News - 2016, Week 52
Sunday1st Jan 2017
News PS4 Exclusives Trailer Teases Detroit, Matterfall, and Gran Turismo Sport for 2017
Dreams also on the docket
Even the PlayStation 4's staunchest critics would struggle to argue that the system is starting to hit its stride. January alone will see the addition of four or five anticipated exclusives to the console's catalogue, and it doesn't look like the device is going to relinquish that pace as 2017 develops. This trailer...
News PS4 Exclusive Horizon: Zero Dawn's Marketing Onslaught Has Started
Earth is ours no more
Sony sees Horizon: Zero Dawn as its next major first-party franchise, and so it's started work advertising the PlayStation 4 exclusive alongside the onset of the New Year. This commercial aired during the PlayStation-sponsored Fiesta Bowl overnight, and is a fairly well executed riff on the 2017 celebrations. Expect this game...
Round Up Push Square's Top Ten PlayStation Games of 2016
Cream of the crop
And there we have it: Game of the Year 2016 is done and dusted. As is the case every year, we pulled our entire team together to determine our top PlayStation title of the past 12 months, and while everyone had their own personal favourites, we settled upon a Top Ten that reflects the sentiment of every single one of our staffers...
Game of the Year 2016 #1 - Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Drake-ness awaits
It's surely no exaggeration to say that Uncharted 4: A Thief's End embarrasses some parts of the industry. Naughty Dog has gotten so good at writing memorable characters that it's practically in a league of its own these days, and it's rough to think that the rest of the medium can't catch up. Nathan Drake's final adventure may...
News ESRB Digs Up a Couple of Harvest Moon PS4 Ratings
A wonderful life?
Natsume may be a little late bringing Harvest Moon to the PlayStation 4, as spiritual successor Stardew Valley is already out. That said, the ESRB has rated Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland and Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life Special Edition for Sony'
Game of the Year 2016 Simon's Personal PlayStation Picks
Overwatch this
It's time once again for the indomitable staff here at Push Square to share their own personal Game of the Year picks. Every year, we herd our writers together and force them to spill their opinions on their five favourite games of the last 12 months. Usually, this involves poking them with a stick until they come clean. Below, you'll...
Saturday31st Dec 2016
News Minecraft Vita Is Sony's First Japanese Million Seller in Over a Decade
And it's technically a Microsoft game
Minecraft: PS Vita Edition has sold over one million units at retail in Japan according to tracking firm Media Create. This means that – despite the brand being owned by Microsoft – it's the first Sony published title since 2004 to hit seven digits. The last first-party release to achieve the target was Gran...
Game of the Year 2016 Sam's Personal PlayStation Picks
Bromance
It's time once again for the indomitable staff here at Push Square to share their own personal Game of the Year picks. Every year, we herd our writers together and force them to spill their opinions on their five favourite games of the last 12 months. Usually, this involves poking them with a stick until they come clean. Below, you'll find...
Game of the Year 2016 #2 - Inside
Inside out
Much has been said about the last twenty minutes of Inside. And rightly so – it's one of the most intense and intriguing sections of any game in recent memory. But to focus solely on those moments would be to do a disservice to what is a consistently excellent experience. Indeed, from its very first second, Playdead's sophomore effort...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 149
Happy New Year
Did you know that 2016 will be extended by a second? It's as if the Gods are mocking us, forcing us to endure such a dire year for a moment longer. The good news is that 2017 isn't too far away, and hopefully things will start looking up again. And of course, with it being a Bank Holiday weekend, it's the perfect opportunity to play...
Friday30th Dec 2016
Game of the Year 2016 Liam's Personal PlayStation Picks
Fit for a thief
It's time once again for the indomitable staff here at Push Square to share their own personal Game of the Year picks. Every year, we herd our writers together and force them to spill their opinions on their five favourite games of the last 12 months. Usually, this involves poking them with a stick until they come clean. Below,...
Review Air Race Speed (PS Vita)
Total wipeout
Air Race Speed. It's a terrible name, but an accurate one. This low-budget end-of-life PlayStation Vita release deployed just prior to the holidays, presumably winding its way to Sony's portable after struggling to set the smartphone sales charts alight. Despite its weedy price point and miserable moniker, though, this high-octane...
Soapbox Street Fighter V Is the Best Worst PS4 Game of 2016
Sammy's losing faith in Capcom's fighter
I love Street Fighter V, but it doesn't love me. That's a bit of a cliché, I suppose – but I'm struggling to dream up a better sentence that best describes my relationship with Capcom's brawler. Here is a game that's both breathtakingly brilliant and mindbogglingly awful all at the same time; the Japanese...
News PS4 Quietly Crosses Four Million Units Milestone in Japan
Pyrrhic victory?
Japan's no longer the focus of Sony's attention, but the PlayStation 4 has still managed to quietly cross the four million units milestone in its home nation. The news comes courtesy of the latest Media Create report tracking sales for the week ending 25th December, where Sony's new-gen system sold 100,238 units – enough to push...
Game of the Year 2016 #3 - Overwatch
Together, we are strong
Shooters are not prone to positivity. Whether it's a grim illustration of objectivism as a societal foundation in BioShock or a striking commentary on senseless violence in Spec Ops: The Line, the genre typically doesn't have settings, characters, or themes that are uplifting. A fallen world makes way for endless scenarios...
Thursday29th Dec 2016
News This The Last Guardian Ending Easter Egg Will Settle Some Arguments
Spoilers, obvs
For this author's money, the best ending of the year is a toss-up between The Last Guardian and Uncharted 4: A Thief's End – but the former may have just stolen the crown from atop Drake's head due to an Easter egg that's only just been discovered. If you haven't finished Fumito Ueda's fantasy favourite just yet, then we'd urge you...
Review Bridge Constructor (PS4)
Bridging the gap
We've all travelled across a bridge at some point in our lives, and we've stopped on more than one occasion to marvel at their impressive structural designs. But while crossing these bridges, have you ever wondered what it takes to design and construct perfectly balanced bridges like Isambard Kingdom Brunel's suspension bridges?...
Game of the Year 2016 #4 - Final Fantasy XV
Noctout
Jeez, where do you start with this one? What could have quite easily been a catastrophe, Final Fantasy XV has made into our top five games of 2016. For many of us, there's a distinct feeling of relief when we stop to think about Noctis' road trip. We're weirdly thankful that everything turned out well, and more importantly, we're over the...
Game of the Year 2016 Jacob's Personal PlayStation Picks
Lasting appeal
It's time once again for the indomitable staff here at Push Square to share their own personal Game of the Year picks. Every year, we herd our writers together and force them to spill their opinions on their five favourite games of the last 12 months. Usually, this involves poking them with a stick until they come clean. Below, you'll...
News English Puyo Puyo Tetris Trophies Tease Western Release
From Russia with love
It's happening? SEGA has expressed interest in releasing multiplayer puzzle mash-up Puyo Puyo Tetris in the West, and now a batch of English language Trophies have appeared online. To be clear, these could be related to the popular title's impending Asian debut, but there's hope that the publisher may have navigated the red...
Wednesday28th Dec 2016
News January's PlayStation Plus Games Have Been Revealed
Happy New Year?
Sony's announced which games you can expect from your PlayStation Plus subscription next month. On PlayStation 4, wacky adventure Day of the Tentacle Remastered and survival sim This War of Mine: The Little Ones are up for grabs. The former is also on Vita, alongside The Swindle - which will be available on all three of Sony's...
News Sony: 2017 Will Be a Year for Amazing PS4 Software
We can't wait
There's no question that this year has been all about hardware for Sony. There have been many amazing games released in 2016, don't get us wrong – but it's the likes of PlayStation VR and PlayStation 4 Pro that have dominated the headlines. Speaking with Japanese publication 4Gamer, Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida...
News Red Dead Redemption 2 Promotional Materials Arrive at Retail
Are you ready?
Looks like Rockstar's readying itself for a big year, as retailers in the UK at least have started to receive Red Dead Redemption 2 promotional materials. The game – which is due out later this year, and will be advertised in conjunction with the PlayStation 4 – was announced several month
Feature The 10 Best PS4 Trailers of 2016
Watch this space
Trailers are a massive part of every game's marketing cycle these days, with the very best either queued up for the big conventions or saved until a title's right about ready for release. We figured that we'd compile a list of the ten best PlayStation 4 videos released this year, and just for fun, we've put them in order to boot...
Game of the Year 2016 Graham's Personal PlayStation Picks
Inside and out
It's time once again for the indomitable staff here at Push Square to share their own personal Game of the Year picks. Every year, we herd our writers together and force them to spill their opinions on their five favourite games of the last 12 months. Usually, this involves poking them with a stick until they come clean. Below, you'll...
News Fill Your Festive Holiday with New NieR Automata PS4 Gameplay
So NieR, so far
No one really knows how to pronounce the name of the subtitle yet, but the anticipation surrounding NieR Automata is proof positive of what a good demo can do. While the game had its fans a few weeks ago, it seems like everyone is now on board with this Platinum Games developed action role-playing release – we even described it as...
Game of the Year 2016 #5 - Dishonored 2
From out of the shadows
Arkane Studios' first entry in the Dishonored series was one of the best games of the previous generation. The game introduced us to the "whale-punk" city of Dunwall and its highly-stylised, gorgeous environments. And then it served up a selection of brilliantly entertaining supernatural powers, removed the leash, and allowed...
News UK Sales Charts: Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Clings On
CoD and chips
In the penultimate UK sales chart of the year, tracking data for the week through 24th December, the maligned Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare maintained its position at the top of the best sellers list – not bad for a supposed "flop", eh? To be fair, the game has been on sale for £19.99 at some stores, which is unprecedented for this...
Tuesday27th Dec 2016
Feature The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine Is the Best DLC of 2016
It's better than most games, to be fair
It's probably going to be a long time before The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is dethroned as the king of modern role-playing games. The open world title is one of the very best releases of the past decade, and has essentially set the bar for similar games going forward. But it's not just the base release that should...
News Director Guillermo del Toro Still Really Freakin' Hates Konami
"F*ck Konami"
All's well that ends well, really. Alright, so we didn't get Silent Hills in the end, but Hideo Kojima has returned to the limelight, and Death Stranding comfortably looks like one of the most fascinating projects in Sony's portfolio. Heck, it's even got actor Norman Reedus and director Guillermo del Toro in it – two people who were...
Game of the Year 2016 Victor's Personal PlayStation Picks
Watching over you
It's time once again for the indomitable staff here at Push Square to share their own personal Game of the Year picks. Every year, we herd our writers together and force them to spill their opinions on their five favourite games of the last 12 months. Usually, this involves poking them with a stick until they come clean. Below,...
Game of the Year 2016 #6 - The Last Guardian
Cat-puppy love
Decade-long development cycles rarely end well, especially when a rabid fanbase has passed the time by elevating a project's expectations to astronomical levels. The Last Guardian, launching some seven years after its original announcement, was always going to have a huge battle on its hands, then – not least because it has the...
News Japan Studio Concert Will Celebrate the Sounds of Sony's Greatest Games
Audio tribute
Japan Studio's output may have been pants during the PlayStation 3 era, but under the leadership of ex-Santa Monica head Alan Becker, Sony's biggest developer has been restored to the bosom of its Worldwide Studios network. Over the past few years alone the organisation has had a hand in Bloodborne, The Last Guardian, and Knack – the...
Monday26th Dec 2016
Soapbox Why Hitman Is the Funniest Game of 2016
A hands-off approach means excellent comedy, says Sam Brooke
The Hitman series has always taken pride in being a bit odd. The wacky settings of Blood Money, for instance, range from a party based on heaven and hell to a hillbilly wedding where everybody has a gun. However, Hitman 2016 is easily one of the funniest games of this year - mainly because...
Guide Boxing Day 2016 - Best PS4 Deals (UK Edition)
Season of sales
Christmas is well underway, which means that it's time to start thinking about those Boxing Day sales. You've no doubt got a big wad of cash burning a hole in your pocket, and you're probably wondering where you should invest it. Well, we've pulled together some of the better 26th December savings in this article, and we'll be...
News Apparently There's a Double Dragon 4 Coming to PS4
Billy and Jimmy are back. Again
Someone light the Damien McFerran signal: Double Dragon 4 is coming to the PlayStation 4. Yeah, this one is news to us as well, but a trailer has been uploaded to Arc System Works' official YouTube account showing off the first footage of the throwback sequel. This one looks to be adopting an 8-bit graphics style, so...
News PSN Survives the Holiday Traffic Onslaught
Christmas miracle
We'd all be quick to complain if the PlayStation Network had gone down this Christmas, so it's worth acknowledging that the service held sturdy for a second consecutive year, with very few issues reported. Online gaming, account registration, and the PlayStation Store all remained online, meaning that those looking to spend the...
Game of the Year 2016 Ken's Personal PlayStation Picks
Life is just a fantasy
It's time once again for the indomitable staff here at Push Square to share their own personal Game of the Year picks. Every year, we herd our writers together and force them to spill their opinions on their five favourite games of the last 12 months. Usually, this involves poking them with a stick until they come clean...
Guide Boxing Day 2016 - Best PS4 Deals (US Edition)
Sale away
Boxing Day 2016 is traditionally a bigger window for deals in the UK, but there's still some good stuff up for grabs in the United States. We'll be updating this article over time with all of the best PlayStation 4 deals in the United States, so do check back if you're eager to splash some Christmas cash. <products region="USA"...
News Supergirl Smashes Faces in Injustice 2 on PS4
Krypton-fight
It's been a little while since we heard anything about Injustice 2, so we're probably due this update to be frank. IGN has uploaded a video centring on the moves and abilities of Supergirl, a so-called "Jill of all trades" character with ice breath and the ability to fly close to the sun. We're still not sure about the art direction in...
Game of the Year 2016 #7 - The Witness
Blown away
If there was an annual award for 'Game Most Often Judged by Cover', The Witness would take it this year, hands down. Written off by many as "that game that's just about drawing lines", Jonathan Blow's long-delayed successor to Braid is, and has always been, about more than what's on the surface. Sure, your only real interaction with the...
Video Watch Gravity Rush The Animation: Overture for Free Here
Meow
As promised prior to the Christmas break, Sony has released Gravity Rush The Animation: Overture for free on its YouTube channel. The anime – produced by Studio Khara – promises to bridge the gap between the first game and its soon-to-be-released sequel, and runs for a good 20 minutes, so pour yourself a glass of something nice and sit...
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