Guide Which Race Should You Pick in Skyrim on PS4?
The adventure begins
News - 2016, Week 43
Sunday30th Oct 2016
News PS4 Pro Consoles Are Starting to Be Shipped to Stores
10th November nears
This is very much happening: the PlayStation 4 Pro is starting to be shipped to stores – or its packaging is, at least. These images of the console's cardboard wrapper appeared on Reddit, and seem to be American due to the references to the ESRB ratings board. The slogan on the back states that "game worlds come alive" with the...
Review Carnival Games VR (PS4)
Infinite bore fair
Ah, this is just what PlayStation VR needed: a minigame collection. And not just any superficial smorgasbord of banal activities either, but the granddaddy of the genre: Carnival Games VR. Those of you who hold on to haunting thoughts like a manic depressive in a mental health institute may remember this 2K Games published series...
Review Mark McMorris Infinite Air (PS4)
Snowbored
We haven't had a snowboarding game in a while, let alone a good one – and you could say the same of the entire extreme sports genre as a whole. The last shredding simulator came out in 2012, and even then it wasn't a very good one; it seems that the golden age of SSX and Shaun White Snowboarding on PS2 is well and truly over. Mark...
All tied up
Have you ever wanted to be as powerful as a God, looking over and controlling everything with a click of your fingers? Well, now you can. In Tethered you are tasked with taking care of adorable little creatures called Peeps. They are very hard working and you must use their skills to collect resources, build up their village, and fully...
Rumour Uncharted 4 Story DLC to Climb into PSX 2016
'The biggest Naughty Dog's ever done'
While it sounds like God of War will be skipping PSX 2016, there's a good chance that you'll be seeing more of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End – well, its single player expansion, to be precise. According to Let's Play Video Games – the same site that's been breaking Nintendo Switch news like there's no tomorrow...
News God of War Will Conceal Its Rage from PSX 2016
That's not Norse
God of War will suck up its anger and bottle it up for another day, as director Cory Barlog has insinuated that the reboot will not be at PSX 2016 later this year. Many had hoped that we'd get a brand new glimpse of Kratos and his son at the convention in Anaheim, but it's looking like Sony Santa Monica will be keeping the release...
Saturday29th Oct 2016
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 141
Time for change
The clocks are changing here in the UK, which means that life's about to get approximately 3.23 per cent more depressing starting Saturday evening. It's a good thing that there's PlayStation to keep us pre-occupied from the miserable mire that this existence involves, eh? Sammy Barker, Editor: I've been yanked back into the real...
Friday28th Oct 2016
Guide How to Download and Install Mods for Skyrim on PS4
Modfather
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition is out now on PlayStation 4, and if you're looking to add something a little extra to the vanilla role-playing experience, you'll be happy to know that the remaster features mod support. In other words, you can download and install user-created content for your game. At the time of writing,...
Guide Which Race Should You Pick in Skyrim on PS4?
The adventure begins
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition is a massive role-playing game that you can sink hundreds of hours into. As such, you need to carefully consider what kind of character you want to play as, lest you find yourself wanting to start over 50 hours down the line. In Skyrim, there are ten different races to choose from...
News Hello Games Tweets: 'No Man's Sky Was a Mistake'
Update: Hello Games hacked, apparently
Update (15:30PM BST): The beast has been awakened. Sean Murray has tweeted that Hello Games' servers got hacked, suggesting that the email below didn't come from the team either. He wrote: "Server hacked. We're binging Mr Robot Episodes as quickly as we can looking for answers. Ep05 is a cracker." Update...
News Sony's Platinum Headset Delayed into January
Not even PS4's headphones can make the holidays
It's a truth universally acknowledged that Sony doesn't like the holidays – after all, when's the last time it released a major game in October or November? Exactly. And now it looks like its hardware is set to share the same fate; while the PlayStation 4 Pro is still very much on track for 10th...
Review Yomawari: Night Alone (PS Vita)
Horror never looked so cute
Yomawari: Night Alone tells the haunting tale of a girl, seemingly alone, trying to find her sister and lost dog Poro in her small town. As our heroine's adventure beginss, it's clear from the offset that the town is haunted, and she must go on her quest without being caught by the many ghosts that roam the streets...
Video Weeping Doll Has the Worst Voice Acting on PS4
Cry baby
Lara Croft is no longer the worst voiced character on PlayStation 4; that Golden Raspberry's been scooped up by Artong [No idea how you spell that one – Ed] in Weeping Doll, a new PlayStation VR horror game launched this week. This is very much a game in the same vein as P.T. or Layers of Fear, but the dialogue kills any sense of...
Video Does Carnival Games VR Bring All the Fun of the Fair to PS4?
Roll up, roll up
Carnival Games is back! Do you remember this franchise proving surprisingly popular on the Nintendo Wii? Well, now publisher 2K Games is hoping to catch bottled lightning for a second time on PlayStation VR. This is essentially a mini-game collection which features an array of funfair-esque activities. But is it any good? Watch the...
News Woah! PS4 Pro Goes 80s in Uber-Cheese Commercial
The world's most powerful console
Sony's slowly starting to ramp up the hype train for the PlayStation 4 Pro, starting with this uber-cheese 80s commercial. The clip, which is tangentially related to Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare's DayGlo-donning zombies mode, describes the device as "the most powerful console in the world" – which it is, of...
Video Having a Ball with Titanfall 2 on PS4
Drop a Titan on it
Have you seen Titanfall 2? Well, you can have no excuses this time, as the sequel is out today on the PlayStation 4. While it's shaping up to be one of the most muted launches of the year, we still wanted to put the sequel through its paces. You can catch about an hour of archived gameplay from our livestream embedded above.
Thursday27th Oct 2016
Review Dragon Ball XenoVerse 2 (PS4)
Make a wish
Dragon Ball XenoVerse certainly wasn't perfect, but for a mostly fresh take on the Dragon Ball license it got a lot of things right, and its direct sequel, Dragon Ball XenoVerse 2, isn't looking to shake things up. Instead, this is a brawler that takes the typical Japanese sequel route, in that it's happy to keep the fundamentals in...
News Sora Unlocks World of Final Fantasy as Free DLC
When worlds collide
World of Final Fantasy is already a nostalgic golden nugget for Square Enix veterans, but the fan service is about to get even stronger with the addition of Sora from the Kingdom Hearts series. The Keyblade-wielding icon will be added as free downloadable content later this winter – but only temporarily as a means of...
News Game of the Year Knack Will Be Enhanced by PS4 Pro
But what about Bloodborne?
Knack may not be a bad game, but it's certainly become a laughing stock over the years. That's not stopping Sony from pouring even more effort into the outing, however, as Mark Cerny has quietly announced that the Japan Studio developed platformer will be upgraded to take advantage of the manufacturer's new PlayStation 4...
Review Dark Souls III: Ashes of Ariandel (PS4)
The weather outside is frightful
Enter The Painted World via the grovelling NPC at the Cleansing Chapel bonfire and you're plunged into a harsh and isolated environment, with vision-impairing snow and unfamiliar faces. Wolves hunt you down and axe-wielding warriors make the very earth beneath you quake. It seems like a tough environment where...
News Sony's Turning to Third-Parties for an Elite PS4 Controller
Pro tip
It's safe to say that demand for an Elite PlayStation 4 controller is mounting, but for whatever reason, Sony seems intent on leaving cash on the table. Despite this, it has appeared to recognise the requests, partnering with Razer and Nacon to release two licensed "pro" controllers in Europe later this year. First up is the Razer...
News Sony Restocks European Retailers with Big PS4 Bundles
But they're not PS4 Pros
Sony may be days away from deploying the PlayStation 4 Pro, but that hasn't stopped it from announcing a trio of new PS4 Slim bundles. The 1TB packs set to deploy this November will each include a copy of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, though you will get a couple of extra games on top depending on which you select. The first...
Pot luck
SportsBarVR is, as you'd no doubt guess, a virtual reality sports bar, which has all the attractions of a real sports bar minus the alcohol and the live footy. This leaves you with pool, darts, air hockey, and skeeball, with more due to be added in the future. Pool is the most interesting game on offer here, and it's playable in four...
News Final Fantasy XV Has Gone Gold, We Can Hardly Believe It
Fantasy made reality
Yes, you read that headline right: Final Fantasy XV has officially gone gold. In other words, the game is finished and ready to be mass produced. A surreal realisation, we're sure you'll agree. Final Fantasy XV has technically been in development for around ten years, ever since it was first revealed as PlayStation 3 title...
Talking Point How's Your PlayStation VR Hype Holding Out?
Virtual revolution?
It's been two weeks since PlayStation VR released, and the headset is pretty much sold out around the world. While platform holder Sony is busy ramping up production in order to meet demand, we figured that it would be fun to poll some of you early adopters on your experience with virtual reality now that the initial enthusiasm...
News Kingdom Hearts 1.5+2.5 Brings More Goofy Naming Conventions to PS4
Sigh
There's a circle in Hell where Satan punishes sinners by forcing them to write Kingdom Hearts articles for eternity – Dante Alighieri just forgot to mention it in his Inferno. Clearly we got up to some bad stuff in a previous life, because there's Kingdom Hearts news coming out of Mickey Mouse's exaggerated ears right now. Sigh. So, it's...
News Battlezone Reboots with Bad Ass PS4 Pro Support
Tanks for the support
Battlezone's already one of the better PlayStation VR experiences – review forthcoming, we promise – but it looks like it's going to shine on the PlayStation 4 Pro, too. Rebellion has released patch v1.02 today which enhances the virtual reality exclusive for Sony's new hardware, and you can expect sharper image quality and...
Competition Win a Pair of Beats Solo2 Headphones Signed by Tetsuya Mizuguchi
You've got the music in you
Are you enjoying the outstanding Rez Infinite on PlayStation VR? Have you been a long-time fan of Lumines on the PlayStation Portable or Vita? Was the ambiguous Child of Eden your jam? Well, well, well – we've got a stonking competition for you. In collaboration with mobcast, to celebrate the launch of both Rez Infinite...
News Cinematic Final Fantasy XV Trailer Is One of Its Very Best
Hopefully the game is this good
Regular readers will know that we're usually not huge fans of CG trailers, but wow, this latest one for Final Fantasy XV is one heck of a ride. Crafted by animators Digic Pictures, the whole thing's got a fantastic tone to it, and it's really got us eager to, you know, actually get our hands on the finished game...
News Ann Is Pretty Animated in New Persona 5 Trailer
She's taking no prisoners
Atlus has released a second Persona 5 character trailer, this time featuring the daring Ann. There are glimpses of fresh gameplay here, and Ann herself seems more than up for a good fight. Persona 5 is due out on the 14th February next year, but will Ann be a regular in your party? Slip on a mask in the comments section...
News Final Fantasy XV Will Expand with Online Co-Op Mode
But it'll be DLC
Final Fantasy XV's road trip premise is ripe for some kind of online co-op, and that's exactly what you'll be getting post-release. To coincide with the long-awaited title going gold today, Square Enix has revealed the contents of the outing's controversial $24.99 Season Pass. And one of the add-ons, named 'Comrades', will bring...
Wednesday26th Oct 2016
News Evolve's No Longer Going Free-to-Play on PS4
Devolve
Evolve is finished. The first-person shooter which gobbled up Game of the Show awards like they were going out of fashion has been dropped by developer Turtle Rock – mere months after going free-to-play on PC. It's safe to assume that the complimentary release didn't catch fire quite like the studio wanted it to. This all means that the...
News The Elder Scrolls VI Is Not in Development, Says Bethesda
Better get used to Skyrim
With Fallout 4 done and dusted, many have assumed that Bethesda Game Studios must be working on The Elder Scrolls VI - but that apparently isn't the case. According to ever informative VP of marketing Pete Hines, the inevitable successor to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim isn't actually in development. Replying to a fan's...
News Final Fantasy XV Will Look 'Beautiful' on PS4 Pro
Chocob-oh
Square Enix is working to ensure that Final Fantasy XV will look "beautiful" on the PlayStation 4 Pro at launch. Speaking with French website Gameblog, director Hajime Tabata admitted that the team hadn't had long to work with the hardware, but there will be a patch available for the souped-up system on 29th November which will "optimise"...
News November's Free PlayStation Plus Games include Everybody's Gone to the Rapture on PS4
The Deadly Tower of Monsters! DiRT 3! Costume Quest 2!
Critically acclaimed walking simulator Everybody's Gone to the Rapture will headline November's PlayStation Plus update, whisking members away to the idyllic Shropshire countryside. It'll be accompanied by stylish isometric shooter The Deadly Tower of Monsters on the PlayStation 4. Meanwhile,...
News Sonic Mania Continues to Shine in PS4 Gameplay Video
Come for the footage, stay for the sexual tension
You get more than you may be bargaining for in this Kinda Funny playthrough of Sonic Mania. First up, the video includes all-new footage of a brand new zone – Mirage Saloon – as well as the first gameplay of both Knuckles and Tails, who appear to function the same as their Mega Drive...
News Remember When Xbox Paid Donald Trump to Fire Fake PlayStation Employees?
Seems he understands 'cyber' after all
Haha, it's always fun to turn back time – especially where American presidential candidate Donald Trump is involved. Back in 2004, the console wars were arguably at their fiercest: Sony was lapping the competition with the PlayStation 2, but like a rowdy American neighbour, Team Xbox was working incredibly...
News Wow, Moogles Have Really Fallen From Grace in Final Fantasy XV
From mascot to punching bag
Moogles have long been a staple of the Final Fantasy series. The cute little creatures have helped many a wayward protagonist over the years, and that tradition will be continuing in Final Fantasy XV. Well, kind of. In the upcoming role-playing release, Moogles aren't actually... alive. Instead, they're essentially big...
Site News Let's Talk About Review Code and Push Square's Review Policy
This is how we do it
You may have heard or read about Bethesda's recent statement regarding its review policy. Essentially, the publisher will no longer be sending out review code to the media – that's websites and publications like Push Square – until the day before launch. This means that we won't have time to write reviews for games like The...
News PSN Down as Engineers Work to Resolve Issues
Offline and out
We thought that Sony was on top of these PlayStation Network outages, but a major DDoS attack seems to have unsettled the firm's good run of form. The service is down again this morning, with the platform holder reporting that engineers are on the case as we type. Offline time has been kept to a minimum of late, so there's a good...
News We're Bored of Writing About the Uncharted Movie
It's never coming out
We understand that the movie business is basically a mess, but the revolving door surrounding the Uncharted film is getting on our nerves. Following the project's most recent exodus, Deadline reports that Sony Pictures has tapped Shawn Levy to take the reins. He most recently worked on Netflix's Stranger Things, and he also...
Store Update 25th October 2016 (North America)
What are you Tethered to?
It's nice to see Sony keeping the PlayStation Store well stocked with PlayStation VR content now that the headset's out. This week sees the arrival of two new titles: Tethered and Windlands – both of which are pretty good. Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter is finally out in the US this time, too. PS4 Games: Buck...
News Japanese Sales Charts: Battlefield 1 Blasts into First Place on PS4
Sony's console still on top
Battlefield 1's debut is the big talking point of the latest Japanese sales charts, with EA's World War shooter claiming the top spot of the software list. The historical foray sold through a relatively impressive 113,081 copies on PlayStation 4. Aside from NBA 2K17 entering in sixth, though, it's been another quiet week...
News Yakuza 6 Scores a Snazzy PS4 Hardware Bundle
But it ain't a PS4 Pro
We're not entirely convinced that we understand Sony's decision to promote the PlayStation 4 Slim ahead of the impending PS4 Pro, but we're sure that it's all part of some masterplan. Nevertheless, the platform holder will be spotlighting the diminutive device ahead of its triple-tiered brother for the release of Yakuza 6, in...
Tuesday25th Oct 2016
Bot's your lot
The Playroom VR is a collection of asymmetrical multiplayer minigames that show off the PlayStation VR headset's capabilities in many different ways. It's free and comes with a total of five mini-games to enjoy with your pals: Cat and Mouse, Monster Escape, Wanted, Ghost House, and Robots Rescue. Let's break them all down...
Review Batman: Return to Arkham (PS4)
Blockbuster
The Batman: Arkham series has housed some of the best superhero games of all time – Spider-Man 2 and perhaps Deadpool aside – so it's easy to see why Warner Bros and Rocksteady decided to return to Arkham with, er, Batman: Return to Arkham. Consisting of Arkham Asylum and Arkham City (along with all DLC), right off the bat it's hard...
Review Farming Simulator 17 (PS4)
Corny
It may have inspired a throng of gag games, but Farming Simulator 17 remains just about as serious as simulations come. Take the new addition of pigs: you need to pork them up with a balanced diet, keep them tidy, ensure that they have ample bedding and water, and only then will you reap the returns from your sows. It's hard labour of the kind...
Review World of Final Fantasy (PS4)
Stacked
Billed as an accessible spin-off based on Square Enix's beloved role-playing property, World of Final Fantasy is a colourful and buoyant game with an emphasis on collecting and battling monsters. Featuring critters and characters from past Final Fantasy titles, existing fans of the series will get more out of the experience, but the game's...
News PlayStation VR Has Sold Out on Amazon in UK and US
Best Buy, Walmart, and Target also experiencing some shortages
Whether you're a fan of PlayStation VR or not, you have to admit that Sony's venture into virtual reality is selling very well. On both the US and UK Amazon pages, the headset'
News UK Retailer GAME Defends Paid PlayStation VR Demos
"Intended to give our customers access to exciting tech"
Update (25th October, 12:00PM BST): GAME has released a statement regarding its controversial paid PlayStation VR demo plan. The company told us: "Our pay-to-play PlayStation VR experience is a GAME-led initiative. The cost to use the in-store PS4 pod is entirely refundable for customers that...
News PS4 Firmware Update 4.05 Improves the Quality of System Performance
Stable again
Today's unexpected PlayStation 4 firmware update may still be vague, but it's bringing "quality" to the system's performance – rather than the usual "stability". Weighing in at 312.1MB and mandatory if you want to play online, v4.05 is available now. It's unclear at the time of typing what improvements it actually brings, but...
News PS4 Pro Requires Very Little Investment from Developers
Flip the switch
Developers hoping to support the PlayStation 4 Pro but worried it will require lots of resources need not panic, as lead architect Mark Cerny has pulled out his calculator and crunched the numbers. Speaking with Gamasutra, the venerable veteran has concluded that studios need only invest 0.2 to 0.3 per cent of their budget into the...
News Weird and Sometimes Wonderful The Tomorrow Children Goes Free-to-Play on PS4
Strange new world
Oddly compelling sandbox title The Tomorrow Children is free-to-play starting today on PlayStation 4. In other words, you can hit up the PlayStation Store right now (in Europe at least) and get it downloading if you're interested. Previously, the game was only playable by purchasing the early access-esque package. Our very own...
News Don't Expect Reviews of Skyrim and Dishonored 2 Before Launch on PS4
Bethesda issues statement
Bethesda's released a statement regarding its policy on review copies, and we imagine that quite a few games media writers - including ourselves - are currently sitting shaking their heads. The publisher says it won't be sending out pre-release code for any of its upcoming titles until the day before launch. "With the...
Store Update 25th October 2016 (Europe)
All the fun of the fair
These PlayStation Store updates get more ridiculous by the week. There are no less than 37 new PlayStation 4 games launching as part of today's European restock, though there are some bundles and duplicates padding that number out a touch. Still… What?! These are crazy times, readers. PS4 Games: Farming Simulator 17 –...
Video Take a Peep at PlayStation VR Strategy Tethered
All to Tether
For eons developers have been pondering how to make strategy games work on standard controllers. Tethered, a new title from start-up Secret Sorcery, thinks that it's happened upon the solution: virtual reality. Using the PlayStation VR headset, this diorama-esque experience sees you playing God by using your gaze to, ahem, tether small...
News Dragon Ball XenoVerse 2's Launch Trailer Is Too Good Not to Post
Blown away
We don't always cover launch trailers here on Push Square, but Dragon Ball XenoVerse 2's celebratory video is a tad too epic to pass up. Featuring some rocking guitars and loads of action, it's probably the game's best trailer to date, and it should certainly get fans hyped for the imminent release. You can read our Dragon Ball...
News Yakuza 0 Trailer Shows Why You Don't Mess with Goro Majima
Keep one eye open
Mad dog Majima is back as one of two playable characters in Yakuza 0, and the PlayStation 4 exclusive's latest trailer highlights the story behind this deadly gangster boss. As you'd expect of the superb series, the narrative teasers that are dropped in the video seem mighty promising, and quite frankly, we can't wait to get stuck...
Monday24th Oct 2016
Talking Point What Do You Want to Know About PS4 Pro?
Pro talk
We said earlier in the year when it was rumoured that Sony would launch both PlayStation VR and PlayStation 4 Pro this holiday that it would have its work cut out, and it's clear that the company's putting in overtime right now. Fresh from what appears to have been a very successful virtual reality release, the organisation now finds itself...
Round Up Titanfall 2 PS4 Reviews Fall from the Sky
EA we go again
Another week, another critically acclaimed first-person shooter from EA. Titanfall 2 will finally mech a mess of the PlayStation 4 this week – not that anyone cares what with it being sandwiched between Battlefield 1 and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. Apparently it's really good, though. Honest. We'll confirm when we actually,...
News We Got Up Close and Personal with the Nintendo PlayStation
Alternate universe
On display at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo this weekend was a real treasure: the Nintendo PlayStation. The disc-based edition of the Super Nintendo system was produced by Sony in collaboration with the House of Mario, but never saw the light of day after the two Japanese giants had a difference of opinion. A prototype unit did,...
News Media Molecule Opens Satellite Studio in Brighton
Pier we go
Media Molecule's borderline cringe working culture has culminated in the creation of a new satellite studio based in Brighton. The Guildford-based organisation has opened the new workspace in order to accommodate a group of devs who have been commuting from the seaside town for many years. While those on location will still make regular...
News Titanfall 2 Runs Better and Looks Better on PS4 Pro
Titan-cool
Respawn Entertainment didn't get a whole lot of time with the PlayStation 4 Pro, but it's still managed to ensure that Titanfall 2 takes advantage of the new hardware. Speaking with Stevivor, executive producer Drew McCoy revealed that the game – launching two weeks before the brand new box – will utilise the added horsepower of the...
News UK Sales Charts: Battlefield 1 Beats Out Combined Week One Sales of Predecessors
Battlefield won
Battlefield 1 launched strongly in the UK, outselling the combined week one tally of both Battlefield 4 and Battlefield Hardline. While this is impressive, it's perhaps worth remembering that Battlefield 4's sales got off to a slightly slower start than usual due to it launching prior to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Nevertheless,...
News Bethesda Brings in Media Students for Live Action Dishonored 2 Trailer
Good job, gang
Well done to the media students who Bethesda recruited to create this live action Dishonored 2 trailer – we reckon that it's good enough to secure a great grade. Toss in a decent dissertation and the kids behind this one may land a dream job at Tesco after all.
