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TodayWed, 19th Feb 2025

  • News Bad Handling of Demon's Souls PS3 Meant Sony Missed Out on Dark Souls Publishing

    Dev disappointed with how it was treated

    The way Sony — and former executive Shuhei Yoshida in particular — handled the PS3 release of Demon's Souls is fairly well documented at this point, with Yoshida claiming he didn't understand the game at the time and calling it "crap". The original effort went on to spawn the massively successful Dark...

    • Sony
    • Demon's Souls
    • Dark Souls
    • Industry
  • News Sony Japan Studio Closed Because AA Market 'Disappeared', Says Shu Yoshida

    No place for Puppeteer, Gravity Rush

    The former PlayStation executive Shuhei Yoshida has said that one of the main contributing factors behind the closure of Sony's Japan Studio was the disappearance of the AA market. Speaking on the Sacred Symbols podcast (via VGC), Yoshida said that one of his failures during his tenure as the Head of Worldwide...

    • Sony
    • Industry
    • Shuhei Yoshida
  • News Annapurna Interactive Showcase Will Reveal What's Next Following Mass Staff Walkout

    Airs next week

    Publisher Annapurna Interactive has announced the Annapurna Interactive Showcase 2025, a video broadcast set to take place in a few days. It's scheduled to go live on 24th February at 9am PST / 12pm EST / 5pm GMT. The publisher has mentioned updates for several upcoming games during the presentation. These include Wanderstop, Wheel...

    • Annapurna Interactive
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Events
  • News Ubisoft 'Confident' Assassin's Creed Shadows' Imminent March Release Date Will Stick

    No more delays (hopefully)

    Just several weeks away from its 20th March release date, Ubisoft is reportedly "confident" that Assassin's Creed Shadows won't be hit with another last-minute delay. According to Insider Gaming, unnamed sources say that both the publisher and Shadows' developers are now ramping up for launch — to the point where review...

    • Ubisoft
    • PS5
    • Assassins Creed
  • Rumour Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 Will Launch on PS5 During Xbox's Summer Showcase

    Shadow drop incoming?

    There's no smoke without fire, and it seems the blaze is getting bigger. We're now hearing rumours about the unannounced Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4, which will allegedly be simultaneously announced and released in June. This comes from known leaker eXtas1s, speaking in a recent YouTube video. According to eXstas1s, Tony...

    • Xbox
    • Activision
    • PS5
    • Tony Hawk
    • Rumours
  • News Yoshida: I Played The Last of Us Online and It Was Great

    Exec suggests teams aren't being forced to make live service

    One of the biggest bummers of this entire generation was the cancellation of The Last of Us Online, or Factions as it’s perhaps better known. Naughty Dog announced it was working on a standalone version of its popular The Last of Us multiplayer prior to the release of The Last of Us:...

    • Sony
    • Industry
    • The Last of Us
  • News Xbox Games on PS5 Is a Win for PlayStation Owners, Says Yoshida

    "I suspect Microsoft is the biggest publisher on PlayStation"

    Shuhei Yoshida, fresh from his departure from PlayStation after an illustrious 30-plus year career, has commented on Xbox’s decision to port its first-party games to PS5. “I suspect Microsoft is the biggest publisher on PlayStation,” he laughed, as part of an interview with Sacred...

    • Xbox Game Studios
    • PS5
    • Shuhei Yoshida
  • News Shuhei Yoshida 'Really Appreciated' Indie Game Role Created by Jim Ryan

    "Jim was worried about the situation with indies"

    There’s been an outpouring of support on social media this week for former PS Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida, after he said in an interview with VentureBeat that he had “no choice” but to take his role as indie games champion within Sony. In comments which went viral – much to the executive’s...

    • Sony
    • Shuhei Yoshida
    • Jim Ryan
  • News Marvel Rivals Trailers Distract with Human Torch, The Thing Gameplay

    “It's clobberin' time!”

    Hot off the news that NetEase just layed off the US support team for the ridiculously successful Marvel Rivals, the marketing machine continues to roll forward relentlessly. Get a look at both Human Torch and The Thing in gameplay reveal trailers, as well as an overview of the upcoming Central Park map, set to arrive on...

    • NetEase
    • PS5
    • Marvel Rivals
  • News Fortnite Gives First Taste of Chapter 6 Season 2, Featuring Sub-Zero

    Finish him

    While it hasn’t been fully announced just yet, the feedback to Fortnite’s forthcoming Chapter 6 Season 2 hasn’t been amazing. Due out on 21st February, Lawless appears to have a GTA-style theme, with gangsters and criminals running wild on the Battle Royale map. Perhaps the biggest highlight for the Battle Pass is the inclusion...

    • Epic Games
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Fortnite
  • News Marvel Rivals Maker Reassures Fans PS5 Hit Will Not Be Affected by Layoffs

    NetEase investing more into game

    Not even instantly becoming one of the most popular live-service games on the market is enough, apparently, as now a support studio that worked with NetEase on Marvel Rivals has been laid off. To be clear: this seems to be a USA-based team that's been supporting the main NetEase development studio, and not the game's...

    • NetEase
    • PS5
    • Marvel Rivals
  • News Must Own PS5, PS4 Games Discounted in Smaller PS Store Sale

    Ghost of Tsushima! Uncharted! More

    Hot on the heels of the Planet of the Discounts promo, Sony has plunged the price of hundreds more PS5 and PS4 games on the PS Store. This latest round of offers includes some must-own first-party games, which if you haven’t picked up yet, you simply must as soon as possible. Here are the highlights (we’ll...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Store
    • Deals
  • News Highly Anticipated PS5 Console Exclusive Lost Soul Aside Officially Confirms Boxed Release

    Pre-orders open now

    Character action title Lost Soul Aside has been one of the most anticipated PlayStation games for close to a decade, so it’d be desperately disappointing if it didn’t get a physical release. Fortunately, after initial confusion over whether it’d be available digitally only or not, trusted tipster billbil-kun has...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Lost Soul Aside
  • Random The Ultimate Git Gud FromSoftware Challenge, Completed

    To the sound of a cottage industry collapsing

    FromSoftware broke the brains of an entire generation of streamers with its masochistic series of Soulslike games, beginning with Dark Souls, spanning everything in between, before reaching peak ridiculous with Elden Ring. The difficulty inherent in the developer's games and additional self-imposed...

    • Random
  • News CD Projekt Red Staffing Up for Studio's First Original Game

    "Project Hadar needs an extraordinary crew"

    CD Projekt Red currently has quite a few irons in the fire. The Witcher IV has been officially announced, and then there's the sequel to Cyberpunk 2077; more than enough for any studio to worry about, we would have thought. But then there's the mysterious Project Hadar, which will mark the

    • CD Projekt Red
    • Industry
  • News Marvel's Spider-Man 2's Performance on PC Has Not Been Amazing

    PS Studios, PC players make for uneasy bedfellows

    It's been nearly three weeks since Insomniac's excellent Marvel's Spider-Man 2 was released on PC to what might optimistically be described as a lukewarm reception. Well, now that the dust has had time to settle, it's clear that the powers that be at PlayStation need to put on their thinking caps and...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PC
    • Marvel's Spider-Man
  • News Epic Games Names and Shames Fortnite Cheater, Gives Prize Money to Charity

    Making an example

    In a stunning display of corporate retribution, Epic Games has sent a clear message to anyone considering cheating in Fortnite. After RepulseGod, real name Morgan Bamford, attempted to cheat their way to victory in a multi-million dollar tournament, Epic successfully sued, received a monetary settlement, banned Bamford for life,...

    • Epic Games
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Fortnite

YesterdayTue, 18th Feb 2025

  • Guide 35 PS5, PS4 Games You Should Grab in PS Store's Planet of the Discounts Sale (North America/Europe)

    Recommended PS5 and PS4 games going cheap

    Planet of the Discounts is the PS Store's current major sale, slashing the prices of thousands of digital PS5 and PS4 games and add-ons. The offer runs from now through to 27th February, 2025. There's a lot of potential rubbish to sift through, so to give you a helping hand, we've highlighted a healthy...

    • Guides
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Store
    • Deals
  • Guide Best Trails Games Ranked: Which Trails Games to Play and Where to Start

    A guide to Falcom's huge RPG series

    Over the last few years, the Trails series has started to find some footing in the West, largely thanks to the localisation of the Trails of Cold Steel saga on PS4. And now that publisher NIS America is committed to bringing the franchise overseas, we finally have enough Trails games to warrant a guide like this...

    • Features
    • Trails
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Guides
  • News 10 PS5, PS4 Games Removed from PS Plus Extra, Premium Next Month

    Resident Evil, Final Fantasy, Life Is Strange all gone

    As the PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium game lineups for February 2025 go live, Sony has also announced via the Last Chance to Play section of the service on PS5 what's leaving next month. There are 10 PS5, PS4 titles set to depart on Tuesday, 18th March 2025, and they are: Monster E

    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Plus
  • News 9 New PS Plus Extra, Premium Games Yours to Download Now

    Pata Pata Pata Pon!

    Another nine PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium games are now available to download for active subscribers, including PS5, PS4, and Classic titles from yesteryear. The games are live now for the service in the UK and Europe, and availability in the USA will go live later in the day. Incase you need a reminder of what's on offer...

    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS Plus
  • News Embattled Publisher Embracer's Sales Tumble 22%

    A lot riding on Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's continued success

    Embracer Group has released its latest financial results for the nine months ending 31st December 2024, and while not the total bloodbath we witnessed this time last year, the Swedish monolith still has a long way to go to return to some semblance of normality. It's important to note...

    • Embracer Group
    • Industry
  • Review Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii (PS5) - Madcap Majima Does the Job

    Noah's arc

    RGG Studio hasn’t been entirely upfront about Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. More of a side game in a vein similar to 2023’s The Man Who Erased His Name, the developer has suggested in the lead-up to launch it’s quite a bit bigger than Kazuma Kiryu’s tear-jerking interlude. Every bit of that is indeed true, but it still...

    • Reviews
    • SEGA
    • PS5
    • Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
  • News FromSoftware Plans to Flog Characters, Bosses as Elden Ring Nightreign DLC

    Save your coins

    Elden Ring Nightreign, the new online focused take on FromSoftware’s smash hit RPG, will take the franchise in a very different direction – and that also appears to the case with its DLC. Text uploaded to the release’s Steam page before being swiftly removed mentioned that “additional playable characters and bosses” will...

    • Bandai Namco
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Elden Ring
    • DLC
  • News Despite Strong Criticism, Days Gone PS5 Is Climbing Up the PS Store Pre-Order Charts

    All aboard the broken road

    The announcement of Days Gone Remastered may have received a brutal reaction from disgruntled PlayStation enthusiasts, but the release has rocketed up the PS Store pre-order charts. At the time of writing, the revamped open world is sitting in tenth position in the US, behind various versions of Monster Hunter Wilds,...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Days Gone
  • News Tides of Annihilation Boasts Four Weapon Types, Dozens of Bosses, Over 30 Hours of Playtime

    "Black Myth: Wukong targeted the Chinese market; we targeted a Western audience"

    Tides of Annihilation might have been the biggest genuine PlayStation surprise of Sony's recent State of Play, and according to our own essential Push Square

    • Eclipse Glow Games
    • PS5
    • Tides of Annihilation
  • News GTA 6 Reportedly Wants to Be the Next Big PS5 Metaverse

    Rockstar allegedly targeting Fortnite, Roblox creators

    While the metaverse has generally become a nebulous Silicon Valley buzzword designed to raise investor capital, elements of it have been realised in releases like Roblox and Fortnite. These are colossal, cross-platform experiences predominantly played online, where you can engage in all kinds...

    • Rockstar Games
    • PS5
    • GTA
    • Grand Theft Auto
  • News Pro Skater Claims to Be in an Upcoming Tony Hawk Remaster That's 'About to Come Out'

    3+4 happening after all?

    A professional skateboarder has stated that he's set to appear in an upcoming Tony Hawk video game remaster project. In an appearance on the Breakfast Club podcast (embedded above), Tyshawn Jones claims he's going to be in a new game in the fan favourite skateboarding game series. "I'm in a Tony Hawk coming out, so, that's...

    • Activision
    • PS5
    • Tony Hawk
  • News PS5 Has Narrowed the Gap on Switch's Indie Game Sales, Says Shu Yoshida

    "Some games sold better on PlayStation than PC"

    Sony’s relationship with indie developers has had some ups-and-downs over the last ten-and-a-bit years. Many of you may recall during the PS4’s initial E3 press conference, the platform holder took the unprecedented opportunity to spotlight a bunch of indie games coming to the console. This was a...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Indies
  • News Magic: The Gathering's Final Fantasy Crossover Boasts Truly Epic Artwork

    Pure magic

    While we've never particularly had an interest in competitive card games like Magic: The Gathering, all of that could change in light of its upcoming Final Fantasy crossover. Four full decks, built around and boasting gorgeous artwork from Final Fantasy's VI, VII, X, and XIV, have been revealed, and we covet them almost as desperately as...

    • Square Enix
    • Final Fantasy
  • News Another Disney Classic Looks Locked for PS Plus Premium in the Future

    Don't be a Wall-E

    The ever-eagle eyed Gematsu has spotted a Taiwanese rating for WALL-E, which will almost certainly be added to PS Plus Premium as an emulated classic in the future. It’s unclear whether this will be the PS2 or PSP version of the game, but judging by past releases, we’d put money on this being the portable edition. Based on...

    • Disney
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PSP
    • PS Plus
  • News Management Sim Classic RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Takes a Ride on PS5, PS4 in March

    Complete Edition coming soon

    RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Complete Edition, a classic management sim from the early noughties, is finally coming to PS5 and PS4 next month. Published by Atari, the game is set to release on Sony's consoles on 20th March, 2025, with an HD coat of paint. It made its way onto Switch several years ago, but will soon be...

    • Atari
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • RollerCoaster Tycoon 3
    • Announcements
  • News PS Plus Classics Patapon 3, Dropship Add Full Trophy Support

    Trophy hunters on notice

    One of the highlights of Sony’s refreshed PS Plus Classics approach is that all first-party games tend to include Trophy lists. And the platform holder’s maintained that commitment with the addition of PSP threequel Patapon 3 and PS2 curio Dropship: United Peace Force today. Both games have Platinums to earn, and you...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • PS2
    • PSP
  • News Layoffs Confirmed at Liquid Swords, Avalanche Founder's New Studio

    Following pledge to implement a "sustainable work model"

    Liquid Swords, a studio started by Christofer Sundberg, who previously founded Avalanche Studios (Just Cause, Mad Max), has confirmed a round of layoffs following a financial review. The company cited "the present challenges of the video game industry" as the reason for the redundancies. The...

    • Liquid Swords
    • Industry
  • News Elden Ring Boss Pursues Tarnished Vendetta into Nightreign

    "Someone must extinguish thy flame. Let it be Margit the Fell!"

    Elden Ring Nightreign's recent network test sessions taught players many things about FromSoftware's experimental, excellent next offering. It also reminded them of a lesson that all Elden Ring players are taught early on: Margit, The Fell Omen's hatred for the Tarnished, whose very...

    • FromSoftware
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Elden Ring

Monday17th Feb 2025

  • News PS5 Fans Are Pondering the Point of Days Gone Remastered After Graphics Comparison Emerges

    Seeing double

    Horizon Zero Dawn’s rumoured remaster was roundly criticised until gameplay footage emerged. While the upgrade may have seemed unnecessary prior to it being revealed, developer Nixxes did an outstanding job upgrading the PS4 original, and it ended up attracting very strong reviews. Days Gone doesn’t look like it’ll enjoy the...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • Days Gone
  • Reaction Xbox Publishing More Games on PS5 Than Sony Is Not a Gotcha, It's Just a Sign of the Times

    The new status quo

    In the tedious and predictable aftermath to last week’s State of Play, a lot of column inches have been written about Xbox potentially

    • Xbox Game Studios
    • PS5
    • Reaction
    • Features
  • News Xbox Boss Says He's Given Up Trying to Convince PS5 Players to Switch Systems

    "Let's just allow more people to play"

    Talkative Xbox executive Phil Spencer says he’s given up trying to convince PS5 owners to switch to Microsoft’s machine, as his company increasingly becomes multiformat. “I’m not trying to move [PS5 players] over to Xbox anymore,” he told the XboxEra podcast. “We’re all so invested in where our...

    • Xbox Game Studios
    • PS5
    • Phil Spencer
    • Industry
  • Review Sid Meier's Civilization VII (PS5) - Legendary Strategy Series Builds a Brand New Foundation

    Settle down

    Firaxis' flagship series returns with Sid Meier’s Civilization VII, and, for the first time in the series’ history, it;s released simultaneously across all platforms, including the PS5. For the uninitiated, Civilization (Civ for short) is the quintessential 4X (eXplore, eXpand, eXplot, eXterminate) game where the objective is to...

    • Reviews
    • 2K Games
    • PS5
    • Sid Meier's Civilization VII
  • News Those Classic Final Fantasy Remakes Are Reputedly Still in Development

    Final Fantasy IX, Tactics en route

    Cast your minds back to a different, simpler time in 2021, when leading tech firm NVIDIA spectacularly stuffed up by allowing a list of future games to leak via its GeForce Now service. Fast forward four years, and many of the games on the list have since been released, with a few notable expect

    • Square Enix
    • Final Fantasy
  • News Tides of Annihilation Proving Popular After State of Play Reveal

    Voted the best PS5 game at the show

    While Sony may have expected its first-party announcements to be the biggest hitters of last week's State of Play event, it's the new Chinese RPG Tides of Annihilation that's turned out to be the PS5 title attracting the most attention. A debut effort from Eclipse Glow Games, the intriguing setting combined with...

    • Eclipse Glow Games
    • PS5
    • Tides of Annihilation
  • News A Free Demo for One of 2025's Most Intriguing PS5 Games Is Available Now

    You can now check out Promise Mascot Agency

    Promise Mascot Agency, the next game from the makers of Paradise Killer, is coming later this year, and it's one we've been keeping an eye on here at Push Square Towers. We've been very curious to see for ourselves how this one will play out, and fortunately, a playable demo has just been announced and...

    • Kaizen Game Works
    • PS5
    • Promise Mascot Agency
    • Demos
  • News Ubisoft Revenue, Net Bookings Decline 31%

    These are not happy numbers

    All eyes are on Ubisoft, one of the biggest publishers in the industry, as it finds itself in something of a fiscal pickle. The French firm has released its financial results for the nine months ending 31st December 2024, and they don't paint a pretty picture. Now more than ever, Ubisoft seems to be counting on the...

    • Ubisoft
    • Industry
  • News Nightdive Rebrands System Shock 2 Remaster, Teases Release Date

    Roses are red, violets are blue, I am coming back to eradicate you, insect

    Formerly known as System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition, the remaster of the hugely influential immersive sim has been formally rebranded by its current masters at Nightdive Studios. Henceforth, the re-release of the game visionary Ken Levine designed before its spiritual...

    • Nightdive Studios
    • PS5
    • System Shock 2
  • News Sony's Latest State of Play Set a New Viewership Record for a PS5, PS4 Livestream

    Peaks at over two million concurrent viewers

    Despite pretty strong criticism since its inception, Sony’s been gradually growing its State of Play brand. And according to Streams Charts, its latest livestream set a new record for the series, peaking at over two million concurrent viewers. This data takes into account co-streamers across YouTube...

    • Sony
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • State of Play
    • Industry
  • News Digimon Story Time Stranger 'Updates' Set for March, 2025 Release Date Still Promised

    Digidestined

    Announced at PlayStation's latest State of Play, it looks like we'll be getting much more information on Digimon Story Time Stranger next month. The creature-collecting RPG will feature at Digimon Con, which is happening on the 20th March. It's a digital event that'll be streamed worldwide, although it is a Japanese broadcast, and so...

    • Bandai Namco
    • PS5
    • Digimon
  • News UK Sales Charts: Civilization 7 Sells Best on PS5 in Strong Debut

    EA Sports FC 25 comes top

    The latest physical UK chart is in, and new arrival Civilization 7 almost makes it to the tip top. Beaten only by the ever-popular EA Sports FC 25, the strategy sim makes a commendable debut at number two. Almost half of the physical copies sold were for PS5. Elsewhere, the acclaimed Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has moved...

    • UK
    • Sales
    • Charts
    • PS5
    • PS4
  • News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Tops 2 Million Sales in Two Weeks

    All the twos

    Having sold 1 million copies at launch, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has now surpassed 2 million sales within its first two weeks on the market. The hardcore RPG certainly won't appeal to everyone, but it's really managed to strike a chord with those who enjoy its historical setting and deeply involved gameplay systems. Indeed,...

    • Deep Silver
    • PS5
    • Kingdom Come
    • Sales
  • News Funko Fusion Developer Reportedly Struck with Layoffs Following Disastrous Launch

    10:10 Games loses around 20 people

    Last year saw the release of Funko Fusion, an action adventure based on the popular vinyl figures that line the walls where video games used to be in places like GAME. While the collectable Funko Pop! figures continue to be popular, depicting hundreds if not thousands of characters from modern pop culture, the...

    • 10:10 Games
    • PS5
    • PS4
    • Funko Fusion
    • Industry