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Guide 60+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in PS Store's Updated Spring Sale (North America/Europe)
Discounted PS5 and PS4 games we recommend
PS Store's massive Spring Sale has just received a big refresh, with hundreds of new deals added to the offer. If you've yet to check it out, the offer runs from now until 23rd April, 2025, so there's still plenty of time to grab a bargain. With so many games going cheap, it can be hard to rummage through...
Guide These 17+ New PS5, PS4 Games Are Coming Out This Week (14th-20th April)
Indiana Jones! I, Robot! Lost Records! More!
Once again, we’re rounding up all of the big new PS5 and PS4 games coming out this week. This is a huge week, with tons of high-quality games coming out. We suspect the highlight for the vast majority of you will be Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, which is finally making its way to Sony's system...
TV Show Review The Last of Us (HBO) Season 2 Episode 1 - Structure Changes Keep Things Fresh
And so it begins
HBO’s The Last of Us is back and so begins the adaptation of Sony’s most divisive exclusive. While the first season had its deviations here or there, for the most part it was a fairly straight to the point adaptation. For us, this resulted in it feeling a bit like a highlight reel of our favourite game. This story is a different...
Poll Are You Planning to Buy Bungie's Marathon?
A Marathon, not a sprint
Bungie has revealed Marathon, a release which carries massive significance for both owner Sony and the Bellevue-based studio itself. The game, which will not be free-to-play but also won’t cost $70, will come with six character classes and three maps. It seems like a pretty puny offering at launch, but with a Battle Pass...
Live Watch Bungie's Marathon Gameplay Reveal Right Here
Shoot first
Bungie's about to fully reveal its first new game since Destiny 2. Just in case you haven't heard, it's called Marathon, and it's an extraction shooter sporting a crazy art direction. Given the developer's pedigree, you'd expect top-tier gun-based gameplay from Marathon — and we should be seeing plenty of that today. The gameplay...
Poll Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for April 2025?
Plus or minus?
Another month, another glut of PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium games for subscribers to look forward to. Well, hopefully. It's actually quite slim pickings this time around. April's lineup consists of just eight games across the two subscription tiers, although there are two new releases to consider, and a couple of heavy hitters...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 576
Dead or alive, you're coming with me
The sun is finally shining, and the Easter holidays are approaching. So, what better way to celebrate the season than to shut yourself inside and play some good ol' video games. Aaron Bayne: This weekend I'm packing up my bullwhip and fedora and heading off on an adventure with Indiana Jones and the Great...
Poll 5 Years Later, How Do You Feel About Final Fantasy 7 Remake?
Destiny's crossroads
Today, the 10th April 2025, marks the five-year anniversary of Final Fantasy 7 Remake. Just to be clear, we're not talking about Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade — the PS5's expanded re-release that dropped in 2021 — but the original PS4 version. If we can quickly cast your minds back to the game's original announcement,...
Talking Point What Do We Actually Want from the Oblivion Remake?
You are the one from my dreams
Look, we're sick of writing about the rumours and you're probably sick of reading about them, but with the seemingly inevitable announcement incoming, we wanted to take a step back and ask: what it is that we actually want from the Oblivion remake? Originally released for the Xbox 360 and PC all the way back in 2006...
Guide Best Assassin's Creed Games of All Time
All Assassin's Creed games ranked
What are the best Assassin's Creed games? It's a question that we simply can't answer alone, given the impressive reach of Ubisoft's open world series — and so that's why we asked you to rate every mainline game on PlayStation consoles. This article is the result of your ratings, with 16 different titles vying to...
Round Up The Last of Us 2's TV Show Reviews Aren't Quite a Hole in One for Sony, HBO
One fore the fans, perhaps
Reviews for the second season of HBO’s hit live action The Last of Us adaptation are starting to roll out, and while generally quite positive, critics are a little more mixed on this effort. Inspired by Naughty Dog’s critically acclaimed The Last of Us 2 game, this season once again sees Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey...
Guide The Best PS5 Games (2025)
All the best PS5 games you can play right now
What are the best PS5 games? No matter your tastes, PS5 has a huge range of brilliant games. Whether it's Sony's first-party efforts or excellent titles from elsewhere, there truly is something for everyone on the current-gen console. If you're looking for something new to play, or want some...
Round Up PS Plus Extra Game Blue Prince Is One of the Highest Rated Puzzlers Ever
Royalty
Blue Prince, launching straight into PS Plus Extra later this week, has just received its first batch of reviews, and it's not only the highest rated game of 2025 so far, it's among the best-scoring puzzle games full stop. With a Metacritic average of 93 at the time of writing, this intriguing first-person puzzle adventure is glowing with...
Guide These 11+ New PS5, PS4 Games Are Coming Out This Week (7th-13th April)
Blue Prince! Promise Mascot Agency! More!
We’re rounding up all of the big new PS5 and PS4 games coming out this week. PS Plus Extra subscribers will probably want to try out the critically acclaimed Blue Prince, which will be included with your subscription. Other highlights this time include the wacky Promise Mascot Agency. Here are all the...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 575
That was a slow week, wasn't it?
Did much happen this week in the video games industry? Can't say we noticed. Seemed like a quiet one, to be honest. Here's what we're playing. Jamie O'Neill: I'm still making the most of PS1 Armored Core being part of the recent PS Plus Premium picks, before I create SSD space to download one of April 2025's P
Poll Are You Still Playing Monster Hunter Wilds?
Title Update 1 is here
It's been just over a month since Monster Hunter Wilds launched on PS5, and the action RPG's right back in the spotlight thanks to Title Update 1. This first major patch adds new monsters, new quests, a new multiplayer hub, and more, tempting lapsed players back into the creature-crushing fold. And based on how quickly Wilds'...
Guide Best PS5, PS4 Games Like Mario Kart
The finest arcade and kart racers on PlayStation
What are the best PS5, PS4 games like Mario Kart? One of the best-selling and most beloved racing series of all time is Mario Kart, Nintendo's brilliant arcade racer starring all your favourite characters. Unfortunately, it's only playable on Nintendo hardware, so if you don't have access to the...
Feature PS5's Not Perfect, But Here Are 5 Ways It's More Consumer Friendly Than Switch 2
For now, anyway
The phrase “consumer friendly” gets tossed around a lot and is rarely ever true. All companies want to extract money from your wallet at the end of the day. But there are scales to this sort of stuff, and some organisations tend to be fairer than others. PlayStation is often criticised as being the most anti-consumer gaming...
Game of the Month Assassin's Creed Shadows (March 2025)
As voted by you
Historically, March has always been a busy month for new releases, as publishers look to squeeze things out just before the end of the fiscal year — and March 2025 was no different. Last month was peppered with new PS5 games of all shapes and sizes, with extremely highly rated co-op romp Split Fiction kicking things off in the...
Round Up A 'Cavern of Stupidity' - The Minecraft Movie Reviews Are Live
Metacritic rating of 49
Releasing in theatres tomorrow, 4th April 2025, the A Minecraft Movie adapts the obscenely popular video game for the big screen. It stars the likes of Jack Black, Jason Momoa, and Emma Myers, with critic reviews now live. Reviews are mixed overall; the Metacritic rating sits at 49 currently, and the Rotten Tomatoes score is...
Hands On Hitman: World of Assassination Is a Must-Play on PSVR2
VR port finally hit its target
Hitman in VR is a match seemingly made in heaven, but whether it was on PSVR, PCVR or Meta Quest, IO Interactive has never seemed to get it quite right. The ill-fated PSVR release with Hitman 3 in 2021 was an admirable attempt, although shocking motion tracking through the DualShock 4 (?!) meant it felt like a half...
Talking Point What Are Your Thoughts on Potential $80 PS5 Games?
"I'll buy it at a high price"
Everyone expected it to be Rockstar and GTA 6 to drive up the prices of games yet again, but in an unexpected twist, it’s Nintendo that’s taken the plunge. In case you missed the news, Mario Kart World will retail for $79.99. In fact, so will the Nintendo Switch 2 Editions of Super Mario Party Jamboree and
Reaction Switch 2 Looks Solid But the Many PS5, PS4 Ports Won't Spook Sony Yet
Early impressions of Nintendo's new machine
Nintendo has finally pulled back the curtain on Switch 2, after a long and arduous build-up which has almost had our colleagues at Nintendo Life in straight-jackets. The headline news here is that the console seems like a compelling iteration on its outstandingly successful predecessor, with comfortably...
Poll PS5 Fans, Are You Sold on the Nintendo Switch 2?
Switching it up
Nintendo's highly anticipated Switch 2 Direct has come and gone — and while we'll obviously be leaving coverage of the event itself up to our friends at Nintendo Life, we still want to know what the Push Square community thinks about the Big N's new console. Set for release on the 5th June — it's only a couple of months off! —...
Feature Nintendo Switch 2 Direct - 5 Things for PS5 Fans to Pay Attention To
Switching it up
After months of waiting – perhaps even years for some – the Nintendo Switch 2 will get its long-awaited blowout today. Alarmingly, as we write this, very little has leaked. We know there’ll be a new Mario Kart game for the console, as it was revealed alongside the system itself. Other than that, though, there’s an air of...
Interview Inside Honkai: Star Rail - PS5's Biggest and Most Ambitious Live Service RPG
A deep dive into HoYoverse's huge hit ahead of its second anniversary
With the second anniversary of Honkai: Star Rail mere weeks away, we had the opportunity to reflect on one of the PS5’s most successful live service efforts with Lead Game Designer Chengnan An at GDC in San Francisco last month. Our interview was wide-ranging, digging into the...
Raidou rides again
People didn't seem to be all too impressed with the latest Nintendo Direct broadcast, but it did feature one specific announcement that got me off my chair — and in this article, I'm going to try and explain why you should be excited about the fact that it's actually happening. The drainingly-named Devil Summoner: Raidou...
Round Up DOOM: The Dark Ages Previews Hype Up a Slower But Bigger PS5 Prequel
Stand and fight
A batch of hands-on previews have arrived for the hotly anticipated DOOM: The Dark Ages, and it sounds like it'll be worth the wait. This prequel to the modern DOOM series is set for launch on 15th May, 2025, and while that's not very long to wait, these previews have us counting down the days. Overall, sentiment is very positive...
Guide These 9+ New PS5, PS4 Games Are Coming Out This Week (31st-6th April)
Croc! Koira! Feudal Bros! More!
We’re rounding up all of the big new PS5 and PS4 games coming out this week. This is probably the quietest week of the year, with retro remaster Croc: Legend of the Gobbos probably the biggest highlight. Here are all the new PS5 and PS4 games coming out. New PS5, PS4 Games This Week (31st-6th April):...
Poll Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Essential Games for April 2025?
Plus or minus?
April's PS Plus Essential games have been revealed, and spoilers: not one, but two of Push Square's esteemed editorial team are positively livid that RoboCop: Rogue City is up for grabs, having just bought the bloody thing recently. You can thank us for that inclusion! Indeed, 2023's RoboCop game is a bit of a banger — one of those...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 574
Everything or nothing
The first blooms of spring are, well, springing – which is big news for fans of sunshine and warmer weather. Of course, with so many new games on the market, who’s even got the time to go outside? Aaron Bayne: This weekend I'll be diving into Hitman VR, with its new PSVR2 update. I've sunk a lot of time into the third...
Poll What Review Score Would You Give Assassin's Creed Shadows?
Work in the dark to serve the light
It's been just over a week since the release of Assassin's Creed Shadows, and as always, we want to know your thoughts on the latest PS5 blockbuster. Granted, many of you may not have actually finished the open world adventure just yet. Ubisoft had said that Shadows was going to be a smaller instalment compared...
Feature 37 Under the Radar PS5 Games to Watch Out for in 2025
What's a GTA?
Every year brings us a treasure trove of games to enjoy — some would say too many — and 2025 will be no exception. While a lot of eager gamers will be patiently awaiting the arrival of some true juggernauts, like Grand Theft Auto 6, Ghost of Yotei, and Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, countless more titles of all shapes and sizes...
Better than nothing
Sony has started licensing some of its dormant intellectual property to third-parties. While its relationship with Bandai Namco is most notable in the aftermath of this week’s Nintendo Direct, it’s a practice the platform holder has been engaging in for a little longer. Cast your mind back to 2023’s FantaVision remake,...
Preview Being the Good Guy Is Fun for Once in Classic GTA Police Sim The Precinct on PS5
Beat it
You’ve heard the saying: good guys finish last. While that’s usually the case, we had a soft spot for doing the right thing in Fallen Tree’s new isometric cop sim The Precinct. The UK studio, you may recall, previously had a hit with American Fugitive, a top-down PS4 crime sim that appealed to that rose-tinted era of PS1 GTA games...
Poll What Are Your Thoughts on Bloodborne, 10 Years Later?
The last drop of blood
Bloodborne, perhaps the most talked-about PS4 exclusive of all time, has just turned 10 years old. That's right, we've had a full decade of the FromSoftware classic. First released for the last-gen system on the 24th March 2015, Bloodborne was met with gushing reviews and caused a real furore amongst the PlayStation faithful...
Guide Last Chance to Get These 58 PS5, PS4 Games Discounted in PS Store's Mega March Sale
Recommended PS5 and PS4 games in the latest sale
The endless parade of discounted games continues with PS Store's latest sale, Mega March. As per usual, this offer brings prices down on thousands of PS5 and PS4 games and add-ons; it's a heck of a lot to browse through. The sale runs from now until 27th March, when it'll be replaced by the Spring...
Guide These 18+ New PS5, PS4 Games Are Coming Out This Week (24th-30th March)
Atomfall! AI Limit! The First Berserker: Khazan! So much more!
We’re rounding up all of the big new PS5 and PS4 games coming out this week. This is an action-packed week as we approach the end of the fiscal year, with Atomfall likely the biggest highlight, but long-awaited titles such as AI Limit and The First Berserker: Khazan also worth...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 573
We're all off to Feudal Japan
After a slight lull following the release of Monster Hunter Wilds, significant video game releases are back on the agenda as Assassin's Creed Shadows launches on PS5. Is that what you're playing this weekend, or do you have something else planned? Here are our picks for the weekend. Echo Apsey: I'm planning to wrap up...
Preview Rejuvenated Atari Is Bringing Some Absolute Bangers to PS5
Here's how you bring back an iconic brand
You may not have been paying attention, but Atari is back. The once legendary console manufacturer turned third-party publisher has gone through all kinds of turmoil and management turnover, but the current incarnation of the company is awesome: it respects its legacy – warts and all – and genuinely...
Poll Are You Playing Assassin's Creed Shadows?
Hidden in plain sight
Originally meant to release in November of last year, Assassin's Creed Shadows has finally arrived, two launch date delays later. It's no secret that a lot is riding on this game for Ubisoft. The embattled publisher is desperate for a win, and it'll be hoping that its best-selling franchise can turn the tide. The open world...
Guide Best Cheap Games on PS5, PS4
50 PS5 and PS4 games under $20
What are the best cheap games on PS5 and PS4? Of all the thousands of games available on PS Store, some of the best you can buy are those on the cheaper end of the scale. In this guide, we're recommending 50 of the best cheap games on PS5 and PS4. Each game included here is $19.99/£19.99 or less, and all of them have...
Poll What Review Score Would You Give Split Fiction?
It Takes Two/10
Split Fiction, the latest co-op escapade from Hazelight, has been out for a couple of weeks now, and so we want to know what you think of it. Cast aside your potentially ruined relationships and take a moment to consider the game's overall quality! This one was met with plenty of incredibly positive reviews — most of which seemed...
Guide Last Chance to Buy These PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store's Weekend Offer Sale
Ladies and gentlemen, the weekend
Every so often, Sony will throw out a Weekend Offer on the PS Store, a sort of miniature sale bringing prices down on a smaller selection of PS5 and PS4 games. This weekend is one of those occasions, with a handful of discounts you might want to take a look at. We've compiled a list of all the full games included...
Feature PS5's Welcome Hub: Everything You Need to Know
All the Welcome page's new features
What can you do with the Welcome hub on PS5? In a 2024 system software update for PS5, a major new addition arrived on the console's home screen. A tile, simply titled Welcome, is the first thing you see when you log into your account, and it's a great feature that can show you a lot of information about your PS5,...
Guide These 9+ New PS5, PS4 Games Are Coming Out Next Week (17th-23rd March)
Assassin's Creed! Bleach! Atelier Yumia! More!
We’re rounding up all of the big new PS5 and PS4 games coming out next week. While there are fewer new titles this time, there are some massive names, like Assassin's Creed Shadows and Atelier Yumia. Here are all the new PS5 and PS4 games coming out. New PS5, PS4 Releases (17th-23rd March):...
Poll Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for March 2025?
Plus or minus?
March 2025's PS Plus Extra and Premium games have been announced, with middle and top tier subscribers being given access to a total of 12 titles. Truth be told, this feels like a bit of a... well, we don't want to say weak month, but it's certainly not up to the standards of previous selections. Extra's lineup is all over the...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 572
Konami coin-op classics and more
The nights are drawing out and the weather is definitely, absolutely starting to improve. A little bit. Maybe. Well, it depends where you are. Who cares what's going on outside anyway, there's video games to play! Graham Banas: This weekend, it's time to dive into Split Fiction with one of my friends, and the...
Live Watch Silent Hill Transmission Right Here (March 2025)
F in the chat
Following on from the excellent Silent Hill 2 remake, Konami is set to reveal the next Silent Hill title it has in the pipeline: Silent Hill F. That will be the focus of today's Silent Hill Transmission, but there might be other pieces of news alongside it. The livestream will begin 30 minutes after the publication of this article, at...
Siege stays strong
If you can believe it, Rainbow Six Siege is coming up on its 10th anniversary. That’s 10 years of new operators, new maps, meta changes, and plenty of battle passes. However, a literal decade down the line and Ubisoft is far from done with one of its few live service hits. In fact, Rainbow Six Siege X, a celebratory revamp of...
