News Your July PlayStation Plus Games Have Been Revealed
And it's a pretty great selection
European jank is back
News Bungie Abandons Destiny Content on PS3
The end of Trials and Banner
News - 2016, Week 26
Sunday3rd Jul 2016
News PS2 Compilation Metal Slug Anthology Runs 'n' Guns to PS4
Slug life
There's been a steady trickle of PlayStation 2 titles launching on the PlayStation 4 since Sony rolled out its PS2 Classics initiative, and it looks like Metal Slug Anthology will be next up if the PlayStation Blogcast is to be believed. As is the case with all of these emulated outings, you can expect upscaled 1080p presentation and full...
Game of the Month Top 4 PlayStation Games of June 2016
Faith, robots, valkyries, and Sol Badguy
We may be into the quieter summer months of 2016 right now, but June still managed to offer up a decent selection of PlayStation titles. However, without a clear cut winner like May's Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, our internal staff vote proved to be an incredibly tight affair. Which game took top gong? There's...
News Tokyo Xanadu Tours PS Vita in North America Next Year
Available physically and digitally
Your PlayStation Vita will remain more than relevant moving into 2017, as Aksys Games has announced that it will be localising Nihon Falcom's well-liked Japanese role-playing game Tokyo Xanadu for the popular portable. The game launched last year in the East, and adopts an urban backdrop as opposed to the fantasy...
News SuperHyperCube Squares Up to PlayStation VR for Launch
Be there or be...
Who doesn't enjoy squeezing shaped pegs through holes? It's an activity that many of you will have engaged with as children – and now you have an excuse to do it as an adult as well. SuperHyperCube has been confirmed as a PlayStation VR launch title, meaning that it will square up to your PlayStation 4 on 13th October. But what...
Saturday2nd Jul 2016
News Analyst Reckons Sony May Release a PS4 Slim as Well as PS4K
How many PS4s do you need?
Hmmmm, let's put this one in the 'we're not convinced but maybe' pile. According to comments from Macquarie Securities analyst Damian Thong, Sony could well release a PlayStation 4 Slim as well as the recently confirmed PlayStation 4K - or 'Neo', as it's more commonly referred to. If there's truth to this, then it would...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 124
For the Fatherland
The weekend's here already, which means that your regular host, the illustrious Sammy B., is probably on his way back to Push Square Towers right now following a well deserved summer break. We know that the boss often has trouble figuring out what to write about when it comes to this introduction, so we'll just take this...
Friday1st Jul 2016
Poll Are You Happy with July's PlayStation Plus Games?
Or are you Furious
July's PlayStation Plus offering has been outed and the dust has settled - it's time to tell us if you're satisfied. This month's PlayStation 4 selection includes the brand new Furi - which we just reviewed through here - Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell, and early access to Paragon. Elsewhere, PlayStation 3 gets Fat Princess and Call
News Shenmue 3 Isn't Going to Be Ready for a Long, Long While Yet
Yu Suzuki tells us where it's at
Yesterday, Shenmue III celebrated its first Kickstarter anniversary with a short video from series creator Yu Suzuki. "Your cheers at the Sony announcement still ring in my ears," says the veteran developer, before going into detail about how the project is progressing. According to Suzuki, things have "really taken...
News Dragon Ball XenoVerse 2 Lets You Reach Super Saiyan 3 This October
Super Saiyan 3?!
Dragon Ball XenoVerse 2 has hopped through time and brought back confirmed PlayStation 4 release dates and a brand new trailer which reveals that custom player characters will be able to go Super Saiyan 3 - much to the dismay of the sequel's newly added baddies. There's plenty of new gameplay in the video, too, showcasing new...
News 2D Action RPG Death's Gambit Is Looking Seriously Good on PS4
Don't mention Dark Souls
Right, we're going to try and make it though this whole article without comparing upcoming 2D action role-playing game Death's Gambit to... that particular Bandai Namco series. We haven't heard much from White Rabbit's great looking title for quite a while, but now it's back in style with a brand new PlayStation 4 trailer...
News Blizzard Continues to Hire For Unknown Diablo Project
Speak of the devil
Bilzzard's an incredibly busy company these days. Not only is it constantly maintaining recent, impressively popular projects such as Hearthstone and Overwatch, but it's also thinking about the future - that's why it's been hiring for something related to Diablo for quite a while now. Spotted on the developer's jobs page, the...
Thursday30th Jun 2016
Die by the sword
Furi has a lot of great things going for it. Intriguing character designs from famed Afro Samurai creator Takashi Okazaki, licensed electronic music from the likes of Carpenter Brut, and a super responsive, intense combat system combine to create something unique and sometimes brilliant – but as a whole, the game doesn't quite...
News Dragon's Crown Pulled From European PlayStation Store
Atlus takes the crown back
Japanese fantasy brawler Dragon's Crown has been pulled the European PlayStation Store less than 24 hours after it was announced that the game would be part of the 'Big in Japan' discount sale. According to NIS America's Twitter account, the PlayStation 3 and Vita game was removed due to the expiration of the publishing...
News Finally, BioShock: The Collection Has Been Confirmed for PS4
All three games, all DLC in one package
It's about bloody time, eh? After months upon months of knowing fine well that it was coming, 2K Games has finally confirmed that BioShock: The Collection is bubbling up onto PlayStation 4. As expected, it'll include all three last-gen BioShock titles - BioShock, BioShock 2, and BioShock Infinite - along with...
News World of Final Fantasy Looks Like a Lot of Fun in Fresh PS4 Screenshots
It's all so nice
The more we see of World of Final Fantasy, the more we're convinced that it's going to be a heart-warming little game. The title's latest PlayStation 4 screenshots show off towns, characters, moogles, and cosy looking airships. The project's cutesy aesthetic won't be for everyone, of course, but we have to admit the world that's on...
News We Hope Street Fighter V's Story Mode Is as Good as Its Trailer
Rise up
Street Fighter V's finally getting some dedicated single player content tomorrow in the form of a free downloadable story mode, and judging from its official trailer, it actually looks pretty good. Sure, the writing's as cheesy as you'd expect and it seems suitably mental, but it's a well worked video all the same. Having said that, we've...
News Old School Mech Shooter Assault Suit Leynos Explodes onto PS4 in July
Mech it happen
If you're up for some old school shooting action, then you'll definitely want to keep an eye on Assault Suit Leynos - a high-definition remake of a Japanese mech classic. Earlier this year, it was pegged for a summer release on PlayStation 4, and now we've got a confirmed launch date. Fortunately, all you mech heads don't have long...
Wednesday29th Jun 2016
News Your July PlayStation Plus Games Have Been Revealed
And it's a pretty great selection
Sony's finally spilled the beans on July's free PlayStation Plus titles, and it's honestly one of the better selections that we've seen in quite some time. First up, confirming the recent predictions of editor Sammy Barker, PlayStation 4 users can look forward to Furi - the intense boss gauntlet game from The Game...
Feature 20 Promising PS4 Games Still to Come in 2016
Second half dramatics
We can hardly believe that we're more than halfway through 2016 already, but at least this year has offered up some good gaming times so far. The likes of Dark Souls III and Uncharted 4: A Thief's End immediately spring to mind, but the latter half of 2016 also promises an abundance of great looking titles, so we've decided to...
Robbing the robots
Shared universes certainly seem to have become a bit of a thing in recent years, and it's easy to see why they're attractive to game developers. Not only do you get the chance to genre jump between games, but you can also immediately pique the interest of anyone who enjoyed your previous efforts. Such is the case with Image &...
News For the Love of Gaming Just Announce the BioShock PS4 Collection Already
Argh
BioShock: The Collection is happening - we've known that it's going to happen for months and months and months, yet 2K refuses to kick an official announcement out of the door and let us get on with dreary lives. This time, we go one step further into what is currently the worst kept secret in gaming, as thanks to Twitter user @lifelower's keen...
News Mass Effect: Andromeda Combat 'More Fluid and Organic' Than Ever Before
Sci-fi shootouts in open environments
Mass Effect: Andromeda is catapulting BioWare's role-playing series into new territory with its vast, open world areas that are yours to explore as you hop from planet to planet - but this huge change in design has forced the studio to rethink a lot of the franchise's other core elements. In particular, the...
News Japanese Sales Charts: PS4 Refuses to Fall Despite Nintendo Software Dominance
PS4 sales actually increase
The PlayStation 4 is suffering from a real software drought in Japan right now, but Sony's latest console just refuses to budge from the top of the hardware charts. PS4 sales actually increased by around 2000 units despite the fact that the dismal Umbrella Corps was the only current-gen entry in the top ten - and even...
News Fallout 4 Mods Suffer Another Setback on PS4
The saga continues
PlayStation 4 mod support for Fallout 4 has fallen foul of another setback today as Bethesda has revealed that the incoming mods beta on Sony's console has been delayed. Naturally, we assume this means that actual mod functionality - which was supposedly going to be in place relatively soon - will now be pushed back. It's also...
News Latest EU PlayStation Store Sale Cuts Prices on a Crazy Amount of Japanese Games
Street Fighter, Final Fantasy, Dark Souls, and more
Wow, this is probably one of the most impressive sales we've seen on the European PlayStation Store in quite some time. Focusing on Japanese games across PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and Vita, the deals range from Dark Souls III to Street Fighter V and back again - there are a gigantic amount of...
News Sony Reveals Over 20 Million Users Are Subscribed to PlayStation Plus
Not bad, that
The PlayStation 4 continues to perform beyond even Sony's expectations, we know that much, but how's PlayStation Plus doing these days? The premium service, which is required to play most PS4 games online, has had its fair share of critics over the years, but the Japanese company has always been keen on racking up more profit in the...
Store Update 28th June 2016 (North America)
God bleater
It's another decent weekly update for the North American PlayStation Store, as anticipated Japanese role-playing game Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness launches on Sony's latest console alongside The Technomancer and the current-gen port of Resident Evil 5. Unlike Europe, however, you lucky buggers get God Eater Resurrection. Bah!...
News David Cage Details the Story and Tech Behind PS4 Exclusive Detroit: Become Human
Analysing the android
We were expecting a live gameplay demo of Detroit: Become Human at Sony's E3 2016 press conference, but instead, we were given a rather brief overview of the game's mechanics via a pretty standard gameplay trailer. Fortunately, though, if you've been eager to hear a little bit more about next year's PlayStation exclusive,...
News Stunning Rhythm Game Thumper Secures Release Date Alongside PlayStation VR
Drool-worthy
Playstation VR's launch lineup just got a whole lot more exciting. Indie dev, Drool - comprised of a pair of former Harmonix employees - has announced that its incredible rhythm game, Thumper, will be launching alongside Sony's headset on the 13th October. We got to play the VR version of the game - there will also be a regular PS4...
News BlazBlue: Central Fiction Confirmed for Europe in 2016
Fact over fiction
Publisher PQube has confirmed that it's bringing BlazBlue: Central Fiction to Europe in the fourth quarter of 2016 - and it's brought a swell new trailer along to prove it. Oh, and it's also made sure to mention that the brawler will be arriving on both PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3, much to the relief of all 12 people who are...
Tuesday28th Jun 2016
European jank is back
The last time that Push Square visited a world made by developer Spiders, it was in the form of Bound By Flame. The 2014 title had some lofty ambitions but it failed to meet any of them, and thus shipped as a bit of a mess in both the gameplay and presentation departments. Despite those disappointments, though, the French...
Review Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness (PS4)
Lacking integrity?
Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness gets off to a bad start. Text-based tutorials greet you from the off, and you're quickly shuttled from one place to another with very little reasoning or context. Early on you'll realise that this game wants things to move quickly, and this only becomes clearer as you progress through the...
Wednesday29th Jun 2016
News You Probably Shouldn't Watch Gal Gun: Double Peace's English Trailer in Public
No love lost
Gal Gun: Double Peace is out next month on PlayStation 4 and Vita, so it's about time that we got an English trailer. Lo and behold, the localised video is here, and it's just about as not safe for work as you'd expect. The best part, though, are the little comments that pop up throughout the clip. You'll see absolute corkers such as...
Tuesday28th Jun 2016
News Say Goodbye to Ustream Support on PS4 This August
Uscream
Bad news if you're a regular Ustream user on PlayStation 4 as Sony's ditching the steaming platform from the 1st August. This means that you won't be able to stream gameplay to Ustream via the share button, and you'll no longer be able to watch Ustream, er, streams via the Live from PlayStation app. The latter applies to the Vita version of...
News Pre-Order Old School RPG I Am Setsuna and Get Some Lovely PS4 Themes
Winter's coming
Square Enix has revealed that those who pre-order I Am Setsuna via the PlayStation Store will nab two dynamic themes. As you can see from the images that we've embedded, one depicts a snowy night, while the other showcases a bright but still snowy day. Unsurprisingly, both themes look rather lovely. If you haven't been keeping up...
Store Update 28th June 2016 (Europe)
PS4 galore
It's another reasonably hefty PlayStation Store update this week, with a bunch of new titles up for grabs on PlayStation 4. Western role-playing game The Technomancer joins Japanese role-playing game Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness, while Prison Architect also makes an escape. Are you buying anything? Show us your shopping list in...
News Batman: Return to Arkham Delayed on PS4
No Batusi just yet
Warner Bros. has delayed Batman: Return to Arkham a month before its original 29th July release date, with no sign of a new launch window. Announced on the WB Games forum, the delay will apparently give developer Virtuous Games - who recently helped port Heavy Rain to PlayStation 4 - more time polish the Batman Arkham
News Square Enix RPG Adventures of Mana Stealth Releases on PS Vita Today
Life is just a fantasy
No doubt a nice little surprise for some of you: Adventures of Mana has hit the PlayStation Store today on Vita in Europe with, as far as we know, zero warning from publisher Square Enix. The 3D remake of Game Boy classic Final Fantasy Adventure, it's a relatively simple action role-playing game that's cute and colourful...
News By the Nine, Text Chat Is Coming to The Elder Scrolls Online on PS4
Lol nice1
The Elder Scrolls reveal a lot of things to those who dare to read them, but did they ever predict that Tamriel would be saved by hordes of heroes all mumbling "lol rekt" in unison? We doubt it, but that's what's going to happen when The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited's next update hits PlayStation 4. Indeed, text chat is finally...
Monday27th Jun 2016
The perfect crime
Porting PC simulation games to consoles is fraught with danger, with systemic complexities and control issues abound. Thankfully, Prison Architect manages to avoid most of these pitfalls, and serves as an exemplar of how the genre should make the transition in future. In the game's main mode you'll be presented with a large plot...
News Bungie Abandons Destiny Content on PS3
The end of Trials and Banner
Bungie has laid out its future plans for Destiny on PlayStation 3, which includes the permanent cancellations of Trials of Osiris and Iron Banner. As we previously covered, Destiny's next expansion - Rise of Iron - won't be coming to PlayStation 3, but according to Troubleshooter pages on
News High-Definition Kefka Makes Us Desperate for Dissidia Final Fantasy on PS4
As evil as ever
When it comes to Final Fantasy villains, people are quick to reminisce about the likes of Sephiroth and Seifer, but those who dabbled in the majesty of the main series' final 2D instalment will always jump at the chance to remind fans of Kefka, the deliciously devilish antagonist of Final Fantasy VI. The ruthless killer clown may...
News No Man's Sky Development 'Going Well' Following Delay on PS4
It's all good
No Man's Sky in on course for its 9th and 10th August release dates in North America and Europe respectively, and according to Hello Games boss Sean Murray, development is "genuinely going well". Over on the game's official website, the humble developer explains why he thinks that the decision to delay the title has turned out to be...
News Free Mech Shooter Hawken Turns PS4 into Scrap Metal Next Month
Nuts, bolts, and bullets
Detailed blast-'em-up Hawken is deploying on PlayStation 4 next month, developer Reloaded Games has confirmed. The free-to-play shooter sees you pilot your very own customisable mech as you take the fight to other players in hectic team-based matches. As far as we're aware, the title's enjoyed promising success on other...
You gotta watch this one
Fighting game tournament CEO 2016 ended with a bang last night as arguably the two best Street Fighter V players in the world went head to head in the grand final. South Korea's Infiltration has won several professional competitions already since Capcom's title launched, and he's often looked unstoppable as Nash, utilising...
Weirdness Okay, We Admit This Destiny Exotic Weapons Rap Is Way Better than Expected
Rhymes of the exotic kind
We feel the need to apologise to YouTube user Duba. When we saw that our buddies over at Eurogamer had published a story on a Destiny rap video, we feared the absolute worst, but as it turns out, this is the perfect material for one of our rather uncommon Weirdness articles. Usually found rapping about what Xur's bringing...
News Street Fighter V Free Story Mode Update Now Comes with Boxing Bruiser Balrog
But it's been delayed ever so slightly
The good news: Balrog is now busting onto the Street Fighter V scene alongside previously revealed kunoichi Ibuki as part of the game's free story mode update. The bad news: the update is no longer being released this month. The not-quite-as-disappointing-as-you-first-thought news: the update will now deploy on...
News UK Sales Charts: DOOM Keeps Up the Slaughter as Rocket League Boosts into Top 10
Football crazy
DOOM has managed to retain its place at the top of the UK software charts, much to the disappointment of FIFA 16, which, we imagine in part thanks to Euro 2016, has been steadily moving towards the summit. Sales of id Software's shooter actually declined rather sharply, but the drop wasn't enough to knock the game from its impressive...
News The Division's Underground DLC Gets a Grimy Launch Trailer
Comes to PS4 on 2nd August
The first piece of downloadable content from The Division's season pass releases on PlayStation 4 on 2nd August, and you can check out the launch trailer that we've embedded. The Underground DLC takes players beneath the streets of New York to do battle in the sewers. The first paid-for piece of content for Ubisoft's...
