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Battlefield 2042’s 500% player boom explains PS Plus live-service duds

Battlefield 2042 saw over 500% more PS5 and PS4 players in its first week on PS Plus, which might explain why PS Plus gets so many live-service duds.

Posted 6 days ago by Lee Brady 5

PS Studios

Naughty Dog's next game gains fresh evidence from fantasy comparison

Naughty Dog has several rumoured PS5 games in development including The Last of Us multiplayer and Part 3, but it's a new fantasy game that has people talking.

Posted 6 days ago by Kes Eylers-Stephenson 1

Opinion

Ridge Racer Type 4 trophies would be the greatest, please Bandai Namco

Ridge Racer Type 4, the classic PS1 game, will be joining PS Plus Premium — now if only Bandai Namco would add trophy support.

Posted 6 days ago by Lee Brady 0

PS Plus Extra takes 50% of its new games line-up from Xbox Game Pass

PS Plus Extra is set to add new games on March 21st, 2023, half of which were previously on Microsoft's competing Xbox Game Pass service.

Posted 6 days ago by Lee Brady 6

PS Plus games for April 2023 — what’s coming and when?

PS Plus has two announcements: one for the monthly Essential games included and one for the Extra and Premium tiers. This article answers when the April games drop.

Posted 6 days ago by Kes Eylers-Stephenson 2

The Best RPGs to play on PS5 and PS4 in 2023

The best PS5 and PS4 RPGs offer players a chance to step into another world, make meaningful choices, and collect plenty of trophies along the way.

Posted 7 days ago by Sean Lawson 0

Ghostwire Tokyo might get free DLC trophies after PS Plus Extra debut

GhostWire Tokyo is set to receive some free DLC not long after its PS Plus Extra debut with a chance the new content brings extra DLC trophies as well.

Posted 7 days ago by Sean Lawson 1

PS Plus Premium adds Ape Escape game for PS1 that doesn't exist

PS Plus Premium has announced that PS1 game Ape Escape 2 will join the catalogue on March 21st. The only problem is that the game doesn't exist.

Posted 7 days ago by Lee Brady 0

Delayed

System Shock on PS5 and PS4 delayed with no release date forthcoming

System Shock is still on track for PS5 and PS4, but developer Nightdive Studios has announced the sci-fi shooter will be delayed indefinitely for consoles while PC gets the game in May, 2023.

Posted 7 days ago by Kes Eylers-Stephenson 2

Avoid six unobtainable platinums in the Essential Picks PS Store sale

The Essential Picks PS Store sale is in full swing and comes with six unobtainable platinum trophies and ten other broken trophy lists.

Posted 7 days ago by Sean Lawson 0

Trails to Azure trophies revealed as PSP RPG remake finally comes west

The Legend of Heroes Trails to Azure trophies have been revealed alongside the classic PSP RPG's long-awaited western PS4 launch.

Posted 7 days ago by Lee Brady 0

Dead Island 2 will be 20 hours long but don’t expect an easy platinum

Dead Island 2's game length has been revealed ahead of the game's PS5 and PS4 launch.

Posted 7 days ago by Sean Lawson 2

Release

Horizon Forbidden West Burning Shores release date is shockingly close

Horizon Forbidden West Burning Shores release date is already almost upon us, despite how little we've seen of the PS5-exclusive expansion to one of 2022's biggest games.

Posted 7 days ago by Lee Brady 2

Sale

PS Store discounts slate of Essential Picks in new sale (US, Canada)

Discounts on Behind Closed Doors: A Developer's Tale (EU), STELLATUM (EU), Tales of Arise, Grand Slam Tennis (EU), Highschool Romance (EU), Awesome Pea, The Mooseman (EU) and more

Posted 7 days ago by Jack Watling 0

Sale

PS Store discounts slate of Essential Picks in new sale (UK, Europe)

Discounts on The Sinking City, Tales of Arise, Grand Slam Tennis (EU), NORTH (EU), Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, RC Airplane Challenge, Final Fantasy X HD Remaster and more

Posted 7 days ago by Jack Watling 0

Best of

The best PS4 games to play in 2023

The PlayStation 4's best games make for a long list full of different genres, game lengths, difficulties, and trophy lists. Since 2013, the PS4 has been churning out all-time greats — here are 15 of the most exemplary of them.

Posted 8 days ago by Kes Eylers-Stephenson 0

Check out all 31 Anno 1800 Console Edition PlayStation trophies

We have just picked up new trophies for Anno 1800 Console Edition. There are 31 trophies, none of which are hidden.

Posted 8 days ago by Rich Stone 0

The best action RPGs on PS5 and PS4 that you should play in 2023

From Final Fantasy to Cyberpunk 2077, Sony's PS5 and PS4 are home to some of the best action RPGs (ARPGs) around — and we've listed the very best.

Posted 8 days ago by Lee Brady 0

Here’s how many are playing last month’s PS Plus games in March

The PS Plus monthly games for February 2023 featured four games including Mafia Definitive Edition. A month later, how high is the player count for each PS Plus game?

Posted 8 days ago by Lee Brady 1

The Dark Pictures Switchback VR trophies are a manic roller-coaster

We have just picked up The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR trophies that look to offer another roller-coaster of a platinum to earn.

Posted 8 days ago by Sean Lawson 0

PS Plus giving away Dead by Daylight’s follow-up day one this April

PS Plus will add Meet Your Maker, the latest online game from the Dead by Daylight devs, as a day-one release this April.

Posted 8 days ago by Lee Brady 2

Hitman retires from duty as Project 007 gives James Bond next mission

Hitman's Agent 47 is taking a break as IO Interactive finally allow the new James Bond game — Project 007 — to take centre stage.

Posted 8 days ago by Kes Eylers-Stephenson 1

Scars Above trophy bug infects platinum with second playthrough

Some PS5 players have stumbled upon a pesky trophy bug in Scars Above that could cause the need for a second playthrough of the game.

Posted 8 days ago by Sean Lawson 2

Hardware

PS5 Pro reportedly confirmed by sources with a targeted 2024 release

Sony is working on the "PlayStation 5 Pro" and is aiming to release the console in 2024, according to a recent report.

Posted 8 days ago by Lee Brady 11

Naughty Dog’s new PS5 exclusive might take us beyond The Last of Us

A new PS5 exclusive title has been selected and is now in development over at Naughty Dog, Neil Druckmann confirms.

Posted 8 days ago by Sean Lawson 3

Hardware

Sony releases new PS5 firmware update to massage stressed gamers

Sony might have just added Discord and a few trophy tweaks in a system firmware update, but a new PS5 update is already here that brings us back to basics.

Posted 8 days ago by Kes Eylers-Stephenson 7

PS Stars

PlayStation Stars classic PS3 collectables appear to be broken, again

PlayStation Stars has added two classic PlayStation 3 collectables — however, just like previous PS3 collectables, they appear to be broken.

Posted 8 days ago by Lee Brady 0

Best of

Ranking the best Assassin's Creed games to the worst

Assassin's Creed games have been released by Ubisoft since the original hit PS3 in 2007. Now we have PS4, PS5, and Vita games, too. So, we are ranking the 14 entries from the best Assassin's Creed games to the worst.

Posted 9 days ago by Kes Eylers-Stephenson 9

Chart

New PS Plus games for March dominate most popular PS5, PS4 games chart

The new PS Plus games for March 2023, including Battlefield 2042, have dominated the most-played PS5 and PS4 games for the week in our exclusive data on 3 million players.

Posted 9 days ago by Kes Eylers-Stephenson 0

Another dying live-service game ends life with no platinum trophy fix

Another live-service title is scheduled to bite the dust in the coming months; however, the Lemnis Gate PS5 trophies are already unobtainable.

Posted 9 days ago by Sean Lawson 0

The Callisto Protocol Contagion DLC adds two crushing trophies to earn

The Callisto Protocol DLC trophies have consistently provided brutal challenges and the Contagion DLC trophies are no exception.

Posted 9 days ago by Sean Lawson 7

Resident Evil 4 trophies leak brutal challenges for PS5, PS4 release

Resident Evil 4 trophies have leaked ahead of the PS5 and PS4 game's March 24th, 2023 release date and will offer some of the series' most punishing trophies to date.

Posted 9 days ago by Lee Brady 15

PS Studios

The Last of Us' multiplayer spin-off gets trivial PS4 release hint

The Last of Us' upcoming multiplayer — and likely first major live-service push from Sony — has long been slated for PS5, but a trivial detail suggests PS4 release potential.

Posted 9 days ago by Kes Eylers-Stephenson 2

New PS Plus game library feature promises weird exclusivity

A PS Plus Exclusive tag has started appearing on the service, leaving PS5 and PS4 players confused.

Posted 9 days ago by Sean Lawson 5

PS Stars

PlayStation Stars spaceship reward teases The Last of Us Season 2

PlayStation Stars has added a new The Last of Us collectable that celebrates the conclusion of the HBO series and teases the show's second season.

Posted 9 days ago by Lee Brady 4

Vernal Edge PlayStation trophies now live

We have just picked up new trophies for Vernal Edge. There are 17 trophies, 4 of which are hidden.

Posted 9 days ago by Rich Stone 0

Round-up

ICYMI: a weekly round-up of the biggest PlayStation new stories from TrueTrophies

PlayStation-related news and announcements have once again been sliding across our front page. Check in here for the hottest TrueTrophies headlines for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.

Posted 10 days ago by Sean Lawson 0