PS4 & PS5

Star Wars: Rogue One writer, Garry Whitta, has confirmed his involvement with Square Enix’s PlayStation 5 console exclusive, Project Athia (working title). The mysterious title by Luminous Productions was briefly teased during the PS5 reveal event and while Square Enix didn’t share much else, we were told that Project Athia is being “exclusively designed” for

Update: It looks like we may have been bamboozled! There is no clear evidence that a “Millie Amand” works at YouTube as a Statistics Manager, so this account could very well be a fake. However, there were still some mighty impressive numbers from the reveal broadcast according to site Esports Charts, which pulled the YouTube and

Email us at blogcast@sony.com! Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google or RSS, or download here Welcome back! Following this week’s big PlayStation 5 reveal, we’ve got an interview with Eric Lempel, Head of Global Marketing and Consumer Experience. Plus! Kristen chats with Night School Studio about forging connections in their underworld adventure Afterparty, and we’ve

Eric Lempel is PlayStation’s Head of Global Marketing and Consumer Experience. And he has a deep history with the company, spanning way, way back to the pre-PS2 days. That made him the perfect guy to shed new light on yesterday’s PS5 announcements and hardware reveal.  Listen to our full chat on the new episode of

Last time, we asked you to focus in and highlight depth of field in your favorite games. From looming close ups to blurred backgrounds, you shared your best shots using #PS4share and #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: AjGamingPics1 shared this perfectly framed share from Red Dead Redemption 2.  Jesse looms in the foreground of

Ghost of Tsushima’s style began with reference trips, thousands of photos, research, watching movies… you name it. It also meant obsessing over the work of artists that pioneered various styles in the samurai genre.  Ghost of Tsushima’s setting is meant to transport you and leave an impression upon you with movement, color, and simple compositions.

Of all the games showcased during Sony’s PlayStation 5 stream, Stray certainly serves as a stand out. The game in question comes from developer BlueTwelve Studio and publisher Annapurna Interactive (Telling Lies, Sayonara Wild Hearts). Of course, Stray’s most fascinating aspect is that a stray cat sits center stage. Better still, this adorable stray wears a

I am excited to share information about today’s free update, and the paid DLC coming later this month. We knew when we started developing Predator: Hunting Grounds that we wanted to make sure we continued to get new content into the community’s hands post launch in April. This is the second drop of many to

That’s a wrap! Today was an exciting day for gamers around the world, as the PlayStation 5 showcase granted us our first look at PS5 games under development… and culminated with the reveal of the PS5 system itself.  Actually, two PS5 systems.  At PS5’s launch, we will offer two options: a PlayStation®5 console with an

And here we get to say that the rumors are true: Shown off during the PS5 reveal event today, Resident Evil 8 Village (Editor’s Note: After searching, it looks like the official title of the game is just Resident Evil Village, with the Roman Numeral VIII just being a clever visual trick in the logo,

The Norsfell team is excited to announce that we partnered with Gearbox to bring Tribes of Midgard to the PlayStation 5 in 2021. Tribes of Midgard is a new game in which players can play solo or co-op with a team of up to 10 players to resist the oncoming invasion of giants during Ragnarök.

We finally get to announce it: The Pathless will be released later this year! And not just on PS4 — we’ll be launching on PlayStation 5, too! I’m thrilled to share some new details of our game. In past dispatches I’ve told you about how you play as the Hunter, a skilled archer tasked with

Announced earlier today as part of the Future of Gaming digital event, I’m incredibly excited to tell you that Resident Evil Village is coming to PlayStation 5 in 2021, setting a new standard for survival horror as the eighth main entry in the storied Resident Evil franchise. Fear is one of our greatest motivations. The

It’s nighttime on Blackreef. Your current target: Aleksis Dorsey. Fortunately, the self-proclaimed “Alpha Wolf” is throwing an exclusive dinner party at his lavish mansion — and you aim to crash it. Welcome to Deathloop, Arkane Lyon’s new immersive first-person shooter coming to consoles exclusively for PlayStation 5 when it launches this holiday season. Deathloop will

After the surprise reveal of Hitman 3 during today’s PlayStation 5 showcase, we’re extremely excited to finally share more details about the next chapter in our beloved franchise! Hitman 3 is the dramatic conclusion to the World of Assassination trilogy and will put you back into the shoes (and stylish suit) of Agent 47, a

Our first game, Hyper Light Drifter, is a very personal story. I began work on the game during a brutal low period, stemming from a lifetime of health problems. The game reflected these personal struggles, and development on the title helped to focus on a creative outlet that could sustain and help to build something

At Young Horses, our team of nine has been working hard for the past six years to follow up our slapstick fatherhood simulator, Octodad: Dadliest Catch. Since our new game features neither cephalopods nor fathers, this is a bold new step for us! But that’s our mission at Young Horses: to create original games that

Captain Price has arrived in Special Ops, Multiplayer, and Warzone in the Season Four Battle Pass to help fight against the opposition in an ongoing battle in Verdansk.  Season Four of Modern Warfare including Warzone features in-match updates in Warzone and more, new Multiplayer maps, new modes of play, and a 100 Tiers of content

Torn Banner Studios’ multiplayer-centric Chivalry II was previously announced to launch on PC via Epic Games Store. Now the studio has confirmed that PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X versions are in the works, too. Better still, cross-play functionality across all platforms is officially a go. During IGN’s Summer of Gaming event,

After a one week delay in respect of the Black Lives Matter conversations happening around the world following the police murder of George Floyd, Infinity Ward has officially rescheduled the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Season Four for tonight. That includes taking the free-to-play massive multiplayer Warzone into its next chapter too, where

The Elder Scrolls Online’s latest Chapter, Greymoor, brings all-new challenges and stories to Tamriel’s adventurers and returns Elder Scrolls fans to the mountainous region of Western Skyrim for the first time since The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Skyrim Needs Heroes In The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor, you’ll explore both the home of the Nords within

It’s been a busy month in the Dreamiverse with new Dreams content, big community-led projects and a “trial and unlock” demo of Dreams debuting on PlayStation Store.  We also have an exciting announcement — our first big community showcase and in-game expo is opening on June 30 — and you can join us on Twitch,

Good news, everyone! Ys: Memories of Celceta, once only available in North America on the PS Vita (AKA the little handheld that could) is now available to play on the PlayStation 4. Since we reviewed the game back in 2013 when it debuted on the Vita, this review is more of a re-review as I’ll

During the last two console generations, Naughty Dog has only developed Uncharted and The Last of Us projects, leaving behind the likes of their previous work with Jak and Daxter and Crash Bandicoot (the latter of which is an Activision property now). With work on The Last of Us Part II complete, studio VP and Part

With launch fast approaching, today we’re excited to share a comprehensive overview of the accessibility features that will be available in The Last of Us Part II when it releases on June 19. From the very beginning, our goal has been to ensure that as many fans as possible have an opportunity to experience the

Hey everyone, I’m Christian Spicer– a writer, podcaster, stand-up comedian, and a huge fan of The Last of Us. Like so many of you, when I first played The Last of Us in 2013, it left a lasting impact on me and I’m eagerly awaiting the launch of The Last of Us Part II on

The Last of Us Part II will feature a day one patch. It’s not exclusively adding the typical bug fixes and gameplay improvements, either. The sequel’s Update 1.01 patch notes show the day one update will introduce Photo Mode and a couple of other interesting features. According to the patch notes via GearNuke, Update 1.01

Cross-platform support is gaining momentum as the new feature most wanted by players and it appears that EA is dipping its toes into those waters at last. 2019’s Need For Speed Heat is the first EA title to gain cross-platform multiplayer support. Developer Criterion Games–who you may remember took over development of Heat from its

Hello, this is Aaron Whiting of Seattle-based Camouflaj. I have the honor of being the lead producer on Marvel’s Iron Man VR, coming July 3 exclusively to PlayStation VR. I previously worked at Camouflaj on its first release, République, before I left to try my hand at a larger local game studio. During the interim

GameTomo has announced that the next installment in its Project Nimbus series, Nimbus INFINITY, is in development for next-gen consoles and PC. The company didn’t specify platforms but considering Code Mirai‘s global success on the PlayStation 4, a PS5 version is likely to be in the works. First announced in 2018, Nimbus INFINITY is set