America stands fractured, broken by an event known as the Death Stranding. Step into the well-worn shoes of courier Sam Porter Bridges as he embarks on a cross-country quest to reunite the nation and unravel the mysteries surrounding the cataclysm that tore us apart. The first release from Kojima Productions launches Friday on PS4. PS…
Hi, I’m Sam. Today I’m excited to share a brand-new open world action title: Genshin Impact, set in a fantasy world called Teyvat. You will be playing as “The Traveler,” who awakens from a long sleep on the shore alone, loses connection with their sibling, and has scarce knowledge of this mysterious land. To unveil…
Holding space. We loved the look of Orbitals when we first locked eyes on it at The Game Awards 2025. We liked it even more when it cropped up at the February 2026 Nintendo Direct. And now, strangely enough, we’re even more hooked on the idea thanks to today’s new gameplay trailer. The new footage…
There are some things in life that I admire but can’t claim to properly understand. These include the literary works of James Joyce, the vegan lifestyle, and people who want to play incredibly scary games in VR. I like horror games, but there’s a limit on my tolerance, and Amnesia: The Dark Descent landed right…
A number of senior AI safety research personnel at OpenAI, the organisation behind ChatGPT, have left the company. This wave of resignations often cites shifts within company culture, and a lack of investment in AI safety as reasons for leaving. To put it another way, though the ship may not be taking on water, the…
have huge ramifications. There aren’t many games where the addition of volumetric smoke grenades would be a headline feature. But in CS2’s hyper tense battles, true 3D smoke cover has game changing consequences. Now, with the advent of Season 5, Valve has made another tiny-yet-huge change. Put simply, it’s changed how the bomb works, giving…
Come December, Rocket League players will no longer be able to trade cosmetic items with each other: “Player-to-Player Trading will be removed from Rocket League on December 5 at 4 pm PST,” developer Psyonix announced today. The instantly unpopular decision (I’d characterize the response so far as “why tho???”) will bring Rocket League into alignment…
There’s one thing all videogame adaptations in film and TV have in common: they stink. Or at least, that’s how it felt for a long time—personally, I stopped adding the caveat ‘good for a videogame adaptation’ after I watched the Fallout show and learned these things didn’t have to be somewhere between middling and godawful….
Hi PlayStation.Blog! I’m Jeff Kaplan from the Overwatch development team, and I’m happy to let everyone know that Overwatch will be launching May 24th on PS4! As an added bonus, if you pre-purchase Overwatch, you’ll get early access to the Beta for you and a friend from May 3rd to May 4th. After that, everyone…
I’m not usually one for raving over chairs, but I reckon Corsair’s new TC80 is worth looking out for. That’s because the company is stressing two things that are music to my ears: a move away from “gaming chair style”, and affordability. The company says: “Coming in at an accessible price, we’ve integrated all the…