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Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 84
Raiding party
What? The end of another week already? We're rapidly approaching the last few months of 2015 now, so we can see these articles getting bigger and bigger as we get closer and closer to the holiday rush. Indeed, now's the time to try and get your backlog sorted out before the blockbuster releases start pouring in - but we're not exactly...
Poll Which Destiny Ghost Voice Is the Best?
Dinklage or North?
Any fan of Destiny will know that the game's most recent 2.0 update replaced the original voice of your robotic companion - your Ghost - with an all-new actor. Previously, it was Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage who provided your Ghost with its monotone commentary, but now, video game voice actor Nolan North has been drafted to...
Guide Metal Gear Solid V Buddies and How to Get the Best Out of Them
Comrades in arms
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain features very fun and flexible mission design. From fully customisable loadouts to the fact that you can tackle almost any operation exactly as you see fit, you're always given countless options when it comes to fulfilling your objectives. One of the game's most interesting additions to the...
Soapbox Metal Gear Solid V Has the Best Sandbox Mission Design I've Seen in a Game
Bossing it
I've finally had a chance to really sink my teeth into Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain this weekend, and I've already came to one pretty dramatic conclusion: it has the best open mission design that I've experienced in a game. A pretty bold statement, I'm sure you'll agree, but it's one that I'm quite confident in - and not just...
Video Top 4 PlayStation Games - August 2015
Horror show
Your humble video host was torn away, kicking and screaming from Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain in order to make this bloody Game of the Month round up, so you had better watch the damn thing. Featuring moronic teenagers, West Midlands accents, and even special guest appearances from everyone's favourite editor who isn't the...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 83
Ahead of schedule
The sun has set on another week, but there's one major difference this time: we've actually got WAYP ready relatively early this time. In fact, this level of organisation is practically unheard of here at Push Square Towers, as responses from staff members were solicited yesterday – and the entire article's been completed long...
Guide Where to Find All of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain's Music Cassette Tapes
Locations that will make your Walkman sing
Let it be known that there is only one universal truth on this earth, and that is that cassette tapes suck. Unfortunately for Big Boss he hasn't got much of a choice, as CDs and iPods don't exist in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. While collectibles can be a pile of crud in other games, the tapes...
Guide Sneaking to Success in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain on PS4
Hints and tips for Big Boss beginners
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is an extraordinary game. Hideo Kojima may be bowing out with the brand's big fifth instalment, but his swansong is a real masterwork: a compelling tapestry of an entire career's worth of refinement, condensed into a tropical open world. Of course, with any title as expansive...
Talking Point What Is a Video Game?
The million dollar question
Video game. Noun. A game played by electronically manipulating images produced by a computer program on a monitor or other display. Video games are more diverse than they've ever been. As the market matures, we're starting to see new ideas introduced that challenge the very rules upon which the industry has been built...
Round Up Push Square's August 2015 Reviews
Racing towards the storm
August was a busy month for everyone here at Push Square, as we pumped out a whopping 39 reviews - which is surely some sort of record. The sheer amount of new releases perhaps came as no surprise, though, seeing as we're now hurtling towards the holiday rush at speeds that we're not entirely comfortable with. Future fears...
Live Discover Destiny's New Court of Oryx Battles Right Here
Round table
Your Wednesday can't possibly be complete with a new Destiny: The Taken King stream, and while we forgot about last week's live event, we're making damn sure that we don't this time. The focus for today's stream is on the Court of Oryx, colossal battles that occur in public spaces. Join us live from 19:00PM BST for all of the latest...
Game of the Month What Were the Best PlayStation Games of August 2015?
Dumb teenagers, space battles, pirates, and raptures
Time certainly flies, as evidenced by the fact that it's somehow September. Yeah, we don't understand it either, but we suppose that we have to go ahead and announce August's Game of the Month anyway. Leading steadily into the holiday rush that's about to hit Push Square Towers like a freight...
Round Up Mad Max PS4 Reviews Hit the Highway
Wasteland or waste of space?
Mad Max has been in development so long that God of War II director Cory Barlog joined developer Avalanche Studios after the completion of the aforementioned PlayStation 2 sequel to work on it. He's since held various other roles in the industry, and not too long ago returned to Sony Santa Monica to work on some kind of...
Out This Week Metal Gear Solid 5, Mad Max, Grow Home, Super Time Force Ultra
Boxed in
Yes, the holiday rush has arrived. This week's edition of Out This Week is one part exciting and two parts absolutely insane, as no less than 16 new titles descend upon PlayStation Nation, vying for your attention. There's only one highlight this time: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Having said that, honourable mentions must go out...
Push Rewind Trophies, Metal Gear Solid 5, Until Dawn, One Piece
Better late than never
It's a Bank Holiday here in the UK, so we've decided to sit on Push Rewind until the morning. Alright, if truth be known we were up watching kitten videos all Sunday evening so have only just got around to this regularly scheduled recap of all of the week's hottest news. Well, we say "hot news" but... You'll see. Reviews:...
First Impressions Is Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain on PS4 the Best Entry Yet?
Tactical espionage excellence
It's night in Afghanistan, as the soldier known as Big Boss surveys a Russian outpost from afar. Soldiers, searchlights, and machine gun emplacements pepper the settlement, making his mission to rescue a prisoner held there even more difficult. The question is: what approach should the legendary soldier take? Should he...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 82
Supersize us
Summer appears to be coming to a close, but in celebration of National Burger Day recently, we hope that there's one last BBQ on the agenda for you all. We can't think of a better way to spend the weekend than with a DualShock 4 in one hand and a hot dog in the other – who cares whether it's cloudy or not? Sammy Barker, Editor: For...
Feature Our Most Anticipated PlayStation Games of Holiday 2015
Pick 'n' mix
Madden NFL 16 is out, which means that the holiday rush is upon us. As such, we thought that it would be fun to collate our most anticipated titles from the coming months in one place. There was one rule, however – no one was allowed to include a title releasing prior to 7th September. Why? Because we didn't want a list that consisted...
Gallery Sony Made Us Dress Up as a Squirrel for Tearaway Unfolded
So we did
Life as a video games writer is rarely glamorous – but it's not normally as embarrassing as this. This morning Push Square Towers received a package from Sony, imploring us to shame ourselves in a squirrel costume. Never one to refuse a challenge, this author hopped straight into the luminous orange onesie and posed for a few photographs...
First Impressions Bashing Our Brainnns Against PS4's Zombie Vikings
Thor you should know a little more about this title
Arriving digitally next week is hack-'n'-slash adventure Zombie Vikings – unsurprisingly a game about undead vikings slicing their way through numerous enemies in a side-scrolling quest. We were lucky enough to play a short preview build prior to release to see how this comical adventure is...
Feature What Are September 2015's Free PlayStation Plus Games?
Pick 'n' mix
Surely it can't be September already? We suppose that the calendar doesn't lie. Still, it doesn't feel like a week since we were celebrating the start of a new year, and now we're limping towards the end of it. But while the passage of time can be uncomforting, it does at least mean that there are new PlayStation Plus freebies around...
First Impressions Call of Duty: Black Ops III Embraces the Past As It Focuses on the Future
Lean, mean, cybernetic machine
With Call of Duty being the most successful multiplayer shooter franchise in video game history, you would think that betas would've been the norm by now. Instead, each instalment has had infamous issues. Annoying perks such as Juggernaut in Modern Warfare, overpowered weapons like the FAMAS and AK74u in Black Ops,...
Round Up Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain PS4 Reviews Take Top Marks
Big boss
The sizzling summer months may be slowly edging towards a conclusion, but things are heating up in the video game release calendar. And few titles come hotter than Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – a game that would be heavily anticipated under ordinary circumstances, but finds itself a likely series swansong for creator Hideo...
Push Rewind Zombi, Project Morpheus, and PS4 Firmware Update Betas
Calm before the storm
Once again, we have to say that it's been a quiet week in the PlayStation Nation. However, we can't say that we're not enjoying the break. Things are about to get real hectic here at Push Square Towers, so we're licking our battle wounds and waiting for everything to heal while the insanity of holiday 2015 descends like a...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 81
Talk it out
It's just dawned on everyone at Push Square Towers that we've somehow produced 81 issues of WAYP. For starters, it's amazing that we haven't missed an edition yet – but even more incredible is that this remains one of the more popular features on the site. Who'd have thought that something so simple would be so successful? Sammy...
First Impressions Eyes-On with PS4's Virtual Reality Headset Project Morpheus
An early look at exclusives London Heist and RIGS
We've known about Project Morpheus – the PlayStation 4's proprietary virtual reality headset – for what feels like an eternity now, so we're definitely reaching that point where it's time for Sony to stop talking about the possibilities for the peripheral, and start proving why it's so important...
Reaction Destiny Has a Clear Plan, and It's to No Longer Waste Your Time
Bungie's second year content is all about constant progression
We've known about the new content and changes that are coming to Destiny when The Taken King launches next month for a little while now, but Bungie's livestream that aired yesterday really nailed its overall message home. It's a clear statement of intent from a developer that's obviously...
Live Watch Big Reveals for Destiny: The Taken King Right Here
Star wars
Destiny: The Taken King is literally days away at this point, which means that Bungie's ready to start building up to the big release. During a livestream today it promises to share "big reveals" for the forthcoming first-person shooter, and you'll find them all here from 19:00PM BST. Join us live for all of the action right here...
Feature The Best PS4 Games of the Year So Far
Halfway heaven
In just under four months' time, the staff of Push Square Towers will descend into a nuclear bunker in an effort to convince editor Robert Ramsey that Toukiden: Kiwami is not one of the best titles of 2015. Seriously, though, we're already starting to discuss our favourite releases of the year here internally, and seeing as we're...
Opinion What the Hell Is Everybody's Gone to the Rapture About?
Theories, suggestions, and themes
You could argue that the "game" portion of Everybody's Gone to the Rapture is trying to piece it all together. The Chinese Room's latest so-called walking simulator is not especially mechanically dense, restricting much of its action to the DualShock 4's two analogue sticks and a single button. This is a title...
Round Up Volume PS4 Reviews Turn It Up to 11
Loud and proud
How loud is Volume? Seeing as we don't actually have it yet, we couldn't tell you – but judging by some early reviews from those that do, it's pretty darn loud. The stealth game from Thomas Was Alone creator Mike Bithell is being drowned in the sound of positive critical acclaim; here are some choice excerpts on the PlayStation 4...
Out This Week Volume, Zombi, Resident Evil Revelations 2 Vita
Pump it up
Everybody's gone to the graveyard in this latest edition of Out This Week. Between the long-awaited PlayStation Vita port of Resident Evil: Revelations 2 and the not-so anticipated PlayStation 4 port of Wii U exclusive Zombi, there's a little something for every undead obsessed gamer. Alternatively, you could just get Volume. Pick of the...
Push Rewind Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, PS4 Firmware Update 3.00, Vote to Play
We do it
It's been another quiet week here in the PlayStation Nation, but Everybody's Gone to the Rapture was good enough to get Kell Andersen screaming its praises here at Push Square Towers. There was also a major leak in the form of PlayStation 4 firmware update v3.00, which, at the time of typing, is actually yet to be officially confirmed...
Interview Shining Some Light on PS Vita's Actual Sunlight
An actual interview
Will O'Neill is the creator of the recently released PlayStation Vita game Actual Sunlight – a unique title that's a candid and no holds barred game about one man's struggle with depression. We thought that it'd be a good idea to have a quick chat with Will and find out a little bit more about him, the aforementioned release,...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 80
And relax
The sun has set on another not-so glorious summer week, in which the weather has been temperamental and the gaming news sporadic. Still, at least we have a new issue of WAYP to pad out our features section, eh? Here's what the team – with a few new faces – will be playing this weekend. Sammy Barker, Editor: I'm having a fantastic...
Interview We Trade Strategies with the Producer of Nobunaga's Ambition
Strategy games, the PS4, and the state of the Japanese games industry
Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence is out early next month on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3. The historical Japanese strategy series returns West after a particularly long break, and its newest entry promises to be packed with more tactical goodness than ever before. In...
Poll Which PS4 PlayStation Plus Freebie Will You Be Voting to Play?
Decisions, decisions
Starting this week, you'll have the option to vote for your next PlayStation Plus freebie. The process, which will begin on 13th August and run until 24th August, will see you selecting from three forthcoming PlayStation 4 titles, and the one that earns the most votes will be added to the Instant Game Collection in September...
Game of the Month The Best PlayStation Games of July 2015
Indies, indies, indies, and more indies
July was a pretty dreary month for new releases, as evidenced by the list of nominees that we scraped together just days ago. With no heavy hitting blockbusters lining store shelves, it fell to several indie games to pick up the slack, and thankfully, four of them answered the call. May this be remembered as...
Out This Week Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, Goat Simulator, Gauntlet: Slayer Edition
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Actual Sunlight, TorqueL, and more
The excitement of Gamescom 2015 may have subsided, but that's okay, because there are about a billion new PlayStation games due out this week. Alright, we're exaggerating a teensy bit, but considering that it's the summer, such an enormous roster of new software is practically unheard...
Push Rewind Gamescom 2015, Mafia III, and PlayStation Plus
Dull Deutschland
What is historically one of the busiest weeks in the PlayStation gaming calendar turned out to be a bit of a damp squib, with Sony's presence at Gamescom 2015 spanning everything but a press conference. We did manage to mine the event for plenty of PlayStation 4 headlines, but our attention is already turning to the Tokyo Game Show...
Community Final Fantasy VII Voted Push Square Readers' Greatest Ever Game
Cloud nine
We, along with the rest of the Push Square community, were screaming like little girls when Final Fantasy VII Remake was announced for the PlayStation 4 during Sony's jaw-dropping E3 2015 press conference. It's fitting, then, that little over two months later, the original PSone version of Final Fantasy VII has been voted as Push Square's...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 79
Inner smile
The Premier League season is back underway, so that means that this author will be spending the next ten or so months composing WAYP with half an eye on the BBC text updates. Of course, this article isn't about football, but the PlayStation games that will be keeping you company all weekend. Here's what our team are up to. Sammy Barker,...
Feature Five PS4 Announcements You Should Expect at Paris Games Week
Get an Eiffel of this
It's been a funny ol' Gamescom, hasn't it? There's been some big news from third-party publishers, but it's definitely felt like something has been missing – mainly Sony. Without a PlayStation press conference, we've been left searching for scraps of news rather than tucking into a main course of announcements and trailers...
Live Watch the Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Gamescom 2015 Stream Right Here
Oscar mike
There are just days until the Call of Duty: Black Ops III beta begins in earnest, and Activision's planned a big Gamescom 2015 live stream in order to drop a little more intel about what we can expect from the next instalment in this smash series. The action's set to kick off at 19:00PM local time, so join us live for all of the fun...
Live Watch the Final Fantasy XV Gamescom 2015 Stream Right Here
Active time report
And so, with the major publisher press conferences out of the way, all eyes turn to Square Enix and Final Fantasy XV, as the publisher hosts the latest edition of Active Time Report live from Cologne, Germany. You can catch the full thing live from 18:00PM local time, so don't miss out if you want to know what's next for Noctis...
Live Watch EA's Gamescom 2015 Press Conference Right Here
Time for take off
And so our attention turns to EA, the only major publisher hosting a proper press conference at this year's Gamescom. Set to begin at 10:00AM local time, the publisher's promising to bring plenty of Star Wars: Battlefront and Mirror's Edge Catalyst to Germany this year – and we can only dream that Mass Effect: Andromeda will join...
Reaction Did Xbox Make Its Gamescom 2015 Presser Pay?
Was the Redmond firm able to capitalise on Sony's no-show?
Sony's got the biggest presence on the Gamescom 2015 showfloor, but unlike in previous years it's not holding a press conference. We already knew this, of course, as the company announced that it would be skipping the show all the way back in May. This is because, according to the...
Guide What Time Are the EA, Final Fantasy XV, and Call of Duty Gamescom 2015 Streams?
Live and kicking
Over the years, we've gotten used to Gamescom being one of the biggest weeks in the gaming calendar for PlayStation. That's not entirely true in 2015, though, as Sony has opted to forgo its annual press conference at the German show in favour of Paris Games Week a little later in the year. The decision seemed sound at the time, with
Out This Week Galak-Z, Submerged, AeternoBlade
Out of this world
It's hardly a vintage week for new releases in the PlayStation Nation, with all eyes pointed purposefully at Gamescom 2015 rather than Sony's storefront. Still, there are a handful of smaller digital downloads vying for your attention in the guise of Galak-Z and Submerged. The question is: what are you buyin'? Pick of the Week:...
Push Rewind PlayStation Plus Freebies, PS4 Vote to Play, and Dragon Quest XI
Take your pick
Sorry for the tardiness with Push Rewind this week, readers – your humble host started Life Is Strange: Episode 4 on Sunday evening, and it was longer than expected. Holy crap, right? Anyway, we know that you demand your regularly scheduled recap, so here it is a few hours late. To be honest, it was a bit of a quiet one again –...
