Tag: E3 2018
News Resident Evil 2, Spider-Man, Dreams Clean Up E3 2018 Awards
Sony was this year's top publisher by far
A lot of people feel E3 2018 was a bad show for PlayStation, but Sony swept the Game Critics awards with a whopping six commendations – two more than the next nearest publisher. The multiformat Resident Evil 2 was the surprise recipient of the Best of Show award, but a bunch of PS4 exclusives cleaned up...
Soapbox Games Are Allowing Players to Be More Expressive, And It's Ace
You're in control
What was the story of E3 2018 apart from cross-play and an abundance of amazing late-generation games? For me, it was player choice. This is nothing new, of course – the promise that you can “play your own way” has been a buzzword espoused by developers for eons, and it was a particularly prevalent selling-point in last...
Rumour Was Red Dead Redemption 2 at E3 2018 After All?
Behind saloon doors
Many were left disappointed at the lack of Red Dead Redemption 2 at this year's E3. Rockstar isn't normally in the habit of attending the Los Angeles event, so it's typical we didn't see anything new during the show. However, one or two reports are coming out that the open world Western was, in fact, present, and not only that,...
Report AMD's Next-Gen Graphics Tech Is Being Built Specifically for PS5
Sony is leading the charge
Sony’s less eager to talk about the PlayStation 5 than its competitor, but murmurs coming out of E3 2018 suggest that work is well underway. In fact, exclusive reports by both WCCFTech and Forbes claim that AMD’s next-gen graphics architecture Navi has been created specifically for the Japanese giant’s upcoming...
News Why Ninja Theory's Leaving PlayStation
In its own words
If there was one thing at Microsoft's E3 2018 press conference that stung most for PlayStation fans, it was the announcement that Ninja Theory – the cult favourite developer of Heavenly Sword, Enslaved, and Hellblade – had become part of Microsoft Studios. Despite over a decade of games on Sony hardware, this...
E3 2018 The Last of Us' Fantastic Factions Multiplayer Will Return
Part II will have competitive online play
All of the enthusiasm for The Last of Us: Part II is focused squarely on the sequel’s single player campaign, but let’s not forget that the multiplayer in the original – superfluous as it seemed – was bloody good. For many it’s one of the better competitive modes on consoles, and it’s certainly...
Guide 20 Best New PS4 Games at E3 2018
PlayStation 4's best new games
What are the best PS4 games of E3 2018? We’re keeping tabs on everything that’s being announced in Los Angeles this week, and collating all of our favourites to bring you a definitive list of the top PlayStation 4 titles on display at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo. Want to know which new PS4 releases...
Feature E3 2018 Game of the Show - Ghost of Tsushima
As voted by you
The votes are in, and Push Square's E3 2018 Game of the Show has been decided. Hundreds of you had your say in our poll yesterday, and we have to admit, there's a lot of diversity in the results. Loads of titles, both old and new, were shown during this year's event, and we think the results reflect just how varied the selection...
E3 2018 A New Gameplay Trailer for Ace Combat 7 Has Landed
Chocks away
Bandai Namco recently revealed a few screenshots for its upcoming arcade flight sim, Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, and that's just been followed up by a brand new gameplay trailer. Check it out above. The dialogue is wonderfully cheesy as we've come to expect from the series, and the game itself is looking great. The weather conditions...
Reaction Great Games Rule Supreme at E3 2018
Content is king
The story of this E3 2018, as far as we’re concerned, has been great games. We all have lapses in our excitement for the medium – it’s natural. But if you went into this year’s event feeling a little fatigued, then no doubt you’ll have found something somewhere to rekindle your enthusiasm. Whether it’s the hushed whispers...
E3 2018 New Ace Combat 7 Screenshots and Details Nosedive into View
That's ace
Bandai Namco has released a whole bunch of new screenshots from Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, along with some new details about the story and gameplay. It sounds like weather is going to play a major role in dogfights this time around. "Risky maneuvers like rushing through thunderclouds to wipe out enemy aircrafts or avoid hostile...
E3 2018 PSVR Montage Teases Tons of Upcoming, Existing Games
Star Child! Vacation Simulator! Tetris Effect!
PlayStation VR didn’t quite get as much attention during E3 2018 as it did last year, but it’s still a massive part of the PlayStation 4’s portfolio. And this montage trailer showcases just how many cool experiences are on the way – even if it is padded with a handful of the peripheral’s...
E3 2018 Cyberpunk 2077 Still a PS4 Game, Says Dev, After Rumours of PS5 Release
Current-gen still the target
At this point, a lot of people from within the games media have seen Cyberpunk 2077 in action. Developer CD Projekt Red has been showing a 50 minute demo behind closed doors to members of the press, and by all accounts, it's pretty incredible. Many have penned their thoughts, with the majority of articles covering...
E3 2018 Tour the PlayStation Booth with Shuhei Yoshida
Thumbs up
Sony’s not doing many (any?) interviews with press at E3 2018, but here’s a cool video of Shuhei Yoshida touring the PlayStation booth. It’s a marketing fluff piece (and not really a tour, if we’re honest) but it’s just refreshing to actually see the Worldwide Studios president again. We quite like how he’s constantly doing the...
E3 2018 Good News! Final Fantasy VII Remake Is in Development
"It's not just in the early concept stages"
Final Fantasy VII Remake was announced three years ago, but there’s good news for fans of the PSone Classic: the PlayStation 4 version is "actually in development". We’re being facetious, but Tetsuya Nomura’s update to The Verge deserves it – he had the brass neck to tell the tech site that the...
E3 2018 Ghost of Tsushima Really Is Better in Japanese
Watch the dubbed gameplay reveal
You’ll be able to play Ghost of Tsushima in Japanese – in fact, Sucker Punch is showing it to the press with subtitles at E3 2018. And this video of the title’s gameplay reveal really does feel right with the foreign dub incorporated. It’s the exact same gameplay demo that we saw during the platform...
E3 2018 Cyberpunk 2077 Has a Full Melee Combat System, Samurai Swords
Doesn't have to be a shooter
Don't want to play Cyberpunk 2077 like a first-person shooter? Good news: you don't have to. In Angry Joe's interview with CD Projekt Red, the developer confirms that the open world role-playing game will feature a full melee system. In other words, you can kick arse without having to fire a bullet. Even better,...
E3 2018 Cyberpunk 2077 Difficulty Options Will Be Similar to The Witcher 3
From easy to super hard
CD Projekt Red has confirmed that its upcoming open world role-playing title, Cyberpunk 2077, will have similar difficulty settings to its previous game, The Witcher 3. The information comes from an interview with YouTuber and streamer Angry Joe, who asks whether difficulty options will be included. The Polish developer...
E3 2018 Telltale is Developing a Stranger Things Game for PS4
It should get plenty of Byers
Telltale Games has announced that it is working on a Stranger Things adventure game. No further details were given, but it comes as a result of its recent partnership with Netflix. Whether Telltale's adventure will take place before, during, or after the events of the popular show's first two seasons is unknown, but...
Poll What Was the Best PS4 Game at E3 2018?
Vote now!
There were a lot of games on show at this year's E3. So many, in fact, that it's actually quite difficult to try and choose just one title that really stood out. We saw trailers and we saw gameplay, but which game put in the best performance? Which title has you super hyped? As is the case every year, we want you to vote for your E3...
E3 2018 Control PS4 Gameplay Shows a Strange Supernatural Shooter
Taking back control
Appearing on Sony's post-conference livestream, Remedy Entertainment showed off a little more of its new PS4 game, Control. We got to see a pretty cool trailer for the game during Sony's presser, but the above video contains a brief look at gameplay, and it's looking rather interesting indeed. You play as Jesse Faden who, on the...
Feature Did You Predict E3 2018? The Push Square Community Quiz Results Are In
Did you beat E3?
Oh boy, it's that time again! Just before E3 2018 got underway, we asked you to take part in our 4th annual Push Square community quiz. You were tasked with answering 30 yes or no questions in a bid to try and predict the events of this year's E3, and now it's time to see how many you lot got right. Can you beat last year's rather...
E3 2018 Insomniac Teases an Appearance from Silver Sable in Spider-Man on PS4
Friend or foe?
At the start of this Spider-Man developer panel, featuring several Insomniac staffers and Game Informer's Andrew Reiner, we saw a ridiculously unsubtle hint about a character that we may well see in the upcoming PS4 exclusive. Silver Sable is a mercenary that resides in the fictional European country named Symkaria, the location...
E3 2018 Sony Unsure of Press Conference Plans for the Rest of the Year
Tokyo Game Show the only certainty
E3 2018 is almost over, so attention is slowly turning to future events and potential press conference venues later in the year. Once upon a time, Sony was a big player at Gamescom, but it hasn’t used the German convention to announce new games in a long time. It did host a briefing at Paris Games Week last year,...
E3 2018 More PS4 Exclusives in Development, Says Shuhei Yoshida
Not done yet
There’s some speculation that Sony may be wrapping up PlayStation 4 development with the roster of exclusives on display at E3 2018, but according to Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida, there are more first-party titles in production behind-the-scenes. “In terms of are there any unannounced PS4 in development, yes there...
E3 2018 Odyssey Puts the Ass in Assassin's Creed with Totally Open Romance Options
We'll bang, OK?
For the first time ever, Assassin's Creed is getting romance options. If you didn't already know, dialogue options will play an important role in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, potentially allowing you to change the outcome of quests, branch the story, and, of course, form relationships with various characters. And where there are...
E3 2018 Assassin's Creed Odyssey Won't Give You a Game Over for Harming Innocents
About time
In every Assassin's Creed game up until now, harming enough innocent non-playable characters has resulted in you being 'desynced'. Essentially, this is a game over state -- you're taken out of the game and respawned. Now, we doubt most players attempt to go on regular killing sprees in Assassin's Creed titles, but if you happened to whack...
E3 2018 We Want to Go on Holiday with Vacation Simulator Now
Rest and relaxation
There’s something tactile about virtual reality that Job Simulator tapped in to. The game was slight, but it was laugh out loud funny and extremely interactive, which made for a good three to four hour introduction to PlayStation VR’s features. Now developer Owlchemy Labs is back with Vacation Simulator, a riff on the...
E3 2018 PlayStation VR Platformer Astro Bot Rescue Mission Is Looking Fantastic in New Footage
Astronomical
We're rather enamoured with Astro Bot Rescue Mission, the recently announced virtual reality platformer coming to PSVR...
E3 2018 Meet the Cast of The Last of Us: Part II
Fresh faces
The Last of Us: Part II’s big gameplay reveal this week introduced us to three characters: one we already know well, the other two are brand new. That’s right, in the opening scene of the all-new trailer, we see Ellie (Ashley Johnson) accompanied by Dina (Shannon Woodward) and Jesse (Stephen Chang). Woodward joined the cast...
E3 2018 Tetris Effect Is Looking Like One of the Best Versions Yet
Yes, the trailer song is in the game
We’ve all played Tetris before, as was pointed out in the aftermath of last week’s announcement stream. What we’ve never played before is Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s take on the legendary puzzler, but we’ll all get a chance later this year in Tetris Effect on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation VR. And it’s looking...
E3 2018 Ghost of Tsushima Will Be Playable in Japanese
良い
Sucker Punch already confirmed this, but for those of you who weren’t paying attention, it’s reiterated that Ghost of Tsushima will be playable in Japanese with subtitles. The game – which is striving for historical authenticity – will offer a dub as an alternative to the English voice acting. The Seattle studio’s working with...
Live Watch PlayStation Live from E3 2018 Day Two Right Here
The Last of Us: Part II! Death Stranding! Much more!
Sony streaming live from the E3 2018 show floor, demoing an array of games and hosting tons of interviews with some of the industry's biggest creators. And you can enjoy everything live courtesy of the stream embedded below. Day two includes Death Stranding and The Last of Us: Part...
Feature All the E3 2018 Press Conferences Rated and Reviewed
Who passed the test?
The curtain has closed on E3 2018’s press conferences, which means that it’s time for us to cast a critical eye over the briefings and issue our all-important report card. Which of the publishers passed its summer exam – looking ahead at some of the ratings here, they’ll all be having trouble securing a scholarship...
Reminder Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Is Free on PS Plus Now
Bonza bonus
You could be forgiven for forgetting that Call of Duty: Black Ops III is free on PlayStation Plus right now – it was announced during Sid Shuman’s painful interlude in the Sony E3 2018 press conference earlier this week, after all. But with the PlayStation Store back up and running following some turbulence on Tuesday, we’re here...
E3 2018 Cyberpunk 2077 Is a Full Single-Player RPG, Will Not Have Multiplayer 'At Launch'
Nothing's off the table
CD Projekt Red has stated numerous times that it's fully committed to creating a single-player role-playing game with Cyberpunk 2077, and that stance hasn't changed in time for E3 2018. The Polish developer is still adamant that the game is, above all else, a mature and deep RPG, much like The Witcher 3. But is...
E3 2018 Bethesda Says Fallout 76 Won't Allow Players to Grief, Doesn't Explain How
Hmmm
There's currently a bit of a backlash surrounding Fallout 76. While we fully recommend waiting to see what finished game has in store before casting judgement, it's hard to ignore the fact that so many fans are expressing distaste over the title's persistent online world. If you haven't already heard, yes, you have to be online in order to...
E3 2018 Spyro Reignited Trilogy Looks Like a Nostalgic Dream Come True
Lit
Many of you will have grown up on franchises like Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon, so it’s really exciting to see both brought back to the fore. Last year’s N. Sane Trilogy was an ace reimagining of three of PSone’s defining games, and the Spyro Reignited Trilogy looks to continue that good work. Take a look at some gameplay from E3...
E3 2018 The World Comes for You in Days Gone's Sandbox
Survival horror
Sony’s been showing off Days Gone at E3 2018, and it’s looking like a fun apocalyptic playground to mess around in. The developer’s really talking up the sandbox aspect to this title, which means you have the freedom to approach missions any way you want to. You can go in stealth, for example, or all guns blazing – you can...
E3 2018 Call of Cthulhu Tiptoes to the Mountains of Madness
Weird tales
Well, we’re not getting a Bloodborne sequel just yet, so Focus Home Interactive’s Call of Cthulhu will have to occupy our longing for Lovecraftian worlds. Developed by Cyanide and due out later this year on the PlayStation 4, you’ll play as a private investigator named Edward Pierce, who travels to an isolated mansion on Darkwater...
E3 2018 Official Cyberpunk 2077 Gameplay Details Describe Another Incredible RPG
Welcome to Night City
We're yet to see Cyberpunk 2077 in action, but same can't be said of journalists who are attending E3. According to them, CD Projekt Red's next role-playing game is looking seriously special -- the lucky b*stards have been able to see a full 50-minute gameplay demo behind closed doors. Adding to the hype, the Polish developer...
E3 2018 Trover Saves the Universe is Fully Playable on PS4 as Well as PSVR
Play with or without a headset
Trover Saves the Universe was probably the most leftfield game to be announced at Sony's E3 2018 conference -- or any conference, for that matter. It's coming from Squanch Games, a developer with a short history of bizarre virtual reality games, and while this latest title is no...
News Druckmann: We Consider The Last of Us to Be Engaging, Not Necessarily Fun
A game about the cycle of violence
The Last of Us: Part II has been attracting criticism for its violence ever since its Paris Games Week trailer last year, and this week’s E3 2018 demo prompted a similar backlash. There are people who, quite simply, think the game is too violent. The new gameplay clips showed one character being disembowelled,...
E3 2018 A Plague Tale: Innocence Gets a Moody Cinematic Trailer
The rats of us
A new trailer for A Plague Tale: Innocence has scurried onto YouTube, and we've embedded it above for your viewing pleasure. This title, which comes from Focus Home Interactive and Asobo Studio, is making its way to PS4 in 2019. For the uninitiated, the game tells the story of Amicia and Hugo as they struggle to survive in a medieval...
E3 2018 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Is Making Big Changes to the Dark Souls Formula
Shedding some light
When Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice was announced during E3 2018, we all naturally assumed it would be Dark Souls in Japan, but a recent preview from PC Gamer reveals that FromSoftware's latest game is pretty far removed from what we've come to expect. The publication was present during a press-only demonstration led by Yasuhiro...
E3 2018 RAGE 2 Won't Have Multiplayer Modes
Single player only
RAGE 2, unlike its predecessor, won't contain any multiplayer modes when it arrives next year. The original RAGE had co-op and a vehicular combat mode, but developers id Software and Avalanche Studios are putting all their effort into a solo experience. Speaking with Eurogamer, Magnus Nedfors, a designer at Avalanche, said,...
E3 2018 First Resident Evil 2 Gameplay Is Ace As You'd Expect
Wanna be a Kennedy
It’s hard to believe that Resident Evil 2 is not only real but is releasing so soon, but here’s a look at some gameplay footage just to prove that Capcom hasn’t been pulling our infected legs. As announced earlier in the week, the action takes place from an over-the-shoulder perspective, so with Leon S. Kennedy in the lead...
E3 2018 Concrete Genie Is a Wonderfully Imaginative PS4 Exclusive
Paint by wonder
Wow, Concrete Genie is shaping up really nicely. The painting PlayStation 4 exclusive, which sees you using a magic wand to bring an abandoned fishing village back to life via vibrant graffiti, was on display during Sony’s E3 2018 livestream earlier today – and we have to say, we’re impressed. This footage is from early in the...
E3 2018 Check Out This Stunning Kingdom Hearts III PS4 Pro
Look but don't touch
It's been an exciting few days for Kingdom Hearts fans at this year's E3, and to top it all off, Square Enix has revealed a gorgeous limited edition PS4 Pro ahead of Kingdom Hearts III's release. Oh boy, isn't it a sight for sore eyes? However, it doesn't look too good for people living outside Japan, where Square Enix...
E3 2018 Final Fantasy's Behemoth Is Roaring into Monster Hunter: World This Summer
It's a big one
Yet another free update is hitting Monster Hunter: World, this time adding the fearsome Behemoth of Final Fantasy fame. You can get a brief look at the beast in the announcement trailer above, and the update is set to launch later this summer. This is all part of a collaboration between Capcom and Square Enix. If you missed the...
