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Soapbox Doctor Strange x Remedy Is Surely a Match Made in Heaven
Liam ponders the next Marvel mash-up
There's far too much smoke in the air when it comes to Sony and Remedy for there not to be something in the works. Following Control's timed-exclusive DLC on PlayStation 4 and numerous studio visits from PlayStation's bigwigs, we reckon the two companies have something big cooked up for the PS5. It's probably...
Guide The Outer Worlds Character Builds - Attributes, Skills, and Perks for Every Style of Play
Best skills and perks to pick in The Outer Worlds
Creating a character in The Outer Worlds can be a daunting process. Right at the beginning of the game, you have to think about base attributes and skills, and once you're off on your adventure, levelling up and bringing peace (or chaos) to Halcyon, you've got to start thinking about perks. There are...
Hands On Planting Our Bare Knuckles on Streets of Rage 4
Axel prose
Discard the dizzying politics, and we’re truly living in the greatest timeline. Let this sink in for a minute: Shenmue III, Windjammers 2, and Streets of Rage 4 – we, as a species, simply don’t deserve such riches. But feast on them we shall – gluttony is one of the seven deadly sins, but we’re hungry for these retro revivals,...
Poll Do You Still Want Ghost of Tsushima to Release on PS4?
A feudal feud
Ghost of Tsushima is the last major PlayStation 4 exclusive on the horizon – or is it? We’ve been speculating for some time that we believe the feudal affair may make the switch to the PlayStation 5, but the title was recently reconfirmed for Sony’s current-gen console in a PlayStation Blog post by CEO Jim Ryan. Here’s what we...
Site News Where's Our Call of Duty: Modern Warfare PS4 Review?
Going dark
Today, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has launched across the globe. Infinity Ward's latest is in the hands of the public, and several media outlets have delivered their verdicts on the newest game in the storied franchise. So, where's ours? The short answer is we don't have the game yet. The slightly longer answer is this. Reviews that...
Round Up Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reviews Suggest a Direct Hit
The Price is right
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is out today on PlayStation 4, and as you might expect, the first batch of reviews have come online. While it seems many outlets are holding off to get time with the multiplayer, that hasn't stopped a handful of sites from throwing out some scores. Fortunately, they generally seem to be very positive...
Guide The Outer Worlds Tips and Tricks for Beginners
Advice for rookie space captains
The beauty of The Outer Worlds is that you can play through it however you want. Good guy, bad guy, unstoppable psychopath, corporate lackey, sliver tongued coward -- you can be whoever you want to be, and it's a great role-playing title because of this. But whether you're prepared to do anything for a fistful of...
Hands On Final Fantasy VII Remake Will Live Up to RPG's Legendary Legacy
What's old is new again
Final Fantasy VII Remake is oh-so anime but oh-so good. If you’re like this particular author, you’ll cringe at physics-defying hairstyles and exaggerated American accents, but protagonist Cloud Strife’s oft-requested return is shaping up to be a sublime role-playing game – even if the jury’s still out on how its...
Soapbox Why PS5's Reveal Event Will Rival E3 2015
God level
Nothing will ever top the Holy Trifecta™ – ever. That triple-punch of The Last Guardian, Final Fantasy VII Remake, and Shenmue III is the kind of thing that legends are made of; I’ll be telling my grandchildren about it, and I expect them to tell their grandchildren as well. E3 2015, as I wrote at the time, was the greatest gaming...
Hands On Windjammers 2 Needs to Come to PS4
That's all
Under normal circumstances, port begging would be a bannable offence, but we make the rules here and we can’t exactly purge our own accounts. Look, here’s the thing, Windjammers 2 is shaping up to be a superb sequel, but it’s not currently announced for the PlayStation 4 and that’s keeping us awake at night. Having gone hands on...
Talking Point If Bluepoint Games Isn't Working on Demon's Souls, What's Your Dream Sony Remake?
Dreams v Reality
Bluepoint Games, the studio behind the masterful remake of Shadow of the Colossus, is working on its next project. Primed for PlayStation 5, it's more than likely going to be another Sony IP brought back from the dead that will be revitalized in all its 4K glory. The question is though, what game will it be? Rumours of a Demon's...
Hands On Iron Man VR Is the Next Big Thing for PSVR
Stark would be proud
It feels like major PlayStation VR releases have dried up as of late. Sure, the likes of Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot and Vacation Simulator were fun enough, but it doesn't seem like virtual reality has really made any waves since Blood & Truth nearly six months ago. It's a quiet period indeed, but there is one PSVR title we're...
Hands On Inertial Drift Is a Promising PS4 Racer That Drives on Its Side
Angle grinder
Life is more fun when you’re on your back – not that we’d know anything about that. Inertial Drift – a name so close to plagiarising legendary anime Initial D that it instantly earned our respect – argues that it’s actually more entertaining on your side, as this so-called twin-stick arcade racer trades on taking corners at...
Hands On Predator: Hunting Grounds Has a Ways to Go Before It Realises Potential
Target acquired
Sony has made it clear that its catalogue of multiplayer-focused titles needs some fleshing out. The days of MAG and SOCOM are long gone, so the hardware manufacturer has employed developer Illfonic to develop a worthy online asymmetric experience that could act as a bit of a test bed before we head into the next generation...
First Impressions Cyberpunk 2077 Looks to Raise the Bar for All RPGs Again
CD Projekt RED's next masterpiece
It's been nearly two months since Polish developer CD Projekt Red shared with us its latest vision for Cyberpunk 2077. A 15 minute slice of gameplay impressed many thanks to the employment of various play styles that allowed you to get the job done in different manners, but there was more to that quarter of an hour...
Hands On Marvel's Avengers on PS4 Assembles One Helluva Set-Piece Opening
A real Marvel
Marvel’s Avengers has come under intense scrutiny since its official unveiling at E3 2019 – strange, considering the Crystal Dynamics developed superhero smash opens in the most eye-popping manner imaginable. Perhaps it’s merely a case of all the criticism leading to lowered expectations, but we came away from a 25 minute hands...
Feature Burnout Needs to Bring Arcade Racers Back with a Bang
We are the lazy generation
Criterion Games made a name for itself with its blisteringly fast racing series, Burnout. Starting off as a small team with a small project, the original game was a modest but thrilling arcade racer all about rocketing your way through traffic. With each new game, Criterion added more and more to the experience, and with...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 294
Rainy days
It's been raining near constantly outside the Push Square Towers window, and with all those autumnal leaves littering the ground, going outside is a borderline health risk. Rather than risking our lives walking along slippery pavements, we'll be staying indoors playing video games, thanks very much. Feel free to use that excuse if...
25th October is stacked
The 25th October, 2019 is one of the busiest days for game releases in recent memory. Next Friday plays host to not one, not two, but three anticipated PlayStation 4 titles: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, MediEvil, and The Outer Worlds. What we want to know is: which one are you spending your hard-earned cash on? Maybe you're...
Soapbox Assassin's Creed Is Fuelling My Excitement for PS5
Liam's hyped for a next-gen open world
Whenever a new generation of consoles rolls around, it's almost always a racing game that is used in part to show off the graphical prowess of the machine we'll be doing our video game playing on for the next six or so years. It's understandable, of course, because getting a glimpse of the latest and greatest...
Feature How We Think Horizon: Zero Dawn 2 Will Champion PS5's Biggest New Features
Guerrilla's sequel primed to be the face of PS5
We're in an exciting time for PlayStation. While Sony itself is behaving rather reclusively about its next-gen machine, details about PS5 are starting to emerge. Wired recently revealed a few morsels of information, detailing some of the new bells and whistles that will take
Feature Uncharted 2 Kickstarted a New Age of First Party Success for Sony
10 years of hits
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. It's a notable game for so many reasons, but many will simply remember it as an unbelievably strong sequel. Naughty Dog was already a highly regarded studio, but with its follow-up to Drake's Fortune, the developer cemented itself as one of the most talented in the...
100 hours with Sennheiser's first wireless headset
German company Sennheiser's been making top quality audio products for decades, and now it's branching out into the realm of wireless gaming headsets. Fully compatible with the PlayStation 4, the GSP 670 is an impressive but costly accessory. In this hardware review, we're going to break down each...
Guide How to Connect a PS4 Controller to iPhone or iPad for Remote Play
Use your DualShock 4 with your iOS devices
Can you use a DualShock 4 PlayStation 4 controller with iPhone and iPad? Do you have to play using the on-screen touch controls with Remote Play? Firmware update 6.50 introduced the ability to use the PS4's Remote Play feature with iOS devices, such as iPhone and iPad. For a time, you weren't able to use a...
Talking Point What if the PS5 Could Play Games from Every PlayStation Console?
A pipedream?
Here’s an outlandish idea: what if the PlayStation 5 could play games from every PlayStation console ever made – including the handhelds? To be clear, that would include: PS5, PS4, PS3, PS2, PSone, PS Vita, and PSP – the manufacturer’s entire 25 year history, in one device. Obviously, we wouldn’t expect the next-gen console to...
Soapbox Sony Is Doing Its Smaller Exclusives a Disservice
Sammy's irked by PlayStation's poor promotion
Concrete Genie isn’t the first PlayStation exclusive to get short shrift from publisher Sony, and it certainly won’t be the last. The platform holder’s back catalogue is peppered with interesting experiences that it failed to commit enough resources to: Puppeteer, Tokyo Jungle, Bound, Gravity Rush...
Guide Can You Uncap the Framerate in Fortnite Chapter 2 on PS4?
Is there a way to turn on uncapped frame rate?
How do you uncap the framerate in Fortnite on PlayStation 4? Can you unlock Fortnite's frame rate? If you're playing Fortnite on PS4 and getting to grips with the brand new Chapter 2 content, you may have noticed that performance has taken a bit of a hit. Before the blackout, the game ran at a silky...
Round Up All New PS5 Info from Sony - Name, Release Date, Controller, User Interface, and More
Sony spills the beans
Sony has dropped another PlayStation 5 information bomb out of nowhere, once again detailing the next-gen console in an exclusive Wired article. Although we're yet to see the machine, we now know quite a bit about it, including its official name, its confirmed release window, what its controller is like, what the console's user...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 293
Sammy Strikes Again
With the fall setting in, things are getting a little cooler and a little rainier lately. You know what that means: new games are starting to arrive, and it's the perfect time to dive in. Whether it's something from your backlog or a fresh purchase, won't you join us on a lazy gaming weekend? Sammy Barker, Editor: This weekend...
Poll What Are Your Thoughts on the PS5, Now That More Details Have Been Revealed?
Are you ready for next-gen?
For the second time, Sony dropped a PlayStation 5 info bomb out of nowhere earlier this week. The company confirmed that the console will indeed be called the PlayStation 5, and that it'll release in late 2020. It even detailed the machine's next-gen controller, and discussed its user interface. If you somehow missed the...
Guide Upcoming PS4 Games And Accessories For October And November 2019
Call of Duty! Death Stranding! MediEvil!
Watch your step, everyone: new releases are beginning to swarm in. The year is winding down as we head into October, but that only means publishers are starting to push out their big, fancy new PlayStation 4 titles. The next couple of months are looking pretty packed, with plenty of options for gamers of all...
Feature Best PS4 Music of September 2019
The home stretch
What's one more month passed without a new music recap? Things have been ramping up for a while now, and with some big releases starting to trickle down with yet more to come, September might have been the strongest month of the year for music. Let’s hop in. Greedfall: We’ve started noticing the music of Olivier Derivière...
Interview Taking the Hiss with Control Composer Petri Alanko
< We expect/desire conversation about music/audio >
Recently, we got the chance to chat with composer Petri Alanko, Remedy Entertainment’s go-to for a number of years now. We talked to him about his working with Martin Stig Andersen on Control, why burning instruments was an important part of the process, and which GPU company ended up leading to...
Game of the Month Best PS4 Games of September 2019
Monsters, guns, sin, and relationships
September marked the end of what felt like a very long and quiet summer, bringing with it a load of new games. As such, it was a busy month for us here at Push Square as we got back into the swing of reviewing as many titles as we could get our grubby hands on. But of course, only one release can be crowned our...
Guide What Specs Will PS5 Have?
All of PlayStation 5's technical specifications
What are the PS5's specs? Sony's PlayStation 5 is coming, and it's going to come packed with some pretty impressive technology. For most people, the technical specifications of the PS5 won't matter all that much -- at the end of the day, the important thing is that Sony's next generation console runs a...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 292
Tell me your wish
How has the weather changed so quickly? One minute we were wearing shorts, now we’re hugging our winter jackets. The good news is that you have absolutely no reason to go outside anymore, so it’s time to catch up on that growing collection of video games you’ve been side-eyeing all summer. Sammy Barker, Editor: I’m taking...
Guide Destiny 2 - How to Start the Campaigns
New Light walkthrough
How do you start the campaigns in Destiny 2? How do you start the story missions in Destiny 2: New Light? Jumping into Bungie's looter shooter world with its new free-to-play option is probably going to be a little bit overwhelming for a lot of people. It introduces a whole host of planets to visit and patrol, but where are the...
Guide New PS4 Games Releasing in October 2019
Every upcoming PlayStation 4 release date in October 2019
What new PS4 games are releasing in October 2019? This is a gargantuan window for the PlayStation 4, so you can kiss goodbye to your social life. Headline titles include Destiny 2: Shadowkeep, Concrete Genie, MediEvil, and The Outer Worlds – but spare a thought for the likes of Afterparty,...
Poll Are You Buying Ghost Recon: Breakpoint?
Breaking point?
Ghost Recon: Breakpoint is out today on PlayStation 4 (that's the 4th October, if you happen to be reading this at a later date), and it's safe to say that it's divided opinion. Following on from the beta last month, the open world shooter's been in early access for the last three days or so, and although we don't think it's a bad...
Guide Ghost Recon: Breakpoint Character Builds - Best Classes and Perks to Unlock
Character builds for all playstyles
Character builds in Ghost Recon: Breakpoint? You better believe it. Ubisoft's open world shooter lets you adopt a number of different playstyles, and in this guide, we're going to be detailing character builds that you may find useful, or perhaps our builds will give you some ideas of your own. You can also find...
Guide Ghost Recon: Breakpoint - How to Avoid Wolves Drone
Dodging the Azrael drone
How do you avoid the Wolves drone in Ghost Recon: Breakpoint? The Azrael drone flies over the map every now and then in Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, and if you're spotted, your minimap will be disabled, and Wolves will deploy near your position. But how do you avoid being seen by the drone? We'll explain how it works in this...
Guide Is Ghost Recon: Breakpoint Always Online?
Does it require an internet connection?
Is Ghost Recon: Breakpoint always online? Does Ghost Recon: Breakpoint require an internet connection? Always online games have become increasingly common this generation, with the likes of Destiny and Ubisoft's own The Division 2 forcing players to be connected at all times. It's just how they work. But is...
Guide Can You Play Ghost Recon: Breakpoint Single Player?
Is there a campaign in Ghost Recon: Breakpoint?
Can you play Ghost Recon: Breakpoint in single player? Ubisoft's latest open world shooter offers many modes of play, from solo to co-op to PvP, but is playing alone viable? Is Breakpoint meant to be played by yourself, or is it built for co-op? In this quick guide, we'll try to answer these questions...
Guide Ghost Recon: Breakpoint - How to Hold Your Breath When Aiming
Steadying your aim as a sniper
How do you hold your breath in Ghost Recon: Breakpoint on PS4? While playing the game, you may have noticed references to holding your breath while aiming -- but how do you actually do it? We'll explain the mechanic in this guide. How to Hold Your Breath in Ghost Recon: Breakpoint Holding your breath in Breakpoint is...
Guide Ghost Recon: Breakpoint - Best Single Player Class
How to be a one man army in Ghost Recon: Breakpoint
What's the best class for single player in Ghost Recon: Breakpoint? Which is the best class to pick in Breakpoint if you're not playing with friends? Ubisoft's latest introduces a class system to the Ghost Recon franchise, allowing you to spec into a specific build or way of playing. It is, of...
Guide Ghost Recon: Breakpoint - All the Best Skills
What are the best skills in Ghost Recon: Breakpoint?
What are the best skills in Ghost Recon: Breakpoint? Which skills should you unlock first? Ghost Recon: Breakpoint features a gigantic skill tree, full to the brim with useful abilities and traits that'll give you the advantage out in the battlefield. Which ones are the best, though? And what are...
Guide Destiny 2 - How to Get a Bow
Introducing the Fallen to Robin Hood
The Combat Bow is a brand new weapon archetype introduced in Destiny 2: Forsaken, and so naturally, it's one of the first things you'll want to get your hands on. Thankfully, you won't have to wait too long until one makes its way into your inventory. How to Acquire Your First Bow: After completing an early...
Guide How to Stop Ads Being Added to the PS4's Dashboard
Rid your PlayStation 4 of unwanted Featured Content
How do you stop ads from appearing automatically on your PS4’s home menu screen? This can be a source of annoyance for many, as Sony occasionally adds random icons to your already cluttered PlayStation 4 dashboard, promoting content that you don’t want. Fortunately, the platform holder’s made...
Guide Destiny 2 - How to Complete the Holliday Family History Exotic Quest and Get The Chaperone
Each step explained
A number of exotic weapons from year 1 of Destiny 2 have been given a new lease of life with the Forsaken expansion, with one of them being The Chaperone. Here's how to get your hands on this exotic Shotgun. Please note that Destiny 2: New Light players must own the Forsaken expansion in order to trigger this quest. How to...
Guide Destiny 2 - How to Complete the Cayde's Will Exotic Quest and Get the Ace of Spades
R.I.P
For those of you living under a rock, Cayde-6 meets his end in the opening mission of Destiny 2: Forsaken. However, we'll always have something to remember him by in the form of his recognisable hand cannon, the Ace of Spades. There's an exotic quest that ultimately leads you to getting your hands on it, and here's how to complete it. Please...
