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News A Very Happy Fourth Birthday to Our Fave Handheld, PS Vita
Let's have a portable party
Go, go, go, go! Go, go, go, Vita... ... It's your birthday. We're gon' party like it's your birthday. We're gon' play Uncharted like it's your birthday.And y'know we don't give a flip about sales numbers. Four years ago today, the PlayStation Vita launched in Japan alongside a solid software lineup including Uncharted:...
News Japanese Sales Charts: Gravity Rush Features as PS4 and Vita Enjoy Holiday Bump
Mixed up world
Nintendo enjoyed its usual seasonal boost in the latest Media Create report, with both the Wii U and 3DS dominating the Japanese hardware and software charts. Despite this, it was a good week for the PlayStation 4 and Vita, with both systems selling over 35,000 units apiece. Gravity Rush Remastered was the headline new release,...
Store Update 15th December 2015 (North America)
Chop, chop
PaRappa the Rapper 2 hits the North American PlayStation Store this week, ready to teach you to believe in your dreams. The popular PlayStation 2 title has been ported to the PlayStation 4 as part of Sony's new emulation initiative, which means that you can expect upgraded visuals and Trophy support. Towerfall Ascension also hits the Vita...
Store Update 15th December 2015 (Europe)
Let 'er rip
'Tis the season to play your backlog so there's not much new on the European PlayStation Store this week. The biggest arrivals include Assassin's Creed Syndicate's beefy Jack the Ripper add-on and PaRappa the Rapper 2, which is launching as a PlayStation 2 port on the PlayStation 4. There's also some free DriveClub content and a ton of...
News UK Sales Charts: Call of Duty: Black Ops III Breaches the Top Spot
Back in black
Star Wars Battlefront, FIFA 16, and Fallout 4 may have fought valiantly – but Call of Duty: Black Ops III wasn't going to be down for long, was it? Activision's evergreen shooter has reclaimed its place atop the UK sales charts, with all of the above titles making up the Top Five alongside Minecraft: Story Mode. Just
Push Rewind Final Fantasy VII Insanity, Yakuza News, and November NPD
11 more sleeps
After the madness of PlayStation Experience last week, this author was looking forward to a much quieter shift, and fortunately that's exactly what he got. Still, Square Enix did temporarily attempt to upset the apple cart by revealing that its Final Fantasy VII Remake would be episodic – though not quite in the way that you think...
News Assassin's Creed Chronicles Eagle Dives onto PS Vita
Remaining PS4 episodes also due next year
This is a pleasant surprise: Assassin's Creed Chronicles will take a leap of faith onto the PlayStation Vita next year. According to a Times of India report, the game will be available from 5th April as a bundle featuring all three of the side-scrolling spin-off's episodes: China, India, and Russia. The game...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 97
Deck the fools
Apparently it's already 12th December, which means that many of you are probably just realising that you have Christmas gifts to buy and decorations to assemble. Gulp. There's still time to get all of that sorted, though, so we recommend shirking your responsibilities and sitting pretty with your PlayStation platform of choice...
News November 2015 NPD: PS4 Smashes Xbox One in Important Holiday Month
Record breaking sales for Sony's box
It looks like the PlayStation 4's narrow loss in October's NPD report was just a blip, as the system has responded with some record breaking sales in November. According to the Japanese giant, its box was preferred to the Xbox One during the busy Thanksgiving period in the United States, with speculation putting...
Store Update 8th December 2015 (North America)
Late, late, late
Alright, excuses time. So, the North American PlayStation Store update was not only posted late this week, but it also happened to go live the same time this author booted up Yakuza 5 – and if you'd been waiting, like, three years to play the brawler, then you'd skip on the already delayed software selection, too. Better late than...
News Japanese Sales Charts: PS4 Numbers Jump as the Holidays Draw Near
Let it snow
The PlayStation 4 saw a relatively strong sales surge last week in Japan, as numbers jumped from 26,598 to 35,782. An increase of around 10,000 units, it's no doubt a welcome sight for Sony as we approach the holidays. It's worth mentioning that the Vita also enjoyed a sales boost, racking up a respectable figure of 21,860. Meanwhile,...
Video Top 4 PlayStation Games - November 2015
S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stuff
Sure, the Commonwealth may be laden with Super Mutants and all other sorts of (game breaking) bugs – but this Video Editor happened upon a terminal loaded with Final Cut Pro in a kindly Boston bunker, so it looks like you're getting a Game of the Month clip after all. Top hole, viewers!
Store Update 8th December 2015 (Europe)
A surprisingly big one
Lots to see and do on the European PlayStation Store this week, as Sony beats the winter blues with some big new releases. Headlining the digital plaza this week are Final Fantasy VII and Fat Princess Adventures – both released during PlayStation Experience 2015 – but they've been accompanied by the likes of Yakuza 5 (!
News UK Sales Charts: Just Cause 3 Blows a Hole in the Top Five
Marvellous Medici
Just Cause 3 tethered a landmine to fourth position in this week's UK sales charts – and pulled them both together. Avalanche Studios' open world adventure appears to have got off to a flying start, but it couldn't topple FIFA 16, Call of Duty: Black Ops III, or Star Wars Battlefront – all three of which remained glued to the...
Feature How Many PSX 2015 Predictions Did the Push Square Community Get Right?
Did you beat the PlayStation Experience?
PlayStation Experience 2015 has come and gone, which means that it's time to find out whether the Push Square community was able to correctly predict the events of Sony's press conference. We asked you 20 yes or no questions, and we're happy to report that over 160 of you took part in the quiz. The last time...
Push Rewind Your Ultimate PlayStation Experience 2015 Recap
And the rest of the week that was
Well, that was a pretty intensive week. Not only did we stay up late for The Game Awards 2015, but this weekend also brought PlayStation Experience 2015 – and about a trillion PlayStation 4 and Vita announcements with it. Because it's been such an action packed week we've decided to do Push Rewind a little...
PSX 2015 Every PS4, Vita Press Conference Reveal That We Missed
(^_^;)
This happens at practically every PlayStation press conference, but we'll tell you what: you only realise how much Sony actually stuffs into these shows when you have to write about it all. We're over 24 hours removed from yesterday's PlayStation Experience 2015 keynote, and while we've written a ridiculous number of stories over the past day...
PSX 2015 PlayStation Now Scores Specially Priced 12-Month Sub
Give it to me Now
Sony's clearly still struggling to find the right pricing model for PlayStation Now, but the platform holder evidently sees this as a long-term initiative, so that's fine. And if you've been interested in the service but have been put off by the entry fee, then maybe this all-new North American offer will appeal to you. Starting...
PSX 2015 All of These PS4, Vita Games Are Available Right Now
Spend liberally
Yesterday's big PlayStation Experience press conference had more "out now" moments than we care to count, and we figured that you may want to see the roster of new releases rounded up. Titles included Final Fantasy VII and Fat Princess Adventures, as well as eight classic PlayStation 2 games which have been enhanced with Trophy...
Round Up What Was Revealed at PlayStation Experience 2015?
All of the headlines
Another exhausting but entertaining day here at Push Square Towers is slowly drawing to a close, but if you couldn't catch Sony's PlayStation Experience 2015 press conference live, we're not going to leave you hanging out to dry. We've compiled all of the announcements from Sony's media briefing, and we'll be updating this...
PSX 2015 What's Up with Bit.Trip, Bastion, and Nuclear Throne on PS4, Vita?
Tripping on excitement
There was a deluge of indie games announced during the PlayStation Experience 2015 conference, so it's going to take Push Square Towers quite some time to sort out everything these small-time developers are bringing to Sony's machines. We'll start with Supergiant Games' Bastion, which was announced for the Vita quite some time...
Site News Push Square Users Vote The Witcher 3 as Game of the Year
Fallout 4! Bloodborne! Rocket League!
While we're still preparing our full Game of the Year coverage here at Push Square Towers – check back during Christmas to read all that we have in store – forum user themcnoisy has been organising a Best of 2015 poll in our forums. Users were asked to pick their three favourite PlayStation games of the...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 96
Press conference appetisers
We're sure that you can forgive us the brief WAYP this week as we ready ourselves for PlayStation Experience 2015. Sony's show will be consuming most of our attention here at Push Square Towers, but we're all hoping to squeeze in the odd gaming session or two. You'll find our itinerary below. Sammy Barker, Editor: I...
Poll Take the Push Square PlayStation Experience 2015 Community Predictions Quiz
Can you beat the PlayStation Experience?
Heck yes, it's that time again. Earlier this year, just before the beginning of E3 2015, we created a feature article that tasked you, the Push Square community, with predicting the Los Angeles event. The 20 question quiz was a huge success, with around 150 of you taking the time to vote on each question...
A blastonbury
BigFest is Theme Park with more Wellington boots and Bulmers – and it's worth buying for that fact alone. On the Metal's musical management sim was announced for the PlayStation Vita an eternity ago, but tickets are finally on sale from the PlayStation Store, and thankfully we reckon that it's more Oasis than Beady Eye. But what is...
News Superbeat Xonic's Special Edition Oozes Awesome
Head candy
If you haven't been playing Superbeat Xonic on the train with a pair of those obnoxious overhead cans, then what the hell have you been doing during your commute? The excellent PlayStation Vita release – which has been published by Rising Star Games in Europe – is so good that it won the Silver Trophy in our November Game of the Month...
News Promising PS Vita Exclusive Severed Rips Off a New Trailer
Cut from Guacamelee's cloth
You didn't think that the PlayStation Vita was dead, did you? Between the likes of BigFest and Dariusburst, the little console that can is enjoying something of a mini-resurgence, which we hope is capped off by a quality showing at PlayStation Experience this weekend. To keep you occupied until then, Canadian developer...
News Japanese Sales Charts: PS4 Holds Steady Despite Lack of New Software
Sony stays solid
We're not kidding this time around: there really isn't anything to write about when it comes to the most recent Japanese sales charts - at least, not from a PlayStation perspective. Sony's latest console managed to stick around the 25,000-30,000 mark last week, despite a lack of fresh software. Sure, 26,598 isn't a particularly...
News Danganronpa V3 Won't Finish The Story of the First Two Games
But an anime will
In a somewhat weird turn of events, Danganronpa V3 - the next title in the series that's expected to launch in 2016 - won't continue the story of the first two games, which largely revolves around students from the prestigious Hope's Peak Academy. Instead, the overarching plot will be resolved in an anime known as Danganronpa 3:...
Store Update 1st December 2015 (North America)
Once more into the fray
Just Cause 3! Rainbow Six: Siege! Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas! We may be dangerously close to Christmas, but the North American PlayStation Store refuses to have a rest. Other noteworthy titles this time include the long-awaited BigFest and Chivalry: Medieval Warfare. Lots to chew through this time, then. PS4 Games:...
News UK Sales Charts: Uncharted PS4 Sales Spike by 999 Per Cent
Knack returns to the Top 40
Black Friday week proved so enormous that the UK sales charts were delayed over 24 hours due to a system error at a major retailer. It's not surprising, though, as retail software sales increased by 60 per cent compared to the previous week, with hardware sales jumping by eight per cent year-over-year. Despite this, the...
Review Phineas and Ferb: Day of Doofenshmirtz (PS Vita)
When are they going back to school?
There's a hundred and four days of… You know the drill. Two cheeky lads try and make the best out of their seemingly eternal summer vacation by producing eccentric contraptions and inventions from thin air, only for a crazed scientist – the titular Dr. Doofenshmirtz – to get involved. Oh, and their pet...
News BigFest Takes to the Stage Exclusively on PS Vita This Week
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It's been a long, long time coming, but BigFest has finally ditched its pre-show jitters and is ready to take to the PlayStation Vita stage this week. The game – which was officially announced an eternity ago – is a Theme Park-esque management simulation, in which you must plan and promote music festivals in order to become the Simon Cowell...
News Take Your Waifu Fantasy One Step Further with Kissing in Senran Kagura Estival Versus
No tongues, mind
By this point, those of you reading this probably understand what Senran Kagura: Esitval Versus is all about. The latest instalment in the somewhat controversial beat-'em-up series, Estival Versus released earlier this year in Japan. Essentially a title in which buxom young female ninjas kick the the living daylights out of each...
Store Update 1st December 2015 (Europe)
Do the update dance
It's the last major European PlayStation Store update of year – unless PlayStation Experience decides otherwise – and it's a humdinger: BigFest has emerged from backstage and is ready to rock out with its… What's that? You're more interested in Just Cause 3 and Rainbow Six Siege? Well, you're a fool! PS4 Games: Just Cause...
News Download Your December PlayStation Plus Games Now
Throwing down the Gauntlet
December's roster of free PlayStation Plus games are available now – well, in Europe at least. Those of you in North America will have to wait until the PlayStation Store updates later in the day, but it shouldn't be too far behind. The goodies this month include Gauntlet: Slayer Edition and King's Quest – Chapter 1 on...
News Sony Opens the First Window of Its EU PS4 Deals Advent Calendar
On the first day of Christmas
December's finally arrived which means that we can no longer complain when we see garish Christmas lights attached to the front of someone's semi-detached. To celebrate the season, SCEE's rolled out its customary '12 Deals of Christmas' campaign, which sees new offers introduced every 48 hours in the run up to 25th...
Game of the Month Top 4 PlayStation Games of November 2015
Thumping tunes, guns, blasters, and the wonderful wasteland
Well, that's November done and dusted for another year. A month dominated by a trio of blockbuster releases, we all thought that November was going to give way to a clash of epic proportions when it came to our internal Game of the Month staff vote, but it actually turned out to be a bit of...
Guide UK Cyber Monday 2015 Deals - Every PS4, PS3, and PlayStation Vita Sale
Low prices for the Limeys
There's no doubt that Black Friday 2015 was a bit of a damp squib here in the UK. After last year's fist fights, retailers decided to spread the deals out over the course of seven days, and while there were some good offers to be found, it never really got especially insane, did it? Fortunately, there's still
Guide USA Cyber Monday 2015 Deals - Every PS4, PS3, and PlayStation Vita Sale
This is for the savers
Black Friday 2015 may be an unpleasant memory filed away in your brain bank, but the offers aren't stopping just yet. Cyber Monday 2015 is here to make your day a little more manic, but we've rounded up all of the hottest deals from around the United States so that you can Add to Basket without any of the h
Push Rewind Bloodborne, Battlefront, and Black Friday
May the good blood guide you
Thanksgiving week is always a strange one at Push Square Towers. As a predominantly British site, we don't celebrate the American holiday, but the PlayStation Nation tends to go to sleep while our friends from across the pond take time out. It's all good, though, because this author spent his week ordering multiple...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 95
Thanks for the video games
We're fast approaching our centenary issue of WAYP, which can't come soon enough seeing as we've run out of things to write in these increasingly awkward pre-ambles. It's amazing to think that we've been putting this feature together for almost three years now. In fact, it's something that your humble host would, y'know,...
News PSN Down Again as Holiday Traffic Surges
'Tis the season to be offline
It's actually been a better year for the PlayStation Network, with the number of outage reports that we've written down to a minimum. However, it seems that Black Friday has brought significant load to Sony's servers, as things have been flaky for the past 48 hours now. Yester
News PSN Feels the Stress of Black Friday as Some Users Can't Sign In
Eye of the storm
Reports are coming in that the PlayStation Network is starting to crack under the pressure of Black Friday, with some users unable to sign in or access the PlayStation Store. With numerous rather tempting deals going on right now, it's safe to assume that the digital marketplace is currently being hammered. Follow us on Twitter...
News PS4 Game Prices Slashed in European Black Friday PlayStation Store Sale
How low can you go?
You didn't think that North America was going to get all of the fun, did you? As promised, Sony has rolled out Europe's gigantic Black Friday PlayStation Store sale – and there are some PlayStation 4 humdingers among its ranks. For example, you'll be able to snag a digital copy of
News You Can Get 10 Per Cent Off PlayStation Store Purchases with This Voucher
But only in America right now, we're afraid
What's better than a belly full of turkey? 10 per cent off your next PlayStation Store purchase, of course. Sony's rolled out a North American discount code which is valid until 12:00PM PT on 1st December, and will grant you money off a full cart of gaming goods. Simply use the code FH24P5BDR6 before...
News Give Thanks for North American Black Friday PlayStation Store Flash Sale
The Witcher! The Order! The Arkham Knight!
We all knew that it was coming – and it's arrived. Sony's rolled out an absolute slew of offers on the North American PlayStation Store, with its festive Flash Sale set to run right through the Black Friday
News Your PlayStation Plus Sub Was Worth Over $1,100 This Year
Play more, pay less
We've crunched the numbers, and your PlayStation Plus subscription was worth $1,101.78 in North America and £828.78 in the UK this year. Subscribers to the premium platform snagged 72 games across the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and Vita – and that's not including bonuses such as DriveClub: PS Plus Edition. We probably...
Feature Did PlayStation Plus Represent Value for Money in 2015?
Plus what?
It's been a funny old year for PlayStation Plus, hasn't it? With the PlayStation 4's commercial success – and its dependence on the subscription service – we'd imagine that membership metrics are at an all-time high. And yet following that influx of users, the premium platform has developed a real perception problem – particularly...
Guide UK Black Friday 2015 Deals - Every PS4, PS3, and PlayStation Vita Sale
Lightning deals for limeys
So, here's the deal: our Black Friday 2015 guide got so big that we, er, exceeded the character limit imposed by our system. This is a blessing in disguise, though, because we've decided to break the UK's various PlayStation doorbusters away from the American ones. Seeing as the sales are so much better across the...
