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Phantom Blade Zero Gets New Trailer Showcasing PS5 Features
S-Game has released a new trailer for Phantom Blade Zero, highlighting its utilization of PlayStation 5 features such as DualSense adaptive triggers, 3D audio, and haptic feedback. The article also details the game's various difficulty modes, including a unique permadeath option called '66 Days', and outlines the PC system requirements for features like ray tracing.
Crimson Desert Drops New Massive Patch, Brings In Difficulty Modes And More | Console Creatures
Crimson Desert has received a significant update, version 1.04, introducing new difficulty modes (Easy, Normal, Hard), new skills for characters Kliff, Damiane, and Oongka, and an overhaul of housing and storage systems. The update also includes UI, control, and accessibility improvements, along with visual upgrades and platform-specific optimizations for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PC, and Mac.
Crimson Desert's biggest update yet has arrived, adding three new difficulty modes and storage content, as Pearl Abyss teases a new way to 'face off against the bosses of your choice' soon
Pearl Abyss has released Crimson Desert version 1.04.00, its largest update to date, introducing Easy, Normal, and Hard difficulty modes and new storage content. The update is available on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC, with a Mac rollout planned later. Pearl Abyss also teased an upcoming boss replay feature.
How to unlock Lunatic difficulty in Pragmata and how it works
This guide details how to unlock and play Pragmata on its hardest difficulty, Lunatic mode, which becomes available after completing the game once. While enemies are tougher and deal more damage, players receive a significant head start with access to advanced gear and hacking abilities from the beginning of a new save file.
Crimson Desert Patches Are Delighting Fans, but Some Say They're Making the Game Too Easy and Now Want a Hard Difficulty Mode
Players are enjoying recent patches for Crimson Desert, but some feel the game has become too easy and are requesting a hard difficulty mode. This has sparked discussion about the game's current difficulty balance and the desire for more challenging options.
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Dropping a Major PS5 Update Alongside PC Launch
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is receiving a significant free update for PlayStation 5 on March 19th, 2026, coinciding with its PC launch. The update includes a new 'To The Wilder' difficulty mode, replayable boss fights, restored cutscenes, and ultrawide monitor support for the PS5 version. Hideo Kojima shared these details during a Japanese radio broadcast.
Death Stranding 2's PC Release Also Brings Updates for PS5 Players, Including Live-Action Cutscenes, Harder Difficulty and More - IGN
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is receiving a significant update on March 19, coinciding with its PC release, which will also be available for PlayStation 5 players. The update includes a new hard difficulty mode called 'To The Wilder,' replayable boss fights, new items, and live-action cutscenes that were originally cut from the PS5 version. Additional features for PC include uncapped framerates, 21:9 ultrawide support, and 32:9 Super UltraWidescreen support in 4K resolution.
Death Stranding 2's PC port adds a harder difficulty mode, new live-action scenes, and much more, Hideo Kojima teases – and PS5 players are getting them too
Hideo Kojima has revealed that the PC version of Death Stranding 2, launching this week, will include a new harder difficulty mode called "To The Wilder," alongside new live-action scenes and ultrawide support. Updates based on player data from the PlayStation 5 release, including the ability to replay boss fights, will also be available to PS5 players.
RE9 Insanity mode - all differences, items, and how to unlock
This guide breaks down the Insanity mode in Resident Evil Requiem, detailing all its differences from standard play, available items, and the requirements to unlock it. Insanity mode presents the game's greatest challenge.