PlayStation Universe • 29th March 2022

Sony Reveals "All-New PlayStation Plus" To Launch This June

PlayStation Plus is changing, and though we’ve known a change was coming, today, Sony finally unveiled what codename Project Spartacus is, as this “all new PlayStation Plus” is revealed.

To be clear, it will still be called PlayStation Plus, and PlayStation Now as a platform will go away, after it is absorbed into this new PS Plus, with three tier levels.

The news was revealed in a PlayStation Blog post detailing what each tier will offer and the prices for each.

PlayStation Plus: Essential i

PlayStation Universe • 29th March 2022

"Emulation Of PS3 Is Absolutely Possible On PS5 Hardware" Say Developers, As PS3 Games Remain Streaming-Only In New PS Plus Model

Sony announced the details for their new PlayStation Plus model, which includes three subscription tiers, the final including a library of PS3, PSP, PS2 and PS1 games, but only PS3 games are available to “stream only”.

The reasoning behind PS3 games being available strictly over streaming is that the effort to emulate PS3 games is more involved due to the different hardware – but that doesn’t mean it is impossible.

Developers are already talking about this, with developer Dimitris Giannakis, w

PlayStation Universe • 24th March 2022

Apex Legends Warrior Collections Event Brings Back Control, New Arenas Map, And Crypto Gets His Heirloom

Apex Legends developer Respawn has announced the latest in-game event, the Warriors Collection, which brings back fan-favourite mode Control, adds a new map to Arenas, and Crypto fans have a day of recognition, as the latest heirloom is unveiled.

A new trailer for the event was posted today, which also showed off the new cosmetics and skins players will be able to purchase during the event.

Crypto fans rejoice! Crypto is the latest legend to be getting an heirloom, which was previously leaked.

PlayStation Universe • 1st March 2022

Ghostwire: Tokyo - Prelude, The Corrupted Casefile Visual Novel Officially Launches On PS5 For Free

Last week, a leak on the PlayStation Store implied that we’d be getting some kind of comic or visual novel before Ghostwire: Tokyo’s launch.

That leak has been officially confirmed, with Ghostwire: Tokyo – Prelude, The Corrupted Casefile being a new visual novel available for players on PS5 for free today.

It’ll act as a prequel for players, and is a necessity for anyone who’s thinking of grabbing Tango Gameworks new title at the end of the month.

While those on PlayStation will be able to ju

CGMagazine • 6th June 2021

Dungeons & Dragons Developer Continues To Address Racist Stereotypes In The Game

Last June, Dungeons & Dragons developer Wizards of the Coast announced they would be addressing many of the problems within the game and the source books, and we’ve now seen that effort applied to one of the most problematic characters in the game.

Originally released in 2016, one of the most popular books within the D&D franchise was the Curse of Strahd, infamously known for containing some of the most problematic and racially insensitive content in the series. This came in particular from a p

CGMagazine • 6th June 2021

Summer Game Fest Officially Begins This June

Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest last year was filled with announcements and reveals for what to expect from various publishers and developers, and it looks like this year’s fest will be even bigger.

It was officially announced today that Summer Game Fest will officially begin on June 10, 2021 starting at 11am PT / 2pm ET / 6pm GMT. The show will of course be hosted by the one and only Canadian gaming legend Geoff Keighley, and will also feature performances from Weezer, Green Day, and Fall Ou

CGMagazine • 6th June 2021

The Last of Us Part II Finally Gets A PS5 Upgrade

The Last of Us Part II has now been given a performance patch for PS5, just ahead of a massive sale hitting the PlayStation Store next week.

Right at the end of the PlayStation 4’s time, Naughty Dog released one of the most seminal games ever to hit the platform, The Last of Us Part II. Since then, fans of the series now armed with a PS5 have been wondering when they’ll be able to enjoy a version of Naughty Dog’s magnum opus that takes advantage of the new console. That day seems to have arrive

CGMagazine • 6th June 2021

Just Die Already Launches With A New PvP Mode Set For This Summer

Just Die Already, the sandbox mayhem game that pits senior against senior in a bout for a coveted spot in a retirement home releases today, with a surprise announcement from the developers about a new PvP mode coming soon.

From developer DoubleMoose and publisher Curve Digital, Just Die Already is the game that tells the little boy offering to walk an old woman to cross the street to buzz off, because this old woman is actually looking to be hit by a car. More accurately, you playing the old wo

CGMagazine • 6th June 2021

PS5 Estimated To Have Outsold Xbox Series X|S By More Than Double

Research from Ampere Analysis shows that the PS5 has bested the Xbox Series X in sales more than 2 to 1, while Nintendo towers over them both.

Leading up to the new console releases last year there were many questions fans had, speculation around what they would be like and how well they would sell, specifically during a global pandemic and chip shortages. While these issues have definitely affected the sales of these consoles comparatively to any other previous console launch when they didn’t

CGMagazine • 6th June 2021

Batman Calendar Reveals New Images From Upcoming Batman Film

Photos from a calendar for the upcoming The Batman film starring Robert Pattinson as the titular caped crusader have given fans a look at some of the other characters in the film.

An account called RobertPattinsonPhotos took to Twitter after being shown a preview of what a 2022 calendar for The Batman film is set to look like, filled with images of different characters and designs from and inspired by the film. While this may seem like a small tidbit of information, it’s the only information fa

PlayStation Universe • 26th October 2023

NHL 24 Review (PS5) - Finding A Balance

NHL 24 Review (PS5) – Every fan of annualized sports titles really just hopes that this new release, improves the game in a significant way. That this is the one that’ll step it up, because then that means we can expect a better standard for another couple years.

An extra dream I’d add on is that it’ll return to feeling as good as it felt back when you were a kid, and there was that one year you still think about, because it was just so fun.

While NHL 24 doesn’t exactly hit that dream mark, it

PlayStation Universe • 23rd October 2023

Ghostrunner 2 Review (PS5) - Ghostrunner 1.5

Ghostrunner 2 Review (PS5) – The first Ghostrunner released in the fall of 2020, and thanks to the state in which Cyberpunk 2077 launched, it definitely came out as the better sci-fi “cyber” game to pick up at the time, especially since Cyberpunk 2077 wasn’t really finished until this past September.

The first game was a fast-paced, one-hit-kill, cool as heck 3D action platformer that tested your reflexes set in a dystopian cyberpunk world that looked cool. While the story wasn’t perfect, it wa

PlayStation Universe • 5th October 2023

Payday 3 Review (PS5) - Making Money Moves...Eventually

Payday 3 Review (PS5) – Payday 3 is, for better or for worse a game where you always have to be connected to the internet to play, at least for now.

In 2023 that’s not as unusual as it was a decade ago, but Payday 3’s launch has been a shining example of why that’s still a bit of a problem. When I first began playing, across my first three days with the game I was only able to join two matches due to how awful the server issues were.

Now, at the time of writing things have been fixed, and I do

PlayStation Universe • 14th March 2022

Uncharted Film Review - Charted Territory

Uncharted Film Review – The furthering of movie adaptations from video games is something that clearly, platform holders, publishers, and any popular IP holder for that matter – alike, want.

Ever since people saw it could be done with Detective Pikachu and then, the first Sonic film. The race to create a great film franchise based off a video game was on.

SEGA has a bit of a head start, but PlayStation Productions is looking to catch up with Uncharted. A film adaptation of Naughty Dog’s classi

PlayStation Universe • 2nd March 2022

Elden Ring Review (PS5) - Emboldened By The Flame Of Ambition

Elden Ring Review (PS5) – Last week, when the embargo for Elden Ring hit I released a review in progress, which you should go read if you’ve not done.

This week, I’m ready to present the full review of Elden Ring, and give it a final score. Last week I spoke about what it’s like to explore Elden Ring and why calling the fantasy epic a “big Dark Souls” is correct, but it achieves this in more ways than just scale, and combat.

I’ll touch a little more on these again, but I’m going to talk more a

PlayStation Universe • 23rd February 2022

Elden Ring Review In Progress (PC) - Emboldened By The Flame Of Ambition

Elden Ring Review In Progress (PC) – The time that so many fans have waited for is here. Elden Ring is released to the public in just days, and soon everyone will have the chance to test their own mettle once more.

I’ve been playing Elden Ring for just over a week now and there’s a lot I feel I need to say about it. First however, some housecleaning.

This is a review in progress because this game is just so dense that I don’t feel comfortable calling this my full review. There are still major

PlayStation Universe • 21st February 2022

Razer Kaira Pro PS5 Wireless Headphones Review - Worth The Extra Effort?

Razer Kaira Pro PS5 Wireless Headphones Review – When you find the right headphones, your perception of sound can quite literally (in a metaphoric way) explode.

It’s incredible the difference they can make, and it’s why headphone prices can sometimes be higher than you’d expect. However after looking at the Razer Kaira headphones, it is clear that there are strong wireless options for those on a budget.

Their big sibling though, the Razer Kaira Pro’s, are a different story. That “Pro” adage pu

PlayStation Universe • 6th February 2022

Sifu Review (PS5) - Becoming Sifu

Sifu Review (PS5) – A properly balanced meta within a game that allows the player to not only be sunk in by it, but motivates the player to improve is the marker of a very good gameplay meta.

To say that Sifu has a good gameplay meta would be an understatement, as within the five levels you’ll play through you practice and learn to become a more deadly, more efficient fighter.

All wrapped up in a beautiful cinematic style, Sloclap’s executes on an incredible gameplay loop and meta. You’ll soon

PlayStation Universe • 3rd February 2022

OlliOlli World Review (PS5) - Achieving Gnarvana

OlliOlli World Review (PS5) – If you had asked me whether or not I ever believed we’d see a new OlliOlli game prior to OlliOlli World’s announcement, I would have said no.

Frankly, I was very happy to have played the first two, and to keep playing them as I still do. Now that we have a new OlliOlli game from Roll7 however, I couldn’t be more overjoyed.

OlliOlli World is without a doubt the perfect reboot this franchise could have asked for. It’s more accessible, more colourful, and most import

PlayStation Universe • 19th January 2022

God Of War Review (PC) - Here We Go Again Boy

God Of War Review (PC) – Developer Sony Santa Monica’s 2018 hit God Of War is not the first PlayStation Studios game to appear on PC.

In fact it’s the third, but there’s something different in the air about this port. God Of War coming to PC represents a step forward both for PlayStation and its community of players, and thankfully this port put its best foot forward.

God Of War Review (PC) – Here We Go Again Boy

Did You Change Your Hair, Kratos?

First off, since this game has been out since