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Opinion Thank Goodness You're Here! Is Easily 2024's Funniest Game
Barnstormer
Amid all the Game of the Year conversations, we wanted to highlight a title that really managed to stand out in 2024 — a release so different to basically everything else that launched over the last 12 months. Thank Goodness You're Here! resonated with two of Push Square's editorial team in particular: assistant editors Robert Ramsey...
News It's Choo-Choo-True! Thomas the Tank Engine Is Coming to Train Sim World 5 on PS5, PS4
Narrative-based experience on the way
What good is a railway sim without Thomas and Friends? Well, to be fair, we’d never actually considered the Mattel franchise coming to Train Sim World 5, but that’s exactly what developer Dovetail is plotting for the new year. This slightly different add-on pack will be a narrative-based experience...
Guide PS Stars: All Rewards and How to Get Them
All digital collectibles, free games, and PS Store credit currently available
Looking for all Rewards and how to get them in PS Stars? The primary purpose of Sony's new loyalty scheme is to earn Points which can be exchanged for Digital Collectibles, free games, and more. On this page, as part of our PS Stars guide, we're going to list all Rew
Guide PS Stars Guide: All Campaigns and Solutions (December 2024)
Your ultimate guide to Sony's loyalty scheme
PS Stars, or PlayStation Stars, is a free loyalty program for PS5 and PS4 which enables you to earn PS Store credit, free games, and Digital Collectibles. If you're a PS Plus subscriber, then you'll earn additional Points based on each PS Store purchase you make. In this PS Stars guide, we're going to...
News We're Getting Closer and Closer to That Genshin Impact Anime
Animated shorts keep coming
Years and years ago, HoYoverse announced a Genshin Impact anime, which fans are still waiting to watch. There’s been no real update on the project, and many have assumed it’s now on hiatus. However, that’s not stopped the Chinese studio from starting to make more and more anime shorts to promote upcoming updates...
All PS5, PS4 games lists for PS Plus Essential, Extra, and Premium
What are all PS Plus games? Sony's PS5 and PS4 subscription service, PlayStation Plus, is jam-packed with hundreds of games available to members. On this page, we're going to tell you everything you need to know about PS Plus, including a full list of all PS Plus games across all...
Guide Best Strategy Games on PS4
PS4's top tactical titles ranked and rated
What are the best strategy games on PS4? If you like your games to challenge your grey matter, strategy games are likely some of your favourites. On PS4, there's a wide selection of tactical titles to tackle. Generally speaking, strategy games can be boiled down into two main types. Turn-based strategy...
Guide Best Arcade Games on PS4
PS4's best arcade games ranked and rated
What are the best arcade games on PS4? Arcade is far from dead, and it lives on through many excellent games on Sony's system. Arcade used to mean change-guzzling coin-op machines featuring fast-paced and addictive games. That first bit is done away with on PS4, of course, but arcade-like games are plentiful...
The best couch co-op or online co-op on PS4
What are the best co-op games on PS4? Among the PS4's enormous library of games, there are many brilliant co-op experiences to be had, whether online or local. If you're after some top notch co-op PS4 games, you've come to the right place. Playing a game together with other people has been around since...
Guide Best PS4 Exclusive Games
PS4's best exclusives ranked and rated
What are the best PS4 exclusive games? Whether you're just starting your PS4 journey or have had one for since the beginning, you'll no doubt want to play the absolute best games exclusive to the console. Well, the PlayStation 4 has plenty of those, covering a wide range of tastes. Over the years, Sony has...
News UK Sales Charts: Astro Bot PS5 Cracks the Top 10 Right Before Christmas
Under the Papa tree
With the festive holiday just a couple of days away, the UK's physical top 10 is filled with your typical bestsellers, but Astro Bot has just about broken into the scrum. In 10th place, it's the highest it's been for a few weeks, likely due to customers buying PS5 consoles for Christmas and grabbing the family-friendly...
News 11 Games Are Leaving PS Plus Extra, Premium Next Month
Resident Evil 2, Just Cause included
With the Christmas break essentially here, the Last Chance to Play section of PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium has been updated to let you know what PS5, PS4 games you might want to prioritise between servings of brussel sprouts, as they're about to leave the service. All departing on Tuesday, 14th January...
Guide New PS4 Games Release Dates in 2025
All 2025's upcoming PlayStation 4 launch dates
What new PS4 games release dates in 2025 are coming up? If it's a full list of 2025 PlayStation 4 release dates you need, look no further. As always, we'll be updating this article throughout the year, adding and amending with new games and release dates so you're in the know about upcoming PS4 titles...
Game of the Year #10 - Persona 3 Reload
Locked and reloaded
High quality remakes of classic games have become quite commonplace over recent years, and for our money, Persona 3 Reload is one of the best around. This revival of the iconic 2006 PS2 RPG is, in a word, immaculate. From the refined art direction and visuals to the many mechanical improvements under the hood, Reload is both a...
News Tetris Forever Adds Welltris to Playable Collection, More Updates in the Works
Well, well, well
Tetris Forever, the latest retro compendium from Digital Eclipse, has just received an extra playable version of everyone's favourite falling block puzzler. Once you've installed the latest game update, you'll be able to play Welltris — a game previously covered in the interactive documentary, and now you can check it out for...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 560
The holidays await
T'was the weekend before Christmas and all around Push Square... Well, actually it's just business as usual really. Here's what we're playing on PS5. Robert Ramsey: I plan on going back to my Game of the Year for 2023 over the holidays: Baldur's Gate 3. I just love a good fantasy adventure around Christmas, and Larian's RPG...
News Forgotten Falcom Crossover Fighter Ys vs. Trails in the Sky Is Coming West on PS5, PS4 in 2025
Sky's the limit
We're going to file this one under 'Announcements No One Ever Saw Coming, Not in a Million Years'. Ys vs. Trails in the Sky is being remastered and localised here in the West for the first time ever, 15 years after its original release. This is a crossover fighter that combines two of Falcom's core properties: Ys and Trails. It...
News Diablo 4 Squares Up to Path of Exile 2, Goes Free-to-Play on PS5, PS4 Over the Holidays
Hell-o there
If you're looking for something to play over the holidays, Blizzard wants you to at least consider giving Diablo 4 a shot. The action RPG's expansion, Vessel of Hatred, was well received earlier this year, but there's absolutely zero doubt that the game as a whole has been overshadowed by Path of Exile 2 — which launched just a...
News Genshin Impact's New Best Girl Rides a Motorcycle Through Teyvat on PS5, PS4
Tons to look forward to in next major update
Natlan’s main storyline will come to a conclusion in Genshin Impact’s next enormous update, scheduled to release on 1st January for both PS5 and PS4. The new content will make the motorcycle riding Pyro Archon, Mauvika, playable for the first time. She’ll headline the first phase of the banner,...
News Action Figure Shooter Hypercharge Is Building Hype for Possible PS5, PS4 Port
Toy war-y
Hypercharge: Unboxed, a shooter all about sentient toys, is floating the idea of a port to PS5 and PS4. The game launched earlier in 2024 on Xbox systems to a warm reception, and now developer Digital Cybercherries is looking to bring its unique title over to PlayStation as well. On its socials, the team asked its followers if a port to...
News Even in a Wacky Nautical Spin-Off, Yakuza Just Feels Wrong in English
Japanese only
Nah, we just can’t do it. Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii may be a wacky nautical spin on the long-running series, but it still just doesn’t sound right in English. To be fair to SEGA, it’s assembled one helluva cast here. Matt Mercer, best known for voicing Leon S. Kennedy in Resident Evil and Jotaro Kujo in JoJo’s...
News Now You Can Try One of the Most Underrated PS5, PS4 Games of the Year for Free
Japan Studio fans mustn't miss out
A demo for Slitterhead, one of the most underrated PS5 and PS4 games of the year, is available now. The free download depicts the full first chapter of the game – including its tutorial – and any progress you make will carry across to the full release, should you choose to purchase it. <related...
News Splash Water on Your Favourite Waifus in the New Dead or Alive Game for PS5, PS4
"The fabric becomes transluscent"
Venus Vacation Prism: Dead or Alive Xtreme is a little different to past spin-off titles in Ninja Theory’s series. Rather than focus entirely on minigames, it’s more of a dating sim, where you’ll spend most of your time wooing the six buxom ladies featured in the release, and observing the outcomes. There are...
News More Than 6,000 PS5, PS4 Games Discounted in Monstrous PS Store Sale
Buckle up
Sony is plotting one of its biggest PS Store promotions of the year, as the annual Holiday Sale bonanza beckons. Live on 20th December through 6th January, the Japanese giant says the list of discounted games is so long it can’t even reveal them all. The highlights, however, include the usual suspects: EA Sports FC 25, Call of Duty:...
News A Portent of the End Times, Skibidi Toilet Has Come to Fortnite PS5, PS4
*Toilet flushing*
Embodying modern culture's highs and lows, we regret to inform you that Fortnite's Skibidi Toilet crossover is now live. First leaked, then officially confirmed, for 2,200 V-Bucks or your local equivalent, you can enjoy plunger pickaxes, a Plungerhead character skin and associated backpack, and the Gen Alpha icon, Skibidi Toilet...
News Final Fantasy 7 Devs Suggest Which Rebirth Girl Is Best (for Cloud)
Perhaps, in another lifetime?
While conventional wisdom and the original Final Fantasy VII might suggest to some that Aerith is the "best" girl for the stoic but surprisingly sweet swordsman, Cloud Strife, the developers in the Remake trilogy (and fate) see things differently. It's no secret that the ongoing story in Rebirth is not a straight...
News Falcom Pulls an Atlus, Announces a 'Significantly Upgraded' Version of Ys X: Nordics
Proud Nordics, apparently
Falcom has announced Ys X: Proud Nordics — a "significantly upgraded" version of the recently released Ys X: Nordics. No prizes for guessing the fan reaction... Featuring a new storyline set in a new location and "numerous new elements", Proud Nordics is set to release next year in Japan. Platforms haven't been announced...
News PlayStation Lights Up Las Vegas Sphere as It Rounds Out 30th Anniversary Celebrations
Full circle
Sony has made a fair amount of noise about PlayStation's 30th anniversary, with special edition consoles, sales, and plenty more initiatives celebrating the original machine's release. To close proceedings out in style, the company has taken to Las Vegas' glitzy Sphere, lighting up the skyline with PlayStation-themed goodness.
News Mariah Carey Is Currently Defrosting in Fortnite on PS5, PS4
It's almost time
Believe it or not, Mariah Carey is currently defrosting in Fortnite. The mini-event, according to leakers, will see a large block of ice – currently visible on the map – gradually melt over three days. When it concludes, like in real-life, the All I Want for Christmas Is You crooner will emerge from the glacier, and will hand...
News PEGI Won't Budge on Balatro's Ridiculously Bloated European Age Rating
"This sucks"
Balatro has been a huge success for solo developer LocalThunk, but it's not been completely clear of issues. Shortly after its release, European ratings board PEGI suddenly changed it to an 18, and it's been a sore spot for the developer ever since. LocalThunk recently called out the ridiculous rating — which over-eggs the point that...
News Persona Protagonists Are Invariably High School Boys Due to 'Mental Age'
Which tends to be lower than their contemporaries
Persona is a long-running JRPG series known for its killer combat, heady philosophical musings, and incredible sense of style. Later entries focus on the day-to-day life of a high school student in Japan, whether in the suburbs (Persona 3), a rural town (Persona 4), or the incomparable city of Tokyo...
And yes, the PS5's still killing it
An eventful Circana report tracking the US video game industry for November 2024 has confirmed a couple of fascinating milestones: the Nintendo Switch has now overtaken the PS2 as the country’s best-selling console of all time, while EA Sports College Football 25 has cemented itself as the best-selling sports...
News Freedom Wars Remastered Reintroduces You to a Stone Cold PS Vita Classic
A life sentence
Bandai Namco has released the remastered intro video for stone-cold PS Vita classic Freedom Wars, which is coming to PS5 and PS4 on 10th January. This is comfortably one of our favourites from the underrated Sony handheld, so we’re thrilled to see it get a new lease of life. The game was originally developed by Dimps in...
News No Duos Allowed in Elden Ring: Nightreign's Take on Battle Royale
Two shalt thou not count, excepting that thou then proceed to three
Elden Ring: Nightreign is the surpise co-op spinoff we never knew we wanted, and it is quickly becoming one of our most anticipated 2025 releases. In a moderately interesting update, IGN has learned that players c
News Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Director Pleads for Modder Restraint on PC
Keep Kalm and Carry On
Like asking the ocean nicely if it wouldn't mind holding the tide back, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth director Naoki Hamaguchi has appealed to modders and players to show some restraint, just once. Sadly, if our time on the internet has taught us anything, his pleas will almost certainly fall on deaf ears. When the PC version...
News December's PS Plus Extra, Premium Games Are Available on PS5, PS4 Now
New frontiers
The latest selection of PS5 and PS4 games have now arrived on PS Plus Extra and Premium. December's selection of titles are live on their respective tiers of the subscription service, providing a total of 15 additional games to enjoy (including a handful of retro classics that were released slightly early). Here's a reminder of...
News Official PlayStation Blog Reveals Game of the Year Winners, Astro Bot Sweeps
Over 1.6 million votes cast
The official PlayStation Blog has revealed the results of its Game of the Year 2024 polls. Users were invited to vote across a number of categories, and the blog itself says that over 1.6 million votes were submitted globally. Imagine keeping track of all those! Anyway, the big winners include Astro Bot (which swept six...
News Elden Ring: Nightreign Will Boast Bosses Pulled from Dark Souls Series
"I may be but small, but I will die a colossus"
FromSoftware and Bandai Namco's attempt to make Elden Ring battle royale a thing, Nightreign, will feature fearsome enemies and bosses from across the Dark Souls series, arriving in the multiverse-like realm of Limveld. Eagle-eyed fans were quick to note the inclusion of some familiar foes in the...
News Dominant Balatro Dev Pokes Fun at Absurd PEGI Ratings Debacle
"I should add microtransactions/loot boxes/real gambling to lower that rating"
Localthunk, the mysterious developer behind poker-like sensation Balatro, has poked fun at the PEGI age rating debacle which marred its launch. The game was pulled from the PS Store after its age requirement was inexplicably raised from 3+ to 18+ for the use of "prominent...
Guide Onimusha: Warlords: All Magic and Power Jewel Locations
Where to find every Magic Jewel and Power Jewel
What are all Magic and Power Jewel locations in Onimusha: Warlords? While making your way through the game, you'll likely find items known as Magic Jewels and Power Jewels. These are pick ups that permanently upgrade both your health and magic metres, so naturally you're going to want to find as many...
Guide Onimusha: Warlords: All Decoder Box Solutions
How to unlock every Decoder Box
What are all Decoder Box solutions in Onimusha: Warlords? Every so often, you're going to come across a Decoder Box in the game that asks you to come up with a phrase to answer the question on the chest. In this Onimusha: Warlords guide, we're going to reveal all Decoder Box solutions. Opening them all unlocks the...
Guide Onimusha: Warlords: All Number Puzzle Solutions
How to unlock every Trick Treasure Box
What are all number puzzle solutions in Onimusha: Warlords? You're going to encounter numerous number puzzles, better known as Trick Treasure Boxes within the community, throughout the game, but how do you unlock them? The spinning dials and the act of matching up numbers may confuse you, but we're on hand with...
News PS Plus Members Get Early Access to Select PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store's January Sale
Sneak peek
Some things in life are inevitable — death, taxes, and PS Store sales. Sony has already lined up its (presumably) massive January sale, and while that won't properly get started until after Christmas, PS Plus members can now browse and buy a selection of games that are due to feature in the deal. If you've subscribed to PS Plus at any...
News UK Sales Charts: Black Myth: Wukong Breaks into a Predictable Top 10 as Christmas Looms
Monkey business
As we quickly approach the holiday season, the UK's physical games chart is looking about as predictable as you can imagine — save for one new entry. Black Myth: Wukong launched to retail on 12th December, and it's managed to secure a debut position of 7th place. That's not too shabby considering the game has been available...
News PS Studios and Many More Spread Some Seasonal Cheer with Festive Cards on PS Blog
Season's greetings
It's that time of year again — PlayStation Studios and a whole bunch of third-party developers and publishers have gathered on the PS Blog to spread some holiday cheer. As always, these digital greetings cards a real treat to look through. While some are better than others, there's some really lovely artwork on these things...
News Elden Ring: Nightreign Network Test to Take Place in February on PS5
Registrations opens in January
We can't help but be excited to try out Nightreign, Elden Ring's fast-paced cooperative offering, arriving in 2025. Developer FromSoftware (a development studio that rarely misses) has revealed that PS5 players can sign up to take part in a network test for the standalone adventure. Registrations open on 10th January,...
News Elden Ring Alone Eclipses Combined Dark Souls Series' Sales
Thus shall you be blessed with Nightreign
Prior to the release of Elden Ring, the Dark Souls series, comprised of Dark Souls, Dark Souls II, Dark Souls III, and all of its associated DLC and subsequent re-releases and remasters, amounted to an astonishing 27 million units, as well as perhaps being the most influential of the last decade. Elden Ring...
Random PS5, PS4 Shovelware Isn't Even Trying to Hide Its Plagiarism Anymore
Joel, is that you?
Those of you who’ve been unlucky enough to browse the PS Store lately will know it’s infested with AI art, knock-offs, and shovelware. However, the lack of curation is emboldening devs, as evidenced by the upcoming Forest Ranger Life Simulator. As you can see from the key art, it features a character who resembles Joel from...
News Elden Ring: Nightreign Will Not Have Crossplay
Walled garden
Elden Ring: Nightreign has a huge focus on co-op, although you can technically play it offline and in single player if you like. Despite this, FromSoftware is not offering crossplay in the game. “Similar to the original Elden Ring, there will be cross-generational play but not cross-platform play,” director Junya Ishizaki told
Poll Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for December 2024?
Plus or minus?
Are PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium ending 2024 with a bang? it's time to find out. As per usual, a slew of new games are coming to Extra, including the well received Sonic Frontiers. The Blue Blur's open world adventure might be worth a look, even if you're not keen on the SEGA mascot himself. Speaking of open worlds, Forspoken...
