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News Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered Drops the Soap on 27th June
But is the Price right?
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered will divorce Infinite Warfare and launch as a standalone PlayStation 4 game on 27th June, publisher Activision has announced. This follows a series of leaks regarding the release date of the Raven Software developed remaster which is honestly more of a remake in reality. As per a...
E3 2017 LocoRoco 2 Remastered Rolls to PS4
Tilt time
This is one of those E3 2017 stories that slipped through the cracks. Sony’s announced that, following the successful launch of LocoRoco Remastered, its tilting the title’s sequel in the direction of the PlayStation 4. There’s no word on a release date at the time of writing. Nevertheless, we thought the platform holder did a...
News IO Interactive Goes Independent, Still Owns the Hitman IP
More Hitman incoming
It has been a rocky few months for developer IO Interactive after publisher Square Enix announced its plans to sell the studio, but the story has come to a satisfying conclusion. IO Interactive is now an independent studio and it has kept all rights to the Hitman IP. Speaking on the IO Interactive blog, CEO Hakan Abrak...
E3 2017 Bravo Team Pops Out of Cover on PlayStation VR
Will support PlayStation VR Aim Controller
Can someone check in on Guildford-based developer SuperMassive Games and make sure it’s okay? The studio announced three games at Sony’s E3 2017 press conference last night, and must be feeling the heat of an enormous workload right now. One of those games is Bravo Team, a new cover-based shooter for...
E3 2017 A New SingStar Will Help You to Celebrate Good Times
Hit the high notes
Sony hasn’t forgotten about the SingStar series. A new entry named SingStar: Celebration has been announced for the PlayStation 4, and it promises to be the ideal accompaniment to big events, like birthdays, weddings, and even Saturday nights. “Hit the high notes with upbeat tracks, massive hits, and your favourite party...
E3 2017 Hidden Agenda Is a PS4 Crime Thriller from the Creators of Until Dawn
Can you catch The Trapper?
Another announcement that Sony bizarrely buried into its E3 2017 pre-show yesterday was Hidden Agenda, a crime thriller from the creators of Until Dawn. Much like free PlayStation Plus title That’s You, this game is built around the platform holder’s new PlayLink initiative – which enables multiple people to...
E3 2017 The Evil Within 2 Spooks PS4 on Friday the 13th
Voorhees a jolly good fellow
Marketing masterstoke numero uno: survival horror sequel The Evil Within 2 will release on Friday, 13th October for the PlayStation 4. Bethesda confirmed the date alongside a meaty (and mad) reveal trailer, which included people drowning in milk and all sorts of other insanity. Watch it above.
E3 2017 Life Is Strange: Before the Storm Announced
A three episode series
After rumours made the rounds a month or so ago, a prequel to the 2015 hit Life Is Strange has been officially announced, titled Life Is Strange: Before The Storm. The first episode launches on 31st August, with a further two episodes coming after that. The three episode series will focus on the story of Rachel and Chloe,...
E3 2017 EA Gives PS4 Players Free Access to Five Games Until 18th June
Titanfall 2! FIFA 17! UFC 2!
At its E3 2017 press conference last year, EA announced an initiative called Play to Give which revolved around giving money to charities through players completing challenges within EA published games. EA has now provided an update on the scheme at its 2017 briefing, where it was announced that $1 million has been...
News Laser League Is the Latest from OlliOlli Dev Roll7
Laser tag
Roll7 makes unequivocally great games, and the OlliOlli creator has revealed its latest: Laser League. The new title from the award-winning British outfit is a sort of multiplayer-based isometric action game where you need to steal territory from wireframe foes – or something. The trailer’s very short and thus not particularly...
News OMFG! There's a New Bubsy Game for PS4
Deadly serious here
Hands up if you played Bubsy 3D? It was a platformer for the PSone that’s widely regarded as one of the worst games on the platform, and a fun bit of trivia for you: it was made by Days Gone developer Sony Bend. Anyway, the furry… Er, not sure what animal he is actually? A bobcat, perhaps? He’s back, is what we’re trying...
News Sniper Elite Studio Reveals 1930s Themed Strange Brigade
Colonial marines
This is cool: Sniper Elite developer Rebellion has announced its next game, Strange Brigade. The title is a four-player co-operative shooter in the same vein as Zombie Army Trilogy, but this time it’s boasting a 1930s-inspired Mayan, Incan, and Egyptian theme. You’ll see what we mean when you watch the trailer embedded above...
News Dissidia Final Fantasy NT Limit Breaks PS4 Next Year
Cloud nine
Ever since it was announced that Japanese arcade game Dissidia Final Fantasy was running on PlayStation 4 hardware, we’ve been waiting not-so patiently for a port. And that’s finally leaked via Amazon today: Dissidia Final Fantasy NT is scheduled to release on Sony’s new-gen system in early 2018. The conversion??
News Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 Bombs PS4
Four Mega Man games included
After the disappointment of last year's Mighty No. 9, Mega Man fans may be pining for a return to the franchise's roots. Luckily for them, Capcom has announced Mega Man Legacy Collection 2, which will bring four more Mega Man games to PlayStation 4 on 8th August in North America – no European release date has been...
News Breaking Bad Is Getting a PlayStation VR Adaptation
By the show's creator, too
Sony boss Kaz Hirai has talked extensively about how he wants to unify the company’s different divisions, and this could be considered an example of that: Breaking Bad – which was produced by Sony Pictures Television – is to receive a PlayStation VR experience, with series creator Vince Gilligan on hand to lead the...
News Here's Your First Look at Need for Speed Payback
How fast do you wanna go?
As leaked earlier today, Need for Speed Payback is the next instalment in EA Games’ legendary racing franchise – and it promises to be an “action racing fantasy” set in Fortune Valley, which is basically Las Vegas. The plot will see you assume the role of a trio of petrol heads, as you participate in “intense...
News Velocity 2X's FuturLab Tackles PlayStation VR with Tiny Trax
Micro Manchines meets Scalextric
Award-winning Brighton-based developer FuturLab – and the recipient of a rare 10/10 here at Push Square – is readying its next game for release this summer: Tiny Trax for PlayStation VR. The virtual reality slot racer aims to build the dream Scalextric around your head, allowing you to immerse yourself in 12...
News Last Day of June Is a PS4 Game of Love and Loss
Murasaki Baby maker Ovosonico at the helm
This sounds promising, doesn’t it? Murasaki Baby maker Ovosonico has announced its long-awaited next project: Last Day of June. The game – a puzzler about love and loss – has some big names attached to it, including musician and record producer Steven Wilson and Jess Cope of Frankenweenie fame. Much...
News Twee PS4 RPG Lost Sphear from I Am Setsuna Makers Announced
Out of nowhere
Handkerchiefs at the ready: Square Enix’s Tokyo RPG Factory has another twee tale to regale involving fallen fathers and vanishing mothers. Lost Sphear is the next game from the creators of I Am Setsuna, set for release in early 2018 on the PlayStation 4. The game will build upon the battle system from the aforementioned title, and...
News Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen Loots Long Overdue PS4 Port
Dragon age
Robert Ramsey rejoice: Capcom has confirmed that Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen is coming to the PlayStation 4 as part of a reveal in the latest issue of Famitsu magazine. The dark fantasy role-playing game was one of the PlayStation 3’s underrated gems, and this re-release is being developed to celebrate the series’ fifth anniversary...
News ClffyB's LawBreakers Free Falls to PS4 This Year
Power of attorney
Cliff Bleszinski is back in the game – literally. The ex-Gears of War maker has announced that LawBreakers, the gravity-defying first-person shooter from his new studio Boss Key Productions, is coming to the PlayStation 4 later this year. It’ll cost $29.99/£24.99 on the console, so it’s not gunning for the free-to-play...
News Top Spin Successor Aims for the Baseline on PS4
Ace
Top Spin is back! Well, actually it’s not back, but a new studio comprising of 2K Sports veterans has announced a new tennis title: Tennis World Tour. Regular readers will know that this editor is obsessed with tennis games, and has been waiting patiently for some rallying action on the PlayStation 4, so this is big news. Bigger than Destiny...
News DONTNOD Confirms Life Is Strange Sequel Is in Development
Oh boy
Hella good news here: Life Is Strange is getting a sequel. The sombre tale of Max Caulfield and Chloe Price touched over three million players when it launched episodically between January 2015 and October 2015, and developer DONTNOD has confirmed that a new entry in the series is on the way. Are we cereal? Yes. “We can’t wait to tell...
News PES 2018 Plays a Long Ball to PS4, PS3 on 14th September
Konami wants to Pique your attention
There’s no Messi-ng around from Konami this year: PES 2018 has been announced for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3, with a 14th September release date in Europe. Despite the publisher promising the Real deal, it’s Barcelona who will grace the cover of this year’s release – like, pretty much the...
News Harvest Moon: Light of Hope Plants Itself on PS4
Save the homeland, save the dream
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Western release of the original Harvest Moon game, developer Natsume has announced Harvest Moon: Light of Hope for PlayStation 4, the first Harvest Moon game to grace a Sony platform since the excellently-named Harvest Moon: Boy & Girl launched on the PSP back in 2007...
News Ubisoft Sequel The Crew 2 Buckles Up on PS4
You know as much as we do
To coincide with Ubisoft’s financial call, the French publisher has dropped the most anticlimactic announcements on its forums. Hand-in-hand with Far Cry 5 – it’s using a nice font, that one – the company has confirmed that The Crew 2 is set to release at some point before 31st March, 2018. So, there’s that...
News Ubisoft Confirms Far Cry 5, Will No Doubt Show Up at E3
But is it a Western?
Ubisoft has confirmed the existence of Far Cry 5 and... That's about it. In an official forum post, the publisher has revealed a generic logo and asks "Are you ready for a hefty dose of new Far Cry adventures?" We've got no other details to go on right now, other than the recent rumour that it'll be set in the Wild West,...
News LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 Is As Obvious As a Summer Marvel Movie
TT Games returns. Again
The next LEGO block buster is… LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2. Try to act surprised, won’t you? The toy-themed title’s due out on 17th November on the PlayStation 4, and there's a teaser trailer featuring Baby Groot and Doctor Strange embedded above. There’ll be a full reveal on 23rd May, so consider this...
News Back PS4's Next Great Rhythm Game Project Rap Rabbit Now
From the creators of PaRappa the Rapper and Gitaroo Man
Project Rap Rabbit is not a smartphone title as some feared – it’s coming to the PlayStation 4. But! There is a caveat: the game needs funding via Kickstarter – and, to be brutally honest, it needs a helluva lot of funding. The rhythm release has a goal of £855,000, so approximately $1.1...
News PaRappa the Rapper and Gitaroo Man Creators Team Up for New Title
It's called Project Rap Rabbit
Is anyone else having to pinch themselves lately? It feels like we’re in the ultimate age of video games: LocoRoco has just received a remaster, virtual reality is viable and awesome, Crash Bandicoot is about to make a comeback, almost every anticipated game has exceeded expectations this year, and now the creators...
News Tropico Developer Tackles Colony Management in Surviving Mars
Space race
There simply aren’t enough city-builders on the PlayStation 4, but Tropico 5 is a decent one. And the developer of that game, Haemimont Games, has announced that it’s teaming up with Paradox Interactive in order to bring Surviving Mars to Sony’s system, a colony management simulation that will see you attempting to settle on the Red...
News Claybook's Shaping Up to Be a Cool PS4 Physics Puzzler
The best place to clay
This is the kind of game you’d expect Media Molecule to make: Claybook is a physics puzzler that’s using an engine which simulates real clay. The idea is that you can morph the shape of your controllable clay in order to navigate hazardous environments: turning into a space ship will enable you to move vertically, for...
News You Need to Watch This Call of Duty: Black Ops III Zombies Chronicles Trailer
Dead but not buried
For a game that’s nearly two years old, this Call of Duty: Black Ops III Zombies Chronicles trailer is pretty impressive. Treyarch has remastered eight classic zombies maps for Black Ops III, and they’re scheduled to shuffle onto the PlayStation 4 from 16th May. But the trailer… The trailer is really, really good. Like,...
News The Long Dark Survives PS4 Starting 1st August
The wilderness awaits
Survival game The Long Dark will endure the Canadian wilderness from 1st August, when the outing is scheduled to set up camp on the PlayStation 4. A two-in-one title, the release features an open world sandbox that sees you braving the elements, as well as the first two episodes in a five-part story that explores the exploits...
News Military Sim America's Army: Proving Grounds to Deploy on PS4
Oscar mike
America’s Army: Rise of a Soldier was famously cancelled on the PlayStation 2, but it looks like the U.S. Army is going to give things another go, announcing that it’s bringing free-to-play military sim America’s Army: Proving Grounds to the PlayStation 4. There’ll be an open beta imminently, with a full launch planned later in...
News Cult Korean Horror White Day Spooks PS4 This September
School hall scares
There are no shortage of horror games on the PlayStation 4, but there’s always room for one more as far as we’re concerned. That’s good news for Korean developer ROI Games, then, which is bringing cult horror White Day: A Labyrinth Named School to Sony’s new-gen system this August. “It’s the story of new Yeondoo High...
News Burnout Makers Bring Back Crash Mode on PS4 Next Month
Danger Zone due in May
After the decent Dangerous Golf, the co-founders of Burnout creator Criterion are back with Danger Zone, a PlayStation 4 riff on the ever-popular Crash Mode. This is actually Three Fields Entertainment's third title – it also released PlayStation VR shooter Lethal VR last year – and is clearly the project that it's been...
News SEGA CD Classic Night Trap Is Partying to PS4
And there'll be a retail release
Jiminy cricket, this came out of nowhere, didn't it? Cult SEGA CD (or Mega CD to us Europeans) classic Night Trap is making a return on the PlayStation 4 – and it's getting a retail run courtesy of Limited Run Games. The frankly ludicrous full-motion video title coveted controversy upon its original release in...
News Infinite Minigolf Hits a Hole in One on PS4 This Spring
Zen Studios' latest has full PlayStation VR support
You wait eons for a good arcade golf game on the PlayStation 4, and then two tee off at once. Zen Studios has announced Infinite Minigolf for Sony's new-gen system, a PlayStation VR compatible crazy golf title set to hit the links this Spring. The game's being billed as a successor to PlayStation...
News Call of Duty: WWII Confirmed with Countdown Clock
Announcement of announcement
Call of Duty: WWII has been announced by Activision, which would be a surprise if it hadn't already leaked months ago. Rather than actually showcase the title, the publisher has instead plumped up for a countdown clock on the franchise's official website. All will be revealed proper at 18:00 BST on 26th April. The...
News Bandai Namco Reveals New Action RPG from God Eater Team
Prepare to dine
You may have seen Bandai Namco released a teaser trailer for a new title last week, and now it's been officially announced as an action role-playing game named Code Vein, which is set to release on as of yet unspecified platforms. It's probably safe to assume that the PlayStation 4 will be one of the consoles that the title comes to...
News Star Wars Battlefront 2 Brings Single Player, Space Battles, and More to PS4
Spans three eras of lore starting 17th November
Following a false start earlier in the week, EA Games has now officially announced Star Wars Battlefront 2 for the PlayStation 4, and it sounds like every inch the sequel that the Dark Lord demanded. Packing a single player campaign, space battles, and an expanded multiplayer suite spanning three eras...
News Warriors All-Stars Is a Musou Mash-Up for PS4
And it's coming to the West
Better known as Robert Ramsey: The Video Game, oft-niche publisher Koei Tecmo has announced Warriors All-Stars for the West, which is essentially Japanese entry Musou Stars with a new name slapped on it. The mash-up sees "famous" faces like… Sophie Neuenmuller and Zhao Yun mowing down millions of minions all at once...
News Naruto Unleashes an Ultimate Ninja Storm with Compilations
One for the weebs
Oh no – please not Naruto news on Ramsey's week off! Thems the breaks, Sammy: Bandai Namco has announced two new PlayStation 4 compilation packages for the popular anime which are scheduled to release later this year in Europe and North America. First up there's Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Legacy, a beefy set...
News Naughty Dog's Four Jak & Daxter Titles Are Coming to PS4
Precursor legacy
You can't have a platforming renaissance without Naughty Dog's numerous Jak & Daxter titles, can you? Sony seems to have remembered recently that it started a PS2 Classics initiative on the PlayStation 4 a few years back, and now we're beginning to see a steady trickle of up-rendered ports. Next up: four Jak & Daxter titles...
News The Invisible Hours Is an Intriguing Virtual Reality Murder Mystery
Thomas Edison takes on Nikola Tesla
RiME developer Tequila Works is particularly busy right now, with the studio hard at work on several games, including PlayStation VR murder mystery The Invisible Hours. This intriguing virtual reality story aims to deal with the real-life rivalry between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla, resulting in the latter...
News Destiny 2 Just Got Officially Announced By the Way
In case you missed it
This, folks, is what we call in the industry an 'anti-climax'. Activision has officially announced Destiny 2, though it basically just uploaded a logo to the franchise's official Twitter account. Yes, the '2' really is as big as on the leaked poster – like we said at the time, we assume that the publisher wants to clearly...
News Mad Sports Game Lethal League Aims for Your Face in May
Bat crazy
We feared that futuristic sports games died with Speedball 2100, but they're making something of a resurgence between Rocket League and various others right now. And the good news is that Team Reptile's zany Lethal League has been officially confirmed for a 10th May release on the PlayStation 4, so add another to the list. The game...
News The Occupation Is a Politically Charged Adventure Set in 80s England
Fake news
Well, this sure sounds fascinating. Ether One developer White Paper Games has announced its next project The Occupation, and it's set in the North-West of England during the late 80s – a testing time in British history due to Margaret Thatcher's spell as Prime Minister. The title will see you play as a whistleblowing journalist, and your...
News Dovetail Games Euro Fishing Bags a Big'un on PS4
All about that bass
Dovetail Games Euro Fishing will reel-ease on the PlayStation 4 on 11th April, the simulation maker has revealed. Available to pre-order in Europe today at 20 per cent off, the title hopes to lure you in with the promise of angling excellence, as you work your way through the fishing big leagues across five different modes. In...
