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How To Set Up Your PS Portal For The Perfect On-The-Go Gaming Experience
9.1.2025
The PlayStation Portal is one hell of a handheld device, capable of streaming games from your PlayStation 5 and directly from Sony’s servers if you’re a PlayStation Plus member). But you probably already know that if you’ve grabbed one for yourself. Instead, you’re probably here to learn...
How To Use The DualSense Touchpad On A PS Portal
9.1.2025
The PlayStation Portal is quite a striking device, with its massive screen nestled between two halves of a DualSense controller. It’s comfortable and familiar enough to use for anyone who has spent time with Sony’s popular PlayStation 5 console, and it’s extremely rare to run into any major...
Which Headphones Work With The PS Portal?
9.1.2025
As updates have poured in throughout the last year or so, the PlayStation Portal has become ever more attractive for on-the-go gaming (at least, as long as you have wi-fi available). It’s also perfect for streaming games while laid up in bed at night—or while taking care of some, uh, natural...
Sony Announces Helldivers And Horizon Zero Dawn Movies
7.1.2025
Sony has big Hollywood plans for its hit gaming franchises. The PlayStation 5 maker announced a series of new movie spin-offs at CES 2025 this week, including movie versions of Helldivers 2 and Horizon Zero Dawn, as well as an anime spin-off of Ghost of Tsushima. Read more
50 Percent Of PS5 Owners Are Freaks And Actually Shut Their Console Down When They Stop Playing
6.1.2025
I only ever turn my PlayStation 5 off a few times a year, and it’s usually when there’s an unexpected power outage or I accidentally hit the red switch on the power strip it’s plugged into. My PS5 yells at me when I turn it back on and I vow never to do it again. Apparently only about 50 percent...
The State Of The PlayStation 5 In 2024
25.12.2024
The PlayStation 5 has entered the latter stage of its lifecycle, Sony announced back in February. The fourth anniversary of the console has been marked by impressive victories and surprising setbacks. 2024 felt like an inflection point for the PS5, with Sony unofficially turning the page on the...
4 Tips For Way Better PS Portal Battery Life
20.12.2024
Sony’s PlayStation Portal began its life with a lot of limitations and skepticism. But after a much-appreciated update added the ability to stream PS5 games directly from the cloud, Sony’s PS5 companion has finally secured itself as a worthwhile accessory Sony’s current gen console. It still isn’t...
We're Already Getting More Elden Ring And It's A Coop Spin-Off Called Nightreign
13.12.2024
FromSoftware isn’t done with Elden Ring yet. The hit open world RPG that just got a GOTY-nominated expansion is coming back with a completely new spin-off in 2025. It’s called Elden Ring: Nightreign and it’s a coop action adventure that looks as excellent as the game it’s based off of. Read more
PlayStation's Gran Turismo 7 Is Basically Getting A Free Demo Disc
4.12.2024
Demo discs were a staple of the PS1 era, providing curated snippets of upcoming games for players to test out while waiting for the next big release. While digital demos have become commonplace on PS5 as well, a new free-to-play standalone version of Gran Turismo 7 takes the idea to a...
Could PlayStation's Perfect Bloodborne Fan Troll Really Be Teasing Something New?
2.12.2024
Bloodborne fans have spent years waiting for a sign of anything—a sequel, remaster, port—being done to their favorite PlayStation 4 exclusive. But as time has passed without even a whiff of a PS5 update, some have lost hope. Now, Sony has hit back with the perfect troll that can be read as a either...
PlayStation's Shuhei Yoshida Leaves Sony After 31 Years
27.11.2024
Sony’s head of independent development at PlayStation and long-time game development leader for the console maker, Shuhei Yoshida, is leaving the company after over three decades. He helped produce some of the PlayStation’s earliest hits before moving onto help lead the global platform across...
Rumors Are Flying Of A Possible PlayStation 5 Portable
25.11.2024
Bloomberg is reporting this morning that Sony is working on a portable version of the PlayStation 5. This comes hot on the heels of news from Microsoft that a portable Xbox is being worked on, and of course ahead of the imminent announcement of the Switch 2. Everyone’s going handheld!Read more
This Year's Game Awards Nominees Revealed, Next Year's RPG Avowed Is Looking Great, And More Of The Week's Top News
23.11.2024
This week Geoff Keighley graced our phones and laptops to reveal which games will compete for honors at this year’s Game Awards. Games like Astro Bot and Black Myth: Wukong were among those earning several nods, while Dragon Age: The Veilguard saw itself almost entirely locked out (though there’s...
PlayStation Plus Brings Back Grand Theft Auto V And A Bunch Of Other Big Games
13.11.2024
The last few months of PlayStation Plus’ subscription catalog have been a rollercoaster ride of great new additions and some big departures. November continues the whiplash with a bunch of big names joining the paid service including Grand Theft Auto V and Dying Light 2. If you’ve somehow managed...
Is Sony Teasing A December PlayStation Showcase In Its Latest PS5 Ad?
12.11.2024
Sony released a new “Play Has No Limits” ad for the PlayStation 5 on Tuesday to mark four years since its 2020 launch. No one would have thought twice about it, except that fans spotted a seemingly innocent but potentially telling split-second reference to a December date. Could Sony have...
PS5 Slim Plates Don't Work With The PS5 Pro Despite Being The Same Size
30.10.2024
The PS5 Pro launch is still over a week away, but fans have already made an annoying discovery: the new console won’t work with players’ existing custom cover plates. Sony will eventually sell new ones, but those won’t be available until sometime in the future. Read more
Sony Shuts Down Studio Behind Concord Less Than Two Years After Buying It
29.10.2024
Firewalk Studios is shutting down, Sony announced in a press release on Tuesday. The team was responsible for Concord, the company’s sci-fi hero shooter that bombed so badly it was taken offline just weeks after it’s launcher earlier this year. The news comes less than two years after...
Netflix Shutters AAA Game Studio It Built With Former Blizzard, Bungie Devs
22.10.2024
From the moment it was announced that Netflix had hired a team of former Blizzard, Bungie and Sony developers to create a AAA game, it felt too likely that little or nothing would come of it. Non-gaming companies deciding to try to grab a slice of the giant pie by spending money to recruit...
You Can Snag A PS5 For Just $350 This Holiday Season
9.10.2024
The PlayStation 5 Pro is about to land, but why spend $700 on a suped up version of an already fine system when you can get the normal one for about half the cost? That’s now the case with the standard versions of the PS5, which Sony is now selling refurbished and at a much more palatable...
15 PlayStation Characters Missing From Astro Bot
30.9.2024
Astro Bot contains a lot of references to PlayStation games and hardware from the past few decades. And with over 150+ so-called “Cameo Bots” representing various PlayStation characters, like Nathan Drake from Uncharted or Ratchet from Ratchet and Clank, it might seem like every big Sony franchise...