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Overnight, Sony has announced the long-awaited release date and editions for Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. It’s releasing on June 11th exclusively for PS5. Marcus Smith, Creative Director at Insomniac took to Playstation Blog to reassure fans that the game is coming along nicely to be the “showpiece game” for your Playstation 5. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s been suspected ever since the game was announced but Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time is coming to Nintendo Switch on March 12th. The game is also coming to PS5/Xbox Series X with free upgrades for those already own the game on PS4/Xbox One. The game will support 4K/60FPS on next-gen consoles and will also release on March 12th. On PS5, the game will have 3D audio but also take advantage of...

Much like they did last year, PlayStation has launched the 2020 Wrap-Up which will tell you your most played games as well as how many hours you sunk into your PS4 and PS5 in 2020. You can head to the site and get your wrap. You’ll be able to find out the number of games that you played in 2020 (with the top three split into hours), exactly how many hours you sunk into games in 2020 split into gam...

Sony has confirmed that PS5 exclusive Returnal will now release on April 30th, 2021 instead of its original March 19th release date. Developer Housemarque says that it needed the extra time to polish the game and bring it to the level of quality that players expect from Housemarque. --- The Medium is finally available worldwide, but it could’ve been a very different experience from what we got in...

Sony has revealed February’s free PlayStation Plus games and it’s one of the best months in a while. We already knew that we’d get getting Destruction All-Stars, but we’re also getting Control Ultimate Edition which will get its next-gen patch in February and includes all of the DLC released so far. This will be available to all PS5/PS4 owners. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Microsoft announced February's Xbox Games with Gold over the weekend. In February you'll be able to get your hands on Gears 5, Resident Evil, Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition, Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb and Lost Planet 2. It was a whirlwind weekend for Xbox Live Gold. Microsoft initially announced that the service that is required for online gaming would be going up to what equates to nea...

Capcom took to their Resident Evil livestream this morning to announce that Resident Evil Village will release on May 7th for all current gen and next-gen PlayStation and Xbox consoles. Despite the fact that the game was initially only announced for PS5 and Xbox Series X, it’s ben confirmed that the game will be coming to Xbox One and PS4 on the same date. Those that purchase the game on PS4 and X...

We've been counting down our most anticipated games of 2021 starting with PS5, Xbox Series X and Nintendo Switch exclusives and finishing with all the multiplatform games we're excited for. Head to the site for the full lists, but here's a little taste of some of our favourites: Set a few years after the events of Resident Evil 7, Village sees players taking the role of Ethan once more when series...

Microsoft has announced more games that are coming to Xbox Game Pass in January. This includes the highly anticipated The Medium as well as three Yakuza games. There’s also a handful of games leaving including Final Fantasy XV, Death Square and a couple of others. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

EA has lifted the lift off of season 8 of Apex Legends. The game's 16th legend is called Fuse and he's all about explosives. When Season 8 launches on February 2nd, it'll bring with it a new weapon called the 30-30 Repeater, a futurized level-action rifle and a new 100 tier battle pass. In other Apex Legends news, it looks like the Nintendo Switch release date will come on the same date. See omnys...