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News This Is What Crash Bandicoot PS4's Case Should Look Like
Phwoar
Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy is all about N. Ostalgia. Meh, that gag didn’t really work, did it? Anyway, the point is that Naughty Dog’s iconic ‘coot is coming to the PlayStation 4 because so many fans – now with crow’s feet and greying hair – grew up with the character in the 90s. But while we like the title’s boxart,...
News Colourful Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Key Art Spins Into View
Three's a magic number
Before you say it, yes, it's a slow news day. We wouldn't usually write a whole story based on the release of a single promotional image, but hey, it's Crash Bandicoot. With the release date for Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy creeping ever closer, Activison and developer Vicarious Visions seem to have settled on...
News Look, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Probably Isn't a PS4 Exclusive
Here we go again
Is Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy a PlayStation 4 exclusive? We've said it a million times already but we'll go ahead and say it again: probably not. Sony has never explicitly said that the remade collection is exclusive to its home console - and that's the biggest warning sign you could ask for. If the trilogy was a full...
News Crash Bandicoot's Got a New Idle Animation on PS4, and It's Pretty Great
Right in the face
Not too long ago, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy developer Vicarious Visions held a competition that would determine a new idle animation for everyone's favourite marsupial. For those out of the loop, Crash has had plenty of animations over the years that play out when you don't press any buttons for a while - and this new...
News Crash Bandicoot PS4's Polar Bear Chase Is Still Terrifying
Rawr
We have fond memories of the chase levels from various Crash Bandicoot games - even if they used to terrify us as kids. Does that big bloody polar bear look even scarier in high definition, though? We'd argue yes, and you can see the beast in all of its remade glory in the gameplay video that we've embedded above. Crash Bandicoot N. Sane...
News Here's More Crash Bandicoot PS4 Gameplay to Send You Spinning
Going underground
We're not too far away from Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy and its 30th June release date, but if you're eager to see more of the remade collection, you can't go wrong with this latest gameplay video. Featuring footage from Crash Bandicoot 2's Sewer or Later level, the project's looking as promising as ever, with enhanced visuals...
News This Crash Bandicoot PS4 Special Edition Isn't Official, But It's Cool
Retailer commissions exclusive Aku-Aku case
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy's special edition has leaked – except it hasn't. Once again the games media finds itself unable to perform even the slightest atom of research, as the pictured Aku-Aku case spotted at Italian retailer Show Game is something that the store has commissioned itself...
News Pre-Order Crash Bandicoot PS4 and You'll Get a Dynamic Theme and Avatars
Spin to win
Sony has revealed that if you pre-order Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy on the PlayStation Store, you'll nab yourself the 'Sunset Vista Pack', which features a bonus dynamic theme and avatar set. The theme consists of our furry hero jogging through a selection of stages from the remake, complete with some suitably bouncy background...
News Travel Upstream with Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy PS4 Gameplay
Crash bash
Activision's slowly pumping out plenty of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy gameplay footage, and it tends to look better with each new clip. This video focuses on the original's fifth level Upstream, and delves into some of the visual tells Vicarious Visions has implemented to help make the stage's platforming that bit more intuitive...
News Crash Bandicoot PS4 Is Playable in US Stores Now
N. Sane
Here's an activity for your whole family to enjoy this Easter weekend: hit up your local games retailer and have a play on Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy for the PlayStation 4. Word on the street is that Sony's pushed out an update to retail kiosks this week, adding a demo of the remake to machines. Obviously your mileage will vary, but...
News Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Looks Ace in 4K on PS4 Pro
Oodibigah
There were some complaints when the gameplay was first revealed at PSX 2016 last year that Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy looked a little flat and washed out, but the presentation has come a long way since then. It looks like Vicarious Visions has been busy tweaking the title's lighting, colouring, and even textures as the 32-bit love-in...
News Get Your Crash Bandicoot Idle Animation Idea in the N. Sane Trilogy
Downtime
Crash Bandicoot is one of the most animated protagonists in games – it's part of the reason we all love him so much. And one of the best things about upcoming PlayStation 4 remaster N. Sane Trilogy is that it appears to have captured the irreverent hero's mannerisms for a brand new generation. But now Activision's giving you the...
News Crash Bandicoot 2's Hang Eight Stage Is Looking Ace on PS4
Spot on
Champing at the bit for more Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy gameplay? Of course you are, you Wumpa fruit loving lot! Sony's uploaded some brand new footage from Crash Bandicoot 2's 'Hang Eight' stage – and yes, it includes the hidden crystal and bonus level. Watch on below.
News Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Probably Isn't a PS4 Exclusive
We told you so
For months, we've been telling people to be wary of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy supposedly being exclusive to the PlayStation 4. Yes, it was announced at Sony's E3 press conference, and yes, Crash is obviously a classic PlayStation character, but the remade trilogy is being published by Activision - the company that currently owns...
News The Thirst for Crash Bandicoot PS4 Is Real
Can't stop the 'Coot
We've never shied away from the fact that Crash Bandicoot is a big performer here at Push Square; the fact that we're bothering to write this article at all is a testament to that. But we thought it was interesting just how thirsty the market appears to be for the marsupial, with N. Sane Trilogy currently second in Amazon UK's
Poll What Are Your Thoughts on Crash Bandicoot PS4 So Far?
Crashtastic or Crash and burn?
In case you missed yesterday's news, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy now has a confirmed release date; it's set to launch for PlayStation 4 on the 30th June. Now that we know when the remade package is coming, though, we've started questioning just how excited we are for the return of everyone's favourite furry mascot...
News Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Body Slams onto PS4 This Summer
Crash, bang
Crash is heading home baby, and Activision's just revealed when we can expect him to come spinning back into our lives. As teased yesterday by the publisher, it's gone ahead and announced the release date for Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy; it'll be launching for PlayStation 4 on the 30th June. N. Sane Trilogy includes the first three...
News Crash Bandicoot PS4 Release Date Teased for Tomorrow
Crash course
Whoa, this came out of nowhere didn't it? Activision's taken to Twitter in order to tease a release date for Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy on PlayStation 4 - and the best part is that it's being revealed tomorrow. The tease itself features a three second looped video, which shows our furry friend pulling a dumb face beneath six...
News Crash Bandicoot PS4 Strikes Back with Four New Screenshots
N. Sane
In a year that's so flush with PlayStation 4 games that it's honestly becoming difficult to keep up, you may be forgiven for forgetting that Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is still on track for release this year. But just to remind you, Activision has deployed a new batch of screenshots, this time centring on the second game in the series,...
Preview Everything We Know About Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy on PS4
Crash-tastic
It's not getting brandished around quite like The Last of Us: Part II or Horizon: Zero Dawn, but make no mistake, Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy is going to be a big seller on the PlayStation 4. And with that in mind, we figured that we'd put together a video previewing the forthcoming compilation. This clip outlines everything that...
News Here's 4 Minutes of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Gameplay
Taken for a spin
We've all seen the announcement trailer, but now it's time for some proper gameplay clips of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy. PlayStation's published a four minute video for the upcoming remastered collection, and it's made up of nothing but our favourite bandicoot smashing through crates and precariously leaping over hazards. Oh...
News Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Is a Gigantic Graphical Jump Ahead of the Original Games
A generational leap, you might say
We already know that Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy looks great. When the PlayStation 4 package was shown off during the PlayStation Experience last week, it actually looked way better than we ever thought it would - and that's because developer Vicarious Visions is rebuilding most of it from the ground up...
Hands On Losing Our Minds with Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy on PS4
A faithful reproduction of a classic
At the beginning of this year, Sony reinvigorated the Ratchet & Clank franchise with the surprisingly excellent PlayStation 4 remake of the first Ratchet & Clank (and a rather unfortunate feature film). That Ratchet & Clank remake proved that there was a high demand for re-imagined old games, and it...
PSX 2016 Crash Bandicoot PS4 Trilogy Considered a 'AAA Remaster' by Dev
Spin to win
Having appeared at Sony's PlayStation Experience 2016 showcase over the weekend, it's safe to say that one of PlayStation's original mascots is back with a bang. Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy looked even better than we had hoped it would in its very first gameplay trailer, which prompted us to say that the current-gen package looks...
PSX 2016 Those Crash Bandicoot PS4 Remasters Look More Like Remakes
N. Sane Trilogy gets first gameplay trailer
Crash Bandicoot is back, baby, and he looks... well, he looks better than ever, to be honest. Sony unveiled the first gameplay trailer for the remastered original trilogy of Crash titles at its PlayStation Experience 2016 press conference, and from where we're sitting, they look more like remakes than your...
Video Crash Bandicoot's First PS4 Appearance Looks Awesome
Crash bash
We all collectively rolled our eyes when Crash Bandicoot was confirmed for Skylanders: Imaginators – after all, we all know how Activision treated fellow PlayStation favourite Spyro when this series started. But it looks like it's learned its lesson this time around: the Thumpin' Wumpa Island level that will appear as a timed exclusive...
E3 2016 Who's Remastering Crash Bandicoot for PS4?
One of Activision's own studios
Crash Bandicoot is on the cusp of his big comeback moment, courtesy of the Crash Bandicoot Trilogy Remastered set for the PlayStation 4. The game – which was announced at E3 2016 and will feature souped-up versions of all three original PSone titles – will be developed by Vicarious Visions, one of Activision's...
E3 2016 Crash Bandicoot Remasters Spinning onto PS4 in 2017
Crash is almost back, kinda
Crash Bandicoot will return in 2017, Sony has confirmed. The furry hero doesn't have a new game coming any time soon - boo! - but his first three original PlayStation outings are being remastered for PS4. We're not sure how you remaster a bunch of PSone games, but we're reasonably excited to replay those gems all the...
E3 2016 Crash Bandicoot Makes a Comeback with a Remastered PS4 Trilogy
And yes, he's in Skylanders
If you've read this particular author's Push Square bio under the staff page, you would know that we've been waiting for Crash Bandicoot to return in true form for over a decade. Well, we can say that this dream has been, er, sort of realized. Our favorite marsupial will be gracing the PlayStation 4, but will do so in a...
E3 2016 Crash Bandicoot's Probably Going to Be in Skylanders: Imaginators
FFS
Crushing disappointment, readers – crushing. It looks like all of the Crash Bandicoot teasing is going to come down to this: a PlayStation 4 version of Skylanders: Imaginators including the iconic character. We reported earlier in the week that a special edition featuring the 'Coot had been spotted on a Singaporean website, but we didn't want...
News Could There Be an Even Greater Crash Bandicoot Troll on the Cards?
Worse than Shawn Layden's shirt
Not like this – please, not like this! While your humble host was warring with faulty pre-E3 2016 hardware, a Singapore-based retailer named Qisahn has been busy listing a PlayStation 4 exclusive version of Skylanders: Imaginators – which will supposedly include Crash Bandicoot. As the Kaiser Chiefs once sang, we...
Feature Is Crash Bandicoot Coming to PS4? 10 Reasons to Believe He Is
#BringCrashBack
By our reckoning, the three year Crash Bandicoot conversation is about to come to a conclusion, and this saga can end one of two ways: the iconic PSone protagonist has been broken out of his Activision penitentiary – or, well, he hasn't. Whichever side of the 90s baditude camp you currently reside, there's no question that the...
News Swiss Retailer Lists Crash Bandicoot for PS4
But it proves nothing
An early E3 2016 leak or a retailer responding to rumours? This could be a case of both, in all honesty. While there's real reason to believe that something is going on with the Crash Bandicoot brand, the fact that Swiss retailer Alcom has listed a new entry for the PlayStation 4 is not evidence of anything at all – the...
News Sony Acknowledges the Demand for a New Crash Bandicoot Game
Good old Jim Ryan
We sincerely hope that Crash Bandicoot puts in appearance during Sony's E3 2016 press conference, because we're getting a bit sick of writing these filler stories. In the latest issue of the Official PlayStation Magazine, there's an interview with Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe president Jim Ryan, and in it, the always...
News Crash Bandicoot's Dr. Neo Cortex Actor Asked to Resurrect Old Character
Hmm
There's been no shortage of Crash Bandicoot craziness over the past couple of years, but we get the distinct impression that things are about to heat up on Wumpa Island. According to a NeoGAF post, Lex Lang – who voiced Dr. Neo Cortex in the more recent Crash titles – has been asked to "resurrect" a "doctor" from a game gone by. We can't see...
News Sony's Still Pumping Out Those Crash Bandicoot Teases
Add another to the list
Y'know the saying 'cock tease'? We can definitely see a future where the same definition is attributed to the phrase 'Crash tease'. Sony either knows something, or it's being utterly reckless at this point, as now PlayStation Latin America has pumped out a picture of the iconic platforming badass. It attached the hashtag #TBT...
News This Custom Crash Bandicoot PS2 Is Pretty Incredible
Aku Aku approves
We've laid our eyes on many a customised console over the years, but every now and again, you spy a machine that really goes above and beyond what you expect. With mod jobs being a hot topic these days, we're always on the lookout for some cool designs, and we reckon that this Crash Bandicoot inspired PlayStation 2 is absolutely top...
News Toy Maker Says Sony's Bringing Crash Bandicoot Back
It's happening?
There's too much smoke now surely? Hot on the heels of Shawn Layden's t-shirt tease and all of the social media hints, NECA Toys' Randy Falk has suggested that Sony's bringing Crash Bandicoot back. Speaking at the New York Toy Fa
News Yes, Sony's Still Teasing a Crash Bandicoot Reveal
Here we go again
At what point does smoke signal a fire? Crash Bandicoot has been hinted heavily for the PlayStation 4 ever since the start of the generation, and while Shawn Layden's shirt troll was the biggest tease yet, the platform holder is showing no signs of stopping this trend. It's the social media team of PlaySt
PSX 2015 Shawn Layden Trolled Us All with Crash Bandicoot Shirt
Boo this man
Not like this, Shawn Layden! We were starting to really like SCEA's new president, but you absolutely can't walk on stage at a PlayStation press conference wearing a Crash Bandicoot t-shirt if you're not going to… Y'know, at least announce that the orange furred favourite is making a comeback. Our live chat was absolutely packed with...
News What if Crash Bandicoot Got a Gritty PS4 Reboot?
It'd look a lot like this
It's nice to see the Rockstar editor being put to good use. Over on YouTube, user Pinkman has created a gritty Crash Bandicoot reboot using Grand Theft Auto V. In the clip, we see the 'coot smashing some human crates in order to grab some Wumpa Fruit, before indulging in some Crash Team Racing-esque high speed pursuits. Thi
News Sony Really Needs to Stop Teasing Crash Bandicoot's Return
You can't have your cake and eat it
Look at that cake. Just look at the bloody thing. Celebrating PlayStation's 20th anniversary in Europe, Sony's had the delightful desert whipped up in celebration - but did it really have to sit Crash Bandicoot on top of the edible consoles? PlayStation's original orange mascot is now owned by Activision, but...
News Watch the Crash Bandicoot Cartoon That Never Was
"Play our game and tell your friends so we'll make lots of loot"
Crash Bandicoot turned out to be one of the biggest brands of the 90s, but Universal Interactive Studios had even bigger plans for the property before Sony licensed it for its legendary PSone platforming trilogy. During the early days of development, the publisher was knocking around...
News Crash Bandicoot Could Have Appeared in Uncharted 4 on PS4
Discussions definitely took place
Well, this would have been a mind-melting moment, wouldn't it? Speaking as part of an interview with A.V. Club, Bruce Straley has hinted that Naughty Dog wanted to put Crash Bandicoot into Uncharted 4: A Thief's End. The senior employee, who's serving as the game director on the forthcoming PlayStation 4 exclusive,...
News No, This Is Not Proof of Crash Bandicoot PS4
We wished it was
This time every year the Internet goes stir crazy over rumours that make very little logical sense. We saw glimpses of that earlier in the week with Shenmue, but this Crash Bandicoot image is even worse. Once again, it revolves around a fuzzy photograph of a projector screen featuring everyone's favourite Converse-wearing rodent...
Review Crash Bandicoot (PSone)
Marsupial madness
At one time, Crash Bandicoot was the face of the PlayStation brand, but through licensing headaches and the creation of other characters, the spunky star hasn’t quite gone on to fill the role of Nintendo’s Mario or Microsoft’s Master Chief. However, the hero’s titular game remains a signature PlayStation classic that served...
News Sony: We Won't Close the Door on Crash Bandicoot Comeback
No tribal tattoos, ok?
Sony seems ready to restart the Crash Bandicoot cycle all over again, as group president Andrew House has admitted in an interview with British newspaper The Telegraph that the platform holder’s open to bringing back old mascots such as the Naughty Dog spinster. There were
News Activision Won't Make a Crash Bandicoot Game, So This Fan One Will Have to Do
Total Twinsanity
If the rampant speculation that Sony had reacquired the dormant Crash Bandicoot franchise earlier in the year got your hopes up, then we can only apologise. For a split-second, the stars seemed to align, and we genuinely believed that the mascot had come home. Then, of course, Activi
