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News Blind Street Fighter V Star Is an Inspiration to Us All
Sven Van de Wege uses sound effects to win at major tournaments
Wow! Just, wow! We struggle at Street Fighter V with 20/20 vision, but Sven Van de Wege is able to play without seeing anything at all. A brilliant interview by Red Bull reveals how he uses sound effects to visualise the moves of his opponents – and he’s gotten so good that he...
News There's, Er, a New PlayStation Credit Card Coming Out
Flexible friend
Sony’s bringing out a new PlayStation Credit Card which promises to reward you for your loyalty. Conceived in conjunction with Capital One, the plastic will see you multiplying your Sony Rewards points by up to five times when you use it to purchase PlayStation Store content and other Sony products. You’ll also get triple points...
News Single Player Games Are Really Struggling Right Now
Dark times for offline play
Are you the kind of person that prefers your games to be single player focused? Do you dislike this whole service-based initiative that many publishers appear to have adopted? Hard luck. In the wake of layoffs at Agents of Mayhem developer Volition, NPD analyst Mat Piscatella has been chatting with Games Beat about the...
Weirdness Fake Kaz Hirai Announces His Retirement from Twitter
But not stepping down until after E3 2018
One of the few remaining attractions on Twitter, the outstanding CEO Kaz Hirai, has announced his retirement. The best parody account this side of Boring Milner has been a frequent source of hilarity for years now – even catching the eye of the popular ex-PlayStation executive
News The Web's in Love with the Way Street Fighter V's New Fighter Walks
Walk this way
We said that Street Fighter V’s latest challenger looked great in her reveal trailer – but we had no idea how great. Available now, Menat is a fortune teller with some pretty unique orb attacks. But more interesting than that is the way the purple haired prescient walks. Check this out: In fact, the forecasting fighter’s...
News Licensed PlayStation Hoodies Celebrate Two Iconic Consoles
Live in your world
If flaunting your PlayStation fandom is something you like to do, then Merchoid have a couple of new licensed hoodies designed for you. Inspired by the PSone and PlayStation 2, the £44.99 pullovers celebrate Sony’s classic consoles by reflecting their colour schemes and designs. The PSone top, for example, has a large circular...
News Sony Snaps Up Anime Distributor Funimation for $143 Million
One for the weeaboos
Sony has purchased a 95 per cent stake in anime distributor Funimation for $143 million, essentially acquiring the company. The remaining five per cent will be retained by current CEO Gen Fukunaga, who will continue to serve in his current role despite the takeover. In addition to selling DVDs and merchandise, Funimation...
News Gaming Greats Pay Respects to George A. Romero
Filmmaker passes away aged 77
George A. Romero, the legendary director behind the Living Dead series of movies, has passed away. The veteran – who appeared as a character in Call of Duty: Black Ops – is considered by many to be the father of the zombie genre, and his enormous influence can be felt all over the video game industry. It’s...
News Sony Awarded PlayStation Employees the Coolest Crash Bandicoot Gift
Any jobs going?
Employees at PlayStation in the United States got a cool gift on company dime today: a copy of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy presented in a retro jewel case. The artwork has been altered to make it look like an original PSone release, while there’s a mock CD-ROM inside boasting a PlayStation Network code for the full game. While...
Weirdness A PS4 Game Is Being Sold on the Premise That It's Super Easy to Platinum
And it's 98 cents
There’s a hot new game on the North American PlayStation Store: it’s called 5-Star 1000 Top Rated. The 98 cent digital download is essentially a slide puzzle title that’s billed as the “world’s fastest Platinum Trophy game”. Watch its launch trailer in the video embedded above and you can see that it’s clearly not shy...
Feature PlayStation's Iconic E3 Press Conference Moments
Simply the best
E3 2017 is approaching faster than The Flash, which gives us the perfect opportunity to pop on our nostalgia glasses and take a trip through memory lane. PlayStation has been at every Electronic Entertainment Expo since its inception, and it’s built up a catalogue of iconic moments in those two and a bit decades. But there are...
Feature Remembering Sony's Silliest E3 Stages
All the world's a stage
For better or worse, E3 is all about the spectacle. As a prime opportunity for massive corporations to woo consumers and investors, it’s no surprise that the standard strategy is to throw in as many bright lights and loud noises as possible. Few companies commit to this ethos more than Sony, but one crucial element of the...
E3 2017 13 Sentinels, Yakuza 6 Feature on This Year's Badges
Lovely lanyards
E3 is so weird that the badges… Actually get sponsored by upcoming games. Whatever, this has given us an excuse to finally break out the E3 2017 article prefix, as it’s been revealed that Yakuza 6: The Song of Life and 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim will adorn this year’s lanyard fodder. Atlus usually occupies the spot solo, but this...
News PlayStation Chief Shawn Layden Doesn't Enjoy Gaming Exec Fame
Meme streak
They get turned into superheroes in GIFs and some even idolise them, but it’s important to remember that gaming executives are exactly that: gaming executives. They’re hired to make difficult (and, honestly, often boring) business decisions – not act like rock stars. And in a wide-ranging interview with Polygon, current PlayStation...
News Grab Some PlayStation Goodies from the New UK Gear Store
Merch mania
Once upon time, Sony cut the ribbon on the PlayStation Gear store in the UK – and then swiftly shut up shop. Now it’s back! Live in Britain – as well as France and Germany – the outlet is home to a cavalcade of branded goods, allowing you to bear the logo of your corporate overlords on your hoodie as well as your heart...
News UK Retailer GAME's New Elite Scheme Sucks
Oh dear
We try to defend specialist stores like GameStop as much as possible here at Push Square because we believe it’s important for the industry to have a major high street presence, but sometimes you’ve got to call a spade a spade, and UK outlet GAME’s new Elite loyalty card absolutely sucks. Like, it beggars belief it’s so bad. So...
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,...
Video The 7 Best Beards on PS4
Hot fuzz
The PlayStation 4 plays host to some pretty impressive facial hair, and we figured it would be fun to round-up the very best beards that can be found on the console. From the feral forests of Kratos’ fuzz to the sultry salt and pepper of Joel’s facial fungus, there’s a style for all on display here – assuming you can actually sprout...
Weirdness Finally You Can 3D Print Your Own PlayStation Trophies
Trophy unlocked
What's this nonsense about Trophies being meaningless, virtual awards? If you happen to be one of the two people on the planet with a 3D printer, you can now download the files to manufacture your own set of PlayStation trinkets through here. This includes the bog standard Bronze, Silver, and Gold style, as well as the coveted...
News PewDiePie Launches Twitch Show as YouTube Burns
Adpocalypse
In case you haven't been keeping up, YouTube is in a rough spot. The uber-popular video delivery platform has come underfire of late due to the discovery of adverts being served on some racist videos, which has had the knock-on effect of brands pulling support from the platform. Many high-profile content creators have revealed a sudden,...
News Swing Your Sword at NieR: Automata's MoCap Artist
Not like that
NieR: Automata isn't exactly an oil painting, but one of its best assets is its animation. And as has been going nuclear on Reddit over the weekend, here's star Kaori Kawabuchi doing her 2B thang: Hypnotising, right?
News You Haven't Lived Until You've Seen Kaz Hirai Jam Out with a Saxophone
Bleeding gums Kaz
Sony is closing its iconic Tokyo building in the upmarket Ginza district and temporarily replacing it with a public park ahead of the 2020 Olympics, and boss Kaz Hirai was on-hand at the closing ceremony last week to dazzle attendees with a saxophone solo. Wait… What?! Watch this: Hirai's musical cameo didn't end there, as he...
News Horizon: Zero Dawn's Aloy Looks Incredible in Hama Beads
Beaded brilliance
Remember that gorgeous side-scrolling Horizon: Zero Dawn demake that we posted about a few days ago? Well, now hama bead extraordinaire Dan Silver has transformed it into a glorious work of pixel art hobbycraft. Incredible, right? This isn't the first piece of pixel art that Dan's brought to life using beads, and you can check out...
News JonTron's Yooka-Laylee Cameo to Be Patched Out by Playtonic
In the aftermath of controversial comments
Playtonic has announced that it will patch out popular YouTube personality Jon 'JonTron' Jafari's cameo from platformer Yooka-Laylee as part of an update. The game – which recently went gold ahead of its 11th April launch date – has presumably already been submitted to platform holders for printing and...
News Horizon: Zero Dawn Still Looks Amazing in Pixel Art
Focus on this
Horizon: Zero Dawn is hands-down one of the best looking video games ever released, but what if it opted for an almost Game Boy Advance-esque aesthetic? That's what this mock-up by Japanese artist Toyaken21 aims to illustrate – and it's got us drooling over some kind of side-scroller starring Aloy as a result. What do you reckon?...
News Horizon: Zero Dawn Accused of Cultural Appropriation
Guerrilla's latest criticised
Horizon: Zero Dawn is one of the most progressive games that we've played in some time. We're not going to fawn over it for that reason alone – it also happens to be a brilliant adventure built around some incredibly compelling fiction – but its representation of genders, sexuality, and race is second to none as far...
News PlayStation's Still Patting Nintendo on the Back
Corporate congrats
Sony congratulated Nintendo on the success of Zelda's reviews yesterday, and it's returned to acknowledge the release of the Switch today. Writing on its official Twitter account to over 13 million followers, it shared the following message: "Today's a big day for Nintendo! Congratulations on launch, we can't wa
News This Custom Horizon: Zero Dawn Controller Is Worthy of Worship
Glory to All-Mother
The ever industrious DualShock 4 maker Vulpe Andrei is back with another brilliant custom controller, this time inspired by PlayStation 4 exclusive Horizon: Zero Dawn. As with all of the imaginative modder's designs, this one is bursting with detail. It's got beads and feathers attached to the front and sides reflecting the...
Weirdness Here's How Horizon's Ruins Could Look in the UK
Life's looking bleak after Brexit
We won't spoil which city, but Horizon: Zero Dawn is obviously set in the United States. Sony's marketing machine is in overdrive right now, though, so it's commissioned a series of PhotoShops showing how the game's apocalypse could affect some of the UK's most famous cities. The images span this author's neck of...
News Which PS4 Exclusive Is Zelda Producer Eiji Aonuma a Big Fan Of?
Breath of the wild
Eiji Aonuma, the producer of The Legend of Zelda series, had a particularly busy 2016 as he wrapped up production of Nintendo Switch and Wii U title Breath of the Wild – but he did make time for one particular PlayStation 4 game, as revealed to Game Informer magazine. "I was too busy in 2016, so I couldn't play a lot of games ,...
Feature Would You Snog, Marry, or Avoid These PlayStation Stars?
The best place to play
Snog Marry Avoid may be the name of a trashy Jenny Frost-hosted makeover show, but it's also the basis of our obligatory Valentine's Day premium #Content for you all. We've collated some of the most famous names in PlayStation, and we want to play a simple game: which of these icons would you snog, marry, or avoid? So that...
News Stolen PS4 Story At Least Has a Happy Ending
Children's cancer ward gets consoles back
Whenever you think humanity has reached its lowest ebb, always remember that there are more good people out there than there are bad. You may recall last week we reported on the theft of a PlayStation 4 from the children's cancer ward at Wellington Hospital. The console was used by nine-year-old Angus Little...
News Pewdiepie Gets Pulled by Disney After Controversial Stunt
Offensive gag backfires badly
We almost didn't run this, but Pewdiepie is perhaps the biggest name in gaming culture, and so it probably deserves a quick post. In case you haven't seen the news, the Swedish YouTuber has been dropped by Disney-owned network Maker Studios after a failed gag which included anti-Semitic undertones. As the biggest...
News This Tale of PS4 Theft Is Particularly Harrowing
Console lifted from children's cancer ward
Thieves suck, but even the likes of Nathan Drake have an ethical code. A group of robbers in New Zealand don't appear to have the same moral compass, however, as they nabbed a PlayStation 4 from the children's cancer ward in Wellington Hospital. That's just... Really, really not cool. The thing that makes...
News Ubisoft to Release Fewer Games as Focus Shifts to Long-Term Support
Publisher apparently 'happy' with Watch Dogs 2
Ubisoft has admitted that Watch Dogs 2 didn't get off to the best start in life, but proving yet again that a (watch) dog is for life and not just for Christmas, the title's fortunes have improved of late thanks to positive word of mouth. The hack happy outing is now trending better than Assassin's...
News Fantastic Fanzine HyperPlay RPG Celebrates PSone in Special Issue
Xenogears! Legend of Dragoon! Final Fantasy!
Tasty homemade fanzine HyperPlay RPG is preparing for its biggest and best issue yet, looking back at the Japanese role-playing greats from the PSone era. For many, the original PlayStation proved to be a haven for JRPG fans, and this latest edition will cast its eye over classics like Xenogears, Legend...
News Of Course Rocket League's Getting a Line of Toy Cars
OMG!
Back when we described Rocket League as the PlayStation 4's killer app in 2014 – long before #ColinWasRight, we simply have to snipe – we could never have imagined how popular it would actually go on to become. Well, here's a reminder that the release is no humble indie these days: it's getting a line of licensed toy cars. We're being...
News Sony's Banking on Horizon: Zero Dawn Cosplay Becoming a Thing
Aloy division
We're starting to get an inkling of just how much Sony is betting on Horizon: Zero Dawn becoming its next big thing. While we're sure that the game will be very good, you can almost feel the company trying to force its success a little bit – just look at the ridiculous array of merchandise it announced earlier in the week. And over...
News Retail Copies of Gravity Rush Remastered Are Now a Rarity
Copies selling for upwards of $100
Got a sealed copy of Gravity Rush Remastered for the PlayStation 4? For the love of Kat, don't damn well open it. Copies of the title are becoming increasingly rare in North America, and that means that they carry a premium. A quick glance at eBay reveals that the game is selling for upwards of $100, while
News Kojima: I Will Push the Creative Envelope Until the Day I Die
Hideo's back, folks
Hideo Kojima admitted following his break-up with Konami that he considered quitting games for good, but he was convinced to start again. Now it seems like the auteur is very much over the past, and is looking to the future. Today an embargo has lifted showing off the inside of his new studio, and it looks frankly astonishing...
News Take a Look Inside Kojima Productions' Sci-Fi Studio
Seeing is believing
Hideo Kojima has opened the doors to the new Kojima Productions for the first time, revealing the futuristic studio space where Death Stranding will be made. The company, which the auteur founded in late 2015 following his departure from Konami, is almost ready to begin full production on its PlayStation 4 exclusive project –...
News Horizon: Zero Dawn Assembles a Metric Ton of Merchandising Tat
How much crap can you hold?
How hard is Sony going to shove Horizon: Zero Dawn down your throat? Harder than a well-endowed man with a moustache it seems. Hot on the heels of yesterday's bundle announcement, the platform holder has announced… Well, a frankly staggering amount of merchandise. If this doesn't prove just how much the manufacturer is...
News Resident Evil 7 Custom PS4 Controller Has Dummy Fingers for Triggers
You are dead
Vulpe Andrei is a dab hand at console and controller mods, having been behind some of our favourites in the past. But this custom Resident Evil 7 DualShock 4 is a cut above his usual work; the attention to detail is insane. While the pad's ugly by design, we absolutely love some of the touches, like the use of dummy fingers for the...
News Sony Gaffer Shuhei Yoshida Spotted Testing the Nintendo Switch
Switching it up
Sony chief Shuhei Yoshida has gone on record regarding his Nintendo fandom in the past, stressing that he sees the Japanese giant as an integral part of the gaming industry multiple times. He's also revealed that he's the owner of multiple Wii Us before – despite the fact that
News In Case You Were Curious, Here's How Gravity Rush's Kat Puts on Her Costume
Curiosity killed the Kat
Ever wondered how Kat from Gravity Rush puts on her distinctive costume? No, us neither, but the series' character designer has taken the time to tweet out a tutorial all the same. Essentially, the friendly superhero starts out with a fabric shirt, and then overlays it with a golden corset. She then adds garters, socks,...
News What If Horizon: Zero Dawn Was a LEGO Set?
Yeah, it's a slow news day
Hideo Kojima's busy building LEGO rather than Death Stranding, and his latest project is complete. The auteur's love-in with Guerrilla Games goes on, as he's created Aloy and a Tallneck from Horizon: Zero Dawn using the popular Danish playthings. What more is there to say? Well, we're going to have to pad out another...
News Confirmed! PS4 Players Are Gaming's Biggest W*nkers
The best place to play (with yourself)
Popular adult website Porn Hub has posted its annual traffic statistics, revealing what we already know: PlayStation 4 owners are the biggest w*nkers in gaming. Sony's new-gen console drove the most traffic to the titillating hotspot in 2016, commanding over 50 per cent of the page views generated by games...
News Resident Evil 7's Wicked Candle Will Let You Smell the Game
Sick burn
Capcom's finally kicked Resident Evil 7's marketing machine into life, with this officially licensed "4D" candle designed to bring you closer to the game. The silly £14.99/$19.99 smelly is said to carry the scent of "old timber and blood", and is designed to increase your immersion when you play the latest title with PlayStation VR...
News Ever Wondered What It'd Be Like to Live Out Resident Evil 7?
Baker street
Resident Evil 7 is going to be more real than any previous entry thanks to the inclusion of PlayStation VR support, but if you crave an experience even more immersive, Capcom's bringing the Baker's house to London a little later in the month. Starting on 20th January through 23rd January, you'll be able to line up (no tickets required)...
News Director Guillermo del Toro Still Really Freakin' Hates Konami
"F*ck Konami"
All's well that ends well, really. Alright, so we didn't get Silent Hills in the end, but Hideo Kojima has returned to the limelight, and Death Stranding comfortably looks like one of the most fascinating projects in Sony's portfolio. Heck, it's even got actor Norman Reedus and director Guillermo del Toro in it – two people who were...
