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Hands On Genshin Impact Is a Very Impressive Free-to-Play Action RPG
Add to library
Straight to the point: Genshin Impact has pretty much ripped our expectations to shreds. The game that many have been calling a Breath of the Wild clone is actually really, really good — and it doesn't have to cost you a penny. Genshin Impact is a free-to-play, open world action RPG. It has a story, interesting characters, quests,...
Talking Point Are You Worried About the Future of Western RPGs on PS5?
A new era
With Microsoft's acquisition of ZeniMax Media, and therefore Bethesda Game Studios, the PS5 has potentially lost out on a Western RPG powerhouse. Now that Bethesda joins inXile and Obsidian Entertainment under the Xbox Game Studios umbrella, the team in green has established something of a genre monopoly. Granted, it's going to be a while...
Soapbox The Week After PS5's Showcase, Sony Told Us Nothing About Its Next-Gen Console
And it's getting boring now
Sony’s big PlayStation 5 Showcase Event was an entertaining watch from a software perspective last week, but we said at the time that it’d need to kickstart a flow of constant communication from the Japanese giant. I’d expected it to take the momentum from its livestream into this week, as it utilised the remaining...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 343
And breathe
It’s been a pretty – how shall we put this? – tense week, hasn’t it? Between the whole Bethesda buyout, Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered mishaps, and general mood online, we’re all due a bit of downtime. What are you playing this weekend? Sammy Barker, Editor: I wanted to finally beat Grand Theft Auto V over the next week or...
Talking Point What Free October 2020 PS Plus Games Are You Hoping For?
Subscriber hype
What’s the October 2020 PlayStation Plus lineup? When will the free October 2020 PS Plus games be announced? September 2020's PS Plus lineup was met with a mixed response, as many felt there was too much of an emphasis on multiplayer with the addition of both Street Fighter V and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. Regardless, it added...
A dish best served remastered
We had the chance to sit down and have a chat with composer Jesse Harlin recently about his work on the upcoming ground-up remake of Mafia, Mafia: Definitive Edition. We got to chatting about how an infamous car chase turned into a confidence bolstering music track, what influenced the operatic framing of the...
Interview Crytek Talks Crysis Remastered and PS5 Ray Tracing
"The most important" PS5 feature
Crytek has always been at the forefront of pushing gaming technology to its very limit, no matter whether that's all the way back in 2007 with the classic Crysis or today with the remaster of the very same game. Crysis Remastered is the first PlayStation 4 title to support ray tracing, a feature that is talking a big...
Reaction Spider-Man PS5 Debacle Shows Sony Is Out of Touch
Read the room
You know you’ve done goofed when you’d get a better response by not doing anything at all. Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered, the PlayStation 5 re-release of 2018’s open world smash hit, has been handled atrociously by Sony – and it’s emblematic of a disastrous week for the Japanese giant, that’s seen it scramble from one...
Interview How PS5 Makes Planet Coaster Better Than Ever
From the DualSense to the UI
While it hasn't been confirmed for launch just yet, Planet Coaster: Console Edition is a PlayStation 5 game you can look forward to playing this year. The console release of this 2016 PC title has received a full overhaul to accommodate for the DualSense controller soon to sit in our very hands, meaning developer...
Poll Has Xbox's Bethesda Buyout Made You Reconsider a PS5 Purchase?
Fus Ro Damn
Unless you've been living under a rock for the past couple of days, you'll know that Microsoft has purchased Zenimax Media and all of its studios for a whopping $7.5 billion. They now belong under the Xbox Game Studios umbrella and so the release of future Bethesda titles on PlayStation 5 is no longer a sure-fire thing. Microsoft suit...
Interview Asking After The Procession to Calvary, One of the Strangest Games on PS4
Classical conversation
The Procession to Calvary is easily one of the most unique games we've seen in some time. When it was announced for a PS4 release last month, we simply had to know more, and so we got in touch with Joe Richardson, the game's developer. We asked Joe about the game itself, how it was developed, and the inspiration behind it...
Guide When Is Tokyo Game Show 2020 Online?
Dates and times for various streams
The annual Tokyo Game Show is still happening this year — it's just gone digital. Like most other events in 2020, TGS has no physical venue, meaning you'll have to tune in online if you want the scoop on Eastern gaming news. But when is Tokyo Game Show 2020 Online? Which publishers are taking part? Let's go...
Reaction Bethesda Acquisition Is a Kick in the Balls for PS5, But Sony's Goals Won't Change
Content is king
Xbox has acquired Bethesda for a frightening sum of money, putting that oft-referenced Microsoft warchest to use at last. The purchase price, an eye-watering $7.5 billion, eclipses the sum Disney spent on Marvel and Star Wars combined – it’s a frankly flabbergasting figure. It’s also potentially a giant blow for the PlayStation...
Hands On Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Couldn't Be More Different
A step back from Modern Warfare?
Despite the fact that some will undoubtedly scoff at the idea, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War might be the biggest deviation the franchise has made in quite some time. That's in terms of both feel and gunplay inside its multiplayer suite, and we don't think the change is for the better. Last year's Call of Duty:...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 342
The weekend after the PS5 showcase
We go into this weekend knowing the PS5’s price and release date, which was information we had no idea about last time out. As such, we can’t help but feel some sense of relaxation, as we settle down for our Saturday and Sunday gaming sessions. Sammy Barker, Editor: I don’t expect to be doing much gaming...
Soapbox Screw Sony's PS5 Game Pricing, I'll Just Wait for Sales
For the payers
The price of games is going up. Sony, along with 2K Sports, may be an outlier right now, but make no mistake: other publishers will follow. It means the widely accepted price point of $59.99 in the United States is coming to an end; in Europe, you’re looking at price points of up to €79.99 for blockbuster PlayStation 5 gam
Live Watch the Cyberpunk 2077 Night City Wire (18th September) Livestream Right Here
Are you RED E?
Want to learn the latest about Cyberpunk 2077? CD Projekt RED has an all-new Night City Wire episode scheduled, and you can enjoy it live right here. The digital event starts at 9AM PDT / 5PM BST, so join in the live chat and let's see what unfolds. Cyberpunk 2077 Night City Wire Livestream: <liveblog id="1809_Cyberpunk_2077"...
Reaction The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Today's PS5 News
What Sony's doing right and wrong
Sony peeled back the PlayStation 5 curtain a fraction more today, confirming the PS5 price and PS5 release date, as well as its selection of launch games and more. It was a strong showcase overall,
Round Up What Was Announced at the PS5 Showcase Event?
All the latest PlayStation 5 news
Sony’s been dreadfully quiet in the build-up to the PlayStation 5, but with its PS5 Showcase Event it gave us all the information we need to know about its next-gen system. The manufacturer started with games like Final Fantasy XVI and Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and also confirmed the
Talking Point Did the PS5 Showcase Event Deliver?
Happy or not?
Sony’s just closed the curtain on its PS5 Showcase Event, where it confirmed that the console will launch on 12th November from $399.99 in the United States. The showcase also included full gameplay demonstrations of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Demon’s Souls, and confirmed Final Fantasy XVI. There were also surprise...
Live Watch the PS5 Showcase Event Livestream Right Here
All aboard the hype plane
Sony’s long awaited PS5 Showcase Event will give us our next glimpse into the future, promising a look at launch PlayStation 5 games – and some from beyond. There’ll be a mixture of first-party and third-party titles from a variety of different developers, and presumably that all-important PS5 price and PS5 release...
Talking Point What Will Be Announced at PS5 Showcase Event?
Our predictions
Sony will pull back the curtain on the PlayStation 5 this week, after an agonising wait. Outside of some minor driblets of information, the PS5 Showcase Event will grant us our first in-depth look at the next-gen system’s launch titles – and, presumably, that all-important price and release date reveal. It’s going to be a big...
Guide When Is the PS5 Showcase Event?
Dates, times, and where to watch
When is Sony's PS5 Showcase Event livestream? Out of seemingly nowhere, the platform holder finally announced a new PS5 event, set to take place very soon indeed. So, what are all the details? When can you watch the PS5 showcase? In this guide, we're going to give you all the info you need. When is the PS5...
Talking Point What Do You Want to See at PS5's Showcase Event?
Sony's big opportunity
Sony will spill the beans on the PlayStation 5 this week, with a PS5 Showcase Event that promises 40 minutes of updates from “Worldwide Studios and our world-class development partners”. According to a PlayStation Blog post, the stream will focus on next-gen titles coming at launch ??
Interview Exploring the PS5 Indie Action Game Recompile with Creator Phi Dinh
Hacking the mainframe
You might have missed it a while ago, but Sony announced that Recompile will be making its way to PlayStation 5. The game is a stylish Metroidvania action title in which you hack your way through a virtual landscape. It's looking very promising indeed, and so we wanted to catch up with the developer to learn more. We spoke with...
Quiz Guess the Launch Prices of These PlayStation Products
That's Jimbo's job
The PlayStation 5 price and release date are the two most important details Sony is yet to reveal as we close in on the launch of the next-gen console, but before we can get to that, we need to take a trip down memory lane. Do you know the prices of previous PlayStation systems and peripherals when they launched? Have you done the...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 341
Hawk stuff
A strange week has come to a conclusion, in which we learned pretty much everything about Microsoft’s next-gen launch plans, but nary a word from Sony. Nada. Nacht. Nevertheless, there’s still tons of gaming to be done on PlayStation 4 for now, so here’s what’s keeping us busy this weekend. Sammy Barker, Editor: After reviewing...
Romeo, Romeo
Haven, the next game from French developer The Game Bakers, caught our eye the moment it was announced. We enjoyed Furi, the team's previous title, quite a bit, but Haven is a curious departure from driving beats and sweat-inducing action. As such, we wanted to know more — and so we set out to ask creative director Emeric Thoa some...
Hands On Crash Bandicoot 4 Can Be Both an Evolution and Series Homage
Another Toys for Bob masterclass
If you were worried that Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time would deviate too far from what made the original PS1 titles so memorable, cast those concerns aside. From the moment you gain control of the classic protagonist, it is immediately clear that developer Toys for Bob understood what it had to do with a fourth...
Round Up What Was Announced at Ubisoft Forward?
All the PS5, PS4 reveals
It turns out that Ubisoft had even more gaming reveals up its sleeve than what was shown at its previous Forward showcase back in July, and so it decided to host another instalment on Thursday. This digital event focused on upcoming PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 titles we didn't know quite so much about, so it was packed...
Talking Point Was the Latest Ubisoft Forward Better Than the Last?
French powerhouse returns
Ubisoft has returned with another Forward showcase, this time around focusing on its line-up of titles we don't know so much about. Watch Dogs Legion and Hyper Scape both played a large part, despite being fairly known quantities at this point, but we also got a good look at Immortals Fenyx Rising. That's the new name for...
Live Watch the Ubisoft Forward (10th September) Livestream Right Here
Fenyx rising
Coronavirus has really thrown a spanner in the works this year, but the net positive is that we’ve had no shortage of publisher livestreams to look forward to. Ubisoft Forward is the French juggernaut’s take on the Nintendo Direct formula, and after an iffy first episode, the company’s going to give it another crack today with...
Guide When Is Ubisoft Forward?
Dates, times, and where to watch
What time is Ubisoft Forward? When and where can you watch the Ubisoft livestream? The European publisher is holding a second Ubisoft Forward event very soon, giving us a glimpse at what it's cooking up for us. In this guide, we'll tell you everything you need to know about the event. When is Ubisoft Forward?:...
Reaction Why Hasn't PS5's Price and Release Date Been Revealed Yet?
What are we waiting for?
Why hasn’t the PS5 price and PS5 release date been announced yet? We’ve been talking about the same topic for the best part of the year now, and we’re still none the wiser really. Sony had an excellent PlayStation 5 unveiling, but outside of some minor driblets of information, it’s failed to really follow up on the...
Reaction PS5 Price Under Scrutiny After Disruptive Xbox Series S Reveal
A new challenger approaches
Sony’s yet to announce the PlayStation 5’s price, but it’s going to have to execute whatever it’s been planning flawlessly after overnight revelations. If you’ve been living under the sea, then you may not be aware that the oft-rumoured Xbox Series S leaked overnight. Regardless of whether the Redmond firm...
Poll Did You Buy a PlayStation at Launch 25 Years Ago?
Were you there on day one?
The original PlayStation celebrates its 25th anniversary today in the US, and later this month in Europe. That's right, it's been 25 years since the PlayStation launched here in the West. Twenty-five! As such, we thought it might be fun to ask if you were there at launch, all those years ago. We're not trying to pin an...
Poll How Much Are You Willing to Pay for PS5?
Money matters
We’ve tackled this topic on numerous occasions before, but the PS5’s price announcement must be nearing and so it’s always worth revisiting things and getting a feel for where people’s preferences lie. So in the wake of the Xbox Series S reveal today: how much are you willing to pay for the PlayStation 5? The conversation is...
Soapbox Let's Give Activision a Bit of Credit, Yeah?
It's not all bad
It’s a truth universally acknowledged, that a Real Gamer™ must hate major publishers. None of the big boys escape criticism, whether it’s Ubisoft for its perceived approach to copy-and-paste game design or EA for, well, absolutely everything, really. Activision has oft been a dirty word in enthusiast circles, presumably...
Hands On Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning Has a Game-Breaking Bug and Crashing Issues on PS4
The reckoning is upon us
Update: As of Patch 1.05, released on the 17th September 2020, the game-breaking bug mentioned in this article has supposedly been fixed. You can read more about the update through this link. Original text: Today, we wanted to bring you a full review of Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning. It was one of our favourite action...
Hands On Dark Pictures: Little Hope Is More of the Same in Massachusetts
Witchcraft
Having had some hands on time with the first half hour of The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope, it’s hard to say if Supermassive’s next entry in the Dark Pictures anthology has the heft it’ll need to put the series back on the map after the middling Man of Medan. Despite being left with lingering questions, the first few...
Interview PS5 Game Unknown 9: Awakening Explains Its Transmedia Approach
And what makes next-gen so exciting
PlayStation 5 game Unknown 9: Awakening was one of the very few new game announcements to come out of the recent Gamescom Opening Night Live 2020, and given its commitment to next-gen exclusivity, we were eager to learn more about this mysterious project. The fact that this is more than just a PS5 title is already...
Talking Point Could PS5 Be Delayed?
Change of plan
Here’s a daunting tidbit: the PlayStation 5 is two months away. No, we don’t have any inside information, we’re just working off our own expectations and rumours we’ve read over the past few weeks. Sony, allegedly, has booked significant marketing spend for the week commencing 13th November in the UK, suggesting it may have a...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 340
Heroic weekend
We still don’t know the PS5 price or PS5 release date, but the holiday season is in full swing now, and there are lots of games releasing to enjoy. That means our team are trying out an eclectic selection of software. Here’s what’s on the docket for our illustrious squad of scribes. Sammy Barker, Editor: My dreams of joining...
Poll Did You Buy Marvel's Avengers?
Assemble
Marvel's Avengers is out now on PlayStation 4, but do you plan on buying a copy? We still remember the game's official reveal at E3 2019. It was a very muddy announcement, with Square Enix failing to tell us anything about how the title actually played. The Avengers themselves looked like knockoffs, and the mere mention of "no...
Feature Best PS4 Music of August 2020
Some choice selections
The looming change in console generation sure isn’t slowing down the great music, huh? August is yet another month absolutely jam-packed with phenomenal music. The quality music shows no signs of slowing down, and of course, we have some games on the horizon sure to offer great tunes as well. You can probably guess what we...
Hands On NHL 21 Is Looking a Lot Like a Hockey Game
Déjà vu
Alright, stop us if you’ve heard this one before: NHL 21 feels a lot like last year’s game. Between all the modes on offer and the actual presentation of the game, you’d be hard-pressed to notice any key differences between last year’s product and EA Vancouver’s newest entry in the chilled sports franchise. Now, in fairness to...
Round Up Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 PS4 Reviews Reveal a Return to Form
Nailed it
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 reviews are starting to pour in from various publications, and it's looking mighty positive. North American press seems to be absolutely loving the triumphant return of the Birdman. Below, we've gathered some of these early reviews for your perusal. What about the Push Square review? Well, we only gained...
Site News Where's Our Marvel's Avengers PS4 Review?
We A.I.M. for next week
Marvel's Avengers is out on PlayStation 4 today via the Deluxe Edition and so you might be wondering where all the reviews, and indeed the Push Square verdict, are. We do have review code of our own and have been plugging away at the game's campaign since yesterday, but given the online nature of this superhero experience,...
Feature Amazing Dreams Creations You Need to See - Issue #6
Jellyfish jamming
We're huge fans of Dreams here at Push Square Towers, but it's difficult to define what this PlayStation 4 exclusive is. With the possibilities almost limitless, the variety of experiences available within this title is ridiculous. There's no way everyone will have time to play everything. If you're simply looking for some of the...
