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News Ion Fury Brings Old School Shooters Back with a Bang on PS4 Next Month
Gun gal
When was the last time you thought about 3D Realms, or Duke Nukem? Probably not since Gearbox forced the disastrous Duke Nukem Forever into being on PlayStation 3. For a time, these games were popular, though, and there's definitely an audience out there for these retro shooters. Enter Ion Fury, a brand new game developed within the studio's...
News Maid of Sker Proves There Are Scary Things in Wales
Diolch yn fawr
Update: The original version of this article included jokes which were deemed inappropriate. We apologise for any offence caused. Original Story: Maid of Sker is an upcoming PlayStation 4 survival horror inspired by Welsh folklore. It’s been penned by some of the people behind Don’t Knock Twice and SOMA, so there’s pedigree...
News WWE 2K Battlegrounds Is a Light-Hearted Take on Wrestling, Coming This Year
Why so serious?
Following the recent cancellation of WWE 2K21, publisher 2K was staring down the barrel of a year completely devoid of a wrestling video game. Considering how poor the TV product is right now, we wouldn't have exactly missed it, but plans have now been put in place to fill the gap left by the usual WWE simulator. WWE 2K Battlegrounds...
News GamesRadar to Host E3 Style Broadcast 'Future Games Show' in June
"Exclusives, deep dives and developer interviews"
Future Publishing, the company behind popular gaming website GamesRadar, is putting together a live showcase called the Future Games Show. The broadcast will go out live during what would've been E3 week in June. It's described as an "hour-long broadcast containing exclusive trailers, announcements,...
News The Adventures of Tintin Will Continue in a New Game from Blacksad Dev Microids
And that's Snowy joke
Who's asking for a game based on The Adventures of Tintin? Well, probably quite a few people, given over 250 million of the original comics have been sold through the years. Developer and publisher Microids is clearly a fan of the books, as it's just struck a deal with Moulinsart to create a brand new game based on the...
News Velocity 2X Developer FuturLab Is Making a Peaky Blinders Video Game
Welcome to Birmingham
Peaky Blinders is one of those TV shows our parents love that we've never actually bothered to watch. Who knows if we're missing out on anything, but now we'll be able to show them how it's really done in the form of a video game. In a matchup we never expected to see, Velocity 2X and Tiny Trax developer FuturLab is developing...
News Strategic Shooter Void Bastards Finally Lands on PS4 Next Month
Galaxy brain
Previously only available on PC and Xbox One, Void Bastards is confirmed to be heading to PlayStation 4 on 7th May. The announcement was made last night via social media accompanied by the above clip. This follows on from a rating discovered earlier this year indicating the port's existence. For those who don't know what this game is,...
News The Inner Friend Brings a Fragmented Dreamscape to PS4 on 28th April
No adult
After its PC release in September 2018, developer and publisher Playmind has revealed that it intends on bringing its debut title The Inner Friend to PlayStation 4 a lot sooner than you might think. It'll be coming to Sony's current-gen console on 28th April 2020, complete with a new alternate ending and priced at $14.99. PlayStation Plus...
News F1 2020 Could Be the First Licensed PS4 Game for a Season Which Never Takes Place
Be the 11th team
The coronavirus pandemic has had a gigantic effect on the Formula One season which was supposed to start last month with the Australian Grand Prix. That, of course, never happened and neither did the races planned for Bahrain and Vietnam. The Dutch, Spanish, and Monaco Grand Prix have all been scrapped too. This means that when F1...
News PS5's First Announced Remaster Is Observer: System Redux
Reboot time
If you had a hunch that PlayStation 4 backwards compatibility on PlayStation 5 would effectively kill the concept of the remaster, think again. Before the console itself has even been revealed, the next-gen machine already has its first officially announced rerelease. Bloober Team is teasing a remaster of Observer on its Twitter account,...
News Mark Your Calendars, E3 2021 Dates Have Been Announced
See you next year
Let's all just forget about 2020, it's clearly a write-off. ESA seems to think so, having cancelled 2020's E3 show due to coronavirus, and it's now looking ahead to next year instead. With this year's expo out the window, the organisation has announced dates for E3 2021. As reported by GamesIndustry.biz, next year's "reimagined"...
News Rogue Legacy 2 Officially Announced, More Details to Come
A game with good genes
Finally, some good news on what’s otherwise been a relatively depressing Thursday: developer Cellar Door Games is working on Rogue Legacy 2. The studio’s refrained from revealing too much about its roguelite lineage-‘em-up, but it promises to share more information in the coming days. In the meantime, you’ll have to...
News Windbound, a Colourful Survival Adventure, Sails to PS4 in August
Nobody mention Zelda
Another indie game has just been announced over on the PlayStation Blog, and this time it's a stylised survival game named Windbound. You'll play as Kara, a girl who wakes up on a mysterious island, who will need to fend for herself as she begins to explore. With a storm keeping her trapped within the archipelago, she'll also...
News Battle Cursed Start-Up Companies in Going Under on PS4 This Year
Internships are heck
Tech-based start-up businesses can always arouse a bit of suspicion, so it's no wonder that Going Under from Aggro Crab Games is here to give us the chance to send the naughty ones bankrupt. This procedurally-generated dungeon crawler is planned for launch on PlayStation 4 later in the year, bringing with it a selection of...
News Boundary Is an Outer Space FPS Floating onto PS4 This Year
In space, no one can hear you frag
Zero gravity has existed in first person shooters before, but Boundary looks to be pushing the, er, boundaries. Just announced for PlayStation 4 on the PS Blog, this sci-fi FPS takes multiplayer bouts to outer space in a sort-of realistic setting, with free-flying debris, giant space stations, and space-age...
News Commandos to Make a Comeback on PS5
Bionic commandos
Real-time tactics series Commandos has attained cult status in recent years, and in addition to a PlayStation 4 remaster of fan favourite Commandos 2, publisher Kalypso Media has announced that it’s started work on an all-new instalment for PlayStation 5. Development will be tackled by a new German team named Claymore Game...
News Mortal Shell Is an Unforgiving Action RPG Coming to PS4 in 2020
And it looks great
If you're hankering for a new game in the vein of Dark Souls or Bloodborne, you should probably take a look at Mortal Shell. Newly announced from developer Cold Symmetry and publisher PlayStack, the game is a hardcore RPG that looks mightily impressive in its debut trailer. Check it out above. On the face of it, Mortal Shell...
News Turn Your Noggin Into a Balloon with Airhead on PS4 Next Year
Where's your head at
One of the best things about the independent scene is how it can come up with weird and wonderful experiences like it's nothing, and Airhead certainly seems to be fuelling that. The title from developer Octato is a 2.5D puzzle platformer that revolves around keeping your head inflated by air tanks to solve puzzles and cross...
News Team 17 Brings Chaotic Roguelite Neon Abyss to PS4 in 2020
All the colours
PlayStation 4 is a treasure trove of indie roguelite games, and it's about to get another one. If you're a fan of titles like Enter the Gungeon, Dead Cells, and Rogue Legacy, chances are you'll like the look of Neon Abyss, freshly announced for PS4 today. Publisher Team 17 is bringing the game to consoles after initially releasing on...
News NieR Replicant Coming to PS4 with 10 Year Anniversary Revival
Original game getting an upgrade for PS4
Here's a very brief history lesson. 10 years ago, the original NieR came to PlayStation 3 in the West with no subtitle, and no differences between platforms. However, over in Japan, there were two versions of the RPG: NieR Gestalt on Xbox 360, and NieR Replicant on PS3. The West played the former regardless...
News PS5's First Confirmed Horror Game Is Quantum Error
Terror goes next-gen
The third-party announcements for PlayStation 5 games are starting to come in at a much quicker pace now that Sony has taken its first steps along the road to fully revealing the next-gen console. And today we have the announcement of the PS5's first horror game, named Quantum Error. Described as a "cosmic horror first-person...
News Stylish Shooter My Friend Pedro Goes Bananas on PS4 in April
Put the banana down
My Friend Pedro is an unusual name for an unusual game, but the gist is this. You play as a man with itchy trigger fingers, acrobatic skills, and an imaginary banana friend. Devolver Digital sure does pick 'em. This 2D action game is finally confirmed for PlayStation 4 after a European rating leaked the port last month. As you...
News Nintendo 64's Star Wars Episode I: Racer Being Revamped for PS4
Now this is podracing
We all know Star Wars Episode I was a bit of a Phantom Menace, but its Nintendo 64 tie-in title Star Wars Episode I: Racer was a lot of fun. It also holds the Guinness World Record for best-selling sci-fi racer of all-time, beating out the cult classic franchises like WipEout and F-Zero. Despite all of that it never actually...
News Epic Games to Publish New Games from Remedy, Playdead, and gen DESIGN
Makers of Control, Inside, and The Last Guardian
Earlier today, we reported that Remedy Entertainment had entered a deal with a major publisher. We now know that publisher is the newly formed Epic Games Publishing. However, the Control developer is not the only studio that's hopped into bed with Epic. As you can see in the above video, two other...
News PS5 Has One More Confirmed Game, and It's WRC 9
Rally the troops
You read that right, WRC 9 is the latest game confirmed to be in development for PlayStation 5. Publisher Nacon (formerly Bigben Entertainment) has just announced the latest entry in the officially licensed series, and it's hooning it onto next-gen. The game is also getting a PS4 version, which is due for release on 3rd September...
News The Messenger Dev Heads to Kickstarter for Turn-Based RPG Sea of Stars
It's a prequel
The Wonderful 101 Remastered has proved that there's still life left in the Kickstarter approach to video game development, and it's now the way that the studio behind The Messenger will fund its next game. Sea of Stars is a turn-based RPG from developer Sabotage which requires £78,900 of funding to become a reality. Planned for...
News Snakeybus Is What We Hope Public Transport of the Future Looks Like
Tickets, please
Sometimes, a video game will come along and just put a smile on your face. Snakeybus is one of those titles, a bus driving game which is the complete opposite of a simulator. Revelling in its absurdity, you'll need to guide an ever-growing bus to safety, making sure to not crash into yourself, any pedestrians, or buildings in your...
News There's a PixelJunk Eden Sequel, But It's Not Currently Confirmed for PS4
Que?
Long before chill indie platformers were dime a dozen, PixelJunk Eden was very much the first of its kind. A soothing, visual feast for PlayStation 3, the Q-Games developed exclusive even enabled you to export gameplay footage to YouTube – prior to anyone sticking a Share button on the DualShock 4. And now, out of the blue, it’s getting a...
News Pinball Triumph Creature in the Well Comes to PS4 on 31st March
Hack-and-slash action
Creature in the Well is another of those games which originally launched with Xbox One and PC exclusivity, but you always knew it would make its way to a Sony console eventually. Much like Ashen and Below, the genre mixup of top-down hack-and-slash action and pinball has now been announced for PlayStation 4 via a lovely...
News A Juggler's Tale Is a Stunning Student Game Which Could Come to PS5
Studio can't guarantee it right now
Wow, this has to be one of the most impressive student projects we've come across in quite some time. A Juggler's Tale, from German student startup studio Kaleidoscube, is said to be a 3D adventure where you take control of a string puppet named Abby as she navigates a "bruised, but beautiful world". It's due for...
News Planet Coaster Studio Frontier Developments to Produce Official Formula One Management Sims
Vettel be good
This is an interesting story we bet you weren't expecting. Frontier Developments, the team behind games like Elite Dangerous, Jurassic World Evolution, and Planet Coaster, is set to make official management sims based on F1 racing. As reported by Eurogamer, the studio has signed an exclusive deal with Formula One that will see it...
News Super Mega Baseball 3 Throws a Curveball to PS4 Next Month
Strike one
MLB The Show 20 may be the only baseball game currently in your crosshairs, but Metalhead hopes you’ll swing for something different instead. Super Mega Baseball 3, the third entry in the studio’s uber-polished arcade sports series, will launch on PlayStation 4 next month – and it’ll feature full cross-console play with Nintendo...
News Amnesia: Rebirth Is the Next PS4 Title from SOMA Developer Frictional Games
The sequel is here
After a few teases here and there which took the form of an ARG, the team at Frictional Games has finally lifted the lid on its next big horror project. Amnesia: Rebirth is a sequel which takes the classic 2010 scarefest and gives it an entirely new setting, protagonist, and set of gameplay mechanics. Due for release on...
News Ratalaika Games Announces Seven Visual Novels for PS4, PS Vita
Are you ready?
Ratalaika Games is almost single-handedly responsible for keeping the PS Vita alive in 2020, and its support isn’t stopping any time soon. The port house, which specialises in converting indie titles to Sony’s systems, has announced seven new visual novels for the PlayStation 4 and a couple for the aforementioned portable...
News 1971 Project Helios Takes the Turn-Based Strategy Genre to the Ice Age
Q2 2020 on PS4
1971 Project Helios is what happens when huge meteors crash into Earth in 1942, kickstarting a new ice age which brings about extreme temperatures and violent storms. Planned for release on PlayStation 4 in the coming months, it's a turn-based strategy game which doesn't sound like it'll be giving you a helping hand. The Reco...
News Ever Forward Is the Next PS4 Title from My Time at Portia Dev Pathea Games
Coming in May
We happened to really enjoy My Time at Portia when it arrived on PlayStation 4 last year, calling it a "delightful post-apocalyptic life sim" in the 8/10 Push Square review. The game was brimming with colour and positivity, but developer Pathea Games' next title, Ever Forward, appears to take the studio in a completely different...
News Falling Block Puzzler Meets Dungeon Crawler in Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon on PS4
Yacht Club Games mixes things up
Yacht Club Games is finding all kinds of ways to keep the Shovel Knight love alive. Last year, it unveiled Shovel Knight Dig, and it's now announced another spin-off title starring the spade-wielding hero. Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon had its debut earlier today, and it's an interesting departure from the norm. As...
News Putt Your Friendships to the Test When Golf With Your Friends Comes to PS4 in 2020
A load of balls
Golf With Your Friends has been in early access on Steam for what seems like an eternity, but a proper release appears to be right around the corner. Better yet, the game is dropping onto PlayStation 4 in 2020 too, meaning we all get to experience the friendship-ending antics on console. If you're not familiar, Golf With Your...
News Retro Arcade Racer Hotshot Racing Looks Like a Blast in PS4 Reveal Trailer
"Ready to boost!"
We love a good arcade racer here at Push Square, and this one is looking particularly fun. Formerly known as Racing Apex, the newly announced Hotshot Racing is coming to PlayStation 4 in Spring 2020. As you can see in the above trailer, it's a fast-paced racing game inspired by the arcade greats of yesteryear. The low-poly visuals...
News FUSER Mixes Billie Eilish with Lizzo for A DJ Experience on PS4, Coming Later This Year
Bad Guy
FUSER is the next video game from Rock Band developer Harmonix, but instead of the instrument in your hands making all the music, it'll be the turn of the computer and a DJ deck. Coming to PlayStation 4 towards the end of 2020, it's a title all about remixing the world's most popular songs. Check out the announcement trailer above for more...
News Samurai Jack Battles Through Time to PS4 in 2020
Due out this summer
Cult animated series Samurai Jack is getting a new PlayStation 4 game this summer, with ex-Team Ninja leads taking charge. Adult Swim Games has partnered with Soleil to bring the cartoon to Sony’s system, as part of an all-new adventure which will tie into the “epic series finale”. The plot will be penned by series head...
News Road to Guangdong Plots a Route to PS4 in June
Road trip
Update: Speaking with Play Diaries, publisher Excalibur Games has confirmed that Road to Guangdong will launch in June, both physically and digitally on the PS4. There's no firm date just yet, but as previously reported, Amazon UK is listing a 19th June launch. Original Article: Chinese road trip simulator
News Hazel Sky Puts an Engineer to the Test on PS4 Later This Year
A tale of love
The independent scene has never been more diverse on PlayStation 4, and upcoming title Hazel Sky is proof of that. Send to an abandoned island to learn and master his craft, the Coffee Addict Game Studio-fronted title is all about fixing and repairing forgotten machinery. It's scheduled to release on PS4 at some point in 2020, with...
News Devolver Digital Announces Unusual Sci-Fi Action Game Disc Room
Blades of chaos
You can always count on Devolver Digital to publish zany, stylish, and macabre indie games, and for that, we love it. The latest announcement from the company is Disc Room, a strange game about dodging saw blades in a series of deathtrap rooms aboard an alien structure. It comes from a selection of respected indie developers whose...
News The Messenger Dev Sabotage Studio Will Announce Its New Game Next Month
Don't shoot the messenger
There are a lot of retro-inspired action games on PlayStation 4, but The Messenger is one of the better examples. Developer Sabotage Studio blended old-school challenge and visuals with a cheeky sense of humour, a unique story, and some clever gameplay twists to create a thoroughly enjoyable adventure. It's clear there's a...
News Othercide Is a Turn-Based RPG From Publishing Heavyweight Focus Home Interactive
This summer on PS4
Focus Home Interactive has become a major publisher in the AA space over the past couple of years, helping the likes of Call of Cthulhu, The Surge, and the fantastic A Plague Tale: Innocence reach the PlayStation 4 market. And it is set to continue that initiative in 2020 with Othercide, a tactical turn-based RPG from developer
News Three Fields Entertainment Announces Dangerous Driving 2, Speeds onto PS4 in 2020
One more go
Dangerous Driving was an attempt to revitalise the high-intensity thrills of Burnout, and while it came kind of close in some respects, it didn't quite measure up to Criterion's beloved racing series. Developer Three Fields Entertainment, which is led by ex-Criterion members, has been building towards this goal for some time, but it's...
News Full-Blown Gothic Remake Announced for PS5
Goth and glory
Following the release of a playable teaser, THQ Nordic has announced that it’s established a brand-new studio in Barcelona to revive cult classic Gothic for the PlayStation 5. The aforementioned demo was given away for free on Steam, and players were encouraged to complete a survey to help determine the viability of a full-scale...
News More Major News from PlatinumGames Coming Before the End of February
Number two of the Platinum 4?
PlatinumGames has been in the news cycle a fair bit recently, and it seems it'll be staying that way for a while. It first opened up its Platinum 4 teaser website, which hints at four major announcements from the celebrated studio. The first of these was of course a remaster of The Wonderful 101, which enjoyed huge...
News House Flipper Will Find You Renovating Homes on PS4
Home sweet home
Sure, why not? We’ve had Car Mechanic Simulator and Prison Architect on the PlayStation 4 already, so may as well add a home renovation game to the library. House Flipper finds you cleaning up crusty old buildings, sweeping away the cobwebs and embracing your inner-feng shui before making them available to prospective new buyers...
