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Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 313
Leap year edition
The weather is abysmal and the threat of germs linger on the horizon. Why would anyone want to go outside at all? Fresh air? It’s overrated – we plan to use our DualShock 4 as a kind of life support, and games are the only oxygen we need. Sammy Barker, Editor: Having left Concrete Genie in favour of work-related reviews,...
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...
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...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 311
Weekend wonders
It’s not been a particularly busy week in the games industry, but Dreams’ release feels significant, not just because it’s a major game but because more big launches are right around the corner. Yes, delays mean that the schedule isn’t quite as crowded as it once was, but you better start thinking about cleaning up that...
News PS4 and Xbox One Sales Worse in January 2020 Compared to PS3 and Xbox 360 in January 2013
Slowing down
It was a disappointing January 2020 for all consoles in the United States, but fascinatingly the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One performed worse than the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in January 2013. This is pertinent because both instances represent the final January of their respective hardware cycles. Why, then, do current-gen consoles...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 310
That time again
There's no Super Bowl this weekend, and not even a full programme of Premier League fixtures, so sports shouldn't get in the way of your gaming. We've got a relatively short WAYP for you this time, but the comments have been on fire for a while, so we're looking forward to a bumper number of replies below. Sammy Barker, Editor: I...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 309
Chiefs vs 49ers
That’s an entire month of 2020 done and dusted. Can you believe it? The clock doesn’t stop, and we’re edging closer to those big spring PlayStation 4 titles as a result. In the meantime, what’s keeping you busy this weekend? Sammy Barker, Editor: I haven’t been able to commit to Judgment quite like I hoped to, but I want...
Soundtrack of the Decade Honorable Mentions That Mustn't Be Ignored
The final cuts
Over the past few days, we've released a countdown of the best soundtracks to grace a PlayStation console. It's hard enough to whittle down a list to highlight the ten best scores in a year, let alone across an entire decade, so we wanted to spend some time highlighting a handful of soundtracks that didn't quite make the cut but were...
News TrueTrophies Provides Breakdown of Every Trophy You've Earned Over the Past Decade
Getting on the podium
You had the PlayStation Wrap Up a few weeks back, except it’s now time to get to the really important stuff -- Trophies! The folks over at TrueTrophies have produced a page where you can get all the nitty and gritty facts which detail your hunt for Trophies and it's well worth checking out if you love adding Platinums to your...
We definitely asked for this
We’re listing the ten best Soundtracks of the Decade. These are the ten PlayStation scores released over the past decade that we believe left the biggest impression on our sonic palettes. Whether it’s Journey's Grammy nominated masterpiece or Destiny’s 8 movement symphony, these are the soundtracks that hit the...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 308
Nioh em gee
February is fast approaching, but there’s still plenty of gaming left for you in January yet. Whether you’re trying something new or dipping into your backlog this weekend, we want to know about. So let us know what you’re playing in the comments section below. Robert Ramsey, Deputy Editor: Look, I'll take any excuse to play...
News No, PS5 Backwards Compatibility with PS3, PS2, and PS1 Games Has Not Been Confirmed
Only PS4
Will the PlayStation 5 be backwards compatible? Yes. Will it be backwards compatible with all PlayStation games? We don't know (and we have our doubts). This is a topic that's been bouncing back and forth around the web for months — maybe even years — and now it's blown up all over again. Perhaps it's to be expected with the PS5's...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 307
Mid-January blues
After all of the delays this week, you may be looking for a little something to console yourself with. Fortunately, there’s a huge new sale on the PlayStation Store and no doubt a bunch of software in your backlog. Here’s everything we’re playing this weekend. Sammy Barker, Editor: I'm thoroughly enjoying Judgment at the...
News December 2019 NPD: Call of Duty, Star Wars Can't Soften Yearly Decline
Industry down 13% year-over-year
A whopping $3 billion were spent on video games in the United States last month, but not even juggernauts like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order could prevent the industry from succumbing to a 15 per cent year-over-year decline. This has been the tale of the tape all year, of course, as...
News Call of Duty Dominates Top 10 List of the Decade's Best Selling Games in the US
But guess who is top
The United States of America must really, really like the Call of Duty franchise. That's because the NPD group has just revealed the top 10 selling games of the previous decade across the US and entries in the Activision series take up a whopping seven of the top 10 places. The top 10 is as follows: Grand Theft Auto V Call of...
Guide Best Uncharted Games Ranked
Drake believe
Uncharted is now over ten years old, and in that time series protagonist Nathan Drake has climbed his way up the gaming recognition ladder, from plucky pretender to PlayStation superstar. Starting life on the PlayStation 3 all the way back in 2007, Naughty Dog’s daring action adventure franchise has fast become one of Sony’s most...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 306
An odyssey
We’re deep into January now, and the release schedule is starting to kick back into action, but chances are you’ll be digging into your backlog once again. What’s keeping you occupied this weekend? Here’s everything we’re playing. Sammy Barker, Editor: I'm on a real gaming binge right now, and I've ended up playing a bit of...
News Official PlayStation Blog Users Vote The Last of Us as Game of the Decade, Top 20 List Revealed
Naughty God
The Official PlayStation Blog has released the results for its Game of the Decade community poll. Naturally, only games that have featured on PlayStation platforms count, and we reckon that it's a pretty solid top 20. Here's the full list: The Last of Us God of War (2018) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Grand Theft Auto V Red Dead Redemption...
News The Last of Us Is the Best Game of the Decade, According to Metacritic Users
Not last, not least
As if Naughty Dog needed another claim to fame. Review database Metacritic has published its lists for the best entertainment of 2019 and of the decade, as voted for by its users. Resident Evil 2 -- the PlayStation 4 remake, that is -- was crowned the best video game of 2019, falling in line with our own Game of the Year staff...
Rumour PS5 Will Run PSone, PS2, PS3, and PS4 Games
Allegedly
Here’s a rumour that won’t go away: PlayStation 5 will run games from all four previous PlayStation platforms. It’s not the first time we’ve heard something like this, but the rumour has been revived by notorious social media influencer HipHopGamer. According to the American host, who claims to have corroborated the story with his...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 305
2020: A Space Odyssey
Many of you will have been dragged kicking and screaming to work this week, but if you haven’t, then that moment awaits you on Monday. But why worry about that right now, eh? There’s still the rest of the weekend to enjoy. Sammy Barker, Editor: I have so much that I want to play but not enough time for any of it. I’ll...
News You'll Never Be Able to Guess the UK's Top Selling Games of the Decade
Sarcasm ends
Which games sold the most at retail in the 2010s? For the UK, it's a pretty unsurprising top 10, and you've probably guessed half of it correctly without even looking at the chart below. According to Ukie, the organisation that keeps track of UK sales charts, the last decade of physical game purchases have been largely dominated by,...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 304
End of the year edition
It’s the last What Are You Playing of the year – heck, it’s the last What Are You Playing of the decade. And don’t bring that nonsense about when decades start and end in the comments section – it’s probably the most tired discussion of the, well, decade. No, don’t say it! Stop! Sammy Barker, Editor: Now that...
Talking Point What's Your Favourite PlayStation Game of the Decade?
Defining moments
You’ve read the articles on our defining PlayStation Games of the Decade, but what’s your favourite? Our list was compiled on the basis of overall industry impact, so you may not necessarily agree with our shortlist. But between the likes The Last of Us, Journey, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – well, it’s safe to say we...
Game of the Decade The Last of Us Changed the Face of Interactive Storytelling Forever
It can't be for nothing
We’re listing the ten Games of the Decade. These are the ten PlayStation titles released over the past ten years that we believe have left a historic mark on the industry. Whether it’s Destiny's impact on the Games as a Service space or Journey’s innovative approach to online connectivity, these are the releases that...
Game of the Decade Skyrim's Impact on RPGs and Open World Gaming Can Still Be Felt Eight Years Later
The Dragonborn Legend
We’re listing the ten Games of the Decade. These are the ten PlayStation titles released over the past ten years that we believe have left a historic mark on the industry. Whether it’s Destiny's impact on the Games as a Service space or Journey’s innovative approach to online connectivity, these are the releases that the...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 303
Merry Christmas, everyone
It’s time for our regular festive treat in the form of WAYP, this time with a wintery twist. Oh, who are we kidding? It’s the same old WAYP as every week, we’re just publishing this one a few days prior to Christmas. Hopefully you plan to be snuggled up somewhere warm and not braving the high street. Sammy Barker,...
Game of the Decade Minecraft's Emergent Gameplay and Player Freedom Led to Global Domination
You mine, and you craft
We’re listing the ten Games of the Decade. These are the ten PlayStation titles released over the past ten years that we believe have left a historic mark on the industry. Whether it’s Destiny's impact on the Games as a Service space or Journey’s innovative approach to online connectivity, these are the releases that...
Game of the Decade Journey Proved Once and for All That Games Can Be So Much More
Less is more
We’re listing the ten Games of the Decade. These are the ten PlayStation titles released over the past ten years that we believe have left a historic mark on the industry. Whether it’s Destiny's impact on the Games as a Service space or Journey’s innovative approach to online connectivity, these are the releases that the industry...
News NieR Trademark Suggests a Remaster of the Original Could Be Incoming
It's nierby
Before 2B and 9S, there was NieR. Ever since NieR: Automata truly put the Drakengard franchise on the map, a bit of a cult following has started to develop around its predecessor. It supposedly wasn't that good of a game at the time, garnering a rating of 68 on Metacritic, but we have heard some rather fascinating things about the game...
Game of the Decade Dark Souls Laid the Foundations for a New Genre
Prepare to die
We’re listing the ten Games of the Decade. These are the ten PlayStation titles released over the past ten years that we believe have left a historic mark on the industry. Whether it’s Destiny's impact on the Games as a Service space or Journey’s innovative approach to online connectivity, these are the releases that the...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 302
Plenty to chomp on
Man, it’s been a busy week here at Push Square Towers. Not only did we cover a State of Play and The Game Awards, but we’ve also scheduled in almost 50 articles, which will run over the Christmas break. Yes, you ready that correctly – fifty. We’re looking forward to some game time this weekend. Stephen Tailby, Associate...
News November 2019 NPD: Only Juggernauts Can Outpace Death Stranding
One of the top ten Sony launches in history
Death Stranding did incredibly well for itself in the November 2019 NPD results for USA, charting in seventh position. The title could only be outpaced by juggernauts, including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, various permutations of Pokémon Sword & Shield, and Madden NFL...
News PlayStation Players Are Still Gaming's Biggest W*nkers
#Foreplayers
Another year, another avalanche of surprisingly interesting statistics from Pornhub -- the world's most popular pornography website. Once again, the adult site has crunched a load of data, but there's only one part of it that matters to us (honest!). We are, of course, talking about 'Traffic by Game Console', which breaks down the...
News Longtime PlayStation Fans Vote PS4 as Their Favourite Sony Console
Most users have been playing since PSone
Earlier this month, we hosted a poll here on the site in conjunction with PlayStation's 25th anniversary. We asked our community about their favourite Sony console, offering six possible voting options: Original PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PSP, PlayStation 3, Vita, and PlayStation 4. Over 900 votes were cast,...
Guide PS4, PSVR, PS3, Vita - Which Should You Buy the Kids for Christmas?
A parent's guide to PlayStation consoles
What's the difference between all the PlayStation consoles? Should you get your children a PS4? Which PS4 should you buy for Christmas? If you're unfamiliar with game consoles, it might seem like a confusing bunch of mumbo-jumbo. What's the difference between a PS4 and a PS4 Pro? What do you need for...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 301
Cleaning up for Christmas
We're getting dangerously close to Christmas now, so you should really start thinking about gift ideas for your friends and loved ones. Alternatively, you could just sit at home this weekend playing video games. That's what we'll be doing. Sammy Barker, Editor: An Amazon mix-up means that I'm still without a television,...
Poll PlayStation Is 25 Years Old Today - What Is Your Favourite PlayStation Console?
It's time to Play
The original PlayStation launched today -- that's the 3rd December at the time of writing -- in Japan 25 years ago. Since that day, Sony's video game brand has been a dominant force worldwide. Sure, PlayStation has had its sticky moments -- the early life of the PlayStation 3 immediately comes to mind -- but there's simply no...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 300
Three oh oh
It’s a landmark edition of What Are You Playing This Weekend, and we still haven’t missed a single issue. Which, honestly, if you saw the slapdash organisation that goes into this feature on a weekly basis makes our consistency a small miracle. Anyway, this is a short one because yours truly gave the team about ten minutes to submit...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 299
Do you want to play a game of lucky hit?
Next weekend will mark the 300th issue of WAYP, but let's not get ahead of ourselves. On the precipice of this impressive milestone, join us as we play some darn video games, won't you? With pretty much all this year's major releases available now ahead of the holidays, we're very interested to see what...
News Cancelled PS3 Exclusive Eight Days Pitched as 'Greatest Action Movie' on Consoles
John Travolta and Halle Berry approached
Eight Days, The Getaway 3, and Agent are three cancelled PS3 exclusives that still sting the heart of the PlayStation faithful to this day. With none seeing the light of day in the previous generation, it's the SCE London Studio-fronted title Eight Days that we actually saw the most of prior to its scrapping...
Random Trophy Hunter Creates Mural Dedicated to His Past 200 Platinums
That's a lot of gongs
Do you remember your very first Platinum Trophy? Reddit user eblackham does -- it was Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time on PS3. That's because the man in question is very much a dedicated Trophy hunter with more than 200 Platinums to his name. To celebrate the landmark moment, and look back on the past decade of PlayStation,...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 298
From a galaxy far, far away
Believe it or not, the big holiday release schedule is all but over. With the release of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, it’s perhaps time to turn your attention back to your backlog – or the many titles you bought over the past few weeks that you haven’t had time to finish yet. What are you playing this weekend? You...
News October 2019 NPD: The Outer Worlds Stuns as Modern Warfare Expectedly Explodes
Obsidian's RPG in at second
There were reports that The Outer Worlds was off to a particularly strong start, but few could have expected the Obsidian developed role-playing game to sell quite this well: it’s finished second in the October 2019 NPD report for software sales in the United States. Only the might of
News The Disaster That Is Mighty No. 9 Is Being Removed from the Japanese PlayStation Store
Feeling blue
Hey, remember Mighty No. 9? Following a farcical crowd funding campaign and an incredibly troubled development cycle, the Mega Man-style sidescroller finally released on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 back in 2016. Unfortunately, the wait was not worth it. Mighty No. 9 was panned by critics and consumers alike, and these days, it only...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 297
Last one Stranding
Death Stranding is out now, but how many of you are playing it this weekend? It's the biggest PlayStation 4 exclusive of the holidays, but is it on your radar or do your interests lie elsewhere? This is what we're playing this weekend. Robert Ramsey, Deputy Editor: I look forward to a relatively relaxing weekend as I take a walk...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 296
Last man Stranding
Halloween is over and the nights are drawing in, meaning that it’s November and Death Stranding is almost here. Of course you’ve still got a few more days left before you can try out Hideo Kojima’s opus, so let us know what you’ll be playing to fill the time. Robert Ramsey, Deputy Editor: Now that Big Review Season...
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...
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,...
