Travis Scott is launching the Playstation 5 in his own way, with an incredible short film.

“A Travis Scott + Cactus Jack Experience – PS5: Unboxing Reimagined” is not only a mouthful, but an impressive ten-minute visual showcase.

Launching alongside is a Playstation themed Travis Scott merch line that includes everything from door hangers to an uber-limited Nike sneaker.

The Playstation 5 arrives in the UK on 19th November.

Not content with an epic Fortnite concert and his own McDonald’s meal, Travis makes the Playstation brand cool once again.

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Not even seven days removed from Microsoft’s price and release date reveal for their next-gen consoles – the Series S and X – Sony has returned a salvo with not only a price and release date of the Playstation 5 of November 19th in the UK (just over a week after the Xbox release and PS5 launch in seven key territories), but also a healthy splattering of titles and some clarity on backward compatibility options.

Much like the Xbox, PlayStation 5 will be available in two variations, a digital-only model, or a full-fat version with a Blu-Ray disc slot.

Priced at £349 and £449 respectively, the starting price may be £100 more than the entry-level Xbox, but both Playstation models are identical in horsepower as opposed to the slightly pared back Series S.

Sony confirmed the PS5 will feature backward compatibility via a legacy mode that will allow developers to create PS4 titles for the next-gen without losing functionality, but boosting visuals and audio.

It’s proposed that at launch only 100 PS4 games will available to PS5 but “that will increase over time” according to head honcho Jim Ryan.

Based on last night’s showcase, the games are where PlayStation is going to really set the bar with higher resolutions, ray-tracing and more – highlights included:

• Spider-Man: Miles Morales
• Horizon: Forbidden West
• Godfall
• Devil May Cry V: Special Edition
• Final Fantasy XVI
• Hogwarts Legacy
• Resident Evil 8 (Village)
• God of War: Ragnarok 

Look out for our more in-depth look at the release titles coming to PS5 soon and check out the full live stream below.

Pre-orders are currently available at most retailers, but they are disappearing very quickly…thanks in no small part to the complete lack of warning on availability!

Byron Simpson

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The anticipation has been palpable, after a brief postponement, millions of viewers tuned in to Sony’s Playstation 5 reveal stream and they were not disappointed.

This hour-long event provided fans an early look at the games that will come to define the next generation of console gaming, and a surprise look at what the PS5 will actually look like.

Our first impression on the console itself is it must be easily one of the most stunning designs we have seen – look at it!

Coming available in two different variations, a digital-only option and one with a disk slot.

Both are beautiful but price and specs were not revealed…yet. Sony also took this opportunity to show off a few peripherals like an HD Camera, Pulse wireless headset and a media remote.

Do they come as standard? Highly unlikely, but still they certainly look stylish and keep with the white, black, and blue colour scheme.

Here are a few of our highlights from the stream:

Spiderman: Miles Morales (Insomniac Studios) – The next chapter in the acclaimed partnership between the Insomniac and Marvel games is due out THIS YEAR!

Ghostwire: Tokyo (Tango Gameworks, PS5 Exclusive) – A next-gen action-adventure game coming in 2021. Tango Gameworks has taken full advantage of the power of the PS5’s next Gen hardware to create is stunning, immersive and mysterious world to experience. Explore the streets of a city filled with spirits and other-worldly threats with an arsenal of powerful abilities at your command.

Deathloop (Arkane Studios / Bethesda Softworks, PS5 Exclusive) – Stunning and stylish environments memorable combat encounters and the freedom to tackle each mission at any pace and with any approach you choose. This Arkane Studios entry was built with next-gen in mind and comes exclusively to PS5. A potential sleeper hit?

Gran Turismo 7 (Polyphony Digital) – A PlayStation stalwart, this real driving simulator accelerates into the next generation and looks more realistic then you imagine.

Hitman 3 (IO Interactive) – Hitman 3 puts you back in the shoes and stylish suit of Agent 47 a ruthless professional assassin who must take on the most important contracts of his career.  If you know Hitman, this will

NBA 2K21 (2K Sports) – 2k Sports joined the party with a first look at the eye-popping sweat physics missing from every other 2K game.

Horizon Zero Dawn: Forbidden West (Guerrilla) – A gorgeous new adventure set in a distant land ravaged by storms and inhabited by large mechanical animals. Follows on from the 2018 PS4 smash hit.

Resident Evil 8 / Village (Capcom) – The return to a first-person perspective will bring a visceral edge to combat. With a greater focus on combat and exploration compared to Resident Evil 7, the village itself is just as important a character as any other, a location with a life of its own that will frequently keep you on edge as he discovers its secrets.

Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Studios) – A galaxy-hopping new PS5 adventure from the fan-favourite Insomniac series.

Bugsnax (Young Horses) – A whimsical, narrative-driven adventure. You are tasked with investigating Snacktooth Island, home of the legendary half-bug half-snack creatures. You cannot make this up.

Oddworld: Soulstorm (Oddworld Inhabitants) – A Major visual and cinematic lead for the celebrated series, with intelligent new gameplay mechanics and twisted new devices to enable explosive deviousness.

It is fair to say the next-gen ball is rolling and is firmly in Microsoft’s court with the Xbox Xeries X…

Byron Simpson

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It seems like a straightforward tagline you would find in any PlayStation advert over the years. But on this occasion, those simple words have thrown the internet into meltdown.  

Unless you have been living under a rock, you know that this year we will be treated to the release of not one, but two next-generation consoles: Sony’s PS5 and Microsoft’s Xbox Series X.

Which is better? Which is more powerful? Which has more exclusive games? Which is coming first? The debate has been raging into the small hours and fans are getting surprisingly tribal.

Not even two weeks ago 4chan; a collection of online forums where people can leave comments and share images anonymously – (and the perfect breeding ground for bullsh*t) leaked some information about the upcoming PS5.

One piece of information among the many predictions was that PlayStation 5’s tagline will be “It’s time to play”. Sure, enough a week later PlayStation Europe’s Twitter account started sporting this new tag.

It could just be a coincidence, but that’s enough to get keyboards tapping across the world suggesting everything else in this leak must be true.

Things like official reveal date, release date, price, launch titles, future exclusives, and internal specifications. As of writing, none of this is official, so we won’t indulge unverified rumours. 

What we do know is we will be playing before Christmas 2020 and it is rumoured to be backwards compatible, meaning your PS4 games and accessories like controller and VR headsets will work just fine.

It will load ten times faster and offer a multitude of brand-new IPs. It will support 8K resolution and 3D audio output and of course have a hefty price tag somewhere near £450. 

Sony will be holding an unveiling event soon that’ll give us a look at the console itself, plus answer many of these unconfirmed theories.

Until then, the main game is the waiting game…

Byron Simpson

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