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Random Dozens of Developers Deliver Delightful Christmas Day Messages
Season's greetings
It's very nearly Christmas, which means everyone is playing festive tunes in the office, wearing paper hats, and taking things easy. Maybe it's even time to start doing some holiday shopping. The point is, everyone is winding down as the attention turns to the big day. In fact, a whole bunch of game studios big and small have had...
News Death Stranding Gets in the Christmas Spirit with Festive Santa Hats
Ho ho ho
Death Stranding might be a rather bleak game, but those who decided to stick around following the apocalypse aren't about to forget about Christmas just yet. The game's 1.08 patch has given protagonist Sam Porter Bridges a lovely Santa hat to wear as he goes about his deliveries -- almost emulating Father Christmas himself. Pay a visit to...
News Free God of War DLC Can Be Yours This Christmas
Grab the pre-order bonuses
It's a shame that 2018's God of War never received any major DLC expansions, but if you're looking for a little something that could add to a new playthrough over the Christmas season, Sony has you covered. The game's pre-order bonuses are now available for free on both the EU and US PlayStation Stores, giving you access...
News Horizon: Zero Dawn Comic Book Series Sounds Like a Precursor to PS5 Sequel
First issue is free
Look, we all know that Horizon: Zero Dawn will get a sequel on the PlayStation 5, but Titan Comics’ upcoming comic book series sounds like a precursor to what we can expect from the follow-up. Free as part of Comic Book Day 2020, the synopsis explains that “Talanah, Sunhawk of the Hunters Lodge, struggles to find purpose...
News Nonsensical Rumour Claims PS5 Won't Have Any Exclusive Launch Games
Here we go again
Here’s an amusing one: the PlayStation 5 won’t have any exclusive launch games when it releases next year. Despite platform holder Sony’s continued commitment to generational transitions, one Russian YouTuber reckons that the organisation will rely on “upgraded” PlayStation 4 titles when it deploys its all-new system in 12...
News US PlayStation Store Holiday Sale Boasts Over 1,500 PS4 Discounts
The big one
The European PlayStation Store gets a mammoth January sale, and now it's North America's turn to get in on the action. Dubbed the Holiday sale, the US Store's gargantuan offer includes over 1,500 PS4 games and add-ons, which is frankly ludicrous. What's more, this is only "Round 1" of the sale, with even more discounts to come at the...
News Gigantic EU PlayStation Store January Sale Offers Discounts on a Huge Range of PS4 Games
Time to spend that Christmas money
We're not done with December just yet, and Christmas is right around the corner, but that won't stop Sony from pushing an enormous January sale. The European PlayStation Store has begun its epic post-holiday bargain fest, with over a thousand games and add-ons reduced. The range is huge, with big, small, old, and...
News PS4 Firmware Update 7.02 Is Ready for Download Right Now
You'll never guess what it does
It's a Christmas miracle! Sony has found the goodwill in its collective heart to bless us all with another PlayStation 4 firmware update, 7.02, just in time for the holiday. Unlike the previous patch, this update is mandatory, so you'll have to install it if you want to access network features during the Christmas...
Game of the Decade Journey Proved Once and for All That Games Can Be So Much More
Less is more
We’re listing the ten Games of the Decade. These are the ten PlayStation titles released over the past ten years that we believe have left a historic mark on the industry. Whether it’s Destiny's impact on the Games as a Service space or Journey’s innovative approach to online connectivity, these are the releases that the industry...
News Death Stranding Dominates PlayStation Blog Awards with Game of the Year Victory
Wins five more categories
The US PlayStation Blog has just revealed the winners of its Game of the Year categories for the year of 2019, and as you'd expect, Death Stranding has claimed the top spot in a large number of them. With nearly one million votes counted in total, the game won six different awards. Hideo Kojima's latest masterpiece came in...
News ReadySet Heroes Is Free to Play This Weekend on PS4, New Modes and Features Added
Surviving
ReadySet Heroes arrived on PlayStation 4 a couple of months back to little fanfare, but don't go thinking the developer has dropped it. Quite the contrary -- Robot Entertainment has just deployed a big update to the multiplayer dungeon crawler/party game mashup. What's more, the game has a free trial running from today that'll let you...
News Some European Developers Feel Like PlayStation Is Leaving Them Behind
US contact is much better
A few months back, it was reported that numerous European PlayStation employees had been laid off as part of a company-wide restructuring in an effort to centralise the business in the US. We've heard conflicting reports of whether this is actually true or not in the time since then, but for some developers and publishers...
News PS4 Back Button Attachment Proves Demand for PlayStation Pro Controller
Sony should be listening
Sony made the rather unexpected announcement of a back button attachment for the PlayStation 4 controller earlier this week, allowing the pad to map two buttons to padels placed underneath where your fingers would usually rest. It's an accessory which has been implemented into the past two versions of Microsoft's Xbox Elite...
Green with envy
One of the big points of forum discussion in recent years is how Microsoft plans to improve its first-party output. The organisation has responded by purchasing a bunch of previously independent teams, such as Ninja Theory and Obsidian. Many of these studios seemed on the precipice of financial ruin, so the Redmond firm’s...
News Artist's Rendition of PS5 Controller Is Our Best Look Yet at the DualShock 5
Is this what it will really look like?
We've had several clues about what the PlayStation 5's controller may look like. Whether it's reports from Wired or directly from patents, the DualShock 5 has been described in pretty clear detail. According to the aforementioned publication, it looks very similar to the PS4's pad, which shouldn't come as a...
Random PlayStation's Most Iconic Characters Are Together in This Awesome Festive Fan Art
Everyone's invited
Remember those amusing art pieces that saw Untitled Goose Game cross paths with various PlayStation exclusives? The artist responsible, pandamusk, returns with something a little different to celebrate the holidays. Clearly a fan of Sony's output, the artist has depicted dozens of the platform's biggest stars gathered together for...
PayStation
A couple of months back, it was revealed that the owner of the only privately-held Nintendo PlayStation prototype, Terry Diebold, was looking to sell it off. In a new report from Kotaku, it turns out he'll be bringing the extremely rare machine to auction in February 2020. It seems this is somewhat out of necessity, as Diebold and his...
News Blood & Truth Gets Groovy with Interactive DJ Booth and Rhythm Challenges
That's bangers and mash
The excellent PlayStation VR exclusive Blood & Truth has been very well supported ever since the Cockney action shooter came to PlayStation 4 this summer, but developer London Studio isn't done just yet. The game's fourth free DLC pack is available to download right now, and it comes with a musical twist. Joining the...
Talking Point Is the Back Button Attachment an Attempt to Bring the DualShock 4 In Line with PS5?
And what does it suggest about the PS5 controller?
In case you missed it, Sony has just announced a very interesting DualShock 4 controller add-on named the Back Button Attachment. In a nutshell, this device clips onto your PlayStation 4 pad and provides you with two customisable buttons along the back of the controller. It will allow faster access...
News Horizon Zero Dawn, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, and More Coming to PlayStation Now in January
New year, new games
Sony has announced its plans for PlayStation Now over the next few months. In case you'd forgotten, the platform holder added a bunch of high-end PS4 games to the cloud-based service, including God of War, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, and Grand Theft Auto V. The bad news is these games will be removed from PS Now from 2nd January...
News Sony's Biggest PlayStation Store Sale of the Year Is Just Around the Corner
Two day countdown
We all love a good PlayStation Store sale, don't we? The chance to grab some of the PlayStation 4's latest digital offerings at a cheaper price is one we'll never pass up, and it looks like the biggest Sony sale of the year is about to go live sooner than you think. The Christmas sale is scheduled to last until 24th December, but...
News Newly Announced Back Button Attachment Turns Your DualShock 4 Into a PS4 Pro Controller
Coming early next year
This came out of nowhere: Sony has just announced the DualShock 4 Back Button Attachment. This new add-on for your PlayStation 4 controller essentially gives you an extra two buttons, which you can fully customise. The paddle-style inputs can be programmed to any command on the DualShock 4 to grant you faster, or easier,...
News You Need to Let Sony Know if You Want More Sly Cooper
Get Bentley
Everyone bickers about PlayStation’s most popular platforming double-acts: Jak & Daxter or Ratchet & Clank? But this author’s always felt that Sly Cooper is secretly Sony’s best platforming property – in fact, if you haven’t played PlayStation 3 entry Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, then we strongly recommend digging out a...
News So, Someone Has Worked Out Rudimentary Motion Capture in Dreams on PS4
What even is this game
Dreams is just mad. Media Molecule's PlayStation 4 exclusive creation suite was available in early access for the better half of this year, and it's meant that dedicated players have been able to hone their skills and make some incredible things. One user who's been experimenting with the game goes by TannicAlloy on Twitter,...
News Ghost of Tsushima's Stunning PS4 Open World Will Focus on Player Freedom
See that blossom tree
The beauty of a big sandbox is that you can travel in many different directions, but open world games tend not to take advantage of their settings, forcing you to follow a point on a compass. Ghost of Tsushima, the upcoming PlayStation 4 samurai exclusive from Seattle-based developer Sucker Punch, will diminish the importance...
Random Guerrilla Gives Kojima Productions the Cheesiest Gift of All Time
Gouda vibes
If there was ever any doubt as to where Guerrilla Games is based, look no further than its gift to Kojima Productions. The Death Stranding studio is celebrating its fourth anniversary, and Guerrilla has given the team a huge wheel of cheese. This is maybe the most Dutch thing the studio has ever done. Even better? The 30-pound chunk of...
News Sony Bend Sparks Syphon Filter Revival Hopes
Logan pull
For as much as we like Days Gone, the world is crying out for Gabe Logan and Syphon Filter to make a comeback. Here’s the thing: Metal Gear Solid is as good as dead, and Ubisoft doesn’t appear to be in a hurry to revive Splinter Cell. The consequence? There are basically zero espionage titles in the pipeline – especially with a...
News PS4 Exclusive Ghost of Tsushima's New Trailer Is Even Better in Japanese
ブリリアント
You’ll be able to play hotly anticipated PlayStation 4 exclusive Ghost of Tsushima in Japanese, with Sucker Punch leaning on fellow first-party team Japan Studio to get the translation and voice work right. And this is how the latest trailer looks (and sounds) when leveraging the localisation. Even more impressive, right? We...
PlayStation Store Sales Charts Star Wars and Death Stranding Can't Topple Call of Duty
Infinity Ward shooter is number one
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare was the most downloaded game on PlayStation 4 in October, and surprise surprise, it's achieved the same feat in November too. It shouldn't come as a huge surprise -- it is Call of Duty, after all -- but it's managed to hold its position at number one despite lots of competition...
News PS4 Exclusive Ghost of Tsushima Has One of the Best Box Arts of This Generation
Beauty in death
We're suckers for good box art here at Push Square, and we've gotta say, Ghost of Tsushima's gorgeous PlayStation 4 cover has absolutely floored us. The newly revealed art features main character Jin -- otherwise known as The Ghost -- standing in a field while holding his mask in one hand and his sword in the other. The subtle use of...
News Ghost of Tsushima Is 'the Biggest Game Sucker Punch Has Ever Made'
Developer is going all-out
In case you missed the latest Ghost of Tsushima trailer, here it is again. It's worth a watch, if only for the fact it's our first look at the upcoming PlayStation 4 exclusive in well over a year. Thankfully, it's looking great. Elsewhere, Sucker Punch's communications manager Andrew Goldfarb has taken to the PlayStation...
News Ghost of Tsushima Haunts PS4 Summer 2020, Gets a Fantastic Looking Gameplay Trailer
Vengeance is sweet
We're happy to report that Ghost of Tsushima is looking pretty darn good. The highly anticipated PlayStation 4 exclusive got a new gameplay trailer at The Game Awards 2019, and it's easily our best look yet at the Sucker Punch action title. But that's not all. As predicted right here in the Push Square office, the game's got a...
News PlayStation Players Are Still Gaming's Biggest W*nkers
#Foreplayers
Another year, another avalanche of surprisingly interesting statistics from Pornhub -- the world's most popular pornography website. Once again, the adult site has crunched a load of data, but there's only one part of it that matters to us (honest!). We are, of course, talking about 'Traffic by Game Console', which breaks down the...
News Grab The Game Awards Nominees for Cheap in US PlayStation Store Sale, Live Now
Reward yourself
As has become a yearly tradition, the Game Awards sale has just gone live on the North American PlayStation Store in celebration of Geoff Keighley's show. In a few hours' time, we'll all be watching the flashy awards ceremony, but until then, you can always hop onto your PS4s and have a browse of this latest offer. The Game Awards...
News Longtime PlayStation Fans Vote PS4 as Their Favourite Sony Console
Most users have been playing since PSone
Earlier this month, we hosted a poll here on the site in conjunction with PlayStation's 25th anniversary. We asked our community about their favourite Sony console, offering six possible voting options: Original PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PSP, PlayStation 3, Vita, and PlayStation 4. Over 900 votes were cast,...
News Dreams Is Finally Up for Pre-Order on PS4 Complete with Snazzy Box Art
You're not dreaming
Dreams, Media Molecule's long-in-the-making PlayStation 4 exclusive, finally has a solid release date. If you've been following the site recently, you'll know that we're big fans of this absurdly ambitious game about community and creation, so we're pretty excited for its arrival on Valentine's Day. If you're like us, you might...
News Double Fine Alumnus Greg Rice Will Be Looking After Indies with Shuhei Yoshida at PlayStation
PS <3 Indies
Greg Rice, former vice president of business development at Double Fine, has announced his new role at Sony Interactive Entertainment. The industry veteran left Tim Schafer's studio in the months following Microsoft's acquisition, but he's now formally said what he'll be up to next. In a tweet, Rice states that he'll be joining...
News PS4 Firmware Update 7.01 Is Available to Download Now
What does it do?
Firmware update 7.01 has just dropped out of the blue for PlayStation 4, meaning it's available to download on your console right now. Weighing in at just 469MB, it's a patch that isn't going to take too long to download whatsoever. However, what does update 7.01 actually do? Well, not a lot it seems. The official PlayStation help...
News Sony's Cross-Marketing Game Is on Point as the Cast of Jumanji Play Dreams
The next level
There’s an official Jumanji game for the PlayStation 4, but Sony clearly felt its cross-marketing efforts would be stronger if it cooked something up in Dreams for the cast of the upcoming movie to play. In this bizarre clip, Hollywood stars Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, and Karen Gillan gather around to...
News PlayStation Head Hermen Hulst Commits to Strong First-Party Output on PS5
More games on their way
The PlayStation 4 has seen some of the strongest games come out of Sony's first-party studios. From Horizon: Zero Dawn and Uncharted 4: A Thief's End through to the upcoming Ghost of Tsushima, Dreams, and The Last of Us: Part II, every studio manages to serve up something slightly different. What links them all together,...
News Looks Like PC Players Really, Really Want to Play Ghost of Tsushima
They'll never learn
Ghost of Tsushima is an upcoming PlayStation 4 exclusive that is owned in its entirety by Sony. That means it's incredibly unlikely to launch on other platforms outside of PlayStation Now streaming, but it hasn't stopped PC players from taking to Twitter and voicing their dismay. They really want to play Ghost of Tsushima on...
News Dreams Won't Support PSVR at Launch, But It's Coming 'ASAP'
Nightmare
In case you missed it, the wonderful Dreams now has a release date on PlayStation 4. It's been a long time coming, but Media Molecule's ambitious project is now just a couple of months away from launch. One feature that had previously been confirmed for the creation suite was full support for PSVR, but it sounds like this won't be there...
News New Ghost of Tsushima Trailer Will Be the Longest at The Game Awards 2019
Ready your blade
Ghost of Tsushima got a very brief teaser right at the end of the latest State of Play broadcast, leaving us rather desperate to see more. Although we'd have taken a full trailer right there and then, we're prepared to hold out for The Game Awards 2019, where the PlayStation 4 exclusive will take centre stage once again. It doesn't...
Reaction PlayStation's Most Ardent Fans Are Feeling Frustrated and Insecure
The current state of play
There are PlayStation fans, and then there are PlayStation fans. If you’re reading this, you probably fall somewhere in the middle; we’re guessing your interest in games expands beyond the next Call of Duty release date, but hopefully you’re not one of these social media nutters who attacks developers for including a...
Round Up What Was Announced During Sony PlayStation's State of Play Livestream?
Building the list
What was announced during Sony PlayStation's latest State of Play livestream? If you happened to miss the 20 minute broadcast, you'll be able to find every headline that has formed Push Square's coverage in the list below. That includes the reveal of Resident Evil 3: Nemesis for PlayStation 4, the return of Ghost of Tsushima, and...
Talking Point Did Sony's Last State of Play of 2019 Live Up to Expectations?
Going out on a high
Sony sprung a very pleasant surprise on us all when it confirmed that one more State of Play livestream was planned to take place before 2020 rolls around, bringing with it a lot of rumours and excitement. Various games were speculated to put in an appearance, so it was a delight to receive official confirmation of the Resident...
News PlayStation Granddaddy Ken Kutaragi Delivers a Heartfelt Thanks in 25th Anniversary Message
Cheers, Ken
Sony closed out its latest State of Play broadcast with a hype-inducing Ghost of Tsushima teaser, but before that, things got serious with a message from the father of PlayStation. Yes, Ken Kutaragi himself appeared on the stream with a pre-recorded statement in celebration of the platform's 25th anniversary. You can watch it back in the...
News Predator: Hunting Grounds Is Not a PS4 Exclusive
Out in April
Update: Predator: Hunting Grounds will also release on PC, meaning that it's actually a PlayStation 4 console exclusive. The game is still published by Sony, however. Original Article: Today's State of Play livestream highlighted one of the PlayStation 4's less known exclusives as it nears release -- Predator: Hunting Grounds...
News Dreams PS4 Release Date Finally Confirmed for February 2020
The leak was right
And there we have it. Following a long stint in early access and a potential leak, we now have the final release date for Media Molecule's Dreams at last. The impossibly huge creation engine received a wonderful new trailer during the latest State of Play broadcast, and right at the end, we got that elusive date we've all been...
News Ghost of Tsushima Returns with Teaser, Full Trailer at The Game Awards 2019
Patience, samurai
Ghost of Tsushima has returned. The feudal Japan-based PlayStation 4 exclusive from Sucker Punch got a very brief but tantalising teaser during Sony's latest State of Play broadcast. It continues to look very visually impressive, but that's about all we can say. Fortunately, the game's getting a full trailer at The Game Awards...
