From Xbox to Nintendo, gamepads tend to have a similar set of face buttons. A, B, X, and Y are the choice de rigueur. Early consoles like the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) used A and B buttons, ...

Sony's PlayStation Plus is an enticing subscription service that offers a lot of value. Here is almost everything someone ...

It's too early to tell how much danger, of course, but a start-up called OnLive announced a brand-new game distribution system Monday night that, if it works as planned, could change the games game ...

A PS3 exclusive game, an RPG from 2011, is returning with a new remaster that will take the PS3 game multi-platform. However, some gamers are protesting the release over what they view is censorship ...

In a surprising move, Ubisoft announced the re-release of its long-forgotten PS2 and PS3 games on “new platforms,” which you can expect to include the PS5. The company entered a “strategic agreement” ...

What are the best controller games? Here at PCGamesN, we love our mouse and keyboard as much as the next PC gamer, but even we have to admit that they're not always the optimal input. The ...

Refunding a game on the PlayStation Store is typically a hassle. The process is unnecessarily long and usually ends with players not getting a refund. That is finally about to change, as Sony has made ...

Sony has announced its PlayStation Plus monthly lineup of games for September 2025, which includes a Xbox-published title and a hugely popular farming sim. Further solidifying the friendship between ...

The PlayStation 3 era marked a major evolution in open-world design. With improved hardware came larger maps, more dynamic systems, and deeper player freedom, and the best open-world games allow ...

Dave has been with Joystiq since 2006 and has done it all: He's covered gaming industry news and contributed countless features, reviews, interviews and preview pieces. Previously he lead Joystiq's ...

Former PlayStation executive Shuhei Yoshida has said he would have tried to resist Sony’s controversial live service video game push. Yoshida, who was President of SIE Worldwide Studios for Sony ...

Fairgame$, one of Sony's in-development live-service projects, appears to be digging itself further into trouble. Following a report earlier this year that the title had been delayed, a major blow was ...