News - 2015, Week 42

Sunday18th Oct 2015

  • News This PS4 Commercial Is Going to Sell a Lot of Consoles

    Feel the force

    Oh boy! Sony has uploaded its official Holiday 2015 commercial for North America – and it's a real humdinger. Based, unsurprisingly, upon Star Wars Battlefront, this advertisement not only serves up some bad ass special effects – but it also bangs the nostalgia drum hard. Given that we're mere weeks away from being submerged into...

  • Review GEX (PSone)

    GEX-sticulates yelling '90s pop culture quips

    A game can be an interesting representation of its generation without being beautiful, timeless, and artistically ageless. Released on the EU's PSone in April 1996, GEX was loud, brash, and in-your-face, but so were films like Point Break and ska-punk bands such as Assorted Jelly Beans during the 1990s...

  • Push Rewind No Man's Sky Rumours, Tales of Zestiria, Dragon Quest Heroes

    What A Week

    And thus concludes a gigantic week in the PlayStation Nation. There wasn't a whole lot of hot news this time – a juicy No Man's Sky rumour aside – but we made up for it with more reviews than you can possibly imagine. A busy week, then – and it's only going to busier. Reviews: Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the...

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...

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Friday16th Oct 2015

  • 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...

Saturday17th Oct 2015

  • News DriveClub's Going to Get Even More PS4 Trophies

    Bllling

    DriveClub currently has 122 Trophies, which means that it's one gong short of being the most fruitful PlayStation 4 release for hunters of polished virtual pots. And it'll be overtaking adversary DC Universe Online soon, as director Paul Rustchynsky has revealed that there are "plenty more" trinkets on the way. These, presumably, will all...

  • News Can Your Wallet Survive the Latest NA PS Store Flash Sale?

    You're about to find out

    As was already outed earlier in the week, the North American PlayStation Store has landed a new Flash Sale – this time with a survival theme. The promotional period – which is set to end on Monday, 19th October – spans all three PlayStation platforms, and includes some real bargains, such as Everybody's

  • News NieR's PS4 Sequel Is Being Built Almost Entirely by Platinum Games

    Does that studio ever sleep?

    Platinum Games must be the busiest developer in the industry right now. Not content with having just released Transformers Devastation, the Japanese studio is working on about a billion other games – all of which are due out on various platforms and being made for several different publishers. One such high-profile...

Friday16th Oct 2015

  • 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...

Friday16th Oct 2015

  • 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...

Thursday15th Oct 2015

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  • 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,...

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Monday12th Oct 2015

  • News Call of Duty: Black Ops III Can Be Played Backwards if You Want

    Fast-forward the fiction

    People who read the last page of a book before anything else are the scum of the Earth in this author's opinion, but Treyarch has a different view. Speaking with Eurogamer.net on the back of a single player blow out, the developer has revealed that you'll be able to play Call of Duty: Black Ops III any way that you like –...

  • News Great Scott! Rocket League Goes Back to the Future

    Wait a minute! Wait a minute!

    As the great band Busted once sang: "I've been to the Year 3000. Not much has changed but they lived underwater. And this game that they play called Rocket League – well, it's pretty fine." Speaking of which, Psyonix's surprise smash will be getting an added bonus later this month, as the DeLorean drops by for a tour...