News Open World? Survival? Dinosaurs? ARK Comes to PS4 Next Year
Where's a meteor when you need one
News Metal Gear Solid May End Up Being a Mobile Franchise, Says Konami
"Mobile is the future of gaming"
Review Final Fantasy X|X-2 HD Remaster (PlayStation 4)
Love in high definition
News It's Two for the Price of One in Batman: Arkham Knight PS4
More fun with friends
News - 2015, Week 20
Monday18th May 2015
Push Rewind The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, E3 2015, Assassin's Creed Syndicate
Konami craziness, PS4 sales, and more
It's been a bit all over the place here at Push Square Towers this week. We're in that hectic period just prior to E3 where there are few major stories breaking, but lots of little tidbits to talk about. Take the purported formation of a new PlayStation first-party team, being built purely to work on Project...
Sunday17th May 2015
Feature Do You Need to Play the First Two Games to Understand The Witcher 3 on PS4?
A legacy of blood
A question that we've seen asked around the Internet countless times: do you really need to play The Witcher and The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings in order to understand The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt? Since the upcoming open world title is the first entry in the series to venture onto PlayStation platforms, the concern is...
News It's Two for the Price of One in Batman: Arkham Knight PS4
More fun with friends
Rocksteady Studios made an almost perfect Batman game on its first attempt, so it must have been tough for the British developer to try and improve on that in subsequent sequels. Batman: Arkham City amplified the whole affair, tossing in more side missions than the previous instalment and building a much bigger playpen for you...
Store Preview The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Farming Simulator 15, and More
Beware the big bad wolf
It's certainly not the biggest PlayStation Store update next week, but it may just have a little something for everyone. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is undoubtedly the hot new arrival, and if you didn't know already, that'll be available on the PlayStation 4. We intend to have lots more coverage of Geralt of Rivia's adventure...
Saturday16th May 2015
First Impressions The Witcher 3 May Be One of the Best Games on PS4
Itchin' for a witchin'
It's as simple as the headline makes it seem: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is something special. Although we're not quite ready to forge our final opinion on the game, we've put together this relatively quick impressions piece for you, and hopefully, it'll give you a decent idea of what to expect from CD Projekt Red's open world...
News Natsuiro High School Is Not the PS4, PS3 Photography Game We Had in Mind
Looks pants
We could totally go for a new Afrika right about now. Going on Safari, expensive Nikon in hand, may have been an acquired taste on the PlayStation 3 – but it was something wholly different in an industry dominated by shooters and sidescrollers. Natsuiro High School, an open world photography game from D3 Publisher, has potential, then...
News PSN Offline for Some as the Weekend Arrives
Down and out
That massive Flash Sale must have overwhelmed Sony's servers, as the PlayStation Network is currently offline. While we're seeing plenty of complaints around the web, not everyone here at Push Square Towers is affected, so hopefully this is a minor hiccup, rather than a full-scale outage. Follow us on Twitter for up-to-the-minute PSN...
Interview The Man Behind the Music - Jason Graves
We talk extensively to one of PlayStation's most prolific composers
It's not often that we flag down video game composers for interviews, but we were recently presented with the opportunity at North Carolina's East Coast Game Conference to speak with Jason Graves, who's behind the soundtracks for the Dead Space franchise, Tomb Raider, Evolve, The...
News Sony's Seemingly Forming a Fresh First-Party Studio for Project Morpheus
Time for something completely different
Project Morpheus certainly has plenty of promise, but if it stands any chance of succeeding, it will need Sony's full support. The organisation must provide the peripheral with a steady stream of bespoke software, so it's perhaps a good thing that it's seemingly creating a new first-party studio to do just...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 68
Brilliance in brevity
A short but sweet edition of WAYP this week, as the bulk of the team's busy with various review assignments. Even though we're technically in the "lull" before E3, there's still tons of software deploying on the PlayStation 4 – partly due to those all-important indie titles that Sony has signed up. Will the smaller digital...
News Rock Band 4 Aims to Make Plastic Instruments on PS4 Fun Again
The Killers! Avenged Sevenfold! Fleetwood Mac!
You may have heard the Rumours regarding Rock Band 4's track list, but Harmonix has confirmed the first six songs that will launch alongside the PlayStation 4 title this fall. There's a bit of something for everyone here, from the clavinet-led 'You Make Loving Fun' by Fleetwood Mac to The Killers'...
Friday15th May 2015
Feature How Does The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Look and Run on PS4?
Witching business
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has been bathed in critical acclaim over the last week or so, but one question that continues to pop up around the web concerns the game's performance on the PlayStation 4. Various reviews from other publications state that there are noticeable frame rate issues, and that bugs and glitches rear their ugly...
News Final Fantasy X's 'To Zanarkand' PS4 Theme Is One of the Best on PSN
Insert soft piano music here
An iconic piece of Final Fantasy history, Final Fantasy X's opening cutscene still sends shivers up the spines of many, over a decade after its initial release. As the memorable To Zanarkand tune twinkles along in the background, main character Tidus gets up and walks away from a campfire, while the rest of the party...
News Project CARS' Conclusion to This Le Mans Race Is Unexpected
On cloud nine
To be clear: Project CARS is not broken like many of the PlayStation 4 titles from last year. It is, however, in need of patching, as it has a handful of minor issues that start to add up. This clip posted to YouTube may well be the worst of them, though, as the unlucky player on the receiving end encountered it when 30 minutes away...
News Del Toro Says His Collaboration with Hideo Kojima on Silent Hills Was Beautiful
Director breaks silence on canned PS4 title
Guillermo del Toro, the famed Mexican film director behind acclaimed flicks such as Pan's Labyrinth, has broken his silence on, er, Silent Hills in an interview with IGN. Regular readers will know that Konami ruthlessly killed the promising PlayStation 4 survival horror earlier in the year – and no one...
News DiRT Rally May Yet Get Stuck in the PS4's Mud
"It's something we should be looking to do"
Codemasters, the firm best known for racing games such as GRID, is a bit of a British institution, so it's positively peculiar that it's still yet to release a PlayStation 4 title. The company will be hitting the new-gen starting grid with F1 2015 a little later this year, but the organisation also seems...
News PS4, PS3, Vita Prices Plunge in Fab NA Flash Sale
Everything under a fiver
It's the weekend, so we're guessing that you're in the market for some cut price PlayStation Network software. Sony's back in North America with another quite frankly outrageous Flash Sale, spanning the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and Vita. Most of the games available will set you back just $4.80, like the Mass Effect...
News Formula Fusion Looks Just Like You'd Expect a PS4 WipEout to Look
In the fast lane
Ever since the sad disbandment of Studio Liverpool a few years back, there's been a futuristic racing shaped hole on the PlayStation 4. But thanks to R8 Games, the Middlesbrough-based studio comprising of a gaggle of ex-Sony employees, we could be getting something similar soon. You may recall our previous post on
News Save the Date for Sony's E3 2015 Press Conference
Japanese giant dates big media briefing
Initiate your hype thrusters: Sony has dated its E3 2015 press conference. The show – set to take place at the L.A. Memorial Sports Arena – will begin on Monday, 15th June at 18:00PM PDT (21:00PM EDT). This means that if you're in the UK, you'll be staying up until 02:00AM BST the next day. We're already...
News These New LittleBigPlanet 3 Costumes Are Just the Best
Sackboy loves indies
LittleBigPlanet costumes were once a novelty, but over the years, they've become less exciting. These fresh outfits for a slew of popular indie titles really are adorable, though – especially the Octodad: Dadliest Catch uniform. Available throughout the month of May, you'll be able to nab a burlap edition of the aforementioned...
News Sony: Bloodborne's Stellar PS4 Sales Took Us by Surprise
"We were quite ambitious, but that proved conservative"
Bloodborne is undeniably one of the best games of the year so far – after all, it even took this Souls sceptic by surprise. But while its commercial success appears to have tapered off a little over the past few weeks, Sony has still been a little shocked by the title's commercial prowess...
News Divinity: Original Sin Hacks a Path to PS4 This Year
Simply divine
Old-school role-playing game Divinity: Original Sin is bludgeoning its way to the PlayStation 4 this year. The game – which has associate editor Robert Ramsey's name written all over it – will launch as part of an Enhanced Edition, and will boast a revamped user interface and optimised DualShock 4 controls. There'll also be...
News Square Enix Shuffles E3 2015 Press Conference Timing Due to Scheduling Clash
Be there or be Square
Square Enix was set to host its E3 2015 press conference at the same time as Nintendo's digital media briefing thing – but it's pushed the start of its show back an hour in order to accommodate everyone. Writing on Twitter, the organisation said that its event will now begin at 10:00AM PDT (13:00PM EDT/18:00PM BST) on...
News There Aren't Enough The Witcher 3 PS4 Videos on This Site, So Have Another One
Broken record
Associate editor Robert Ramsey's usual The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt video posting services have been temporarily revoked while he actually, y'know, plays the game for your critical consumption. This leaves fussy fantasy game hater Sammy Barker to regurgitate yet another YouTube video from the release and post it for your perusal pleasure...
News Yooka-Laylee Is Officially Britain's Most Funded Kickstarter Game
And it's still got a month to go
"There's no market for mascot platformers anymore," the men in suits said – but Playtonic Games has proven everyone wrong. Yooka-Laylee achieved its £175,000 funding target in under an hour, before going on to achieve $1 million in five. Only four projects have reached the milestone faster, and none of them were...
News Oh No, Jack's Got Hold of Some Hair Dye in Tekken 7
Mechanical muscle man returns
A character who's featured in every Tekken title to date, Jack's back in Tekken 7. The mechanical maniac rarely gets much of a visual overhaul, but he does appear to have gotten his massive robot hands on some hair dye this time around, as evidenced by his bright red mohawk hairdo. He looks much the same as we remember...
Thursday14th May 2015
News Metal Gear Solid May End Up Being a Mobile Franchise, Says Konami
"Mobile is the future of gaming"
We sincerely hope that you haven't used up all of your hate on Konami over the last couple of months, because we've got a corker for you this afternoon. Translated by NeoGAF member HGH, the Japanese company's new CEO reckons that "mobile is where the future of gaming lies". Surely you can see where this is going?...
Review Project CARS (PlayStation 4)
The last tinker
Project CARS is not your average Sunday drive. Rather than attempt to tune the release to a common ideal, developer Slightly Mad Studios has instead served up a racing simulation that requires real effort if you intend to get the most out of it. Everything about the game – from the controls to the heads-up display – is malleable,...
Soapbox Why PS4's E3 2015 Press Conference Will Likely Disappoint
Sammy Barker thinks that you should temper your expectations
"Everything was third-party." I expect Dolan, the magnificent meme duck, will be on fine form in just over a month's time, when Sony's big E3 2015 press conference inevitably fails to live up to expectations. We live in constant fear of the restless Los Angeles event here at Push Square...
News April 2015 NPD: PS4 Slumps to Shock Defeat
Xbox One brushes PS4 aside
Well, well, well – this is unexpected. We reported on the PlayStation 3's failure to top the NPD charts for many years, but we've already fallen into a pattern where we expect the PlayStation 4 to lead. However, the numbers coming out of the United States for April 2015 may wake both Sony and ourselves up, as the Xbox...
News It's Going to Take Weeks to Get The Elder Scrolls Online's Platinum Trophy
Do everything ever
While we're sure that some of you are looking at the headline and thinking "pffft, I'll have that done in a weekend", spare your thoughts for those who wouldn't even dream of conquering Tamriel in that time. The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited's trophy list features 46 trinkets, including an all important platinum - but...
News Sony: We've No Concerns About PS4's Christmas Lineup
"Plenty for gamers to get excited about"
Ratchet & Clank's long awaited PlayStation 4 debut was pushed into 2016 overnight, where it'll join fellow exclusive Uncharted 4: A Thief's End. Bloodborne proved earlier in the year that Sony's still got a knack [Pun unintended – Ed] for putting out quality software
News Sorry PS3, Sony Says PS4 Is Very Much the Focus Now
New-gen format is the future
The switch in Sony's focus to the PlayStation 4 has been much more dramatic than in generations past. Those of you with strong memories may recall the PlayStation 2 selling almost 50 million units once it had been succeeded, but the PlayStation 3 has fallen away in almost all territories outside of Asia. This is...
News Sony to Put PlayStation's Full Weight Behind No Man's Sky
"It will be treated like a first-party release"
If you ever had any doubt about the importance of PlayStation 4 indie No Man's Sky, SCEUK boss Fergal Gara has told MCV that the organisation will be putting its full weight behind the title. "The game has been treated as if it was from one of our internal studios," he said as part of a wide ranging...
News The Witcher 3 Pre-Launch PS4 Patch Promises Numerous Performance Improvements
Witching business
By now, we all know that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt may have some technical issues on the PlayStation 4, which includes minor bugs, glitches, and, the most dreaded of all: a choppy frame rate. CD Projekt Red's recently gone on record saying that it's already addressed these issues, and a patch that's now available to download on...
News The Witcher 3's Latest and Possibly Last Trailer Is a Bit of a Masterpiece
By the light of the moon
We rag on CG trailers as much as anyone else, but we can usually forgive them when they've been preceded by more gameplay than our brain capacity can handle. As such, we're not too fussed that CD Projekt Red's let The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's new CG trailer loose. Plus, it's pretty bloody good. In truth, the video actually...
News You Won't Be Able to Re-Sell Your PS4 Copy of The Elder Scrolls Online
Well, you will – but it'll be useless
Considering that The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited is an MMO without the subscription fee, it sort of makes sense for it to function like any other game in the genre – even if that means that you won't be able to re-sell the title once you're done with it. Bethesda has confirmed that brand new...
News Free DriveClub PS4 Update Will Increase Level Cap Next Week
Pedal to the metal
If you've already hit Level 50 in PlayStation 4 exclusive DriveClub then you may be pondering what's next for you; fortunately, Evolution Studios has announced that it'll be increasing the level cap by five starting next week. The title's latest update – dubbed v1.15 – will see additional rewards added to the release, and...
News Oh, It Turns Out You Actually Can Re-Sell Your PS4 Copy of The Elder Scrolls Online
Make up your mind
Okay, put down the pitchforks - it turns out that the post on the official The Elder Scrolls Online forums, which stated that you'd be unable to trade in your copy of the game, isn't correct. Bethesda's had to step in, and has told
News Star Wars: Battlefront's First PS4 Gameplay Footage Will Air at E3
Binks video
Shocking news: DICE will show the first official gameplay footage from Star Wars: Battlefront at E3 2015 next month. Writing as part of a long – but padded – blog post, design director Niklas Fegraeus confirmed the snippet, stating that the studio has "great plans" for the Los Angeles-based convention. We expect the game will appear...
News Ratchet & Clank's PS4 Debut Stumbles into Spring 2016
Insomniac Games applying spit-shine polish
You'll have to wait a little longer for Insomniac Games' lovable Lombax and snide sidekick to appear on the PlayStation 4, as Ratchet & Clank's hotly anticipated new-gen reboot has been pushed into Spring 2016. The news follows confirmation of the movie's release date, which is set to premiere in US...
News There's Big Dying Light DLC Coming Out on PS4 This Month
Craaaaane!
Dying Light's getting a relatively hefty slice of downloadable content later this month, in the form of The Bozak Horde add-on. The DLC contains a new mode which sees you tackle a maniac called Bozak's sadistic game alone or with friends, as you try to top the online leaderboards with a good survival score. Judging from the trailer that...
News You Americans Can Look Forward to the Magma Red PS4 Controller This Summer
Hot hot hot
As someone who owns a lovely blue DualShock 4 controller, this particular author's all about colouful variety when it comes to gaming hardware, and for any of you American readers who feel the same way, you'll be glad to hear that the Magma Red PlayStation 4 pad will be landing on your shores this summer. It's a stylish looking...
News This Is What You'll Be Doing in Destiny's House of Wolves DLC
Welcome to the arena
This explosive new gameplay trailer for Destiny's House of Wolves, which releases in just five days time, shows off just about everything that you can expect from the sci-fi shooter's latest downloadable content. From story missions to Strikes and the all new Prison of Elders arena, it's already looking better than the rather...
News Rocket League Shoots and Scores with New PS4 Beta
Ball play
Psyonix's sleeper PlayStation 4 hit Rocket League is back for another blast of beta testing. Running until 19th May, the developer has overhauled the experience a little since last time, incorporating a new four-versus-four playlist, arena, and more. If you've already got the original client installed on your system, then patch it up, and...
News PS4 Should Be Reaching Younger Audiences This Year, Reckons Sony
Lowering the entry barrier
Sony's whole 'For the Players' spiel has worked incredibly well over the past couple of years, but if the PlayStation 4's going to continue selling at record-breaking pace, the platform holder needs to target more than just hardcore gamers. Speaking as part of an interview with MCV, the ever candid Fergal Gara, who's in...
News Want to Buy a PS4 Filled with RPG Goodness in the UK? This Deal Is Very Hard to Beat
Might have to be quick
Like your fantasy, do you? On the market for a PlayStation 4, are you? If the answer to both of those questions is a yes - or thereabouts - then you'll definitely want to check out a deal that UK retailer Tesco has recently thrown together. The shop's stocking a bundle that consists of a black PS4, critically acclaimed,...
News Rainbow Six: Siege Breaks Free from 13th October on PS4
Several special editions announced
Rainbow Six: Siege will breach the PlayStation 4 from 13th October, publisher Ubisoft has announced. Pre-ordering the game – which was announced during the tail-end of the French firm's E3 press conference last year – will guarantee beta access to the title, presumably on your platform of choice. As with all of...
News LEGO Jurassic World's New Trailer Lets Loose with Playable Dinosaurs
Yes, that includes raptors
Raptors are supposed to be really smart creatures - we know that from the Jurassic Park movies - but have you ever seen one assemble a LEGO kit? No, neither have we, but that's what you'll be doing in LEGO Jurassic World, which releases on the 12th June on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and Vita. The game's latest...
News Sci-Fi JRPG Lost Dimension Entrusts Us with a Western Release Date and Free DLC
No betrayal here
If you'll recall, we wrote about PlayStation 3 and Vita title Lost Dimension a little while back, and exclaimed that it seemed to have the makings of an interesting role-playing game. Atlus' creation sees you team up with a bunch of stylish teens, and as the plot progresses, you'll need to decide who's an enemy, and who isn't...
Wednesday13th May 2015
You're Toren us apart
Toren marks the first release by Brazilian developer Swordtales, and is the latest of the smaller indie titles to grace the PlayStation 4. Sony's console seems like a great fit for the foray, too, as it takes a huge helping of inspiration from a PlayStation 2 classic, ICO. Of course, while drawing influence from such an iconic...
News The Number of Assassin's Creed Syndicate Special Editions Is Embarrassing
Shakes head
You may need an abacus to keep count of the various special editions that have been announced for Assassin's Creed Syndicate following its reveal yesterday. Ubisoft may have proved that it's learned from Unity's disastrous launch by debuting the title with tons of gameplay, but it's certainly not packing in its convoluted collector's...
News PS3 Owners, It's Time to Upgrade to the PS4
Ubisoft's moving on
There are still lots of people clinging to the fact that the PlayStation 3 has a much larger install base than the PlayStation 4, but the reality is that there are many, many more active users on Sony's super machine. Ubisoft thinks so anyway, as it's ditching development on last-gen systems – well, aside from the odd casual...
News CD Projekt Red Reckons It's Already Fixed The Witcher 3's Supposed PS4 Frame Rate Issues
Burn the witch
Another blockbuster release, another rampant and potentially damaging technical discussion echoes across the internet. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was on the receiving end of a lot of praise yesterday when reviews from around the web went live, but all it took was one mention of the game sporting a supposedly choppy frame rate for people...
News Japanese Sales Charts: Vita Overtakes PS4 as Not a Single New-Gen Title Enters Top 20
Ouch
The PlayStation 4's steadily slipping down the Japanese charts, as it suffered another sales drop last week. Sony's latest console shifted 15,992 units as it fell into third place, behind the New 3DS LL and the PS Vita. The latter continues to escape store shelves at a solid rate, though, selling through 17,273 units. You can compare the...
News Wow, 35 Minutes of Witcher 3 PS4 Footage Takes Us from One Side of the Map to the Other
Leg it
We already know that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is one heck of a big game. The open world map apparently takes a good 20 minutes to travel from one end of it to the other on horseback, and that's without factoring in any strange happenings or tense fights with beasties. However, if you're not quite taken in by the sheer scale of CD Projekt...
News PS4's Power Promises Plenty for Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
A new generation
Ever since its delay earlier in the year, things have been a little quiet on the Uncharted 4: A Thief's End front. We're expecting a big blowout at E3 next month, of course, but the past few months have seen Naughty Dog getting its head down and quietly slaving away on its first fully PlayStation 4 exclusive game. However, an...
News You'll Have to Wait a Little Bit Longer For Destiny's 1.2.0 Patch
Light in the darkness
All of you Guardians that are patiently awaiting Destiny's much anticipated update 1.2.0 had better set down your rifles for the time being, as Bungie's revealed that it's still busy tweaking the upcoming patch. Many assumed that the update would launch a few days ago, but due to a technical issue that the developer seems to...
Review Color Guardians (PlayStation 4)
Rainbow runner
Color Guardians takes place in a colourful kingdom full of joyful citizens. However, when a monster swoops in from the sky and sucks up every single colour from the world, only the titular Color Guardians can stand in its way and return the realm to its former vibrant glory. But how will the majestic warriors achieve this? Well, the...
News Sly Joins the Cast of the Ratchet & Clank Movie
And not the Cooper kind
Sony's continuing to, ahem, ratchet up the budget of the Ratchet & Clank Movie. What originally seemed like a direct-to-video affair seems to get bigger in ambition all of the time, with household names such as Sylvester Stallone, Paul Giamatti, Paul Goodman, and Rosario Dawson now reported to be part of the cast. They'll...
News Ubisoft's E3 2015 Press Conference Gets a Date and Time
Not too late, thankfully
Well would you look at that, another somewhat reasonably timed E3 2015 press conference. Ubisoft's announced that its presser will begin at 23:00PM BST / 15:00PM PST / 18:00PM EST on the 14th June. That's just a few hours after EA's showcase. You see, we UK writers here at Push Square aren't too bothered by late nights, but...
News Badland: Game of the Year Edition Brings Yet More Quirky Platforming to PS4, PS3, and Vita
How many's that now?
We've completely lost count of how many side scrolling platformers are available on PlayStation platforms. With the advent of the PS4 and its keen indie initiative, it feels like we get about ten platforming-puzzler hybrids pushed onto the PlayStation Store every week. Lo and behold, here we have, of course, the announcement of...
News Battlefield and Dragon Age Feature in EA Dominated EU PS4 Store Deals
EAint all bad
The PlayStation 4 hasn't been shafted this week when it comes to PlayStation Store discounts, as there are a load of deals to browse regarding Sony's latest console. Most notably, you can get 50 per cent off Battlefield 4 and Dragon Age: Inquisition, while Battlefield Hardline's price tag has been slashed by 38, 36, and 23 per cent,...
News Hella Good News! Life Is Strange: Episode 3 Launches Next Week
For reals
If the fantasy setting of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt isn't whetting your whistle, then you may be more tempted to tour Arcadia Bay from 19th May instead. Square Enix has announced that the third episode in its divisive high school series Life Is Strange will debut next week on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3. If you've already stumped up...
News Mortal Kombat X Rips the Head from April's PlayStation Store Charts
Top of the karate chops
It looks like plenty of PlayStation 4 users in both North America and Europe were screaming get over here at Mortal Kombat X last month, as NetherRealm Studios' beat-'em-up has topped the April 2015 PlayStation Store charts on both sides of the Atlantic. Warner Bros' fighter finished first in both territories, though there...
Store Update 13th May 2015 (Europe)
Tasty stuff
If you like indie games, you're in luck this week, as there are a lot of them being added as part of the European PlayStation Store update. Nom Nom Galaxy, Lost Orbit, and Toren are perhaps the biggest names in that department – but a quick shout out to Schrodinger's Cat, too. Of
Tuesday12th May 2015
Review Final Fantasy X|X-2 HD Remaster (PlayStation 4)
Love in high definition
Spira's a colourful and inviting world, and it looks great on the PlayStation 4. The setting of Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2, it's a land that mixes nature, strange architecture, and ancient machinery, and it always feels interesting and engaging as a result. Indeed, the two titles that make up this remaster still...
Rumour DriveClub: PS Plus Edition Looks to Be on the Home Straight
Free for all
The long awaited PlayStation Plus version of DriveClub may be getting ready for release, as a Greek gamer has uploaded footage of what he purports to be an updated edition of the complimentary client. Posting on a pop
News Canadian Kid Goes Crazy Over Confiscated PS4
Don't do this at home
We suspect that the majority of you learned at an early age that you can't always get everything that you want in life – but we hope that you didn't smash up your house with a baseball bat when the realisation set in. That's exactly what one Canadian kid got up to over the weekend, after his parents confiscated his...
Feature 6 Things You Need to Know About Assassin's Creed Syndicate on PS4
Rule Britannia
Victorian England is very much back in video game vogue. Following in the period footwear of The Order: 1886 and Bloodborne, publisher Ubisoft has revealed Assassin's Creed Syndicate – the first London-based outing in its uber-popular alternate history franchise. Perhaps in response to the fiasco that greeted flawed French foray...
Round Up The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt PS4 Reviews Echo Across the Land
The hunt is on
With the smell of blood in the air and the corpses of monsters littering the ground, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has finally been stabbed, skewered, and sliced in half by critics as they attempt to find out what makes CD Projekt Red's ambitious current-gen project tick. Fortunately for grizzled protagonist Geralt of Rivia, the Gods are...
News Assassin's Creed Syndicate Slums It on PS4 from 23rd October
London's burning
Britannia will rule in Assassin's Creed Syndicate, the next entry in Ubisoft's stealth series. As part of a livestream earlier today, the French firm confirmed that its oft rumoured London-based romp will release on the PlayStation 4 from 23rd October. The game will be set in 1868 – not to be confused with 1886, of course...
News Ubisoft's Got a Secret Triple-A Title Up Its Sleeve
Predictions on a post card, please
Ubisoft's no stranger to hidden blades, but it appears that the French firm has a different kind of weapon stuffed up its sleeve. Hot on the heels of Assassin's Creed Syndicate's announcement earlier this evening, the publisher has revealed that it has another "triple-A title that has not yet been announced" in the...
News Assassin's Creed Syndicate Is a Single Player Stab-'Em-Up Only
Alone in the dark
We'd wager that you're going to be hearing quite a bit about Assassin's Creed Syndicate as we approach E3 2015, but coinciding with the game's official reveal earlier today, Ubisoft's released its earnings report for this fiscal year. It may not seem that important at first, but the document actually confirms that the...
Store Update 12th May 2015 (North America)
We go again
People say that the PlayStation 4 has no games, but we often look at the North American PlayStation Store update and weep. Our review planning document can't keep up with all the new arrivals, and when you take a look at the sheer scale of new releases available in this week's refresh, you may be able to appreciate why. Of course, it's...
News Tom Clancy's The Division Combs Snowy Streets in 2016
Scoped and dropped
It feels like a lifetime ago that we first saw The Division, Ubisoft's open world, online shooter, and role-playing game hybrid. Since then, we've heard bits and pieces about the release, but with the publisher concentrating on other franchises such as Assassin's Creed, any big news has likely been postponed. We could well see...
News Digital Only Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition Juggles a Release Date on PS4
Devil will cry
We hope that you're ready to slaughter some demons this summer, because Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition's decided on a release date. It'll cleave its way onto the PlayStation Store on the 23rd June, and it'll set you back £19.99/$24.99. The enhanced hack and slasher runs in 1080p at 60 frames per second, includes five playable...
Live Join Our Assassin's Creed Victory Reveal Syndicate Right Here
Watch Ubisoft's announcement as it happens
Here we are, then: the future of Assassin's Creed is about to begin. Kicking off at 17:00PM BST (12:00PM EDT, 09:00AM PDT), Ubisoft will be livestreaming the reveal, which you can watch in here. We already know that the game's going to be set in London, and will likely feature a brother and sister...
News Yooka-Laylee Has Its Own Sketchy Merchant
Sssweet
Playtonic Games, the group of ex-Rare developers who took Kickstarter by storm two weeks ago, has unveiled the first support character in its upcoming 3D platformer, Yooka-Laylee. His name is Trowzer, and in that classic '90s video game fashion, he's a questionable peddler with one motivation: taking your hard earned coin. Fear not, his...
Monday11th May 2015
News Open World? Survival? Dinosaurs? ARK Comes to PS4 Next Year
Where's a meteor when you need one
An open world, online survival title that features dinosaurs? Yes, we're intrigued, too. ARK: Survival Evolved is making camp on the PlayStation 4 early next year. The game's being developed by the independent Studio Wildcard, and its gameplay reveal trailer shows off a ton of stuff. It's abundantly clear that...
News Konami Won't Even Let You Share Play P.T. on PS4
FFS
At this point, we're convinced that Konami is just trolling. Not content with – deep breath – cancelling Silent Hills, de-listing P.T. from the PlayStation Store, and removing the license from download lists – it's now stopping people from Share Playing it, too. To be fair, this could be an infrastructure issue on Sony's end, but we...
Feature Five Ways Assassin's Creed Victory Can Stop the Series' Rot
The syndicate
It's rare for a renowned series such as Assassin's Creed to get tagged with middling review scores, but we slammed the disappointing Assassin's Creed Unity when it deployed last year. While there was a reasonable experience buried at the release's beating heart, the Parisian escapade also had a laundry list of flaws – the title's...
News PS4 Owners Are Clearly Gagging for Gran Turismo
Project CARS dominates on Sony's system
With the utmost respect to Slightly Mad Studios, we reckon that Project CARS has proved a particularly big deal on the PlayStation 4 because there's no sign of Gran Turismo 7 arriving any time soon. Sony helped publisher Bandai Namco market the simulation racer here in the UK, and it was clearly a shrewd move,...
Rumour Fallout 4 to Make Its PS4 Premiere at E3 2015
It's happening
With Bethesda holding its own E3 press conference this year, that can surely only mean one thing, right? The Internet's been riddled with rumours and speculation regarding Fallout 4 for what feels like an eternity, but we've heard nothing concrete for years – until now. Luis Nieves is a freelance 3D artist, and according to his...
News Castlevania's Koji Igarashi Returns with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night on PS4
Join the army of the night
There have been no shortage of Castlevania-inspired works on PlayStation of late, but while the likes of Guacamelee and Axiom Verge owe part of their success to Symphony of the Night director Koji Igarashi, the veteran developer has been out of the spotlight for some time. It was only a matter of time, however, before the...
News PlayStation Exclusive Persona 5's Nabbed a Release Window, and It's Looking Promising
Pray for Europe
It's arguably not a point that's being made as much as it should be, but Persona 5 is a big deal for PlayStation. The Japanese role-playing game series is on the very cusp of becoming a smash hit, with Persona 4 being a critical and commercial success not just in Japan, but over here in the West, too. If you still haven't seen...
News CD Projekt Red Has Been Making Late Tweaks to The Witcher 3's Performance on PS4
Best make it quick
We already know that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt appears to run well on the PlayStation 4, but developer CD Projekt Red has recently been making technical tweaks to the open world role-playing game, improving its performance further. "Over the last two weeks, we've increased performance on all platforms," CEO Marcin Iwinski states...
News We're Keeping Quiet About This Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Figure
Insert Björk lyrics here
We're not going to give you a reason to assemble with pitchforks outside Push Square Towers: we're going to play this article safe. Under-fire director Hideo Kojima has revealed an action figure for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain based upon controversial character Quiet. According to the ousted executive, the toy has...
Out This Week Final Fantasy X|X-2 PS4, The Last of Us: Left Behind, Double Dragon
Yuna you want it
It's a bit of a filler week here on Planet PlayStation, as a storm labelled The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt lurks on the horizon. There's no doubt that CD Projekt RED's hotly anticipated role-playing release is the title that's on everyone's lips, and so proceedings are looking a little light this time out. To be fair, though, there's no...
Blast from the Past On This Day 20 Years Ago, Sony Dropped the Mic at the First Ever E3
A sign of things to come
Sony's no stranger to dropping the microphone at E3 conventions. For many of you, ex-SCEA president Jack Tretton's used games beatdown will be fresh in the memory – but the affable executive was merely reading from a PlayStation playbook that was written by his predecessors many years prior. On this very day 20 years ago,...
News UK Sales Charts: Project CARS Roars to Pole Position on PS4
Racing ahead
Crowd funded racing game Project CARS has pulled ahead of the pack, scoring the first simulation podium position since GRID 2 all the way back in 2013. The title sold best on the PlayStation 4 – which is not especially surprising considering the lack of similar games on Sony's system – and finished in front of familiar favourites...
News Playable Trish Is Rocking Some Impressive Firepower in Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition
Boom boom
Trish is a Devil May Cry mainstay, but she was only playable in the rather dour Devil May Cry 2. The deadly damsel returns as a playable character in Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition, however, and this video guide proves that she still has what it takes. Cool guy Vergil is playable, too - watch his combat guide through here She's...
Rumour The Next Assassin's Creed on PS4 Will Sport a Brother and Sister Protagonist Combo
Dual wielding
After all of the furore over Ubisoft's statements regarding female characters in Assassin's Creed Unity, it may appear as though the company is trying to smooth things over with Assassin's Creed Victory – otherwise known as Assassin's Creed Syndicate – if the rumours are to be believed. According to Kotaku, sources have claimed...
News OMG! There's Totally a New Toro Theme for PS4
Celebrate good times
You don't need to be a genius to realise that the Toro's House theme for the PlayStation 4 is the best background available for the new-gen format. However, if you're getting sick of watching the white Sony Cat and his black BFF Kuro prancing about, then you may be tempted by this new animated wallpaper already available in...
News LEGO Dimensions' Toy Sets Are More Tempting Than the Game
A price to pay
The world really doesn't need another toys-to-life title, but we have to admit that these LEGO Dimensions add-ons are pretty darn tempting. As previously rumoured, the likes of Portal 2, Doctor Who, and The Simpsons will be joining the post-release party – and these first shots of the sets have us strangely tempted. The Valve...
News Over 1 Million Players Are on the Trail of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
The hunt is on
In some rather impressive news, it's been revealed that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has exceeded one million pre-orders worldwide. With the open world adventure releasing in just over a week's time, that number's bound to be going up, too. Pre-ordering games has been drifting in and out of fashion for a while now, and while many would...
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