News - 2015, Week 33

Monday17th Aug 2015

Sunday16th Aug 2015

  • News SNES Smash Super Star Wars Heading to PS4

    Other classics coming to Sony's new-gen console

    Well, would you Wookie here – Sony's gone absolutely Star Wars gaga. In addition to announcing a custom PlayStation 4 at the D23 Expo earlier today, the platform holder's also revealed that four classic Star Wars titles will be coming to its new-gen console – with overhauled graphics and full...

  • News The Force Is with This Limited Edition Star Wars PS4

    Darth knight

    We all knew that it was coming, but here it is: the PlayStation 4's limited edition Star Wars bundle. Due out in both Europe and North America this November – with pre-orders set to open very soon – the only twist with this tempting package is that there are actually two of them. That's right, Sony's doubling down on force fever...

  • News PlayStation's Sending Out Super Cute Birthday Gifts

    Many happy returns

    The secret to corporate success was simple all along: you just have to pretend to be your consumer's friend. Sony cottoned onto this at the start of the generation, making silly videos about used games and reminding us that it cares. And now Microsoft has stumbled upon the strategy, with gaffer Phil Spencer whispering sweet...

  • News How's Sony Helping Shenmue III?

    Gio Corsi explains platform holder's role

    Following the success of the record breaking Kickstarter last month, things have gone a teensy bit quiet in the Shenmue III camp. Hopefully that's because Yu Suzuki and crew are busy beavering away on the long overdue sequel, which is currently set to release on the PlayStation 4 and PC in 2017. As part of a...

  • Interview Shining Some Light on PS Vita's Actual Sunlight

    An actual interview

    Will O'Neill is the creator of the recently released PlayStation Vita game Actual Sunlight – a unique title that's a candid and no holds barred game about one man's struggle with depression. We thought that it'd be a good idea to have a quick chat with Will and find out a little bit more about him, the aforementioned release,...

  • News Phantasy Star Online 2 Will Embark on a Quest to PS4

    Mag-nificent

    Slowly but surely, the PlayStation 4 is becoming the console for Dreamcast fans. Hot on the heels of Shenmue III's crowd funding success, SEGA has announced that Phantasy Star Online 2 will be coming to the console in 2016. Those of you with long memories may remember the MMO launching on the PlayStation Vita a few years ago, so this...

  • Weirdness What if Final Fantasy VII Was a Beat-'em-Up?

    Take this, Buster

    Every game would be better if it was Streets of Rage – and that includes Push Square's greatest of all time, Final Fantasy VII. Fortunately, Singapore-based studio PD Design has cottoned on to this, repurposing Square Enix's classic PSone role-playing release as a beat-'em-up. In the video below, you'll see the spiky haired Cloud...

  • News I Am Bread Loafs Its Way to PS4 from 25th August

    The walking bread

    Good news Great British Bake Off fans: I Am Bread will be loafing its way to the PlayStation 4 from 25th August – and fortunately, Paul Hollywood won't be in tow. Bossa Studios' bizarre dough-based escapade will see you assuming the role of a 'Best of Both' slice, as you roll around the kitchen in search of butter and Marmite...

Saturday15th Aug 2015

Friday14th Aug 2015

Thursday13th Aug 2015

Wednesday12th Aug 2015

  • Review Yasai Ninja (PS4)

    ​Like being forced to eat your greens

    Yasai Ninja is a hack-and-slash game set in feudal Japan, where the two controllable characters are vegetables. You heard it correctly: an onion seeking revenge from his former sensei, and a hungry broccoli. No matter how many different ways you say it, it doesn't get any less weird. That's okay, right? A game...

  • Review Actual Sunlight (PS Vita)

    Actually depressing

    Depression is a fairly common mood disorder that, despite its frequency, is still not considered a serious issue by many. Sadly, some people think that a simple attitude change will fix all of the ailments; that it's a self-inflicted state of mind. This is simply not true. Actual Sunlight by Will O'Neill is a short, interactive,...

  • News Having Witcher 3 Framerate Issues on PS4? This Might Help After Installing Patch 1.08

    Novigrad be damned

    After complaints of a lowered framerate in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt following patch 1.07, CD Projekt Red dedicated the title's latest update, 1.08, to boosting performance back to its best. According to a detailed report from our friends over at Digital Foundry, 1.08 delivers on its promises, too, cleaning up any framerate issues...

  • News Japan's Holding Back the PlayStation 4

    "We're jealous of Europe and US for the high rate of PS4 sales"

    While the PlayStation 4 is breaking sales records all over the globe, Japan is proving a particularly tough nut to crack. With the nation becoming increasingly enamoured with smartphones, Sony's really finding it difficult to get consumers to pay attention to its new console. And one...

  • Review Lost Dimension (PS Vita)

    Trust issues

    With a doomsday timer set on the world, the villain known as The End summons 11 gifted members known as S.E.A.L.E.D. team to the Pillar – a mysterious structure that's appeared out of nowhere – in order to defeat him. However, he's planted traitors among the group. It's up to protagonist Sho Kasugai and his allies to determine who...

  • News Dragon Quest XI Looks Glorious on PS4, as Evidenced by These New Screenshots

    Put some colour into your day

    Square Enix has released four screenshots of Dragon Quest XI on the PlayStation 4, and although you may have glimpsed these images before, this is the first time that we've seen them at a decent resolution. A brilliant amount of colour coupled with Akira Toriyama's iconic art style makes them a sight to behold, and it's...

  • News Rocket League's 1.04 PS4 Update Launches Today

    Supersonic Fury DLC comes tomorrow

    Internet darling and Push Square Game of the Month Rocket League will be updated to version v1.04 today by 17:00PM PT (01:00AM BST tomorrow for Brits), the official Rocket League Twitter has announced. This new update will add the new Utopia Coliseum arena, as well as the much-requested Spectator Mode and a new...

  • News Resident Evil 2 Will Rise from the Dead on the PS4

    Remake of PSone classic in production

    We're truly living in a golden age where all of the best PSone titles are coming back from the dead. Hot on the heels of Final Fantasy VII Remake, Capcom has now announced that Resident Evil 2 will rise again. There are no formats officially confirmed at the time of typing, but you should anticipate a...

  • Interview We Trade Strategies with the Producer of Nobunaga's Ambition

    Strategy games, the PS4, and the state of the Japanese games industry

    Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence is out early next month on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3. The historical Japanese strategy series returns West after a particularly long break, and its newest entry promises to be packed with more tactical goodness than ever before. In...

  • News Final Fantasy XV's Release Date Will Be Worldwide

    That's something, at least

    It's been mentioned once or twice before, but now it's been confirmed by director Hajime Tabata: Final Fantasy XV will be getting a simultaneous worldwide release when it eventually launches. In other words, we won't be waiting months for it to hit Western store shelves after it comes out in Japan. "This may be something...

  • News The EU PlayStation Store's Summer Sale Gets a Few More Tempting Deals

    Ignore the sun

    More games have been added to the PlayStation Store's summer sale in Europe, and we'd dare say that some of these new discounts are actually pretty good. The Vita arguably comes off best this time around, with Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc and Danganronpa 2; Goodbye Despair leading the charge. The superb Persona 4 Golden is on...

  • News Japanese Sales Charts: The PS4 Is Stuck in a Real Rut

    Sales are down once again

    We'd recommend getting used to how these charts look, because the PlayStation 4's going nowhere in Japan as long as there's a distinct lack of exclusive software hitting Sony's latest home console. The new-gen machine tallied up sales of just 14,619 units last week. You can compare the prior week's sales charts through...

  • Review Commander Cherry's Puzzled Journey (PS4)

    For posers

    Prepare for the world's first – and potentially only – "Yoga Action Platformer", which uses the PlayStation 4's camera to capture shots of you, and then incorporates them into the game. If you're thinking that this all sounds daft, then you'd be right. Commander Cherry's Puzzled Journey is a hybrid motion control game that utilises...

Tuesday11th Aug 2015

Monday10th Aug 2015

  • Review Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment (PS4)

    It's all in the game

    Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment leaps from the small screen of the PlayStation Vita and onto the PlayStation 4 complete with online play. Its handheld roots make this role-playing game undeniably rough around the edges, but give it some time, and you'll uncover a satisfying, addictive adventure that sports some nice touches...

  • Review Everybody's Gone to the Rapture (PS4)

    Rapturous

    There are still bed sheets hanging on the clotheslines in the deserted streets of Shropshire. They sway lightly in the wind; the ethereal vestiges of a place that once was. In many ways, they're the perfect analogy for Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, an experience which is astoundingly gorgeous in a subtle, unassuming, and overwhelmingly...

  • News Diablo III May Be Summoning a New Expansion From the Depths of Hell

    More of the same, please

    We've pumped so many hours into Diablo III: Reaper of Souls - Ultimate Evil Edition that we're slaughtering the armies of Hell in our dreams, but we wouldn't say no to more of Blizzard's superbly polished loot-'em-up. Thankfully, more might be coming, at least if a developer job listing is anything to go by. Requesting "a...

  • News The PSN Is Undergoing Scheduled Maintenance Next Week

    Thankfully we'll be in bed

    The PlayStation Network's going to be undergoing some scheduled maintenance next week, Sony has announced. Starting at 04:30AM BST and 20:30PM PST on Tuesday the 18th August - or Monday the 17th August for you Americans - it's unlikely to disrupt many users in our neck of the woods, although we can't say the same for our...

  • Out This Week Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, Goat Simulator, Gauntlet: Slayer Edition

    Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Actual Sunlight, TorqueL, and more

    The excitement of Gamescom 2015 may have subsided, but that's okay, because there are about a billion new PlayStation games due out this week. Alright, we're exaggerating a teensy bit, but considering that it's the summer, such an enormous roster of new software is practically unheard...

  • News Don't Call Hitman PS4 an Early Access Game, Says Developer

    Apparently it'll be polished like 47's shiny head

    "Everything we launch will be finished, polished and completed. When people hear Early Access they often think unfinished, unpolished and buggy. That's the opposite [to what we're doing]," IO Interactive's Hannes Seifert has told VideoGamer.com regarding the Hitman franchise's newest iteration. The...

  • News Oh Wow, Final Fantasy XV Gets Three Whole New Screenshots

    What next, another 90 seconds of gameplay?

    You know that feeling when you've been waiting for a game for almost a decade and then it doesn't decide to show up at the world's biggest gaming expo? So you wait a little longer and it turns up at Gamescom with 90 seconds of gameplay footage that doesn't even look close to being ready? Yes, we're still...

  • News Enjoy a Lara Rise of the Tomb Raider Gameplay Footage

    Hanging on

    With a PlayStation 4 version of Rise of the Tomb Raider confirmed for 2016, we suppose that we should start covering it like any other game. And this latest footage from Gamescom 2015 is worth talking about, as it shows heroine Lara Croft embroiled in a variety of sticky situations. Get your mind out of the gutter, we don't mean like...

  • News UK Sales Charts: A Rare Change at the Summit

    Blast from the past

    Xbox One exclusive Rare Replay shot straight to the top of the UK sales charts in a desperately slow summer week, securing the legendary British developer's first number one since Banjo-Kazooie all the way back in 1998. Elsewhere, last week's frontrunner LEGO Jurassic World moved down into second, while Batman: Arkham Knight, The...

  • News 345,000 People Made It to Gamescom 2015

    Annual show's popularity increases

    It was a successful Gamescom this year if these newly released figures are anything to go by. According to official numbers, 345,000 people attended to German event, which is 10,000 more than 2014's total. Apparently, attendees came from 96 different countries - which is a particularly impressive statistic. We...