News One of Spider-Man PS4's Most Heartfelt Easter Eggs Has Turned Sour
Don't worry, no spoilers ahead
Guide Spider-Man PS4 FAQ - Everything You Need to Know
All your questions answered
News Creative Director of Spider-Man PS4 Says It 'Would Not Exist if It Wasn't for PlayStation'
Platform holder praised for its support
News - September, 2018
Monday1st Oct 2018
News UK Sales Charts: FIFA 19 Is Already the Biggest Game of the Year
But sales are down compared to 2018
FIFA 19 sprung Marvel Spider-Man’s offside trap to secure the biggest launch of 2018 in the UK – even though physical sales are down 25 per cent year-over-year. It’s worth remembering that GfK Chart-Track only takes into account physical sales right now, so the digital data may skew matters somewhat. The...
Sunday30th Sep 2018
News Rocket League Cross-Play Seems Likely on the PS4
Open goal
Now that Sony’s opened its doors to cross-play on the PlayStation 4, another title seems likely to jump aboard. Rocket League, which is one of the games that the Japanese giant’s previous policy blocked, is looking like it’ll support players across Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PS4 soon, as
Saturday29th Sep 2018
Review CREED: Rise to Glory - Should Have Been a Knockout
Sun’s out, guns out
Boxing seems like a perfect area for virtual reality to explore. The tactile nature of beating the pulp out of another person seems ripe for the medium, and there have been relatively few PlayStation VR boxing forays thus far, making CREED: Rise to Glory stand out a little more than it otherwise might. CREED is a tie-in to the...
Sunday30th Sep 2018
News Minecraft's Better Together Update Could Yet Come to PS4
Cross-play conversation re-opened
Fortnite wasn’t the first game to start the cross-play conversation: it was actually Minecraft. You may remember Microsoft announcing the Better Together update for every system but the PlayStation 4, because back then the Japanese giant wasn’t playing ball. It’s slowly opening up its do
Saturday29th Sep 2018
News No, Enabling Cross-Play Isn't as Easy as People Like to Think, Says PlayStation Boss
Shawn Layden explains
You all know by now that Sony has changed its policy on cross-platform play, right? The bombshell dropped earlier in the week, but why did it take the company so long to implement the change? Well, according to PlayStation boss Shawn Layden, enabling cross-play isn't an easy process, despite what you may have read in comments...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 239
The stage of history
The nights are drawing in and the weather is getting colder, but the release calendar sure as hell is heating up. There are a metric ton of titles on the horizon, and we’re battling to get on top of them all. The question is: how are you keeping up? Robert Ramsey, Deputy Editor: You better believe I'm still polishing off...
Friday28th Sep 2018
News Sony Cancels PSX 2018 As It Looks Ahead to Next Year
"We don't want to set expectations really high"
As we expected, there’ll be no PlayStation Experience this year as Sony prepares itself for a mammoth 2019. Speaking on the latest episode of the PlayStation Blogcast podcast, bigwig Shawn Layden said that the company’s looking forward to 2019 with games like Dreams
News So, What Does the Spider-Man PS4 Collector's Edition Statue Look Like After All?
Spoilers!
Warning: This article features images of the Marvel's Spider-Man Collector's Edition statue, which contains spoilers. You may remember during the run up to the release of Marvel's Spider-Man that Insomniac Games refused to reveal the lower half of a statue included in the game's Collector's Edition. The studio wanted to keep the statue...
Saturday29th Sep 2018
Guide New PS4 Games Releasing in October 2018
Every upcoming PlayStation 4 release date in October 2018
What new PS4 games are coming out in October 2018? Perhaps a better question would be: what isn't releasing on the PlayStation 4 next month? There's no doubt that the biggest new title is Red Dead Redemption 2, but there's also Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, SoulCalibur VI, and Assassin's Creed...
Friday28th Sep 2018
News Naughty Dog Releases The Last of Us: Part II's First Music
Gustavo Santaolalla's back
The Last of Us’ celebratory Outbreak Day is over, and our faces are still very much intact. Naughty Dog has, however, released Gustavo Santaolalla’s performance of the series’ iconic theme song, which will be used in The Last of Us: Part II: To be brutally honest, we don’t like this recording as much as the...
News Player Data Paints Damning Picture of Telltale's Efforts
Downward spiral
Telltale Games’ effective closure came as a shock to us all last week, but data shows that it’s been on a big decline since breakout hit The Walking Dead: Season One all the way back in 2012. The creators of True Trophies and True Ac
Poll Do You Care About Cross-Play Now That It's Available on PS4?
Cross your heart
So one of the biggest stories this week was that Sony has changed its policy on cross-play. It announced that it was holding a cross-play Fortnite beta on PlayStation 4, allowing users to match up with Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, PC, and Mac players. Quite the turnaround. Of course, Fortnite could just be the start...
Review Catastronauts - Intergalactic Overcooked Shouldn't Be Overlooked
Panic stations
It was only a matter of time before the Overcooked series inspired similarly chaotic co-operative experiences, and Catastronauts does a pretty good impersonation. Following the blueprint of Team 17's co-op cooking game fairly closely, Inertia Game Studios swaps kitchens for spaceships, creating a familiar experience that's not without...
News Spyro: Reignited Trilogy Continues to Look Great in 45 Minutes of PS4 Gameplay
Hype reignited
PlayStation Access is back with a meaty chunk of Spyro: Reignited Trilogy gameplay. Clocking in at 45 minutes, the video's stuffed with things to see, as the team plays through a level from each of the remade Spyro titles. This isn't the first time that we've seen the Reignited Trilogy in action on PlayStation 4, but it continues to...
News Days Gone Dev Says Infected Rather Than Traditional Zombies Makes a Huge Difference
Fighting the horde
Deacon St. John has his work cut out in Days Gone. The world Sony's Bend Studio is crafting contains thousands of infected baddies, and they're all out for blood. Speaking with Official PlayStation Magazine, the game's director John Garvin explained that having this type of enemy rather than regular, shuffling zombies makes a...
News So, Er, Skrillex Is Composing Kingdom Hearts III's Theme Song
Collaboration with singer songwriter Hikaru Utada
Here’s a headline we didn’t expect to write today: eight-time Grammy Award winner Skrillex is composing the theme song for Kingdom Hearts III alongside singer songwriter Hikaru Utada. If you are one of those nerd types who pretends to know nothing about popular culture, here’s an example of a...
Review Life Is Strange 2 - Episode 1: Roads Is Profoundly Political
A tale of two sons
Life Is Strange 2 is profoundly political, but that shouldn’t be a surprise. This is a tale about two Latino boys travelling across Trump’s America, and it plays out more or less exactly as you’d expect it to. The story’s much more grounded in reality than the original series ever was, and that means that it’s filled to...
News Fate/Extella Link Now Launches in Early 2019 on PS4, Vita
Action title delay confirmed
Dynasty Warriors-esque action title Fate/Extella Link has been hit with an inevitable delay in North America and Europe. The PlayStation 4 and PS Vita sequel to the really rather good Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star was due to launch in the second half of this year, but now publisher XSEED Games has confirmed that it's...
News SoulCalibur VI Network Test Is Live on PS4
Feel your soul burn
If you want to try SoulCalibur VI before it's released next month, then you may want to jump into the open network test that's now live on PlayStation 4. If you haven't downloaded it yet, then you can grab it from the PlayStation Store by using the search function. The test features ranked online battles, and has 15 playable...
Reminder SoulCalibur VI Open Beta Test Is Ready for Battle from Today on PS4
Download it now
"Welcome back to the stage of history." In case you'd forgotten, Bandai Namco is holding an open beta test for SoulCalibur VI this weekend. The beta features ranked online matches and a good selection of fighters to battle on various levels. It all kicks off today at 8am PDT / 11am EDT / 4pm BST. You can download the client right...
News Supermassive Games Is 'Going Nuts' with Range of Experiences in Dark Pictures Anthology
Has enough material "for about 800 years"
The Dark Pictures Anthology is a really intriguing project. Supermassive Games, the developer of spooky PS4 exclusive Until Dawn, will be producing smaller standalone games periodically, the first of which is the promising Man of Medan. In a new interview with VG24/7, the head of the studio Pete Samuels...
News Bungie Plans on Making Masterwork Cores More Plentiful in Destiny 2
Masterworking it out
One of the hot topics among the Destiny community right now is the availability of Masterwork Cores. These items are necessary for infusion -- the process of powering up equipment that you like using. However, Masterwork Cores are currently very hard to find or farm, meaning that infusion is a costly decision to make. Bungie...
Hands On The Best Indie Games at EGX 2018
Small but cool
While it’s the big blockbusters that always draw the largest crowds at conventions like EGX 2018, the most fun can usually be found nestled away in the deepest, darkest corners of Birmingham’s behemoth NEC, with indie games galore vying for… Well, any attention at all. This year’s show played host to approximately a billion...
Thursday27th Sep 2018
News The Witcher Spin-Off RPG Thronebreaker Gets Gameplay, Pricing
Queen me
[ Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales is a single player role-playing game from the team behind The Witcher 3, and it's due out on PlayStation 4 later this year, on the 4th December. But "single player role-playing game" doesn't really tell you much does it? Thankfully, GameSpot's just published 12 minutes of gameplay, so you can get an idea...
Review FIFA 19 - Well Drilled... Unlike Jose Mourinho's Man Utd Team
Good touch for a big lad
Spend just a few minutes with FIFA 19 and you'll wonder if EA has just re-released FIFA 18 with Champions League licensing. At first it can feel very familiar – more so than usual – but give it a couple of hours and you'll start picking up on all the little things, all the subtle improvements that EA Sports has carefully...
Soapbox Warhawk Is One of Sony's Greatest Online Success Stories
Sammy and Stephen remember a PS3 classic
Sony’s known for its single player, story games these days – but at the start of the PlayStation 3 era, that wasn’t necessarily the case. With the likes of Halo running amok on the Xbox and the PlayStation Network needing to establish itself, the platform holder pushed new multiplayer series like...
News Warhawk and More PS3 Games Latest to Suffer Sony's Online Server Purge
Clipping its wings
Sony is in the habit of shutting down online multiplayer on some games recently. Just this week, we heard news that the plug is being pulled on Drawn to Death in six months, and this follows a trend that also saw Gravity Rush 2, The Tomorrow Children, and Kill Strain lose their online features. Now,
Hands On Spyro Reignited Trilogy Is Fire for Fans and Fresh Faces Alike
Lit
Activision may draw the ire of gaming enthusiasts for its annual Call of Duty flagging and insidious Destiny expansion packs, but by the grace of Mark Cerny does Bobby Kotick and his boardroom know exactly what they’re doing. Enter the oft-requested Spyro Reignited Trilogy, three vibrant recreations of Insomniac Games’ legendary PSone...
Friday28th Sep 2018
Hands On Sekiro's Going to Be as Hard as You Fear - Or Hope
Samurai souls
Playable for the first time, FromSoftware’s ninja-action death frenzy Sekiro was the 2018 Tokyo Game Show’s hottest ticket. Sekiro sets out its threat in the subtitle: Shadows Die Twice. On the subject of death, we were reminded of a story by Pulitzer-winner Annie Proulx, in which she sees a goat after a family visit, representing...
Thursday27th Sep 2018
News Fallout 76's B.E.T.A. Begins on 30th October for PS4
Bethesda plans to break the game
Dwellers will begin to emerge from Vault 76 on 30th October, when Fallout 76’s B.E.T.A. is scheduled to get underway. You’ll need an eligible pre-order in order to secure a Break-It Early Test Application, but even then servers won’t be running 24/7 according to publisher Bethesda: “They’ll be online during...
News Hitman 2 Goes Gold Ahead of November Release on PS4
Good work, 47
It's time to get yourself prepared for your next mission, agent. IO Interactive's follow-up to the excellent assassination sandbox Hitman has just gone gold, meaning the code is complete. Hitman 2 is almost ready for its release on 13th November. Currently, we only know of two confirmed locations for the sequel. The game was...
Wednesday26th Sep 2018
News PlayStation Plus October 2018 Games Announced
5 PS4 titles up for grabs
October 2018's PlayStation Plus games have been revealed, and it's a... Not-so-strong month for those subscribed to the service. At least, not as strong as previous months, which, to be fair, have been pretty crazy. The headline acts on PlayStation 4 are Laser League and Friday the 13th: The Game. 2064: Read Only Memories...
News Red Dead Redemption 2 Will Require 105GB of Storage Space
Yeehawww
Phew! You’re going to need a big ol’ hard drive in order to play Red Dead Redemption 2, as the hotly anticipated Western will require 105GB minimum. The tidbit is listed in small-print on the back of the recently announced PS4 Pro bundle’s box art; we assume that the additional data will be downloaded once you’ve installed the...
Review Laser League - Futuristic Sport in Dire Need of Fans
Laser tag
Republished on Wednesday 26th September 2018: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of October's PlayStation Plus lineup. The original text follows. At first glance, Laser League bares little resemblance to Roll7's previous work, but the similarities are there if you look below the surface. Like...
Back from the dead
After being leaked by both the Korean and North American rating boards, Konami has officially announced Castlevania Requiem, exclusively for PS4. The package brings the PlayStation classic Castlevania: Symphony of the Ni
News Castlevania Requiem Exclusive to PS4 Due to 'High Quality Port' Partnership with Sony
Konami gives a reason
Konami has kind-of-sort-of explained the reason why Castlevania Requiem is releasing exclusively on PlayStation 4. For those who don't already know, the title bundles two remastered games together: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, and Castlevania: Rondo of Blood. It was officially announced earlier today, but news of its PS4...
News The Last of Us Promotions Pledged for Outbreak Day
Soundtrack reveal incoming
It’s the 26th September, which officially marks Outbreak Day in The Last of Us lore. But while we don’t have to contend with the cordyceps virus in the real world, Naughty Dog is commemorating the occasion with a slew of giveaways, promotions, and other updates. Over the course of the day, it’ll release a bundle of...
News Marvel's Spider-Man PS4 Patch 1.06 Squashes Lots of Bugs and More
Spectacular
Still slinging webs across Manhattan in Marvel's Spider-Man? A new patch has arrived, taking the smash hit PS4 exclusive to version 1.06. It's just over 600MB, so it won't take you long to download before you can get back to beating up baddies. What does it do? Primarily, this update addresses a lot of bugs within the game, including...
News Japanese Sales Charts: Spider-Man PS4 Spends Third Week Straight at the Top
Amazing
Spider-Man is showing off his amazing spider-strength in Japan, where Marvel's Spider-Man has secured its third consecutive week at the top of the software charts. We can't remember the last time a Western-made title stuck around this long at number one, so Spidey's success is super impressive. The title now sits at 244,000 copies in Japan,...
News Naughty Dog Celebrates Outbreak Day with Lots of New The Last of Us Merchandise
T-shirts! Posters! Soundtracks!
Naughty Dog has lifted the lid on what it's been cooking up for Outbreak Day, and there are some excellent bits and pieces you can get your hands on. It had already unveiled some PSN avatars and a PS4 theme, but now you can take a look at a bunch of other merchandise. Included is a swanky new The Last of Us: Part II...
News Dragon Ball FighterZ Patch 1.12 Adds New Stage, DLC Support, Ranked Match Updates, and More
DLC drops on the 27th
The latest update for Dragon Ball FighterZ has hit PlayStation 4. It adds a brand new stage called Galactic Arena alongside new ranks for online ranked matches. Of course, it also paves the way for Cooler and Android 17, who are due to release on the 27th September. What's more, new Halloween-themed character costume colours...
News No Plans for Fallout 76 Cross-Play, Despite Todd Howard Blaming Sony
"Not on our radar right now"
There are no plans for cross-play in Fallout 76, despite Bethesda Game Studios boss Todd Howard blaming Sony for holding it back. The Japanese giant announced a new stance today, starting with a Fortnite beta which will allow PlayStation 4 owners to play with Nintendo Switch and Xbox One players. It indicated that
News Sony: Cross-Console Play a Major Policy Change
Looking to open up the platform
Sony wasn’t deflecting when it said it was exploring ways to support cross-console play on the PlayStation 4 – it was telling the truth. PlayStation president John Kodera has taken to the PlayStation Blog to announce an extended Fortnite beta which will allow you to play Epic Games’ gargantuan hit across the...
News Sony Bringing Cross-Console Play Beta to Fortnite Today
Play with Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, more
Sony said that it was “confident” of a cross-console play solution on the PlayStation 4, and it genuinely wasn’t lying. PlayStation president John Kodera has taken to the PlayStation Blog to announce an open beta for Fortnite, which will allow “cross-platform gameplay, progression, and commerce...
Thursday27th Sep 2018
Deals Buy a Bunch of Dr Pepper and Get $20 PSN Credit
What's the worst that can happen?
We all know that gaming is at its best when enjoyed alongside a cold refreshing can of Dr Pepper, and Amazon Fresh is doing a deal whereby spending $10 on carbonated sugar-water will land you $20 of PlayStation Store credit free-of-charge. That’s actually, like, a surprisingly good deal – you can even choose 7Up...
Wednesday26th Sep 2018
Hands On Ace Combat 7's Unknown Skies Are Reassuringly Familiar
Triggered
You can always rely on Ace Combat to bring a dose of melodrama to the war-torn skies of fictional states. Except it’s been four long years since the last instalment in the series – and even that was a shoddy free-to-play version for the PlayStation 3. No, you have to go back as far as 2011 for the last Ace Combat proper: the divisive...
News Check Out the First 15 Minutes of Geralt's Story Mode in SoulCalibur VI
A witcher's work
Veteran SoulCalibur player Kayane has uploaded 15 minutes of Soul Chronicle mode gameplay from Soulcalibur VI. Soul Chronicle, for those out of the loop, is the game's character-based story mode, with each playable fighter getting their own tale that's told through a series of battles. Guest character Geralt is the star of this...
News Fortnite Players on PS4 Can Now Login on Other Consoles
Full-scale account merging coming in November
It’s all change on the cross-play front, with Sony launching a Fortnite beta that will eventually open the doors for more PlayStation 4 games to interact with the Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. Of course, one of the big issues with Epic Games’ behemoth Battle Royale back at E3 2018 was that fans who...
Thursday27th Sep 2018
News Fuji Speedway Arrives in Free Gran Turismo Sport Update
Plus nine new vehicles
Japan’s famous Fuji Speedway has been added to Gran Turismo Sport’s track roster as part of a free new update also featuring nine cars and a handful of fresh GT League events. “Following Fuji’s famed 1.5km straight, the first half is a high speed section consisting of tight corners, followed by a technical second half...
Wednesday26th Sep 2018
News Select Red Dead Online Content to Be Timed Exclusive on PS4
Go West
Sony’s signed a marketing partnership with Rockstar Games for Red Dead Redemption 2, and it’s locked up timed exclusive Red Dead Online content as a result. Confirmed once again on the back of the recently announced PS4 Pro
News Ghost Town Games Is Teasing New Overcooked 2 Content for October
Delicious
The Overcooked games are a firm favourite when it comes to cooperative gaming, so whenever something new starts brewing, you know we'll be there to get a taster. Right now, it seems the developer, Ghost Town Games, is almost ready to reveal the first DLC for Overcooked 2, and it's looking very sunny indeed. Whatever it turns out to be,...
News DiRT Rally 2.0 Announced, Races to PS4 in February
Should be rally good
Just like that, DiRT Rally 2.0 has been announced for PlayStation 4, as became obvious yesterday. This is a direct follow up to the more simulation-focused offshoot of the DiRT series. It'll feature locations like New Zealand, Argentina, Spain, Poland, Australia, and the USA, and it sounds just as hardcore as the first game. As...
News Sony Doubling Down on PSVR with 'Deeper Gaming' Experiences
Shuhei Yoshida planning bigger projects
Our view is that PlayStation VR is at its best when it’s doing something new, but not everyone agrees. Read any message board or comments section and you’ll see consumers demanding more “traditional” gaming experiences for the device, and Sony looks poised to deliver that moving forwards. Rather than...
Tuesday25th Sep 2018
Review Valkyria Chronicles 4 - The Strategy Sequel We Waited a Decade For
The Art of War
Republished on the 25th September, 2018: We're bringing this review back to coincide with the launch of Valkyria Chronicles 4. The Valkyria Chronicles series is set during a low fantasy re-imagining of World War II, here called the Second Europan War. The topography of the Europan continent is only marginally different to our Europe,...
Hands On Team Sonic Racing Takes a Tailspin on PS4
Not-so super, Sonic
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed is, for our money, one of the few kart racers that deserves to be mentioned in the same sentence as Nintendo’s all-conquering Mario Kart series. The celebration of SEGA’s illustrious legacy not only revelled in ridiculous fan service (Burning Rangers, anyone?) but it also had a sharp...
News Drawn to Death Is Drawing Towards Death as Sony Warns of Server Shutdown
School's out
We always rather liked David Jaffe's online multiplayer shooter Drawn to Death, with its pen and paper art style and imaginative characters and weaponry. However, it seems Sony is ready to pull the plug on the game's servers, as it's wont to do with under-performing online titles. A fan fired up the game today, only to be presented...
News New Monster Hunter: World Quest Rewards Aloy Gamma Armour Set on PS4
Zero Dawn
Monster Hunter: World will once again be blessed by PlayStation's favourite redhead hero in the near future. Capcom has revealed that a new quest named The Heart of the Nora is coming to the game soon, and by competing it, you'll get your hands on a lovely Aloy Gamma armour set. Layered armour will also be added, so that you can dress up...
News Dragon Quest XI Must Sell Well in the West if Future Games Are to Make it Overseas, Says Square
Ah, the classic
We're not huge fans of publishers or developers telling everyone that their game has to sell well otherwise we'll never see a sequel, but in some cases we suppose that it's the truth. Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age launched on the PlayStation 4 in Europe and North America near the beginning of the month, and it was met...
News Horizon: Zero Dawn Board Game Is Looking Great as Kickstarter Draws to a Close
Three days to go
A little while ago we reported on the official board game version of Horizon: Zero Dawn, but details were thin on the ground. Jumping onto its Kickstarter page now reveals a whole host of information regarding the tabletop adaptation of Guerrilla's latest and greatest. It's also comfortably met its goal three times over, but if you...
News Telltale Games Says There's Still Hope for The Walking Dead Final Season
Episodes 3 and 4 could still happen
The second episode of The Walking Dead: The Final Season launches tomorrow on PlayStation 4, but following news of Telltale Games' demise, the season's third and fourth episodes were effectively cancelled. It seemed as though fans would never get to see how the long running series ends, but in a rather miraculous...
Hands On Starlink: Battle for Atlas Shows Promise That Could Prove Costly
Toys to life
As a concept, it feels like Starlink: Battle for Atlas is three years late to the party. The toys to life fad died out a long time ago, and so to see a title basing itself around the act of collecting weapons and ships out in the real world in the year 2018 almost seems like a foolish business decision to us. We got a chance to sample...
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey Gets a Suitably Epic Launch Trailer
Adventure awaits
What the heck is this? Ubisoft releasing a new video before 5PM here in the UK? Absolute madness. The French publisher is no stranger to really good trailers, and this launch trailer for Assassin's Creed Odyssey really gets the blood pumping. We could maybe do without the quotes from websites not named Push Square, but whatever...
News ANTHEM Development Is Going Well, Game's Fully Playable in Alpha
An update from BioWare
ANTHEM has passed a significant development milestone, BioWare has revealed. Over on the official blog, GM Casey Hudson confirms that the game is fully playable in its alpha form. "Last week, the Anthem team passed its Alpha milestone – meaning that every part of the game is in, and functioning," he writes. ANTHEM is still...
Rumour Inferno Spotted as a Playable Character in Latest SoulCalibur VI Build
Another character leaked?
Inferno, a boss character from previous SoulCalibur titles, looks to be returning in SoulCalibur VI as a playable fighter. There are numerous reports that claim Inferno appeared in the game's latest build, which was on display at this year's Tokyo Game Show. Supposedly, Inferno is unlocked by progressing through the Soul...
News Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's Launch Trailer Highlights Oddball Trio of Modes
Gun game
Ditching a single player campaign in favour of three multiplayer modes with much longer potential lifespans could prove to be a smart decision in the end, but Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 doesn't half look like an odd package as a result. The shooter is almost here, and its launch trailer throws together footage from traditional multiplayer,...
News Codemasters Gears Up for DiRT Related Announcement Tomorrow
DiRT Rally 2 confirmed?
Remember yesterday when several Twitter accounts related to Codemasters' DiRT series sent out the same "2.0" tweet at the same time? Well, turns out a new game in the rally racing franchise really is on the way. We're due an announcement tomorrow, according to the below tweet. This seemingly confirms the suspicion that...
Hands On Arca's Path Brings Marble Madness to PSVR
Super monkey ball
Virtual reality allows us to interact with video games in ways that simply wouldn't be possible with a controller, and Arca's Path, from British developer Dream Reality Interactive, is about to introduce yet another take on control and movement within the PlayStation VR space. Without any sort of DualShock 4 or PlayStation Move...
News Three Cartel Leaders Need Killing in Hitman 2's Colombia Level
Can you do it undetected?
Three cartel leaders have all descended on the same Colombian village, and you have permission to put them to sleep in Hitman 2. While security is unsurprisingly tight, that shouldn’t prove a problem for Agent 47, who’ll be able to adopt a variety of different jungle disguises in order to hunt down his prey like the...
Monday24th Sep 2018
News PSN Name Change Rumour Is a Load of Nonsense
You won't lose everything
There’s no doubt that the most requested PlayStation Network feature is the ability to change your username, with many lamenting the decisions they made over ten years ago when Sony’s online service was established. PlayStation 4 firmware update v6.00 launched recently with no consumer-facing features to speak,...
Review This Is the Police 2 - An Enjoyable Sequel with Bad Difficulty Spikes
That's the sound of da police
After a brief two month period of exclusivity over on the PC, This Is the Police 2 has made its way to the PlayStation 4 with new gameplay mechanics and expanded offerings in an attempt to build upon the foundations laid by the successful 2016 original. While one or two of these additions may have caught its fan base...
News UK Sales Charts: Spider-Man PS4 and Tomb Raider Duke it Out for the Top Spot Once Again
Third number one for Spidey
To the surprise of absolutely no one, Marvel's Spider-Man is sitting pretty at the top of the UK charts for another week. This follows last week's news that Insomniac's superhero blockbuster has become Sony's fastest selling first party title ever, narrowly beating the previous record holder, God of War. We imagine it'll...
Review Timespinner - Don't Let This Metroidvania Pass You By
Spin the wheel
Ah, September. The month where triple-A games flood onto our consoles seemingly non-stop. A month in which avid gamers turn into vigilantes web-slinging through the streets of New York. Explorers plunder the ruins of hidden cities in search of artifacts. With titanic games consuming our free time, it's hard to miss sprouting little...
News Devil May Cry 5 Has Microtransactions for Some Stupid Reason
Oh FFS Capcom
Capcom, why? You were doing so well! Just when you're on the verge of thinking Capgod is back, the Japanese company does something really stupid to remind you that yes, this is still modern Capcom. Aside from the divisive and now controversial Dante battle theme saga, Devil May Cry 5 has been shaping up brilliantly. It looks...
Review NHL 19 - Ice Hockey Deserves Much Better
Puck off
The NHL series is a weird one. Years ago, when 2K had its own NHL series, there was a competition for attention between the two franchises that drove both series’ forward as time went by. But without the competition that NBA Live deals with or the massive install base of Madden, NHL usually comes off as the series that is generally...
News The Walking Dead's Clementine Voice Actor Signs Off with Heartfelt Message to the Fans
"A lot of hearts were broken, including mine"
Over the weekend, news broke out that Telltale Games, the studio famous for narrative adventure games like The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us, was laying off almost its entire staff, effectively shutting down. This has left hundreds of people out of work, and all future projects have been cancelled...
Review Boundless - Not Quite a Minecraft Moment
Bountiful, sort of
Up until now, we haven't seen much from Wonderstruck, the creative minds behind Boundless. Boundless is another in a large set of procedural sandbox games that have sprung up in the last half decade or so. The game has been in early access on Steam for about four years, and has finally received its full digital release. So how...
News Red Dead Redemption 2 Details Hunting and Fishing, New Screenshots Released
Living off the land
Rockstar's pumped out new Red Dead Redemption 2 details, this time giving a brief overview of hunting and fishing. There are a few new screenshots, too, so we've embedded them throughout the article. It goes without saying, but hunting is going to be a key component of Red Dead Redemption 2. By tracking down animals and...
New rating spotted
Last week, classic PlayStation title Castlevania: Symphony of the Night was rated in Korea for PlayStation 4, usually a dead giveaway that an official announcement is imminent. All eyes were on Tokyo Game Show over the weekend, but the reveal never arrived. Fans need not worry, however, as the reported PS4 remastered collection...
News Red Dead Redemption 2 PS4 Pro Bundles Announced
No fancy console, though
Sony is banking big on Red Dead Redemption 2, and for good reason -- it's going to be one of 2018's biggest sellers. As part of its continued marketing splash, the platform holder has just unveiled a couple of PS4 bundles, packing together Rockstar's upcoming blockbuster with a PS4 Pro. Sadly, there's no custom design, so...
News Red Dead Redemption 2 Has Around 200 Species of Animal, Says Rockstar
That's a lot of skinning
Today in News That Makes Red Dead Redemption 2 Sound Increasingly Ridiculous, Rockstar has said that the open world title -- which is due out in around a month from now -- will feature approximately 200 species of animal. Based on what we already know, the game's world is set to be impressively detailed and dynamic. Having...
Tuesday25th Sep 2018
News Footage of Telltale's Cancelled Stranger Things Game Leaks
Curiosity voyage
It’s now common knowledge that Telltale Games was working on an adaptation of Netflix’s Stranger Things, but with the studio gutted and the aforementioned project binned, footage is beginning to leak. PCGamesN found a bunch of short videos of early concepts, and you can find them through the link.
Monday24th Sep 2018
Hands On Man of Medan Is a Return to Form for Until Dawn Dev
Ghost ship
Developer Supermassive Games has been treading water for far too long now. After its 2015 title Until Dawn became a bit of a cult hit that deserved a lot more love, it overloaded itself with PlayStation VR projects, most of which missed the mark by a big margin. The likes of Bravo Team and The Inpatient seem to be behind the studio now,...
News Is Codemasters Teasing DiRT Rally 2?
A little bird tells us it is
Racing game specialist Codemasters appears to be teasing something on Twitter. Its account, along with the pages for the DiRT series and Onrush, all posted a tweet simply saying "2.0". Because the tweet was spread across various franchises, it seemed to be a company wide development of some kind, but now the picture is...
Sunday23rd Sep 2018
TGS 2018 Death Stranding Continues to Confound with the Man in the Golden Mask
Tactical Eldritch Action
Oh, this is good – this is very good. Kojima Productions simply can’t resist showing off Death Stranding, and as part of its TGS 2018 stage show, it’s put up an 80 second clip introducing Troy Baker’s character, who’s aptly known as “the man in the golden mask”. The newcomer – who’ll be voiced by Satoshi...
Saturday22nd Sep 2018
Orthanc was a Ubisoft tower?
Transference is one of those games that’s best experienced knowing as little about what awaits you as possible. As such, we intend to remain as vague as possible when it comes to discussing narrative threads and consequences, while still giving you a good idea of how the experience adds up as a whole. Although, with...
News Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy Takes PS4 to Court in 2019
Objection!
Yes, you read that right -- Capcom's beloved Ace Attorney series is making the jump to PS4 with Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy. Releasing in early 2019, the game packages the first three titles together, marking the first time the courtroom visual novel series has been released on a PlayStation system. Playing as the eponymous...
Blink and you'll miss it
RGX Showdown's promise of a new arcade racer from the creators of Burnout and Split/Second is a fairly empty one. It's a minuscule indie racing game with some impressive talent behind it, and while it certainly evokes elements of your old favourites, it isn't really in the same class. RGX Showdown's online only races see...
Hands On Dreams Is Going to Be a Game of the Year Candidate
If it ever comes out
Media Molecule’s showing a compilation of mini-games that it’s made in Dreams here at EGX 2018, and the highest compliment we can pay them is that many of them would comfortably hang in the indie stand. We don’t even need to get hands on time with the package’s impressive and comprehensive creation suite to realise that...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 238
Lightning strikes. Maybe once, maybe twice
The weekend has arrived in earnest once again, which means that it’s time to play some good old fashioned video games. As we’re on location at EGX 2018 this week, this is shorter than you’re regularly scheduled WAYP – but we weren’t going to skip it, were we? Alex Stinton, Reviewer: This...
News Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Looks Fast and Brutal in New PS4 Gameplay
Dicing with death
After a surprisingly tempered reaction to the game when it was announced at E3 2018, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is looking really impressive with each new video. This latest snippet of gameplay from PlayStation Underground drives home that, despite a plethora of gameplay changes, this is every inch a FromSoftware game. Its combat...
Hands On In Hitman 2, You Can Finally Claim Fatalities as a Flamingo
An assassin's need
There’s surely a formula to the very best Hitman levels, and the good news is that Hitman 2’s new Miami stage follows it to a tee. While you get the feeling this vibrant environment could have been added as an episode to the first season, developer IO Interactive would no doubt argue that a lot has changed under the hood. From...
News Android 17 Looks Like One Speedy Geezer in Dragon Ball FighterZ
Respect nature
Well, here it is, the trailer for Dragon Ball FighterZ's final additional character (unless Bandai Namco decides to rattle off a second season pass). Android 17 is set to join the roster later this month alongside Cooler, who we've already seen plenty of. Anyway, 17's looking especially sharp in his short gameplay video, with his...
News Reports Say Telltale's The Walking Dead Final Season Is Also Cancelled Following Layoffs
No more episodes
Earlier this evening, news broke that Telltale Games has laid off 285 employees, effectively closing the developer down. However, initial reports suggested that a "skeleton crew" was being kept on to finish up the final season of The Walking Dead, but now new reports are saying that isn't actually the case. Sources have told
Friday21st Sep 2018
Review Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle (PS4)
A brawler CPS-pecialist's dream Capcom-pilation
Don’t hang up! We have a little business proposition for you. Push Square propose that any retro gamer with a love of side-scrolling beat-‘em-ups make it their business to play the Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle, particularly as a historical jaunt through an impressive display of seven cherry-picked...
News Telltale Games Effectively Shuttered After Enormous Layoffs
The Wolf Among Us 2, Stranger Things seemingly canned
Telltale Games has laid off 285 employees, effectively ending the episodic developer’s operations. The studio is retaining 25 staff to complete the final season of its The Walking Dead adaptation, but online scuttlebutt suggests that its in-production Wolf Among Us and Stanger Things series...
News Quick Destiny 2 Update Makes Ace of Spades Exotic Easier to Get
That's ace
Ace of Spades, Cayde's trademark hand cannon in Destiny, is up for grabs in Destiny 2: Forsaken. It's an Exotic weapon that's yours to uncover at the end of the expansion's main story, but actually restoring the gun's power takes time and effort. Previously, in order to make Ace of Spades what it once was, you needed to fulfil several...
Basketbawl
When it comes to sport simulation video games, it’s clear that EA Sports is king. It has the crown in just about every major sport, and this was the case for many years with its NBA Live series. Live was the standard bearer for close to 15 years, but during the jump from the PlayStation 2 to the PlayStation 3, it began to lose its grip,...
Talking Point What Free October 2018 PS Plus Games Do You Want?
When will October 2018's PlayStation Plus lineup be revealed?
What’s the October 2018 PlayStation Plus lineup? And when will the October 2018 PS Plus lineup be revealed? The months seem to come around quicker with every single update, but it’s already time to start thinking about October 2018's roster of PS+ freebies. In this article we’re...
News PS4 and PS2 Game Downloads Added to PlayStation Now in Europe
New feature now in both regions
Yesterday, Sony dropped the bombshell that PlayStation Now had been updated to allow PS4 and PS2 games to be downloaded directly, a huge change that has been met with an almost universally positive response. With both streaming and download options now available, Sony's service is now a much more attractive...
Poll Now That It Offers Game Downloads, Are You Tempted to Subscribe to PS Now?
In the Now
The topic of this week's Friday poll is an obvious one. Earlier this week, Sony dropped the news that PS4 and PS2 game downloads had been added to its subscription service PlayStation Now. Previously, subscribers could only stream PS Now's library of games, but with the option to download them and play them whenever you want, the service...
News More PS4 Games on Sale in North American Flash Sale
Blink and you'll miss it
It’s the weekend, which means that Sony’s looking to shake every last cent out of your wallet with an all-new Flash Sale in the North American PlayStation Store. Scheduled to run through 8AM PDT on Monday, 24th September, the limited time promotion includes heavy discounts on MLB The Show 18 ($19.99), Far Cry Primal...
Saturday22nd Sep 2018
News SoulCalibur VI Network Test Set for Next Week on PS4, Open to Everyone
Ranked matches are in
Bandai Namco has revealed that a SoulCalibur VI network test will be taking place on PlayStation 4 next week. Starting on the 27th September, you'll be able to hit up the PlayStation Store and download the test. It then kicks off on the 28th September. It'll include just one mode, ranked match, but it'll feature 15 playable...
Friday21st Sep 2018
Hands On Metro Exodus Pledges a Petrifying Apocalyptic Playground to PS4
From Russia with blood
For a franchise named after Russia’s subway system, Metro Exodus certainly seems big. The sequel to the PlayStation 3’s Metro: Last Light hints at its scale as we pull up its in-game map; we’re located in the bottom-left of the survival sandbox, but there’s clearly miles of apocalyptic landscape to explore here. It’s...
News Monster Hunter: World's Spooky Autumn Festival Is Live on PS4, Nab a Cool Armour Set
Harvest time
Announced earlier this month, the Autumn Festival is now live in Monster Hunter: World. As with other seasonal events, logging in and completing limited bounties nets you tickets, which you can then use to purchase themed armour sets. Quests from previous events are back, too, so you can catch up on special missions that you may have...
News Square Enix Partners with Deck Nine on New Title
Before the storm
Square Enix has extended its external development partnership with Life Is Strange: Before the Storm creator Deck Nine. The pair will collaborate on a new title, although it’s keeping the nature of the project under wraps for the time being. Our assumption? It’ll have something to do with DONTNOD’s teen series. “The...
News Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Post Launch Content Has Timed Exclusivity on PS4
Only a week, though
As you no doubt will have guessed, Call of Duty and Sony are still partnered up on the marketing front, and that extends to future DLC for the upcoming entry. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 will be supported with new content after launch, and it'll arrive on PS4 first. It's not as bad as it sounds, though; the timed exclusivity is...
News New Life Is Strange 2 Trailer Provides One Final Look Before Launch on PS4
First episode out next week
Prepare for some teen angst and indie tunes: Life Is Strange 2 is just around the corner. Square Enix has released a final trailer for the game ahead of the release of the first episode, which is due out on 26th September 2018. In case you've not been keeping up, this sequel moves away from the time-shifting antics of...
Thursday20th Sep 2018
News PlayStation Now Adds PS4, PS2 Game Downloads in US, Changing the Service Dramatically
Game changer
For years it's felt like PlayStation Now has been treading water. It allows subscribers to stream games on their PlayStation 4, and it features a diverse library of titles. Of course, not everyone is in a position to stream their games perfectly, and so the service has gone somewhat under the radar for a while. However, Sony appears to...
News Spider-Man PS4 Destroys Sales Records, Generates More Profit than Spider-Man: Homecoming
Spider-God
Marvel's Spider-Man has quickly proven to be an unstoppable hit, no doubt much to the delight of both Sony and Marvel. The PlayStation 4 exclusive reportedly sold through 3.3 million copies in just three days when it launched earlier this month, and assuming that number is accurate, that means it made more profit than the latest...
News PS Now's PS3 Games Can't Be Downloaded, 'Not Compatible' with PS4
This isn't living
PlayStation Now's massive new change means that members in the USA can now download PS4 and PS2 games straight onto their current gen console's hard drive. It's a huge step forward for the service, which has felt like something of an afterthought for a long time. However, there was a big question mark as to why PS3 titles aren't...
News PS Plus Subscription Not Required for PlayStation Now Downloads
No extra cost for online play
You won’t need a PlayStation Plus subscription to play PlayStation Now downloads online. Sony announced earlier today that it will be adding a download option to its cloud-based subscription service, meaning that you’ll no longer be required to stream games. However, you won’t
News Survival Game Stranded Deep Crashes onto PS4 in October
Island hopping
Continuing the trend of cult hit survival games migrating from PC to PS4, Stranded Deep is making the journey on 9th October. You can get a feel for it in the above trailer. Like many games of the same mould, you'll be hunting and gathering in a bid to survive -- this time, in the middle of the sea on a series of deserted islands...
News Red Dead Redemption 2 Has Realistic Survival Mechanics like Eating, Sleeping, and Washing
There's even weapon degradation
We hope that you like survival mechanics, because it sounds like Red Dead Redemption 2 is full of them. New previews reveal that as main character Arthur Morgan, you'll need to eat, drink, sleep, and even bathe to maintain both a healthy body and healthy relationships with other characters. Apparently, Arthur's hair...
News Camilla Luddington Unsure If She'll Return as Lara Croft
She was axed the question
Shadow of the Tomb Raider has completed Lara Croft’s origin arc, so now fans are wondering what’s next for the iconic adventurer. Speaking with Entertainment Tonight, actress Camilla Luddington didn’t rule out a return, but she admitted she genuinely doesn’t know what the future holds for the character now that the...
TGS 2018 Sony's 'PlayStation Network Presentation' Turned Out to Be Nothing
But you can watch it anyway
Earlier in the week, we reported on an interesting Tokyo Game Show 2018 schedule listing. Sony had planned an hour-long "PlayStation Network" presentation at the event, sparking speculation that it may be showing off new network functionality or something else worthy of note. Further fuel was added to the fire due to...
TGS 2018 Kingdom Hearts III Brings the Whimsy with Glitzy PS4 Slim Bundle
Fit for a king
Sony’s already announced a PlayStation 4 Pro bundle for Kingdom Hearts III, but why not double down with a PS4 Slim as well? Due out in Japan alongside the game on 25th January in the region, the console sports a golden patchwork pattern featuring various symbols from the series, as well as an emblem in the centre. It comes with all...
Dante's battle theme pulled
Yesterday, we reported on the newly revealed music track for Devil May Cry 5, titled Subhuman. It's the song that's set to play when Dante is in combat, but it didn't go down well at all with fans. The video for the song was bombarded with dislikes on YouTube, and later on, the video was taken down. At the time, we...
News Red Dead Redemption 2 Has a First-Person View Mode, Just like GTA V
Through the eyes of Arthur Morgan
New Red Dead Redemption 2 previews are hitting the 'net, and one of the biggest points many of them make is that the game can be played entirely in first-person, much like Grand Theft Auto V on PlayStation 4. That's right, you can switch to the eyes of main character Arthur Morgan at any time during gameplay,...
News PlayStation Classic Games Lineup Will Differ Between Japanese and Western Versions
Apart from the five announced
So far, we only know about a quarter of the titles that are set to feature on Sony's PlayStation Classic mini console, but depending on where you buy it, the rest of the lineup could be quite different. The five currently announced will feature on the machine in Japan and the West, but the other titles will vary by...
Review Little Dragons Café (PS4)
All fired up
Booting up Little Dragons Café for the first time, the first thing that strikes is how damn cute the whole thing is. From the adorable twins you choose between to play as to the quaint café itself complete with delightful miniature vegetable patch and impossibly sweet chickens running around, everything is designed to immediately tug...
Are you afraid of the dark?
When Tiny Bull Studios first announced Blind, they were, for the most part, ahead of the curve when it came to first-person titles based around using echolocation. However, in the ensuing years, that type of game has practically burgeoned into its own sub-genre, with titles like Perception and Stifled leading the charge...
News Red Dead Redemption 2 Looks Stunning in New Batch of PS4 Screenshots
Boy howdy
Rockstar is no slouch when it comes to visuals, and Red Dead Redemption 2 is looking particularly pretty. The developer has released dozens of new screenshots of the upcoming open world Western, and it looks utterly gorgeous. There's a huge range of sights to be seen here, with some shots focusing on characters or action scenes, while...
TGS 2018 What the Honk Is Going on in World of Final Fantasy Maxima?
Expanded edition gets story trailer
World of Final Fantasy Maxima, the expanded edition of 2016’s twee role-playing release, has received a brand new trailer as part of TGS 2018 this week. The clip showcases some of the new features that you’ll find in the re-release, including the Avatar Change system which will allow you to play as classic...
TGS 2018 Resident Evil 2's Looking Ridiculously Good in Story Trailer
What's Wong with you?
Hnngh! Resident Evil 2 has looked amazing since its surprise announcement at E3 2018, but this new story trailer designed to coincide with TGS 2018 may be its best yet. The clip showcases the branching plots of protagonists Claire Redfield and Leon S. Kennedy – and it gives us our very first glimpse of Ada Wong, who’s shed...
News Japanese Sales Charts: Spider-Man PS4 Secures Second Week at the Top, Holds off Tomb Raider
Meanwhile, Black Clover bombs
Marvel's Spider-Man has been a bit of a revelation for Sony in Japan. It swung straight in at number one last week, and it's managed to retain its place at the top of the charts. For the second week in a row, Spidey dominated Japanese software, shifting a further 81,000 copies. Total sales now break 200,000, which is...
News You'll Need to Verify Your PS Now Sub Occasionally to Play Offline
Internet required every few days
Starting today in the United States, you’ll be able to download PlayStation Now games locally to your console, rather than streaming them. It means that you’ll be able to play these titles without an online connection at all, but you will need to verify your membership “every few days”. This is so that Sony...
TGS 2018 'No Plans' for Vita Successor, Says Sony
As you'd expect
It comes as no real surprise, but Sony vice president Hiroyuki Oda has said that the company has no plans to release another handheld console. The news comes alongside confirmation that Sony will be discontinuing Vita production in 2019. "Currently, we do not have any plans regarding a new handheld device," Oda said. Whether that...
TGS 2018 PS Vita Production to Cease Next Year in Japan, Says Sony Boss
Vita means life?
We all knew it was coming. Sony's ill-fated handheld has been winding down slowly, but the PS Vita has continued to sell relatively well in Japan. However, in 2019, the platform holder will be pulling the plug on production in Japan. This comes from a report issued by Famitsu, which Gematsu has translated. Sony Interactive...
TGS 2018 New Ace Combat 7 Gameplay Brings the Thunder on PS4
Chocks away
We're loving the look of Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown here at Push Square Towers. From all that we've seen, the upcoming sequel appears to be a return to the sharp gameplay and cheesy dialogue fans know and love. This is on full display in this new footage, which comes courtesy of DualShockers. In mission 7, the player must destroy...
TGS 2018 Onechanbara Origin Remakes PS2 Originals for PS4
Be the Onechanbara
Those of you who enjoy watching buxom babes dead-head the deceased may be excited to learn that D3 Publisher has announced Onechanbara Origin, a full-scale PlayStation 4 remake of the first two titles in the Z-List series. The Onechanbara and its sequel originally launched on the PlayStation 2 in 2004 and 2005 respectively, but...
Indie Bin METAL MAX Xeno, SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy, Stay
Also: Moonfall Ultimate
From the embers of the Push Square Podcast rises Indie Bin – a feature that draws attention to some of the smaller games in PlayStation's busy release schedule. Once the Indie Bin is full, we'll put it out for collection in these consolidated articles featuring several pint-sized reviews. The metric here is simple: games we...
TGS 2018 Dragon Ball Creator Brings Four Original Characters to Jump Force
Toriyama still bangin' them out
Jump Force has gained a lot of traction recently. The character roster keeps on growing, and Bandai Namco seems to be going in hard as far as marketing is concerned. But now things are really getting interesting, with Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama crafting four brand new characters for the game. All four of them...
TGS 2018 Wet Your Eyes with Disaster Report 4 Plus: Summer Memories Trailer
Tears in the rain
Well this is bloomin’ melancholy, isn’t it? The new Disaster Report 4 Plus: Summer Memories trailer, set to some sad piano-led crooning, shows people facepalming and staring at their shoes, as collapsed buildings pepper the backdrop. We’ve got something in our eye! After a long, long road to release – including a...
TGS 2018 Dante Looks Badass in Latest Devil May Cry 5 Trailer
Plus, new playable character revealed
Capcom has released a new trailer for Devil May Cry 5, and the game continues to look ridiculous and brilliant. We see the main man Dante in action in the above video, and he's looking great. We're still big fans of his motorbike/dual swords. Trish and Lady also make a return here, joining Dante on his...
TGS 2018 Devil May Cry 5 Deluxe Edition Lets Nero Wield Mega Man's Mega Buster
New Devil Breaker shown off
Nero's Devil Breaker ability allows him to use several different arm attachments that will aid him as he does battle with demons. While Devil May Cry 5 looks wonderfully over the top, Capcom is pushing boundaries with the Deluxe Edition of the game, which includes a few exclusive Devil Breakers -- most notably, Mega Man's...
Wednesday19th Sep 2018
Guide The Best PSone Games We Want on a PlayStation Classic Mini
The king's classics
Update, 19th September 2018, 8am BST: This article has been republished following Sony's announcement of the PlayStation Classic. There’s no doubting that the PSone is one of the greatest video game consoles of all time. The plethora of brand new IP, quality RPGs, and game-changing releases that landed on Sony’s debut...
News God of War Creator Reveals Why Sony Is Killing It Right Now
David Jaffe chimes in
It's common knowledge that Sony has been knocking it out of the park this generation, with a steady stream of exclusive titles for PS4, which has been a runaway success. However, what we sometimes lack is the view from the inside. What is it that's giving Sony the edge? God of War creator and infamously outspoken developer...
Rumour October PlayStation Plus PS4 Games Include Diablo III and Nioh
Surely not?
Feel free to drown in your own scepticism on this one, but just take a second to imagine this being real -- what a lineup it would be. A user over on Reddit claims to have spotted next month's PlayStation Plus games on the PlayStation Store -- they've even included a blurry-ass photo as evidence. Supposedly, PlayStation Plus subscribers...
Rumour The Elder Scrolls VI: Redfall Could Be the Full Title of Bethesda's In-Development RPG
It has a ring to it
Here's an interesting little story for you. ZeniMax, the parent company of Bethesda, has filed a trademark for something called "Redfall". The official documentation doesn't give anything away, but it's entirely possible that this could be the name that Bethesda has gone with for The Elder Scrolls VI. Those familiar with the...
News Sony Announces PlayStation Classic Mini Console, Launches 3rd December
Features 20 PSone games
Well, we weren't expecting to wake up to this. Sony has just announced the PlayStation Classic, a miniature console in the same vein as Nintendo's NES and SNES Classics that have proven to be wildly popular. The pint-sized PSone takes the form of the original model, and comes in at just 45% the size of the regular box. It...
News Devil May Cry 5's Dante Battle Music Has Not Gone Down Well
Scream and shout
Capcom's released a new music track from Devil May Cry 5, and well... We've struggled to find anyone saying anything positive about it. After the success of Devil Trigger -- the battle theme from announcement trailer -- it feels as though the developer's really missed the mark with this new song. Devil Trigger, by the way, has...
News Spyro: Reignited Trilogy Trophies Include Trio of Platinums on PS4
Treasure trove
The trophy list for Spyro: Reignited Trilogy has charged online today, and much like Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, there's a huge number of trinkets to collect. Totalling 108 of the things across the three included games, this is a trophy hunter's dream. The remade retro package offers a Platinum trophy for each game, so if you're...
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey Opts for a Completely Customisable HUD
How you like it
Map markers, health bars, objective indicators, loot notifications, damage numbers -- all of this stuff and more can be toggled on and off in Assassin's Creed Odyssey. As spotted by users over on Reddit, you'll be able to fully customise the open world title's HUD, setting it up to be as informative as you like. This detail comes...
Find a new slant
It gets lonely at the top. The NBA 2K franchise has been the undisputed king for almost a decade now when it comes to virtual basketball. Long gone are the days of being the plucky underdog who scrapped for years, slowly but surely chipping away at EA’s vast, seemingly untouchable, video game sporting kingdom. NBA 2K is now the...
Va va voom
The fact that it’s been sixteen long years since the last V-Rally is enough to make some of us at Push Square feel positively ancient. Eden Games’ 1997 original was always seen as a friendlier rival to Codemasters’ excellent off-road sim Colin McRae Rally. It only makes sense in 2018 that, upon its return, it should be considered...
News Pre-Orders for Ace Combat 7 on PS4 Throw In Ace Combat 5 for Free
Twice as nice
Bandai Namco has substantially sweetened the deal if you pre-order Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown on PS4. The game is looking excellent, as evidenced by the above new trailer, but in case that wasn't quite enough for you, the publisher has announced that pre-ordered copies will also include Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War (or Squadron...
News Iconic PlayStation Platformer Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Rated for PS4
Rondo of Blood potentially being revamped, too
What would we do without the Korean ratings board? Ever the source of accurate leaks, it looks like iconic PlayStation platformer Castlevania: Symphony of the Night will be re-releasing on the PlayStation 4 alongside its PC Engine CD predecessor Castlevania: Rondo of Blood. It appears the delicious duo...
News PUBG Looks Like It's About to Leap to PS4 At Long Last
Rating hints at imminent reveal
After much speculation, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has been rated for release on the PlayStation 4 in Korea, potentially ending a long wait for the Battle Royale game on Sony’s system. Bluehole has been open about bringing the blockbuster to the PS4 for some time now, but an exclusivity d
Review The Gardens Between (PS4)
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Puzzle games are a dime a dozen, so in order to really stand out, the game in question needs to do something special to garner attention. And The Voxel Agents’ time-manipulation puzzle game, The Gardens Between, happens to be one title that achieves this. The Gardens Between is a puzzler where all of the scenarios you encounter...
TGS 2018 The Leak Was 100% Right, Android 17 Is the Last DLC Character for Dragon Ball FighterZ
A new stage is coming too
Android 17, as he's seen in Dragon Ball Super, is the final additional character coming Dragon Ball FighterZ (unless Bandai Namco announces a second season of DLC, obviously). He's set to launch alongside Cooler later this month, and we would assume that we're going to get a confirmed date during Tokyo Game Show 2018. A...
News Latest EU PS Store Sale Offers Up Discounts on Ubisoft Games
These games certainly aren't Steep
The European PlayStation Store has been refreshed with a brand new sale, and this time, it's the turn of Ubisoft's PS4 catalogue to be thrown in the bargain bin. Most of the publisher's titles are going cheap, and as you might expect, it's an eclectic mix. Headlining this sale are games like Assassin's Creed...
News Red Dead Online Rolls Out in November 2018 as Public Beta
Rockstar hoping community can help fix teething problems
Much like Grand Theft Auto V in 2013, the online component for Red Dead Redemption 2 will roll out shortly after the main game deploys on 26th October. Scheduled to release in November 2018 as a public beta, Rockstar Games is promising “a new online connected experience set against the...
TGS 2018 Judge Eyes Has an Awesome Opening Movie
As moody as you'd imagine
Judge Eyes is shaping up to be another deliciously dramatic hit from SEGA's Yakuza Studio, and we reckon that the game's opening movie sets the tone rather nicely. Shown off just ahead of Tokyo Game Show 2018, where the title will be playable, it introduces the game's main characters in suitably moody fashion. The...
Round Up FIFA 19 PS4 Reviews Aim for the Top Corner
What a hit
FIFA 19's out next week on PlayStation 4, and so the reviews have started filling the stands. All in all it's looking like another in-form year for EA Sports' wildly popular football sim, with high scores across most of the board. As for our own review of FIFA 19, we should have one for you in the near future. Twinfinite - 4.5/5:...
Thursday20th Sep 2018
News THQ Nordic's Spending Spree Expands to Alone in the Dark
It Carnby true
THQ Nordic is a company with a lot of cash, and it’s buying every dormant intellectual property it can get its greedy little hands on. Next up: survival horror Alone in the Dark, which it’s clawed away from the clutches of Atari Europe for an undisclosed fee. The company also picked up real-time strategy series Act of War, which...
Wednesday19th Sep 2018
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey Has a Lust for Life in New Live Action Trailer
Player choice and all that
We're quickly approaching the Assassin's Creed Odyssey release date, and that can only mean one thing: an avalanche of media courtesy of Ubisoft. The publisher's pumped out a new trailer, this time live action, in which we get to see Alexios do a lot of stuff while a sarcastic cockney talks over the action. The whole...
TGS 2018 One Piece: World Seeker Nabs a Slick Story Trailer
A pirate's life
One Piece: World Seeker continues to look like a promising take on the hugely popular anime and manga property, with Bandai Namco coughing up a new story trailer for Tokyo Game Show 2018. It features two original characters designed by One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda himself, and he's even been brought on to oversee the game's plot...
TGS 2018 Swanky Swordsman Raphael Officially Revealed for SoulCalibur VI
Complete with mask glasses
He may have been leaked a few weeks ago, but here's the official trailer for Raphael, who returns in SoulCalibur VI. With a unique fighting style all about grace and speed, it just wouldn't be the same without him. We're loving his character design, but the glasses look a bit weird. Or is it a mask? We're not really sure...
Tuesday18th Sep 2018
News Sony Is Bringing a Huge Number of PS4 Games to Tokyo Game Show 2018
Just about everything
Tokyo Game Show 2018 is set to take place over the coming weekend, and so Sony has gone ahead and revealed its lineup for the show. The Japanese giant won't be hosting a traditional press conference this year -- it opted for a prerecorded 'LineUp Tour' event last week instead -- but it's still making sure that a huge list of...
News Sony Schedules Hour-Long 'PlayStation Network' Stage Presentation at Tokyo Game Show 2018
Interesting
Sony has released its plans for Tokyo Game Show 2018, which is happening over the coming weekend. Alongside a huge list of PlayStation 4 games that it's bringing to the event, the company is also hosting a stage show over the course of several days. It'll be livestreamed on YouTube, and it'll feature more in-depth looks at certain...
News New Pub Party Sale on North American PS Store Discounts Wide Variety of PS4 Games
Bargain hunting
Another week, another PlayStation Store sale. This time, it's the turn of the US Store, as a new sale known as the Pub Party Sale gets underway. There are dozens of games on offer here, but quite how they're all related to the theme of 'Pub Party' is a bit of a mystery. Anyway, here's a few highlights. Titles such as Tropico 5,...
News Kingdom Hearts III's PS4 Box Art Is Fit for a King
A right royal reveal
You’ve seen the brand new trailer and screenshots, but now it’s time to feast your eyes on Kingdom Hearts III’s fantastic PlayStation 4 box art. Sketched by series director Tetsuya Nomura himself, the image shows key characters like Sora, Mickey Mouse, and Donald Duck. Love or loathe the franchise, it’s hard to deny that...
Review Downward Spiral: Horus Station (PS4)
In space, no one can hear you groaning
Finnish developer 3rd Eye Studios has borrowed and plucked a wealth of talent from both the video game and movie industry in order to help craft its debut title, Downward Spiral: Horus Station, but it hasn’t really worked. Boasting of past projects like Alan Wake, Quantum Break, Trials, and films Gravity and
News Developers Behind Burnout and Split/Second Return with Futuristic Racer RGX Showdown
Out today
If you're like us, any new arcade racer that emerges on PS4 has your attention. The latest is RGX Showdown, a game from a small studio comprising of racing game veterans responsible for Burnout and Split/Second. Sounds good, right? This new game, which launches today on PlayStation Store, is a futuristic street racer with an online focus...
News Single Player Spin-Off RPG Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales Tells a Story on PS4 This December
From the team behind The Witcher 3
CD Projekt Red has slapped a release date on Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales. The game originally started out as Gwent: The Witcher Card Game's campaign component, but it's grown into its own single player role-playing title, and it'll launch as a standalone game on PlayStation 4 in December. For those out of the...
News Resonance of Fate Remaster Is Real, Launches in October on PS4
It's bullet time
And there it is, confirmation from developer tri-Ace that the rumoured Resonance of Fate remaster is real, and it's coming a lot sooner than many may have anticipated. It's titled Resonance of Fate 4K/HD Edition, and it's the same game that launched on the PlayStation 3 in 2010, except it looks better than ever on PlayStation 4...
News The Last Remnant Remastered Xbox 360 to PS4 Graphics Comparison Shows a Massive Upgrade
Last but not least
There's a new trailer out for The Last Remnant Remastered, which Square Enix announced just last week. The video compares the visuals of the original Xbox 360 release to the upcoming PlayStation 4 remaster, and the difference in quality appears to be substantial. Interestingly enough, the PS4 version actually utilises Unreal...
News This Is Pool Hustles to PS4 Early Next Year
Pot black
VooFoo Studios, purveyors of premium pool simulations, is back with another brand: This Is Pool. Building on the Birmingham-based developer’s work on Hustle Kings and Pure Pool, the title promises to “set new benchmarks for graphical fidelity and hyper-realistic gameplay”. In order to bring you back to the baize, the outfit’s...
Wednesday19th Sep 2018
News August 2018 NPD: PS4 Can't Dethrone Switch as Madden NFL 18 Rushes Software Charts
Sacked
While the PlayStation 4 dominated the United States hardware charts five months in a row earlier this year, the Nintendo Switch kept the throne warm for a second month in August 2018. It's the third time this year that Sony’s ageing platform has fallen just short, but with Marvel’s Spider-Man reportedly ripping up the record books around...
Tuesday18th Sep 2018
Store Update 18th September 2018 (Europe)
A knockout?
With both Marvel’s Spider-Man and Shadow of the Tomb Raider already out, September’s biggest releases are already available on the PlayStation Store. This week's update is a little more muted, then, but there are still a handful of titles vying for your attention. Transference, the new PlayStation VR curiosity from Ubisoft, certainly...
Wednesday19th Sep 2018
News Dead Rising Developer Capcom Vancouver Closes Down
Chop till you drop
The developer of the more recent Dead Rising games, and Capcom’s flagship Western studio, has been shut down. In a statement sent to Kotaku, the Japanese publisher said that the decision to shutter the branch was made after a review of its in-production projects. Essentially, it’s opted to bin the lot and “concentrate...
Tuesday18th Sep 2018
News New Kingdom Hearts III Trailer and Screenshots Offer a Better Look at Big Hero 6 World
It's a small world after all
We've already seen some footage of Kingdom Hearts III's take on Big Hero 6, but this new trailer from Tokyo Game Show 2018 gives us another look at the newly unveiled world. We also see snippets from other worlds in the game, including Tangled, Frozen, and Pirates of the Caribbean. Alongside the new trailer, Square Enix...
News Days Gone Will Be Playable at Brazil Game Show, EGX Berlin, and TGS 2018
Exclusive's on the road
Sony’s beginning to take apocalyptic adventure Days Gone on tour, as the PlayStation 4 exclusive will be playable at EGX Berlin and Tokyo Game Show 2018 this month, as well as the Brazil Game Show in October. Obviously the title was originally intended to release this year, but it was delayed due
News Think of the Children Is a Co-Op Parenting Simulator Coming to PS4 Next Week
Dad of boy
It's getting harder and harder to be original these days, but every now and again, a game comes along with a novel concept that seems so obvious. This time around, we have Think of the Children, a cooperative indie game about doing chores and keeping your AI-controlled kids alive. Up to four players can tackle the challenge of parenthood...
Wednesday19th Sep 2018
News NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 Has Too Many Twos in Its Title
TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME
2K Sports has attained publishing rights to Saber Interactive’s arcade basketball series, and we’ve ended up with a title as cumbersome as NBA 2K Playgrounds 2. ClintEastwood.gif. Anyway, after a brief rebranding delay, the game’s now due out on 16th October, just in time for the start of the new season. The cover will...
Tuesday18th Sep 2018
News N1RV Ann-A Is the Next Chapter in the Brilliant Cyberpunk Bartender Series
Smells like teen spirit
It may be an eye-watering two years away, but Sukeban has announced the next instalment in the outstanding Cyberpunk Bartender Series. Expanding on the Snatcher-style presentation of the PS Vita’s brilliant visual novel VA11 HALL-A, this new edition will whisk you away to an upscale bar named N1RV Ann-A, which is part of an...
News Warriors Orochi 4 Shows Off Godly Powers in New Gameplay Trailer
Deification station
With October being so packed with new games, we'd almost forgotten about Warriors Orochi 4. Fortunately Koei Tecmo's here to remind us that the title's still due on the 16th October, and it's looking like a typically fun Warriors experience in its latest English gameplay trailer. Destructive new abilities are the focus this time...
News Check Out the Intense Trailer for Episode 2 of The Walking Dead: The Final Season on PS4
Suffer the children
We're just a week away from The Walking Dead: The Final Season - Episode 2, entitled 'Suffer the Children'. To build up some excitement, Telltale has released a new trailer for the next chapter in Clementine's story, and it's looking like tension will be running high. We were fairly impressed with the first episode, which...
News Puyo Puyo eSports Pops Up on PS4 Next Month in Japan
But no Western plans just yet
There’s a new Puyo Puyo game dropping onto the PlayStation 4 in Japan next month, and it’s sponsored by the Japanese eSports Union. Available from 25th October for ¥1,999 (~$17), it’s been designed around growing the puzzling property’s competitive scene – hence the relatively low price point. The title will...
Monday17th Sep 2018
News Sony, Marvel, and Hundreds of Fans Gather to Break Bizarre Spider-Man World Record
Spider-Men
The hit game is already selling incredibly well on PS4, but Sony and Marvel are looking to break records in more ways than one. Marvel's Spider-Man has been a big success, and on the back of its significant momentum, the companies rallied together to break a Guinness World Record during Stockholm Comic Con. Chief editor at Marvel, C.B...
News Death Stranding Japanese Dub will Feature Metal Gear Voices, Including Solid Snake and Big Boss
The Boss also plays a part
Death Stranding is set to feature at the Tokyo Game Show later this week, and director Hideo Kojima has revealed that the PlayStation 4 exclusive's Japanese voice cast will be present during a stage presentation. Nothing too out of the ordinary, but then Kojima's posted a Tweet saying that the cast includes voice actors...
Review Destiny 2: Forsaken (PS4)
The cycle repeats
It's hard to shake the feeling that we've been here before with Destiny 2: Forsaken. When The Taken King hit the original Destiny and propelled the game to a point where it once again felt complete and compelling, it was a welcome addition after months and months of frustration. It's the same story with Destiny 2, a title that's...
News Red Dead Redemption 2 Update Details Towns and Cities with New Screenshots
No-so-Wild West
With Rockstar at the helm, you just know that the open world of Red Dead Redemption 2 is going to be worthy of admiration. The developer's promising a roaring return to the Wild West, complete with dangerous wilderness, dust bowl settlements, and sparkling cities. Indeed, if there's one thing these latest screenshots show, it's that...
Hands On FIFA 19 Demo - Five Things We Learned
Pep talk
The FIFA 19 demo has been out since last week to give fans of the FIFA franchise a chance to have a feel of the game before its 29th September release date. It’s worth noting that the demo is an old build and the full version of FIFA 19 will feel more fluid according to the EA Game Changers who were present at the game’s final capture...
Soapbox Marvel's Spider-Man Has the Most Fun Photo Mode on PS4
Stephen says it's all the better for keeping things simple
Photo mode is an unusual phenomenon, isn't it? Who'd have thought that we'd warm to what is quite an involved, fiddly screenshot generator? The DualShock 4's Share button enables us to immediately upload our best efforts to social media, but we can spend an incredible amount of time fine...
News Black Ops 4's Blackout Beta Now Supports 100 Players on PS4, Extended to Later Today
Going out with a bang
Treyarch has been supporting the beta test for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's Blackout mode almost daily, bringing new alternative ways to play, multiple gameplay tweaks and more to the Battle Royale experience. One update brought the player count up to 88 which, while an impressive number, doesn't match up to the 100-player...
Hands On Mega Man 11 Brings the Blue Bomber Bang Up to Date on PS4
You rock, man
Capcom should probably send a thank you letter to Keiji Inafune before the year’s out. While it could be argued that the Japanese publisher has been laying the foundations for a new Mega Man with various re-releases and compilation packs, it doesn’t take a cynic to suggest that Mighty No. 9’s enormous Kickstarter success may have...
News Tetris Effect Drops onto PS4 and PSVR in November
Yours forever
While it might not be a particularly high profile release, one game we're very much looking forward to is Tetris Effect. It was announced during the lead up to Sony's E3 2018 press conference, and it's looked absolutely stunning from the beginning. We knew a 2018 launch was the aim, and fortunately, Enhance has just announced a...
News UK Sales Charts: Spider-Man PS4 Targets God of War as Tomb Raider Stalls
Spidey's clipping at Kratos' beard
God of War performed impressively for Sony earlier in the year, but Marvel’s Spider-Man is on a different level. The superhero exclusive, in its second week on sale, retained the UK number one spot with a minuscule 42 per cent week-over-week decline, meaning that it’s already closing on the retail sales of...
Sunday16th Sep 2018
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey Is Finished and Ready for Release
Ice gold, baby
Wait, is this coming out soon? Good grief, there really is no let up, is there? Assassin’s Creed Odyssey has gone gold, which means that development is complete and the title is ready for manufacturing ahead of its 5th October release. “We hope you'll enjoy playing the game as much as we did developing it and can't wait to see...
Review Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk (PS4)
Tractie-cal warfare
Nippon Ichi’s latest release Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk is a first-person dungeon crawler where you play Tractie – that is, the Tractatus de Monstrum – a mysterious book with a soul trapped inside, able to communicate by filling out its pages. Tractie is under the control of a witch named Baba Yaga, or Dronya as...
News Spider-Man PS4 Stock Running Out in Japan
Fans forced to go digital
Media Create has expanded upon this week’s Japanese sales charts, revealing that Marvel’s Spider-Man has actually been selling out. The game sold through over 96 per cent of its original retail shipment in the region, forcing fans to turn to the PlayStation Store to snag digital copies of the superhero exclusive. For...
Saturday15th Sep 2018
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 237
In a spider's shadow
Guess who’s back – back again? Sammy’s back – tell a friend! That’s right, your normal WAYP service resumes this week after Senior Staff Writer Stephen Tailby took the reins last week. It means that the article’s being published late, and arrangements only started being made a couple of hours before we’re...
Indie Bin Super Street: The Game, Ninjin: Clash of Carrots, Sir Eatsalot
Also: Vroom Kaboom, Super Destronaut DX
From the embers of the Push Square Podcast rises Indie Bin – a feature that draws attention to some of the smaller games in PlayStation's busy release schedule. Once the Indie Bin is full, we'll put it out for collection in these consolidated articles featuring several pint-sized reviews. The metric here is...
Friday14th Sep 2018
Poll One Week Later, Is Spider-Man PS4 as Good as the Reviews Say?
The final verdict
Marvel's Spider-Man has been out on PlayStation 4 for a whole week now, hopefully giving most of you reading this ample time to play through it and form a concrete opinion on whether it's any good. We absolutely loved it, as shown by our gushing review, but do you agree with us? Spidey's open world outing currently sits at a score...
News PlayStation Beats Nintendo and Xbox By Some Distance in UK, US Brand Recognition Surveys
#4ThePlayers and all that
It's really common sense, but mind share counts for a lot when it comes to big business. You obviously want your brand to be as recognisable as possible, and it looks like PlayStation's currently doing a great job placing itself in the public consciousness. According to Prophet's Brand Relevance Index for 2018, PlayStation...
Rumour Gun-Based JRPG Resonance of Fate Is Getting a PS4 Remaster
Bang
Fans of Japanese role-playing games may remember Resonance of Fate, a PlayStation 3 title that had a somewhat unique battle system. It was all about guns and positioning, and from what we can recall, it was in-depth and good fun once you wrapped your head around its intricacies. Anyway, Resonance of Fate could be coming to PlayStation 4 if a...
News Wolfenstein III in Development, Confirms Bethesda's Pete Hines
Sequel is in the works
This is probably not very surprising news, but Pete Hines, senior vice president of marketing at Bethesda, plainly stated that a sequel to Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is on the way. He said so during an interview with Metro, responding to the question of whether the last game's purportedly underwhelming sales meant a...
News New Just Cause 4 Trailer Is a Whistle-Stop Tour of Solis
Varied open world detailed
One thing the Just Cause games have in common is their big, beautiful open worlds, and Just Cause 4 looks to be no different. Square Enix's new video on the upcoming action game focuses on its fictional setting, Solis, and its various biomes, and it's looking pretty impressive. Mainly inspired by South America, Solis is a...
News Latest Dreams Footage Goes Behind the Scenes on Media Molecule's Own Creations
The wait continues
We've been waiting on Dreams for pretty much the entire lifetime of the PlayStation 4, but whenever we see new gameplay, it's clear that this ambitious project is no small feat. It's looking incredible in the latest live stream from Media Molecule, in which the studio presents levels and games it's shown before, then dives into...
News Blackout Private Beta Updated Again on PS4, New 'Close Quarters' Playlist Added
Keeping things fresh
It was only yesterday that Treyarch updated the beta for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's Blackout mode, when it implemented the Fast Collapse playlist among several other tweaks. In the latest update, the developer is back with more changes, including a new match type to test out. It's called Close Quarters, and it pits solo...
Thursday13th Sep 2018
News PS4 Firmware Update 6.00 Released, Available to Download Now
What does it do?
Surprise! Sony has completed the beta for PS4 firmware update 6.00 and is rolling it out right now. Time to turn your console on and get it downloaded. Firmware 6.00 is just over 400MB, so it won't take you long to get your PS4 up to date. But what does it do? Does it bring any new features? Well, the patch notes for the update...
Review Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (PS4)
Timeless
For its first few hours Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age is happy to just mosey along at its own pace. It's a typically pleasant jaunt through a colourful fantasy world, complete with supremely cute monsters that you whack over the head with big swords, but it's a bit... Boring. It looks lovely and everything's polished, neat, and...
News Assassin's Creed III Stages a Remastered Revolution on PS4
PS Vita spin-off Liberation also being ported
The divisive American Revolution instalment in the Assassin’s Creed series is coming to the PlayStation 4 next March, with all of its DLC included and enhanced visuals. Part of the Season Pass for Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, you’ll be able to relive the 18th Century tale of Connor in Assassin's Creed...
Friday14th Sep 2018
News World of Final Fantasy Maxima Brings Whimsy Back to PS4
Noctis again
The agreeable Chibi-themed World of Final Fantasy is getting an enhanced edition for the PlayStation 4, and it’s set to release on 6th November. Announced during today’s Nintendo Direct, the re-release will include new characters and monsters from Final Fantasy legend.
Thursday13th Sep 2018
News No News to Share on PSX 2018, Says Sony
Hoping to have 'more insight' soon
We asked Sony to clarify its PlayStation Experience plans earlier this week, but didn’t hear back. Fortunately, fans have been badgering PlayStation Blog man Sid Shuman on Twitter – and have finally got a comment out of him. “No news to share,” he said when asked about the possibility of a PSX 2018...
Friday14th Sep 2018
News Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle Brings Final Fight, Captain Commando, More to PS4
Turn on your TV
A bunch of classic Capcom beat-‘em-ups have been confirmed for the PlayStation 4 as part of the aptly named Capcom Beat ‘Em Up Bundle. The compilation includes Final Fight, as well as The King of Dragons, Captain Commando, Armored Warriors,
Thursday13th Sep 2018
News Firewall Zero Hour Outlines Immediate Update Roadmap
PSVR shooter patching problems
Well, then – it turns out people like Firewall Zero Hour a helluva lot. As such, it’s exciting to learn that developer First Contact is committing to updating the title, ironing out some of its kinks. Writing on the PlayStation Blog, creative producer Damoun Shabestari shared a little insight into the roadmap of...
Review 428: Shibuya Scramble (PS4)
Tokyo timehop
The visual novel genre is a strange beast, a niche corner of gaming that’s littered with some classic narrative experiences and bizarre oddities. Developer Spike Chunsoft is responsible for the lion’s share of popular visual novels on the market, with Steins;Gate and the fan favourite Dangonranpa series. Now it's re-releasing 428:...
News PlayStation Store Down on PS4, Could Be to Do with FIFA 19 Demo's Launch
Kick off
Well, the PlayStation Store seems to be down for many on PS4. At first it seemed like a random issue, but then we realised that the playable demo FIFA 19 just launched. Coincidence? Possibly not. It's difficult to really pinpoint the problem, but it seems feasible to us. The annual arrival of the FIFA demo is always a big deal, and you can...
News Catherine: Full Body Arranges a Ménage à Quatre
Ogle some new screenshots
Vincent looks like he’s going to have his hands full in Catherine: Full Body – and potentially his mouth, too. With pre-orders going live for the expanded PlayStation 3 puzzler in Japan, creator Atlus has released the box art for the re-release, showing the protagonist surrounded by a trio of buxom babes. The game’s...
Friday14th Sep 2018
News Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon: Every Buddy! Flaps to PS4 This Winter
Chirpy
Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon: Every Buddy! aims to give you something warm and cuddly to snuggle up alongside this Winter, as Square Enix is bringing back the randomly generated dungeons of the old Final Fantasy Fables franchise. The press release explains: “The rules to this mysterious dungeon are simple: every time you enter, the world...
Thursday13th Sep 2018
News Days Gone Key Art Mixes Tranquillity with Terror
Time to run
Everyone knows that the best way to do horror is to mix idyllic scenery with deadly enemies, and Days Gone is doing exactly that in its key art. The image shows protagonist Deacon St John in the centre, chilling out next to his motorcycle, as the sprawling Oregon countryside surrounds him. But lying in front of him are three dead bodies,...
News Bendy and the Ink Machine Brings Cartoon Horror to PS4 Next Month
All episodes included
You may not have heard of Bendy and the Ink Machine, but it became something of a cult hit when it first reached Steam last year. The creepy episodic adventure game is now heading to PS4, with all five chapters included. We've embedded a trailer to give you an idea of what to expect. The most striking thing about this title is...
"Development is a journey"
While there seems to be a fair amount of positive chatter surrounding Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, the lack of a single player campaign remains a point of contention for some. An action packed story has been part of the Call of Duty franchise for years, so to see the latest game ditch the mode entirely was irksome for many...
Hands On Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's Blackout Gives Fortnite Stiff Competition
Nuketown funk
Another Battle Royale mode. As if the constant presence of Fortnite over our everyday lives wasn’t enough, we now have to deal with the increasing number of clones releasing. Grand Theft Auto V did it, Battlefield V’s doing it, and, of course, so is Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. Those exhausted by the proliferation of the genre might...
News Nickelodeon Kart Racers Looks Fit for a Sliming in New Trailer
I'm not ready
It's been a while since the initial announcement of Nickelodeon Kart Racers, but today we can finally see it in action. The video embedded above shows off various characters and courses in motion for the first time, and it looks... Well, it looks about how we expected. It's pretty rough around the edges, but there could still be some...
News Huge Assassin's Creed Odyssey Post-Launch Plans Feature Episodic Stories and Free Updates
Big fat Greek roadmap
As previously reported, Ubisoft has big plans for Assassin's Creed Odyssey. The publisher is no stranger to strong post-launch support, but the upcoming open world outing is arguably its most ambitious endeavour yet. Okay, so Odyssey launches on the 5th October, and of course it'll have a season pass. Buying that gets you...
News Fist of the North Star PS4 Heats Up with Free Kazuma Kiryu Character Skin
Enter the Dragon
The story of Yakuza protagonist Kazuma Kiryu may be over, but that won't stop the Dragon of Dojima from nabbing a cameo appearance in Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise. Well, kind of. For a limited time (from the 2nd October, when the game launches, to the 15th October), you'll be able to download a Kiryu skin for free. That's...
News Treyarch Adds New 'Fast Collapse' Playlist to Call of Duty's Blackout Beta on PS4
Inner circle
Not content with testing Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's Blackout mode in its regular state, developer Treyarch is continually updating the beta with improvements and new additions. Earlier in the week, the player count moved from 80 to 88, and now a new playlist has been added, called Fast Collapse. As you might've guessed, the Fast...
News Follow the Road to Life Is Strange 2 in New Dev Documentary
Crossing the border
Rather than dole out piecemeal developer diaries, DONTNOD has dropped a huge 10 minute documentary detailing the production of Life Is Strange 2, which details the art direction, voice actors, soundtrack, and much more. It’s a slickly produced clip that should get you in the mood for the sequel – particularly if you were fond...
Wednesday12th Sep 2018
News Creative Director of Spider-Man PS4 Says It 'Would Not Exist if It Wasn't for PlayStation'
Platform holder praised for its support
Marvel's Spider-Man is out, and it's currently enjoying a constant barrage of praise from all angles. Insomniac Games has produced the fastest selling game of the year - at least in the UK - and that news must be going down extremely well in the offices of Sony and Marvel. Of course, Insomniac put in a lot of...
News Bandai Namco Is 'Planning' Tales Remakes and Remasters Based on Fan Requests
Xillia, please
As you may already know, former Tales series producer Hideo Baba is now working on his own game with his own team over at Square Enix, and so God Eater producer Yusuke Tomizawa has stepped in to manage the action role-playing franchise on consoles. In an interview with Weekly Famitsu, Tomizawa reveals that...
Thursday13th Sep 2018
News New PS4 Commercial Shows Where Sony's Fall Focus Lies
The holy trinity
Marvel’s Spider-Man! Call of Duty: Black Ops 4! Red Dead Redemption 2! Of all the titles for the PlayStation 4 to hang its figurative fedora on this fall, we reckon Sony’s picked the right ones here. This new Best Place to Play ad will likely run online over the course of the holidays, and while it’s nothing particularly...
Review The Golf Club 2019 Featuring PGA Tour (PS4)
Easy, Tiger
You can infer a lot from The Golf Club 2019 Featuring PGA Tour’s title. HB Studios acquired the license to the sport’s flagship tour somewhere during development, and this game feels a teensy bit muddled as a result. In many ways, it’s an evolution of the two golf titles that the Canadian developer has released on the PlayStation 4...
Wednesday12th Sep 2018
News Japanese Sales Charts: Spider-Man Totally Dominates on PS4 as SNK Heroines Struggles
Can't stop Spidey
Marvel's Spider-Man has swung straight to the top of the latest Japanese software charts, shifting an impressive 125,000 copies. By our calculations, that makes Spider-Man one of Japan's biggest Western-made game launches of this console generation. Sony and Insomniac Games will no doubt be happy with that result. On the...
News SoulCalibur VI Game Modes Confirmed in New Trailer
Yes, it does have arcade mode
SoulCalibur VI will have a reasonably robust suite of single player and multiplayer game modes according to this latest Japanese trailer. Alongside the two story-based modes that were already confirmed, you're getting Arcade (which features a series of eight opponents), Versus (which you can play with a friend or with...
Deals Sony Throws in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 for Free with Its Latest Smartphone
Phonecall of duty
It's well established that Sony has partnered with Activision to market its Call of Duty titles for a while now, but the platform holder has moved beyond the PS4 in order to promote the latest entry. In order to get punters to plump for its new smartphone, the Sony Xperia XZ3, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 will be thrown in as a...
News Insomniac's Boss Wasn't Initially That Fussed About Making a Marvel Game
Studio could have picked any character
Marvel’s Spider-Man is a match made in heaven, but it’s fascinating to learn about how the project came to be. As you all know, it’s a PlayStation 4 exclusive published by Sony and developed by independent studio Insomniac Games – but with Marvel sitting on the sidelines, it almost feels like fan...
News CREED: Rise to Glory Looks Like a Knockout on PSVR
Punch out
CREED: Rise to Glory looks like it’s ready to lift the PlayStation VR heavyweight belt, as this PlayStation Underground gameplay shines despite host Sid Shuman’s flailing. The clip includes a good look at both an in-ring contest as well as some training gameplay, and it’s easy to see how this will be enjoyable in virtual...
News Free Fortnite Goodies Available to PS Plus Members
Winner, winner
Good news, Fortnite fans: there’s a free PlayStation Plus loot pack available on the PS Store right now. Members can claim exclusive items like the Flappy Glider, Controlling Pickaxe, and Skydiving Trail all totally free of charge – just ensure that you’re subscribed and add the bundle to your basket.
News Work Underway on The Last Guardian Maker's Next Project
Beauty and the beast
Fumito Ueda is hard at work on a brand new title which will rival the scale of Team ICO’s previous titles, a Weekly Famitsu interview translated by Gematsu has revealed. Speaking with the famous Japanese publication, The Last Guardian director said that developer genDesign is “working out the core parts first, and from there...
News Pixelated Metroidvania Timespinner Arrives on PS4 and PS Vita This Month
No time to lose
We know, we know -- here's yet another pixel art platformer inspired by 90s era games with Metroidvania elements. This type of game is plentiful on PlayStation, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing, and Timespinner is doing some interesting stuff to stand out. One of the key aspects of this game is the Time-stop...
News An Update for PixelJunk Monsters 2 on PS4 Promises Big Changes
Arrives tomorrow
PixelJunk Monsters 2 released to little fanfare earlier in the year, and although isn't without a few issues, still retains the satisfying, deceptively deep strategy that fans know and love. One of the major changes to the sequel is a much closer camera that follows your character across the map, which can make keeping an eye on all...
News Top 100 FIFA 19 Players Revealed in Full, Arguments Erupt as Expected
Salah 88?!
EA Sports has finished revealing the top 100 players in FIFA 19 based on overall ratings, and needless to say, fans of just about every football club in the world have something to say about the rankings. The top ten looks like this: 10. Toni Kroos 9. David De Gea 8. Luis Suarez 7. Sergio Ramos 6. Eden Hazard 5. Kevin De Brunye 4. Luka...
Guide FIFA 19 Top 100 Players in the Game - Full List
Player ratings included
The top 100 players in FIFA 19 have been ranked, and the full list makes for some interesting reading. Below, we've listed all 100 players in descending order, along with their position, current club, and overall rating in FIFA 19. The overall rating itself is based on a number of different statistics. Aside from...
News Cervantes Reveal Trailer Leaks Ahead of Official Reveal in SoulCalibur VI
Pirated
We've already had two SoulCalibur VI characters leak earlier in the month -- both Raphael and Cervantes have been outed thanks to a cheeky screenshot. The latter now has a trailer, but that's been leaked ahead of time too. The video isn't of the...
Tuesday11th Sep 2018
News There's a New PS Vita Firmware Update Out Now
It doesn't do anything
Sony’s stealth released a new PlayStation Vita firmware update, which pledges improved stability and not a lot else. The new patch, v3.69, presumably puts a band aid over some behind-the-scenes issues, but you won’t be noticing any changes. You can download the patch right now, just head to the Settings application on the...
Wednesday12th Sep 2018
Rumour Strange 'Crash Bandicoot Racing' Listing Spotted in PlayStation Asia Survey
Vroom vroom
Hey, you ever play Crash Bandicoot Racing? The name may be a little off, but that's because in Japan, the PSone classic that we know as Crash Team Racing was called Crash Bandicoot Racing, and we're telling you this because the latter has shown up in a PlayStation Asia survey. Said survey asks users to choose which...
Tuesday11th Sep 2018
Review Immortal: Unchained (PS4)
Hooked on life support
It feels like every other month or so now that a game will come along with the latest spin on the Souls formula. Immortal: Unchained, from developer Toadman Interactive, is the latest title to offer its own take on what made Dark Souls so special back in 2011, but does it rise to the task of successfully emulating past...
News Insomniac Confirms New Game + on the Way for Marvel's Spider-Man on PS4
A hero's work is never done
Have you finished Marvel's Spider-Man yet? The game has been out for just a few days, but we imagine a handful of people will have stormed through it over the weekend. If you've completed Spidey's adventure and are itching for more, good news: New Game + mode is on its way. Answering a fan question, Insomniac confirmed...
News Are There Even Plans for PSX 2018 At This Point?
Still not announced
It’s become part of the gaming fixture list since it debuted in Las Vegas almost four years ago, but it’s perhaps worth pointing out that PlayStation Experience 2018 has not been announced yet. Last year, the platform holder confirmed the event as early as June, but it hasn’t said a word about whether it will be hosting the...
News North American PS Store Sale Discounts PS4 Games Big and Small
PlayStation Picks
The US PlayStation Store, much like its European equivalent, is no slouch when it comes to sales, and this won't be changing any time soon. There's a brand new offer on the Store called PlayStation Picks, and it brings bargains to a wide range of PS4 titles. Among the hundreds of games included are the likes of Battlefield 1,...
News Capcom Reveals Mega Man 11 PS4 Collector's Edition
It rocks, man
For the die-hard Mega Man fans among us, the Collector's Edition for Mega Man 11 is definitely worth a look. Announced today by Capcom, the snazzy set includes the game, an 80-page art book, and some fancy lithographs, and it all comes packaged in a retro style box. It looks pretty swish, doesn't it? The Collector's Edition is...
News The Last Remnant Remastered Announced for PS4
Update: Heading West too
One of Square Enix's less than critically acclaimed games is The Last Remnant. Most PlayStation aficionados might be unaware of this title's existence, granted that the PS3 version never saw the light of day back in 2009. The JRPG later made its debut on Steam, although Square Enix pulled the game in September. Now, the...
News Tekken 7 Patch 2.01 Fixes a Few Broken Moves, Out Now on PS4
#NerfedLars
Tekken 7's mega Season 2 update released last week, balancing the entirety of the character roster while also adding new moves. However, it hasn't gone quite as smoothly as planned. Just hours after the patch landed, proficient players started noticing questionable alterations. Some moves, like Lars' now infamous super-fast and deadly...
You're on your own
Ubisoft is trying something new with Assassin's Creed Odyssey, giving players a choice between two modes of play at the start of the game. One is 'Guided Mode', and the other is 'Exploration Mode'. Regardless of which mode you choose the actual content of the game doesn't change, but your journey through the open world may...
Wednesday12th Sep 2018
News Call of Duty's Blackout Player Count Just Increased by Eight
More chumps to roast
There’s a lot of buzz surrounding Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s new Battle Royale-themed Blackout mode, and it seems like developer Treyarch’s making some pretty impressive adjustments on the fly. With the beta in progress on the PlayStation 4, game design director David Vonderhaar has confirmed on Twitter that the mode’s...
Tuesday11th Sep 2018
News Tales of Vesperia's Remastered Graphics Seem to Hold Up Incredibly Well
New trailer has more gameplay
Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition has a new Japanese trailer, showcasing more cutscenes and gameplay from the PlayStation 4 version of the game. The original Tales of Vesperia on Xbox 360 looked really nice when it launched way back in 2008, and honestly, the art style still looks lovely in 2018. Obviously the...
News Catherine: Full Body Comes to Japan on Valentine's Day
Lovely
Racy puzzle game Catherine: Full Body is set to launch first in Japan, and it has a double date with the PS4 and PS Vita on 14th February 2019. The flirty and surreal puzzler is getting enhanced for its re-release, with new endings, scenes, and a brand new character. We don't know a whole lot more about the game yet, but a Western release...
News Acclaimed Metroidvania Hollow Knight Makes the Leap to PS4 in Two Weeks
Discounts for PS Plus subscribers
Critically acclaimed Metroidvania Hollow Knight will bring its atmospheric brand of adventure to the PlayStation 4 on 25th September, developer Team Cherry has announced. That’s exactly two weeks away at the time of typing, so you haven’t got to wait long to see what all of the fuss is about. In even better...
News Kam’lanaut of Final Fantasy XI Is the Next DLC Character for Dissidia NT
Who?
Look, we never really played Final Fantasy XI, so we're not even sure who this guy is, but we do like his outfit. The awkwardly named Kam’lanaut will join Dissidia Final Fantasy NT as its next DLC character, Square Enix has announced. He's due to release in late October. So, er, are you looking forward to Kam’lanaut? Grow...
Talking Point Should Sony Adopt Pre-Recorded Press Conferences?
The Direct approach
Sony switched up its annual pre-Tokyo Game Show press conference format this year, hosting a PlayStation LineUp Tour livestream that was surprisingly good. The hour-long event did have a live stage element, but there was only one public speaker: SEGA’s Toshihiro Nagoshi, who was awarded the opportunity to unveil Yakuza...
News FIFA Ultimate Team Card Packs May Have EA in Trouble with the Law
Belgium launches investigation
As you may or may not have heard, Belgium declared loot boxes in video games a form of gambling earlier this year. Basically, if a game allows players to spend real money on randomised in-game items, then it has to be categorised as gambling and highlighted as such. However, unlike other publishers, EA apparently...
News Of Course There's a Fortnite Themed Monopoly Board on the Way
There's a storm coming
Fortnite is beginning to have a monopoly on the Battle Royale genre, and, well, it’s about to have a monopoly on the tabletop as well. Proving once again that Hasbro’s popular board game can accommodate any brand, Epic Games’ uber-hit will pass go on 1st October. Fortnite creative director Donald Mustard tweeted:...
News FIFA 19 Demo Will Feature Kick-Off, The Champions League, and The Journey
The big game
EA Sports has spilled the beans on what's in the upcoming FIFA 19 demo, which is due to launch on PlayStation 4 later this week. It'll let players try out the overhauled Kick-Off mode as well as the final chapter in The Journey, FIFA's story mode. We imagine that you won't be able to play much of The Journey, but it should give you...
News God Eater 3 Dines on Deities from 13th December in Japan
Diets delayed
God Eater’s feeling a little redundant in a post-Monster Hunter: World, er, world. Nevertheless, publisher Bandai Namco’s got a sequel to sell, so here’s the latest trailer for the anime-themed hunt-a-thon's threequel. The title’s due out on 13th December in Japan, but a Western release will follow at some point in 2019. Over...
Monday10th Sep 2018
News Yakuza Studio's New Game Judge Eyes Detects a PS4 Western Release in 2019
Demo available in Japan
Perhaps one of the biggest announcements during Sony's PlayStation LineUp Tour event, the head of Yakuza Studio, Toshihiro Nagoshi, revealed a brand new title. It's called Judge Eyes (or Project Judge), and sees you playing as a detective solving mysteries. It appears to be based on the same engine as Yakuza 6, as it bears a...
Tuesday11th Sep 2018
News Using Destiny 2: Forsaken Prime Engram Exploit Will Come Back to Bite You, Says Bungie
Dev suggests it's a bad idea
There's a hot exploit doing the rounds in Destiny 2: Forsaken that allows players to gain Prime Engrams at a dramatically increased rate. The weapons and armour that you acquire from said engrams is usually an improvement over whatever you have equipped, and once you're past the soft power level cap of...
Monday10th Sep 2018
News Project Awakening Is a Japanese-Made Fantasy Action RPG Coming to PS4
Eyes open
Japanese publisher Cygames has revealed Project Awakening, an action role-playing game currently set to release on PlayStation 4. Although we've heard of the title before -- the name has been floating around for a while -- it got a brief teaser trailer at Sony's PlayStation LineUp Tour showcase, which you can watch above. It...
News Insomniac Offers to Patch Out Heartbreaking Spider-Man PS4 Easter Egg
Mad's made everyone sad
You’re probably familiar with the story involving the marriage proposal in Marvel’s Spider-Man by now, but if you’re not, you may want to read our full article on the awkward matter through here. Obviously the tale of Tyler Schultz and his ex-belle to be has not escaped developer Insomniac Games’ attention either –...
Round Up Shadow of the Tomb Raider PS4 Reviews Can't Make Up Their Mind
There's a Lara variety
Is it amazing or is it middling? Shadow of the Tomb Raider’s just-released PlayStation 4 reviews can’t really seem to make up their mind, so you may have to wait for our verdict in the near future to decide. Lara Croft’s latest seems to have really split opinion, with scores settling all over the shop. The consensus...
Tuesday11th Sep 2018
News Knives Out, a Totally Original New Concept, Comes to PS4 Next Year
A smartphone smash hit, apparently
Picture this: there are 100 players on the battlefield and you have to parachute your way in and pick them all off as a giant urban map gradually shrinks around you. Except there aren’t 100 players on this particular battlefield because only approximately 63 people actually bought the game. Alas, we don’t talk...
Monday10th Sep 2018
News Tales of Vesperia PS4 Remaster Release Date Set for January 2019
Yuri-ka
Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition, the PlayStation 4 remaster of the fondly remembered Japanese role-playing game, will launch early next year, Bandai Namco has confirmed. Previously, the title had a vague 'this winter' release window. For a while we thought that it was going to hit before the end of the year, but it's probably...
Live Watch Sony PlayStation's LineUp Tour Livestream Right Here
The storm before TGS 2018
Sony’s doing something a little different with its annual pre-TGS 2018 livestream, and there’s the promise of audience members dressed as DualShock 4s – or something. We’re not entirely sure what to expect from the PlayStation LineUp Tour presentation, but we’re hoping for some madcap Japanese montages. There...
News Lethal League Blaze Smashes onto PS4 in 2019
Check out the trailer
Lethal League is a little-known multiplayer gem on PS4. Featuring a small but varied cast of characters, the game sees two to four players smacking a ball around a 2D stage, and each time it's hit, it increases in speed. If you're hit by the ball, you're out of the round. It's light on content but is a perfect "one more match"...
News Everybody's Golf VR Plays a Nice Shot to PSVR
Tees off next year
Everybody’s Golf is making the transition to PlayStation VR, and we’re all fore the idea. While details are light, Sony announced the game as part of its Japanese LineUp Tour livestream earlier today. Judging by the trailer, you can expect the same vibrant environments, but you’ll be teeing off in first-person with...
News Gungrave: G.O.R.E. Announced, Shoots Up PS4 Next Year
Running and gunning
You may recall that the cult Gungrave series is set to return in Gungrave VR next month, melding third person action with first person shootouts. Well, it looks like a more traditional entry is heading to PS4, too. Gungrave: G.O.R.E. has been announced, and it's releasing in Winter 2019 -- in Japan, that is. The above teaser...
News PS4 RPG Title Project Prelude Rune Teased, Comes From Former Tales Producer
Tales of Istolia
Hideo Baba, perhaps best known as a recurring producer for Bandai Namco's Tales series, started up his own game development studio under Square Enix last year. Formed as Studio Istolia, the team's first title is currently known as Project Prelude Rune, and it got a teaser trailer at Sony's PlayStation LineUp Tour earlier...
Round Up All the News from PlayStation's LineUp Tour Livestream
A trip worth taking
Sony kickstarted TGS 2018 season with a very agreeable PlayStation LineUp Tour livestream today, and we’ve compiled all of the news from the event in case you missed anything. The show – which was essentially a pre-recorded trailer montage with some light space-themed interludes – was cleverly presented, and while it lacked...
News A New Samurai Shodown Game Is Coming to PS4 in 2019
Uses Unreal Engine 4
SNK has announced a brand new Samurai Shodown game built using Unreal Engine 4. Its working title is Samurai Spirits, as that's the name of the series in Japan. It's due to slice open PlayStation 4 at some point next year. All we have to go on right now is the brief announcement trailer that we've embedded above, but...
News Ace Combat 7 Looks As Intense As You'd Expect with PSVR
Sick buckets sold separately
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown will, as promised, sport a full PlayStation VR campaign – and, perhaps unsurprisingly, the series looks like it was made for virtual reality. This brand new trailer debuted during Sony’s LineUp Tour livestream earlier today doesn’t really show anything new, but it’s clear that the...
News GameCube Classic Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Is Being Remastered on PS4
Due in 2019
A Nintendo GameCube exclusive title that focused on co-op action, we remember spending countless hours with the unbelievably charming Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles -- and now it's being remastered for PlayStation 4. The game was announced during Sony's PlayStation LineUp Tour event in Japan, where it got a brief...
Tuesday11th Sep 2018
Store Update 11th September 2018 (Europe)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider! NBA 2K19! NHL 19!
While the PlayStation Store updates aren’t necessarily getting bigger, the blockbusters are coming on a consistent schedule now. This week, following Marvel’s Spider-Man, is Shadow of the Tomb Raider. The game’s divided critics somewhat, but it sounds like a solid romp regardless of your persuasion...
Monday10th Sep 2018
News Space Channel 5 VR Grooves to PSVR Soon
Left, right, chu, chu, chu
Oooh-la-la, Ulala is finally coming to the PlayStation 4 in Space Channel 5 VR: Kinda Funky News Flash. The virtual reality spin-off of SEGA’s classic Dreamcast rhythm action series has been playable in Japanese arcades for a little while, but will now strut its stuff to PlayStation VR. There’s no date just yet,...
News Dead or Alive 6 Release Date Set, Grabs a New Story and Gameplay Trailer
Marie Rose and Honoka return
Dead or Alive 6 got a great new trailer during Sony's PlayStation LineUp Tour event in Japan. It gives us a few glimpses at the game's story mode, and shows off some fresh gameplay. It also confirms that Marie Rose and Honoka will be part of the character roster. What's more, Dead or Alive 6 now has a...
News Days Gone Deals with the Undead in Japanese Trailer
Freakin' freakers
Days Gone may not have the intense enthusiasm of Death Stranding or The Last of Us: Part II behind it, but it’s still a big game for Sony – and a huge project for Syphon Filter developer Bend Studio. As such, the title was put under the spotlight during a Japanese livestream earlier today, and while the trailer consisted of...
News Judge Eyes Gameplay Shows That It's Basically a Yakuza Spin-Off
Kamurocho calling
Judge Eyes is the new game from SEGA's Yakuza Studio. It was announced earlier today at Sony's PlayStation LineUp Tour event, and the initial trailer had us wondering how it was going to play. As it turns out, it looks like Judge Eyes is basically a Yakuza title. Basically. It's set in Kamurocho (of course it is), and...
News Kingdom Hearts III Grabs Big Hero 6 World
TGS 2018 trailer reveals all
A shortened version of Kingdom Hearts III’s impending TGS 2018 trailer has confirmed the inclusion of a Big Hero 6 world, which is a Disney franchise that has frankly flown so far under our radar that we’re literally on the Wikipedia page right now. Apparently it came out in 2014 and won a bunch of Academy Awards?...
News Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Is Looking Sharp in Latest Trailer
Yep, that's a FromSoft game
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is looking better and better each time we see it. Following an impressive showing at Gamescom 2018, the game appeared during Sony's PlayStation LineUp Tour show earlier today in a new trailer. In short, it's looking very good. With faster action and far more mobility, this new FromSoftware game...
News FromSoftware's PSVR Adventure Déraciné Drops 6th November
A game about discovery
FromSoftware’s boarding school exploration game Déraciné will launch for PlayStation VR on 6th November in Europe and North America and 8th November in Japan, publisher Sony announced during its PlayStation LineUp Tour livestream earlier today. The game, which was first unveiled at E3 201
News Left Alive Lives to See Another Day in 2019
Due out 28th February in Japan
Do you remember Left Alive? Barely, right? It’s the loosely Front Mission themed third-person shooter from Square Enix and an all-star team, including Yoji Shinkawa of Metal Gear fame. Well, it’s back. The game got a brand new trailer during Sony’s LineUp Tour livestream, as well as a
News Kingdoms of Amalur Remaster Isn't Guaranteed, Despite THQ Nordic Buying IP
EA still owns it as publisher
Last week, everyone got hyped because it looked like Kingdoms of Amalur could be making an eventual comeback. Publisher THQ Nordic announced that it had acquired the rights to the property, immediately conjuring images of a remaster or even a sequel. Reviving Kingdoms of Amalur may not be as straightforward as we...
News Free Kingdom Hearts: VR Experience Lets You Relive Series Moments
Sprinkling some magic dust this winter
Kingdom Hearts is snagging a free PlayStation VR experience, which should get you in the mood for the rapidly approaching Kingdom Hearts III. Due out this coming winter, the 10 minute interactive video will allow you to relive iconic moments from the series – all from a brand new virtual reality perspective...
News Death Kindly Stops for Lara in Shadow of The Tomb Raider's Launch Trailer
Nothing is stopping her
Not even the llamas are safe from the apocalypse set in motion. Square Enix published the launch trailer before the game's release this Friday. The 2 minute trailer isn't short of the action and thrills the game will offer players once they get their hands on a copy. With Jonah by her side, Lara Croft is seen overcoming the...
News Check Out the New Teaser for Monkey King: Hero Is Back on PS4
Cold as ice
The PS4 exclusive Monkey King: Hero Is Back is releasing in China next year, with other parts of the world to follow. The colourful action adventure has a brand new trailer, which debuted during Sony's PlayStation LineUp Tour show. We see...
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey Trailer Goes All-In on Player Choice
The choice is yours
We were just wondering when we'd get a new Assassin's Creed Odyssey trailer, and now here we are. This latest video emphasises player choice, something that Ubisoft has really been pushing based on what we know about Odyssey so far. You can choose your character, your style of play, who you romance, which army you side with,...
Sunday9th Sep 2018
News One of Spider-Man PS4's Most Heartfelt Easter Eggs Has Turned Sour
Don't worry, no spoilers ahead
Back in May, Twitter user @topnotch1210, real name Tyler Schultz, tweeted out to Insomniac Games in the hopes that the studio would include a small easter egg for him inside Marvel's Spider-Man that would allow him to propose to his girlfriend. After some back and forth, it was agreed that the words "Madison, will...
Monday10th Sep 2018
News UK Sales Charts: Spider-Man PS4 Is the Fastest Selling Game of the Year
Almost doubles God of War's already impressive launch tally
Marvel’s Spider-Man has thumped Far Cry 5’s record and swung away with the fastest-selling game of the year so far accolade in the UK. The early results for Sony’s behemoth PlayStation 4 exclusive are in, and they paint a pretty picture, as the game almost doubled God of War’s week...
Guide What Time Is Sony PlayStation's TGS 2018 LineUp Tour Livestream?
Tune in for updates on upcoming titles
Sony PlayStation will host an hour-long LineUp Tour livestream this week ahead of the impending Tokyo Game Show, which it promises will feature footage of upcoming PlayStation 4 titles. While it’s likely that a lot of the content will be repurposed from previous events like E3 2018, there’s the possibility...
Sunday9th Sep 2018
Surprisingly not pants
Before we started playing Punch Line we weren’t really sure what to expect. All we’d heard about the game was that if the main protagonist looks at a lady's undies twice then the world would end. Yup, the set-up sounds completely bonkers and we were fully expecting the game to be mostly fan service, with a bunch of cheap...
Saturday8th Sep 2018
Guide Destiny 2: Forsaken - How to Access the Dreaming City
Dreaming of you
The Dreaming City is Destiny 2: Forsaken's brand new end-game area, housing the raid and a variety of other activities for Guardians to accomplish in order to increase their power level. Here's how to access it. How to Access the Dreaming City: Complete the main campaign First things first, you'll need to complete the...
News Spider-Man Has Some Fantastic Accessibility Options on PS4
Spidey for all
Accessibility in games is becoming a bigger and bigger topic of conversation. Over the last few years especially, we've seen a lot more titles incorporate options that make them easier to enjoy. From difficulty options that allow players to just enjoy the story without having to worry too much about combat, to colourblind options and...
News Spider-Man PS4 Toggles Vocal Takes Depending on Hero's Exertion
Every in-game line recorded twice
Crikey oh riley, it’s already common knowledge that Marvel’s Spider-Man is polished to a spandex sheen, but did you know that voice actor Yuri Lowenthal recorded every line of in-game dialogue twice to account for situations where the protagonist may either be idle or exerting himself? It’s true, check out...
News Take a Selfie with Llamas As Seen in Shadow of the Tomb Raider's Latest Trailer
What apocalypse?
It's less than a week away but that doesn't mean Shadow of the Tomb Raider trailers can't continue. Square Enix and Eidos Montreal published a new trailer showcasing the exotic jungles and villages Lara will explore in the latest instalment of this reboot. During this short snippet of the world, we see the numerous...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 236
Go get 'em, Tiger
Look out -- here comes Marvel's Spider-Man. The long-awaited super hero blockbuster from Insomniac Games is finally here, and we imagine a lot of people will be web slinging through NYC and taking down petty thugs this weekend. Thwip! Robert Ramsey, Deputy Editor: The Destiny 2: Forsaken grind is on, but I'm going to be hammering...
Feature Best PS4 Music of August 2018
When it rains it pours
While the music in July had us digging pretty deep to actually find more than one thing to talk about, August provided us with nothing short of an absolute flood. A huge amount of exceptional music accompanied some great - and not so great - games this past month, and we’re going to tell you about them. Dead Cells: First...
Friday7th Sep 2018
News Marvel's Spider-Man Countdown to Launch Stream Reveals First DLC Suit
Plus early prototype footage
While many of us in Europe were sleeping, Sony and Insomniac Games hosted a live stream event last night leading up to the midnight launch of Marvel's Spider-Man. As you can imagine, it featured some gameplay footage and lots of chatter about the game's development, but we also got to see some interesting new tidbits...
News PlayStation Devs Offer Up Some Amazing Artwork to Celebrate Spider-Man PS4
Spidey and friends
Phwoar, right click save image! To celebrate the release of Marvel's Spider-Man, two of Sony's first party studios have crafted some brilliant artwork. The one above is from Horizon: Zero Dawn developer Guerrilla Games, and features Aloy alongside Kratos, Atreus, and Spidey himself. Super cool. God of War developer...
Poll What Do You Think of Destiny 2: Forsaken?
Is there light in the darkness?
Destiny 2: Forsaken has been out for a couple of days now, and we must admit that we've been enjoying it. We've been hot and cold with Destiny 2 for months, its two smaller expansions failing to draw us back in for more than just a few sessions here and there. But right now, Forsaken feels like a turning point...
News FIFA 19 Demo Kicks Off Next Week on PS4
Back of the net
As is yearly tradition, a playable FIFA demo will be added to the PlayStation Store before the latest game is released. The FIFA 19 demo is set to take to the pitch in just under a week from now, on the 13th September. If previous years are anything to go by, it'll offer up a handful of teams picked from Europe's top leagues, and...
News Monster Hunter: World Gets Spooky with Autumn Festival This Month
Get pumpedkin
It's almost time for another seasonal festival in Monster Hunter: World, as Capcom has announced that the Autumn Harvest Festival will kick off later this month, on the 21st September. As with previous seasonal events, this one will boast its own armour set for you to collect, and all past event quests will be made available...
News Reminisce with Recreations of the Spyro Trilogy's Original Cover Art
What's old is new again
Just as Vicarious Visions did with the original artwork from Crash Bandicoot's PSone trilogy, Toys for Bob has recreated Spyro's box art from the first three games, and they look excellent. Take a look at each of them below: But some of the impact is lost unless you can compare them to the originals, right? Well, Reddit...
News Final Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition HD Is Out Now on PS4
Just like that
Oh, so this is just... Happening, is it? The mobile version of Final Fantasy XV -- complete with simplistic graphics, cutesy character models, and an overhauled battle system -- is now available to purchase on PlayStation 4 as Final Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition HD. It's priced at £24.99 in the UK and $29.99 in the...
News Rockstar Teases Details About the Story in Red Dead Redemption 2
Ganging up
Rockstar barely needs to do anything to drum up excitement for its games, and Red Dead Redemption 2 is a perfect example. We know very little about its epic open world Western, particularly when it comes to the game's narrative. We know it's set several years before the first game, and that you play as Arthur Morgan, a member of the...
News Conan O'Brien Is the Latest Celebrity to Pay Death Stranding Studio a Visit
Okay then
Producer, writer, comedian, and somewhat strange guy Conan O'Brien is the latest famous personality to pay a visit to Kojima Productions, the studio where PlayStation 4 exclusive Death Stranding is being made. O'Brien joins a parade of other celebs who have taken the time to check out Hideo Kojima's lair. Remember when...
News Sony Celebrates Launch of Spider-Man PS4 by Binning Bus in Italian Lake
What?
Yes, that's right -- when it comes to Marvel's Spider-Man, Sony's marketing budget stretches to plunging public transport into a lake in Italy. Of course! In a press release to DualShockers, PlayStation's Italian branch informed the site about its latest marketing stunt for the popular PS4 exclusive, and it's a doozy. Darsena Lake is a...
Poll Are You Buying Marvel's Spider-Man?
Swing and a hit
Marvel's Spider-Man is no doubt going to be a huge hit for Sony. There's been hype for it ever since it was originally revealed, and it got a load of very positive reviews from critics earlier in the week. If you didn't already know, the game's out today exclusively on PlayStation 4, but will you be picking it up? As per usual, we...
News Red Dead Redemption 2 Reveals Its Criminal Cast of Characters
The whole gang's here
Rockstar has lifted the lid on the main cast of Red Dead Redemption 2. It's posted cool character portraits complete with quotes for every member of the Van der Linde Gang, headed by the infamous Dutch. There are mostly new faces here, but those of you who played the first Red Dead Redemption will recognise a few of...
News The Walking Dead: The Final Season Physical Edition Releases Before the Last Episode
"Season pass disc"
Considering that every single season has been released in disc form, it would've been a bit weird if the final season didn't have a physical copy to own. However, a post by the publisher's Twitter account confirmed the imminent release of the "season pass disc" of Telltale's The Walking Dead: The Final Season. The...
News Bandai Namco Trademarks Katamari Damacy Reroll
But what is it?
We do miss the bizarre and creative mind of Keita Takahashi, the man behind the wonderful Katamari series and Noby Noby Boy. It's why we're very excited for his latest game, Wattam, which looks equally bonkers. However, the charming little adventure seems to be taking an eternity, leaving PS4's library a little less colourful than it...
News Mega Man 11 Gets a Demo on PS4, Available Now
Defeat Block Man
Demos are few and far between these days, but the resurgent Capcom has seen fit to release one for its upcoming addition to the classic action franchise, Mega Man 11. What's more, the demo is available to download right now on PS4. In this snippet of Mega Man's latest adventure, you'll be able to tackle Block Man's stage, fighting...
News Be Greater by Watching One More Trailer for Marvel's Spider-Man on PS4
Spidey never gives up
PlayStation never ceases to amaze its audience with amazing trailers. Our friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man proves that he is greater despite the beatings he takes in this recent trailer for Marvel's Spider-Man. The CG trailer sees our hero beaten down by various enemies he'll confront in the actual game, only to prove his...
Thursday6th Sep 2018
News Marvel's Spider-Man Looks to Be an Easy Platinum as PS4 Trophy List Emerges
Do whatever a spider can
In case you were wondering what the trophies were going to look like for Marvel's Spider-Man, the list is now readily available online. Many of them are hidden, presumably because they tie into story progression, but otherwise, the list looks like a very attainable and straightforward set of trinkets. There are none that...
News Spider-Man PS4's City that Never Sleeps DLC Is All Set in Manhattan
No new locations
The entirety of Marvel's Spider-Man is set in New York City's central borough, Manhattan. You won't be swinging across to Queens or even Liberty Island during your time in Insomniac's blockbuster adventure. This led some to believe that the game's DLC, The City that Never Sleeps, may venture further afield to let Spidey explore...
News Spider-Man Limited Edition PS4 High Res Photographs are Pure Console Porn
Big and red
Marvel's Spider-Man launches tomorrow exclusively for PlayStation 4 alongside limited edition console bundles. We've known about the bundles for some time, but the PlayStation Blog has gone and released a bunch of high resolution photographs of the Spider-Man PS4 Pro, and boy is it a beauty. Look at that sheen! The DualShock 4...
News PlayStation Now's September Lineup Includes Bloodborne and More
The hunt is on
If September was not already jam-packed with various new titles hitting store shelves soon, this might make you rethink your time management. As per a post on PlayStation Blog, Sony announced that Bloodborne alongside nine other titles have made their way into the PlayStation Now library. Notable titles that will join the once titled...
News Red Dead Redemption 2 Teaser Puts a Bounty on Dutch's Head, Trailer Incoming?
Dead or alive
The infamous Dutch van der Linde is the leader of the outlaw gang that you'll be a part of in Red Dead Redemption 2, and Rockstar's using the rough-looking boss to tease its upcoming open world title. In typical Rockstar fashion, it's just about the tiniest little teaser that you can imagine, but it's already making waves on the web...
Poll Do We Still Need Review Scores?
A 6/10 poll
As noted by our best buddies over at Nintendo Life, numerous mainstream gaming websites have now dropped review scores entirely, either opting for a word-based system or doing away with them completely. Review scores are a topic well worth discussing from time to time, and obviously, it's a very relevant talking point for us here at...
News Tekken 7 PS4 Patch 2.0 Out Now, Introduces Season 2 Gameplay Changes and Balancing
Return of the king
It's a big day for Tekken 7 players, because update 2.0 is finally here. With this patch, Bandai Namco's fighter enters Season 2. The new wall bounce mechanic has been added, alongside expanded easy combos and an assist system. Improvements have also been made to online rankings, and the game's menus have been overhauled. The...
News Virtual Reality Thriller Blind Feels Its Way to PlayStation VR This Month
I see
This is one PSVR title that may be flying under the radar for many, but our very own Graham Banas played through a demo of Blind a couple of years ago, and was left rather impressed. It's essentially a psychological thriller in which you play a character who has lost their vision, and you'll need to rely on temporary visual "echoes" to...
News Hope for a New Kingdoms of Amalur Game Revived as THQNordic Acquires IP
Yes please
Publisher THQNordic has announced that it's acquired the rights to Kingdoms of Amalur, sparking hope in the hearts of those who have been eager for another game in the series -- ourselves included. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning was an action role-playing game that launched on the PlayStation 3. While it wasn't a gigantic hit or anything,...
News Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Trailer Is Our First Real Look at Its Battle Royale Mode
Dropzone
Well here it is, our first real look at Blackout, the brand new battle royale mode in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. The relatively brief trailer gives a decent overview of what you can expect, as players are dumped into a huge map complete with various vehicles that you can take advantage of. It looks like it has potential for total...
News V-Rally 4 Gets Fast and Furious in Latest Trailer
Out now in Europe
If you're after a new rally racing game in your life, V-Rally 4 is looking pretty good in its launch trailer, embedded above. It shows off the various event types you'll find in the game as it goes from traditional rally and Rallycross to Extreme-Khana and more. The staggered launch begins today for those in...
News One Piece: World Seeker Delayed as Open World Title Sails into 2019
Weigh anchor
One Piece: World Seeker has been delayed into 2019. The very promising open world title was due to launch at some point this year, but without a confirmed date, it was looking more and more unlikely. Bandai Namco hasn't given a reason for the delay just yet, but we'll post an update as soon as we hear something. No confirmed release...
News Battlefield V Open Beta Test Is Now Live on PS4
The call of duty
Attention, soldiers! EA has just announced that its open beta test for Battlefield V is now live in all regions. You'll be able to play from today, tackling the new Rotterdam map in Conquest mode, and Arctic Fjord on both Conquest and Grand Operations. No clear ending time or date has been provided, but we're sure it'll continue...
Wednesday5th Sep 2018
News Yet Another Sale Begins on European PS Store
Seriously?
Give us a break, Sony -- between all these perpetual PlayStation Store sales, it's any wonder we have any cash left at all. Even Henry up there is feeling defeated. That's right, another sale has just kicked off on the European Store, boasting savings of up to 60% on games big and small. While this isn't as big as some of the larger...
News There's a Free Marvel's Spider-Man PS4 Theme Up for Grabs Right Now
Suit up
If you're as excited about the imminent release of Marvel's Spider-Man as we are, you may be interested to know about this little freebie Sony is offering. For those with a US PlayStation Network account, a static theme featuring the titular hero is currently available via this website. The background image was illustrated by Marvel artist...
News Marvel's Spider-Man Pre-Load Is Now Live on PS4
The final countdown
If you've pre-ordered Marvel's Spider-Man digitally via the PlayStation Store, good news: you can now download the game on your PS4 ready for its release on 7th September. It's a fairly hefty size at just over 46GB, so it's a good idea to get the download running ahead of time. Normally, the process of pre-loading will begin...
News God of War Director Suggests Sony First Party Devs Get Together for a Video, and Now We Want It
'Dinner with the Directors'
Whenever we see industry types congratulating each other on their successful projects, it's hard not to crack a smile. Bryan Intihar, the creative director of Marvel's Spider-Man, expressed his relief and gratitude in light of the positive response to Insomniac's latest game, and Shuhei Yoshida jokingly asked if he...
The grind begins again
Destiny 2: Forsaken is here, and with it is the new soft Power cap of 500. Power level 500 is the number that you'll be aiming for as you play through Destiny 2's new expansion, but how exactly do you get there? In this guide, we're going to go over what you need to do, while also providing handy tips on how best to gear up...
News Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Beta Reveals Battle Royale Blackout Player Count
Not quite 100
The Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 beta obviously isn't the finished game, but it does give us an idea of how developer Treyarch is planning on approaching the title's battle royale mode, Blackout. According to Game Informer's preview, the beta doesn't quite feature 100 players like various other battle royale games. Currently, the player...
News Japanese Sales Charts: PES 2019 Scores Top Spot as Naruto: Shinobi Striker Bombs
PS4 numbers also drop
The latest Japanese sales charts see a number of new titles make their way into the top 20, with PES 2019: Pro Evolution Soccer sprinting straight to number one on PlayStation 4. Konami's footie sim shifted a respectable 73,300 copies, beating out prior software leader Conan Exiles, which, rather impressively, only...
News New Fallout 76 Video Drops the Bomb on Nuclear Weapons
This'll blow up
The latest in Fallout 76's series of educational cartoons is here, and this time, the focus is on nuclear weapons. It's a typically comical little trailer, but it also highlights an interesting aspect of Bethesda's first online multiplayer title. You'll be able to find parts of a launch code while roaming the sprawling map, and it...
News Technical Analysis of Spider-Man PS4 Rubbishes Downgrade Claims
Putting the outrage to bed
WARNING: Video may contain spoilers for Marvel's Spider-Man. We've all had a good laugh about that whole puddle outrage, with a minority calling out a single comparison that they claim proves Marvel's Spider-Man falls short of what was shown off during previous demonstrations. Insomniac was quick to explain that the...
News Sony to Host Spider-Man PS4 'Countdown to Launch' Live Stream Tomorrow
Gameplay! Giveaways! Behind the scenes!
Want one last look at Marvel's Spider-Man ahead of Friday's launch? Sony and Insomniac Games will be showing off the latest PS4 exclusive tomorrow during its 'Countdown to Launch' live stream. As you can see from the below tweet, the stream will feature live gameplay, along with giveaways and some behind the...
Hands On Destiny 2: Forsaken Is Feeling More and More like a Taken King Turning Point
The Forsaken King?
The original Destiny was in a rough state before The Taken King swooped in and sorted out so many of its problems. The big expansion was the definition of a turning point for Bungie's shooter -- it laid the foundations for a much more enticing experience, and expanded upon the stuff that the game actually got right...
News Free-to-Play Lord of the Rings MMO in Development, Aiming for 'AAA' Quality
One game to rule them all?
There's a brand new Lord of the Rings video game heading our way at some point in the future. The announcement comes from publisher Leyou Technologies, as it confirms that Athlon Games -- a studio under its umbrella -- will partner with Middle-earth Enterprises to create "a new AAA experience". Apparently, it'll...
News Kojima Productions to Hold Death Stranding Presentation at Tokyo Game Show 2018
But what will we see?
We already know that Sony is hosting its own keynote ahead of this year's Tokyo Game Show, though it's unclear precisely what the publisher will be showing off. Kojima Productions has just announced its own presentation later in the month, so whether we'll see Death Stranding at Sony's show as well, we're not sure. Either way,...
Guide Destiny 2: Forsaken - How to Trigger Heroic Public Events in the Tangled Shore
I need a hero
One of the new patrol areas of Destiny 2: Forsaken, the Tangled Shore, introduces two new public events for players to overcome. Completing them is fairly straight forward, but triggering the heroic modifier for them isn't as simple. Here's how to do it. Cryo-Pod: The Cryo-Pod public event is made up of two waves of enemies and a...
News Microtransactions Described as 'An Unfortunate Reality' by NBA 2K19 Producer
Fortunate for some
Today in "holy cow, someone mentioned microtransactions!", NBA 2K19 producer Rob Jones has offered a somewhat frank take on in-game purchases. Speaking to Trusted Reviews, Jones describes microtransactions as "an unfortunate reality of modern gaming". Of course, 2K's NBA series is no stranger to controversial...
News Hardcore Rally Game Dakar 18 Takes PS4 Off-Road Later This Month
Dirty driving
It's possible you missed the announcement of Dakar 18 earlier in the year. This racing title is based on the extreme rally event of the same name, which features drivers of various vehicle types racing for supremacy across a vast and dangerous course. The official game is out on 25th September. Going by the trailer, it looks a little...
News Tekken 7 Trailer Goes Over Everything That's New in Season 2
Costumes, combos, the lot
Tekken 7's got a new trailer that breaks down all the new features of Season 2. Once again, additional characters Lei Wulong and Anna Williams are highlighted, but this time we get to see unique custom costumes. The video also delves just a little deeper into how the new auto combo and assist systems will work. In...
Tuesday4th Sep 2018
Guide Spider-Man PS4 FAQ - Everything You Need to Know
All your questions answered
Marvel's Spider-Man is swinging onto PS4 this September, so we've created this comprehensive FAQ, containing answers to all your burning questions about Insomniac's PS4 exclusive. This is one of 2018's most hotly anticipated titles, but not everything has been made totally clear. Read on for all the information on...
Review Marvel's Spider-Man (PS4)
The (actually) Amazing Spider-Man
There are three reasons why Marvel's Spider-Man feels important. First, it offers a chance at some form of redemption for Sony, after The Amazing Spider-Man movies turned out to be, well, not all that amazing. Second, since Batman: Arkham Knight brought that incredible franchise to a close, we're sorely...
News 19 Years Later, the PS2 Is Officially Done, Dead, Finished as Sony Ends Customer Support
RIP
The PlayStation 2, the best selling console of all time, is officially dead. Obviously, Sony stopped producing the system a long time ago (in 2012, to be precise), but only now, in 2018, has it ended customer support for the platform in Japan. The final, final, final nail in the coffin, if you like. The PS2 originally launched in...
Review Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr (PS4)
Too many cooks in the space kitchen
For a franchise practically overflowing with phenomenal fiction, stand-out characters, and exotic races, it’s utterly bewildering that we get treated to so few gameplay experiences that truly do the Warhammer 40,000 universe any kind of justice. NeocoreGames is the most recent developer to nobly attempt to...
News Tekken 7 Season 2 Patch Notes are Gigantic, Buffs and Nerfs to All Characters, New Moves
Tekken it higher
Good lord, the Tekken 7 Season 2 patch notes are insanely lengthy. Alongside the release of Lei Wulong and Anna Williams as the season's first two DLC characters on the 6th September, an update will roll out which brings a crazy number of gameplay changes to the table. The new wall bounce mechanic will be added to the game,...
News Destiny 2 PS4 Patch 1.24 Out Now Ahead of Forsaken Launch
Here it comes
Destiny 2's final update ahead of Forsaken's launch is available to download now on PlayStation 4. Patch 1.24 is 7.5GB in size, and makes way for the aforementioned expansion, which goes live later today. As you'd imagine, the update paves the way for Forsaken, and obviously, you'll need to get it downloaded before you can have a...
News September 2018's PS Plus Games Are Available to Download Now
It's your destiny
It's the first Tuesday of the month, and you know what that means: it's time to hit download on your new PS Plus games. If you're in Europe, the games are available now, and the North American Store will follow in due course. Septemer's lineup is pretty strong indeed -- Destiny 2 and God of War III Remastered headline this month's...
Out of this world
We all know the difference between day and night on Earth, but do light and darkness cause similar transformations on alien worlds? This is the question driving Planet Alpha, a 2D platformer featuring an unnamed spaceman, stranded on a mysterious planet. To escape, our lost astronaut is going to have to delve deeper into an unknown...
News Dreams Beta Still Coming Later This Year, Says Media Molecule
PAX West panel shows an hour of creation
Media Molecule is taking its sweet time with the highly ambitious upcoming game, Dreams. The developer has been promising PS4 players a beta test for a considerable time, but as we near the tail end of 2018, it's looking less and less likely that we'll get to sample the game's creative tools for ourselves...
News The Witcher Netflix Series Casts Henry Cavill of Superman Fame as Geralt
Geralt of Rivia, witcher
We don't usually cover stuff like this, but this news has raised a few eyebrows here at the Push Square office. As many of you are no doubt already aware, Netflix is making a series based on The Witcher. Regular readers will know that we're huge fans of the games -- particularly The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt -- and we reckon...
Rumour Final Fantasy XV Mobile Version Coming to PS4
Spotted on the store
A game icon for the mobile version of Final Fantasy XV has been spotted on the UK PlayStation Store, suggesting that the game is coming to PlayStation 4 in the near future. It's titled Final Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition HD. Final Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition is a scaled-back version of Final Fantasy XV that...
News Is Obsidian Teasing a Remaster of Alpha Protocol?
Hmm
Remember Alpha Protocol? That modern spy RPG from Obsidian that became a bit of a cult hit? It launched all the way back in 2010 on PS3, and while it failed to impress critics, it garnered a fan following who enjoyed it, warts and all. Jump to yesterday, and the co-founder of Limited Run Games, a firm that prints small quantities of physical...
News Fist of the North Star PS4 Demo Is Out Now in the West
Crack your knuckles
Hop on over to the PlayStation Store in Europe and you should find a playable demo for Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise. It's 8.7GB in size, and based on what we've heard, it's a reasonably lengthy look at the upcoming action title. At the time of writing, the demo isn't available in North America just yet, but it...
News Rainbow Six: Siege Update Operation Grim Sky Launches Today on PS4
Two new characters
The new season in Rainbow Six: Siege is set to begin very soon indeed with the launch of Operation Grim Sky. The update to the popular tactical shooter brings a whole host of new content to the game, including two new characters, an overhauled map, new weapons, and more. The new faces joining the ranks are Maverick, a fast mover...
News New Battlefield V Trailer Gives Us the Lowdown on Single Player, Multiplayer Modes
Details battle royale mode
There doesn't seem to be a huge amount of excitement surrounding Battlefield V, but it's looking pretty strong in this new video. Titled 'This is Battlefield V', the trailer talks us through all the game's various modes, and it looks impressive. We even learn how the game's battle royale mode, named Firestorm, will work...
Guide Destiny 2: Forsaken Launch Times
Releases later today
Destiny 2: Forsaken launches today (the 4th September) on PlayStation 4, but as is usually the case with Destiny, you can't just load up the game and play the expansion as soon as the clock strikes 12. Below, we've listed the launch time for each region. Note that you'll also have to download the game's latest update before you...
News Blasters of the Universe Dev Returns to PSVR with Time Bending Puzzler, Transpose
Wibbly wobbly
There are some genres of games that seem to fit rather well within the confines of virtual reality, and puzzlers is one of them. Moving from a more chaotic shoot 'em up in Blasters of the Universe, developer Secret Location's next project is Transpose, a decidedly more methodical title coming to PSVR later this year. It takes place in...
Monday3rd Sep 2018
News Battlefield V Open Beta Available to Download Now on PS4
Rally the troops
The open beta test for Battlefield V might not be starting for a few days (or tomorrow if you've pre-ordered), but it's available to download and install on your PlayStation 4 right now. EA has given everyone a chance to get the beta ready ahead of its launch, so if you're planning on getting involved, you should set it downloading...
Review Shadows: Awakening (PS4)
Emerging from the shadow of Diablo
PS4 adventuring takes to a dark new dimension with Shadows: Awakening – which might at first look like a Diablo-'em-up copycat, but actually brings a unique new spin to the isometric single-player RPG genre. You step in the wraith robes of a demon summoned from the Shadow Realm – known as a...
News Even Sony's PlayStation Headquarters Isn't Safe from the Spider-Man Hype
Go web go
Sony has been splashing the cash on the marketing for Marvel's Spider-Man, with everything from murals popping up across the world to a fully decked out subway train in New York City. However, this next example may be the best yet in showing the platform holder's confidence in, and dedication to, Insomniac's PS4 exclusive.
News Here's Our First Look at Marvel's Spider-Man DLC, The Heist
Starring Black Cat
We've known that Black Cat would appear in the first DLC pack for Marvel's Spider-Man, entitled The Heist, but up to now, we haven't seen Insomniac's take on the character. Furthering its onslaught of trailers, Sony has just published a new teaser video for the first chapter of The City That Never Sleeps, and though only 30...
News ANTHEM Developer BioWare Pokes Fun at Spider-Man Puddle 'Controversy'
This puddle's got depth
BioWare was at PAX West over the weekend to talk about ANTHEM, and during one of its panels, the developer decided to have a pop at the recent "controversy" over those bloody puddles in Spider-Man. If you don't have a clue what we're talking about, you should definitely give this article a read. While showing off some...
Hands On Dragon Quest XI Is a Really Refreshing Return to Japanese RPG Greatness
Quest for the best
We were ten hours into Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age when we realised something: it's been way too long since we played a proper, old school Japanese role-playing game -- especially on PlayStation 4. Despite being over 30 years old, the Dragon Quest series hasn't changed much at all on a fundamental...
News Nintendo Switch Is Great for Variety in Gaming, Says PlayStation Exec
Isn't that nice?
In a recent interview with Japanese publication Nikkei -- translated by Siliconera -- PlayStation Asia president Hiroyuki Oda talked about the Nintendo Switch, making fanboys bubble up across the globe. When asked about the Big N's hybrid console, Oda said, "it has had an overall positive influence on the entire games...
News The Quiet Man's PS4 Trophy List Makes Its Way Online, Points Towards Imminent Release
No Platinum trophy though
A trophy list for upcoming FMV title The Quiet Man has just popped up on Exophase, which for those in the know, means that a release probably isn't too far off. The game doesn't have a launch date just yet, but this update would points towards a release before the end of 2018. The game is currently playable on the...
Game of the Month The Top 4 PlayStation Games of August 2018
Dragons, cells, sourcerers, and luchadores
Wow, what a good August that was. We've been saying all year that September, October, and November are absolutely nuts when it comes to release schedules, but last month was really strong in its own right. We gave out a number of high scores across a bunch of different genres, which only made voting for our...
News UK Sales Charts: F1 2018 Holds onto Pole Position Ahead of PES 2019
A sporting effort
We're on the precipice of one of the year's busiest months for games, and the UK's weekly physical chart is starting to see some changes. A handful of new releases launched last week, but only a couple made it into the top 10. Most notably, PES 2019 has debuted in second place, while F1 2018 enjoys another week at the top. While...
News All New ANTHEM Trailer Details Different Parts of the Game, Including Character Interaction
Battle buddies
ANTHEM's got a brand new trailer, and it sheds a little more light on what you can expect to do within BioWare's upcoming sci-fi adventure. Alongside missions that take you out into the wider world to shoot stuff, you'll also be building relationships with characters in town. Apparently there'll be choices to make, which can...
News Rayman Punches His Way into Free-to-Play Fighter Brawlhalla
Legend
You may remember that, back in March, Ubisoft bought Blue Mammoth Games, the developer of Brawlhalla. The enjoyable and popular 2D brawler has been under the Ubi umbrella for several months now, but it's all been business as usual for the small team. However, during a live stream at PAX West, Matt Woomer, the head of Blue Mammoth, was visibly...
Sunday2nd Sep 2018
News Devil May Cry 5 Opening Scenes Leaked
Early spoilers are out there
It's not even near its release date and leaked Devil May Cry 5 scenes are already loose on the internet. While the original recording of said scenes has been taken down, this didn't stop speedy users reposting the video around the web. Via Rezoura's YouTube channel, the video showcases some...
News Hellpoint Brings Sci-Fi Souls to PS4 in 2019
You asked for it
It's the mishmash that fans have been clamouring for for years now, and it looks like developer Cradle Games is finally set to deliver on that potential. Hellpoint is a Souls-like that takes place in a sci-fi setting aboard a supposedly deserted space station, and it's due for release on PlayStation 4 in 2019. The experience is set...
News Cervantes and Raphael Leaked for SoulCalibur VI
Arr, we've got a leak
Whoops! Two more SoulCalibur VI characters have been leaked ahead of their official reveal. Mainstay baddie Cervantes and sinister swordsman Raphael were actually playable at a recent event, meaning that someone at Bandai Namco has made a huge mistake. Footage of said fighters has been removed from around the 'net, but you can...
News Cyberpunk 2077 to Have Photo Mode
Capture the moments of tomorrow
Time to polish those photography skills, as not only our friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man will be roaming the streets with a trusty camera. Recently, a fan on Twitter asked the masterminds behind Cyberpunk 2077 whether there will be "chances to see a third person view option, just to make amazing...
Saturday1st Sep 2018
News Sony Won't Allow Fortnite Cross-Play Because It Believes That PS4 Offers the Best Experience
Let the controversy ensue
Oh boy, this quote is sure to rile some people up. Speaking at the IFA Technology show in Germany, Sony chief executive Kenichiro Yoshida was quizzed on the current situation surrounding the lack of cross-console play functionality for the PlayStation 4 version of Fortnite. He said: "On cross-platform,...
News PS Store Flash Sale Discounts Games by 70% Ahead of Labor Day
Cut down to size
There’s a new Flash Sale on the North American PlayStation Store scheduled to run through Labor Day and in parallel with PAX West 2018 this weekend. It includes a bunch of PlayStation 4 games at up to 70 per cent off, including Bloodborne ($6.99), Child of Light ($3.74), and South Park: The Fractured But Whole ($19.79). You can...
News Spider-Man PS4 May Have the Best Photo Mode Ever
Great power, great responsibility
The cherry on the friggin’ top! This latest Marvel’s Spider-Man trailer is the perfect frosting for a well-baked cake, revealing the title’s wildly imaginative Photo Mode. It works similarly to what you’ve already come to expect from the likes of Horizon: Zero Dawn and God of War – except there’s a...
News Hitman 2's Jungle Map Looks More Metal Gear Than Agent 47
Everything you want, honey
Hitman has become known for its urban sandboxes, but IO Interactive’s anticipated sequel will welcome you to the jungle for fun and games. This teaser trailer doesn’t reveal a fat lot about the Colombian backdrop, but it does show off some lush foliage and plenty of hiding places. It’s a different change of pace from...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 235
Web head
There’s just seven days until Marvel’s Spider-Man deploys, so what will you be playing to keep yourself occupied in the meantime? That’s the question we’re presenting in your regularly scheduled WAYP, so let’s get straight into it. Allen Reynolds, Reviewer: This week I’ve found myself doting over Naruto to Boruto Shinobi...
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