Before Saints Row was released, Embracer Group stated the game’s pre-orders were tracking above the company’s target, but it seems like post-release sales and reception haven’t been as great. CEO Lars Wingefors has revealed he “had hoped for a greater reception of the game” and acknowledged the Saints Row reception had been polarized. Saints Row
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Babylon’s Fall PS5, PS4 Copies Being Given Away for Free in Some Stores
by Ali Mahmudby Ali MahmudIn case you want a free coaster, head over to your nearest GameStop store to find out if they’re handing out free Babylon’s Fall PS5 and PS4 copies. Following the announcement of the game’s server closure, the U.S. retailer apparently started binning the discs, which is its policy for games that cease (or will cease)
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God of War Ragnarok PS4 version apparently weighs a whopping 90.6 GB, according to folks who’ve digitally pre-ordered the game on the last-gen console. Screenshots of the locked download screen were shared on sites like Reddit, which have been corroborated by the trusty PSN back end scraper PlayStation Game Size on Twitter. It’s unclear how
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PS4 System Update 10.01 Brings Some Good Ol’ Performance Improvement
by Ali Mahmudby Ali MahmudSony Interactive Entertainment rolled out PS4 system update 10.01 today, and it’s about as exciting as you’d expect. The update “improves system performance,” presumably to fix some of the issues players started experiencing following the rollout of the big PS4 update 10.00 in early September. Unfortunately, Sony doesn’t detail smaller changes so it’ll be a
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The second update arrived for The Last of Us Part 1 today and its main draw was a variety of fixes for Photo Mode and the game’s plethora of accessibility features. Unfortunately, the patch has also drawn a bit of criticism from players upset that the game’s Fidelity frame rate setting has been reduced regardless
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Deathloop Goldenloop Update Adds New Ending and PvP Crossplay Today
by Ali Mahmudby Ali MahmudDeathloop‘s PS5 exclusivity period came to an end today as the game made its debut on Xbox Series X|S and PC. At the same time, the Deathloop Goldenloop update was introduced on all platforms, bringing along a new extended ending and crossplay for PvP matchmaking amongst many other gameplay improvements and bug fixes. Deathloop Goldenloop
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GTA 6 Hacking Group Apparently Being Pursued by FBI for Multiple Cyber Crimes
by Ali Mahmudby Ali MahmudIt looks like the recent GTA 6 hack wasn’t the work of a lone wolf who managed to break into an employee’s workstation, as previously assumed. The high-profile breach in which GTA 5 and GTA 6 source codes were stolen was apparently the work of a hacking group called Lapsus$, which the FBI and U.S. Department
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Today I Learned: A Man Legally Changed His Name to ‘Mr. PlayStation 2’
by Ali Mahmudby Ali MahmudToday I Learned is a series where we dive into an interesting or head-scratching fact from PlayStation’s history that, as the title suggests, we didn’t know about until today. We all know the PS2 was a supremely popular console that changed the landscape of the gaming industry, but one PlayStation fan in the U.K. took his
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Insider With Excellent Track Record Turns Out to Be YouTuber Breaking NDAs
by Ali Mahmudby Ali MahmudA new “insider” behind a number of recent gaming leaks, all of which have been accurate, turned out to be YouTuber Dan Allen Gaming. In what looks like one of the biggest own goals in video games media, Dan Allen Gaming ended up exposing himself by accidentally replying to a comment on his alternative “insider”
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PS Plus Classics Finally Begin Getting Region Change Option in Europe
by Ali Mahmudby Ali MahmudIt looks like Sony’s begun rolling out a region change option for PS Plus classics in Europe months after it acknowledged that the European PAL versions of classics included in the revamped service suffered from performance issues. The PAL classics are currently being offered in Asia, Europe, Middle East, India, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.