Tag: Sony - Page 224
News Bloodborne's Game Breaking Bug Has Been Squashed with a Saw Cleaver
Item duplication also reportedly dumped
Bloodborne's no longer partially broken, as developer From Software has fixed the glitch which previously prevented you from progressing through the game if you'd participated in a multiplayer session in the Forbidden Woods. This is the only change listed in the patch notes, but reports suggest that the item...
News Spotify Has Streamed to Over 1.5 Million PlayStations Already
Did it again
Spotify only launched on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 on Monday, but already it's been installed on over 1.5 million consoles. Jonathan Prince, who's in charge of communications for the audio streaming service, revealed the tidbit on Twitter yesterday. Needless to say, there's probably been a bit of friendly back slapping a
Feature What Are April 2015's Free PlayStation Plus Games?
Tower of goods
Here at Push Square Towers, we like to go the extra mile. We may have already reported on April 2015's roster of free PlayStation Plus software, but in the rush of breaking news, we don't get a chance to go into much detail in the moment. That's why we always follow up our original story with a fuller feature, outlining each of the...
News A Few Eggstra PS4 Games Have Been Added to the European Easter Sale
Sorry
Come on, tell the truth: that headline made you crack a smile, didn't it? Oh, it did? Eggcellent. That's put us in a good mood, so we'll go ahead and share what Sony's added to its European PlayStation Store Easter sale. Role-playing enthusiasts may be happy to learn that loot-'em-up Diablo III: Reaper of Souls - Ultimate Evil Edition has hit...
Feature There Was No Place Quite Like PlayStation Home
Memories of Sony's madcap virtual world
There's a big 'To Let' sign in the Home Plaza today, and the remnants of makeshift toilet paper streamers scattered about its tufts of unkempt grass. Hours earlier, avatars congregated to wish the virtual world farewell, with one last cabbage patch dance under silky blue skies. Now, the weather is moody, and...
News Demon's Souls Was a Disaster, but Miyazaki Saved It
From heaven (or hell)
Hidetaka Miyazaki's rise to prominence has been swift and unexpected. The Japanese developer – who now has a slew of critically acclaimed titles under his belt – most recently fronted production on PlayStation 4 exclusive Bloodborne, but his career path is an unusual one. He started out working for US company Oracle, before...
News Download MotorStorm's Wombat Buggie for Free in DriveClub Now
Buggie life
It may be April Fools' Day, but the Wombat Buggie is very real – and free to download. Available now in the PlayStation Store, the DriveClub add-on allows you to take control of MotorStorm's iconic off-road automobile, and it handles in much the same way as you may remember. Bouncing about on springy suspension, and with plenty of...
News PlayStation Flow Takes PS4 Gaming Underwater
Off at the deep end
Sony's announced an incredible new PlayStation 4 innovation which will bring heightened realism to your favourite underwater experiences. Cunningly named PlayStation Flow, the goggle-and-sensor setup will allow you to play in your local pool, putting you in control of characters like The Last of Us protagonist Joel as they get...
News Shed a Tear for the Shuttered PlayStation Home
Moved out
Like that final episode of Brookside where Jimmy Corkhill departs the boarded up Merseyside estate for his new life as the lord of a stately home, PlayStation Home has closed its doors for the last time. The service shut down officially at 08:02AM BST this morning according to Eurogamer.net. The servers were packed as congregations...
News April's PlayStation Plus Freebies Include Tower of Guns, Never Alone on PS4
Killzone Mercenary, Dishonored, and more
PlayStation Plus – on a Tuesday afternoon? To say that today's update has caught us by surprise is an understatement, but heck, we installed a big 'Stop Press' button in Push Square Towers for a reason. The lineup, then: Tower of Guns, the fast-paced first-person shooter, and Never Alone will both be free...
News Sony's Making a Metal Gear Solid Movie
Just show Metal Gear Solid 4 at cinemas
Sony's making a movie for practically every video game franchise in existence – well, that is if you read the news. Not content with ongoing Uncharted, The Last of Us, and Shadow of the Colossus projects, the firm has apparently signed up British writer Jay Basu to work on a Metal Gear Solid adaptation...
News Someone Beat Bloodborne in Around 40 Minutes
Respect
Bloodborne takes at least 30 hours to complete, but if you're not a DualShock 4 sensei, you could end up exploring Yharnam for upwards of 65 hours. The fact that one person has beaten it in around 40 minutes is particularly impressive, then. Disclaimers: this person is a dirty cheat, using exploits to level up their character and skip most...
News Whoops, Freedom Wars' Producer Has Left the Franchise
Perfect timing
Don't you just love it when stories tie together? In the early hours of this morning, we reported that PlayStation Vita title Freedom Wars may end up getting a sequel if there's enough demand from fans, and now, the man who actually stated this has effectively ended his sentence by leaving the Freedom Wars project altogether. Junichi...
News Do You Want to Make Bloodborne Really Easy?
Unlock infinite Blood Echoes with item duplication exploit
Bloodborne's a great game, but it's not exactly the most accessible experience ever. While most titles go out of their way to include options for less experienced players, From Software's latest foray punishes at every given opportunity. In fact, the only way to make the release easier on...
News Freedom Wars 2 Could Exist, If There's Enough Demand from Fans
Sentenced to a sequel
One of 2014's biggest PlayStation Vita titles, Freedom Wars combined a post-apocalyptic, dystopian setting with action-based gameplay and a whole host of role-playing game mechanics. We quite liked it, and if you did too, then you may be happy to know that its producer, Junichi Yoshizawa, says that a sequel could happen - but...
News This Guy's Way Too Excited About Winning a Bloodborne Competition
A winner is you
Slow news day: have a video uploaded by SCEE which shows off a London Bloodborne community event that we totally weren't invited to. In it, the platform holder runs a quick competition, where there's a bunch of swag up for grabs. "It's something I will remember forever – it's amazing," said the winner. Calm down, dude – it's a...
News Sony's Legendary PlayStation Underground Has Returned
But perhaps not as you remember it
PlayStation Underground was a big deal in the late 90s. Produced by SCEA in North America, it allowed fans to sign up in order to receive regular CD-ROMs produced by the platform holder. These included both demos of popular games, as well as interviews with notable names. Want to know an interesting piece of...
News Here's a Free LittleBigPlanet 3 Easter Theme for Your PS4 and PS3
We bet you're eggstatic
Good old Easter: the holiday that no one really talks about until it's here, and everyone's stuffing their faces with chocolate and enjoying hefty breaks from the education system. Fortunately, you can celebrate it with a bit of style this year, as Sony's giving away a free LittleBigPlanet 3 theme in Europe. The colourful...
News Japan Studio Livestream to Spotlight Downloadable PS Vita Software
Heaven in a handheld
PlayStation Vita will feature in a NicoNico livestream tomorrow, as Japan Studio prepares to outline some new "download-only" software for the portable system. The programme description isn't entirely clear, so this could include unseen titles – or localised releases that are merely being brought over to Japan. It's probably...
News Japan Gets All the Best PlayStation 4 Faceplates, Doesn't It?
Style and grace
Gosh darn it, Japan, you get all the luck when it comes to customising consoles, don't you? Back since gaming began, the Land of the Rising Sun has always enjoyed freedom of choice, whether it's with varied console colours, or cool looking accessories. And for the vast majority of the time, these variations never make it West...
News Spotify Arrives Exclusively on PS4, PS3 Today
Surprise
Looks like PlayStation France got itself in a muddle, as Spotify is available on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3, er, right now. The streaming application – which you'll find on your console's dashboard – is about 10MB in size, and is exclusive to Sony's systems for the time being. How long will things remain that way? "For the...
Feature How Is PS4 Exclusive Bloodborne Treating Our Beginners?
Yarns from Yharnam
For the few of you that aren't fed up of us bleating on about Bloodborne yet, we've got one last piece of weekend reading lined up. With the game clearly attracting newcomers to the acclaimed Souls series, we've brought together a handful of scribes who have slightly less experience with the franchise in order to share their...
News April's PS4 PlayStation Plus Offering Will Include Woah Dave!
Just a little bonus
Woah Dave!, the frustratingly punctuated arcade title from Choice Provisions, will be free for PlayStation Plus subscribers in April – even though it's not officially part of the Instant Game Collection lineup. SCEA's Nick Suttner confirmed the snippet on the latest edition of the PlayStation Blogcast, stating that it will be...
News PS4 Exclusive Bloodborne Is Selling Out in Some Tokyo Stores
Fast mover
Sony's exceptional PlayStation 4 lineup in Japan is now wrapping up, but it sounds like Bloodborne's sending it out with a bang. The next-gen system's been top-dog in the Land of the Rising Sun for several weeks now, due to a staggering lineup which has included Yakuza Zero, Final Fantasy Type-0 HD, and Dragon Quest Heroes. Things start...
News This US PS4 Deal Is Better Than a Black Friday Bunduru
Bloodborne, The Last of Us, Gift Card
We're typing fast because you need to know about this offer now before it sells out: Amazon.com is promoting a PlayStation 4 bundle with Bloodborne, The Last of Us Remastered, and a $20 Gift Card for $399.99. That means that you're essentially getting the games and the voucher for nothing,
Rumour Spotify Will Stream Your Playlists to PS4, PS3 from 30th May
Play it loud and proud
You'll have a little bit of time to put together your perfect PlayStation playlist, as PlayStation France is reporting that Spotify won't launch on Sony's systems until 30th May. The platform holder's own Music Unlimited service will shutdown this month to make way for the new PlayStation Music platform, but it looks like...
News MotorStorm's Wombat Wheely Will Be Making a Cameo in DriveClub
Blame it on the buggy
MotorStorm's signature buggy, the Wombat, will be added as a bonus car in DriveClub, a new video appears to have revealed. The extra was rumoured earlier in the month when a couple of screenshots from the Japanese PlayStation Blog hinted at the familiar vehicle – but now a clip has emerged showing off the addition in action...
News Of Course There's a Game Breaking Bug in Bloodborne
This is next-gen, after all
Bloodborne may be the best native PlayStation 4 exclusive to date, but following in the footsteps of a slew of broken games, it's launched with a nasty bug. The game-breaking glitch revolves around the Lunarium Key, which you're supposed to unlock after a specific boss fight. However, if you invite someone into your game...
News Turn Your PS4 Trophy Hunting into a Scrapbook of Screens
For the committed pot collector
This author's never owned a scrapbook. Well, that's a lie actually – your humble host's probably purchased several over the years, but has never had the patience to fill them with photos. Why is any of this relevant? Well, because that's what one of the new features in PlayStation 4 firmware update v2.50 reminds us...
News PS4 Will Now Automatically Search for Updates When You Insert a Blu-ray
Saints preserve us
Stop press: the best PlayStation 4 firmware update v2.50 feature has been found by this enthusiastic author. Upon inserting a farm fresh copy of Bloodborne into Sony's black behemoth earlier today, your humble host spotted that its day one patch started to download immediately. "It's done that since the beginning of time," we hear...
News Is PSN Down in Europe? You'll Be Able to Find Out for Yourself Soon
Thanks Sony
Just the other week, North America got its very own PlayStation Network status page, which allows users to check whether or not the service is fully up and running. Of course, this lead to a lot of us Europeans demanding similar treatment, and Sony's listened, as we're getting our very own service indicator in the near future. Within...
News Blimey, You Can Grab a PlayStation TV for Just £45 in the UK
Bomba
Sony's gone ahead and officially slashed the price of the PlayStation TV in the UK after the diminutive device failed to have any sort of real impact on the market. Not even sure what PlayStation TV actually is? Be sure to read our informative review here When it launched back in November of last year, the tiny console retailed for £84.99,...
News Death Should Be the Least of Your Worries in PS4 Exclusive Bloodborne
What happened to your face?
Bloodborne's so darned difficult that it managed to reduce this author to tears during the title screen, but you don't even need to own a copy to get a feel for the terror contained within. Some people are already having fun with the foray's character creation suite, which allows you to make some of the truly wretched...
News You Can Get 10% Off the NA PlayStation Store Right Now
Surprise, surprise
Alright, that's quite enough Sony: our tickers can't take this much excitement. Hot on the heels of all of the PlayStation 4 firmware update goodness, the platform holder has followed up with a surprise 10 per cent discount weekend on the North American PlayStation Store. This is good for one full checkout until 12:00PM PDT on...
Round Up Your Ultimate Guide to PS4 Firmware Update 2.50
Bringing everything together
This has been a much calmer PlayStation 4 firmware update day than those that have come before; that leaked beta test must have helped. While it's possible that issues may yet crop up, PS4 firmware update v2.50 has rolled out flawlessly thus far – well, as long as you're able to overlook that
Poll What Do You Think of the New PSN Logo?
Iconic pop
Those darned PlayStation Network outage articles have clearly left Sony scarred, as it's done away with the service's old logo. For the past ten or so years, it's employed the purple sphere symbol, but today's batch of firmware updates rendered the icon obsolete. You'll now find a much more contemporary circle on your PlayStation 4,...
News So, How Does DualShock 4 Button Remapping Work on PS4?
A game changer
One of the more eye-catching additions announced for PlayStation 4 firmware update v2.50 pertained to button remapping. Added as part of a slew of new accessibility features – which allow you to increase the size of text, zoom in, and even invert colours – you can now completely adapt the DualShock 4's controller layout to your...
News Sony's Shutting Down Destiny of Spirits After Just 15 Months of Service
Goodnight sweet prince
We hope that you enjoyed your time with free-to-play Vita title Destiny of Spirits, because Sony's closing its servers down on the 30th June, 2015. "After this date, you will not be able to play or access the game, and all unused Destiny Orbs will expire," the game's official website states. With only a few months left to...
News You Can Now Share Trophies with PS4 Firmware Update 2.50
You big boaster, you
If you're the kind of person who has a head larger than the average doorframe, then you're probably going to be interested in this new PlayStation 4 firmware update v2.50 feature. Essentially enabling you to share Trophies, it will allow you to flaunt your latest Platinum trinket right under all of your unfortunate followers'...
News You'll Now Know When You're Playing with PlayStation Royalty
Mind your manners
Ever wondered whether that person that you just swore at in Killzone: Shadow Fall is actually someone from Guerrilla Games? A new feature added as part of PlayStation 4 firmware update v2.50 will set apart certain industry professionals, such as selected game developers, producers, designers, community managers, and more. Push...
News Sony, Why the Heck Have You Moved the PS4's PlayStation Store Icon?
One step forward, two steps back
If there's one thing that this author can't stand about Sony, it's the company's needless obsession with tinkering. This can be a good thing in some instances, as it strives to improve its systems with tweaks and changes – but sometimes we get the impression that it just makes adjustments for the sheer sake of it...
News You Can Download PS4 Firmware Update 2.50 Right Now
Suspend/Resume what you were doing
It's the one that you want: PlayStation 4 firmware update v2.50 is available to download right now. The patch weighs in at a reasonable 245.2MB in size, meaning that you're not going to be waiting all day for this to download. Even this author's average connection managed to grab it in a timely manner, so your...
News Planning to Buy a PS4? Amazon's Bundling Bloodborne in USA
Cheap, cheerful, and sure to make you cry
PlayStation 4 sales are already exceptional around the globe, but we get the sneaking suspicion that Sony may be rubbing its hands a little more than usual right now. The system's certainly been excelling on all fronts since launch, but one recent criticism pointed at the console revolved around the dearth...
News This MLB 15 The Show PS4 Dynamic Theme Is Neat
Baseball is better
Now that dynamic themes have been available on the PlayStation 4 for a few months, we're definitely starting to see some more interesting designs. Take this MLB 15 The Show animated wallpaper, which is modelled after The Tigers. It includes crowd sounds, blue skies, and a changing television screen. This is actually one of...
News PS4 Games Lead the Charge in the European PlayStation Store's Easter Sale
Egging you on
There should be something for everyone in this year's Easter Sale on the PlayStation Store, if this initial lineup is anything to go by. While there isn't a gigantic selection, there's plenty of variety, with PlayStation 4 titles like Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare, and FIFA 15 all up for grabs at...
News PS Vita Firmware Update 3.50 Adds Accessibility Options
Due out later today
Sony's going firmware update mad. In addition to PlayStation 4 firmware update v2.50, which is due out tomorrow, it's also announced that PlayStation Vita firmware update v3.50 will deploy at some point later this evening. This will mostly complement the next-gen console's various improvements – enabling 60 frames-per-second...
News PS4 Firmware Update 2.50 Will Deploy Tomorrow
Patch notes inside
After a long, long wait, PlayStation 4 firmware update v2.50 will release tomorrow. That's on Thursday, 26th March in case you're reading this from the future. The system software overhaul – which has been dubbed 'Yukimura' internally – will bring with it a variety of brand new features, including the hotly anticipated...
News God of War PS4 Theme Celebrates Series' Anniversary with Discount
Half-price for one week only
Now at ten years of age, Kratos is probably a little too old to be shouting obscenities at Greek Gods – but what the heck, he wouldn't be the same ash encased anger therapy patient that we all know and love if he called it a day. Last week's God of War III Remastered announcement was supposed to celebrate the series in...
News Bloodborne's Long Load Times Will Be Addressed in Future PS4 Patch
Stop the Yharnam yawn
Bloodborne is a smash hit, securing some seriously stellar review scores. However, as we reported last week, it does have some loading issues – and these have been mentioned in the reviews. In fact, according to Digital
News April's PlayStation Plus Freebies Will Be Announced Next Week
Instant Game Collection insanity
Oh goodie, it's that time of the month where we take to stalking social media accounts in order to glean just the teensiest sliver of information on PlayStation Plus. April is one of those awkward months where its first day is a Wednesday, but it looks like you won't be getting your Instant Game Collection freebies...
