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Poll Are You Happy With Your PS Plus Games for November 2021?

Plus or minus?

Last weekend came and went without a PlayStation Plus leak, and for the fist time in five months, we thought that Sony had finally managed to keep a secret. It was all looking good until Wednesday morning, when a belated leak made its way online — and guess what? It was, once again, 100 per cent correct. The party was spoiled,...

• Sat 30th Oct 2021
• PS Plus
• PlayStation Plus
• PS5
• PS4
• PSVR

News Excellent PS Plus Game The Persistence Playable with or without PSVR

Free PS5 upgrade as well

PS Plus game The Persistence, developed by new Sony first-party studio Firesprite, has been advertised as a bonus for PSVR owners to celebrate the headset’s anniversary. However, it’s worth pointing out that even if you don’t own PlayStation’s virtual reality perip

• Fri 29th Oct 2021
• Sony
• PS5
• PS4
• PSVR
• The Persistence

News Survival Horror Roguelike The Persistence Creeps to PS4 from 21st May

Non-PSVR version will be free for original owners

We thoroughly enjoyed survival horror roguelike The Persistence several years ago when we reviewed it for PlayStation VR, awarding it a 7/10 in our review and describing it as “both gut-wrenching and weirdly replayable”. Well, now those of you without virtual reality headsets can see what all the...

• Thu 23rd Apr 2020
• Firesprite
• PS4
• The Persistence
• Release Dates

News Play The Persistence Without PSVR in Free Complete Edition Update

Frightening freebies

One of PlayStation VR's best kept secrets is The Persistence, a roguelike horror experience that we're big fans of here at Push Square. The developer, Firesprite, has been doing an admirable job of keeping it fresh too, dropping a big, free update a few months back that brought new modes and options to the title. It seems the...

• Wed 15th May 2019
• Firesprite
• PS4
• PlayStation VR
• The Persistence
• Updates

News Excellent PSVR Horror The Persistence Gets Huge Free Update

New accessibility features added, too

There’s no better feeling than when a game you already enjoy gets a huge free update. Firesprite’s brilliant PlayStation VR roguelite horror The Persistence is set to receive an enormous patch next week, which bundles in a bunch of new modes and various other bits and pieces at no extra cost. You can’t say...

• Thu 11th Oct 2018
• Firesprite
• PS4
• PlayStation VR
• The Persistence

Soapbox Playing The Persistence As My First Ever PSVR Experience

Jamie and the magic torch

I felt well situated to visit Firesprite to play its PlayStation VR stealth horror game The Persistence for Push Square recently. I’m local to Merseyside, so travelling from my home to its Liverpool office took twenty minutes in total. I’m also a keen retro gamer, and once I had the fascinating opportunity to talk to...

• Sat 21st Jul 2018
• Firesprite
• PS4
• PlayStation VR
• The Persistence
• Soapbox

Interview Firesprite Discusses PSVR Jump Scares, Sci-Fi Influences, and Stealth vs Action in The Persistence

In space, she wore the brown pants

Push Square recently visited the Liverpool city centre base of the independent studio Firesprite in the sunny North West of England to discuss The Persistence, which in the words of Game Director Stuart Tilley is a “brutal, sci-fi, stealth horror roguelike” game releasing on PlayStation VR next week. We sat...

• Thu 19th Jul 2018
• Firesprite
• PS4
• PlayStation VR
• The Persistence
• Interviews

News Procedurally Generated Horror The Persistence Haunts PSVR in July

Endure and survive

Firesprite’s long anticipated procedurally generated horror The Persistence will spook PlayStation VR headset wearers from 24th July. Available to pre-order from the PlayStation Store now – with a discount for PlayStation Plus members – the title fuses the popular rogue-lite genre with first-person Dead Space-esque...

• Thu 1st Feb 2018
• Firesprite
• PS4
• PlayStation VR
• The Persistence

E3 2017 The Persistence Brings Brilliant Procedurally Generated Horror to PlayStation VR

Dead space

Sci-fi horror hasn’t really had a champion on consoles since Dead Space, but The Persistence looks like a worthy addition to the genre. A procedurally generated title for PlayStation VR, the title sees you whisked away to a far-flung corner of the galaxy, where a black hole investigation has gone horribly awry. You’ll play as a...

• Thu 15th Jun 2017
• E3 2017
• FireSprite
• PS4
• PlayStation VR
• The Persistence

News The Persistence Is Dead Space for PlayStation VR

Well, kinda

Blimey, the original Dead Space was so good, wasn’t it? The sequel was decent, too, but that inaugural entry was a masterpiece. With the series all but dead, it’s nice to see its spirit alive and well with PlayStation VR exclusive The Persistence. Like, it’s not even trying to hide its influences is it: abandoned space station?...

• Sat 3rd Jun 2017
• Firesprite
• PS4
• PlayStation VR
• The Persistence
• Trailers