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News Dragon Ball: The Breakers Remains Truly Bizarre in New Gameplay Trailer
Points for originality, though
Dragon Ball: The Breakers remains a truly bizarre entry in an admittedly already-odd franchise, and it's available now on PS4. Instead of the usual fighting fare found in previous games like Dragon Ball FighterZ, Breakers is actually an asymmetric multiplayer game in which you play as regular folk, just trying to get...
News Elden Ring Is Getting Jazzy for One Night Only in December Concert
Livestream available, but only in the US
Elden Ring is many things, an incredible action RPG, FromSoftware's magnum opus, and a source of frustration for those unused to its particular morays. It also has a killer soundtrack, one that is getting the jazz treatment in a special concert in December... but only in the US, tragically. Entitled Elden...
News Elden Ring's Latest Patch Suggests DLC Maps and Even Ray Tracing Could Be Incoming
The stars are the limit
Last week, we brought you word that Elden Ring had received a massive update in the form of Patch 1.07, which, amongst other things, buffed magic, rebalanced PVP damage, and introduced a swathe of quality-of-life improvements and bug fixes. It looks like it may have also set the stage for additional maps to come to the game,...
News Elden Ring Update 1.07 Buffs Magic and Abilities, Rebalances PvP Damage, More
Time for a sorcery build
A large new patch for Elden Ring has just been released, and it brings with it some big changes. If you're running a magic build in particular, you'll benefit from installing this new update, which is out now on PS5 and PS4. Update 1.07's main feature is the addition of separate damage scaling for PvP encounters. In other...
And much more
The most comprehensive update yet for SD Gundam Battle Alliance is out now on PS5 and PS4. Patch 1.030 features a huge list of adjustments — a list that, quite frankly, is too big to post here. We will, however, go ahead and highlight the most important changes: Adds four new EX missions Support for third DLC pack added (DLC...
News One Piece Odyssey Has You Explore Memories of Old Straw Hat Adventures
Back to Alabasta
Licensed anime games are no strangers to plot points that lean heavily into the source material, but with One Piece Odyssey sporting its own original story, it's perhaps a surprise to hear that it'll also be delving into Luffy and his crew's past. The upcoming RPG primarily takes place on an entirely new island named Waford, but...
News Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot's Enhanced PS5 Version Drops in January, Is a Free Upgrade
Even further beyond
The recently announced PS5 version of Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot will release on the 13th January, publisher Bandai Namco has confirmed. On the current-gen console, the action RPG will boast a higher framerate (from 30 frames-per-second on PS4 to 60 on PS5) alongside enhanced visuals. Environments will have more detail and better...
News What Could Be Tekken 7's Final Balance Patch Is Out Now on PS4
Ready for the next battle
What could well be the final balance adjustment patch for Tekken 7 is out now on PS4. The aging (but still very popular) fighting game launched for Sony's last-gen console back in 2017. Over the last five years or so, it's received four season passes featuring additional characters and stages, alongside numerous free...
News Man of Medan, Little Hope PS5 Versions Available to Download Now
Includes new content
Supermassive Games has issued updates for the first two entries in The Dark Pictures Anthology that sees the entire series now playable natively on PS5. Man of Medan and Little Hope now have native PS5 versions, and there are
News Gundam Evolution Pays Homage to Its Anime Roots in Countdown Trailer
Remember where you came from
Gundam Evolution is an upcoming free-to-play hero shooter based on the classic anime of the same name, and it's bringing a very specific kind of nostalgia to PS5 and PS4 on 1st December. In a new trailer, we get to see how Gundam Evolution pays homage to its heritage. We see comparison shots between the game and the...
News Conquer the Lands Between All Over Again in Elden Ring: The Board Game
Maidenless, roll the dice already
Elden Ring will continue its dominance of gaming spaces, making the jump to tabletop (most likely). An official board game has been announced and will be funded via a Kickstarter campaign. The project will be a collaboration between publisher Bandai Namco and board game developer Steamforged, a partnership that...
News Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot Gets Free Upgrade to Enhanced PS5 Version in 2023, Second Season of DLC
Bardock's story confirmed
Update: Bandai Namco has confirmed that Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot on PS5 will be a free upgrade if you already own the game on PS4. The publisher has also released an official comparison video, which showcases the visual upgrades in Kakarot's PS5 version. You can find it embedded in the tweet below. Original Story: Bandai...
News Dragon Ball: The Breakers Embraces the Memes, Adds Playable Farmer with a Shotgun
The man himself
Quirky multiplayer survival game Dragon Ball: The Breakers has a new trailer, confirming Majin Buu as a playable villain. But that pink freak isn't the real story here; the real story is that you'll be able to play as the meme-worthy farmer from the very beginning of Dragon Ball Z. You know, the guy who investigates Raditz's pod,...
News Tekken 8 Doesn't Reuse Any Tekken 7 Assets, Built From the Ground Up on Unreal Engine 5
A new start for the series
An interesting detail from a new IGN interview with Tekken boss Katsuhiro Harada: Tekken 8 apparently doesn't use any assets from Tekken 7. This means that character models and environmental details, all of the visual stuff, has been built from the ground up using Unreal Engine 5. This confirmation doesn't come as a huge...
News One Piece Odyssey Isn't Launching in 2022 After All
2023 it is
You know, it always seemed weird that One Piece Odyssey never got a confirmed release date despite all of its showings earlier in the year. Tokyo Game Show was, realistically, going to be its last chance of locking down a date — and it has. But unfortunately for One Piece enthusiasts, the RPG is no longer launching in 2022. One Piece...
News Listen Up, Tarnished! The Elden Ring Soundtrack Is Now Available on Streaming Services
Elden Ringing in your ears
There are many aspects of Elden Ring to admire, and one of its strengths is its soundtrack. FromSoftware's RPGs have all had excellent music to accompany the action, and its latest is no different. If you like to sonically relive the epic battles you've won by listening to the OST, you're in luck — the full score is now...
News Disappointment as Tales of Symphonia Remaster Is Seemingly 30FPS, 1080p on PS4
A not so sweet symphony
Well, it was a nice announcement while it lasted! Tales of Symphonia Remastered, scheduled to launch for PS4 in early 2023, is already attracting ire from fans. According to the game's official Japanese website, which features a list of technical specifications, the title will be capped at 30 frames-per-second on all...
News Tekken 8's Stunning Trailer Was Gameplay Captured Directly from PS5
Dorya!
Sony's latest State of Play started with one hell of a bang, didn't it? Tekken 8 right out of the gate, just like that! And what a trailer it was. Clearly meant to emphasise the leap in graphical quality from the now noticeably aged Tekken 7, Bandai Namco says that the footage is taken from the game's story mode,
News Sci-Fi Shooter Synduality Brings Mechs and Poison Rain to PS5 in 2023
Mech some noise
Bandai Namco has announced Synduality, a mech-based, third-person shooter coming to PS5. Check out the debut trailer above. After the world falls victim to poisonous rainfall, most of the human population perishes. Those who survive form an underground colony, and Drifters go to the surface in search of resources. Unfortunately, the...
News Tekken 8 Officially Revealed for PS5
"Stay Tuned"
Following a very brief teaser at Evo 2022, Tekken 8 has been officially revealed through Sony's Latest State of Play broadcast. The reveal trailer has Jin and Kazuya — no doubt the focus of the game's story — squaring off against each other in a storm-rocked arena. Graphically, this Unreal Engine 5 project looks like a huge...
News Classic Action RPG Tales of Symphonia Is Back for More on PS4 in Early 2023
20 years later
Tales of Symphonia is being remastered...again! The classic action RPG, which originally released all the way back in 2003 for the GameCube, and 2004 for the PS2 (but only in Japan), was remastered for PS3 a whole decade later, in 2013, as part of Tales of Symphonia Chronicles. Now, another decade later, in 2023, it's being brought to...
News Tales of Arise Celebrates First Anniversary with Soundtrack Release on Streaming Platforms
Rearise!
Tales of Arise is celebrating its first anniversary — it launched for PS5 and PS4 on the 10th September, 2021 — by releasing its official soundtrack on music streaming services such as Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube. While we don't think Arise has the greatest Tales soundtrack, it's still packed with dramatic orchestral arrangements...
News Free-to-Play Hero Shooter Gundam Evolution Blasts to PS5, PS4 in December
Suit up
Bandai Namco has confirmed that free-to-play 'hero' shooter Gundam Evolution will launch for both PS5 and PS4 on the 1st December, 2022. The six-versus-six title will feature 12 mobile suits at launch, each of which can be customised with different loadouts and skins. The game actually releases for PC through Steam on the 22nd September, so...
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A remaster complete with additional features, characters, and combat adjustments, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R remains an excellent adaptation of the popular anime and manga property at its core. The attention to detail is often outstanding, with the game referencing all kinds of interactions and events...
News Bandai Namco's Mystery Tokyo Game Show Announcement Has People Dreaming
One night in Tokyo
Tokyo Game Show 2022 is just a couple of weeks away, and Bandai Namco has revealed its schedule for the event. The publisher is set to host a number of showings across three days (the 15th, 16th, and 18th September), with exhibits dedicated to the likes of various Gundam games, upcoming RPG One Piece Odyssey, Dragon Ball: The...
Review SD Gundam Battle Alliance (PS5) - Addictive Action RPG Is an Absolute Treat for Fans
Breakout hit
Every now and then, a licensed anime title comes along that goes above and beyond your expectations. Not just an ode to the source material, but a finely crafted video game as well. That's SD Gundam Battle Alliance in a nutshell — an almost dangerously addictive action RPG that franchise fans will likely adore. Despite its cutesy,...
First Impressions The Devil in Me Is a Bigger and Better Dark Pictures Title
Out for PS5, PS4 on 18th November 2022
After three increasingly better entries in The Dark Pictures Anthology from Until Dawn team Supermassive Games, The Devil in Me looks like a properly bigger and expanded sequel. While Man of Medan, Little Hope, and
News Next Dark Pictures Game, The Devil in Me, Dated for 18th November
The Shining x SAW
Supermassive Games has announced the season one finale of its The Dark Pictures Anthology, which takes the shape of The Devil in Me, will release for PS5 and PS4 on 18th November 2022. A new trailer accompanies the reveal made in the Future Games Show Gamescom 2022 showcase, which you can view above. There's a lot of new footage...
Review Pac-Man World Re-Pac (PS5) - Solid Update On a PS1 Platforming Classic
Aw shoot, here comes Pac-Man
Following on from last month's release of Klonoa: Phantasy Reverie Series, Bandai Namco has come back with an update of another one of its PS1 classics: 1999’s Pac-Man World. Sadly, unlike Klonoa, this is a remake of just the first game, rather than a remastered collection including the two PS2 sequels. Thankfully,...
News Mix and Match a Modular Theme Park in Park Beyond on PS5
The new trailer's a rollercoaster
Bandai Namco announced Park Beyond last year with a lighthearted trailer, showing off a colourful theme park building sim. Now, it's back with another look, this time showcasing a glimpse at gameplay. It looks like rollercoasters will be heavily customisable, and additional buildings will be modular, allowing you...
News Elden Ring Sells 16.6 Million Copies in Just Four Months
As of June 2022
Bandai Namco has confirmed in its latest sales report that Elden Ring has sold 16.6 million copies as of June 2022. Its huge success means "the segment profit of the digital business" has "increased significantly". Elden Ring had already outsold Demon's Souls, every single Dark Souls entry, Bloodborne, and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice...
News Tekken 7's Massive and Possibly Final Balance Patch Is Out Now
Walled
Season 5 for Tekken 7 is here! Well, kind of. It's not officially Season 5 — there are no new DLC characters or additional stages — but there is a substantial new balance patch that adjusts all kinds of stuff. It's quite a big deal, because this could well be the last notable update that Tekken 7 receives. Indeed, Tekken 8 has seemingly...
News Elden Ring Update 1.06 Helps Online Co-Op, Get All Patch Notes Here
Send summoning signs everywhere
A new Elden Ring update is available to download now on PS5 and PS4, which brings the game up to version 1.06. The biggest addition it makes is to allow your summoning signs be sent to summoning pools in lots of different areas, thus boosting your chances of being picked by another player. The official patch notes...
News Pac-Man World Re-Pac Comparison Video Shows the Difference 20 Years Makes
Looking smooth
Pac-Man World is now about 23 years old, and while we have a lot of nostalgia for the 3D platformer, it obviously shows its age these days. We're pretty excited Bandai Namco is recreating the game for modern platforms with Pac-Man World Re-Pac, but how does it stack up against the original? As you'd expect, it's looking a lot sharper...
News Tekken 8 Seemingly Teased
Get Ready
We all know it's coming, but we weren't sure if Tekken 8 would finally be announced at Evo 2022. As it turns out, we think that the long rumoured title has been officially teased. After the Tekken 7 Grand Finals, Bandai Namco unveiled a balance update trailer, that ends with Kazuya's original Tekken ending, in which he drops his father,...
News Dragon Ball FighterZ PS5 Version Announced Complete with Rollback Netcode
Even further beyond
It's finally happening: Dragon Ball FighterZ is getting a rollback netcode update at some point in the future, which should allow for a much better online experience. Fans have been demanding this one for a long time, and for a while, it looked like it might never happen. It's a bit of a shame that rollback will arrive when the...
Review Digimon Survive (PS4) - Darker Digimon Story Carries Some Flat RPG Elements
A little help from my friends
Digimon Survive is not the RPG that some fans wanted it to be. Recruiting, training, and battling Digimon takes a backseat in favour of a very text-heavy story that unfolds through largely static scenes. In short, this is a visual novel first and foremost, to the point where some of the title's RPG elements almost start...
News Elden Ring Had One of the Biggest Gaming Launches in YouTube's History
GOTY? more like GOAT
Stop us if you have heard this one before, but Elden Ring is kind of a big deal. It was all any of us were talking about back when it launched and sold like absolute gangbusters, to boot. It will probably come as little surprise, then, to learn that FromSoftware's latest masterpiece also enjoyed one of the
Hands On Digimon Survive Has Potential, But It Feels Padded So Far
Visual novel RPG is slow to start
Digimon Survive is out right now for PS4, but you may have noticed that we don't have a review here on Push Square yet. This is unfortunately due to issues outside of our control, but having sunk roughly six hours into the game, we thought that it would be best to bring you some hands on impressions ahead of the...
News Digimon Survive Sets Up a Surprisingly Sinister Story in PS4 RPG's Launch Trailer
Survival horror
Digimon has always had somewhat sinister undertones in the stories that it tells — even when it was primarily aimed at 90s kids here in the West — but Digimon Survive seems to be leaning into the creepier side of the franchise more than you might expect. The game's launch trailer — it's out today on PS4, by the way! — deals...
News SD Gundam Battle Alliance Demo Is Ready for Launch on PS5, PS4
Demo, launching!
As promised by publisher Bandai Namco last week, the playable demo for SD Gundam Battle Alliance is available to download now on PS5 and PS4. It weighs in at roughly 10.3GB, and features a decent amount of content that should give you a good grasp on the game's mechanics. What's more, any progress that you make in the demo can be...
Review Little Nightmares (PS4) - Unsettling Puzzle Platformer Hits the Spot
The need for greed
Republished on Wednesday 27th July 2022: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of August's PlayStation Plus lineup. The original text follows. Much like LittleBigPlanet, the macabre puzzle platformer Little Nightmares includes sugar, spice, and all things nice – it just chooses to stir...
News SD Gundam Battle Alliance Deploys Playable Demo on PS5, PS4 Next Week
Progress carries over
Ahead of its fast approaching 25th August release date, Bandai Namco has confirmed that SD Gundam Battle Alliance will be getting a playable demo next week, on the 29th July. It sounds like the demo lets you play up until a specific mission, so you should be able to get a decent feel for the action RPG's mechanics. What's more,...
News Strange Multiplayer Spinoff Dragon Ball: The Breakers Hunts Down October Release Date
Frieza gameplay revealed
Dragon Ball: The Breakers — the multiplayer survival game that was announced last year — has been given a 14th October release date here in the West (it launches a day earlier, on the 13th October, in Japan). The game looks more polished in its latest trailer than it has done in previous videos, and it also shows off how...
News SD Gundam Battle Alliance Blasts Off With a Bombastic Opening Movie
Mobile Suit Fundam
SD Gundam Battle Alliance lands on PS5 and PS4 in just over a month, and so Bandai Namco has revealed the game's rather good opening movie. It features a bunch of different mobile suits — all in chibi form, of course — as we're whisked through some of Gundam's most popular timelines. Battle Alliance itself is an action RPG...
News Netflix Animated Series Tekken: Bloodline Gets Ready for Battle This August
Check out the new trailer
Netflix has announced its animated series Tekken: Bloodline will hit the service on 18th August 2022. To go along with the announcement is this new story trailer, which reveals a little more about Jin Kazama's journey. To recap, this is an origin tale of sorts for Jin, who is trained up by Heihachi Mishima after his mother...
But no word of materials being ransomed
Bandai Namco has reportedly had its content ransomed, and in a statement the organisation has admitted that it “experienced authorised access by third-party to the internal systems of several Group companies in Asian regions”, excluding Japan. “After we confirmed the unauthorised access, we have taken...
News Bandai Namco Reportedly Subjected to Ransomware Attack
Elden Ring publisher's data held hostage
Bandai Namco, the major Japanese games publisher, has apparently fallen victim to a cyber attack. That's according to vx-underground, a group reporting and gathering information on malware and cybercrime (thanks, VGC). Little is known about the alleged attack, but it's reported that the publisher has...
Random A Piano Is the Latest Input Device With Which Elden Ring Has Been Beaten
FromSoftware's latest has really struck a chord
FromSoftware games often bring out the best (and occasionally the worst) in all of us, rewarding ingenuity and experimentation. But somehow, we don't think Miyazaki, even in his wildest dreams, would have expected Elden Ring players to invent such fantastic challenges for themselves, using inputs so...
Review Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series (PS5) - No-Frills Remasters of Old School Platformers
It's-a me, Klonoa
Back in the late '90s, the platforming genre was going through a bit of an identity crisis. The technological heft of consoles like the original PlayStation meant that, for pretty much the first time, our gaming worlds could be expanded into true three-dimensional spaces. However, this meant there was a whole new dimension of...
