News - 2020, Week 08
Saturday22nd Feb 2020
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 312
Decisions, decisions
It’s been a hellish weekend for weather, so why would you ever want to go outside? Fortunately, a day indoors means an afternoon in front of the PlayStation 4, so what are you playing this weekend? Here’s what we’ve got in store. Sammy Barker, Editor: I have a list of mini reviews to complete as long as my left leg, but...
Friday21st Feb 2020
Review Two Point Hospital - Management Sim Is a Worthy Successor to Theme Hospital
Sick
Theme Park proved that big business could be big fun, and its spiritual successor Theme Hospital became something of a cult classic that kids from the era continue to quote even today. Given the legendary 1997 business simulation’s legacy, it’s curious that it’s taken this long for Two Point Hospital to make an appointment, but if...
News In An Alternate Timeline, We'd Be Playing The Last of Us 2 Right Now
Bloody 'Ellie
How different the beginning to 2020 could have been! Late last year, we were expecting a PlayStation 5 reveal event and The Last of Us: Part II’s launch right around now – neither have materialised. The latter is still shrouded in mystery, while Ellie’s sophomore outing was pushed back to 29t
News Big in Japan Sale Returns to EU and US PlayStation Store with Hundreds of Discounts
Beasts from the East
Big in Japan, one of PlayStation Store's semi-regular sales, is back today, bringing hundreds of discounts on all the Japanese PS4 games you could want. It's arrived on both the European and North American Stores, and the selections are largely the same. Let's have a quick look. Some big names are here in force -- Kingdom...
Feature Amazing Dreams Creations You Need to See - Issue #1
Pier management, glitchy showcases, and robot whales
We're huge fans of Dreams here at Push Square Towers, but it's difficult to define what this PlayStation 4 exclusive is. With the possibilities almost limitless, the variety of experiences available within this title is ridiculous. There's no way everyone will have time to play everything. If...
News Tekken 7 Celebrates 5 Million Copies Sold With Updated Character Artwork
Season 3 fighters join the party
Tekken 7 just keeps selling. Surpassing everyone's expectations, including Bandai Namco's, the fighter has maintained a very healthy competitive scene since it launched on consoles back in 2017, and its good reputation has kept those sales figures ticking along nicely. And we all know what happens whenever we get...
News Dying Light Commemorates Fifth Anniversary with DLC and New Difficulty Mode
Story mode incoming
Techland's post-launch support of Dying Light has been nothing short of phenomenal. Dying Light: The Following was a huge expansion which added an entirely new area to explore, but free pieces of DLC supported that content drop in the lead up to it and long afterwards. And five years after the base game's release, the developer...
Mini Review Knightin'+ - Zelda-Lite Is Too Simplistic with Just Dungeons
Trifine
Are we witnessing the origins of an all-new genre? Knightin’+ started life on itch.io and bills itself as a Zelda-lite. The gameplay is easy to describe: it’s Zelda in dungeon form only. This means that there’s no hub-world to explore, just a maze of rooms with keys to find, puzzles to solve, and bosses to beat. You’ll also happen...
News Rogue Lords Is a Hellish Roguelike That Sees You Take Control of Satan
Devil may cry
There are no shortage of roguelikes on the PlayStation 4, but Rogue Lords appears to have a unique twist on the established genre. Set in a gloomy 17th century New England, “the game inverses the usual tropes, with the player taking on the role of the Devil who, weakened following a terrible defeat, is seeking to regain his...
News Othercide Is a Turn-Based RPG From Publishing Heavyweight Focus Home Interactive
This summer on PS4
Focus Home Interactive has become a major publisher in the AA space over the past couple of years, helping the likes of Call of Cthulhu, The Surge, and the fantastic A Plague Tale: Innocence reach the PlayStation 4 market. And it is set to continue that initiative in 2020 with Othercide, a tactical turn-based RPG from developer
News Tony Hawk's Pro Skater to Get Its Very Own Documentary
Pretending I'm a Superman
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater is a series pretty synonymous with PlayStation. The first game released in the late 90s and became an instant phenomenon, spawning numerous sequels and spin-offs. Of course, these days it's a different story, but 20 years ago, Tony Hawk was just as much a video game legend as a skateboarding one. The...
Feature The Best PS4 Music of January 2020
New decade, new music
Wow, 2019 just flew by, huh? Lots of incredible games released, and brought amazing music with them. And looking ahead, we have many more reasons to be excited. The new decade brings with it a new console generation, but not before the PS4 has one last hurrah. Let’s check out the best new PlayStation music of January!...
Thursday20th Feb 2020
News Dynasty Warriors Is Making a Comeback in 2020 as Koei Tecmo Teases New Projects
We go again
It's been quite a while since we wrote specifically about Dynasty Warriors, and that's mainly because the series is still reeling from the immense disappointment that was and still is Dynasty Warriors 9. It's been just over two years since that game's release, and publisher Koei Tecmo has opened up a new website for the franchise's 20th...
News MMORPG Black Desert Is Getting Cross-Play Support Between PS4 and Xbox One
One big console community
MMORPG Black Desert, which launched last year on PlayStation 4, will be getting cross-play functionality on the 4th March 2020. But unlike a lot of other titles that boast cross-play on Sony's system, this won't link PS4 users with PC players. Instead, it's hooking up PS4 with Xbox One, allowing users on both current-gen...
Your inventory is full
Katana Kami: A Way of the Samurai Story is an isometric dungeon crawling action RPG that, as its title suggests, branches off from the janky but fun Way of the Samurai series. Playing as a wandering swordsman who helps a blacksmith settle his debt, you're tasked with exploring a ghostly realm that appears in the night, looting...
News Sony Cancels GDC 2020 Appearance Amid Coronavirus Concerns
That makes two
After scrapping its plans to attend PAX East in Boston later this month, Sony has now confirmed that it won't be attending GDC -- once again citing the coronavirus as the reason why. Facebook joins the company in skipping the show while Oculus has announced that its announcements will take place online. In a statement given to Gam
News The PS4 Was Officially Announced 7 Years Ago Today
At PlayStation Meeting 2013
Seven years ago today, on the 20th February 2013, Sony officially announced the PlayStation 4. It did so at the PlayStation Meeting -- an event that it had been hyping up for around a week beforehand. At the time we all knew what was coming -- Sony itself had confirmed that next-gen hardware would be detailed -- but we...
Mini Review EarthNight - Gorgeous Auto-Runner Is Spiky as a Dragon's Back
Tread carefully
EarthNight has been a long time coming, and you can tell just by playing that it's been polished to within an inch of its life. It's a pretty simple game at its heart; you auto-run across the backs of invading dragons, hoovering up loot and stomping on baddies, until you inevitably die and start over again. However, it's been refined...
News Grand Theft Auto V Was the UK's Best Selling Game in January 2020
What else did you expect?
Let's not beat around the bush: January 2020 was an incredibly quiet month for video games. So quiet, in fact, that a release from 2013 ended up being the best selling title of the month here in the UK. We are, of course, referring to Grand Theft Auto V, a game which manages to appear on the UK sales charts week in, week...
News The Uncharted Movie Begins Shooting in Four Weeks, Says Tom Holland
Uncharted 4 one of his favourite games
The Uncharted movie has been such a long time coming that it's become a bit of a running joke. However, it's sounding like things could finally be coming together. Tom Holland, who will be playing a young Nathan Drake in the film, has been talking it up in recent interviews. Last week, he gave a glowing...
News Strategic Stealth Game Desperados III Gunning for Summer Release on PS4
Check out the new trailer
Desperados III was announced at Gamescom in 2018, but we've not really heard a peep about it since. This new entry in the classic tactical stealth series comes from Mimimi Productions, the studio behind Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun. It's looking pretty good so far, and publisher THQ Nordic has just released a new tr
Wednesday19th Feb 2020
News Full-Blown Gothic Remake Announced for PS5
Goth and glory
Following the release of a playable teaser, THQ Nordic has announced that it’s established a brand-new studio in Barcelona to revive cult classic Gothic for the PlayStation 5. The aforementioned demo was given away for free on Steam, and players were encouraged to complete a survey to help determine the viability of a full-scale...
Mini Review Yakuza 5 Remastered - Biggest Game in the Series Is Still Brilliant
Five stars
It took three whole years for the original Yakuza 5 to come West on PlayStation 3, and by that point in 2015, the PlayStation 4 was gaming's dominant console. As such, Yakuza 5 often gets forgotten -- but it shouldn't be. Yakuza 5 Remastered is a potent reminder that this gargantuan game deserved so much better. The story's split between...
News The Witcher 3 Cross-Save Feature Skips PS4
Remain routed
The Nintendo Switch version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt got a rather nifty new feature today with its latest update, allowing players to bring over a save from the PC and continue their adventures on the go with the handheld system. That functionality won't be patched into the PlayStation 4 version, however. Speaking to USgamer, a CD...
News Final Fantasy VII Remake's DLC Summons Detailed in New Gameplay
Chocobo Chick, Carbuncle, and Cactuar
Final Fantasy VII Remake will have three DLC summons at launch, and new gameplay clips show each of them off (thanks Gematsu for compiling them into one video). While nowhere near as grandiose as the game's main summons, like Ifrit and Shiva, who fight alongside you for a time, these smaller summons still...
News PlayStation Cancels Huge PAX East Showing Due to Coronavirus Concerns
Safety first
Just days after announcing a star-studded PAX East lineup featuring playable PlayStation 4 titles like The Last of Us: Part II, Final Fantasy VII Remake, and DOOM Eternal, Sony has cancelled its plans to attend the convention, which is coming up later this month. In an update on the PlayStation Blog, the company writes: "Today, Sony...
Hands On Shenmue III's Story Quest DLC Is an Add-On Done Wrong
Chawan shite
It may have a bad reputation, but DLC can be incredible. Consider, for one moment, The Old Hunters expansion for Bloodborne: it’s a brilliant extension of an already timeless title, which adds exciting new environments, enemies, and armaments to the fray. Of course, add-on packs have a bad reputation because they’re so often...
News PlayStation Store Essential Picks Sale Discounts Some of PS4's Best Games in the US
Star Wars goes cheap
The PlayStation Store is back with yet another sale which slashes the price of some of the latest and greatest games to arrive on PlayStation 4. The sale starts tomorrow, that's the 19th February at the time of writing, and runs through until 3rd March at 8am PT. Just a couple of the standout sales include Star Wars Jedi:...
News Sony Patent Shows Concept for Improved PSVR Controllers with Finger-Tracking
PSVR 2 controllers?
It's highly likely Sony will be looking into a new iteration of its PlayStation VR tech, especially with PS5 on the horizon. One recently approved patent goes over some nifty ideas for a supposed PSVR 2, though whether the final product bears any resemblance remains to be seen. Now, yet another patent from Sony (thanks,
News No Man's Sky Gets Living Ships in Latest Major Update on PS4
This is living
A lot of the space ship designs in No Man's Sky are very cool, but have you ever wished you could ride around inside a flying alien instead? Just us? Okay. Well, that's what you get anyway in the Living Ships update, available now on PlayStation 4. As the name suggests, the big new feature this time around is the inclusion of organic...
News Essential Picks Sale Now Also Available on EU PlayStation Store
Old world, new sale
You might have already spotted the Essential Picks sale over on the North American PlayStation Store, but don't worry -- those in European regions can now access the offer too. It's largely the same, highlighting some of PS4's best and most popular titles. Some of last year's best loved games are in here, including a...
Mini Review Draugen - This Walking Simulator Takes a Fatal Tumble
Drab
Draugen feels like the opposite of Firewatch. Both games capture the imagination with a fascinating premise told against the backdrop of a stunning location, but instead of remaining rooted in reality, the Red Thread developed title gives way to lunacy at the first time of asking. It makes for an unsatisfying walking simulator which can only...
News Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled to Cross the Finish Line with Eighth Grand Prix
At the drive-in
The gift that keeps giving, otherwise known as Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, will cross the finish line with its eighth and final Grand Prix event beginning this week. Scheduled to run from 20th February through 22nd March, the Gasmoxia Grand Prix will bring the kart racer’s usual array of Battle Pass-inspired upgrades and...
News Don't Worry, BioMutant Is Still in Development
Studio shares update
Just take a look at how sporadically we've been able to cover BioMutant here on Push Square and you'll quickly come to understand why an update such as this was in dire need. BioMutant left us impressed all the way back at Gamescom 2017, but since then, it has pretty much been radio silence. Developer X101 has provided a welcome...
News Persona 5 Royal Explains What's New in Entertaining Crash Course Trailer
Phantom Thieves strike back
If you've been tuned in to Push Square over the past week, you already know what sets Persona 5 Royal apart from the 2017 original. However, we've only been able to do that in the form of the written word so Morgana and new character Kasumi have joined the fun with a visual look at the upcoming JRPG. The trailer viewable...
News More Major News from PlatinumGames Coming Before the End of February
Number two of the Platinum 4?
PlatinumGames has been in the news cycle a fair bit recently, and it seems it'll be staying that way for a while. It first opened up its Platinum 4 teaser website, which hints at four major announcements from the celebrated studio. The first of these was of course a remaster of The Wonderful 101, which enjoyed huge...
News Deliver Us the Moon Counts Down to Launch on 24th April for PS4
Save the human race
Publisher Wired Productions has announced that it plans on bringing KeokeN Interactive's Deliver Us the Moon to PlayStation 4 following a PC release last year. It'll launch on Sony's current-gen console both digitally and physically on 24th April 2020, priced at £24.99/$29.99. The game is both a first and third-person...
News Three Fields Entertainment Announces Dangerous Driving 2, Speeds onto PS4 in 2020
One more go
Dangerous Driving was an attempt to revitalise the high-intensity thrills of Burnout, and while it came kind of close in some respects, it didn't quite measure up to Criterion's beloved racing series. Developer Three Fields Entertainment, which is led by ex-Criterion members, has been building towards this goal for some time, but it's...
News Little Town Hero Western PS4 Release Confirmed for June
Physical release incoming
After the announcement of a Japanese release for Little Town Hero on PlayStation 4, the PlayStation Blog has now confirmed that the RPG from Pokémon developer Game Freak will be released in the US and across Europe. It'll launch in the US on 2nd June 2020 and three days later across E
News THQ Nordic Parent Company Acquires World War Z Dev Saber Interactive
Starting at $150 million
If you thought that the ever-growing THQ Nordic was done snapping up developers after it decided to set up its own team in the form of Nine Rock Games, then you might want to reconsider. Embracer Group, the parent company of the publisher, has acquired World War Z developer Saber Interactive for an initial $150 million. The...
Tuesday18th Feb 2020
News Final Fantasy VII Remake Box Confirms the Game Is 100GB in Size
2 discs, remember
Remember back at E3 2019 when Square Enix said that Final Fantasy VII Remake would ship on two Blu-ray discs? Well, it wasn't kidding. Images of the game's Korean cover have made it online, and the back of the box confirms that the long awaited role-playing release will be at least 100GB in size. Jeez. It's assumed that Final...
News Sony Suggests PS5 Reveal Is Happening Soon
There's still hope
Look, we've been waiting on this long rumoured PlayStation 5 reveal event for weeks now, and while we don't want to get any of you too excited, new quotes from Sony's most recent earnings call suggest that a PS5 blowout is happening sooner rather than later. The aforementioned earnings call took place near the beginning of the...
News PS5 Will Ship 6 Million Units in Just a Few Months, Analyst Predicts
Big beginning
Sony’s stressed the importance of transitioning PlayStation 4 owners to the PlayStation 5 as fast as possible, and one analyst believes it could ship six million next-gen consoles by 31st March next year. With a November launch likely, it means that the organisation would have about five months to get that many systems into retail,...
News Gran Turismo PS5 Could Target a Mind Melting 240 Frames-Per-Second
Need for speed
We’ve already seen Gran Turismo Sport running in 8K resolution, but speaking with Australian media at a recent event, Polyphony Digital honcho Kazunori Yamauchi revealed that he believes 4K is good enough for games. The veteran believes that framerate is much more important, and he’s potentially aiming big for the PlayStation...
News The Official PlayStation Community Forums are Being Shut Down This Month
A sudden closure
And just like that, PlayStation's official forums are set to be closed in the very near future. The news comes via a brief post from community manager Groovy_Matthew, who states that things are coming to an end on the 27th February. "We invite you to continue the conversation via PlayStation.Blog, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram...
News Dissidia Final Fantasy NT's Final Update Set for March, No Sequel Planned
NT like this
Dissidia Final Fantasy NT will receive its final major update on the 5th March, Square Enix has announced. Since releasing on PlayStation 4 back near the beginning of 2018, the game's enjoyed a lot of support, primarily in the form of additional DLC characters. However, it's fair to say that the title never really took off. Despite...
News Jak & Daxter, MediEvil Fans Will Dig PS4 Platformer Pumpkin Jack
Sowing the seeds
If last year’s MediEvil remaster didn’t fully satisfy your horror-tinged hop-and-pop itch, then upcoming 3D platformer Pumpkin Jack may do the trick. Officially billed as for “fans of Jak & Daxter”, the collaboration between publisher Headup Games and developer Nicolas Meyssonnier will find you “engaging in an epic...
News SnowRunner Takes Off-Roading to Treacherous Tundras on PS4 This April
Let it snow
Hands up: who played Spintires: MudRunner? It's a surprisingly engaging off-roading simulator that revved its engines on PlayStation 4 in 2017. Publisher Focus Home Interactive has just announced its follow-up, simply named SnowRunner, is coming very soon indeed. As you might've guessed from the name, SnowRunner takes the extreme...
Mini Review Mosaic - An Intriguing Experience That Can't Stick the Landing
Big brother is watching
Much like with its previous title, Among the Sleep, developer Krillbite seems to have bitten off more than it can chew. Mosaic is an intriguing title with exciting ideas. Unfortunately, the ideas simply outpace the resources that the developer has available to realise them. But it’s not for lack of trying. Mosaic’s...
News Quintumply's Level Is Playable Now in Dreams, Watch How Media Molecule Brought It to Life
Hey, it's Nigel
Our very own Stephen Tailby, better known as Quintumply, has been honing his craft in Dreams for the best part of a year now. But today he’ll be living out his very own dream, by creating a game with Media Molecule’s very own John Beech. You can watch back the Outside Xtra stream above, and we highly suggest you do -- it's a lot...
News Persona 5 Royal Will Have French, German, Italian, and Spanish Subtitles
First time in series history
Potentially great news for many of our European readers: Persona 5 Royal will feature French, German, Italian, and Spanish subtitles. It'll be the first ever Persona game to be localised in multiple European languages, which is surely a good sign for the future. As we all know, Atlus and its partners are a bit behind...
News Empire of Sin Will Stop and Contemplate Its Actions for a Few More Months
Strategy game delayed
Paradox Interactive has pushed back its noir-themed 1920s strategy game Empire of Sin, opting for a Fall release window as opposed to its previously planned Spring target. Game director Brenda Romero explained: “As any good bootlegger knows, good liquor can’t be rushed and the same goes for game development.” She added:...
Monday17th Feb 2020
Review Bayonetta - The Umbra Witch Gets the PS4 Release She Deserves
Let's dance boys
Bayonetta was a disaster on PlayStation 3. Plagued by load times and frequent frame rate drops, it was by far the worst version of the lot when it took the world by storm in 2010. Since then, however, the franchise has gone from strength to strength away from Sony hardware as it blossoms on Nintendo Switch. The series' second...
News Fallout 4 Looks Indistinguishable in Jaw Dropping Dreams Creation
Pipped at the post
There’s no end to the jaw-dropping Dreams creations, but this may just be the most spectacular we’ve seen so far. Fans of Fallout 4 will feel at home immediately, because it’s inspired by Bethesda’s popular PlayStation 4 game. This isn’t any old janky recreation, though – the menu screen has been replicated perfectly,...
Review Vanquish - One of PlatinumGames' Best Titles Knee Slides to PS4
Miss me, sweetheart?
Ever since its release 10 years ago, there hasn’t been anything quite like Vanquish. The fast-paced, stylish third-person shooter quickly became one of PlatinumGames' most memorable joints thanks to hectic action, impressive boss fights, and a whole lot of knee sliding chaos. It was an experience which went down well with the...
News Everyone's Talking About Gran Turismo Sport's Thrilling Photo Finish
The finest of margins
Wow! We’re not the biggest followers of esports here at Push Square Towers, but the competition in Gran Turismo Sport has been heating up for some time now – as evidenced by this outrageous conclusion to the title’s latest World Tour event in Sydney. It’s a drag race in the final lap between Japanese driver Takuma...
Poll Do You Think the Rumoured PS5 Reveal Event Is Still Happening in February?
Do you believe
We're now more than halfway through February 2020 and Sony still hasn't announced any kind of PlayStation 5 reveal event. Numerous longstanding rumours have had this month pegged as the big one, but so far, Sony has remained silent on the subject. Honestly, we're not sure what to think anymore, and so we thought that we'd ask you lot...
Rumour Call of Duty's Warzone Battle Royale to Be Free Download for Everyone
Client can be upgraded to full game
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’s hotly anticipated Battle Royale mode is one of the worst kept secrets in the video game industry right now, and more intel is tumbling out. VGC, citing development sources, reports that the collaboration between Infinity Ward and Raven Software will roll out in early March –...
News Dreams' Anticipated PSVR Support Is Nearly Finished
VRy good news
Dreams is already a hall-of-famer, but it’s a game that’s only going to get better with time. And one area it will improve is with Media Molecule’s promised PlayStation VR support, which is “nearly done” according to technical director Alex Evans. Chatting about the future of the PlayStation 4 exclusive with Eurogamer.net, he...
Hands On Persona 5 Royal Is So Much More of 2017's Game of the Year
Shujin's finest
Atlus isn't looking to reinvent what it means to be a JRPG with Persona 5 Royal. The much-expanded rerelease of Push Square's 2017 Game of the Year is still that same 100+ hour epic journey through the trials and tribulations of Shujin Academy's favourite friendship group. So, what do franchise fanatics have to look forward to when...
News Persona 5 Royal's Thieves Den Is the Most Grandiose Extras Menu Ever
Taken to the next level
Video games have been iterating upon and improving their selection of special features for decades now, but what Persona 5 Royal has done for its lengthy list of bonuses is nothing short of staggering. The Thieves Den is an all-new option found in the title's pause menu, which when accessed at any point in the story,...
News UK Sales Charts: Yakuza in Dreams Land As PS4 Exclusives Start Strong
Two new PS4 titles in top ten
If you’ve been following the Yakuza franchise since the dark days when Sony had to step in and localise Yakuza 5 on SEGA’s behalf, then it’s probably refreshing to see a trio of Ryu ga Gotoku re-releases near the top of the UK charts. Yakuza Remastered Collection was actually the biggest new physical launch in...
News Ubisoft Seemingly Confirms PS5 Version of Rainbow Six: Siege
Cross-play support too
One of the biggest questions heading into the next-generation is how developers will transition its player base for popular online titles from the PlayStation 4 to the PlayStation 5. Will studios simply continue to support the PS4 version through backwards compatibility or will they rerelease them on Sony's next console to...
News Sonic the Hedgehog Movie Beats Detective Pikachu's Box Office Record
Gotta go fast
Sonic the Hedgehog’s cinematic adaptation may have lost its rings when it was mauled by critics, but it’s clawed them back with a bombastic Box Office result. Hollywood Reporter reckons that the Blue Blur pulled in $57 million in the United States during its open
News Spider-Man's Tom Holland Heaps Praise on Uncharted Movie Script
"It really, really jumps off the page"
We all know the big screen adaptation of Uncharted is unlikely to ever come out, but Spider-Man star Tom Holland – who’s still currently signed on to play a younger incarnation of Nathan Drake – has heaped praise on the script all the same. Speaking with IGN, the British actor said: “I read the newest...
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