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Paul Tamayo Jul 27, 2022. 3 minute read

Rollerdrome Is an Extreme Sports Ballet in Bullet Time

Rollerdrome, from OlliOlli World developer Roll7, is a game that involves wheels and guns (the peanut butter and jelly of gaming) and manages to feel both new and familiar all at once in the best ways. And that is great news for anyone who’s ever enjoyed the likes of Tony…

Kenneth Shepard Nov 11, 2020. 4 minute read

An Ode to My Launch PlayStation 4

As of today, November 11, 2020, my PlayStation 4 is the only console I’ve ever owned that lasted me an entire console generation. I bought the thing on launch day, November 15, 2013, and I fully expected to go through at least two PS4s in those seven years based on…

Jordan Mallory Mar 20, 2020. 2 minute read

‘Overwhelming Majority’ of PS4 Games Will Work on PS5, Says Sony

When Sony brought out system architect/Marble Madness creator Mark Cerny earlier this week to explain the PlayStation 5’s technical specifications in as deeply specific a way as is allowed by law, folk around the internet (us included) latched on to his assertion that PlayStation 4 games would be backwards compatible…

Jordan Mallory Feb 26, 2020. 3 minute read

Harmonix Returns With Fuser, a Festival DJ Mixing Game

Harmonix Music Systems, the melodic studio known for such classics as Guitar Hero, Dance Central, Rock Band, and Amplitude, is back with a new jam that seeks to recreate the thrill of cramming parts of songs into other parts of songs, like so much musical peanut butter and chocolate. Fuser…

Kenneth Shepard Feb 1, 2020. 2 minute read

PlayStation Survey Hints at Possible PS4 Remote Play on Switch

A lot of companies put out consumer surveys to gauge interest in possible products and services, and a lot of those surveys don’t result in any of these things ever coming to light. So take what I’m about to say as wild fantasizing of a possible future that may never…

Jordan Mallory Jan 9, 2020. 2 minute read

Quiz Your Friends With These 2019 Playstation Store Download Stats

Sony has released some statistics for what y’all downloaded the most from the PlayStation Store last year, and you might be surprised to learn that Fortnite was not the most-downloaded free-to-play game on the PlayStation 4 in 2019. You’ll have to wait to find out what was though, because first…

Jordan Mallory Dec 27, 2019. 2 minute read

Sony Patent Points to New Dual Shock With Rear Triggers

Remember last week, when Sony announced a weird new Dual Shock 4 attachment that added two additional triggers to the rear of the device? We speculated at the time that Sony might be attempting to future-proof the DS4 ahead of its next generation controller, which might include rear triggers by…

Jordan Mallory Dec 17, 2019. 2 minute read

Sony’s New Dual Shock 4 ‘Back Button’ Isn’t What It Sounds Like

In a surprise announcement, Sony today unveiled the “Back Button Attachment” for the PlayStation 4’s beloved Dual Shock 4 controller. It costs $30 and it hits the market on January 23, but its purpose is not immediately clear upon first glance, and the name doesn’t do much to help that.…

Sam Desatoff Dec 2, 2019. 4 minute read

2020 Video Game Release Calendar – All the Xbox One, PS4, Switch, and PC Video Game Release Dates

With 2019 winding down, it’s time to look ahead at some of the most anticipated video games of next year. Here, we’ve collected all the games confirmed to release for the PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One in 2020 into one handy list. Highlights for the year include the long-awaited Final…

Jordan Mallory Nov 8, 2019. 8 minute read

How I Bought Death Stranding on Launch Day Without a Pre-Order in 17 Easy Steps

I’m of the opinion that no one should have to pay months in advance to get a game that may or may not be any good when it finally comes out. Publishers will try to sweeten the pot with weapon skins or early access to certain modes, but the truth…

Jordan Mallory Oct 30, 2019. 2 minute read

PlayStation 4 Sales Crest 102 Million Units Worldwide

It’s Quarterly Earnings Report Time™ in the world of business, which means that publicly-traded video game companies must trot out their shames and triumphs for all the world to see. Sony took its turn releasing its financial data today, and it definitely had a new feather to put in its…

Jordan Mallory Oct 8, 2019. 2 minute read

Surprise, Outer Wilds Lands on PS4 Next Tuesday, Oct. 15

One of the very best games of the year thus far, Outer Wilds, is coming to the PlayStation 4 next Tuesday, October 15. The surprise announcement, made on the Official PlayStation Blog by producer Kelsey Rice, comes almost five months after the game’s original launch on Xbox One and PC…

Jordan Mallory Oct 2, 2019. 2 minute read

Cross-Play Now Available to All PlayStation 4 Developers

Sony has extended cross-play functionality to all developers with multiplayer titles on the PlayStation 4, according to a Wired interview with Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan. Developers will still have to implement support for cross-play themselves, but theoretically at least, any game that exists on multiple platforms should now…

Kenneth Shepard Sep 29, 2019. 1 minute read

The Death Stranding Baby Speaks Through PS4 Controller Speaker Because Of Course it Does

In an effort to make Death Stranding’s consistently horrifying baby-related imagery more horrifying, Hideo Kojima has confirmed the baby you’ll be carrying around in the game will speak to you through the DualShock 4 controller’s speaker when the game launches in November. Kojima announced this via his personal Twitter, along with photos of…

Kenneth Shepard Sep 21, 2019. 1 minute read

The Last of Us Part II’s Release Date and Special Editions Possibly Leaked

Sony and Naughty Dog have already announced The Last of Us: Part II will make an appearance on next week’s State of Play presentation on Tuesday, but a retailer listing for the sequel may have revealed a release date and special edition’s ahead of their official announcement. Swiss retailer Softridge…

Jordan Mallory Aug 15, 2019. 2 minute read

Rose Gold (And Other, Inferior Colors) Coming to Dual Shock 4 Lineup

Pink is the best color. Sorry. But Rose Gold is a close second, and under certain fashionable circumstances, it can look even better than a nice pastel pink. Tech items tend to be one of those situations, and next month Sony is rectifying the Rose Gold-hued hole in its controller…

Fanbyte Staff Jul 31, 2019. Less than a minute

PS4 Tricks for People Who Tossed Out the Manual