A former Rockstar dev is making a Satisfactory-style survival game about doomed expeditions on a strange planet
Aethus is a crafty new sci-fi survival game in which one woman and her flying drone pal excavate a layered underground world on behalf of a galactic megacorp. You’ll create a surface base from holographic modules, gather evidence about a doomed science expedition, research a wacky new element, and unearth ...
The 10 Best Mario Sports Games
Sports are foundational to gaming as a medium. From Pong to NES Baseball, the infancy of the medium was littered with just-about-recognisable renditions of real-life sports in an attempt to conjure a degree of familiarity to this fledgling form of entertainment. But in the mid ‘90s, the developers at Nintendo ...
Team Ninja fix a terrifying “very rare” Nioh 3 bug that corrupts your save when you pray at shrine checkpoints
Nioh 3 “is less punishing” than Nioh 1 and Nioh 2, according to our reviewer Jeremy Blum. In a fine example of the Duality of Man, this observation forms part of a sentence in which Jeremy also confesses to smashing a hole in his desk with his controller. I can ...
Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties Review
After last year’s swashbuckling Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii triumphantly hoisted the black flag, this year developer Ryu Ga Gotoku has set its sights on elevating the Yakuza series’ black sheep. While well-received critically upon its original 2009 release, Yakuza 3’s sluggish combat and uneven story pacing has ...
Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties review – a stuffed remake defined by its own grim connections
Excuse me, coming through. I’m Kazuma Kiryu, and I’m on my way to speak to some gruff yakuza lads about what their local gang war means for my orphanage. You can tell I’m serious because I’m riding a prototype segway dressed in nothing but a swimming cap, goggles and shorts ...
Review: Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties (Switch 2) – Maybe It’s Time To Take A Break
Daddy issues.I’m of the opinion that there are no bad Yakuza games. Although the series has definitely fluctuated in quality over the years, they always offer up something to keep me engaged and satisfied. Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties is still a decent entry, but it’s also bloated, poorly ...
Relooted: Heist as Puzzle, Puzzle as Montage
February 9, 2026 Relooted: Heist as Puzzle, Puzzle as Montage We need more heist videogames! Don’t get me wrong, we already have Payday, we already have The Swindle, and of course we already have Grand Theft Auto V. But these games are ...
Romeo is a Dead Man – Suda 51 and director Ren Yamazaki discuss controlled chaos of development
Hey PlayStation Blog readers, ever hear the story of the FBI Space-Time Police Special Agent Romeo, who takes down space-time criminals in search of his lost girlfriend? No? Well, you’ll be able to find out when Romeo is a Dead Man launches on February 11! We’ve uploaded one final trailer ...
As Helldivers 2 Launches the Battle for Cyberstan, Arrowhead Says It’s Already Plotting to Expand the Scope of the Game
Helldivers 2’s next big update, Machinery of Oppression, launches the Battle for Cyberstan, and sees players head to the alien homeworld and take on the Cyborgs, a new Automaton-adjacent enemy type that’s set to usher in a new round of terror — and chaos — to Arrowhead’s explosive third-person shooter.Machinery ...
Sony Announces PlayStation State of Play Broadcast For This Week
PlayStation will stream a major State of Play broadcast this week, featuring over an hour of news and reveals, including the latest updates from its own teams within PlayStation Studios.The event will be held this Thursday, February 12 at 2pm Pacific / 5pm Eastern / 10pm UK time — and ...
