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Email us at PSPodcast@sony.com! Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or download here Hey, everybody! Tim, Kristen, and I are back this week to talk about the upcoming release of Saros, the cartoon world of Mouse: P.I. for Hire, best convenience store snacks, and upcoming updates. Stuff We Talked About Next week’s release highlights: NTE: Neverness to Everness | PS5 MotoGP 26 | PS5 Saros | PS5 inKonbini: One Store. Many Stories | PS5 Invincible Vs | PS5 Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 announced — The annual Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour two-day event happened this past weekend, and with it came a host of new announcements for FighterZ, Sparking Zero, revealing Xenoverse 3 coming in 2027, and more. Neverness to Everness gameplay details — See what’s in store for this anime-inspired open-world title with Persona 5 and Porsche collabs, first-person mode for dates, and the Bank Heist stages. Coming to PS5 on April 29. Helldivers 2 Exo Experts Warbond — The new Warbond arrives April 28 ready to roll out some new goodies. Check out new machine-based weapons and Stratagems, armors, and emotes. Gran Turismo 7 update — Add the Porsche 911 Turbo S Leichtbau, Renault Twingo ’93, and Yangwang U9 ’24 to your garage today. In addition, Power Pack owners can access new challenges, and there are updates for the Gran Turismo World Series. Saros starter tips — Learn how to adjust your level of challenge with Carcosan Modifiers, see expanded accessibility options, and gain helpful insight to prepare for the perilous journey ahead on April 30. Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced — The remake of this swashbuckling tale arrives on PS5 July 9. See how the new game expands on sailing and combat in our hands-on report. The Cast View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image Kristen Zitani – Senior Content Communications Specialist, SIE View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image O’Dell Harmon Jr. – Content Communications Specialist, SIE View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image Tim Turi – Content Communications Manager, SIE Thanks to Dormilón for our rad theme song and show music. [Editor’s note: PSN game release dates are subject to change without notice. Game details are gathered from press releases from their individual publishers and/or ESRB rating descriptions.] View the full article

Last week, we asked you to share portraits of Grace in Resident Evil Requiem using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: riainwonderland shares younger Grace holding a flashlight in the dark midnight.hyp3 shares Grace standing in red lighting Yuric83 shares Grace’s FBI report reflected in her glasses grayfoxvp shares Grace sneaking past an exit sign Ixion_VII shares Grace in the Lady Dimitrescu costume leonsbathwater shares Grace throwing a punch Search #PSshare #PSBlog on Twitter or Instagram to see more entries to this week’s theme, or be inspired by other great games featuring Photo Mode. Want to be featured in the next Share of the Week? THEME: Cozy SUBMIT BY: 11:59 PM PT on April 29, 2026 Next week, share moments from your favorite cozy game using #PSshare #PSBlog for a chance to be featured. View the full article

Has it really been 13 years since we took privateer-turned-pirate and assassin Edward Kenway across the seven seas? Assassin’s Creed Black Flag remains one of the series’ most treasured titles, so whether you’re familiar with its swashbuckling exploits or a new fish to its depths, Ubisoft’s announcement of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced on PS5 offers the perfect chance to see why it’s hoisted in such high regard. A faithful remake which focuses on the original’s core single-player adventure, the development team haven’t only applied a fresh lick of presentational paint to Assassin’s Creed Black Flag. They’ve also looked at quality of life gameplay improvements, conducting workshops for player feedback to ensure any changes didn’t stray too far from what made the game tick. So, what can we expect? Play Video What’s back from the original Edward Kenway Returns: Of course, Captain Edward Kenway is central to Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, his story remaining the driving force of the game. Performed by Matt Ryan, the character’s original voice actor, Kenway is joined by his iconic cast of notorious real life pirates, including Blackbeard, Anne Bonny, and Charles Vane. Caribbean Setting: As with its story, the luscious locations are all present and accounted for, with its bustling cities, dense jungles, and sun-kissed beaches spread across the likes of Nassau, Kingston, and Havana. Your vessel: Kenway’s ship, the Jackdaw, was a big part of the original game, and rest assured, you can still set sail, engage in boarding parties and raids, and listen to the crew’s jaunty sea shanties. What’s new or improved PS5 Pro Enhancements: Ubisoft is taking advantage of PS5 Pro to deliver an immersive pirating adventure. “We were extremely impressed with the enhanced PSSR. It really redefines the graphics experience in console games. It allowed us to render our dynamic tropical world full of swaying palm trees, violent storms and rogue waves without visible upscaling artifacts, delivering sharp pixel quality and great image stability.” – Jussi Markkanen, Technical Director, Ubisoft Singapore “Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced pushes ray tracing further across all modes on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Pro. PlayStation 5 brings more consistent lighting, while PlayStation 5 Pro delivers a no-compromise experience with advanced ray tracing performance and enhanced PSSR.” – Nicolas Lopez, Technical Architect, Ubisoft Montréal New Game Engine: Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced uses the latest version of the Anvil engine, which means more detailed character faces, richer animations, and denser crowds. And it shows – the varied environments, on land, across the sea, and beneath the waves all look more vivid, vibrant, and expansive. Expanded Soundtrack: Some new audio tracks join the visuals, with French musician and Assassin’s Creed fan Woodkid contributing. And those sea shanties I mentioned earlier? Well, expect even more to be added to your favourites. Parkour Improvements: Kenway was always fleet of foot, but now he is even more agile with an enhanced parkour system which includes the ability to perform three jumps along with back and side ejects. The result is smoother traversal movement that flows more naturally, feels tighter, and makes assassinations look even better. And speaking of assassinations… Reworked Combat System: Fighting is faster and more fluid, with an emphasis on making the most of your combos, perfect parry, and up to four chained takedowns. There are also additional destructible elements in the environments to make your attacks feel even more devastating. Better Stealth: Kenway’s covert options have been given a polish, too. Now you can crouch freely – and speedily – to approach targets. Also, failing any tailing or eavesdropping objectives no longer end in an instant desync. Instead of having to restart the mission when you’re discovered, the target reacts to your sloppy stealth and you have to salvage the mission however you can. New Chapters and Storylines: New content has been added to both the modern day sections and the main tale, including a new scene with Edward’s wife Caroline, specifically written by the original’s lead writer, Darby McDevitt. Kenway’s not the only character to benefit from fresh writing, either, with expanded arcs for some of the other crew, such as Blackbeard. New Characters:There are also few fresh faces, via new officers Lucy Baldwin, The Padre, and Deadman Smith. Each one has a unique backstory and special abilities – for example, Deadman can unlock a devastating double shot from broadside weapons on the Jackdaw – but you’ll need to earn their trust to recruit them. Expanded Naval Arsenal:While we’re talking about the Jackdaw, sea battles are even more spectacular via new alternate fire upgrades for every weapon. Navigating also has a little more spice to it due to the dynamic weather system affecting how the ship handles. And most importantly for animal lovers, you can now recruit a cat or monkey to your crew. And all of this is just the start. There’ll be more info fired across the broadside of the coming months as Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced sails towards its July 9 release on PS5. View the full article

Hey everyone! We’re really excited to be back on PlayStation Blog with a brand new trailer for Zero Parades: For Dead Spies. Last year in September’s State of Play, we showed off some of the gameplay features that set Zero Parades apart. Today, we want to shed some first light onto the characters at the heart of our story. Play Video In Zero Parades, you play as Hershel Wilk, alias Cascade, a brilliant but cursed spy for the Operant Bureau who’s been brought back by her controllers for a desperate assignment. Five years ago, your old network — the Whole Sick Crew — was blown to pieces. Now, it’s up to you to put them back together as best you can: Karolina Cryptonym: Kindred The youngest member of the old crew, as much a younger sibling as an asset. You taught K everything she knows about the shadow arts, from infiltration, to handling interrogations and beyond. When you last saw her, she was undercover inside a highly experimental Dream Study. For all you know, she might still be there. Ramses Cryptonym: Radian The Whole Sick Crew’s resident circuit-surgeon, Ramses specializes in audio surveillance and forensics. There’s no line he can’t tap, no room he can’t bug. He was also the closest thing you had to a true friend among the old crew, someone you could let your guard down around. You dearly miss sinking into an old couch with one of his meticulously rolled joints. Tempo Cryptonym: Taxman Some people have a huge presence in a room, Tempo has a huge presence in rooms he’s not even in. This larger-than-life character is a major player in the Portofiran underworld. The kind of guy who can get you anything through legal channels and absolutely everything through non-legal ones. He was one of the first to spot the promise of Luzian tech and pop culture before it took over the world, and he’s made a killing for his foresight. You’ll know him by his colourful manner of speaking and the imported Ouroboros Black cigarettes he chain smokes. Vespar Cryptonym: Virtue Vespar is a member of the carabineros – Portofiro’s elite investigative police. His connections to the city’s authorities and informants within the local mob make him an invaluable source of illicit information.. When he’s off-duty, you’ll find him drinking at the Fogged Mirror. When he’s on-duty, honestly, there’s a fair chance you’ll find him drinking there as well. Eszti Cryptonym: Estoc No-nonsense, venom-tongued, and extremely competent, Eszti found herself deep undercover in the Portofiran government as a liaison with EMTERR – a global development bank and rival intelligence service. It was Eszti who stuck her neck out to warn you that the network had been compromised, but when it came time to leave town, you left her out to dry along with everyone else. Holocene Real name unknown Your enigmatic second-in-command and the crew’s master cryptographer. HOLOCENE has a theory about almost everything, including one about a rival intelligence service run by cats. If you need a cipher decoded, he is your guy. If you need someone to have a normal conversation with, maybe look elsewhere. That’s it – the Whole Sick Crew, aka: The Friends You Left to Die. To pull off your assignment, you’re going to have to get at least some of them back on your side. It’s not just about who you can trust, it’s who can trust you? Zero Parades: For Dead Spies is coming this year on PS5. Wishlist it today. View the full article

Today we are thrilled to share our launch trailer for Saros, coming out on April 30 for PlayStation 5 and enhanced for PlayStation 5 Pro. We’re also excited to share new information on gameplay modifiers, accessibility options, and more. Play Video For our launch trailer we wanted to show more mystery, characters, weapons and, of course, more bullet ballet action for you all. The opening features Stack, performed by the brilliant Keone Young (Deadwood) painting images that are being forced into his mind on Carcosa, followed by stunning imagery of the Cathedral. The perfect way to establish the tone and world we are launching you into. We also tease a mysterious future London alley and a hotel corridor that you’ll experience as Arjun. Saros is more than just a dark sci-fi action game – we can’t wait for you all to experience these story focused liminal spaces during Arjun’s journey on Carcosa. There’s also more twists and turns, but it’s best if they are experienced when playing. Last, but not least, we wanted to show more action, including the main weapons and Power weapons you will use. Two key Carcosan weapons shown in the trailer are Chakram and the Illumine Beam Power weapon. Saros features multiple weapon archetypes and multiple weapon variants which are generated every cycle. The trailer also gives you a glimpse of the incredible boss fights you’ll engage in against the Overlords of Carcosa. This is just a taste of what you will encounter. Carcosan Modifiers allow you to adjust your experience With Saros we set out to create a challenging and rewarding action game where every death is valuable. So prepare to die, but also come back stronger with every cycle. With Carcosan Modifiers, you can adjust your experience to lower the challenge… or ramp it up. Find a balance that’s more suited to you. Combined with the Armour Matrix, you’ll love upgrading Arjun and adjusting your stats and abilities. For players who want less challenge to beat that boss or a tough biome, use Protection Modifiers to adjust your experience. Damage Enhancement allows you to increase your damage dealt to hostiles. Shield Power Enhancement makes your Soltari Shield not consume power so you can use your Power Weapon more often. Lastly Overlord Restoration is a game changer which allows you to be at full armor integrity when you face the Overlords on Carcosa. For players who want even more challenge, use the Trial Modifiers. Weapon Decay means your main weapon will decay through usage. Hostile Death Projectiles is pretty self explanatory. Last but not least my two favourites are Growth Incapacitor I, which removes second chance, and Growth Incapacitor II, which removes all Armor Matrix enhancements for even more of a challenge. Expanded accessibility As well as Carcosan Modifiers, Saros also has accessibility features at launch. It was a goal of our team to build upon Returnal’s accessibility features and expect a deep dive into these features ahead post launch. Today we are happy to share that we will support colour blindness features. For example, we can ensure all players can distinguish between Normal, Corrupted and Nova projectiles. There’ll also be a Dialogue focus mode feature, controller remapping and plenty more. More news on our full feature set coming post launch. Amazing collaborators and gratitude We have worked with amazing collaborators on Saros at Housemarque and we also wanted to give them a shout out for this launch focussed blog. As well as the amazing teams at PlayStation, Nixxes, PlayStation Creative Arts and Xdev, we have also teamed up with lots of brilliant external studios filled with artists and developers that have made Saros what it is today. Thanks to everyone who contributed from these fantastic teams and also to our amazing cast of actors who provided the soul for our characters you will love and lose. We are also happy to announce that award winning graphic novelist and storyteller Ram V, worked with our narrative team at Housemarque on the characters and world of Saros during our pre-production. Ram’s approach to cosmic horror, authenticity and his perspective helped us shape Arjun and Nitya as living and breathing characters.. Come back stronger April 30 As we prepare for launch we also wanted to thank you for following and supporting Saros since our announcement back in February 2025 and to all our Housemarque fans for the past 30 years. Your passion and hype has been amazing and we cannot wait for you to play Saros very soon. Saros is the next gameplay-first, single-player action game from Housemarque and our amazing collaborators. A dream project made by a dream team. Purchase the Digital Deluxe Edition of Saros for 48 hours early access to the game. View the full article