Review Dishonored: Definitive Edition (PS4)
Not Attano improvements
Review Amnesia: Memories (PS Vita)
A memorable encounter
News - 2015, Week 37
Monday14th Sep 2015
News August 2015 NPD: PS4 Scores a Touchdown as Madden NFL 16 Tops
No pads, no helmets
August is well and truly over, and the latest NPD report confirms that the PlayStation 4 was the best selling box in the United States yet again. Sony's console outsold the competition in both the hardware and software departments, with Madden NFL 16 unsurprisingly touching down at the top of the latter list. Despite all of...
Sunday13th Sep 2015
Fleeting fancy
It seems like every month there are thousands of new platformers released onto the market, and amid this crowd, it can be very hard for original titles to stand out and attract the attention of gamers. Leo's Fortune, developed by Swedish studio 1337 & Senri, aims to buck this trend. It packs plenty of reasons to convince you to...
News Super Meat Boy on PS4, Vita Will Be One of Your October PlayStation Plus Freebies
Certainly seems that way, anyway
Super Meat Boy will stick like glue to the PlayStation 4 and Vita next month, after developer Team Meat once hinted that the title would never arrive on Sony hardware. Contractual issues famously prevented the legendary platformer from testing your patience on the PlayStation 3, but you'll finally be able to get your...
News Sony Lines Up Stellar EGX 2015 Offering
Uncharted! Project Morpheus! PSone! Shuhei Yoshida!
Sony rarely ever skips video game conventions – and it's planning to descend upon EGX 2015 later this year in a pretty major way. The headline for attendees of the Birmingham convention will be the appearance of Shuhei Yoshida, as the Worldwide Studios executive will star as part of a panel about...
News PS4's SHAREfactory Earns a Little Street Cred with Free PSone Theme
Old-school cool
Ever since the launch of the PlayStation 4, platform holder Sony's been playing the PSone nostalgia card hard – and this free SHAREfactory theme represents the cherry on an already well iced strategy. Available to celebrate the system's 20th Anniversary in North America, the free download will enable you to embed a little...
Push Rewind Destiny: The Taken King, Metal Gear Solid 5, and Lots of Reviews
Break a leg
There's never a good week to take a break in this industry, but Señor Ramsey informs me that the past seven days have been the pits on Planet PlayStation. Fortunately, he was able to plug the gaps with an ample supply of Destiny: The Taken King info and lots of reviews. Here's your regularly scheduled recap of everything that you need...
Saturday12th Sep 2015
Nobody's home
Horror games have been in a rut as of late - for every Until Dawn, there's a Daylight or a Slender that's so hell-bent on using jump scares and tropes that they're a chore to slog through. Developers Ice-Pick Lodge have thankfully gone for the opposite of that with Knock Knock, a psychological horror that's more about creeping the...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 84
Raiding party
What? The end of another week already? We're rapidly approaching the last few months of 2015 now, so we can see these articles getting bigger and bigger as we get closer and closer to the holiday rush. Indeed, now's the time to try and get your backlog sorted out before the blockbuster releases start pouring in - but we're not exactly...
Friday11th Sep 2015
Guide Metal Gear Solid V Buddies and How to Get the Best Out of Them
Comrades in arms
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain features very fun and flexible mission design. From fully customisable loadouts to the fact that you can tackle almost any operation exactly as you see fit, you're always given countless options when it comes to fulfilling your objectives. One of the game's most interesting additions to the...
Poll Which Destiny Ghost Voice Is the Best?
Dinklage or North?
Any fan of Destiny will know that the game's most recent 2.0 update replaced the original voice of your robotic companion - your Ghost - with an all-new actor. Previously, it was Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage who provided your Ghost with its monotone commentary, but now, video game voice actor Nolan North has been drafted to...
News Yep, PS4 Exclusive The Last Guardian Is Going to Be at TGS 2015
We can't wait to see the bird-dog-cat-thing again
Many couldn't believe their eyes when Sony opened its E3 2015 press conference with a brand new look at The Last Guardian, and to be honest, it still feels a bit weird to be writing about the game as if it's, you know, an actual real thing. After years and years of uncertainty and clearly troubled...
News Dragon Quest Heroes Has Free DLC On-Disc For Its Western PS4 Release
Quests, costumes, and a new playable character
Dragon Quest Heroes was supported quite well in Japan after its launch thanks to a slew of free downloadable content. Quests, cosmetic items, and even a new playable character were added to the game free of charge - and the good news is that all of this stuff will be included on the disc when the title...
News Despite Rumours, Grand Theft Auto V Story DLC Isn't in the Works Right Now
GTA Online is singular focus
Rumours have been swirling for a while now that Rockstar has been working on some sort of single player expansion for Grand Theft Auto V, but those whispers have been silenced by design director Imran Sarwar, who told IGN that the developer's current focus is purely is on the multiplayer side of things. "Right now our...
News Feel The Wind in Your Hair with Street Fighter V's New Challenger
Blowing in the wind
Plucky PlayStation 4 exclusive Street Fighter V is bringing four new fighters to the table, and the newest of the lot is the freshly announced Rashid. This brawler's main draw appears to be his ability to control the wind, and you can take your first glimpse at him in the hastily recorded video below. Rashid will be joined by...
News Journey Composer Revealed as Mind Behind Assassin's Creed Syndicate's Soundtrack
Promising
If you've played Journey, then you'll know that it has an absolutely stellar soundtrack; the music isn't just a background component - it's something that's directly entwined with the experience. Composer Austin Wintory's name was deservedly thrown around a lot after the game's release, so we suppose that it's no surprise a big publisher...
Thursday10th Sep 2015
News Wow, Destiny: The Taken King's Japanese TV Ad Is Better Than Ours
We will not run or hide
Japan's had a long history of crazy video game marketing, and as such, it's always interesting to see how the latest blockbusters are being advertised in the East. Now, Destiny actually sold reasonably well when it first launched in the Land of the Rising Sun, so it's no surprise that its upcoming expansion, The Taken King,...
News Fallout 4's Got a New Video Series Which Will Help You Build Your Character
Strength puts the S in S.P.E.C.I.A.L.
We love a bit of informative entertainment here at Push Square, so we're quite excited about Fallout 4's new video series, which will eventually detail all of the S.P.E.C.I.A.L. statistics that'll apply to your custom character. As with the other games in the franchise, your attributes will determine the base...
News PS4 Horror SOMA Continues to Look Intensely Ominous
Get us back to dry land
PlayStation 4 horror title SOMA is releasing in just a couple of weeks, so it's time for Frictional Games to start pumping out some increasingly creepy trailers. We've already seen a good bit of the game thanks to various bits and pieces of media, but as evidenced by our most anticipated games of holiday 2015 article, we're...
News Three Dog Voice Actor Not Returning for Fallout 4
Insert Three Dog howl here
It looks like Erik Todd Dellums, the voice behind Three Dog in Fallout 3, won't be filling the airwaves of Fallout 4's wasteland. The voice actor took to Twitter last week to express his disappointment with not being included in the upcoming Bethesda role-playing game. "I admit, the finality of this tweet felt like a gut...
News FIFA 16 Soundtrack Is as Varied as Ever, Featuring Artists We've Never Heard Of
How many do you know?
We're not ashamed to admit that we've discovered many an enjoyable musician thanks to the varied licensed soundtracks that FIFA titles tend to employ. This year's edition, FIFA 16, boasts a total of 42 artists hailing from 15 different countries, and as always, we don't have a clue who most of them are. Still, at least Steve...
News Unboxing Destiny's Lovely Looking Limited Edition PS4
Legendary loot
We've said it once and we'll say it again - the limited edition Destiny themed PlayStation 4 is a real looker. The primarily white console launches alongside the shooter's upcoming expansion, The Taken King, on the 15th September - but we've been given an early look at the machine thanks to Alex from YouTube channel Arekkz Gaming. In...
News Don't Expect to Be Playing Ninja Theory's Hellblade For a While Yet
Studio scraps a bunch of ideas
Hellblade's story has been more than a bit up and down so far hasn't it? The PlayStation 4 title was originally shown at Sony's Gamescom conference back in 2014, and since then, we haven't really seen all that much of the game. It's always sounded intriguing - an action title that deals with the topic of mental health...
News Hardware Rivals Brings a Hell of a Lot of Firepower Exclusively to PS4
Sounds like a blast
Anyone remember Hardware: Online Arena on the PlayStation 2? As its name suggests, the title was one of the few last-last-gen games to boast online play - and it's getting a sequel of sorts on PlayStation 4. A newly formed internal development team over at Sony is working on the new project, entitled Hardware: Rivals, and it...
We've been spoiled
If you remember back to the first ever live action trailer for Destiny, then you'll probably recall that it was a bit cringe-worthy - but it was still well done and quite entertaining. As expected, the same is true of The Taken King's live action clip, which features the same three Guardians. However, we reckon that both have...
News A New Yakuza Game Is Going to Be Announced at TGS, Start Pleading for Localisation Now
Please
Okay, so we're getting Yakuza 5 in the near future, but there's one problem: it's exclusive to the PlayStation 3. Now, before you say it, no, we're not next-gen snobs, but we are worried that when the title inevitably sells close to bugger all, Sony won't bother funding the localisation of another one. And that's going to be a real kicker,...
Wednesday9th Sep 2015
Review Dishonored: Definitive Edition (PS4)
Not Attano improvements
It's almost been three years since Dishonored snuck onto the PlayStation 3, and when we donned the daunting mask of Corvo Attano back then to creep through Dunwall without so much as killing a soul or making a sound, we still regard Arkane Studios' runaway success with much-deserved admiration. Whether you choose to take a...
Review Amnesia: Memories (PS Vita)
A memorable encounter
Amnesia: Memories is an otome visual novel where you play the nameless heroine who has lost her memories. The reason given in the opening scenes of the game is that a sprite named Orion has collided with you and takes up the space in the brain where your memories used to be. A cute notion, but as the storylines unfold, you...
News Massive 20th Anniversary PlayStation Store Sale Hits North America
Diablo III, Call of Duty, and Final Fantasy all slashed
If there was nothing in the latest North American store update that tickled your fancy, you may be interested in knowing that there's currently a gigantic 20th Anniversary sale going on in the New World. Granted, most of the discounts apply to PlayStation 3 and Vita titles, but we've still...
Review Dynamite Fishing - World Games (PS4)
We’re going to need a bigger boat
Fish, eh? Sitting under the water, frustrating fishermen by only nibbling their bait once every few hours. Well, no more. A dedicated lowbrow crew of virtual fishers who include Redneck Joe and Wild Wendy are taking the fight back to the fish – with dynamite. And you're invited to throw caution - and large...
News Expect a Big Persona 5 Blowout at TGS
Release date incoming?
It comes as no surprise whatsoever to learn that Persona 5 is going to have a big presence at this year's Tokyo Game Show, but we're rather excited in any case. The highly anticipated Japanese role-playing game is supposed to be releasing this year in both Japan and North America, but honestly, we're still incredibly sceptical...
News Europe Gets a Load of PlayStation Store Discounts, Including The Witcher 3
That time again
What, it's time for another PlayStation Store sale? Already? Well, if you say so. This week's European deals include discounts on PlayStation 4 titles like The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, J-Stars Victory VS+, and, er, Godzilla. To be totally honest, we can't spy that many good deals, but at least you can add to your PlayStation 3...
News Darksiders Creators Launch Indie Kickstarter to Bring Comic-Inspired JRPG to PS4
Death-initely going to be funded
It's a cold day in Hell if you don't find this particular scribe praising the Darksiders series made by the former Vigil Games. Both games exhibited Joe Madureira's profoundly unique, bold art style that brought their fantastical worlds and mythical characters to life, and with solid hack 'n' slash gameplay backed by...
News Japanese Sales Charts: Metal Gear Solid V Brings PS4 Its Best Numbers in Months
Sneaking to success
Wow, who knew that big games sell consoles? After weeks of incredibly dreary Japanese sales charts reading, the PlayStation 4 has finally jumped back up to respectable numbers. With the release of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, the new-gen system leapt to the top of the hardware charts with sales of 54,494 units. Hideo...
News PS4 Exclusive Until Dawn was Hugely Popular on YouTube Last Month
Like, so totally hot right now
Whether you like it or not, and despite what it says about our ever-changing industry, websites like YouTube offer a telling look into which games are hot, and which games are not. Indeed, YouTube's even started publishing its top ten 'trending' titles for each month, and in August, PlayStation 4 exclusive Until Dawn...
News Bethesda Promises Free Content Updates and Confirms a Season Pass for Fallout 4
Out of the vault
Bethesda's gone ahead and opened up the vault to Fallout 4's post-launch plans, and they're probably just as you'd expect. Let's start with the good stuff: the developer promises numerous, free updates for the post-apocalyptic adventure. It says that these patches will not only fix potential issues, but they'll also add new content...
Weirdness This Metal Gear Solid V Video Shows You the Height of Tactical Espionage Action
Kept you waiting, huh?
If you pump some funds into Mother Base's research and development sector, you can create increasingly insane ways of dealing with the countless guards that populate Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain's sandbox world. YouTube user Iron Pineapple has gone above and beyond with the hell that they put this particular soldier...
News Witcher 3 Expansion Screenshots Tease New Monsters and Blatant Baddies
Get your swords out
Ah, good old screenshots - the media that never fails to tease. As with any good pictures, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's latest snaps bring up a bunch of interesting questions as we attempt to decipher just what it is that they're showing us. First on the agenda is a rather large amphibious creature that appears to be lurking...
Store Update 9th September 2015 (North America)
Paypercraft
North America's received a reasonably bulky store update this week, as the likes of the brilliant Tearaway Unfolded and the enjoyable Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse step onto the PlayStation 4. What's more, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's freshly detailed expansion is up for pre-order, as is the we-hope-it's-as-good-as-it-looks...
Tuesday8th Sep 2015
Review Super Time Force Ultra (PS4)
A force to be reckoned with
At its core, Super Time Force Ultra is a heavily addictive side-scrolling shooter, and a great one at that - even without the intuitive Time Out feature. The game is beautifully smooth to play from start to finish; members of the Super Time Force feel responsive and effortless to control, which is somewhat essential given...
Take a Tebow
There are three types of people when it comes to American Football: the people that love it, the people that don't care about it, and the people who think that it's 'namby-pamby rugby'. Only the people in the first camp would usually play this year's edition of the Madden series, even more so now because of the increasing tactical...
News Using Quiet During These Missions Can Corrupt Your Save Data in Metal Gear Solid V
That's just boss
Well this came out of nowhere. According to Konami Europe's official Twitter account, using Quiet as a companion during mission 29 or mission 42 can corrupt your save file. No further details have been given, but we thought that it was best to get the word out. Quiet is one of the few buddies that you can take on missions with you...
News Destiny Update 2.0's Full Patch Notes Are Here and They're Absolutely Huge
Year 2 begins now
Bungie's finally released the full patch notes for Destiny's 2.0 update, and they're big to say the least. The patch alters countless bits and pieces of the game, from the levelling system to the loot itself. Obviously, this is all in preparation for the title's upcoming expansion, The Taken King, but if you log into Destiny with...
News The FIFA 16 Demo Is Ready for Kick Off on PS4 Right Now
12 teams, Ultimate Team Draft, 4.6GB
Ready to get into training for this year's FIFA, are you? Well you're in luck if so, because FIFA 16's playable demo is now available on the PlayStation 4. Weighing in at a hefty 4.6GB, you probably won't be taking the new model out for a spin straight after work, but at least you'll be sorted for an evening of...
News You Could Have Been Playing Destiny 2 Later This Month
Alternate reality
Those documents that have been dug up following a legal battle between Bungie and fired soundtrack composer Marty O'Donnell have turned out to be a bit of a gold mine, eh? Following on from yesterday's report that Destiny's story was considerably altered one year before it launched, more digging from
News The Witcher 3's First Expansion Requires a High Level Geralt
No newbies allowed
As you'd probably expect, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's first expansion, Hearts of Stone, will require a rather beefy Geralt of Rivia. Answering a fan's question on Twitter, ever reliable community lead Marcin Momot confirmed that the upcoming add-on is intended for Witchers who are level 30 and over. Momot also stated that the...
News Destiny's Game-Changing 2.0 Patch Is Out Now
A new age
Destiny's absolutely massive 2.0 update is available to download right now. The patch brings countless changes to the game, signalling the beginning of what Bungie is calling 'year two'. It adds things like Legendary Marks, which replace the limited Vanguard and Crucible marks, and it removes light levels and installs a new experience...
News Here's Your First Look at The Witcher 3's October Expansion
There's even a limited edition
We hope that you're prepared to jump back into the hunt, because the first trailer for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's first expansion, Hearts of Stone, is ready and waiting. Needless to say, it's only a teaser, so don't expect to see too much. Featuring a familiar face - points for remembering who it is - it looks like...
News Saint Seiya: Soldiers' Soul Gets Godly in Its New Trailer
Light in the darkness
At times, we're not even sure how the Saints keep up their fight without being blinded by all of that shiny armour, and this trailer features some of the shiniest of all - the God cloths. Showing off numerous new characters as well as some of the added story mode sagas, there's a lot to see in this relatively short video...
News The Binding of Isaac Is Getting an Expansion that Adds Over 100 Hours of New Stuff
Bloody hell
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth captivated some of the Push Square staff when it launched on PlayStation 4 back in 2014, and with good cause. The creepy but incredibly addictive indie title offers dozens of hours of content - and it's about to get even bigger. Detailed on the developer's blog, the Afterbirth expansion sounds like one heck...
Monday7th Sep 2015
Beastly
Board games have had a surprising renaissance in recent years. No longer are they an item collecting dust in your Nan's closet, but a fun and viable pastime. This has led to some video game developers capitalizing on this increased interest, producing titles that emulate the style of a board game. One of the most interesting of these is...
Son of a beech
Grow Home is yet another small indie-esque release from Ubisoft, following closely in the footsteps of Child of Light and Valiant Hearts. It combines unique gameplay, a stunning graphical style, and a cute story about robots and plants in an attempt to recreate the sensation of rock-climbing. But does this plucky platformer climb to...
News Destiny: The Taken King Trophies Are Live on PS4
Not long now
Destiny's gigantic 2.0 update launches tomorrow, the 8th September, in preparation for the title's upcoming expansion, The Taken King, which releases on the 15th September. As such, it's no surprise that the add-on's Trophy set has appeared on the PlayStation Network. There are ten trinkets to collect in total, and the majority of them...
News New Evidence Suggests Destiny's Story was Completely Changed a Year Before Launch
What might have been
Following a legal battle between Bungie and fired soundtrack composer Marty O'Donnell, newly uncovered documents state that Destiny's story was "substantially revised" a whole year before the game actually launched. The shooter was originally intended to release in September 2013, but in the month prior, the developer decided to...
News EA Wants More Diversity in Game Development
"It can't all be white males"
EA's Peter Moore is back again with some more highly quotable, er, quotes. This time, in an interview with Fortune, the likeable exec states that the publisher is actively seeking diversity when it comes to its employees, ensuring that both men and women are well represented within the company. "We've gone from the...
News Dragon's Dogma Online Has Already Reached Some Impressive Milestones in Japan
Hot hot hot
Capcom must be happy with the performance of Dragon's Dogma Online, as it's revealed several impressive figures. The massively multiplayer online role-playing game launched just a few weeks ago, and since then, it's already managed to rack up around 950,000 downloads. On top of that, over 330,000 characters have been created, and,...
News Destiny: The Taken King's Cinematic Trailer Attempts to Get You Hyped for Year 2
Another one?
Yes, you read that right, Destiny: The Taken King has yet another trailer, and this time, it focuses on the expansion's storyline. Now, before you have a little chuckle and say something along the lines of 'what story?', give the video a watch - it's arguably one of the best trailers that the shooter has spawned. As any Destiny fan...
News UK Sales Charts: Metal Gear Solid V Takes a Chopper to the Top
72% of sales were on PS4
Who didn't see this one coming? Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain has tiptoed straight into number one here in the UK following its launch on the 1st September. Equally unsurprising is that 72 per cent of the stealth-'em-up's sales were on the PlayStation 4. However, Kojima's latest didn't sell quite well enough to beat...
