News Rise of the Tomb Raider Has a Ridiculous 125 Trophies on PS4
That's a Lara gamerscore
News - 2016, Week 39
Monday3rd Oct 2016
Push Rewind October PS Plus, FIFA 17, PlayStation VR
The week that was
As we get busier in the build-up to Christmas here at Push Square Towers, we've been slacking on the Push Rewind front a little bit. Fortunately, we've found time to put together this week's edition, which includes the latest PlayStation Plus lineup, and a bunch of our impressions from EGX 2016. Reviews: Destiny:
Sunday2nd Oct 2016
Poll Are You Happy with October's PlayStation Plus Games?
Prime time
The reaction to October's PlayStation Plus offering has been largely positive as far as we can tell, with PlayStation 4 users in particular looking forward to not one but two critically acclaimed titles in Transformers: Devastation and the current-gen version of the original Resident Evil. This month's selection follows on from a...
News Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered May Require Infinite Warfare Disc
War never changes
If you were hoping to download your copy of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered and then sell Infinite Warfare on, you may want to think again: legal wording on the game's official website suggests that physical copies of the double-pack will require the Infinite Warfare disc to be inserted in order to play the re-released...
News Resident Evil 7's VR Mode Will Be Exclusive to PlayStation VR for a Year
Welcome to the VR family son
The PlayStation VR is just over a week away from its release date, and it's just received another timed exclusive deal to help boost its future line-up. Resident Evil 7 allows players to play the entire game in virtual reality, and this feature will be exclusive to PlayStation VR for 12 months. The news comes by the way...
Review Hitman: Episode 5 - Colorado (PS4)
ColoRad
It's safe to say that Hitman has been excellent so far, but despite the variety of locations, every mission has been similar in that they've all been set in largely public places. The latest level – set in a militia-held apricot farm in rural Colorado – takes the game in a different direction, focusing more on stealth than previous...
News The Last Guardian Billboards Prove the End Is in Sight
In a flap
It's almost here. The wait for The Last Guardian has been torturous at times, but Fumito Ueda's magnum opus is finally upon us – and Sony has splashed out on a few billboards to remind everyone. Spotted somewhere in the States, the promotion shows a forlorn Trico peering at the robed protagonist from all of the marketing materials. A...
Video Watch Us Unbox PlayStation VR
Wide open spaces
Apparently, our previous article about this PlayStation VR unboxing video wasn't search engine optimised quite as well as the powers to be would like, so because there's nothing else going on today, we're republishing this under a better headline. Look, at least we're completely honest with you, eh?
Saturday1st Oct 2016
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 137
The calm before the storm
The holiday season is well and truly upon us, which means that this week probably represents your final opportunity to clear your backlog – unless you're already busy with FIFA 17, of course. The coming weeks will see the introduction of a not-so insignificant number of games, including Mafia III, Battlefield 1, and more...
News Mafia III Reviews Will Remain in the Bayou Beyond Launch
Gangster's nightmare
Mafia III releases on 7th October globally, but don't expect to find a review on Push Square – or any site worth your time for that matter. 2K Games informed us recently that code would go out on launch day, and Polygon has since confirmed that to be the case for other outlets around the world. In other words: you probably...
The reich stuff?
For fear of repeating ourselves, one thing that the PlayStation 4 certainly isn't short of is creative, unique, and sometimes downright bizarre indie titles. Just when we think that we've seen it all, along comes developer Lichthund with its arcade javelin-em-up Lichtspeer to prove us wrong. Ported to Sony's system by Crunching...
News Rocket League Will Probably Score PS4 Pro Support
OMG! OMG!
A bit like when Psyonix pooled community interest in the PlayStation 4 release of Rocket League and we posted about how it absolutely had to happen because it would be the best thing since sliced bread, Psyonix now wants to know whether you want a PS4 Pro update for the car-soccer smash. Which, of course, you do, so we're glad that's...
Friday30th Sep 2016
News PlayStation VR's Demo Disc Kinda Sucks in Europe
But America's is amazing
PlayStation VR headsets are being sent to the press as we type, and that means that unboxings are beginning to appear on YouTube. And one thing that's been catching a lot of attention is the difference between the demo disc in North America and
Soapbox I Played PlayStation VR for Over an Hour and Didn't Chunder
Sammy's not seasick
Until this week, my time with PlayStation VR had been very limited. The longest I'd probably spent strapped in to the headset in one session was maybe 15 minutes, so I hadn't really had an opportunity to test how it feels to play virtual reality in extended sittings. Luckily, I was invited up to Rebellion on Wednesday, where I...
Signing of the summer
Another year, another FIFA review, although this time around, there's actually a reasonable amount of new stuff to talk about without having dig deep into the finer - and frankly quite boring - technicalities of tweaked gameplay mechanics. Taken as a whole, FIFA 17 is the biggest step forward that the sports series has seen in...
Review Jazzpunk: Director's Cut (PS4)
Secret agent Polybank
Jazzpunk: Director's Cut is one of the wildest rides on the PlayStation 4, despite being a relatively short game. Initially released on PC back in 2014, developer Necrophone Games has finally brought it to the PS4 over two years later. It's hard to accurately describe what exactly Jazzpunk is; sometimes it's a first-person...
News Final Fantasy XV's Car Radio Features a Ridiculous Amount of Music from Past Games
That's a lot of good listening
In case you didn't already know, the car radio in Final Fantasy XV is chocked full of past Final Fantasy songs - and by chocked, we mean packed to the point of bursting. From the original Final Fantasy all the way through to Final Fantasy XIV and even spin-offs like Dissidia: Final Fantasy, the track listing covers a...
Hands On Little Nightmares Is a Spooky PS4 Surprise
Sweet dreams
You wouldn't expect a puzzle platformer to be one of the pleasanter surprises at EGX 2016. Perhaps the booth should have been a better indication; Little Nightmares wasn't stuffed away in the corner of the convention, but instead commanded centre stage, with an elaborate labyrinth-like setup involving towering drawers and dressed-up...
Video PlayStation VR Comes with an Absurd Number of Cables
Spaghetti junction
We weren't going to do a PlayStation VR unboxing because tons of better websites with better camera gear already have that corner of the market on lock. But you know what? We were going to take the headset out of its box anyway, so why not film it? We're gunning for the rudimentary, hobbyist sector of YouTube with this clip. In...
Rumour Is This Your First Look at Egyptian Assassin's Creed?
Oh Mummy
Assassin's Creed may be staying in the Animus longer than expected, but a first screenshot purported to be taken from the latest entry has apparently leaked online. It shows a pause menu alongside what appears to be a wireframe pyramid. The list of options shown on the toolbar include crafting, and a tooltip mentions that you can upgrade...
Hands On Battlezone's PlayStation VR Co-Op Is Brilliant Fun
Cockpit moshpit
What more is there to say about Battlezone right now? The forthcoming PlayStation VR launch title is absolutely a must-own, but you already knew that when we previewed it earlier in the year. This week we were invited back up to Rebellion to feast our eyes on the final build, and our opinion hasn't really changed: the Oxford-based...
News Battleborn's Probably Maybe Possibly Going Free-to-Play Soon
Pitchford says no yes kinda
In news that would struggle to surprise even the late Cilla Black, Kotaku is reporting that Battleborn will be going free-to-play soon. This is something that Gearbox gaffer Randy Pitchford has already moved to deny, though his tirade of tweets are… Something to say the least. Writing on social media, the suit...
News Join the Mile High Club with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered Trailer
Use Soap
It's comfortably the greatest Call of Duty campaign ever made, and now you have the opportunity to re-experience Modern Warfare remastered for the PlayStation 4. To build hype, Activision has released an all-new trailer for what is effectively a jumped-up Infinite Warfare pre-order bonus. Looks good, though, doesn't it? Will you be paying...
News Skyrim's Superb Soundtrack Will Bellow in Concert This November
Music from the frozen North
Coinciding with the release of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition on the 28th October, Bethesda has revealed that the game's superb soundtrack will be adapted into a one-off live concert in London. Titled Skyrim in Concert, Jeremy Soule's score will be performed by the Winterhold Philharmonic Orchestra and...
Thursday29th Sep 2016
News Amazon UK Sells FIFA 17, LEGO Star Wars PS4 Bundles for £149
How low can you go?
You may have caught our earlier story about some frankly insane PlayStation 4 offers, and now Amazon UK has thrown its not-so insignificant hat into the ring. The mega online retailer is selling the 500GB PS4 alongside either FIFA 17 or LEGO S
News Sacked Man United Manager Louis van Gaal Wanted to Bring VR to Old Trafford
LV(R)G
As the launch of PlayStation VR lurches ever closer, it's interesting to think about where this technology is headed. And while many are focusing on the games for now, it's perhaps worth remembering that the tech has advantages in other sectors – like health and education, for example. Case in point: Louis van Gaal, the former manager of...
Hands On Is Dragon Quest Builders Spades Better than Minecraft?
Dig dug
Minecraft's an interesting phenomenon. Its wide-spread impact is not under question, but old-fogeys like this very author struggle to derive much entertainment from its free-form format. Dragon Quest Builders aims to bring the best of both worlds, then – it's got the creative opportunities of Mojang's masterpiece, but also the quest-based...
News Bleep Buttons Beware! PS4 Sucks on Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition's D*ckt*ts
Son of a d*ck
Potty-mouthed first-person shooter Bulletstorm will swear up a storm on the PlayStation 4, as the Brazilian games ratings board has listed the obscene slaughtering simulator for Sony's new-gen system. Dubbed the Full Clip Edition, the title will be published by Gearbox Software and developed by People Can Fly, after the Polish studio...
Review Destiny: Rise of Iron (PS4)
Can't teach a Young Wolf new tricks
Back near the end of last year, Destiny was in dire need of a revamp. The release had stagnated to a point where many players had simply stopped coming back to Bungie's sci-fi creation, with the game's first two expansions – The Dark Below and House of Wolves – doing little to reinvigorate the title or fix its...
News PS4 Slim Sales Off to a Slow Start in the UK
A wake-up call?
Sony's dominating this generation globally, but it's just starting to receive a few reminders that it can't sit twiddling its thumbs in the UK and the USA, where Microsoft is staging a bit of an onslaught right now. To be fair, the company's position is not in jeopardy, but MCV reports that the PS4 controlled just 19 per cent of the...
News DriveClub VR Races at a Reduced Rate for Seasoned Veterans
Just a drifter
DriveClub VR is, for all intents and purposes, a brand new game. But those of you who've been supporting the racer since the very beginning will be able to hop into the driver's seat at a reduced rate, Sony has announced. The platform holder's discounting the game to €19.99/$19.99 on the PlayStation Store, if you bought the main...
News Assassin's Creed May Stay Hidden in 2017, Too
Need for Creed
Ubisoft's in the process of rebooting the Assassin's Creed franchise, and while it's padding the time with a remastered version of Ezio's collection this year, there's no guarantee that it will drop a new entry in 2017. Speaking with IGN, Tommy François admitted that the series – along with Far Cry – may be taking a longer hiatus...
News Fresh Vampyr Screenshots Show Off the PS4 Action RPG's Combat
Someone call a doctor
Vampyr - an action role-playing game from French developer DONTNOD - has always looked promising on paper, but after sinking our fangs into some gameplay footage last month, we're still not totally sold on this often janky looking trip through old London's dingy streets. That said, the newly released screenshots that we've...
News Embrace Your Awful Social Life with SportsBarVR on PS4
For the loners
Got no friends to go to a real sports bar with? PlayStation VR's got your back, as the makers of Pool Nation have announced SportsBarVR – a new multiplayer social experience that will allow you to chug drinks and play pool in virtual reality with up to six other people. It's clearly very cool technology, but it's all a bit tragic...
News For Honor's Single Player Campaign Won't Disappoint, Says Developer
Alone on the battlefield
For Honor was originally billed as an out-and-out multiplayer title, with players battling through hordes of lesser foes in order to enter tense duels with other skilled warriors. It wasn't too long, however, until developer Ubisoft Montreal introduced us to the game's single player offering. Boasting a "full story...
News Michel Ancel Shares More Beyond Good & Evil 2 Artwork
Careful of sharks
Is Beyond Good & Evil 2 drawing closer? Michel Ancel has posted another piece of artwork on his Instagram account, showing what appears to be either Rufus or Francis – the anthropomorphic sharks who appeared in the original game. He captioned the image with the following message: "Ready for the fight. Independence Ubisoft...
News That Scumbag Femto Stars in Latest Berserk PS4 Gameplay Trailer
Give him some space
Given that we've never really seen mega-demon Femto in action in the original work, we have to hand it to Berserk and the Band of the Hawk developer Omega Force for giving him what looks to be a very fitting fighting style. Taking control of space and gravity, Femto is able to toss entire groups of enemies around like they're...
Wednesday28th Sep 2016
News PlayStation Plus October Includes Resident Evil and Transformers on PS4
That's more like it
October looks to be a really solid month for PlayStation Plus. Sony has revealed that subscribers will be getting Resident Evil and Transformers: Devastation on PlayStation 4 - that's two great games right off the bat for the current-gen console. Elsewhere, the Vita selection includes interesting indie Actual Sunlight and...
News UK PS4 Prices Plunge Lower Than £150 with FIFA 17
Insane savings as stores clear stock
With the PlayStation 4 Slim now on store shelves, there's a bit of a price war going on in the UK as retailers attempt to clear out stock of the old model. At the time of typing, ShopTo will sell you a 500GB CUH-1200 unit alongside FIFA 17 for… £139.85! Smyths Toys is doing a similar thing in-store from...
News No Man's Sky Being Investigated By Advertising Standards for Misrepresentation
The saga continues
It's been a while since we heard anything worthy of note regarding No Man's Sky, but unfortunately for developer Hello Games, the space-faring title is back in the spotlight following some potentially bad news. According to Eurogamer, the game is being investigated by the UK's Advertising Standards Authority on the basis that its...
News Microsoft Didn't Expect Sony to Ditch 4K Blu-ray Either
What the 4K?
We probably all expected the PlayStation 4 Pro to have a 4K Blu-ray player – Sony's one of the founders of the physical media format, after all. But the supercharged system doesn't, with the Japanese giant favouring streaming ahead of the disc-based playback option. And it turns out even its main competitor Microsoft expected the...
Rumour Destiny 2 Shooting For a Fresh Audience, Will Be a Totally New Game
Say goodbye to your exotics
Looking at Destiny from the perspective of a big publisher like Activision and an ambitious studio like Bungie, Destiny 2's inevitable fate is perhaps easy to determine. If the franchise is to expand and thrive, it can't just keep relying on yearly expansions and, if you'll pardon the pun, sticking to its guns. With every...
News Former Sony Exec Jack Tretton Details What Went Wrong with the PS3's Launch
"The most difficult launch you could imagine"
Briefly thinking back to past Sony press conferences, it's hard not to miss Jack Tretton and his cheeky little smile. The former president and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America, Tretton left the company in 2014, but that hasn't stopped him from talking about the PlayStation 3 and its troubled...
News Japanese Sales Charts: PS4 Tops Hardware as Lifetime Numbers Pass Wii U
Up and over
Following the PlayStation 4's emphatic return to the top of the charts thanks to the introduction of the new Slim model, Sony's current-gen console hit another milestone last week when it surpassed the Wii U's lifetime sales in Japan. To date, Nintendo's console has shifted 3,265,329 units, while the PS4 has now sold through 3,267,243...
News Warhammer: The End Times - Vermintide Brings the Grime in PS4 Launch Trailer
Pest control
Supposedly a solid co-op horde-'em-up, Warhammer: The End Times - Vermintide releases on PlayStation 4 next week. With a focus on melee combat as players face off against a horrific army of ratmen, it's certainly an eye-catching title that offers something a little different, and the game's launch trailer gets its grimy atmosphere...
News Horror Here They Lie Departs in Time for PlayStation VR Launch
All aboard
Here's your spooky PlayStation VR horror title: Here They Lie has been confirmed for a 13th October release – and you may want to reinforce your underwear before strapping yourself into this madworld because it looks completely f**ked. The game – by the brilliantly named Tangentlemen – has been incubated by Sony Santa Monica, and if...
Store Update 27th September 2016 (North America)
Really Reus
There's no breakout of every version of FIFA 17 in this week's North American PlayStation Store update, so it looks positively teensy compared to its European counterpart. Darkest Dungeon and XCOM 2 are pretty big releases, though. Decent restock, we reckon. PS4 Games: ARCADE ARCHIVES CONTRA $7.99 DARKEST DUNGEON (CROSS-BUY) $24.99...
Tuesday27th Sep 2016
Review Dead Rising Triple Pack (PS4)
They live again
With Dead Rising 4 mere months away – though not for PlayStation gamers – the time is right for an opportunistic re-release of some of the earlier games. Acting as a prefect primer for the series, this re-release triple pack includes Dead Rising, Dead Rising 2, and Dead Rising 2: Off the Record, and if you don't fancy shelling...
Returning to the first line
With NHL 17 being the second version of EA's hockey sim to be released since the shameful PlayStation 4 debut that was NHL 15, fans of puck-based sports were rightfully expecting the good work done in last year's edition to carry on through and be improved upon even further to really bring the franchise into the current...
Hands On Could Horizon: Zero Dawn Be Sony's Next Big Blockbuster?
Aloy, saveloy
The best thing about PlayStation is that it's reinvented itself time and time again. Sony's original console was defined by Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon, but a contractual blunder meant that both series went multiformat. Sony had to reinvent itself, and we saw the introduction of Jak & Daxter and Sly Cooper. Now on its...
News PlayStation Experience 2016 Heads to Anaheim in December
Is your body ready?
PlayStation Experience 2016 is happening after all. There had been some speculation that Sony may cancel its annual fan gathering, but an official website has been updated revealing that the show will be hosted at the Anaheim Convention Centre on 3rd and 4th December. This means there'll be one last press conference for you to...
Store Update 27th September 2016 (Europe)
Back of the net
Stock up on baked beans, say goodbye to your loved ones, plump your favourite cushion – the Christmas rush is here. Well, technically not quite actually. Don't get us wrong, this is a busy European PlayStation Store update, but it's padded by about a billion different versions of FIFA 17, which makes it look larger than it is. PS4...
News Dragon Quest Builders Digs Up PS4, Vita Demo
Build me up, Bildrick
It may be utterly overshadowed by the Hollywood blockbusters due out next month, but Dragon Quest Builders is looking block solid from where we're sitting. And if you're interested in the game yourself, then you may want to check out the title's demo, which is launching on the PlayStation 4 and Vita today. "In this...
News Yakuza 0 Grabs a Day One Edition on PS4
Plus a new English trailer
We've been watching so much Yakuza 6 gameplay recently that we almost forgot Yakuza 0 is heading West early next year. Featuring a much younger Kazuma Kiryu, this should prove to be another memorable romp through Japan's seedy underbelly. You can learn more about our legendary protagonist and the sticky situation that he's...
News Battlefield 1 Goes Michael Bay in PS4 Story Trailer
War never changes
Hmmm, we're not sure what to think of Battlefield 1's story trailer. We suppose on the one hand the presentation is spectacular – from the visuals to the voice acting and the orchestral audio – but on the other it's all a bit, well… Cringe, isn't it? Maybe it's us, but it feels like a trailer for a movie that came out in the...
News Final Fantasy XV Live PS4 Gameplay Demo Shows Customisation, Side Activities, and More
On the road again
Without the recent delay, Final Fantasy XV would have been launching just three days from now on PlayStation 4 - but don't let that fact get you down just yet. Courtesy of PlayStation Access' live show at EGX 2016, we've got our hands on 20 minutes of unedited Final Fantasy XV gameplay, which showcases character and car...
News Is Long Awaited Sequel Beyond Good & Evil 2 Back On?
Turn the Pey'j
Beyond Good & Evil 2 seems to have been in the pipeline for an eternity, and now Ubisoft veteran Michel Ancel has hinted that the project may be back on. The Wild Sheep Studio founder – who's also working with Sony on the fascinating PlayStation 4 exclusive WiLD – posted a most interesting picture on Instagram today: concept...
News New Berserk PS4 Gameplay Focuses on a Very Bad Man
Ugh, not this guy
If you're familiar with Berserk, then you'll probably already know that Wyald, leader of the Black Dog Knights, is a bit of a villain. A demon in humanoid form, he's a ruthless and downright horrible individual who controls his band of fellow scum through fear. In the source material, we see Wyald do some unspeakable things -...
Monday26th Sep 2016
Solitary confinement
The FMV genre has had a bit of a renaissance lately. Her Story and Contradiction: Spot The Liar both released to a positive amount of fanfare over on the PC, and now it's time for the PlayStation 4 to get its own full motion adventure. The Bunker marks quite a change in scenery for developer Wales Interactive, a studio that's...
News Rise of the Tomb Raider Has a Ridiculous 125 Trophies on PS4
That's a Lara gamerscore
This must be some sort of record: Rise of the Tomb Raider will release with a whopping 125 Trophies on the PlayStation 4. The trinkets span the main game alongside its many expansion packs, and consist of an eye-watering 118 bronze trinkets. The remaining seven gongs are divided up between five silver, one gold, and one...
Shoulda stayed home
It always stings a little when you get your hopes up for a game and it disappoints you upon release. Sure, there are different tiers to this; for instance, it's hard to find a recent game that upset more people at launch than No Man's Sky. But often that initial letdown leads to hyperbole; there are titles that fall short of...
Feature PlayStation VR Has the Power to Elicit Real-World Reactions
Don't look down
There are two things that make virtual reality extra impressive: scale and physical reactions. As we've said so many times, you really need to wear the headset to understand just how affecting these assets are, but we also appreciate that it's not easy for everyone to get eyes-on time with the device. As such, we've already tried to...
Hands On Sonic Mania on PS4 Runs Rings Around Recent Entries
Super Sonic
Let's face it: aside from Sonic Generations, the Blue Blur's had a pretty iffy history on PlayStation consoles. The hog's starred in a couple of decent Wii titles – and he's even enjoyed a handful of decent handheld outings – but the character's struggled to live up to his iconic legacy on the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, and now...
Swish
The NBA 2K series has always been the most eye-catching of sport game franchises because of its excellent presentation and attention to detail, not to mention its stunningly realised visuals. NBA 2K17 is no different, and ups the ante to make quite possibly one of the best sporting experiences on PlayStation. Sure, it doesn't have any huge...
First Impressions Bloodying Our Blades in the For Honor PS4 Alpha
No guts, no glory
For Honor is a medieval melee-based action title that's set in a land totally ruined by a natural disaster - its people left to fight for their survival. This is where three warriors come across one pool of water, and although they could share it, a brawl ensues because of pure greed. These initial three fighters go on to form the...
News UK Sales Charts: BioShock: The Collection Is Still the Big Daddy
Ayn achievement
A lack of new releases mean that BioShock: The Collection maintained its place at the summit of the UK sales charts this week, fending off PES 2017: Pro Evolution Soccer for a second term. Destiny: The Collection was the only new entry in fourth, with most fans of that series locked into the PlayStation Store these days. Overwatch...
News 16 Minutes of Mafia III Gameplay Outlines Stealth and Gunplay
Either way will do
We've lost count of how many trailers 2K Games has released for Mafia III, but we're pretty sure that none of them have been as comprehensive as the video that we've embedded above. The clip contains around 16 minutes of gameplay from next month's sandbox crime-'em-up, highlighting the various ways that you can tackle missions...
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