The PS5 vapourware title Abandoned appears to be making a return, as its PS Store page was recently updated with new key art showing the title "Abandoned Prologue" and a release date of 2027. The description lists three versions: Realtime Experience, Prologue chapter, and Base game. Developer Blue Box Game Studios originally surfaced the project in 2021 before it fell into obscurity.
Alinea Analytics claims daily active players in Resident Evil 2 rose 48% in the week after Zach Cregger's new Resident Evil film released, from 78,000 to roughly 116,000, while the Resident Evil 4 remake gained 24% and Resident Evil 3 added 25%. On PS5, the outlet says Resident Evil 2 sales almost doubled during a sale and Resident Evil 4 purchases spiked 77%, predicting an 11% and 14% sales increase respectively from the film's impact. The stats are not official and Capcom also heavily discounted many Resident Evil titles around the movie's release.
PS5 pre-orders for God of War Laufey are now live, priced at $69.99 for the Standard Edition and $79.99 for the Digital Deluxe Edition, ahead of its 16th February 2027 release. Both editions share the same pre-order bonuses, including the Last Wish Armor Set, the Phranque Golden Leaves cosmetic and an in-game resource pack. Santa Monica Studio also detailed Faye's Serpent Bow controls and her customizable sword, bow and Catalysts.
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave topped the Japanese physical charts with 127,131 copies sold in the week of 14th-20th September, per Famitsu. Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter debuted at No. 2 on Switch 2 with 24,724 sales and No. 4 on PS5 with 21,753. Switch 2 led hardware with 34,341 units, while Xbox Series S came last with just 19.
Three classic Toy Story games — Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (PS1), Toy Story 2 (PS1), and Toy Story 3 (PSP) — have been delisted from the PS Store and removed from PS Plus Premium, with installed PS Plus versions also locked out. The delisting comes ahead of the release of Toy Story Retro Roundup and Toy Story 3 Complete Edition, meaning players will need to buy these new bundles to keep playing them.
In Zach Cregger's new Resident Evil film, Austin Abrams plays Bryan, a courier delivering a package containing the final ingredient for a cure to Raccoon City General Hospital, who is bitten by an infected girl and slowly mutates. By the end, Bryan fully transforms, devours the scientists, and dies as his mutation robs him of consciousness. The author praises this willingness to kill off the main protagonist, calling it a rare "bad ending" for a high-budget production and an antidote to the games' refusal to kill off their main characters.
Troy Baker hyped up Naughty Dog's Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet at Ottawa Comiccon, saying players "are not ready" and praising Tati Gabrielle's performance as lead character Jordan. He said the cinematics have just wrapped, and the game is expected to release sometime in 2027.
Ghost of Yotei: Complete Edition will include armour sets inspired by Astro Bot, Journey, and Helldivers. Players unlock them by playing the new Most Wanted mode, a roguelike mode featuring combat challenges and fights against one of the Yotei Six. The costumes can also be used in Atsu's main adventure and are assumed to be cosmetic skins.
Hamster has announced that Console Archives Chack'n Pop will launch for PS5 and Switch 2 on October 1 for $7.99 / 800 yen. The game was originally released by TAITO in 1985 for an 8-bit home console, and this version uses the Japanese ROM with English in-game text.
VGC went hands-on with the opening hours of Most Wanted, the new roguelike mode in Ghost of Yotei: Complete Edition, in which players fight waves of enemies from the base game before facing one of the Yotei Six. The run-based mode has players earn currency and upgrades each run, spend it in a menu to upgrade abilities and change each character's starting weapon, and unlock extra playable characters including Ghost of Tsushima protagonist Jin Sakai based on how much currency has been spent on other characters. Most Wanted and the Echoes of Sekigahara expansion release together on October 1 as $14.99 DLC, while a $69.99 Complete Edition lets new players start the base game now.
The LEGO Astro Bot set will be sold standalone for $24.99/£17.99, currently listed as "Coming Soon" on PS Direct. The 276-piece set stands about 20cm tall with a poseable head and arms and interchangeable eyes, and was originally included with early purchases of the LEGO PS1. LEGO PS1 pre-orders open on 1st October for LEGO Insiders and 4th October for everyone else.
Hackers have reportedly found a new PS5 jailbreak called Relapse that works on every firmware version except 14.00.00, which is less than two weeks old. Those who installed it say games from Marvel's Wolverine to The Witcher 3 Remastered can run, and the method is said to take under a minute. Because it works on firmware v26.05-13.60.00 from late July, games released before the September 16, 2026 14.00.00 update could be affected.
Naughty Dog studio head Neil Druckmann confirmed in a The Last of Us Day 2026 letter that two new projects set in The Last of Us universe are in very early development and will expand the canon beyond The Last of Us Part 1 and Part 2, though he did not say whether they are games or other media. Druckmann also said the studio will stay quiet for the rest of this year and will fully reveal Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet in 2027.
Sony is introducing a lottery system for PS5 Pro purchases on its Japanese online store to handle demand that outstrips limited supply. Applicants need a Sony account registered in Japan that has logged more than 60 hours of play over the past two years, and applications run from today until 7th October. If applications exceed available stock, a lottery will be held, with winners notified on 26th October and required to pay ¥137,980 within a week or lose their spot.
The Last of Us Part 1 and Part 2 remasters are at their lowest price yet on PC. Both on-sale versions are the remastered takes, with Part 1 featuring improved visuals and enhanced combat. The piece recounts Joel escorting Ellie in the first game and Ellie's pursuit of vengeance four years later in Part 2.
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor launches on PS5 on 7th October 2026, just over a year after its 1.0 release on PC following Early Access. On Steam it has over 24,000 user reviews marked Very Positive and an 86 Metascore. The game keeps auto-attacking and monster hordes while adding mining, classes, and area objectives drawn from Deep Rock Galactic.
Former PlayStation executive Shuhei Yoshida told The Verge that Sony and Nintendo should keep the current hardware generation going as long as possible, since players are happy with PS5 and Switch 2 and rising component prices make them reluctant to replace their systems. He said Xbox faces a different situation, as the Xbox Series X/S trails the PS5 and the company is pushing ahead with its next-gen Project Helix console.
Polygon rounds up six PS5 games launching in October, ahead of Zelda and GTA 6 in November. The list includes Ghost of Yōtei Complete Edition on Oct. 1, Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve and Star Wars: Galactic Racer on Oct. 2, Valor Mortis on Oct. 13, Anomalith on Oct. 28, and Phantom Blade Zero on Oct. 29.
Ahead of GTA 6's release, the PS5 Pro is short in supply in Japan, prompting Sony Japan to introduce purchase limits and a lottery. The system is limited to direct Sony Store purchases and requires a Sony account with at least 60 hours of playtime on PS4 or PS5 between September 27, 2024 and September 27, 2026, with one unit per customer, applications open until October 7, results confirmed by October 26, and delivery in the first half of November. Standard PS5 models remain in stock, and PlayStation sales in Japan have generally lagged behind Nintendo in recent years due to higher hardware prices.
Industry snoop NateTheHate2 has confirmed on X that Shaun Escayg's unannounced Naughty Dog project is not The Last of Us related. Naughty Dog confirmed this week that alongside Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, which gets its full reveal in 2027, it is working on a couple of The Last of Us projects. Escayg, creative director of Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, posted a photo of an Uncharted-esque location in Trinidad & Tobago earlier this year captioned "research," fueling speculation he is working on a new Uncharted.
David Jaffe, creator of the original God of War, spoke out on Twitter/X after his critical live-stream remarks about Laufey creative director Ariel Lawrence went viral, urging people not to use his comments as an excuse to harass her. Jaffe said the two never got along during their time at Santa Monica Studio but called personal attacks on her "low and s**tty." God of War Laufey releases on February 16, 2027, exclusively for PlayStation 5.
Xbox has begun testing a new achievement feature called Mythics, which is earned by unlocking all of a game's achievements excluding DLC and updates, and it is retroactive. The feature is currently limited to Xbox Insiders beta testers and will roll out to everyone later. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma had previously confirmed on social media that the team was working on something for later this year.
Naughty Dog studio head Neil Druckmann said in a September 28 Outbreak Day blog post that the team will stay quiet about Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet for the rest of this year. In 2027, the studio will fully reveal the sci-fi action game and give a proper look at protagonist Jordan's adventure. Druckmann said the project is shaping up to be Naughty Dog's most ambitious yet and thanked fans for their patience.
Pre-orders for God of War Laufey are now open, and the game launches February 16, 2027 on PlayStation 5. The trailer says that for Laufey (Faye), warrior and wife to Kratos, death was supposed to be the end, but a new adventure is just beginning.
Naughty Dog announced on its blog that it is working on "a couple of very exciting new projects in very early stages" that will expand The Last of Us canon beyond Part I and Part II. Neil Druckmann did not specify whether these are standalone games or expansions for existing titles. The studio officially scrapped The Last of Us Online, a live service take on the series, in 2023.
NateTheHate said that the project Shaun Escayg is working on at Naughty Dog is not related to The Last of Us. He added that he has only minor details and is not prepared to share them at present. The claim came from a discussion on Reddit's gaming leaks and rumours board.
Naughty Dog co-creator Neil Druckmann revealed in an Outbreak Day blog post that the studio is working on two new projects in very early stages that will expand The Last of Us canon beyond Part I and Part II. Druckmann wrote "projects" rather than "games," leaving open the possibility of TV, movies, comics, books, or something else. With Naughty Dog yet to release Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, it will likely be a while before these projects surface.
Control Resonant launched last week on PlayStation 5, and Remedy's lead level designer, art director, and lead gameplay designer discussed the art direction and design behind its characters and environments. The game keeps dynamic destruction and reactive environments while presenting a movie-like retro "Strange York" version of New York. Boss fights are intended as skill checks, and areas like The Gap and the Sinkhole reflect Dylan's psyche and gravity-warped spaces.
Mexican Senate digital rights commission president Luis Donaldo Colosio Riojas and federal deputy Iraís Reyes unveiled a legislative initiative to clarify whether digital purchases are products or licences and to push for digital preservation after servers shut down. It would also require companies selling digital goods in Mexico to have a Mexican business address so authorities can intervene on consumer rights issues. The pair previously filed an antitrust complaint against Sony over its move away from physical games, with Sony planning to end physical disc support in 2028.
Sony and its affiliates do not plan to exhibit at CES in 2027, marking Sony's first absence since the event began in 1967. A Sony spokesperson told Bloomberg the decision reflects its current focus on "entertainment, intellectual property, and technology geared to support creators." Sony's usual CES presence has included keynote addresses and PlayStation hardware news, such as the PS5 logo reveal in 2020 and the PlayStation VR2 and Horizon: Call of the Mountain announcement in 2022.
God of War Laufey will launch on PlayStation 5 on February 16, 2027, with pre-orders opening September 29 on PlayStation Store and at participating retailers. Pre-order bonuses include the Last Wish Armor Set, the Phranque Golden Leaves cosmetic and an in-game resource pack, while the Digital Deluxe Edition adds the Dark Alchemy Armor Set, Blade, Bow Scales and Catalyst plus a digital mini artbook and soundtrack. Sony also detailed Faye's Serpent Bow, which offers a full-aim precision mode and a half-aim hip-fire mode, along with interchangeable Scales and unlockable skills.
Game Informer staff have picked the 10 games they consider the absolute best on PlayStation 5. The list is unranked, presented in reverse chronological order, and will be updated over time with new releases. Titles bumped from the list remain at the bottom as previous entries.
Santa Monica Studio revealed new combat details for God of War Laufey, including a new weapon for protagonist Faye called the Serpent's Bow, which offers ranged attacks that can be woven into melee combos and charged shots that fire up to five arrows at once. Pre-orders open September 29 with the Last Wish Armor Set, Phranque Golden Leaves appearance and an in-game resource pack, while the Digital Deluxe Edition adds Dark Alchemy gear, a digital mini artbook and the official digital soundtrack. God of War Laufey launches on February 16 for PlayStation 5.
Sony Interactive Entertainment is reportedly sending developers a survey that indirectly asks how they feel about ending physical game sales, according to the Moore's Law is Dead YouTube channel. Sony had announced it would end physical disc production starting in January 2028, citing a shift toward digital media, while Game File reports four-fifths of games bought on PS4 and PS5 last financial year were digital. Industry figures including Iam8bit, Lost in Cult and PM Studios' Michael Yum have criticized the decision.
Suri: The Seventh Note, in development for four years, launches on PS5 on October 30, 2026, with pre-orders now open. The game draws on Indian art and architecture, records 80 percent of its music with original analogue instruments, and sets a 480-millisecond gap between main beats to balance player input response with rhythm. A Standard Edition and a Digital Deluxe Edition are available, the latter including an exclusive Chandini Skin DLC and 3-day early access, with a 20 percent pre-order discount for PlayStation Plus members. The game is part of the PlayStation India Hero Project.
God of War Laufey will launch on PlayStation 5 on February 16, 2027, with pre-orders opening September 29 at 10:00am local time. Pre-order bonuses include the Last Wish Armor Set, the Phranque Golden Leaves appearance and an in-game resource pack, while the Digital Deluxe Edition adds Dark Alchemy gear, a digital mini artbook and the official digital soundtrack. The post also details Faye's Serpent Bow, which has a full-aim precision mode and a half-aim hip-fire mode, plus interchangeable Scales that change its look and playstyle.