An updated version of the classic 1997 PlayStation strategy RPG, Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles, is on the way. And better yet, it’s being worked on by some members of the original’s team. “It was Final Fantasy Tactics that inspired me to dedicate my life to becoming a game designer,” reveals Kazutoyo Maehiro, who was an Events Planner for the original, and now Director of The Ivalice Chronicles....
Email us at PSPodcast@sony.com! Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or download here Hey, everybody! Kristen, Tim, and I are back this week to discuss the Ghost of Yōtei State of Play that featured an in-depth look at gameplay, the moral ramifications of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s ending, and our current gaming adventures. Stuff We Talked About Next week’s release highlights: Monument Valley 3 | PS5, PS4 Wildgate | PS5 Wheel...
Ghost of Tsushima is celebrating 5 years since its legendary release. To celebrate, we asked you to share epic moments from Jin’s journey using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: Beat_Minerz shares a black and white image of Jin holding his katana against the moonlight Yuric83 shares a detailed portrait of Jin red armor with a half broken mask calisarah1998 shares Jin raising a katana beneath purple willow trees....
It’s almost Zed Time again. The gore-drenched co-op FPS, Killing Floor 3, is exploding its way onto PS5 on July 24. In preparation for launch, Studio Creative Director Bryan Wynia and Design Director Leland Scali from Tripwire Interactive took me through what to expect in this big, brutal and bloody sequel to one of the best blasters on the block. Play Video PlayStation Blog: In terms of gameplay, what was...
Poker roguelike Balatro is one of the most engrossing games released in the last generation of video games, and most people who play it end up losing sleep or otherwise disassociating from reality for long periods of time. To wit, the deck-building game was crowned Polygon’s 2024 Game of the Year. Some hands are just hard to pass up, especially when you’ve got a good rotation of Jokers pumping up...
CD Projekt Red revealed Cyberpunk 2077’s 2.3 update is slated to arrive on July 17 and that the patch focuses on vehicles and customizations. Update 2.3 will add three new cars and the first new customizable motorcycle in the game. Each new vehicle can be unlocked by completing quests, which Cyberpunk 2 Associate Game Director Paweł Sasko says will be triggered intuitively and will not count towards 100% completion. A...
Over the past decade, Dungeons & Dragons has gone from a nerdy niche tangled up with a satanic panic to a mainstream IP where a bunch of nerds can sell out Madison Square Garden playing it. Stranger Things’ kids on bikes helped shed a positive, post-satanic-panic light on the game, and its popularity has only grown since. Plenty of folks, myself included, played it for the first time over Roll20,...
PlayStation’s Summer Sale is almost here! Kick off the season with a wide range of offers on digital PS5 and PS4 games and add-ons at PlayStation Store starting July 16 at 00:00am PDT/BST/JST. The promotion includes the likes of EA Sports FC 25 Standard Edition for 79% off (PS5, PS4), Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 – Cross-Gen Bundle for 45% off (PS5, PS4), Assassin’s Creed Shadows Digital Deluxe Edition...
Hired heroes are characters in Fortnite that will fight alongside you — as long as you pay them. As part of the Supernova Academy story quest line, you need to damage opponents with a hired hero. You will need to pay them a decent amount of gold bars to hire them, but if you don’t know where to find them, then none of that will matter! Additionally, you’ll need to...
Five years after its original release, The Last of Us Part 2 received a free update, adding a mode that presents the game’s non-linear narrative in chronological order. Given the game’s track record of controversy, it wasn’t surprising that the announcement was met with mixed reception. Over the years, The Last of Us Part 2 has been on the receiving end of a wide range of complaints — about how...