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Feature Three Reasons Why Physics Brawler Gang Beasts Must Come to PS4
Bonkers is best
The very best thing about the blossoming indie scene is that you never quite know what treasures you’re going to uncover. We’re in an era now where a duo of plucky programmers can produce a PlayStation masterpiece in a rotten rented bedsit, and – irrespective of the plethora of non-blockbuster bemoaners who’ve become a rather...
Interview How Renegade Kid Embraces PlayStation Survival Horror Classics in Cult County
It's a storm out there
While Kickstarter may be rife with new blood trying to get their first foot through the game development door, there are also veteran studios using the crowd sourcing format to create the titles of their dreams, with big name outfits such as Obsidian Entertainment and Double Fine successfully funding releases through the site...
First Impressions Beating Up Siblings in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle
Keep it in the family
For the uninitiated, the constant wave of previously Japanese-only titles getting a Western release can be extremely daunting. Despite the recent successes of Persona 4 Golden, Catherine, and even the likes of Demon’s Souls, there still exists a barrier that very few people are willing to cross in the name of newer, more...
First Impressions Sliding Down the Slipway with Short Peace: Ranko Tsukigime's Longest Day
Ranko's Creed
In case you're unaware, Short Peace: Ranko Tsukigime's Longest Day is not technically a game in the normal sense of the word. Instead, it's a rather big bundle of delight, featuring four short anime movies from acclaimed directors who brought you cult classics such as the 1988 blockbuster Akira, and a rather quirky gameplay segment...
Who Would Win Wednesdays Garrus Vakarian vs. Colonel Radec
Round ten
We're back to the usual serious proceedings here at Push Square after last week's comedic duel saw Earth's most powerful warrior Kaz Hirai face off against the mighty Giant Enemy Crab. Six days before that, we enjoyed a conduit clash between veteran Cole MacGrath and newcomer Delsin Rowe, in which the latter won by a rather shocking amount...
Out This Week Strike Suit Zero, LEGO The Hobbit, Persona 4
One ring to rule them all
Sometimes things don’t always go to plan. You were supposed to be reading this article yesterday, but time seemed to elude this flustered editor’s grasp. Alas, we’re here now, with an experimental look at the coming week in PlayStation. While we enjoy talking about faraway titles as much as you (hopefully) enjoy...
Exclusive Mass Effect Meets Morpheus in Beatshapers' PS4 Exclusive RPG
Studio's virtual reality adventure unveiled
Ukrainian indie outfit Beatshapers is no stranger to new PlayStation initiatives. The firm was one of the first to create content for Sony’s lighter bites platform PlayStation Minis, before making an early appearance on the PlayStation Vita with Stardrone Extreme. Now, with its PlayStation 4 debut Ready...
First Impressions Murdered: Soul Suspect Makes a Compelling Case on PS4
Ghost crimebuster
A plunge from a fourth floor window to the street below isn’t quite enough to kill hard as nails detective Ronan O’Connor. The seven bullets that follow are. The introduction to our hands-on with the PlayStation 4 version of Murdered: Soul Suspect was certainly arresting, and made us eager to find out more about this upcoming...
Push Rewind Mercenary Kings, Microconsoles, and Much More
Best damn thing
There’s rarely a quiet week here in the PlayStation Nation, but this was about as close as they come. Arguably the biggest news over the past seven days came from Amazon, as it announced its Fire TV microconsole, potentially putting a nail in the coffin of Sony’s own ill-fated PS Vita TV. Other highlights this week revolved...
Feature 12 PS3 Hits We'd Like to See Remastered for PS4
Lick of paint
With content droughts always a concern shortly after the release of a brand new system, we predicted earlier in the year that 2014 would play host to a slew of PlayStation 3 re-releases. While this hasn’t quite played out just yet – with Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition and Dead Nation: Apocalypse Edition being the most noti
Guide Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition PS3 Trophy Guide & Road Map
Going deeper underground
MineCraft: PlayStation 3 Edition may look simple on the surface, but it’s one of the most imaginative games currently available for Sony’s ageing home console. It also happens to sport a fairly straightforward Platinum Trophy, so as big fans of this indie escapade, we’ve pulled together a guide helping you to score the...
Video Watch As We Recap March's Best PlayStation Games
Ready, steady, wrestle
There were raised voices in the Push Square office this week, we’re afraid to reveal. Tensions were frayed after a busy month of big releases, and this video editor is ashamed to admit that he tipped over a table when gaffer Sammy Barker asked for yet another Game of the Month video. Fortunately, after a few smashed tea cups...
Video Invizimals: The Alliance on PS Vita Is Fun for the Whole Family
Blessed beast
Despite a pretty big push around the world, Sony’s casual monster hunting franchise Invizimals has struggled to take off outside of continental Europe. Nevertheless, the platform holder's giving the property another shot here in the UK, and that’s culminated in the release of Invizimals: The Alliance and Invizimals: The Lost...
Game of the Month March 2014 - inFAMOUS: Second Son
So hot right now
You can always rely on the good old March rush to pick up the slack left by the post-Christmas drought, and 2014's third month was no different. Whether you're a fan of re-mastered classics, licensed RPGs based on farting, or gorgeous indies, there was something for just about everyone on last month's release list. But as always,...
First Impressions Rolling with the PS4 Port of Skating Smash OlliOlli
Deck the mall
We won’t need to expend too many sentences to summarise the PlayStation 4 port of Roll7’s surprisingly strong skateboarding sim OlliOlli: it’s the PlayStation Vita game amplified to the size of your television screen. Rather than develop the title in-house, the British-based studio has offloaded the heavy lifting to BlitWorks,...
Video What Are the Four Best Things About PS4 RPG Child of Light?
No, you can't say everything
Ubisoft’s upcoming PlayStation 4 role-playing game Child of Light is so good that it’s prompted our very own Ben Tarrant to purchase a fire red wig and pretend that he’s protagonist Aurora around the office. While we’ve tried to point out that he’s simply too tall to pull off the look of a teenage girl, the...
First Impressions Is the PS Vita Dragging Murasaki Baby Back?
Who loves ya, baby?
Murasaki Baby is a gobstoppingly gorgeous title – but it’s yet to prove that it’s an entertaining one. The inaugural escapade by Italian outfit Ovosonico shares similarities with creative director Massimo Guarini’s previous outing Shadows of the Damned, in that it provides an inviting aesthetic, but not enough immediate...
Hands On Ubisoft Abandons Weapons for Watercolours in Child of Light on PS4
Sweet child o' mine
Female protagonists are a rare sight. Most games lean towards a male lead, allowing women to – at most – occupy the role of a sidekick. Child of Light, however, sees a young girl take centre stage in an intriguing PlayStation 4 production. Elaborately named Aurora, the protagonist is a princess, and although her crown slips...
Talking Point Has Sony's Dithering Turned Off PS Vita TV's Chances?
Change the channel
As expected, Amazon broadcast its arrival into the microconsole space today. The straightforwardly named Fire TV is a miniscule set top box designed to stream media applications such as Netflix and Hulu to your television. However, in addition to being a conduit for video content, the miniscule machine can also be upgraded with a...
DLC Review Underwater Espionage in BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea - Episode Two
Wave goodbye
Videogame fans cried out in unison as industry legend Ken Levine announced that he’d be closing down beloved BioShock developer Irrational Games a few weeks ago. However, the office was not to be boarded up until he’d seen the third and final instalment of BioShock Infinite’s DLC out of the door. Now that the dust’s settled,...
Video Is TimeSplitters IV Firing onto PS4 This Year?
Leaked documents suggest so
Studio executives really need to be more careful. Following the accidental unveiling of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag in a coffee shop last year, we’ve laid our grubby fingertips on a Ben 10-branded folder full of top-secret design documents for TimeSplitters IV. The papers reveal plenty about the long overdue...
Who Would Win April Fools' Day Kazuo Hirai vs. Giant Enemy Crab
Crab battle
We know what you're thinking: "It's not Wednesday! How blessed I am to be able to vote on another of my favourite weekly brawls!" Or at least, that's what we hope that you're thinking. Due to the popularity of Push Square's weekly feature, which sees popular PlayStation characters duke it out in order to determine who's the strongest, we...
First Impressions Staying Alive in Alien: Isolation, the Tensest Title on PS4 So Far
Ripley's believe it
That we’ve already sneaked through a short sample of upcoming PlayStation 4 survival horror Alien: Isolation says a lot about the game and its developer. Knowing that it could have easily been haunted by the spectre of Gearbox’s atrocious Aliens: Colonial Marines, The Creative Assembly has instead punctured any scepticism...
Guide Destiny of Spirits PS Vita Trophy Guide & Road Map
Some things money can't buy
You won't be finding a Platinum attached to free-to-play PlayStation Vita title Destiny of Spirits, but it's hard to turn your nose up at a pile of free Trophies to add to your collection. If you're eager to grab your prizes as quickly as possible, then, here's our guide to boosting your trinket collection in Sony's...
Push Rewind Fez, Rezzed, and a Mesmerising PlayStation Plus Lineup
Turn back the clock
Before you throw rotten eggs at us, we know that this month’s PlayStation Plus lineup hasn’t exactly “mesmerised” everyone – but finding words that sort of rhyme with Fez isn’t easy. Feel free to do better in the comments section. Assuming that your wordplay is stronger than our own, we have an excuse, as we’ve been...
Talking Point PlayStation's Big Employment Perception Issue
In and out
Sony’s Worldwide Studios got a lot lighter this month. There’s been more hiring and firing within the platform holder’s pool of first-party developers than an episode of The Apprentice of late, with departures seemingly occurring every day. The end of SCEA president Jack Tretton’s colossal tenure was sad enough news at the...
Talking Point Are We Starting to Expect Too Much from PlayStation Plus?
More, more, more
You can have too much of a good thing. Way back in 2010 when PlayStation Plus first launched, this editor greedily gobbled up the single free PlayStation Mini that was given away as part of the premium service every month. It was a real novelty when you got a full game – a selection of SEGA Mega Drive ports fleshed out the...
Who Would Win Wednesdays Cole MacGrath vs. Delsin Rowe
Round nine
With Who Would Win Wednesdays now in its ninth week, it goes without saying that we've pondered over some memorable tussles, and our last brawl was no different. It was a close one right until the end, but Ocelot's lead was never truly diminished as he gunned down poor old John Marston and left him to die in the dirt like a dog. Stepping...
Video Invizimals Invades Your PS3 and Vita This Week
Look around you
You may not be aware of it, but the Invizimals franchise is huge in continental Europe. Spanish developer Novarama’s augmented reality collectathon has not only spawned five games to date, but it’s also secured sticker books, trading cards, and even an animated television show. Now platform holder Sony is aiming to give the...
Video Dark Souls II - A Gentleman's Guide to Co-Operative Etiquette
For immediate release
London, England – The Push Square Corporation, an upstanding broadcaster based in London, England, has today announced its latest programme: ‘A Gentleman’s Guide to Co-Operative Etiquette’. This entertaining and informative media aims to provide viewers with a crash course on the required level of decorum expected in...
Feature Eight Intriguing PS4 and Vita Indie Titles to Look Forward To
The current crop
Project Morpheus may have gobbled up the headlines at this year’s Game Developers Conference, but there were still plenty of inevitable PlayStation 4 and Vita indie announcements to scoff on the leftover scraps. Rather than bombard you with individual stories, we’ve opted to compile all of the biggest reveals in one big lighter...
Guide Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes PS4 Trophy Guide & Road Map
Rinse and repeat
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is a game that you’ll want to 100 per cent. With only a few hours of original content, having something to aim for will give you a little more bang for your buck. Whereas other Metal Gear games have been a time consuming to say the least, Ground Zeroes can probably be entirely completed in around...
Push Rewind inFAMOUS: Second Son, PS4 Virtual Reality, and Pricey Espionage
Not too shabby
If this is what’s considered a content drought these days, then feel free to take us out the back like Polygon Man and put a bullet in our pixelated head. As far as we’re concerned, the PlayStation 4 has been in at least third gear since launch – and it definitely hit fourth this week. Not only did we get the official...
Guide How Not to Die Quite As Much in Dark Souls II on PS3
This one's a video
Words are for weirdos who like books and stuff, so while you may have enjoyed our excellent Dark Souls II beginner’s guide from last week, there’s a chance that you may have struggled with all of the sentences. Fortunately, this intrepid video editor has returned with a must watch introduction to From Software’s unfair...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 24
A little bit of this, a little bit of that...
... It started with a kiss, and now we’re up to bat. Still, this isn’t the time for Santana songs, as we’ve got another glorious edition of ‘What Are You Playing This Weekend?’ to compile. Your usual guide Katy Ellis is taking time out this week following the conclusion of her educational...
Guide How to Master Your Powers in PS4 Exclusive inFAMOUS: Second Son
Come as you are
Seeing as Sucker Punch’s superhero sequel is currently smoking out store shelves, we figured that we’d burn through a companion to our inFAMOUS: Second Son Trophy guide in order to help you to get the best out of your newfound abilities. This is designed for up-and-coming conduits, so you won’t find any spoilers in the text...
Guide inFAMOUS: Second Son PS4 Trophy Guide & Road Map
Platinum your powers
The inFAMOUS franchise has always presented a reasonable Platinum for Trophy hunters. While the titles are typically brimming with content, engaging gameplay has historically left players eager to see it all. Fortunately, it’s more entertaining than ever to complete everything in PlayStation 4 sequel inFAMOUS: Second Son, as...
Interview Born Ready Games on Strike Suit Zero's Explosive PS4 Debut
The impact of feedback, working with PS4, and more
Set to launch on the PlayStation 4 later this month, Strike Suit Zero: Director's Cut is an enhanced version of the PC title that released last year. It's a mech sporting, space shooting simulator with a great art direction that's really managed to catch our eye, and so we thought that it'd be a...
Who Would Win Wednesdays Ocelot vs. John Marston
Round eight
What a nail-biter we had last week. In a heated duel between Yu Narukami and Squall Leonhart, the match was in constant flux as the protagonists wrestled victory from each other time and time again. When the dust finally cleared, it was Persona 4's teenage hero that emerged boasting 51 per cent of the votes – it doesn't get much closer...
Reaction Price Is the Reality That Threatens to Pull Project Morpheus Out of the Matrix
Red pill, blue pill
Sony was in a jubilant mood at the Game Developers Conference once again last night. The platform holder is starting to really enjoy the industry focused convention, having spent the previous show flaunting its newfound indie focus. This year’s event was always going to be all about virtual reality, though, and Worldwide Stu
Feature PS4's Virtual Reality Headset Project Morpheus Officially Unveiled
Hold onto your high-tech helmet
As anticipated, Sony has announced its rumoured PlayStation 4 virtual reality headset. Elaborately dubbed Project Morpheus, the wearable peripheral is the culmination of years of research, which dates all the way back to the origins of the PlayStation Move project. As a consequence, the device — pictured above —...
Interview How Snowcastle Is Nurturing a Unique PS4 RPG with Earthlock: Festival of Magic
Growth spurt
The advent of the crowd funding phenomenon has culminated in something of a resurgence for the classic turn-based role-playing game. The likes of Soul Saga and Liege represent recent success stories, proving that there’s still pent-up demand for titles inspired by the PSone classics of yore. Norwegian studio Snowcastle Games is the...
Push Rewind Dark Souls II, PlayStation Store Delays, and More
The game of hate
From Software’s sinister sequel Dark Souls II dominated this week on Push Square, with our review drawing plenty of attention earlier in the week. We followed up our appraisal with an exhaustive guide, outlining how to get started in the shadowy world of Drangleic. Elsewhere,
Feature Five Possible PS4 Virtual Reality Experiences to Whet Your Appetite
Different dimension
Sony’s rumoured virtual reality headset may be the worst kept secret in the video game industry. While the platform holder’s yet to publicly acknowledge the oft-discussed device, it’s been a source of insider excitement for over six months now. We first heard about the Oculus Rift-inspired accessory way back in September,...
Hands On Scouting Out Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes on PS4
Looking foxy
You’re no doubt sick and tired of reading about Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes’ running time, so we thought that we’d give you a break from that line of discussion, and focus on the actual game for a change. Having recently had a chance to go hands-on with Hideo Kojima’s gorgeous next-gen debut, we’ve compiled our...
Hardware Review PlayStation Gold Wireless Stereo Headset - Sound Buy
Gold standard
Having recently graduated with a distinction from the school of Turtle Beach, this editor was not especially looking forward to another battle of wits against a pair of humble headphones. The elaborately named Ear Force PX4 peripheral garnered a glowing appraisal in the sound quality portion of our recent review, but was ultim
Hands On Smoking Out Seattle in inFAMOUS: Second Son on PS4
Burning down the house
Holy smokes, it’s less than two weeks until you’ll be playing inFAMOUS: Second Son. A cynic may argue that the PlayStation 4’s first few months on the market have been dryer than the Sahara Desert, but Sucker Punch is aiming to finally light up your system with a showering of neon and smoke powers later this month. And...
Who Would Win Wednesdays Yu Narukami vs. Squall Leonhart
Round seven
Since the inception of Who Would Win Wednesdays, we've had plenty of memorable battles, but last week's duel between two witches perhaps didn't go down as well as we had originally planned. Alright, so maybe it wasn't the Morrigan that most were evidently hoping for, but Bayonetta absolutely stomped her regardless. Today's fight,...
Soapbox Live from PlayStation Is PS4's Secret Killer App
Stream machine
As a part of the media that trades primarily in words, I’m told that my role will be redundant soon. Reading is still a popular means of acquiring information, but gaming is a visual medium, and improving broadband speeds are making video a much more viable option. This can be evidenced all over the Internet, where broadcasters such...
Feature How You Helped Shape PS4 Sequel inFAMOUS: Second Son
Enjoy your power
inFAMOUS: Second Son would have been a very different game without you. While you may not be aware of it, the upcoming superhero sequel was designed in direct response to your actions, with both your narrative choices and playstyle culminating in crucial decisions during the construction of the release. It’s uncommon for a title...
