryo Archive is finally here. The endgame raid mode has been billed as an all-important addition to the Bungie first-person shooter, and it’s what we’ve been waiting for before filing our full PS5 review. The mode was unlocked as part of an ongoing community ARG which was always planned to come to...
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News FBC: Firebreak Permanently Slashes Price as Its Final Major Update Goes Live on PS5
Time to drop in?
Remedy Entertainment has recently launched the final content update for its not-so-popular co-op shooter, FBC: Firebreak. At the same time, the publisher has permanently reduced the game's price on all storefronts. In a post on the game's Steam page, Remedy confirms FBC: Firebreak's new standard price of $19.99/£16.74 — about...
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News Years After Announcement, Netflix's Assassin's Creed TV Series Finally Begins Production
When in Rome
Netflix has announced that production has begun at last on its Assassin's Creed TV adaptation. Initially announced back in October 2020, it's been about five and a half years without much of an update — but now we have a slightly better idea of where we are in the show's existence. In a post on social media, Netflix shares that the...
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Thursday19th Mar 2026
Guide Crimson Desert Release Times: What Time Can You Start Playing?
All the Crimson Desert release times
One of the most anticipated games of 2026, Crimson Desert has built up a lot of excitement thanks largely in part to its ambition, scope, and potential. Its release is now right around the corner, so this Crimson Desert guide is designed to give you all the information you need to learn when you can start...
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News Street Fighter 6's Incestuous New Storyline Divides Opinion
Oh Alex, that's not right
Street Fighter 3: New Generation protagonist Alex is available now in Street Fighter 6, but it’s not necessarily his gameplay that’s got tongues wagging. Some bizarre lore changes have sent ripples through the Capcom community, as it turns out our favourite facepainted wrassler may be engaging in a spot of the ol’...
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News PickMon Drama Explodes as Pokémon, Palworld Clone Vanishes from Social Media
Can't we all be pals?
All is fair in love and plagiarism. Palworld, already in an intense battle with Nintendo’s legal team, will now take a taste of its own medicine, with PickMon due out on PS5 at some point in the future. The game shares PocketPair’s love for Pokémon designs, but throws in sur
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News 'A Great Showcase for PSSR 2': PS5 Pro's New Upscaler Continues to Get Rave Reviews
Practically all problems resolved
An extended analysis of Alan Wake 2, one of the original PSSR’s “problem childs”, has once again poured praise on PS5 Pro’s new upscaler. While the Remedy release was criticised on Sony’s supercharged system for many graphical inconsistencies, including a grainy, pulsing-type image, those problems have...
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Opinion Why Is Sony Scrapping the PSN Name?
Network nonsense
I was about to sleep last night when I saw a strange report circulating on social media: Sony is set to scrap the PSN branding. While not confirmed by the company – this communication, it seems, was only intended to be shared with devs for now – it comes from a good source and seems legit to me. So, the immediate question...
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News Sony to Drop PSN Branding Later This Year, New Report Claims
Just a visual change, nothing more
Sony shall phase out its PlayStation Network and PSN branding by September 2026, according to an internal email seen by Insider Gaming. This will supposedly be purely a visual change for the online service, rather than introducing any "technical alterations". The two names will be removed from all Sony assets by...
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News Crimson Desert's Mixed Reviews See Dev's Share Price Drop Almost 30%
Abyss
The first batch of reviews have been rolling in for Crimson Desert, and while they're pretty good, they aren't quite as hot as many expected. The open world action game is much anticipated, and is seemingly on track to be a big hit this year. That's likely to still come true, but it seems that there's been a very mixed reception from critics...
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- PS5
- Crimson Desert
- Industry
News Spider-Man: Brand New Day Just Did Something Even GTA 6 Couldn't
Records are made to be broken
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is comfortably one of the most anticipated movies of the year, and here’s the proof. The sequel to the $2 billion No Way Home totted up over 718 million views in 24 hours on YouTube, destroying GTA 6’s record of 475 million views in 24 hours. Even the PlayStation mirror, which includes...
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