PlayStation gamers urged to grab free store credit while you still can

Advert Advert “I’ve been holding out til I can redeem them for $20, but now that I do the math, there’s no point,”respondedone excited gamer, before hurrying off to make use of this brand new information (we assume, we can’t know for sure, but they’d be a fool not to). That’s gotta sting. However, as another PS user pointed out, they’d likely “saved more money” than they’d have been able to get from converting points, especially if they made no use of PS Plus for an entire year....

December 13, 2023 · 1 min · 123 words · Andrew Perez

PlayStation Plus announces 19 more free games for December

breaking news breaking news breaking news The final PlayStation Plus extra and premium tier drop of the year has finally arrived. How time flies when you’re trying to work through a backlog of games. Take a look atSablein action below. This month extra tier subscribers can enjoy:Grand Theft Auto V(PS4/5),Strangers of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin(PS4/5),Moto GP23(PS4/5),Metal: Hellsinger(PS4/5),Salt and Sacrifice(PS4/5),Moonscars(PS4/5),Mega Man 11(PS4),Gigabash(PS4/5),Grime(PS4/5),Tinykin(PS4/5),Prodeus(PS4/5),Shadowrun Returns(PS4/5),Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director’s Cut(PS4/5), andShadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition(PS4/5)....

December 13, 2023 · 1 min · 118 words · Peggy Whitehead

PlayStation Plus bonus freebie available in time for Christmas

Christmas is only a couple of weeks away, and while many of us frantically try to buy gifts after delaying the inevitable (please say it isn’t just me), there are ways to experience Christmas early, especially if you’re a PlayStation Plus subscriber.Oh yes, you don’t need to wait for good ol’ Saint Nick for the festivities to begin, with a newPS PlusFortnitecelebration pack available to all who worship at the altar ofFortniteand the PS....

December 13, 2023 · 6 min · 1168 words · Belinda Johnson MD

PlayStation Plus next free game appears online early, and it's a banger

The PlayStation Plus service keeps evolving regardless of the tier you subscribe to, whether it be Essential, Extra or Premium with new games constantly being added to its ever-expanding library. In 2022,Sonylaunched the PlayStation Stars feature on the PS mobile app. Essentially,PS Stars rewards you with digital collectablesand even points that can be redeemed against other digital collectables, but more importantly, a you can choose from a selection of video games or wallet funds to spend on thePlayStationStore....

December 13, 2023 · 2 min · 214 words · Yolanda Anderson

Prince of Persia The Lost Crown preview: a side-scrolling sensation

My time withPrince of Persia: The Lost Crownfelt like it was over too soon. We had three hours to play through the game from its dramatic opening of betrayal and intrigue to a point where mystical powers and abilities began to open up the MetroidVania 2D world. But I wanted more, which is surely a good sign, right? Three hours was just enough time to teach me the ropes while still dangling possibilities....

December 13, 2023 · 4 min · 829 words · Christian Jacobson

Steam refund policy changed so you can get your money back, no questions asked

What a messy ol’ week it’s been.The Day Before offered an ambitious and impressive pitch, although one that it could not fulfil. The game finally launched this week and players havelabelled it a scam. Whilst it claimed to be an open-world MMO, it ended up being an extraction shooter. The visuals paled in comparison to those shown off during gameplay teases, plus there’s the fact thatThe Day Beforeis packed with bugs and glitches....

December 13, 2023 · 2 min · 268 words · Rhonda Nelson

Steam responds to The Day Before controversy by announcing 'The Day After' sale on survival games

Skull Island: Rise of KongandThe Lord of the Rings: Gollumcan breathe a sigh of relief.The Day Beforehas undoubtedly bagged the title of 2023’s worst video game. It’s no real surprise thatThe Day Beforehas already been pulled from sale, with many players labelling it a scam. The game couldn’t quite decide whether it was an MMO or extraction shooter. On top of that, the visuals paled in comparison to those shown off in recent trailers, and the game was full of bugs, visual glitches, and questionable animations....

December 13, 2023 · 2 min · 252 words · Theresa May

Steam's gorgeous new free game smashes into top 10 most-played on platform

Check out THE FINALS trailer below! Advert Advert “As you know,THE FINALSis the world’s greatest free-to-play combat game show! Our contestants plug into our virtual world and join teams in escalating tournaments. They fight it out in our beautifully rendered arenas based on real-world locations that they can alter, exploit, and even destroy, it continues. So how popular isTHE FINALS, I hear ask? While exact data cannot be acquired for console numbers, at least on the Steam platform, not only hasTHE FINALSsmashed into the top ten most played games, butaccording toSteamDB, it currently sits firmly at the number one spot....

December 13, 2023 · 1 min · 166 words · Sarah Carroll

The Day Before volunteer dev says everything about the game was a lie

One volunteer developer onThe Day Beforehas spoken out against the game, claiming that “everything was a lie”. The Day Before fallout continues. To bring you up to speed,The Day Beforeis a game that promised a lot, and delivered very little. Pitched as an open-world post-apocalyptic MMO, akin toThe Last of Us, the game was instead a poorly crafted extraction shooter packed to the rafters with bugs, glitches, and shoddy animations. The release product did not match trailers or previous gameplay showcases in any way, shape, or form leading many players to brand the game a scam....

December 13, 2023 · 2 min · 302 words · Thomas Horn

The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim Ultima looks like an entirely new game

I’m not one to put my personal opinion across in my articles but seeingThe Elder Scrolls: Skyrim Ultimahas blown me away. Check out some funny wins & fails fromSkyrimbelow! Nukt took to Youtube tosharea 12-minute look at the gameplay you can expect fromUltimawhich sees our Dragonborn learn Words of Power from the Greybeards, fight sneaky bandits with new and improved third-person combat and even switch appearance at ease through a modern UI upgrade....

December 13, 2023 · 2 min · 316 words · Elizabeth Smith

Age Of Mythology is finally getting a remake

One of the more recent versions of this OG classic RTS isAge of Mythology: Extended Edition(2014), a remaster of the game initially released in 2002 forPC. Accordingto SteamDB, at the time of writing,Age of Mythology: Extended Editionhas garnered over 2,000 concurrent players in the last 24 hours. In the grand scheme of things that may not seem like a lot, but considering its age, this game is still generating more players than some AAA titles that were released much later than this classic....

December 12, 2023 · 2 min · 234 words · Maria King

Baldur's Gate 3 free downloads announced to celebrate Xbox launch

Xbox fans are happy they can finally playBaldur’s Gate 3. The game that has everyone talking is here and to celebrate Larian Studios are teaming up with Twitch to reward players with some very fancy clothing. Baldur’s Gate 3 is scooping a bunch of awards as a standout game The campaign has already started and will end on 5 January 2024 at 4pm (UK time). Up for grabs is a set of ‘camp clothing’ all in purple for Twitch....

December 12, 2023 · 2 min · 253 words · Kristin Thompson

Dying Light gets free PlayStation 5 remaster with 60fps and 4K

It’s always nice when one of our favourite games gets some added love and care from its developers and perhaps over the years, not many games have been as well supported as Techland’sDying Light.Originally released in 2015 for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One before arriving on Nintendo Switch in 2021, Techland has supportedDying Lightwith not onlyThe Followingexpansion in 2016 but also a wealth of DLC and content updates years after it was originally released and it’s arguably received its best update yet, eight years after its launch....

December 12, 2023 · 6 min · 1218 words · Kenneth Kerr