Kojima Productions is giving PlayStation users four free PSN avatars to celebrate the Death Stranding 2 revea that occurred during this year’s Game Awards. You can claim the avatars now as there’s a code that covers all PSN regions.

Bandai Namco Entertainment announced that their upcoming RPG One Piece Odyssey will have a free demo that will be available on January 10, 2023 on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Xbox Series X|S. That’s three days before its official launch. 

Sony Interactive Entertainment gave us a glimpse of what to expect in the early parts of 2023 through a blog post, mentioning games like Forspoken, The DualSense Edge controller, Hogwarts Legacy, PlayStation VR 2 and more. But they did start by confirming that Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is currently set for a Fall 2023 release. 

Sony have revealed the games joining the PlayStation Plus Game and Classic Catalogs for Extra and Premium subscribers in December 2022. All the games in this list will be available to subscribers of their respective tiers Starting December 20. 

CD Projekt RED has rolled out the long-awaited free next-gen update for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. For those that have a physical PS4 copy of the game, you can pick up the PS5 version for free as intended, but it’s apparently not as straightforward as you’d hope. So here’s a quick guide on how I was able to get it running. 

Here’s another Shrine of Secrets reset! This week offers the perks Blood Pact, Botany Knowledge, Franklin’s Demise, and Overwhelming Presence. Here’s a quick rundown of each of the perks offered from December 14, 2022 until December 20.

Blizzard announced that their free-to-play action RPG Diablo Immortal will be receiving a major update on December 14 called Terror’s Tide. Players will get to explore a new zone called Stormpoint, five new Legendary Gems, and more.

Sega announced that the latest Sonic title Sonic Frontiers reached over 2.5 million copies sold since it was released last month on November 8. This is the first Sonic game with an open world approach and was available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch, and PC.

Sega revealed that the upcoming game Like a Dragon: Ishin!, will feature new Sub-Stories, new mini-games, a Photo mode, and a mode called Another Life.

One of the announcements from the 2022 Game Awards is that the PS5 console exclusive Returnal is coming to PC in early 2023. It also seems like the PC version will not have any form of cross-play with PS5 users as the game now features co-op with one other player. 

The fact that the developers implemented so many quality of life changes while simultaneously maintaining the game’s charms with such finesse makes Tactics Ogre Reborn stand tall and easily become one of the biggest surprises this year, as I didn’t think I would have so much fun with a strategy RPG released over 25 years ago.

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s rough quality is unacceptable. I hope that Game Freak and Nintendo will work quickly to patch the performance after all this ruckus, but even if it somehow ends up running smoothly enough to not be headache-inducing, I doubt I will ever revisit this game.