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  News Gacha Sensation Zenless Zone Zero Surpasses 50 Million Downloads Across All Platforms

  There are free rewards for everyone

  Chinese juggernaut HoYoverse has another hit on its hands: Zenless Zone Zero has surpassed 50 million downloads since launching earlier this week, on 4th July. That number is accurate across all platforms, so includes PS5 as well as PC and mobile. The game did have 40 million pre-registrations prior to launching...

  • 3m ago
  • HoYoverse
  • PS5
  • Zenless Zone Zero
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  Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 536

  Rest period

  The video game release schedule continues to slow while the sun just about hangs in the sky for some acceptable UK temperatures this weekend, so it should come as little surprise that we don't have much going on in the industry right now. Our own pre-season, if you will. Still, we've managed to find one or two games to pass the time...

  • 3h ago
  • Talking Point
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • What Are You Playing
  • Features
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  News Bleach: Rebirth of Souls Announced for PS5, PS4, and Yes, It's an Arena Fighter

  It's about time

  Despite its overall popularity, Bleach has always been severely underrepresented in video games — especially compared to the likes of Naruto and One Piece. That's about to change, however, with Bleach: Rebirth of Souls. Freshly announced at Anime Expo 2024, this adaptation covers a good chunk of the source material, through to the...

  • 9h ago
  • Bandai Namco
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Bleach
  • Trailers
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  Live Watch the Bandai Namco Summer Showcase 2024 Right Here

  Live from Anime Expo 2024

  Want to watch the Bandai Namco Summer Showcase 2024? Well, you've come to the right place. The Japanese publisher's event will be livestreamed straight from Anime Expo 2024, which is happening this weekend in Los Angeles. As such, you can expect announcements and news surrounding anime-based titles from Bandai Namco, such...

  • 11h ago
  • Live
  • Bandai Namco
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Live Chat

YesterdayFri, 5th Jul 2024

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  News Capcom Ends New Content Support for Exoprimal

  Roughly one year after release

  Roughly one year after its release on PS5 and PS4, Capcom has announced that it's ending support for Exoprimal. To be clear, the action-shooter will remain online and nothing's getting taken away from players — but there won't be any new content coming beyond the end of Season 4, which cuts off on the 11th July...

  • 1d ago
  • Capcom
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Exoprimal
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  107

  Talking Point What's Your PS5 Game of the Year for 2024 So Far?

  Halfway there

  Now that we're officially halfway through 2024, it's time to take a look back at all of the PS5 games we've played so far this year and decide on the current Game of the Year contenders. From where we're sitting, it's been a solid six months, which have offered up some fantastic titles across a range of genres. In order to talk things...

  • 19h ago
  • PS5
  • Talking Point
  • Polls
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  Poll Are You Playing Zenless Zone Zero?

  Zzz or ZZZ?

  Yet another gacha-based craze is currently sweeping PlayStation in the form of Zenless Zone Zero — an action RPG with a quirky futuristic setting. This is the latest release from ridiculously prolific developer HoYoverse, and we'd bet on it making the company a whole lotta money. HoYoverse is the Chinese outfit behind fellow...

  • 20h ago
  • HoYoverse
  • PS5
  • Zenless Zone Zero
  • Polls
  • Features
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  News Ys X: Nordics Carves Out an October Release Date on PS5, PS4

  Ys please

  Ys X: Nordics now has a confirmed release date on PS5 and PS4. Falcom's action RPG launches on the 25th October, which means that it's surrounded by heavy hitters like Metaphor: ReFantazio (11th October), Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake (14th November), and Assassin's Creed Shadows (15th November). The last few months of 2024 are looking...

  • 1d ago
  • NIS America
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Ys
  • Release Dates
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  News Trails through Daybreak 2 Gets Surprise Early 2025 Release Date in the West

  Breaking

  The West is now coming very close to being completely caught up on the Trails series. Trails through Daybreak 2 has just been confirmed for a Western release — and that's crazy, because its predecessor, Trails through Daybreak, only just launched today at the time of writing. It's a seriously impressive turnaround by publisher NIS America...

  • 15h ago
  • NIS America
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Trails
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  News Metaphor: ReFantazio Gets a Fantastic Story Trailer

  Game of thrones

  Assuming you haven't already seen enough of Metaphor: ReFantazio, the RPG just got a fantastic story trailer, fresh from Anime Expo 2024. In it, we get a bit more background on some of the main characters — including the protagonist — and a glimpse of the world-shattering stakes that form the core of the game's narrative. "Fight...

  • 16h ago
  • Atlus
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Metaphor
  • Trailers
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  News Super Promising Fighting Game Blazing Strike Finally Grabs an October Release Date

  First strike

  Classically-styled 2D fighter Blazing Strike finally has a release date. The Street Fighter-inspired title's been floating around for years, but we've now got confirmation that it's launching in just a few months, on the 17th October. It's coming to both PS5 and PS4. Sporting some lovely sprite work along with an eye-catching cast of...

  • 13h ago
  • Aksys Games
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Blazing Strike
  • Release Dates

Thursday4th Jul 2024

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  News Sony's PSX DVR Is Being Saved From Extinction By The Xbox Modding Community

  Time Extension And your help is needed

  In the pantheon of PlayStation hardware, the Japan-only PSX surely stands apart as a unique slice of history. While it was sold as a high-end digital video recorder when it launched in 2003, it contains an integrated PlayStation 2 console, making it a popular choice for hardcore Sony fans over the past two decades. However,...

  • 2d ago
  • PlayStation
  • Modding
  • Xbox
  • PSX
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  15

  News Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Update Available Now, Here Are the Patch Notes

  To Erd is human

  Bandai Namco and FromSoftware have just released a new game update for Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, available to download and install now on PS5 and PS4. Version 1.12.3, as it's called, is largely aimed at tweaking the balance of certain weapons and attacks, mostly nerfing some overpowered abilities. In PvP, the Swift Slash...

  • 2d ago
  • Bandai Namco
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Elden Ring
  • DLC
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  69

  Poll Are You Playing The First Descendant?

  First!

  After what feels like an age of alpha and beta testing periods, The First Descendant has finally arrived on PS5. This free-to-play looter shooter is a little bit like a third-person Destiny, but instead of creating your own protagonist, you select playable heroes from a roster. Each of them is equipped with their own specialisations and...

  • 2d ago
  • Nexon
  • PS5
  • The First Descendant
  • Polls
  • Features
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  News Netflix's Horizon Zero Dawn TV Show Reportedly on Ice

  Horizon Zero Adaptations

  A new report from Rolling Stone claims that the TV adaptation of Horizon Zero Dawn is "no longer moving forward". The news comes as part of a wider story concerning showrunner Steve Blackman; he has been accused of toxic behaviour by several anonymous sources who have worked with him on the show

  • 2d ago
  • Sony
  • PlayStation Productions
  • Netflix
  • Horizon
  • TV
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  34

  News PlayStation Returns as TGS Exhibitor for the First Time Since 2019

  Four-year absence is over

  PlayStation will officially return to the Tokyo Games Show this year after being announced as part of the 731 company-strong list of exhibitors for the event. This is said to be the most exhibitors the Japanese expo has ever had, with a total of 3,190 booths showcasing the latest games and accessories both within Japan and...

  • 2d ago
  • Sony
  • TGS
  • Events
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  News Helldivers 2 Players Tasked with Restoring Interplanetary Battle Station to Full Operation

  That's no moon...

  Helldivers 2's intergalactic conflict continues to rage on, and an opportunity to secure something truly decisive has arisen. Having recently saved stranded and sick children and succeeded in sucking an entire planet into a black hole, the latest Major Order directs players to defend the planet of X45, where plans

  • 2d ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Helldivers
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  News Final Fantasy Creator Finished with the Series, Sees Himself as a Player

  The Final Fantasy

  Hironobu Sakaguchi, the storied developer and "Father of Final Fantasy," has no interest in returning to work on the series he helped make a household name. He also does not want to know how games in the franchise are made now, feeling that it would impact his enjoyment of playing future entries. Speaking to Bloomberg's Jason...

  • 2d ago
  • Square Enix
  • Hironobu Sakaguchi
  • Final Fantasy
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  News Free PS5 Urban Fantasy RPG Zenless Zone Zero Is Playable Now

  Hollow victory

  Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail developer HoYoverse’s next big thing, the uber-stylish urban fantasy RPG Zenless Zone Zero, is playable for free on PS5 right now. The game, which weighs in at a little under 50GB, sees you assume the role of a so-called Proxy, as you deploy a colourful cast of collectible Agents into Hollows to...

  • 2d ago
  • HoYoverse
  • PS5
  • Zenless Zone Zero
  • Out Now
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  News Remain Chill, Playable Mrs. Freeze Will Soon Join Suicide Squad's Rogues' Gallery

  Cool party!

  Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League's Season 2 roadmap has been revealed, and it includes a playable character who deserves her due. Nora Fries, better known as Mrs. Freeze, has been confirmed to be coming to the game, no doubt with some scores to settle, and will join the festivities alongside all kinds of cosmetic goodies from 11th...

  • 2d ago
  • Warner Bros
  • PS5
  • Suicide Squad
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  News Anime Expo 2024 Promises Big Game Announcements and News This Weekend

  Bandai Namco! Atlus! SEGA! NISA!

  Anime Expo 2024 is happening in Los Angeles this weekend (starting on Thursday the 4th July), and it should actually be a pretty important event when it comes to gaming. Numerous Japanese publishers will be present — including Atlus, Bandai Namco, and SEGA — and most of them are hosting their own panels and...

  • 2d ago
  • Anime Expo
  • PS5
  • PS4
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  News Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot Smashes Through 8 Million Sales

  KAKAROT!

  When it comes to commercial success, you should never bet against big-name anime games. Case in point: Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot has just topped 8 million sales — a figure that most titles couldn't even dream of reaching. Kakarot is an open world action RPG that retells the story of Dragon Ball Z (and a few others through DLC). It first...

  • 2d ago
  • Bandai Namco
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Dragon Ball
  • Sales
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  News RoboCop: Rogue City Dev Recruiting for Unannounced Action RPG Project

  I'm still scanning three

  Polish developer Teyon had something of a hit with its last effort, RoboCop: Rogue City, which became publisher Nacon's best-ever launch. The studio is looking to augment its development team further, with multiple job listings now open for an unannounced new action RPG, currently in development for PC and console. That's...

  • 2d ago
  • Teyon
  • Industry
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  Guide Zenless Zone Zero Guide: Your Ultimate Companion

  A full resource to mastering New Eridu City

  Zenless Zone Zero is Chinese developer HoYoverse's latest major multiformat gacha game, following on from Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. Available from 4th July on PS5, PC, and mobile, the company describes the outing as an urban fantasy RPG with action-oriented gameplay. In this Zenless Zone Zero...

  • 2d ago
  • Guides
  • Zenless Zone Zero
  • PS5
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  News Warhammer 40K's Iconic Melee Weapon Revs Up for Brutal Space Marine 2 Spotlight

  Full throttle

  In the grim darkness of the 41st Millenium, few weapons are more iconic than the chainsword, the preferred melee weapon of the Imperium of Man. Inelegant but brutally effective (especially in the hands of an eight-foot-tall genetically enhanced super soldier wearing a suit of powered armour), the fearsome chainsword is the star of a...

  • 2d ago
  • Focus Entertainment
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Warhammer
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  News Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers Anime Dated for 2025

  Sin-tillating

  Guilty Gear Strive's very own anime series, Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers, will air in 2025. The show got its first teaser trailer during Anime Expo 2024, which you can watch above. To be clear, this isn't just a retelling of Strive's already completely cinematic story mode. This is an additional narrative that focuses on Sin,...

  • 2d ago
  • Arc System Works
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Guilty Gear