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September2021
News NBA 2K22 Is an Ankle Breaking 109GB on PS5, 100GB on PS4
Larger than life
Make some space, because NBA 2K22 is enormous on both PlayStation 5 and PS4 – just like its predecessors, we suppose. On the next-gen console, you’re looking at an eye-watering 108.897GB, with the last-gen version not far behind at 99.137GB. That’s a scary file size, so if you have purchased it from the PS Store, you’ll...
News Hot Wheels Unleashed Livery Editor Lets You Customise Your Cars and Share Them Online
Plus: a customisable Basement!
Hot Wheels Unleashed has been looking surprisingly promising since its announcement, and developer Milestone keeps unveiling new tracks and features to keep fans interested. The toy car racer is packed with dozens of vehicles you'll recognise from real-world collections, various circuits in different environments, a...
News Far Cry 6 Overview Trailer Explains Story, Setting, and Guerrilla Tactics
Once more with feeling
Ubisoft really wants you to know all about Far Cry 6. Yesterday, the publisher released a new video about the upcoming game, and it provides an overview of the gameplay as well as the scenario and setting. Stop us if this all sounds familiar, but this new trailer explains that the sequel takes place in Yara, a fictional...
News Crash Bandicoot Wumpa Fruit Piñatas Hint at New Game Reveal for 25th Anniversary
Wumpa League?
Something appears to be going down in the world of Crash Bandicoot. You may recall a while back that a mysterious new teaser image was discovered within Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time, showing a wumpa fruit surrounded by orange and blue swirls. Fans have come to expect this to represent a PvP game called Wumpa League, but not much...
Guide PlayStation Showcase 2021: What Time Is Sony's Livestream?
Dates, times, and where to watch
What time is Sony's PlayStation Showcase 2021 livestream? Sony recently announced PlayStation Showcase 2021, and it sounds like the big PS5 and PS4 event we've been waiting for. So, what are all the details? In this quick PlayStation Showcase 2021 guide, we're going to tell you everything you need to know...
News Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl Looks Surprisingly Technical in Gameplay Breakdown
Devs show off Smash-like fighting
The announcement of Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl has been met with a fair amount of excitement from fans. It seems like a rock solid idea, right? A party brawler in the same vein as Super Smash Bros., starring numerous Nicktoons new and old? It sounds like a slam dunk — but it needs to get the gameplay right. In a...
Subscribe to Push Square on YouTube148k Watch on YouTube News Marvel's Avengers' PS5, PS4 Exclusive Spider-Man Swinging By This Year
But not part of PlayStation Showcase
Marvel’s Avengers’ controversial PlayStation 5 and PS4 exclusive character, Spider-Man, will arrive this year. Crystal Dynamics confirmed the web-slinger as part of its all-new roadmap, which puts an emphasis on “replayable” content rather than cinematic expansions, like the recent War for Wakanda add-on...
News Madden NFL 22 Will Be Free-to-Play on PS5, PS4, for Season Kick Off
Run it back
Football is back this week, with the season kick off pitting the Dallas Cowboys against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. And to mark the occasion, EA Sports is making Madden NFL 22 free-to-play across the PlayStation 5 and PS4. Starting 9th September through 12th September, you’ll be able to download the American football simulation and play...
News Firesprite Will Produce PlayStation Exclusive Games Outside Sony's 'Core Offerings'
Newly acquired studio working on unique projects
In case you've somehow missed the news, Sony Interactive Entertainment has just added Firesprite to its PlayStation Studios lineup. The acquisition brings the Liverpool-based team into the first-party fold, and it sounds as though the team is already working on some exciting stuff. While there's...
News Physical Versions of Disco Elysium: The Final Cut Launch 9th November
Costs $39.99
Disco Elysium: The Final Cut launched digitally across PlayStation 5 and PS4 earlier this year to a wave of high praise, but if you were holding off for those boxed copies, then there are now just a few months to wait. Physical versions of the RPG will ship on 9th November 2021, with the base version costing $39.99. It includes a free...
News MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries Launches a Surprise Attack on PS5, PS4 Later This Month
An almighty thud
Metalheads rejoice: MechWarrior is returning to PlayStation after 26 years of being missing in action. The series' latest instalment, MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries, is deploying on both PS5 and PS4 — and it's coming a lot sooner than you might think. Indeed, it's just a couple of weeks away: it slams into the PlayStation Store on the...
News Here's Your First Look at Free-to-Play eFootball on PS5
Arsenal in action
An overseas media event has resulted in the first PlayStation 5 footage of soccer sim eFootball being shared online, although Konami is quietly nixing the clips from sites like YouTube. You can watch a mirror through here. In the Japanese publisher’s defence, these are off-screen recordings that don’t necessarily paint the...
News Tongue-in-Cheek Topdown Metal Gear-Like Title UnMetal Sneaks to PS4 This Month
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If you’re hankering for some old-school Tactical Espionage Action that doesn’t take itself too seriously, then UnMetal is the retro Metal Gear throwback you may be looking for. Due out on 28th September for PlayStation 4 (but playable on PS5 through backwards compatibility, of course), this tongue-in-cheek sneak-‘em-up sees you assume the...
News Old School Anti-RPG Game Moon Has Been Confirmed for PS5, PS4
No release date yet
First released on the PlayStation 1 in Japan back in 1997, Moon is described as an "anti-RPG" without any battles. Later inspiring the likes of Undertale, it's had a cult following for a while, which resulted in a Nintendo Switch release in 2019. The game has now been confirmed to be returning home with a release on PS5 and PS4...
Mini Review Bus Simulator 21 (PS4) - Zen Sim Doesn't Take Itself Too Seriously
MAN, I feel like a bus driver
Bus Simulator 21, like its PlayStation 4 predecessor, straddles the line between authentic public transport management and tongue-in-cheek entertainment. While this vehicular sim set across two maps – the all-new American-inspired Angel Shores and an updated version of European backdrop Seaside Valley – demands you...
Random These Fake PlayStation Showcase Leaks Are Hilarious
PSP 2! Men in Black! Entire rundown!
It's the day before Sony's biggest gaming showcase of the year, so naturally, the internet is rife with fake leaks. No matter whether it's a full rundown of the entire PlayStation Showcase or fanmade concept art for a brand new handheld device, there are a lot of online users with uncles at Sony who claim to have...
News Hellraiser Has Arrived in Dead by Daylight on PS5, PS4
Such sights to show you
Hellraiser’s horrific aberration Pinhead has arrived in Dead by Daylight on PlayStation 5 and PS4, complete with his own set of masochistic powers and perks. As with all Killers in Behaviour Interactive’s asymmetric multiplayer game, the Cenobite brings with him his own unique set of systems, including a controllable...
News NBA 2K22's Career Mode Is Now Essentially an Open World RPG on PS5
Take on quests, become a star
We reported on the new City in the PlayStation 5 version of NBA 2K22 earlier today, but now we have the full Courtside Report, which digs into all the details. The main takeaway is that the new Career mode is basically an open world RPG, as opposed to a Telltale-style story with a few games of basketball in between...
News Call of Duty: Vanguard Has Designed Multiplayer to Take Liberties
Won't be so realistic this time
Sledgehammer Games has shared the first slice of multiplayer gameplay for Call of Duty: Vanguard during a YouTube livestream, focusing on the more traditional modes rather than the game's new take on online warfare: Champion Hill. The trailer touches on the title's marketing points (20 maps, destructible environments)...
It's a livin'
Fans may rightly rue the lack of arcade sports games on the market right now, but imagine being into boxing: even EA Sports’ uber-popular Fight Night franchise has been put on hold while it flirts with the more commercially viable UFC. Survios’ movie tie-in Creed: Rise to Glory was a rare stand-and-bang outing on PS4, but its...
News NBA 2K22 Brings Bicycle Races, Rapping to PS5's City
There's some basketball, too
Update: You can find out more about NBA 2K22's updated City in this article, which explains how it's effectively becoming an open world RPG this year. Original Story: The long-awaited trailer for NBA 2K22’s new City has finally
News You Know You Want to Listen to the DokeV Trailer Song All Day
Rockstar
Whether it’s TWICE, Girls’ Generation, or AOA – everyone knows you can’t beat a classic k-pop banger. You may want to put the music from DokeV’s trailer on repeat today, then, just to give you a bit of pip on this otherwise sleepy Tuesday afternoon. Pearl Abyss has uploaded the audio to Spotify, and you can dance along for as many...
News Lengthy Tales of Arise Trailer Builds the Hype for This Week's Release
Arise!
Tales of Arise is just a few days away from its release on the 10th September, and that means there's just enough time for a big gameplay trailer. We've already seen quite a lot of Bandai Namco's RPG over the last few months, but this is perhaps its most detailed video to date. It goes over just about everything. Story beats, characters,...
News My Friend Peppa Pig Has a Gameplay Trailer to Share
Friend forever
Next month's biggest PlayStation 4 release, My Friend Peppa Pig, has finally graced us with a gameplay trailer featuring the famous animated pig herself alongside family and friends. We were half expecting Petoons Studio to save the huge reveal for Thursday's PlayStation Showcase, but now we can fully digest and break down these three...
News Alan Wake Remastered Confirmed for PS5 and PS4, Coming This Fall
"The original experience you fell in love with"
Following online retail listings this past weekend, developer Remedy has confirmed Alan Wake Remastered is indeed a thing and will launch for PlayStation 5 and PS4 this fall. Writing on an Alan Wake fansite, Sam Lake said the remaster "is the original experience you fell in love with all those years...
News Assassin's Creed Valhalla Update 1.031 Out Now on PS5, PS4, Patch Notes are Huge
Another one
Yep, it's that time again. Another Assassin's Creed Valhalla update is upon us, and boy is it a big one. The big deal here is the addition of three new River Raid maps, alongside new weapons, armour, and skills. It also adds a new nightmare combat difficulty. But update 1.3.1 (version 1.031 on PlayStation 5) offers a lot more under the...
News PS Plus Games for September 2021 Are Available Now on PS5, PS4
Let's get cookin'
September's in full swing, and it's looking like a pretty exciting month for PlayStation fans. Not only are there lots of upcoming PS5 and PS4 games over the next few weeks, there's also PlayStation Showcase, which is just around the corner. However, there's one more reason to turn those frowns upside down this month — the new PS...
News The Developer Behind God of War's Incredible Leviathan Axe Has Sadly Passed Away
R.I.P Furious George
George Mawle, a former gameplay engineer at Sony Santa Monica Studio who is credited with the handling behind God of War's Leviathan Axe and Blades of Chaos, sadly passed away last Thursday. Tributes have been paid across social media since, with combat design lead Mihir Sheth crediting him with playing a large part in the...
News Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning Fatesworn Expansion in 'Final Stages of Production'
Kingdom come
When Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning was first announced, it was revealed that the remaster would be getting a brand new expansion at some point in the future. We still don't really know what to expect, but the DLC is apparently in the "final stages of production" according to the game's developer. An official update reads: "It’s...
News PS5 Game Compression Shrinks Tales of Arise by 20GB
37GB vs 57GB
Those with a pre-order of Tales of Arise from the PlayStation Store are now able to pre-load the JRPG ahead of release in certain regions, leading to the discovery that the PS5 version is dwarfed by what's on PS4 — a whole 20GB difference in fact. PS5 game size compression means the current-gen version clocks in at just 37.201GB while...
News Call of Duty: Vanguard Multiplayer Reveal Coming Tomorrow
Info on maps, modes, weapons, and more
It was always unlikely to be there in the first place, but here's another game you can add to the "unlikely to appear at the PlayStation Showcase" list: Call of Duty: Vanguard. The game's multiplayer reveal is scheduled for tomorrow at 6pm BST / 10am PT / 1pm ET, taking place on YouTube. Details on the "maps,...
Feature Our PS5, PS4 Predictions for PlayStation Showcase 2021
We get the crystal ball out
You don't know how much we've been itching to write this feature: Sony has finally confirmed its big gaming showcase for Thursday and we've got predictions to share. The Push Square editorial team has come together to each reveal two predictions: one with a somewhat realistic chance of happening and another that's based...
News PS Now Adding Tekken 7, Final Fantasy 7, Moonlighter, More in September
Leak confirmed to be real
Update (Monday 6th September 2021): Sony has now revealed the official list of PS4 games heading to PS Now on the PlayStation Blog, confirming all of the titles listed below are indeed hitting the service. They are: Tekken 7 (Until 18th February 2022) Final Fantasy VII
News UK Sales Charts: PlayStation Exclusives Come and Go While GTA 5 Is On the Rise
Unstoppable
Grand Theft Auto V is just a machine — in the UK, at least. In the latest physical games chart, us Brits have put Rockstar's juggernaut open world title in third place, selling best on PlayStation 4. It's mad that it can still swing podium positions. Elsewhere, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is the week's best-selling PS5 game,...
Soapbox I Don't Know How to Feel About This PS4-to-PS5 Upgrade Uproar
Stephen sees the situation from both sides
Last week, Horizon Forbidden West pre-orders opened up, allowing excited fans to lay down some dosh for Guerrilla's anticipated PlayStation exclusive. While this was of course met with enthusiasm, the announcement was tarnished by the game's PS4-to-PS5 upgrade path — or, to be precise, lack of. If you...
Poll Are You Happy With Your PS Plus Games for September 2021?
Plus or minus
September's PlayStation Plus games have been made official, and we've had longer than usual to gather our thoughts on this month's lineup. Indeed, the selection was correctly leaked days before the big announcement. It split opinion then, but what about now? That's what we're here to find out. To recap, the PS Plus games for September...
Back to England
The Assassin's Creed Valhalla updates just keep coming. The game's approaching its first anniversary, and Ubisoft is far from done when it comes to adding new content. Next week will see patch 1.3.1 arrive on both PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. Due to release on the 7th September, it sounds like another meaty title update. It'll...
News Horizon Forbidden West Will Now Offer Free PS4 to PS5 Upgrade, Sony Confirms
Sony games will offer $10 upgrade path henceforth
Sony has updated its PlayStation Blog post on the pre-order listings for Horizon Forbidden West, confirming that it will now offer a free PS4 to PS5 upgrade for all versions of the game. This covers the base $60 version of the title on PS4. Goin
News Alan Wake Remastered Listed for PS5, PS4 Release on 5th October
It's happening
Alan Wake is finally heading to PlayStation consoles next month in a remastered package if multiple online listings from Taiwanese retailers are to be believed. Alan Wake Remastered will launch for both PS5 and PS4 on 5th October 2021, and supremely reliable insider ZhugeEX has confirmed the release "will be announced next week"...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 392
Can't stay a-WAYP
It's a long weekend in the US, which means additional playing time for all of you on the other side of the pond. It's just a standard gaming weekend for the rest of us, but there still should be ample time to dig into our backlogs ahead of the impending silly season. Sammy Barker, Editor: I don't know what this says about me, but...
News PS Store Weekend Sale Discounts Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Demon's Souls, and More
Spider-Man! Borderlands! GTA!
Sony is hosting a surprise PlayStation Store weekend sale that discounts some of its biggest first-party titles of the past 12 months. Available through until midnight on Monday 6th September 2021, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart receives its first digital discount as a result. Its price has dropped to £60.89/$60.19,...
News PS Plus PS5, PS4 Games for September 2021 Announced
Plug that leak
PS Plus' games for September have been officially announced, and as it turns out, last week's leak was completely correct. Hopefully you didn't set your sights on anything different! Without further ado, here's what subscribers get this month: Overcooked: All You Can Eat (PS5) Hitman 2 (PS4) Predator: Hunting Grounds (PS4) Based...
News Train Sim World 2's Second Rush Hour Circuit Nahverkehr Dresden Departs 9th September
Gut
The second route in Train Sim World 2’s Rush Hour line will depart on time from 9th September, and will be available as part of the Rush Hour Season Ticket. Nahverkehr Dresden brings a “mix of S-Bahn, Regional, inter-city, and freight traffic”, and leverages the release’s new passenger variety and volume systems to create for a more...
News Gotham Knights Gets Key Art Before DC Fandome Blowout
Bat outta Gotham
Co-op brawler Gotham Knights, alongside the Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, will reappear during the DC Fandome on 16th October – and to tide you over until then, here’s a look at the release’s key art. The image shows a rain-slicked Gotham City, with heroes Nightwing, Batgirl, Robin, and Red Hood strutting confidently...
Feature Five Years Later, We Remember The Tomorrow Children with Director Dylan Cuthbert
Soviet experiments
One of Sony's finest qualities as a games publisher is its willingness to take a gamble on new ideas. Each PlayStation console has played host to a variety of weird and wonderful games, and early in the PS4's life, this philosophy of embracing experimental, unique concepts didn't waver. A prime example is The Tomorrow Children...
News Lost Judgment DLC Detailed, 2022 Expansion Lets You Play as Kaito
Yo, Tak!
Lost Judgment is getting three rounds of DLC post-launch, one of which is a proper expansion. It's a first for Yakuza developer RGG Studio, which has only dabbled in small add-ons previously. And yes, you read the headline correctly. Set to release in Spring 2022, 'The Kaito Files' is described as a ten-hour, story-driven expansion where...
News Crysis Remastered Trilogy Hooks 15th October Release Date
Nanosuit up
Hankering to revisit Crysis 2 and Crysis 3? (Anyone?) Regardless of whether an audience for the Crysis Remastered Trilogy exists, it’s coming out by hook or crook on 15th October. This includes the original – itself already spruced up, and available on the PlayStation 4 right now – alongside its two sequels. Well, their single...
News NBA 2K22's MyTeam Iterates on Controversial Card Collecting Mode
Holographics! Grading! Drafts! More!
Look, we get that the gacha element is exorbitantly expensive, but 2K Sports is generally quite generous with its card collecting modes. NBA 2K21 allowed you to assemble a pretty deadly squad without spending a cent, and while we can’t say for sure that NBA 2K22 will be the same, the very nature of basketball...
News PS Now Adding Five Final Fantasy Games Over Coming Months
Phoenix down
Final Fantasy is such a misleading franchise name, isn’t it? It’s like the Neverending Story: how come it ends in under two hours? Anyway, as you know, there are dozens of Final Fantasy games – and five of the better ones are coming to PS Now. This is a staggered rollout, with Final Fantasy VII being the first to join on 7th...
News Strike Is a Board Game You Can Play Within Horizon Forbidden West on PS5, PS4
In-universe game quietly announced
Who doesn't love a game within a game? Many RPGs and open world adventures feature in-universe recreational activities — these can be simple mini-games or fully fleshed out experiences in their own right, like Gwent in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. It sounds as though Guerrilla Games has been inspired by this, as the...
Out now on PS5, PS4
A new Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut patch is out now on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. Sucker Punch has released a number of minor updates over the last couple of weeks, but this one — patch 2.008 — features some welcome adjustments. It's around 2GB in size. For starters, it improves load times when you're switching...
News Horizon Forbidden West PS5, PS4 Pre-Orders Live Now, Special Editions Detailed
Whip out those wallets
Sony recently confirmed a release date for Horizon Forbidden West. While it's not making it out in 2021, it's not too far away either — it hits both PlayStation 5 and PS4 on 18th February 2022. Today, Sony's opened up pre-orders for the game, so you can pop down some dosh ahead of the game's imminent arrival. Of course,...
News Sony Will Make You Pay Extra to Upgrade Horizon Forbidden West from PS4 to PS5
And pricey Collector's Editions don't have a disc
Update #2: Sony has reversed its decision to make you buy Horizon Forbidden West again if you want to upgrade from PS4 to PS5. Update #1: There are no plans for Sony to offer an upgrade from the Standard version of Hori
Mini Review Golf Club Wasteland (PS4) - Post-Apocalyptic 2D Golf Game Is Well Above Par
I'll have a tee please, Bob
It's the future, and all is not well in Golf Club Wasteland. In a totally unexpected turn of events, the Earth has been rendered inhospitable by an ecological disaster that nobody saw coming. How were we supposed to know that using liquefied dinosaur bones to power our cars was bad? If those egghead scientists had told us...
News THQ Nordic Reveals 10th Anniversary Showcase for 17th September
Six new game announcements
Instead of just one videogame event announcement, how about two? Not only has Sony confirmed its big digital event for 9th September 2021, but publisher THQ Nordic has also announced it will be taking to the stage with a showcase containing six new game announcements. Taking place on 17th September 2021, Geoff Keighley...
News PlayStation Showcase Announced, Presenting the Future of PS5 Next Week
First-party updates and more
As Sony is wont to do, it's just dropped a big announcement out of thin air. A PlayStation Showcase has just been confirmed, offering a "look into the future of PS5". Over on the PlayStation Blog, Sid Shuman gives a vague idea of what to expect, saying the showcase will "include updates from PlayStation Studios and...
News PS5, PS4 Co-Op Looter Shooter Project Magnum Looks Very Flashy in Teaser Trailer
Early days, though
A new teaser trailer has just landed on PlayStation's YouTube page, and it's for a game currently known as Project Magnum. Developed by Seoul-based studio Nat Games, there aren't too many details about the game as yet, save for the aforementioned video. We recommend giving it a watch, as the game looks like it could be good. It's...
News WRC 10 Slides Sideways onto PS5, PS4 Today with Launch Trailer
Flat out
The latest annual entry in the WRC series arrives on PlayStation 5 and PS4 today. WRC 10 is KT Racing's effort for 2021, and it looks to build upon the success of last year's well-received iteration. To celebrate the arrival of the new game, publisher Nacon has released a launch trailer, featuring plenty of dust-kicking drifts in both...
News Bare Bones eFootball Launch Content Detailed, Out 30th September
Favourites for relegation
Konami's controversial football sim eFootball will launch for PlayStation 5 and PS4 on 30th September 2021 with a very short list of modes and ways to play the game, it's been confirmed. The publisher previously admitted the initial release is essentially a demo, but now that all of its contents have been shared alongside...
News Marvel's Midnight Suns Shares How It Plays in First Gameplay Footage
Heart of the cards
XCOM developer Firaxis Games has today shared the first public glimpse of Marvel's Midnight Suns gameplay ahead of its launch in March 2022, detailing what it will be like to fight alongside the superheroes of the comic book universe. In short, it doesn't really play like the tactical titles the studio is known for. You will...
News Hello Kitty Joins Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania as Premium DLC Character
Super Money Ball
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania's all-star lineup just keeps on growing. The remastered collection of fan-favourite entries in the series is coming to PlayStation 5 and PS4 in October, and it includes a number of guest stars from other SEGA properties as playable characters. Kiryu, Morgana,
News No Man's Sky Expands Base Building with New Settlement Options
Create your own space colony
It feels like we're covering a big No Man's Sky update every other month at this point, and the latest one titled Frontiers is no different. It focuses on the base building mechanics of the space explorer and expands them to such a degree that you can now begin building your very own settlement, complete with alien...
News Swery's Mysterious RPG The Good Life Pegged for Fall 2021 in English Trailer
Raining cats and dogs
Flippin' heck, this game has taken a while to materialise, hasn't it? Swery's "debt repayment daily life RPG", The Good Life, was initially announced with a Kickstarter campaign back in 2018, and news has been extremely slow on the title ever since. As with the famed developer's other works, this new game looks to be somewhat...
The rainbow blur
After a string of poorly received entries, SEGA's mascot was in a bad spot back in 2010. However, the Wii-exclusive Sonic Colors was something of a reset for the franchise, cutting out most of the nonsense and presenting itself as a more straightforward action platformer. It remains one of the more favourably received games in the...
News Skrillex Headlines Latest Beat Saber Music Pack, Available Now
Dubstep star returns
Skrillex and Beat Saber seem like a match made in heaven, so this latest collaboration for the PlayStation VR hit is long overdue. A new music pack has hit the PS Store for £8.99/$10.99 that contains many of the Dubstep star's biggest and most popular tracks from when the genre was still a mainstream thing. There are eight
Review Hitman 2 (PS4) - More Darkly Amusing Murder
Hit me baby one more time
Republished on Wednesday 1st September 2021: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of September's PlayStation Plus lineup. The original text follows. Poor Sierra Knox. She lived her life as a successful racing car driver, and along with her father was a powerful figure within...
News Horizon Forbidden West's Aloy Joins Genshin Impact Roster Today
Fortnite star part of another game
Fortnite character and Horizon Forbidden West protagonist Aloy today joins the roster of playable characters in online RPG Genshin Impact for a limited time. After you've downloaded update 2.1, you'll be able to log into your account on either PlayStation 5 or PS4 and claim her through the in-game mail system. She...
Review Predator: Hunting Grounds (PS4) - Multiplayer Experiment Falls Wildly Short
Time to bleed
Republished on Wednesday 1st September 2021: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of September's PlayStation Plus lineup. The original text follows. Predator: Hunting Grounds is the first major multiplayer-only video game Sony has published since MAG on PlayStation 3. And while Friday t
News PS Store Essential Picks Sale Houses Many PS5, PS4 Game Deals
Devil May Cry! Biomutant! Ghostrunner!
Another week, another PlayStation Store sale. You know the score. The PS Store Essential Picks sale is sticking around for two weeks, expiring at midnight on 15th September 2021. We've got lots of different PS5 and PS4 titles on offer, so with the deals active across the UK, EU, and US storefronts right now,...
Weirdness These PlayStation Sound Effect Acapellas Are Oddly Awesome
Sounds good
Each PlayStation startup sound has defined a generation, so it’s bizarre to see them performed acapella by YouTube group Maytree. From the bowel rumbling bass of the PS1’s intro all the way through to the PSP’s upbeat jingle, this is both spot-on and strange. It’s particularly amusing to see just how much energy is being invested...
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News PSN Back Online After Being Hit with Account, Social, and PlayStation Store Issues
PSN problems fixed after 3 hours or so
Update (23:50 BST): Phew, it looks like the PSN is finally back on its feet after around three and a half hours of issues. Let's hope that it's smooth sailing from here. Update (22:40 BST): It's been over two hours since the PSN started falling apart, and PlayStation is yet to acknowledge the situation on...
News Hot Wheels Unleashed DLC Roadmap Includes Cars from Batman, Street Fighter, and Barbie
Lots of post-launch DLC on the way
Hot Wheels Unleashed is going to be a pretty robust game when it launches at the end of September, with more than 60 vehicles on day one, various environments to race through, and a neat track creator mode. However, developer Milestone isn't hitting the brakes once it crosses the finish line. A newly published DLC...
News Represent One of Ten Colleges in Madden NFL 22's Superstar KO
Back to school
We’re going to have to wait a little while longer for the return of EA Sports College Football, but until then, Madden NFL 22 is hoping to warm you up with the addition of ten prestigious programs to its Superstar KO mode. You’ll be able to represent the likes of Clemson, LSU, and University of Florida, as you partake in the new...
First Impressions Farming Simulator 22 Is AAA Agriculture on PS5, PS4
Old MacDonald would be impressed
Farming Simulator has exploded in popularity since the latter PlayStation 3 days. Once a scrappy, niche line of agricultural releases, this series now commands its very own convention and competitive esports tournament. Giants Software’s latest instalment, Farming Simulator 22, reflects that influx in interest: it...
News Far Cry 6 Sure Does Look Like Far Cry in Latest Previews
Same old, same old
The embargo on a new wave of Far Cry 6 previews has just lifted, allowing various outlets the chance to share their first thoughts based on four to five hours of gameplay. The overwhelming theme quickly materialising is that the sixth entry is absolutely more Far Cry rather than a new take on the series. That was to be expected...
