It’s finally time. What has been the most arduous waiting game in next-generation console history might finally change tonight with the latest PlayStation 5 Showcase from Sony. We’ll be live-blogging the event, which will run for around 40 minutes and is likely to include a new look at previously announced games, possibly a few surprises and the news that everyone is waiting for: A price and a release date for the PS5.

Years of work, countless hours of burning the midnight oil and an eye focused on pushing the envelope in storytelling haven’t just led to one of the final major hurrahs for the PlayStation 4, but a monumental moment in gaming as well. The Last of Us Part II has been out for a few days by the time you read …

Honestly, I’m deeply disappointed that this wasn’t a thing because it probably would have been better than being followed around by a bratty demigod.

Highly collectible statue company Prime1 has cooked up a Kratos tribute, one that even includes his son Atreus in the mix. It’s a big beast of a statue, made out of polystone and hand painted.

While it seems to be a core part of the Xbox strategy, very few of Sony’s first-party games have made their way to PC. That started changing a little when Quantic Dreams went multi-platform, bringing its cinematic, decision-based adventure games – like Heavy Rain and Detroit: Become Human – to PC. A bigger, yet-to-be-released game that’s making the jump from …

You ever wish that you could see your favourite video games taken in a wild new direction? Maybe you’d be keen to see another developer take a crack at a franchise, or maybe you’re hungry for some new blood. Here at Critical Hit HQ, we feel you fam. On a slow news day, we got bored of tossing machetes at Brad and decided to whip up some awful awful photoshop of video game mash-ups that we reckon could sell like the hottest cakes nay save video games as we know them.

last year’s God of War reboot which did indeed star dad of boy Kratos and his luxurious lumberjack beard, almost didn’t include the iconic character.

Video games are no stranger to get woke go broke phenomenon, with many a game having all kinds of soy sauce running through its veins and resulting in disastrous titles being released to an indifferent audience. Here’s a look at six video games in particular, whose wokeness earned them nothing but rave reviews and massive sales success.