PS5

PS5 headlines

• Sony's focus with PS5 will be on the 'hard-core' consumer and triple-A titles

  Sony says it’s designing PlayStation 5 to appeal to the “hard-core” gaming customer who prefers “graphics-heavy” games.

• Head of Bayonetta dev Platinum Games finds it hard to get excited about Scarlett and PS5 because they're just PCs

  Atsushi Inaba, head of Bayonetta and Metal Gear Rising developer Platinum Games, is not very enthused by what we know so far about the next generation of consoles.

• Cyberpunk 2077 release date, Night City, gameplay trailers, system requirements, romance options - everything we know

  Following an exciting new trailer at E3, CD Projekt Red’s next game, Cyberpunk 2077, catapulted to the top of everyone’s wish lists.

• With PS5 and Xbox Scarlett on the horizon, promises of long-term game support ring hollow

  As E3 winds down, it’s easy to imagine that many of the games we’ve just seen will get better versions a year or so after launch.

• The Elder Scrolls 6 is designed to be played for a decade or more

  Skyrim? A flash in the pan. The Elder Scrolls 6 is a game designed “for people to play for a decade at least,” Todd Howard says.

• Updated Sony patent explains how PS5 backwards compatibility is going to work

  Sony’s goal with PS5 backwards compatibility is for legacy software to run optimally on new hardware, but it’s also investigating ways it could run better.

• Rainbow Six Siege will likely come to PS5 and the next Xbox, with no sequel planned

  Ubisoft wants to keep Rainbow Six Siege going for a long time, and has no plan for a sequel.

• Sony will rely on PS5's backwards compatibility to ease players into next-gen

  Sony is hoping the transition to PS5 will be smoother now that players know they won’t have to build an entirely new library from scratch.

• PS5 release date, specs, games - everything we know

  It goes like this: Sony releases a console, the first year or two is fine, but it really starts to hit its stride in year three.

• Ray Tracing explained: how the lighting tech coming to PS5 can change games

• PS5: watch PS4's Spider-Man running on next-generation hardware

  A leaked video from Sony’s 2019 corporate strategy meeting for investors has given us a first look at a game running on PS5 hardware.

• GTA publisher doesn't expect next gen consoles to be disruptive

  Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick isn’t worried about the impact the next generation of console hardware will have on his company.

• PS5 won't hit the market until after March 2020 says Sony

  Sony has confirmed that its next console won’t launch until after the end of the current fiscal year.

• Sony's Mark Cerny says PS5 price "will be appealing in light of its advanced feature set"

  PlayStation architect at Sony, Mark Cerny, is hopeful the PS5’s feature set will justify the price of the console.

• PlayStation 5 features GPU that supports ray tracing, high-speed SSD

  PlayStation 5 will feature a solid state drive with higher bandwidth than any SSD available for PC, and a GPU that supports ray tracing.

• Sony shifting first-party development focus to PS5 - report

  As the beginning of the next generation of consoles slowly approaches, Sony has been working behind the scenes to kick it off with a bang.

• Websites and fans are being fooled by fake PS5 reveal invites

  Just a quick heads up in case you have seen reports of a PS5 reveal taking place next month . It’s fake. Promise.

• Square Enix working on a “new AAA title for PS5,” according to LinkedIn resume

  Square Enix studio Luminous Productions is working on a “new AAA title for PS5,” according to an employee’s LinkedIn resume.

• Sony is hiring for its next gen PS5 campaign

  A job listing on LinkedIn has revealed that PlayStation is looking to hire a senior product manager to “own the roadmap for next generation PlayStation campaign.”