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Tuesday7th Jan 2025
News PS Plus Essential's January 2025 PS5, PS4 Games Available to Download
First of 12 lineups rolls out
The first PS Plus Essential lineup of 2025 is now available, making three PS5, PS4 titles available to active members to download. The following three games will be available to claim until 4th February 2025: Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (PS5) | Review
News Do You Put Your PS5 in Rest Mode or Shut It Down?
To rest or not to rest, that is the question
In a welcome reminder that we aren't alone in the world, it appears the PlayStation faithful are evenly divided on the subject of Rest Mode. About 50% opt to power down partially after each gaming session, with the rest choosing to cut the connection completely. Getting lost in the weeds during a recent...
News Your First Look at Virtua Fighter PS5 Will Drop Jaws
Smooth as butter
SEGA and graphics card manufacturer Nvidia’s storied relationship is well documented, so it’s no surprise CEO Jensen Huang debuted a few seconds of footage from the new Virtua Fighter game during its CES 2025 presentation. The clip was described as in-engine, and is presumably still very early in-development. However, the...
News Freedom Wars Remastered System Trailer Preps Sinners for Punishment
For the Greater Good
Freedom Wars Remastered is almost upon us, with ludicrously long prison sentences being handed down from 10th January on PS5 and PS4. Propaganda icon Percy Propa has an informative new systems trailer for you, allowing your necessary re-education to begin. The cult-classic Vita game was originally released in 2014, and we'll be...
News GameStop Shutters Large Number of US Stores with Usual Tact
Roaring Kitty waiting in the wings
Doomed to repeat the same cycle, many GameStop stores have been shuttered across the U.S., and the crypto vultures are already circling. Over the past few days, a steady stream of reports of unofficial layoffs have been shared in the GameStop subreddit, with more every hour. The company has yet to make an official...
News WWE 2K23's PS5, PS4 Platinum Trophy Is No Longer Obtainable
Gone the way of the dodo
Sorry, wrestling fans. If you haven't moved on to WWE 2K24 already, your opportunity to earn WWE 2K23's Platinum Trophy is now gone. Multiplayer servers have been shuttered, adding the game's shiny gong to the growing list of permanently unobtainable Trophies. Spied by PSLS, the topic of these lost Trophies has risen again,...
News Call of Duty's Squid Game Skins Reignite Monetisation Debate
Premium game treated like its free-to-play
The skin situation in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has reached some kind of boiling point, with players fed up with the high price Activision is asking, as well as the way microtransactions are being handled. The Squid Game event pass itself contains a paid premium track, a money-making endeavour that is...
News HBO's The Last of Us: Season 2 Debuts in April
This should be fun
Sony brought Naughty Dog boss Neil Druckmann up on stage during its CES 2025 presentation to briefly talk about new game Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, before transitioning to The Last of Us and its forthcoming second season from HBO. After a short trailer – which shows act
News Helldivers 2 Is So Big It's Already Getting a Hollywood Adaptation
Sony announces plans to bring shooter to cinemas
Wow, from plucky PS4 and PS Vita isometric shooter to one of the biggest games in the world to the big screen, huh? Someone will need to write a case study on the success of Helldivers 2 one day. While very few details were announced, PS Productions bigwig Asad Qizilbash took to the stage at CES 2025...
News Ghost of Tsushima Legends Is an Upcoming Anime Inspired by the PS5, PS4 Game
Due out in 2027
Sony spent a long time talking about anime during its CES 2025 press conference today, reminding everyone that it’s all-in on the rapidly growing medium. While it used most of its time explaining to the audience why anime matters, it also announced a new project: Ghost of Tsushima Legends, inspired by the dark fantasy online...
News Sony's Bringing Horizon Zero Dawn to the Big Screen with Live Action Movie Adaptation
PS Productions, Columbia Pictures to produce
Horizon Zero Dawn, originally planned to be a live action Netflix series, is getting a big budget movie instead. Announced during CES 2025, PS Productions bigwig Asad Qizilbash confirmed that his department is partnering with Columbia Pictures to bring Aloy’s origin story to life. No casting...
Live Watch Sony's CES 2025 Press Conference Right Here
Can you AFEELA it?
If you’re watching Sony’s CES 2025 press conference, then don’t expect enormous PS5 news. The manufacturer’s already said it’ll be focusing on AFEELA, its electric vehicle project with Honda, during this presentation. It’ll likely have other news on camera sensors, televisions, and more. But the company does specialise...
Monday6th Jan 2025
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Will Conquer a Hefty Chunk of Your PS5's Storage
The new norm
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is set to be a very robust and in-depth sandbox RPG, and so it's no huge surprise to see that it boasts a fairly big file size. As per the ever-reliable PlayStation Game Size on X, Henry's sophomore adventure will take up 84GB of your PS5's storage space. We've seen heavier demands, of course, but it's still...
News Sonic the Hedgehog Is Now a Billion-Dollar Movie Franchise
That's super
Paramount Pictures has announced that its Sonic the Hedgehog movie series has now surpassed a total of $1 billion at the global box office. The third film in the franchise, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, recently hit cinemas, where it's enjoyed a successful run and positive reviews. Paramount made the announcement of the milestone on its...
Quiz How Well Do You Know Uncharted?
Chart this
How well do you know the Uncharted games? One of Sony's heaviest hitters of the PS3 and PS4 eras, Naughty Dog struck gold with this action adventure series. Given how important Uncharted has been to PlayStation over the years, the franchise makes for a perfect quiz topic. And so, we've put together 15 multiple choice questions for you to...
News Marvel Rivals' First Proper PS5 Season Starts 10th January
And here's the first trailer
After a brief primer season, Marvel Rivals will get underway proper from 10th January on PS5. As previously teased, Eternal Night Falls will feature the Fantastic Four, although it’s still unclear how all four new characters will be rolled out. Some claim they’ll all be there from day one; others argue there’ll be...
Talking Point Is PlayStation Right in Saying PC Isn't a 'Major Risk' to Console Business?
Does it compute?
Is the growing PC landscape a threat to PlayStation? Well, Sony doesn't seem fazed by it whatsoever, in new comments coming from a shareholders call. One shareholder asked whether Sony's increased reliance on externally-made exclusives (like Rise of the Ronin and Stellar Blade) is to help boost the user transition from PS4 to PS5,...
News PS5's Astro Bot Now the Most Decorated Platformer Ever with Over 100 GOTY Awards
No wonder he's always dancing
Astro Bot, the PS5 exclusive 3D platformer, is now the most-awarded game in its genre on record, accumulating 104 Game of the Year nods so far. That's according to this site, which tracks all Game of the Year awards attributed by eligible media outlets. The count isn't complete, but even if the figure stays at 104, it...
News Resident Evil 4 Remake Sales at Nine Million, Series' Fastest-Selling Game
You've certainly been buyin'
Capcom has confirmed its phenomenal PS5, PS4 remake of Resident Evil 4 has now sold more than nine million copies, meaning an additional one million units have been bought since its last report less than three months ago. According to Resident Evil author Alex Aniel, this makes the latest Capcom remake "by far" the...
News This New Xbox Controller Looks Exactly Like a PS5 Pad
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
It won’t surprise you to learn we’ve always erred on the symmetrical sticks side of the fence, and while we won’t judge anyone for preferring asymmetrical sticks, we can confirm there’s a special place in hell reserved specifically for you. Seriously, though, with PlayStation being the faraway...
News Unfortunately, PS5's Disc Drive Add-On Shortage Doesn't Seem to Be Getting Better
January blues
Now we're the other side of the holidays, we were hoping to start seeing some improvement regarding the PS5 disc drive situation. However, the add-on is still suffering from shortages and inflated prices from scalpers. Since the PS5 Pro's launch in November, the disc drive — compatible with the "slim" PS5 and PS5 Pro — has been...
News What Time Is Sony's CES 2025 Press Conference?
Don't expect much PlayStation news
CES, or Consumer Electronics Show, always feels strange coming so soon after Christmas, but the event will run next week, from 7th January to 10th January in Las Vegas. And on the eve of the convention, there’ll be Sony’s annual press conference, scheduled to stream from 5PM PST / 8PM EST on Monday, 6th...
News PS5 Pro, Cash Bonus Rewarded to All Stellar Blade Dev Employees
To encourage its talent
Stellar Blade team Shift Up has gifted all of its employees a PS5 Pro and a cash bonus of five million South Korean won (~$3,400). The rewards were shared with workers during a company event earlier today, with a spokesperson explaining to Naver the bonuses are for the purpose "of encouraging talent". Since its PS5 release...
News The Composers of Intergalactic PS5 Just Won a Golden Globe for Their Challengers Soundtrack
Let them cook
Composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, perhaps best known as Nine Inch Nails, have a distinctive sound unlike anyone else. And ahead of their work on Naughty Dog’s new game, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, the pair just scooped a Golden Globe for their efforts on Zendaya’s messy sports romance, Challengers. <related...
News Bayonetta Turns 15, Announcements Planned to Celebrate
PlatinumGames to mark 15th anniversary
PlatinumGames has revealed it has "various announcements" planned to help celebrate the 15th anniversary of its PS3 action game Bayonetta, which initially released in October 2009 in Japan. It made its way to the USA and Europe a few months later in January 2010, so the latter Western launch is being used as...
News Balatro Dev's Prestigious Golden Thunk Award Goes to Animal Well
"Dripping with style, secrets, and making me feel like an imposter in this industry"
Watch your back, Geoff; the mysterious developer of 2024's breakout pokerlike, Balatro, is getting in on the award show game. Opting for a more cost-effective Tweet thread instead of Keighley's whole song and dance, Localthunk used their newfound fame to highlight a...
News PS5's Awesome Welcome Hub Was Designed by a Small, Passionate Team
"We loved the idea"
Sony has iterated on the PS5’s user interface faster than previous formats, and it’s been much more open to experimentation, too. The console’s customisable landing screen Welcome Hub was introduced with little fanfare last year, and has quickly gone on to become an appreciated addition for millions upon millions of users...
News Elden Ring Nightreign Axes 'Behold, Dog' and Other Iconic Phrases
Put those foolish ambitions to rest
Elden Ring's upcoming multiplayer spinoff, Nightreign, will lack one of FromSoftware's Soulslike series' most iconic features, its esoteric messaging system. Apparently, this is due to the much faster pace of play, with players given little time for such diversions. Speaking to IGN Japan (shoutout to
News Naughty Dog Sold to Sony to Avoid Being 'Crushed' by Cost of Game Dev
Things are much better these days
Acquired by Sony in 2001 for an undisclosed sum, Naughty Dog is today considered the crown jewel among PlayStation's first-party studio family (although Insomniac has certainly been putting in work of late). In a LinkedIn post (thanks, Eurogamer), co-founder A
News Marvel Rivals Dev Apologises After Mistakenly Banning Players for Cheating
Vows to make tackling proper cheaters a top priority
Marvel Rivals developer NetEase has apologised after mistakenly banning players wrongly flagged for cheating. The action has since been reversed, and the studio says tackling legitimate cheaters remains a priority. On Discord, NetEase apologised for the affair (thanks, IGN), assuring players it...
News Civ 7 Historian Hopes 'Gateway Drug' Will Renew Interest in Subject
Just one more turn
As this history degree dropout can attest, video games are far more compelling than textbooks. We can also attest that historical video games can lead one down a solitary but deeply rewarding road; Civilization VII's senior historian is hopeful that the upcoming 4X grand strategy (launching day and date on PS5, 11th February)...
Saturday4th Jan 2025
Poll Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Essential Games for January 2025?
Plus or minus?
No, you read that headline right. It's now 2025. 2024 is over. Gone. Finished. Get used to it. And while you're at it, get used to these PS Plus polls — because we've got another 12 months of them coming up (unless Sony overhauls the entire subscription service, for some reason, in which case we'll just have to adapt). So, what's...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 562
Back to normal
That's the end of the holidays, we're afraid. Normality resumes. Of course, normality includes hours upon hours of gaming goodness, so here's what we're playing this weekend. Jamie O'Neill: I remember how a snow blanketed New York City was an ideal setting in Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales for the launch of the PS5 during the...
Feature 34 Under the Radar PS5 Games to Watch Out for in 2025
What's a GTA?
Every year brings us a treasure trove of games to enjoy — some would say too many — and 2025 will be no exception. While a lot of eager gamers will be patiently awaiting the arrival of some true juggernauts, like Grand Theft Auto 6, Ghost of Yotei, and Monster Hunter Wilds, countless more titles of all shapes and sizes are heading...
Friday3rd Jan 2025
Rumour PlayStation Is Working on Reviving Some of Its 'Deep Cut' Franchises
"At least a couple" in development
It's been freshly claimed that Sony is currently working to bring back some of PlayStation's dormant first-party game franchises. This comes from VGC's Andy Robinson, speaking on the outlet's latest podcast episode (time stamped above). As the conversation turns to Sony's recent statement about considering...
News Wuthering Waves Has, Predictably, Jumped Straight to the Top of PS5's Most Downloaded in Japan
That's what everyone's playing
Wuthering Waves has shot straight to the top of the PS Store’s best sellers list in Japan, although obviously this is purely ranking downloads as the game is free-to-play. The title sits just one place behind Genshin Impact in second, which just received a highly anticipated character, Mavuika. For years there’
Round Up All of Push Square's Game of the Year 2024 Winners
That's a wrap
Well, we're now three days into 2025 — at the time of writing this article — and that can only mean one thing: Push Square's Game of the Year awards for 2024 are over. We had a great time putting all of our Game of the Year features together for the holidays, but if you missed out on the celebrations, don't worry — we've got...
News Jim Carrey 'Open' to Reprising Robotnik Role in Subsequent Sonic Movies
He loves that hedgehog
One of the best things about the live action Sonic movies is Jim Carrey's portrayal of Dr. Robotnik, with the actor earning praise in particular for the just-released Sonic the Hedgehog 3. In a recent interview, Carrey has shared that he's "open" to the idea of coming back for further films. "In general they come to me...
Game of the Year Push Square Readers' 20 Most Anticipated PS5 Games of 2025
We go again
What are the most anticipated PS5 games of 2025? This was the all-important question that we asked the Push Square community a couple of weeks back, and now, the results are in. 2025 is already shaping up to be one heck of a strong year for Sony's current-gen console. Shockingly, our poll included 75 (seventy-five!) different games...
News Artistically Impressive RPG Reverse: 1999 Adding Assassin's Creed Crossover Content
Two of Ubisoft's hits to feature
The artistically impressive card-based mobile game Reverse: 1999 is adding Assassin’s Creed crossover content in 2025, as confirmed during a livestream earlier today. Two titles from the hit Ubisoft historical series will be represented: the iconic PS3 entry Assassin’s Creed 2 and the more recent Assassin’s...
News Helldivers 2 Dev Is Starting to Think About What's Next
High concept stages
Helldivers 2 is a live service game designed to last for several years, but while the brunt of Swedish dev Arrowhead’s workforce focuses on new content for the co-op hit, creative director Johan Pilestedt is beginning to ponder what’s next. “With 10 minutes to 2025: what are your expectations and desires for what the...
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Review Codes Sent Out Super Early, Dev Confidence Seems Sky High
Special Deliverance
Press and content creators can expect review codes for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 to be sent out "in the next few days" — with the medieval RPG's release date still one whole month away. This confirmation comes from Sir Tobi, who's the international PR manager at developer Warhorse Studios. On social media, he writes: "We are...
News PS5 Users Can't Play Enormous GTA 5 Liberty City Mod, But GTA 6 Will Be 'Worth Waiting For'
World Travel releases super ambitious mod as new game looms
As we enter 2025, one game is already dominating the conversation: Grand Theft Auto 6. Following up the massively successful Grand Theft Auto 5, which first launched way back in 2013, Rockstar Games' latest will no doubt be another momentous release. Until then, modders have cooked up...
News Almost 3,000 Massive PS5, PS4 Deals Added to PS Store
Whatever floats your boat
With the New Year now here, Sony has rebooted its colossal January Sale with almost 3,000 more PS5 and PS4 games and add-ons. Many of the titles are at their lowest ever price point, with some noteworthy names among the list. <related ids="176099"> All of the deals will expire on 18th January, so you’ve got a...
News Friday the 13th: The Game Fans Sadly Dance as Servers Severed for Good
Lights out; for good this time
In behaviour unique to niche gaming communities, dedicated players of the asymmetrical multiplayer Friday the 13th: The Game have put on a sombre display as servers were severed for good. The title was removed from storefronts in August 2023, but apparently, the fine print read that servers would run through New Year's...
News Unsurprisingly, GTA 6 Projected to Make a Staggering Amount of Money
Dollar dollar bills, y’all
Rockstar's anticipated next entry in its legendary series, GTA 6, is expected to make an obscene amount of cash. Considering that its predecessor, GTA 5, sold more than 200 million units across its lifespan, it's not surprising that analysts expect the sequel to make $3.2 billion in its first year of sales alone. Add an...
Random Assassin's Creed Origins Catching Strays as Ubisoft Review Bombing Gets Underway
French firm can't seem to catch a break
In a sorry start to 2025, Ubisoft is enjoying a review-bombing campaign on Steam, which has spilt onto social media. Fans are upset that a Microsoft Windows update has made what we believe to be among the franchise's best entries on PS5 unplayable on the PC platform.
News Leaked GTA 6 Image, Reportedly from Rockstar's Own Office, Surfaces
Truly AAAA; review scales will need to be recalibrated
A reputed former Rockstar employee with no fear for the consequences has seemingly leaked an image of Grand Theft Auto 6. More brazen still, the image appears to have been taken inside the developer's San Diego office; it's also allegedly three-and-a-half years old, a low-res image of the...
News Stardew Valley Sales Appear to Be Increasing Exponentially
41 million copies sold, a quarter of that in 2024
Stardew Valley, the indie, agrarian economy simulator from developer Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone, is at risk of becoming some kind of self-perpetuating money monster. Never mind the news that, across all platforms, the fiendishly addictive game has moved over 41 million copies (more than The Last of...
Thursday2nd Jan 2025
News The Fantastic Four Are Coming to Marvel Rivals on PS5, And They Look Freakin' Fabulous
They're cooking
When you’re on top of the world like Marvel Rivals right now, you may as well just go for the freakin’ jugular. How about the Fantastic Four for Season 1 for starters? As is the case with almost all the characters in the NetEase game, the quad squad look incredible, with a full trailer due on 6th January at approximately 8AM...