The Order: 1886 News
April2023
News The Order 1886's Dev Ripped Apart by Facebook Owner After Acquisition
Zuckerberg claims another
Ready at Dawn, the studio best known for The Order 1886 and Kratos' various PSP adventures like God of War: Ghost of Sparta and God of War: Chains of Olympus, has reportedly lost as much as a third of its headcount in the latest round of Meta layoffs. The Facebook parent company acquired RAD back in 2020 to assist with the...
January2020
Rumour The Order: 1886 Will Make a Triumphant Comeback with PS5 Sequel
Cor blimey
Ready at Dawn's The Order: 1886 was a graphical showcase on PlayStation 4, but ultimately fell flat with critics and some players. The developer moved onto other projects following the reception to this PS4 exclusive, but it clearly poured a huge amount of time and effort into what remains a visually impressive adventure. It would be nice...
June2019
E3 2019 Sony Thought Troy Baker Was in Too Many Games
Originally played Galahad in The Order: 1886
Sony’s been keeping Troy Baker in designer hair wax, as he’s starred in several of the platform holder’s biggest games: The Last of Us, inFAMOUS: Second Son, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, Death Stranding, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, The Last of Us: Part II – and probably a dozen more that we’re...
February2019
News Sony Gifts The Order: 1886 Developer a Replica Tesla Rifle from the Game
Zap
Here's a cool little story for your: Sony, specifically Sony Santa Monica, has gifted The Order: 1886 developer Ready At Dawn a replica Arc Rifle. The weapon, designed by Nikola Tesla, appears in the aforementioned game, and it's been faithfully recreated here, complete with an in-universe display case. Of course, this act of kindness from...
May2017
News The Order: 1886 Can Be Yours for Thruppence on PS4
Seriously, it's $3.99 in North America
Look, we have our fair share of issues with The Order: 1886, but for $3.99 it’s worth buying. Sony’s launched a new batch of discounts on the North American PlayStation Store, and Ready at Dawn’s story-driven Victorian shooter has brought its exquisitely groomed handlebar moustache along for the party...
June2015
News The Order: 1886 'Well on Way' to Meeting Sales Targets
According to Ready at Dawn, anyway
The promising potential, the secrecy surrounding its sales, the eventual split – The Order: 1886 really is Heavenly Sword for a new generation. While we all come to terms with the lengths that Sony will go in order to repurpose the previous generation, though, here's some corporate double-speak from new Ready at...
News The Order: 1886 Maker Is Planning a Multiplatform Future
Developer wants to build, own, and publish its own IPs in the future
The Order: 1886 was met with a mixed reception, and seeing as we haven't heard a whisper about its sales, we're guessing that it flopped at retail, too. It's not an enormous surprise, then, that developer Ready at Dawn now wants to release games on more than the PlayStation 4...
May2015
News The Order: 1886 Ain't Commanding Antique Prices on the PS4
Exclusive is Europe's latest Deal of the Week
Since an early age, this author has found the very idea of 'antiques' baffling. Call us common, but it strikes us that the industry simply peddles old tat under a more appealing name in order to make it seem more valuable; who wants a grotty old table when you can buy a brand new one alongside some...
April2015
News There Are No Todgers in the Japanese Version of The Order: 1886
Covered up
The Order: 1886 got a lot wrong, but we were able to respect its mature depiction of nudity to a degree. While certain games – God of War, for example – revel childishly in the odd bit of revealed flesh, Ready at Dawn's historical shooter just gets on with things, showing various parts of female and male anatomy when the context is...
News New PS4 Patch Gives The Order: 1886 a Glorious Photo Mode
Phwoar
Being such a good looking game to begin with, it only makes sense for The Order: 1886 to snag its very own photo mode. Teased ages ago, the mode will allow you to snap some glorious screenshots with the help of numerous photo-taking tools. Pausing the action at almost any time, you'll be able to pan around for the best angle and apply...
March2015
News The Order: 1886 Won't Break the Bank if You Shop at Best Buy
PS4 exclusive's price slashed in the States
The Order: 1886 may play like a period piece at points – and definitely not in the way that developer Ready at Dawn intended – but it's a decent enough romp while it lasts, and looks nothing short of spectacular. You may be interested in picking it up at a discounted price, then – so it's a good...
February2015
News The Order: 1886's 256 Page Strategy Guide Is Pure Gold
Push square
We're not ones to kick a game when it's down – after all, we really like parts of Ready at Dawn's inaugural PlayStation 4 exclusive – but The Order: 1886 is probably the last title on the planet that needed a 256 page strategy guide. Still, that's exactly what Brady Games has produced, and it's already proving a hit in some hardcore...
Guide The Order: 1886 PS4 Trophy Guide & Road Map
Tip of the hat
The Order: 1886 has its fair share of problems, but if you're a fan of story-focused games, then you may yet wring some enjoyment out of Ready at Dawn's alternate history affair. The good news for Trophy hunters is that the PlayStation 4 exclusive's Platinum pot is blissfully easy to obtain, with all of the trinkets available in a...
Round Up The Order: 1886 PS4 Reviews Fail to Make History
Not in the way intended, anyway
The writing's been on the wall for a little while now, but with our hands tied by a publisher imposed embargo, we haven't been able to say a whole lot about The Order: 1886 – until now. Fortunately, we can finally tell you that, despite being one of the most visually impressive releases ever made, Ready at Dawn's...
News What the Heck's Sackboy Doing in The Order: 1886?
LittleBigLondon
The Order: 1886 is a mostly quite solemn game, but developer Ready at Dawn does find the odd occasion to lighten the mood. Most of these moments come courtesy of lothario knight Lafayette, but we also appreciated this LittleBigPlanet Easter egg. It can be found in the title's third chapter, perched upon an otherwise quite ordinary...
News The Order: 1886 Has a Reasonably Sized Day One Patch
Old school
Are you sick of ginormous day one patches? Yeah, we are, too. Fortunately, forthcoming PlayStation 4 exclusive The Order: 1886 has plumped up with an update that's a little more manageable, and weighs in at just 30MB in size. The download was spotted by people pre-loading the digital copy, which is available now if you pre-ordered the...
News Ready at Dawn: Some People Will Love The Order: 1886, and Others Will Hate It
Blunt
We can't blame Ready at Dawn for starting to feel a little aggrieved at the frosty reception that The Order: 1886 has received, but in an interview with Italian YouTube channel Game's Princess – as translated by Worlds Factory – studio co-founder Andrea Pessino reckons that some of that may be due to the company's inability to communicate...
News Free The Order: 1886 PS4 Theme Takes Off in Europe
Scaling the London skyline
There are few better promotional tools than a free PlayStation 4 theme, and Sony has tapped into that by adding a complimentary animated The Order: 1886 wallpaper to the European PlayStation Store. Available to download now through here, the nifty extra allows you to skin your next-gen system with the airship infiltration...
News People Are Looking for a Reason to Hate PS4's The Order: 1886, Says Ready at Dawn
Shake it off
The Order: 1886 has certainly had its pre-release problems, but we must admit that we've never seen quite so much vitriol pointed at an unreleased product before. Game director Dana Jan, in an interview with Develop, seems utterly fed up with the constant criticisms, describing the circus that's surrounding the PlayStation 4 exclusive...
News Pachter: PS4 Exclusive The Order: 1886 Could Sell Up to 12 Million Copies
That's if Sony bundles it aggressively
The jury may still be out on PlayStation 4 exclusive The Order: 1886, but seasoned industry analyst Michael Pachter foresees a very lucrative future for the release. Chatting with Gaming Bolt, the Wedbush Securities employee suggested that it could sell five million copies by the end of the year – and may yet...
News These Are the Knights of PS4 Exclusive The Order: 1886
Around the Round Table
One of the most important assets of PlayStation 4 exclusive The Order: 1886 is its characters, and in this brand new behind-the-scenes video, developer Ready at Dawn discusses the cast and some of the design decisions behind them. It also delves into the motion capture process, so if you like watching actors rigged up in silly...
News The Order: 1886 Has More Gameplay Mechanics Than Any Single Game Usually Has
More under the moustache
There's no doubt that The Order: 1886 has received a bad rap for its cinematic focus, but there is quite a lot to the game. In addition to third-person shooting and interactive cut-scenes, recent trailers have shown that the title also includes climbing mechanics, exploration, and hand-to-hand combat. As such, there's a lot...
News We Need Different Types of Games, Says The Order: 1886 Developer
Studio comments on length
There have been a whole host of reports regarding The Order: 1886 over the weekend. A handful of stories claimed that the game could be finished in three hours, before a full YouTube upload pegged it at a slightly more reasonable five-and-a-half hours. Speaking with Eurogamer.net, creative director Ru Weerasuriya refused to...
News Ready at Dawn: Concerns About PS4 Exclusive The Order: 1886 Are Natural
"We took the risk of trying something different"
The jury's very much still out on The Order: 1886, and we're little over a week away from release. While developer Ready at Dawn has proven that it's capable of taking the PlayStation 4 to places that it's never been before – and it intends to go further yet in the future – there are still many...
News The Order: 1886 Is Just 'Touching the Surface' of the PS4's Power
Here we go
Well, we knew this kind of quote was coming sooner or later. In an interview with Game Trailers, creative director Ru Weerasuriya remarks on how The Order: 1886 is only just "touching the surface" of what the PlayStation 4 can do. The upcoming exclusive looks visually stunning -- that much we know -- but to think that Sony's newest...
News PS4 Exclusive The Order: 1886 Is Packed Up and Ready to Go
Time to make history
There's no turning back now. Three weeks after going gold, The Order: 1886 now finds itself packaged up and sitting in shop storerooms. One sneaky Reddit user got a snap of their local outlet's stash, which they posted online for everyone to ogle. There are already copies of this out in the wild, as leaked videos are starting to...
News Phwoar, Feast Your Eyes on These The Order: 1886 Spoiler-Free Screenshots Direct from PS4
The PS4's finest?
At this point, we've known for a while that The Order: 1886 looks amazingly good, and now Sony's gone ahead and released a bunch of screenshots to prove it. Apparently captured directly from a PlayStation 4, the exclusive has us rubbing our faces up and down the screen in sheer anticipation. We reckon it's the detail that really...
News Spoil the Start of PS4 Exclusive The Order: 1886 with This Clip
Holy textures, Galahad
The Order: 1886 is finished, and copies are starting to pop up around the globe. That means that videos from the finished version are already starting to leak – despite it being some two weeks away from release. The clip embedded below is one such example, showing the opening scenes from the PlayStation 4 foray. It's all in...
News How Does The Order: 1886 Look So Darn Good on the PS4?
Alive and kicking
There have been some great looking games on the PlayStation 4 so far, but we can probably all agree that The Order: 1886 is a step ahead of anything else. Ready at Dawn's forthcoming alternate history affair looks absolutely breathtaking – and in this brand new behind-the-scenes video, the team's various visual leads discuss the...
News Take Cover from The Order: 1886's PS4 Collector's Edition
Under fire
We can't seem to move without hearing the approaching hooves of another piece of The Order: 1886 news. This is a good thing, of course, as Sony's finally decided to pull its finger out and give the PlayStation 4 exclusive the kind of marketing push that it deserves. This evening's snippet comprises a Collector's Edition unboxing clip,...
News The Order: 1886 Is Surely the Most Bizarrely Marketed PS4 Exclusive Yet
Acceptable in the eighties
Well, it just gets weirder. During the run up to release, The Order: 1886 has had us scratching our heads a handful of times – but this hair metal take on the PlayStation 4 exclusive is probably the most bonkers marketing move yet. It's been created by YouTube channel Corridor Digital – presumably in partnership with...
News Here's How to Get a Free The Order: 1886 PS4 Theme
But only in North America
It's becoming increasingly obvious that you lot love PlayStation 4 themes – especially when they're good and free. Fortunately, our detective vision has uncovered another complimentary design which can be claimed now from The Order: 1886's official website. Sadly, you'll need to be based in North America to lay claim to...
News Sony's Suddenly Released More The Order: 1886 Videos Than We Thought Possible
Blackwater revival
The Order: 1886 isn't far off now, as it makes one last push towards its 20th February release date. And while we've been critical of the upcoming PlayStation 4 exclusive in the past due to its apparent hate of any substantial media, we can't possibly complain about how many videos Sony's stuck on the title's promotional website...
January2015
News PS4 Exclusive The Order: 1886 Scores Super Bowl Advert
Touchdown in London town
There's no doubt that the Super Bowl is the biggest sporting event in American television, with millions expected to tune in to the game between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks tomorrow. This makes it ripe for commercial opportunities, as companies stump up extortionate sums to have their products...
News Look, The Order: 1886 Isn't All Corridors and Cobbles
Victorian Street View
How can you tell that it's a slow news day? Here's a hint: we're turning a photo taken at the Taipei Game Show into a full article. The snap, uploaded by Twitter extraordinaire Shinobi602, gives us our first glimpse at one of The Order: 1886's more open environments, as it shows protagonist Galahad seemingly stomping the...
Preview The PS4 Exclusives of 2015 - The Order: 1886
History in the making?
Your insatiable appetite for exclusives led to dismay at the tail end of last year. While the first half of 2014 promised plenty between inFAMOUS: Second Son and MLB 14: The Show, there's no denying that Sony's first-party software roster seemed to fizzle out around Christmas, with DriveClub and LittleBigPlanet 3 being the...
News The Order: 1886 Won't Take a Particularly Big Bite into Your PS4's Storage Space
Lycan the sound of that
If you haven't upgraded your PlayStation 4's bog-standard 500GB hard drive, then chances are that you're already being forced to play Puyo Puyo with all of your installed files. Fortunately, forthcoming PlayStation 4 exclusive The Order: 1886 won't take a particularly big bite out of your system's storage space, as it will...
News This Is The Order: 1886 Trailer That You've Been Waiting For
Stop for a pint, did you?
The Order: 1886's pre-release build up has been bumpier than a Victorian stage coach, but it looks like Sony's finally pulling things together in time for the PlayStation 4 exclusive's 20th February launch. This brand new trailer is over two minutes in length, and includes a great mixture of gameplay and story – including...
News These PlayStation Experience Attendees Are Hyped for The Order: 1886 on PS4
Lycan it
While this certainly isn't the worst marketing blunder that we've seen for The Order: 1886 thus far, we don't reckon that it's going to do the PlayStation 4 exclusive any favours. Shot at PlayStation Experience, the embedded video is essentially one of those awful audience reaction trailers that terribad b-movies employ when their budget...
News You Won't Need to Be a Knight to Nab the Platinum Trophy in PS4's The Order: 1886
Game has gone gold
While the likes of Sir Galahad and crew may require the murky MacGuffin Blackwater to keep their senses sharp, you clearly won't be needing any of the misty liquid to earn the Platinum Trophy in The Order: 1886. Bucking current industry trends, the PlayStation 4 exclusive will boast just 22 Trophies in total – and none of them...
News PS4 Exclusive The Order: 1886 Explores Its Dark Side
No one is safe
There's clearly going to be a darker side to The Order: 1886 than we've seen so far, as a lot of the game's European commercials have had a horror vibe. This new one named 'Bobby Paige' is a particularly petrifying affair, as a child recites a rhyme regarding the titular lout's transition into a lycan. More of this sort of thing,...
December2014
News PS4 Exclusive The Order: 1886 Wishes You a Silent Night
Panic on the streets of London
Sony's done a pretty terrible job of promoting The Order: 1886 so far, but this brand new Christmas trailer has really got us in the mood. Set to a haunting rendition of Silent Night, the seasonal clip shows off several unseen sequences from the game – and the imagery in the video really suits the harrowing audio...
News PS4 Exclusive The Order: 1886 Attracts the Worst Trailers
And this one's particularly bad
It’s a good thing that The Order: 1886’s premise is so strong, because Sony’s done a pretty atrocious job of selling Ready at Dawn’s inaugural PlayStation 4 project so far. This brand new video produced by Sony Japan attempts to spoof a BBC News broadcast – but ends up looking like a high school student’s...
News Don't Bother Dialling 999 in PS4 Exclusive The Order: 1886
The cops are crocked
Even though it’s mere months away, we still haven’t really seen enough of The Order: 1886 to draw any firm conclusions about the game. We can be sure, however, that the title’s built upon an amazing foundation – and this brand new European commercial for the PlayStation 4 exclusive reiterates as much. While the clip is...
Preview Is PS4 Exclusive The Order: 1886 a Revolution or a Relic?
Lycan it
The Order: 1886 may be set in the late 19th century, but its presentation is anything but ancient. Ready at Dawn’s inaugural home console escapade is not only the best looking game on the PlayStation 4, but we’d argue that it’s some way ahead of the best looking PC titles, too. Granted, it’s not running in 4K resolution, and has...
News PS4 Exclusive The Order: 1886 Really Does Have Stunning Visuals
History in the making
PlayStation Experience proved that Ready at Dawn simply can’t demo The Order: 1886. Regardless of whether the game shakes out its wrinkles and ends up being a successful shooter, the manner in which the developer trotted out a two second clip of the cast abseiling down a blimp before clumsily cutting to creative director Ru...
News The Order: 1886's Latest Trailers Prove That It's Definitely a Third-Person Shooter
The standard stuff
The Order: 1886 had a fairly meaty presence at the PlayStation Experience keynote today, with the title's creative director Ru Weerasuriya showing off two new trailers. The first features a fairly standard dogfight in the kitchen of a steampunk airship, and the second gives us a look at how the game's melee combat will work...
News PS4 Exclusive The Order: 1886 Sinks Like a Lead Zeppelin
London's burning
With the press for The Order: 1886 being a bit bungled so far, Ready At Dawn needed a big showing this weekend. Unfortunately, tonight’s world premiere trailer at The Game Awards wasn’t quite what we had in mind. While it showed plenty of frankly jaw dropping cut-scenes, it was particularly light in the gameplay department...
News You'll Be Seeing More of The Order: 1886 and Bloodborne at The Game Awards
The Keigh to success
It's going to be a big week for news here at Push Square, with two major events looming large enough on the horizon to make our news team collectively shake in its boots. The first of these – the Geoff Keighley-funded The Game Awards – promises to be nothing if not an interesting affair. The usually boisterous spruiker has...
November2014
News PS4 Exclusive The Order: 1886 Has More Than Pretty Visuals
All about that bass
As our very own Graham Banas will inform you, there’s more to a game’s presentation than its looks. Sound is something that often goes underappreciated in this visual driven industry, but it’s the glue that holds everything together. Seeing as The Order: 1886 is aiming to be the complete cinematic experience, then, its...
