Awesome Playstation

RoseColoredGaming sells these precision-cut wood veneers to give game consoles a fresh and living room-friendly look. They’re made from real wood including mahogany, walnut, and padauk and stick on with an adhesive backing. Available for classic consoles like the NES and current-gen systems like the Xbox Series X and PS4. (Consoles not included.)

Video game artist Duncan Harris spoke with the game director, writer, and other staff behind the original WipEout game to write about the futuristic drift racer’s history and future. Aside from the interviews, WipEout Futurism: The Visual Archives also features concept art, in-game photography, promotional materials, and more.

The sequel to the hit samurai action game Ghost of Tsushima features breathtaking vistas that flex the power of the PS5. Set more than 300 years after the events of the first game, Ghost of Yōtei not only has a new setting and protagonist. It also appears to have more open-world exploration and more interactions with animals. Drops 2025.

The PlayStation 5 Pro is all about improving graphical fidelity and speed. It packs an upgraded GPU that can render 45% faster than the PS5, enhanced ray tracing capabilities, and AI-powered upscaling. It also ups the performance of more than 8500 PS4 titles. It comes with a 2TB SSD, but the Blu-Ray drive is an add-on. Launches 11.7.24 with pre-orders starting 9.26.24.

YouTuber Not from Concentrate was so disappointed with the “slim” PS5 that he painstakingly showed Sony what a truly compact version of the console should be. The result is a box with almost half the size and nearly 40% of the volume of the PS5 Slim. It even has a removable magnetic charging dock for the controllers and an external disc drive.

Inspired by Bernard Werber’s eponymous fantasy novel, Empire of the Ants is a photorealistic real-time strategy game. You play as 103,683rd, the heralded savior of their ant colony. Build and expand your anthill, conquer other territories, and befriend and fight other forest creatures. Coming to PS5 in 2024.

This PS5 exclusive drops players onto a future Earth devastated by an environmental catastrophe. You’ll spend your time searching for resources to equip and upgrade your airship base while you hunt for a cure for a deadly illness. It will offer solo and 2- to 4-player co-op gameplay. While there’s no word on a VR version, it looks well suited to the first-person medium.

Developed by TeamKill Media, the first-person shooter Son and Bone follows a sheriff who is transported to a world filled with angry dinosaurs while chasing down a gang of bandits. While the story premise sounds silly, a game of kill-or-be-killed with T. Rexes and raptors looks like good fun and like Turok Meets DOOM. The game hits PlayStation later this year.

In 1994, Sony and Nintendo collaborated on an unreleased video game console that birthed the PlayStation name. While there is a rare prototype of the system, James Channel thought it would be fun to build his own. His Frankenstein’s monster of a console has the body of a Super Famicom, the brains of a PlayStation, and a sketchy exposed CD-ROM drive.

Video game consoles come from the factory in opaque plastic cases. BitHead1000 gives consoles ultimate upgrade by creating custom see-through enclosures. In addition to the PS1 here, he’s built a see-through PS2, a PS4, NES, and a Sega Genesis. The videos call them glass, but we’re pretty sure they’re acrylic.

Following up on their awesome cyberpunk city and medieval house computer case mods, Martina and Hansi from Nerdforge are back with an aesthetic upgrade for the PlayStation 5. After questioning the uninspiring looks of the console, they transformed it into a dwarven kingdom with molten lava pouring down its sides.

To celebrate the release of God of War Ragnarök, artist Steven Richter created this impressive likeness of the game’s protagonist Kratos. He started by sculpting a clay bust, which he used to create a silicone mold. After filling the mold with resin and letting it set, he painted on all of the details and applied facial hair.

The VR2 version of Sony’s PlayStation VR system features some big upgrades. Notably, it offers 4K resolution (via two 2000×2040 OLED displays), HDR, a 110º field-of-view, eye tracking, 3D surround sound, finger touch detection, headset vibration feedback, and more. Available in early 2023.

The PlayStation 5 is a powerful piece of gaming hardware, but its design is definitely controversial, and it doesn’t exactly blend into its surroundings. So builders Chris Salomone and Shaun Boyd got to work to conceal the console inside of a wooden shell that looks like a gigantic version of the original PlayStation.

This bundle of online services improves your privacy, security, and access while also upgrading your PlayStation game library. You’ll get a lifetime subscription to VPN Unlimited, as well as a 1-year subscription to PlayStation Plus Esssential while saving 73% in The Awesomer Shop.

If the past is any indication, Sony will eventually release a smaller PS5. Matt at DIY Perks couldn’t wait, so he got to work stripping down its parts and created his own PS5 Slim. By moving its power supply to an external brick and building a custom copper water-cooling system, he dramatically cut down on its size.