The current PSX Extreme wordmark, introduced in 2025 on the publication’s own CDN.
At a glance
- Name
- PSX Extreme (PSXE)
- Type
- PlayStation news, reviews & features publication
- Founded
- 1999
- Ownership
- Sidular (since April 2017)
- Community
- PSX Extreme forums
- Website
- psxextreme.com
- Links
- Traffic stats, X, Facebook, Metacritic
History
1999: The founding
PSX Extreme launched in 1999 as a dedicated PlayStation site covering news, reviews and previews for the original PlayStation. The earliest surviving capture in the Internet Archive dates to May 8, 1999, and shows the site billing itself as “PSX Extreme: Playstation” with its pages last updated that April. Coverage at the time spanned the late PS1 lineup, including Gran Turismo 2, Need for Speed: High Stakes, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, R4: Rage Racer Type 4 and WWF Attitude.
Archived copy: May 8, 1999 (Wayback Machine)
2000 to 2016: The independent era
Through the PlayStation 2, 3 and 4 generations, PSX Extreme operated as an independent outlet, expanding from a small news page into a full publication with reviews, features, cheats and a community. The Internet Archive holds captures of the site for essentially every year of this period, a nearly unbroken record of its design and coverage evolving alongside the PlayStation brand itself.
April 2017: Acquired by Sidular
On April 18, 2017, Sidular announced the acquisition of PSX Extreme, bringing the publication into what became the Sidular Network. A capture taken on April 15, 2017, three days before the announcement, preserves the site in its final days as an independent publication.
Archived copy: April 15, 2017 · Announcement: Sidular, April 18, 2017
2017 to today: Under Sidular
Under Sidular, PSX Extreme has continued publishing through the PlayStation 5 generation, and in 2025 the site moved its branding and media to its own CDN with a new wordmark. The publication also openly publishes its traffic, measured at its CDN edge: October 2026 saw 1,596,250 unique visitors and just under 7 million page views, one of the largest audiences in the Sidular Network.
The archive record
The Wayback Machine has captured psxextreme.com continuously since 1999, with successful snapshots in every year from 1999 through 2026. Together they form one of the most complete archival records of any long-running gaming publication, and they are the primary public source for this page’s history. The full capture index is available at web.archive.org.
PSX Extreme and Sidular
PSX Extreme anchors the media side of the Sidular Network, alongside hosting operations like DoRoyal and UlarHost. It is listed among the network’s operations on the Sidular Network page and in Projects.