Sony has locked in the PlayStation Plus Essential Monthly Games lineup for April 2026, and it’s a surprisingly punchy trio—especially if you’ve been craving a modern Soulslike or you’ve been waiting for a good excuse to revisit Lara Croft’s earliest (and most uncompromising) adventures. Starting…
Shift Up—the South Korean studio behind Stellar Blade and GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE—has acquired Unbound, the Tokyo-based new studio founded by Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami. It’s a major power move: Shift Up says the deal strengthens its global PC and console publishing ambitions, while…
ZA/UM has finally put a hard date on Zero Parades: For Dead Spies: the studio’s next dialogue-forward RPG hits PC on May 21, 2026, and the team is reiterating that the PS5 version is still on track for 2026—just later in the year. It’s a big moment for anyone starving for another Disco-style,…
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach has reportedly pushed past 2 million copies sold, and the catalyst is exactly what PC players have been arguing for years: a proper PC port that didn’t arrive ages after the conversation moved on. New estimates peg the game at 425,000 copies sold in its first week on…
Sony is raising prices across the PS5 family — including the PS5 Pro — and the PlayStation Portal in a sweeping global hike that lands April 2, 2026. The increases hit the US, UK, Europe, and Japan with triple-digit jumps on consoles and a $50 bump on Portal, and Sony is framing it as a “necessary…
Nacon and Big Bad Wolf Studio have unleashed a four-minute “Gameplay Overview” trailer for Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss, offering the clearest look yet at how this Lovecraftian narrative investigation game actually plays. The big takeaway: this isn’t just spooky vibes and tentacles—it’s a…
PlayStation is reportedly shutting down Dark Outlaw Games, the first-party partner studio led by Call of Duty veteran Jason Blundell, barely a year after it was publicly revealed. The move is also said to come alongside additional layoffs tied to mobile development, signaling another sharp turn in…
Sony didn’t just toss a quirky side project onto the PlayStation Store and hope for the best. God of War: Sons of Sparta—a lower-priced, 2D metroidvania spin-off—has now landed a genuinely meaningful commercial win, breaking into the U.S. best-sellers for February 2026 and giving PlayStation a…
Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls just pulled back the curtain on its next big roster addition: Peni Parker, complete with her hulking SP//dr mech, joining Spider-Man’s squad in a brand-new team reveal trailer. Even more intriguing, the video also introduces a story-driving figure called the Promoter—an…
SEGA and Lizardcube have officially dated the first major expansion for Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, and it’s landing soon. The SEGA Villains Stage DLC launches April 3, 2026, bringing a crossover boss lineup that’s equal parts fan service and fever dream: Dr. Eggman, Goro Majima, and Death Adder.…
