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News The Original Diablo Is Being Reborn in Diablo III
Rumoured Necromancer class coming next year
BlizzCon 2016 is underway, and Blizzard has wasted no time in revealing its future plans for Diablo III. To start with, the developer announced an update dubbed 'The Darkening of Tristram'. There aren't any real details on how this will all work just yet, but according to VentureBeat, the update will...
Rumour Diablo III May Be Getting a New Playable Character Class
Back from the dead
Diablo III, also known as The Game That Keeps on Giving, may be getting a brand new character class at some point. The speculation is based on a piece of concept art that's signed by Blizzard art director John Mueller, and features two necromancers raising the dead. The picture was found on one of the company's servers, and once...
News Hallowe'en Loot Boxes Say Boo to Overwatch
Reaper's ready
It's probably the worst kept secret in history, but Overwatch is getting Hallowe'en loot boxes. Hurrah! You may or may not have seen these leaking all over the web over the past few weeks, with the title's Taiwanese website now going live with a front-page splash, showing Australian double-act Junkrat and Roadhog in their...
Reminder Overwatch Is Completely Free to Play This Weekend on PS4
Overwatch this
As promised, here's us reminding you that Overwatch is totally free to play this weekend on PlayStation 4. Starting from 19:00PM BST / 14:00PM ET / 11:00AM PT today, you'll be able to gain access to the entire game without spending a penny. All modes, stages, and heroes will be available. Of course, you'll have to download it first,...
News Play Overwatch For Free on PS4 Next Week
No PlayStation Plus required
Popular character-based team shooter Overwatch is having a free weekend on PlayStation 4, and everyone's invited - even if you don't have an active PlayStation Plus subscription. What's more, the entire game will be yours to enjoy - all heroes, stages, and modes of play included - and any progress that you make during...
Hands On Overwatch's Olympian PS4 Update Scores with Rocket League Mode
Blast ball
It was only a matter of time before Rocket League's herculean impact extended to other games, with Overwatch seemingly the first to "borrow" from Psyonix's sporting smash. Nintendo fans will probably expect mention of Blast Ball from Metroid Prime Federation Force, but seeing as that's not technically out for another couple of weeks, our...
News Overwatch Goes for the Gold with New Olympics Update
Limited edition loot boxes and a new football mode added
With the Rio OIympics just around the corner, Blizzard has announced on the US PlayStation Blog a new set of Summer Games content for Overwatch, lasting until 22nd August. Loot Boxes now have a new lick of Summer Games paint, and each box guarantees at least one limited edition Olympics-themed...
News Diablo III Patch 1.14 Is Out Now on PS4
More Torment for your trouble
Diablo III's latest patch is out now on PlayStation 4. Detailed last week, update 1.14 adds three new difficulty levels: Torment XI, XII, and XIII. It also updates a bunch of legendary items and makes slight changes to various character classes. Blizzard's loot based role-playing game has been knocking about on Sony's...
News Blizzard Sounds the Klaxon on Overwatch Olympics Outfits
Ready, steady, go
We wondered when the Rio 2016 Olympic Games were going to cameo in a game – and we're not referring to a certain potty-mouthed Wii U release. Overwatch looks like it's going to be the first, however, as Blizzard's sent a bunch of YouTubers and Twitch streamers packages featuring the shooter's cast of characters in sports gear. A...
News Four Years Later and Blizzard Is Still Working on Updates for Diablo III
A new patch is incoming
Blizzard's currently working on yet another update for Diablo III, which is set to launch in the relatively near future. Patch 2.4.2 will introduce three new difficulty levels - namely Torment XI, XII, and XIII - and naturally, you'll be able to nab better and better loot as long as you're strong enough to tackle them. The...
News Overwatch Will Limit Teams to One of Each Character in Competitive Mode
D.Va and Zenyatta will also be buffed in an upcoming patch
Despite Overwatch being a pretty young game, Blizzard is already planning ways to better the shooter in upcoming patches. Speaking to Gamespot, principal designer Scott Mercer said: "The big thing for Competitive Play is we're going to turn on one-hero limit, so players will not be able to...
News Overwatch's Roster Gets Backed Up with New Support Sniper Ana
Mama's here
There's been a lot of speculation and teasing about who would be the first DLC character to grace Overwatch. While rumours largely pointed to the mysterious Sombra receiving this honour, it seems that the less likely pick has sneaked up on us all. Ana Amari will be joining the ranks of our heroes, who happens to be Pharah's mother and a...
News Blizzard Continues to Hire For Unknown Diablo Project
Speak of the devil
Bilzzard's an incredibly busy company these days. Not only is it constantly maintaining recent, impressively popular projects such as Hearthstone and Overwatch, but it's also thinking about the future - that's why it's been hiring for something related to Diablo for quite a while now. Spotted on the developer's jobs page, the...
Blizz-hard to put down
If you've played many competitive multiplayer shooters, then you've likely spent far too much time celebrating – or, indeed, lamenting – your kill death ratio. Long has this little number been seen as a barometer of your success in online battles, and this in turn helped feed a steady stream of gamers into the Team...
Poll Are You Enjoying Overwatch on PS4?
And who's your favourite character?
Overwatch made a big, big splash earlier this week when it launched on PlayStation 4. The team based shooter from developer-that-can-do-no-wrong Blizzard has already captured the hearts of many a Push Square scribe, but how do you feel about it? Has its accessibility got you addicted? Have you had your Play of the...
Round Up Overwatch PS4 Reviews Are Ridiculously Positive
Surprise, surprise
The nature of Overwatch means that most critics are only really just getting stuck into the final game, and that includes ourselves. However, a handful of publications already feel like they've seen enough of Blizzard's latest to review it – and, unsurprisingly, the early signs are positive. In fact, they're so good that the...
News Yes, Overwatch Has Microtransactions
But they're not a big deal
We jumped on our laptop last night to try and track down some potential news, but our plans were thwarted by Blizzard's latest. Having just released, Overwatch utterly dominated our news feeds - we knew it was going to be big, but we're not sure anyone saw it being this popular. However, now that the shooter's out in the...
Guide When Do Overwatch's PS4 Servers Go Live?
Time to get online
Rather smartly, Blizzard is allowing you to get your hands on Overwatch ahead of its official 24th May launch so that you can get the game downloaded and installed ahead of time. You may be wondering, however, when the servers will go online. Fortunately, we have answers! The official live time is the same globally: 00:00AM BST...
News You Definitely, Definitely Don't Want to Cheat in Overwatch
Blizzard plans on showing no mercy
The Overwatch open beta only just ended a few days ago, but Blizzard is already looking ahead to the full game's launch later this month. On the title's official forums, community manager Lylirra has laid down the law with regards to how the developer will handle players that partake in any sort of cheating or...
News Wow, the Overwatch Beta Was Stupidly Popular
Blizzard posts ridiculous numbers
You know what? Overwatch just might be the next big thing, at least, if the shooter's most recent beta has been anything to go by. The game's open beta, which was available across PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, racked up a whopping 9.7 million players over its duration, making it Blizzard's biggest ever open beta,...
News Watch Gamer Network's Overwatch Beta Battles Here
Live and kickin'
Remember that neat little Gamer Network competition we told you about? Well, the finalists will be battling it out live for your entertainment on YouTube today. The rounds will begin on the Xbox One at 19:00PM BST, then move onto the PlayStation 4 at 20:00PM BST, before rounding out on the PC at 21:00PM BST. Did any of you guys get...
Video Overwatch Two Hours of Blizzard's Latest on PS4
Hero worship
Does the beta for Blizzard's latest hold up? You bet it does. We took Overwatch for a marathon two hour spin on our YouTube channel last night, and you can re-watch all of the action courtesy of the video embedded above. Looks great, doesn't it?
News Play Overwatch Early and Win the Game on the PS4
Born to battle
Just a heads up regarding a little promotion we're running with our buddies at Blizzard: enter our competition and you could win a copy of Overwatch for your PlayStation 4. Essentially, all you need to do is register your interest through here, and if you're picked alongside other Push Square readers to participate in a pre-release...
News Diablo III PS4 Patch 1.13 Adds a New Goblin that Gives You Pets
Hee hee
It's always a rush when you see a treasure goblin scuttling around in Diablo III. The crazy little critters can drop valuable loot or open a portal to another realm when defeated, and Blizzard's been adding new ones to the mix for some time now. The title's latest update, which you can download on PlayStation 4, adds one more: the...
News You Can Try Overwatch for Free on PS4 This May
Release date also confirmed
As rumoured earlier today, Overwatch is indeed launching on PlayStation 4 this May. Blizzard's team-based shooter features 21 playable characters, six-on-six multiplayer battles, and objective-based gameplay. The title's seen a lot of success on PC through public test periods, so it'll be interesting to see how well it...
Rumour Overwatch Is Gunning for PS4 in May
There's a beta coming, too
Overwatch may finally have a confirmed release date on PlayStation 4, according to an advertising campaign over on IGN. Blizzard's team-based shooter has been in public testing for what feels like an eternity on PC, and it looks as though it's bringing its colourful cast of characters to Sony's latest console relatively...
News Diablo 3's Latest Patch Is Playing Hell on PS4
Blizzard's looking into it, though
Diablo 3's latest patch launched just a few days ago - it introduced a whole new area, expanded existing locations, and added in a ton of new legendary items. Understandably, loot lovers were excited for the changes, but the blood soaked party's stuttered a little after Digital Foundry discovered that the update...
News Diablo 3's Glorious PS4 Patch 2.4.0 Is Yours to Loot Right Now
Hell yes
Delivering on its promise of pushing out Diablo 3's newest update in a timely fashion, Blizzard's latest labour of love is now available to download on PlayStation 4. Patch 2.4.0 adds a slew of new content to the game, including a whole new location that ties directly into the title's endgame adventure mode. We won't go through all of the...
News Diablo 3's Gigantic New PS4 Patch Is Almost an Expansion, and It's Out Soon
Loot glorious loot
Just when you thought that your best looting days may have finally been over, Blizzard jumps back into the fray and prepares to unleash a whole new Diablo III patch that typically adds a ton of new stuff to the game. In fact, the upcoming update is so big that it's practically what you'd expect from a slice of downloadable...
News Overwatch: Origins Edition Looks to PS4 in 2016
All along the watchtower
After the success of Diablo III on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3, developer Blizzard's new team-based shooter Overwatch always looked like a strong fit for consoles. It's no surprise, then, that Overwatch: Origins Edition has leaked – a PS4 package featuring the main first-person game alongside a bunch of bonus...
News Diablo III's Gigantic New PS4 Patch Is Out Now
1.6GB of pure grinding goodness
Rejoice fellow demon slayers, for the massive Diablo III patch that was detailed earlier today is actually available to download right now on PlayStation 4. The update adds an absolute ton of stuff to the superb loot-'em-up, including a new area, a new questline, and, of course, new gear to hunt down and add to your...
News Diablo III's Next Patch Will Make It Bigger and Better than Ever
Never ending journey
Fair warning: this is going to be a pretty beefy news article. Blizzard's gone ahead and posted the changes that are coming to Diablo III with patch 2.3.0, and it's a laundry list of alterations to say the least. Let's start with the big stuff; a new zone, The Ruins of Sescheron, is going to be added to the role-playing game's...
News Diablo III May Be Summoning a New Expansion From the Depths of Hell
More of the same, please
We've pumped so many hours into Diablo III: Reaper of Souls - Ultimate Evil Edition that we're slaughtering the armies of Hell in our dreams, but we wouldn't say no to more of Blizzard's superbly polished loot-'em-up. Thankfully, more might be coming, at least if a developer job listing is anything to go by. Requesting "a...
News There's a Nice Big Diablo 3 Patch Waiting for You on PS4
Mmm, new content
We all love free content right? Well, that's what you're getting with Bilzzard's ever expanding Diablo III: Reaper of Souls - Ultimate Evil Edition on PlayStation 4, as the developer's pumped out yet another content patch that's over 1GB in size. Update 1.07 adds over 50 new legendary items to the game, including three new class...
Weirdness We Hope Big Head Mode in Diablo III Becomes a Permanent Option
Thinking ahead
We've probably played thousands of hours of Diablo III: Reaper of Souls - Ultimate Evil Edition if you combined our individual playtimes here at Push Square. The hunger for loot is all-consuming, but at times, proceedings can become ever so slightly stale. And so, we hope that the game's big head mode becomes a permanent feature...
News This Week Is a Good Time to Level Up in Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition
Stop drop and loot
To celebrate the first birthday of Diablo III's brilliant Reaper of Souls expansion, which is part of the Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition package on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3, Blizzard will be increasing all experience points and gold gains by 100 per cent, starting today. It's worth noting, however, that this doesn't...
News Have No Fear, Diablo III Isn't Getting Microtransactions in the West
Hell and back
A rather controversial rumour sprung up over the weekend regarding microtransactions being slipped into Diablo III courtesy of its upcoming patch, but publisher Blizzard has since quelled the unrest, at least here in the West. The aforementioned update, which will launch in the near future, was recently datamined, and it was suggested...
News Good Lord, This Diablo III Player Got to Paragon Level 1000 Without Ever Dying
Through fire and flames
We all know that grinding often takes some dedication. Levelling up your character or taking part in the endless search for better loot is fortunately something that Diablo III gets right, as it makes the inevitable grind an enjoyable experience thanks to addictive combat and numbers that just keep going up. We were under...
News Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition on PS4 Will Let You Share Your Best Loot
Stay awhile and listen
Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition is mere days away, and in order to drum up some hype, developer Blizzard has released this nifty new trailer on the PlayStation Blog which shows off the title's new social shenanigans. As the
Video Watch As We Dig into the Underworld in Diablo III on PS3
Hell fire
Diablo III isn’t the first PC title to be ported to the PlayStation 3, and it certainly won’t be the last. However, few could dispute the magnitude of Blizzard's overdue arrival on the current generation console, especially considering the serious server hiccups that its sequel's popularity prompted at launch last year. Fortunately,...
News Diablo III Deploying in 2014 on the PlayStation 4
Fire and brimstone
While you’ll be able to cruise through Diablo III's underworld on the PlayStation 3 from 3rd September, you’ll have to wait until 2014 to rummage through the adventure on your PlayStation 4. Despite being announced during Sony’s next generation coming out party in February, Blizzard has admitted that it's only just got...
E3 2013 Diablo III Will Include PlayStation Exclusive Items
Essential gear
One of the more muted announcements during Sony’s press conference, the platform holder quietly confirmed that the PlayStation versions of Diablo III will ship with some exclusive loot. But exactly what’s up for grabs? Well, speaking as part of a live interview with the PlayStation Blog, developer Blizzard spilled the beans. The...
News Blizzard Details Diablo III's Pick Up and Slay Dynamics for PS4
Old fashioned fun
Diablo III is an undeniably dense experience, but in bringing the popular PC title to the PlayStation 4, the company is hoping to streamline the adventure without stripping away any of its complexity. It intends to do this by introducing a new user interface on Sony’s impending system that will allow you to assign gear to your...
News Blizzard: Diablo III Is Not Necessarily a PlayStation Exclusive
Studio looking outside of Sony's systems
Diablo III was announced for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 during last month’s PlayStation Meeting press conference. It made its public debut at PAX East yesterday on Sony’s current flagship console. However, despite all of that, it looks like the title may not actually be exclusive to Sony’s sys
News Diablo III Looks Largely Like You'd Expect It to on PS3
Just another time sink
When pillaging our internal archives for a title to compare the PlayStation 3 version of Diablo III to, we happened upon one safe result: Diablo III. Seriously, save for the iconic button prompts at the bottom of the screen, this trailer could easily pass for PC footage in places. That’s good news, by the way. The title’s...
News Blizzard Teams Up With Sony to Announce Diablo III for PS4
And the PS3
During Sony's PlayStation Meeting, Blizzard Entertainment's Chris Metzen announced that the company has entered into a "strategic partnership" with Sony to bring Diablo III to the PS3 and its successor system, the PS4. The game will be a port of the PC version which was released last May, and, as stated in the press release, will include...
Rumour Diablo III Charging onto PlayStation 3
The crowds go crazy
Diablo III could be coming to the PlayStation 3, if a retail listing is to be believed. The trigger happy folks over at German shop RedCoon have listed a product page for Blizzard’s uber-popular dungeon crawler on PS3, prompting speculation that an announcement could be made during Sony’s E3 press conference this evening...
News More Fuel For The Fire: Blizzard Staffing Up For Console Version Of Diablo III
At this point there is no doubt that Diablo III is coming to consoles
There have been so many rumours, so many nods and winks, that it seems inevitable at this point. Edging us closer to that burgeoning inevitability is the discovery of a job posting on Gamasutra. In the listing, Blizzard states that it's in need of a Console Network Senior Software...
GamesCom 2011 Blizzard 'Serious' About Bringing Diablo 3 To Consoles
Rumours regarding a PlayStation 3 port of Blizzard's upcoming PC title Diablo 3 have been appearing online before time itself began
So it's hardly surprising to hear the World Of Warcraft company tell an audience at its GamesCom press conference that it "is very, very serious about bringing the Diablo 3 experience to the console". In fact,...
News So, Erm, Blizzard's Hiring A "PlayStation 3 Specialist" For Its Diablo III Team
Blizzard games are a big deal
Personally we wouldn't shed any tears if their entire line-up vanished into a big vat of nothingness, but people seem to like them. One Blizzard franchise gamers especially enjoy is Diablo — after all, they've been clamouring for Diablo III since the stone-ages. That's determination. Joystiq's picked up on a job...
