News - 2013, Week 41
Sunday13th Oct 2013
News Sony Wanted PS4 to Look Like the Most Sophisticated Product It's Ever Created
Great expectations
We’ve spent a lot of time pondering the innards of the PlayStation 4, but not quite as long considering the external appearance of the console. Despite prompting a bit of a furore when it kept the shape of the box secret earlier in the year, Sony’s said very little about the actual look of the hardware since its
News Sony Santa Monica Turning Its Attention to 'Other Projects'
And a certain next-gen console, no doubt
Those of you that detest mythical creatures as much Kratos may be disappointed to learn that Sony Santa Monica has wrapped up production on God of War: Ascension’s post-launch content. Seven months after the release of the prequel, company community strategist Aaron Kaufman has revealed that the first-party...
News Injustice: Gods Among Us Sure Shines on the PlayStation Vita
Bats in your bag
Texas-based developer Armature Studio’s yet to release a bad game, and it looks like it’s going to continue that incredible run of good form with the recently announced PlayStation Vita port of Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition. The fine folks over at PlayStation Nation managed to squeeze in a few rounds with the title...
News PS4 Pulls in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Next Year
Swinging onto PS3, too
PlayStation Vita owners may be forced to make do with an overdue port of the original The Amazing Spider-Man, but that’s not stopping Activision from lining up The Amazing Spider-Man 2 for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. Due out next spring, the Beenox developed open world adventure aims to build upon the events of the...
Weirdness In France, There's an Apartment Dedicated to PS4
Through the keyhole
Sony’s no stranger to product related pop-up shops, but it’s opted for something a little classier to promote the PlayStation 4 in the heart of France. Appartement 4 is a swish upmarket abode, kitted out with piles of next generation apparatus. Who’d live in a house like this? Someone with impeccable taste, there’s no...
Video Getting the Family View on Skylanders: Swap Force
Swapping the old for the new
With Skylanders: Swap Force hitting store shelves in North America today, and on 18th October in other territories, we thought that we’d have a quick look at how the sequel has panned out – and get the family perspective in the process. While the title offers great visuals, voice acting, and oodles of new...
Saturday12th Oct 2013
Weirdness Someone's Already Removed Jodie Holmes' Virtual Clothes
Keeping it clean this end
It was only a matter time before Ellen Page got dressed down to her digital birthday suit. In customary David Cage fashion, the Beyond: Two Souls star strips off for a shower at one point during the campaign – and one eager Reddit user has already managed to tamper with the title’s code in order to expose the actress’...
Sunday13th Oct 2013
Feature Five PS3 Exclusives Likely to be Ported to PS4
Generation game
There's no doubt that the PlayStation 3 is enjoying the greatest year of its life. Sony’s ageing black behemoth may be about to be replaced by a leaner and meaner model, but the current generation console’s going out with a bang. Indeed, while other platform holder’s have arguably stood still, the
Saturday12th Oct 2013
News Deep Down May Just Be the Prettiest Free-to-Play Game Ever
Through the fire and flames
Tera may currently wear the free-to-play visuals crown, but the PC-based MMO’s reign could come to an end when Deep Down deploys on the PlayStation 4 next year. The Capcom created exclusive was one of the top titles on display at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, and now Sony’s released a good thirty minutes of footage...
News Can't Wait for PS4? Ogle This Packaging to Pass the Time
Add to basket
Unbelievably, it’s almost here. The wait for the PlayStation 4 has felt like an eternity at times, but we’re now mere weeks away from the system being unleashed. With the ending line in sight, Sony is starting to shower the web with images of items that you can expect to find on store shelves come launch – and we figured that...
Friday11th Oct 2013
News Will Your PS3 Headset Work with PS4? That's Not Easy to Answer
Pens and paper ready
Do you remember mathematics exams? The questions would almost always include inane scenarios involving marbles and boiled sweets. They were designed to burn your brain as much as possible, and it looks like Sony’s aiming to give you a shot of high school nostalgia with its wireless headset compatibility policies for the...
Review Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX (PlayStation 3)
Total eclipse of the heart
When Square and Disney's unlikely collaboration first graced our screens back in 2002, Kingdom Hearts was commended for its fantastic visuals, jaw-dropping cut-scenes, and wonderful animations – all of which still hold up relatively well on the PlayStation 2 today. It must be said, then, that giving the first Kingdom...
News Shin Gundam Musou Looks Like Absolute Carnage
Mega mecha
It's no secret that this particular writer is an obsessed fan of anything Gundam related, and this newest trailer for Shin Gundam Musou has certainly got the hype levels rising thanks to its seemingly unending lust for total mech mayhem. Currently only set for release in Japan, Western fans will know the title as the next instalment in...
News Remember Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance with Staggering EU PS Plus Refresh
Raiden you subscribe?
PlayStation Plus is just getting silly now. Every month we expect the quality of the service to take an overdue plunge, but it somehow manages to defy our expectations every single time. That’s certainly the case in November, with the platform holder lining up an absolute screamer of a selection for European subscribers...
News Not Everyone's Particularly Happy with Grand Theft Auto V
One rapper wants the game recalled
Grand Theft Auto V has proven a critical and commercial success beyond everyone’s wildest dreams. Not only is the open world epic flaunting a 97 rating on Metacritic, but it’s also raking in revenue at a record breaking rate. In spite of its achievements, though, not everyone is particularly pleased with the g
News Frictional Games' SOMA Petrifies PlayStation 4 in 2015
A gramme is better than a damn
It may sound like the kind of drug that you’d expect to find in an Aldous Huxley novel, but SOMA is actually the latest pant wetting project from Amnesia: The Dark Descent developer Frictional Games. The Swedish studio has been teasing the title for a while now, but it tiptoed onto the
Out Now Beyond: Two Souls Explores the Other Side on PS3
Cage and Page
Ignore both Gran Turismo 6 and Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus, and Beyond: Two Souls may just be the last major first-party exclusive that you buy for your PlayStation 3. We’ve certainly come a long way since launch title Resistance: Fall of Man, with Sony’s black behemoth now playing host to stunning digital r
News Wrap Yourself Up in The Amazing Spider-Man on Vita
Swingstar
You said that you wanted more retail releases on the PlayStation Vita, so it looks like you’re going to have to make do with overdue ports. Activision’s so-so movie tie-in The Amazing Spider-Man is the latest PlayStation 3 release to get the portable treatment, with the bustling streets of Manhattan being squeezed onto Sony’s pocket...
News Surge Deluxe Connects the Blocks on PlayStation Vita
Electro shock
We’re not quite sure where the folks over at FuturLab get their energy, but we’d love to add a little drop of whatever it is that the studio’s supping to our tea. Not content with the upcoming shoot-‘em-up sequel Velocity 2X, the Brighton-based indie is also hard at work on Surge Deluxe – a native PlayStation Vita version of...
Thursday10th Oct 2013
Weirdness Watch Kevin Butler Staple His Tie in This Wendy's Commercial
VP of Delicious Snacks
Some things never change. Jerry Lambert, the actor previously employed by PlayStation to play Kevin Butler, may have been taken to court over the character, but he’s still portraying dim-witted office workers on North American TV. This brand new Wendy’s spot shows the performer staple his tie – while he ogles a fictional...
Review Atomic Ninjas (PlayStation 3)
Ninja'd
After a guard accidentally nods off over a big red button that rains nuclear fire down on the Earth's citizens, the world as we know it is destroyed. However, in true comic book fashion, Atomic Ninjas' titular characters aren't obliterated by the blast – instead, they're strengthened, sporting increased agility and near invulnerability...
News Saints Row IV Skulks into the Dominatrix on 23rd October
Computational chaos
Saints Row IV’s previously announced ‘Enter the Dominatrix’ expansion pack will deploy on digital store aisles prompter than you can chug a can of Saints Flow. In a press release hand delivered to Push Square towers by Johnny Gat himself, publisher Deep Silver has confirmed that the content will tickle your sides from 23rd...
News Did You Pre-Order Your PS4 from Amazon UK? Check Your Emails
Time to level up
Specialist retailer GAME may have been quickest to contact customers about Sony’s recently announced PlayStation 4 bundles, but Amazon.co.uk is gradually catching up. The online megastore has started reaching out to those with pre-orders via email, offering several opportunities t
Review Sparkle (PlayStation Vita)
Glitter bug
The aim of Sparkle is to fling different coloured marbles at a procession of similarly styled balls that are rolling progressively closer to the centre of an on-screen maze. Put three of the same tinted spheres in a row and they will detonate, with your ultimate goal being to spontaneously combust all of the orbs as promptly as possible...
News Bernard: I'd Become a Sony First-Party Developer in a Heartbeat
Visionary reckons Vita is the best handheld
Mecho Wars creator Luc Bernard loves the PlayStation Vita. Speaking as part of an exclusive interview, the ambitious British developer, who’s currently hard at work on free-to-play action game Reaper, told us that he thinks that the device is the greatest handheld system on the market – and that he’d...
News Journey Is [Not] Bringing Enlightenment to PS4 [Updated]
Sets its sights on a new mountain
Better stop knitting that next-gen scarf – turns out thatgamecompany was actually talking about Flower in its awkwardly worded tweet. In a reply to one investigative follower, the developer wrote, "Oops, was talking about Flower, not Journey." That's our hopes and dreams crushed, then. [Original story]
News Expect Some Lengthy Lines Behind These PS4 Demo Pods
"I want a go"
The positioning of goods in retail stores has always fascinated us. There’s a psychology behind the way that are products are presented, and it looks like Sony’s aiming to obtain a very strong reaction with the PlayStation 4. Posting on its Facebook page earlier today, the German arm of SCEE revealed an image of a demo pod for its...
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Friday11th Oct 2013
News Ready at Dawn: The Order: 1886 Will Make It Tough to Return to PS3
Developer moving things forwards
The Order: 1886 raised dozens of questions at E3 earlier in the year. While it was one of Sony’s big announcements during the show, the platform holder failed to provide much solid information on the game. However, developer Ready at Dawn’s offered a blow out as part of the latest issue of Game Inf
Thursday10th Oct 2013
News Sony Reckons That $399 Is the 'Magic Price' for PS4
It's hard to disagree, isn't it?
PlayStation 4 pre-orders are staggeringly high. Back at GamesCom in August, manufacturer Sony announced that it had already accrued one million deposits for its next generation console – and Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter now believes that the number has surpassed 1.5 million. But what’s been the...
Video Watch Skylanders: Swap Force Arrive in Stores Ahead of Launch
Fresh off the truck
Never, ever question Andy Robertson’s dedication to a Skylanders: Swap Force scoop. The face of Family Gamer TV got up bright and early this morning to see a slew of the games arrive at Toys ‘R’ Us. He even got to go behind-the-scenes with his video camera while the boxes got unloaded, and sent off for stock taking...
Store Update 9th October 2013 (Europe)
Crown jewels
It may be pushing fashionably late to its absolute limit, but Dragon’s Crown is finally set to deploy in Europe this week. You’ll be able to purchase Vanillaware’s latest visual treat for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita from the PlayStation Store, with both versions securing sizeable PlayStation Plus discounts. Other...
Wednesday9th Oct 2013
First Impressions Taking Gran Turismo 6 for a Test Drive on PS3
Round the bend
With the next generation of consoles looming, Gran Turismo 6 feels like a title out of time for many. Launching after the PlayStation 4 hits stores worldwide, the PlayStation 3 racer will attempt to go head-to-head with Forza 5 on the Xbox One. It’s a bold move from Sony to forgo its futuristic console, as it would have been a...
Review Dragon's Crown (PlayStation 3)
Picture perfect
Atlus has forged something of a rocky relationship with European gamers. It's hard to remember a time when its titles haven't been delayed for seemingly ridiculous periods before making the journey overseas – but thankfully, the Japanese publisher has somehow managed to deliver quality games over and over again. Developer...
News Ooh, Sony's Soul Sacrifice Team Is Working on a PS4 Project
No rest for the wicked
Despite spending much of the PlayStation 3 generation twiddling its thumbs, Sony’s primary Eastern game production outfit Japan Studio has been transformed under the leadership of Allan Becker. As such, it’s not especially surprising to learn that the team’s External Development Group – which is responsible for...
Exclusive Luc Bernard's Reaper Drops Its Scythe on PlayStation Vita
Dead romantic
Reaper has been decaying in a decrepit crypt for some time now. Shortly after the smartphone release of the excellent Advance Wars imitator Mecho Wars, ambitious British designer Luc Bernard set to work on the colourful PlayStation Portable title, promising a trad
Talking Point How Much Game Does a Video Game Need?
Push square to win
There was a time when video games were easy to define. You’d pop a quarter into a lively looking cabinet, shoot some aliens, and try to set a high score. The rules established by the early generation of arcade hits throughout the 1970s have long since dictated what we’ve come to expect from interactive entertainment, but as...
Store Update 8th October 2013 (North America)
A real stinker
Excuse the misleading sub headline – this is actually an excellent North American PlayStation Store update. Instead, we’re referring to the release of Orc Attack: Flatulent Rebellion, which promises a “fart-filled romp” where “fun-loving Orcs battle pollution loving Humans in a humorous fantasy setting”. Hmm. Less smelly...
News Japan Loots a Dragon's Crown Cross-Play Patch [Updated]
The more the merrier
Atlus has confirmed that the patch is indeed heading to North America, and will be "arriving very soon". The publisher also states that more details are on the way. [Original story] Despite the fact that you can transfer your save file between the PlayStation 3 and Vita versions of Vanillaware's RPG beat 'em up Dragon's Crown,...
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Tuesday8th Oct 2013
Review Beyond: Two Souls (PlayStation 3)
Soul searcher
Beyond: Two Souls is a game that you should play. It may not immediately endear itself to everyone, but Quantic Dream’s ambitious excursion into the otherworld is an experience that deserves to be sampled at least once. This is a daring adventure that’s not afraid to delve into the aspects of life that the medium is often eager to...
News Call of Duty: Ghosts Will Sport Dedicated Servers on PS4
Current generation counterpart getting some love, too
Microsoft’s famous moneyhats are being spent in strange places these days. Alright, maybe we’re being a teensy bit unfair assuming that the Redmond-based manufacturer is responsible for Infinity Ward’s caginess regarding dedicated server support in the non-Xbox versions of Call of Duty:...
News This Is What Happens When You Unlock a Trophy on PS4
Brrring
Sometimes it’s the simple things that represent the most exciting aspects of a new console launch: the startup screen, the user interface, the Trophy unlock prompt, and so on. Fortunately, with the PlayStation 4’s release date fast approaching, you can experience the latt
News The Order: 1886 Takes a Trip Through Time in Game Informer
London's returning
There are a healthy helping of hotly anticipated titles heading to the PlayStation 4, but few are steeped in as much mystery as The Order: 1886. Surprisingly revealed at E3 2013, but largely kept out of the spotlight since, we’ve been itching for more information on the Ready at Dawn developed alt
News Pachter: PS4 Pre-Orders Have Reached 1.5 Million
Flawless victory
Remember when Sony boasted that it had garnered one million PlayStation 4 pre-orders at GamesCom earlier in the year? Industry analyst Michael Pachter believes that the current number is much stronger than that, and actually closer to 1.5 million. But while that’s undoubtedly positive news for the platform holder, the Wedbush...
Video Giggle Through Eight Minutes of Octodad: Dadliest Catch on PS4
Reely silly
How can you not love this? There’s a reason that Octodad: Dadliest Catch charted right near the top of our PlayStation 4 wishlist, and it’s replicated in the hilarious video embedded below. Our friends over at Family Gamer TV managed to capture eight minutes of the upcoming next generation title in action at the Eurogamer Expo, and...
News It Won't Take You Long to Nab All of The Playroom's Trophies
Augmented reality app looks easy to beat
The Playroom is almost certainly one of the best demonstrations of the PlayStation 4’s unique features and functions – and it won’t even cost you a penny to play. While you’ll need the upgraded PlayStation Eye to enjoy the augmented reality application, Sony has confirmed that the software will come...
News Shuhei Yoshida's Still Super Excited for Quantic Dream's Next Game
Looking beyond, er, Beyond
Beyond: Two Souls divided critics perhaps harder than any game before it earlier this afternoon. While we certainly fell on the more positive side of the fence, scores ranged from poor right through to exceptional. Given the divisive nature of David Cage’s games, it was always inevitable – but Worldwide Studios...
Monday7th Oct 2013
Guide How to Make Easy Money in Grand Theft Auto Online
Cash back
Completing missions and playing "properly" is for losers – and for good people who've been pushed over the edge by frustrating server issues. Do you really think that morality matters when you're stomping around Los Santos as your digital alter ego, running over pedestrians and gunning down innocent bystanders? Well, it doesn't. So,...
News Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition Punches PS4, PS3, and Vita
Round two
NetherRealm Studios’ likeable superhero dust up Injustice: Gods Among Us is swopping onto the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and Vita, publisher Warner Bros has announced. The re-release will deploy on 12th November in North America and 29th November in Europe, and will include the original game alongside all of its downloadable content...
News PlayStation 4's Packaging Is Way More Colourful in Japan
Taste the rainbow
Japan always gets better box art than Europe and North America, and the PlayStation 4’s colourful packaging is no exception to the rule. While the international wrapper has an air of royal class to it, the Eastern edition is just plain fun. It includes an oversized image of Knack on the front, and a rainbow pattern equivalent to...
News Pre-Ordered a PS4? Here Are Your Bundle Options in the UK
Because everyone loves a big box
If you’ve already pre-ordered a PlayStation 4 in the UK, chances are you’ll have been contacted by your retailer of choice regarding one of several Sony sanctioned bundles. Unfortunately, the platform holder has been curiously vague about these packages in the public space, leaving it down to IGN to actually...
News PlayStation Vita Connecting to PS4 with Imminent Application
A link to the future
The upcoming PlayStation App sure sounds useful, but it’s pointless if you don’t happen to own an iOS or Android powered device. Fortunately, platform holder Sony has not forgotten about the PlayStation Vita, as it’s hinted that some of the features and functionality from its smartphone software will be added to its...
News Don't Think You've Seen the Last of Sleeping Dogs Just Yet
Triad Wars jostles for superiority in 2014
Grand Theft Auto V may be all the rage right now, but we still think that Sleeping Dogs is a stronger game in places. The controls, for starters, aren’t an outright mess, while the combat – be it melee or weapon-based – is much better in United Front Games’ release. As such, it’s pretty exciting...
News Could Lily Bergamo Be Baffling Western PS4 Consoles?
Question time
Prepare yourself for more puzzling plots and suggestive cut-scenes, as Suda51’s first PlayStation 4 project Lily Bergamo could be heading overseas. The title – which was announced with a stylish video earlier in the year – has been trademarked by parent company GungHo in North America, making an international releas
First Impressions Hitching a Ride in the Stalling Grand Theft Auto Online
Grand Theft Manual
Unless you've been hiding away from the federal government for the past week, you'll have no doubt heard about Grand Theft Auto Online's rough start. Connection problems plagued the highly anticipated multiplayer addition to Rockstar's opus, as the title's servers crumbled within minutes of it going live. Even if you were lucky...
News Grand Theft Auto V Leapfrogs Predecessor's Lifetime Sales After Three Weeks in UK
You copper believe it
Not content with smashing virtually every record in the book, Grand Theft Auto V has already surpassed its predecessor’s lifetime sales in the UK – after just three weeks on the market. Games Industry.biz reports that the shady masterpiece is now the region’s 12th best selling title of all
News Unsurprisingly, Grand Theft Auto V Is the PSN's Biggest Ever Digital Release
Well, duh
At this point, Rockstar Games is just going to roll its eyes whenever it smashes another sales record. As part of its monthly European PlayStation Store charts, Sony has confirmed that Grand Theft Auto V has become the biggest selling digital release in th
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