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News Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined Demo Out on PS5 This Week, Opening Movie Is a Masterclass
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 The Year Starts Off with the New Game+ Showcase, Presenting 45 Games This Week
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
News Pac-Man DLC Comes to Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Later This Week on PS5, PS4
Waka waka
Bandai Namco's arcade hero Pac-Man is next in line to come to Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, and he arrives very soon indeed. An official teaser trailer reveals the premium DLC pack will be released on 7th January 2026: Like Minecraft and SpongeBob SquarePants, the Pac-Man content is a paid DLC add-on, included in the season
- SEGA
- PS5
- PS4
- Sonic Racing CrossWorlds
- DLC
Game of the Year All of Our 2025 Winners Revealed
A full GOTY recap
There's a chance that, over the last few weeks, you were too busy stuffing your face with delicious holiday food to notice our massive Game of the Year campaign. Don't worry, we're not judging anyone! An annual tradition here at Push Square, we write up a whole slate of articles to celebrate the year that was, highlighting the...
- Game of the Year
- PS5
- Features
News You'll Soon Be Able to Own Former Xbox Exclusive Hi-Fi Rush Physically on PS5
What a rush
Publisher Krafton has partnered with Limited Run Games to produce a trio of physical editions for Tango Gameworks' hit rhythm action game, Hi-Fi Rush. The game has only been available digitally up to now, but soon you'll be able to place orders for a physical copy to add to your collection. The three physical versions are as follows...
- Krafton
- Limited Run Games
- PS5
- Hi-Fi Rush
Another trip to Pandora
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - From the Ashes is a surprisingly great offering of DLC. It’s a standalone story that takes place after the events of the main campaign, following the Dog Tag Warrior, So’Lek (a former side character), as he faces off against the villainous Ash Clan. The Kinglor Forest from the base game is...
- Reviews
- Ubisoft
- PS5
- Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - From the Ashes
News Xbox Sales Hit New Low in UK, Barely Competes with PS5 at This Point
Another one bites the dust
Xbox hardware sales have hit a new low in the UK, as Microsoft continues to redirect its console business. In 2025, Xbox Series numbers were down a whopping 39% — making for the worst sales result in the brand's history. Many had expected some sort of decline given the company's renewed focus on multiplatform...
- Xbox
- PS5
- Sales
- UK
Poll Vote for Your PS5 Game of the Month (December 2025)
Decide Push Square's GOTM
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...
- Game of the Month
- PS5
- Polls
- Features
News More Digimon Games Incoming as Time Stranger's Success Sees Dev Team Expand
Champions of the Digital World
It sounds like Bandai Namco will be pushing for more Digimon games, off the back of Digimon Story Time Stranger's success. Time Stranger itself took around eight years to develop and eventually release, and naturally, the publisher would rather not get bogged down in such a lengthy production cycle for future...
- Bandai Namco
- PS5
- Digimon
News 'We Need to Trust Our Instincts': Expedition 33 Dev's Next Game Won't Bow to Fan Pressure
Keeping it obscur
Sandfall Interactive, the team behind the hit RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, has commented on how it's approaching work on its next game. In an interview with Edge magazine (thanks, GamesRadar), chief operating officer and production director François Meurisse mentions that, because of their debut game's success, there's "a bit...
- Kepler Interactive
- PS5
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
"How we can evolve our JRPG"
It feels like Atlus is at a bit of a crossroads. The longstanding Japanese developer behind hit RPG franchises like Persona, has been relying on the same kind of formula for decades now. Even when it attempts something new — like 2024's excellent Metaphor: ReFantazio — it still falls back on the Persona-style design...
- Atlus
- Persona
- Metaphor
News Microsoft CEO Really Wants You to Stop Calling Generative AI 'Slop'
That won't help sales
Apparently, “slop” was Merriam-Webster’s word of the year – as determined by the organisation’s “human editors”, it specified in a blog post prior to Christmas. While we feel the word has lost a lot of meaning due to its undeniable overuse throughout 2025, said fleshy beings defined it as “digital content of...
- Microsoft
- Satya Nadella
- AI
- Industry
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
Guide These 2+ PS5, PS4, and PS Plus Games Are Coming Out This Week (5th-11th January)
Bunny Rampage! I Am Future! PS Plus Essential!
2026 is going to be chaotic for new PlayStation games, but give it a little time to warm up, eh? There are just two new titles announced for this week, but at least there's the latest PS Plus Essential update to look forwards to. Here are all the new games coming out this week. New PS5, PS4 Games...
- Guides
- PS5
- PS4
- Release Dates
- Features
Feature Last Chance to Get These 99+ PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store's January Sale
Check out these discounted games
Sony currently has an enormous January/Holiday sale on the PS Store, with thousands of digital goodies up for grabs. This big sale is nearly finished, as it ends on 8th January 2026. If you haven't taken a look at what's on offer, now's the time. To help navigate the huge sale, we've assembled the top discounted...
- Sony
- PS5
- PS4
- PS Plus
- PS Store
News Casting and Performance Capture for Hideo Kojima's PS5 Exclusive PHYSINT Will Begin in 2026
And we're off
Hideo Kojima spent the best part of 2025 travelling around the world to support the release of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, but the auteur will remain grounded this year as work gets underway in earnest on his spy thriller PHYSINT. The PS5 console exclusive – which is being pitched as a successor to the Metal Gear Solid series...
- Sony
- PS5
- PHYSINT
- Kojima Productions
- Hideo Kojima
News Obscure Racing Game Rockets in Price on the Back of PS5 Jailbreak Hopes
Copies fetching up to $400
Limited Run Games’ niche PS4 retail release of Star Wars Racer Revenge has rocketed in value, after it emerged disc-based copies of the game could be used to jailbreak the PS5. Sony’s new-gen console can obviously run PS4 discs through backwards compatibility, and while the LucasArts racer – originally released for...
- LucasArts
- PS5
- PS4
- Star Wars
Sunday4th Jan 2026
Talking Point What Are Your PS5 New Year's Resolutions?
Start as you mean to go on
Losing weight? Pssht, it’s the biggest cliché in the book. Learning a new language? We guarantee you’ll have deleted Duolingo by March. Clearing your debt? Have you seen the release schedule. No, forget all those boring New Year’s Resolutions – they’re played out. We want to hear your PS5 resolutions for 2026...
- Talking Point
- PS5
- Happy New Year
- Features
Saturday3rd Jan 2026
News The Witcher 3 Really Could Be Getting a New Expansion on PS5 in 2026
To tide us over until The Witcher 4
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt first released to critical acclaim all the way back in 2015, but it could be getting an all-new expansion later this year. That’s the rumour that’s circulating right now, with relatively strong reporting behind it. Speculation has been swirling for a while, ever since Polish industry...
- CD Projekt RED
- PS5
- The Witcher
- Rumours
Game of the Year Push Square Readers' 20 Most Anticipated PS5 Games of 2026
Another huge year for PS5
As is tradition, we're wrapping up our Game of the Year coverage by looking towards the future. Late last year, we asked Push Square readers to vote for their most anticipated PS5 games of 2026, offering up a frankly massive list of 75 titles. And that was after we had to cut it down from over 100! Yep, it's already...
- Game of the Year
- PS5
- Features
News High Fantasy FMV Romance Gets PS5, PS4's 2026 Off to a Strong Start
If that's your thing, anyway
For some reason, the PS5 and PS4 have become a popular destinations for China’s increasingly prolific FMV dating games. And we’ll get another one on 15th January: the xianxia-inspired high fantasy dating game God Bless, or Goddess. That’s a good name. The premise of the story is deeply embedded in the popular...
- NiuGamer
- PS5
- PS4
- God Bless or Goddess
- Announcements
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 614
Welcome to 2026
And so here we are: the first WAYP of 2026. Fortunately, this is one feature where we don’t intend to reinvent the wheel. So, you can expect the same regularly scheduled Talking Point, every Saturday, just like it’s always been. Aaron Bayne: Honestly, I'm not sure what I'll play this weekend. I'll maybe just chill out with some...
- Talking Point
- PS5
- PS4
- What Are You Playing
- Features
Feature Going Platinum #6: Everything
Everywhere, all at once
Platinum Trophy #6: Everything Date Earned: 24th December 2017 Dopamine Index: stars:3 You read that right, I have the platinum Trophy in Everything — mission accomplished! Just a little joke there, at the top. But yes, I do have the plat for Everything, the game, not everything, the everything. The funny thing about...
- David OReilly
- PS4
- Everything
- Going Platinum
- Features
Friday2nd Jan 2026
Feature 40+ PS5 Games to Play in 2026
Every major release on the way
As the PS5 generation reaches peak maturity, 2026 is looking like it’s going to have an absolute avalanche of must play games. As the year begins in earnest, we’ve compiled over 40 of the titles we think demand your attention, all of which are currently confirmed to deploy over the next 12 months. While we’re...
- PS5
- Features
Game of the Year Push Square Readers' Top 20 PS5 Games of 2025
As voted by you
Every year, we ask the Push Square community to vote for their favourite titles of the last 12 months — and it's always exciting to read through the results! In this article, we'll be listing the top 20 PS5 games of 2025, according to you lot. The community vote also has a direct influence on our overall Game of the Year rankings,...
- Game of the Year
- PS5
- Features
News Persona's First 30th Anniversary Announcement May Not Be All That Hype for PS5 Fans
Steal our heart
As we reported earlier this week, a spate of 30th anniversary announcements for the Persona franchise are due in 2026. But the first of them is unlikely to entice PS5 owners, as we suspect this will be Nintendo exclusive: it’s Fitness Boxing Persona 5. Those of you who follow this franchise will know there have been several...
- Atlus
- Persona
- Announcements
News After Two Months of Livestreaming, Silent Hill F's Actress Finally Beat the Game
She outfoxed it
Back when Silent Hill F actress Konatsu Kato went viral for livestreaming the survival horror game, she was not particularly familiar with action games. But fans have watched her steadily get to grips with the acclaimed title over the past two months, and she finally beat the release this week, on New Year’s Eve, as part of an...
- Konami
- PS5
- Silent Hill
- Konatsu Kato
News Industrious Horror Dev Bloober Team Teases Potential New Project
Mysterious website emerges
We already know Polish dev Bloober Team is hard at work on a new Silent Hill remake, having released original project Cronos: The New Dawn late last year. Now it’s already teasing something as part of an elaborately named countdown page. A timer on RemosdNeulSerorehsoOvamCeyerd.com ceases on 15th February, suggesting a...
- Bloober Team
- Announcements of Announcements
News Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar Will Seemingly Shed Switch Console Exclusivity in 2026
It's the story of the season.
Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar, which first launched as a Nintendo console exclusive on 27th August last year, will come to PS5 in 2026. While the port has not been officially announced by publisher Marvelous yet, it has been rated for release in Taiwan. This is a common source of leaks, and it’s extremely rare for...
- Marvelous
- PS5
- Story of Seasons
Horsing around
The world of Genshin Impact never stops expanding, and 14th January will plot the arrival of the Luna IV update in the action RPG’s ongoing Song of the Welkin Moon saga. With it will be two new 5-Star characters: the highly-anticipated Columbina and Zibai. The former focuses on Lunar reactions, while Zibai massively enhances the...
- HoYoverse
- PS5
- PS4
- Genshin Impact
Thursday1st Jan 2026
Game of the Year #1 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
For those who come after
Should it be possible for a developer to win Game of the Year with its very first project? The answer is yes — of course — but the chances of it actually happening have always seemed slim. Debut studio Sandfall Interactive, with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, has now proven it's possible. The engrossing French RPG has...
- Game of the Year
- PS5
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Polls
- Features
Feature A Very Happy New Year to You
We go again
Shall we let you in to a little secret: you’re in the future right now. While you’re reading this in 2026, we’re writing it while it’s still 2025. So, what’s it like out there? Are we driving hover cars yet? Did the PS6 get announced already? The mind boggles. Obviously, we know deep down that this year will be more of the...
- Happy New Year
- Push Square
- Features
Wednesday31st Dec 2025
News PS Plus Essential Games for January 2026 Announced
Starting off with a bang?
Sony has officially announced the PS Plus Essential lineup of monthly games for January 2026. While one of the games was already leaked earlier today, we now know all of the titles members can look forward to playing next month. They will be available to claim starting 6th January 2026, and will remain in place until 2nd...
- PS5
- PS4
- PS Plus
Feature Our PS5 Predictions for 2025 - Results Revealed
Who's the all-seer?
As the year 2025 draws to a close, it's time to reflect on the last 12 months — but more importantly, it's time to see who did the best (and the worst) in our predictions from January. It's tradition around here for the editorial team to come up with a bunch of predictions for the year, and because we're all gamers at heart,...
- PS5
- Features
News Persona 30th Anniversary Website Opens, Teases Multiple Updates for 2026
First update next week
Atlus has unveiled an official website dedicated to the 30th anniversary of its Persona series. Currently, the site is plastered with some fantastic art from Persona character designer Shigenori Soejima, which features the protagonists from each game. It also states that the "Next Update" drops on the 8th January — which...
- Atlus
- Persona
Game of the Year #2 - Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Death can't tear us apart
An oddity of a debut game after the Metal Gear Solid fallout between Hideo Kojima and Konami, it's Death Stranding 2 that capitalises on the original's good faith for the definitive mixture of story, visuals, and package delivery. This is what Kojima Productions had been building to all along. It takes the first game and...
- Game of the Year
- PS5
- Death Stranding
- Polls
- Features
Game of the Year Top 10 PS5 Soundtracks of 2025
Good luck, mes amis
End-of-year list articles are always a source of great joy. Looking back on the year and reflecting on the best moments from the past 12 months is a great way to revisit some wonderful things you may not have thought of in some time. Nowhere is this truer than with game music. So many soundtracks, so many games — how can you...
- Game of the Year
- PS5
- Music
- Features
News Free-to-Play Fighter 2XKO Joins a Busy Start to 2026 on PS5
We're just getting started
Riot has now dated its free-to-play fighter 2XKO, which is inspired by characters from League of Legends. The game – which was previously announced for January 2026 – will launch specifically on 20th January. That date was spotted in a trailer, which has since been taken offline but captured by Nabil Mehari on...
- Riot Games
- PS5
- 2XKO
- Release Dates
- Leaks
Tuesday30th Dec 2025
Game of the Year Sammy's Top 5 PS5 Games of 2025
Inked
Our individual Game of the Year articles allow our lovely team of writers and editors to share their own personal PS5 picks for 2025. Today, it's the turn of editor Sammy Barker. 5. Wuthering Waves: Did I really need another gacha game in my life? The answer is, of course, no. I dabbled with Wuthering Waves when it debuted on mobile, but I...
- Game of the Year
- PS5
- Features
News Fans Can't Believe How Much Sword and Fairy 4's Remake Looks Like Clair Obscur
We can certainly see the influences
Well, it was bound to happen: here’s your very first look at Clair Obscur-like Sword and Fairy 4: Remake, which has been confirmed for consoles and PC – but not the PS5 specifically yet. The Legend of Sword and Fairy 4 first launched on PC back in 2007, developed by Taiwanese company Softstar’s Shanghai...
- Cube Game
- PS5
- Sword and Fairy
- Announcements
News Now Even Hinako's Parents Have Started Streaming Silent Hill F on PS5
Family feuds
Silent Hill F is an outstanding game, but one of the side-stories to its success has been how many of the brilliant actors from the title have started streaming it on YouTube. Konatsu Kato, the actress behind heroine Hinako, tallied millions of views earlier this month after she started playing the game. She would later even feature as...
- Konami
- PS5
- Silent Hill
- Culture
Game of the Year Best PS5 Developer of 2025
The good guys
Alongside our Game of the Year top 10 list and personal picks from the Push Square editorial team, we are recognising the best PS5 games of 2025 in select categories. Today is the turn of the best PS5 developer of 2025. Bronze Trophy: Nihon Falcom (Trails through Daybreak 2 + Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter):
- Game of the Year
- PS5
- Features
Game of the Year #3 - Split Fiction
Immersion therapy
Hazelight Studios has gone from strength to strength with every successive game it puts out, and Split Fiction is its best work yet. Once again, the team doubles down on two-player co-op as a core tenet of design and structure, and the result is a relentlessly imaginative experience that'll make you question what else can even be...
- Game of the Year
- PS5
- Split Fiction
- Polls
- Features
News Fantasy Life i's Success Keeps Soaring After Free PS5, PS4 Update This Xmas
A life worth living
Level-5’s renaissance needs to be studied. The legendary Japanese studio released two hits this year: Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time and Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road. And the former – fresh from receiving a free update over the Christmas holiday – has now sold over 1.5 million units worldwide. It’s achieved...
- Level-5
- PS5
- PS4
- Fantasy Life
- Sales
Monday29th Dec 2025
Game of the Year Best PS5 Action Game of 2025
Lights, camera...
Alongside our Game of the Year top 10 list and personal picks from the Push Square editorial team, we are recognising the best PS5 games of 2025 in select categories. Today is the turn of the best PS5 action game of 2025. Bronze Trophy: Elden Ring Nightreign: Condensing Elden Ring's robust mix of combat styles down into a...
- Game of the Year
- PS5
- Features
Rumour PS6 Could Be Delayed Due to RAM Price Chaos
RAMpage
Sony hasn’t even announced the PS6 yet, so there’s nothing for it to officially delay. However, the company has acknowledged its next console in tech roundtables with partner AMD, and all signs have been pointing to a late 2027 release. But Insider Gaming reports that
- PS6
- Industry
- Rumours
Game of the Year #4 - Ghost of Yotei
Revenge is sweet
Ghost of Tsushima ended up being one of the most beloved outings of the PS4 generation, and so topping the adventures of Jin Sakai was never going to be easy. And while we think that opinions will likely always be divided on which Ghost title is best, Ghost of Yotei is a superb sequel that both builds on its predecessor, and...
- Game of the Year
- PS5
- Ghost of Yotei
- Polls
- Features
News Silent Hill Producer Aims to Release One New Game Per Year
Series back with a bang
If the producer of Silent Hill realises his ambition, there’ll be one new game in the survival horror series every year. Motoi Okamoto revealed his target in an end of year interview with Japanese magazine Famitsu, admitting that while the goal may be ambitious, it’s very much his focus. He said, as translated by Genki...
- Konami
- PS5
- Silent Hill
"We'll give it our all and see it through"
It sounds like 2026 will be a milestone year for Atlus and its uber-popular Persona franchise, which will celebrate its 30th anniversary. Speaking as part of a big feature in Famitsu magazine, creative producer and chief director Kazuhisa Wada teased a big year ahead for the franchise, including plenty of...
- Atlus
- PS5
- Persona
Sunday28th Dec 2025
Game of the Year Liam's Top 5 PS5 Games of 2025
Canvassing
Our individual Game of the Year articles allow our lovely team of writers and editors to share their own personal PS5 picks for 2025. Today, it's the turn of assistant editor Liam Croft. 5. Elden Ring Nightreign: Elden Ring Nightreign is the most I’ve been addicted to playing a game this year, with its run-based twist on the...
- Game of the Year
- PS5
- Features
