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News One Piece: Burning Blood Localisation Confirmed for 2016
Melting point
Announced during Sony's pre-Tokyo Game Show, One Piece: Burning Blood is a brawler that features many of the crazy characters from Eiichiro Oda's popular manga. More of a traditional fighter than One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3, it's definitely a project that fans should be keeping an eye on - especially since Bandai Namco has confirmed...
News Massive List of Improvements in The Witcher 3's Next PS4 Patch
Fixing everything that Gwent wrong
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is recognised as being one of the best role-playing releases in years, but it has been criticised for its performance problems on the PlayStation 4. Fortunately, this is an area that developer CD Projekt RED is continuing to focus on, and community manager Marcin Momot teased that fans of...
News Prepare to Die with Dark Souls III Stress Test on PS4
Dead and merry
Want to get an early taste of Dark Souls III on the PlayStation 4? There's good news for you masochistic individuals, then, as Bandai Namco is requesting registrations for an upcoming server stress test. Hapless victims have until 15:00PM BST on 4th October to show some interest, though signing up will not guarantee access by any...
News There's a New The Witcher 3 Free PS4 Theme and It's Well Worth Downloading
It's even got its own music
Earlier this week, a brand new The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt PlayStation 4 theme launched on the PlayStation Store, but its arrival passed us by almost entirely. The game's last theme, which featured artwork of monsters, wasn't all that great, but this fresh one's pretty fantastic. Boasting moody representations of both...
Interview Bandai Namco on Bringing Its Japanese Properties West
Journey to the West
It's no secret that Bandai Namco has been on a localisation spree since the PlayStation 4 launched almost two years ago. It's been busy pumping out translated titles right, left, and centre for months, so we thought that it'd be interesting to get a little more insight into the publisher's strategy. If you cast your mind back to...
News Bandai Namco Isn't Against Localising Gundam Games
Hail Zeon
Gundam as a whole is a bit of a weird franchise when it comes to localisation. The property has been ridiculously popular in its native Japan ever since the original Mobile Suit Gundam anime launched all the way back in 1979, but it's never quite amassed a huge amount of fame in the West. That said, Gundam certainly still has its overseas...
TGS 2015 Project City Shrouded in Shadow Steps Out of the Dark
Fight a foreign foe on PS4, Vita
There are no end to the PlayStation 4 and Vita announcements at Tokyo Game Show this week it seems, as Bandai Namco has revealed that it's teaming up with Granzella on a new PlayStation 4 and Vita game that's tentatively titled Project City Shrouded in Shadow. It sounds like an apocalyptic-esque survival adventure,...
TGS 2015 Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth's First English Trailer Sports Digital Beats
Throwing some shapes
Due to launch in Europe and North America in 2016, it's about time that Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth got its first English trailer. The video that we've embedded introduces you to the role-playing game's story, and your character's role within it. We're especially liking the catchy electronic soundtrack, though, which, as far as...
TGS 2015 Finally, Here's Some Tales of Zestiria PS4 Gameplay
We've been expecting you
With so much focus being placed firmly upon the blockbuster holiday releases of 2015, it's easy to forget about some of the less popular titles that are releasing in the next few months. Tales of Zestiria is perhaps one such game, but judging from its first ever PlayStation 4 gameplay trailer, it certainly shouldn't be...
TGS 2015 For a Vita Game, Digimon World: Next Order Has an Impressive Open World
Just you and your digital pals
For a minute while watching Digimon World: Next Order's new trailer, we were thinking that the monster-taming role-playing game was coming to PlayStation 4 - and then we remembered that it's currently a Vita exclusive. Indeed, the open world that's on display here seems to be of a scale we haven't quite seen before on...
TGS 2015 Summer Lesson Will Be PlayStation VR's Best Seller
Girls of summer
Summer Lesson, the PlayStation VR exclusive in development at Bandai Namco, is targeting a very specific type of audience – but boy is its aim good. The title – which will be playable at the Tokyo Game Show this week – essentially sees you interacting with two perfectly rendered Unreal Engine 4 students. While there doesn't...
TGS 2015 Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme VS Force Stomps to PS Vita
Gun-damn, this looks good
There was more PlayStation Vita during Sony's pre-Tokyo Game Show press conference today than every E3 media briefing ever combined, and Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme VS Force was just one of the titles on display. Series enthusiast Robert Ramsey has bogged off to get some lunch, so it's down to this clueless author to try...
TGS 2015 PS4 and Vita Fighter One Piece: Burning Blood Bursts onto Open Seas in 2016
One Piece is going one-on-one
Bandai Namco's announced that a new One Piece game is blasting onto Japanese store shelves next year. Entitled One Piece: Burning Blood, it appears to be a one-on-one fighter that's somewhat reminiscent of the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja series. The brawler got a short trailer during Sony's Tokyo Game Show presser, and it...
News Dark Souls 3 Rips a Japanese Release Date from 2016
Western date supposedly incoming
From Software's got its hands bloody and confirmed that Dark Souls III will be releasing in its native Japan on the 24th March next year. The gloomy role-playing game was originally slated for a vague 'early 2016' launch, so the official date comes as no real surprise. But what about the title's Western release?...
News Witcher 3 Expansion Screenshots Tease New Monsters and Blatant Baddies
Get your swords out
Ah, good old screenshots - the media that never fails to tease. As with any good pictures, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's latest snaps bring up a bunch of interesting questions as we attempt to decipher just what it is that they're showing us. First on the agenda is a rather large amphibious creature that appears to be lurking...
News Here's Your First Look at The Witcher 3's October Expansion
There's even a limited edition
We hope that you're prepared to jump back into the hunt, because the first trailer for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's first expansion, Hearts of Stone, is ready and waiting. Needless to say, it's only a teaser, so don't expect to see too much. Featuring a familiar face - points for remembering who it is - it looks like...
News The Witcher 3's First Expansion Requires a High Level Geralt
No newbies allowed
As you'd probably expect, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's first expansion, Hearts of Stone, will require a rather beefy Geralt of Rivia. Answering a fan's question on Twitter, ever reliable community lead Marcin Momot confirmed that the upcoming add-on is intended for Witchers who are level 30 and over. Momot also stated that the...
News Saint Seiya: Soldiers' Soul Gets Godly in Its New Trailer
Light in the darkness
At times, we're not even sure how the Saints keep up their fight without being blinded by all of that shiny armour, and this trailer features some of the shiniest of all - the God cloths. Showing off numerous new characters as well as some of the added story mode sagas, there's a lot to see in this relatively short video...
News Fancy the Pants Off Triss in The Witcher 3? Good News, Her Romance Dialogue Is Being Expanded
Yennefer's too
If you've already played through The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and romanced the fiery haired Triss Merigold, then there's a chance that you feel as though her relationship with Geralt left something to be desired. Because of the way that the role-playing release is set up, our grizzly protagonist is perhaps more inclined to pursue romance...
News Free PS3 Fighter SoulCalibur: Lost Swords to Retire Later This Year
In the sea you go
SoulCalibur: Lost Swords is the greatest pile of garbage that we've had the displeasure of playing in quite some time, and we get through some trash here at Push Square Towers. The single player fighter was released as part of Bandai Namco's free-to-play push last year, and epitomised everything that's bad about the model. Good...
Review One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 (PS Vita)
Size doesn't matter
You're almost spoiled for choice when it comes to Warriors games on the PlayStation Vita, since just about every slice of musou madness to release on home consoles over the last few years has ended up on Sony's diminutive device as well. Generally speaking, the handheld editions of these chaotic brawlers never quite live up to...
News Dragon Ball XenoVerse 2 Probably Exists, But We Don't Think This Is Evidence
What does the scouter say?
So, according to the above image, which appeared on the forums of areajugones.es, Dragon Ball XenoVerse 2 is in the works, and it's releasing next year. The picture has already made the rounds on sites like NeoGAF, but we're sceptical to say the least. Now, while we think that a sequel to Dragon Ball XenoVerse is almost...
News Over 90 Minutes of Saint Seiya: Soldiers' Soul PS4 Gameplay Blazes Across the Cosmos
The planets have aligned
Saint Seiya: Soldiers' Soul is looking like an all-round improvement over Saint Seiya: Brave Soldiers, which released on the PlayStation 3 back in 2013. More characters, a deeper combat system, and a slew of fresh story arcs should make this one to watch for fans of the source material. We get to see a good chunk of it...
Review One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 (PS4)
Treasured company
We loved One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 on the PlayStation 3 like a captain loves his crew, so we've always had high hopes for its sequel, One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3. Like most of Omega Force's other musou titles, the third game in this licensed series has made the jump to the new generation, meaning that you can expect more...
News The Witcher 3 Sold a Whopping 6 Million Copies in Its First 6 Weeks on the Market
Raking in the coin
According to CD Projekt Red's latest financial report, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt sold through more than 6 million units in its first six weeks on the market. Perhaps an expected result for a title that's received such high praise and a solid marketing campaign, but it's a great statistic for a bloody good game regardless. The...
News The Witcher 3 Developer Wishes Free DLC Was The Industry Standard
We concur
CD Projekt Red's undoubtedly been clever with its post-release strategy for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. The already gigantic role-playing game now features 16 slices of downloadable content that are all available for free on the PlayStation Store. Not only have these add-ons kept the title in the news for months after launch, but they've...
News Dragon Ball XenoVerse Dares You To Take Part In Its Huge Online Tournament
Beta available now
Dragon Ball XenoVerse has been out for a while now, so we can't blame you if you haven't been taking part in time patrols lately. However, if your interest has indeed waned, Bandai Namco's trying to tempt you back with an all-new online tournament. A beta version of the event is available in the game right now, so it may be time...
News The Witcher 3's Free New Game Plus DLC Is Out Now on PS4
Begin again
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt finally has its last piece of free downloadable content, and you should be able to grab it right now from the PlayStation Store. Entitled 'New Game +' the add-on does exactly what it says on the tin, allowing you to start a new game with all of your skills, equipment, and non-quest items from a completed save...
News One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 Shows Off Its New Characters with a Crazy Cinematic Trailer
Let's get Franky
Chances are if you don't know your One Piece, you won't have a clue what's going on in One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3's newest trailer. Featuring newcomers Doflamingo and Fujitora, and a few glimpses of the game's story cutscenes, it's just about as bombastic as you'd expect. If you haven't been keeping in the loop, it's worth...
News The Witcher 3's New Game Plus Is Out This Week on PS4
One more time
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's final piece of downloadable content, New Game Plus, will finally hit the PlayStation Store this week. Downloading the add-on will, unsurprisingly, allow you to start a new save while carrying over all of your skills and equipment. The product description on the Xbox store – where it's already available –...
News The Witcher 3's PC Mods Could Come to PS4
Big game could suddenly get a heck of a lot bigger
New mod tools have been announced for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on PC, which will apparently allow users to implement their creations more effectively. Good news for those involved, then, but we're a PlayStation site - why should we care? Well, fortunately for us, CD Projekt Red has also revealed...
News Sword Art Online: Lost Song Grinds Out a Confirmed European Release Date
PS4 and Vita title heading West later this year
Even though we've finished and published our review of Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment, we still find ourselves jumping back into the addictive world of Kirito and company. As such, the news that Sword Art Online: Lost Song - which is essentially a sequel to the aforementioned role-playing game -...
News Having Witcher 3 Framerate Issues on PS4? This Might Help After Installing Patch 1.08
Novigrad be damned
After complaints of a lowered framerate in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt following patch 1.07, CD Projekt Red dedicated the title's latest update, 1.08, to boosting performance back to its best. According to a detailed report from our friends over at Digital Foundry, 1.08 delivers on its promises, too, cleaning up any framerate issues...
Review Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment (PS4)
It's all in the game
Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment leaps from the small screen of the PlayStation Vita and onto the PlayStation 4 complete with online play. Its handheld roots make this role-playing game undeniably rough around the edges, but give it some time, and you'll uncover a satisfying, addictive adventure that sports some nice touches...
News The Witcher 3 PS4 Patch 1.08 Promises Performance Fixes, Is 2.8GB, and It's Out Now
Taming the hunt
Here we are downloading yet another update for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Available now on PlayStation 4, the patch promises dozens of performance, quest, and bug fixes. It's perhaps not the most exciting update that the game's ever received, but it sets the stage nicely for the upcoming New Game Plus downloadable content, which we...
Review J-Stars Victory VS+ (PS Vita)
Star-crossed
J-Stars Victory VS+ is actually quite a snug fit on the PlayStation Vita. The bite-sized battles feel like they're just the right size for a quick spot of portable play, and the graphics arguably look crisper than they do on the big screen. This is the same game that you can get on the PlayStation 4, which we've already covered in more...
Gamescom 2015 Prepare to Die with Dark Souls III PS4 Footage
Dead to rights
And all it took was a quick glimpse of off-screen gameplay to sell Push Square Towers on the forthcoming Dark Souls III. We've been up-and-down on this sequel since its announcement at E3 2015; the prospect of a third entry in From Software's oft-frustrating franchise is exciting, of course, but we weren't sure whether we were ready...
Gamescom 2015 Dark Souls 3 Looks Deadly in Its First Slice of Gameplay
Top goth
Dark Souls fans will already know what to expect from Dark Souls 3, and as such, the action role-playing game's new trailer is probably exactly as you'd imagine it to be. Featuring plenty of gothic imagery and big bloody monsters, it's 100 per cent From Software. It's the gameplay that's the real draw of this clip, though, even if it does...
News Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 Delays Its Ninja War Into 2016
Here's a cool trailer, though
The writing was on the wall but we didn't want to believe. Last week, it was confirmed that Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 was to be delayed into 2016 in Japan, and as expected, the delay has hit us here in the West, too. Originally scheduled to launch at some point in the autumn, Bandai Namco has revealed...
News The Witcher 3's PS4 Patch 1.08 Fixes Potential Performance Issues
Geralt rides again
CD Projekt Red's only gone and dropped some details on The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt's upcoming patch 1.08, which is set to release in the near future. The update fixes a ton of stuff, but most notably, it supposedly helps with any performance loss that the last patch brought about. There's not much more to say this time around, so...
News Digimon World: Next Order Looks Set to Be Another Good Digimon Game for PS Vita
Digimon are the champions
Not to be confused with Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth, which has been confirmed for a Western release on PlayStation 4 and Vita next year, Digimon World: Next Order takes cues from certain PSone title that some of you 90s kids may remember. Launching in Japan as a Vita exclusive at some point in 2016, we've got our first...
News The Talos Principle Puzzles PS4 This 13th October
Philosophy of life
Croteam surprised everyone by ditching Serious Sam's screaming midgets in favour of philosophical puzzler The Talos Principle – but the even greater shock was that the existential adventure actually, y'know, turned out to be pretty darn good. It's no surprise that the release is making the jump to the PlayStation 4, then, with...
News Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm PS4 May Be Delayed into 2016
Sharingan tears
Uh oh, Naruto fans won't be happy to hear this one. According to the latest issue of Jump Magazine, Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 has been delayed into next year in Japan. There's no confirmation on whether this will be the case for the West, but we reckon that it looks likely, especially since the brawler was due to...
News Dragon Ball XenoVerse PS4's Online Functions Haven't Been Shut Down
Don't believe the hype
Whether it's a weird error message or a bit of a daft prank, don't believe the rumours going around that Dragon Ball XenoVerse has shut down many of its online services. One rumour in particular suggests that the multiplayer lobby, timespace delivery, and auto patrols have been abruptly and permanenty taken offline, but we've...
News Here Are Some Details on The Witcher 3's New Game Plus Mode
What will carry over?
As always, CD Projekt Red community coordinator Marcin Momot has delivered some juicy info regarding what's next for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. If you didn't know already, the game's final slice of downloadable content will be a new game plus mode, so that you can restart the title with some bonuses from your previous run - but...
News The Witcher 3's Getting New Game Plus as Free DLC
Return to the hunt
Great news for fans of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt as CD Projekt Red has confirmed that the title's getting a much requested new game plus option as free downloadable content. Given that the release features so many varying story and quest paths, many players have been asking for a way to replay the adventure without having to start...
News Enhanced PS4 Port Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment Gets Delayed
Not for long, though
With just four days to go until its initial release date, Bandai Namco has announced that Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment has been delayed for one week. The game now launches on the 4th August, exclusively on the PlayStation Network. For those out of the loop, Re: Hollow Fragment is a new-gen port of the original Vita...
News Bloody Hell, Your Next Free Witcher 3 DLC Is All About New Finishing Moves
Getting down and dirty
There are only two more pieces of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's downloadable content left, and this week's penultimate offering is likely going to be the most deadly that we've seen. Taking a step away from quests, bits of gear, and haircuts, the upcoming add-on will actually add new finishing moves to the game. If you're like...
News Dark Souls III Will Praise the Sun at Gamescom 2015
Prepare to die
Dark Souls III is perhaps launching a little too soon after the excellent Bloodborne. While we're certainly looking forward to the sequel, we can't help but feel that From Software's teetering dangerously close to franchise fatigue at this point – there have been a lot of these types of titles in a pretty short span of time...
News Everyone Should Be Able to Download The Witcher 3's PS4 Patch 1.07 Now
Rejoice
Well, after a weekend of broken dreams for many, it seems as though everyone should now finally be able to download the latest patch for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Most of us here at Push Square Towers managed to nab the update back on Friday night, but countless other PlayStation 4 users weren't so lucky. You can read about the biggest...
