The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Now Has A 4-Hour Trial For PlayStation Plus Premium

In case you weren't aware, the majority of retro games on PS Plus Premium are available for individual purchase. This means that, if you buy them, you won't need to remain a Premium member in order to play them. Playing them at no extra cost is great of course, but if you want the extra security, it's nice that most games offer the option to buy them. Unfortunately, there are a few outliers, but a bunch of them have recently made the switch, and can now be bought.

Publisher Level Infinite and developer TiMi Studio Group have announced Delta Force: Hawk Ops, a free-to-play multiplayer tactical first-person shooter reboot of the Delta Force series for PlayStation, Xbox, PC (Steam, Epic Games Store), iOS, and Android. Specific PlayStation and Xbox platforms were not announced. A full reveal is planned for Gamescom 2023: Opening Night Live on August 22.

Destiny 2: The Witch Queen leads the pack of new titles coming to the PlayStation Plus Extra and Deluxe/ Premium catalogue, this month. Starting August 15, all high-tier PS Plus members can delve into Savathûn's Throne World, as you uncover the mystery of how she and her Lucent Hive stole the Light — across a set of maps ranging between gothic cathedrals, palaces, swamps, and a mysterious black pyramid on the icy moon of Europa. Often considered one of the best Destiny 2 campaign packs, it will be available on the PS4 and PS5. Another key highlight this month is Sea of Stars, an eye-catching indie RPG, where two Children of the Solstice head out on an adventure to defend the lands against the monstrous creations of an evil alchemist. This one, however, is slated to drop a bit later on August 29.

Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced the August 2023 Game Catalog lineup for Extra and Premium subscribers, and Classics Catalog titles for Premium subscribers.

Sony has announced the second wave of titles coming to PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscribers in August. Sea of Stars was already confirmed and will be available when it launches on August 29th for PS4 and PS5. All other titles go live starting on August 15th.

Today we’re happy to reveal the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for August 2023. The lineup includes two hotly anticipated indies available with Game Catalog on their respective launch days – Sea of Stars and Moving Out 2. Sea of Stars will be available when it launches on Tuesday, August 29, with all other titles available starting Tuesday, August 15. Let’s dive in. 

The Witcher producer Tomasz Bagiński has reacted to the ongoing backlash that the Netflix series has faced for changing details from its source material. As many will be aware, the show is based on Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski’s series of books. While it broadly follows these, some elements have been changed, which has been a source of ire from some fans.

One of the most common criticisms of The Witcher on Netflix is that it strays too far from Andrzej Sapkowski's novels. It may have been a source of some tension behind the scenes, too: Former series star Henry Cavill made a point of saying he «pushed really, really hard» to stay true to the books, while also claiming that some of the writers on the show «actively disliked» them. There's no question that some aspects of the novel have been simplified for the TV show, and in an interview with Polish site Wyborcza (translated by Witcher fan site Redanian Intelligence), executive producer Tomek Baginski explained why some of those changes were made: "[A] higher level of nuance and complexity will have a smaller range."

Tomek Baginski, executive producer on Netflix's The Witcher, has blamed American audiences and social media sites such as TikTok for the series' simplified take on the books' plots.

Microsoft is now selling replacement parts for Xbox controllers following its pledge to expand "right to repair" options for consumers.

With the exit of one Witcher actor comes the entrance of another and fans are desperate to get a first look at Liam Hemsworth as Geralt in season 4. While, at the time of writing, there hasn’t been any official reveal of Hemsworth in costume, fans have taken matters into their own hands with deepfakes and concept art.

Baldur's Gate 3 features the voice of Geralt of Rivia, and surprise surprise, everyone's making the same joke.