Published on: 2025-06-10 21:27:21
The PlayStation 5 Pro launched back in November. A common view is that it was a much-needed upgrade on the PS5, but the improvements may not justify the $700 asking price. We’ve been waiting for the first deal on the new console since then, and six months on, you can now pick it up for $649 from Amazon. PlayStation 5 Pro for $649 ($51 off) The PS5 Pro is Sony’s biggest console refresh yet, built for players who want more power before a whole new generation. It packs a beefed-up GPU based on AMD
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-12 05:52:05
The big Memorial Day deals might be starting to come to an end, but PlayStation's Days of Play sale is just getting started. There are discounts on games, hardware and services, and it's the last one that we're interested in here. This rare PlayStation Plus deal means you can save up to 33% off your membership, depending on which tier you choose. The biggest discount comes on the Premium plan, but there are savings to be had across the range. The only catch is that you need to stump up for a f
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-13 21:54:44
In the midst of tariff concerns and a cost-of-living crisis, Sony has decided to throw a party. Starting May 28th and lasting till June 11th, Sony’s putting on its annual Days of Play summer event in which PS5s, PS5 accessories, and some of the console’s most popular games will go on sale. The sale is Sony’s first time discounting the PS5 Pro , which launched last year. You can check out the details of the sale on PlayStation’s website , but here’s a short list of what you can get. In the Unit
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-21 20:46:00
Sony is putting its PlayStation Stars rewards program on permanent hiatus. The program, which launched in summer 2022 and arrived in the US later that autumn, offered gamers a chance to earn points, collectibles and games by completing in-game activities similar to Discord's Quests. "Since launching the program, we've learned a lot from evaluating the types of activities our players respond best to, and as a company, we are always evolving with player and industry trends," Sony said in a blog p
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-22 08:45:14
Sony is opting out of its PlayStation Stars loyalty program. Starting today, you can no longer sign up for the program. If you're a member and cancel your membership, you won't be able to sign up again. Current members can still earn points and digital collectibles and level up their status until July 23 at 9:59 PM ET. After that, all campaigns and rewards will be kaput. The program will be entirely discontinued on November 2. But if you keep your membership until then, you can still redeem you
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-25 22:00:04
The iconic horror series Five Nights at Freddy's launched more than 10 years ago in 2014, and now PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscribers can test their survival skills in one of the newer entries in the series. PlayStation Plus is Sony's version of Xbox Game Pass, and it offers subscribers a large and constantly expanding library of games. There are three PlayStation Plus tiers -- Essential ($10 a month), Extra ($15 a month) and Premium ($18 a month) -- and each gives subscribers access
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-03 00:39:19
The iconic horror series Five Nights at Freddy's launched more than 10 years ago in 2014, and on May 20, PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscribers will be able to test their survival skills in one of the newer entries in the series. PlayStation Plus is Sony's version of Xbox Game Pass, and it offers subscribers a large and constantly expanding library of games. There are three PlayStation Plus tiers -- Essential ($10 a month), Extra ($15 a month) and Premium ($18 a month) -- and each gives
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-04 00:58:04
Even if tariffs on China have come down slightly, you should assume all your gaming consoles will cost more going forward. Sony, the makers of PlayStation, claims it is looking down the hole of around $680 million in lost revenue due to tariffs. The company says it has two options to remediate the impact of tariffs: moving manufacturing to the U.S. and increasing prices of products like its PlayStation 5. Knowing recent price increases from Nintendo and Microsoft, pricier PS5s sound highly likel
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-06 08:30:00
Shu Yoshida has graduated from Sony, but he is not retired. Rather, he is running a new indie games consulting company dubbed YOSP Inc. Yoshida’s appetite to do more in gaming shows just how much he loves indie game developers. He won a Lifetime Achievement Awards at Gamescom Latam 2025, where I did a fireside chat with him in front of a big crowd of admirers. Yoshida just completed 38 years at Sony, including 31 years at PlayStation, and he completed his last day at the big Japanese company’s
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-09 04:36:06
As first reported by 9to5Mac , PS5 users now have a direct way to buy games in the PlayStation store with Apple Pay. When you purchase a game on your PS5 with Apple Pay, you'll be shown a QR code that you can scan with your iPhone or iPad to complete the transaction from there. Previously, PS5 users had to go through the console's browser or the PlayStation App on iOS to buy games with Apple Pay. The latest update is a simple quality of life upgrade for PS5 owners since most already have a cred
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-07 21:51:08
In this edition: I examined the password system for the 1997 game The Lost World: Jurassic Park in Ghidra, the reverse engineering tool. This allowed me to replicate it in Python and uncover some previously-unknown cheat codes. They enable a stage select screen, an invincibility mode, and two photo galleries. I also found hundreds of thousands of valid passwords (with duplicate effects) for then PlayStation version. Read on for the details! Here’s a video showing some of the new stuff: Intr
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-14 12:24:00
Rockstar Games surprised everyone on May 6 by releasing a new trailer for the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto 6, and the company is expected to launch the game on May 26, 2026. Rockstar also posted on X, formerly Twitter, that the trailer was made from in-game cutscenes and gameplay on the PlayStation 5 version of the game. Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 2 was captured entirely in-game from a PlayStation 5, comprised of equal parts gameplay and cutscenes. pic.twitter.com/JWFfVYm3on — Rockstar
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-18 01:53:00
Something to look forward to: Anyone who thinks of Gears of War whenever they hear Gary Jules' cover of Mad World will be rejoicing at news that a remaster of the original 2006 game will land on August 26. Not only will it offer modern perks such as 4K resolution and up to 120 fps, but it also supports cross-play and cross-progression on all platforms, including the PlayStation 5 (first time the game is released on Sony's platform). Mike Crump, studio head at Gears of War developer The Coalitio
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-18 04:00:02
Balatro was selected as CNET's Best Game of 2024, and if you haven't played the poker-themed deck-building game, now is your chance. All PlayStation Plus subscribers can play the popular game and others from now till June 2. PlayStation Plus is Sony's version of Xbox Game Pass, and it offers subscribers a large, constantly expanding library of games. The three plans starting at $10 a month, but each tier gives subscribers access to monthly games and rewards. Here are all the games PlayStation
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-19 04:35:46
Microsoft is officially bringing one of its most well-known franchises to the PlayStation 5. On Monday, the company announced it will release a remastered version of the original Gears of War, called Gears of War: Reloaded, on Xbox Series X/S, PC and PlayStation 5 on Aug. 26 for $40. Game Pass Ultimate ($20 a month) and PC Game Pass ($12 a month) subscribers will also be able to access the game on Day 1. "Gears of War: Reloaded is a celebration of one of gaming's most iconic franchises," the co
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-26 00:00:24
Balatro was selected as CNET's Best Game of 2024, and if you haven't played the poker-themed deck-building game, now's your chance. All PlayStation Plus subscribers can play the popular game and others starting on May 6. PlayStation Plus is Sony's version of Xbox Game Pass, and it offers subscribers a large, constantly expanding library of games. There are three plans starting at $10 a month, but each tier gives subscribers access to monthly games and rewards. Here are all the games PlayStatio
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-05 17:03:37
The PlayStation 5 is getting a software update that brings back the looks of yesteryear. After fans applauded the move to apply the appearances of past Sony generations to their consoles' home screens during the PlayStation 30th anniversary last year, the company said it was working on making those permanent aesthetic options. That promised return of the four retro UI looks is the highlight of the upcoming PS5 update . Unfortunately, the start-up audio chimes that accompanied each generation ar
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-06 04:15:35
What a year for games based in Japan and featuring samurai, huh? After Assassin’s Creed Shadows in March, players can look forward to the PlayStation 5 exclusive Ghost of Yōtei October 2. Developed by Sucker Punch, the game takes place in 1603 Japan, over 300 years after 2020’s Ghost of Tsushima. Players take on the role of Atsu (Erika Ishii), a warrior seeking revenge against the people who killed her family. In the trailer below, we learn about her targets, the Yōtei Six: the Oni, the Snake,
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-06 09:15:35
What a year for games based in Japan and featuring samurai, huh? After Assassin’s Creed Shadows in March, players can look forward to the PlayStation 5 exclusive Ghost of Yōtei October 2. Developed by Sucker Punch, the game takes place in 1603 Japan, over 300 years after 2020’s Ghost of Tsushima. Players take on the role of Atsu (Erika Ishii), a warrior seeking revenge against the people who killed her family. In the trailer below, we learn about her targets, the Yōtei Six: the Oni, the Snake,
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-07 01:29:50
is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Sony has brought back its classic PlayStation console themes to PS5 as part of a new update, the company announced on Wednesday. The classic themes, originally introduced to celebrate PlayStation’s 30th anniversary, were supposed to be a limited time promotion. But shortly before the themes were set to go away, Sony promised that it would bring them back due to the “fantastic
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-07 18:40:46
It took the two biggest names in console gaming nearly a decade, but Sony and Microsoft finally seem to be learning the lesson Nintendo taught them ages ago. Handhelds are in season, and it seems Sony imagines its next big release will be a full-on portable PlayStation 5 (no, not that one). The real question is what it might be called, and if it will be released alongside a whole new console generation, namely the PlayStation 6. We have our doubts Sony will suggest a necessarily lower-power han
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-08 09:40:46
It took the two biggest names in console gaming nearly a decade, but Sony and Microsoft finally seem to be learning the lesson Nintendo taught them ages ago. Handhelds are in season, and it seems Sony imagines its next big release will be a full-on portable PlayStation 5 (no, not that one). The real question is what it might be called, and if it will be released alongside a whole new console generation, namely the PlayStation 6. We have our doubts Sony will suggest a necessarily lower-power han
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-20 18:16:00
Recap: Playing modern high-end games on handheld devices, even with technical compromises, was considered impossible before the Nintendo Switch and Steam Deck arrived. Their success has likely inspired Sony and Microsoft: the latter plans to leverage the emerging handheld PC market, and reports indicate a handheld companion to the PlayStation 6 is in the works. A prolific leaker recently provided basic hardware specs indicating that a rumored portable companion to the PlayStation 6 is significa
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-21 04:00:04
The world of Harry Potter has enchanted fans for almost 30 years in the form of books, films, video games and plays. And PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscribers can dive into that universe now with Hogwarts Legacy. PlayStation Plus is Sony's version of Xbox Game Pass, and it offers subscribers a large and constantly expanding library of games. There are three PlayStation Plus tiers -- Essential ($10 a month), Extra ($15 a month) and Premium ($18 a month) -- and each gives subscribers acc
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-26 17:02:34
is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Vampire Survivors is finally launching cross-saves today, but they won’t be available on PlayStation to start and have a “very slim” chance of coming to the platform because of a “legal issue.” “Last month, we told everyone that cross-save would be available on PlayStation 4 / 5, PC, Xbox, Android and iOS alongside our next free VS update in April,” according to a Steam post
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-27 16:00:13
The world of Harry Potter has enchanted fans for almost 30 years in the form of books, films, video games and plays. And PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscribers will be able to dive into that universe on April 15 with Hogwarts Legacy. PlayStation Plus is Sony's version of Xbox Game Pass, and it offers subscribers a large and constantly expanding library of games. There are three PlayStation Plus tiers -- Essential ($10 a month), Extra ($15 a month) and Premium ($18 a month) -- and each g
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-29 01:00:47
The world of Harry Potter has enchanted fans for almost 30 years in the form of books, films, video games and plays. And PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscribers will be able to dive into that universe on April 15 with Hogwarts Legacy. PlayStation Plus is Sony's version of Xbox Game Pass, and it offers subscribers a large and constantly expanding library of games. There are three PlayStation Plus tiers -- Essential ($10 a month), Extra ($15 a month) and Premium ($18 a month) -- and each g
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-29 21:19:45
Today Sony is adding a bunch of new features to the PlayStation Portal's Cloud Streaming option. The beta platform is getting updates such as the ability to sort games by recently added, name in standard or reverse alphabetical order or release date. Then there's the pause feature, which will stop the game if you open the PS Portal quick menu. Gameplay will also pause if you click the power button. Be warned, you will get disconnected from the cloud streaming session if more than 15 seconds go
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-14 09:20:05
A pair of cult classics from Sony's PlayStation Portable library are heading to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 and PC. As part of the Nintendo Direct showcase this March, Bandai Namco announced Patapon 1 + 2 Replay, a package that brings together brand new remasters of 2007's Patapon and 2008's Patapon 2. Originally developed by Pyramid and Sony Japan Studio, which shuttered in 2021, the two games combine elements from strategy and rhythm games. As the player, you must guide a tribe of anthropo
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-15 05:00:25
Back in 2022, Sony hired Garrett Fredley to join its then newly formed Preservation team, which has been working to find and save documentation of PlayStation's 30-year history since then. Now, Fredley spoke at Game Developers Conference to give an update about his team's efforts. In his Game File newsletter, Stephen Totilo has shared the details about Fredley's talk. Apparently, the team formed what it's calling the PlayStation Studios Vault to store everything it could find about Sony's game-m
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