Sony's retro PS5 themes are disappearing, but not forever
- Three free games are coming to PS Plus on February 4, 2025, including Payday 3, High on Life, and Pac-Man World Re-Pac.
- Payday 3 received mixed reviews and lower user scores at launch, but is available for free for PS Plus subscribers now.
- High on Life is a witty first-person shooter by Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland, featuring talking weapons.
- Pac-Man World Re-Pac is a remake of the classic game with a score of 71 on Metacritic and a user rating of 8.2.
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PlayStation fans can grab 2023 co-op heist shooter and a former Xbox exclusive
PLAYSTATION has revealed its PS Plus monthly games for February 2025, and the three titles are available to all subscribers. This month’s lineup is a weird bunch, including a heist game, a retro remake featuring one of gaming’s most iconic characters and a recent Xbox exclusive. Deep SilverPayday 3 was largely panned by critics and players alike, but you can grab it for free now[/caption] Squanch GamesIn High on Life, guns talk, and if you’re a …
Sony Has Good News and Bad News on PlayStation 5 Themes
Sony has issued an update on the classic PlayStation, PS2, PS3, and PS4 limited-time console themes for PS5, as well as the prospect of more themes coming to the console.In a tweet, Sony confirmed that the much-loved classic themes leave tomorrow, January 31, 2025. However, it also confirmed that they will return at some point, which is certainly good news for PS5 users who’ve enjoyed those nostalgia-fueled boot-up sounds whenever they turn thei…
PlayStation 5: The 30th Anniversary Themes Will Return Later! - theGeek.games
We can’t understand why Sony can’t make themes that celebrate its past available to fans on a stable, permanent basis! Back in December, Sony released a PlayStation 5 firmware update that allowed gamers to customize some elements of the console’s operating system, allowing them to port over some of the things that were specific to the four previous PlayStations. For example, the classic PS1 startup sound, or PS1, PS2, PS3, or PlayStation 4-lik…
PS5 Retro Themes To Return In The Future
Back in December PlayStation announced that the PS5 will be getting themes based on previous generation consoles. On one hand, these themes were of limited availability, for whatever reason, and you can’t save them to use them forever. But on the other, the good news is that the company has gotten a positive enough response that it intends to bring these themes back in the future. On its official X account, PlayStation says that “due to the posi…
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