As a contributor for Push Square for over 10 years, Simon relies heavily upon his extensive PlayStation knowledge stored in his tiny noggin. As a lover of souls-likes and rogue-likes, he can often be found crawling through dungeons on The Binding of Isaac, Hollowknight and Elden Ring.
News Overwatch's Lunar New Year Event Returns to PS4 Tomorrow
Year of the Dog
Overwatch's Lunar New Year event is returning to the game from the 8th February, and will run for a total of 4 weeks. The event last year, titled Year of the Rooster, consisted of a Capture the Flag mode, new skins and other cosmetic items. This year it's the Year of the Dog, and it sees the return of the Capture the Flag mode with a...
Game of the Year 2017 Simon's Personal Picks
Simon says
As is becoming an annual tradition here at Push Square Towers, we’ve corralled our core group of staff writers and prodded them until they’ve told us what their favourite five games of the year are. With such a strong assortment to select from, added force was required in some instances. We threatened Simon with Polybius on...
Review Minecraft: Story Mode Season Two - Episode 5: Above and Beyond (PS4)
Put to bed-rock
The finale to Minecraft: Story Mode Season Two is finally here, meaning you can now play the entire game from start-to-finish in one sitting. To be fair, this may help the series a great deal, as Season Two has really struggled to produce lengthy episodes that keep your interest. The finale is no different clocking in at around the...
Where's 1-7?
Republished on Wednesday 29th November 2017: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of December's PlayStation Plus lineup. The original text follows. Forma.8 is an atmospheric, Metroidvania adventure game in which you take on the role of a spherical, flying alien. You are deployed...
News New Arrival Moira Is Now Playable in Overwatch on PS4
It's a matter of life and death
The new Overwatch character, Moira, is now playable on the PlayStation 4. First announced at Blizzcon earlier this month, she came as quite the surprise for fans -- the majority very pleased to finally be getting another Support hero. Moira's abilities include using orbs to both heal and damage others, a short range...
Purr-fection or cat-astrophe?
Cat Quest is an open world RPG set in the land of Felingard which has been conquered by dragons. You play as the last of the blood knight cats meaning you have the ability to slay these dragons with the help of your trusty sword. That’s not the only issue in these lands, though, as an evil pussy named Drakoth has...
Review Minecraft: Story Mode Season Two - Episode 4: Below the Bedrock (PS4)
Rock bottom?
Below the Bedrock is the penultimate episode in Minecraft: Story Mode Season Two and boy are we glad it’s going to end soon. With the opening three episodes getting very mixed reviews we weren’t expecting much to change for the fourth, however we were surprised with a genuinely enjoyable and well balanced experience. ...
Review Slayaway Camp: Butcher's Cut (PS4)
Slayer
Slayaway Camp: Butcher's Cut is a sliding puzzle game, very similar in style to Hitman Go and Lara Croft Go. A bunch of kids have set up camp upon an old burial ground, making for your typical spooky story setting. Playing as a killer you must rid the camp of all its innocent children in the most brutally murderous way possible. The...
News Stranger Things Is Getting a PlayStation VR Experience
Put up those Christmas lights
PlayStation UK has posted a teaser on its Twitter page for an upcoming PlayStation VR experience of Stranger Things. Details are scarce with just a short video showing the Christmas lights used in the first season of Stranger Things lighting up the letters P, S, V, R in order. Other than that the tweet reads: "Feel the...
Feature 8 Essential PS4 Roguelikes to Crawl Through this Hallowe'en
Deadly dungeons
With Hallowe'en fast approaching, we have compiled a list of our eight favourite PlayStation 4 roguelike dungeon crawlers for all you creeps out there to enjoy in these dark, dark times. So, in no particular order... The Binding of Isaac: The Binding of Isaac is a twin-stick shooting dungeon crawler perfect to play on...
Dreddful?
JYDGE is a top-down, twin-stick shooter not too dissimilar to Hotline Miami. You take on the role of what can only be described as a knockoff Judge Dredd, who is tasked with dishing out justice with his gavel gun. The entire game is level based: each one set in a different location where the criminals have gathered hostages or stock piles...
Review The Solus Project (PS4)
Ever so lonely
The Solus Project is a single-player survival exploration experience developed entirely in Unreal Engine 4. Earth has been destroyed and humans are now on the brink of extinction. You have been sent on a mission to find another planet that is inhabitable, but after years of exploration with no luck, you find yourself stranded and...
Review Minecraft: Story Mode Season Two - Episode 3: Jailhouse Block (PS4)
A happy little review
Minecraft: Story Mode Season Two - Episode 3: Jailhouse Block starts off with a much more intriguing plot than the first two episodes in the season. Jesse and his companions are locked in a bedrock prison at the bottom of the world which is controlled by the Admin’s loyal followers. They must find a way to escape it and...
News Overwatch's Junkertown Map Arrives in Latest Update
Also includes major hero overhauls
The latest update for Overwatch is out on the PlayStation 4 and it includes a new escort map called Junkertown. This new map is associated with the Junkers, Junkrat and Roadhog, who recently both received an animated short and a comic detailing parts of their history at Junkertown. The update also brings...
News The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ Is Now Available on PS4
Sneaky release
The long awaited Afterbirth+ DLC for The Binding of Isaac has finally released on the PlayStation 4 with not a word mentioned anywhere about it. The DLC includes 55 plus new items, three booster packs of fan-made items, a new playable character, a harder Greed mode, five new challenges, new bosses, hundreds of new rooms, a whole load...
Shocking
Sparc is a virtual reality version of Pong with Tron-like visuals. In a way, it's very similar to PlayStation VR Worlds' Danger Ball. You face off against an opponent, each standing at opposite ends of a long empty corridor, and you must throw a ball at your opponent in order to score points. That's the basic...
News Super Meat Boy Forever Confirmed for PS4 in 2018
Mighty Meaty
Team Meat has announced on its Twitter page that the next Meat Boy title, Super Meat Boy Forever, will be coming to the PlayStation 4 next year. It also released the first trailer for the game which has a very comical, cartoon style to it and shows off some gameplay footage. Going by the short trailer this certainly looks to be...
Review Minecraft: Story Mode Season Two - Episode 2: Giant Consequences (PS4)
Lacking in consequence
So far Minecraft: Story Mode Season Two hasn’t had the best of starts with Episode 1: Hero in Residencestruggling to remedy the issues experienced in the first season with a slow paced story and clunky gameplay mechanics being the most prominent problems. Unfortunately Episode 2: Giant Consequences, although...
News Doomfist Is Now Playable in Overwatch PS4
Fists of fury
The long rumoured hero that was officially announced to be the 25th character to hit Overwatch earlier this month has finally launched on the PlayStation 4. You are now able to download a small patch that will add Doomfist into the game; he will not be available in Competitive play for another week to allow users time to get a...
Review Minecraft: Story Mode Season Two - Episode 1: Hero in Residence (PS4)
Blockage
It’s a fresh season for Minecraft: Story Mode and what better way to kick it off than with the same old mechanics and tiresome gameplay that everyone complained about in the first season. We don’t want to write the game off in the first episode but it certainly doesn’t provide a promising introduction to the season. The game begins...
News Super Meat Boy Dev Will Bring New Platformer The End Is Nigh to PS4
The beginning of the end
Edmund McMillen, otherwise known as the developer of indie hits such as The Binding of Isaac and Super Meat Boy, has announced on his Twitter account that his latest game, The End is Nigh, will be coming to the PS4 "eventually". For those out of the loop, it's a 2D platformer of extreme difficulty that has a lot of...
News Doomfist Announced as the 25th Overwatch Hero
Playable on PC
Doomfist has been a long rumoured Overwatch hero for months now and was teased on Twitter earlier this week but he has finally been officially revealed with a new origins story and developer commentary video on the Overwatch YouTube channel. He has also been made playable for those players on the Player Test Realm on the PC which...
News Doomfist Teased as New Overwatch Hero Yet Again
Crews'in for a bruising
It's been rumoured and heavily hinted at for months now that Doomfist will be a hero in Overwatch and that he'll be voiced by none other than Terry Crews. As if to add fuel to the fire, the developer has taken to Twitter today to tease everyone with more information on Doomfist's background. In the past, the Overwatch...
Coming soon
Ancient Amuletor is a tower defence, virtual reality title in which you are tasked with protecting a bunch of crystals from an onslaught of enemies. You play from the perspective of a hero, with the ability to teleport from pillar to pillar, overlooking the various crystals that require defending. The game is level-based with each stage...
