If you're anything like me, gaming hasn't quite felt right without the impactful sights and sounds of the PlayStation 2's start-up menu. If that is the case for you -- for starters, you're probably ...

Kyle has a degree in Film, Television, and Cultural Studies and has loved video games for as long as he can remember. He's owned every PlayStation, dabbled with the occasional Xbox, and even owned a ...

Back in December 2024, Sony released a collection of home screen UI themes for the PlayStation 5 based on the PS1, PS2, PS3, and PS4. It was exciting to see animated PlayStation themes back in action, ...

Late last year, Sony added a couple of nostalgic PlayStation 5 dashboard themes the recreated the experience of using an older PlayStation console. People really liked these themes, but Sony said they ...

TL;DR: Sony is reintroducing the popular retro PS5 themes from its 30th anniversary, allowing users to customize their home screen with classic PS1 to PS4 designs. The update, launching today, also ...

This morning, PS5 owners booted up their consoles and (assuming they had auto-updates turned on) were greeted with a surprise: The original and iconic PlayStation 1 console boot-up logos and music. It ...

Hasan Nasir (He/Him) is a trained journalist based in Ontario, Canada. Growing up playing arcade games, and being a comic-book/superhero game enthusiast, Hasan understands the wide spectrum of ...

Thomas is a native of upstate New York and a graduate of the University at Albany. As a former member of CNET's How To team, he wrote about the intersection of policy, information and technology, and ...