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News Watch Dogs 2 Will Don Its Iconic Cap by April 2017 on PS4
Yeah, dawg
Fear not, collect-a-thon fans: the removal of Assassin's Creed from publisher Ubisoft's annual release schedule means that there's space for a different kind of tower climbing, and Watch Dogs 2 may just fill the game's space. The French publisher has confirmed that Aiden Pearce will return prior to April 2017. Well, to be precise, no one...
News Party Pooping Murder-'Em-Up Party Hard Is Butchering PS4 This Spring
Killer tunes
Best make like Sammy and get Sophie Ellis-Bextor on YouTube, because brutal indie Party Hard is bringing murder to the dancefloor that is your PlayStation 4 in the near future. The game sees you take control of a disgruntled neighbour who can't sleep due to bass-thumping house parties. Obviously, the only way to get a good night's kip...
News Knights and Bikes Is a Stunning PS4 Game from LittleBigPlanet Devs
Joust cause
Foam Sword is a new studio headed by Rex Crowle and Moo Yu - a pair of developers who first teamed up on LittleBigPlanet. Crowle went on to be the creative lead on both Tearaway and Tearaway Unfolded, while Yu has worked on the likes of Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction, but now they're working together again on a project called...
News Downwell's Dropping onto PS4, Vita This Year
Falling down
Mostly monochromatic indie hit Downwell is taking the plunge to the PlayStation 4 and Vita, according to a PlayStation Japan indie spotlight video. The title was nonchalantly included alongside other upcoming Eastern releases like Rocket League and Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, and the news has since been retweeted by Worldwide...
News TrackMania Turbo Speeds onto PS4 in March
Vroom
If you love racing around in thousands of custom-made tracks at a rapid pace while driving your own customised car then you'll be excited to hear that TrackMania Turbo has been given a release date, so mark on your calendar 22nd March – the day where it all kicks off in North America. Those of you in Europe will have to wait until 25th...
News Oh God, the E3 2016 Announcements Are Starting Already
Where are we
It's the 1st February today folks, and that means E3 is a mere five or so months away. In other words, it's time to start thinking about this year's show - what fun! No but seriously, are we really talking about E3 2016 already? Look, we know it's a relatively slow news day, but this is a step too far. Following on from its E3 2015...
News Dangerous Golf Looks Like a Hole in One on PS4
Burning up the course
Burnout 3: Takedown is arguably one of the greatest racing games for its tight controls, adrenaline-inducing crashes and speed, and a special feature called Crash Mode. The goal of that mode was to simply yet strategically slam your vehicle into traffic and attempt to cause as much damage and chaos as possible. It should have...
News Massively Online Third Person Shooter Warhammer 40k: Eternal Crusade Is Coming to PS4
Start your chainswords
A title that's currently in a closed alpha state on PC, Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade is being brought to PlayStation 4 by Bandai Namco. The title's rather comedic announcement trailer paints a decent enough picture, but what's the game actually like? Well, after a bit of research, it turns out that Eternal Crusade is...
News Livelock Brings Mech-Head Mayhem to PS4 Later This Year
Robot wars
Just announced for release on PlayStation 4 later this year, Livelock is a co-op, top-down shooter that features a heck of a lot of robots. The premise is interesting enough: in the 22nd Century, mankind is no more, and mechanical marauders wage a seemingly endless war across the Earth. Unsurprisingly, you'll take control of one of the...
News The Escapists: The Walking Dead Bites into PS4 in February
Brains
Team 17 recently lunged at t he PlayStation Blog to announce that The Escapists: The Walking Dead is set to release on the PlayStation 4 on 16th February in North America and Europe. We sense that it's slightly after Valentine's Day because your days will be over before you know it – may as well enjoy time with your other half before you're...
News Life Is Strange Developer Commentary Released on PS4, PS3 for Free
Strange but true
Life Is Strange launches in shops this week, but for those of you that purchased the digital version, developer DONTNOD has decided to patch the retail release's developer commentary into all editions for free. Hella good news, huh? The update's already available on the PlayStation 4, but it will drop on the PlayStation 3 on 25th...
News New Batman DLC Flies onto PS4 from 26th January
Nananana
In a recent news thread on the WBGames forums, the publisher has announced the release date for some new Batman: Arkham Knight downloadable content called the 'Crime Fighter Challenge Pack #6', which was previously called the 'Community Challenge Pack'. The post states that the deploy date for the content on the PlayStation 4 is 26th...
News Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty Makes a Stink on PS Vita This Week
Something new for my Vita!
Delicious escapade Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty, part of the amazingly old series dating back to 1997, has been set a release date for the PlayStation Vita on 19th January in Europe and North America. The game originally launched in 2014 on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3, with this latest version being refurbished for...
News Rocketbirds 2: Evolution Hatches on PS4 and Vita
Cluckin' awesome
In a recent PlayStation Blog written by Sian Yue Tan, the creator of Rocketbirds, he mentioned that for the past four years his team have monitored what people liked and disliked about the original Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken game, and have configured it
News Hitman PS4's Convoluted Release Schedule Changes Again
Now fully episodic
Could someone put a contract on the suit who thought that staggering Hitman's PlayStation 4 release was a good idea? The game looks like a real return to form – seriously, we're excited for it – but its rollout seems to get worse and worse. Originally, publisher Square Enix suggested that the game would employ a service-like...
News You're Getting a New Yu-Gi-Oh! Game on PS4 Later This Year
By the Blue Eyes
Who's up for some more Yu-Gi-Oh!, then? Konami's announced that a new duel monsters based video game will be launching worldwide near the end of 2016, but there aren't really any concrete details to go on just yet. The working title for the PlayStation 4 release is Yu-Gi-Oh! Online Game, which obviously suggests that it'll have a...
Feature 12 PS4 Games We'd Love to See Announced in 2016
Hype merchants
2016 is shaping up to be a major year for the PlayStation 4, and while we can't wait to get our grubby mitts on many of the system's upcoming titles, we thought that we'd take this opportunity to think about potential games that haven't been officially announced yet. As such, we've come up with a list of 12 titles that we'd love to...
News Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme VS-Force Targets Vita in 2016
About Gundam time
No, it's not ending yet – Bandai Namco has gone positively barmy, even going so far as to announce a new PlayStation Vita exclusive. Well, technically this ain't new as Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme VS-Force was revealed at the Tokyo Game Show earlier in the year – but we now know that it will be igniting its rocket thrusters and...
News JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Focuses Its Eyes of Heaven on PS4
Phantom blood
The Bandai Namco barrage continues: super stylish brawler JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven is coming to the PlayStation 4 next summer. The CyberConnect 2 manga/anime adaptation is a two-on-two brawler inspired by the long-running Shōnen Jump series. Feast your eyes on a few minutes of madcap gameplay footage in the trailer...
News God Eater Chows Down on PS4, Vita in 2016
Resurrection and Rage Burst headline huge Bandai Namco lineup
Think you've got a big appetite? You ain't got nothing on a God Eater, as these guys make even Michael Phelps' calorie-laden meals look microscopic. Bandai Namco has announced that, after much fan demand, God Eater Resurrection and God Eater 2: Rage Burst are heading overseas for the...
News Hideo Kojima Partners with PlayStation to Deliver Compelling New PS4 Exclusive
Wow
The reports were true: Hideo Kojima has formed a new studio and has partnered with PlayStation to deliver an "innovative gaming experience" as part of a new PlayStation 4 console exclusive. The Metal Gear Solid maker's new team is independent, but it looks like it will be working very closely with Sony during the creation of its first title. The...
News Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power Levitates to PS4 As Early As Next Week
Brings couch co-op, a fantasy world, and stereoscopic 3D
Hold the phone, it looks like one more PlayStation 4 game could launch before Christmas, and we're not talking about Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair. EDF! EDF! EDF! Kai Tuovinen from Frozenbyte revealed on the PlayStation Blog that Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power will be...
News DiRT Rally Takes a Long Easy Left to PS4 in April
Rally great news
After heavy speculation, DiRT Rally will get dirty starting 5th April on the PlayStation 4. The game – which officially launched on the PC, er, today – will presumably include all of the content released thus far, including the new Winter Wonderland update, which adds some snow-based Swedish stages to the mix. For those that...
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 Brutal's Co-op Roguelike Gameplay Looks Savage to the Core
We're ASCII-ng for more
We love a good four-player, action co-op game every so often to sit down and play with friends on the couch. Diablo III and Gauntlet: Slayer Edition are only two of several titles that we've conquered, and this particular author is instantly adding Stormcloud Games' Brutal to the games-to-be-conquered list with our co-op...
PSX 2015 Psychonauts: In the Rhombus of Ruin Leaps onto PlayStation VR
Psychonaut what you were expecting?
Mere days after the announcement of Psychonauts 2, and its somewhat controversial crowd-funding campaign, Double Fine's Tim Schafer took to the stage at the PlayStation Experience keynote to announce that the series will also see a unique new experience on
PSX 2015 Ubisoft Flaps Its Wings with Eagle Flight on PlayStation VR
Creed with crash helmets
Will the big publishers support PlayStation VR? It looks like Ubisoft's up for the challenge, as it's announced Eagle Flight for Sony's expensive headset. The game appears to be based on Assassin's Creed, and will see you take control of those birds that always hover around vantage points. But won't it be cheating if we can...
PSX 2015 Epic Games Switching Sides to Sony with Paragon
Shifting gears to MOBA
Epic Games was under Microsoft's rein with the Gears of War franchise for several years, but they've since been rather low key working on several projects such as the PC-exclusive survival game Fortnite. So it's interesting to see that they've partnered up with Sony to bring an exciting, third-person MOBA to PlayStation 4...
PSX 2015 Ace Combat 7 May Finally Sell You on PlayStation VR
It's also exclusive to PS4
While PlayStation VR is certainly an interesting idea, we've yet to see a game that really sells the concept. Luckily, during today's PlayStation Experience Keynote, Bandai Namco revealed that a new title in the Ace Combat series – Ace Combat 7, to be precise – will be coming exclusively to PlayStation 4, and will
PSX 2015 Sparrows Cross the Finish Line in Destiny: The Taken King
Bumping Sparrows
It's been a long-held dream by all Guardians to be able to race against each other with their Sparrows. They feel so wonderful to take for a spin, so how could Bungie pass up on the opportunity to include competitive racing? Well, the developer heard the fans, and it listened. Destiny: The Taken King will be graced with the Sparrow...
PSX 2015 You Can Buy Final Fantasy VII PS4 Right Now on PSN
Cloudy with a chance of more Cloud
In a move that many of you will have no doubt saw coming, the PSone to PC port of Final Fantasy VII was released on the PlayStation 4 PlayStation Store during Sony's PlayStation Experience press conference. The game is currently available to download right now in North America, but there's no sign of it just yet in...
PSX 2015 Adult Swim Is Bringing Six Weird and Wonderful Games to PS4
Rick and Mortified
Adult Swim Games is bringing a whole mess of new titles to the PlayStation 4, and as is to be expected, they're all wonderfully strange. The games announced during today's PlayStation Experience Keynote included Death's Gambit, Ray's the Dead, Rain World, Small Radios Big Television, and Double Fine's upcoming Metroidvania...
PSX 2015 Dreams Come True with PS4 Exclusive Ni no Kuni II
PlayStation royalty
An announcement that surely would have made for a better ending to Sony's PlayStation Experience press conference than, er, Paragon, Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom has been announced as a PlayStation 4 exclusive. The gorgeous looking role-playing game sequel comes from horribly talented Japanese studio Level-5, and it's reveal...
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...
PSX 2015 Yakuza 0 Confirmed to Be Kicking the Crap Out of Western PS4s
And Yakuza 5 is out on PS3 next week
There were cheers in the Push Square office when Yakuza 0 was confirmed for a Western release at the PlayStation Experience. We made a prediction that the latest instalment in the Japanese franchise would travel overseas, but we were cautious in our belief. As it turns out, we were actually bang on the money -...
News Shadow Complex Remastered Explores PS4 in 2016
Cult favourite hits PlayStation at last
Former Xbox 360 exclusive Shadow Complex Remastered will make its way to the PlayStation 4 in 2016, developer Chair Entertainment has announced. The game is widely regarded as one of the finest titles available for the Xbox Live Arcade, so its presence on a PlayStation platform will be welcome. The game...
News Assemble Flat Pack Furniture in Home Improvisation for PS4
The weird and wonderful everyday
If a platformer boasting ballerinas wasn't already bad enough, we suspect that some readers may end up having an aneurysm over Home Improvisation, which is launching on the PlayStation 4 next year. The upcoming Ikea-'em-up will enable you to assemble your own weird and wonderful flatpack furniture, and the console...
News Bound Is a Bonkers Balletic Platformer for PS4 by Plastic and Sony Santa Monica
Dancing queen
The best part of being a PlayStation fan is that Sony funds some truly wacky stuff, and Bound definitely falls under that category. The game – which is being produced for the PlayStation 4 by Datura developer Plastic in collaboration with Sony Santa Monica – was teased around the web recently, and resembles a 3D platformer in which...
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:...
News Hand-Drawn PS4 RPG Fallen Legion Is an Indie Worth Keeping an Eye On
Falling for you
Evoking sweet memories of hand-drawn fantasy titles like Dragon's Crown, we certainly like the look of Fallen Legion, which has just been announced for PlayStation 4. It doesn't have a release date yet, but we imagine that it'll be launching next year. Judging from the short gameplay trailer that we've embedded below, the title...
News Disaster Report 4 Plus Escapes a Burning Building on PS4
You're a survivor
Disaster Report 4 was set to release on the PlayStation 3 all the way back in 2011. By all accounts, the Irem developed sequel was virtually finished, but following the devastating earthquake in Japan, the company decided to outright cancel the ga
News Read Only Memories Is a Neo-Adventure Game for PS4, Vita
Snatcher it up
We'll be brutally honest: there are so many indie releases on the PlayStation 4 and Vita these days that we struggle to cover them all. One title that's stood out this week, though, is Read Only Memories – a modern take on the adventure game set in a cyberpunk world known as Neo-San Francisco. The title's Snatcher-esque art style...
News World of Tanks Rolls onto PS4 in December with an Open Beta
Rumble in the urban jungle
A huge hit that's so far stood the test of time on PC, World of Tanks is crawling ever closer on PlayStation 4. Fortunately, if the wait for a confirmed release date is driving you barmy, you'll be glad to hear that you'll be able to take your favourite treads for a spin next month when the title's open beta launches on...
News Chivalry: Medieval Warfare Finally Charges onto PS4 Next Month
Those crazy knights
About time, eh? Chivalry: Medieval Warfare launched on the PlayStation 3 back in February - and no one seemed to care. Needless to say, many have been waiting patiently for a PlayStation 4 announcement, and we're happy to report that the day has finally arrived. The multiplayer hack-'em-up - which saw great success on PC - will...
News PS4's Push Me Pull You May Yet Repulse You
Gloriously gross multiplayer sports title
Conceived after an evening playing Noby Noby Boy while high on brutal hash, Push Me Pull You may just be the most brilliantly bizarre game we've ever seen. Part of a new breed of local multiplayer minigames, the stretchy Australian developed outing will see you pairing up with a partner in order to control a...
News The Park Clowns Around on PS4 in 2016
Park life
Funcom's bringing its survival horror experiment The Park to the PlayStation 4 in 2016. The psychological trip through a dilapidated funfair launched on the PC earlier in the year, but has now set its beady eyes upon Sony's new-gen system. The title promises a real rollercoaster ride in which you'll face fear and paranoia head-first. Will...
News SEGA to Deploy Two Valkyria Chronicles Titles on the PS4
But only announced for Japan at the moment
Will there ever be a better year for unexpected game announcements? SEGA has revealed that its criminally underrated strategy game Valkyria Chronicles will be receiving a remaster on the PlayStation 4 – but that's not all. The company also announced that an all-new entry, Valkyria of the Blue Revolution,...
News Dozens of Korean Developers Join the PS4 Party
Play and peace
Sony hosted another press conference overnight – but this one definitely wasn't intended for the Western market. The show, held in Busan prior to the G-Star convention, was designed to showcase all of the Korean titles in development for the PlayStation 4. And as is evident from the trailer embedded below, there's a lot for local...
News Civilization Revolution 2 Settles on Vita from 3rd December
Rule the world
And just like that, Civilization Revolution 2 Plus has been announced for the PlayStation Vita. We've known about this game for an eternity, as its Trophies appeared on Sony's servers a little while back. But now it's been officially revealed, with a 3rd December release date for North America and Europe. Who
News Outlast 2 Will Be Your Hallowe'en Game Next Year
Releases in Fall 2016 for PS4
After confirming last year in an interview with Bloody Disgusting that Outlast 2 was in development, Red Barrels has released an announcement trailer that gives a release date of Fall 2016. We can't infer much from said trailer, but it does show a burning cross, which could be attributed to the original Outlast's Father...
