Feature 27 PS4 Exclusives to Anticipate in 2016
The biggest and best year yet
Guide UK Boxing Day 2015 Deals - Every PS4, PS3, and PlayStation Vita Sale
Lightning deals for the freshly flush
Hardware Review The Perfect PS4 Hard Drive Upgrade Kit for the Clueless
We take a look at Oyen Digital's 1TB option
Soapbox Why PlayStation VR Has Me Cautiously Optimistic
Sammy Barker's starting to get stoked for the impending revolution
News - 2015, Week 52
Sunday27th Dec 2015
Soapbox Why PlayStation VR Has Me Cautiously Optimistic
Sammy Barker's starting to get stoked for the impending revolution
It's almost make or break time for PlayStation VR, the ambitious PlayStation 4 peripheral that promises to make us a part of virtual worlds. Sony's said that the potentially expensive accessory will launch in the first half of 2016, which means that it's less than six months away at...
Game of the Year #6 - Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (PS4, PS3)
Tactical espionage excellence
When Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain first hit shelves back in September, it was everywhere – and with good reason. Though the title harbours concerns of meddlesome online content and a lacking narrative, it still delivers as a stellar toybox fit for fans of the series and newcomers alike. The ways in which the...
Game of the Year Phil's Personal PlayStation Picks
Blockbuster business
Every year the Push Square Team gets together to vote for the site's PlayStation Game of the Year. While we usually keep these polls secret, we're putting the spotlight on some of our authors this holiday so that they can highlight some of their personal favourites from 2015. Today it's the turn of Phil Kennedy, as he brings out...
Saturday26th Dec 2015
Feature 27 PS4 Exclusives to Anticipate in 2016
The biggest and best year yet
So, you've excavated a brand new PlayStation 4 from beneath your Christmas tree, and you're wondering what your new box of tricks can do? Well, aside from all of the glorious games that the fat man shoved down your chimney earlier in the week, you've picked the right time to join the new-gen party – delays be damned,...
Game of the Year #7 - Batman: Arkham Knight (PS4)
Knight time
It's an indication that 2015 has been an impressive year for games, when a Rocksteady Studios Batman: Arkham title doesn't break into the Game of the Year Top Five list, and settles for a respectable seventh place from Push Square instead. Even its E3 2015 trailer was overshadowed beneath the cowl of amazing announcements that preceded...
Game of the Year Kell's Personal PlayStation Picks
Kell, then
Every year the Push Square Team gets together to vote for the site's PlayStation Game of the Year. While we usually keep these polls secret, we're putting the spotlight on some of our authors this holiday so that they can highlight some of their personal favourites from 2015. Today it's the turn of Kell Andersen, as he learns that life is...
Friday25th Dec 2015
Guide UK Boxing Day 2015 Deals - Every PS4, PS3, and PlayStation Vita Sale
Lightning deals for the freshly flush
We bet that Christmas money's burning a hole in your pocket already, isn't it? Well, what better way to fritter it away than with the Boxing Day sales, which… Well, seem to start earlier every single year. We've compiled some of this year's best British offers for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and Vita...
News Valkyria Chronicles Is Looking Anything But Sketchy on PS4
Drawing lines
Legendary SEGA strategy game Valkyria Chronicles is making a move to the PlayStation 4 in Japan next year, and the publisher has released the remastered version's first trailer to celebrate. In truth, the PlayStation 3 classic doesn't look like it's aged one bit – hopefully a Western date is deployed soon.
Guide How to Check if the PSN's Offline This Christmas
Down but not out
Look, we hope as much as you do that the PlayStation Network makes it through Christmas intact, but we have to face facts – there's a strong chance of turbulence over the next few days. Sony's been really good this year at both keeping its servers online and ensuring that – when the worst happens – it responds quickly, so...
Guide USA Boxing Day 2015 Deals - Every PS4, PS3, and PlayStation Vita Sale
Cut-price consoles and games
Pre-holiday shopping is over, which means that post-holiday shopping starts now. Think we're crazy? Well, we're not. Boxing Day brings another wave of bargains, and we've compiled some of the best American PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and Vita offers for you to browse. If you see anything that takes your fancy, click...
Game of the Year #8 - Transformers: Devastation (PS4, PS3)
Lighting our darkest hour
Transformers: Devastation's 2015 launch possibly missed out on PlayStation 4 sales by releasing in the same October week as Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, so to discover that Platinum Games' single player brawler title – with a five hour game length – has achieved eighth place in Push Square's Game of the Year...
News PS4 Games Feel Festive Cheer in NA PlayStation Store Flash Sale
Flash in the pan
You didn't think that Europe was going to get a one up on you Americans, did you? SCEE's gigantic January sale may well be excellent, but SCEA's rolled out a pretty sizeable Flash Sale in North America, which is set to end on 28th December. It includes a slew of PlayStation 4 games, such as Batman: Arkham Knight, Mad Max, and Madden...
Game of the Year Stephen's Personal PlayStation Picks
Ninja'd
Every year the Push Square Team gets together to vote for the site's PlayStation Game of the Year. While we usually keep these polls secret, we're putting the spotlight on some of our authors this holiday so that they can highlight some of their personal favourites from 2015. Today it's the turn of Stephen Tailby, as he spotlights everything...
Talking Point Did You Get Any PlayStation Gifts This Christmas?
Share 'em with us
It's Christmas Eve – actually, it's just gone midnight – and we don't have long to write this article, so you'll forgive us for excreting it out at the very last minute. But, we've written all of our Game of the Year stuff – keep reading the site over the coming week – and it's taken a lot of time. So, sorry this final...
Feature We Wish You a Very Merry Christmas
For the festivities
I write this on a dark and dreary Wednesday evening ten or so days before Christmas. The build-up to the festive period is always stressful here at Push Square: personal business is complemented by frantic holiday writing, as we attempt to get our Game of the Year coverage in order and tie up any loose ends before we take a day...
Thursday24th Dec 2015
News Gigantic EU PS4, Vita January PlayStation Store Sale Will Empty Your Wallet
Hope you've been saving
Yeah, the 12 Deals of Christmas sucked, but SCEE has delivered at the very last minute. The platform holder's rolled out discounts on over 300 games on the European PlayStation Store today, with tons of PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and Vita offers worthy of recommendation. Take, for instance, DriveClub, which can b
News January's PlayStation Plus Freebies Will Be Revealed Next Week
Auld Lang Fine
Nobody wants to head into the holidays with a cloud hanging over their heads, so Sony has smartly delayed January's big PlayStation Plus update announcement until next week – after all, these reveals rarely make people happy these days, do they? Writing on Twitter, PlayStation Blog punching bag Fred Dutton declared that the freebies...
Game of the Year Sammy's Personal PlayStation Picks
Praise the moon
Every year the Push Square Team gets together to vote for the site's PlayStation Game of the Year. While we usually keep these polls secret, we're putting the spotlight on some of our authors this holiday so that they can highlight some of their personal favourites from 2015. Today it's the turn of Sammy Barker, as new intellectual...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This... Christmas?
O come all ye gamers
'Twas the night before Christmas and all round Push Square, the team were playing Rocket League in abhorrent knitwear. Sammy was scoring goal after goal. "Stop," screamed Robert, "Or you'll be getting coal!" So we changed the game – TowerFall the choice. And we all played till Christmas in jovial voice. Sammy Barker, Editor:...
Game of the Year #9 - Everybody's Gone to the Rapture (PS4)
Shock and Yaughton
The beauty of Everybody's Gone to The Rapture is its quiet. This is a game about an apocalypse, which doesn't feature any explosions. A game about a deadly virus, which doesn't feature any zombies. A game about a community at war, which doesn't feature any guns. Instead, it tasks you with piecing together the story of the former...
Wednesday23rd Dec 2015
News Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection Gets a Crap New Cover
Drake's misfortune
You didn't think that the gorgeous golden Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection cover was going to last, did you? Perhaps realising that the original box art didn't quite capture the "SUCH VALUE! MUCH QUALITY!" nature of the compilation, SCEE has re-packaged the title in Europe with a garbage front flaunting the fact that you get...
News Uncharted 4's Been Delayed Yet Again on PS4
Crap crap crap
Here's a nice Christmas gift for you: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End has been delayed yet again on the PlayStation 4. The exclusive was originally meant to release in late 2015 before it was pushed into 2016, and now it's been knocked back even further. The upcoming blockbuster had previously been pegged with an 18th March 2016 launch...
Game of the Year Simon's Personal PlayStation Picks
OMG!
Every year the Push Square Team gets together to vote for the site's PlayStation Game of the Year. While we usually keep these polls secret, we're putting the spotlight on some of our authors this holiday so that they can highlight some of their personal favourites from 2015. Today it's the turn of Simon Fitzgerald, where variety rules the day...
News LittleBigPlanet 3 and More PS4 Games Go Cheap in US Holiday Sale
'Tis the season for empty wallets
You're no doubt reaching that point where you feel like decking Deck the Halls, but hang tight – Christmas is almost here, which means that it'll be over soon as well. The good news is that Sony has rolled out week three of its US PlayStation Network holiday sale, and it's bursting with bargains yet again...
News Recreate Gogglebox with the All 4 App on PS4
Hollyoaks, here we come
Just in time for Christmas: the All 4 app is launching today on the PlayStation 4. This means that you'll be able to spend your holidays watching old episodes of Peep Show, while simultaneously declaring Homeland's Claire Danes "the one". The app will, of course, include access to Channel 4 catch-up content, as well as...
News GAME's Share Prices Plunge as UK Retailer Is Struck by Pre-Christmas Slump
Bah humbug
Upper-management at UK retailer GAME will be enjoying Christmas about as much as Louis Van Gaal, as the company's share prices have plummeted by a disastrous 34 per cent today. The decline comes after the chain announced that its UK revenue was down 11.4 per cent compared to the same 21 week period leading up to 19th December in 2014 –...
Game of the Year #10 - Destiny: The Taken King (PS4, PS3)
You are my Destiny, you are my one and only
Destiny: The Taken King is in many ways what Destiny should have been when it first came out. It's not hard to imagine Bungie getting buried under an avalanche of feedback, as every gamer and their dog had their say about what they thought was right and wrong about the game it had created. It's a testament...
News Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization Whisks PS4, Vita to a Virtual World in 2016
MMOkay
Bandai Namco's deluge of PlayStation 4 and Vita announcements is not over yet: the publisher's just confirmed that Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization will launch in Europe and North America in Fall 2016. The game will see you assume the role of Kirito, as he enters a new VRMMORPG world named Sword Art Origin, which was – and we quote –...
Site News Our Game of the Year Coverage Starts Today
The final countdown
Spoilers: we picked our Game of the Year winner a couple of weeks ago. Since then, the Push Square team has been frantically writing articles in order to keep you occupied over the holidays. This year's, er, end of year coverage is going to be our best ever, with a number of our authors sharing their personal Top Five titles of...
Tuesday22nd Dec 2015
Hardware Review The Perfect PS4 Hard Drive Upgrade Kit for the Clueless
We take a look at Oyen Digital's 1TB option
Let's cut right to the chase: if you're anything like us, that 500GB hard drive that's sat inside of your PlayStation 4 since launch is becoming a growing hassle. You're probably having to delete older games so that you can install new ones, and every time that there's a hefty patch to download, you get...
News Tons More Classic PS2 Games Rated for PS4
Wild Arms! Siren! Primal!
There's some discontent with Sony's decision to charge for PlayStation 2 titles on the PlayStation 4, but personally we're loving the Trophy enhanced retro releases. And so we're excited to learn that several more classics have been rated by the ESRB, including sight jacking horror sim Siren and the excellent
News PS4 Games Secure Highest Console Average Score on Metacritic
Weak lineup? Computer says no
Being the current hotness, the PlayStation 4 has come under increased scrutiny. But according to Metacritic, the console had the best games this year – assuming that we pop PC and portables in a different category. In truth, the system's average Metascore of 70.5 was barely above the Xbox One – but over 70 more...
Feature 10 PlayStation Games from 2015 to Get Lost in Over the Holidays
Play in our world
Ah, the holidays are finally here. Whether you're just beginning your Christmas break from education or you're enjoying some much needed time off work, the holidays tend to represent an important period for those invested in video games – a time when you can afford to sink deep into a hefty adventure and make some real progress,...
Store Update 22nd December 2015 (Europe)
The last noel
"It's almost Christmas," we hear you scream. That don't mean that the European PlayStation Store's taking time off, though. The highlight this week is probably Fantavision – the PlayStation 2 launch title which is now available on the PlayStation 4. Also twinkling in the corner of our eye are Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star and...
News Final Fantasy VII Remake Will Be Fully Voiced
Gulp
Final Fantasy VII Remake will ditch the text boxes of the original game, opting for fully-voiced presentation instead, Square Enix has announced. The publisher was chatting with Dengeki PlayStation magazine, and revealed a few more details about the hotly anticipated re-imagining, which will spawn its own series consisting of several full games...
News Naughty Dog Takes You Behind the Scenes on Uncharted 4
And teases Nate's Theme 4.0
The other part of Naughty Dog's pre-The Force Awakens presentation takes you behind the scenes on Uncharted 4: A Thief's End so that you can marvel at Troy Baker's haircut – and also get a feel for how the game's being made. We get a look at the developer's familiar motion capture studio, as well as some input from...
Store Update 22nd December 2015 (North America)
Worked up over fireworks
One more for the road? G'wan, then. It's the last North American PlayStation Store update of the year, which means that… Well, Fantavision is the highlight. But hey, everyone likes fireworks around New Year time, and this PlayStation 2 launch title's got 'em in spades. The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel is also out...
Monday21st Dec 2015
News Fanart for Kojima Productions' Logo Has Already Started
No, really
Gamers around the globe are ditching their Quiet drawings in order to pen a new character: Kojima Productions' logo. We've only seen the medieval skull's head thus far, but studio founder Hideo Kojima did note in a tweet that the company has imagined the character's body as well. Rather than reveal it, however, he said that he'd prefer...
News Sony: We Put Time and Money into PS2 Titles on PS4
Platform holder defends pricing
PlayStation 2 games on the PlayStation 4 have prompted the closest thing to a backlash in the PlayStation Nation [Sorry – Ed] for years. Sony's charging between $9.99 and $14.99 for the re-releases, but some people think that they should be free for people that either own the original DVDs or bought them on the...
News Naughty Dog Really Wants You to Believe That Drake Will Die in Uncharted 4
Dead man walking
At this point, if Nathan Drake comes out of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End on crutches, we're going to be disappointed. Naughty Dog's been teasing the fact that the protagonist's going to snuff it for years now, and this brand new CG trailer continues the trend. The video was shown in cinemas this weekend prior to Star Wars: The Force...
News PS4 Exclusive DriveClub's Ready to Paint the Town Red
City courses on the way
Evolution Studios ain't ready to pump DriveClub's brakes just yet. The PlayStation 4's perennially underrated racer looks set to get even better in 2016 – with the addition of city tracks. The developer teased the new arrivals in a tantalising Twitter message, showing an image of a bike zipping around a rain-slicked street...
News God Eater Chows Down on PS4, Vita in 2016
Resurrection and Rage Burst headline huge Bandai Namco lineup
Think you've got a big appetite? You ain't got nothing on a God Eater, as these guys make even Michael Phelps' calorie-laden meals look microscopic. Bandai Namco has announced that, after much fan demand, God Eater Resurrection and God Eater 2: Rage Burst are heading overseas for the...
News Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme VS-Force Targets Vita in 2016
About Gundam time
No, it's not ending yet – Bandai Namco has gone positively barmy, even going so far as to announce a new PlayStation Vita exclusive. Well, technically this ain't new as Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme VS-Force was revealed at the Tokyo Game Show earlier in the year – but we now know that it will be igniting its rocket thrusters and...
News One Piece: Burning Blood Looks Like the Fighting Game Fans Have Been Waiting For
Burn on
One Piece: Burning Blood looks just about as mental as expected judging from this new five minute gameplay trailer. Featuring a load of characters who haven't appeared in a One Piece game before, the brawler's set to have a pretty decent roster of playable pirates. Indeed, if the footage is anything to go by, then the title's going to boast...
News JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Focuses Its Eyes of Heaven on PS4
Phantom blood
The Bandai Namco barrage continues: super stylish brawler JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven is coming to the PlayStation 4 next summer. The CyberConnect 2 manga/anime adaptation is a two-on-two brawler inspired by the long-running Shōnen Jump series. Feast your eyes on a few minutes of madcap gameplay footage in the trailer...
News UK Sales Charts: Black Ops III Beats Battlefront to Christmas Number One
A CoD Christmas
Call of Duty: Black Ops III has breached the top of the UK sales charts, making it the sixth title in the series to secure the coveted Christmas number one spot. The shooter did come under heavy fire from Star Wars Battlefront, which saw a 20 per cent increase on the back of The Force Awakens fever, but it wasn't enough to topple...
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