Guide New PS4 Games Releasing in 2017
Upcoming PlayStation 4 games release dates
Review Final Fantasy XV: Comrades (PS4)
Inactive Time Battle
News - 2017, Week 46
Sunday19th Nov 2017
News Witcher Dev Says Cyberpunk 2077 Will Have 'No Bullsh*t', Following Multiplayer Assumptions
"We leave greed to others"
A single tweet from The Witcher developer CD Projekt Red is doing the rounds today, and for good reason. Following up on assumptions made about the structure of its upcoming game, Cyberpunk 2077, the studio squashed rumours that it'll be a service-based title, complete with microtransactions and all that kind of stuff. It...
Interview Discussing the Music of Call of Duty: WWII with composer Wilbert Roget II
Answering the call of music
Recently, we got the chance to sit down and discuss the process behind composing the soundtrack for Call of Duty: WWII’s soundtrack, with its composer Wilbert Roget II, who's no stranger to working on games. We dove deep into some of the finer points of the score, and got a glimpse behind the curtain at his process and...
Saturday18th Nov 2017
Ben not-quite-10
Ben 10 first hit television screens way back in 2005 and quickly became a smash hit for Cartoon Network, spawning three spin-off series, four movies, and eight games. It centres around Ben Tennyson, a boy who discovers a watch called the Omnitrix which allows him to turn into various aliens. The franchise had been dormant since...
News This PS4 Black Friday Ad Is Well Worth Watching
Psychic superpowers
PlayStation Europe’s got surprisingly good at these comedy PlayStation 4 commercials – in fact, it’s been on a bit of a roll for a while now, so kudos to the marketing department for coming up with them. This latest Black Friday ad is another decent one, focusing on a fortune teller who’s trying to predict the PS...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 195
Take your pick
That’s it, then: all of the holiday blockbusters are out and Thanksgiving awaits. Of course, it’s not the end of the PlayStation 4’s year by any stretch of the imagination – there are still dozens of titles to be released before 2018 arrives – but it does mean you can probably breathe a little bit and catch up on all of the...
Friday17th Nov 2017
Guide New PS4 Games Releasing in 2017
Upcoming PlayStation 4 games release dates
Looking for new PS4 games release dates? Then we've got you covered with an exhaustive list of every PlayStation 4 game scheduled to release in 2017. You'll find every confirmed release date from the end of October and beyond, alongside some tentative ones, and we'll be working to update this regularly so...
Cop a feel
Fun fact: did you know that L.A. Noire actually released closer to the 1940s than to 2017? If you used your detective skills to deduce that this is a lie, then Team Bondi’s noir classic could be your type of game. Newly remastered by Rockstar, the detective thriller is as confounding and cool as it was back in 2011, with a new lick of...
Review Final Fantasy XV: Comrades (PS4)
Inactive Time Battle
Unceremoniously tucked away under the downloadable content option on the game's main menu, Final Fantasy XV: Comrades is a full co-op-based expansion that takes place near the end of Final Fantasy XV's story. Without spoiling anything, it details the events of the world's darkest period, where humanity struggles to survive in a...
Hardware Review PS4 Slim Review - The Most Affordable PlayStation 4
Does Sony's diminutive device deliver?
It's amazing how much can happen in the space of a month. We never really expected Sony to release a PlayStation 4 Slim, but here we are putting Sony's shrunken system through its paces. There are times when the games industry feels like it's moving at a snail's pace, with titles announced eons before...
Hands On Skyrim VR Looks and Plays Great with PlayStation VR
Is The Elder Scrolls any good in virtual reality?
We’re some four hours into The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR and we’ve already got a quest list longer than our armspan, but we can say definitively that this is a great version of the game. Adapted for PlayStation VR, Bethesda’s behemoth open world looks exactly like you remember it – but also...
News God of War's Kratos Would Rather Punch Loot Boxes in the Face
Show us how you really feel
In the wake of the Star Wars Battlefront 2 fiasco, loot boxes are a hot button topic in the industry right now. And veteran God of War director Cory Barlog has revealed in GIF form how he feels about the fallout. So, as a form of catharsis for all of you, here’s Kratos punching a treasure chest in the face: It’s...
News First US PlayStation Store Black Friday 2017 Deals Go Live
But for PS Plus members only
The first leg of the US PlayStation Store Black Friday 2017 sale has gone live, focusing on savings for PlayStation Plus members. It’s worth noting that a larger sale not strictly limited to PlayStation Plus members will launch on 21st November, so there’s still much more to look forward to. This particular sale will...
Poll Are You Buying Star Wars Battlefront 2?
Or have microtransactions put you off?
Hey, Star Wars Battlefront 2 is out today on PlayStation 4... But are you buying it? Just in case you haven't been keeping up with the news, EA's latest blockbuster has been drowning in a sea of negativity for weeks. Most of that negativity stems from the game's convoluted progression system, which places...
News EA Removes Microtransactions from Star Wars Battlefront 2, for Now at Least
Deal altered
And there it is: EA has officially removed in-game purchases from Star Wars Battlefront 2... For now, anyway. The title's microtransactions were taken offline not too long ago, which got people talking about what the publisher could possibly be planning. Turns out that they're going to be gone for some time. In a statement, DICE...
News PlayStation VR Gets a Massive Temporary Price Cut in the UK
Save huge on Skyrim VR, Gran Turismo Sport bundles
PlayStation VR’s price has been temporarily slashed in the UK, with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR and Gran Turismo Sport bundles available for £249.99 for a limited time. Both sets come with a headset, a PlayStation Camera, and a copy of PlayStation VR Worlds. This is an absolute bargain bin...
News Chinese Devil May Cry Lost Soul Aside Targets PSX 2017
Devil may care
Do you remember Lost Soul Aside? It first emerged as a really promising fan project, but it got so much attention that Sony actually signed it up as part of its China Hero Project, and now it’ll be playable at PSX 2017 next month. The game was listed as one of the titles that will be playable at the PlayStation convention, and now...
News October 2017 NPD: PS4 Is Still the Best Selling System of the Year
Middle-earth: Shadow of War conquers all
Despite increasingly intense competition, the PlayStation 4 remains the best-selling console in the United States year-to-date – but it’s going to be clinging on by its fingernails as we sprint towards the business end of the year. Nintendo Switch was the top platform once again for the month of October,...
News Celebrate a Decade of Uncharted Adventures All Month
Nate-ness awaits
Uncharted is just about a decade old, and in order to celebrate we ranked the best Uncharted games for your entertainment – and irritation. As one of the biggest PlayStation properties, however, Naughty Dog has its own anniversary events in mind – and it all starts with the slice of nostalgia embedded above. From 19th November...
News Star Wars Battlefront 2 Microtransactions Taken Down as Rumours of Change Swirl
Altering the deal?
Just when you're about to hit the hay, news breaks that Star Wars Battlefront 2's microtransactions have been taken offline. The game's "crystal" currency, which you can buy with real money, has been removed from the PlayStation Store and other digital storefronts, suggesting that something's about to happen. Of course, no one...
News New Arrival Moira Is Now Playable in Overwatch on PS4
It's a matter of life and death
The new Overwatch character, Moira, is now playable on the PlayStation 4. First announced at Blizzcon earlier this month, she came as quite the surprise for fans -- the majority very pleased to finally be getting another Support hero. Moira's abilities include using orbs to both heal and damage others, a short range...
Thursday16th Nov 2017
Motorcyc-hell
THE FUTURE. Sick of being taken advantage of by power hungry, money grubbing fat cats, the disenfranchised people of the city of Ashen rise up against their oppressors the only way they know how: by forming motorcycle gangs and hitting each other with big sticks. This is Road Rage: a dreadful vehicle combat game that is probably only...
News There's a Person Building Fast Food Restaurants in No Man's Sky
Lovin' it
No Man’s Sky added its base building features a little while back, but we were oblivious to the fact that people were actually getting rather creative with them. Take the YouTube account Boid Gaming, which appears to be occupying itself by building fast food restaurants in the far expanses of Hello Games’ enormous universe. First up,...
Purr-fection or cat-astrophe?
Cat Quest is an open world RPG set in the land of Felingard which has been conquered by dragons. You play as the last of the blood knight cats meaning you have the ability to slay these dragons with the help of your trusty sword. That’s not the only issue in these lands, though, as an evil pussy named Drakoth has...
News Assassin's Creed Origins PS4 Patch 1.05 Out Now, Fixes Bugs, Adds Haircut Options
Bayek again
Ubsioft's released another update for Assassin's Creed Origins. It mostly consists of your usual bug fixes, but patch 1.05 also brings a couple of neat additions, chief among them being that you can now change Bayek's hairstyle and beard. Previously, this was only possible via a glitch of sorts, but now, you'll be able to keep your...
News 'We Will Fix This' Says Star Wars Battlefront 2 Dev as Loot Box Outrage Rumbles On
Do you believe?
Star Wars Battlefront 2 developer DICE threw itself into the lion's den yesterday as it hosted a Reddit AMA. For those out of the loop, this basically means that members of the dev team sat down and took the time to answer questions and respond to feedback over on Reddit. As you'd expect, things didn't exactly go smoothly for...
News PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Dev Bringing New IP to PS4
No further information available, though
Bluehole, the developer of steam train success PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, is working on a new intellectual property for the PlayStation 4. The title – also scheduled to release on the Nintendo Switch – will primarily target the Asian market, although there’s no indication of what it will actually...
News Sony's Bringing Over 100 PS4, PSVR Games to PSX 2017
PlayStation heaven
The press conference may be a low-key affair this year, but Sony’s still bringing the heat for attendees at PlayStation Experience 2017 next month. The platform holder has revealed the near-final list of playable games for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation VR, and there’s over 100 titles on the docket. Many of these are yet to be...
News Dynasty Warriors 9 Gets a Confirmed Release Date in Europe and North America
Armed and ready
Koei Tecmo's attached a release date to Dynasty Warriors 9 in both Europe and North America. The open world hack and slasher is set to launch on the 13th February, 2018 here in the West, just a week after it hits Japan. Good to know that we won't be getting it weeks or months later, as is often the case. Dynasty Warriors 9...
News Feast Your Eyes on More Roarsome Monster Hunter: World Footage
Beastly
Capcom has put together two new trailers for Monster Hunter: World, detailing two separate environments that are yours to explore in the upcoming action role-playing game. The first gives us a good look at the Rotten Vale, while the second shows us the Wildspire Waste. Those of you who have been keeping up to date with the release will...
News Trails of Cold Steel I: Kai Officially Dated, 4K, 60FPS Remaster on PS4
Sharpened steel
Well this is all happening quite fast, isn't it? Only a week ago, Falcom confirmed that it was porting The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel and The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II to PlayStation 4, and now the first game has a Japanese release date. The re-release will be titled The Legend of Heroes:&
Deals Grab a PS4 Pro with Three Blockbuster Games for a Great Price
FIFA 18! Crash Bandicoot! Call of Duty!
The holidays are quickly approaching, and retailers are competing over the best value bundles. Take this PlayStation 4 Pro offer at Currys PC World, where you can currently purchase the supercharged system alongside FIFA 18, Call of Duty: WWII, and Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy for £339.99. When you...
News Adult Gohan, Gotenks, and Kid Buu Join the Dragon Ball FighterZ Roster
Potential unlocked
Another three Dragon Ball characters have been added to the playable roster of Dragon Ball FighterZ, according to the latest issue of Japanese magazine Weekly Jump. The game's getting Adult Gohan, Gotenks, and Kid Buu -- all of which seem like logical additions. The publication also reveals that the release will come...
News It Looks Like Dragon's Crown Pro Will Be Heading West on PS4
Playable at PSX 2017
There's been no official word on whether Dragon's Crown Pro -- the PlayStation 4 remaster of fantastic dungeon brawler Dragon's Crown -- will make it West, but it's now looking very likely due to it being playable at next month's PlayStation Experience event. PlayStation Experience 2017 will take place, as per usual,...
News File a Disaster Report Next Year on PS4
Incredible crisis
Disaster Report 4 Plus: Summer Memories will wreak havoc next year in Japan, developer Granzella has announced. The survival action game will see you assume the role of an everyman (either male or female) who must survive the aftermath of an earthquake. You may remember this franchise on the PlayStation 2; Disaster Report 4 was...
Wednesday15th Nov 2017
Hardware Review PS4 Pro Review - Should You Upgrade Your PlayStation 4?
Do you even 4K, Pro?
For a company supposedly sitting on its near 70 million unit install base, Sony sure isn't slowing down. Just a month after ushering in a virtual revolution with PlayStation VR, the platform holder released the first ever iterative console model with the PlayStation 4 Pro; the bags under the eyes of the Japanese giant's...
Hardware Review PSVR Review - Should You Buy PlayStation VR?
Virtual revolution
At least I can say I have lived. Sony's award-winning 1999 commercial hinged on one simple, indelible message: PlayStation has the power to transform you into someone you're not; the capacity to transport you to places that you've never been to before. And in the near-two decades since that promise was made, the Japanese giant's...
Hands On Skyrim VR Has Improved a Helluva Lot with PlayStation VR
The Elder Scrolls V's final build fares much better in virtual reality
Our early The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR impressions weren’t exactly enthusiastic. We tested the game in sub-optimal convention conditions with hellish teleportation enabled, and walked away from our demo like we’d just spent an afternoon in The Bannered Mare. The opportunity...
News Japanese Sales Charts: Sonic Forces Completely Flops as Awful New Need for Speed Overtakes
Insult to injury
Well would you look at that, the latest Japanese sales charts actually offer up some interesting talking points. Right off the bat, only one new game made it into the top five, and that was Need for Speed: Payback. The open world arcade racer managed to shift a meagre 21,000 copies on PlayStation 4 despite being butchered by...
News Square Enix Teases Final Fantasy XII News That Will 'Make Fans Happy'
Frantastic
Last month, Square Enix announced that Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age had shifted one million copies on PlayStation 4, taking both shipped figures and digital sales into account. It's a good result for a remastered PlayStation 2 title -- a divisive one at that -- and as such, the publisher will be hosting a celebratory livestream...
News Final Fantasy XV's Co-Op Comrades Expansion Fights the Darkness Today on PS4
Light our darkest hour
Final Fantasy XV's third expansion is out today on PlayStation 4, but unlike the game's previous character episodes, this latest addition offers a completely different experience. Indeed, the focus is on co-op multiplayer in Final Fantasy XV: Comrades, as teams take on missions to hold back the darkness and the monsters...
Deals Major PS4 Games Discounted to Less Than a Tenner on EU PS Store
Anything take your fancy?
Black Friday hasn’t quite arrived yet, but Sony’s hoping to get you in the mood for some sales with its Games Under £9 (or €10 for our former friends on the continent) promotion. There are some good discounts here, but nothing you won’t have seen before. Mirror’s Edge Catalyst, for example, is now £6.19 with...
Poll Ultimate PlayStation Character Tournament: Round 1 - Matches 13-16
Ready? Fight!
This is the fourth week of our Ultimate PlayStation Character Tournament. 128 characters enter, but only one will be crowned champion -- and you decide who that champion will be. If you want to know more about the Ultimate PlayStation Character Tournament, be sure to click through here. Previous Results (Click the image to...
Review Guardians of the Galaxy: Episode Five - Don't Stop Believin' (PS4)
I am Groot
It's probably a little bit late in the day but Don't Stop Believin', the final episode of Telltale's Guardians of the Galaxy, is easily the best episode of the series to date. That might not sound like glowing praise given the often painful mediocrity of the previous episodes, but it at least makes for a nice surprise and leaves us with a...
News Take a Virtual Tour of Hell with DOOM VFR Bundle for PSVR
Time to meet your DOOM
Sony’s flooding the market with new PlayStation VR bundles at the moment, and DOOM VFR is the latest title to get the pack-in treatment. Bethesda’s bloody first-person shooter will be available alongside (what appears to be) the revised PSVR headset, as well as a PlayStation Camera and the new demo disc. It’ll be...
Live Watch Bungie Drop Details on Destiny 2's First Expansion
Ooosiris
Destiny 2's first expansion, Curse of Osiris, is due out early next month, and Bungie's ready to drop some juicy details. The developer's taking to Twitch in order to talk about the upcoming add-on, and it all kicks off at 11:00 PT/19:00 GMT. Will you be tuning in with us? What kind of stuff would you like to see the studio cover? Join a...
News Yakuza: Kiwami 2 Demo Will Heat Up the Japanese PS Store Next Week
Suits Kiryu, sir
We’ve been treated to more Yakuza than we probably deserve in recent months, with the franchise enjoying something of a belated renaissance in Western territories. Overseas it’s business as usual, as SEGA readies Yakuza: Kiwami 2 for release – a full-blown remake of the second game in the series. And those of you with Japanese...
Tuesday14th Nov 2017
News A New Samurai Warriors Game Is in Development, But It's a While Off Yet
Sharpening the blade
Ahead of Dynasty Warriors 9's Japanese release early next year, publisher Koei Tecmo has confirmed that the next Samurai Warriors game is in the works. The news comes via series producer Hisashi Koinuma, who posted on Twitter saying that development has just started. Koinuma doesn't specify what the project...
Review LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 (PS4)
Loki alright
With Marvel releasing films almost weekly, it feels like the superhero craze of the last decade is starting to reach critical mass. The comic-book giant’s huge catalogue of heroes and villains seems inexhaustible, yet LEGO Marvel Superheroes 2 puts them all to good work, using and dispatching them with the cold-heartedness of a Disney...
Round Up Star Wars Battlefront 2 Reviews Lurch Towards the Dark Side
Palpatine's having palpatations
The original Star Wars Battlefront was one of those edge cases where it attracted a mixed critical response but was actually reasonably well-liked by fans. With the sequel, publisher EA and developer DICE will have been hoping to improve upon the original’s Metacritic rating of 73 – but it’s going to have its...
News EA Already Promising Changes to Star Wars Battlefront 2 Following Fresh Loot Box Outrage
Feel the force
Earlier today (or yesterday, depending on when you're reading this), we reported on some rather rough Star Wars Battlefront 2 news. The story covered the outrage sweeping across the 'net regarding the game's increasingly controversial loot boxes and the notion that heroes -- that's Darth Vader and the other powerful, named characters...
News Horizon: Zero Dawn Leads the Way with Five Nominations at The Game Awards
Aloy time
The Game Awards has just announced its list of nominees for the upcoming show on 7th December, and Horizon: Zero Dawn has come out on top with five nominations. Aloy's adventure is nominated in the following categories: Game of the Year, Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, and Best Action/Adventure Game. Elsewhere,...
Store Update 14th November 2017 (Europe)
All aboard the Cole train
We would say it’s a big week on the European PlayStation Store this week, but big weeks have become the norm lately, so it’s just an average update really. We suppose the headline new arrival is Star Wars Battlefront II, but L.A. Noire, The Sims 4, and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR are also vying for your attention...
News Bartending Title VA-11 HALL-A Finally Mixes It on PS Vita Today
But only in North America for now
It’s been a long, long time coming, but cyberpunk bartending sim VA-11 HALL-A will serve up its unique brand of visual novel drama on the PlayStation Vita in North America today. The title will release as a digital download for $14.99, but Limited Run Games has already confirmed a physical edition which will be...
Monday13th Nov 2017
Soapbox After the Vita's Failure, Why Do People Now Want Console Games on the Go?
Sammy considers how tones have changed
The first console launch I ever covered for Push Square was the PlayStation Vita, so I remember those heady February winter days well. It was 2012 and message boards were aflame with complaints about the infamous Online Pass (remember that?), while the PlayStation 3 was struggling to step outside of the Xbox...
News Star Wars Battlefront 2's Lootbox Fiasco Keeps Getting Worse
40 hours to unlock a Hero? Review code rebalanced?
No one could have predicted when DICE said it was doing away with community dividing DLC in Star Wars Battlefront 2 that things would turn out like this. The game has been absolutely slammed for its implementation of lootboxes and microtransactions – and as we near the title’s release, things...
Soapbox Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus Is a Better Game to Watch Than to Play
Liam's feeling conflicted
It’s hard to call Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus my most disappointing game of 2017 when Mass Effect Andromeda released just shy of nine months ago. But, if it wasn’t for that let-down of a space excursion, BJ Blazkowicz’s latest Nazi rampage would be taking that less than coveted prize. However, this...
News Xbox One X's UK Launch Sales Eclipse the PS4 Pro
But there are caveats
Microsoft’s mid-gen refresh the Xbox One X launched with sales in the region of 80,000 units in the UK, dwarfing the 50,000 units launch of the PlayStation 4 Pro last November. It’s a decent start for the Redmond manufacturer’s much anticipated machine, matching the Nintendo Switch’s debut sales back in March. Of...
News Tekken 7 Input Lag Is Being Improved on PS4
Update expected this year
Since its launch earlier in the year, Tekken 7 on PlayStation 4 has been criticised for the amount of input lag that it has. For those not familiar with the technical terms, this basically means that on Sony's system, your button inputs don't register quite as quickly as they do on other platforms -- namely PC. For some...
News PS Plus Multiplayer Will Be Free in Europe from 15th November
Five day trial gets underway
You won’t have to pay a penny to play online multiplayer on the PlayStation 4 from 10AM GMT on 15th November through 10AM GMT on 20th November in Europe. Sony has announced a new open event, which will remove the restrictions on PlayStation Plus subscriptions for the full five day period outlined above. You won’t...
News Sounds Like Online Functionality Will Be a Big Part of Cyberpunk 2077
CD Projekt CEO calls it "necessary"
"Online is necessary, or very recommended if you wish to achieve a long-term success." These are the words of CD Projekt CEO Adam Kicinski after being asked about Cyberpunk 2077 and how online functionality will be incorporated into the studio's next big project. Although we've known for some time that...
News Sony's New Live Action Star Wars Commercial Plays the Nostalgia Card
Love at first Sith
Every love story starts and ends with Star Wars, right? Only in commercials? Fair enough, but it does make for a damn good ad, you’ve got to admit. Like the spot from a few years back, Sony is going hard with the nostalgia card here, as it markets Battlefront 2 at young adults who’ve grown up with George Lucas’ sci-fi...
News Believe It or Not, Noctis from Final Fantasy XV Is Tekken 7's Second Guest Character
Noct the hell
Well, we certainly didn't see that coming, did you? Announced during the Tekken World Tour Finals, Noctis from Final Fantasy XV is Tekken 7's second guest character. He'll be released alongside a new stage in spring 2018. The stylish prince certainly gets around, doesn't he? It goes without saying that his fighting style is something...
News UK Sales Charts: Call of Duty: WWII Records Best Second Week in Two Years
War never changes
Call of Duty: WWII started strong – and it’s held strong. Activision’s first-person shooter has registered the highest selling second week of both 2017 and 2016 in the UK, suggesting that the switch to historical warfare was an astute one from the publisher. Elsewhere, evergreen favourite FIFA 18 leapfrogged Assassin’s...
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