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News Overcooked: All You Can Eat Will Let You Literally Feel the Heat with DualSense Features on PS5
Haptic feedback and more detailed
Overcooked: All You Can Eat bundles the two games and all DLC together in one remastered package on PlayStation 5. The collection will be available on the next-gen system from day one, and it sounds like it's really taking advantage of the new hardware. In addition to more detailed levels, 4K support, and 60...
News Worms Rumble Open Beta Hits PS4 This Weekend
Try out the new real-time Worms game
Worms is coming back, and for its latest iteration, it's making the action real-time. Dropping the turn-based gameplay in favour of more immediate fun, Worms Rumble is coming to both PlayStation 5 and PS4 in December. However, you can play it early via the open beta, which kicks off on PS4 today. The beta test...
News Overcooked: All You Can Eat Adds Brand New Content, Launches Alongside PS5
Remaster collection gets new kitchens and more
PlayStation 5's launch lineup won't leave you hungry, but if you can force down one more helping, Overcooked: All You Can Eat looks like a tasty treat. The game is a remaster of both Overcooked 1 and 2, plus all the DLC, and now publisher Team 17 has announced it even contains some new content as well...
News Raise and Battle Beasts in Monster Sanctuary, Coming to PS4 in December
Pokemon meets metroidvania
Here's a cute little game to look forward to. Monster Sanctuary, published by Team 17 and developed by Moi Rai Games, is a metroidvania RPG about collecting, raising, and battling monsters. That might sound familiar to Pokemon fans, but going by this new trailer, it looks to function pretty differently. You play as a...
News This Is How Tasty Overcooked Looks on PS5
Delicious
Overcooked is not necessarily the type of game you’d expect to benefit significantly from the PlayStation 5’s boosted horsepower, but the upcoming All You Can Eat Edition is definitely looking scrumptious on Sony’s next-gen hardware. Team 17 has released the comparison trailer embedded above, and in addition to smooth 60...
News Worms Rumble Brings Real Time Mayhem to PS5, PS4 in December, Open Beta Announced
Incoming
Ever wondered what a real time version of Worms would be like? You won't have to wait long to find out, as Worms Rumble is heading to both PlayStation 5 and PS4 on 1st December. Announced earlier this year, the upcoming entry in the long-running series ditches turn based strategy in favour of active multiplayer bouts. See it in action in...
News Overcooked 2 Celebrates Moon Harvest Festival with Free Update
New levels and recipes
The folks at Team 17 and Ghost Town Games have been topping up our portion of Overcooked 2 on a regular basis, but we won't say no to a little more. The co-op cooking game has been updated once again with some more free content, this time in celebration of the mid-Autumn festival. So, what's included in this freebie content?...
Review Going Under - A Compelling and Comical Roguelite
Upstairs downstairs
Many roguelikes and roguelites follow a similar template, and if you've played one, it can feel as though you've played them all. However, they're not all cut from the same cloth; yes, they share some common design and gameplay choices, but others are true outliers that do things differently with the formula. Going Under is one...
News Overcooked: All You Can Eat Turns Up the Heat on Accessibility Options
PS5 release includes Assist mode and more
Overcooked is a series that's already very accessible to a lot of people. Even the very first game included the ability to split your controller, allowing you to play with just one hand. Still, there's always more that can be done, and the PlayStation 5 edition of the series looks to be the most inclusive...
News Corporate Rogue-lite Game Going Under Starts Up on PS4 in September
Watch the new trailer
Going Under might be a rogue-lite, but it's one that looks like nothing else. Coming from publisher Team 17, this game sees you playing as an intern at a company that fosters start-up businesses, and you're sent into the depths to fend off failed tech companies. It's an odd one, then, but with that wonderfully colourful...
Review Neon Abyss - Fast-Paced Rogue-Like Can Be a Little Too Chaotic
Gotta hatch'em all
Neon Abyss is a procedurally generated, rogue-like platformer that takes heavy inspiration from the likes of Enter the Gungeon and The Binding of Isaac. You play as part of the Hades formed ‘Grim Squad’ and are thrown into the Abyss, equipped with nothing more than a gun to blast through room after room of menacing foes in...
News Overcooked: All You Can Eat Is a PS5 Remaster of Both Games and All DLC
Main course
It's well documented that we're big fans of Overcooked here at Push Square Towers, so news that we can play an updated version on PlayStation 5 is most welcome. Yes, Overcooked: All You Can Eat is coming to PS5, and it includes both games as well as all the additional DLC in one huge package. All You Can Eat remasters the original...
News Worms Rumble Swaps Turn-Based Action for Real Time Battle Royale on PS5 and PS4
Doing away with tradition
It's the 25th anniversary of the Worms franchise, and Team 17 is celebrating by changing things up with the latest entry. Worms Rumble has been announced for PlayStation 5 and PS4, and it's a big departure from the turn-based warfare we all know and love. Instead of the tactical battles we've come to expect from the series,...
News Overcooked 2's Next Free DLC, Sun's Out Buns Out, Is Ready to Eat on PS4 Next Month
Now we're cooking
Wow, Team 17 is really dedicated to Overcooked 2, isn't it? The game released back in 2018, and has been receiving free and premium DLC on a semi-regular basis ever since. For a game of this scale, it's pretty impressive. The support continues with Sun's Out Buns Out, an upcoming DLC pack that'll be free of charge. This summery...
Mini Review Moving Out - PS4 Couch Co-Op at Its Most Literal
To me, to you
Moving Out successfully gamifies the otherwise highly stressful process of relocating. As employees of a somewhat questionable removal company, you and up to three other local players are tasked with shifting all the marked goods out of each building and into your truck as fast as possible. It's daft, easygoing fun. Levels start...
News Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair PS4 Update Adds New Soundtrack and Easy Mode
It's all Chiptune
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a thoroughly enjoyable 2D spin-off to Playtonic's mainline Nintendo 64-like experience, but some players felt things got a little bit too difficult towards the end of the game. If you were one of those who got stuck but wished to see the title through to its conclusion, you might want to...
News Battle Cursed Start-Up Companies in Going Under on PS4 This Year
Internships are heck
Tech-based start-up businesses can always arouse a bit of suspicion, so it's no wonder that Going Under from Aggro Crab Games is here to give us the chance to send the naughty ones bankrupt. This procedurally-generated dungeon crawler is planned for launch on PlayStation 4 later in the year, bringing with it a selection of...
News Team 17 Brings Chaotic Roguelite Neon Abyss to PS4 in 2020
All the colours
PlayStation 4 is a treasure trove of indie roguelite games, and it's about to get another one. If you're a fan of titles like Enter the Gungeon, Dead Cells, and Rogue Legacy, chances are you'll like the look of Neon Abyss, freshly announced for PS4 today. Publisher Team 17 is bringing the game to consoles after initially releasing on...
News Free Demo for Moving Out Unpacked Today on PS4
Moving on up
Moving Out is the name of Team 17's latest venture into local co-op madness, and it's out pretty soon on PlayStation 4. It's a game all about moving furniture and large items out of houses and offices against the clock, and it looks more fun than that sounds. The game is out on 28th April 2020, but you can actually get your hands on...
News Incoming! Worms Is Set to Return in 2020 with a New Game
Hallelujah
Nintendo has Mario, SEGA has Sonic, and Team 17 has Worms. The classic turn-based strategy game is an enduring video game institution, and in 2020 celebrates its 25th anniversary. By the looks of it, the publisher will be releasing a new instalment of its invertebrate warfare simulator later this year to coincide with the milestone...
News Putt Your Friendships to the Test When Golf With Your Friends Comes to PS4 in 2020
A load of balls
Golf With Your Friends has been in early access on Steam for what seems like an eternity, but a proper release appears to be right around the corner. Better yet, the game is dropping onto PlayStation 4 in 2020 too, meaning we all get to experience the friendship-ending antics on console. If you're not familiar, Golf With Your...
News Literal Couch Co-Op Game Moving Out Furnishes PS4 in April 2020
Release date announced
Yes, of course we'll play an Overcooked-style co-op game about moving house. Moving Out is exactly that, and publisher Team 17 has just announced the game will settle into its new home on PlayStation 4 on 28th April, 2020. As you can see in the new trailer above, it's a silly co-op title for up to four players, and it's all...
News Overcooked 2 Celebrates the Chinese New Year with Free Spring Festival Update on PS4
Year of the rat
In the era of ever-evolving video games, who would've thought Overcooked 2 would be among them? Team 17 has been keeping the co-op cooking title simmering since its release back in 2018, and it's showing no signs of slowing down. The result is a game that's only become more flavoursome over time, with a wide range of DLC thrown into...
News Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair Getting Free Demo on PS4 This Month
Try before you buy
The original Yooka-Laylee was an okay attempt at reviving the 3D collectathon platformer, but Playtonic Games scaled down its ambitions for the follow-up, delivering a far better executed side-scroller. Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is well worth playing, but if you've yet to dive in, we'd suggest holding off until the end...
News Overcooked 2 Is a Winter Wonderland with Latest Free Update on PS4
Seasoning's greetings
We don't often talk about it, but Overcooked 2 has received a generous helping of DLC this year. Developer Ghost Town Games has been cooking up all kinds of treats over the course of 2019, both premium and free, and its latest offering is available now. Winter Wonderland is a complimentary update for the holidays that's...
Review Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair - A Great Example of Less Is More
Going batty
Yooka-Laylee was born out of a desire to return to the 3D mascot platformers of the mid-nineties. The initial game by Playtonic, a studio that has several ex-Rare staffers in its ranks, found a degree of success in this mission statement, but it didn't quite measure up to expectations. It's a cutesy, colourful collect-a-thon with nice...
News Overcooked 2's Latest DLC, Carnival of Chaos, Is Ready to Eat on PS4
Let's get cooking
After getting a taster last month, the latest DLC expansion for Overcooked 2 is out now on PlayStation 4. Called Carnival of Chaos, it adds yet more levels, unlockable chefs, and gameplay mechanics to the co-op cooking adventure. With a fairground theme, you'll be cooking up hot dogs, donuts, and combo meals for the particularly...
Review Blasphemous - An Unholy and Triumphant Metroidvania
King of the castle
Perhaps ‘Dark Souls-vania’ is a bit of an overstatement, but there’s no denying the plethora of influences, both modern and contemporary, in this gorgeously sacrilegious metroidvania. Blasphemous is dripping in grim atmosphere and stuffed full of macabre religious iconography, bloody combat, and enough lore to fill the Old...
News Blasphemous' Launch Trailer Is Bloody Gruesome, Out Now on PS4
Guts and gore
Blasphemous is out right now on PlayStation 4, bringing with it punishing 2D platforming action and a hack-n-slash style combat system that'll test your skills to the limits. To celebrate the occasion, developer The Game Kitchen has released the game's launch trailer. Launching to favourable reviews, it looks like Blasphemous is more...
News Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair Brings Back Tonics on PS4 Next Month
Release date confirmed
Developer Playtonic Games has scaled back for its follow-up to its 3D platformer, Yooka-Laylee. The sequel, named Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair, opts for a two dimensional perspective, with a top-down hub world. From what we've seen of it so far, it's looking like a smaller but better constructed game. We're definitely...
News Moving Out Puts the Couch in Couch Co-Op When it Moves to PS4 in 2020
Changing rooms
Moving house is never fun, right? Packing up your whole life into cardboard boxes is always a stressful endeavour -- it's no surprise there aren't many video games on the subject. However, Moving Out presents this laborious task in a fun, cheerful way, and we must say it looks pretty good. Developer SMG Studio has partnered with Team...
News Overcooked 2: Carnival of Chaos Is Your Next Helping of DLC
Plating up next month
Overcooked 2 has had a pleasantly lengthy shelf life on PlayStation 4. Developer Ghost Town Games has been keeping the co-op cooking caper going with all kinds of free and premium DLC, and the next course is about to be served. The third and final expansion included in the season pass, Carnival of Chaos has been teased in the...
News Gruesome Side-Scrolling Adventure Blasphemous Sins on PS4 in September
About bloody time
Blasphemous has looked really intriguing for a long while now, and it finally has a release date on PlayStation 4. The gory and often nightmarish side-scrolling action role-playing game staggers onto Sony's system next month, on the 10th September. It'll be priced at $24.99/€24.99/£19.99. If you're not familiar with...
News Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair Trailer Shows Off Levels and Their Alternate States
Changing things up
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is making some big changes to the formula laid down by the first game. While Playtonic's debut effort was a decent attempt at a nostalgic 3D collect-a-thon, the follow-up is a smaller scale, 2.5D platformer with a nifty top-down overworld to explore. In this new trailer, it seems more than just...
Guide Can You Play Overcooked Online on PS4?
Does Overcooked have online multiplayer?
Can you play Overcooked online on PlayStation 4? Overcooked is one of May's PlayStation Plus games, and as such, many will be taking their first steps into this chaotic, cooperative cooking game. Although playable alone, enjoying this clever little title with friends is an absolute must. Ideally, four player...
E3 2019 Overcooked 2 Latest DLC Adds a Horror Themed Horde Mode
Bread rising
Yes, you read that right: Overcooked 2 is getting a horde mode. The latest DLC for the co-op cooking game is called Night of the Hangry Horde, and it sees the return of the Unbread -- only this time, you'll be directly fending them off. In this new mode, there will be multiple stations at which you can serve food, and doing so will...
E3 2019 Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair Brings 2.5D Goodness to PS4 Later this Year
More info at E3 2019
The team of Yooka and Laylee brought classic 3D platforming back to the masses with the suitably named original adventure, Yooka-Laylee, back in 2017, but the twosome is switching things up for their next outing. Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a 2.5D side-scroller, and it's coming to PS4 later this year. Accessed via a...
News Blasphemous, a Brutal Action Platformer, Hacks and Slashes Its Way to PS4 This Year
Watch the new trailer
When pixel art is done well, it can be very effective, and it looks like Blasphemous certainly fits the bill. This upcoming action game from Team 17 and The Game Kitchen is coming to PS4 in 2019, and it looks like a dark, creepy adventure. Playing as The Penitent One, you must explore the cursed land of Cvstodia and hack your...
Review Overcooked - A Delicious Slice of Culinary Co-Op
Frying pan-ic
Republished on Wednesday 1st May 2019: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of May's PlayStation Plus lineup. The original text follows. Too many cooks spoil the broth – or so the saying goes. The fellows at Ghost Town Games may have taken this on-board when developing its debut indie effort...
News Overcooked 2 Campfire Cook Off DLC and Season Pass Out Now on PS4
Get it while it's hot
If you want a second helping of Overcooked 2, you're definitely not short of options. The latest DLC pack, Campfire Cook Off, is out today on PlayStation 4, bringing you more of that delicious co-op cooking. It features 15 new levels, four new characters to unlock, and two new recipes. You'll be making s'mores and all-day...
Review My Time At Portia - A Delightful Post-Apocalyptic Life Sim
Workshop till you drop
My Time At Portia is a charming life simulation game, revolving around your new life running a workshop in the post-apocalyptic town of Portia. Unlike most such settings, Portia is brimming with vibrant colours and cheerful residents. However, the town still bears the scars of the apocalyptic event which ravished the world...
News Overcooked 2 Season Pass Serves Up Three Courses of DLC, Starting with Campfire Cook Off
Seasoning Pass?
Overcooked 2 is a game that just keeps on giving. The game launched with a decent number of stages, not to mention online multiplayer, and developer Ghost Town Games keeps wheeling new dishes out of the kitchen to keep us at the table. The latest announcement is for Campfire Cook Off, which has a teaser trailer -- check it out above...
News Overcooked 2's Free Chinese New Year Update Adds Levels, Chefs, and a Brand New Game Mode
Available now
We hope you're hungry for more Overcooked 2, because Team 17 keeps bringing new courses to the table. The free Chinese New Year update is available to download now on PS4, and it brings a feast of new content to the culinary co-op title. There are seven new kitchens to play, in which you'll cook up two new recipes -- fruit platter and...
News Looks Like a Free Update for Overcooked 2 Will Celebrate the Chinese New Year
Year of the pork
So far, the post-launch support for the brilliant Overcooked 2 has been pretty decent. In addition to premium DLC Surf 'n' Turf, the chaotic cooking game has snacked on free updates since its release, including some bonus Christmas content, New Game + mode, a practice mode, and more. It looks like the trend is set to continue, as...
News Free Update for Overcooked 2 Brings Festive Levels, Recipes, and More
Tis the seasoning
Earlier in the week, Team 17 teased a new update to its beloved co-op cooking game, Overcooked 2. We now know what it's been preparing for us, as the publisher has announced Kevin's Christmas Cracker, which you can take a look at in the above trailer. Team 17 has donned its Santa suit and is handing out this update free of charge...
News New, Winter-Themed Overcooked 2 Content Coming Soon, Seemingly Free of Charge
What's Team 17 cooking?
It wasn't too long ago that Overcooked 2 had its first DLC in the form of Surf 'n' Turf, bringing a bunch of new levels, recipes, and items to the wonderful multiplayer game. Now, publisher Team 17 has teased something new is coming to the co-op cooking game, which you can get a brief glimpse of in the above video. Whatever...
News Yooka-Laylee's Retro 64-Bit Mode Coming Soon on PS4
Time for a downgrade
All the way back when Yooka-Laylee was nothing more than a hopeful Kickstarter campaign, one of the promised additions was a way to play the game with 64-bit graphics, in order to complete the obvious throwback to Rare's late 90s platformers. It's been a long time since then, but it looks like Playtonic Games is finally ready to...
DLC Review Surf 'n' Turf Brings Both Sunshine and Challenge to Overcooked 2
Fun in the sun
Firing up Overcooked 2's new Surf 'n' Turf DLC, we had flashbacks to the almost unbearable heatwave endured by much of the UK back in the Summer. We at Push Square Towers were on our knees, desperately trying to keep cool and not let the heat get to us. With copious amounts of ice cream and good old fashioned British complaining, we...
News Overcooked 2 DLC Surf 'n' Turf Releases Today on PS4
New chefs, kitchens, and recipes
The original Overcooked received a couple of small DLC packs, so it's nice to see the sequel is getting the same treatment. Overcooked 2's first summery add-on, named Surf 'n' Turf, is out today on PS4, giving you another reason to hop back into this delightfully stressful co-op cooking game. Surf 'n' Turf brings 12...
News Ghost Town Games Is Teasing New Overcooked 2 Content for October
Delicious
The Overcooked games are a firm favourite when it comes to cooperative gaming, so whenever something new starts brewing, you know we'll be there to get a taster. Right now, it seems the developer, Ghost Town Games, is almost ready to reveal the first DLC for Overcooked 2, and it's looking very sunny indeed. Whatever it turns out to be,...
