screenshot: DIY Perks / YouTube / Kotaku There is, inevitably, going to be a PS5 Slim. Not least because the current PS5 is the size and shape of a Dubai skyscraper, but also because Sony always releases a thinner version of their consoles after a few years. But we’re at least a couple of years … Read more
screenshot: Sony/Kotaku Sony’s big revamp of PS Plus is here. It’s pretty cool. It could also use some work on some of its most-hyped perks, such as game demos and classic hits. Announced back in March, PS Plus 2.0 (not the official name but definitely the easiest shorthand) is a rework of Sony’s disparate subscription … Read more
Image: Kojima Productions Do you hear that? Out in the distance, you can hear thousands of angry fanboys continuing to fight online in the endlessly sad console war. The latest battle involves Metal Gear and death stranding creator Hideo Kojima and his independent studio deciding to do business with Microsoft and work on an Xbox-exclusive … Read more
Image: Bethesda E3 might have taken 2022 off, but the show(s) must go on. Today’s big one is the annual Xbox showcase, which shares title billing with the one first-party studio that’s only released games on PS5 since getting acquired by Microsoft for the price of a presidential election. Over the course of 95 minutes, … Read more
Passengers at Boston’s Logan Iinternational Aairport were evacuated from a terminal on Saturday and the local bomb squad called in after TSA agents found a “suspicious item” inside a Delta passenger’s bag that turned out to be a “PlayStation”. ace The Hill report, agents sounded the alarm after discovering a PlayStation—it’s unclear which one specifically—in … Read more
screenshot: sony No art is ever “done,” but there comes a point where it has to exist on its own merits, untethered from its creators. That time has come for Ghost of Tsushimawhich has now received what appears to be its final significant post-release update. First released in July 2020, Ghost of Tsushima is an … Read more
Picture: Xbox/Epic/Kotaku Raise your hand if you’re excited to see more ads inside your favorite video games? I don’t see any hands. Well, bad news: A new report claims that Microsoft is building an advertising program to give “select brands” the ability to buy ads that will then appear in free-to-play Xbox games. And while … Read more
Picture: Square Enix / MobyGames Digital purchases are mysteriously expiring on classic PlayStation consoles, rendering a random assortment of games unplayable. Over the last several days, PlayStation users have reported strange, decades-old expiration dates being applied to their digital games. Upon re-downloading the PSOne Classic version of Chronocrossfor instance, Twitter user Christopher Foose was told … Read more
Sony’s splashy first-party exclusives, like this year’s God of War Ragnarokwon’t hit PS Plus at launch, a stark contrast to the strategy employed by Game Pass.screenshot: sony This morning, Sony finally unveiled its games-on-demand service in a blog post with more asterisks than the lease on your first apartment.. It’s a revamp of PS Plus … Read more
