TodayFri, 7th Jul 2023

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  4

  News Street Fighter 6 Tops 2 Million Copies Sold, Celebrates with In-Game Rewards

  Thanks a million

  Capcom's latest fighting title, Street Fighter 6, is just killing it, isn't it? On top of being a fantastic game that appeals to both casual and hardcore fighter fans, it seems to be selling pretty rapidly. Now, just over a month since launch, the game has reached a new milestone, topping 2 million copies sold. This updated...

  • 1 hour ago
  • Capcom
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Street Fighter
  • Sales
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  3

  News Slitterhead Test Sessions Show Dev Continues Apace, Silent Hill Heritage Evident

  Although its still a long way out

  Bokeh Game Studio was founded by Keiichiro Toyama, the creator of Silent Hill, and the still very early in development Slitterhead is the team's debut project. In a developer diary, we get glimpses of early pre-alpha gameplay test sessions, interspersed with the team discussing the painstaking process of refining...

  • 5 hours ago
  • Bokeh Game Studio
  • Slitterhead
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  15

  News Diablo 4's Latest Patch Makes Unique Items Easier to Come By

  All aboard the Helltide train

  Diablo 4's latest patch is live now on PlayStation platforms, bringing with it a long list of bug fixes and improvements, but most crucially of all, makes the acquisition of Unique items easier. Blizzard posted the full list, which is available for your perusal, but for our purposes, it's the addition of Unique items...

  • 6 hours ago
  • Blizzard
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Diablo
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  4

  News Immortals of Aveum Gameplay Unpacked in Maximalist PS5, PS4 Overview Trailer

  Sigil up

  Immortals of Aveum is shaping up to be a big, bombastic AAA first-person shooter and a single-player one, at that. Generic fantasy setting or not, that's a rare enough treat these days, and so we were eager to learn more about it. Featuring different colours of magic that correlate to different combat situations, there are 25 spells total...

  • 7 hours ago
  • EA
  • PS5
  • Immortals of Aveum
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  35

  News SEGA Survey Suggests Persona 3 Reload to Retail for $69.99

  Persona fans know Tartarus well

  Perhaps we shouldn't be surprised at this point (considering how many times we've purchased different iterations of Persona games previously), but Persona 3 Reload is looking like it will retail for $69.99. That's despite being based on the initial PS2 version of the game, which may not include

  • 8 hours ago
  • Atlus
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Persona
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  5

  News Diablo 4's Season of the Malignant Revealed, Raise Hell from 20th July on PS5, PS4

  Thank the High Heavens

  Diablo 4's first season has been revealed, and it kicks off rather imminently, on 20th July. It's called Season of the Malignant, and in a new post-campaign quest line, players will face off against Malignant monstrosities born of Lillith's corruption. Revealed as part of a developer live stream, a short trailer was revealed...

  • 9 hours ago
  • Blizzard
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Diablo
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  9

  News Expect Big Marvel's Spider-Man 2 PS5 Reveals on 20th July

  Symbiotic relationships

  Comic book giant Marvel teased it earlier in the week, and now developer Insomniac Games has confirmed it: Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 will have a panel at San Diego Comic-Con on 20th July, 2023. The roundtable, named Symbiotic Relationships, will feature staffers from the Burbank studio as well as actors from the game. Exact

  • 11 hours ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Marvel's Spider-Man

YesterdayThu, 6th Jul 2023

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  139

  Guide PS Stars Guide: All Campaigns and Solutions (July 2023)

  Your ultimate guide to Sony's loyalty scheme

  PS Stars, or PlayStation Stars, is a free loyalty program for PS5 and PS4 which enables you to earn PS Store credit, free games, and Digital Collectibles. If you're a PS Plus subscriber, then you'll earn additional Points based on each PS Store purchase you make. In this PS Stars guide, we're going to...

  • 17 hours ago
  • Guides
  • PS Stars
  • PS5
  • PS4
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  115

  News Japanese Final Fantasy 16 Sales Plummet by 90% in Second Week

  Beaten by Master Detective Archives too

  Japan really doesn't seem as hot on Final Fantasy titles anymore, as after the 16th mainline entry failed to hand the PS5 a chart-topping position, sales of the game have dropped considerably by 90 per cent. In its first week on the market, Final Fantasy XVI sold just over 336,000 physical copies. However, in...

  • 14 hours ago
  • Square Enix
  • PS5
  • Final Fantasy
  • Japan
  • Sales
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  48

  News Final Fantasy 16 PS5 Update 1.03 Out Now, Get All the Patch Notes Here

  Motion Blur toggle! New controller options! Camera sensitivity!

  The first post-launch update for Final Fantasy XVI is available to download now on PS5, bringing the Square Enix title up to version number 1.000.003. The patch adds a couple of new features to the game like a motion blur toggle, another three controller layouts, and more extensive...

  • 1 day ago
  • Square Enix
  • PS5
  • Final Fantasy
  • Updates
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  82

  News PlayStation and Other Gaming Titans Flock to Twitter Rival Threads

  In a flap

  Gaming titans like PlayStation are spreading their wings and flocking to Threads, the new Twitter rival launched by Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta. The new text-based social media platform is seeking to swoop in on Twitter’s turf, after a series of controversial changes by new owner Elon Musk have seen the popularity of the...

  • 21 hours ago
  • Industry
  • Culture
  • Social Media
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  26

  News Sony Calls in a Tactical Supply Drop of Helldivers 2 PS5, PC Gameplay, And It Looks Stunning

  Incoming

  Update: Well, we suppose this is Sony in 2023, folks! Several hours after publishing a PS Blog post with gameplay details, the platform holder has now followed it up with a Helldivers 2 trailer. Why they couldn’t release together is a mystery! Anyway, this game looks good – real good. It’s got that chaotic third-person co-op flavour...

  • 18 hours ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • PC
  • Helldivers
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  8

  News NBA 2K24 Will Pay Tribute to the Late, Great Kobe Bryant on PS5, PS4

  Mamba mentality

  It’s time for a new sports game cycle, with NBA 2K24’s cover star revealed. As is perhaps appropriate following his premature passing three years ago, LA Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant will grace the cover of the standard Kobe Bryant Edition and the special Black Mamba Edition. 2K Sports is expected to fully pull back the curtain...

  • 19 hours ago
  • 2K Sports
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • NBA 2K
  • Announcements
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  24

  News Friday the 13th Unlocks Absolutely Everything for Everyone on PS4 Before Disappearing for Good

  Lights out

  Friday the 13th: The Game's murdering days are almost over (at least, in this incarnation), and as a way to send the game off, players are being given the keys to the grisly kingdom. On Twitter, the game's official account shared a list of changes that would be coming today, 6th July, via an update. These changes should allow players to...

  • 1 day ago
  • Gun Media
  • PS4
  • Friday the 13th
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  27

  Review Trails into Reverie (PS5) - Action-Packed Epilogue Is a Brilliantly In-Depth RPG

  Everybody's here

  Trails into Reverie is essentially an epilogue to the Trails of Cold Steel series. It brings every character — and we mean every character — back for one last hurrah as yet another threat casts a shadow over the continent of Zemuria. Just to get it out of the way: if you haven't played through the four Cold Steel games, as well...

  • 18 hours ago
  • Reviews
  • NIS America
  • PS5
  • Trails into Reverie
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  14

  Feature Why MiniDisc, Sony's Precursor To The PSP UMD, Is Still Alive In 2023

  Time Extension "There’s so much to love about the MiniDisc"

  In the 1995 cyberpunk movie Strange Days, the characters strap devices to their head that record their memories and physical sensations so they can be 're-lived', either by themselves or others. While the movie was ahead of its time in that regard (it is set at the turn of the millennium, and we still...

  • 21 hours ago
  • Sony
  • Music
  • Features
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  13

  News James Bond Title Sparks New Studio Opening for IO Interactive

  Located in Brighton, UK

  Hitman team IO Interactive has opened a fifth studio in Brighton, UK to help create its James Bond game, titled Project 007 right now. A core team is already said to be in place on England's south coast, and along with the developer's other four production houses, it'll "make significant contributions to the ambitious...

  • 21 hours ago
  • IO Interactive
  • Project 007
  • Industry
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  2

  News Control a New Kind of Medieval RTS on PS5 in The Valiant

  Implementation is everything

  The Valiant is a historically inspired real-time strategy game (with RPG mechanics) we've been keeping an eye on for a while now. At long last, its 11th July release date is almost upon us. We got a new trailer that answers our most burning question, one which should be on the lips of every committed strategy fan playing...

  • 1 day ago
  • THQ Nordic
  • PS5
  • The Valiant
  • Trailers
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  28

  News PlayStation Developer Firesprite Has Moved to a New Studio, and It Looks Expensive

  The swankiest place in Liverpool

  It turns out you're not allowed to be part of PlayStation Studios unless you have a really cool office space. The latest member of Sony's first-party group to move into some swanky new digs is Firesprite, PlayStation's largest UK-based team. We can see the brand new studio in an update on its website, and it looks...

  • 18 hours ago
  • Sony
  • Firesprite
  • PS5
  • PS4
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  23

  News Mortal Kombat 1 PS5 Trailer Is a Total Knockout, Smoke and Rain Confirmed

  And a trio of Kameos, too

  As anticipation builds for fighting game reboot Mortal Kombat 1, developer NetherRealm has announced two new characters who will be joining the launch day lineup. This epic three minute trailer – featuring a mixture of gameplay footage and cinematics from the story mode – confirms the inclusion of fan favourites Smoke...

  • 16 hours ago
  • Warner Bros
  • PS5
  • Mortal Kombat
  • Trailers
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  9

  News PS Plus Premium Users Get Access to Another Game Trial

  The Callisto Protocol playable for one hour

  Sony's high-end PS Plus Premium tier has been updated with another Time Limited Trial for members to make use of on PS5, PS4. Subscribers can now download and play survival horror title The Callisto Protocol for one hour. The brief demo is available to download now from the

  • 22 hours ago
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • PS Plus
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  4

  News Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 May Be PS5, PS4's Worst Kept Secret

  CatDog's out of the bag

  Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl was a fairly innocuous take on the Smash Bros. formula, and we quite liked it for what it was. A sequel is apparently in the works, at least, according to the constant pitter-patter of leaking information, loose threads, and developer insinuations which, together, present a pretty compelling...

  • 1 day ago
  • GameMill Entertainment
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
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  6

  News Anticipated Mortal Kombat 1 PS5 Reveals in Kombat Kast Livestream This Week

  Kloser

  Mortal Kombat 1 is holding a Kombat Kast tomorrow, where highly anticipated reveals will finally be unveiled, and likely in brutal fashion. You can tune in to watch live on the platform which best corresponds with the generation you were born in and your own personal proclivities: YouTube, Twitch, or TikTok. Developer NetherRealms has...

  • 1 day ago
  • Warner Bros
  • PS5
  • Mortal Kombat
  • Trailers
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  6

  News Mythical Melee Battle Royale Naraka: Bladepoint Slices PS5, PS4 for Free

  Sharpen up

  NetEase’s enormously popular mythical melee focused Battle Royale game Naraka: Bladepoint will finally slice and dice PS5 from 13th July and PS4 at a later date, as the game transitions to a free-to-play business model across all platforms. The title, which will feature full crossplay, will also usher in a variety of new content and...

  • 1 day ago
  • NetEase
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Naraka Bladepoint
  • Announcements
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  18

  Soapbox Stop What You're Doing and Watch Double Fine's PsychOdyssey Right Now

  Please watch 2 Player Productions' outstanding documentary

  I had always planned to watch PsychOdyssey. I'd been aware of it since the start of 2023, and only heard good things about it, but it just kinda faded into the background. Recently, though, when me and my partner were stuck for something to watch, I remembered this documentary and suggested...

  • 20 hours ago
  • Double Fine
  • PS4
  • Psychonauts 2
  • PsychOdyssey
  • Soapbox
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  14

  News Assassin's Creed Mirage Documents the History of Baghdad

  Learn the History of Baghdad

  Ubisoft is carrying over its efforts to document the historical details and nature of its Assassin's Creed settings into this year's Assassin's Creed Mirage. The publisher has announced in a new blog post a History of Baghdad feature for the upcoming PS5, PS4 game, which works to provide historical context to the Iraqi...

  • 1 day ago
  • Ubisoft
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Assassin's Creed
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  3

  News Horror Fishing Game Dredge Updated Today with Photo Mode, New Passive Mode

  Plus new fish and monsters

  Dredge from developer Black Salt Games has been updated today on PS5, PS4 to include a Photo Mode and an all-new Passive Mode that strips the fishing experience of its horror elements and monsters. Available to download now, the patch arrives for free. In order to actually start using Photo Mode, you'll need to find a...

  • 20 hours ago
  • Team 17
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Dredge
  • Updates
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  20

  News Forgotton Anne Sequel Forgotlings Needs Your Help Getting Funded

  €40,000 needed in 11 days

  Throughline Games has a sequel to PS4 indie classic Forgotton Anne in the works, and it's asking fans to help bring it to market with a Kickstarter goal set to expire in 11 days. The team needs €100,000 to ensure the game can be made, and is currently just over €40,000 short of it. Titled

  • 23 hours ago
  • Throughline Games
  • Forgotlings
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  11

  News Rashid of the Turbulent Wind Whips Up the Street Fighter 6 Roster on 24th July

  For your viewing pleasure

  Rashid of the Turbulent Wind is making his Street Fighter 6 debut on PS5 and PS4 and will officially join the roster on 24th July. Players that picked up the Year 1 Character Pass, or the Deluxe or Ultimate Editions of the game, will already have Rashid unlocked once the appointed time arrives. This wisecracking whirlwind...

  • 1 day ago
  • Capcom
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Street Fighter
  • Trailers

Wednesday5th Jul 2023

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  News New PS Store Essential Picks Sale Has 1,400 PS5, PS4 Game Discounts

  Dead Island 2! Octopath Traveler! Crash Bandicoot!

  Sony has rolled out a new PS Store sale promotion as of this morning named Essential Picks. Available through until 20th July 2023, it discounts 1,400 PS5, PS4 games and DLC, as well as pricier versions like Gold Editions. Below you'll find a quick selection of the best deals this week and then...

  • 2 days ago
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • PS Store
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  22

  Interview Falcom Boss Talks Everything Trails, Reverie, Importance of Western Fans, and More

  Also answers our dumbest questions

  Trails into Reverie's long-awaited release is just days away at the time of writing, and with the series finally ramping up here in the West, we wanted to reach out to developer Falcom in order to organise our biggest interview with the company yet. Luckily for us, Falcom president Toshihiro Kondo has been kind...

  • 2 days ago
  • Falcom
  • NIS America
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Trails
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  52

  News Red Dead Redemption Revival Looking More and More Likely as Evidence Mounts

  No smoke without a fire

  Recent whispers around the web have suggested Rockstar Games is on the verge of announcing the resurrection of its PS3 classic, Red Dead Redemption. While we could initially write this off as little more than a rumour, we're now seeing signs from several places that give it more and more legitimacy. Things really got started...

  • 2 days ago
  • Rockstar Games
  • Red Dead Redemption
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  61

  Guide Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection: All Games Included and What to Play First

  Best order to play the Metal Gear Solid series in on PS5

  After a long eight-year hiatus, Konami is bringing back its Metal Gear Solid series in the form of a Master Collection that bundles together the first three mainline instalments along with many bonus features. This is the first time these games will be playable natively on PS5, with past...

  • 2 days ago
  • Guides
  • Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection
  • PS5
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  18

  News Kuro no Kiseki Localisation News Coming 'As Soon as Possible', Falcom Hopes

  The Trails saga looks set to continue

  Originally released in 2021 in Japan, Kuro no Kiseki marks the beginning of a whole new story arc in Falcom's long-running The Legend of Heroes: Trails series. Western fans have been waiting on a localisation announcement for close to two years at this point, but it's yet to happen. To be fair, though, the...

  • 2 days ago
  • Falcom
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Trails
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  80

  News Even Microsoft Is Expecting a Revised PS5 Hardware Model This Year

  Not like this

  The portents appear to be aligning for a PS5 hardware revision coming this year. Earlier, we brought you word that a European price cut suggests that could be the case, and now even Microsoft is getting in on the action, claiming in court filings relating to

  • 2 days ago
  • Sony
  • Microsoft
  • Industry
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  16

  Random NieR Creator Yoko Taro Loses Nightmarish Emil Mask, Replacement Probably Haunted

  Impossible to verify

  Eccentric auteur Yoko Taro, the creator perhaps best known for philosophical android action game NieR: Automata, has lost his iconic Emil mask. If you live in the L.A. area and come across a freaky, grinning skeleton-like mask, maybe keep it? We're sure he's got plenty of others. As reported by Kotaku, the saga began when Taro...

  • 2 days ago
  • Random
  • Industry
  • NieR
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  17

  News EA Sports FC Reportedly Set for 29th September Release

  The reliable PS Plus leaker claims

  EA Sports' first football simulator after FIFA, named EA Sports FC, may be releasing across PS5, PS4 consoles on 29th September 2023 according to reliable PS Plus leaker billbill-kun. A new report from the mysterious insider claims such a release date is on the cards, and s

  • 2 days ago
  • EA Sports
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • EA Sports FC
  • Rumours
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  11

  News Trails, Ys Dev Falcom Working on Something 'Brand New'

  Not related to Trails or Ys

  For years now, Japanese developer Falcom has been delivering a new game every 12 months or so, with an almost exclusive focus on its two most popular properties: The Legend of Heroes (commonly referred to as Trails these days) and Ys. However, now that Falcom's titles are starting to hit harder in the West — giving the...

  • 2 days ago
  • Falcom
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  5

  News Nicolas Cage's Performance of a Lifetime Nears in Dead by Daylight on PS5, PS4

  Live already in PC-based Public Test Build

  Nicolas Cage is now officially playable in the PC-based Public Test Build of Dead by Daylight, ahead of his arrival on PS5 and PS4 on 25th July. As previously announced, the actor will be playing a fictionalised version of himself, which is particularly amusing. “While on set filming the role of a...

  • 2 days ago
  • Behaviour
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Dead by Daylight
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  News Exoprimal PS5, PS4 Gameplay Details How to Use Dinosaurs as Interdimensional Weapons

  Incoming

  Capcom has released a new trailer for the over-the-top mecha dino online game, Exoprimal, which enters our own reality on 14th July on PS5 and PS4. In it, we learn the various ways in which specific types of dinosaurs can be utilised to get one over on the opposing team, regardless of how little sense any of it makes. Trigger Neosaurs, for...

  • 2 days ago
  • Capcom
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Exoprimal
  • Trailers
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  10

  News This Year's Tokyo Game Show Will Be Its Largest Ever

  Back on track

  While Sony's presence at the event will be limited to the Indie Game Area, Tokyo Game Show 2023 will be the event's largest yet, utilising the entirety of the mammoth Makuhari Messe venue in which it takes place for the first time in four years. Last year saw the event return to an in-person occasion, but ongoing coronavirus concerns...

  • 2 days ago
  • Industry
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  4

  News 'Dark Souls Pro Skater' Isn't The Mod You Asked For, But It's The Mod You Need

  Time Extension Praise the sun!

  The Tony Hawk series might not be as popular as it once was, but this new mod should hopefully change that a little bit – it fuses the skateboarding epic with FromSoftware's Dark Souls, creating one of the most amusing video game juxtapositions of recent memory. The mod allows Dark Souls NPC Solaire to grind his merry way through...

  • 2 days ago
  • Dark Souls
  • Mods
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  2

  News Fortnite's Sunny Summer Escape Event Set to Sizzle on PS5, PS4

  Purradise Meowscles, indeed

  Summer has officially begun (for half the planet ), and Fortnite is wasting no time in getting the good times rolling with Summer Escape, a festive celebration of the sun, its glorious warmth, and all the good that comes with it. The event kicks off today, 4th July, and runs until 18th July, offering players a chance at...

  • 2 days ago
  • Epic Games
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Fortnite
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  9

  News PixelJunk Eden 2 Brings Chill Platforming to PS5, PS4 Later This Year

  Just vibin'

  The PixelJunk series has brought us many delightful games in various genres, one of the most memorable being PixelJunk Eden. It's an airy, chilled-out platformer that's all about swinging between plants, gathering pollen, and enjoying the music. It got a sequel a few years ago, aptly titled PixelJunk Eden 2. While it skipped PlayStation...

  • 2 days ago
  • Q-Games
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • PixelJunk Eden 2
  • Announcements