Soapbox Destiny's Progression System Is Destroying the Game from the Inside
Robert Ramsey can't take the grind any longer
Review Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed (PlayStation 4)
Take off your pants and jacket
News PSN Offline as Sony's Servers Are Struck with DDoS Attack
No scheduled maintenance planned
News - 2014, Week 50
Sunday14th Dec 2014
Push Rewind PlayStation Plus, Destiny Gripes, and The Crew
Time traveller's strife
While it may seem like things are settling down here at Push Square towers, there’s actually a tidal wave of activity taking place behind the scenes, as we try to cram the Christmas period with as much content as possible ahead of time. There were a few bits and pieces on the homepage worthy of note this week, though, and...
Review Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom (PlayStation 3)
It's dangerous to go alone
WayForward has been toying with the Adventure Time property in games for a while now, and hasn’t quite managed to merge the show’s wacky personality with a compatible interactive experience up to this point. Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom finally gets the pairing right, and while it’s not without...
News Sony Switches on PlayStation Vue Beta in New York
Change the channel
Sony may not be saying a whole lot about PlayStation Vue right now, but it’s clear that the television service is pivotal to its future plans. The manufacturer mentioned as part of its recent mid-term strategy report that it intends to extract additional cash out of consumers by creating worthwhile services
Review BlazeRush (PlayStation 3)
Blaze of glory
Missiles and bullets flying past cars; monster trucks and flying saucers whizzing down tracks; collisions, crashes, and that all-important final lap overtake – this is BlazeRush, a brand new PlayStation 3 racer from Russian developer Targem Games. This drive-‘em-up offers a short story about underground racing and your...
News PS4 Console Exclusive Street Fighter V Lashes Out with Its First Live Gameplay Demo
Plus the return of Charlie
Capcom Cup 2014 turned out to be a rather riveting affair, as Japanese contestant Momochi took the Street Fighter IV tournament crown after a stunning set of fights that saw him come all the way back from an initial defeat. But even when the action was over, the publisher was quick to harness the lingering excitement...
News Sony Really Wants PS4 to Be the Fighting Game Console of Choice
Ups the Capcom Pro Tour prize pool
With exclusives like Guilty Gear Xrd and Street Fighter V, it was already reasonably clear that Sony wants to lock down the fighting game community – but its ambitions span more than mere software. During the Capcom Cup Finals overnight, the ever enthusiastic Yoshinori Ono announced that as part of its partner
Friday12th Dec 2014
Feature Did PlayStation Plus Represent Value for Money in 2014?
Play more, pay less
In hindsight, we suppose that Sony’s strategy with PlayStation Plus was a little cunning. When the platform holder rolled out its subscription service several years ago, it was billed as an optional extra for PlayStation 3 owners – a mere means for members to secure a pocketful of freebies for a nominal fee. As the years...
Saturday13th Dec 2014
Soapbox Destiny's Progression System Is Destroying the Game from the Inside
Robert Ramsey can't take the grind any longer
Despite launching only about three months ago, it feels like we've been discussing Destiny for an eternity. Bungie's sci-fi shooter divided opinion from the word go, and, whether it's because of heightened expectations or general trust in a proven developer, we're still ranting and raving about what's...
News Sony's Not Too Happy About All the 20th Anniversary Edition PS4s on eBay
"That's not what we want to see happen"
Let's be frank: the 20th Anniversary Edition PS4 is probably one of the most attractive consoles of all time. However, in a slightly controversial move, Sony sold a swathe of the sleek systems for a scant £19.94 at a secret London location. Predictably, a number of enterprising fans have now listed their grey...
Review LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham (PlayStation 4)
Bat to basics
The LEGO series has been on a roll lately, with multiple high scoring titles over the past 12 months or so. The question is: does LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham have what it takes to topple the others – or should it have simply stayed in the shadows? Contrary to LEGO game tradition, the story in this edition is fairly forgettable...
Friday12th Dec 2014
Rumour Mamma Mia! Sony May Be Making a Super Mario Movie
Let's-a-go
You won’t be seeing Super Mario on your PlayStation 4 anytime soon, but according to Buzzfeed, the pudgy plumber may be plotting a return to the silver screen – and it sounds like Sony’s engineering the move. A slew of leaked details filtering out of Sony Pictures suggest that the film factory has struck a deal with the Kyoto...
Saturday13th Dec 2014
News Will Ubisoft Finally Fix Assassin's Creed Unity's PS4 Framerate Next Week?
Patch four impending
While it may not seem like it sometimes, we genuinely don’t enjoy reporting on broken games. It’s part of the reason why we’re so pleased to see DriveClub overcome its troubles and blossom into a really decent racing game – and also why we’ve got our fingers crossed tightly that Assassin’s Creed Unity will finally be...
News Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Sales Continue Series Decline
Going down
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is arguably the best entry in the series since the original Black Ops, but not even a string of glowing reviews have managed to prevent the property from declining for the third year in a row. While the series is still a best-seller, its numbers seemingly peaked with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – and...
News Assassin's Creed Unity's PS4 Price Cut Down to Size in EU Christmas Sale
Off with its head
Ubisoft has slashed the top off Assassin’s Creed Unity’s price on the PlayStation 4, dropping the next-gen exclusive down to £39.99 in Europe as part of Sony’s ongoing 12 Deals of Christmas initiative. The game’s due a patch on Monday that will hopefully solve its remaining issues, so this may be worth a punt.
Friday12th Dec 2014
News Your PlayStation Plus Sub Was Worth Nearly £1,000 in 2014
Bandwidth buster
PlayStation Plus has always represented outstanding value, but how has the service held up in 2014? We’ve been looking back at the full year of Sony’s premium membership today, and have some statistics that you may be interested in. The first of these is the value of the entire Instant Game Collection from January to December,...
Saturday13th Dec 2014
Live Watch the Capcom Cup Finals Livestream Right Here
Keep an eye out for Street Fighter V
We probably wouldn’t ordinarily post video from a fighting game tournament, but the Capcom Cup promises to have a little more than virtual fisticuffs this year. The Japanese publisher states that at some point during the broadcast, it will be debuting live footage of PlayStation 4 sequel Street Fighter V, which...
News God Eater 2: Rage Burst Gobbles Up a Custom PS4, Vita, and PlayStation TV
Deity delicacy
We hope that you’re hungry, because God Eater 2: Rage Burst will be scoring a sizeable helping of hardware treats. Due out alongside the re-release early next year, Sony has prepared a line of custom PlayStation 4, Vita, and even PlayStation TV consoles, which will be available in limited quantities from its official Japanese store...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 49
Blank space
Wait a minute: did we miss a week? We can assure you that WAYP’s absence seven days ago was not intentional – this editor just got swept up in the PlayStation Experience madness, and, er, forgot to email the rest of the team. Don’t worry, though, as we’re back with a vengeance today. Sammy Barker, Editor: I have so many review...
Friday12th Dec 2014
Review The Crew (PlayStation 4)
Thank you for driving dangerously
If you’ve ever fancied taking a coast-to-coast road trip across America, then you were probably excited by the announcement that Ubisoft's latest driving game The Crew was offering the chance to do just that. Even with its abbreviated version of the USA, the scale of its game world, coupled with the chance to tear...
Thursday11th Dec 2014
News November NPD: PS4 Loses to Xbox One for the First Time in Eleven Months
Press reset
Well, it’s the moment that we’ve all been waiting for: the PlayStation 4’s long-running sales winning streak in the United States has finally come to an end. Sony’s next-gen system had been on top every month of the year so far, but extremely low priced bundles from Microsoft have pushed the Xbox One ahead i
Friday12th Dec 2014
Rumour Will Borderlands: Remastered Edition Look for Loads of Loot on PS4?
Ready for round two?
"We're sick of new titles on the PlayStation 4!" the passionate gaming masses shout as they march through the village square. "We want more last-gen re-releases!" Luckily for this ill-conceived cliché, the Australian ratings board may have just
Thursday11th Dec 2014
Weirdness Alright, These PS4 Face Plates Are Ridiculously Rad
Cover up
Sony may not have intended for the PlayStation 4’s hard drive cover to be customisable, but it’s cottoned onto the fact that people are using the removable face plate to personalise their platform, and has started to run its own line of custom concealers. However, while those are neat, these transparent ones from Cyber Gadget truly take...
News Could a Future PS4 Firmware Update Bring Online Friend Notifications?
Sony video suggests so
While the PlayStation 3 launched with the feature, the PlayStation 4 doesn’t have online friend notifications yet. This is probably due to the device allowing you to add up to 2,000 buddies, which could result in a lot of ‘xXCuttoPiecesXx Is Now Online’ icons appearing. Regardless of this potential problem, it’s one of...
News DriveClub: PS Plus Edition Is the 'Next Step', Sony Ensures
Platform holder 'embarrassed' by launch
After one of the worst launches in recent memory, DriveClub finally resembles a working product. The racer’s challenges are back online, the weather has been implemented, and
News Sony: The Best Is Yet to Come on the PlayStation 4
Have a little patience
It’s been a funny old year for the PlayStation 4. After an extraordinary 2013 for the PlayStation 3, the past twelve months have seemed like a bit of a disappointment – but when you consider the sheer wealth of top titles that have deployed in 2014, it’s hard to call it a wash out. SCEUK boss Fergal Gara is proud of the...
Feature The Ten Best PS4 Trailers at PlayStation Experience
The final countdown
PlayStation Experience is done and dusted, but Sony’s first fan convention was so surprisingly stacked with content that we’re still kind of catching up. Our very own video extraordinaire Ben Potter has been busy uploading a gazillion gigabytes’ worth of trailers onto our YouTube channel this week, so we thought that it...
Interview Zoink Games on Resurrecting Zombie Vikings on PS4
Norse to meet you
There’s only one thing better than zombies: Zombie Vikings. That also happens to be the name of Stick It to the Man! developer Zoink Games’ latest PlayStation 4 project, which is due out next year on Sony’s next-gen machine. A four-player co-op affair with a “dead funny story”, we caught up with Klaus Lyngeled, the...
News PS4 Zombie Sim Dying Light Will Raise the Dead in 1080p at 30FPS
Silky smooth undead sparring
Dying Light, the open world zombie sim coming to the PlayStation 4 next year, will be rendered in 1080p and will run at 30 frames-per-second, developer Techland has recently announced. “1080p and 30FPS is what we have right now, it is what is constant, and what we’re sure that we can deliver in the final product, but...
News China's Launch PS4 Has a Dragon Emblazoned on It
PlayStation Roar
Sony will be commemorating the launch of the PlayStation 4 in China with a pretty nifty paintjob. Kotaku reports that consumers will be able to opt for a Special Dragon Edition of the next-gen system from 11th January in the region, which includes a custom hard drive faceplate featuring, well, a dragon and the brand’s iconic...
News PS4 Will Launch in China on 11th January for 2,899 RMB
PlayStation Vita also joining the party
After months of heavy speculation, Sony has finally confirmed that the PlayStation 4 will launch in China on 11th January. It will be joined by the PlayStation Vita, which will deploy on the same date. The home console will cost 2,899 RMB ($468), while the portable will retail for 1,299 RMB ($209). Both...
Wednesday10th Dec 2014
News Street Fighter's Natural Home Is on PlayStation, Claims Sony
Shoryuken believe that?
We don’t know about you, but we still think of the Super Nintendo when talking about Street Fighter. This editor’s brother got Street Fighter II Turbo’s special edition one Christmas, which was a source of fascination for the entire family, seeing as it came packaged in a steel tin. Many good times were had with that...
Thursday11th Dec 2014
News It's Good to Have PlayStation Veteran David Jaffe Back
Responds to Drawn to Death comments
He’s certainly not for everyone, but our face lit up when David Jaffe took to the stage during Sony’s big PlayStation Experience keynote last week. Having covered several of the industry veteran’s titles over the years, we know that it’s always fun reporting on the God of War maker’s games. And with...
Tuesday9th Dec 2014
News You'll Be Able to Buy a 20th Anniversary PS4 for £19.94 in London Tomorrow
What are you waiting for?
Want one of those tasty 20th anniversary PlayStation 4 consoles? Sony will be selling 94 of the systems for £19.94 in London from tomorrow. Revealed as part of an hilarious PlayStation Access skit, you’ll not only need to find the super secret PlayStation '94 store – we know where it is, but we won’t giveaway the...
Wednesday10th Dec 2014
News Yes, Lara Croft Will Likely Still Climb onto PS4 in Rise of the Tomb Raider
Exclusive antics
We daresay that that recent Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End demo may have prompted you to forget about poor Lara Croft – after all, the recent Tomb Raider reboot, while thoroughly enjoyable, was very derivative of Nathan Drake’s primary PlayStation 3 escapades. However, the forthcoming Rise of Tomb Raider has been brought back to...
Soapbox Why Sony Should Do Another Run of 20th Anniversary PS4 Consoles
Limited edition
There’s no doubt about it: the 20th anniversary PlayStation 4 is the ninth wonder of the world. Sony’s nostalgic grey goodie box is a thing of sheer beauty, and an object that I suspect that every single one of you reading this article desires. The problem is that you probably can’t have one, as the Japanese giant only opted to...
Preview Is PS4 Exclusive The Order: 1886 a Revolution or a Relic?
Lycan it
The Order: 1886 may be set in the late 19th century, but its presentation is anything but ancient. Ready at Dawn’s inaugural home console escapade is not only the best looking game on the PlayStation 4, but we’d argue that it’s some way ahead of the best looking PC titles, too. Granted, it’s not running in 4K resolution, and has...
Store Update 10th December 2014 (Europe)
A realm reborn
There’s a free Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn trial for PlayStation 4 available as part of this month’s European PlayStation Store update, which has this editor shivering in the corner of a dark room, muttering “must resist” in a deranged fashion. Also up for grabs is Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, which certainly...
News These Multiplayer DLC Executions for The Last of Us Are Skipping the PS3
Memory madness
The Last of Us is getting some downloadable extras for its underrated multiplayer mode, including new weapons, skills, items, outfits, gestures, and special executions. In truth, this isn't terribly interesting news, but there is one slight quirk: a selection of the extras won't be making it to the PlayStation 3 version of the game...
Store Update 9th December 2014 (North America)
A Lara games to get through
There’s no rest for the wicked, and Lara Croft’s got time for one last crusade before Christmas. The daring diva’s teaming up with a few friends this time, though, with Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris set to revisit the co-operative blueprints laid by Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light a few years ago. The...
Tuesday9th Dec 2014
News Don't Have Destiny's First Expansion? Then You're Locked Out of Some Existing Content
Isn't that nice
There isn't much that gets this usually calm and collected associate editor riled up, but Bungie's latest move with Destiny's The Dark Below expansion pack – which released earlier today – has everyone in the Push Square office clambering for safety from this author's outrage. Indeed, upon booting up the sci-fi shooter just...
Review Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed (PlayStation 4)
Take off your pants and jacket
Welcome back to the land of the undead and undressed, where you are a modern day vampire roaming the streets of Akihabara, stripping others of their finest threads. Akiba’s Trip: Undead & Undressed has been doing the rounds on Sony’s systems for a while now, finally arriving on the PlayStation 4 following a...
Review Game of Thrones: Episode 1 - Iron from Ice (PlayStation 4)
Game of the North
Telltale Games has been busy. The studio has already released episodes for three different series throughout 2014, and the premiere instalment of Game of Thrones marks the fourth and final one of the year. Deploying such a wealth of content – this is the company’s tenth outing in 12 months – could stretch any team thin, but...
Review Teslagrad (PlayStation 4)
Fatal attraction
Teslagrad’s opening scene is bold, beautiful, and utterly beguiling, cleverly drawing you into its world, without wasting a single second on needless exposition. Unfortunately – while certainly a lot of fun – the rest of the game fails to live up to the lofty precedent set by this prologue. It’s a shame, as hidden just below...
Review Speakeasy (PlayStation 4)
Don't lose your head
Speakeasy is what happens when you take a great idea, strip it of all but the very bare essentials necessary for it to work, and then release it at about ten times its worth and hope that people buy it based on the premise alone. If it were free-to-play, you’d feel ripped off. This game isn’t just bad, it’s insultingly...
News Final Fantasy X|X-2 HD Remaster to Play Blitzball on PS4
Yuna you want it
Square Enix has heard your pleas for more high-definition remasters, and has responded by leaking Final Fantasy X|X-2 HD Remaster for the PlayStation 4. The role-playing re-release – which will be exclusive to Sony’s next-gen system – launched earlier this year on the PlayStation 3 and Vita, scoring a strong 8/10 in our...
News Sony: We're Working on Project Morpheus Experiences That Core Gamers Will Enjoy
Eye ache awaits
Project Morpheus is looking a little EyeToy at the moment, isn’t it? While there are other players in the virtual reality space this time around, the whole notion of a gimmicky peripheral designed to run largely European developed games reminds us of when Sony launched its ill-fated PlayStation 2 camera peripheral, which never...
News Don't Worry, PS4 Reboot Shadow of the Beast Still Exists
Shining a light
Those of you with particularly potent memories may recall Shadow of the Beast being announced for the PlayStation 4 at Gamescom last year. However, it’s been a long time since we last heard a peep out of developer Heavy Spectrum, so what’s going on? Creative director Matt Birch didn’t give an enormous update on the title at...
News Are You PS4's Best Player? Sony Wants You to Prove It
Test your limits
You want to be the very best, right – like no one ever was? Well, now’s the time to prove yourself. Sony’s running a multiplayer contest here in the UK, with a series of challenges putting your proficiency with a DualShock 4 to the test. There are tons of prizes up for grabs, with brand new PlayStation TVs and PlayStation Plus...
Monday8th Dec 2014
News You Can Choose Your Own Game with This New US PS4 Bundle
Pick-'n'-Mix
Black Friday may be over, but that doesn’t mean that the busy Christmas shopping season is finished. Following last month’s limited bundles, Sony has announced a brand new pack for the holidays, which lets you pick from four titles. The options include Destiny, LittleBigPlanet 3,
Tuesday9th Dec 2014
News Destiny Discounted on PS4, PS3 in European Christmas Deals
The last Guardian
Sony’s big European Christmas countdown is continuing in earnest, this time with discounts for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 versions of first-person shooter Destiny. Don’t expect to be saving too much cash, though, as the Guardian Edition will be dropping down to £54.99 on both formats, while the vanilla release will...
Monday8th Dec 2014
News PSN Offline as Sony's Servers Are Struck with DDoS Attack
No scheduled maintenance planned
Sony may be basking in the glory of a successful PlayStation Experience showing, but its engineers back home are fighting fires as we type. Right now, the PlayStation Network is facing some connection issues, with Lizard Squad claiming responsibility for the outage. The group has been attacking gaming services for...
Feature Four Reasons Why Uncharted 4: A Thief's End's PS4 Demo Blew Us Away
Drake's fortune
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End was always going to put in an appearance during Sony’s big PlayStation Experience keynote over the weekend, but we actually ended up with more than we bargained for. We were confident that the conference would play host to at least a cut-scene from Naughty Dog’s forthcoming foray, but instead we were...
Live Watch Day 2's PlayStation Experience Panels Right Here
Better late than never
This editor’s not afraid to admit that he can be a bit dense from time to time. Your humble host has been scratching his head for the past 24 hours, trying to figure out the best way to present all of this weekend’s PlayStation Experience panels. With the show almost over, though, it’s only just occurred to us that we...
News Extreme Weather Arrives in 1.4GB DriveClub PS4 Patch
Umbrellas up
It’s alright to feel excited about DriveClub again: the PlayStation 4 exclusive racer finally works, and is getting better by the day. Seriously, while you won’t ever hear us excuse the title’s atrocious launch, the game is very much back on track now, with challenges finally working flawlessly, and the netcode as smooth as...
Round Up Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris PS4 Reviews Make Amends
Tomb raider
Well, this is it: your consolation prize. Rise of the Tomb Raider isn’t coming to the PlayStation 4 anytime soon – though we can be quietly confident that it’ll hit Sony's system after the Xbox One release – so you’re going to have to make do with Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris for the time being. The sequel to Lara Croft...
Rumour Did Hideo Kojima Just Announce the Release Date for Metal Gear Solid V?
Kept us waiting
Reporting on rumours surrounding Hideo Kojima's games is risky business. On the one hand, the talented provocateur is infamous for his sneaky teases, but on the other, the leaks are usually completely outlandish. For example, you may recall that Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain was originally announced as the project of a...
News Telltale Titles Reduced on EU PlayStation Store Due to Price Discrepancies
We will remember that
Up until this weekend, it was cheaper to purchase both Game of Thrones and Tales of the Borderlands on the Xbox One than the PlayStation 4 in Europe. Despite the titles being identical, the former’s Season Pass cost £24.99 on Sony’s system, while the latter retailed for £18.99. The platform holder has now slashed the...
News The Crazy Clown Is the Least of Your Worries in This New Until Dawn PS4 Trailer
Press X to tighten towel
Outrunning a psychotic serial killer clown ain’t easy – but try doing it while you’ve only got a towel to cover your modesty. That’s the predicament that Heroes star Hayden Panettiere faces in PlayStation 4 exclusive Until Dawn, as she tugs at the bathrobe to prevent it from falling down. Yes, it’s pretty pandering...
News PS4 RPG The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Packs Up Until May 2015
Toil and trouble
With so many games launching broken this Christmas, we can totally stomach a delay – and while The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt may have been right at the very top of your New Year wishlist, at least you can be confident that it won’t be shipping with game breaking bugs. CD Projekt RED has pushed back the PlayStation 4 role-playing game...
News Could Drake's Big Brother Be Uncharted 4's Bad Guy?
Family rift
We already know that Troy Baker will play Nathan Drake’s older brother in PlayStation 4 sequel Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, but actor Todd Stashwick has now confirmed that he was originally cast in the role. Those
News UK Sales Charts: FIFA 15 Stages a Christmas League Comeback
The Crew cruises into sixth
After a few weeks off the top of the charts, FIFA 15 has staged an impressive comeback – and dethroned its rivals to reach the summit of the UK sales charts yet again. The soccer sim got its nose in front of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and Grand Theft Auto V, both of which occupied the second and third spots...
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