Skip to content

Tag: playstation 5

Marketing 0

How PlayStation and Xbox have taken different approaches to marketing the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S

I would just like to start this by saying that in no way do I mean to compare PlayStation and Xbox as brands and bring back the console wars of old. I am just observing the differing approaches that they have taken to promoting their next-gen machines. In the run-up to the next generation of consoles and in the months since the release of the rare PS5 and Xbox Series consoles, the media strategies of Sony and Microsoft have been worlds apart. A perfect way to show this polarisation is in an experience that I had a few weeks ago. I was skimming over a sale on the PlayStation Store and spotted Shadow of the Tomb Raider for £12, I […]

By Carl Mcfadyen Posted on

next-gen consoles
Latest Editorials 2

Next-Gen Consoles: Why Bother?

With next-gen consoles apparently releasing in the next two months, it makes me stop and ask, “Why?” Given the global pandemic and the accompanying recession, as well as the impact these things seem to be having on game studios, I can’t wrap my mind around why Microsoft and Sony seem to think now is the ideal time to be releasing […]

By Ryan Lancaster Posted on

Games revealed at PlaySattion Indie Initiative
Latest News 0

Every Game Announced in the PlayStation Indie Initiative

Yesterday, Sony announced the PlayStation Indie Initiative along with nine new games. The move is an attempt to spotlight smaller titles coming to PS4 and PS5. Here are the new reveals: F.I.S.T: Forged in Shadow Torch The first of the games from the PlayStation Indie Initiative is from TiGames. F.I.S.T: Forged in Shadow Torch is a side scrolling action platformer. […]

By Ryan Lancaster Posted on

PlayStation Indie Initiative
Latest News 0

Sony Announces PlayStation Indie Initiative

Today, Sony revealed the PlayStation Indie Initiative. In a post written by Shuhei Yoshida on the PlayStation Blog, the company announced a revamped interest in the indie game community. The statement read, “With PlayStation Indies, we hope to spotlight and support the best of the best indie games being published on PlayStation and the entire indie community as a whole. […]

By Ryan Lancaster Posted on

Latest News 0

Get Trapped in Deathloop on PS5

Deathloop serves as the newest release by the talent at Arkane Studios. Arkane Studios has brought the public titles such as Dishonored and 2017’s Prey. Deathloop seems to live up to the studio’s pedigree for innovative gameplay and engaging stories; their newest game functions as a macabre, violent Groundhog Day. Deathloop sees the player assume the role of Colt, a […]

By Sean Price Posted on

Latest News 0

The Pathless Finds Its Way to PS5

The Pathless is an exciting new title from developers Giant Squid, the team behind oceanic exploration game ‘Abzu.’  Giant Squid’s newest release continues the team’s core focus on art and atmosphere, but adds in an exciting combative element to the mix. Giant Squid refers to their newest title as a ‘mythic’ adventure in which players assume the role of a […]

By Sean Price Posted on

Latest News 0

Pragmata: Mysterious game announced on PS5

The trailer for a new IP, Pragmata, was announced for the coming Playstation 5 console. Earlier today during the Sony Playstation 5 reveal a trailer depicted a scene in a deserted metropolitan area that looked to be Times Square. An unfamiliar child and a hologram cat are approached by a man in a spacesuit when suddenly a satellite crashes through […]

By Ryan Lancaster Posted on

Latest News 0

Demons Souls Remake Confirmed for PS5

FromSoftware’s most recent title received a personal introduction from Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida as  “something very near and dear to [him].” Its announcement declared that the early FromSoft title is being remade “from the ground up,” and will feature a new, as of yet undisclosed ‘Fractured Mode.’ In the remake, players will have the option to choose between two variations of […]

By Sean Price Posted on

Latest News 0

Hitman’s Next Contract is on PS5

Hitman III has been announced for the PlayStation 5. Hitman III’s developers, IO Interactive, reference the game as the ‘dramatic conclusion’ to the current  Hitman trilogy. The reveal also featured a sliver of gameplay from the impressively realized desert city of Dubai.

By Sean Price Posted on

Latest News 0

Oddworld Soulstorm Announced for PS5

Soulstorm saw its initial announcement in 2015, and was marketed as a total remake of the second Abe game, ‘Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus.’ Gameplay of Soulstorm has made its rounds on the internet since then, but today’s announcement is the first word of the game being present on next generation gaming hardware.

By Sean Price Posted on