YesterdayMon, 26th Jun 2017

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  Talking Point What Are Your Most Anticipated Games for the Second Half of the Year?

  The run-in

  E3 2017 has come and gone, and the event has augmented us with the lay of the land when it comes to the latter half of the year. While there will surely still be some surprises to come, we now have a general picture of the release schedule for the remaining six months of 2017, and we thought it may be fun to pull together the...

  • 20 hours ago
  • Talking Point
  • PS4
  • Features
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  23

  News Final Fantasy XV Goes Off-Road with 8.65GB Patch

  Rally XV

  Final Fantasy XV’s long-awaited off-road Regalia patch is out now on the PlayStation 4, weighing in at a whopping 8.65GB in size. The patch also, of course, prepares the game for the Episode Prompto expansion, which is scheduled to do its best James Bond impression later this week. The full patch notes are below. Final Fantasy XV v1.12...

  • 21 hours ago
  • Square Enix
  • PS4
  • Final Fantasy
  • Patches
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  20

  News E3 2017's Game Critics Awards Miss Some Heavy Hitters

  Best of the rest

  The nominees for the E3 2017 Game Critics Awards are in – and they’re missing a significant number of games. So the thing here is that the media had to be able to play at least five minutes of a title for it to be eligible, meaning that the likes of God of War, Spider-Man, Monster Hunter: World, Shadow of the Colossus, and...

  • 18 hours ago
  • E3 2017
  • Industry
  • Awards
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  13

  News PlayStation VR Fishing Game Monster of the Deep Looks Like the Catch of the Day

  Reel nice

  Monster of the Deep was rightfully the butt of many an E3 2017 joke, but the Final Fantasy XV-based fishing spin-off actually looks like good fun in this gameplay demo. The clip shows how you use the PlayStation Move controllers to cast your line and reel in carp, but a leisurely session spent by the side of the lake ends in battle against...

  • 20 hours ago
  • Square Enix
  • PS4
  • PlayStation VR
  • Monster of the Deep
  • Final Fantasy
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  26

  UK Sales Charts Gran Theft Auto V Steals Back Top Spot

  You're a Rockstar

  There’s just no stopping Grand Theft Auto V, which has robbed back the UK sales charts summit for the 13th time since its release. To be fair, this was a very slow week, with Dead by Daylight being the best new arrival in 16th position. Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood debuted in 23rd place, and that’s all she wrote really. The...

  • 21 hours ago
  • UK
  • Sales
  • Charts
  • PS4
  • PS3
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  11

  News SteamWorld Dig 2 Goes Deep on PS4 Later This Year

  Dig dug

  Mining sequel SteamWorld Dig 2 has been confirmed for the PlayStation 4, with a release planned later this year. The title was originally announced for the Nintendo Switch only, but developer Image & Form has since revealed that the outing will also deploy "a few days later" on Sony’s system. There’s the possibility of a Vita port...

  • 16 hours ago
  • Image & Form
  • PS4
  • SteamWorld
  • Announcements
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  5

  News Final Fantasy XV: Episode Ignis Gets a Teaser Trailer

  Coming December

  A trailer has been released for the final piece of story content from Final Fantasy XV's season pass, Episode Ignis. The trailer can be viewed upon the completion of Episode Prompto, which releases tomorrow, and it confirms a December release for the last bit of single player content. What do you think to the trailer? Invent a new...

  • 11 hours ago
  • Square Enix
  • PS4
  • Final Fantasy
  • Trailers

Sunday25th Jun 2017

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  100

  News PS5 Is Coming, Sony Confirms

  But don't expect it soon

  Sony has commented on the PlayStation 5 for the first time, telling a German website that it will release a next-gen console – albeit not any time soon. The platform holder was asked about the PlayStation 4 Pro, and whether the mid-gen device will eventually get any exclusive software. Big-wig Shawn Layden reaffirmed that...

  • 2 days ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Hardware
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  42

  Opinion Has Sony Really Fallen Out of Love with Indie Games?

  A question of optics

  Ever since PlayStation Europe chief Jim Ryan’s unfortunate choice of words on indie games, there’s been a spate of hot takes about how Sony’s abandoned the scene. It’s taken us at Push Square Towers by surprise, seeing as only a few months ago we were writing articles arguing against PlayStation Store curation. Y’see,...

  • 2 days ago
  • Sony
  • PS4
  • Indie
  • Opinion
  • Features
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  24

  Hands On PlayStation VR Platformer Moss Is a Showstopper

  The secret of Quill

  This year’s E3 showcased quite a few action games, ones which allowed us to play through some of the most transcendent sequences that gaming has ever had to offer. We swung through the cityscapes of New York as Spider-Man, hunted magnificent creatures as a Monster Hunter, and pushed through the beaches of Normandy in Call of...

  • 2 days ago
  • Polyarc
  • PS4
  • PlayStation VR
  • Moss
  • Hands On

Saturday24th Jun 2017

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  34

  Talking Point What Free July 2017 PlayStation Plus Games Do You Want?

  And when will the PS Plus update be announced?

  It’s almost time for the monthly Instant Game Collection update, with the next batch of PlayStation Plus goodies to be given away on 4th July. But what are you hoping gets added as part of July 2017’s roster, and is there anything in particular you’ve got your fingers crossed for? When will July...

  • 3 days ago
  • PlayStation Plus
  • July 2017
  • PS4
  • PS3
  • Vita
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  26

  Feature The Five Best PS4 Games at E3 2017

  Pick of the bunch

  E3 2017 was over a week ago, and we’ve all had time to calm down and reflect on the show. It was an ill-tempered few days without any shadow of a doubt, but there’s plenty to look forward to in PlayStation 4 land – and we thought we’d collate the five most exciting games from the show. These were actually voted for by you...

  • 3 days ago
  • E3 2017
  • Sony
  • PS4
  • Features
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  47

  News Sony: Our Exclusives Are Big on Character and Story

  But it's not all you'll find on PS4

  There’s talk of the traditional single player campaign dying out, and looking at E3 2017 there was certainly some evidence of that. Ubisoft’s press conference was filled wall-to-wall with service-based experiences – and not even the long-awaited Beyond Good & Evil 2 could escape the model’s grasp...

  • 3 days ago
  • Sony
  • PS4
  • Shawn Layden
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  4

  News Cult Korean Horror White Day Haunts Your High School in August

  Teenage screams

  The anticipated PlayStation 4 remake of a cult Korean horror White Day: A Labyrinth Named School will spook your system starting 22nd August in North America and 25th August in Europe. “With a skin-crawling atmosphere, bloodcurdling scares, dynamically changing puzzles, and multiple endings, this horror classic is being completely...

  • 3 days ago
  • PQube
  • PS4
  • White Day
  • Release Dates
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  73

  Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 174

  Feet up

  E3 2017 is a distant memory and the temperatures have dipped to a somewhat more agreeable level (at least here in the UK, anyway) so it’s time to settle down for some serious gaming. With the release schedule slowly starting to thin ahead of the summer months, we have the distinct feeling that backlogs are going to take centre stage over...

  • 3 days ago
  • Talking Point
  • PS4
  • PS3
  • Vita
  • What Are You Playing
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  8

  News Sonic Mania's Official Vinyl Will Have You Tapping Your Feet

  Sound

  SEGA’s teamed with Data Discs to bring the electropop beats of Sonic Mania to a record player near to you. The British-based company – already behind a slew of top-notch vinyl collections – has been charged with creating a package befitting of Tee Lopes’ brilliant beats. And looking at the mock up images, it has hit a home run...

  • 3 days ago
  • SEGA
  • PS4
  • Sonic Mania
  • Music