Articles by Jennifer Locke

If there’s anything I’ve learned in all my years of gaming, it’s that headsets can make or break your gaming experience. Not only do you want good sound quality, but you also want a comfortable fit and a microphone that won’t make you want to rip your hair out. We did all the research for you to make sure you get the most out of your money without having to go through trial and error.

Long battery life

Astro A50 Wireless

Staff pick

With Dolby 7.1 surround sound and a built-in MixAmp DAC, the A50 produces some of the finest sounds you can find in a gaming headset. Featuring 15 hours of battery life, this headset charges back up in its magnetic charging cradle. As far as wireless is concerned, it connects to the PS4 through a base station using a 5GHz wireless transmitter.

$290 at Amazon
$300 at GameStop

Best budget option

Razer Kraken X

This is easily one of the most affordable options available. It features 7.1 surround sound capability when used on PC and sports a comfor…

When it comes to getting a refund for a digital game on PlayStation 4, your mileage may vary. Technically, you won’t be given a refund on a digital game that you’ve already downloaded or played unless the content is faulty. This is usually up to PlayStation Support’s discretion — and whether or not the game is riddled with bugs. Still, if you’ve purchased a game and find that you don’t want it, you have up to 14 days to request a refund. Because Sony practically sends you in circles trying to figure out how and where to request a refund — redirecting you to the same pages over and over — we’ve figured out a quick way to do it.

How to request a refund on a PS4 game

Go to support.playstation.com/s/contact-support.
Have your information ready, including your PSN ID, email address associated with the account, date of birth, and the name of the game you’d like refunded.

In the window that opens up, select Request A Refund.
Another page will pop up. Do not select any of the link…

The PlayStation 5 is shaping up to be an incredibly powerful console the likes of which we have never seen before.

Sony’s next-generation console, likely to be named the PlayStation 5, is far from gracing store shelves, but the company has revealed a few of its specs to give fans a taste of just how powerful it will be. We’re hoping to learn more as we head deeper into 2020, but for now, the presumed PS5 is looking like quite the machine, in comparison to both the current crop of consoles and the next generation Xbox also in the works right now.

PS5 specs & how does it compare to the PS4 Pro?

It should go without saying, but the PS5 will be drastically more powerful than any model in the PS4 family, including the PS4 Pro.

Category
PlayStation 4 Pro
PlayStation 5

Price
$399
Unknown

Dimensions
11.61in x 12.87in x 2.17in
Unknown

CPU
AMD Jaguar 8-core (x86-64)
8x Zen 2 Cores at 3.5GHz

GPU
AMD Radeon (4.2 TFLOPs)
Custom RDNA 2 (10.28 TFLO…

If there’s anything I’ve learned in all my years of gaming, it’s that headsets can make or break your gaming experience. Not only do you want good sound quality, but you also want a comfortable fit and a microphone that won’t make you want to rip your hair out. We did all the research for you to make sure you get the most out of your money without having to go through trial and error

Long battery life

Astro A50 Wireless

Staff pick

With Dolby 7.1 surround sound and a built-in MixAmp DAC, the A50 produces some of the finest sounds you can find in a gaming headset. Featuring 15 hours of battery life, this headset charges back up in its magnetic charging cradle. As far as wireless is concerned, it connects to the PS4 through a base station using a 5GHz wireless transmitter.

$290 at Amazon
$300 at GameStop

Best budget option

Razer Kraken X

This is easily one of the most affordable options available. It features 7.1 surround sound capability when used on PC and sports a comfort…

Online multiplayer on PlayStation 4 usually requires two things: a stable internet connection and a PlayStation Plus membership. If you don’t have both, you probably won’t be able to play online games with your friends. There are two exceptions: free-to-play games, like Fortnite, don’t require you to need PlayStation Plus to play online multiplayer. You’ll also be able to play any multiplayer games included with PlayStation Now when you’re signed up for that service, even if you don’t have a PlayStation Plus subscription.

Products used in this guide

Online membership: PlayStation Plus 12-month ($60 at Amazon)
Direct connection: Cat 7 Ethernet Cable (From $7 at Amazon)

How to connect to Wi-Fi on PlayStation 4

From the home screen, go to Settings.
Scroll down to Network.
Select Set Up Internet Connection.

Select either Use Wi-Fi or Use Lan Cable.

If using Wi-Fi, select your Wi-Fi network and enter your Wi-Fi password as prompted.
If using a LAN cable, connect it to the back…

In a world where even gaming networks are being targeted and compromised by nefarious characters, it never hurts to add an extra layer of protection to our accounts wherever we are able. Two-factor authentication requires you to use a secondary key when logging into your account — so even if someone gets your password, they still can’t get into your account easily — and since PlayStation supports Two-Step Verification, you should absolutely use it on your PS4!

How to set up Two-Step Verification on your PlayStation 4

From the dashboard of your PS4, select Settings.
Scroll down and select Account Management.

From the Account Management page, select Account Information.
Select Security.
Scroll down and select 2-Step Verification.

Select Set Up Now.

On the first Set Up page, enter the cell phone number where you want to receive texts.
Select Add.

A test SMS message with a verification code will be sent to your cell phone. Enter your two-factor code.
Select Activate.
With…

With E3 out of the picture, Sony looks to do its own thing.

There’s been a rumored PlayStation 5 reveal event set to take place every month this year, and while nothing has materialized yet, that is set to change. According to VentureBeat’s Jeff Grubb, PlayStation allegedly plans to hold an event in early June. His sources indicated that the event was originally planned for June 4, but that appears to have changed by a matter of days.

This event is expected to showcase a variety of PS5 launch games, from both first-party and third-party developers. There is speculation that Horizon Zero Dawn 2 will be one of the titles shown, but this has not been confirmed. It’s unclear whether Sony will choose to finally show off the PS5 design at this time.

Regardless of whether this event actually happens in early June or not, it has to happen sooner rather than later. By all accounts, the PlayStation 5 is still on track for a holiday 2020 release alongside Microsoft’s Xbox Series X, the latte…

Start brushing up on your accents.

Surprising absolutely no one thanks to Amazon leaking its existence and details beforehand, Watch Dogs: Legion was announced at Ubisoft’s E3 2019 press conference. Get ready to travel across the pond because players are going to London.

What is Watch Dogs: Legion?
Watch Dogs The story so far
Watch Dogs: Legion DedSec goes to London
Watch Dogs: Legion Characters
Watch Dogs: Legion Gameplay
Watch Dogs: Legion Release date

Post-Brexit

Watch Dogs: Legion

$60 at Amazon

Save all of London

Ubisoft is taking us to post-Brexit London with Watch Dogs: Legion. Play as anyone and recruit resistance fighters to join DedSec. The fight begins soon in March.

What is Watch Dogs: Legion?

Watch Dogs: Legion is the third entry in the action/adventure franchise Watch Dogs. This time, players will be taking their hacking escapades all the way to London in a post-Brexit society. You’ll be able to explore several iconic locations across its open world as y…

Die, die, and die again.

It’s not Dishonored 3 or Prey 2, but a new IP is always welcome. On Bethesda’s stage at E3 2019, Arkane Studios introduced Deathloop to the world. It looks awesome and trippy in all the right ways, and we can’t wait to get our hands on it.

What is Deathloop?

Deathloop is a new IP developed by Arkane Studios. According to the studio, it will be a 1st-person action game that follows two assassins on an island who are hunting each other down. As the name suggests, our two characters appear to be stuck in a time loop, much like the movie Edge of Tomorrow — or Live. Die. Repeat., as the film was retroactively named.

Deathloop Developed by Arkane Studios

If you’re unfamiliar with the name Arkane Studios, you may be familiar with their work. Arkane created the action/stealth series Dishonored and successfully rebooted Prey a couple of years ago. The type of games that Arkane ends up creating are many times labelled as immersive sims. These tend to focus o…

Days of Play is back in 2020 with even more deals on software and hardware.

What you need to know

Days of Play is back with deals on games and hardware.
It begins June 3 and lasts through June 17.
PlayStation has not yet revealed a limited edition Days of Play PS4 like years prior.

Continuing the tradition, PlayStation’s Days of Play is back for the fourth straight year. Sony announced that the annual sale will take place from June 3 through June 17, and it features discounts on games, hardware, and services like PlayStation Now and PlayStation Plus.

Some of the deals that PlayStation highlighted so far include:

Select Gold Wireless Headsets – $69.99 USD / $79.99 CAD (MSRP)
Platinum Wireless Headset – $129.99 USD (MSRP) / $159.99 CAD (MSRP)
Nioh 2, MLB The Show 20 – $39.99 USD / $49.99 CAD (MSRP)
Predator: Hunting Grounds, Death Stranding, Dreams – $29.99 USD / $39.99 CAD (MSRP)
Days Gone, MediEvil, Blood & Truth – $19.99 USD / $29.99 CAD (MSRP)
Everybody’s Go…