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YesterdayFri, 4th Apr 2025
News Just Two Clean Hits Will Kill You in Stylish PS5, PS4 Fighter Two Strikes
Skewers April release date
Sometimes, a game's core concept alone is enough to sell it — and that's exactly what Two Strikes is going for. You may recall a title called One Strike, which released back in 2017 on PC, and 2018 on Nintendo Switch. As its name suggests, the pixel art fighter was based around the idea of one hit, one kill — and Two...
Poll Are You Still Playing Monster Hunter Wilds?
Title Update 1 is here
It's been just over a month since Monster Hunter Wilds launched on PS5, and the action RPG's right back in the spotlight thanks to Title Update 1. This first major patch adds new monsters, new quests, a new multiplayer hub, and more, tempting lapsed players back into the creature-crushing fold. And based on how quickly Wilds'...
Rumour Oblivion Remake About to Be Revealed as Old Oblivion Listings Are Updated
Here we go
We've going to be very happy when the supposed Oblivion remake is finally announced. Not because it's actually real, but because we won't have to cover these increasingly tedious rumours. The latest 'insider' information to do the rounds originates on social media (of course). A user by the name of Detective Seeds — who, to be fair,...
News Switch 2 Pre-Order Freeze Underscores Potential Impact of US Tariffs on PS5
And everything else, of course
The United States is on the verge of imposing significantly higher tariffs on all imported goods, and onlookers are concerned about the immense impact this will likely have on the price of PS5. From 5th April 2025, a blanket 10 per cent will be applied to all goods coming into the US, and in addition, greater levies...
Guide Best PS5, PS4 Games Like Mario Kart
The finest arcade and kart racers on PlayStation
What are the best PS5, PS4 games like Mario Kart? One of the best-selling and most beloved racing series of all time is Mario Kart, Nintendo's brilliant arcade racer starring all your favourite characters. Unfortunately, it's only playable on Nintendo hardware, so if you don't have access to the...
News Monster Hunter Wilds Connection Errors are Everywhere as Fans Flood Back for Title Update 1
It's a whopper
You know an update's popular when the game's online functionality is brought to its knees. Title Update 1 is now live for Monster Hunter Wilds, having dropped in the early hours of the morning. However, as the day's gone on and more of the western world has woken up, the RPG's servers have started to buckle. At the time of writing,...
Feature PS5's Not Perfect, But Here Are 5 Ways It's More Consumer Friendly Than Switch 2
For now, anyway
The phrase “consumer friendly” gets tossed around a lot and is rarely ever true. All companies want to extract money from your wallet at the end of the day. But there are scales to this sort of stuff, and some organisations tend to be fairer than others. PlayStation is often criticised as being the most anti-consumer gaming...
News Single Player Games Are Still Coming from Dark Souls, Elden Ring Dev
Nintendo there from the start with The Duskbloods
Despite its next two revealed games in Elden Ring Nightreign and The Duskbloods being focused on multiplayer, studio FromSoftware is stressing it hasn't abandoned its bread and butter: single player titles. In a new interview with Nintendo following the Switch 2 Direct that unveiled The Duskbloods,...
News Cyberpunk 2077 Is Teasing Something, But No One Knows What
Mark your calendar
There's something going on with Cyberpunk 2077, but it's near impossible to determine what that something is at the time of writing. The game's official social media accounts seem to be in a teasing mood — and that's where all of this speculation is coming from. Over on X (formerly known as Twitter), the team's been posting,...
Game of the Month Assassin's Creed Shadows (March 2025)
As voted by you
Historically, March has always been a busy month for new releases, as publishers look to squeeze things out just before the end of the fiscal year — and March 2025 was no different. Last month was peppered with new PS5 games of all shapes and sizes, with extremely highly rated co-op romp Split Fiction kicking things off in the...
News The Triple-i Initiative Returns Next Week, Showcasing 30+ Upcoming Games
45 minutes of announcements and updates
After its debut last year, the Triple-i Initiative is back for its second showcase on 10th April, 2025. The Triple-i Initiative is a video game presentation that shines a spotlight on titles that occupy the indie/AA space. This year's iteration will showcase more than 30 games, whether announcements or...
News Sony to Turn Horizon Zero Dawn into a Movie, Not a TV Show
Due to "creative" issues on TV project
Sony has made the decision to change its Horizon Zero Dawn adaptation from a TV show with Netflix to a movie. Talking to Variety, the PlayStation Productions lead Asad Qizilbash said the TV project in collaboration with Netflix was not "creatively going how we wanted to". Now, a Horizon Zero Dawn film will be...
Guide All PS5, PS4 Games with Mouse and Keyboard Support
Point and click
If you’re playing on the PS5 and PS4, then you’ll already be familiar with the DualSense and DualShock 4 as your primary control options. But did you know Sony’s consoles also include mouse and keyboard support? While it’s down to individual developers to implement support for the optional accessories, we’re keeping tabs...
News Almost All PS5 Fans Are Against $80 Games
Must be funny
Only 5% of PS5 fans “don’t have a problem” with $80 games. The remaining 95% are against a hypothetical price increase, as could become a reality due to Nintendo’s pricing of Mario Kart World. But of the 1,500 gamers polled, 30% said they would “grudgingly” cough up the increased fee for “select titles”. It’d be...
News Monster Hunter Wilds' Massive Update Out Now, Here Are All the Patch Notes
Back into the Wilds
Capcom has dropped the patch notes for Title Update 1, the first major patch coming to Monster Hunter Wilds. The update itself will be available to download on the 4th April (tomorrow at the time of writing), breathing a lot of new life into the action RPG roughly one month after its initial release on PS5. If you've been...
News Bungie's Marathon PS5 Game Taking Over PlayStation Social Media Pages
New updates likely coming soon
PlayStation has updated all its social media channels and pages with images relating to its upcoming live-service game Marathon, with developer Bungie posting the first tease. On Twitter, the team has begun posting black and neon green imagery that fans have found leads to an ARG. The latest update takes the form of a...
News Astro Bot Could Hit the Big Screen for a Movie
Sony considering an adaptation
Sony could turn its excellent platforming franchise Astro Bot into a movie in the future, as PlayStation Productions lead Asad Qizilbash has confirmed the company is "absolutely" considering a film adaptation. Expanding on the suggestion, Qizilbash explained to Variety how Sony picked up on last year's PS5 entry...
Thursday3rd Apr 2025
Round Up A 'Cavern of Stupidity' - The Minecraft Movie Reviews Are Live
Metacritic rating of 49
Releasing in theatres tomorrow, 4th April 2025, the A Minecraft Movie adapts the obscenely popular video game for the big screen. It stars the likes of Jack Black, Jason Momoa, and Emma Myers, with critic reviews now live. Reviews are mixed overall; the Metacritic rating sits at 49 currently, and the Rotten Tomatoes score is...
News New The Last of Us 2 PS5 Patch 2.0 Is Breaking Ellie, Abby Upgrades
Skills and holsters are all gone
Naughty Dog deployed update 2.0 for the PS5 version of The Last of Us 2 Remastered earlier today to coincide with the PC port's release, but if you still have the option to, you might be better off cancelling the download for now. PS5 players in the middle of a playthrough of the game are reporting in their droves...
News The Weapon Durability Debate Is Back with PS5 Action RPG Blades of Fire
Stock up
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow developer MercurySteam has released another Blades of Fire gameplay video, this time going a little more in-depth on the title's combat and weapon systems. As noted in our last article, we've been getting God of War (2018) vibes from this one, but at least mechanically speaking, Blades of Fire sets itself...
News PlayStation Keeps on Fumbling Its PC Ports
Mixed reports published for TLOU2 Remastered
The technical issues that Sony and its in-house PC porting specialist team Nixxes are encountering when bringing PS5 exclusives to desktops and Steam Deck don't appear to be going away, as with The Last of Us 2 Remastered launching on PC today, analysis from outlets reveals more flaws. Websites like PC...
News PS5 Players See Switch 2 as a Secondary Console, Not Direct Competition
Just like the Switch
As you may have noticed, Push Square is not a Nintendo-driven website. However, when something as big as the Switch 2 showcase is upon us, it only makes sense to write about it from a PlayStation perspective. After all, new hardware has an impact on the entire industry. And so, having watched yesterday's big Direct, we asked...
Hands On Hitman: World of Assassination Is a Must-Play on PSVR2
VR port finally hit its target
Hitman in VR is a match seemingly made in heaven, but whether it was on PSVR, PCVR or Meta Quest, IO Interactive has never seemed to get it quite right. The ill-fated PSVR release with Hitman 3 in 2021 was an admirable attempt, although shocking motion tracking through the DualShock 4 (?!) meant it felt like a half...
News PS5, PS4 Arcade Racer Wreckreation Teasing a Return After Lengthy Period of Silence
Get ready
You may recall the announcement of Wreckreation, an arcade racing game in which you and your friends can build crazy courses together. After about 20 months of nothing, developer Three Fields Entertainment is finally teasing a return: The last time we saw Wreckreation was in August of 2023,
News Switch 2 Isn't Targeting People Who Want 'High-Performance Hardware', Like PS5 Pro
Nintendo weighs in on power debate
Nintendo Switch 2 is certainly a step up from the original console, but we’re still waiting to see just how closely it compares to the PS5 and its superior mid-gen successor, the PS5 Pro. Naturally, as a hybrid which can be played portably, fans expecting the same levels of performance as a stationary system...
News As If Ronaldo Wasn't Enough, Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Adds Real-Life DJ to Roster
DJ, not Dee Jay
We're starting to grow a little concerned about Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves. In case you somehow haven't heard, the upcoming PS5 and PS4 fighter will feature superstar footballer Cristiano Ronaldo as a playable character — but he won't be the only real-life celebrity taking up a spot on the roster. Yep, DJ and producer...
News Don't Be Late to the Hellfire Gala in Marvel Rivals on PS5
Emma Frost, Ultron arrive for Season 2
The second season of hit live service shooter Marvel Rivals is almost upon us, and that means there are two new characters and an avalanche of fresh outfits to look forward to. This teaser trailer gives us our first taste of newcomer Emma Frost and Ultron, as familiar faces descend upon Krakoa for the Hellfire...
News PS6 Can't Rely on Cutting-Edge Graphics, Sony Must 'Change Its Way of Thinking'
So says former boss Shuhei Yoshida
If the PS5 has taught us anything, it's that we're well into the realm of diminishing returns when it comes to pursuing better and better graphics in video games. Indeed, for generations, console manufacturers like Sony have used graphical fidelity to sell systems — but abundantly clear improvements are becoming...
News PS5 Graphics Modes Make Expedition 33 Either Look or Run Better, PS5 Pro Enhanced Too
A few Trophies teased on top
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 studio Sandfall Interactive has shared some light details surrounding how its imminent RPG will perform on PS5 systems, including the PS5 Pro. On the base PS5, there'll be Performance and Quality Modes that allow you to prioritise either the framerate or visuals. If you've got a PS5 Pro, then...
News Shuhei Yoshida on the Switch 2 Direct: 'Underwhelming Until FromSoftware Showed Up'
Former PlayStation suit reacts
You may have missed this, but Shuhei Yoshida, the beloved ex-PlayStation executive of over 30 years, reacted live to Nintendo's big Switch 2 Direct. He joined the crew over on MinnMax to watch the presentation live, and provided some commentary — mostly after the show concluded. Host Ben Hanson asked him for his...
News Tekken 8 Reveals 'Emergency' Patches as Player Backlash Spirals Out of Control
Tekken it lower
We don't envy the Tekken 8 development team right now. The popular fighting game just got its big Season 2 update, but to say that it's gone down poorly amongst players would be just about the greatest understatement of 2025 so far. The backlash has been immense, and it's only grown worse over the last day or so. Tekken 8 is...
News Dodgy List of Most Influential Games Ever Puts 2-Month-Old RPG in the Top 10
What was the public thinking?
The Cambridge Dictionary's definition of the word "influential" is to have "a lot of influence on someone or something"; a suggestion that to be influential, you need to be at least a couple of years old and have clearly inspired something — not just be a really good game. Voters who took part in BAFTAs' "The Most...
It's probably for the breast
Gacha game Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Familia Myth Battle Chronicle will end service on PS5 and PS4 from 29th September. It’s worth noting that the PC and mobile versions will remain in operation, so this news only affects the PlayStation release. Presumably, there wasn’t much uptake for this...
News Turn Your Attention to Historical Tactical Action in Nobunaga's Ambition on PS5
Complete Edition en route
Koei Tecmo’s long-running historical Japanese strategy series Nobunaga’s Ambition is getting a new PS5 version on 5th June with six new scenarios. Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening Complete Edition is a re-release of the PS4 game which launched in 2023. We awarded it a strong 7/10 in our review. This new version will...
Talking Point What Are Your Thoughts on Potential $80 PS5 Games?
"I'll buy it at a high price"
Everyone expected it to be Rockstar and GTA 6 to drive up the prices of games yet again, but in an unexpected twist, it’s Nintendo that’s taken the plunge. In case you missed the news, Mario Kart World will retail for $79.99. In fact, so will the Nintendo Switch 2 Editions of Super Mario Party Jamboree and
News Free PS Plus Compensation Confirmation Emails Being Sent Out Now
You don't need to do anything
Sony has started issuing compensation for PSN’s recent dramatic downtime, which lasted almost 24 hours. The company promised it’d make good on the loss of service by providing all paying PS Plus members with an additional five days of service, free of charge. The additional time, the company said, would automa
News Switch 2 Coughs Up for Timed Hades 2 Console Exclusivity, Coming to PS5 Later
Patience is a virtue
Hades 2, the roguelike sequel already available in Early Access on PC, will launch first as a console exclusive for the Nintendo Switch 2 and original Switch. Press materials from the Mario maker confirm it’s got dibs on the Supergiant follow-up, which will supposedly take “advantage of the new system’s higher-definition...
News The Best Yakuza Game's Getting a Director's Cut, And It Could Come to PS5 and PS4 Later
Hero to 0
Yakuza 0 is considered by many — this author included — to be the best instalment in SEGA's storied franchise. How excited we were, then, to learn that a Director's Cut of this classic crime drama is dropping in the summer. There's one big problem if you're a PlayStation fan, however: Yakuza 0 Director's Cut is exclusive to Nintendo...
News Switch 2 Goes for the Kill in Japan By Massively Undercutting PS5's Price
Nintendo plots Japanese language-only option
In the rest of the world, the Switch 2 is comparatively priced to the PS5 – but Nintendo knows where its bread is buttered. The Mario maker has come up with a fascinating solution to the weakening yen and the threat of exports: a Japanese language-only system which will retail for ¥49,980 (~$338)...
Guide PS5 vs Switch 2: Full Tech Specs Comparison
How does Switch 2 compare to PS5 and PS4?
Nintendo has now fully announced its newest console, the Switch 2, revealing the hardware it plans to dedicate the next seven or so years of its existence to. Entertaining a unique place in the market where it caters to both the home console users and portable enthusiasts, the Switch 2 specs and output...
Wednesday2nd Apr 2025
News It's Ridge Racer! Riiidge Racer! But It's Not Announced for PS5
Arcade Archives 2 inclusion only on Switch 2 for now
Industrious Japanese emulation house Hamster is bringing a new line of its Arcade Archives catalogue to the Nintendo Switch 2, starting with Namco’s 1993 classic Ridge Racer. But the iconic System 22 outing will not be playable on the PS5, at least not initially, as the dev’s only announced...
News Street Fighter 6 Is Getting a Big New PS5, PS4 Bundle for New Players
The streets will hear about this
Street Fighter 6 is comfortably the best fighting game on the PS5 and PS4, but if you don’t own it yet you’ll have no excuse with the new Years 1-2 Fighters Edition. As you may probably expect, this will bundle in a bunch of the content added since launch as DLC. Here’s exactly what you’ll get if you...
Reaction Switch 2 Looks Solid But the Many PS5, PS4 Ports Won't Spook Sony Yet
Early impressions of Nintendo's new machine
Nintendo has finally pulled back the curtain on Switch 2, after a long and arduous build-up which has almost had our colleagues at Nintendo Life in straight-jackets. The headline news here is that the console seems like a compelling iteration on its outstandingly successful predecessor, with comfortably...
Poll PS5 Fans, Are You Sold on the Nintendo Switch 2?
Switching it up
Nintendo's highly anticipated Switch 2 Direct has come and gone — and while we'll obviously be leaving coverage of the event itself up to our friends at Nintendo Life, we still want to know what the Push Square community thinks about the Big N's new console. Set for release on the 5th June — it's only a couple of months off! —...
News James Bond PS5 Game Project 007 Resurfaces After 4 Years of Silence
Same teaser trailer at Switch 2 Direct
More than four years since its original announcement, the James Bond game from Hitman team IO Interactive made an unexpected appearance today during the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct. All that was shown was a bullet being loaded into a gun chamber and the trademark Bond introduction, with a Switch 2 version...
News Elden Ring Expands with New Armor, Weapons, More in Tarnished Edition
Arriving in 2025
Elden Ring will be ported to Nintendo Switch 2 in the form of a Tarnished Edition, but the additional content that version brings will also make its way to PS5 and PS4. The Tarnished Edition bundles together the base game along with last year's Shadow of the Erdtree DLC. Then, it throws "new armor, weapons and customization...
News Deltarune Chapters 3 and 4 Finally Coming to PS5, PS4 This June
First two chapters already available for free
Toby Fox, developer of Undertale and follow-up adventure Deltarune, has announced that the latter's third and fourth chapters will be launching soon. Deltarune will bundle chapters one to four together when it comes to PS5 and PS4 on 5th June, 2025. The first two chapters were released on PS4 years ago...
News Open World Mecha Action Sequel Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion Boosts to PS5 in September
Up your Arsenal
A follow-up to 2019's Daemon x Machina — which never actually made it to PlayStation platforms — Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion has been confirmed for PS5. It launches worldwide on the 5th September. The first game was a hectic blend of Armored Core-esque mecha action and anime-infused drama — and it's fair to say that this...
News Hollow Knight: Silksong Relegated to a Switch 2 Sizzle Reel
But now it's confirmed for 2025
Probably the most anticipated indie game of all time, all Nintendo could offer Hollow Knight: Silksong fans was a blink-and-you'll-miss-it spot in a sizzle reel as part of today's Switch 2 Direct. Comprising just six seconds of footage, it did at least claim the game will release in 2025. The game appeared alongside...
News Starseeker Is the Follow-Up to Astroneer, Heading to PS5 in 2026
A new frontier
Devolver Digital has announced Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions, the next game from the makers of the popular sci-fi survival title, Astroneer. Coming to PS5 in 2026, the follow-up focuses on "discovery, cooperative expeditions, and camaraderie". You can watch the teaser trailer above. It looks like the game will allow for many...
