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News Divinity Dev's Boss Backpedals on Generative AI, But Not All the Way
AI-ay-ay
Larian Studios, the team behind Baldur's Gate 3 and the upcoming Divinity, have been answering questions from fans on Reddit today, and the team clarified its position on the use of generative AI. A little while ago, head honcho Swen Vincke ruffled feathers with his comments about using the technology in the development process, but it...
- Larian Studios
- PS5
- Divinity
Game of the Month Here's Every Winning PS5 Game for 2025
As voted by you
Well, we've done it. For the first time in Push Square history, we had an official Game of the Month for every single month of 2025. Through the magic of public polls, we had our loyal readers determine the best PS5 game of each month, and we must admit that you lot have pretty good taste. Just to tie a neat little bow on the...
- Game of the Month
- PS5
- Features
Feature 45+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in PS Store's Refreshed January Sale
Check out these discounted games
Sony's enormous January/Holiday sale on the PS Store continues apace, refreshed with thousands of digital goodies up for grabs. This big sale continues through to 22nd January 2026, giving you a decent window in which to nab some bargains. To help navigate the huge sale, we've assembled the top discounted games...
- Sony
- PS5
- PS4
- PS Store
- Deals
News SAND: Raiders of Sophie Takes Sea of Thieves to the Desert on PS5 This March
Build your own mobile base
Sea of Thieves has proven popular enough to establish its own genre on PS5, and SAND: Raiders of Sophie looks like it’s building on the blueprints introduced by UK dev Rare. This is a PvP extraction shooter – stick with us!!! – where you’ll build giant walking bases known as Tramplers and use them to loot valuable...
- tinyBuild
- PS5
- SAND: Raiders of Sophie
News Fable Is 'Understood' to Be Coming to PS5, Says New Report
Not just a fable
In case you missed it, Xbox officially announced its Developer Direct presentation, due to take place at the end of January. The company has announced a trio of games that will be the main focus of the show. These include Forza Horizon 6, Beast of Reincarnation, and Fable. Unlike the other two games, the latter of these is...
- Xbox Game Studios
- PS5
- Fable
News ARC Raiders Is a $40 Game Partly Because of Helldivers 2
Team decided "that is where we should sit"
While many of the most popular games these days are free-to-play, there's still plenty of room to find success with a premium release model, and ARC Raiders is a prime example. It was initially planned to be a free game, but switched to a traditional launch with a price tag, and has been hugely popular...
- Embark Studios
- PS5
- Arc Raiders
News Sony Needs to Move Mountains to Get Samson: A Tyndalston Story on PS5
A hardboiled hit
We’re not entirely sure how we missed the announcement of Samson: A Tyndalston Story, but by ‘eck does Sony need to move mountains to get this game on the PS5. Currently only announced for PC by studio Liquid Swords, which is comprised of a gaggle of ex-Avalanche veterans, this looks like the spiritual successor to the...
- Liquid Swords
- Samson
News PS5 Adventure Duskfade Looks Like It Was Made for Ratchet & Clank, Jak & Daxter Fans
Inspired by "classic 3D action platformers"
We know we have a lot of fans of Sony's PS2-era platformers here on Push Square, so here's a game you might want to keep on your radar: Duskfade. Coming to PS5 in 2026, it's a 3D action platformer adventure that looks like it studied in the school of noughties platformers like Ratchet & Clank and Jak &...
- Fireshine Games
- PS5
- Duskfade
News PS5's Denshattack! Looks Like the Long Lost Dreamcast Game of Our Dreams
And it's on time for a Spring 2026 release
There’s very little new information about railway-based extreme sports game Denshattack! in this interview trailer, but we’re posting it because it just looks so cool. The team, Undercoders, comes from Barcelona – and it’s clearly got a lot of love for early noughties SEGA, with Jet Set Radio and...
- Fireshine Games
- PS5
- Denshattack
- Trailers
News Don't Forget, No Sleep for Kaname Date Will Shed Its Switch Exclusivity Soon
Coming to PS5 in February
Fans of AI: The Somnium Files may not need reminding, but it’s worth pointing out that the latest game in the series will sheds its Nintendo Switch exclusivity on 26th February. No Sleep for Kaname Date – From AI: The Somnium Files launched last year, but here’s your first proper look at the PS5 and PS4 version...
- Spike Chunsoft
- PS5
- PS4
- AI: The Somnium Files
- Trailers
Review Code Violet (PS5) - Gooner Shooter Can't Get It Up
Code Blue
Code Violet begins and ends with quotes by the renowned painter and inventor Leonardo da Vinci. That feels appropriate — not because this game will be remembered for time immemorial like the Mona Lisa, but because, much like one of Da Vinci's early flying machine sketches, the game is ambitious but never actually gets off the ground...
- Reviews
- Teamkill Media
- PS5
- Code Violet
News Sony Removes Resident Evil Copy Ebola Village Trailer from YouTube
"What next? COVID City?"
With the official PlayStation YouTube channel just emerging from its festive slumber, the focus on games like Ebola Village are amplified. And the platform holder is getting roasted for promoting this Resident Evil knock-off, which clearly draws inspiration from the likes of Resident Evil Village, among others. The game...
- Axyos
- PS5
- PS4
- Ebola Village
- Trailers
News Watch Street Fighter 6's Alex Kick the Sh*t Out of Final Fight's Hugo in DLC Trailer
The man with no allies arrives
Street Fighter 6 may make some baffling decisions, like the latest Fighter Pass featuring artwork of characters not included in the game – but when it brings the heat, the world takes notice. And so, you’re probably going to watch this first teaser trailer of Alex, who’s joining the roster Spring 2026. As...
- Capcom
- PS5
- PS4
- Street Fighter
"You don't deserve to live beyond today"
SNK promised we’d learn more about Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves’ second season early this year, and here’s our first taste: Kenshiro of Fist of the North Star fame is seemingly joining the roster. It’s an unexpected announcement, and while it’s technically not official just yet, we think the...
- SNK
- PS5
- PS4
- Fatal Fury
- DLC
News Xbox Action RPG Towerborne Totally Reworked for PS5 Release This February
You've got the tower
Towerborne, an Xbox-published action RPG that's been in early access on Steam since May 2024 — and Xbox since May 2025 — is now heading to PS5 on the 26th February, as part of its full 1.0 release. It's interesting to note that Towerborne has actually been a free-to-play title up until now, with cosmetic microtransactions...
- Xbox Game Studios
- PS5
- Towerborne
- Release Dates
News Xbox Exclusive RPG Avowed Is Coming to PS5 in February with Major New Features
A-wowed
Avowed, Obsidian Entertainment's Xbox exclusive RPG, is finally confirmed for PS5, and it's coming to Sony's console very soon. The game hits PS5 on 17th February 2026, a year after its initial launch last year, with pre-orders on PS Store opening soon. Set in the Pillars of Eternity universe, Avowed is a first-person fantasy RPG in...
- Xbox Game Studios
- PS5
- Avowed
- Announcements
Thursday8th Jan 2026
News Try the Spiritual Successor to Parasite Eve, Coming to PS5 in 2026
But demo is only on Steam for now
Square Enix is never going to do the sensible thing and make a new Parasite Eve, so we’re relying on the ambition of one small Chinese studio to do it for us. Parasite Mutant received a positive response when it was announced last year, and now you can try it out ahead of its PS5 release later in 2026. The catch?...
- IceSitruuna
- PS5
- Parasite Mutant
- Demos
News Ubisoft, Bandai Namco, More Showing Up for the New Game+ Showcase Today
When will we rest
It's the first full week of 2026, and already there's a video game presentation to watch. The inaugural New Game+ Showcase is happening this week, on 8th January 2026: As you can see in the announcement post, this new show, put together by streamers and content creators, is promising to shine a light on 45 games. We don't know...
- PS5
- Events
"You'd think it would be possible"
Sony announced a new collection of console covers for the PS5 this week, and these ones look seriously nice. The HYPERPOP collection – which also includes DualSense controllers – relies on strong, vibrant colours and a gradient effect, which kinda makes the design look like negative photos or X-Rays or...
- Sony
- PS5
- Hardware
News Big Updates on Massive Xbox Games, Bound for PS5, Later This Month
Forza! Fable! Beast of Reincarnation?
As was quietly teased towards the tail-end of last year, around the same time as The Game Awards, a big Xbox Developer Direct will take place on 22nd January at 10AM PT / 1PM ET / 6PM GMT. If you’re not sure what time that is in your country, we’ve included a guide below: 6:00PM GMT 22nd Jan 2026...
- Xbox Game Studios
- PS5
- Forza
- Fable
- Beast of Reincarnation
News Sony May Be 'Planning Its Entire Calendar' Around GTA 6, Says Jason Schreier
Apparently it's still not "content complete"
Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier, one of the best-known journalists covering video games, has made some interesting comments on the status of Grand Theft Auto 6. Speaking on the Ringer-Verse podcast's gaming show Button Mash, Schreier is asked how confident he is in the game's current official release...
- Rockstar Games
- PS5
- GTA 6
Review Trails beyond the Horizon (PS5) - Trails Takes an Impressive Step Towards the End
Don't look back
Right, first things first, do not play Trails beyond the Horizon if you haven't already beaten Trails through Daybreak and Trails through Daybreak 2. Even by Trails standards, Horizon is ridiculously dense; the events of this long-awaited sequel rely heavily on you having intimate knowledge of past titles, and so even if you have...
- Reviews
- NIS America
- PS5
- Trails beyond the Horizon
Game of the Month Terminator 2D: No Fate (December 2025)
As voted by you
We may have just wrapped up our Game of the Year coverage for 2025, but there's still one little thing we've got to take care of before moving on to 2026 in full... We are, of course, referring to Game of the Month. December's release schedule might have been overshadowed by all of the aforementioned Game of the Year discourse, but...
- Game of the Month
- PS5
- Polls
- Features
News JDM: Japanese Drift Master Brings Anime-Inspired Street Racing to PS5 in February
All updates included
Having skidded onto Xbox late last year, JDM: Japanese Drift Master has now locked in a PS5 release date. It'll screech to Sony's current-gen console on the 6th February, bringing anime-inspired street racing to the PlayStation Nation (yes, it's 2026 and we're still writing that). It's worth noting that JDM launched on Steam...
- Gaming Factory
- PS5
- JDM: Japanese Drift Master
- Release Dates
- Trailers
News Life Is Strange Reunion Pairs Max with Chloe Once More on PS5
Unannounced game leaks
An unannounced Life Is Strange game, subtitled Reunion, has been leaked for the PS5 by European ratings board PEGI. The upcoming game will likely be richly received by franchise fans, as it will see series protagonist Max Caulfield reunited with Chloe Price, her BFF – and eventual love interest – from the original game...
- Square Enix
- PS5
- Life Is Strange
Rumour Indiana Jones Dev to KO More Nazis in Wolfenstein 3 on PS5
Multiple sources confirm project
Swedish studio MachineGames is best in class when it comes to knocking out Nazis, and fresh from the critical success of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, it looks like it’s turning its attention back to Wolfenstein. The dev previously worked on the acclaimed efforts Wolfenstein: The New Order and Wolfenstein 2:...
- Bethesda
- PS5
- Wolfenstein
- Rumours
News Ambitious PS5 Pirate RPG Sea of Remnants Has Bags of Style in Latest Trailer
PC alpha test coming soon
You may remember Sea of Remnants from a State of Play last year; it was one of the more intriguing games announced during the show. Coming from NetEase and Joker Studio, Sea of Remnants is a free-to-play pirate RPG adventure set in a stylised world inhabited by wooden puppets. Its latest trailer is here, and the game...
- NetEase
- PS5
- Sea of Remnants
- Trailers
News Fortnite's South Park Collab Revealed, Brings Multiple Characters, Cartmanland, More
Calling it Quints
Epic Games has officially lifted the lid on Fortnite's crossover event with South Park, and it looks like a great new event for fans. You can catch a glimpse at what this 'Born in Chaos' event has to offer in the announcement trailer, which kicks things off with a great animated short showing how the characters end up in the...
- Epic Games
- PS5
- PS4
- Fortnite
Wednesday7th Jan 2026
News No Plans for PS5 Version of Acclaimed Tactics RPG Published by Sony Subsidiary
"Not considering anything at the moment"
The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy – a dark horse contender for 2025’s Game of the Year, at least on PC and Switch – still seems unlikely to release on the PS5. Prior to its release, creator Kazutaka Kodaka had talked about how his Too Kyo Games team couldn’t afford to port the tactics RPG to...
- ANIPLEX
- PS5
- The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy
News Capcom's Latest Street Fighter 6 Reveal Is Straight-Up Trolling Fans
But at least you get the excellent Capcom Sports Club
Capcom has announced a new Fighting Pass for its eternally popular brawler Street Fighter 6, but it’s proving brutal for fans. While the publisher promised to improve these periodic Battle Passes with more meaningful content, the artwork for this one is a straight-up troll. It prominently...
- Capcom
- PS5
- PS4
- Street Fighter
- Updates
News Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined PS5 Demo Is Available Now
VII heaven
Square Enix has revealed the full opening movie for Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined, and in a word, it's magical. The movie takes full advantage of the remake's diorama-esque visuals, dropping its puppet-based characters into delightfully detailed environments as they battle against beasties big and small. We think it's pretty much a...
- Square Enix
- PS5
- Dragon Quest
- Trailers
News PS5's Hyperpop Collection Adds Three Striking New Colours for DualSense, Console Covers
RGB
Think Sony was done with new colourways for your PS5 console and controllers? It's kicking off 2026 with a new range, entitled the Hyperpop Collection. Here's a good look at the vivid new designs in this flashy video: The three colours, available for DualSense PS5 controllers as well as PS5 console covers, are Techno Red, Remix Green, and...
- Sony
- PS5
Hands On Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined Could Be the Series' Best Remake Yet
A tight ship
Dragon Quest 7 has long been one of the most divisive entries in the incredible RPG series, mostly thanks to the sheer length of its island-hopping adventure. The original PS1 release and its 3DS remake both suffer from what we'd call rather severe padding at times, with a comical amount of backtracking often dismantling the story's...
- Square Enix
- PS5
- Dragon Quest
- Hands On
- Features
News Fans Wonder if The Game Awards' Big Finale Highguard Is Even Coming Out
Over before it's even started?
You’d think being the big finale at a show watched by millions would be good for your game, wouldn’t you? In the case of Highguard, the upcoming free-to-play first-person shooter from ex-Titanfall and Apex Legends alumni, it may actually be a curse. PS5 fans will be all-too familiar with the brutal discourse that...
- Wildlight Entertainment
- PS5
- Highguard
- The Game Awards
Rumour Fallout 3, New Vegas Remakes Reportedly Happening as Fallout 5 Is 'Greenlit'
Nuclear winter
At this point we all know that some kind of Fallout 3 remake or remaster — probably in a similar vein to Oblivion Remastered — is on the cards, but now the word on the street is that Fallout New Vegas will also be revived. Obviously this doesn't come as a huge surprise given just how popular Fallout is as a multimedia property...
- Bethesda
- Fallout
- Rumours
News Haunted Paws Dev Accuses New Cosy PS5, PS4 Horror of Being a Copycat
But it's launching next week anyway
Ghostly Whiskers will release on the PS Store, and it looks like yet another forgettable foray powered by AI art. But this particular effort from Cyprus-based studio Nostra Games has found itself at the centre of a storm, as the makers of indie effort Haunted Paws claim it’s a
- Lazy Flock Studio
- Nostra Games
- PS5
- Haunted Paws
- Ghostly Whiskers
News South Park Is Coming to Fortnite, Some Details Leaked Ahead of Launch
New playable characters and more
Fortnite's latest collab is with the longstanding animated series South Park, and fans are wondering exactly how its characters will fit into Epic's free-to-play shooter. The crossover was recently confirmed by Epic Games, with an official post teasing it with an image of Butters playing Fortnite: So, it's...
- Epic Games
- PS5
- PS4
- Fortnite
News Future Sports Series Speedball Resurrected on PS5 This Month
Ballin'
If you owned an Amiga, there’s a good chance you played The Bitmap Brothers’ future sports series, Speedball. The 1988 original’s sequel, Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe, was actually ported to dozens of platforms – including the PS1, where it adopted a 3D visual style, ultimately attracting a mixed critical response. Well, after an...
- Rebellion
- PS5
- Speedball
- Release Dates
News Former Naughty Dog Boss Evan Wells to Receive Highest Honour at DICE Awards
An AIAS Hall of Famer
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), an American organisation comprising games industry professionals, will induct Naughty Dog alumnus Evan Wells into its prestigious Hall of Fame at this year's D.I.C.E. Awards. Taking place on 12th February in Las Vegas, the award will be presented by the current head of Naughty...
- Industry
- Awards
News ARC Raiders Battles Sports Games for PS5 Download Dominance in December
Guns or balls?
Sony has shared the PS Store's download charts for the month of December 2025, and it's ARC Raiders putting up the strongest fight for the top spot on PS5. The popular sci-fi extraction shooter manages to topple NBA 2K26 in North America, but it has to settle for second in Europe, where EA Sports FC 26 rules the roost. ARC Raiders...
- PS Store
- Sales
- Charts
- PS5
Tuesday6th Jan 2026
News January 2026 PS Plus Essential Games Are Available to Download Now
Live until 2nd February
The first PS Plus Essential games of 2026 are here, adding another trio of PS5 and PS4 titles to members. January's lineup is available to claim right now in Europe, and will be going live in other regions throughout the day. You'll be able to nab the games from now through to 2nd February. They are as follows: Need for...
- PS5
- PS4
- PS Plus
News You'll Never Guess the Most Played PS5, PS4 Games of 2025 in the US
What year is it?!
Go on, have a guess at what the five most popular PlayStation games of 2025 were in the US. We'll give you a few seconds to finalise your bets. If you need a quick hint, here it is: it's the exact same top five as 2024. As per usual, Mat Piscatella has handed us the data via Circana's own Player Engagement Tracker, which, again,...
- US
- PS5
- PS4
News Amazon's Tomb Raider TV Show Reveals Completely New Characters and Castings
With some big names
Amazon's once troubled Tomb Raider adaptation — which now seems to be steaming ahead — has revealed a bunch of new characters and the actors who'll be playing them. The show itself is still some ways off, with reports stating that it's only entering production at some point this month. Still, it's seemingly going to have...
- Amazon
- Tomb Raider
News Sony Patents AI Assistant That Can Help You Beat Games, or Just Beat Them For You
Challenge neutralised
An interesting patent from Sony has recently been discovered, and it concerns the use of an AI assistant capable of providing contextual guidance while you're playing a game. As first reported by Boing Boing, Sony filed a patent for this concept back in April 2025, and it involves an AI "ghost" character that can help you get...
- Sony
- PS5
- Patents
News From the Makers of Redout, Carmageddon: Rogue Shift Is Looking Really Promising
Carmageddon outta here
Carmageddon: Rogue Shift was quite the surprise when it was announced back in December, and it seems to be shaping up pretty nicely. A new trailer combines gameplay with some cinematic shots, and it looks like a seriously fun time: It comes from 34BigThings, the development team behind the Redout series, so there's some...
- 34BigThings
- PS5
- Carmageddon
- Trailers
News Sony, Honda's Afeela 1 Car Can Be Customised with Astro Bot, God of War Dashboards
And sound effects
Sony returned to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to talk about the Sony Honda Mobility Afeela 1, its electric car that features some interesting PlayStation integration. These were more obvious at this year's showcase, with the company announcing some fun customisation options for the vehicle as well as full support for Remote...
- Sony
- PS5
News Don't Get Your Hopes Up for Persona's First 30th Anniversary Announcement Broadcast
Enjoy your merch
We hope you like merchandise, because that's probably all you're getting from Atlus' first Persona 30th Anniversary livestream. As previously reported, the broadcast will take place on the 8th January, ushering in a year of Persona-related updates and announcements. However, Atlus has now confirmed that said broadcast will feature...
- Atlus
- Persona
News If Romeo Is a Dead Man's Mental Story Trailer Doesn't Pique Your Interest, Nothing Will
Dead but not buried
Batsh*t PS5 action game Romeo Is a Dead Man is still set to release in just over a month — on the 11th February — and so it's time for another quick reminder of how mental the Grasshopper title's shaping up to be. The Suda51-lead developer has dropped a new story trailer, which, while brief, does paint a rather fun picture...
- Grasshopper
- PS5
- Romeo Is a Dead Man
- Trailers
News Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles Sees in the New Year with Major Sales Milestone
It's a sold strategy
Square Enix has announced Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, a remaster of its classic strategy RPG, has reached an impressive sales milestone. Shared on its social media channels, the publisher says the game has now surpassed one million copies sold: The Ivalice Chronicles is an enhanced version of the beloved...
- Square Enix
- PS5
- PS4
- Final Fantasy Tactics
- Sales
Monday5th Jan 2026
Guide PlayStation Studios: All Sony First-Party Developers and What They're Working On
Every PlayStation exclusive project
What are all PlayStation Studios developers and what are they working on? In this PlayStation Studios guide, we’re going to list all of the Japanese giant’s subsidiary game makers, along with their current projects. We’ll be updating this article regularly, as new titles are announced. Note: We've focused...
- Sony
- First-Party
- Exclusives
- PS5
- PS4
