The Returnal developer joins Sony's ever growing family of first-party studios.

It is now official: Housemarque has joined PlayStation Studios. This acquisition was rumored now for a little while, having been kicked around for about the past month or so.

Housemarque, as we know them, was first established back in 1995. Their first PlayStation title was Super Stardust HD for the PlayStation 3 back in 2007. Prior to that they made a few games for MS-DOS, Windows, Xbox, and...

The game's devs are working hard to restore access to the game.

LittleBigPlanet developers, Media Molecule, broke their Twitter silence today to reassure fans that they are working hard on restoring functionality to the game. They have been working on recurring server problems but you will have to wait just a little bit longer for them to be fully functional.

An update posted to Twitter earlier today says that they know fans are experiencing server issues with the game...

So long and thanks for all the games.

Sony has confirmed today that they will be shutting down the PlayStation Store for the PlayStation 3 and PSP on July 2, 2021. They will then shut down the Store for the PlayStation Vita on August 27, 2021. This is according to an email that has been sent out to PlayStation customers all over.

A support blog on the PlayStation site says that customers will be able to re-download and play their previously purchased games and video. Furthermore,...

Ever want to earn trophies in games that came before Trophies?

If you have ever played an older title, maybe even a retro one, and thought to yourself, "I wish I could earn trophies in this game," then Sony may have you covered. The company just recently patented a way to add trophies to older, emulated titles. Sounds neat, right?

This patent was first discovered back on March 18th by Reddit user Bartman013 from the GamingLeaksAndRumors subreddit. The patent...

-blows the dust off of the bits-

Hello and welcome to another installment of the irregular Newsbits! This CS-Nation staple that has lasted longer than the domain ownership is once again back with a quick and dirty installment. Today, we'll talk quickly about the PC release date for Phantasy Star Online 2 in the West, sales figures for both Persona 5 Royal and the Dark Souls franchise. Will there be more? Maybe! Read on to find out.

According to a new article from Forb...

Some games can be had for up to 80% off.

Sony just kicked off a big double discount sale for a bunch of PlayStation 4 games, a decent amount of PlayStation 3 titles, and a handful of Vita games. I say that this is a "double discount" because that's what Sony is saying. There is already a sale price for non PlayStation Plus subscribers. But if you are a Plus subscriber, there is an additional discount on top.

This means that non-Plus subscribers can get up to...

I only have the free PlayStation Plus games for January 2019 to share with you today as Microsoft has yet to reveal their Games with Gold lineup yet. Sony is offering up games like Steep and Portal Knights for PlayStation 4 owners in the new year. January has typically been a bit of a slower month for the service, which is really unfortunate for those who just got new consoles during Christmas.

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It's that time once again. The time in which we find out what free games you will get if you have either Xbox's Games with Gold or PlayStation's PlayStation Plus. Some of October 2018's offerings include Friday the 13th and Hitman: Blood Money.

Let's start with the Xbox this time.
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PlayStation Now is Sony's online streaming service that allows you to pay to play a variety of PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation 4 titles. Up until now, the only way to play these PlayStation Now titles was to stream the games online. You can understand how this might be an issue if your Internet connection sucks.

It is perhaps a good thing that Sony just announced that PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 4 titles offered through PlayStation Now can now be downloaded...

It's the end of the month again which means it's time for both Microsoft and Sony announced their lineup of free games coming to Games with Gold and PlayStation Plus.

This month we'll start with what PlayStation owners will get. The games for September 2018 include Destiny 2 and God of War III Remastered.
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The full free games lineup for both Xbox's Games with Gold and PlayStation Plus have finally been revealed for August 2018. Let's start with the Xbox games first.

• ($19.99 ERP): Available August 1 to 31 on Xbox One
• For Honor Standard Edition ($59.99 ERP): Available August 16 to September 15 on Xbox One
• Dead Space 3 ($19.99 ERP): Available August 1 to 15 on Xbox One and Xbox 360
• Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two

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Bethesda loves to re-release The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. I mean, it's become a joke at this point but a joke that has some basis in reality. For instance, we have Skyrim available on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. We have Skyrim VR available for the PlayStation 4 and PC. We have Skyrim Special Edition for Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. So, why so many Skyrim releases? It's simple: People keep buying it and people keep playing it. Bethesda's own Todd Howard talked about this ...