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News There's Now a Teaser Trailer for Next Week's PlayStation Showcase
Taste the transitions
Here’s our first look at the presentation for next week’s PlayStation Showcase, which will show us “what’s next for PS5”. The 15-second clip gives us a glimpse at the kind of presentation style we can expect, with shifting shapes and dramatic orchestral audio paving the way for the platform’s iconic shape symbols,...
News Fans Want Sony to Reconsider Horizon Forbidden West's PS4 to PS5 Upgrade
Another own goal
There was a lot of enthusiasm for Horizon Forbidden West’s pre-orders going live this week, but as with so many things Sony does of late, the announcement has been marred by more self-enforced controversy. The company confirmed that, in order to get both the PlayStation 5 and PS4 versions of the sequel, you’ll need to purchase...
News Ex-PlayStation Exec Shawn Layden Is Concerned About the Rising Cost of AAA Games
The price is right?
During the latter stages of his tenure at PlayStation, former executive Shawn Layden oversaw some of the biggest first-party projects in his organisation’s history, including Horizon Zero Dawn and God of War. But the suit’s history in the gaming industry, as he’s eager to point out frequently, stretches back decades, to the...
News Shawn Layden Reveals Why He Left Sony PlayStation
Became burnt out
It's been almost two years since former Sony Worldwide Studios head Shawn Layden suddenly left the company, announced to the world with nothing more than a tweet. Fans have speculated the reasoning since time and time again, but now the man himself has broken his silence. Speaking to Bloomberg, Layden explains he was becoming bur
News PS Store Weekend Sale Discounts Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Demon's Souls, and More
Spider-Man! Borderlands! GTA!
Sony is hosting a surprise PlayStation Store weekend sale that discounts some of its biggest first-party titles of the past 12 months. Available through until midnight on Monday 6th September 2021, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart receives its first digital discount as a result. Its price has dropped to £60.89/$60.19,...
Feature Five Years Later, We Remember The Tomorrow Children with Director Dylan Cuthbert
Soviet experiments
One of Sony's finest qualities as a games publisher is its willingness to take a gamble on new ideas. Each PlayStation console has played host to a variety of weird and wonderful games, and early in the PS4's life, this philosophy of embracing experimental, unique concepts didn't waver. A prime example is The Tomorrow Children...
News Strike Is a Board Game You Can Play Within Horizon Forbidden West on PS5, PS4
In-universe game quietly announced
Who doesn't love a game within a game? Many RPGs and open world adventures feature in-universe recreational activities — these can be simple mini-games or fully fleshed out experiences in their own right, like Gwent in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. It sounds as though Guerrilla Games has been inspired by this, as the...
Out now on PS5, PS4
A new Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut patch is out now on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. Sucker Punch has released a number of minor updates over the last couple of weeks, but this one — patch 2.008 — features some welcome adjustments. It's around 2GB in size. For starters, it improves load times when you're switching...
News Horizon Forbidden West PS5, PS4 Pre-Orders Live Now, Special Editions Detailed
Whip out those wallets
Sony recently confirmed a release date for Horizon Forbidden West. While it's not making it out in 2021, it's not too far away either — it hits both PlayStation 5 and PS4 on 18th February 2022. Today, Sony's opened up pre-orders for the game, so you can pop down some dosh ahead of the game's imminent arrival. Of course,...
News Sony Will Make You Pay Extra to Upgrade Horizon Forbidden West from PS4 to PS5
And pricey Collector's Editions don't have a disc
Update #2: Sony has reversed its decision to make you buy Horizon Forbidden West again if you want to upgrade from PS4 to PS5. Update #1: There are no plans for Sony to offer an upgrade from the Standard version of Hori
News Deep Dives from Featured Teams to Follow PS5 Showcase
Stick around for more
Next week’s PlayStation Showcase will show us “what’s next for PlayStation 5” in around 40 minutes, but those of you hoping for more will probably want to stick around. The broadcast will continue beyond the scheduled presentation with “more updates from some of the studio teams featured” in the show. We’re...
News No Next-Gen PSVR at Big PS5 Showcase
A different reality
Next week’s major PlayStation Showcase, announced moments ago, will reveal “what’s next for PlayStation 5” – but there’ll be no next-gen PSVR during the 40 minute presentation. Sony insinuated earlier in the year that we’d get updates on the new headset this summer, but our understanding is that a public annou
News PlayStation Showcase Announced, Presenting the Future of PS5 Next Week
First-party updates and more
As Sony is wont to do, it's just dropped a big announcement out of thin air. A PlayStation Showcase has just been confirmed, offering a "look into the future of PS5". Over on the PlayStation Blog, Sid Shuman gives a vague idea of what to expect, saying the showcase will "include updates from PlayStation Studios and...
Review Predator: Hunting Grounds (PS4) - Multiplayer Experiment Falls Wildly Short
Time to bleed
Republished on Wednesday 1st September 2021: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of September's PlayStation Plus lineup. The original text follows. Predator: Hunting Grounds is the first major multiplayer-only video game Sony has published since MAG on PlayStation 3. And while Friday t
Rumour Uncharted PC Collection Is Probably Real, But Leaked Image Looks Fake
Drake's biggest journey yet?
Something that PlayStation fans will have to get used to is the idea of Sony releasing first-party games on PC. That's just how things roll, now. After the successful launch of Horizon Zero Dawn and Days Gone on Steam and Epic Games Store, Sony has doubled down on this initiative. PC porting house Nixxes is now part of...
News PS Store Essential Picks Sale Houses Many PS5, PS4 Game Deals
Devil May Cry! Biomutant! Ghostrunner!
Another week, another PlayStation Store sale. You know the score. The PS Store Essential Picks sale is sticking around for two weeks, expiring at midnight on 15th September 2021. We've got lots of different PS5 and PS4 titles on offer, so with the deals active across the UK, EU, and US storefronts right now,...
Weirdness These PlayStation Sound Effect Acapellas Are Oddly Awesome
Sounds good
Each PlayStation startup sound has defined a generation, so it’s bizarre to see them performed acapella by YouTube group Maytree. From the bowel rumbling bass of the PS1’s intro all the way through to the PSP’s upbeat jingle, this is both spot-on and strange. It’s particularly amusing to see just how much energy is being invested...
News Naughty Dog Borrowed InFAMOUS: Second Son Assets to Help Build The Last of Us 2
Sucker Punch to the rescue
We've heard it before, but a huge advantage of being part of PlayStation Studios seems to be shared technology and experience between developers. That said, it's very rare we hear of any specific examples. In a recent interview with Game Informer, Naughty Dog provides one such anecdote, explaining how it called upon a...
News Don't Worry, Naughty Dog Will Continue Making Single Player, Story-Focused Games
"Single-player experiences are near and dear to us"
Naughty Dog is currently beavering away at a standalone multiplayer game set within The Last of Us' universe. It's expected to be an expanded take on Factions, but details are few and far between. Still, the team doubling down on a purely multiplayer experience is something new for the developer,...
News Well? We're Waiting! Fans Dig Up Sony's God of War, PSVR Summer Promise
"Stay tuned throughout the summer"
All the way back on 6th July, when Sony announced its post-E3 State of Play centred on PlayStation 5 timed exclusive Deathloop, it said that the show would not feature any updates on God of War Ragnarok, Horizon Forbidden West, or th
News Here's Your First Horrifying Look at Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
Kaya Scodelario stars as Claire Redfield
A new Resident Evil movie, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, promises to tell the origin story of Capcom’s famous horror franchise later this year. And here’s your first look at stars Kaya Scodelario as Claire Redfield and Avan Jogia as Leon S Kennedy, courtesy of IGN. There are other images of...
News Negotiations for Death Stranding Sequel Underway, Reveals Star Reedus
Got a BRIDGES to sell you
Looks like there’ll be a sequel to Death Stranding, as star Norman Reedus – who plays Sam Porter Bridges in the game – has revealed to journalists at a Walking Dead roundtable that negotiations are underway. However, there’s a whiff of Chinese whispers to this story: IGN Brazil cites a scribe from AdoroCinema as its...
News PS5 Revision Teardown Prompts Cooling Concerns
But is it all an overreaction?
One of the top trending videos on YouTube right now, a teardown of the revised PlayStation 5 model, claims that the console is “worse”. So just what’s the deal with the lighter PS5 that’s gone on sale in countries like Australia and even the UK over the past month or so? Well, in addition to the new thumb...
News Naughty Dog's Multiplayer Game Described as Cinematic Experience Between Players
And yes, it's a standalone release
Just what the hell is Naughty Dog cooking? For the longest time, we thought The Last of Us: Part II’s standalone multiplayer mode would be a bigger budget version of the SOCOM-style competitive shooter it shipped with the original game, and we imagined we’d be playing it by now. But it’s been well over a year...
News Horizon Zero Dawn's Logo Retroactively Refreshed to Reflect Forbidden West
Number games
The eagle-eyed among you may have spotted that Horizon Zero Dawn’s logo has been refreshed to reflect upcoming sequel Horizon Forbidden West. When the follow-up was officially announced last year, many noticed that it includes a Roman numeral ‘II’ as part of its linebreak. A similar flourish, with a ‘I’, has been retroactively...
News Impressive Film Made in Dreams, Noguchi's Bell, Takes to Kickstarter for Full Animated Series
Making dreams happen
Noguchi's Bell is something we've yet to touch on here at Push Square, but it's among the most impressive things made in Dreams so far. It's a 20-minute short film made entirely using Media Molecule's toolset, and you can watch it within the game or via YouTube (above). The team behind it, Cyber Sheep Film, has bigger ideas,...
News Horizon Zero Dawn Looks Scintillating at 60 Frames-Per-Second on PS5
Smooth as butter
Horizon Zero Dawn’s backwards compatibility patch has been robustly demanded by PlayStation 5 owners, and while it was announced alongside a delay to sequel Horizon Forbidden West, it’s finally here. We figured we’d take a look at how well it runs with Sony’s vaunted
News TT Games Founder Reckons Insomniac Games Misled Fans with Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Reckons rift transitions could "easily" be done on PS3
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is one of the few PlayStation 5 exclusives Sony has released. The game – which leverages every facet of the Japanese manufacturer’s new hardware – was said to be impossible to achieve on the PS4, but TT Games founder Jon Burton – who left the UK studio in...
News Death Stranding Details What Its PS5 Director's Cut Offers
Features! Photo Mode! Racing!
Geoff Keighley once again managed to end one of his gaming showcases with Death Stranding, this time detailing what the PlayStation 5 Director's Cut has to offer when it launches next month. We've already been treated to a brief overview, but the trailer embedded above really gets into the nitty-gritty. Footage begins...
News Horizon Forbidden West Release Date Set for February 2022 on PS5, PS4
Forbidden out of 2021
Horizon Forbidden West got a surprise development update during Gamescom Opening Night Live 2021. While we didn't get to see any new footage, developer Guerrilla Games confirmed what we we've all been thinking: the game won't make it out this year after all. However, we did get a defined release date. Horizon Forbidden West...
News Horizon Zero Dawn Gets 60FPS Patch on PS5, Available Now
Update 1.53 unlocks boost
Horizon Zero Dawn has been treated to a surprise patch that allows the open world title from Guerrilla Games to run at 60 frames-per-second on PlayStation 5. You will still be running the game in backwards compatibility, but update 1.53 enables the feature and can be downloaded right now. The most important patch note for...
News Latest PS Store Sale Offers Discounts on Hundreds of PSVR Games
Virtually giving them away
This week's brand new sale on PlayStation Store has arrived, and it's all about PSVR. Sony's first virtual reality headset is coming up on five years old, and in that time it's built up a pretty substantial library. If you've missed out on any VR titles, now's your best chance to get some immersive gaming goodies on the...
News Spider-Man: No Way Home Trailer Promotes PS5 Controllers
Peter Parker learns marketing
Boy did Sony make Marvel fans wait for the Spider-Man: No Way Home teaser trailer. Excitement has been at an all-time high these past few days following a supposed leak, but now the superhero fandom has been satisfied with a first look at what happens when the web-slingers true identity is revealed. Naturally, Peter...
News Death Stranding Director's Cut Will Debut Gameplay at Gamescom Show
Extended look at PS5 re-release
Geoff Keighley will write a new chapter in his love affair for game creator Hideo Kojima later this week as "an extended look at the gameplay of" Death Stranding Director's Cut is confirmed for Gamescom Opening Night Live. Taking place on Wednesday, the host simply teased the gameplay footage will be lengthy alongside...
News PS5's Lighter, Revised Hardware Model Has Already Gone on Sale
Stock hits UK and Australia
Update: Eurogamer.net notes that the new PS5 model has quietly rolled out in the UK as well. The website published photographs sent in by a reader, showcasing the updated model's infamous new screw. The console was purchased from Smyth's Toys over the weekend, confirming that Sony is now distributing this lighter model in...
News Sony Patent Points to Dynamic, Evolving PS Store Pages
Changing with the times
Like it or loathe it, the way we play games is changing. Lifecycles are longer than ever before, with seasonal updates keeping things fresh years after launch. It’s something that Sony’s paying close attention to, and may influence the direction it takes the PS Store. A new patent spotted by Op Attack and shared on Reddit...
News Sony Investing in External Japanese Development Group
A core part of PlayStation's identity
Sony, effectively, shuttered Japan Studio earlier this year, retaining Astro’s Playroom developer Team Asobi and expanding it into a fully-fledged first-party team. Many, however, feel that PlayStation is turning its back on its home nation, with Gran Turismo 7 maker Polyphony Digital being its only other...
News PlayStation Studios Boss: I Encourage Our Teams to Be Fiercely Daring
Company wants to break boundaries
Sony has established itself as one of the best publishers in the video game business, but also one of the most daring. Titles like – to name just a few – The Last of Us: Part II, Returnal, and God of War are not simply brilliant, but they’re also disruptive and bold. PlayStation Studios boss Hermen Hulst’s...
News PS5, PS4 Playtime Website Encounters Turbulence As Sony Bans Accounts
Data disruption
Brilliant independent PlayStation playtime website PS-Timetracker has encountered turbulence, as Sony has banned all of its associated accounts. Members could voluntarily send a friend request to a PSN user in order to have their gameplay sessions logged by the website, but Sony nuked all of the associated usernames earlier this...
Poll Did You Buy Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut?
Iki Island awaits
Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut is out right now on both PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 — but are you joining Jin Sakai on his new adventure? In case you don't know, Director's Cut includes the Iki Island expansion, which, as stated in our Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut review, we absolutely love. It whisks our samurai hero...
News Promising PS4 Exclusive WiLD Has Allegedly Been Canned
Hardly WiLD news
Let’s not beat around the bush: WiLD looked incredible. The ambitious open worlder helmed by Michel Ancel and his Wild Sheep Studio was announced as a PlayStation 4 exclusive eons ago, but with the Rayman maker retiring from games and development seemingly stalling for an entire generation, word is that it no longer exists...
Not when other companies are doing it for free
If you've read our Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut review, you'll already know that we're big fans of the new Iki Island expansion. We'd go as far to say that Jin's new offshore adventure is worth the price of admission alone — but the reality of the situation isn't so simple. Having played the...
Hands On Lock-On Magazine Is a Love-Letter to the World of PlayStation
Shame it's now sold out
Print media is dead. It's a fact which has been clear for some time, at least in the realm of video games. The internet has rendered the majority of magazines irrelevant, because print can never hope to keep up with the fast-paced nature of the games industry, nor can it be expected to challenge a media which is capable of...
Sharpened steel
Before we begin: If you're looking for an overview of the base game, check out our in-depth Ghost of Tsushima PS4 review. All of the points that we made in that review also apply to Ghost of Tsuhima: Director's Cut. In this review, we're concentrating on what's new. Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut revitalises Sucker Punch's open...
News Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut Solves PS5 Save Transfer Woes
Simple samurai
We’d had some indication from the likes of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Saints Row The Third Remastered that Sony had solved the PlayStation 5’s curious save transfer system, but Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut puts any scepticism beyond doubt. In order to move your progress from the PS4 version to its next-gen...
News Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut Launch Trailer Sets the Scene for Iki Island
Out on Friday
Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut is just two days away from its launch on PlayStation 5 and PS4, so it's now time for a flashy launch trailer to remind you what this expanded re-release is all about. Of course, the new Iki island expansion is the centrepiece of the Director's Cut, adding a brand new location to explore just off the...
News Two New PS Store Sales Contain Over 1,500 PS5, PS4 Game Deals
Scarlet Nexus! Dishonored! Yakuza!
The grand PlayStation Store summer sale has come to an end, so Sony has decided to immediately replace it with two more bumper lists of PS5 and PS4 price cuts. One focuses on indie titles while the other is all about games discounted to a specific price point, but both sales will stick around until midnight on 1st...
News Hades Dev Says Returnal Is One of His Favourite Games This Year
And Housemarque reciprocates
Hades is finally available on PlayStation 5 and PS4, and as you may have heard, it's a fantastic rogue-like action game. It's certainly one of the highest profile indie games in recent memory, and has been incredibly well received; it was even in contention for Game of the Year at 2020's Game Awards. PS5 owners have been...
News Hidden The Last of Us 2 Multiplayer Assets Hint at Mysterious Mode
Is that a Battle Royale map?
Naughty Dog insinuated, prior to the release of The Last of Us: Part II, that its multiplayer mode had evolved into something much bigger. We know, from recruitment drives, that it continues to work on the standalone online component,
Talking Point How Would You Improve PS Plus?
Better games? PS Now? More services?
After what appeared to be a fairly hot streak of quality PlayStation Plus line-ups earlier this year, it feels like the chatter surrounding Sony's premier subscription service has once again returned to discussing how to improve it. This month's free PS Plus games clearly played a part in shaping that...
