News February's PlayStation Plus Freebies Will Be Announced Next Week
Sony teases 'good selection'
News This Dying Light PS4 Disc Delay Is Starting to Get Awkward
Good night, good luck
News - January, 2015
Saturday31st Jan 2015
News Square Enix's Secret PS4 Exclusive Ain't What You Were Hoping For
Cave in
Square Enix's troll train chugs along another day, as the company has revealed that Spelunker Z is the PlayStation 4 exclusive that it teased earlier in the week. The free-to-play title, which is based upon the 1983 platformer originally designed by Tim Martin, will release on 19th March. It'll feature online multiplayer for up to six...
News Look, The Order: 1886 Isn't All Corridors and Cobbles
Victorian Street View
How can you tell that it's a slow news day? Here's a hint: we're turning a photo taken at the Taipei Game Show into a full article. The snap, uploaded by Twitter extraordinaire Shinobi602, gives us our first glimpse at one of The Order: 1886's more open environments, as it shows protagonist Galahad seemingly stomping the...
Talking Point Would You Buy PlayStation-Themed Amiibo?
Figure fight
It's something that obsessive console loyalists would never admit, but our favourite video game companies borrow ideas from each other all the time. If something proves to be popular and especially profitable, you can guarantee that competing firms will weigh in with their own take on the product in the relatively near future. With...
News PS4 Exclusive The Order: 1886 Scores Super Bowl Advert
Touchdown in London town
There's no doubt that the Super Bowl is the biggest sporting event in American television, with millions expected to tune in to the game between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks tomorrow. This makes it ripe for commercial opportunities, as companies stump up extortionate sums to have their products...
News Metal Gear Rising to Serve Up a Second Dose of Revengeance on PS4?
Raiden you wait and see?
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance may have been borderline incomprehensible at points – seriously, what the heck happened during that final boss fight? – but it was yet another outstanding action game from Japanese developer Platinum Games. And, during the Taipei Game Show overnight, Sony has hinted that a sequel to the...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 54
Every day and night, babe
Ah, the weekend – that pleasant period of the week where we get to hang up our work clothes, and sit around playing games in our pants. Oh, and when we say 'pants', we mean the British definition of the word, and not the oddball American meaning. Is that enough padding for this opening paragraph? Yeah, looks good –...
Friday30th Jan 2015
Feature Should You Buy Dying Light on the PS4?
Bump in the night
This is not a review. As is the case with virtually all other publications, we only got access to Dying Light this week – around the same time as its North American launch. To be honest, it hasn't exactly been the smoothest release for Techland's undead-'em-up, with retail copies inexplicably being delayed in non-American...
News What Is PS4's PlayStation Plus Freebie Apotheon All About?
Hades say I told you so
You are a warrior that has beef with the Gods, and must scale Mount Olympus in order to dish out some rough justice of your own. Stop us if you've heard this one before. Apotheon, the PlayStation 4's headline PlayStation Plus freebie in February, may sound a lot like a certain other Sony developed series, but the side...
Weirdness Don't Pimp Your 20th Anniversary PS4 Like This
Glitter fugly
Given how rare they were, it was maddening to see scalpers charging extortionate fees for their 20th Anniversary PlayStation 4s on eBay last year – but this is a step above. As spotted by the ever tasteful eyes of Eurogamer.net, one up-and-coming entrepreneur has opted
News Uncharted 4: A Thief's End's Potential PS4 Pack Art Sure Looks Moody
Are you depressed yet?
Naughty Dog's promised that Uncharted 4: A Thief's End will be your typical Hollywood romp, but the title's definitely showing its darker side in this potential PlayStation 4 box art. The eagle eyed folks over at DualShockers spotted a file in SCEA's press bank named 'Pack Art Final', which shows protagonist Nathan Drake...
News Bloodborne's PS4 Bundle Will Inaugurate Newcomers
Cry baby
If you've ever tried out for a college or university sports team, then you'll know a thing or two about the inauguration process – namely that it separates the men from the boys. And we like to think of this forthcoming Bloodborne bundle in a similar way, as it should introduce PlayStation 4 newcomers to the world of next-gen with a bit...
Round Up Life Is Strange PS4, PS3 Reviews Aren't Out of the Ordinary
Mad Max
Given the success of The Walking Dead, it's a surprise that other developers are only just jumping on the episodic bandwagon. With the output of developer Telltale Games starting to get a teensy bit predictable, though, we're really curious to see French developer DONTNOD's take on the format. We've got a reviewer whizzing through episode...
News Ermac's Got Your Back in Mortal Kombat X on PS4, PS3
Not an error
Ermac may have started life as a mere Mortal Kombat bug, but he's very much a fully fleshed out fighter these days – and will be making his triumphant return in the forthcoming Mortal Kombat X on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3. As promised, developer NetherRealm Studios announced the character as part of a livestream overnight,...
News SEGA Downsizing as It Turns Its Attention to Digital Games
American division relocating
SEGA's sadly been on a downward decline ever since it ditched the Dreamcast, and the company will continue to shrink over the coming months as it offers "voluntary retirement" to around 300 employees. It's not yet clear where the firm will be hit the hardest, but SEGA of America has announced plans to relocate from San...
News Well, Of Course Evolve Has a Match-Three Mobile Game
Duh
We'll let you into a little secret: according to our traffic statistics, you lot don't care a great deal about forthcoming PlayStation 4 shooter Evolve. Nevertheless, while this article is destined to scrape a couple of hundred views at most, we simply had to share this hilarious little snippet: 2K Games has deployed a free-to-play match-three...
Thursday29th Jan 2015
Feature What Are February 2015's Free PlayStation Plus Games?
Quick look
Between the weather warnings and the bad state of your post-Christmas bank balance, there's not often a lot to look forward to in February. Fortunately, the positive effects of Sony's premium subscription service PlayStation Plus can be felt all year round, which means that a fresh selection of free software will be heading your way from...
News Why Has PS4's Dying Light Been Removed from the European PlayStation Store?
Missing in action
Between cancellations and last-minute delays, Dying Light hasn't exactly had the smoothest run up to release – but our reviews round-up is filled with messages from disgruntled gamers, asking why the title has been removed from the European PlayStation Store. Well, it seems like there have been some crossed wires between...
Review Grim Fandango Remastered (PlayStation 4)
Back from the dead
We can hear the cries from a vocal minority already: "Oh, come on – another remaster? Enough is enough." In this case, though, we can probably all agree to make an exception. Grim Fandango is, by many, considered to be one of the greatest adventure games ever released, and while it didn't sell especially well at first attempt,...
News New Uncharted 4 Screenshots Will Make You Swoon Over Nathan Drake
Careful now
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End is going to look phenomenal — we already know that, but we're still not turning down a fresh look at the PlayStation 4 exclusive thanks to a few new screenshots. The images come from Game Informer's latest issue, which features Naughty Dog's upcoming adventure. Protagonist Nathan Drake is looking...
Guide How to Make Unlimited Money in Dying Light on PS4
Cash converter
You can never have too much money in a game like Dying Light on the PlayStation 4, and fortunately, YouTube extraordinaire PowerPyx has dreamed up a method to help you make some serious dough in the undead-'em-up. This very much falls into the exploit camp, and will likely get patched – so you may want to make the most of it while...
Review Brandish: The Dark Revenant (PlayStation Portable)
Resurrect an old friend
Brandish: The Dark Revenant was originally released on the Super Nintendo in 1991. Despite its rocky reception, it was eventually ported to the PlayStation Portable in 2009 in Japan. And, after six years, it's finally travelled overseas, with a full English localisation. The big question is: has it been worth the wait? The...
News Almost Every Playable Character in Dragon Ball Xenoverse Smashes into Its Newest Trailer
The boys are back in town
Recently, it was revealed that Dragon Ball Xenoverse would feature 47 playable characters, excluding those that you create yourself, and while cramming that rather large cast into one seven minute trailer would be incredibly difficult, the brawler's tried its best to fit as many fighters as possible into its latest video...
News Project CARS Puts Its Foot Down in New PS4 Footage
Podium position
After a disappointing delay last year, British studio Slightly Mad Studios has rallied – and Project CARS is looking like a real contender for the PlayStation 4's racing crown. While the excellent DriveClub currently occupies that spot, the Bandai Namco published release will offer your first taste of simulation action on Sony's...
Rumour Apotheon, Transistor Free for PS4 in February PlayStation Plus Update
Yakuza 4, Thief, and more on offer
PlayStation Plus has been on a bit of a roll for a while now, and Sony's clearly keen on maintaining momentum. A leak on one of the platform holder's European blogs has revealed that stylish action role-playing game Apotheon will be free for subscribers on the PlayStation 4 in February, where it'll be joined by...
News What Is Square Enix's Unannounced PS4 Exclusive?
Z marks the spot
Cryptic teases are a mainstay in this industry, and they almost always end in disappointment – but that doesn't stop us from getting sucked into the hype cycle every single time. Square Enix is the latest publisher to join the party, launching a mysterious website pointing to the announcement of an upcoming PlayStation 4...
News Dragon's Dogma Online Sure Looks Spectacular on PS4, PS3
Sick as a dogma
The phrase free-to-play may have prompted you to turn your nose up at Dragon's Dogma Online, but the forthcoming PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 role-playing game looks every inch the co-operative series successor that you've been waiting for. In this brand new trailer, you'll see groups of four warriors taking on increasingly large...
News Battlefield Hardline Arrests an Open Beta on PS4 and PS3 Sooner Than You Think
Locked and loaded
Battlefield Hardline's delayed launch is now fast approaching, and somewhat unsurprisingly, publisher EA has announced that there will be an open beta on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3. Shooter enthusiasts should be happy to know that the download will be available sooner than you may have thought, too, as it'll be catching...
News Did You Know That Evolve Has a Single Player Mode?
Who needs friends
It may come as a shock, but PlayStation 4 co-op based shooter Evolve actually has a mode that you can play all by yourself, without having to interact with real people. Whether you knew this existed or not, you can get a good look at it in the 20 minute gameplay video that we've embedded. You can apply the solo settings to any...
News You're Not Sick of LEGO Games, Are You?
Jurassic World, Marvel's Avengers, and more on the way
While the likes of Call of Duty and Assassin's Creed frequently get lambasted for being annualised, Warner Bros seems to have gotten away with milking LEGO like a particularly profitable cash cow. Last year saw the release of four fresh toy-based adaptations, and we'll be getting a further three...
News MLB 15 The Show Targets Fourth Base on PS4, PS3, and Vita
Come out swinging
It's not getting as much attention as The Order: 1886 or Bloodborne, but MLB 15 The Show is unlikely to be anything but a homerun for Sony San Diego. The latest entry in the seminal sporting series will round out a sensational few months for the Japanese manufacturer, and in order to build some excitement, community manager Ramone...
News Set Sail with Four Brand New One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 Character Trailers
A new challenger
Ah, Warriors games. Thanks to their often massive character rosters, there are plenty of excuses to swamp fans in videos and screenshots, and we've got four such trailers for you today. Showcasing the movesets of returning fighters Smoker, Buggy, and Mihawk, along with newcomer Tashigi, there's plenty of footage to heighten those...
News Anime Fighter Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax is Punching West on Vita and PS3
Manga mayhem
The Vita is no stranger to Japanese games, much to the delight of many anime and manga enthusiasts. Adding to the now bulging library, SEGA has announced that 2-D brawler Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax is coming West. It's a colourful and fast fighter that features characters from a Japanese publication of the same name, and as such,...
Wednesday28th Jan 2015
Round Up Dying Light's PS4 Reviews Try Not to Decay
Rotten to the core?
You may have noticed that there are a real dearth of Dying Light reviews around the web. This is because Warner Bros didn't send anyone review code until earlier in the week, and we only received our copies this morning. While you're free to make of that what you will, a few appraisals are starting to pop up, so seeing as this is...
News PS Vita App Near Will Cease Searching for Game Goods Soon
Sony also pulling the plug on YouTube
This isn't going to do anything to reassure people that the PlayStation Vita is alive and well. Sony has announced this morning that it will be discontinuing support for the YouTube, Maps, and Near applications on its flagship handheld soon. The video streaming software will be delisted from the PlayStation...
Store Update 28th January 2015 (Europe)
The strange life
There's plenty to look forward to on the European PlayStation Store this week, with rotting flesh and troubled teenagers the headline arrivals. That's right, both Dying Light and Life Is Strange will be available to download this week, with Grim Fandango Remastered, Baboon, and
Talking Point Are Bigger Open Worlds Really Better?
Worlds apart
"Our game's open world is so groundbreakingly big that it'll take you an hour to travel from one side of it to the other." Anyone that's followed the industry closely will have heard the prior quote before, whether it's paraded positively by a public relations person during a presentation, or typed out on an official channel like the...
News PS4 and PS3 Console Exclusive Dragon's Dogma Online Looks Fantastic in New Famitsu Scans
Getting hot in here
This week's Famitsu magazine seems to have blown open the recently announced Dragon's Dogma Online, and we've got a few scans from the publication to prove it. Obviously there's not too much that you can learn from the images unless you can read Japanese, but we reckon that the lovely pictures make them worth studying. Indeed,...
News The Witcher 3 Sounds Like It's Going to Have a Lot of Sex
All night long
Romance is always a tricky subject when it comes to games. Not often do titles get the mood right, and more times than not, any sort of sex scene ends up seeming cripplingly awkward. The Witcher series has arguably approached it better than others, though. In particular, the second game in the franchise certainly didn't shy away from...
News Snow Moto Racing Freedom Chills Out on PS4 Next Year
Hot off the press
Ever since the excellent MotorStorm: Arctic Edge, there's been a distinct lack of snow-based racers on PlayStation platforms – but fortunately, Swedish studio Zordix is aiming to rectify that with Snow Moto Racing Freedom. Due out on the PlayStation 4 in 2016, the chilly affair appears to be an updated edition of the developer's...
News Even Dying Light Couldn't Resist a Cheeky Destiny Jab
Easy pickings
Destiny is a decent game, but as one of the most hyped titles of 2014, it has come under fire for some of its flaws. Dying Light, the brand new undead-'em-up from Polish developer Techland, is just the latest title to poke fun at Bungie's first-person shooter, including a loot cave based upon the famous grotto from last year's sci-fi...
News Sony Tempting Fate with Friday 13th New York Event
Will announce new PlayStation initiative
PlayStation MVPs are essentially Sony super fans who get invited to various internal events as a reward for being top-tier consumers. They're also occasionally privy to information that they're not supposed to publicly share – like this email that popped up on NeoGAF earlier this evening. We suspect that a...
News Spotify Streams to PS4, PS3 in Partnership with PlayStation Music
Music Unlimited out on its ear
Fans of every artist except Taylor Swift will be able to treat their ears to some premium audio streaming on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 this year, as Sony has teamed up with Spotify to launch a new PlayStation Music service. This will deploy in 41 markets around the world soon, and will bring with it all 30...
News Sony Zaps inFAMOUS: Second Son's PS4 Price on the European PlayStation Store
Crushed like concrete
Sucker Punch's sublime superhero sandbox inFAMOUS: Second Son is available at a low, low price on the European PlayStation Store this week. In an attempt to take advantage of inFAMOUS: First Light's spell in the Instant Game Collection, platform holder Sony has announced that you can pick up Delsin Rowe's next-gen escapade for...
News The Last of Us Movie Will Make Some 'Big Changes' to the Original Story
As you'd expect
Trying to cram a title that can take almost 20 hours to complete into a two hour movie can't be easy, but The Last of Us' big screen adaptation sounds like it's coming along quite nicely, according to the game's director and ever-present interviewee, Neil Druckmann. Speaking to Game Informer, Druckmann reveals that he's "just...
Store Update 27th January 2015 (North America)
Manny, oh man
This week's North American PlayStation Store update is all about the addition of two new titles: Dying Light and Grim Fandango Remastered. The heavy hitters have some company in Life Is Strange (out on Friday) and the verbose Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation – but we suspect that it's the aforementioned that will...
News You'll Be Able to Pay to Reanimate Yourself in Resident Evil: Revelations 2
Dead rising
Who doesn't love a good microtransaction? Capcom caused the web to pull out their pitchforks this week by announcing that Resident Evil: Revelations 2 will feature premium Life Crystals, which you'll be able to use to reanimate yourself should you die in the forthcoming survival horror's Raid Mode. We can't bear the tension. To be fair,...
News Dragon Age: Inquisition Marches Ahead as BioWare's Most Successful Ever Launch
Worth a few sovereigns
Dragon Age: Inquisition was a real return to form for developer BioWare, and it didn't just impress us, as you lot voted it your 2014 Game of the Year. As such, we all wished the best for the engrossing role-playing game, and it seems as though its success is starting to show. Publisher EA's latest financial report states...
Tuesday27th Jan 2015
Review Ironclad Tactics (PlayStation 4)
Playing the hand that’s been dealt
Ironclad Tactics tries to mix things up, and that makes it a bit of an oddball. While it's partly a tower defence game, developer Zachtronics has also taken the liberty to throw in some card elements. The end result of this weird mash up is unforgettable, but not without its problems. Set during the American...
News Oh Dear, The Uncensored Version of Saints Row IV: Re-Elected Is Being Recalled in Australia
Whoops
Who would ever deny the Saints of their fun, eh? Calling it a "serious manufacturing issue", an Australian agency has explained the recall of Saints Row IV: Re-Elected on the PlayStation 4, after it was discovered that the release was "incorrectly classified". As you may know, censorship policies in the land down under can be rather strict,...
Review Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation (PlayStation Vita)
A real mouthful
We all know the dreaded curse of video game sequels. Studios will often find themselves with a hit on their hands, and in a feeble attempt to recreate gold, will instead serve up a horrible mess of lost potential. Japanese role-playing game Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation steers clear of this trap, instead...
News Here's a Quick Glimpse at PS4 Hack-'n'-Slash Hellblade
Celtic chaos
Cambridge-based developer Ninja Theory wants to prove to you that indie games don't have to be cheap and cheerful. In this brand new behind-the-scenes video, the developer explains some of the ways that it's saving time and money with its forthcoming PlayStation 4 title Hellblade – without necessarily sacrificing overall quality...
News The Witcher 3 May Have a Difficulty Setting That Means Death Is Permanent
Life's a witch
During The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's recent livestream, developer CD Projekt Red mentioned an 'insanity' difficulty level that would act as the game's toughest challenge. In no way is the mode finalised, but it does sound like an interesting potential addition. After all, the series is partially known for its often tricky difficulty,...
Mmm, zesty
Although they've got a sizeable and loyal fan base here in the West, the Tales games have never been as popular as they are in their native Japan. That trend doesn't seem to be stopping any time soon, either, as the latest instalment in the franchise, Tales of Zestiria, has sold over 400,000 copies in its homeland since it launched. It's...
News Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Update Comes with a Free Bug
Can we have a skag instead?
This week marks the launch of the new Borderlands: The Pre Sequel DLC, Lady Hammerlock the Baroness, allowing you to play as this icy lady similar to the previously released Handsome Jack. In order to accommodate the latest arrival, an update is required which has been found to have a catch. After downloading, when...
News Dragon's Dogma Online Breathes Free-to-Play Fire onto PS4, PS3
Only in Japan, though
As has been rumoured since dinosaurs ruled the world, Dragon's Dogma Online is in production at publisher Capcom. The title, which emerged courtesy of a trademark filing late last year, was revealed in the latest issue of famous Japanese publication Famitsu, and is a free-to-play fantasy role-playing game for the PlayStation 4...
News Reptile Roughhouses His Way into Mortal Kombat X
Sssplendid
Although the illustrious Ed Boon previously teased that new fighters for Mortal Kombat X would be revealed on 29th January, it seems that NetherRealm Studios couldn't wait, as an exclusive IGN video has confirmed that Reptile will be joining the roster. After a hilarious, short spat between Kung Lao and his scaly adversary, we get a look...
Monday26th Jan 2015
News Would You Resist a New Resistance Game on PS4?
Hale to the king
Ever since PlayStation 3 launch title Resistance: Fall of Man, Insomniac Games' gritty first-person shooter series has been a bit of a money pit for publisher Sony. Fortunately, a quick look at the Japanese giant's financials reveals that it loves losing money, so could a comeback for the alternate history franchise be on the cards?...
Preview The PS4 Exclusives of 2015 - The Order: 1886
History in the making?
Your insatiable appetite for exclusives led to dismay at the tail end of last year. While the first half of 2014 promised plenty between inFAMOUS: Second Son and MLB 14: The Show, there's no denying that Sony's first-party software roster seemed to fizzle out around Christmas, with DriveClub and LittleBigPlanet 3 being the...
News This Dying Light Launch Trailer Will Sell a Lot of Copies
Dead good timing
Warner Bros may live to regret that retail Dying Light delay outside of North America, because this launch trailer is a software seller for sure. We've got a few question marks hanging over the release right now, purely because we haven't been able to get hold of any review code yet (and apparently we're not alone) – but this clip...
News PS4 and PS3 Brawler Dragon Ball Xenoverse Will Have 47 Playable Characters
Rock the dragon
Dragon Ball is stuffed full of brilliantly designed and stupidly powerful heroes and villains, so it's always a bit of a disappointment when a licensed release comes up short on the character roster side of things. Fortunately, Dragon Ball Xenoverse's selection doesn't sound too bad. The game's Amazon Japan listing states that it...
News Er, So You Won't Be Playing Borderlands 3 on PS4 for a While Yet
Gearbox recruiting for sequel
Gearbox gaffer Randy Pitchford told us to keep an eye on today's PAX South 2015 panel for more information on the next Borderlands, but instead of announcing the inevitable follow-up, he merely confirmed that the company's staffing up for the sequel. This is the kind of bad joke that we'd expect to find in the actual...
Feature Three Reasons Why You'll Love Exploring The Witcher 3's Massive Open World on PS4
Call of the wild
It may seem like a while off yet, but trust us when we say that it won't be long until you're travelling the countryside as the grizzly Geralt of Rivia. Poised to be the PlayStation 4's first truly open world RPG, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is beginning to look like the real deal, featuring branching storylines, brutal combat, and, of...
News Can You Relate to Any of These PlayStation Memories?
Gaming gold
If you're reading this, then there's a good chance that you grew up making PlayStation memories. The problem with these, though, is that they can't easily be shared. Fortunately, Sony has teamed up with Studio Output and Found Studio to produce an animated video based upon Tweets posted by gamers all around the globe – including one...
Weirdness Wow, This PS4 Controller Is Coated in 24 Karat Gold
Insert obligatory Spandau Ballet reference here
If you're the type of person that tends to toss your controller about, then you may want to steer clear of ColorWare's uber-expensive DualShock 4. The pricey peripheral – which is worth a cool $300 – is coated in 24 karat gold, and looks just about as swish as you may expect. The firm only made 25...
News Feast Your Eyes Upon 15 Minutes of Brand New The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Gameplay
Witching business
It's about time we got a better look at upcoming PlayStation 4 role-playing game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and so we've been gifted with 15 minutes of rather revealing gameplay. Thanks to Eurogamer Portugal – who put the clips together – we get to see gruff protagonist Geralt tackle a number of deadly creatures, stomp about...
News UK Sales Charts: Saints Row Misses Out on Four More Years
Voted out
Saints Row IV: Re-Elected & Gat Out of Hell missed out on the presidency spot in this week's UK sales charts, clawing its way into fourth position overall. Grand Theft Auto V was instead sworn into the White House, completing a third term at the summit of the British best sellers list, while Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and FIFA 15...
Live Want More Witcher 3? Watch New Gameplay Right Here
Witcher watching
We hope that you're still keen to see more of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt today, because developer CD Projekt Red will be hosting a livestream later tonight. Showcasing some new gameplay along with live commentary, it sounds like it'll be well worth a watch if you're busy building your hype for the open world RPG. The stream starts at...
News Sony Just Raised Over $128k for Charity By Auctioning Off an Anniversary PS4
Money maker
The rose gold PlayStation 4 sold in Dubai last year has serious competition for the coveted 'Most Expensive Console in History' accolade, as Sony's just auctioned off an Anniversary Edition PS4 for – wait for it – $128,000. You may remember the firm selling 12,300 of the
News Futuristic PS4 Volleyball Sim Gunsport Fires Free in First Gameplay Footage
Shotgun spikers
For a game that's clearly been built with local multiplayer sessions in mind, Gunsport has a supremely complex storyline. We've read the title's latest PlayStation Blog post several times over now, and we still don't really understand what the release is all about. Seriously, director Brandon Sheffield outlines a narrative involving...
News Soul Axiom Peers Through the Peephole to PS4
Soul searcher
Indie games often get a lot of stick for employing dated gameplay mechanics or old-school visual styles, but Wales Interactive's forthcoming PlayStation 4 adventure Soul Axiom looks every inch a BioShock rival. A first-person sci-fi adventure, the title promises to take you on a journey through the "deepest, darkest recesses of your...
Sunday25th Jan 2015
Guide How to Survive the Spencer Mansion in Resident Evil HD Remaster on PS4, PS3
Tips, tactics, endings, and advice
If you joined Capcom's survival horror series with its action packed fourth instalment, then you're in for a rude awakening in the recently released Resident Evil HD Remaster. While titles like Outlast and Alien Isolation have plotted a return to the more classical type of video game terror, they're still...
News Will Free-to-Play PS4 Shooter PlanetSide 2 Be Able to Pull You Away from Destiny?
Star wars
It's been a long, long wait, but PlanetSide 2 is finally in beta on the PlayStation 4. Sony Online Entertainment encouraged eager fans to sign up to its pre-release test earlier in the month, and it's been inviting lucky gamers in waves. Consequentially, we're now privy to oodles of gameplay videos from the free-to-play foray, and we've...
News Grim Fandango Remastered's PS4 and Vita Trophies Pack a Platinum
Manny mad
The inconsistency between digital Trophies goes on, as it's been confirmed that Grim Fandango Remastered will come with a Platinum gong. It looks like the majority of the trinkets will pertain to the plot and specific actions, but there is a nightmarish addition: "Play the whole game with tank controls." The game has, of course, been...
Store Preview Dying Light, Grim Fandango, and Life Is Strange
Spoiled for choice
We did put our series of PlayStation Store previews on hiatus over Christmas, but as with all of the other columns across the site, we're bringing it back with a vengeance. Remember, this is the latest information as shared by the PlayStation Blogcast, which means that the content is subject to change, and primarily applies to the...
News Prepare Yourselves for 30 Hours of Persona Goodness
Ready teddie
If we ran a poll right now asking you to vote for your most anticipated game, we'd hazard that Persona 5 would finish somewhere near to the top. Atlus' forthcoming PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 role-playing release has been the source of strong excitement for some time now, but we still don't actually know an enormous amount about it...
Push Rewind Dying Light Release Dates, Resident Evil PS4, Saints Row IV, and More
Deep breath time
If the industry's been asleep for a few weeks, then it's finally been shaken from its slumber. This was a huge week in the PlayStation Nation, with big games like Saints Row IV: Re-Elected and Resident Evil hitting the PlayStation Store, as well as huge news regarding Dying Light and PlayStation Plus consuming our virtual column...
Saturday24th Jan 2015
News February's PlayStation Plus Freebies Will Be Announced Next Week
Sony teases 'good selection'
It's that time of the month where we all begin building hopelessly unrealistic expectations for the next PlayStation Plus update – all so that we can vent our disgust when the actual offering doesn't come close to matching our pipedreams. Seriously, though, European PlayStation Blog manager Fred Dutton has revealed on...
News The Last of Us' Ellie Is Poised to Become One of the Most Famous Characters in Gaming
GLAAD hints at The Last of Us 2
A friendly word of warning: don't continue reading this article if you haven't played The Last of Us. Seriously, we're going to spoil a major plot point over the next few paragraphs, so anything that you see beyond this pre-amble will be your own fault. Okay, this is the last sentence of padding that we're going to...
News Surprise! There's Going to Be a Borderlands 3 on PS4
Claptrap
Gearbox may be busy working on bizarre MOBA-style shooter Battleborn, but it hasn't forgotten that Borderlands is its bread and butter. And, speaking as part of a question and answer session at PAX South 2015 overnight, gaffer Randy Pitchford has hinted that we won't have to wait long to get the skinny on the next entry in the series...
News The Order: 1886 Won't Take a Particularly Big Bite into Your PS4's Storage Space
Lycan the sound of that
If you haven't upgraded your PlayStation 4's bog-standard 500GB hard drive, then chances are that you're already being forced to play Puyo Puyo with all of your installed files. Fortunately, forthcoming PlayStation 4 exclusive The Order: 1886 won't take a particularly big bite out of your system's storage space, as it will...
News Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered Attempts to Get Away with Murder on PC, Mobile Next week
Don't get Cagey
No, we're not going multiplatform – but we have got to cover this. Quantic Dream teased a January announcement late last year, and we immediately assumed that it would have something to do with those PlayStation 4 Trophies for Beyond: Two Souls that leaked eons ago. It turns out, however, that the French firm was alluding to a PC...
Movie night
Remember when The Elder Scrolls Online was first revealed, and it got that cinematic trailer everyone was raving about? Well, that was just the start, because by piecing every video together since then, you get the full story of the three characters originally introduced in that inaugural clip. And fortunately for us, you can now watch...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 53
Strap it on
The weeks seem to come and go quicker and quicker, but at least there's your regular dose of WAYP to look forward to on the weekend. Regular readers should already know the drill: this is your forum to talk about all of the games that you'll be playing over the coming days. We've got to be honest, writing these introductions gets harder...
News How Many Oni Can You Kill in Toukiden: Kiwami on PS4 and Vita?
Pre-order bonuses uncovered
Having covered games like The Last Guardian and Final Fantasy XV for almost the entire life of this very site, we can't help but smile when a title is officially announced mere months before release. One such game is Toukiden: Kiwami, which was only revealed a week or so ago, but is already closing in on its March launch...
News New Challengers Will Mutilate Mortal Kombat X Next Week
Finish the marketing campaign
For the record: when we suggested that Mortal Kombat X was silly in a controversial article last week, we meant it in the best possible way – everyone here at Push Square Towers adores the zaniness of NetherRealm Studios' premier punch up. Hence, we're excited to learn which new kombatants will be joining the chaos...
Friday23rd Jan 2015
Guide How to Use Your 10 Per Cent Off PSN Voucher on PS4, PS3, and PlayStation Vita
Redeem your free PlayStation Store discount right now
It seems a bit strange to be getting excited over a 10 per cent discount weekend, but this is the first time that Sony's ever run anything like this on the PlayStation Store, and we'd hazard that if it's a success, it may do another one in the future – hopefully without any further PlayStation...
Rumour Could Call of Duty: World at War II Be Treyarch's Next Title?
Suit up, soldier
The rumour mill's in overdrive right now, but our bullturd detector reckons that this is just about on the right side of plausible – until proven otherwise, anyway. Earlier in the week, an image appeared on the web hinting that Call of Duty: World at War II would be revealed on 4th May. While it looked professional enough, it's...
News This Is What a Slim PS4 Could Look Like, We Suppose
Fake photos emerge
If you ever see a 'leak' on the Internet that pairs an off-screen image with the word 'confidential', then you can be pretty confident that it's a fake. As such, these so-called PlayStation 4 Slim pictures that have been doing the rounds this morning are 99.9 per cent certain to be a hoax – but they still give us something to...
News Dying Light's Retail Release Will Not Deploy Until 27th February in Europe on PS4
Rotten to the core
Dying Light's bizarre delay in Europe, Australia, Asia, and the Middle East looks like it could be a big one, as Polish website Polygamia.pl is reporting that the PlayStation 4 game will not deploy until 27th February on store shelves. The title had been set to release next week, and still will digitally – but those of you...
News These Japanese PS4 Bloodborne Bundles Are Disastrously Dull
The borne identity
PlayStation 4 exclusive Bloodborne is well on its way, which obviously means custom console bundles, and as you can see, Sony has gone all out. Indeed, these Japanese super machine's have been adorned in arguably the laziest possible way – by essentially copy and pasting the title's box art onto the hard disk cover. Truly...
News PS4, PS3, and Vita Indies Discounted in North American PlayStation Store Flash Sale
Stop press
Don't use your 10 per cent off voucher just yet, as Sony has launched a PlayStation Store Flash Sale in North America to coincide with the promotion. This is live now, and will run until 09:00AM PST on 26th January, so if you pair it with the aforementioned apology offer, you could get some serious bang for your buck this weekend. Who...
News The Time Has Come to Compare Final Fantasy Type-0 HD on PS4 to the Original PSP Version
You knew this was coming
Where would we be without graphics comparison videos? Er, we're not entirely sure, but we certainly wouldn't be comparing the visual prowess of an upcoming PlayStation 4 release to the original PSP version. Hitting Sony's newest console this year, Final Fantasy Type-0 HD unsurprisingly looks much better than it did on the...
News These Dragon Ball Xenoverse Combo Videos Just Get Better and Better
Back for more
Much of Dragon Ball's identity comes from its lightning fast battles, in which dreadfully powerful individuals smack the absolute stuffing out of each other in the most stylish way that you can imagine, and upcoming brawler Dragon Ball Xenoverse seems to be capturing that identity very well. It's only a short video, but the game's...
News Enjoy the Silence in Brand New PS4 Puzzler from Daedalic Entertainment
Words are very unnecessary
All you ever wanted, all you ever needed was probably not another puzzler for your PlayStation 4 – but don't click that close tab button just yet, because Silence: The Whispered World 2 does sound intriguing. Inspired by adventure games of old, the forthcoming otherworldly foray promises to modernise the genre with some...
News Saints Row Parodies Top Gear and the Result Is Just as Stupid as You'd Expect
Gun it
Just when you thought that Saints Row couldn't get any more unpredictable, it goes and parodies Top Gear, complete with Jeremy Clarkson-like commentary and a faceless racer known as the Stag. The four minute live action video ties into the recently released Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell expansion, as the, er, Stag takes the Armchair-A-Geddon...
Thursday22nd Jan 2015
News This Dying Light PS4 Disc Delay Is Starting to Get Awkward
Good night, good luck
With respect to all of the parties involved, Polish developer Techland probably thought that it was trading up when it dumped Deep Silver for Warner Bros. The former has grown a lot since it hung its hat on the Dead Island brand, but its army of IPs – even with Homefront, Saints Row, and Metro added to its stable – can't...
Rumour Sony Bend Was Working on an inFAMOUS Title for Vita, But It Got Zapped
Naughty Dog apparently nixed new Uncharted, too
In an interview at GamesCom over a year ago, Sucker Punch veteran Nate Fox seemed to suggest that an inFAMOUS game was in production for the PlayStation Vita. Now, as part of a sequence of posts on Reddit, ex-Sony
News Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain's Release Date Is Edging Ever Closer
Boxed in
Seeing as Hideo Kojima's big Christmas announcement turned out to be a chicken cap rather than a release date, we're still none the wiser regarding Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain's hotly anticipated PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 deploy date. Fortunately, developer Kojima Productions has hinted as part of its weekly webcast that
Review Shake Spears! (PlayStation Vita)
Meh-dieval
Free-to-play. Whenever these three words are uttered, it's hard to stifle the shudder that follows when you begin to think about microtransactions, "pay-to-win", and the other deceitful, annoying practices often associated with the whole model. There are the rare few with compelling gameplay and fair microtransactions such as Warframe,...
Poll What Will You Be Spending Your 10 Per Cent PSN Discount On?
Decisions, decisions
When you really stop and think about it, Sony's "apology" for the PlayStation Network outage over Christmas is a bit of a marketing masterstroke. While the company gets to look like it's doing right by its consumers, we'd be shocked if it didn't see an enormous spike in sales when the offer goes into effect from 09:00AM local...
News How Does Toukiden: Kiwami on PS4 Look Compared to the Vita Version?
Porting prowess
It seems like you can't go five minutes these days without seeing some sort of graphics comparison, and while we understand that it all gets a bit tedious, there's plenty of reason for this particular look at the difference between the PlayStation 4 and Vita versions of Toukiden: Kiwami. As you'd expect, the home console edition...
News PS4, PS3, and Vita Titles Reduced in European PlayStation Store Sale
Combo breaker
Sony's big January sale may have expired on the European PlayStation Store, but that's not stopping the manufacturer from following up with a bumper sale focusing on 2K Games' catalogue and various other digital downloads. For starters, you'll be able to acquire a bunch of the aforementioned publisher's wares at up to 80 per cent off,...
News Sorry, You Can't Use Your 10 Per Cent PSN Discount on Pre-Orders
Think again
Sony frequently acts like a headless chicken, and this is just another example of miscommunication making the company look like it hasn't got a clue. The firm announced its 10 per cent PlayStation Network discount earlier in the week, revealing that it would not be compatible with PlayStation Plus subscriptions, Music Unlimited...
News Capcom Hopes to Appeal to Younger Players with PS4, PC Exclusive Street Fighter V
Ken you believe it?
Street Fighter's always been a franchise for the most hardcore of fighting game fans, but speaking as part of a Polygon feature, series shepherd Yoshinori Ono has admitted that he's attempting to appeal to "younger players" with Street Fighter V. If you're readying a rant regarding a potentially watered down experience, though,...
News Can You Handle This DmC: Definitive Edition Gameplay Clip?
Dante answer that
Ninja Theory promised us that DmC: Devil May Cry would have the "feel" of 60 frames-per-second on the PlayStation 3, but it's clearly scrapped that idea for the title's forthcoming Definitive Edition on the PlayStation 4, settling upon the faster framerate for its next-gen re-release. And this brand new video should give you an...
Wednesday21st Jan 2015
News Oh No, the Terrible PS4 Themes Have Arrived
Dressed to unimpress
It was only a matter of time, wasn't it? Much like the avatars section, a quick peek in the PlayStation 3's virtual shop will reveal a flood of bad themes, from buttered corn right the way through to crispy bacon. As such, it was inevitable that the awful designs would hit Sony's next-gen device in time – and with today's
Opinion Why You Shouldn't Write Off PS4 Racer DriveClub
Back on track
In many ways, Evolution Studios got lucky. DriveClub's launch was an unmitigated disaster, but the developer was able to quietly solve many of the title's issues while a much bigger storm gathered around games like Assassin's Creed Unity. Once that had cleared, the Runcorn-based developer responded with a rain cloud of its own, and...
News Sony Bend: Our PS4 Game Is Going to Blow People Away
Will push next-gen system somewhere it's never been before
We've known that Uncharted: Golden Abyss developer Sony Bend has been working on a PlayStation 4 title for some time, but it sounds like the project is about to go into full production. As part of a recruitment feature on Gamasutra, the first-party outfit has revealed a little more about the...
News This Is The Order: 1886 Trailer That You've Been Waiting For
Stop for a pint, did you?
The Order: 1886's pre-release build up has been bumpier than a Victorian stage coach, but it looks like Sony's finally pulling things together in time for the PlayStation 4 exclusive's 20th February launch. This brand new trailer is over two minutes in length, and includes a great mixture of gameplay and story – including...
News The Elder Scrolls Online Slaughters Subscription Fees on PS4
Rides into battle on 9th June
That almighty roar that you can hear off in the distance is not coming from Skyrim, but is in fact erupting from Push Square Towers, as associate editor Robert Ramsey reads through the latest press release regarding The Elder Scrolls Online on the PlayStation 4. Bethesda has confirmed that the title will deploy a year...
News Who Wants More Assassin's Creed Unity Content on PS4?
Sacré urgh
Assassin's Creed Unity's free expansion pack Dead Kings ain't especially great. We can appreciate the apology from Ubisoft, but the PlayStation 4 title's core is so rotten that we found playing through the epilogue a bit of a chore. The thought of plunging into Paris for a third time, then, has this author breaking out in cold sweats...
News Dragon Ball Xenoverse's DLC Plan Detailed, Plus More New Screenshots Than You Can Count
What does the scouter say?
When you're excited for a certain upcoming game, you usually like nothing better than to feast your eyes upon every scrap of media that the publisher flings out onto the Internet – and if you're hyped for Dragon Ball Xenoverse, then we reckon that you're probably going to have a heart attack when you see how many...
Live Explore the PS4 Version of The Elder Scrolls Online for the First Time Right Here
Tamriel beckons
Hot on the heels of The Elder Scrolls Online's announcement that the game will no longer require a subscription, we've learned that ZeniMax Online Studios is showing the PlayStation 4 version of the title for the first time over on its Twitch channel. Hang around with us and watch the stream, then share your fantasy-filled thoughts...
Store Update 21st January 2015 (Europe)
Winged and wonderful
We may be looking at the content pipeline for a different continent, but the highlights in this week's European PlayStation Store update are identical to those in yesterday's North American refresh. That means that Citizens of Earth, Resident Evil, and Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell are all vying for your attention. The question...
News Go Dungeon Crawling in Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy on Vita This April
Save Tokyo again
While the PlayStation Vita may not be seeing much love in the West, release dates for Japanese titles keep rolling in. Helping to pad out an empty month is Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy, a dungeon crawler developed by the same studio behind last year's Demon Gaze. Set to deploy both physically and digitally, the title will be...
News Nu-Metal Band Korn Would Have Been All Over This Cancelled Saints Row Game
Freak on a leash
Saints Row is no stranger to cancelled games, as regular readers may recall the PlayStation Move-based brawler that was revealed recently. However, this footage from Saints Row: Money Shot is a first for us, as it shows a free-to-play arcade game that was once in production for the PlayStation 3 – an
News Media Streaming App Plex Now Broadcasts onto American PS4s, PS3s
Perplexing
Media streaming service Plex is now broadcasting onto PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 consoles throughout America. The popular app has been available in Europe for a little while, but is only now making its way across the pond. Indeed, those of you stationed in North America, Canada, and Latin America will now be able to use the service...
News You'll Get the Touch, You'll Get the Powers from 10th March
Sony's comic book adaptation nears
You probably won't need a particularly long memory to remember Sony's press conference derailing Powers segment at a recent E3, but you may be pleased to learn that the platform holder has followed through with the project. While Microsoft has already scrapped its entire television division, the Japanese giant's...
Tuesday20th Jan 2015
News Attackers Behind PS4's Christmas Outage Hit by Heavy Hack
What goes around, comes around
Behave badly and your actions will catch up with you eventually, as some members of the so-called Lizard Squad may be realising right now. After attaining plenty of mainstream media coverage following the PlayStation Network outage which it apparently initiated over Christmas, the group launched a DDoS service,...
Review Duke Nukem 3D: Megaton Edition (PlayStation Vita)
Hail to the king, baby
With only a few first-person shooters gracing the PlayStation Vita to date, there's plenty of room on Sony's handheld for anything offering up some half decent blasting. Since the bar hasn't exactly been set particularly high either, there's a perfect chance for classic titles such as Duke Nukem 3D: Megaton Edition to stomp...
Review Citizens of Earth (PlayStation 4)
Recruit 'em all
It's not every day that a developer fails to fund its game through Kickstarter, but still gets picked up by a publisher of legendary stature like Atlus. However, this is the exact route taken by Eden Industries with its SNES-inspired Citizens of Earth, which borrows heavily from Ape and HAL Laboratory's cult classic, EarthBound. With...
Splice 'n' dice
Splice is an intriguingly intricate puzzle game from Cipher Prime Studios. Originally released in 2012 for PC and mobile platforms, this version marks the title's debut on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3, with a Vita release possible somewhere down the line. The game tasks you with re-arranging cells – which look like really...
News Everyone's Entitled to 10 Per Cent Off the PlayStation Store This Weekend
Wallets at the ready
Christmas may be gone, but the gifts keep coming. As part of Sony's apology for the PlayStation Network outage over the holidays, the platform holder has announced that you'll be able to use your pledged 10 per cent discount voucher this weekend in both Europe and North America. The offer will open at 09:00AM local time on 23rd...
News Apologetic PlayStation Plus Extensions Being Rolled Out Now
Five free days of service
If you were one of the millions of people impacted by the PlayStation Network outage over Christmas, then you'll no doubt be wondering where your compensation has got to. Fortunately, platform holder Sony has announced that it's started rolling out five day PlayStation Plus extensions to all members now. You'll only be...
News Could Quantic Dream Drop the Temperature with a Fahrenheit Remaster?
Cold as ice
We've been waiting all month for Quantic Dream to announce its January news, but it looks like we may have been looking in the wrong place. While a PlayStation 4 port of Beyond: Two Souls has seemed all but inevitable for some time now, a new website suggests that it may be Fahrenheit (known
News Borderlands: The Handsome Collection Brings the Shooter Series to PS4
Jack's back
Ever since Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel was announced, people have been crying out for a PlayStation 4 release, and so it's no surprise that the game, along with the critically acclaimed Borderlands 2, is gunning for Sony's newest console. Dubbed The Handsome Collection, the two titles will, for the first time, feature four player...
News Sengoku Basara 4: Sumeragi Brings Over-The-Top Samurai Action to PS4
In Japan at least
The Sengoku Basara series is returning to the fray this Summer, as its newest instalment slashes onto the PS4 and PS3. Named Sengoku Basara 4: Sumeragi, the update will feature forty playable characters, and the PS4 version will run in 60 frames-per-second at 1080p — which sounds rather glorious. For anyone who's out of the...
News Vampyr Is an RPG from the Studio That Brought You Remember Me
Fangs very much
French developer DONTNOD is pretty busy these days, isn't it? With episodic adventure Life is Strange still in the works, the studio has revealed another project in the form of Vampyr – a horror-themed RPG. Apparently set after World War I, you'll be playing as a doctor who's bitten by a vampiric patient. The premise certainly...
News PS4 Shooter Human Element on Hiatus as Robotoki Winds Down
Out of its element
It's been almost three years since we penned our first article on Robert Bowling's independent venture Robotoki, but fresh from revealing its console debut at The Game Awards last month, the studio has now officially closed up shop. The former Call of Duty creative strategist told
Store Update 20th January 2015 (North America)
Citizens of Spencer Mansion
If the past couple of weeks have been a little light on the PlayStation Store, then today's North American update is a concrete block in comparison. In addition to smaller gems like Splice and Citizens of Earth, it's also packing heavy hitters like Resident Evil and Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell. Let's-a-go! PS4 Games:...
The times are changing
Bandai Namco recently sent out its North American team to interview Dragon Ball Xenoverse's developers at Japan's Jump Festa 2015, and the result is the rather insightful video that we've embedded. Sporting a spot of new in-game footage and some fresh story details, it's well worth a watch if you're interested in the upcoming...
Out This Week Resident Evil, Saints Row, and Citizens of Earth
Once bitten, twice shy
There's usually a standout for Pick of the Week, but we're really struggling to choose a favourite this time. Sure, you could make the argument that Saints Row IV: Re-Elected is little more than a re-release, but it comes with Gat Out of Hell, which is brand new. On the flipside, Resident Evil is nothing but a lowly port, too...
News Ex-Wii U Exclusive Scram Kitty DX Purrs onto PS4, Vita Very Soon
Kawaii kitty
Welsh developer Dakko Dakko got its start on PlayStation platforms, producing a couple of critically acclaimed PlayStation Minis which were later ported natively to the PlayStation Vita. However, it dumped Sony for its first major home console project, as Scram Kitty and his Buddy on Rails released as a Wii U exclusive last year. Of...
Monday19th Jan 2015
Review Resident Evil (PlayStation 4)
S.T.A.R.S. power
The Resident Evil "REmake" is frequently offered as an example of just how fantastic the series was back in the day. With its stunning visuals, impressive additions, and less embarrassing opening cutscene, it's easy to forget that this enhanced version of the survival horror classic sold well under two million copies on the...
Review Assassin's Creed Unity: Dead Kings (PlayStation 4)
Merde
If we were writing this review for an English literature class, we'd argue that Franciade is a metaphor for Assassin's Creed Unity as a whole. The expansive sandbox setting, which serves as hero Arno Dorian's stomping ground during add-on Dead Kings, is dark and dreary, contrasting the oversaturated architecture of Paris with something a...
News What Actually Comes with Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin on PS4, PS3?
Deadly confused
While Street Fighter IV may hold the championship belt for confusing re-releases, the upcoming PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 update Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin seems like a strong contender. If your head is spinning pondering whether you should upgrade, however, don't worry, as we have you covered in a handy guide...
News Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 Shows off Its 'The Last' Movie Character Designs
Last but not least
Fans will no doubt be over the moon to learn that several Naruto characters will have their newest designs from the latest animation featured in Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4. The Last: Naruto the Movie, which takes place years after the events of the Shippuden manga and anime series, boasts new, more mature looks for...
Push Rewind Dying Light Delays, PSN Sales, and The Order: 1886
Wakey wakey
Hello there, Push Rewind – fancy seeing you here. Yes, it's been a little while since we've run one of these, primarily because there wasn't much going on over Christmas – but also because we had to adapt the logo ever so slightly to reflect the brand new branding. There's not an enormous amount to recap this week, so we'll keep...
News The Combos You Can Pull Off in Dragon Ball Xenoverse Look Absolutely Devastating
And stay down
It's only a short trailer, but Dragon Ball Xenoverse's latest shows off the game's combo potential. From Super Saiyan 3 Goku to Nappa, linking up your attacks looks fantastic, and it's probably great for whacking whole chunks out of your enemy's health bar. Our favourite part has to be when Goku smacks Kid Buu right in the face, which...
News Danganronpa Was a Heck of a Lot Creepier Back in Its Beta State
Monokuma, what did they do to you?
The Danganronpa games are a bit weird. They're full of over-the-top characters, pop culture references, and ridiculous murders, but believe it or not, the first game, Trigger Happy Havoc, was even stranger before its content was finalised. Over on Unseen64.net, the details of the title's creation have been...
News Don't Grenade Yourself to Progress in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
The ban hammer awaits
We're quite prone to the odd misplaced grenade in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, but apparently there are worse butter fingers than us. Unfortunately, those with slippy digits are using this 'ailment' to their advantage, committing suicide over and over again in order to get ranked with lower level players. The idea is that...
News Final Fantasy XIII-2 Songstress Origa Passes Away
Lost to the Historia Crux
Renowned for unique and mystifying vocals, Russian born singer Origa passed away from cancer during the weekend at the age of 44. She spent most of her life working in Japan and contributed to the games industry by providing vocals to Final Fantasy XIII-2. Anyone who has played it will have undoubtedly heard her, as she not...
News Five Free DriveClub Tracks Out Now on PS4 as Part of Bumper Patch
Tuned up
We have to qualify every DriveClub article with a comment about its crippling issues at launch, but we're also now allowed to stress just how far the racer's come – and that's a long way. In addition to actually working as intended, outstanding support has prompted the release to speed right to the front of the PlayStation 4 pack, and...
Round Up Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell PS4 Reviews Rise Through the Fire and Flames
Rubber Johnny
There's been much ado about review code here at Push Square Towers of late, as our copy of Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell – and, consequently, bundled remaster Saints Row IV: Re-Elected – has seemingly got lost in the post. This means that we've, sadly, been unable to deliver on our New Year's Resolution of improving the timeliness of...
News These PlayStation Experience Attendees Are Hyped for The Order: 1886 on PS4
Lycan it
While this certainly isn't the worst marketing blunder that we've seen for The Order: 1886 thus far, we don't reckon that it's going to do the PlayStation 4 exclusive any favours. Shot at PlayStation Experience, the embedded video is essentially one of those awful audience reaction trailers that terribad b-movies employ when their budget...
News Be Prepared for Bloodborne with This PS4 Controls Video
Instructional entertainment
They do trailers a little differently in Japan. While the West is all about attention grabbing set-pieces, the people overseas are much more content to sit through seven minutes of input options. This video, then, will get you up to speed with all of the different DualShock 4 commands on offer in PlayStation 4 exclusive...
News UK Sales Charts: Grand Theft Auto V Sits Pretty at Summit
Déjà vu
Zzzzz. Forget about the Green Day song Wake Me Up When September Ends, we're writing a new version, and it's called Wake Me Up When the UK Sales Charts Change. There are no surprises in this week's update, with Grand Theft Auto V, FIFA 15, and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare all finishing at the top. Ubisoft trio Far Cry 4, The Crew, and...
Sunday18th Jan 2015
News Dying Light's PS4 Retail Release Delayed Due to Production Problems
Stumbles in Europe, Australia, and others
The curse of 2014 shuffles on, as physical copies of Dying Light have been delayed in Europe, Australia, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Speculation was rife yesterday regarding a global setback, but we couldn't sniff out a firm source. Fortunately, a spokesperson on Facebook has explained that this only...
News Hopefully This Canis Canem Edit Video Will Bully Rockstar into a PS4 Sequel
Graphic design student schools the pros
While the mere prospect of going back to school is enough to give us nightmares, we could handle one more term if it meant that we got a Bully sequel. Rockstar's scholastic satire may not have been a commercial smash, but it offered a scathing commentary on dorm room life – and if this video by graphic...
Review Fat Princess: Piece of Cake (PlayStation Vita)
Royal fumble
You can't have your cake and eat it with free-to-play. The model's non-existent entry fee tends to pave the way for intrusive money making schemes, and in Fat Princess: Piece of Cake, it actually spoils what could be a mighty fine slice of iced sponge. Similar in concept to GungHo's uber-popular Puzzle & Dragons, this regal spin-off...
News This Is What a Remake of the Worst Jak & Daxter Would Look Like
Panic stations
Not even Naughty Dog likes Jak II: Renegade, and for good reason – it's absolutely atrocious. As such, we're not entirely sure why budding Australian artist Jordan Stewart-Herlihy has decided to remake the divisive second instalment, but his work is still worth sharing – even if the sight of those sliding electrical traps makes us...
News These Criminal Girls Need to be Punished Next Month
Lustful mist
Upcoming dungeon crawler Criminal Girls: Invite Only has been on our radar since its localization was announced, even if it's for reasons as notorious as Monster Monpiece's rubbing system. Fortunately, the game's inmates will be able to keep you company this Valentine's Day, as the title will be released physically and digitally on 3rd...
Saturday17th Jan 2015
News You Won't Need to Be a Knight to Nab the Platinum Trophy in PS4's The Order: 1886
Game has gone gold
While the likes of Sir Galahad and crew may require the murky MacGuffin Blackwater to keep their senses sharp, you clearly won't be needing any of the misty liquid to earn the Platinum Trophy in The Order: 1886. Bucking current industry trends, the PlayStation 4 exclusive will boast just 22 Trophies in total – and none of them...
News How Does PS4 Exclusive Until Dawn Plan to Scare You Senseless?
Terrifying tricks
We know that PlayStation 4 exclusive Until Dawn is supposed to scare us just as much as it makes us laugh, but how does developer Supermassive Games plan to pull off this trick? Well, for a start, it's hired some truly talented horror writers. "We have Larry Fassenden and Graham Reznick as our script writers,” Supermassive...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 52
Running late
Wow! It's been a breakneck, busy, bananas kind of week behind-the-scenes here at Push Square Towers, so apologies if our usual programming schedule has been a bit all over the place. The exciting news is that Monday's bureaucracy paved the way for Friday's exuberance, so this author is sitting here with a renewed sense of enthusiasm...
News Starbreeze Studios Sells Off Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons to 505 Games
A new chapter
Ask anyone who has played Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons and they'll tell you that it's a fascinating adventure that culminates with an emotional punch to the gut. Future sequels were hardly implied by this standalone indie title, however, but developer Starbreeze Studios has announced that it has handed the property over to publisher...
Friday16th Jan 2015
News December NPD: Sony Looking to Momentous 2015 as PS4 Sits in Second Place
Still best selling box of 2014
There was no major upset in the December NPD report, as the PlayStation 4 slumped to its second defeat of the calendar year. Sony's system was on top for the first ten months of 2014, but lost out to Microsoft's major Xbox One price promotions in November - and that continued through December, too. Despite this, its...
Poll Is It Now Time for Sony to Consider a $349.99 PS4 Price Promotion?
Talking in circles
Stop us if you've heard this one before. Yes, we're back with another familiar article involving PlayStation 4 price points, console sales, and the exact kind of story that's seemingly become our lifeblood over the past few months. Before you dive into the comments to tell us to fix our broken record, though, hear us out: we're at...
News Ubisoft Developer Reckons Watch Dogs Has "a Lot of Room for Improvement"
Howling at the moon
When Watch Dogs released last year, we thought that it was a pretty solid sandbox romp, but like many games that had come before it, there was enough to improve upon to make us think that an inevitable sequel would end up being the real highlight. Fortunately, creative director Jonathan Morin agrees with us. In an interview with...
News DriveClub's Lake Shoji Trailer Proves It's Still the PS4's Prettiest Racer
Weather with you
While its launch was nothing short of a total fiasco, PlayStation 4 racer DriveClub has actually managed to find a fairly sizable following. Indeed, the title managed to be the most popular platform exclusive released last year. As was planned, the game is receiving a fairly steady stream of downloadable content, and this trailer...
News If Yakuza Zero Doesn't Come West, We'll Cry Manly Tears
Kamurocho calling
If you're a regular Push Square reader, then you'll know that we're massive fans of the Yakuza franchise. A drama-filled series that plays a lot like an action RPG, the games explore stories that are entwined in the underbelly of one of Japan's seediest fictional districts. Yakuza Zero is the latest instalment, and after watching...
News Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell's Launch Trailer Is Even More Ridiculous Than We Imagined
Fly Johnny, fly
Saints Row IV was an utterly ridiculous experience, and developer Volition seems keen to carry that tone through the series' upcoming expansion, Gat Out of Hell. Of course, we knew that already, but the standalone DLC's launch trailer still managed to surprise us. The video's full of dumb, crass humour and stupid selling points, but...
News Destiny and Minecraft Topped 2014's PSN Sales Charts
Act surprised
Another day, another chance to find out 2014 sales data. This time it's quite interesting, though, as Sony has shared lists of the best selling titles on the PlayStation Network. In North America, Destiny blasted the competition and landed in first place on PS4, while in Europe, Minecraft dug its way to victory on every single console...
Thursday15th Jan 2015
News What the Heck's Going on with PlayStation Store Pre-Orders in Europe?
Pre-load problems
There are a total of six PlayStation 4 games available to pre-order on the European PlayStation Store right now, two of which have expanded premium options. This compares pretty poorly to North America, where there's at least double that amount. Noticeable absentees include Resident Evil and Grim Fandango, both of which support...
News You Can Now Buy DriveClub for £19.99 with PlayStation Plus
Reasonably priced game
DriveClub's much anticipated PlayStation Plus Edition is still stuck in a showroom somewhere, but Sony seems eager to capitalise on the good word of mouth surrounding the release right now. Following a lengthy spell in the top ten of the UK sales charts, the manufacturer has reduced the price of the PlayStation 4 exclusive...
News Try Not to Laugh at This Mortal Kombat X Trailer
Mindless violence
Mortal Kombat has always been dumber than a 90s Jim Carrey movie, but the series did go through a period where it took itself a teensy bit too seriously. Fortunately, there's no danger of that occurring in the forthcoming PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 sequel Mortal Kombat X, as this absolutely hilarious trailer evidences. In it,...
News Toukiden: Kiwami Brings an End to the Age of Demons on PS4, Vita in March
Oni way to go
It's been rumoured for a little while, but Koei Tecmo has confirmed that Toukiden: Kiwami will lop body parts off a slew of all-new Oni on the PlayStation 4 and Vita imminently. The updated re-release will be available from 27th March in Europe in both physical and digital formats, and 31st March in North America. Start sharpening...
News You Can't Play Yakuza Zero on PS Vita, But This Skin Should Make Up for That
Nifty looking PlayStation TV, too
Yakuza Zero looks awesome. As the title's latest trailer proved, not only will you be able to engage in telephone answering minigames, but you'll also be able to train your own wrestler in the sequel. Of course, the game's currently only confirmed for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3, which means that handheld...
News DriveClub Was the UK's Best Selling Exclusive of 2014
Pulling ahead
It may come as a shock to many, but DriveClub, the PlayStation 4 exclusive racer that was plagued by launch issues, was the UK's best selling exclusive game of 2014. The full list, which comes from MCV, takes console bundles into account, but doesn't follow digital sales, so we can probably assume that the gorgeous drive-'em-up sold by...
News You Lot Have Slain Over 2.5 Million Dragons in Dragon Age: Inquisition
Swooping isn't that bad
Dragons are some of the most powerful enemies that you can attempt to slaughter in Dragon Age: Inquisition, but that hasn't stopped players from destroying over 2.5 million of them. The winged beasts are rare in Thedas, with only a handful of fully grown reptiles to find throughout the game, so the fact that so many have...
News Sharpen Your Knowledge With The Witcher 3's Recap Trailer
A bloody good time
It's now 2015, and with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt starting to close in on our once peaceful lives, it's time to get hyped with a few minutes of storytelling. Giving a brief overview of what a Witcher actually is, the title's latest trailer is narrated as folklore, and it certainly sets the tone. Now that the ominous Wild Hunt is...
Wednesday14th Jan 2015
Hardware Review PlayStation TV - Turn Off
TV, TV, TV
It's perhaps indicative of the PlayStation TV's place in Sony's overall hardware portfolio that we decided to delay our review of the microconsole during the busy Christmas period while we focused our attention on the onslaught of PlayStation 4 software instead. Announced in Japan over a year ago, there was a swell of
News PSN Is Down for Some, Sony Says It's Due to Heavy Traffic
Maintenance not scheduled until the 15th
We're getting numerous reports that the PlayStation Network is offline for some, and as we posted earlier today, the service isn't due its scheduled maintenance until the 15th January. Users are saying that when they attempt to sign in, they're met with a standard maintenance message, and we can confirm that...
News Take a Tour of Dying Light's Dilapidated Map on PS4
To die for
Dying Light is easily the biggest game set to deploy on the PlayStation 4 this month – sorry, Resident Evil – so we figured that you may fancy a sneaky peek at its corpse ridden map. The rotting playground known as Harran may not be enormous, but this brand new PlayStation Access video shows off some of its districts, from a smelly...
News PlayStation Vita Firmware Update v3.36 Stabilises Your System
Rock steady
Sony has readied your PlayStation Vita for the flurry of bad weather that's on the way, as firmware update v3.36 is available now. There's no word on what the mandatory software refresh specifically does outside of stability, but you'll need to download it on your handheld and PlayStation TV before you can connect to the PlayStation...
News PS4 Exclusive The Order: 1886 Explores Its Dark Side
No one is safe
There's clearly going to be a darker side to The Order: 1886 than we've seen so far, as a lot of the game's European commercials have had a horror vibe. This new one named 'Bobby Paige' is a particularly petrifying affair, as a child recites a rhyme regarding the titular lout's transition into a lycan. More of this sort of thing,...
Store Update 14th January 2014 (Europe)
Dead kings
Parts of the UK are snowed in today, so it's a good job that you don't need to go outside to shop at the PlayStation Store. To be fair, this week's shelf refresh doesn't have a whole lot to shout about, with Joe Danger 2: The Movie and add-on packs for Assassin's Creed Unity and Far Cry 4 being the only real highlights. Do you see...
News Sony Chucks The Last of Us Remastered in $399.99 PS4 Packages
Can't be for nothing
Believe it or not, the PlayStation 4 is already over a year old, and while sales are extremely strong, we're rapidly approaching that point where Sony needs to add value to its box in order to maintain momentum. Fortunately, the manufacturer's got the memo, as it's thrown The Last of Us Remastered into its bog-standard 500GB Jet...
Store Update 13th January 2015 (North America)
Sweet 'n' tasty
We're now well into January, but the PlayStation Store is yet to wake from its post-Christmas slumber. That's ok, though, because this week is all about quality over quantity – and with Joe Danger 2: The Movie, Fat Princess: Piece of Cake, and, er, Brandish: The Dark Revenant in the pipeline, who could possibly argue? Here's what...
News Here's a Better Look at Dead or Alive 5: Last Round's Newest Fighter
Isn't it past your bedtime?
Described in her very own trailer as a "super secret fighter chick", Honoka is 18-years-old and likes wearing a single glove. In all seriousness, though, she looks like a pretty good addition to the cast, and she sports some powerful-looking combos in the video that we've embedded. Revealed in yesterday's Famitsu, the...
News DmC: Definitive Edition for PS4 Unleashes Its Combo Earlier Than Expected
You Dante say
DmC: Definitive Edition will be launching for the PlayStation 4 a week early, Capcom has revealed. That's right, you'll be able to listen to all of not-Dante's unbearably angsty quips on 10th March rather than the originally planned 17th March. The reason for the change is unclear, but we suspect that the aforementioned protagonist's...
News DriveClub Blossoms in New Nakasendo Track
What do you think, yen?
Remember yesterday's DriveClub teaser? Well, as promised, Evolution Studios has dropped a full video of the Nakasendo-inspired route, which sees you drifting down mountains, racing through tunnels, and past one or two cherry blossom trees. As with all of the other point-to-point courses in the PlayStation 4 exclusive, it...
News Fill Your Face in Fat Princess: Piece of Cake on PS Vita
Sugar and spice
Who doesn't like a nice piece of cake? Whether it's a bold slab of Battenberg or a silky slice of Red Velvet, a well baked gateau will always get on well with the ol' gnashers. Of course, the majority of us know to stop eating when our stomach feels sore, but Fat Princess – the star of several PlayStation titles – has less...
News You'll Be Fighting to Destroy the World in PS4 Indie Rack 'n' Ruin
Unleashing Hell
We've all saved fantasy worlds from total destruction countless times, but it's not often that we get to fight in the hope of dooming them. In upcoming PlayStation 4 indie Rack 'n' Ruin, though, that's exactly what you'll be doing. Playing as a powerful demon who seems to have taken some inspiration from the deliciously evil main...
Tuesday13th Jan 2015
Back for more
If the January PlayStation Store sale hasn't been enough to satiate your lust for savings, then these current 20th Anniversary deals might just claw away the last few coins from your wallet. Covering PS4, PS3, Vita, and even PSP games, the North American sale offers discounts on a large number of titles, and if you're a PlayStation...
News Stop the Press, PSN Will Be Undergoing Maintenance This Week
Gasp
Believe it or not, the PlayStation Network is undergoing maintenance later this week, and as per usual, it seems to be of the standard sort. "During this time, we will deploy a series of back-end improvements to the network," Sony says. The service will be impacted on 15th January, and the maintenance will last four hours, from 17:00PM GMT to...
News Payday 2: Crimewave Edition May Say Heist to PS4 in April
On the rob
Re-releases are all the rage right now, but this one is so low-profile that we'd forgotten it was even happening in the first place. PSU reports that Best Buy has slapped a 21st April release date on Payday 2: Crimewave Edition, the PlayStation 4 update of Overkill Software's acclaimed robbery simulator. That's a Tuesday so could be...
News It's a Downhill Jam in PS4 Racer DriveClub's New Japan Track
The long and winding road
As has been the source of speculation for several weeks now, DriveClub is bursting onto the Japanese racing scene – and judging by this video, proceedings are about to get a little Initial D. Just as with SEGA's adaptation of the popular manga series, this clip shows a Corvette C6 drifting down a hill in the driving rain...
News Fight the Dying Light with New Book Based on Techland's PS4 Game
Reader beware
Transmedia storytelling always seems forced, but there's just enough plot in properties like Mass Effect and The Elder Scrolls to make it work. Polish developer Techland isn't exactly best known for its storytelling, but that hasn't stopped Warner Bros from going all-in and commissioning a novel based on its forthcoming parkour-'em-up,...
News You Need to Complete Quick-Time Events in Yakuza Zero to Answer Telephones
New video is NSFW
It's not often that we watch a 19-minute trailer for a game and are left gob-smacked by a mere 60 seconds of it, but that's what's happened with Yakuza Zero's latest video. As you've probably guessed from the headline, series protagonist Kazuma Kiryu will have to complete a quick-time event to properly answer a telephone, and...
News Far Cry 4's Permadeath DLC Escapes onto PS4 and PS3 Right Now
Prison break
Far Cry 4's Escape from Durgesh Prison downloable content is available to download right now, Ubisoft has announced. As the name suggests, you'll be tasked with escaping from a highly secure jail using all of the tricks and trinkets that you've mastered during the main game. Oh, and you'll be able to do so both in solo and co-op...
News Dead or Alive 5: Last Round's New Diva Is Dressed Exactly as You'd Expect
Saved by the bell
We're guessing that it was a late Friday afternoon when Team Ninja decided upon Dead or Alive 5: Last Round's new character. "Before we head home, guys, we just need to come up with a bonus brawler to make our forthcoming PlayStation 4 re-release look like real value," one executive likely said, sitting around a large table...
News Hats Off to Mortal Kombat X's Latest Kombatant, Kung Lao
Bowled over
Mortal Kombat's resident hat model will be switching out his smooth headgear for something a little more rugged in the forthcoming Mortal Kombat X. Ed Boon, the gravel voiced veteran behind the franchise, has tweeted out a high-res image of Kung Lao from the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 sequel, and he's sporting a spiky sombrero as...
News Rock Band Reboots with Foo Fighters, Arctic Monkeys DLC This Week
R U Sure?
Dust off those putrid plastic instruments: Rock Band is back. We're not referring to a sequel, of course – not yet, anyway – but brand new DLC for the series, which brings an end to an incredible 21 month hiatus. Harmonix famously stopped supporting Rock Band 3 and Rock Band Blitz almost two years ago, but, like a rockstar that's run...
Monday12th Jan 2015
Rumour You Won't Need PlayStation Plus to Play PS4 Online This Weekend
For the savers
Sony's sold a staggering 18.5 million PlayStation 4 consoles to date, but it only has 10.9 million active PlayStation Plus subscribers. This means that almost half of the system's owners are currently without online multiplayer, and we suspect that this is a trend that the Japanese giant would very much like to change. Fortunately, it...
News PSone, PS2 Part of PlayStation Now's 'Longer Term Vision'
Head in the cloud
Sony wants to archive every important PlayStation game in the cloud – but it's going to take a little while for it to get there. PlayStation Now, the platform holder's ambitious cloud streaming service, currently provides access to a pretty impressive pool of PlayStation 3 titles, but many have been pondering when PSone and PS2...
Rumour Could The Elder Scrolls Online Be Adventuring onto PS4 Next Month?
By the Nine
The Elder Scrolls Online's console appearance is pretty much the stuff of myth and legend at this point, but given that it's now 2015, we reckon news of its current state must be on the way. Word from the Gods may come sooner than we thought, though, because the MMO has been spotted on the Microsoft Store, complete with a release date...
News Just What the Heck Is Media Molecule Making for PS4?
New video includes some clues
We get spoon-fed quite a lot of information on a daily basis here at Push Square Towers, but the best part about the job is piecing together press releases, statements, and other tidbits in order to form an impression of the industry as it stands. One thing that we can't figure out, however, is what the heck Media...
News This 20th Anniversary PlayStation Fashion Is Sure to Impress Your Friends
Some of your friends, anyway
You may not know this, but Push Square won the incredibly prestigious 'Best Dressed Video Game Journalism Team Award' for 2014 (Note: award may not actually exist). Indeed, from Associate Editor Robert Ramsey's custom-fitted fedoras, to this reporter's trademark double denim, we are a remarkably fashion forward firm...
News How Does Uncharted 4's Gameplay Stack Up to The Last of Us?
"We're not going to make it too dark"
Even before its initial reveal, people were speculating about how Uncharted 4 will play. Given The Last of Us' impact on the gaming scene with its brutal mix of stealth and close-quarters combat, many thought that Nathan Drake's latest may follow a similar route, and although we always doubted that the series...
News You Can Probably Guess Which Games Topped the Christmas PSN Charts
Not many surprises here
December was a big month for the PlayStation Network, and not just because it was unavailable during the biggest day of the year. Indeed, the PlayStation Store must make an absolute killing around Christmas, and it looks like 2014 was no different, as some of the biggest games on Sony platforms topped the download charts once...
News Journey PS4 Developer Nearing the Peak of Production Mountain
Sing if you're winning
One game that was conspicuous in its absence before Christmas last year was Journey. Sony officially announced the PlayStation 4 port at GamesCom in August, which put an end to a series of hushed chirps regarding the re-release. However, while its contemporary The Unfinished Swan came and went in late October, there was no...
Out This Week Joe Danger 2, Shake Spears, and a New PSP Game
All filler
We're settling back into our normal work rhythm here at Push Square Towers, which means that Out This Week is back for its second, somewhat similar season. We're happy with the format of most of the site's regular columns, but one of our New Year's Resolutions is to be a little more consistent in 2015, so hopefully we won't be clumsily...
News Even Sony's Surprised by the PS4's Stunning Sales
2015 will prove the strength of the system
Sony's selling the PlayStation 4 at a frightening pace, with the console's install base already sitting at a dizzying 18.5 million units. The crazy thing is that the system's showing no signs of slowing down, with this year's software lineup looking infinitely stronger than 2014. And in an interview with
News Life Is Strange Almost Looked a Lot More Masculine
Publishers will be publishers
Sigh. Considering the current climate, we did consider whether we should post this story in the first place – but then we figured that we'd be behaving just as badly as the publishers in question. During its recent developer diary, DONTNOD has hinted that some companies wanted it to make Life Is Strange's lead...
News UK Sales Charts: Grand Theft Auto V Holds Up Top Spot
Zzz
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare has fallen from its perch atop the UK sales charts, with Grand Theft Auto V throwing it from its throne. Rockstar Games' sublime sandbox has enjoyed a resurgence of late due to the release of its PlayStation 4 port, and is likely to maintain momentum later in the month when the PC version is unleashed. To be...
Sunday11th Jan 2015
Weirdness What Would PS4 Parkour-'Em-Up Dying Light Look Like in Real Life?
Not pretty
PlayStation 4 zombie sim Dying Light is quickly approaching, and in order to drum up hype, developer Techland has been releasing a new trailer every other day. Obviously we haven't been posting all of them, but this latest clip absolutely deserves a mention, if only becau
Review Joe Danger 2: The Movie (PlayStation Vita)
Joe man's sky
While developer Hello Games has arguably moved on to bigger and better things with No Man's Sky, we suspect that Joe Danger will always remain a part of the Guildford-based outfit's DNA. The original game was a smash hit on the PlayStation 3, prompting the four-man studio's stuntman-like soar to popularity, and its successor, Joe...
News Your Very Own Shower Dream Is Nearing in Friday the 13th: The Video Game
Press X to Jason
Everyone's favourite masked maniac Jason Voorhees has been out of the interactive entertainment game for some time, but Friday the 13th is set to hack its way back into your hearts later this year as part of a brand new video game. EGM reports that the release is already in production for multiple platforms – you can pretty much...
Review Joe Danger (PlayStation Vita)
Not so dangerous
Joe Danger was a stunt hero, right up until he bit off more than he could chew and ended up hospitalized. It was a gruelling process, but he's back on his bike, and only you can help him to get back to the top. Expect to spend a huge amount of time flying through the air, making the kind of landings that'll make reproducing all but...
Talking Point What Are Your Most Memorable PlayStation Multiplayer Feats?
KDR king
Unless you're as competitive as a heavyweight boxer, playing online can be extraordinarily frustrating at times. There'll always be someone out there that's spent that little bit longer learning the intricacies of Call of Duty's maps or the ins-and-outs of FIFA's five star teams, and so you'll inevitably slump to regular defeats. The upshot...
News Evolve Reveals the Beauty of the Beast in Cinematic Trailer
Wraith to go
Turtle Rock's asymmetrical shooter Evolve is being pressed onto PlayStation 4 discs as we type – apparently. We assumed that the four-versus-one affair was still some way off, but according to publisher 2K Games, it's set to stomp onto store shelves from 10th February in Europe and North America. Those of you with strong memories may...
Saturday10th Jan 2015
News You're Not Even Safe When P.T. Is Paused on PS4
Sweet dreams
If you needed a little more proof that P.T. is quite possibly the greatest survival horror game in over a decade, then this clip should do the trick. In it, Twitch user CryoSphereD pauses the Silent Hills demo in order to take a break and interact with her viewers. However, after about two minutes, the release decides that she's had...
Review Woah Dave! (PlayStation Vita)
Danger Dave
If brevity is the soul of wit, Woah Dave! must be the funniest game we've ever played. This retro-inspired arcade title shows you just about everything it has to offer within 30 minutes of the first time you see its title screen. However, this seemingly simple gameplay belies a deep and incredibly satisfying experience. Our hero – a...
News Naughty Dog: We're Making Uncharted 4 a Game We Want to Play
"I don't care what the industry's doing," says Straley
There are a fair few trends that the industry is obsessed with right now, but one of them is open worlds. Aside from maybe Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, pretty much all of the big games in 2014 traded on expansive sandboxes, with the likes of Destiny and The Crew even going as far as to...
News We Sentence Sony to 500,000 Years for This Freedom Wars Troll
Throw away the key
Those of you with strong memories may remember that Sony teased a grand finale for its Freedom Wars-themed Sinners Festival in Japan this week. Attendees at the event were encouraged to keep an eye out at 18:00PM local time, when something exciting would happen. Our thoughts leapt to some form of enhanced re-release – but it...
News Life Is Strange Plays Telltale At Its Own Game
The studio will remember that
It took Telltale Games a fair few attempts, but The Walking Dead proved that episodic gaming can be done well. However, while the developer's re-purposed its model with series like The Wolf Among Us and Tales from the Borderlands, the regular repetition is starting to expose a few flaws in its format. As such, we're...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 51
Boom clap
The weather's awful, the Christmas break is over, and you're utterly broke after the holidays – Happy New Year, everyone! At least you've got that ever expanding backlog to keep you occupied through the dreary early weeks of January, and with the weekend now upon us, we want to know what you'll be playing over the coming days. You should...
Friday9th Jan 2015
News You'll See Sony's Logo on These Capcom Games
Sonic boom
PlayStation's fairly recently established Third-Party Productions division may be one of the platform holder's most ingenious ideas in the past five years, but we'll have more on that in a future article. Either way, the fruits of its labour are really starting to show right now, with the likes of Ultra Street Fighter IV coming to the...
Review Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Director's Cut (PlayStation 4)
More than Super Mario Sisters
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is excellently designed, with striking visuals and tight platforming that's thoughtfully conceived. It's old school, challenging, and bizarre – but it's also unique, which is a remarkable feat considering the series' not-so shameless origins. For the younger among you, the titular...
News Is This Your First Look at PS4 Racer DriveClub's Japan Track?
Kawaii
With the servers finally running as smooth as a Swiss clock, Evolution Studios looks like it's getting ready to announce DriveClub's latest update. On its Facebook page, it's uploaded an image of a white sports car rushing down a road bordered by Cherry Blossom trees. Earlier in the year, it was
Feature What Are the Stories That Will Shape PS4 and Vita in 2015?
Gaze into our crystal ball
Alright, that's more than enough of that. We've spent the past month or so discussing, writing, and recording Game of the Year features, and frankly we're more fed up of 2014 than that atrocious Christmas song where the lead singer sounds like he used absinthe to stay hydrated in the recording studio. We're steering the...
News You Can Almost Taste the Testosterone in These Uncharted 4 Screens
Hot in here
Why do you have to be so darn handsome, Drake? Even with his boyish good looks long behind him, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End's protagonist has just traded them in for pure rugged perfection. In these exclusive screenshots provided as part of Game Informer's cover story, the star shows off his chiselled chin and steely stare, as he engages...
News There Are a Few Destiny Fans Somewhere in the Galaxy
Xur about that?
Destiny didn't come anywhere near the top of our internal Game of the Year poll, but you lot did pick it as your Silver Trophy in our community vote. Indeed, it would appear that Bungie's intergalactic shooter is a lot more popular outside of Push Square Towers' hallowed walls, as the sci-fi affair has also topped the
News Gaze Upon Destiny's Most Popular Weapons
The pick of destiny
Do you have a favourite weapon in Destiny? An armament that you've never once left in the vault, and that you always carry with you to the far reaches of the galaxy? If so, then the chances are that you've contributed to developer Bungie's investigation into the game's most popular shooters. With data taken from the last two...
News Battlefield Hardline Will Play Bad Cop in New Beta Soon
Cops 'n' robbers
Battlefield Hardline should have been patrolling the streets by now, but publisher EA Games actually had the good sense to delay it, avoiding another potential Assassin's Creed Unity situation. During that extra time, developer Visceral Games has been busy improving upon the overall package – and it promises to detail those tweaks...
News Score Your Own Ouija Board with Saints Row IV: Gat Out of Hell on PS4
You've Gat to see this
If you thought that Ouija Boards were solely reserved for raising the dead and providing bad teen slashers with some semblance of plot, then you probably wouldn't get a job in Deep Silver's marketing division. The firm has announced that it's teamed up with uber-retailer GAME in the UK in order to giveaway Wee-Ja Boards with...
News DiRT 4 Stuck in the Mud as Codemasters Cuts Staff
Hoon's going to scratch our gymkhana itch now?
Codemasters' extended emphasis on the PlayStation 3 may be starting to catch up with it, as Eurogamer.net reports that layoffs have hit the legendary British outfit. According to the site, around 50 jobs are being reviewed, with approximately 30 to be made redundant as part of a 30 day consultation...
News PS4 Indie Transistor Certainly Hasn't Left Supergiant Games in the Red
Sales surpass 600,000 units
Transistor was one of the best games on the PlayStation 4 last year, with our scribe Kell Andersen praising it as a mini-masterpiece in our review. It's great to hear, then, that the title has proved a commercial success for developer Supergiant Games, selling over 600,000 copies on Steam and the PlayStation Store so far...
News What's It Like to Be a Zombie in PS4 Undead-a-Thon Dying Light?
Probably smelly
Being a zombie doesn't sound all that great. In addition to the constant pangs of hunger, you'd have to contend with rotten, flaky skin – and probably wouldn't have the mental fortitude required to whip out some moisturiser cream. Still, the 'Be a Zombie' pre-order bonus mode for Dying Light makes the whole thing look a lot more...
Thursday8th Jan 2015
News Zombie Army Trilogy Rises from Its Grave on PS4
We did Nazi that coming
With all of the testicle targets and what not, British developer Rebellion's strangely popular Sniper Elite series is already insane – but Zombie Army Trilogy aims to up the ante with hordes of the undead. Due out on the PlayStation 4 later this year, the rotting release will include Zombie Army 1 and 2 from the PC, as well...
News Retailers Reduce PlayStation TV as US Consumers Tune Out
Change the channel
Despite some enthusiasm when it was announced in Japan, Sony pushed the mute button on the PlayStation TV's overseas release. While it boasts an attractive price point, support for the microconsole has been slight, so it's no surprise to see US retailers already cutting the diminutive device's price. GameSpot reports that
News Leave the Gun, Take This Mafia III Tease
Gangster sequel's announcement imminent
Mafia III is looking more and more certain by the day. Fresh from a Play-Asia listing late last year, voice actor Rick Pasqualone, who played Vito Scaletta in the previous game, has made his Twitter followers an offer that they can't refuse: the prospect of news. Writing on the social media site, he told a...
News Could Sony Break Out a New Version of Freedom Wars?
The prisoner
Savvy consumers will do well to wait before splashing out on hunting titles like Soul Sacrifice, as the genre tends to demand that an updated version must deploy a year or so after the original. Freedom Wars, which was a gigantic success upon its launch in Japan last year, could well be no different either, as Sony is teasing...
News Voice Actor Goofs Up with Kingdom Hearts III's PS4 Release Date
You're taking the Mickey
Voice actors are hired by big video game publishers to open their gobs, so it's no surprise that they struggle to keep them shut outside of the booth. Bill Farmer, who's playing Goofy in Kingdom Hearts III, caused a mild storm on Twitter earlier this week when he 'announced' that the forthcoming PlayStation 4 sequel will...
News Yay! PS4 Passes One Million Units in Japan
Not dead yet
Hot on the heels of yesterday's Japanese doom and gloom, there's some good news for the PlayStation 4 in Japan – as it's passed one million units in the all-important region. The latest Media Create data shows that the system sold a reasonable 42,216 consoles during the week ending 4th January, which was enough to tip its install base...
News Oops, Sony Has Delayed the PS4's Impending Chinese Launch
Raucous red tape
After nearly 14 years of waiting, Sony has delayed the PlayStation 4's impending Chinese launch. The super system was originally planned to release on 11th January, but the firm has cancelled this date, and has yet to announce a new one. Speaking to Reuters, the Japanese giant confirmed that the delay was due to "various factors"...
News Strategy RPG Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart Lands Next Month
Too many games, too little time
Everyone needs a change of pace sometimes, and the Goddesses of the Hyperdimention Neptunia universe are no different. Not only is the PlayStation CPU starring in her own game Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart, but it's also the first strategy role-playing game in the franchise – a perfect fit for its Vita...
Wednesday7th Jan 2015
Feature Why the PS4 Is Selling So Extraordinarily Well
Secret sauce
There were a few miffed reactions around the web earlier in the week when Sony announced that the PlayStation 4 has now sold a staggering 18.5 million units globally. A slip-up in the November NPD reports, coupled with a lack of truly meaningful exclusives over the holiday period, prompted some to ponder whether the platform holder was...
News Don't Forget to Download Your Free PlayStation Plus Games for January
What will you play first?
We're sure that you won't need telling, but just in case: January's free PlayStation Plus titles are available to download in North America and Europe now. We detailed the lineup in full through here, but as a quick recap, your subscription will grant you access to The Swapper, inFAMOUS: First Light, DuckTales: Remastered,
News Nyko's Nifty PS4 Data Bank Will Solve Your Storage Woes
Space to waste
Storage management has become a key consideration for console owners of late, with massive installs and digital downloads meaning that it can be challenging to keep all of your content in one place. Much like the PlayStation 3, Sony's made it so that you can upgrade the PlayStation 4's hard drive as you see fit, but you're limited to...
News Dozens More PS4, PS3, Vita Discounts Deploy on the EU PlayStation Store
Pennies make pounds
Sony's extending its ongoing European PlayStation Store sale into the New Year, with dozens of new PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and Vita promotions invited to the party as part of today's update. These deals are set to run through until 21st January unless stated otherwise, and include a mixture of retail releases and indie...
News Make Your Own War Stories in Free PS4 Shooter PlanetSide 2's Beta from 20th January
Out of this world
It's been a long time coming, but PlanetSide 2's closed beta will finally deploy on the PlayStation 4 later this month. According to a post on the PlayStation Blog, the first wave of lucky testers will be invited to access the title from 20th January, with new recruits set to be slowly ushered in thereafter. To join your buddies on...
News Keyboard Warriors Will Want Nyko's PS4 Type Pad
Quirky QWERTY
Nyko's clearly eyeing that enormous PlayStation 4 install base with real eagerness right now. In addition to the Data Bank, the accessories manufacturer has also dreamed up a DualShock 4 type pad, which will add a mini-keyboard to the controller. This plugs right into the bottom of the device, and will operate over Bluetooth. In...
News Remember to Loot Your Free Legendary Gift in Destiny
Fashionably late
Still looting and shooting your way through Destiny in 2015? The holidays may be over and done with, but Bungie's only just gotten round to sending you a present. Head over to the Tower's Postmaster right now, and you can nab yourself a package that contains a random legendary weapon, no grinding required. Of course the real...
News Can't Connect to PSN Again? Sony Says It's Having a Few Small Problems
Don't panic
The great PSN outage of Christmas 2014 may now be a distant memory, but we're hearing reports that the network is currently being a bit naughty for some unlucky users. After running a few tests, we can confirm that everything's working on our end, including the store, friends list, and the PS4's what's new section, but nevertheless, the...
News Not One PS4 or Vita Title Could Break Japan's Top Ten in 2014
Vita was second best system, though
Sony clearly doesn't need Japan to make the PlayStation 4 a success, but the company would surely rather have its home nation on board. While the system is now close to surpassing one million units in the region, it's limped to that milestone. The firm will be pinning all of its hopes on Dragon Quest Heroes,...
News Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires Delay Gives PS4, PS3 Owners a Breather
Out of action for a month
Hello, everyone – this is not your regular musou expert, Robert Ramsey. While he's busy adding another zero to his Samurai Warriors 4 play clock, though, we're here to tell you that Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires has been delayed. We're sure that this will come as a disappointment to some of you, but seeing as a new one of...
Tuesday6th Jan 2015
Review Loadout (PlayStation 4)
Butt of the joke
There are so many online shooters these days that some companies can't even give them away – just ask Icelandic outfit CCP Games about the popularity of its PlayStation 3 experiment DUST 514. With the space utterly dominated by blockbuster brands like Battlefield and Call of Duty, you'd think that smaller studios such as Edge of...
News People Are Buying Plenty of PS4 Games, Too
Surprise, surprise
The meme regarding the PlayStation 4's shortage of software is one of this author's favourites. We can understand why people were disgruntled with Sony's exclusives during the Christmas just gone, but a quick look at our internal review document will tell you all that you need to know about 2014's release schedule – there were...
Review Rock Boshers DX: Director's Cut (PlayStation 4)
God save the Queen
It's common for people to throw around the word "retro" when it comes to any video games that are characterised by pixelated graphics, chiptune music, arcade gameplay, and the like. Most of these would never actually run on older consoles since they are more complex and modern in other areas, but something like Shovel Knight is...
News The PS4 Has Surpassed a Staggering 18.5 Million Units Sold Worldwide
4.1 million over the holiday period
While we were celebrating over the holiday season, Sony's crack team of accountants and statisticians were crunching the numbers, and its results are something to behold. The PlayStation 4 sold more than 4.1 million units at retail over the holiday period, bringing its grand total up to a staggering 18.5 million...
Feature How Many of Our 2014 PlayStation Predictions Did We Get Right?
Keeping score
The first week of January is always a perfect period for reflection, so before we look forward to the big stories of 2015, we're taking time to see how many of our guesses from 2014 actually came true. Long-term readers may recall our big predictions post from last year, but don't worry if you've got the onboard storage space of a BBC...
News Tony Hawk Will Pop Shove-It on PS4 This Year
Still a Superman
Tony Hawk may have bailed during much of the PlayStation 3 era, but he's back on his board and pimping a brand new game for the PlayStation 4. The pro skater put in a surprise appearance during Sony's big CES keynote overnight, announcing that a new game bearing his name will launch on the Japanese giant's next-gen machine later...
News Assassin's Creed Unity Resurrects Dead Kings for Free on PS4 Next Week
Rest in pieces
Arno's adventure will continue next week, as Ubisoft is readying the release of Assassin's Creed Unity's first expansion pack, Dead Kings. The post-launch content was originally intended to be a premium offering, but following the title's buggy launch, everyone
News Why Does Nate Drake Go Treasure Hunting in PS4's Uncharted 4?
Brotherly love
If there's one thing that's been clear about the material released for Uncharted 4: A Thief's End thus far, it's that this is one adventure that Nathan Drake doesn't necessarily want to endure. In the title's E3 demo, the hero's heard lamenting that he doesn't have a choice, and it's now becoming increasingly clear that his older...
Store Update 6th January 2015 (North America)
Back to business
We'd only just gotten used to writing '2014' in the title of these articles, so goodness knows how we're going to deal with the New Year. Fortunately, we don't have a whole let else to think about with this particular story, as meaningful content is thin on the ground. With just a handful of new titles available in this North...
News Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Raids Game Informer's Cover
Centre fold favourite
Thought you'd seen the last of Nathan Drake for a little while? It would seem that following that staggering PlayStation Experience presentation, Sony's finally ready to blow the doors off Uncharted 4: A Thief's End ahead of its release later this year. Game Informer's up first, dedicating the cover of its February issue to the...
News PS4 Exclusive Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Will Obviously Have a Multiplayer Mode
Well, duh
The Last of Us' plaudits may mostly stem from the heart wrenching tale at the core of its campaign, but its multiplayer was a bit of an overlooked gem. Fusing the very best of old-school SOCOM with the release's survival theme, it was surprisingly strong – and the factions-based metagame, which pulled data from your Facebook page if you...
News Bask in the Unaffordable Glow of Sony's CES 2015 Press Conference
Electronics avenue
Confession: we didn't know that Sony's big CES 2015 press conference was last night. Despite its focus on non-PlayStation electronics, we typically take a moment to live blog the event – mainly so that we can marvel at gaffer Kaz Hirai's impressive stage presence. Sadly, we missed the live show – but thanks to the beauty of...
News Yes, PS4 Was the UK's Best Selling System in 2014
The best of British
If you hadn't already noticed, we're slap bang in the centre of that period where companies beat their chests and boast about the previous year's sales. And hot on the heels of last night's impressive PlayStation 4 install base update, SCEUK has revealed that its next-gen system was the best-selling console in Britain last year...
Monday5th Jan 2015
News PlayStation Now's All-You-Can-Play Subscription Service Launches Next Week
A beautiful gaming buffet
Sony's streaming service PlayStation Now was released in North America to an almost non-existent fanfare a few months ago, leaving us a little confused as to its long-term plans in the area. However, the platform holder has today arguably made large strides in the right direction, unveiling its subscription program –...
Talking Point Has PlayStation Now's Subscription Service Put You on Cloud Nine?
Stream if you wanna go faster
You must have been good to the gaming gods in 2014, as Sony has kickstarted the New Year in the manner that it means to go on – by lavishing you with nice things. This time twelve months ago, an ecstatic Andrew House, clearly elated with
News Watch PlayStation Titles Get Destroyed in the Awesome Games Done Quick Marathon
Supersonic
It's the start of a fresh new year full of gaming, and to help kickstart it into turbo gear is the bi-annual Awesome Games Done Quick marathon. Running from the 5th to the 10th January on Twitch to support the Prevent Cancer Foundation, an army of titles will be blasted through at speeds that may make you cry. The lineup ranges from old...
News The Witcher 3 Collector's Edition Has Hunted Some Truly Stunning Steelbook Covers
Phwoar
These days, collector's editions sometimes have a tendency to be a little bit underwhelming. A diminutive art book, a cheap-looking replica of an item from the game, and a few badges or patches are usually the order of the day, but we're finding it hard to resist The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's rather glorious cover artworks that come with the...
News UK Sales Charts: Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Remains Frosty in First
Cold war
Crisis averted: the office Internet has been restored. Our first full day back at Push Square Towers has been spent on the phone to ISPs and in retail stores purchasing new routers and kit, but we're finally back in action – a few hours later than expected. Fortunately, it's the start of January not E3, so we haven't really missed much...
Sunday4th Jan 2015
News This Stunning Ratchet & Clank Statue is Perfect for Your Gaming Shelf
Empty those wallets
If you've got some money left over after the post-Christmas spending spree, and have the burning desire to promptly banish it straight into the Netherverse, allow us to recommend this absolutely stunning statue of Sony's erstwhile mascot duo Ratchet and Clank. Based upon the cover art from the original game, the hand-painted...
News Don't Be a Chicken in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Cluckin' hell
Remember that Christmas Day livestream that Hideo Kojima cunningly revealed as part of a Swedish t-shirt slogan last month? Nah, we were too busy scranning stuffing and reporting on the ongoing PlayStation Network outage in between mouthfuls to pay
Saturday3rd Jan 2015
News Need a New Year's Resolution? PS4 Zombie Sim Dying Light Has Some Suggestions
A brand new day
If you haven't been paying attention, it's a new year, which means that it's also time for a slew of starry-eyed but ultimately unrealistic resolutions. Most people go for the usual suspects – fitness, work promotions, gaming backlog reductions – but this gory new trailer for PlayStation 4 zombie sim Dying Light recommends a much...
Review Gravity Badgers (PlayStation Vita)
Honey badger don't care
Don't let the incomprehensible combination of words that make up Gravity Badgers' title fool you. Taking more than its share of inspiration from the bird-tossing behemoth that is Angry Birds, does this flick-to-throw clone do enough to stand on its own four paws in a genre that's quite literally overflowing with trash? To...
News Analysts: Xbox One Will Catch Up to PS4 in 2015
The battle goes on
Michael Pachter put his neck on the line recently, and stated that the PlayStation 4 will maintain control of the console space through 2015 – but this was before Microsoft's big NPD win in November. To his credit, the likeable forecaster is sticking with his reading of the situation, but a predictions post from
Game of the Year These Are Your Favourite PS4, PS3, and Vita Titles of 2014
Reader's choice
Sign it, seal it, and stick our stamp of approval on it: Game of the Year is finally over. We've spent the past few days polling your opinion on the best that PlayStation had to offer in 2014, and while there's been much anger pointed at the absence of DriveClub and Assassin's Creed Unity in our shortlist – we couldn't include...
News Shaheen Shows Off His Glorious Shoes in Tekken 7 Art
Lord of the rings
We never posted about Tekken 7's previous character announcement. The fact is that we were way too busy to get around to it, but we also couldn't find the words to do it justice. For those of you with your finger on the industry's pulse, you'll be all too aware of the controversy that Lucky Chloe caused. And if you're not – well,...
Friday2nd Jan 2015
Review Fantasy Hero: Unsigned Legacy (PlayStation Vita)
Nothing but a fantasy
If there's one thing that the PlayStation Vita seems to be in abundance of, it's JRPGs. Not all of these are great, of course, but some of the more popular ones will keep you occupied for hundreds of hours or more – particularly the sensational Persona 4 Golden. Sadly, time is a rude mistress that waits for no one, so if...
Rumour Destiny to Explore the Plague of Darkness in September
Ghost busters
With slick shooting and some stunning scenery, Destiny would have been a shoo-in for our Game of the Year if there was a bit more substance to it. Bungie seems aware that its first-person shooter lacks content, though, and has plotted out a rather long roadmap of post-release support for the not-quite MMO. The plan was put into action...
News Limbo Will Play Dead on PS4 Very Soon
Shades of grey
Following its debut on the Xbox One late last year, it seems that Limbo will step out of the shadows on the PlayStation 4 soon, too. European ratings board PEGI has submitted a listing for Danish developer Playdead's macabre adventure, which was filed on 1st January. It's rare that these classifications are submitted by mistake, so...
Review Zen Pinball 2: South Park Pinball (PlayStation 4)
Sweet
Building up its repertoire of table tie-ins, Zen Studios has bizarrely added comedy hit South Park to its post-release Zen Pinball 2 purchasing roster. With two tables on offer in this double pack, does the satirical NSFW show make a successful transition to the more traditional silver ball structure? The staple Super-Sweet Pinball table is...
News Media Molecule Hoping to Reveal Major PS4 Game in 2015
"The silence is killing me"
Media Molecule's papery Vita port Tearaway Unfolded may be its only officially announced PlayStation 4 project, but it's been busy working on a second title ever since the release of LittleBigPlanet 2 some time ago. Despite the updated edition's imminent release date, though, Iota's escapade has always been the output of...
Round Up Here's All of Our Game of the Year Coverage
Once more with feeling
With the holidays still in semi-swing, you were never going to stop us from squeezing one last feature out of our ongoing Game of the Year coverage. We put a ton of effort into this year's articles and videos, but figured that you may have missed the odd story while out and about over the Christmas break. Worry not, though,...
News Corpse Party: Blood Drive Hops on the Highway to Hell
XSEED registers domain for Vita exclusive
There may be a dearth of big budget blockbusters on the PlayStation Vita right now, but there are bags of indie titles and quirky Japanese curios. Corpse Party is one franchise that blossomed into popularity towards the end of the PlayStation Portable's life, and it looks like its Vita exclusive successor,...
News Throw Some Horns at God Eater 2: Rage Burst's Opening Cinematic
Delicious deities
This slick God Eater 2: Rage Burst cinematic may seem like it's been designed with teenage Linkin Park fans in mind, but it should get you in the mood for the forthcoming PlayStation 4 and Vita re-release. Produced by anime studio Ufotable, it shows a group of everyday warriors getting ready for battle – with some autotuned...
Weirdness What if Hideo Kojima Was the Star of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes?
War changes
The best thing about games releasing on the PC is that modders instantly get to work tinkering with the source code. While this isn't our idea of entertainment, said part-time programmers do often come up with some nifty tweaks. And this Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes modification, which puts auteur Hideo Kojima in the lead role, is...
Thursday1st Jan 2015
News Sony Extends PlayStation Plus Subs Due to Xmas PSN Outage
Playing nice
The venom pointed at the PlayStation Network is always at its peak when the service is offline, as everyone tends to go back to their business when functionality is restored. That said, there's no denying that the platform's recent holiday outage was unfortunate, and even though a faction of cyber attackers may be to blame, Sony's come...
News These Are Some of the Big PS4 Exclusives You'll Be Playing in 2015
Brace yourself
Don't worry if you had a bad year, because 2014 is now old hat – and the coming months are looking way more exciting anyway. In order to usher in the New Year, Sony has released a funky PlayStation 4 trailer which focuses on some of the forthcoming 'console exclusives' due out in 2015. Clever wording aside, this is looking like...
Poll What Was Your Favourite PlayStation Game of 2014?
We need you
We've milked our Game of the Year coverage harder than a Cravendale cow, but the sugary sweet conclusion is now in sight. With our PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and Vita favourites wrapped up in text and video form, we're now pointing a figurative finger in your direction in order to ascertain your 2014 picks. Game of the Year is always...
Game of the Year Platinum Trophy - Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Precious
2014's Game of the Year winner perhaps comes as a surprise, given that we weren't all that confident in its success when it was originally unveiled. Unsure if it was a movie tie-in or simply another in a long line of disappointing Lord of the Rings titles, a slew of intriguing trailers, conference appearances, and developer interviews meant...
Video Why Middle-earth Shadow of Mordor Is Our Game of the Year
You orc to know
It's tag-team time. For the final instalment in our gruelling Game of the Year coverage, this video editor has paired up with Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor reviewer Joey Thurmond to uncover just why Monolith Productions' open world adventure deserves our overall PlayStation Platinum Trophy gong. Yeah, the Dudley Boyz may want to...
