TodayThu, 12th Dec 2024

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  5

  News Pac-Man Has a Secret, To Be Revealed at The Game Awards

  *Ominous wakka wakka sound*

  We've been attempting to keep our hype levels within acceptable margins, but you know Keighley's cooking when he's got the official Pac-Man account gassing up The Game Awards. Apparently, "they" (the Pac family, presumably) have a secret, and it's coming to the TGAs at precisely 4:30 PM PT tomorrow, Thursday 12th...

  • 5am
  • Bandai Namco
  • PS5
  • Pac-Man
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  20

  News Sony Pictures Seemingly Done with Terrible Spider-Man Spin-Off Flicks

  The "SSU" does not seem long for this world

  It looks like PlayStation's parent is done with Spider-Man spin-off films, which is probably for the best. We just learned that Sony's Spider-Man Universe is known as the "SSU" for short, comprising those almost universally-panned film and television spin-off projects, like Venom, Morbius, and the...

  • 4am
  • Sony
  • Movies
• 

  1

  News Saber Angers the Omnissiah, Unannounced Space Marine 2 Research Centre Surfaces

  Hail to the Machine God, the Source of All Knowledge

  It seems the Machine God is angry with developer Saber Interactive, or perhaps the correct prayers to the Omnissiah were not invoked when Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2's meaty Patch 5.0 was deployed on Tuesday. In either case, an observant

  • 3am
  • Focus Entertainment
  • PS5
  • Warhammer
  • Space Marine
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  29

  News Concord 'Didn't Bring Unique Value' to Players, Says Marvel Rivals Director

  Ouch

  According to Marvel Rivals director Thaddeus Sasser, Concord's problem was that it "didn't bring any unique value" to players, which is a hair harsher than we would put it. Still, we suppose Sasser would know, having enticed some 10 million players to his game this past week. Sasser spoke to VideoGamer ahead of Rival

  • 2am
  • NeatEase Games
  • PS5
  • Marvel Rivals
  • Concord

YesterdayWed, 11th Dec 2024

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  100

  News PlayStation Wrap-Up 2024 Offline for Almost a Full Day

  Update: Sony says it's working on a fix

  The Spotify Wrapped-esque platform, PlayStation Wrap-Up, is now available for all PSN users to check out their gaming stats for 2024. You can log in on the official website through the link, and you'll be treated to various statistics all about your year on PlayStation. The PlayStation Wrap-Up begins by...

  • Yesterday, 5:35pm
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • PlayStation
• 

  3

  Guide Best PlayStation Christmas Gifts 2024 - PS5 Consoles, Games, Gift Cards, Accessories & More

  The best PlayStation presents and stocking fillers

  If you're on the lookout for the best Christmas presents for PlayStation fans, we've got you covered right here on this page. The holiday season is right around the corner, so we've been busy tracking down some of the best gifts for your friends and family. Below, you'll find excellent present...

  • Yesterday, 2pm
  • Guides
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Christmas
  • Deals
• 

  71

  News 12 New PS Plus Extra, Premium Games Arrive Next Week

  Not the biggest bang you can go out with

  Sony has today confirmed the lineup of PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium games coming to the service for the month of December 2024. Arriving next week on Tuesday, 17th December 2024, the PS5, PS4, and Classic titles are as follows: PS Plus Extra: December 2024: Sonic Frontiers (PS5, PS4) |

  • Yesterday, 4:35pm
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • PS Plus
• 

  53

  News PS5, PS4 Users Over-Represented in 2024 Pornhub Console Traffic Share

  Play has no limits

  It's that wonderful time of year again - wrap-up time, when all of the data corporations harvest from their users is presented back to them in a new and occasionally insightful fashion. Case in point, overwhelmingly, PS5, PS4 and yes, some tiny fraction of PS Vita users are responsible for driving the majority of console traffic...

  • Yesterday, 8am
  • Industry
  • Culture
• 

  20

  News Stop-Motion Action Figure Fighting Game Knock Off Looks Awesome, Coming to PS5

  Toy glory

  Knock Off has just been revealed with the above trailer, and it leaves a strong first impression. It's a one-on-one, 2D fighting game, only it features action figures duking it out in toy-sized arenas. The animation looks to be all stop-motion, too, and the effect is brilliant. The playable toys themselves appear to be, well, knock offs...

  • Yesterday, 11:45am
  • Mechaghidora
  • PS5
  • Knock Off
  • Announcements
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  87

  News You Can Get Excited for The Game Awards, Says Reputable Journalist

  Bloomberg's Schreier gives hype the green light

  Like most big video game events, fans are getting their hopes up ahead of Geoff Keighley's The Game Awards, which airs tomorrow, 12th December. The industry's lovable rogue's gallery of insiders has been fanning the flames ahead of the big night. Now, Bloomberg's ever-reliable Jason Schreier has...

  • Yesterday, 5am
  • The Game Awards
  • Industry
  • Culture
• 

  33

  News Astro Bot Gains Free Festive DLC Level on PS5, New Special Bots to Collect

  Jolly holiday

  You thought Astro Bot's run of free DLC updates was finished? Developer Team Asobi has just announced one last treat for fans of PS5's plucky platformer, and it launches free for all players tomorrow, 12th December. This special new DLC is a festive-themed level named Winter Wonder. Accessible once you complete the main game, Winter...

  • Yesterday, 2:15pm
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Astro Bot
  • DLC
• 

  78

  Poll Will You Be Watching The Game Awards 2024?

  The big one

  The Game Awards 2024 is upon us. Roughly 24 hours (and a bit) from the posting of this article, we'll all be sat down watching Geoff Keighley's big show... or will we? The annual event seems to rack up record viewers every year, but we want to know if you're actually tuning in this time around. For what it's worth, the reception to...

  • Yesterday, 8pm
  • The Game Awards
  • Polls
  • Features
• 

  57

  News Sony Confirms Interest in Buying FromSoftware Parent Company Kadokawa

  There it is

  In what is essentially an update on previous reports, Sony has now confirmed that it's interested in acquiring fellow Japanese giant Kadokawa — the parent company of FromSoftware. This is a story that's been rumbling on for weeks now, with Kadokawa itself revealing that Sony had sent an "initial letter of intent" back in November. At...

  • Yesterday, 7pm
  • Sony
  • Kadokawa
  • Industry
• 

  21

  News Sly Cooper Proves Sony's PS2 Emulator Is Stealthily Getting Better

  On the sly

  If you've been paying attention, you might have already realised this, but Sony's PS2 emulator for its classic PS Plus Premium re-releases appears to be improving. Eagle-eyed fans of Sly Cooper have spotted a better image quality in the game since the latest update. With the most recent patch installed, the original Sly adventure does...

  • Yesterday, 7:30pm
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • PS Plus
• 

  11

  News Sorry, But That Nightmarish Lara Croft PS1 Controller Isn't Real

  Time Extension It's an April Fools' joke from 2000

  It's odd how some pieces of clearly false video game folklore end up becoming real the more time passes, while other, more outlandish events (like ET cartridges being buried in the desert) turn out to be true. Sadly, it seems this isn't the case with an infamous PS1 controller, which, every now and then, does the...

  • Yesterday, 1:30pm
  • Tomb Raider
  • PlayStation
  • PS1
• 

  35

  News Black Myth: Wukong PS5 Patch Adds Challenge Mode, Maps, Free Armour

  Version 1.0.12.16581 available to download soon

  Game Science is pushing a new Black Myth: Wukong update for PS5 live today that includes a challenge mode, new in-game maps, and free armour pieces for the popular action title. It'll be rolled out within the next 24 hours, updating the game to version number 1.0.12.16581. The challenge mode takes the...

  • Yesterday, 2:45pm
  • Game Science
  • PS5
  • Black Myth: Wukong
  • Patches
• 

  33

  Review Behemoth (PSVR2) - Great Concept, Poor Execution

  Behemoths, bandits, and bugs

  Skydance’s Behemoth is one of the biggest PSVR2 releases of 2024. Coming from the developers of The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners franchise, Skydance is switching out revolvers and walkers for swords and cursed beasts, promising one of the largest scale fantasy outings in the VR medium. However, Behemoth is proof...

  • Yesterday, 8:30pm
  • Reviews
  • Skydance Interactive
  • PS5
  • PSVR2
  • Behemoth
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  19

  News Warhammer RPG Rogue Trader Gets Massive PS5 Patch Just in Time for Christmas

  Abelard's been working extra hard

  Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader has received a surprisingly large patch ahead of the Christmas break; we'd expect something like this to accompany an expansion, and at least one DLC offering is still on the way. We suppose we shouldn't complain: Co-op mode is now available on PS5, new cutscenes have been added to the...

  • Yesterday, 2am
  • Owlcat Games
  • PS5
  • Warhammer
• 

  4

  News Fortnite's Tactical FPS Mode Looks Like a Whole New Game for PS5, PS4

  In the Wick of time

  Fortnite is just incredible. While dev Epic has been a little quieter rolling out the release’s new modes than Fortnite Festival and Rocket Racing, it continues to morph into a full-blown platform with 5v5 tactical FPS Ballistic, out today. As you can see from this launch trailer, this looks more like Rainbow Six than it does...

  • Yesterday, 6:30pm
  • Epic Games
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Fortnite
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  6

  News Unlike Rocket Racing, Fortnite's Festival Mode Will Be Supported Through 2025 and Beyond

  Keep the party going

  Back when Fortnite introduced its LEGO and Rocket Racing offshoots, a third addition was made with Festival, developed by Rock Band studio Harmonix. The rhythm game, which features hundreds of licensed music tracks to play along to, is confirmed to be getting continued support through "2025 and beyond". In a recent blog post,...

  • Yesterday, 12:30pm
  • Epic Games
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Fortnite
  • Fortnite Festival
• 

  16

  News Outriders Dev People Can Fly Cancels Multiple Projects, Laying Off 120 Staff

  Bookending the year with another round of reduncies

  Polish development studio People Can Fly, best known for Outriders and Bulletstorm, is scaling back its ambitions in a major way, announcing the cancellation of multiple projects and the elimination of 120 staff positions. This follows the 30 made redundant in January, and the studio now shares the...

  • Yesterday, 3am
  • People Can Fly
  • Industry
• 

  2

  Interview How Zenless Zone Zero's Devs Have Leveraged Fan Feedback to Level Up the PS5 Gacha Game

  And how it's taking full advantage of PS5 Pro

  It’s been almost six months since Zenless Zone Zero debuted on PS5, and in that time it’s got through a total transformation. HoYoverse, arguably one of the most reactive devs in the industry, has been iterating on the urban RPG at a remarkable rate, transforming the experience update-by-update in...

  • Yesterday, 5pm
  • HoYoverse
  • PS5
  • Zenless Zone Zero
  • Interviews
  • Features
• 

  34

  News Elden Ring DLC Not Eligible for BAFTA's Best Game Award

  "Full games" only

  At this point, it's possible the whole Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree expansion probably taking home Game of the Year at Geoff Keighley's The Game Awards thing may have gotten under our skin. We're all FromSoftware fans here, but at the end of the day, DLC does not a full game make. Maintaining

  • Yesterday, 4am
  • Bandai Namco
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Elden Ring
  • BAFTAs
• 

  8

  News Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero's Biggest Update Incoming, Improves Versus Mode, Brings Huge Balance Changes

  Rock the dragon

  This week, Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero will get its biggest update yet, and it features some highly requested improvements. It drops on the 12th December. Kicking things off on a very positive note, local versus mode is getting a welcome upgrade: all stages are going to be made available when playing offline with a friend...

  • Yesterday, 2:30pm
  • Bandai Namco
  • PS5
  • Dragon Ball
  • Patches
• 

  15

  News The Plucky Squire's Heavy-Handed Tutorials Reduced in New Streamlined Mode

  Coming soon to consoles

  Devolver Digital has announced a new mode for its charming action adventure, The Plucky Squire. Dubbed Streamlined Mode, this new way to play essentially strips out some of the tutorials, hand-holding, and less necessary dialogue, taking control away from players less often. The game is clearly geared towards a family...

  • Yesterday, 9pm
  • Devolver Digital
  • PS5
  • The Plucky Squire
  • Updates
• 

  5

  News Zenless Zone Zero's Next PS5 Update Transforms the Flow of the Game

  And adds more events than you can imagine

  We liked Zenless Zone Zero a lot when it launched in July, and we’ve stuck with it in the five or so months since. But HoYoverse said it was committed to fan feedback, and it wasn’t kidding – it’s effectively transformed the game in the five or so months since. <related ids="175658"> One...

  • Yesterday, 5:30pm
  • HoYoverse
  • PS5
  • Zenless Zone Zero
  • Updates
• 

  4

  News Physics-Bending Platformer Bionic Bay Warps onto PS5 in March 2025

  Let's Bay-blade

  Publisher Kepler Interactive has announced a release date for its upcoming 2D platformer, Bionic Bay. Announced earlier in the year, Bionic Bay is a challenging puzzle platformer in which you're able to slow down time, shift gravity, swap positions with objects, and more. You'll use your various abilities to get through...

  • Yesterday, 11pm
  • Kepler Interactive
  • PS5
  • Bionic Bay
  • Trailers
  • Release Dates
• 

  14

  News Delightful Photography Adventure Toem Is Getting a Sequel

  Two-em

  One of our favourite indie games in recent years is Toem, a sweet, simple, black and white adventure game about taking photos. We're very pleased to learn that a direct sequel is in development. Aptly named Toem 2, all we have to go on right now is the above teaser trailer and a few screenshots. It looks to retain a similar visual style to...

  • Yesterday, 6pm
  • Something We Made
  • PS5
  • Toem 2
  • Announcements
• 

  2

  News Flirt with Otakus As an Internet Angel in Needy Streamer Overload on PS5, PS4

  Attention

  Already available on Nintendo Switch and PC, visual novel Needy Streamer Overload is beaming to the PS5 and PS4 from 21st January. The game – which depicts the darker side of parasocial relationships – see you assume the role of a vapid individual, who’s only goal in life is to become an Internet sensation. “Turn Ame-chan –...

  • Yesterday, 4pm
  • WSS Playground
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Needy Streamer Overload
  • Announcements

Tuesday10th Dec 2024

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  15

  News PS3 Emulation Comes To ARM64 Devices, Including The Raspberry Pi 5

  Time Extension Don't expect Android or iOS versions, though

  The team behind the PS3 emulator RPCS3 have released a version which works on ARM64 devices. A lengthy post has been published on the emulator's official site which explains the long and arduous process of bringing it to ARM64-based hardware. As well as working on ARM64-based Windows, Linux and Mac...

  • Tue, 12:35pm
  • Emulation
  • PlayStation
  • PS3
• 

  91

  News Sony Highlights Biggest PS5 Games for 2025 in New Trailer

  15+ PS5 games under the spotlight

  Sony has uploaded a new trailer that spotlights some of the biggest PS5 titles currently slated to release in 2025. Watch it above, but the games it focuses on are: Ghost of Yotei Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Monster Hunter Wilds — 28th February Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii — 2

  • Tue, 2:15pm
  • Sony
  • PS5
• 

  43

  News Cyberpunk 2077 Patch 2.2 Out Now, Expands Character Creation, Vehicle Customisation, Photo Mode

  Plus 10 new cars to buy

  Cyberpunk 2077 patch 2.2 has been revealed by CD Projekt Red, and it's a big one, weighing in at 9.6GB on PS5. The theme of the update is customisation — players are getting more ways to "express themselves" through loads of new options. This covers character creation and vehicles. What's more, photo mode has been...

  • Tue, 5pm
  • CD Projekt Red
  • PS5
  • Cyberpunk
  • Patches
• 

  30

  News Ubisoft's Handling of Canned PlayStation Exclusive WiLD 'a Real Scandal', Says Director

  Michel Ancel has a story to tell

  Some final, optimistic part of us always held out hope for WiLD; although we saw so little of Michel Ancel's lost title, we couldn't really tell you why. We got some closure on the game in August (a decade after it was announced), with developer Wild Sheep Studio confirming it was "no longer actively working on it."...

  • Tue, 5am
  • Ubisoft
  • WiLD
• 

  44

  News 3 Bonus PS Plus Premium PS2 Games Available to Download Now

  30th anniversary brings treats

  Sony is still celebrating the 30th anniversary of PlayStation, with today's update shining a light on PS2 classics now live on PS Plus Premium in a bonus drop for the service. Available to download now in the UK and Europe, with availability rolling out to the USA later in the day, the three games are: Jak and...

  • Tue, 9:30am
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • PS Plus
• 

  20

  Feature The 10 Best Games on PS5 Pro, as Voted By You

  Pro-fessional opinion

  What are the best games on PS5 Pro? Last week, we asked Push Square readers to vote on a list of PS5 Pro Enhanced titles, in a bid to identify the most impressive upgrades on Sony's new console. A total of 1,698 votes were cast, and the results are in. Below, we've compiled the top ten most popular picks — and honestly,...

  • Tue, 6pm
  • Features
  • PS5
• 

  40

  News Gamers Drawn to Troy Baker's Mesmerising Indiana Jones Like Moths to Flame

  And Todd Howard's palpable disdain

  A prestigious voice actor with incredible range, Troy Baker has dominated the video game voice acting industry for nearly two decades and keeps booking new gigs. But it's not just video game developers who are enamoured with the charismatic leading man; even during a blind casting for Indiana Jones and the Great...

  • Tue, 2am
  • Bethesda
  • PS5
  • Indiana Jones
• 

  20

  News Geralt Actor 'Slapped by CD Projekt', Walks Back The Witcher 4 Comments

  "I don't know how true it is. I went off a rumour"

  It seems Doug Cockle, the English voice of Geralt in The Witcher series since it began, got in some hot water over the comments he made back in August (resulting in articles like this). Cockle claimed that The White Wolf would be "part of the next game" but that the story wouldn't be "about him this...

  • Tue, 4am
  • CD Projekt Red
  • PS5
  • The Witcher
• 

  12

  News Space Marine 2 Patch 5.0 Out Now, Adds PS5 Pro Support, New Mission, Balance Adjustments

  Promaris Space Marine

  As promised, developer Saber Interactive has dropped a big ol' update for Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2. Patch 5.0 is available to download now on PS5. If you're playing on PS5 Pro, this update adds support for Sony's latest console. It bolsters the game's resolution across both of its graphics options, which should make the...

  • Tue, 1pm
  • Focus Entertainment
  • PS5
  • Warhammer
  • Patches
• 

  24

  Random Grizzled Red Dead Redemption Voice Actor Has an OnlyFans Account

  "We need money, John"

  Few character archetypes are as overtly masculine as the grizzled American cowboy, and few cowboys are as iconic as the legendary John Marston of Red Dead Redemption fame. All of that is just a pretence to say that John Marston actor Rob Wiethoff has started an OnlyFans account, not to make adult content, but to chronicle his...

  • Tue, 8am
  • Random
• 

  15

  News Unnerving Cult Horror Hit POOLS Dives into PS5, PSVR2 in 2025

  Water torture

  Another cult hit PC title is making the jump to PS5 with POOLS, a strange, first-person exploration game. Initially released earlier in 2024, the game has you wandering around liminal spaces containing swimming pools, a haunting silence, and nothing else. While very minimal in terms of interactivity, the game has garnered an...

  • Tue, 3pm
  • Tensori
  • PS5
  • PSVR2
  • POOLS
  • Announcements
• 

  9

  Mini Review Naiad (PS5) - A Cosy, Stunningly Beautiful Experience

  Koyaanisqatsi

  Naiad is a beautiful puzzler made by a solo developer under the name HiWarp. In it, you play as Naiad, a river spirit tasked with helping animals as you navigate your way through a series of interconnected rivers on your quest to reach the ocean. This visually stunning game is spread out over 16 episodes, each in its own biome. For...

  • Tue, 8:30pm
  • Reviews
  • HiWarp
  • PS5
  • Naiad
  • Mini Reviews
• 

  9

  News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Dev Offers Some PS5 Survival Tips

  Naked and afraid

  Kingdom Come: Deliverance II's newly brought-forward release date is slowly creeping up, and Warhorse Studio's expansive RPG is shaping up to be something special. But as anyone who made it out of the first game's opening act can attest, existence in 15th-century Bohemia is surprisingly brutal. As part of IGN's First

  • Tue, 3am
  • Deep Silver
  • PS5
  • Kingdom Come
• 

  47

  News Avatar Dev Will Let You Turn Off PSSR as It Fixes Poor PS5 Pro Patch

  Hotfix on 12th December

  Ubisoft has revealed in a Twitter statement that it is looking at fixing the PS5 Pro patch for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora that was implemented last week. While it works on the update, a hotfix coming this Thursday, 12th December 2024 will add a toggle that allows PS5 Pro owners to actually turn off the PSSR feature...

  • Tue, 6:30pm
  • Ubisoft
  • PS5
  • PS5 Pro
  • Avatar
  • Patches
• 

  17

  News PlayStation Growth Boosts Sony Shares to Record Closing High

  Share and share alike

  Sony Group's shares have never been higher than they are right now, and that's thanks in large part to its PlayStation division. The corporation's shares are currently worth ¥3,338, beating the previous highest value — ¥3,260, achieved in 2000. This rise in value stems from growth in the gaming segment. PlayStation...

  • Tue, 11pm
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Industry
• 

  13

  News More Cyberpunk 2077 Updates Could Be Coming as CDPR Enlists Outside Help for Patch 2.2

  Night City never sleeps

  There's scope for even more Cyberpunk 2077 updates, based on what developer CD Projekt Red revealed during its latest livestream. The open world RPG just got a brand new update — Patch 2.2 — despite the Polish company stating that it was basically done supporting the now four-year-old title. Previously, CDPR had said...

  • Tue, 9pm
  • CD Projekt Red
  • Virtuos
  • PS5
  • Cyberpunk
  • Patches
• 

  10

  News It Takes Two Dev Confirms Next Game to Be Revealed at The Game Awards

  Josef Fares teases upcoming game

  The next game from Hazelight Studios, the developer behind It Takes Two and A Way Out, has been teased for a little while now, but we'll get our first glimpse of it very soon indeed. On its official social channels, the team has confirmed its next title will be unveiled during The Game Awards 2024: The tease...

  • Tue, 10pm
  • Hazelight Studios
  • PS5
• 

  4

  News LEGO Fortnite Expands with Social Sim Brick Life, Launches This Week on PS5, PS4

  LEGO city uncovered

  LEGO Fortnite is undergoing some pretty major changes and expansions, and chief among it all is the arrival of Brick Life. This is a brand new game mode in which players explore and hang out in an open world LEGO cityscape, working jobs, socialising, and decorating their own space with furniture. You can get a taste of it in the...

  • Tue, 12pm
  • Epic Games
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Fortnite
  • LEGO Fortnite