The 20 best PS4 games to play in 2021

 Posted on April 5, 2023  |  13 minutes  |  2724 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

The PlayStation 4 generation is arguably over, now PS5 is out in the wild. But, arguably, the end of its life is the best time to play any console: you have a massive library of games to choose from and tens of millions of players worldwide to play with. PS4 is certainly no different. We've reworked our list here as new favourites have arrived, and we've kept ourselves to a tight limit of just 20 games to force ourselves to make some tough choices while making sure we keep all the bases covered. [Read More]

Xbox All Access: the best way to buy an Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S?

 Posted on April 5, 2023  |  6 minutes  |  1249 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

Update: Xbox Series X/S pre-orders are now live. You can also find the retailers who are offering the Xbox All Access program there as well. At last, we've finally got some price and release date information for Microsoft's next-gen consoles! General consensus seems to suggest that we are all quite happy with the price Microsoft has settled on for the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S - especially for the lesser-powered console. [Read More]

A conversation with the artist behind that Cyberpunk 2077 poster

 Posted on April 4, 2023  |  4 minutes  |  677 words  |  Patria Henriques

Cyberpunk 2077 has sparked debate over an in-game advert which uses the tagline "mix it up" paired with an image of a transgender woman. The image was spotted in-game this week at E3 2019 and, alongside other in-game artwork, is on the wall of developer CD Projekt Red's show floor booth. Its combination of a sexualised model, the outline of her penis clearly visible, and quippy tagline been labelled as transphobic by some. [Read More]

Christmas NiGHTS Into Dreams retrospective

 Posted on April 4, 2023  |  7 minutes  |  1292 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

I remember a lot from Christmas 1996, the year when I got my Sega Saturn: my mum button-mashing her way to victory in Virtua Fighter 2, my granddad driving safely within the speed limit in Sega Rally. Then there was NiGHTS Into Dreams, Sonic Team's answer to Super Mario 64 and Crash Bandicoot. And what an answer it was: flying through children's dreams as an androgynous purple jester, it was Sega at its most creative - and, perhaps, its most commercially suicidal. [Read More]

Demon's Souls PlayStation 5 review - a cult classic reborn as a cinematic spectacle

 Posted on April 4, 2023  |  7 minutes  |  1418 words  |  Fernande Dalal

There's friction between the original and this lavish remake, but this is a scintillating launch title that shows off the PS5's strengths. What a difference 11 years can make. When it launched way back in 2009, FromSoftware's Demon's Souls was something of a whispered secret. Passed over by Sony for western release and subsequently picked up by a handful of adventurous importers, it was followed by word of mouth that soon escalated, and the chorus has been ringing out loudly ever since. [Read More]

Doom 3: BFG Edition review

 Posted on April 4, 2023  |  7 minutes  |  1336 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

This review is intended purely as an assessment of how Doom 3's content and gameplay stand up today. If you're interested in the features and technical aspects of this new version, Digital Foundry will have extensive coverage for you over the next two days. If anything encapsulates Doom, in all its wide-eyed and gory glory, it is the three letters BFG. In an age where arms manufacturers lobby publishers to include real-life killing machines in FPS games, there's something quite innocent, even sweet, about the idea of shooting a green plasma ball from a Big F***ing Gun. [Read More]

Fortnite - How to visit Slurp Factory inside the Mothership explained

 Posted on April 4, 2023  |  4 minutes  |  728 words  |  Patria Henriques

Ready for a trip? Here's how to visit Slurp Factory inside the Mothership to complete one of this week's legendary challenges in Fortnite.Visit Slurp Factory inside the Mothership is the sixth and final of Week 10's legendary quests in Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 7. Such as the past few weeks, the first quest in this set involves using one of the payphones across the Fortnite map, and it's followed with the tasks to damage an opponent in the Slurpy Swamp abduction site, collect a Grab-itron, place video cameras at different Landing Ship locations and visit an Abductor. [Read More]

Gaikai | Eurogamer.net

 Posted on April 4, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  350 words  |  Fernande Dalal

Gaikai What's going on with Gaikai on PlayStation 4 in Europe? Broadband... 99 As OnLive struggles, Sony reveals it's working with Gaikai to resolve issues around cloud gaming "Games become something in the future, like when you watch YouTube." 38 Feature | Gaikai and Sony: Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr David Perry "As they say, quids in!" 33 Perry: Gaikai should be added to current generation of Sony consoles and PlayStation 4 " [Read More]

God of War hits a concurrent peak of almost 60,000 players on Steam in just 24 hours

 Posted on April 4, 2023  |  3 minutes  |  529 words  |  Trudie Dory

UPDATE 17/1/22: God of War's highly-successful Steam release has continued to climb the PC platform's most-played chart. A peak of 73,529 concurrent players was recorded yesterday - the highest figure for any PlayStation game released on Steam thus far. It all bodes well for PlayStation's continued roll-out of first-part games on PC. Which will be next? God of War on Steam peaked even higher today for concurrent players. Its the first PlayStation Studios game to reach 70k+ [Read More]

Guitar Hero streamer gets full combo on "impossible" joke track

 Posted on April 4, 2023  |  3 minutes  |  462 words  |  Patria Henriques

Personally, I was pretty pleased with myself for getting to hard mode when I was playing Rock Band, but for some music game enthusiasts that simply isn't enough - they also need to defy the laws of physics. Earlier this week, one of the very hardest user-made tracks in the Guitar Hero community was beaten by streamer CarnyJared, and the video of it really is something else. Eurogamer news cast: is Sony's U-turn on PS3 and Vita games just delaying the inevitable? [Read More]