PS4 News
July2020
News Viral Social Media Montage Showcases PS4's Impressive Generation
Simply the best
We think it’s probably fair to say that the PlayStation 4 has played host to some pretty good games. Sony, in particular, has transformed its first-party portfolio into an unrivalled industry titan, and this social media montage celebrates that. Give it a watch, we’ll wait: Yeah, the video editing is obviously outstanding, but...
News Yakuza: Like a Dragon Finally Comes to the West This November
Feel the power
It seems that Yakuza: Like a Dragon has received an official release date and Sony hasn't even decided to kick up a fuss about it. Available for pre-order on the PlayStation Store right now, the current-gen version is coming to PlayStation 4 on 13th November 2020. Don't forget that there will also be a PlayStation 5 version further...
News PS4 Firmware Update 8.00 Beta Invites Being Sent Out
Quality of life tweaks to community features
Sony’s rolling out beta invites for PlayStation 4 firmware update v8.00, so take a quick look at your inbox to see if you got in. This is actually a surprisingly beefy update considering the current-gen system is entering its twilight years, with the emphasis clearly on quality-of-life improvements to...
News Dragon Quest XI S on PS4 Is a Switch Port, No Upgrade for Existing Dragon Quest XI Players
Official site spills the beans
When Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age was announced for PlayStation 4 earlier today, existing Dragon Quest XI players on Sony's system wondered whether they'd have to buy the game again. S is essentially a definitive edition of the role-playing release. It packs in new story content with additional gameplay...
News The Definitive Edition of Dragon Quest XI Is Coming to PS4 This December
Best Quest is back
Update 2: The game's Japanese website has confirmed that PS4 owners won't be able to upgrade to Dragon Quest XI S. The title is also a port of the Nintendo Switch version. You can read more about all of that through this link. Update: There's no mention of any free update for existing Dragon Quest XI players in the official...
News Tetris Effect: Connected Is a Multiplayer Expansion Coming to PS4 in a Free Update
Yours forever together
The only way to make Tetris Effect better is to make it bigger, and that's exactly what the team at Enhance Games is doing. The stunning take on the classic puzzler is getting a major update next year on PlayStation 4, and it's called Tetris Effect: Connected. As you may have guessed from the name, this expansion is all about...
News Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis Is Grinding onto PS4 Next Year in Japan
No word on the West
Despite being unveiled during the latest Xbox showcase, Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis is also heading to PlayStation 4 in 2021. Well, in Japan at least. It seems to be a timed exclusive on Xbox One and Xbox Series X here in the West, but we're hoping to get more confirmation on this as soon as possible, so stay tuned. New...
News Balan Wonderworld Is Yuji Naka's Next Game, Coming to PS5 and PS4 Next Year
It's a 3D platformer
Sonic the Hedgehog creator Yuki Naka has teamed up with Square Enix for his next game, named Balan Wonderworld. It's coming to PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 in Spring 2021 and is being pitched as a family-friendly 3D platformer set in a mysterious land packed full of theatre. If you purchase the PS4 version, you'll gain free...
News Watch Dogs Legion Reveals Its Recruitable Resistance
A-Team
We already know Watch Dogs Legion’s unique selling point, but just in case you’ve been living under a lockdown rock, here’s a reminder: you can recruit anyone to your team. This trailer doubles down on that message, and while there’s very little new on display – well, it looks like good ol’ goofy fun, doesn’t it? It’s due out...
News Psychonauts 2 Razzle Dazzles with New Musical Trailer, Still Coming to PS4
Double Fine with us
As expected, Double Fine showed up during Xbox's just-finished broadcast, and it's given us a fresh look at its latest project. Is Psychonauts 2 still coming to PS4? Don't worry -- despite the studio being bought up by Microsoft, Raz's brain-bending sequel is still en route to PlayStation. This new trailer gives us our first...
News The Outer Worlds: Peril on Gorgon Expansion Launches September on PS4
Get the crew back together
The first of two expansions for The Outer Worlds will launch on PlayStation 4 this September, developer Obsidian has announced. Titled 'Peril on Gorgon', the DLC will whisk you and your party away to an abandoned Spacer's Choice facility on an old asteroid. We're sure plenty of wacky adventures will ensue. You'll be able...
News King Eric Cantona Narrates FIFA 21's First Trailer
Ooh-ah Cantona
There are no fancy pyrotechnics in FIFA 21’s debut trailer; this is a patchwork put together during a global pandemic, and it shows. Cover star Kylian Mbappé headlines the whole thing, but there are cameos for Borussia Dortmund’s Erling Braut Håland and Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold. Manchester United legend Eric...
News Assassin's Creed Valhalla Reveals How You'll Switch Between Heroes
Adam and Eivor
Unlike Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, you won’t be tied to a specific gender when you play Viking open worlder Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. Instead, you’ll have the opportunity to toggle between male and female incarnations of protagonist Eivor on the fly. It’s all a bit weird, but it’s justified by the franchise’s...
News Ghost of Tsushima Has the Best Launch Ever for a First-Party PS4 Game in Japan
Nothing ghostly about it
Ghost of Tsushima has done incredibly well for itself in Japan. The numbers are in, and the open world title has enjoyed the best launch sales of any first-party PlayStation 4 game. Sucker Punch's latest moved 222,000 copies, which was more than enough to rocket the title to the top of the Japanese software charts. Its...
News Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Debuts 14 Minutes of Gameplay
Coming in 2021
PlayStation 2 JRPG Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne is getting a surprise remaster next year, and to demonstrate what it looks like in action, Atlus has given us a lengthy glimpse at the current-gen rerelease with 14 minutes of gameplay. We've embedded footage of this PlayStation 4 remaster above, which details its turn-based combat,...
News PS4 Is Still the Best Place to Play According to New Trailer
Until the holidays, anyway
PlayStation 5 may be right around the corner, but Sony’s still busy flogging the PlayStation 4 ahead of the holidays. The platform holder has released a brand new trailer showcasing some of the biggest titles on the format right now, and it goes big on third-party partnerships, with the likes of Fortnite, Marvel’s...
Mini Review Superliminal - Fresh Perspective on First Person Puzzling Is Small in Scale
Perception is reality
As you're constantly reminded, perception is reality in Superliminal. Like other first person puzzlers, one single, mind-bending concept is the focus, and this time, it's all about scale and perspective. Objects are as they should be before you pick them up, but depth vanishes once you do. To borrow an example from Father Ted:...
Live Watch the Bandai Namco Play Anime Livestream Right Here
Manga mania
Bandai Namco is putting on its own little showcase via the capabilities of the internet this evening, with a livestream dedicated to all things anime. Given its name, we expect Play Anime Live to focus on the publisher's line-up of licensed titles as well as games such as Scarlet Nexus. In other words, don't expect Elden Ring and we're...
Interview How Game Composers Are Coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic
A smattering of guests
Recently, we had the uniquely exciting opportunity to have a chat with a handful of composers around the industry. Some of them are folks we’ve talked to before, but some are brand new faces! We opted to cover a unique and rather pressing topic this time out -- the ongoing worldwide pandemic. More specifically, the impact...
Random Ghost of Tsushima Player Has a Real Tough Time with Archers
Ouch
Is there anyone out there who hasn't developed a grudge for the archers in Ghost of Tsushima? Those buggers can be a real pain in the arse during combat, especially when there's more than one of them. This scribe always makes sure to target them first in a fight, but the Twitter user in the clip below didn't have the chance to do that. In fact,...
News Don't Expect an Elden Ring Reveal Tomorrow
So says Grubb
Last week, we reported on the fact that the Elden Ring Reddit community was placing its hopes of a long-awaited reveal on tomorrow's Xbox Games Showcase. It made sense to us -- marketing rights are assumed to be wrapped up with the team in green and it's been more than a year since that initial announcement. However, industry insider...
News Mafia Definitive Edition Isn't Going Open World, Still Has a Linear Story
An accurate remake
The original Mafia is being remade from the ground up on current-gen consoles, and going by the most recent gameplay footage, it's looking pretty good. Titled Mafia: Definitive Edition, there has been some concern among existing fans that the remake might be adopting the open world formula of something like Mafia III, but director...
News Rogue-Like Biking Game Descenders Finally Rides onto PS4 in August
On yer bike
Descenders was announced for PlayStation 4 all the way back in January, but it's now got a release date at last. The game is a rogue-like mountain biking adventure, with procedurally generated stages that go from muddy inclines to active volcanoes. If that sounds like your cup of tea, you'll be pleased to know the game is right around...
Poll What's Your Favourite PS4 Game of 2020 So Far?
The community decides
It might not have felt too much like a summer drought thanks to the releases of The Last of Us: Part II and Ghost of Tsushima, but we are slowly approaching the business end of the year. More big PlayStation 4 games are on their way, and not to mention the PlayStation 5 launch, and so we wanted to take a quick look back at what...
News FIFA 21 Confirms PSG's Kylian Mbappe for PS4 Box Art
Trent, Mbappe, Haaland, and Felix
Update: Electronic Arts has now posted the official box art for the standard edition of FIFA 21 on PS4, and it does indeed feature Kylian Mbappe of PSG. Original story: FIFA 21 is due a proper reveal trailer tomorrow, and while that slice of footage is yet to hit the internet, the footballers who will don the...
News Yakuza: Like a Dragon Looks Superb in New English Dub Trailer, But Still No Release Date
Party time
As gigantic fans of the Yakuza series, we here at Push Square can't wait to get our grubby mitts on Yakuza: Like a Dragon -- and the game's newest trailer has done an amazing job of feeding our hype. Once again, the role-playing title looks absolutely mental. Yakuza has always been wacky, but this latest entry looks to be taking things to...
News Yakuza: Like a Dragon English Dub Announced, Stars George Takei
And Greg Chun from Judgment
SEGA has revealed that Yakuza: Like a Dragon will feature an optional English voice track when it launches later this year here in the West. The upcoming role-playing title will follow the same path as Judgment, which released in 2019 complete with a great English dub. Kaiji Tang will voice protagonist Ichiban Kasuga,...
News Persona 5 Royal Sells More Than 1.4 Million Copies Worldwide
Scramble nears 500,000
The Persona franchise is doing better than ever at the moment, and that's largely thanks to the JRPG masterpiece that is Persona 5 Royal. It currently sits in second place in our Best PS4 RPGs list, losing out only to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and now Atlus has annou
Interview Amanita Design on Its Eight Year Journey Making Creaks
From concept to final release
Creaks is out on PlayStation 4 today and it's the best indie title of 2020 so far. If you happened to miss the recent Push Square review, in which we awarded the latest game from Amanita Design a 9/10, we recommend you double back and check it out first. Last week, we said: "With a stunning art style to boot as well as...
News Cloud Tops Final Fantasy VII Remake Popularity Poll in Japan by Some Distance
Jessie breaks top 4
Update: Oh, apparently the original translation of the poll was wrong. It was actually Cloud alone that won the vote -- and by some distance. Source @aitaikimochi has updated her findings along with the number of votes each character received. The top three -- that's Cloud, Tifa, and Aerith -- were actually miles ahead of the...
News These Are the Five Best-Selling PS4 Exclusives in the US
An impressive list
With the release of Ghost of Tsushima, Sony has pretty much capped an outstanding generation of support for the PlayStation 4. But which titles have raked in the most cash in the United States thus far? NPD analyst Mat Piscatella has revealed the ranking of the top five exclusive games based on life-to-date dollar sales, and it...
News Dreams Update 2.16 Adds PSVR Support, Here's All the Patch Notes
Available to download now
The time has finally come -- Dreams gets PlayStation VR support today after months of waiting. The latest patch for the game takes the PS4 title to version 2.16, and it's available to download right now. It's one meaty update, so let's go through everything below. Inside The Box - A showcase for Dreams VR, with examples...
News Ghost of Tsushima Sells Out in Japan, Sony Promises More Copies
A literal ghost in Japanese stores
Early indications suggest Ghost of Tsushima could become Sony’s fastest-selling new IP, and one territory the title’s taking by storm is Japan. The platform holder released a statement on Twitter earlier today, explaining that the release has exceeded expectations, and that some stores have now run out of...
News PlayStation Store Summer Sale Is Packed Full of PS4 Game Bargains
Judgment! Disintegration! Hitman!
As teased by Sony on Monday night, the PlayStation Store Summer Sale has arrived. It brings with it a long, long list of great deals on PlayStation 4 games that replace the July Savings discounts which started a few weeks back. This new sale la
News Mafia: Definitive Edition Looking Good in 14 Minutes of Gameplay Footage
Tommy gun
We've all been curious to see Mafia: Definitive Edition in action, especially after those gorgeous screenshots. Courtesy of IGN, we now have a lengthy video to watch, giving us about 14 minutes of gameplay and cutscenes. The visuals look pretty damn good, and it's obviously a significant step up from the 2002 original. As developer Hangar...
News Rocket League Goes Free-to-Play This Summer
Get all the DLC at no extra cost
Rocket League recently celebrated its fifth anniversary, and now the next step for this incredibly popular, vehicular take on football is going free-to-play. Psyonix will ditch the price tag later this summer as part of the game's biggest update yet. This patch also includes overhauled menus and improvements to...
News Here's How Dreams Will Help You Categorise Creations After PSVR Update
Brass tacks
After months in the oven, Dreams' big PlayStation VR expansion is finally done. It's out tomorrow in a free game update, adding support for PSVR owners to play and create original content in virtual reality. We recently spoke to Media Molecule co-founder and technical director David Smith all about it. If you're at all interested, we'd...
News Colourful PS4 Fighter Fantasy Strike Is Now Free-to-Play
All characters unlocked
Fantasy Strike launched roughly one year ago today on PlayStation 4. By most accounts it's a solid fighting game with some interesting characters, but it's fair to say that its release didn't have much of an impact. But now, developer Sirlin Games has announced that Fantasy Strike has adopted a free-to-play model. You can...
News 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Delayed to Late September, English VO at Launch
As part of Day One patch
We've been waiting a very long time for SEGA's 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim to make its way west on PlayStation 4, and unfortunately, we'll now have to wait a couple more weeks on top of that. The publisher has delayed the title to 22nd September 2020, but to make up for that, we will now be getting English voice-over as part of...
Poll Would You Still Pay for PS Plus if Online Multiplayer Was Free Elsewhere?
Paradigm shift
There are intensifying rumours that Microsoft is planning to scrap the multiplayer paywall on its Xbox consoles, meaning that you wouldn’t need to pay a subscription fee to play online. It’d be a bold move considering the Redmond firm was the first to introduce such a scheme on consoles, but would it impact your relationship with...
News Ghost of Tsushima Pays Homage to PS4 Exclusives with In-Game Origami
The origami king
Sony's first-party studios love to congratulate one another upon the launch of their games, sharing custom artwork that portrays protagonists fighting alongside each other. It's always nice to see when a new PlayStation 4 exclusive releases, but Ghost of Tsushima takes things one step further by actually featuring select Sony titles...
News Unsurprisingly, Xbox Game Pass Will Not Be Coming to PS5, PS4
Mild shock
The video game industry is weird at the minute, so it’s perhaps no surprise that Microsoft bigwig Phil Spencer has been asked whether Xbox Game Pass could come to other consoles, like the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. Obviously, the answer is no, but given the executive’s platform agnostic approach in recent years, we can...
Mini Review Rock of Ages 3: Make & Break - Fun, Oddball Tower Defence with Awkward Level Editor
Rock 'em, sock 'em
Rock of Ages 3: Make & Break isn't a huge departure for the series; it's still an odd mix of tower defence and, er, chucking a boulder down a precarious hill. The comical, historical story mode remains the main attraction, with plenty of adversaries to defeat and side activities to play. You'll be playing skee-ball and racing...
News The Big PlayStation Store Summer Sale Starts on Wednesday
Up to 60% off
If there's a PlayStation 4 game you've been wanting to get your hands on for quite some time but its price is holding you back, your luck might be about to change in just over 24 hours time. Sony has been sending out promotional emails this evening advertising a brand new PlayStation Store summer sale that is set to kick off on 22nd...
Interview How Dreams' PSVR Update Empowers Players to Be Even More Creative
Lucid Dreams
Dreams has been out since February, and ever since, fans have been patiently awaiting the arrival of support for PlayStation VR. That day is very nearly upon us, with the expansion hitting the PS4 title tomorrow, 22nd July. If you're curious about the thinking behind this update, and how Media Molecule is expanding the already enormous...
News Watch Over 10 Minutes of the Sucker Punch Game That Never Got Made
Prophecy
Update: The video has been pulled from YouTube, but you can still watch the full demo through here. Original Story: Well, well, well. Many of you will be settling down with another session of Ghost of Tsushima today, but you could have ended up with Prophecy instead. A full 10-minute vertical slice of the cancelled release has emerged...
Review Neon Abyss - Fast-Paced Rogue-Like Can Be a Little Too Chaotic
Gotta hatch'em all
Neon Abyss is a procedurally generated, rogue-like platformer that takes heavy inspiration from the likes of Enter the Gungeon and The Binding of Isaac. You play as part of the Hades formed ‘Grim Squad’ and are thrown into the Abyss, equipped with nothing more than a gun to blast through room after room of menacing foes in...
News A Fisherman's Tale Dev Returns to PSVR in Maskmaker
If the mask fits
After putting out A Fisherman's Tale last year for PlayStation VR, developer Innerspace is back with yet another experience for the virtual reality headset that is set to launch in the Spring of 2021. Maskmaker is its name and the announcement trailer above will provide you with slightly more context. The studio describes the game...
News Explore Hand-Pencilled Horror in the Swiss Alps with Mundaun
Coming to PS4 in Spring 2021
Just announced as part of Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest Developer Showcase, Mundaun is a brand new horror game coming to PlayStation 4 next year that has been developed by one-man team Hidden Fields. The Swiss studio has taken inspiration from its home country to craft a terrifying, hand-pencilled experience all...
Interview Lake Is an 'Escape From Today's Always Online State of Mind'
Gamious on its relaxing mail simulator
How inviting does that headline sound? In an age of smartphones, tablets, laptops, and game consoles that feel the need to stay up to date with the wider world and social media, it can be nice to disconnect and take some time for yourself. Lake, from Dutch developer Gamious, is attempting to replicate the...
News Sony's First-Parties Have Perfected the Art of Compelling Trophy Lists
Seeing things through
Regardless of whether you care about Trophies or not, they’ve clearly established themselves as an enormous part of PlayStation culture. Introduced over a decade ago alongside titles like Super Stardust HD, they’ve often felt like an afterthought. But in recent years there’s clearly been a concerted effort from Sony’s...
News Cult Classic JRPG Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Is Being Remastered on PS4 in 2021
Featuring Dante?
Originally released on the PS2 all the way back in 2003, Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne remains a beloved entry in Atlus' role-playing franchise. For those totally out of the loop, Shin Megami Tensei birthed the Persona series, and shares many similarities in terms of gameplay. Anyway, a remaster of Nocturne was announced for...
News Actual Tsushima Tourism Page Partners with Ghost of Tsushima
It's only natural
Despite all of the war and bloodshed, Ghost of Tsushima does an amazing job of showing off the natural beauty of Tsushima. The Japanese island is famously rural even today -- so much of it is still coated in lush forests, which sit alongside uninhabited hills and mountains. As such, it's a popular tourist destination -- and its...
News Gamer Girl Dev Removes Announcement Trailer and Marketing Following Backlash
Stream killer
Last week, publisher Wales Interactive unveiled Gamer Girl -- an FMV title in which you play as a livestream chat moderator. You're tasked with "guiding" the choices of up and coming streamer Abicakes99 while uncovering the identity of an "anonymous predator" who lurks in the chat. It sounds like a unique premise if nothing else, but...
Community Show Us Your Best Ghost of Tsushima Photo Mode Screenshots
Looking good, samurai
There's no doubting that Ghost of Tsushima is one of the very best looking games on PlayStation 4, and it just so happens to launch with perhaps the most robust and easy-to-use Photo Mode we've seen yet. That is the perfect recipe for a bit of community fun, so we want to feature your greatest in-game creations on the site...
Random Bloodborne Comes to PC with Yarntown, an Adorable Pixel Art Demake
Cuddle the old blood
Is Bloodborne getting a PC port? Some scattershot sources certainly think so, but PC fans will have to sit tight for now, and play Yarntown instead. Developed by Max Mraz, Yarntown reimagines FromSoftware's action RPG by way of old Legend of Zelda games. You can watch a lengthy gameplay video above, or just check out this quick...
News Yakuza: Like a Dragon PEGI, ESRB Ratings Skip Speculated PS5 Version
Back compat it is, then
It is looking increasingly likely that PlayStation fans will have to settle for just a current-gen version when Yakuza: Like a Dragon launches in the west this holiday season. The game has been confirmed for PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One, and the next-gen Xbox Series X, but a PlayStation 5 version is nowhere in sight. The...
News UK Sales Charts: Ghost of Tsushima Is the Next PS4 Exclusive to Get Top Spot
The Last of Us 2 in fifth
Ghost of Tsushima is the second big PlayStation 4 exclusive of the summer, and just like last month's counterpart, it has debuted in first place in the UK sales charts. The latest open world experience from Sucker Punch Productions didn't manage to come close to the sales figures of The Last of Us: Part II, as noted by...
News After The Last of Us 2's Review Bombing Scandal, Metacritic Paused Ghost of Tsushima Verdicts
Spend some time playing
Perhaps a little red-faced that its user reviews became one of the key battlegrounds in The Last of Us: Part II's well-documented backlash, Metacritic temporarily paused Ghost of Tsushima verdicts while it encouraged fans to play the behemoth open world game. It only held the feature back for 24 hours, bu
Interview Maintaining Our Humanity with Disintegration Composer Jon Everist
Man vs. machine
We recently had the chance to chat with Jon Everist, composer of V1 Interactive’s curious hybrid of RTS and third-person shooter: Disintegration. We got to discuss the balancing act between these two genres, the rather heart-breaking passing of music legend Ennio Morricone, and the struggle to maintain humanity amidst a synthetic...
Quiz How Well Do You Know Sony's First-Party Studios?
PlayStation knowledge
Sony's line-up of first-party developers consistently put out some of the very best experiences in the industry, to the point where it's sometimes tough to compete. Earlier this year, the Japanese giant brought every one of its teams under the same umbrella of PlayStation Studios, but how well do you know those developers? Have...
Gallery Ghost of Tsushima Is One of the Best Looking Games We've Ever Played
Island life
Ghost of Tsushima is a truly gorgeous game. The PlayStation 4 exclusive has blown us away time and time again with its beautifully crafted open world, complete with so many vibrant colours and outstanding art direction. It's one of those games where we found ourselves reaching for the Share button every two minutes. As such, we thought...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 333
333's a magic number
Three-hundred-and-thirty-three issues of What Are You Playing This Weekend? You better believe it. They say three's a magic number, so 333 has to be pretty special, right? Let's hope so, because this weekend marks the launch of Sony's final PlayStation 4 exclusive: Ghost of Tsushima. We imagine a lot of our readers will be...
Poll Did You Buy Ghost of Tsushima?
Greetings, samurai
It's been a busy couple of months for Sony and PlayStation. Not only have we been shown the PlayStation 5 in action, we've been lucky enough to play two stellar PlayStation 4 exclusives: The Last of Us: Part II, and Ghost of Tsushima. The latter has just released on Sony's current-gen console, and as always, we're here to ask...
News June 2020 NPD: The Last of Us 2 Tops the Chart Across the US
The biggest June since 2009
Not only was The Last of Us: Part II Sony's quickest selling PlayStation 4 exclusive ever and the most downloaded title from the PlayStation Store for the month of June, it has also topped the sales chart in the US. NPD reports that Naughty Do
News Elden Ring Fans Are Pinning Their Hopes on a Reveal Next Week
At the Xbox Games Showcase
Seriously, what has happened to Elden Ring? It has now been more than an entire year since the latest From Software project was revealed and we haven't seen anything of it since. We're not about to give up on it just yet, it'll surely come out at some point in the future, but we can't deny that the long, long wait is...
News Danganronpa Games Will Be Pulled From PlayStation Store in September
Vita is the worst hit
If you've been thinking of picking up digital versions of Danganronpa titles, particularly on PlayStation Vita, you'll want to act sooner rather than later. Publisher NIS America has announced that multiple entries in the visual novel franchise will be taken off the PlayStation Store in September without any obvious reason why...
News Ghost of Tsushima Dev Considered Pirates and Rob Roy Before Feudal Japan Setting
The Three Musketeers too
After putting out inFAMOUS: Second Son and its expansion back in 2014, Sucker Punch Productions has been working on its brand new IP for the best part of the entire PlayStation 4 generation. That's a seriously long six years, but it seems to have paid off. Ghost of Tsushima was awarded an impressive 9/10 in the Push Square...
News Ghost of Tsushima's Shockingly Short Load Times Were Originally Even Quicker
That's the long and the short of it
Ghost of Tsushima gets a lot of stuff right, as you can read in our review, but one of the most impressive aspects is actually its loading times. For an open world game, Sucker Punch's latest has unfathomably fast load speeds. Whether you're fast travelling across the map or respawning after taking a fatal blow,...
Mini Review Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus - Stylish, Turn-Based Tactical Combat
Cyberpunk 40k
The Adeptus Mechanicus is a faction of cybernetically enhanced warrior priests. They seek divinity through the pursuit of knowledge and consider organic flesh as a form of weakness. Your enjoyment of Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus will hinge on how you engage with a fusion of religious iconography and cyberpunk. The Tech-priests of the...
News Bungie Delays Destiny 2: Beyond Light Expansion to November
First DLC to not hit September
Bungie has made the difficult decision to delay the upcoming Destiny 2: Beyond Light expansion to 10th November 2020 following the continued worldwide struggle to cope with the coronavirus. Originally scheduled to launch in late September, this marks the very first time that the developer has missed a DLC launch for...
Random This Retailer Had Fun with Its Custom Ghost of Tsushima Box Art
Only in Slovakia, though
Occasionally, retailers will go the extra mile to tempt you to pre-order in their store. It could be the promise of a free sticker or a midnight launch. In Slovakia, however, ProGamingShop has come up with its own custom cover for Ghost of Tsushima – and it’s incredible, as this image attests: The slipcase is free for...
Feature 15 Samurai Games, Movies, and Anime That Will Help You Get Hyped for Ghost of Tsushima
Way of the samurai
With Ghost of Tsushima releasing on the 17th July 2020, we thought it might be fun to look at and recommend other samurai media in an effort to fuel your hype. As such, we've compiled a list of 15 samurai games, movies, and anime that we think are well worth checking out, even if you're totally new to samurai stuff in general...
Review Creaks - Another Inventive and Stylish Puzzler From the Machinarium Team
Hole in the wall
Amanita Design has only gone and done it again. After wowing the gaming world more than a decade ago with point-and-click adventure Machinarium, the Czech-based studio is back with another 2D brain-teasing experience that represents one of 2020's best PlayStation 4 indie games. Creaks is the puzzle genre at the very top of its game,...
News New Planet Coaster Trailer Gives Us a Glimpse at Console Gameplay on PS5, PS4
What a ride
PlayStation is no stranger to management sims. Back on PS1, we were playing the likes of Theme Park and Theme Hospital, and Two Point Hospital is proof the genre still works a treat on consoles. Planet Coaster is the latest tycoon game heading to Sony's systems, with the Console Edition riding onto both PS5 and PS4 this holiday. A brand...