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News - October, 2019
Thursday31st Oct 2019
News Outlast Devs Mark Halloween, PS Plus Announcement with Tease
Where freedom ends
Outlast 2 will be free with PlayStation Plus next week, and it looks like the timing isn’t a coincidence. Red Barrels, the developer of the survival horror series, has posted a cryptic tease on Twitter, showing two holding hands and the words, “Where freedom ends.” It added a caption on social media confirming that an...
News Bluepoint Games Tackles PS5 Speculation with Top Trolling
Having a blast
Bluepoint Games is making a “big game” for the PlayStation 5, which we expect to be Demon’s Souls Remake. Of course, nothing’s been confirmed at this stage, and the Texas-based developer is having fun with all of the speculation. In order to celebrate Halloween, it’s composed a tweet which somehow manages to reference at...
News EA Sports Would Bring Back NCAA Football in a Heartbeat
Heisman hopes
There’s been measurable pent-up demand for new NCAA Football titles ever since the series ceased in 2013, but new legislation in California leading to revised rules may finally make it a possibility. EA Sports was forced to end the popular Madden alternative due to legal disputes surrounding player likenesses, but with the new Fair...
News Persona 5 Royal Launch Artwork Is Worthy of Being Your Wallpaper
Red or dead
To celebrate the release of Persona 5 Royal in Japan, Atlus has wheeled out some lovely new artwork. Commemorating the event, Persona character designer and artist Shigenori Soejima has crafted a piece that's worthy of being your desktop wallpaper (feel free to open and save the image above). It features Joker alongside new character...
Rumour Diablo 4 Is Much Darker and Grittier than Diablo 3, Might Be Open World
Nods to Diablo 2
There's a big Diablo 4 leak doing the rounds, and it seems to have a lot of weight to it. Reddit user PracticalBrush12 -- who has leaked accurate information for numerous games in the past -- goes into quite a bit of depth with regards to Blizzard's eagerly anticipated sequel. Apparently, Diablo 4 will return to the darker and...
Soapbox How Has Kojima Productions Managed to Develop Death Stranding in Three Years?
Liam can't quite work it out
In a generation that has had its fair share of huge PlayStation 4 titles, both multi-platform and exclusive, delayed time and time again, Death Stranding feels like an enigma. Developed in the space of three years, Kojima Productions has managed to put out 2019's biggest title probably at least 365 days earlier than...
Random Adorable Beat Saber Halloween Costumes Get a Treat Every Time
Bloc Party
Isn't this just the sweetest? A young 10-year-old girl who goes by the name of Yeva Codes on Twitter has posted her Halloween costume online along with whom we assume are her siblings. They're dressed up as the blocks you need to hit in order to score points in Beat Saber, and it's all a little bit adorable. The Twitter clip above is...
News Watch Dogs Legion and More Will Utilise PS5's 'Extremely Interesting' Features, Says Ubisoft
Cross-gen confirmed for multiple games
You may remember last week's news that Ubisoft has pushed back three of its biggest upcoming games, including Watch Dogs Legion, Rainbow Six: Quarantine, and Gods & Monsters. They're now scheduled for release in the next fiscal year, meaning a launch between April 2020 and March 2021. This puts the games...
Breaking point
Ghost Recon: Breakpoint was met with a lot of criticism when it launched last month, with one of the biggest complaints being that its microtransaction store was ridiculous. The game lets players buy hundreds of different items with real money, making for a marketplace that just seems completely tone-deaf in the current climate...
News You Can Play Battlefield V on PS4 for Free This Weekend
War Stories and multiplayer included in free trial
Battlefield V has been updated today with Chapter 5, introducing the Pacific theatre to the ongoing WW2 shooter. New factions, vehicles, maps, and more have been added with this update, breathing new life into the game. To celebrate, EA is letting everyone jump into the title for free this weekend...
Interview Dying Light 2 Dev Talks Free DLC, Narrative Choices, and PS5
Good night, good luck
With a release window of Spring 2020, Dying Light 2 could be considered a game that's floating a little bit under the radar. It'll launch around the same time as Cyberpunk 2077 and The Last of Us: Part II following its unexpected delay, but that doesn't mean this open-world zombie survival simulator is an undertaking you should...
Random This Fan-Made Uncharted Trailer Reimagines It as a Cheesy Summer Movie
Drake's misfortune
Every now and again you'll see a fan created trailer for their favourite game, and they're often pretty good. For example, check out the below take on Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. Reddit user gunjoesmithy has reimagined Nate's inaugural adventure as an early 2000s action comedy movie, and we'd say they've nailed it. All the...
News Check Out Need for Speed Heat's PS4 Trophies Right Now
I SAID RIGHT NOW
If you have a need for heat, trophies, and speed, we'd highly recommend taking a look at the Need for Speed Heat trophies. The list of trinkets has made its way online, and it seems like a pretty easy-going road to the Platinum. There are one or two pot holes to watch out for, though. A handful of online trophies require you reach...
News The Witcher Netflix Series Gets a Release Date, New Trailer Teases Geralt in the Tub
Wild stunt
You know, Netflix's take on The Witcher isn't looking too bad. The streaming service has revealed that the upcoming series will release on the 20th December, with eight episodes being made available right from the world go. The above trailer's well worth a watch, by the way, and yes, it does feature a scene where Geralt's busy taking a...
News Even Final Fantasy VII Remake Is Getting Spooky on Halloween
Boo
Tying nicely into the fact that it's Halloween today, Square Enix has released a new screenshot from Final Fantasy VII Remake. It features the 'Ghost' enemy that haunts the Train Graveyard in the original game. It's safe to say that these creepy creatures look better than ever in the upcoming remake. Final Fantasy VII has loads of weird...
News RAGE 2's TerrorMania Expansion Is a Cursed Twist on the Wastelands, Out Next Month
Wield a really cool sword
RAGE 2 is back once again with another slice of downloadable content to give those still playing the game something else to do for a handful of hours. Titled TerrorMania, it is pitched as an alternate take on the wastelands that are full of curses and twists. It's out on PlayStation 4 next month on 14th November. Much like...
News Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot's Gotta Power in New Buu Saga Trailer
You make Buu mad
The latest trailer for Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is all about the series' final saga, in which Goku and the gang go up against Buu in his many different forms. The game, which is a blend of open world action role-playing and bombastic brawling, continues to look promising, and we're loving some of the visual effects. Is Dragon Ball Z:...
News Simulacra Is a Horror-Based Mystery Taking Place Entirely on a Mobile Phone
3rd December on PS4
FMV genre masterminds Wales Interactive, who have put out the likes of The Bunker and Late Shift, is back once again with another odd experience that takes advantage of full-motion video. Simulacra is a title which takes place entirely on a woman's mobile phone. The lady, named Anna, has gone missing but you've managed to...
News Hideo Kojima to Give Death Stranding Insight at EGX Berlin This Weekend
Taking a Strand
Hideo Kojima’s work on Death Stranding is complete, and now the auteur is partaking in a World Strand Tour to commemorate the release of the PlayStation 4 console exclusive. One of his stops will be at EGX Berlin this weekend, where he’ll sit down for an hour with Golden Globe winning film director Fatih Akin to talk shop. The...
Wednesday30th Oct 2019
News EA Gives Mass Effect Fans Hope with Confirmation of 'Exciting Remasters' Coming Soon
Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster, is that you?
Praise the lord: EA just gave hope to every Mass Effect fan currently in hibernation. The publisher plans on releasing some "exciting remasters of fan favourites" in the coming year, and that means just one thing to us. Our hopes and dreams of a Mass Effect Trilogy remaster are alive and kicking. In its...
Review Nioh - Team Ninja's Take on Dark Souls Is a Striking Alternative
Prepare to daikatana
Republished on Wednesday 30th October 2019: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of October's PlayStation Plus lineup. The original text follows. Stop us if you think you've heard this one before. You wake up in prison in your underwear, immediately breaking out and making your way...
Review Outlast II - A Harrowing Sequel That's Desperate to Shock
Trial and terror
Republished on Wednesday 30th October 2019: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of October's PlayStation Plus lineup. The original text follows. If the original Outlast is considered a somewhat crude exploration of mental health and the challenges that society faces in understanding it, then...
News PS5's Price Considering Market Penetration and Acceptability
Still consider saving
Sony’s not saying how much the PlayStation 5 will cost just yet, but it doesn’t sound like the system will carry an extortionate price tag. Speaking to investors as part of a financial briefing earlier today, the organisation explained that it’s focusing on market penetration and market acceptability with its next-gen...
News PS4 Is Now the Second Best Selling Home Console Ever
Now only behind PS2
It wasn't too long ago that the PlayStation 4 became the fastest console to reach 100 million units sold, already pushing the machine into the all-timers list. However, new information has just surfaced from Sony, shedding new light on the sales performance of the current gen box. The platform holder's latest financial report...
News Sony Is Looking to Make Even More Studio Acquisitions Ahead of PS5
Insomniac was just the start
Studio acquisitions are all the rage nowadays. Microsoft can't put on a conference without announcing a handful, and Sony got in on the act a few months back when it revealed that it had purchased Marvel's Spider-Man developer Insomniac Games. It looks like that's just the beginning for the PlayStation brand, however, as...
Soapbox Sony's Made Four of the Five Best-Selling Home Consoles of All Time, And That's Insane
Sammy's staggered by PlayStation's statistics
There’s life left in the PlayStation 4, but it’s already outpaced the PSone’s eye-watering 102.49 million units install base and established itself as the second best-selling home console ever made. It’s got some work to do before it catches the PlayStation 2’s mind-blowing 155 million units,...
News Death Stranding Star Norman Reedus Likes That Silent Hills Was Cancelled
Hideo Kojima won his heart over
It's protocol here at Push Square Towers to pour one out whenever Silent Hills is mentioned. Come on, let's raise a toast. The cancelled survival horror project was something we were looking forward to, but Death Stranding has thankfully picked up the pieces to a degree. The two titles do share some connections,...
News PS5 Devkits Are Being Handed Out to More and More Developers
Techland gets them
The PlayStation 5 devkit is probably the hottest piece of hardware within the video game industry right now as developers start to put together plans for the next generation. We assume that every member of PlayStation's Worldwide Studios is working towards a PS5 title now as the PlayStation 4 is left behind, but it looks like...
News Here's One More Reason to Play Nioh on PS Plus
Save data has a cool use
Nioh was a really great twist on the Souls formula back when it released in early 2017, and it looks like the sequel is set to replicate that in a few months time in March 2020. If you haven't played that original experience, however, it's going to be available on PS Plus as part of the november line-up. A worthy download...
News Sony: PS5 Game Lineup Will 'Satisfy Fans', Console Set to Be a Success
Naturally
Breaking news: Sony thinks its next console will be a success. Speaking during the company's latest financial briefing, recently appointed CFO Hiroki Totoki commented on the PlayStation 5. Naturally, the firm's expecting the next-gen system to be a hit once it launches late next year. Totoki's juicier comment is about the PS5's software...
Random PlayStation Fans at Paris Games Week Haven't a Clue Who Gravity Rush's Kat Is
Kat's got the cream
Consumer conventions are laced with awkward moments, but the quiz that Sony hosted as part of its Paris Games Week booth sounds like a real humdinger. Attendees were invited on-stage to participate in a quiz, with one of the topics being to name famous PlayStation faces. Sadly, according to red-faced onlookers, no one had a clue...
News PlayStation Sees Revenues Slip as Sony Paints a Steady Picture Overall
Summer slump
While the PlayStation 4 may have secured its status as the second best-selling home system ever made, Sony’s gaming division is starting to see slides as its current-gen console gets a little long in the tooth. The business saw revenues decrease 17 per cent year-over-year in the three month period ending 30th September, with operating...
News PS Plus Has an All-Time High Number of Active Subscribers
Printing money
Sony’s making ungodly sums of money from its subscription services, with PlayStation Now even getting in on the action since its recent price drop. PlayStation Plus continues to be its real bread-winner, though, and as part of its latest financial report it confirmed that active subscriptions are currently at an all-time high: 36.9...
News Marvel's Avengers Trailer Finally Shows Us What the Game Is About with Loot and Gearscores
There it is
Square Enix has released a brand new trailer for Marvel's Avengers, and it gives us a much better idea of what the game's all about. As has been hinted numerous times since the game's confusing reveal back at E3, this is basically going to be Destiny with superheroes. You take your favourite Avenger out on missions launched through a...
News Don't Expect Dragon Age 4 to Release Until at Least April 2022
We'll be waiting a while
EA has provided an update on the development of Dragon Age 4, and it's not good news for anyone who was hoping to play BioWare's next big RPG any time soon. Of course, it's going to be a PlayStation 5 game, but it's not set to release for a good couple of years. During its latest earnings call, EA stated that while the next...
News Death Stranding Launch Trailer Is Here, and It's an Absolute Must See
Mini masterpiece
Wow. We were expecting another mind-boggling Death Stranding trailer, but Kojima Productions has blown us away with this 8-minute video. The launch trailer is here, and it's probably the best promo yet for a game that already has a lot of excellent contenders. We'll let you watch it and make your own minds up, but this has us...
News Persona 5 Royal Is Out Now In Japan, Expect Loads of New Details Soon
The Phantom Thieves are back
Persona 5 Royal is now available in Japan as per its 31st October release date. This means that over the next few weeks, the internet's going to be flooded with new information about the game, and you're probably going to want to watch out for spoilers as well. Of course, Persona 5 Royal doesn't launch here in the West...
News EA Access Uptake Was Faster on PS4 Than Xbox One
Now over five million subscribers
It looks like PlayStation 4 owners are comfortable subscribing to different services: PlayStation Plus has attracted record members, PlayStation Now has grown significantly since its price drop, and now EA has confirmed that EA Access has increased from 3.5 million to 5 million users since launching on the Sony
News Dying Light 2 Rewards You for 'Being Part of the Community', Free and Paid DLC Planned
"A lot of additional drops"
The original Dying Light, released in January 2015, was famed for its commitment to supporting the experience long past the usual lifespan with free downloadable content and a single paid add-on in the form of The Following. Incredibly, that support is still going on today, despite the fact that its sequel is roughly six...
News Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Becomes the Best Selling Game of 2019 with Record Breaking Launch
Another day at the office
It was perhaps to be expected, but however you feel about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, it's already been a huge success for Activision. According to the publisher's recent press release, the reboot has become the year's best selling game already, making over $600 million in its first three days. It's the biggest Call of...
News PlayStation Now Pushes Past 1 Million Subscribers
Sony's service is on the up
Sony's seen a sizeable boost in PlayStation Now subscribers since it overhauled the service last year, allowing for downloads of PlayStation 4 games. Back in May, the company revealed that PS Now had hit 700,000 users, and now, it's smashed through 1 million subs. It's not a huge number when you take total PS4 sales into...
News Death Stranding Development Sounds Like the Weirdest Thing
"What are you talking about?"
From the looks of things, Death Stranding is a bit of an odd game. With a Bridge Baby strapped to his chest, The Walking Dead star Norman Reedus must reconnect an America in ruins. It's a weird premise indeed, and it sounds like development of the title was just as bizarre. Speaking with Hollywood Reporter, Reedus...
News Marvel's Avengers Splits Its Campaign Between Hero and Warzone Missions
Single player and co-op options
In case you don't already know, Marvel's Avengers is basically going to be Crystal Dynamics' superhero take on Destiny. It's a loot-based Game as a Service in every way, and its latest trailer only served to back that up further. Gear scores are aplenty and cosmetic skins are all over the place, but at least the...
News Red Dead Online's Halloween Mode Sounds Like a Nightmare
But not an Undead Nightmare
Running from now until the 12th November, Red Dead Online's new Fear of the Dark multiplayer mode sounds like an interesting take on its often intense player versus player encounters. It pits a team of 'Night Stalkers' against a team of hunters, but the twist is that the Night Stalkers are "supernaturally fast, tough, and...
News GT Sport's Free October Update Adds Spa, Four More Cars
So near, so Spa
Gran Turismo Sport is the gift that keeps giving – assuming you don’t have bandwidth caps, that is. Polyphony Digital’s back with a brand new patch, which adds the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps to the title’s roster of race tracks. As with previous updates, v1.47 will be completely free to download, so you’ll get all of the...
Guide What Time Does the Death Stranding Launch Trailer Go Live?
When and where can you watch the Death Stranding launch trailer?
When will the Death Stranding launch trailer go live? Kojima Productions has crafted one final trailer for its hotly anticipated title, and if the other videos are anything to go by, it's sure to be a spectacle. It's getting quite the build-up too, with a full-on countdown timer and...
Random Take an Axe to Your Halloween Pumpkins with These God of War PS4 Stencils
The fear of god
If you're wondering what design to carve into your jack-o-lantern this Halloween, Sony's Santa Monica Studio has a few suggestions. The fruit-slicing tradition has become something of an art form in recent years, and it's pretty common to see some mightily impressive video game inspired pumpkins popping up on social media. Now with...
News Antigraviator Is Another WipEout Wannabe on PS4
Out now
Isn't it strange how anti-gravity racing games like WipEout disappeared for a while, and now there are more than ever? WipEout Omega Collection saw the triumphant return of one of PlayStation's longest-running franchises on PS4, but in the years before and since, several indie titles have taken a pop at this unusual sub-genre of racers...
News Nioh 2 Skewers a March 2020 Release Date on PS4
Early 2020 is crazy
After its "early 2020" release window was outed last month, we've been waiting on an official date for Nioh 2 -- and now we've got one. The sequel to 2017's really rather good action role-playing game will launch on the 13th March 2020, placing it just ten days away from the inevitable juggernaut that is Final Fantasy VII Remake...
News Nioh 2 PS4 Open Beta Gives You a Slice of the Action in November
Blade test runner
Koei Tecmo has gone Nioh crazy today. Not only is the first game coming to PlayStation Plus next month, its sequel now has a firm release date. Nioh 2 is a few months away, but fret not -- you'll be able to try it out for yourself much sooner than that. An open beta has also been announced, and it's right around the corner. As...
News Apex Legends Duos Playlist Makes Battle Royale Victory Even Harder Next Month
Limited time event
Respawn Entertainment's Apex Legends might not be quite as on top of the world as it once was when it briefly overtook Fortnite in popularity earlier this year, but it has been trucking along nicely with a third season of content for the past few weeks. That's about to get even better next month with a limited time Duos playlist...
Tuesday29th Oct 2019
Talking Point What Free November 2019 PS Plus Games Are You Hoping For?
When will November 2019's PS Plus lineup be revealed?
What’s the November 2019 PlayStation Plus lineup? And when will the November 2019 PS Plus lineup be announced? October 2019 was an admittedly killer month for Sony's subscription service, as it dropped two first-party titles in the form of The Last of Us: Remastered and MLB The Show 19. While...
Deal PS Plus 12-Month Membership Is Half Price for Non-Members in Certain Countries
New recruits
There's a cracking deal on PlayStation Plus currently doing the rounds, but it's for quite a specific group of people. You can get a year's subscription to PS Plus for half price -- if you live in the UK or Germany, and don't already have an active membership. Posted on gaming forum
News PS4 Procures an Upgraded Officially Licensed Pro Controller
Get the edge
Sony’s been reluctant to manufacture its own response to the excellent Xbox Elite controller, but fortunately French manufacturer Nacon has stepped up to the task. Having released a handful of officially licensed PlayStation 4 controllers to date, the organisation has followed up this week with its
News Uncharted 5 Could Be in Development, and Nathan Drake Voice Actor Wants In
"Ready to break out my climbing gear!"
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End wrapped up the adventures of Nathan Drake nicely when it launched on PlayStation 4 back in 2016, but that doesn't mean it's the end of the franchise entirely. A secret San Diego studio could be continuing the series with a fifth entry, and if that's the case, Nathan Drake voice actor...
News Japan Has Another Amazing Persona 5 Royal PS4 Theme
Unmasked
Japan sure gets a lot of cool stuff doesn't it? Just a couple of weeks back, Atlus revealed an exclusive pre-order PlayStation 4 theme for Persona 5 Royal, and we wrote about how incredible it looks. Seriously, it's got to be one of the best looking dynamic themes on Sony's system. And now, Atlus is showing off another Persona 5 Royal...
Review Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King - A Comprehensive Nostalgia Trip
The king has returned
Nostalgia is a powerful drug, especially a double whammy of childhood movies and games. Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King is exactly as advertised -- the beloved 16-bit platformers bundled together. Only it's more than that; Capcom's Aladdin for SNES aside, this is about as comprehensive a package as you could...
Review Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - A Great Campaign Rescues an Otherwise Safe Reimagining
Reboots on the ground
True to its name, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare retreads familiar territory, and in more ways than one. Not to be confused with the remaster of Call of Duty 4, this is a full blown reboot that ironically shakes up the formula by going back to where the franchise's fortunes truly started. However, while some old ideas are revived...
Review Close to the Sun - A Tribute Act That Struggles to Land
Current affairs
To say that Close to the Sun heavily evokes BioShock in its opening chapters is a massive understatement. Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: Arriving at a seabound utopia - established as a place where the great minds of the time can flex without being restrained by their governments - you find it in total disarray, with a...
News Hideo Kojima Wants to Make a PSVR Game, But He's 'Not Free Enough' at the Moment
PT-like on PSVR, please
It must be all hands on deck over at Kojima Productions to get Death Stranding out the door in one piece ahead of its 8th November launch, but studio head Hideo Kojima is already looking to the future. The Metal Gear Solid creator seems to be very interested in developing for virtual reality, PlayStation VR in particular. In...
Review Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD - Monkey's Paw Paradox At Play in Port of Poor Game
Monkey balls
There’s a bit of a monkey’s paw paradox to Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD: SEGA’s vibrant Marble Madness-esque roll-‘em-up has finally made its long-awaited PlayStation 4 debut, but not even apes would have picked this wretched ex-Nintendo Wii exclusive as the version to port. Maligned at launch for its miserable motion...
Soapbox Why You Won't Be Playing All PlayStation Exclusives on PC
Sammy explains why exclusives still matter to Sony
The announcement of Death Stranding for the PC has sent shockwaves through select hardcore communities, despite the title technically being confirmed for computers back when Hideo Kojima signed his contract with Sony. It is, I suppose, an odd situation: this is a game trademarked by the Japanese...
News Death Stranding Launch Trailer Goes All Out with Countdown Clock and Livestream
Tomorrow is in your hands
You know it's a big deal when there's a countdown clock and livestream involved. Death Stranding's launch trailer will be revealed to the world at Paris Games Week tomorrow, but it looks set to be an even bigger deal than we first thought. Kojima Productions' Twi
News Alien: Derelict Is One of Dreams' Most Impressive Creations Yet
Where's the sequel?
Alien: Isolation deserved a sequel. The 2014 title is still one of the PlayStation 4's very best survival horror experiences, but developer Creative Assembly has since moved onto other projects instead of creating a follow-up. That's a little bit heartbreaking, but Alien: Derelict is on hand to pick up the pieces. This new...
News World War Z PS4 Update Adds Two More Free Missions and Halloween Surprise
There's also a flamethrower
World War Z might be one of the best supported PlayStation 4 games of 2019. Ever since it launched to decent reviews back in February, developer Saber Interactive has updated the game constantly for free with new maps, missions, weapons, and modes. It's an impressive list of additions, and it's about to get that little...
News Sony to Focus on Core Gaming Business and Close PS Vue
Turned off
There were rumours earlier this week that Sony was looking to offload television streaming service PlayStation Vue, but it seems the company couldn’t find a buyer, as it’s preparing to sunset the project on 30th January next year. According to Deputy President John Kodera, the organisation has “decided to remain focused on our core...
News Resident Evil 2 Voice Actress Wants Remakes of Code Veronica X and Dino Crisis
"I'd love to do it"
Every man, woman, and their dog seems to be piping up about what remakes they'd like to see Capcom do next. Following the success of Resident Evil 2 and Onimusha: Warlords, the Japanese publisher has gone on record stating that it plans on bringing back some long lost IPs, and here's another for the list. Claire Redfield voice...
News Yakuza: Like a Dragon's Japanese Box Art Is a Beauty
The gang's all here
SEGA has revealed the Japanese box art for Yakuza 7, or Yakuza: Like a Dragon, as it'll be titled here in the West. In typical series fashion, the cover features a bunch of prominent characters all looking suitably serious. The vibrant reds really set this one off, though. It's yet another reminder that Japan gets some...
News EA Planning for PS5 As It Cans NBA Live 20
Zero points
Update: EA's explained that it was planning an "innovative new direction" for NBA Live 20 that would provide "new ways for players to engage, connect, and create through basketball". However, since learning more about the PS5, it's decided to postpone its plans. More details will be announced next year, as it plans to emphasise "social...
News Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Launch Trailer Is Impressive
Most impressive
It's almost Star Wars season. In addition to the Mandalorian TV series and The Rise of Skywalker hitting cinemas in December, Respawn Entertainment has produced a rather promising action adventure game. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is a couple of weeks away, but a launch trailer has just arrived to get us all in the mood. It's a...
News 25 Minutes of Blacksad: Under the Skin Gameplay Looks a Bit Rough
Meow
We've been quietly looking forward to Blacksad: Under the Skin since we got some hands on time with the detective thriller a few months ago, but just a week before its PlayStation 4 release, this latest slice of gameplay has given us pause. 25 minutes of footage gives us a great look at what to expect come 5th Nov
News Hideo Kojima Will Deliver the Death Stranding Launch Trailer Tomorrow at Paris Games Week
Tomorrow it'll be in your hands
Are you ready for one last trailer for Death Stranding before release? Hideo Kojima has been busy cutting together the launch trailer for his mad PlayStation 4 game, and it seems he's ready to show it off. Taking to Twitter once again, the designer has announced the video will debut tomorrow, 30th October, on the...
News Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot Has the Famous Farmer with Shotgun Scene
A power level of only 5
Hide your family, lock down the doors, and pray for your life, because Farmer with Shotgun is out for blood in Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot. That's right, one of Dragon Ball Z's most infamous characters appears in the upcoming action RPG, squaring off against Raditz right at the beginning of the Saiyan Saga. With a pitiful power...
News Respawn 'Won't Forget' About Titanfall, Focused on Apex Legends for 2020
Titanfall 3 questions asked
Remember when Respawn Entertainment CEO Vince Zampella said that a new Titanfall game was planned for launch at some point in 2019? Yeah, what on earth happened to that? It's completely missing in action, making Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order the studio's only title launching this holiday period. Obviously, we can't expect...
News Yakuza 4 Remastered PS4 Launch Trailer Is the Coolest Thing You'll See Today
Four nasty, bad men
Isn't Yakuza just the best? The franchise's fourth iteration hits PlayStation 4 today with Yakuza 4 Remastered, and its launch trailer is the coolest, flashiest thing you'll see during the next 24 hours. Check it out above if you know what's good for you. The 60 seconds of footage brings together a variety of cutscenes from the...
News EA Will Double Down on Live Services in Core Franchises
Card collecting
Are you a big fan of Ultimate Team? You better be, because EA has said that it’s “doubling down on live services combined with our core franchises”. This is on the back of increased FIFA Ultimate Team and Madden Ultimate Team engagement, as well as the long-tail success of Apex Legends and The Sims 4. “We’re investing in...
News The Surge 2 Story DLC Arrives January 2020, Adds New Weapons and Gear Sets
Priced at £15.99/$19.99
The Surge 2 launched just over a month ago, and it already seems to have been all but forgotten about. It wasn't a bad game, but it did nowhere near enough to really differentiate itself from the Souls-like pack. It has the chance to change that, however, as the title is set to receive a story-based DLC in January 2020...
Monday28th Oct 2019
Poll Should Sony Follow Xbox and Offer a PS5 Upgrade Option?
Stepping up
Current-gen console sales are slowing, as evidenced by the latest batch of NPD reports in the United States. This is entirely natural, of course: Sony’s already said that the PlayStation 5 is coming next holiday, so there’ll be a sizeable percentage of potential buyers waiting for the new hardware to drop. Microsoft, however, has an...
The Phantom Thieves strike again
If you were expecting Persona 5 Royal to be even longer than Persona 5 -- which is already an incredibly lengthy game sitting at around 80 to 100 hours -- then you may be happy (or unhappy) to know that Atlus has spoken out on the subject. According to the developer, Persona 5 Royal will be about as long as the...
News Xbox Game Pass Boosts PS4's Share of The Outer Worlds' Sales in the UK
The Fallout
An eye-watering 78 per cent of The Outer Worlds’ physical copies were sold on the PlayStation 4 in the UK, perhaps demonstrating Xbox Games Pass’ impact on retail releases. Despite being published by Take Two subsidiary Private Division, developer Obsidian is now owned by Microsoft, so its day-and-date inclusion as part of the...
Random Sony Trademarks PlayStation 10 in Japan
And others
Sony may be preparing for the release of the PlayStation 5 in Holiday 2020, but that’s not stopped it from thinking about the future. Over in Japan, the manufacturer has filed trademarks for the PS6, PS7, PS8, PS9, and PS10. This is obviously just security, but it’s still rather amusing to see; realistically, we wouldn’t expect a...
Talking Point Does Death Stranding's Non-Exclusivity Matter?
Blowing off Steam
The greatest will-they-won’t-they saga in gaming finally has a conclusion: Death Stranding will release on the PC next year. The game had been announced for computers right at the very beginning of Hideo Kojima’s relationship with Sony, but when the auteur opted to employ Guerrilla Games’ proprietary Decima Engine technology,...
News MediEvil's PS4 Remake Proves There's Life in Sir Dan Yet
Remake starts strong in UK sales charts
Contrary to Concrete Genie’s desperately disappointing retail debut, Sony’s likeable MediEvil remake appears to have got off to a strong start in the UK sales charts. Skeletal soldier Sir Dan was able to hang with goliath new arrivals
News SpongeBob PS4 Screenshots Show Off Candy Coloured Remake of Battle for Bikini Bottom
Pretty patties
SpongeBob's video game career has been somewhat rocky, but fans won't hear a bad word said against Battle for Bikini Bottom on PlayStation 2. The platformer is making a return with the Rehydrated remake on PS4, and it's looking like a bright-eyed reinterpretation of the fan favourite. The most notable thing about this new take on...
Numerous patches planned
As you may have already heard, Ghost Recon: Breakpoint hasn't been the smash hit that Ubisoft wanted it to be. Last week, the publisher went on record saying that initial reception and sales have been disappointing, but it also said that it was committed to improving the game over time. Today, the team behind Breakpoint has...
News Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Patch 1.05 Is Available Now on PS4
Modern gaming
A new game update for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is ready for download on PlayStation 4. Patch 1.05 has arrived, although exactly what it does is a bit of a mystery. Modern Warfare's latest PS4 update is about 2.4GB in size, which lines up with previous patches, but it's likely the patch notes will be rather uninformative. All...
News Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Outperforms Black Ops 4's Debut in the UK, Sells Best on PS4
Captain Price is right
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare outperformed its predecessor Black Ops 4’s retail debut in the UK, shifting 39 per cent more boxed copies during launch week. It could not match Call of Duty: WWII’s opening, but according to Games Industry.biz, sales are a lot closer with digital included. Activision, unquestionably, will...
News Death Stranding ARG Rewards Japanese PSN Users with Free Avatars
Come get some
Death Stranding is almost upon us, which means it's time to deck your PSN profile out in Hideo Kojima related avatars and themes. Better yet, you can get your hands on three free PlayStation Network avatars right now as part of an ARG being run by the game. While it is exclusive to Japanese users, a website called the Social Strand...
News Death Stranding Will Come to PC In 2020, Kojima Productions Confirms
Connections
Death Stranding will be a PlayStation 4 exclusive when it launches on the 8th November 2019, but it won't be tied to Sony's console forever. Developer Kojima Productions has confirmed that the mysterious open world title will launch on PC in the "early summer" of 2020. It'll be published by 505 Games. The news doesn't come as a huge...
News Watch the Need for Speed Heat PS4 Launch Trailer Right Now
I SAID RIGHT NOW
No, we will never forgive Need for Speed Heat's reveal trailer for the "I said right now" line. To be honest, we're looking forward to having it screamed at us in-game. Fortunately, the release date is right around the corner; in less than two weeks, we'll all be hitting the streets in the latest entry in this long-running...
News Painterly Endless Runner EarthNight Finally Out on PS4 in December
No sign of Vita version
Cast your minds back to E3 2015 -- that was the last time we saw EarthNight on PlayStation. We've embedded the trailer from four years ago to give you a refresher, but it seems the PS Vita version has been lost along the way. Still, the PS4 release is very much alive, and it'll be soaring onto the platform on 3rd December...
Sunday27th Oct 2019
News Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Has a Gruesome Easter Egg for Sadists
Spoilers, obviously
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare attempts to paint a harrowing picture of the realities of war, which means there are a fair few disturbing moments in the campaign. One segment – featuring a raid on a house in Camden Town – sees you skulking up stairs, sneaking in the shadows, and hopefully holding your fire. In one room,...
Rumour Overwatch 2 Targeting Play of the Game As Underfire Blizzard Brace for BlizzCon
Lord have Mercy
Blizzard will be hoping that the announcement of Overwatch 2 will ease tensions at convention BlizzCon later this week, after the company recently came under intense scrutiny for suspending a professional Hearthstone player who spoke out in support of Hong Kong. According to ESPN, the next iteration of the organisation’s...
News Tekken 7 Is Finally Getting In-Game Frame Data Alongside Additional Training Modes
Plus Harada customisation items
Despite its undeniable popularity as a fighting game, Tekken 7 has never provided players with much in the way of a tutorial or any in-depth training modes. In particular, a lot of people have been asking for in-game frame data since launch, but the development team -- more specifically, Tekken godfather Katsuhiro...
Saturday26th Oct 2019
Soapbox The Outer Worlds Highlights Just How Far Fallout Has Fallen
What could have been
This week, The Outer Worlds was released. Obsidian's sci-fi role-playing game may not push the genre forward in any radical way, but it is an excellent example of what's possible when player choice is promoted above all else. I'm busy playing through The Outer Worlds for the third time in about as many weeks, and I'm still...
News Sony Promotes Death Stranding with High-Five World Record Attempt
Give me some skin
Hideo Kojima has reiterated on multiple occasions that Death Stranding is all about bringing people together, and in order to promote the title in Saudi Arabia today, PlayStation attempted a Guinness World Record at the Color Run in Riyadh. The task: to register as many consecutive high-fives as possible. It’s all part of a...
News WWE 2K20 Developer Promises Patch After Disastrous Launch
But you'll have to wait for it
WWE 2K20 frankly should have been cancelled; the game is an absolute embarrassment on every single level, from its ancient visuals to its shameful bugs. This isn’t just slightly broken – it’s a mess, and 2K Sports should feel ashamed taking money from fans after releasing such an abomination. Sure, we can all...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 295
Modern warfare
After a couple of weeks off, your humble host is back to post the latest WAYP. That means that it’s a desperately short edition, because apparently no one cares to respond to Sammy’s requests. The good news is that the comments are always action packed in these articles, so you’re going to have to pick up the slack in the space...
Friday25th Oct 2019
Guide The Outer Worlds Character Builds - Attributes, Skills, and Perks for Every Style of Play
Best skills and perks to pick in The Outer Worlds
Creating a character in The Outer Worlds can be a daunting process. Right at the beginning of the game, you have to think about base attributes and skills, and once you're off on your adventure, levelling up and bringing peace (or chaos) to Halcyon, you've got to start thinking about perks. There are...
Guide How Long Is The Outer Worlds?
How long does it take to beat The Outer Worlds?
How long is The Outer Worlds? How long does it take to complete The Outer Worlds? Those of you who don't have hundreds of hours to spare will be happy to hear that The Outer Worlds is not an especially lengthy game, but it's still going to take you a good chunk of time to fully complete. How long is...
News Cyberpunk 2077's Incredibly Cool Jacket Is Now Available for Pre-Order
Wake up samurai
Cyberpunk 2077's real-world jacket, which has been seen worn by CD Projekt Red employees and handed out at industry events, is a piece of merchandise we've wanted to get our hands on for a very, very long time. It's a beautiful piece of clothing, and now we can finally purchase our very own. The jacket is now available for pre-order...
Dive Harder
You've gotta give credit to Helldivers developer Arrowhead Studios. The co-op shooter launched all the way back in March 2015 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PS Vita. And now, almost five whole years after its release, it's received a substantial update titled Dive Harder. We love it. "Helldivers: Dive Harder includes a completely...
Rumour Could Horizon: Zero Dawn Point Its Bow at PSVR?
Aloy's Crossbow Training
Wild rumour: London Studio is following up its success on PlayStation VR exclusive Blood & Truth with a virtual reality adaptation of Horizon: Zero Dawn. That’s according to Twitter pundit Callum Hurley, who’s worked in-and-around the VR scene for several years, having previously held roles at Oculus among others...
Review Return of the Obra Dinn - Methodical Maritime Mystery Masterpiece
Worse things happen at sea
Return of the Obra Dinn is the most engrossing puzzler on PlayStation 4 since The Witness. Putting you in the shoes of an investigator, you're sent aboard the titular ship, which has reappeared after being assumed lost five years earlier. Your job is to explore every part of the vessel in order to work out the identity and...
News Sony Grants Refunds to Some WWE 2K20 Buyers on PS4
Then, now, but not forever
We think it's fair to say that WWE 2K20 has been a complete and utter disaster of a launch. After the game released in the worst state we've seen in quite some time, those unlucky few who purchased a copy set up the #FixWWE2K20 Twitter hashtag to draw attention to just how completely broken the title i
Poll Do You Still Want Ghost of Tsushima to Release on PS4?
A feudal feud
Ghost of Tsushima is the last major PlayStation 4 exclusive on the horizon – or is it? We’ve been speculating for some time that we believe the feudal affair may make the switch to the PlayStation 5, but the title was recently reconfirmed for Sony’s current-gen console in a PlayStation Blog post by CEO Jim Ryan. Here’s what we...
News Latest EU PlayStation Store Weekend Sale Discounts Anime, F1, and EA Titles
Kingdom Hearts slashed in price
The European PlayStation Store weekend offer is back over the next couple of days, offering reasonable discounts on a number of different games. Lasting through until 23:59 on Monday 28th October, you'll be able to get anime titles, F1 2019, and a handful of EA games at a cheaper price. Codemasters must really want...
Round Up Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reviews Suggest a Direct Hit
The Price is right
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is out today on PlayStation 4, and as you might expect, the first batch of reviews have come online. While it seems many outlets are holding off to get time with the multiplayer, that hasn't stopped a handful of sites from throwing out some scores. Fortunately, they generally seem to be very positive...
Hands On Planting Our Bare Knuckles on Streets of Rage 4
Axel prose
Discard the dizzying politics, and we’re truly living in the greatest timeline. Let this sink in for a minute: Shenmue III, Windjammers 2, and Streets of Rage 4 – we, as a species, simply don’t deserve such riches. But feast on them we shall – gluttony is one of the seven deadly sins, but we’re hungry for these retro revivals,...
News Sony Eager to Flog PS Vue As It Plots Exit from TV Streaming Business
A Vue to a kill
PlayStation Vue’s on the market, and Sony’s purportedly already been in contact with one potential buyer. According to a report by The Information, the organisation has been in contact with sports-focusing streaming platform FuboTV about the possibility of selling the service, which would include its 500,000-strong subscriber...
Soapbox Doctor Strange x Remedy Is Surely a Match Made in Heaven
Liam ponders the next Marvel mash-up
There's far too much smoke in the air when it comes to Sony and Remedy for there not to be something in the works. Following Control's timed-exclusive DLC on PlayStation 4 and numerous studio visits from PlayStation's bigwigs, we reckon the two companies have something big cooked up for the PS5. It's probably...
Site News Where's Our Call of Duty: Modern Warfare PS4 Review?
Going dark
Today, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has launched across the globe. Infinity Ward's latest is in the hands of the public, and several media outlets have delivered their verdicts on the newest game in the storied franchise. So, where's ours? The short answer is we don't have the game yet. The slightly longer answer is this. Reviews that...
News Media Molecule Wants to Bring Dreams to More Than Just PlayStation Platforms
"Our goal for Dreams is to last for 20 years"
Various PlayStation 4 exclusives have been made available on the PC thanks to the streaming platform PlayStation Now, but it looks like Sony first-party developers may want to go one step further than that in the future. The team behind Dreams, Media Molecule, has stated that it is open to the idea of...
Random MediEvil Movie Posters Brilliantly Spoof Classic Horror Flicks
Starring Sir Dan
Today's the day Sir Daniel Fortesque comes to life once again with the MediEvil remake on PlayStation 4. It's an incredibly faithful remake that fans are going to adore, and there's no denying it's full of spooky charm. In fact, PlayStation UK is capitalising on this; in celebration of Dan's resurrection, a series of mock movie...
News Meanwhile in Dreams, Creators Have Mastered City Destruction
Boom clap
Don’t let the mannequin-esque main character deter you: this Dreams creation gets real impressive real fast. The city scene alone is neatly designed, but once a giant mech rocks up and begins blasting it to bits, the level really begins to up-the-ante. It ends with a Battlefield-esque levelling, which somehow doesn’t tank the title’s...
Thursday24th Oct 2019
News PS Plus and Subscription Services Have Indie Publisher Devolver Digital Worried
"The world of subscription is a worry"
PS Plus and PlayStation Now subscriptions are great deals when it comes to video game acquisition. PlayStation Plus serves up two free PlayStation 4 games a month as long as you stay subscribed to the service, while PS Now has come on leaps and bounds since it launched a few years back. Being able to download...
Soapbox Why PS5's Reveal Event Will Rival E3 2015
God level
Nothing will ever top the Holy Trifecta™ – ever. That triple-punch of The Last Guardian, Final Fantasy VII Remake, and Shenmue III is the kind of thing that legends are made of; I’ll be telling my grandchildren about it, and I expect them to tell their grandchildren as well. E3 2015, as I wrote at the time, was the greatest gaming...
News Sony Job Listing Describes PS5 as 'Upcoming World's Fastest Console'
Gotta go fast
Now would be an interesting time to begin working at PlayStation. As the focus shifts from PS4 to PS5, we imagine there must be a great deal of excitement among all the teams at SIE. Handily, there are currently plenty of jobs going across all kinds of sectors, and we'd wager most of them are turning their attention to the next-gen...
News Ghost Recon: Breakpoint Sales Have Been 'Very Disappointing', Says Ubisoft
Pledges support despite bad start
Ubisoft expected the recently released Ghost Recon: Breakpoint to perform better than it has done. We don't have any clear figures to work with, but in the company's latest financial report, Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot says that "critical reception and sales during the game's first weeks were very disappointing"...
Guide The Outer Worlds New Game Plus - Does The Outer Worlds Have New Game Plus?
Can you carry progress over in The Outer Worlds?
Does The Outer Worlds have a New Game Plus mode? Obsidian's latest role-playing game is built with replay value in mind, but can you carry over your progress from a completed save into a brand new game? Does The Outer Worlds Have New Game Plus? Unfortunately, The Outer Worlds does not have a New Game...
Guide Is The Outer Worlds Open World?
Is The Outer Worlds like Fallout?
Is The Outer Worlds an open world game? Obsidian's latest release certainly has a lot in common with existing open world titles like Fallout: New Vegas (which was also developed by Obsidian), but if you're expecting to explore a huge map with few boundaries, then you're probably going to be disappointed. Is The...
Sleep, samurai
Update: The Last of Us: Part II has indeed been delayed. Original story: Although we don't have official confirmation yet, The Last of Us: Part II is apparently being delayed beyond its recently announced 21st February, 2020 release date. And according to
Hands On Final Fantasy VII Remake Will Live Up to RPG's Legendary Legacy
What's old is new again
Final Fantasy VII Remake is oh-so anime but oh-so good. If you’re like this particular author, you’ll cringe at physics-defying hairstyles and exaggerated American accents, but protagonist Cloud Strife’s oft-requested return is shaping up to be a sublime role-playing game – even if the jury’s still out on how its...
News Disgruntled Fallout 76 Fan Makes a Mockery of Fallout 1st by Purchasing Critical Web Domain
Nuclear disaster
As with all things Fallout 76, the game's newly announced premium service Fallout 1st has arrived with its share of problems. For starters, the subscription costs $100 a year, which is bad enough, but you're not even paying for a fully working set of new features. As of right now, the Scrapbox - which allows players to store...
News Ubisoft Delays a Trio of Its Biggest Titles Past April 2020
Launching in the next fiscal year
What's going on all of a sudden? The Last of Us: Part II has been delayed to 29th May 2020, but Ubisoft has gone and one upped that unfortunate announcement by pushing back all three of its biggest titles hitting next year. Watch Dogs Legion, Gods & Monsters, and Rainbow Six: Quarantine have all been delayed to...
News This Is How Hard Sony's Pushing PS Now At the Moment
The Keita success
Sony’s always been very humble when it comes to PlayStation Now, keeping it out of the game streaming conversation when it’s still currently the only company on the market with a working solution. That’s changed since the Japanese giant dropped the price, as it’s been promoting the heck out of the subscription, running...
Friday25th Oct 2019
Guide The Outer Worlds Tips and Tricks for Beginners
Advice for rookie space captains
The beauty of The Outer Worlds is that you can play through it however you want. Good guy, bad guy, unstoppable psychopath, corporate lackey, sliver tongued coward -- you can be whoever you want to be, and it's a great role-playing title because of this. But whether you're prepared to do anything for a fistful of...
Thursday24th Oct 2019
News The Last of Us 2 Delayed to May 2020
Update: Delay confirmed
Update: Neil Druckmann has taken to the PlayStation Blog to confirm the delay to The Last of Us: Part II. The game will now be launching on 29th May, 2020. "While we’re relieved that we won’t have to compromise our vision, we’re disappointed that we weren’t able to avoid this exact situation," Druckmann says. "We...
Review Cat Quest II - Simple But Satisfying RPG Fun That Shines in Co-Op
Purrty doggone good
A follow-up to 2017's simple but very effective Cat Quest, the appropriately named Cat Quest II is bigger and better. The first game's simplicity remains intact, making for another approachable action role-playing title that's fun for all ages. Journeying across the game's colourful map, picking up quests, whacking monsters, and...
News You Won't Need to Play Multiplayer for the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Platinum Trophy
PS4 trophies revealed
Multiplayer trophies are the bane of any PlayStation 4 trophy hunter. Some games require you to play online matches, grinding out kills and upgrades before you're able to earn the top gong. Fortunately, a lot of titles are stepping away from these types of trophies, and the list for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare won't ask you to...
News Persona 5 Scramble Is Much More Than a Simple Action Game Spin-Off, It Seems
New trailer shows quite a bit
If you thought Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers was just going to be another Dynasty Warriors-style action game from developer Omega Force, then you may want to give the title's latest trailer a watch. It's pretty much our first proper look at the game in action, and from what we can tell, there's a lot more to...
News SpongeBob PS4 Special Edition Prices Will Make Even Mr Krabs Blush
"Hello, I like money"
In case you didn't know, THQ Nordic is a massive fan of overly expensive collectors editions. The publisher has been touting these pricey packages for a number of its upcoming games, such as Darksiders Genesis, Destroy All Humans, and even
News Conan O'Brien Will Give You an Otter Hat in Death Stranding, Obviously
Otterly ridiculous
We think it's safe to say Death Stranding is going to be chock full of cameos. All those celebrity guests that have appeared in Kojima Productions' white hallway are probably going to crop up in the PlayStation 4 adventure somewhere. We know that Hideo Kojima's biggest admirer, the one and only Geoff Keighley, is in the game as a...
News Key Feature of Fallout 76's New Subscription Service Is Completely Bugged
Scrap the Scrapbox
"It just works." Bethesda boss Todd Howard's iconic words, uttered across time and space for all to hear through an infinite number of Fallout 76 meme compilations on YouTube. Fallout 76 has never just worked. The title remains a bug-ridden mess on PlayStation 4 almost one whole year after its release, and Bethesda still has the...
News Narcos: Rise of the Cartels' Tactical Take on the Netflix Show Comes to PS4 Next Month
Turn-based action in Mexico
Announced just over a month ago, Kuju Entertainment's take on the hit Netflix show Narcos already has a release date. Narcos: Rise of the Cartels brings tactical action to PlayStation 4 next month on 19th November. You'll be able to side with either the Medellin Cartel or the DEA across two campaigns that retell the...
News Cross-Play for ReadySet Heroes Should Give Dwindling Online Community a Boost
Coming 29th October
Poor old ReadySet Heroes. The Sony-published title hardly made a splash when it launched on PlayStation 4 and PC on 1st October, so much so that we reckon a good portion of you haven't even heard of the game to begin with. We awarded it a 4/10 in the Push Square review but one of our biggest criticisms, the lack of an online...
News Former Ghost Giant Devs Bring Heist Simulator Plunder Pack to PS4 in 2021
Stealing from the rich
We absolutely adored Ghost Giant when it hit PlayStation VR earlier this year, so when a few of those developers break off to form their own studio and immediately announce a cute little PlayStation 4 title, we've got to say that we're interested. Plunder Pack is the debut game from Swedish team Friendly Fire, and it's set to...
Wednesday23rd Oct 2019
News WWE 2K20 Fans Put Together Hashtag to Prove Just How Utterly Broken the Game Is
#FixWWE2K20
It's been a while since a game so completely broken as WWE 2K20 has come along. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 is the last one we remember, but this latest wrestling effort must surely take first place. So much so that the game's community has put together a Twitter hashtag where people can put all their favourite glitches and bugs for the...
Review MediEvil - A Successful Resurrection of a Flawed But Fun Adventure
Undead and loving it
Remakes of fondly remembered favourites always have a tough call to make: should they remain faithful to the source material, or make improvements and changes to modernise the old-school design? The answer usually lies somewhere in between. MediEvil is the latest PSone classic to be brought back to life, and it errs on the side...
News Death Stranding Spoilers Abound as Leaks Spread Online
Tomorrow is out of your hands?
It's no secret that Death Stranding is currently in the hands of gaming media, YouTubers, and more ahead of the game's impending release. The review embargo has been well documented; we'll be reading up on Hideo Kojima's obscure PlayStation 4 title on 1st November. However, some people with early access to the game...
News The Last of Us 2 Is Trying to Create the Most 'Complex, Nuanced Character' in Gaming
"We're certainly not going to coddle her"
It's becoming increasingly clear that The Last of Us: Part II is going to be an emotional, stressful journey from beginning to end for most players. It's a game about getting revenge in a hostile environment after the world fell apart, and as its protagonist, it seems like Ellie really will be the centre of...
Talking Point If Bluepoint Games Isn't Working on Demon's Souls, What's Your Dream Sony Remake?
Dreams v Reality
Bluepoint Games, the studio behind the masterful remake of Shadow of the Colossus, is working on its next project. Primed for PlayStation 5, it's more than likely going to be another Sony IP brought back from the dead that will be revitalized in all its 4K glory. The question is though, what game will it be? Rumours of a Demon's...
News Fallout 1st Is a Premium Membership for Fallout 76, Costs $100 a Year
Private servers! Scrapbox! A tent!
For those of you still playing Fallout 76, there's some news that's sure to receive mixed feelings. Today, Bethesda has introduced Fallout 1st, a premium membership for its online-only shooter that will grant you access to private servers, unlimited storage for crafting items, a monthly supply of Atoms, and much...
News Call of Duty: Modern Warfare on PS4 Won't Be Sold In Russia
No Russian
Sony has taken the decision to withhold the sale of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare via the PlayStation Store in Russia. A statement from Activision issued to Eurogamer reads as follows: "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is a fictional game that has been thoughtfully created to entertain fans and tell a compelling narrative. Sony Interactive...
News Dark Devotion Looks Like Pixelated 2D Dark Souls, Coming to PS4 Tomorrow
17 bosses to kill
If you've just wrapped up a playthrough of Blasphemous and are looking for your next Souls-like hit then boy oh boy do we have the game for you. Dark Devotion, from developer Hibernian Workshop, looks to be a pixelated 2D take on Dark Souls, and the best thing is that it arrives on PlayStation 4 tomorrow. Taking on and defeating...
Hands On Windjammers 2 Needs to Come to PS4
That's all
Under normal circumstances, port begging would be a bannable offence, but we make the rules here and we can’t exactly purge our own accounts. Look, here’s the thing, Windjammers 2 is shaping up to be a superb sequel, but it’s not currently announced for the PlayStation 4 and that’s keeping us awake at night. Having gone hands on...
News You'll Have to Wait a Little Longer for Your Appointment with Two Point Hospital on PS4
Console version delayed into 2020
We've been rather excited for Two Point Hospital here at Push Square Towers. Currently only on PC, the game is effectively a new Theme Hospital for a modern audience, and we can't wait to get started with the silly management sim. Unfortunately, that wait has been extended. Initially down for release in 2019, SEGA...
News Latest Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Video Is All About BD-1, Your Little Droid Companion
Beep boop
In Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, you'll be playing as aspiring Jedi Cal Kestis, but he won't be alone. Along with a ragtag team of allies, Cal will be joined on his journey by BD-1, a diminutive droid that'll help him out in numerous ways. A new video from EA highlights the little guy's design, and you've got to admit, it's pretty...
News Battlefield V Storms the Pacific with Two New Maps This Halloween
Wake Island in December
After a quick teaser trailer yesterday confirmed that Battlefield V's next chapter of content was on its way, developer DICE has now lifted the lid on the game's trip to the Pacific. Chapter 5 bri
Tuesday22nd Oct 2019
News WWE 2K20 Is an Astoundingly Buggy Mess on PS4
There's better lookers on PS2
Update (22nd October, 2019): We hate to keep piling onto WWE 2K20, but it's out now, and so there's more and more evidence that this game just isn't in a good place. Here's yet another example of this game's exceedingly buggy state: Update (21st October, 2019): It's WWE 2K20's launch week, and it's becoming...
Review The Outer Worlds - Fallout: New Vegas Meets Mass Effect in This Role-Playing Masterclass
Spacer's choice
The Outer Worlds borrows a lot from Fallout. More specifically, Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas, the latter being developer Obsidian's own creation. You travel between disgruntled communities, picking up quests and shooting people you don't like. You click your way through branching dialogue options, and the camera zooms in on a...
Rumour PS4 Will Be Less Than $150 This Black Friday
How low can you go?
Sony’s shaping up to sell a lot of consoles this coming Black Friday 2019, as a leaked Walmart ad suggests that the system will be available for less than $150 this holiday. The savings apply to the standard 1TB Slim model, which doesn’t come with any software. Meanwhile, the PS4 Pro will purportedly be available at $299 –...
Hands On Iron Man VR Is the Next Big Thing for PSVR
Stark would be proud
It feels like major PlayStation VR releases have dried up as of late. Sure, the likes of Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot and Vacation Simulator were fun enough, but it doesn't seem like virtual reality has really made any waves since Blood & Truth nearly six months ago. It's a quiet period indeed, but there is one PSVR title we're...
News Free Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Dynamic PS4 Theme Is Pretty Slick
Going dark
Head on over to the PlayStation Store right now and you'll find a free Call of Duty: Modern Warfare PS4 theme. While it's not the most exciting dynamic theme that you'll ever see, there's a certain slickness to it -- and it's got some sinister backing music. You can see the theme in action above, courtesy of RenkaWong on YouTube. Will...
News Doctor Who: The Edge of Time Brings a Dalek Invasion to PSVR This November
Exterminate!
PlayStation VR's release schedule seems to have somewhat dried up as of late, but maybe that's because every other developer is getting out of the way of a forthcoming invasion courtesy of the Cybermen and the Daleks. Doctor Who: The Edge of Time has confirmed that the TARDIS will come to PSVR's rescue next month on 12th November...
Rumour Is the Unannounced Batman Game Called Arkham Legacy?
A reveal at The Game Awards?
Last month, everybody thought we were gearing up for the announcement of a new Batman title during Sony's previous State of Play livestream. But then it came and went with no such reveal. The project is almost assuredly a thing, publisher Warner Bros has even tweeted out some teasers for it, but now it looks like we...
Hands On Inertial Drift Is a Promising PS4 Racer That Drives on Its Side
Angle grinder
Life is more fun when you’re on your back – not that we’d know anything about that. Inertial Drift – a name so close to plagiarising legendary anime Initial D that it instantly earned our respect – argues that it’s actually more entertaining on your side, as this so-called twin-stick arcade racer trades on taking corners at...
News Darksiders Genesis PS4 Release Has to Wait Until February 2020, First on Google Stadia
A late Valentine treat
Well this is a bit of an odd one. Darksiders Genesis, the upcoming top-down spin-off to the franchise of the same name, has a confirmed release date. However, console players will have to wait a lot longer to play than those on PC and a certain streaming platform. The Airship Syndicate joint hits PC and Google Stadia in less...
Random Death Stranding Fan Art Is Getting Seriously Impressive
Tomorrow is in your paint brush
In just over two weeks, we’ll all be able to experience Death Stranding for ourselves. Imagine thinking you’d be able to say that in October 2019 six months ago. Anticipation for the PlayStation 4 exclusive is at an all-time high, so those talented in the arts have taken to creating their own images that capture...
News Battlefield V Takes the War to the Pacific in New Teaser
Full reveal tomorrow
We hardly ever hear about Battlefield V anymore, but developer DICE has been keeping it ticking along in the background. The fifth chapter of new content coming to EA's World War 2 shooter is set to take place in the Pacific, adding three new maps, new weapons, and more. A brief teaser has been released, which you can see below:...
News Play NBA 2K20 for the Opportunity to Buy Exclusive Nike Shoes
Teenage kicks
NBA 2K20 is adding a new mode to celebrate the start of the new basketball season, and it’s teamed up with Nike to release an exclusive line of sneakers designed specifically for gamers. MyPLAYER Nation will see you take your solo build online, competing for your favourite team alongside other fans. You’ll be able to play through...
News Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot's New Trailer Is a Good Introduction to the Upcoming Action RPG
Hi, I'm Goku
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is shaping up to be a decent take on the story of Dragon Ball Z, but if you haven't been keeping up with the game, then you may want to watch the video that we've embedded above. Bandai Namco's suitably named 'Game Introduction' trailer does a good job of breaking down the fundamentals of what is essentially a...
News Today We Learned Influencer Sim Youtubers Life Has Made Over $12 Million in Revenue
New content coming soon
Who'd have thought it? Youtubers Life, a basic but fun tycoon game about becoming a world famous internet star, is raking in the cash. Having sold more than a million copies across platforms - including Youtubers Life OMG on PlayStation 4 - the indie title has made more than $12 million in revenue, developer U-Play Online is...
News Cutesy PSVR Puzzler The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets Releases Next Month
Curiouser and curiouser
It's been a good while since the announcement of PlayStation VR puzzle game The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets, but we now finally have a release date. Thankfully, the adorable adventure isn't too far away -- it arrives on 14th November 2019. If you're unfamiliar with the game, we've embedded its announcement trailer for...
Monday21st Oct 2019
First Impressions Cyberpunk 2077 Looks to Raise the Bar for All RPGs Again
CD Projekt RED's next masterpiece
It's been nearly two months since Polish developer CD Projekt Red shared with us its latest vision for Cyberpunk 2077. A 15 minute slice of gameplay impressed many thanks to the employment of various play styles that allowed you to get the job done in different manners, but there was more to that quarter of an hour...
Sharpened steel
The story of Rean Schwarzer continues in Trails of Cold Steel III as the often obnoxiously nice protagonist finds himself back at school, only this time, he isn't a student. After graduating from Thors Military Academy following the events of the second game, Rean now leads the all-new Class VII as an instructor at a freshly...
News PS5's Devkit Looks Like a Monster in Visualisation
Beast mode
We’re beginning to get a better idea of what the PlayStation 5’s devkit looks like, and these visualisations based on a leaked photograph give us the best view yet. Rendered by Dutch website Let’s Go Digital, the images are based upon
News Death Stranding's Launch Trailer Will Be Its Own Mini Masterpiece
And it's finished
Say what you will about industry auteur Hideo Kojima: he knows how to cut a trailer. The former Konami man has been personally editing outstanding teaser videos for his titles for years now, and every promotional piece he’s put out for Death Standing thus far has been a mini masterpiece. That he’s wrapped up the launch trailer...
News No News on NBA Live 20 Days Before Basketball Season Gets Underway
Don't got next
NBA 2K20 is already the best-selling game of 2019 in the United States – despite it launching less than two months ago. 2K Sports’ stranglehold on the interactive basketball market is pretty much unparalleled, but for the past few years EA Sports has been making strides with its own underperforming NBA Live franchise. Earlier...
Hands On Predator: Hunting Grounds Has a Ways to Go Before It Realises Potential
Target acquired
Sony has made it clear that its catalogue of multiplayer-focused titles needs some fleshing out. The days of MAG and SOCOM are long gone, so the hardware manufacturer has employed developer Illfonic to develop a worthy online asymmetric experience that could act as a bit of a test bed before we head into the next generation...
News Check Those Corners! Leaked Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Is Spotted in the Wild
Spoiler territory
It's probably time to follow Captain Price's orders and "go dark". Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is due out at the end of this week, but it seems some players got their hands on early copies a few days ago. A couple of people have shown their possession of the first person shooter, and it's likely spoilers will spread online -- if...
News UK Sales Charts: Concrete Genie Nowhere to Be Seen as New Releases Struggle Against FIFA 20
Big and beautiful
Update: The chart below has been updated based on new information from UKIE. Original Story: We're afraid the UK is rather unimaginative when it comes to buying video games -- especially when the new footie game from EA is out. The latest physical chart sees FIFA 20 once again in the top spot, and it's maintained this position...
Tuesday22nd Oct 2019
News Borderlands 3's Bloody Harvest Event Tricks and Treats its Way Onto PS4 Later This Week
New skins, weapon, and boss
Numerous Games as a Service will be making the case for you to check out their Halloween events over the next couple of weeks, one of which is Borderlands 3. Already announced a handful of weeks back, the free Bloody Harvest event will bring terror to PlayStation 4 players in just a few days from Thursday 24th Octob
Monday21st Oct 2019
News Sunless Skies Will Do the Locomotion on PS4 in 2020
Pulling into the PlayStation
Like its predecessor, Sunless Skies has been cleaning up on PC with universal acclaim, and it's now confirmed to be heading to PlayStation 4. Dubbed the Sovereign Edition, this console specific release takes the gritty, narrative-driven RPG and reworks it for play on a controller. But what are you doing in Sunless...
News MLB The Show 20 Swings for the Fences from 17th March
Chicago Cubs' magician on the cover
MLB The Show 19 is currently free on PlayStation Plus, but as the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals prepare to do battle for the title of World Champions, developer Sony San Diego has announced next year’s instalment in its flagship baseball franchise. Scheduled to release from 17th March, MLB The Show 20...
Sunday20th Oct 2019
News PS Plus Is Paying for the Pizza This Weekend with UK Domino's Deal
Pick one with pineapple
Enjoying your Sunday evening? It could be about to get even better, as PlayStation Plus members in the UK can order any pizza, any size from Domino’s Pizza for the reduced rate of £10.99 through here. This means that you can stock up on a large Texas BBQ and American Hot for a little over a £20 note – not exactly a bad...
Hands On Marvel's Avengers on PS4 Assembles One Helluva Set-Piece Opening
A real Marvel
Marvel’s Avengers has come under intense scrutiny since its official unveiling at E3 2019 – strange, considering the Crystal Dynamics developed superhero smash opens in the most eye-popping manner imaginable. Perhaps it’s merely a case of all the criticism leading to lowered expectations, but we came away from a 25 minute hands...
Monday21st Oct 2019
News Fighting Games Need to Be Built from the Ground Up for Streaming, Says Street Fighter Producer
Stream fighter
Most video game genres can translate well to a streaming service if you've got a good enough connection, but there's one type of experience that is always going to suffer no matter what. Fighting games, especially when played competitively, rely on frame-perfect combo moves and intricate playstyles the further up you go, and any...
Sunday20th Oct 2019
News Street Fighter Producer Yoshinori Ono 'Would Love to See' Final Fight Return
To repay his investment
Capcom and its employees can't stop talking about reviving the company's older IPs at the moment. After stating that the Japanese publisher plans on bringing back some of its classic franchises off the back of Resident Evil 2 and Onimusha: Warlords, one of the studio's most recognisable figureheads got in on the act...
Saturday19th Oct 2019
News First PS5 Devkit Photograph Finds Its Way Online
V for vendetta
Remember when the first sketches of the PlayStation 5 devkit popped up online and we weren’t sure whether they were real or a hoax? It’s since emerged that the heavily ventilated box with the cut-out ‘V’ shape is indeed the real deal, and you’ll find it in the office of dozens of developers around the world. Want more proof:...
Sunday20th Oct 2019
Random This Is What a Storm Could Look Like on PS5
Bring the rain
There’s nothing better than a big storm to add plenty of foreboding atmosphere to a scene. Batman: Arkham Knight, for example, was set in a perpetually rainy sandbox – it was depressing, but it suited the miserable mood of Rocksteady’s game. How good could thunder and lightning look on PlayStation 5, then? Real good if this...
Saturday19th Oct 2019
News Days Gone Developer in Pre-Production on Next Title
Next-gen beckons
Days Gone was a huge hit for first-party developer Sony Bend, and now the Oregon-based outfit is beginning pre-production on its next project. Senior Staff Lighting Lead Jeremy Vickery – who led the lighting team on Deacon St John’s debut – revealed on his LinkedIn profile that he’s “now involved in the pre-production...
News Did Hideo Kojima Actually Have the Idea for Death Stranding More Than Seven Years Ago?
"A game that connects people"
Much has been made of how quickly Death Stranding has come together. Announced at E3 2016, it wasn't until December of that same year that the game was even running on a PlayStation 4 engine - Horizon: Zero Dawn's Decima engine. Clearly, a lot of work has gone into the
Feature Burnout Needs to Bring Arcade Racers Back with a Bang
We are the lazy generation
Criterion Games made a name for itself with its blisteringly fast racing series, Burnout. Starting off as a small team with a small project, the original game was a modest but thrilling arcade racer all about rocketing your way through traffic. With each new game, Criterion added more and more to the experience, and with...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 294
Rainy days
It's been raining near constantly outside the Push Square Towers window, and with all those autumnal leaves littering the ground, going outside is a borderline health risk. Rather than risking our lives walking along slippery pavements, we'll be staying indoors playing video games, thanks very much. Feel free to use that excuse if...
News Insomniac Games Celebrates Sony Acquisition By Partying the Night Away
Shu Yoshida with the goodies
It's been exactly two months since Sony acquired Marvel's Spider-Man developer Insomniac Games, but it appears that the team at the Burbank campus has only just gotten around to celebrating the purchase properly. The studio has put on a special team lunch for all employees, with the likes of PlayStation's Mark Cerny and...
Friday18th Oct 2019
Review Lonely Mountains: Downhill - A Great Take on Trials with an Eerie Atmosphere
Bike curious
You’ll probably remember the first time you played Trials HD – brilliant, wasn’t it? As time has gone by, though, the bike balancing formula has lost a little of its lustre. Lonely Mountains: Downhill recaptures some of the aforementioned series' early magic with a moreish outdoorsy outing that will have you both punching the air...
News Returning to ANTHEM May Just Be the Scariest Thing You Can Do This Halloween
Trick or treat?
Halloween is a holiday flush with abandoned areas, so perhaps it’s not all that strange that BioWare has opted to celebrate the season. The oft-forgotten ANTHEM has launched a new event to pull players back in; named the Season of Skulls, the looter-shooter’s latest content drop finds the folk of Bastion “rising up against the...
News Capcom Gives Dino Crisis Fans Hope By Promising to 'Revive Dormant IPs'
Following in Onimusha's shoes
Capcom is sitting on a treasure trove of IPs just waiting to be revived. The Japanese publisher began to dig into its back catalogue earlier this year with the PlayStation 4 remaster of Onimusha: Warlords, and it looks like it plans to repeat the process once again. In the company's latest financial report for 2019,...
25th October is stacked
The 25th October, 2019 is one of the busiest days for game releases in recent memory. Next Friday plays host to not one, not two, but three anticipated PlayStation 4 titles: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, MediEvil, and The Outer Worlds. What we want to know is: which one are you spending your hard-earned cash on? Maybe you're...
Avast, landlubbers
A long ocean voyage to a distant snowy land gets off to a disastrous beginning when a storm scuppers your plans and leaves you washed up on a tropical island. You’ll need to find your crew, build a little base camp, explore, and try to find a way to escape. One of the first things you’ll notice in Stranded Sails: Explorers of...
News Star Wars Jedi Has Dismemberment for Droids and Animals, But You Can't Cut Up Humans
Disney likely says no
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order appears to have some cool lightsaber combat going for it. Protagonist Cal is pretty deadly with the device, able to string together flashy combos, throw the thing like a boomerang, and, er, use it as a flashlight. Anyone even remotely familiar with Star Wars knows how dangerous lightsabers can be --...
News Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Will Have Performance and Resolution Modes on PS4 Pro
Choose wisely
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order has been looking pretty good lately. Thanks to a batch of new previews, there's renewed interest in Respawn's action adventure. From a visual standpoint, it seems like it's no slouch, too, and by the sound of it, PlayStation 4 Pro owners will have some options to toy with. If you're the proud owner of...
News Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers Returns With New Info Next Week
All-out attack
With Persona 5 Royal fast approaching its release date in Japan, we had almost forgotten about Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers. Announced earlier in the year, Persona 5 Scramble is a full-on hack and slash action title featuring the cast of Persona 5. We've only seen a very small portion of gameplay so far, but that could all...
News Free Update Adds New Challenges to PSVR Shooter Blood & Truth
Available now
One aspect of Blood & Truth we love is its "gun-fu" combat. Sure, you can blast away enemies as in any other shooter, but this PlayStation VR action game takes things up a notch, allowing you to spin weapons around, reload in mid-air, and more. It makes for extremely expressive and tactile shooting ranges, and it's great fun...
News Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Goes Gold, Announces Respawn
The circle is now complete
Like C-3PO's metallic noggin, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order has now gone gold. Respawn Entertainment has completed development work on the fast approaching action game, meaning it's ready at last to go into production. Here's hoping it can live up to all those positive previews that are going around. Fallen Order finally...
News Death Stranding Gets a Fresh Japanese Trailer with Glimpses of New Footage
Tomorrow is in your hands
We've certainly had our fair share of Death Stranding trailers -- but how about one more for the road? A brand new promo has found its way onto PlayStation Japan's YouTube channel, showing off the Hideo Kojima oddity one more time before next month's launch. While most of it is made up of previously released material, there...
Review Pig Eat Ball - Solid Swine Arcade Action
Sow good
Don’t let its rudimentary title deceive you: action-puzzler Pig Eat Ball is a fun homage to arcade titles that develops into a surprisingly deep experience with a quirky plot. You play as Princess Bow, a young pig forced into marriage when (like any good princess) she wants adventure in the great wide somewhere. Your overall goal is to...
News The Outer Worlds Asks If You Want to Watch the Galaxy Burn in Classy Launch Trailer
Good and evil
The Outer Worlds' launch trailer is here, and it focuses on player choice. Will you be a hero to the people of the Halcyon colony, or will you cause total and utter chaos wherever you go? Developer Obsidian is well known for its excellent implementation of role-playing options in games like Fallout: New Vegas and Alpha Protocol, so...
News 'Okami Is Going to Be Back' Joke Former Devs, Prompting Huge Fan Response
Your move, Capcom
Oh boy, Ikumi Nakamura just loves causing trouble on Twitter, and she's at it again. The former Ghostwire Tokyo developer, now seemingly touring the many game studios of the world, has teamed up with Platinum's Hideki Kamiya for her latest tweet, in which the duo joke about resurrecting classic action adventure title Okami. At...
News Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Follows the Trend with Battle Pass Focused on Cosmetics
"Does not impact game balance"
It's an online-focused video game launching in 2019, so of course Call of Duty: Modern Warfare was going to announce its all-new Battle Pass sooner or later. With both a free and premium stream of cosmetic content available, it is said to form the basis of the in-game economy and replace loot boxes entirely. Announced...
Thursday17th Oct 2019
News PS5 Price Will Land Between $400 and $500 Says Poll, But $500 to $600 Isn't Out of the Question
Start saving
Last week, we hosted a poll following on from the latest PlayStation 5 info dump. We asked readers about the cost of the next-gen console, offering five different options ranging from below $300 to above $600. Over 1,800 of you voted, and you can see the results below. As it turns out, 45 per cent of readers reckon the PS5 will be...
News Razer's New PS4 Controller Is a Cross Between Arcade Stick and DualShock 4
One for fighters
Razer has released a rather interesting new PlayStation 4 controller dubbed the Razer Raion. It's designed to bridge the gap between arcade stick and DualShock 4, with six large face buttons (two of which are mapped to L1 and R1) and a responsive 8-way directional pad. Without any analog sticks, it's clear that the Raion is aimed...
Feature How We Think Horizon: Zero Dawn 2 Will Champion PS5's Biggest New Features
Guerrilla's sequel primed to be the face of PS5
We're in an exciting time for PlayStation. While Sony itself is behaving rather reclusively about its next-gen machine, details about PS5 are starting to emerge. Wired recently revealed a few morsels of information, detailing some of the new bells and whistles that will take
Soapbox Assassin's Creed Is Fuelling My Excitement for PS5
Liam's hyped for a next-gen open world
Whenever a new generation of consoles rolls around, it's almost always a racing game that is used in part to show off the graphical prowess of the machine we'll be doing our video game playing on for the next six or so years. It's understandable, of course, because getting a glimpse of the latest and greatest...
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey PS4 Patch 1.51 Focuses on Bug Fixes
The end is nigh
Over the last year or so, we've written about many an Assassin's Creed Odyssey patch. The game's had some huge and exciting updates, but this latest patch ain't one of them. It looks like support for the open world adventure is finally fading away. Update 1.51, which weighs in at around 400MB on PlayStation 4, includes a handful of...
News The Outer Worlds Review Embargo Lifts a Few Days Before Launch Next Week
Just FYI
Reviews for The Outer Worlds will starting hitting the web next week, on the 22nd October.The latest role-playing game from veteran studio Obsidian is supposed to be a lot like Fallout: New Vegas, only set in space. Sounds like a fantastic concept on paper, and the developer should have the chops to pull it off, but you'll obviously have to...
Assassins bleed
Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes is the kind of the game that revels in poking fun at its contemporaries – and yet somehow finds itself part of the punchline. This irreverent slice of post-modern punk has all of the verve of its Nintendo Wii predecessors, but it’s padded by stale gameplay segments which threaten to undo all...
Friday18th Oct 2019
Review Megaquarium - Nothing Fishy About This Brilliant Maritime Attraction Builder
Swimming in cash
Did you know that there was a PSone sequel to Theme Park and Theme Hospital named Theme Aquarium which only released in Japan? The maritime attraction simulator is a bit of an underground gem, and it’s bemusing to think that the idea has barely been explored since. Megaquarium, fortunately, brings the fun of making your very own...
Thursday17th Oct 2019
News The Outer Worlds to Have a Hefty Day One Patch on PS4
Make sure you have the... space
Obsidian's Fallout-in-space RPG The Outer Worlds is fast approaching. Releasing on 25th October, the sci-fi adventure is just over a week away. In preparation for the game's launch, the studio has given fans a bit more information, including word of a day one patch. According to the developer, The Outer Worlds will...
News Fallout 76 Gets Paid Private Servers Next Week, Wastelanders Update Delayed into 2020
Falling out
Fallout 76 is still stumbling along, believe it or not. We haven't played the thing in ages, but we have heard that the experience has been improved over the last few months. Bethesda's at least sticking to its guns and supporting the game, which is a good thing for those who enjoy playing it. The title's just been hit with a bit of a...
Friday18th Oct 2019
News September 2019 NPD: 2K Games on Top As Industry Declines Continue
Code Vein somehow makes top ten
2K Games’ double-billing of NBA 2K20 and Borderlands 3 jumped to the top of the USA sales charts for September, as industry spend continued to sink year-over-year due to dwindling hardware numbers. Total industry spend topped out at $1.278 billion – down eight per cent compared to the same month last year. FIFA 20...
Thursday17th Oct 2019
News Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Previews Tell of a Promising Sci-Fi Action Adventure
Star player
Among this winter's big games is Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, but we wouldn't blame you for forgetting about it. Respawn Entertainment's single player action title in the famed sci-fi universe has always looked decent from the outside, but with the franchise's recent history with games, some fans have found it difficult to get too...
Wednesday16th Oct 2019
News The Outer Worlds Is Enhanced on PS4 Pro After All
Private Division weighs in
Update: Despite previous reports, The Outer Worlds is enhanced on PS4 Pro after all. According to a Twitter message from publisher Private Division, the title upscales to 4K from 1440p on Sony's supercharged system. Here's what the organisation had to say: Original Story: The Outer Worlds will still release on the...
News Huge FIFA 20 Patch 1.05 Finally Tries to Fix Career Mode, Out Now on PS4
Please work
Update: FIFA 20 patch 1.05 is now available to download on PS4. It's around 1GB in size. Let's hope it works! Original story: FIFA 20 has been out for almost three weeks now, and the game's been plagued with problems since day one -- especially the oft-neglected Career Mode. Bugged team selection means that top clubs like Liverpool and...
News EU PlayStation Store Halloween Sale Has Plenty of PS4 Treats
And that's no trick
The regional PlayStation Stores will often have their own sales, but occasionally there's some crossover. The Halloween sale is one such example; the North American sale just got started, but those in Europe can now also celebrate the haunting holiday. Lasting through to 1st November, there's a wide range of spooky scary PS4...
Review Monkey King: Hero Is Back - Simplistic Brawling Fun That's a Bit Too Short
Planet of the apes
Monkey King: Hero Is Back is a love letter to simpler times. Mechanically, it wouldn’t feel out of place on the PlayStation 2, and graphically, it’s barely just a generation ahead of that. This is a simple experience at heart, but it’s one you’re bound to find some enjoyment in should you take to its rather repetitive...
Thursday17th Oct 2019
News PS5's Controller Could Reduce Latency with PlayStation Now
Direct input
Sony’s been in the streaming business for years now, but it’s finally taking it seriously. As reported earlier today, PlayStation Now will continue to be supported on the PlayStation 5, and the console’s controller could have a big advantage for those looking to subscribe to the service. As discovered by Dutch website Techtastic,...
News When Is the Death Stranding Review Embargo?
When will Death Stranding reviews arrive?
Death Stranding is very nearly here. Kojima Productions has wrapped up development and review copies are out there -- it almost doesn't seem possible. Hideo Kojima's crazy game about Norman Reedus and a baby escaping black blob monsters is real? And it's coming out in about two weeks? Yes, it's all very...
Wednesday16th Oct 2019
News Unsurprisingly, PlayStation Now Will Be Available on PS5
The future is now
Sony has really started pushing PlayStation Now recently, dropping the price of the service and adding blockbuster PlayStation 4 games to its lineup. It comes as no real surprise, then, to hear that the company will be bringing PS Now to the PlayStation 5, which is launching late next year. In an interview with Japanese...
News PS4 Devs Are Finding New Ways to Add More Trophies to Their Games
Gong-ho
Games are becoming relevant for longer, with studios supporting their software for years after release. It’s nice for hardcore fans of certain titles to see their continued investment incentivised with new Trophies – especially where expensive DLC is concerned. Fortunately, developers are finding new ways to reward players by creating...
Feature Uncharted 2 Kickstarted a New Age of First Party Success for Sony
10 years of hits
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. It's a notable game for so many reasons, but many will simply remember it as an unbelievably strong sequel. Naughty Dog was already a highly regarded studio, but with its follow-up to Drake's Fortune, the developer cemented itself as one of the most talented in the...
News Fans Want Ex-Ghostwire: Tokyo Director Ikumi Nakamura to Join Sony
Sound the Siren
Ex-Ghostwire: Tokyo creative director Ikumi Nakamura captured the attention (and hearts) of gamers around the world when she revealed Tango Gameworks’ next project at E3 2018 earlier in the year. Unfortunately, she’s since parted ways with the Tokyo-based studio, and fans are hoping that she may have a future with Sony’s...
100 hours with Sennheiser's first wireless headset
German company Sennheiser's been making top quality audio products for decades, and now it's branching out into the realm of wireless gaming headsets. Fully compatible with the PlayStation 4, the GSP 670 is an impressive but costly accessory. In this hardware review, we're going to break down each...
News Warborn Is Strategical Anime That Looks Pretty Darn Cool
Coming Spring 2020
We're not all weebs over here at Push Square Towers, so this latest PlayStation 4 title has caught a few of us off guard. Warborn is a turn-based strategy game that uses an anime art style, and it looks incredibly cool. Check out its announcement trailer above to see for yourself. Suiting up in the Variable Armour, a...
News Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2's Thirst for Blood Will Have To Wait Following Delay
Still coming in 2020
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 is a title that was somewhat sinking under the radar with a supposed Q1 2020 launch on PlayStation 4. Fighting for exposure amongst the likes of fellow RPGs Cyberpunk 2077 and Final Fantasy VII Remake, it may not have gotten the attention it deserves. Developer Hardsuit Labs need not worry...
News PlayStation Awards Returns to Celebrate PS4's Biggest Sellers in Japan
Live in December
Sony's annual PlayStation Awards ceremony highlights the year's best selling software in the company's homeland. This year's event has now been dated for 3rd December, and will recognise Asia's best performing PS4 games. While most of the awards are based on sales, there are one or two outliers. The user's choice award, for...
Guide How to Connect a PS4 Controller to iPhone or iPad for Remote Play
Use your DualShock 4 with your iOS devices
Can you use a DualShock 4 PlayStation 4 controller with iPhone and iPad? Do you have to play using the on-screen touch controls with Remote Play? Firmware update 6.50 introduced the ability to use the PS4's Remote Play feature with iOS devices, such as iPhone and iPad. For a time, you weren't able to use a...
Tuesday15th Oct 2019
News Sorry, But There's a Reason You're Winning Your First Match of Fortnite Chapter 2
They're not humans
Fortnite came back online this morning with its all-new Chapter 2 content, but one unexpected side effect of this is that a lot of players seem to be winning the first match they play after the gigantic 9GB update on PlayStation 4. That's great! Nice one, but we're afraid to inform you that there's a reason for that. The first...
Talking Point What if the PS5 Could Play Games from Every PlayStation Console?
A pipedream?
Here’s an outlandish idea: what if the PlayStation 5 could play games from every PlayStation console ever made – including the handhelds? To be clear, that would include: PS5, PS4, PS3, PS2, PSone, PS Vita, and PSP – the manufacturer’s entire 25 year history, in one device. Obviously, we wouldn’t expect the next-gen console to...
Rumour Is This the Sonic the Hedgehog Movie's New Design?
Looking good
The Sonic the Hedgehog film controversy added a new page to its story overnight, as it looks like two news images that claim to be the blue hedgehog's new design for the movie have surfaced online. If proven to be true, it looks like fans of the franchise will be able to sleep much more easily ahead of its date with the cinema on...
News US PS Store Sale Spotlights Spooky Titles Ahead of Halloween
Player beware, you're in for a scare
Fancy something a little darker to celebrate the shorter days? Sony’s celebrating Halloween with a new US PlayStation Store sale, spanning dozens of spooky titles – including essentials like Alien: Isolation ($11.99), Outlast ($4.99), and Resident Evil 2 ($29.99). There are some confusing inclusions here –...
News Horizon: Zero Dawn Developer Guerrilla Games Is in Sweden to Do Motion Capture Work
Horizon: Zero Dawn 2?
Guerrilla Games, the Dutch developer that brought us Horizon: Zero Dawn and the Killzone series, is hard at work behind the scenes and has been for a number of years. One of Sony's key first-party studios, Guerrilla is presumably prepping a sequel to the aforementioned open world adventure, and so news of the company's latest...
News MediEvil's PS4 Trophy List Has an Achievable Platinum
Old School Sneaky
MediEvil's PlayStation 4 release is just over a week away now, which means it's time for its Trophy list to make its way online early. Exophase, as usual, has the full list of trinkets you'll be able to earn in this remake of the PSone classic, and it looks like earning the Platinum Trophy won't be too hard of a task. In order to...
News Shadow of the Tomb Raider Bundles All DLC Together in Definitive Edition, Out Next Month
No price given
Shadow of the Tomb Raider more or less came and went upon its PlayStation 4 release last September, but we've heard that the DLC released for it post-launch actually ended up being pretty good. Starting next month, you'll be able to purchase that base game and all additional content in one transaction as the Definitive Edition bundles...
News Google Stadia Brings PS Now's First Real Competitor on 19th November
The streaming wars start now
PlayStation Now may have been discarded from the conversation, but it’s still the only game streaming service currently on the market. That changes on 19th November, as Google gears up the release of its Stadia initiative. The launch will be limited to begin with, as the search engine giant sells off its Founder’s...
News AVICII: Invector Pays Homage to the Late EDM Great, Proceeds to Go to Charity
The Tim Berling Foundation
Tim Berling, better known as Avicii, tragically committed suicide in April 2018. Considered to be one of the greatest EDM artists of his time, it was a great loss to the music industry. In the video gaming world, however, it left behind a project that released just months before his death. Invector was an enjoyable rhythm...
News The Witcher 3's Writing Team Was Worried the Game Didn't Have Enough Content
Geralt of here
In a lengthy and impressively detailed interview over on Eurogamer, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt lead writer Jakub Szamalek has opened up on the development of CD Projekt Red's masterful role-playing game. Szamalek tells some great stories, revealing that no one on the writing team wanted to pen the title's sex scenes, and that Geralt and...
News Hit the Streets with Brand New Need for Speed Heat Gameplay Right Now
I SAID RIGHT NOW
Yes, we are going to repeat that brilliantly awful line from the reveal trailer whenever possible. Dangerously cheesy dialogue aside, Need for Speed Heat looks to be shaping up rather nicely. There's now lots of new gameplay footage available to watch, and we've included one video above. IGN's 13-minute video includes a number of...
News Fortnite Chapter 2 Is Now Live on PS4
Download that update
After two days of downtime and a late leaked trailer last night, Fortnite is now back up and running on Playstation 4. Now dubbed Fortnite Chapter 2, this latest season brings with it a lot of new additions by way of a 9GB update. For starters, however, check out the launch trailer above. The biggest addition is, of course, an...
News Control Strikes a Pose with Tomorrow's Photo Mode Update on PS4
As part of update 1.04
It probably still needs a patch or two to fix up the performance and framerate issues, but at least the post-launch support of Control hasn't dried up just yet. Tomorrow's 1.04 update brings with it Photo Mode, allowing you to snap in-game shots of Jesse taking down the Hiss or making use of her abilities. Detailed in a post...
News Zombie Army 4: Dead War Shuffles Onto PS4 in February 2020
Release date announced
Prepare yourselves for a shootout with the undead -- Zombie Army 4: Dead War now has a release date. Rebellion is reanimating its co-op zombie shooter on PlayStation 4 with a full follow-up, and it's looking as wonderfully gruesome as you'd expect. Check out the brand new trailer above, which reveals when we'll get our hands...
News Sonic Officially Confirmed for Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD on PS4
Swaps bananas for rings
We've actually known about Sonic's cameo appearance in Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD for a while now. A few weeks ago, some trophy descriptions let slip that the blue blur would be joining AiAi and friends in the remastered Wii title, and now, SEGA has confirmed its mascot will be an unlockable character. Sonic will of...
News Bonfire Shows Its Quirky Side in New PSVR Gameplay
Out next week
Out on 22nd October for PlayStation VR, developer Baobab Studios' next title looks about as bizarre as it possibly could. Titled Bonfire, it's described as an "interactive VR experience", and it looks just as odd in the gameplay trailer above. After putting in appearances at various film festivals and launching on the Oculus Quest...
Monday14th Oct 2019
Review Baldurs Gate: Enhanced Edition Pack - Old School RPGs Have Still Got It
Baldur's Great
After being stranded on PC along with Minesweeper and PowerPoint for the best part of two decades, classic role-playing game Baldur's Gate is finally heading to PlayStation so it can be played while you're sat on your couch in your pyjamas, controller in hand, just like God intended. A young orphan who witnesses the death of their...
News Bloodborne Is the Best Souls Game, and Even Souls Creator Knows It
Miyazaki knows best
Every entry in the Souls series, spanning from 2009's Demon's Souls right up until its latest releases, is a bonafide classic. We'll never forget our first experience with Dark Souls, but when it comes down to which is the very best, we think the answer is quite clear. The PlayStation 4 exclusive Bloodborne takes top spot, and as...
News Silent Hill Makes Its Long Awaited Comeback, And the Results Will Certainly Scare You
Konami strikes again
Forgive us, but we've still not quite managed to get over the cancellation of Silent Hills. While Hideo Kojima moving on and developing Death Stranding more than makes up for that, we still occasionally ponder what the Metal Gear Solid creator's take would have looked like. But wonder no longer folks, Silent Hill is back! Well,...
Soapbox Sony Is Doing Its Smaller Exclusives a Disservice
Sammy's irked by PlayStation's poor promotion
Concrete Genie isn’t the first PlayStation exclusive to get short shrift from publisher Sony, and it certainly won’t be the last. The platform holder’s back catalogue is peppered with interesting experiences that it failed to commit enough resources to: Puppeteer, Tokyo Jungle, Bound, Gravity Rush...
News Death Stranding's File Size Will Eat Up a Fair Amount of Room on Your PS4
As expected
File size is something people are becoming increasingly concerned with, as modern games take up more and more precious storage space on our consoles. Red Dead Redemption 2 famously eats up more or less 100GB of space just on its own, and some other AAA games are trending that way too. What about Death Stranding, then? How much room will...
Guide Can You Uncap the Framerate in Fortnite Chapter 2 on PS4?
Is there a way to turn on uncapped frame rate?
How do you uncap the framerate in Fortnite on PlayStation 4? Can you unlock Fortnite's frame rate? If you're playing Fortnite on PS4 and getting to grips with the brand new Chapter 2 content, you may have noticed that performance has taken a bit of a hit. Before the blackout, the game ran at a silky...
Review Children of Morta - Family Matters in This Refreshing Rogue-Lite Adventure
Talkin 'bout my random generation
How do you make your pixelated rogue-lite game stand out? Children of Morta has an interesting answer. While you're cleaving your way through hundreds of corrupted baddies in the title's randomly generated dungeons, it frequently hits you with moments of story. The combination of random levels with a set narrative...
News UK Sales Charts: Concrete Genie's Wishes Dashed As PS4 Exclusive Flops in Shops
FIFA 20 scores a hat-trick
If you were hoping last week's new releases were going to shake things up in the UK's bestsellers, you're flat out of luck. FIFA 20 is still very much in prime position, landing a third consecutive number one. Ghost Recon: Breakpoint also lands a consistent result with another second place finish. GRID is the only new...
Reminder Sony's Celebrating the Third Anniversary of PSVR with a Big PlayStation Store Sale
VRy nice
PlayStation VR is now three years old, and Sony isn't letting that go totally unrecognised. In case you missed it, a PSVR specific sale is currently underway on both the European and North American PlayStation Stores, offering up lots of savings on a wide range of virtual reality titles. The sale lasts until 23rd October, meaning you have...
News Fortnite Chapter 2 Trailer Leaks, Debuts New Map and Mechanics
New ways to earn rewards
Fortnite has been down and offline in its entirety since last night's impressive world event, but it looks like the planet's most popular video game is set to return to tomorrow. But before that happens, a leaked trailer has made its way online that details just some of the new mechanics, features, and rewards that Fortnite...
News Fortnite's Finale Shows Service Games At Their Best
The end of the world as we know it
Frustratingly, no one at Push Square plays cultural phenomenon Fortnite, so this article is running about 12 hours late. Nevertheless, it’s been fascinating to learn how Epic Games wrapped up the anticipated 10th Season to its Early Access Battle Royale blockbuster. (Yes, that previous sentence has us stumped...
News Infinity Ward Is 'Definitely Not' Working on Loot Boxes for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
More info coming this week
As with any Activision game, speculation runs rampant regarding the possible implementation of loot boxes or similar in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. No official word on the subject has been provided as yet, but that hasn't stopped people from holding the game at arm's length, expecting the worst. In an attempt to remedy...
News Concrete Genie Has 'Nothing Specific Planned' for DLC
Watch this space, however
Concrete Genie is a lovely PlayStation 4 exclusive with extensive artistic features and mechanics. We say that because it feels like its launch last week passed pretty much everyone by, so much so that it debuted in the UK physical sales charts down in the 35th position. It's a nice, little game but it looks like the...
News Inertial Drift Ditches the Brakes on PS4 in 2020
Comes with local split-screen multiplayer
The racing genre isn't particularly well represented on PlayStation 4. We reckon Gran Turismo Sport is the best driving game on the console, but even that takes a weird turn with an effort to showcase serious online racing. Inertial Drift, from developer Northern Softworks, is
News Granblue Fantasy Versus' Final Two Characters Are Pretty Beastly
Zeta and Vaseraga join the fight
The final two characters of Granblue Fantasy Versus' base roster have been revealed. The first is Zeta, a spear-wielding fighter, and the second is Vaseraga, a towering scythe-swinging warrior. The two of them are partners, and work for the Society -- a group that hunts down powerful monsters in Granblue lore. As...
News Don't Worry, Your V-Bucks and Gear Are Safe Following the Fortnite Blackout
Sony reassures Fortnite players
We're not sure if you've logged into Fortnite recently, but there's a distinct lack of anything whatsoever in the Epic mega-hit right now. The battle royale shooter's tenth season ended with an astonishing finale which saw the entire island implode. Now, all that exists is a mysterious black hole while players are...
News Wargroove: Double Trouble Brings a Co-Op Campaign and New Units to PS4 for Free
Should be releasing soon
Wargroove is an excellent, strategical indie game that released on PlayStation 4 earlier this year, but since its launch came so late when compared to other platforms, it was somewhat overlooked. The game is about to get much bigger and even better, however, with a new Double Trouble DLC that introduces a number of new...
News Guilty Gear Has an Axl to Grind with Rockin' New Character Trailer
Get Low
Axl Low looks sick in the latest Guilty Gear character trailer -- especially now that he's actually wearing pants. The time travelling Brit is sticking with his trusty chain sickle weapon, and we're loving the impact that it seems to have on unsuspecting opponents. Gosh darn does this game look pretty. The new Guilty Gear is set to release...
Sunday13th Oct 2019
Major expansions and smaller DLC
Developer CD Projekt Red has already promised that Cyberpunk 2077 will be a "whole, full value game" at launch, but following its phenomenal support of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt after the game released, we can't help but wonder what we'll get to experience after the base game has shipped. Thankfully, it looks set to...
Random Untitled Goose Game Infiltrates Metal Gear Solid in Incredible Dreams Creation
Honk honk!
The creations coming out of Dreams just keep on getting better and better. That pesky goose from Untitled Goose Game is the next popular character to feature in a video game mashup only made possible by the upcoming PlayStation 4 exclusive, and it has decided to take the place of Solid Snake and infiltrate Shadow Moses itself. The video...
Saturday12th Oct 2019
Round Up All New PS5 Info from Sony - Name, Release Date, Controller, User Interface, and More
Sony spills the beans
Sony has dropped another PlayStation 5 information bomb out of nowhere, once again detailing the next-gen console in an exclusive Wired article. Although we're yet to see the machine, we now know quite a bit about it, including its official name, its confirmed release window, what its controller is like, what the console's user...
News PS5 Is 'Not Just About the Future, But Also About the Past', Insider Claims
Linked to Demon's Souls
We all thought we were gearing up for full PlayStation 4 backwards compatibility with the PS5 a few months ago, but after a vague statement from Sony suggested that it's possible not every current-gen game will work on Sony's next system, we started to have some concerns. However, while it's in no way confirmation of...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 293
Sammy Strikes Again
With the fall setting in, things are getting a little cooler and a little rainier lately. You know what that means: new games are starting to arrive, and it's the perfect time to dive in. Whether it's something from your backlog or a fresh purchase, won't you join us on a lazy gaming weekend? Sammy Barker, Editor: This weekend...
Friday11th Oct 2019
News Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 5 Isn't Happening Says Dev, But Can't Comment on a New Boruto Game
Naruto to Boruto?
CyberConnect2, the developer behind the Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm series, recently posted a question and answer video focusing on its potential plans for future Naruto titles (thanks PS360HD2). The video highlights a huge number of fans asking about Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 5 and whether it's in development. Unfortunately, CEO...
Random Fanmade PS5 Boot Up Screen Is the Perfect Use of Nostalgia
PSone x PS5
Has Sony ever managed to do better than its original PSone boot up sequence? Those visuals and the audio that accompanies them are firmly planted in our own brains, becoming a part of childhood memories for many. Any PlayStation fan has at least some reverence for those couple of seconds before Sony's first console launches a game, so...
News Japan's Incredible Persona 5 Royal PS4 Theme Has Stolen Our Hearts
Royalty
We'd argue that Persona 5 is one of the most stylish games ever made, and now it's got a dynamic PlayStation 4 theme to match. Shown off in the video that we've embedded above, this incredible looking theme is an Amazon Japan exclusive pre-order bonus for Persona 5 Royal, which launches in Japan at the end of the month. It features one of...
Poll What Are Your Thoughts on the PS5, Now That More Details Have Been Revealed?
Are you ready for next-gen?
For the second time, Sony dropped a PlayStation 5 info bomb out of nowhere earlier this week. The company confirmed that the console will indeed be called the PlayStation 5, and that it'll release in late 2020. It even detailed the machine's next-gen controller, and discussed its user interface. If you somehow missed the...
News PS4 Community Helps Out House Fire Victim Whose Console Was Damaged in the Blaze
Reddit rescue
Reddit user SmokeinPeace2516 was eating in his dining room a few days ago when a fire broke out on the floor above. Caused by a wiring defect, the fire brought down the ceiling, but fortunately no one was injured, and all are reportedly okay. Though of course not the most important thing in the world in these situations,...
News Souls Director Miyazaki Says Making Bloodborne 2 Isn't His Call
Sony, we're waiting
Ah, the ever elusive Bloodborne 2. Will it ever get made? Does it already exist in some early form? We don't know, but we do know that the internet loves spreading rumours about it. Fortunately, this story isn't based on a rumour -- it comes from the words of FromSoftware president and Father of Souls Hidetaka Miyazaki, who told...
Random Haunting Sonic Movie Costumes Arrive Just in Time for Halloween
Gotta spook fast
We've had just about enough time to forget all about Paramount's first attempt at Sonic the Hedgehog in the upcoming movie, and now look what's happened. The movie might be delayed into next year, but that hasn't stopped some merchandise from popping up, and boy, they're a sight to behold. Below are two examples of hilariously...
Review Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince - Gorgeous Puzzle Platformer Is a Return to Form
Saving the kingdom, one floating box at a time
The first two games in Frozenbyte’s Trine series were whimsical 2D puzzle platformers. A third title, Artifacts of Power, switched to 3D and offered a shorter adventure that left some fans cold. Trine 4 throws away that extra dimension, and feels much more like the series at its best. Returning...
News Death Stranding PS4 Pre-Orders in the UK Can Get a Cool Alternative Cover
Higgs variant available now
We kinda like the standard Death Stranding box art, but a fair amount of fans have made it clear it's not what they want. The strange PlayStation 4 game from Kojima Productions is looking utterly bizarre, but by comparison, the key artwork adorning the box is pretty tame. However, did you know that there's an alternate...
News Sounds Like Warner Bros and Hitman Dev IO Interactive Are Gearing Up for PS5
Partnership reaffirmed for new project
The Hitman franchise has swapped hands a bit over the years. Owned by Square Enix for a number of years, development studio IO Interactive broke away from the publisher to become independent, and took its bald-headed IP with it. However, it wasn't too long before Warner Bros got involved, offering a publishing...
Thursday10th Oct 2019
Review Frostpunk - Alternate History City Builder Survives Against The Odds
Colder than the other side of the pillow
Here's a little bit of history for you: back in the year 1883 the volcano Krakatoa erupted, and spewed millions of tonnes of ash and molten rock into the atmosphere. There was so much of the stuff up there that sunlight actually struggled to reach the planet's surface and global temperatures cooled...
Guide Upcoming PS4 Games And Accessories For October And November 2019
Call of Duty! Death Stranding! MediEvil!
Watch your step, everyone: new releases are beginning to swarm in. The year is winding down as we head into October, but that only means publishers are starting to push out their big, fancy new PlayStation 4 titles. The next couple of months are looking pretty packed, with plenty of options for gamers of all...
Random Pepsiman on PS4 Is Probably Too Good to Be True
Hey, let's start the game!
Remember when big brands would try and win over the kids with terrible licensed video games? One of the most notorious is Pepsiman, a PSone action game from 1998 based on the cola soft drink. It only released in Japan and was extremely low budget, but that hasn't stopped it from being a beloved, if obscure, cult favourite...
News 'Dozens' of PlayStation Employees Laid Off in Europe as Sony Continues Company Restructure
More changes as PS5 looms
Ahead of the PlayStation 5's full reveal and release in 2020, Sony is clearly busy behind the scenes. The company has been restructuring for a while now, with the likes of former PlayStation Europe boss Jim Ryan taking on the role of Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO back in February of this year, and much more recently,
Review Indivisible - Gorgeous 2D Platforming and Battling Let Down by Difficulty Spikes
Indie visuals
Four years on from its successful Kickstarter campaign, Lab Zero Games’ Indivisible comes to PlayStation 4 with a decent degree of anticipation. Described as an experience that combines a number of different genres into one cohesive undertaking, the final product comes together much better than you might think. Indivisible is sure to...
News Astro Bot Dev Team Is Working on PS5 Demos - Will These Become The Playroom 2?
Onboard software could return on PS5
Before Japan Studio's Asobi Team made PlayStation VR's golden child Astro Bot Rescue Mission, it created PS4's built-in software package, The Playroom. Designed as a social augmented reality experience, every console shipped with the game pre-installed, meaning everyone had something to play immediately. It makes...
News Free-To-Play Fighter Brawlhalla Confirms Cross-Play on PS4
Free-for-all
Following on from the news that cross-play functionality is finally out of its beta phas on PlayStation 4, Brawlhalla is the latest title to step up and offer full cross-play support on Sony's system. This means that PS4 players can now battle with people on PC, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. The free-to-play, Smash Bros.-esque fighter...
News US PlayStation Store Sale Offers Discounts on Warner Bros PS4 Games
Hitman! LEGO! Mortal Kombat!
What's another week if there's no new PlayStation Store sale to talk about? In addition to PlayStation VR's third anniversary sale, Sony's seen fit to arrange another offer on the North American storefront. This one focuses in on Warner Bros' suite of PS4 titles, and there are a few corkers to be found. For starters,...
Review Habroxia - A No-Frills Arcade Shmup on PS4
Don’t forget your quarters
The arcade style shmup’s been around for a long time now. Space Invaders is nearly 50 years old, and Galaga isn’t far behind. To say that the gameplay ideas for the genre have been perfected at this point would be an understatement. How do you add something new to that? Enter Habroxia, which plays more or less like...
Rajang cometh
Update: Monster Hunter World: Iceborne patch 11.01 is available to download now on PlayStation 4, weighing in at around 1.4GB. Happy hunting! Original Story: Capcom has detailed two incoming updates for Monster Hunter World: Iceborne. Version 11.00 and 11.01 are set to release on the 10th October alongside new monster Rajang and a...
News Capcom Promises More Layered Armour Sets Coming to Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
Endgame fashion
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne just got hit with a monstrous update, and one of its highlights is that it introduces a load of craftable layered armour sets taken straight from the base game. A fantastic addition for players who want to customise their look. Capcom's not done yet, though. It's said that this is just the "first...
News Moons of Madness Brings Terror to Mars in January 2020 on PS4
Pre-order bonus detailed
The moon is haunted in Destiny 2: Shadowkeep, and now it looks like Mars is getting in on the action too. Moons of Madness, from developer Rock Pocket Games, is coming to PlayStation 4 on 21st January 2020. And if the reveal trailer above is anything to go by, this is going to be one spooky affair. It sounds a bit like a...
News Death Stranding to Connect on a Global Scale with Upcoming World Tour
Road trip
We're now less than a month away from the arrival of the mysterious Death Stranding. One of Sony's tentpole releases for 2019, this PlayStation 4 title is very nearly here, and it seems Hideo Kojima has big plans. In the lead up to launch day on 8th November, Kojima Productions has announced it will be taking the game on a 'World Strand...
Random Rajang Owns Kirin in Monster Hunter World: Iceborne Cutscene and It's Glorious
King of the jungle
Rajang has landed in Monster Hunter World: Iceborne alongside update 11.01, and boy is he beastly. The terrifying ape-like creature is a deadly foe, as evidenced by the fact that he goes all King Kong on Kirin in his introductory cutscene. We've embedded it above courtesy of Arekkz. New monsters always get a seriously cool...
News Cat Quest 2 Claws Its Way to PS4 Later This Month
Pawesome
Cat Quest II will arrive on PlayStation 4 later this month, publisher PQube has confirmed. The sequel's headline act is the ability to play co-op with a friend, but it also features a bigger world to explore, expanded character progression, and more. We're fans of the first game -- it was a charming little RPG -- so we're looking forward to...
News Go Hand to Hand with Mortal Kombat 11 in This Weekend's Free Trial on PS4
Terminator time
If you've yet to jump into Mortal Kombat 11, Warner Bros has you covered. This weekend, the brutal fighting game will have a free trial, allowing you to get a taste of what it has to offer. It runs from 11th to 14th October, giving you four days to get acquainted with the latest instalment in this grisly series. You'll be able to...
News Stranger Things Turns Rocket League Upside Down in Halloween Event
Scoops Ahoy
Rocket League has attracted some huge crossovers with other entertainment icons, and that trend isn't changing any time soon. The evergreen PlayStation 4 classic holds a Halloween event each year, and this time it's taking a trip to Hawkins, Indiana. That's right, a Stranger Things event is taking place in the soccar game. One of the...
Wednesday9th Oct 2019
Random Days Gone's Trophies Are Scripted to Capture Important Story Moments
Morior Invictus
The PlayStation 4 captures a screenshot that corresponds with every single Trophy you earn, and the vast majority of the time, those images are completely throwaway. A random image of a menu, a weapon aimed down sights, a non-descript cutscene - you know the drill. However, it turns out PS4 exclusive Days Gone actually scripted those...
News Marvel Games Is Just as Excited About PS5 as You Are
The future is cool
Our hype for the PlayStation 5 reached new heights yesterday as a slew of new information detailed the likes of its controller, user interface, and a confirmed release window, and it looks like we weren't the only ones either. The director of production at Marvel Games got in on the action with a tweet that confirmed his own...
News A Newly Approved Sony Patent May Give Us the First Details on PlayStation VR 2
Reality improved
Will there be a PSVR 2 on PlayStation 5? We certainly wouldn't bet against it. Sony's confirmed the current PlayStation VR hardware will be compatible with PS5, but it's almost certainly in the midst of developing a follow-up. If there was any doubt about this, a newly filed patent from SIE might give us our first taste of what...
News The Simpsons: Hit & Run Dev Wants to Remake the PS2 Classic
Woohoo!
If you're talking to a bunch of people in their mid-twenties who only have a very vague, passing interest in video games, it's never too long before The Simpsons: Hit & Run is brought up. The PS2 classic has stood the test of time thanks to becoming a childhood memory for many, and while a full remake is probably never going to happen,...
And it's going to make you cry
Look, we all know that Death Stranding's story is going to be bonkers. And we all know it's going to be stuffed with elaborate cutscenes where weird characters do weird things and talk at length about concepts that you barely understand. It's going to be a Hideo Kojima game -- of that you can be certain. But here's an...
News Sennheiser Announces Wireless PS4 Headset That Can Last 100 Hours Without Charging
That's a lot of gaming
German audio specialist Sennheiser has announced a new gaming headset that's compatible with PlayStation 4. The device is wireless, connecting to the console via USB dongle, and it offers up to a whopping 100 hours of battery life from just one charge. If only the DualShock 4 was so efficient. The GSP 370 will set you back a...
News Could the PS5 Controller's Microphone Change the State of Game Guides Forever?
PlayStation AI assistance
The PS5's controller sounds like it's going to be a major upgrade over the PlayStation 4's. Alongside adaptive triggers and haptic feedback for improved rumble, the supposed Dualshock 5 sports a microphone that could change the way we interact with games if you're in need of assistance. If a recent patent is actually used...
News Full PS5 Reveal Will Happen in 2020, Despite 2019 Event Rumours
2020's going to be big
The PlayStation 5 will be fully revealed at some point in 2020. We always assumed this would be the case, but now we have confirmation from Sony IT specialist Sam Parker, who says the console will be "unveiled and released" next year. It's worth mentioning that there have been whispers of Sony putting on a PS5 reveal event...
News Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled Finally Has Skill-Based Online Matchmaking
Restart your engines
We enjoy a good game of Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, but it's been sorely missing skill-based matchmaking since it launched back in the summer. If you've hopped online at all over the last few months, you'll no doubt have noticed that races can be incredibly unbalanced, with some players crossing the finish line before others...
News Death Stranding's Main Character Will Act Like Norman Reedus to Make Him More Relatable
Two-faced
In Death Stranding, you'll play as Sam Porter Bridges as you deliver goods across a ruined world. However, it seems that Hideo Kojima is keen for players to relate as much to Norman Reedus, the actor who brings Sam to life, as they do the character. If you've been paying attention to how the famed designer speaks about Sam, this won't come...
News Activision Reveals New Intel on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare's Special Ops Mode
Brothers in arms
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has been under fire recently for its PlayStation 4 exclusive Survival mode, but it sounds like Special Ops is going to be much bigger than that. Activision has blown the lid off the co-op branch of its upcoming FPS
News The Division 2's Second DLC Is Out in Less Than a Week and Nobody Noticed
New raid delayed
Remember The Division 2? What was supposed to be 2019's biggest looter shooter basically dropped off a cliff over the summer months as the experience broke over and over again thanks to patches and updates. Now, it's back with its second piece of DLC and it has caught everyone here at Push Square Towers off guard. Did anyone even...
News Concrete Genie Meets God of War in Wonderful Crossover Artwork from Santa Monica Studio
Worldwide Studios congratulate Pixelopus
Concrete Genie is now available on PlayStation 4, and it's definitely an adventure worth taking. The painterly PS4 exclusive from Pixelopus is a refreshingly chilled out game amid all the bombast of modern blockbusters. It certainly seems to have captured the imagination of other Worldwide Studios teams, as a...
Feature Best PS4 Music of September 2019
The home stretch
What's one more month passed without a new music recap? Things have been ramping up for a while now, and with some big releases starting to trickle down with yet more to come, September might have been the strongest month of the year for music. Let’s hop in. Greedfall: We’ve started noticing the music of Olivier Derivière...
Tuesday8th Oct 2019
The 'DualShock 5' sounds nuts
Those lucky b*stards over at Wired have managed to get their hands on the PlayStation 5's controller, supposedly named the DualShock 5. According to the publication, it looks "an awful lot like the PS4's DualShock 4", so you can expect a very similar design when compared to Sony's current-gen pad. But there are some...
News Sony Confirms Next-Gen Console Will Be Called PlayStation 5
Or PS5, for short
As if there was any doubt, Sony has confirmed that its next-gen PlayStation console will indeed be called PlayStation 5, or PS5 for short. The confirmation comes from Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan, in an exclusive interview with Wired. "It's nice to be able to say it," Ryan jokes. "Like a giant burden has been lifted...
News PS4 Firmware Update 7.00 Is Available to Download Right Now
Lucky number 7
The latest system software update for PlayStation 4 has arrived. As outlined on the PlayStation Blog, this firmware update makes some major changes to the Party system on PS4. Firmware update 7.00 can be downloaded right now, and it shouldn't take you long; it's about 470MB in size. So, what does it do? Here are the patch notes for...
Review GRID - Codemasters Is Driving Safe with a Solid PS4 Reboot
It's not quite a Jaguar
The GRID series has an interesting history. The inaugural title, Race Driver: GRID, was a cracking debut that served as a sort of successor to the TOCA franchise. It laid down some incredibly solid groundwork that sequels didn't quite build upon properly. Codemasters has seen fit to revisit the series with the appropriately...
News PS5 Release Date Set for Holiday 2020, Sony Confirms
Mark your calendar
The PlayStation 5 -- as it's now officially known -- will launch in the holiday period of 2020. A new Wired interview with Sony Interactive Computer Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan confirms this. Obviously we already knew that the Japanese giant was aiming for this release window anyway, but it's nice to have it officially reiterated...
"Please wait for more information"
We already know that the PlayStation 5 will boast backwards compatibility with PlayStation 4 games, but as it turns out, the current-gen console's entire catalogue may not carry over. In a rather vague statement to Japanese publication Famitsu, as translated by BlackKite on Twitter, Sony says "Currently, the dev...
News PS5 Will Have a 4K Blu-Ray Disc Drive
4K-ing great
As detailed in a new article from Wired, PlayStation 5, as it's now officially known, will feature support for 4K Blu-Ray discs. This is a step up from PS4 and PS4 Pro, and will allow playback of 4K content. The insightful article tells us that "physical games for the PS5 will use 100GB optical disks, inserted into an optical drive...
News PS5 Will Let You Choose Which Parts of a Game You Want to Install
Choose between single or multiplayer
One of the more important aspects highlighted in Wired's exclusive deep dive into the PlayStation 5 was that the way we download and install games changes next generation. Instead of installing everything at once, the PS5 will let you select which pieces you'd like to play first. Speaking with wired.com, Mark...
News Gran Turismo Sport Is Already Running on a PS5 Devkit
PS5 version incoming?
Could Gran Turismo Sport be a part of the PS5's launch line up come holiday 2020? It's definitely a possibility because in an exclusive Wired interview, the website confirmed that Polyphony Digital's serious racer is already running on the next-gen system's devkit. While confirming that the devkit itself does indeed look very...
News Ghost of Tsushima Is Still a PS4 Game, Sony Reiterates
Pre-PS5 launch?
Have we all managed to recover from that PlayStation 5 blowout? Okay, good, because here's another tidbit for you concerning what games we expect to play on that next-gen system. Of course, Ghost of Tsushima will be playable on the PS5 via backwards compatibility, but according to Sony, it is still being developed as a PlayStation 4...
News Bluepoint Games Working on a 'Big Game' for PS5
Demon's Souls, is that you?
This has to be the Demon's Souls remake, right!? Buried near the bottom of Wired's latest unveiling of Sony's PlayStation 5, Bluepoint Games is quoted saying that it has a "big game" planned for the console. The masters of the remake have become synonymous with putting out quality re-releases of past classics, and it...
News PS5 Rumours About Poor Communication Between Sony and Devs Were a Load of Rubbish
Reliable source says otherwise
If you've been keeping a close eye on social media and various forums over the last couple of weeks, then you may have noticed some rumours popping up with regards to Sony supposedly being stubborn with developers. More specifically, these rumours said that Sony's communication with various studios has been poor,...
News PS5's User Interface Sounds Much More Interactive with Live Information from Games
In-game info to be shown in PS5's menus
If you've been wondering whether PlayStation 5's menus and interface will differ much from the PS4, it sounds like there will be some significant changes. As part of Wired's latest report on the upcoming hardware, Mark Cerny explains that you'll get live updates from your games directly in the UI of the PS5...
Deal BioWare's PS4 Sci-Fi Shooter ANTHEM Is Going for Crazy Low Prices on Amazon
One hit wonder
It's no secret that BioWare's ANTHEM has failed to garner much attention. Following an indifferent critical reception and a chain of issues, it feels like the game is pretty much dead and buried already. The developer did attempt to rekindle interest by promising some more content updates, but this didn't really make much of a dent...
News PS5 Aiming for Super Fast Game Downloads
Get playing in moments
There's no denying that video games are getting bigger and bigger in size, something that has become quite the problem on the PlayStation 4. Developers are looking to tackle that issue with the next-gen PlayStation 5, however, with more modern technology that is supposed to speed up how quickly we download games. Speaking...
News Sony Announces Release Dates for Various Upcoming PSVR Games
Winter wave
We're on the brink of PlayStation VR's third anniversary, and Sony has seen fit to celebrate. In addition to a brand new sale on virtual reality titles, several PSVR games have either been announced or had their release dates revealed. Let's go through everything, shall we? First up is Bonfire, a
News Sony Celebrates PSVR's Third Anniversary with EU and US PlayStation Store Sale
Virtual savings
In just a few days, PlayStation VR will turn three years old. The hardware has been a pretty big success for Sony, and has led the way in bringing virtual reality to the mainstream. As part of its celebrations, the platform holder is hosting a PlayStation Store sale on PSVR games in both Europe and North America. Things are slightly...
Review The Bradwell Conspiracy - Jonathan Ross Can't Save This Technically Inept Title
Go home
The Bradwell Conspiracy wants to reach the same heights as Gone Home and What Remains of Edith Finch, but thanks to woeful performance on PlayStation 4 and clunky, unreliable mechanics, it goes in the opposite direction. After an explosion at the Bradwell Stonehenge Museum starts to topple the building over, it’s yours and a companion’s...
News Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast Y-Axis Patch Is Live on PS4 Now
X-Axis fix MIA
The force is strong with this patch because Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast now finally supports inverted controls on the Y-axis thanks to an update that went live yesterday. Those of you who choose to questionably change the camera controls on PlayStation 4 can now safely buy this port of the game's first appearance on a Sony...
News Facebook Functionality Could Return to PS4 If Sony Agrees to Updated Contract
Terms and conditions apply
In case you missed the news, Facebook integration on PlayStation 4 has been removed. Its removal has meant that sharing videos, screenshots, or broadcast links to the social networking site is no longer possible, and users are unable to link their PlayStation Network account to their Facebook account in order to make use...
News New MediEvil PS4 Gameplay Video Compares the Remake to the Bare Bones Original
Sir Damn
Sometimes it's easy to forget just how far we've come in such a short span of time. Whenever a remake of a beloved older game comes around, it gives us an opportunity to appreciate the leaps that have been made in technology, and MediEvil is a perfect example. Over two decades separate the original game from the PlayStation 4 resurrection,...
News DOOM Eternal Delayed to March 2020
Hell rests easy for a little longer
We were rolling in today's excellent news surrounding the next-gen PlayStation 5 when id Software came along all of a sudden and dropped a bit of a stinker. DOOM Eternal, originally scheduled to release next month, has been delayed to early next year. It'll now release on 20th March 2020 along with a sweet...
News Sci-Fi Exploration Adventure Outer Wilds Lands on PS4 Next Week
Make some space for it
Following a leak from the Korean ratings board, Outer Wilds has been officially confirmed for a PlayStation 4 release. Not to be confused with Obsidian's RPG The Outer Worlds, this is a sci-fi adventure that takes place in a truncated, sandbox solar system. You're free to explore the surrounding pla
Interview Taking the Hiss with Control Composer Petri Alanko
< We expect/desire conversation about music/audio >
Recently, we got the chance to chat with composer Petri Alanko, Remedy Entertainment’s go-to for a number of years now. We talked to him about his working with Martin Stig Andersen on Control, why burning instruments was an important part of the process, and which GPU company ended up leading to...
News Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Scores Two PS4 Hardware Bundles
The Price is right
Sony's been in bed with the Call of Duty franchise for a number of years now, and it seems unlikely that anything's going to change. While some may be upset by a timed exclusive mode, PlayStation 4 hardware bundles are a little more agreeable. Of course, the platform holder has seen fit to pack in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare with...
Monday7th Oct 2019
Bustin' makes me feel... Okay
By now we all know what horrors lurk in the game-to-movie adaptation genre - it's an stained black spot on our beloved medium’s history. Movie-to-game adaptations, however, aren't quite as consistently terrible - some are quite the opposite. For every instance of shovelware licensing (hello, Spider-Man 3), there are...
News PS4 Firmware Update 7.00 Launches This Week
Party and Remote Play improvements
PlayStation 4 firmware update 7.00 is finally ready for launch. It feels like the update's been in beta for an eternity, and although it doesn't boast the most exciting list of additions, it's still brings some nice improvements to Sony's current-gen system. For starters, party functionality is receiving a bit of...
Review Destiny 2: Shadowkeep - Looter Shooter Comfort Food and Not a Whole Lot More
Moon's haunted
Ever since splitting from Activision, Bungie has been talking a big game. The launch of Destiny 2: Shadowkeep represents the moment where the developer fully embraces the MMO concept, clearly defines its core pillars, and lays the groundwork for a better looter shooter experience. It’s a series of promises that transforms the base...
News PS4 Facebook Functionality Has Been Removed Rather Suddenly
Slap in the Facebook
And just like that, the PlayStation 4's integration of Facebook is being removed starting today (that's the 7th October 2019, for those of you reading this in the future). Sony's official support page on the matter doesn't give a clear reason for the removal, but it does offer a breakdown of what this means for users...
News Some NPCs Could Die if You Don't Maintain a Connection with Them in Death Stranding
Anti-social
Initially, Death Stranding's theme of connection was pretty mysterious, but now that we've seen a bunch of the game in action, it's starting to make sense. Sam Porter Bridges is travelling the length of the fallen United States in order to reconnect the broken civilisation. He'll be doing this by making deliveries and getting everyone...
Game of the Month Best PS4 Games of September 2019
Monsters, guns, sin, and relationships
September marked the end of what felt like a very long and quiet summer, bringing with it a load of new games. As such, it was a busy month for us here at Push Square as we got back into the swing of reviewing as many titles as we could get our grubby hands on. But of course, only one release can be crowned our...
News UK Sales Charts: Ghost Recon: Breakpoint Can't Break FIFA 20's Winning Streak
Go sports team
FIFA 20 is out, and as always, the franchise reigns supreme in the UK chart. It's at number one for the second time, despite a major new release from Ubisoft. Ghost Recon: Breakpoint has had to settle for a second place debut, although we expect this game to stick around for a bit. Its predecessor went on to sell very well, so it's...
News Acclaimed Narrative Platformer GRIS Is Coming to PS4 According to European Ratings Board
PEGI leaks port
GRIS is a narrative focused adventure game from Devolver Digital that released at the end of last year. We've embedded a trailer above to give you an idea. It skipped PlayStation 4, but went on to receive pretty much unanimous praise from press and players. Now, though, it seems the game will finally be coming to Sony's platform...
Guide What Specs Will PS5 Have?
All of PlayStation 5's technical specifications
What are the PS5's specs? Sony's PlayStation 5 is coming, and it's going to come packed with some pretty impressive technology. For most people, the technical specifications of the PS5 won't matter all that much -- at the end of the day, the important thing is that Sony's next generation console runs a...
News Monster Hunter: World Smashes Through 14 Million Copies Sold
The hunt continues
Capcom's best selling game ever continues to be a huge success for the Japanese publisher. Monster Hunter World: Iceborne launched last month and it's managed to move at least 2.5 million copies, but the expansion's arrival also seems to have had a positive impact on sales of Monster Hunter: World. The base release has now broken...
News Crazy PSVR Adventure Trover Saves the Universe Gets Free DLC Tomorrow
Important Cosmic Jobs
One of this generation's most bonkers games, virtual reality or not, is Trover Saves the Universe. Written by and starring Justin Roiland of Rick and Morty fame, it's a comedic adventure through space as you try to save your dogs from an enemy bent on destruction. With ad-libbed dialogue and all kinds of weird and wonderful...
Sunday6th Oct 2019
News Marvel's Avengers Campaign Takes Roughly 12 Hours to Beat
30 hours if you do everything
Coverage of Marvel's Avengers is coming thick and fast out of New York Comic Con. As well as the reveal of Kamala Khan as a playable character, we now know how long the game's campaign will be if you focus on the core story. Speaking with
News Destiny 2: Shadowkeep Raid Beaten Inside Six and a Half Hours
Ascend Clan wins World's First
The raids that accompany any Destiny-related expansion are moments worth tuning in for, and Destiny 2: Shadowkeep was no different. Released earlier tonight, Garden of Salvation has now been beaten with a world's first time of six hours and 15 minutes. Ascend Clan took first place as it streamed live on Twitch,...
Monday7th Oct 2019
Random Madrid Games Week Hands Out Hideo Kojima Masks
Bit weird, right?
If you've ever been to a video gaming convention before, you'll know that free swag isn't so hard to come by. Handed out by various publishers in order to promote its games, you'll probably get your hands on posters and copies of weapons made out of foam. They're fun for the most part, but Madrid Games Week has taken things up a...
Saturday5th Oct 2019
Guide Destiny 2 - How to Start the Campaigns
New Light walkthrough
How do you start the campaigns in Destiny 2? How do you start the story missions in Destiny 2: New Light? Jumping into Bungie's looter shooter world with its new free-to-play option is probably going to be a little bit overwhelming for a lot of people. It introduces a whole host of planets to visit and patrol, but where are the...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 292
Tell me your wish
How has the weather changed so quickly? One minute we were wearing shorts, now we’re hugging our winter jackets. The good news is that you have absolutely no reason to go outside anymore, so it’s time to catch up on that growing collection of video games you’ve been side-eyeing all summer. Sammy Barker, Editor: I’m taking...
Friday4th Oct 2019
Guide Destiny 2 - How to Get a Bow
Introducing the Fallen to Robin Hood
The Combat Bow is a brand new weapon archetype introduced in Destiny 2: Forsaken, and so naturally, it's one of the first things you'll want to get your hands on. Thankfully, you won't have to wait too long until one makes its way into your inventory. How to Acquire Your First Bow: After completing an early...
Guide Ghost Recon: Breakpoint Character Builds - Best Classes and Perks to Unlock
Character builds for all playstyles
Character builds in Ghost Recon: Breakpoint? You better believe it. Ubisoft's open world shooter lets you adopt a number of different playstyles, and in this guide, we're going to be detailing character builds that you may find useful, or perhaps our builds will give you some ideas of your own. You can also find...
Guide Can You Play Ghost Recon: Breakpoint Single Player?
Is there a campaign in Ghost Recon: Breakpoint?
Can you play Ghost Recon: Breakpoint in single player? Ubisoft's latest open world shooter offers many modes of play, from solo to co-op to PvP, but is playing alone viable? Is Breakpoint meant to be played by yourself, or is it built for co-op? In this quick guide, we'll try to answer these questions...
Guide Ghost Recon: Breakpoint - How to Hold Your Breath When Aiming
Steadying your aim as a sniper
How do you hold your breath in Ghost Recon: Breakpoint on PS4? While playing the game, you may have noticed references to holding your breath while aiming -- but how do you actually do it? We'll explain the mechanic in this guide. How to Hold Your Breath in Ghost Recon: Breakpoint Holding your breath in Breakpoint is...
News The PS4 Cross-Play Program Is Now Out of Beta, Says Report
Now open to all developers
Sony has been criticised for its tough stance on cross-console compatibility, initially giving developers and players looking for the functionality a hard "no". Of course, more recently, the platform holder has softened on the issue. Last year, the company announced a "major policy change" with regards to cross-play,...
Saturday5th Oct 2019
Guide New PS4 Games Releasing in October 2019
Every upcoming PlayStation 4 release date in October 2019
What new PS4 games are releasing in October 2019? This is a gargantuan window for the PlayStation 4, so you can kiss goodbye to your social life. Headline titles include Destiny 2: Shadowkeep, Concrete Genie, MediEvil, and The Outer Worlds – but spare a thought for the likes of Afterparty,...
Friday4th Oct 2019
Guide Ghost Recon: Breakpoint - Best Single Player Class
How to be a one man army in Ghost Recon: Breakpoint
What's the best class for single player in Ghost Recon: Breakpoint? Which is the best class to pick in Breakpoint if you're not playing with friends? Ubisoft's latest introduces a class system to the Ghost Recon franchise, allowing you to spec into a specific build or way of playing. It is, of...
Random Ghost of Tsushima Is the Latest PS4 Exclusive to Be Troubled by That Pesky Goose
Goose of Tsushima
Untitled Goose Game may not be on PlayStation 4 yet, but at least pandamusk is keeping the dream alive. Having initially placed the feathered anti-hero into The Last of Us: Part II, the artist has now presented us with what the goose is getting up to in ancient Japan. Yes, Ghost of Tsushima is the next major Sony game to get the...
Guide Is Ghost Recon: Breakpoint Always Online?
Does it require an internet connection?
Is Ghost Recon: Breakpoint always online? Does Ghost Recon: Breakpoint require an internet connection? Always online games have become increasingly common this generation, with the likes of Destiny and Ubisoft's own The Division 2 forcing players to be connected at all times. It's just how they work. But is...
Guide Ghost Recon: Breakpoint - All the Best Skills
What are the best skills in Ghost Recon: Breakpoint?
What are the best skills in Ghost Recon: Breakpoint? Which skills should you unlock first? Ghost Recon: Breakpoint features a gigantic skill tree, full to the brim with useful abilities and traits that'll give you the advantage out in the battlefield. Which ones are the best, though? And what are...
Guide Ghost Recon: Breakpoint - How to Avoid Wolves Drone
Dodging the Azrael drone
How do you avoid the Wolves drone in Ghost Recon: Breakpoint? The Azrael drone flies over the map every now and then in Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, and if you're spotted, your minimap will be disabled, and Wolves will deploy near your position. But how do you avoid being seen by the drone? We'll explain how it works in this...
News PS Now's Price Drop Even Convinced Sony's Shuhei Yoshida to Sign Up
He didn't have it already...?
PlayStation Now slashed its asking price in half earlier this week, and it appears to have been enough of an incentive to make Sony's own President of Worldwide Studios, Shuhei Yoshida, sign up and check the service out for himself. We're sort of surprised that one of PlayStation's most recognisable faces wasn't already...
News Jump into Bed with Promiscuous Adventure Game One Night Stand on PS4
Cold coffee
One Night Stand poses the question: what would you do if you woke up in bed next to a complete stranger? This curious adventure game arrived on PC several years ago, but as announced at E3 2019, it's cheating on its long-term platform with PlayStation 4. The game is available now. This narrative adventure about the morning after...
News PS Now Annual Subscription Under £40 in UK
What are you waiting for?
PlayStation Now is awesome again – even Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida’s gone and signed up. You’re probably considering grabbing a monthly subscription at the service’s new low price, but before you do, may we recommend you check out this deal in the UK: a whopping 12 months for just £39.85. That works...
News Project Resistance Beta Testers Uncover Resident Evil 3 Save Room Theme Song In-Game
Could the remake be on its way?
The multiplayer-focused Resident Evil spin-off Project Resistance is currently conducting a bit of a private beta at the moment ahead of its release next year, but some interesting footage has already made its way online. A few participants have noticed that a certain Resident Evil 3 theme song that plays in every...
News Bloodborne Community Organises Its Own Halloween Event
Return to Yharnam
If you're a fan of popular service-based titles such as Overwatch, For Honor, and Rainbow Six: Siege, you probably know that this time of year means there's a Halloween themed event just around the corner. As many Games as a Service decorate their hubs with pumpkins, bats, and witches, however, the Bloodborne community over on
Round Up All Death Stranding PS4 Trailers Released So Far
The mystery continues
Now we have a firm release date for Death Stranding, we've been thinking about all the trailers released up to this point. The enigmatic new game from Hideo Kojima is a surreal mystery at this stage. With each new video, we're drawn further into the unsettling world as they raise more and more questions. What are the invisible...
News Tekken 7 Patch 3.01 Causing Crashes When It Was Supposed to Fix Minor Bugs
KO
Tekken 7 has a new update on PlayStation 4. Patch 3.01 was deployed yesterday at the time of writing, and the small download was supposed to fix a few minor bugs -- bugs that have popped up after the game entered Season 3 last month. However, things haven't quite worked out the way that they should have, as players are running into some nasty...
Saturday5th Oct 2019
News Marvel's Iron Man VR Release Date Revealed at New York Comic Con
Assemble
Update: Sony's officially outlined Marvel's Iron Man VR's roster of purchase options. The standard release will cost just $39.99, and if you pre-order from participating retailers you'll score four custom armours and a dynamic PS4 theme. Plump up for the $49.99 Digital Deluxe version from the PlayStation Store and you'll grab a further four...
News Marvel's Avengers Adds Sixth Playable Hero, Kamala Khan
Elastic action
Marvel’s Avengers has taken a bit of a battering since being formally unveiled at E3 2019, but the project has started to look a lot more interesting in recent months. Case in point: this Kamala Khan unveiling is pretty neat, as Ms Marvel has been officially confirmed as the release’s sixth playable character. For those out of the...
Friday4th Oct 2019
Poll Are You Buying Ghost Recon: Breakpoint?
Breaking point?
Ghost Recon: Breakpoint is out today on PlayStation 4 (that's the 4th October, if you happen to be reading this at a later date), and it's safe to say that it's divided opinion. Following on from the beta last month, the open world shooter's been in early access for the last three days or so, and although we don't think it's a bad...
News Resident Evil Brings Horror to Monster Hunter World: Iceborne in November
Knock knock open up the door, it's real
Capcom is bringing Resident Evil to Monster Hunter World: Iceborne in November, and we've gotta say, it's doing it in style. Not only will Leon and Claire skins be up for grabs, but you'll be able to dress the Handler as Mr. X. Absolutely unreal stuff. You can stare in disbelief at the trailer above. It also...
News The Latest Grand Prix Gets Spooky in Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled from Today on PS4
Plus some game-changing updates
A new month means a new Grand Prix in Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled. As you may have guessed, October's Spooky seasonal content revolves around Hallowe'en, bringing a batch of creepy new vehicles, characters, and more to the evolving kart racer. The new track is called Nina's Nightmare, and as you can see in the...
News Musical Puzzler Kine Tunes Up on PS4 Later This Month
Our Kine of game
Just when you think there are no original ideas left, a game like Kine comes along. It's a 3D puzzle game in which you must guide three musically minded machines through tricky, cubic landscapes. You'll use their unique shapes and features to clamber through increasingly difficult levels as the trio aim for stardom. It's a pretty...
Thursday3rd Oct 2019
Guide Destiny 2 - How to Complete the Cayde's Will Exotic Quest and Get the Ace of Spades
R.I.P
For those of you living under a rock, Cayde-6 meets his end in the opening mission of Destiny 2: Forsaken. However, we'll always have something to remember him by in the form of his recognisable hand cannon, the Ace of Spades. There's an exotic quest that ultimately leads you to getting your hands on it, and here's how to complete it. Please...
Guide How to Stop Ads Being Added to the PS4's Dashboard
Rid your PlayStation 4 of unwanted Featured Content
How do you stop ads from appearing automatically on your PS4’s home menu screen? This can be a source of annoyance for many, as Sony occasionally adds random icons to your already cluttered PlayStation 4 dashboard, promoting content that you don’t want. Fortunately, the platform holder’s made...
Guide Destiny 2: Forsaken - How to Beat the Main Campaign
Taking the fight to the enemy
Destiny 2: Forsaken introduces a brand new story and set of missions for you to pursue throughout your time on the Tangled Shore, taking you to different places to experience a variety of things. Here's how to beat all of that mainline content. How to Beat Destiny 2: Forsaken's Main Campaign: Progress through the...
All-in-one
Ghost Recon: Breakpoint is a difficult game to review. Sometimes it's great fun, sometimes it's an incredibly banal but weirdly addictive grind. Other times it's a buggy mess. Our enjoyment of Breakpoint has fluctuated so much over the review period that we had to sit down and carefully consider whether we actually think it's worth...
Guide Destiny 2: Forsaken - How to Unlock New Supers for Every Class
Playing with power
Destiny 2: Forsaken has introduced three new supers for each class, meaning a total of nine new abilities are there to be played around with. Here's how to unlock every single one of them. How to Unlock New Supers for Every Class in Destiny 2: Forsaken: After completing the first mission of the expansion you'll be taken back to...
Guide Destiny 2 - How to Complete the Holliday Family History Exotic Quest and Get The Chaperone
Each step explained
A number of exotic weapons from year 1 of Destiny 2 have been given a new lease of life with the Forsaken expansion, with one of them being The Chaperone. Here's how to get your hands on this exotic Shotgun. Please note that Destiny 2: New Light players must own the Forsaken expansion in order to trigger this quest. How to...
News Lady Who Lent Likeness to The Last of Us 2's Dina Reacts to Release Date Trailer
"She looks like an alien"
And just like that, the kooky Cascina Caradonna has returned to YouTube to react to the latest trailer for The Last of Us: Part II. For those of you who missed our story on this last year, the American actress lent her likeness to Dina’s model, but she does not play the part. Instead, the role is occupied by West
Review NHL 20 - A Slightly Improved Version of the Same Game
Video game misconduct
Sports games have a tendency to change incrementally year-to-year. This applies to the bigger sports franchises, let alone the smaller ones, which is what NHL 20 falls under. NHL 19 was an absolute disaster of a product, underwhelming in almost every way possible, so it's with optimism that we say this is a step forward, though...
Review Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair - A Great Example of Less Is More
Going batty
Yooka-Laylee was born out of a desire to return to the 3D mascot platformers of the mid-nineties. The initial game by Playtonic, a studio that has several ex-Rare staffers in its ranks, found a degree of success in this mission statement, but it didn't quite measure up to expectations. It's a cutesy, colourful collect-a-thon with nice...
News Cyberpunk 2077 Collector's Edition Statue Looks Even Better in Real Life
Take a closer look
Ahhh Cyberpunk 2077. Your brain can switch off for a moment and then you suddenly realise this behemoth of an RPG is out on PlayStation 4 in just half a year. CD Projekt Red's next title releases with a range of editions, the most expensive of which is the Collector's Edition. It's a hefty investment, so the studio has given us a...
News GT Sport Spec 2's New Opening Movie Is As Ostentatious As Ever
Cars, cars, sports
Gran Turismo Sport is getting repackaged and re-released as a double-disc Spec 2 bumper edition, and it has a brand new intro movie to boot. The epic five minute clip starts out by showcasing scenes from recent e-sports events involving the racer, before seguing into some beautiful panning of shots of virtual cars motoring through...
News Persona 5 Royal Reveals 'My Palace' Mode, Previous Persona Protagonists as DLC Bosses
Now it's personal
As part of the final 'Morgana Report' video, Atlus has revealed a brand new mode coming to Persona 5 Royal. Titled 'My Palace', the mode is essentially an interactive gallery that houses everything Persona 5. You can look at art work as well as animated story cutscenes, listen to the game's soundtrack, and even view various...
Come on over
Alongside the reappearance of the terrifying ape-like beast that is Rajang, Monster Hunter World: Iceborne will be getting a couple of new features when its first big update rolls around this month, on the 10th October. For starters, a new region is being added to the Guiding Lands. It'll be a volcanic area, allowing for new materials...
News The Last of Us 2 Will Be Accessible Without Sacrificing Tension, Says Naughty Dog
Developer discusses accessibility
The conversation around making games accessible to more players has been burning brighter this generation, and it's something more developers are paying attention to. More and more games are beginning to provide accessibility options for those who need them. Naughty Dog has actually been making a case for this with...
News The House of the Dead 1 and 2 Remakes Could Shuffle onto PS4
Back from the dead
It seems that the recent rumours surrounding The House of the Dead are true. Word on the street is that the first two titles in the legendary light gun arcade series will be making a return on modern machines. Today, developer Forever Entertainment has confirmed it's signed a deal to produce these remakes. It looks as though...
News Death Stranding Delivers a Cool Cinematic Trailer Ahead of Launch on PS4
The Drop
Can you believe it's now only about a month until Death Stranding is out? It feels like Hideo Kojima's mad PlayStation 4 game has been around for such a long time, it's hard to imagine actually being able to play it. Yet, here we are, and what's more, a brand new trailer has emerged. This minute-long commercial is CG, but it's not a bad...
News Golem Finally Lumbers Towards a November Release Date on PSVR
Rolling stones
Those of you who have been waiting for Golem on PlayStation VR -- you can wake up now. A release date for this long dormant PSVR exclusive title has finally been announced, and there isn't too much longer to wait. Golem will release digitally on 12th November 2019, but a few days earlier at retail on 8th November. In case you've...
News Stranded Sails: Explorers of the Cursed Islands Docks on PS4 Later This Month
Shiver me timbers
Stranded Sails: Explorers of the Cursed Islands may not be the biggest PlayStation 4 release of the month, but it's one you might fancy after working your way through a slew of blockbuster titles. The open-world pirate adventure title that's pitched as The Legend of Zelda meets Stardew Valley is coming to PS4 in just a few weeks...
News Return of the Obra Dinn Drops Anchor on PS4 Later This Month
Release date revealed
Land ho! Return of the Obra Dinn, the highly acclaimed, sea-faring mystery game, has a release date on PlayStation 4. Coming from Papers, Please developer Lucas Pope, the nautical adventure title is set to arrive on 18th October 2019. There's every reason to be excited about this one. While the visual style won't be to...
News Ghost Recon: Breakpoint Showcases Auroa and its Enemy in Launch Trailer
£1.99 per view, please
We've been playing Ghost Recon: Breakpoint for the past couple of days, but the game doesn't actually officially release until tomorrow with the launch of the standard version. The Ultimate Edition came with three days early access, and because of that, we've had a taste of what the game's attempting to highlight in its new...
Wednesday2nd Oct 2019
Guide How to Play MLB The Show 19 on PS4
All the basics for baseball beginners
MLB The Show 19 is, as far as we’re concerned, the best sports game available on the PlayStation 4 right now. It is, however, incredibly niche. Unless you live in the United States or parts of Asia, there’s a good chance you may not know baseball’s rules – pretty tricky if you’re planning to play a...
News The Last of Us 2's 'Heartbeat' System Sounds Completely Nuts But Very Impressive
Just a heartbeat away
Naughty Dog's seemingly gone mental with all of this tech in The Last of Us: Part II. In an interview with Polygon, co-director Anthony Newman explains the game's "heartbeat" system, which sounds equal parts insane and impressive. The gist of it is that in The Last of Us: Part II, every character -- that's Ellie, her allies,...
Rumour PS5 Will Represent the Biggest Jump in Computing Power of Any Console Generation
"Prospero" leaked
Based on all the facts, rumours, and supposed leaks, we're confident that the PS5 is going to be a bit of a beast. With Sony touting things like ray tracing and 0.8 second load times, it's always been fair to assume that its next-gen console will be powerful, and now an anonymous, but seemingly in-the-know source
Thursday3rd Oct 2019
News PS Now Ads Begin Appearing on PS4's Dashboard
Fuming
Sony really wants to remind you that PlayStation Now is a service that exists since it’s halved the price. The company – which has allowed Google and Microsoft to dominate the cloud gaming conversation over the past few months, despite neither offering a real-world product yet – has added a new advertisement to the PlayStation 4’s...
Wednesday2nd Oct 2019
News Start Saving! Nintendo PlayStation Prototype to Go on Sale
Going once, going twice
Do you think if we have a whip around we can afford this? Cedric Biscay – the founder of Magic Monaco and a key player in the production of Shenmue III – has revealed on social media that Terry Diebold intends to sell the only known Nintendo PlayStation prototype in existence. He happened upon the mythological machine...
News PlayStation Boss: The Thrust of My Executive Energy Is to Avoid Complacency
Not-so arrogant Sony
Despite dominating the PlayStation 4 generation, Sony still hasn’t quite shaken off the shackles of the devastating PlayStation 3 era. Dare to enter any forum thread about the future of gaming, and you’ll find at least one post referring to the organisation’s “arrogance” or “hubris”. It seems that brand boss Jim...
News Will We Be Playing PS5 Games on a 3D Holographic Display?
Sony patents futuristic tech
Companies file patents all the time, but sometimes one comes along that's particularly interesting. Sony is, of course, not just PlayStation; it's a tech company with vast experience in cameras, sound systems, and much more besides. It's been toying around with holographic displays the last few years, attempting to...
News EU and US PlayStation Store Sale Brings Down Prices on the PS4 Games of a Generation
Top titles discounted
Games of a Generation is a grand title to give a sale, isn't it? Luckily, this latest offer on the European and North American PS Store really does have some cracking games included. Many of PlayStation 4's biggest titles are present and correct here, so let's have a quick look. There are some games included that really do...
Rumour Persona 5 Royal Releases In the Same Month as Final Fantasy VII Remake
March could be big
We know that Persona 5 Royal is set to release next spring here in the West, but we don't yet have a confirmed date. We can't imagine that an announcement is far off, but thanks to the latest issue of Game Informer -- as spotted by Persona Central -- the release month may have just been outed. In an interview with Persona...
Feature As the PSPgo Turns 10, We Remember the Handheld Ahead of Its Time
Up and go
This is going to make you feel old: the PSPgo is now 10-years-old. Sony’s digital-only handheld revision released on 1st October, 2009 – a decade ago. Back then, Push Square was still in its infancy, and yours truly had some, shall we say, thoughts about the negativity surrounding the device. The thing is, looking back on it all now,...
News Untitled Goose Game Will Honk Its Way to PS4, Eventually
Honk honk!
Untitled Goose Game has taken the world by storm. We've spotted the honking cropping up in the most unlikely of places, but it looks like that pesky little goose will cause some trouble on PlayStation 4 one day. Currently only available on Nintendo Switch and PC, developer House House has confirmed that it hopes to bring the game to PS4...
Rumour PS5 Will Come With a Camera to 'Lure' Streamers
Life's a Twitch
Streaming is big business these days, and it's seriously big business for a select few. Sites like Twitch are becoming more and more popular, and like it or not, streamers are now a core pillar of modern gaming culture. It's not really a shock, then, to hear that Sony and Microsoft want in on the market. According to a Gizmodo...
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey Celebrates One Year Anniversary With a Month of Epic Encounters
Patch also coming in October
Assassin's Creed Odyssey celebrates its one year anniversary this week, and Ubisoft is giving players a number of reasons to come back to its ancient Greek adventure. To start with, epic encounters will run throughout the month of October, with returning epic mercenaries and epic ships appearing daily. Take care of them...
News Dreams Early Access Update Makes Browsing Creations Much Easier on PS4
Living the dream
Dreams is still very much alive and kicking on PlayStation 4. If you haven't checked it out in a while, the early access exclusive is awash with cool new creations on a near constant basis. What's more, developer Media Molecule has been making small improvements to the experience over the months. Today, it's announced a fairly...
News Rocket League's Blueprints Will Replace Randomised Loot Boxes in December Update
Psyonix reveals new monetisation system
Earlier in the year, Psyonix pledged to remove loot boxes from the ever popular Rocket League in a bid to make its microtransactions fairer. The randomised rewards are to be replaced with a system in which you'll be able to see exactly what you're buying before you put any money on the table. Today, the...
News The Bradwell Conspiracy Brings Puns and Mystery to PS4 Next Week
Jonathan Ross is in it
It feels like we only just wrapped up our interview with A Brave Plan founder Georg Backer, but The Bradwell Conspiracy has already gone and got itself a confirmed release date. It's coming to PlayStation 4 next week on Tuesday 8th October. Pitched as a "first-person narrative adventure", The Bradwell Conspiracy tasks two...
Guide The Last of Us Remastered - Where to Find All Optional Conversations
'I want to talk about it' Trophy guide
Where are all the optional conversations in The Last of Us? How do you unlock the 'I want to talk about it' Trophy? Throughout the main story in The Last of Us Remastered, there are dozens of conversations that Joel and Ellie can engage in, but they're easy to miss. These chats are optional, so there's every...
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News There's a New Gundam Game Out Now on PS4, By the Way
Sieg Zeon, etc.
Update: Free-to-play team-based title Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation 2 is out now on PS4 in North America and Europe. It's around 13GB in size. Original story: Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation 2 was confirmed for a Western release back in July, and now, as it turns out, it's actually launching tomorrow on PlayStation 4...
Guide What's Included in Destiny 2: New Light?
All content detailed
On Tuesday 1st October, Destiny 2 goes free-to-play. It's a big change for the game, one that affects its structure, content delivery, and how it is perceived going forward. Given the title Destiny 2: New Light, it gives away a huge amount of content that veteran players have already paid for, including some year 2 additions...
News PS Now Prices Permanently Dropped Worldwide, Game Rotation to Add New Blockbusters Every Month
Now's the time
PlayStation Now just became a much more tempting proposition. Sony's oft overlooked subscription service started out as a streaming platform for PlayStation 3 games, but last year, it added full PlayStation 4 title downloads to its arsenal, with new games being added monthly. It's a pretty solid service, but for many, the pricing...
News October 2019 PS Plus Games Are Available to Download Now on PS4
Batter up
We've known about this month's PlayStation Plus games slightly longer than normal thanks to Sony's announcement during State of Play, but they're finally here. October's PS Plus games are ready to go, and have begun their usual rollout. In Europe, they're available to download right now, and they'll go live in other areas so
Guide How to Use PlayStation Now on PC
How do you get PS Now on your computer?
Can you use PlayStation Now on PC? How do you get PS Now to work on your computer? Despite the name, PlayStation Now is a service that isn't locked to your PS4. If you subscribe to Sony's game streaming service, you can access all the games right on your PC. In this guide, we're going to take you step by step...
News Sony Worldwide Studios Chairman Shawn Layden Leaving PlayStation
He'll be greatly missed
In an unexpected post on Twitter this evening, PlayStation has announced the departure of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios Chairman, Shawn Layden. Those of you who have been following the platform holder over the past five or so years will recognise the executive from various E3 press conferences – including...
Poll Is PS Now's Price Drop Tempting You to Subscribe?
Right here, right now
PlayStation Now has received a permanent price drop, making the subscription service a much more tempting proposition -- at least as far as we're concerned. What started out as Sony's first foray into game streaming, PS Now has never truly taken off even though it's always been decent value, especially when taking full...
News Watch Ellie Grow Up in New Time Lapse Promo for The Last of Us 2
Bloody Ellie
Enthusiasm for The Last of Us has returned in full force following all the news and impressions surrounding the sequel. The Last of Us: Part II has a February release date, and received unanimous praise in recent previews. What's more, the original game is currently available as part of PlayStation Plus. Perhaps in celebration of both,...
News PSN Appears to Be Coming Back Online Following Short Downtime
Is PSN under maintenance?
Update: Blimey, that was quick. The PlayStation Network seems to be coming back online after a short period of downtime. We're able to reconnect on our own PlayStation 4 systems, so it might be worth trying to do so yourselves again. Let's all breath a sigh of relief. Original story: At the time of writing, the...
News Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled Goes Up a Gear with Three More Grand Prix Events
More tracks, cars, and characters
Spyro the Dragon's introduction to Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled has only just concluded, but it looks like even more content is on the way. The game's official Twitter account has just revealed a further three in-game Grand Prix events that'll be launching in the near future. The Spooky Grand Prix is up first,...
News Head of PlayStation Japan Asia Atsushi Morita Retires at 60
All change
Hot off the heels of Shawn Layden's abruptly announced departure from PlayStation, another major player is leaving the company. Atsushi Morita may not be as familiar, but he's been corporate director of Sony Interactive Entertainment and president of SIE Japan Asia for a long time. It's been announced that he'll be retiring from both...
News UK Sales Charts: FIFA 20 Surprises No One with Number One Debut
Life goals
Well, this is a big surprise. One of the UK's favourite franchises is FIFA, and the latest entry has once again done the numbers for EA. FIFA 20 debuts at number one despite a decline in physical sales -- but let's not forget that digital is making an increasingly large dent on retail figures. Other new releases didn't fare quite so...
Random This LEGO The Last of Us 2 Artwork Brings New Meaning to Throwing Bricks
Joel and Ellie get the minifigure treatment
Who doesn't love a good LEGO conversion? Minifigures have a pretty iconic look, so it's always fun to see established characters reduced down to tiny plastic people. Case in point: Joel and Ellie from The Last of Us: Part II. Artist Adam Middleton has provided his own interpretation of the two protagonists...
News Artists and Tracks Confirmed for Death Stranding's Companion Album, Timefall
Hear the first song now
From all that we've seen, Death Stranding seems to be leaning in on licensed music, so it's no surprise that an album is in the works. Death Stranding: Timefall was announced a while ago, but in case you aren't aware, it's a standalone collection of original music inspired by Hideo Kojima's latest. Today, Sony has revealed...
News Destiny 2: Shadowkeep PS4 Launch Hit with Capacity Issues and Disconnects
Update: Taken down for emergency maintenance
Update: As tweeted out by Bungie, Destiny 2 has been taken offline for emergency maintenance. Original story: Destiny 2: Shadowkeep went live on PlayStation 4 a few hours ago, but its launch hasn't exactly been the smoothest. It's something we have sort of come to expect with these sorts of releases,...
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