Hello, PlayStation gamers! I’m Jeff Kaplan, the game director of Overwatch at Blizzard Entertainment. A few weeks ago I stopped by PlayStation.Blog to let everyone know that we’ll be holding an Overwatch Open Beta for PS4 players in early May. Today, I’m excited to tell you a little more about the game — and share…
With OpenAI implementing more safety settings in ChatGPT and giving it an adult mode at some point this year (which was actually supposed to launch last December), it is now rolling out an age verification program. If, however, you regularly use ChatGPT, there’s a chance it can verify you with information it already has. As…
Valve, you cheeky bunch. It wasn’t enough to stand out by doubling down on touchpads, going all in on gyro, and sporting TMR joysticks: the new Steam Controller also has an Easter egg. As discovered by user RF3D19 on Reddit this week, the $99 gamepad is capable of expressing panic. When suddenly dropped, the device…
Aven Colony is a non-traditional city-builder. Our goal is to make you feel like the governor of humanity’s first settlement on an alien world, lightyears from earth and 500 years in the future, growing a tiny, vulnerable colony on an exotic world into a massive, sprawling sci-fi metropolis. Along with that, you need to deal…
In The Crew 2’s open-world re-creation of the U.S., every street is a racetrack, every river is a playground for speedboats, and every city skyline is a giant aerobatics course. PS4 players can jump in for free this weekend, from December 5 until December 8, and use The Crew 2’s cars, planes, and watercraft to…
A Direct? In mid-June? Groundbreaking. June has only just arrived, but the rumour mill has already started turning with rumblings of an upcoming Nintendo Direct (thanks, Nintendo Everything). It all started last month, when Giant Bomb’s Jeff Grubb made the ground-breaking prediction that there would be a Nintendo Direct by “mid-June” on an episode of…
About This Episode If you always know where your towel is, then you’re likely already a fan of the topic of this episode. His Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series was required GenX reading, and his work is beloved by millions. In this Backtrack, we remember and celebrate English author, humorist, and screenwriter Douglas Adams!…
Category: Announcements July 24, 2025 Grounded 2: Celebrating Game Preview Launch with a Wild 10-foot Red Ant Plush Aaron Greenberg, Vice President, Games Marketing Summary Grounded 2 Game Preview launches on July 29, 2025—now featuring Buggies like ants that you can tame, ride, and fight alongside. To celebrate, Xbox built a massive piece of gaming decor—a 10-foot…
Did You Know Gaming? has covered a wide variety of Nintendo’s library of games. Every now and then, the team also examines Sonic games. For example, a new video from the team was released this weekend. In the video, the Did You Know Gaming? team “takes a look at some facts, secrets and Easter eggs…
Prepare for the fight of your life next month as you lock swords with otherworldly evil in brutal action-RPG Nioh, and struggle for survival in tense psychological horror Outlast 2 – both joining the PS Plus monthly games lineup on November 5. Let’s take a closer look: Nioh Nioh is a visceral, action-driven adventure where…