Talking Point Which Free January 2018 PS Plus Games Do You Want?
When will January 2018's PlayStation Plus lineup be revealed?
News - 2017, Week 51
Sunday24th Dec 2017
News PS Plus January 2018 Free PS4 Games Potentially Leaked Early
Lookin' good
January 2018’s PS Plus lineup may have leaked a few days early, assuming a video on PlayStation’s official Facebook page in Holland is accurate. A screen grab circulating on Reddit shows the first season of Telltale’s excellent episodic
Review Minecraft: Story Mode Season Two - Episode 5: Above and Beyond (PS4)
Put to bed-rock
The finale to Minecraft: Story Mode Season Two is finally here, meaning you can now play the entire game from start-to-finish in one sitting. To be fair, this may help the series a great deal, as Season Two has really struggled to produce lengthy episodes that keep your interest. The finale is no different clocking in at around the...
News PlatinumGames' PS4 Exclusive Granblue Game Is Lookin' Good
Feelin' Granblue
We’d forgotten about this one. You may remember a few years back that CyGames announced it had partnered with PlatinumGames to bring a character action adaptation of its popular Granblue series exclusively to the PlayStation 4. Well, here’s the first gameplay footage, recorded via a Nico Nico stream by
News Gran Turismo Sport's Servers Offline Ahead of the Holidays
No roadmap for a resolution
Oh no! Gran Turismo Sport is built with multiplayer in mind, and it’s been pretty reliable since launch. The holidays have brought the simulation racer’s servers crashing down, though – and rendered most of the title unplayable. Because of the release’s FIA License element, you need to be connected to the game’s...
News NA PlayStation Store Flash Sale Shakes Us from Our Holiday Stupor
Wakey, wakey
There’s no rest for the wicked, so we must have been cruel in a previous life. Sony’s shaken us from our pizza-induced holiday stupor with a last-minute North American PlayStation Store Flash Sale, which is scheduled to run from now until 8AM PT on 27th December. Hooray for Christmas breaks and all that. To be fair, this isn’t...
Game of the Year 2017 Sammy's Personal Picks
Super hot
As is becoming an annual tradition here at Push Square Towers, we’ve corralled our core group of staff writers and prodded them until they’ve told us what their favourite five games of the year are. With such a strong assortment to select from, added force was required in some instances. We had to clip Sammy’s wings before he gave us...
Game of the Year 2017 #9 - Night in the Woods
Mae it be
There's something profoundly gentle about Night in the Woods. That feels like a weird thing to say about a video game which is, among other things, about the destructive power of mental illness, but it's true. It stands as a good companion piece to another of 2017's great games, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. But where that game is...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This... Christmas? - Issue 6
Glad tidings
The 200th edition of WAYP has been postponed for a week while we return for our sixth annual Christmas special. The format’s exactly the same, of course, we’ve just added some tinsel to the page. In fact, we haven’t even bothered doing that – you’ll have to use your imagination. Nevertheless, here’s what we’re playing this...
News Persona 5, Persona 3 Dancing Dated 24th May in Japan
Persona 4: Dancing All Night getting PS4 port
Dancing spin-offs Persona 5: Dancing Star Night and Persona 3: Dancing Moon Night will release on 24th May in Japan, publisher Atlus has announced. The games will be available on both the PlayStation 4 and the PS Vita, although a triple pack will be available exclusively for Sony’s home console, and...
Saturday23rd Dec 2017
Game of the Year 2017 Stephen's Personal Picks
LOVE is all you need
As is becoming an annual tradition here at Push Square Towers, we’ve corralled our core group of staff writers and prodded them until they’ve told us what their favourite five games of the year are. With such a strong assortment to select from, added force was required in some instances. We warned Stephen he'd have to...
Game of the Year 2017 #10 - Tekken 7
King of the iron fist
Tekken hasn't been this good in a long time. In terms of pure gameplay depth and spectacle, Tekken 7 is right up there with the best fighting games on the market. It's satisfying, rewarding, and incredibly well balanced. That last point stems from the fact that it was available in Japanese and Korean arcades for ages before it...
Hands On Suplexing Sinister Spirits in Guacamelee! 2
Winner winner, chicken dinner
One of the standout indie releases of 2013 was that of Guacamelee!, a Mexican-themed Metroidvania with plenty of beat-‘em-up luchador action. It was a wildly creative and fun release that shook up the genre in some notable ways, and stood as the defining game from the team at Drinkbox Studios. Now that some time has...
Friday22nd Dec 2017
Talking Point Which Free January 2018 PS Plus Games Do You Want?
When will January 2018's PlayStation Plus lineup be revealed?
What’s the January 2018 PS Plus lineup? Ho ho ho, that’s the question we’re here to ponder, as a New Year lingers right around the corner. It’s been a pretty good 2017 for PlayStation Plus – particularly the last six months of the year – but Sony will be looking to keep things...
News Catherine: Full Body Will Drop Its Undies in the West
Announced in time for Xmas
A very quick pre-Christmas confirmation from the fine folks at Atlus: remaster Catherine: Full Body will release on Western shores. There’s no word on a date, price, or platforms – but it’s safe to assume at the very least that the PlayStation 4 version will launch in Europe and North America. The jury’s still out...
News Catherine: Full Body's First Trailer May Raise an Eyebrow or Two
Rin revealed
Catherine: Full Body is an enhanced and expanded remake of the strange PlayStation 3 puzzler, and it's coming to PlayStation 4 and PS Vita next year. It adds new endings, new scenes, new gameplay options, and, perhaps most importantly, a new character named Rin. Alongside Catherine and Katherine, Rin seems to be the third...
News Sony's Sending Out Free PS4 Themes for the Holidays
Some getting The Frozen Wilds, too
‘Tis the season of goodwill, and Sony’s clearly in the giving mood. The platform holder’s currently sending out emails including a free festive theme, which you can download to your PlayStation 4 in order to add a little holiday cheer to your console. This appears to be a North American centric offer for now,...
News Sony Discounts Over 1,000 Items in Colossal EU PS Store Sale
Be afraid
Here we go, then, it’s time for the annual January sale on the European PlayStation Store – also known as the ‘Sony Wants Your Christmas Cash Bad’ promotion. This year there are over 1,000 items on offer across the PlayStation 4, PSVR, PS3, and PS Vita. And no, that’s not a typo – we’re literally talking about a sale with...
News Call of Duty: WWII DLC Revealed in New Video
Here’s what to expect
Call of Duty: WWII fans will receive their first round of DLC for the title, which will arrive first on 30th January for PlayStation 4 players. In a behind-the-scenes glimpse, Sledgehammer has released a video detailing what to expect from the first pack. The DLC, aptly named The Resistance, will feature three new...
News GT Sport Update Adds New Single Player Campaign, 12 Cars, More for Free
All you wanted for Xmas
Ah, so this is Games as a Service done the correct way. As promised, Polyphony Digital has released a ginormous update for Gran Turismo Sport, which adds a requested single player campaign, 12 new cars, and a bunch of other features all free of charge. You can download it right now – in fact, if your PlayStation 4’s in...
Game of the Year 2017 Kell's Personal Picks
The indie apologist strikes again
As is becoming an annual tradition here at Push Square Towers, we’ve corralled our core group of staff writers and prodded them until they’ve told us what their favourite five games of the year are. With such a strong assortment to select from, added force was required in some instances. We told Kell we'd...
Site News Our Game of the Year Countdown Begins Now
Winner, winner
We’ve been busy. Like, really busy. Behind the scenes we’ve prepped no less than 30 articles, all of which are set to run over the holiday break. Among them is our Game of the Year countdown: our 10 favourite PlayStation 4 titles from 2017, in descending order. This year was really difficult to determine because there were just...
Thursday21st Dec 2017
News Sony: Wait Till You See What We Have in 2018
Boom
This has been one of the best years for PlayStation in recent memory, with the selection of software available on the PlayStation 4 outstanding from start-to-finish. But with the year all but over – albeit with one big European sale left to come, we hope – Sony’s already turning its attention to 2018. And the fine folks at XDev Europe...
News Crash Bandicoot Is PS4's Best Selling Remaster Collection to Date
Cool as a 'coot
“Who cares about Crash Bandicoot?” the sceptics said. “He’s just a product of 90s nostalgia!” But we told you that the N. Sane Trilogy was going to do big business for Activision, owing to the fact that you lot clicked on any articles we wrote about the character in droves. And we were right: Vicarious Visions’ brilliant...
News Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition Fights Back with Team Battle Mode
Tag, you're it
It’s taken a good couple of years, but Street Fighter V is finally becoming the game it was always supposed to be with its upcoming Arcade Edition update. In addition to the previously revealed arcade ladder modes, Capcom’s also confirmed that the title will be getting a Team Battle option, allowing multiple members of its...
News The Council Is a New Episodic Contender Set in 1793
George Washington, Napoleon Bonaparte star
Focus Home Interactive’s portfolio makes for pretty impressive reading these days, and The Council is another intriguing addition to its catalogue. Billed as a five-part episodic adventure, the story begins off the coast of England in 1793, where famous historical faces such as Napoleon Bonaparte and...
Wednesday20th Dec 2017
Review Life Is Strange: Before the Storm - Episode 3: Hell Is Empty (PS4)
Star crossed
Considering that Life Is Strange: Before the Storm's final instalment is all about the consequences lies can have on our lives, we'll be honest from the outset: Hell Is Empty is awkwardly paced. The third and final entry in Deck Nine’s prequel short story feels like it’s got a lot to say, resulting in an episode that tries...
News Guerrilla Finally Admits That Killzone 2's PS3 Reveal Trailer Was a Big Fat Fake
We already knew, of course
Long before loot boxes and horse armour, there was a different kind of gaming scandal engaging forum goers: was the Killzone 2 reveal trailer real or not? E3 2005 was a different time for the industry, with Sony’s hubris about to bite it in the buttocks, and the whispers behind-the-scenes were that the PlayStation 3 was...
News Sony Killing Killzone 2, Killzone 3 Servers in March 2018
Decomissioned
Sony’s trend of shutting down the servers on first-party games will continue beyond Gravity Rush 2, although Killzone 2 and Killzone 3 have enjoyed longer lifespans than Kat’s sophomore effort. Guerrilla’s confirmed that, from 29th March 2018, you’ll no longer be able to play the classic PlayStation 3 first-person shooters...
News The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt to Secure PS4 HDR Support Soon
Geralt's never looked so good
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will be updated with HDR support “soon”, developer CD Projekt RED has revealed. While it’s pledged the enhanced graphical feature for the supercharged PlayStation 4 Pro only, we’re going to assume that the functionality will be made available on the base PS4 as well – after all, the...
News NA PlayStation Store Rolls Out Hundreds of Holiday Discounts
Merry Christmas
As promised, Sony has launched the second week of its holiday sale in North America, which has almost 700 items in it as far as we can see. No, that’s not a typo. The highlights on the PlayStation 4 are plentiful, with PlayStation Plus members getting the best deals. We’d honestly be here all night if we listed them all out, but...
News Japanese Sales Charts: PS4 Sturdy, But Utterly Overshadowed by Switch
This is the new norm
With your regular host Robert Ramsey AWOL for the afternoon, it’s down to yours truly to share the Japanese sales charts for the week. If you may forgive a Premier League analogy for the moment, the PlayStation 4 has cast itself as Manchester United for the time being, improving year-over-year but looking lacklustre next to...
News SEGA's Fist of the North Star Game Looks Like the Best Thing Ever
Yadadadadada
This author’s familiarity with the Fist of the North Star franchise expands as far as that boxing game you often find covered in spilled coffee in the corner of Blackpool arcades, but SEGA’s take on the popular anime (manga?) series looks superb. It’s basically a Yakuza game, but because the universe is less down-to-Earth, it...
Poll Ultimate PlayStation Character Tournament: Round 1 - Matches 33-36
Ready? Fight!
This is the ninth week of our Ultimate PlayStation Character Tournament. 128 characters enter, but only one will be crowned champion -- and you decide who that champion will be. If you want to know more about the Ultimate PlayStation Character Tournament, be sure to click through here. Previous Results (Click the image to...
News Persona 5, Persona 3 Dancing News Due Christmas Eve
Don't stop movin'
There ain’t no party like a Persona party, as the classic S Club 7 song once chirped. And the cast of Persona 5 and Persona 3 won’t stop dancing to the funky, funky beat on 24th December, as Atlus – fresh from a quality Catherine troll – has announced that it’ll reveal more about its duo of rhythm titles in the hours...
News Call of Duty: WWII Has Already Raked in a Cool $1 Billion Worldwide
Duty calls
Call of Duty is back – although it didn’t really go anywhere to begin with, did it? Activision’s announced that historical first-person shooter Call of Duty: WWII has now raked in over $1 billion worldwide since launching last month, which in case you hadn’t noticed is an extortionate sum of money. It’s also the top selling...
Tuesday19th Dec 2017
News Catherine Remaster Is Real on PS4, Vita, Has New Endings, Scenes, Gameplay Options
Love definitely isn't over
The rumours were right: Catherine remastered for PlayStation 4 is real -- except it's also heading to Vita. We didn't see that one coming. This doesn't appear to be a simple remaster, either -- this sounds more like an enhanced version of the PlayStation 3 cult hit in every sense of the word. First off, it's called...
Supermarket sweep
nDreams has been on quite the role over the past year. Since the developer launched The Assembly on PlayStation VR’s release day, it has gone on to publish the co-op brawler Bloody Zombies, as well as VR experience Perfect. To round out 2017, we have Shooty Fruity, a title that asks you to eliminate hordes of fruit while trying...
Store Update 18th December 2017 (Europe)
Over and out
There are seven sleeps until Santa breaks into your house and steals your mince pies, but the European PlayStation Store rests for no big bellied thief. This is a particularly insane week for PlayStation VR, with some six or so titles set to release for the headset. There’s also a laundry list of other PlayStation 4 titles because of...
News Gravity Rush Fans Fight to Keep Sequel's Servers Online
#DontForgetGravityRush
On the anniversary of Gravity Rush 2’s release, Sony has announced that it will take the sequel’s servers down. It’s a move that the Japanese giant’s been making more and more often of late, with the likes of Kill Strain and The Tomorrow Children all killed within an outrageously short span of time. In the case of...
News PS4 Gobbled Up Half of All Physical Game Sales in UK This Year
Wakka wakka
The quiet giant strikes again, with more staggering (but underreported) statistics emerging about the PlayStation 4’s ridiculous 2017. According to Games Industry.biz – courtesy of sales data firms UKIE and GfK Chart-Track – Sony’s console commanded 50.2 per cent of all physical game sales in the UK this year. It’s no slouch in...
News These Amazing Looking Ni no Kuni II Screenshots Should Tide You Over
Princely
Disappointing news if you haven't already heard: Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom is no longer launching next month. Instead, Bandai Namco will now be releasing the game in March, using the extra time to apply more polish to the product. Judging by these new screenshots, though, we doubt the development team will be tweaking the visuals...
News Behind the Scenes Ni no Kuni II Video Provides an Interesting Look at the PS4 RPG
Level-5 on story, art style, and more
It's always interesting hearing about games from the people who create them, and with Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom, developer Level-5 is keen to tell us all about its creative process. This latest video goes behind the scenes of the upcoming role-playing release, highlighting its story, its art style, and its...
Monday18th Dec 2017
Total eclipse of the heart
Protagonist Kou Tokisaka stumbles into a parallel world, The Eclipse, while trying to rescue fellow classmate Asuka Hiiragi. From there, he joins Asuka’s quest to eliminate the evil lurking in The Eclipse, while working several part-time jobs at once and attending school. Kou seems to have an overwhelming need to help...
News After 5 Years, Team Ninja Is Moving on from Dead or Alive 5
But no mention of a sequel yet
Team Ninja's been supporting Dead or Alive 5 for years -- across two generations, we might add -- showering the flashy fighter with approximately 12 billion different costume packs. Now, it sounds like the developer's finally leaving the game behind. After the title's latest tournament wrapped up, the studio...
News Monster Hunter: World's Main Story Will Take 40-50 Hours to Beat, Says Dev
Monstrous
Monster Hunter: World is shaping up to be a huge creature-crunching package, especially when you take this latest quote from director Yuya Tokuda into account. Tokuda told Mein-MMO that the game's story takes anywhere from 40 to 50 hours to complete. We don't know too much about said story at this point in time, but clearly Capcom's...
Rumour Atlus Could Announce a Catherine Remake or Sequel Before the Year's Out
Love isn't quite over
So, a good few months back, there was a rumour going around that claimed Atlus was planning on producing a PlayStation 4 port of cult PlayStation 3 puzzle title Catherine. That rumour faded pretty quickly, but now new whispers are adding weight to it all over again. Blogger Ryokutya2089, who's best known for leaking...
News UK Sales Charts: Call of Duty: WWII Is This Year's Christmas Cracker
Got the X Factor
Call of Duty: WWII is your Christmas number one on the UK sales charts. Surprise! Activision’s franchise has topped the British best sellers list four festive seasons in a row now, although last year’s Infinite Warfare did rely on a £12.99 price drop in order to keep the record alive. The same hasn’t proven true with...
News Code Vein's New Trailer Attempts to Make Revenants Relevant
Souls mate
We’re not sure what to think about Code Vein just yet. None of the gameplay footage that’s been shown so far has looked great, and that continues to be true with the title’s third trailer. Many will be drawn in by the anime aesthetic, of course, but it all just seems a bit edgy to us – and it’s not helped by the Saliva-inspired...
News One Piece: World Seeker Stretches for Its Debut Trailer
Gum fun
The first trailer for One Piece: World Seeker is here, and to be totally honest, it still doesn't tell us all that much about the game. We see a bit of protagonist Luffy legging it about, and then we see him smack a few enemies. It certainly looks open world, as promised, but we're wondering why the scenery has a realistic quality to it --...
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