Greetings, Lampbearers.

At Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025, we finally lifted the veil on Lords of the Fallen II – the braver, bolder and undoubtedly bloodier sequel to our 2023 dark fantasy action-RPG.

The announcement arrived with a brand new cinematic CGI trailer – a glimpse into a world where light wanes, shadows darken, and the line between the living and the dead is all but gone.

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Embrace the madness as Treyarch and Raven Software deliver the most mind-bending Black Ops experience to date on PS5 and PS4. Dig into the narrative plus major features and innovations and stay tuned for more info as we get closer to release.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 launches on November 14.

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The Galactic war rages on… Countless Helldivers have laid down their lives to protect Managed Democracy. The call was put out for more recruits, and it’s been answered.

Introducing the Legendary Warbond*, Helldivers 2 x Halo: ODST.

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Hey friends! This week Tim, Brett, and Sid are back with exciting PlayStation Plus Game Catalog news for August, some early Battlefield 6 thoughts, and ideas for gaming-themed tattoos.

Stuff We Talked About

• Next week’s release highlights:
  • Sword of the Sea | PS5 (PlayStation Plus Game Catalog)
  • Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution | PS5, PS4
  • Discounty | PS5
  • Herdling | PS5
    
• Midnight Murder Club new update  — Bring up five friends to play the new PvE mode Graveyard Shift and keep gameplay fresh with wildcards that shuffle the rules 

• PlayStation Plus Game Catalog August
  • Extra and Premium
    • Mortal Kombat 1 | PS5
    • Marvel’s Spider-Man | PS5, PS4
    • Sword of the Sea | PS5
    • Earth Defense Force 6 | PS5, PS4
    • Unicorn Overlord | PS5, PS4
    • Atelier Ryza 3 Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key | PS5, PS4
    • Indika | PS5
    • Harold Halibut | PS5
    • Coral Island | PS5
  • Premium
    • Resident Evil 2 | PS5, PS4
    • Resident Evil 3: Nemesis | PS5, PS4

• Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, System Shock 2, Resident Evil 1 Director’s Cut, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

• Gaming tattoos – the team shares gaming tattoos they have or would like to get, and ask listeners to write in with pics of their gaming tattoos

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Last week, we asked you to hop into your favorite game’s Photo Mode and pick a filter using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights using a stylized filter:

Dunaaa5 shares a red-tinted sideeye from Cyberpunk 2077.

CarrotsCaptures shares Jin raising his katana in Ghost of Tsushima with a whited out background.

fwto_ shares the red filtered atmosphere of a BT watcher from Death Stranding 2: On The Beach.

secondcapture shares a movie poster style shot of Julianna from Deathproof.

KeenEyeVP shares a red-filtered shot of Naoe sneaking around a corner in Assassin’s Creed Shadows.

sednin shares a black and white polaroid style portrait of Eve from Stellar Blade.

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: Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
SUBMIT BY: 11:59 PM PT on August 20, 2025 

Next week, overcome darkness in Senua’s Sage: Hellblade II. Share moments from Senua’s brutal journey for survival using #PSshare #PSBlog for a chance to be featured.

After five months of Early Access updates and playtesting, it is my pleasure to present the full release of Midnight Murder Club.

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I’m Eric Feurstein, Game Director on Midnight Murder Club from Velan Studios. First thing’s first, I want to thank everyone who participated in all the open betas, playtests and the Early Access phase of Midnight Murder Club. Without you all hunting each other in the pitch-black halls of the Wormwood Manor, we couldn’t have gotten the game to where it needed to be. And for anyone joining us for the first time. Let me be the first to welcome you to the Midnight Murder Club. Slip on your mask, turn on your flashlight, grab your gun, and invite your friends… The shadows are waiting.

You’re cordially invited…

Midnight Murder Club is a game of hide, seek, and shoot in a pitch-black mansion. We wanted to make a first-person shooter that felt just as much like a party game, where it’s tense and spooky one moment, then chaotic and hilarious the next.

When you’re alone in the dark, sound becomes everything. With our dynamic proximity chat, every whisper, scream, and footstep gives away your enemy’s position as well as your own. And while your flashlight gives you information, it also paints a target on your back to anyone nearby. Half the fun is that risk-reward calculation: do you flip on your light, hoping to catch someone by surprise, or do you stay in the dark, hoping someone else gives away their position first? Either way, when the gun smoke clears and the bodies hit the floor, laughter fills the room as the tension’s released and players respawn in the darkness, planning their revenge.

Co-op PVE mode: Graveya

As we’ve entered the 15th year of PlayStation Plus, we’ve got even more great content for members to look forward to.

This month, unleash brutal finishers in the reimagined Mortal Kombat 1, swing through Marvel’s New York skyline as the iconic web-slinger in Marvel’s Spider-Man, or gear up to repel swarming alien forces in Earth Defense Force 6. All these titles and more are available in August’s PlayStation Plus Game Catalog lineup. That includes Sword of the Sea, which releases day one into Game Catalog. Meanwhile, Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 bring retro survival horror to PlayStation Plus Deluxe. All titles will be available to play on August 19*. 

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As we’ve entered the 15th year of PlayStation Plus, we’ve got even more great content for members to look forward to.

This month, unleash brutal finishers in the reimagined Mortal Kombat 1, swing through Marvel’s New York skyline as the iconic web-slinger in Marvel’s Spider-Man, or gear up to repel swarming alien forces in Earth Defense Force 6. All these titles and more are available in August’s PlayStation Plus Game Catalog lineup. That includes Sword of the Sea, which releases day one into Game Catalog. Meanwhile, Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis bring retro survival horror to PlayStation Plus Premium. All titles will be available to play on August 19*. 

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For the past 15 years, PlayStation Plus has served as a welcoming home for indie games, connecting players with some of the most innovative, heartfelt, and personal experiences the world of video games has to offer. The PlayStation Plus Game Catalog (included with PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium memberships) puts a huge library of indie games right at your fingertips—but with so many games available, it’s possible for even some of the best to escape your notice. 

As we’ve entered the 15th anniversary of PlayStation Plus, we’ve rounded up 15 of the best indies from the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog. These are games that you might have missed, but you absolutely shouldn’t.

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A Space for the Unbound

A Space for the Unbound delves into the lives of teenagers living in Indonesia in the 1990s, at first telling an endearing slice-of-life story about friendship and first loves. Then things start to get weird. As supernatural elements weave their way into the point-and-click adventure of high schoolers Atma and Raya, A Space for the Unbound quickly becomes a powerful, impactful, and highly relatable experience.

Publisher: Chorus Worldwide Games | Developer: Mojiken Studio | PS5, PS4

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Abiotic Factor

The incident that turned Gordon Freeman into an HEV suit-wearing hero was just another day at

First revealed in State of Play, and recently playable at Evo Las Vegas 2025, MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls, brings a fundamental shift to the tag-fighting genre. Arc System Works, Marvel Games, and PlayStation Studios have assembled to create a vibrant, stylized world, and after an intense 30-minute play session this past weekend, I’m counting down the days until I’m a Tōkon fighter again.

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Building a 4v4 team

“The reason we went with 4v4 is actually because it’s something that’s never been done before in fighting games where players can switch characters,” says Kazuto Sekine, Game Director and Lead Battle Designer, Arc System Works. “We wanted to challenge ourselves to create a new tag fighter.”

During my session, I had access to a set of all-star Heroes to create my team of four:

● Doctor Doom is slow but hits hard with magical and tricky range attacks. 

● Ms. Marvel is quick with high-risk, high-reward attacks.

● Storm is an aerial threat with deadly crossovers., 

● Iron Man keeps enemies at bay with anti-air and other punishing moves. 

● Star-Lord was the most technical with his ability to switch between firearms and insane juggles.

● Captain America is a versatile all-rounder and a great entry point for new players.

After some experimentation, I prioritized playing Storm and Star-Lord. I loved how their combos, personality, and flair were true to their characters (at one point, Storm sternly refers to Star-Lord as “Quill” when he’s goofing off, which I adored). Storm’s light and medium attacks are beginner-friendly and combo well into her Quick Skill, which is a character’s unique attack you activate by pressing R2. I also found success rushing in with Star-Lord, using quick blaster and melee combos right into his Ultimate, activated simply by pressing R1.

The control scheme is pretty straightforward. Square, Triangle, and Circle are your light, medium, and heavy attacks, respectively, while X is the assemble button. All of your special attacks and skills are reserved for the triggers. L1 enables a quick dash, L2 is a quick Assemble ability, and R1 an