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News It's a Good Time to Be a Visual Novel Fan on PS5, PS4
Death Match Love Comedy! brings its brand of slapstick comedy overseas
While we don’t think PS5 or PS4 present the perfect place to play visual novels, the improvements to Remote Play and release of the PS Portal have tipped the scales somewhat. Death Match Love Comedy! may be one worth keeping an eye on in 2025, then. The title first launched on...
News K-Pop Idol Stories Is the PS5 Management Sim You've Been Waiting For
We wonder what's its ETA
Given the global popularity of k-pop, we’re surprised it’s taken this long for K-Pop Idol Stories: Road to Debut to be revealed. The game will see you working as a manger to assemble the next crop of superstars, although hopefully you won’t end up embroiled in a legal fallout like the one happening with NewJeans...
News Romantic Slice of Life SINce Memories Makes a Move on PS4 This Month
Classic visual novel series makes Western debut
MAGES’ romantic slice of life SINce Memories: Off the Starry Sky will make a play for the PS4 from 23rd October. This is significant because the Memories Off series dates all the way back to the PS1 in 1999, but has never received an English localisation before. This particular entry first launched...
News Skies of Arcadia Inspired RPG Sky Oceans: Wings For Hire Swoops onto PS5 in October
Sky's the limit
It's been buzzing around for quite a while, but Sky Oceans: Wings for Hire now has a confirmed release date on PS5. In case you haven't been keeping up with this one, it's an RPG with turn-based dogfights. You'll recruit a number of colourful pilots to your cause over the course of the title's campaign, which has been heavily...
White lies
In White Day 2: The Flower That Tells Lies, you step into the shoes of Korean high-schoolers as they investigate the cause of a fire. The puzzles are challenging and the web of mystery surrounding everything is intriguing, but a lack of direction and several technical issues make the game more frustrating than scary. There are three...
News Beyond the Ice Palace Gets a Castlevania-Inspired Sequel 36 Years Later on PS5
Even further beyond
36 years ago, all the way back in 1988, a side-scrolling action platformer called Beyond the Ice Palace released for ancient platforms like the Amiga, Atari ST, and Commodore 64. The game didn't really have much of an impact at the time, but that hasn't stopped developer Storybird Studio from making a sequel, almost four decades...
News PSP Dungeon Crawling RPGs Class of Heroes 1 & 2 Delve to PS5 Over a Decade Later
Deep cut
Originally released for the PSP all the way back in 2008 and 2009 respectively, Class of Heroes and Class of Heroes 2 are returning to PlayStation over a decade later. These fairly hardcore, grind-heavy dungeon crawlers were met with hit and miss reviews back in the day, but they did manage to establish a following amongst players who...
News Romantic Visual Novel SINce Memories Remembers to Release in the West on PS4
Long-running series makes Western debut
Memories Off is a long-running series of romantic novels which first debuted on the PlayStation in 1999. Despite spawning multiple sequels, and being localised into languages like Korean and Traditional Chinese, it’s never actually launched in Western territories – well, until now. PQube is on the case,...
News Neon-Soaked Cyberpunk Shooter ArcRunner Revealed for PS5, PS4 Release in April
Run for it
ArcRunner, a cyberpunk-styled shooter that released on PC last year, is coming to PS5 and PS4 on the 18th April. Sporting three character classes — solider, ninja, and hacker — your job is to blast your way through hordes of robots and challenging boss battles. There's a roguelite structure here where your death results in a loss of...
News Racing RPG Resistor Shows Off Character Customisation in Overview Trailer
Look good, drive good
We're pretty optimistic about Resistor, an intriguing blend of RPG and arcade racing that's looking quite promising. A new video for the game has just been unveiled, this time providing a general overview of what to expect. You play as a fully customisable character named Aster, whose race driver father passed away in an...
News PS5 Arcade Racer Resistor Looks Like an Absolute Blast in This New Gameplay Trailer
Sign us up
Announced earlier this year, we were already on board with Resistor, but the racing action in this trailer definitely has us more excited. Combining an open world RPG with super-arcadey motorsport, the game looks to be shaping up really nicely. We're not completely convinced by the narrative aspect shown at the start of the video, but...
News Survival Horror Sequel Tormented Souls 2 Announced for PS5
Launches in 2024
Dual Effect has announced it's developing a sequel to survival horror game Tormented Souls, slated to release on PS5 in 2024. Tormented Souls 2 brings back main character Caroline Walker to "stalk the halls of haunting monasteries and other nightmarish locations. Brace yourself to confront terrifying creatures armed only with...
News A Space for the Unbound Gets Gorgeous Physical PS5 Collector's Edition
Embarking Q1 2024
A Space for the Unbound was released earlier this year, and we quite liked it. If you enjoyed the gorgeous pixel art game yourself, or you like the look of it, then you might be excited to learn that Physical and Collector's Editions are in the offing. Telling the surreal story of Atma and Raya, two high-school sweethearts in...
News Highly Stylised Racing RPG Resistor Looks Like a PS5 Winner
Inspired by Burnout, SSX, WipEout, and more
There aren’t anywhere near enough racing RPGs, but Resistor looks set to fill the void on PS5 in the future. While there’s no release date just yet, the release has been inspired by the likes of Speed Racer and Redline, and its gameplay is channelling old-school Burnout and SSX. Okay, you certainly...
News Sky Oceans: Wings for Hire Is a Skies of Arcadia Inspired RPG Gliding to PS5
Sky's the limit
Sky Oceans: Wings For Hire might be worth keeping an eye on if you're a fan of RPGs. Developed by Chilean outfit Octeto Studios and published by PQube, this is a project inspired by genre classics like Skies of Arcadia. And yes, it's got turn-based aircraft battles. Sky Oceans does look promising in its debut trailer, which you can...
News Knight vs Giant: The Broken Excalibur Embarks on a Journey to PS5 in 2023
One for all and all that
Just announced, Knight vs Giant: The Broken Excalibur is a roguelite action game based on the legend of King Arthur, and it's coming to PS5 in 2023. We got a lengthy intro cinematic, followed by some solid-looking gameplay. With more than 100 active and passive skills to learn, gorgeous hand-drawn maps and a fast and...
Mini Review A Space for the Unbound (PS5) - A Powerfully Engaging Story-Driven Adventure
Follow your dreams
A Space for the Unbound is an endearing story-driven adventure game set in Indonesia in the late 90s. It explores mature themes like depression, anxiety, and suicide through a relationship between two high school sweethearts, a boy called Atma and a girl called Raya. These aren't just any normal students, however, since they're...
Mini Review Inertial Drift: Twilight Rivals Edition (PS5) - More Style, More Substance in PS5 Port
Eurobeat the clock
We enjoyed Inertial Drift when it originally released back in 2020 for the PS4, and we're happy to declare that it can still be a deliciously addictive arcade racer here in 2022. Inertial Drift: Twilight Rivals Edition is an enhanced PS5 port (or DLC pack, if you're still on PS4), which throws in fresh content like more tracks,...
Mini Review Potion Permit (PS5) - Time to Play Doctor in a Charming But Buggy Town
Che-missed the mark
Potion Permit throws you in the deep end. The town of Moonbury needs a chemist, and as a fresh graduate from the capital you’re shipped in to cure the mayor’s daughter who has succumbed to a mysterious illness. Moonbury residents don’t have a great track record with chemists, however, and that will become apparent as the...
News PS5, PS4 Slice-of-Life A Space for the Unbound Delayed Due to Partner Dispute
Argues exploitation, but PQube replies
Coffee Talk publisher Toge Productions and Indonesian developer Mojiken have delayed pixelart slice-of-life A Space for the Unbound until further notice due to a dispute with Western partner PQube. A message, co-signed by the two companies, claims that PQube has left it “feeling manipulated and exploited”...
News Potion Permit Is Stardew Valley But with Alchemy, Coming to PS5, PS4 on September 22nd
Get mixin'
Potion Permit is a charming life-sim in which you play as a Chemist sent to the picaresque town of Moonbury in order to cure the mayor's daughter, who has fallen ill with a mysterious sickness. You gather reagents and concoct potions through a cool alchemical minigame, and engage in some simple combat, all the while accompanied by a cute...
News Post-Apocalypse JRPG Metal Max Xeno Reborn Rolls Out on PS4 This Summer
Think tanks
Quirky Japanese RPG Metal Max Xeno Reborn now has a release date on PlayStation 4. The post-apocalyptic title offers something quite a bit different, boasting vehicle-based combat that combines turn based rules with real-time movement. You can catch a glimpse of the action in the gameplay trailer embedded above. Anyway, Reborn's out on...
Mini Review Maglam Lord (PS4) - Rough Action RPG Saved By Dumb Sense of Humour
From Hell with love
Maglam Lord is a fish-out-of-water story in which you assume the role of a demon lord named, ahem, Killizerk. Stripped of your once great powers and pushed into a world where everything seems a bit too peaceful, you embark on a quest to restore your former glory. The only problem is that in order to retain what's left of your...
News Maglam Lord Mixes RPG Action with Demons and Dating Sim Elements on PS4 in 2022
Hell yeah
Maglam Lord is an action RPG where you play as the last demon lord — male or female — on a quest to restore your all-conquering power. You'll destroy enemies, craft legendary weapons, and forge (potentially steamy) relationships with your subordinates. Sounds like an engaging gameplay mix to us. The title's set to release for...
Mini Review Nexomon (PS5) - A Cheap and Mostly Cheerful Pokémon Clone
Pocketed monsters
The original Nexomon has arrived on PlayStation consoles, and right off the bat, we can tell you that it's a better monster catching RPG than its strangely structured sequel, Nexomon: Extinction. The original Nexomon has you follow a linear path through its world — much like you would in a traditional Pokémon game — catching...
News Survival Horror Game Tormented Souls Out This Month, Demo Available Now
Play the first 40 minutes
Developer Dual Effect has confirmed its survival horror title Tormented Souls will launch on 27th August 2021, digitally on the PlayStation Store and also on disc with a physical version. The former will cost £16.99/$19.99, and boxed copies ship at a later date alongside a PS4 version. The last-gen edition had been...
News Kitaria Fables Is Half Action RPG, Half Farming Sim, Adventuring to PS5, PS4 in September
Cat questing
Out on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 in just over a month, Kitaria Fables has a new gameplay trailer. The video itself is short but sweet, offering a glimpse of the many adventures that the title has to offer. Kitaria Fables is essentially an action RPG and a farming sim fused together, and reminds us quite a bit of Nintendo 3DS title...
News Post-Apocalyptic JRPG Metal Max Xeno Reborn Gives Enhanced Adventure Another Shot on PS4
Tanks very much
Originally released for PlayStation 4 back in 2018, Metal Max Xeno was a quirky Japanese RPG with a post-apocalyptic setting (and loads of weird, over-the-top enemies). It was met with rather lukewarm reviews, but the game's getting a second chance in 2022. The suitably named Metal Max Xeno Reborn comes with a number of...
News Fallen Knight Is a PS4 Action Platformer with an Intriguing Morality Mechanic
Out in June
Solid looking action platformer Fallen Knight is coming to PlayStation 4 on the 23rd June, according to the game's new boss-based trailer. As alluded, it's got fast-paced sword fighting, and it's set in a brightly coloured future. "Fallen Knight is a futuristic tale that lets you play as a descendant of the great Lancelot from Arthurian...
Mini Review Root Film (PS4) - An Enjoyable, If Standard, Visual Novel
Lights! Camera! Inaction!
While it might not be as compelling as its predecessor, Root Letter, Kadokawa Games’ follow-up visual novel Root Film is still worthy of your time. You’ll visit a bevy of locations and witness the culture of Shimane Prefecture while trying to solve an ever-increasing number of murders. As the title of the game suggests,...
News Survival Horror Game Tormented Souls Cancels PS4 Version
Now only coming to PS5
Developer Dual Effect has cancelled the PlayStation 4 version of survival horror game Tormented Souls, currently scheduled to release later this year. It will now only launch on PlayStation 5 alongside other platforms such as PC and Nintendo Switch. Publisher PQube hasn't disclosed why the last-gen version for Sony's older...
News Try and Get Home from Work in The Plane Effect, Coming to PS5 This Year
But do you have a home? A family?
Like most people on their final day of employment at a workplace, Solo finds themselves in a bit of a weird position. Do you work your butt off and go out with a bang or slack off and run the clock down before leaving forever? No matter which option you act upon, The Plane Effect starts once the day is done. Solo...
Review Inertial Drift - Arcade Racing with a Twist
Neon dreams
It feels like ages since we’ve had a decent arcade racer on PlayStation. Quick thrills often take a back seat to realism and vehicle calibration. Thankfully, Belfast-based dev Level 91 has channelled the likes of Burnout and Ridge Racer for its neon-drenched title Inertial Drift. There are no comprehensive difficulty modifiers here;...
Mini Review Nexomon: Extinction - With an Update or Two, This Could Be a Solid Pokémon Clone
Nixomon
Nexomon: Extinction is the best Pokémon clone you'll find on PlayStation 4 -- but admittedly, that isn't saying much. The addictive quality of catching and training often cute, sometimes cool looking monsters is here, but the game as a whole is let down by some uneven design. Nexomon doesn't really care that it's a blatant Pokémon...
News Beautiful Indie Game A Space for the Unbound Is One to Keep Your Eye On
Coming to PS4 next year
Pixel art is a bit of a touchy subject for this particular scribe -- it can pretty much make or break the experience. And thankfully, A Space for the Unbound very much falls on the positive side of this internal debate. The stunning indie title from both Toge Productions and Mojiken Studio is coming to PlayStation 4 at some...
Mini Review New Super Lucky's Tale - Short and Sweet Platformer Charms Throughout
Foxing clever
We tend to think that platformers are at their best when they're forgiving in the beginning but tougher than our Nan's steaks by the finale. New Super Lucky's Tale never progresses to the point where it poses any significant challenge, but it makes up for it with bags of charm and a campaign that's short enough to never wear out its...
Interview How Survival Horror Game Tormented Souls Brings Back the Mechanics of Old
"We are not afraid of being outdated"
While Capcom is reinventing some of the survival horror classics of the 1990s with Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3, there is still a demand for that classic approach to game design with fixed camera angles and tank controls. One title that is attempting to satisfy that request is Tormented Souls, recently...
Return to town
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Infinite Combate isn't a bad dungeon crawler, but it's so low budget and basic that it barely manages to stand out. Based on the light novel and anime series of the same name -- DanMachi for short -- fans of the original work are bound to get the most out of this adventure. The game...
News Charming RPG Cat Quest II Gets a Huge Free Update to Celebrate International Cat Day
New game modes, improvements, and more
Cat Quest II is a great little action RPG, and it's about to get even better. In celebration of International Cat Day -- which apparently falls on the 8th August -- and to mark the third anniversary of the original Cat Quest, developer The Gentlebros is releasing a huge new update for the game. A statement...
News Tormented Souls Is the Survival Horror Game of Our Dreams
Modern take on the classics
"This game contains scenes of explicit violence and gore." When you read that classic PS1 phrase, you know you're in for something pretty special. The early Resident Evil and Silent Hill titles coined the term, and now upcoming survival horror game Tormented Souls is bringing it back on PlayStation 4. This scary...
News Colourful Anime Action RPG Zengeon Announced for PS4
Arriving this year
Publisher PQube has announced that Zengeon, a colourful action-based dungeon crawler, is "coming soon" to PlayStation 4. The title offers up six distinct playable characters, randomised loot in the form of power-ups, and support for up to four players online. It's also a 'roguelite', with the game promising that each and every run...
Review Arcade Spirits - A Visual Novel with a Lot of Heart
Ready Player One
Arcade Spirits is a romantic visual novel set in an alternative future where the video game crash in the 80s never happened. Imagine: the now-infamous E.T. game was held back until a higher quality title could be produced, meaning that Atari didn’t have to dump hundreds of thousands of unsold copies in the desert. The gaming...
News Inertial Drift Powerslides to PS4 on 7th August
An initial d-ate
Entertaining cel-shaded racer Inertial Drift with drive on its side to the PlayStation 4 from 7th August, publisher PQube has announced. The arcade racer – which will be available both physically and digitally – sees you using the DualShock 4’s analogue sticks to steer your vehicle around perilous bends, and having gone...
News Warborn Is Mecha Ready for Its June 2020 Release on PS4
Turn-based anime
If you love anime and tactical, turn-based titles such as XCOM 2, the latest experience from developer Raredrop Games might be for you. Warborn is its name, announced for PlayStation 4 last October, and it'll be arriving on Sony's current-gen console later this year on 12th June 2020. The game's director Josh Regan takes a deep...
News Cat Quest Pawsome Pack Bundles Two Cute RPGs into One Physical Package
Purrfect
We're big fans of the Cat Quest games here at Push Square, with Cat Quest II in particular sapping a surprising amount of our free time away when it launched on PlayStation 4 last year. And now, the addictive little action role-playing titles are being bundled into a single physical package dubbed the 'Pawsome Pack'. PQube's releasing this...
Review Cat Quest II - Simple But Satisfying RPG Fun That Shines in Co-Op
Purrty doggone good
A follow-up to 2017's simple but very effective Cat Quest, the appropriately named Cat Quest II is bigger and better. The first game's simplicity remains intact, making for another approachable action role-playing title that's fun for all ages. Journeying across the game's colourful map, picking up quests, whacking monsters, and...
Hands On Inertial Drift Is a Promising PS4 Racer That Drives on Its Side
Angle grinder
Life is more fun when you’re on your back – not that we’d know anything about that. Inertial Drift – a name so close to plagiarising legendary anime Initial D that it instantly earned our respect – argues that it’s actually more entertaining on your side, as this so-called twin-stick arcade racer trades on taking corners at...
News Warborn Is Strategical Anime That Looks Pretty Darn Cool
Coming Spring 2020
We're not all weebs over here at Push Square Towers, so this latest PlayStation 4 title has caught a few of us off guard. Warborn is a turn-based strategy game that uses an anime art style, and it looks incredibly cool. Check out its announcement trailer above to see for yourself. Suiting up in the Variable Armour, a...
News Inertial Drift Ditches the Brakes on PS4 in 2020
Comes with local split-screen multiplayer
The racing genre isn't particularly well represented on PlayStation 4. We reckon Gran Turismo Sport is the best driving game on the console, but even that takes a weird turn with an effort to showcase serious online racing. Inertial Drift, from developer Northern Softworks, is
News Cat Quest 2 Claws Its Way to PS4 Later This Month
Pawesome
Cat Quest II will arrive on PlayStation 4 later this month, publisher PQube has confirmed. The sequel's headline act is the ability to play co-op with a friend, but it also features a bigger world to explore, expanded character progression, and more. We're fans of the first game -- it was a charming little RPG -- so we're looking forward to...
