Soapbox Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered's Infinite Warfare Exclusivity Is a Disaster
Joey Thurmond believes Activision can avoid paying a big price
News Everything You Need to Know About Battlefield 1 on PS4
Plus, screenshots, box art, and pre-order info
News - 2016, Week 18
Monday9th May 2016
Push Rewind Uncharted 4, Call of Duty, Battlefield 1, Persona 5
All of the blockbusters
It was AAA week on Push Square this time, as we reviewed arguably the most anticipated PlayStation 4 game yet in Uncharted 4: A Thief's End and also covered the reveals of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and Battlefield 1. Elsewhere, Persona 5 got a Japanese release date for good measure – a busy one all around, then...
Sunday8th May 2016
Soapbox Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered's Infinite Warfare Exclusivity Is a Disaster
Joey Thurmond believes Activision can avoid paying a big price
Video game corporations are prone to making asinine decisions across the board. Ubisoft is no stranger to misrepresenting titles like Assassin's Creed Unity, Watch Dogs, and I Am Alive, which respectively ended up with an unforgivable amount of glitches, vastly downgraded visuals, and...
Review Shadow Complex Remastered (PS4)
Press X to Jason
Today, independent and digital titles sit fairly comfortably alongside big budget games in terms of critical reception and public acceptance, but when Shadow Complex was released in 2009, it was customary to finish any sentence that started "It's great..." with a
Review Neverending Nightmares (PS4)
Make them stop
Fittingly released at the start of Mental Health Awareness Month, Neverending Nightmares is a terrifying survival horror with an individual art style and an intriguing concept. The game is inspired by the real life struggles of project lead designer Matt Gilgenbach, who suffers with OCD and depression. You take control of Thomas, a...
Saturday7th May 2016
News Fallout 4 Far Harbor Trophies Emerge From the Deep on PS4
Let's have a look-sea
Due to release on the 19th May, Far Harbor is Fallout 4's first major expansion, and takes place on an irradiated island that's apparently one of the biggest add-on areas that Bethesda's ever crafted. The downloadable content got an official trailer earlier this week - which you can watch through here - and now the expansion's...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 116
Overwatch and out
A bit of inside baseball: your humble host is horrible at organising WAYP every week. Despite the feature being in its 116th instalment, you could probably count on one hand the number of times this editor has contacted his team on time in order to solicit entries for the article. This time it's finally come to bite this shamed...
Friday6th May 2016
News Out Now on PS4, Fallout 4 Patch 1.06 Brings Real Survival to the Commonwealth
Finally
Fallout 4's survival mode patch has finally arrived on PlayStation 4. Available to download right now, update version 1.06 weighs in at around 2.4GB, so you may want to get it downloading if you're planning on exploring the Commonwealth this evening. As hinted, the patch adds the highly anticipated, revamped survival mode to the...
Review Table Top Racing: World Tour (PS4)
Exhausting
One of the main things being touted about Table Top Racing: World Tour is that one of its creators worked on the WipEout series, so it'd be safe to expect high-octane racing, a pulsing soundtrack, and dazzling graphics – at least somewhat in the style of the iconic PlayStation series. This game has none of those things. A sequel to a...
News Everything You Need to Know About Battlefield 1 on PS4
Plus, screenshots, box art, and pre-order info
As rumoured, Battlefield 1 will whisk you away to World War I – a return to the historical action of yore before the entire industry moved into the modern military space. The title will apparently take you on a tour of combat bowls across the globe, from "a besieged French city to the heavily defended...
News Sony's Bought an Entire Channel 4 Commercial Break for Uncharted 4
Why not, right?
Fans of Gogglebox – the bizarrely popular British television show which shows people watching, er, television – will be in for a treat this evening: Sony has bought the entire first ad block during tonight's episode on Channel 4. According to a press release, it will use the time to run a live Twitter competition, while showing...
News Battlefield 5 Leaked Artwork Is Not What You Expect
World War I with a twist?
Well, then – this is an unexpected shock. The first artwork from Battlefield 5 has leaked online ahead of today's reveal – and it's not entirely what you expect. It looks like the World War I rumours were probably true – we see an old-fashioned German pistol as well as a zeppelin in the background – but it appears...
News The New Battlefield Launches 18th October on PS4
Is actually called Battlefield 1
There's a real plumbing problem at DICE, because the new Battlefield game is leaking all over the place. Originally believed to be named Battlefield 5, the game is actually called Battlefield 1 – and, as suspected, will be based upon World War I. We still don't know whether this will contain an alternate history...
Interview Insomniac Games Discusses the Past, Present, and Future of Ratchet & Clank
Cue montage
Insomniac Games' staff has likely been living up to its name more than usual over the past month. With the announcement of two new titles for the Oculus Rift and release of the game and film of Ratchet & Clank, the veteran developer has been burning the midnight oil to say the least. Therefore, it's no wonder that it should take some...
News Battlefield 1's First PS4 Trailer Explodes into a Ball of Flames
Seven nation army
Here it is: your first look at Battlefield 1 on the PlayStation 4. This trailer is apparently captured all in-engine, and, let's be honest, it looks outrageous. It's not the alternate history experience many anticipated – instead, we really are going back in time to World War I, albeit with all of the epic scale and bombast that...
News Crash Bandicoot's Dr. Neo Cortex Actor Asked to Resurrect Old Character
Hmm
There's been no shortage of Crash Bandicoot craziness over the past couple of years, but we get the distinct impression that things are about to heat up on Wumpa Island. According to a NeoGAF post, Lex Lang – who voiced Dr. Neo Cortex in the more recent Crash titles – has been asked to "resurrect" a "doctor" from a game gone by. We can't see...
Live Watch the Battlefield 1 Announcement Event Right Here
Join us from the frontline
We already know what it's called and when it's coming out, but the leaks have only made us more curious about what Battlefield 1 actually is. The artwork appears to corroborate the World War I rumours we heard some time ago, but is this an alternate history take on The Great War? All will be revealed during DICE's live...
News Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 Is Going Free-to-Play Later This Month
Careful now
Controversial tropical paradise simulator Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 is getting a free-to-play version later this month, according to Famitsu. The tweet, spotted and thoughtfully translated by Twitter user BlackKite, states that you'll be able to partner with leading lady Kasumi in all modes but casino. As its name suggests, casino mode lets...
News Is Battlefield 5 Turning Back Time to World War I?
Historical warfare
The speculation regarding a historical Battlefield 5 is really heating up now. There was, of course, that "leak" from a retailer earlier in the year – and now EA Games has released a teaser trailer showing what appears to be a soldier in a World War I-era trench coat. Now we should stress that you can't see enough of the troop's...
News Uncharted 4 Is the Highest Rated Non-Remaster of the Gen
Not bad
If you listened to the latest episode of our podcast, then you'll know that this author absolutely adores Uncharted 4: A Thief's End – and your humble host is not alone. Naughty Dog's latest – with a score of 94 on Metacritic – is currently the highest rated non-remaster of the generation, beating out the likes of
Interview We Talk Stylish PS4 Steath Title Aragami with Developer Lince Works
Shadow touched
A stealth-'em-up with an attractive art style, Aragami was announced last month for PlayStation 4, and is due to launch later this year. Catching our eye with its debut gameplay trailer - which you can watch through here - we reckon that Barcelona based studio Lince Works could well be onto something. It's fortunate, then, that we've...
News Want a Boxed Version of Shadow of the Beast? Import One from Asia
Retail rampage
The stream of early 2016 exclusives on the PlayStation 4 won't end with Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, because Shadow of the Beast is coming out in a couple of weeks. If you're one of those people that prefers purchasing Blu-rays rather than digital downloads, though, you may want to import a boxed copy of the brutal remake from Asia,...
News Destiny Continues to Be a Big Hit for Activision
Shooter has almost 30 million users
Activision's revealed some pretty impressive Destiny statistics during the company's most recent financial report, claiming that the game now has almost 30 million registered players. Those keeping pace will remember that back in November of last year, the publisher stated that Destiny had around 25 million users...
News Japanese Sales Charts: PS4 Still Number One After a Slow Few Weeks
King of the hill
The gaming market's been relatively quiet in Japan over the last few weeks as far as PlayStation goes, but despite a lack of new, blockbuster software, Sony's latest machine has remained at the top of the hardware charts - and that was the case again last week. The only new PS4 title worth mentioning is Konami's fun looking baseball...
Thursday5th May 2016
News Persona 5 Goes Toe-to-Toe with Final Fantasy XV in September
In Japan, anyway
Can you believe it? Persona 5 actually has a release date... In Japan, at least. Atlus' super stylish role-playing game will launch in the Land of the Rising Sun on the 15th September, which is 15 days before Final Fantasy XV launches worldwide. It's going to be a big month for PlayStation in Japan, that's for sure. Obviously, this...
News Uncharted's Free Smartphone Spin-Off Has the Ugliest Nate Ever
Half-tuck hero
Few would deny that Uncharted protagonist Nathan Drake is dishy as a crockery shop – but he looks outright ugly in Uncharted: Fortune Hunter, a free smartphone spin-off available on iOS and Android now. The puzzler's opted for a cartoon aesthetic, and will se
Video Why Uncharted 4 on PS4 Is Outstanding
No spoilers
Read our Uncharted 4: A Thief's End review and want to know a little more about the game ahead of launch? Our spoiler-free video impressions are embedded above. In short, while Nate's latest and greatest certainly doesn't reinvent the wheel, it will sit alongside The Last of Us at the apex of the cinematic action genre. This isn't a...
News Persona 5 Continues to Look like the Most Stylish Game Ever Made
New trailer is a visual feast
Phwoar, we've finally been given another look at Persona 5 thanks to Atlus' earlier live broadcast. The title's newest gameplay trailer is an absolute feast for the eyes, stuffed with cutscenes and battle footage. We've said it once and we'll say it again: phwoar. The franchise has always been on the cutting edge of...
Live Watch the Persona 5 Take Tokyo Tower Main Program Right Here
Get funky
You've had the warm-up, so now it's time for the main event. Atlus is running the Main Program of its Take Tokyo Tower stream for Persona 5 from 13:30PM BST (05:30AM PDT), and we're streaming the whole thing live here on Push Square. Join us live for the meltdowns and megatons; stay for the bitter disappointment that follows...
News DOOM's PS4 Launch Trailer Needs More Double Bass Pedal
Dub dub-dub-dub dub
Even as an avid Taylor Swift fan, this author readily admits that sometimes – just sometimes – one needs a little heavy metal in their life. This all-new DOOM launch trailer, with its squealing guitars and muddy basslines, is the perfect tonic to an afternoon spent listening to bittersweet bubblegum pop, then – but where's...
News Persona 5 Will Be Sneaking into E3 2016
Could we get a Western release date?
Admittedly, there's not much in this story right now, but according to Atlus' Persona 5 live broadcast, the game will be at E3 2016 in some capacity. Whether this means it'll show up at Sony's press conference or not, we'll just have to wait and see. If you haven't already seen the news, the role-playing title...
Podcast Episode 6 - What's in Development at Sony?
And does Uncharted 4 live up to the hype?
Is it that time again already?! Roll up, roll up and get your finest helpings of Ben Potter and myself as we bring you heaps of PlayStation happenings, hot discussions, and downright silliness via the Push Square Podcast. This episode we have a great chat about What Titles Sony Are Making and what titles
Live Watch Persona 5 Take Tokyo Tower Right Here
Release date? Trailer? Gameplay? Who knows
Persona 5's big broadcast is already under way. The livestream itself is exclusive to Japanese video site Niconico - which we can't embed here on Push Square - but thankfully, YouTube user OmegaValwin is on the case, so we've put that stream below for your viewing pleasure. So, what's going to be on show...
Wednesday4th May 2016
News Today's Your Last Chance to Play the Nioh Demo on PS4
Download gets cut off tomorrow
The Nioh alpha demo is set to leave the PlayStation Store tomorrow, so today is your last chance to get stuck into this tough samurai slash-'em-up. As far as we're aware, the demo won't allow you to play unless you're connected to its servers, meaning that even if you have it downloaded onto your PS4 right now, you...
News There's a Fake inFAMOUS Leak That Says Sucker Punch Is Making a Spider-Man Game
But like we say, it's fake
As we've written a couple of times now, there's no reason to believe that Sucker Punch is making a Spider-Man game other than the fact that it sounds like a match made in Marvel heaven. But that's not stopped people from losing their minds over a fake Amazon screenshot which was posted by
News An Absurd Amount of Discounts Hit the European PlayStation Store Today
Loads of PS4 titles go for under £16
A ton of new deals have hit the European PlayStation Store today, including discounts across PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PS Vita. The good thing is that there's actually quite a lot of variety in this most recent sale, with the likes of Heavy Rain, Borderlands: The Handsome Collection, Gravity Rush...
Review Masquerade: The Baubles of Doom (PS4)
Rotten tomato
Falling far under the radar, Big Ant Studios' latest effort Masquerade: The Baubles of Doom is a rapid-paced brawler that is inspired by the slapstick comedy of 90s action-adventure classics. Divided into eight main acts, the game sees you tiptoeing across a minefield full of jack-in-the-boxes, dashing through a Total Wipeout-inspired...
Global worming
Push Me Pull You is a weird game – and not in a "Tim Burton" kind of way. It's weird in a "I really hope no one walks in on me playing this right now because there is simply no way to reasonably explain what's currently happening on my television screen" kind of way. Thankfully, it's also one of the most hilarious and joyously fun...
News Watch Gamer Network's Overwatch Beta Battles Here
Live and kickin'
Remember that neat little Gamer Network competition we told you about? Well, the finalists will be battling it out live for your entertainment on YouTube today. The rounds will begin on the Xbox One at 19:00PM BST, then move onto the PlayStation 4 at 20:00PM BST, before rounding out on the PC at 21:00PM BST. Did any of you guys get...
News Fallout 4's Survival Mode Crawls onto PS4 This Friday
Limping to the finish line
The Fallout 4 news is coming thick and fast this afternoon. Following the reveal of Far Harbor's release date and official trailer, Bethesda's reiterated that it still expects Update 1.5 - which includes the long awaited revamped survival mode - to launch this week on PlayStation 4. The publisher says that the patch will...
Video Overwatch Two Hours of Blizzard's Latest on PS4
Hero worship
Does the beta for Blizzard's latest hold up? You bet it does. We took Overwatch for a marathon two hour spin on our YouTube channel last night, and you can re-watch all of the action courtesy of the video embedded above. Looks great, doesn't it?
News Sony Santa Monica's Kinetica Racing to PS4
Round the bend
Before the days of a certain irate god, Sony Santa Monica made a racing game called Kinetica – and it looks like it's coming to the PlayStation 4. The long forgotten PlayStation 2 title – heavily inspired by the likes of WipEout and F-Zero – has been rated for re-release on Sony's new-gen system by European classifications board...
News Respawn Entertainment Is Making a Third-Person Star Wars Action Adventure Game
Let the hype flow through you
Well, with today being the 4th May, we suppose that we should have been expecting some sort of Star Wars video game news - but we don't think that we would have saw this one coming. Respawn Entertainment, the studio behind Titanfall, has a third-person Star Wars title in production. Sadly, there's no trailer or any...
News Fallout 4's Huge Far Harbor Expansion Harpoons a Release Date on PS4
And a creepy new trailer
Far Harbor is Fallout 4's first big expansion, and it's out in just a couple of weeks. Emerging from its vault, Bethesda's unleashed the add-on's official trailer, which we've embedded. It's only a short video, but it seems pretty clear to us that Far Harbor's going to adopt a darker tone compared to the main game...
News There's Free Battlefield DLC on the PlayStation Store
Battle yield
Is your trigger finger quivering in anticipation for Battlefield's planned reveal this week? Well, the ever-generous EA – eager, we assume, to avoid another year voted as the worst organisation in the world – is giving away Battlefield 4's Dragon Teeth and Battlefield Hardline's Robbery DLC for free. The snag? The promotion hasn't...
Soapbox Why Hitman Proves More Games Should Release Episodically
Sam Brooke makes a case for experimental releases
It's safe to say that plenty of gamers aren't fans of episodic releases. Apart from Telltale Games – and even then it took until The Walking Dead to get people on board – developers always seem to get a hard time whenever they opt for a less conventional release system. Sure, you could say that...
News Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Won't Bring a Co-Op Campaign to Space
It's just you and the void
Despite its vastness, it looks like space won't be able accommodate more than one player in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. The freshly announced shooter will boast a more traditional single player story, moving away from the co-op campaign found in last year's Call of Duty: Black Ops III. We suppose that's a bit of a...
Tuesday3rd May 2016
News Your Free PlayStation Plus Games for May Are Available Now
Play more, pay less
In the market for a little something to tide you over until Uncharted 4: A Thief's End next week? Why not claim your free PlayStation Plus games? May's roster of complimentary content is available right now in Europe, with North America set to follow a few hours after the publish time of this post. The line-up this time includes...
Do you wanna ride the rollercoaster?
While developer Funcom's last console release, Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, never found its way to a PlayStation platform, its newest title, The Park – developed by the firm's Oslo branch – does find its way onto Sony hardware. The Park is a story that supposedly takes place in the world of one of Funcom's...
Six feet under
We'll be straight with you on this one: Coffin Dodgers is not a good kart racer. Sadly, all it really has going for it is a darkly amusing premise. Sunny Pines retirement village is where the Grim Reaper himself has decided to hang up his scythe after a lengthy career of soul collecting – but not before claiming a few more from his...
News More Single Player Content Is Coming to Street Fighter V, Says Capcom
The basics
Much to the disappointment of many a potential buyer, Street Fighter V launched in February with minimal single player content. Aside from the insultingly short character stories, survival and training were, and still are, the only options when it comes to facing off against the artificial intelligence. That's going to change soon,...
Rumour Is This Watch Dogs 2's Main Character?
Well, he does have an iconic cap
Watch Dogs 2 is undoubtedly going to be on show at E3 next month, but we wouldn't be surprised if Ubisoft was planning on teasing the reveal before the big event kicks off. With that in mind, it was perhaps only a matter of time before something leaked - and so here we are, speculating over this iconic cap wearing...
News Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered Won't Be Sold Separately on PS4
You'll need to buy Infinite Warfare
Activision knows what it's doing. The first trailer for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare didn't exactly leave us performing somersaults, with the confirmation of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered proving more exciting. Alas, the publisher has announced that the spruced up PlayStation 3 game will not be...
Game of the Month Top 4 PlayStation Games of April 2016
A lot of aliens, agents, and Ashen Ones
March was an unusually quiet month for new releases, but don't worry: April appears to have picked up the slack. The Push Square team was hard at work last month, penning all sorts of critiques for various blockbuster titles – and as a result, our list of nominees for April's Game of the Month was the...
Store Update 3rd May 2016 (Europe)
Battletorn
There are a decent amount of new releases hitting the European PlayStation Store this week, but we're not sure if they'll be to everyone's liking - mostly because Battleborn is the one title that we'd single out as a highlight, despite there being no hype whatsoever surrounding its launch. Anyway, peruse what's up for grabs, then tell us...
News Dishonored 2 Gets Stabby This November on PS4
Business end of the blade
Dishonored 2 is going to be out in time for the holidays, meaning that you can spend those cold wintry nights brutally murdering guardsmen and nobility. Bethesda's announced that the stealthy sequel will be on show at E3 next month, promising a world gameplay première during the publisher's press conference. Unlike the...
News UK Sales Charts: Ratchet & Clank Stays Top for a Second Week
Crank it up
There ain't no budging Ratchet & Clank from the summit of the UK sales charts, as it's scored a second successive week at the top following its first ever number one last time. The game's sales only dipped by 50 per cent compared to its launch week, which is really rather impressive – games tend to drop off in sales quickly...
Store Update 3rd May 2016 (North America)
Battleborn to be wild
This week's North American PlayStation Store update may merely be warming things up ahead of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End's arrival next month, but there are still a handful of noteworthy additions, including heroes shooter Battleborn, grind-'em-up Push Me Pull You, and old Xbox favourite Shadow Complex Remastered. Not bad at...
Monday2nd May 2016
Here's how to get it
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered will look and play like a dream on the PlayStation 4, as Singularity developer Raven has been recruited to refresh the iconic first-person shooter with more than just an up-res. According to the official press release, the game will boast "fully improved texture resolution and detail,...
News Here's a Long Look at Dragon Quest Heroes II's Open World on PS4
Over the hills and far away
Perhaps one of the biggest selling points of Dragon Quest Heroes II is that it's an open world adventure. While the first game certainly had big areas to explore, these locations served primarily as battlefields where you could grind for items and experience. However, in the upcoming sequel, you'll be able to trek across...
News All Uncharted 4 Multiplayer Maps, Modes, and Items Will Be Free
Co-op coming later this year
God, this article is going to be absolutely gigantic, so strap yourself in while we reel off the highlights. Naughty Dog has announced that all of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End's multiplayer content will be available for free – including maps, modes, and cosmetic items. Some will be patched in – like the aforementioned...
Hands On Outrunning a Giant in Fated: The Silent Oath on PlayStation VR
The end of days
There were a pretty large number of virtual reality games being shown off at PAX East. Some awesome things were being done with the headsets, but one of the games that we were most impressed with was Frima Studios' Fated: The Silent Oath. A narrative-focused VR game, Fated sees you assume the role of a mute man as he tries to...
News The King of Fighters 2000 Punches PS4 as PS2 Classic Next Week
Mai to go
Who says we don't write about The King of Fighters here? Everyone in this thread for starters. Here's news that should sate the vocal minority, though: The King of Fighters 2000 is coming to the PlayStation 4 as an enhanced PlayStation 2 classic next week – well, in North America at least. These re-releases have generally
News Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Blasts into Outer Space on PS4
Modern Warfare Remastered trailer released
Ground Control to Major Tom: here's the first Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare trailer for the PlayStation 4. The video shows more or less exactly what we expected: a few minutes of traditional, ground-based combat before troops blast into outer-space and start shooting out the so-called Settlement Defence...
News Mighty No. 9 Gets Yet Another Release Date on PS4, Vita Version Gets Pushed Back Further
The saga continues
Mighty No. 9, also known as Kickstarter Mega Man: The Eternal Struggle, supposedly has a release date. The side scrolling title has been delayed approximately 18,000 times previously, so we're just hoping that this date's going to stick - but only because we're sick and tired of writing about how the game's been pushed back again...
News Farming Favourite Stardew Valley Could Crop Up on PS4
Chaffin' brilliant
This is an announcement that your humble host has been hungry to hear: Stardew Valley could be coming to the PlayStation 4. For those of you who've been living under a boulder the size of a small city, this one-man indie farming sim has been breaking all kinds of sales records since its debut on the PC earlier in the year – and...
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