Stellar Blade releases on Friday, and the critical reception seems mostly positive so far. Director and Shift Up CEO Hyung-Tae Kim recently discussed the game’s inspirations, costume design, comparisons between Eve and Bayonetta, and more. Stellar Blade director talks costumes Kim discussed Stellar Blade’s costumes at length during a recent interview with Game Informer. He sees character design as his main strength and Eve’s costumes as a way to “show what I wanted to show.” It also allows players to experience Eve’s journey in their preferred style. He also went into detail about costume des ..read more

Media Molecule is working on a new game and it will be a completely new IP according to a recent job listing. The developer, known for feel-good franchises like LittleBigPlanet and Tearaway, as well as game creation system Dreams, has seemingly survived the recent rumors of its demise and is moving on with its next project. No LittleBigPlanet sequel on the way for now Details on Media Molecule’s project are pretty scarce at the moment as the job listing for the Principal Programmer – Art Technology, as spotted by Reddit, only mentions that the team’s “next adventure” will be a new IP. However ..read more

The PS Store sale for May 2024 has gone live ahead of the month, bringing discounts of up to 75% on select titles. Highlights include Monster Hunter Rise + Sunbreak (67% off) and Lords of the Fallen (50% off). Worth noting that Lords of the Fallen received its final free content update today, which adds roguelite elements and trophies to the game. PS Store sale May 2024 savings — full list of discounted games Head over to your local PS Store page for regional prices and availability. All games below are discounted until May 8. .hack//G.U. Last Recode 11-11 Memories Retold 428: Shibuya Scramb ..read more

Sony has rolled out PS5 system software update 24.03-09.20.00 for April 2024, the patch notes for which detail new features. As previously explained, the console’s Game Help feature has been expanded and Remote Play has been improved, among other things. PS5 system software update 24.03-09.20.00 patch notes (April 2024) The update weighs a little over 1 GB. Complete patch notes are as follows: Game Help has been expanded by adding Community Game Help features. In Game Help, you will see hints labeled Community Game Help in supported games, which indicates that the hint was generat ..read more

Wired Productions and developer Angry Demon Studio have revealed the Gori: Cuddly Carnage release date for PS4 and PS5. Gori: Cuddly Carnage release date and details The hack n’ slash game, which features a modified cat that slays killer unicorns while riding a sentient hoverboard, is set to be released on PS4 and PS5 on August 29, 2024. Pre-orders on PlayStation come with early access to the game on August 27, 2024. Humanity has been destroyed—and it’s up to Gori, along with his deadly but wise-cracking sentient hoverboard, F.R.A.N.K, and morose A.I companion, CH1-P, to slay the evil Adorabl ..read more

Wired Productions has confirmed it is publishing Chinese developer Pollard Studio’s mindbending psychological horror game Karma The Dark World. The first-person horror game will be released on PS5, but no official date has been confirmed yet. Karma The Dark World details For some reason, you’ve returned here. Everything has become strange. Your name, your appearance, your voice, and all your memories. Through the help of an old man, you connected with your past memories by way of a strange tape, and embarked on a journey to find your memories. In this dark world, experience strange encounters ..read more

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Update 3.2 has added a 40 FPS mode on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. The latest update, which is available now, also fixes issues with crashing, invisible NPCs, and the recurring problem of controller remapping being reset when the game is restarted. Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Update 3.2 patch notes Title update 3.2 was released today, April 23, and is approximately 2.4 GB on PS5. The main feature of the update was to introduce a 40 FPS mode on PS5 and Xbox, which can be used by players with 4K TVs that support up to 120Hz. Before today, the game had two graphics mode ..read more

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor has been released early on EA Play for PlayStation subscribers. The game wasn’t supposed to be available on the service until later this week, but players in the Americas, Europe, and Australia can all play the game as part of their membership right now, as well as make use of a discount if purchasing the game through the PS Store. The official Star Wars Jedi: Survivor EA Play release date A post on Xbox Wire revealed the actual Star Wars Jedi: Survivor release date on EA Play is April 25. In what is likely a mistake that hasn’t been corrected at the time of writing ..read more

Sony Interactive Entertainment has filed an intriguing patent designed to make “grindy” games easier to play. The patent describes a system that lets players have AI “auto-play” portions of games that are a grind, which is music to the ears especially of those who want to unlock excruciating trophies without resorting to methods such as rubber banding their controller sticks. Grindy games can be ‘less exciting’ and ‘less interesting’ to play, Sony acknowledges Spotted by Exputer, the patent application was originally filed in 2022 but was only just approved in April 2024. In it, Sony acknowle ..read more

A recent Tomb Raider I-III Remastered update quiet censored the game, much to the chagrin of some players. An April 11 update’s patch notes neglected to mention that Aspyr has nuked pin-up posters of Lara Croft, but it didn’t take players long to notice that they were gone, resulting in backlash. Tomb Raider I-III Remastered censorship update explained As noted in the Tomb Raider subreddit and by a large number of players across social media, the update removed pin-up posters of Lara Croft in the locker room seen in the “Sleeping with the Fishes” level of Tomb Raider 3: The Lost Artifact. Tho ..read more