News - 2015, Week 42

Monday19th Oct 2015

  • News PlayStation Wishes the NES a Happy 30th Anniversary

    Now you're playing with power

    It's the tenth anniversary of PlayStation 2 classic Shadow of the Colossus' launch today – but it's the Nintendo Entertainment System's big 30th birthday as well. Acknowledging the event, Sony posted a brief message on Twitter to celebrate the North American release of the House of Mario's iconic grey slab. "Dear...

Sunday18th Oct 2015

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  • Guide Tales of Zestiria Tips for First-Time Shepherds

    Embrace the responsibility of the Shepherd

    Being the Shepherd is a tough job, but someone has to do it. Sorey's journey isn't an easy one, even if he is surrounded by powerful elemental beings, so we've cobbled together a few choice hints and tips for those of you that are just getting started. Tales of Zestiria isn't the toughest of games, but it...

  • Review WRC 5 (PS4)

    Muddy good

    The racing genre is still poorly represented on the PlayStation 4, with Evolution Studios' hardy DriveClub the only real option on the appliance outside of launch title Need for Speed: Rivals and Milestone's many motorcycle simulations. Polyphony Digital overlord Kazunori Yamauchi doesn't seem in any real hurry to reveal Gran Turismo 7...

  • Review Tales of Zestiria (PS4)

    Lemon gel zest

    Where to start with Tales of Zestiria? The latest lengthy Japanese role-playing release of a series that's been a staple of Namco's output for what seems like an age, it's the franchise's first PlayStation 4 foray. There's a clear ambition from the developer to make things bigger and to explore themes, concepts, and gameplay mechanics...

  • Review Minecraft: Story Mode - Episode 1: The Order of the Stone (PS4)

    Crafty devils

    Minecraft: Story Mode is Telltale Games' newest series. While it currently has two other releases with unfinished seasons – Game of Thrones and Tales from the Borderlands – at least we know that one of them will be wrapping up very soon. So, the time seems ripe to begin a new episodic adventure. Unfortunately, the studio seems to...

  • News EA Games: Publishers Pushing PS4 Remasters Have Run Out of Ideas

    "That's never been in our culture"

    Outspoken EA Games executive Peter Moore believe publishers pushing PlayStation 4 remasters have run out of ideas. In a frank exchange with IGN, the popular personality stressed that his company is more interested with moving forwards than looking backwards. You can probably scratch that Mass Effect Trilogy...

  • News The Bunker Beckons as NA PlayStation Store Survival Sale Nears

    Flash bang

    A heads up ahead of potential impending financial problems: there's a North American PlayStation Store Flash Sale on the horizon. Eagle eyed North American PlayStation Store users spotted signage for some upcoming 'Survival Deals' on the digital plaza, though it's unclear just yet what it will entail. Given the name, we'd expect stuff...

  • Push Share What PS4 Screenshots Have You Been Sharing? - Issue 1

    Push that button

    Oh, would you look at that – a new bi-weekly Push Square feature that's all about one of our favourite PlayStation 4 features: the share button. We've gathered our team together in order to bring you a handful of screenshots from games that we've recently been playing, with the hope that you too will feel the need to share your...

  • News Yakuza 5 Feels the Heat in Mid-November on PS3

    Kamurocho's almost go

    Yakuza 5 is still due out on the PlayStation 3 this year, with SEGA attaching a mid-November release window to the oft-requested brawler. The game's currently available to pre-order on Sony's digital plaza, but is tagged with a place holder 31st December launch. "Unfortunately, it's a little later than we would've liked, and a...

  • News Follow the Dying Light with Dirt Buggy DLC in 2016

    Car-nage

    Want to know what was a good game? Dying Light. Techland's zombie slayer launched so early in the year that it's likely to be overlooked when the end of 2015 awards roll around, but we reckon that it's up there with some of the best titles that we've played over the past 12 months. And subsequently we're quite looking forward to The...

  • Weirdness Yakuza as a Live Performance Looks Suitably Mental

    The real Dragon of Dojima

    A stage show that the editors of this very site would have paid to see purely for the experience, 'Yakuza' obviously ties in to the fantastic action role-playing game series of the same name. Featuring staple characters such as protagonist Kazuma Kiryu and the crazy Goro Majima, the show was unleashed on the Japanese public...

Thursday15th Oct 2015

  • Review Toto Temple Deluxe (PS4)

    Goat to catch ‘em all

    Goats, eh? They get a bad press with their association with satanic rituals, being the head parts of man eating mythological Chimeras, and generally being the lesser loved when it comes to field sharing with the more cuddly and socially acceptable sheep. But thanks to Toto Temple Deluxe on the PlayStation 4 – building on...

  • Review Super Meat Boy (PS4)

    Meat your doom

    You wouldn't believe how much we hated Super Meat Boy at first. We were quick to label this 2D platformer as being needlessly punishing and thought that it was frustrating not because it has devious level design, but because you have to work with flawed gameplay to win. However, we're glad that we stuck with it despite our negative,...

  • Review Zombie Vikings (PS4)

    Norse so bad

    Zombie Vikings trades heavily on its character, and what's here shows a lot of heart and creativity – but it's mired by repetition, which means that while this brawler is charming enough to capture your attention, it's unlikely to hold onto it for long. A big part of its appeal is its aesthetic. Much like developer Zoink Games'...

  • News Used a Money Exploit in The Witcher 3? The New Expansion Will Find You Out

    Geralt's greatest foe?

    Remember when CD Projekt Red added in a big hulking beastie to the first area of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt in order to punish players who were killing cows and selling their hides to make some quick cash? Well the Polish studio's at it again with the game's first expansion, Hearts of Stone. If you've used any exploits to...

  • Review Thief Town (PS4)

    This town ain't big enough for the four of us

    Another day, another retro-styled, multiplayer-focused indie title. This time around, we have Glass Knuckle's Thief Town, a multiplayer stealth action game set in, as the developers jokingly put it, "a pixel-perfect rendition of the Wild West". The tongue is firmly wedged in cheek, then, which is fine by...

  • News It's Weird to See Fallout 4 on a Vita Screen

    Control specialist handling Remote Play functionality

    It's a strange sight, isn't it? Fallout 4's easily one of the most anticipated games left to release this year, and it just seems weird to see it on a handheld display. Like all PlayStation 4 titles, you'll be able to stream the post-apocalyptic role-playing release to your Vita via Remote Play,...

  • News Square Enix Is Bringing Everything but the Kitchen Sink to Paris Games Week

    Well, probably no Final Fantasy VII Remaster either

    There's never really been a big platform holder presence at Paris Games Week before, and we think that that's prompting some people to underestimate just how busy the coming weeks are going to be in the PlayStation Nation. Sony's said that it will be holding a Gamescom-esque press conference in the...

  • News Ratchet & Clank Could Be the Best Video Game Movie Ever

    Kick some asteroid

    Ratchet & Clank looks so good in film form that it's hard to believe that it's taken this long for Sony to bring the platforming icons to the silver screen. This brand new trailer for the franchise's forthcoming flick has all of the ingredients that it needs to succeed: skittish jump cuts, on-the-nose gags, and a Galantis...

  • News Fallout 4's Live Action Trailer Is Pure Post-Apocalyptic Hype

    Next month can't come soon enough

    If you thought that you were excited for Fallout 4, you should have seen the Push Square office's reaction to its live action trailer. As charming as it is well made, it's all but guaranteed to get you hyped for the role-playing release, which is due out in - can you believe it - less than a month from now. As far...

  • News Ubisoft Filmed an Eagle Flying Over London Because Assassin's Creed Syndicate

    Eagle eyes

    London's one of the most iconic cities in the world, and to prove it, Ubisoft flew an eagle over the English capital and recorded the sights with a 4K camera. Alright, this may just be fodder to ensure that Assassin's Creed Syndicate receives its daily trailer, but we do get a good look at iconic landmarks like Big Ben. The video even...

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