News - July, 2014

Thursday31st Jul 2014

  • News Will the PS4 Get a Price Cut Any Time Soon?

    Probably not just yet

    As we know, the PlayStation 4 is selling extraordinarily well – but things are even more positive for Sony behind closed doors. Last year, the platform holder noted that it had designed its next-gen device to be much more price competitive than the PlayStation 3, and it sounds like it’s feeling the fruits of that labour...

  • News PlayStation Hardware Sales Leave Xbox in the Dust

    PS4 reverses firm's fortunes

    It’s no real secret that the PlayStation 4 is a runaway success, and that’s been reflected by Sony’s latest hardware sales figures. In the platform holder’s most recent financial report, the company claims that its gaming business has seen a 95.7 per cent increase in revenue year-over-year, with the division...

  • Rumour Will Watch Dogs' Newest DLC See You Hacking the Streets of New Jersey?

    One to watch

    If you feel like your square button hasn't been seeing enough love since you finished open world hack-'em-up Watch Dogs, never fear, as recent tweets from the title's official Twitter account suggest that it may be getting some new DLC. Intriguingly, the messages imply that the downloable extras may be set in an entirely separate city...

  • News OneChanbara Z2: Chaos Sure Isn't the Shyest Game on PS4

    Not exactly backward in coming forward

    The first trailer for upcoming PlayStation 4 zombie slayer OneChanbara Z2: Chaos doesn’t serve up too many surprises, as it appears to be just as outrageous as previous instalments. Once again, you’ll play as a scantily clad samurai, carving through Satan’s spawn in swimwear. This version seems to boast...

  • News Survive the Summer with Scorching European PS4, PS3, and Vita Savings

    Sweat shop

    Sony seems fairly fond of gigantic cross-platform sales these days, and this latest summer offering looks set to turn up the temperature yet again. While not exactly loaded with hot deals, there are some worthwhile savings within this list that will likely tempt you into parting with your hard-earned cash. Alas, you’ll probably want to...

  • News The Stealthy CounterSpy Infiltrates All PlayStation Consoles Next Month

    No box included

    We love release dates here at Push Square, and even more so when they sneak up behind us without warning. Dynamighty's CounterSpy passes all of its stealth checks, as its arrival has crept up on us like a particularly efficient spy. Blending together gun-toting action along with tactical espionage, this side-scroller will arrive on...

Wednesday30th Jul 2014

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  • Review Magical Beat (PlayStation Vita)

    Rhythm stick

    The goal of Magical Beat is simple to learn, but incredibly difficult to master. It’s a bit of a mix between Lumines and Tetris, where you have to drop blocks known as beatons to the beat of the music. There’s a Beat Sync Gauge which provides a metronome and information on the current tempo of the track, but it’s much easier to...

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  • Live Watch The Last of Us: One Night Live Stage Show Right Here

    This is actually happening

    Will any other re-release ever get as much hype as The Last of Us Remastered? We suppose that we’ll find out when Grand Theft Auto V hits the PlayStation 4 later this year – but we can’t exactly picture Michael, Franklin, and Trevor treading the boards in a Santa Monica theatre. Alas, that’s exactly what the cast...

Monday28th Jul 2014

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  • News The Cast of The Last of Us Look Back on a Crazy Year

    The final countdown

    The Last of Us has quickly become one of the most important properties on PlayStation, with arguably only Gran Turismo ahead of it in the exclusives pecking order. As such, it’s no surprise to see Sony rent out an uber-expensive hotel room in order to give award-winning actors Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson an opportunity to...

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  • Who Would Win Wednesdays Destiny Special

    Overpowered, nerf

    If you haven't already noticed, Push Square has been going Destiny mad over the past week or so. We've been keeping a diary for each day of our exploits in the beta, but we thought that we'd try something a little different with today's traditional Who Would Win Wednesdays. A feature that's usually reserved for

  • Store Update 23rd July 2014 (Europe)

    Mass exoddus

    Ever had one of those days where every single thing except the sky caving in goes wrong – and then, just to top it all off, your office chair falls to bits? Yeah, us neither – but the bit about the seat was true. So, here we are, writing the European PlayStation Store update on our hands and knees. No, there aren’t any suitable...

  • News Samurai Warriors 4 Hacks and Slashes Its Way onto PS4 in October

    Resistance is feudal

    A couple of titles might have decided to step down from what is shaping up to be an action packed October, but Samurai Warriors 4 is not that kind of game. Indeed, the PlayStation 4 slash-'em-up will be making a feudal fanfare in North America on 21st October, and in Europe on 24th October. This momentous occasion marks the...

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  • News Will PS4 Win the Battle for China? Our Survey Says...

    Ker-ching

    Now that the Chinese government no longer believes that video games will rot the mind of its teens like teeth cleaned with Coca-Cola, both Sony and Microsoft are scrambling to release their next-gen consoles in the region. It’s easy to understand why: the untapped nation represents a potential audience of over one billion. So, who will...

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  • News European Developers Favour PlayStation 4 Ahead of Any Other Console

    Stop us if you've heard this one before

    A study conducted by GDC Europe is the second in less than a week to find that the PlayStation 4 is currently the console of choice for most developers around the continent. In a poll quizzing about 400 studios about their platform preferences, 18 per cent of respondents said that they are currently making...

  • News Sony's Current Crop of Consoles Have Sold Over 100 Million Units

    That's the PS4, PS3, and Vita combined

    Sony’s current flock of flagship formats are selling pretty strongly, if a new promotional video released by the platform holder is any indication. In the corporate clip – which focuses on the firm’s line of licensed peripherals and accessories – the company claims that combined sales of the PlayStation...

  • News This PS4 Game Will Spin You Round Baby, Right Round

    Feeling dizzy

    Between the likes of Octodad: Dadliest Catch and King Oddball, there have been no shortage of strange games on the PlayStation 4 – but the impending Roundabout may just be the oddest yet. Set to start spinning in early 2015, the limousine simulation is essentially a reimagining of Game Boy Advance classic Kuru Kuru Kururin [Can never...

  • Video Watch As We Recap June's Best PlayStation Games

    Valiant effort

    Ding dong, E3 is dead – and that means that order has been restored here at Push Square Towers. That’s right, as opposed to sitting staring intently at computer screens, we’re now all bickering over whether the Dynasty Warriors franchise is actually any good. It’s not, but it still bloomin’ made its way into our June Game of...

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  • Review Tour de France 2014 (PlayStation 4)

    Tour de Pants

    It is Tour de France time, and that means crowds of talented bikers defeating our evil physics overlords and riding through one another across the beautiful French countryside and chunks of England. No? That must just be one of the fantastic new features in Tour de France 2014, a game which also serves up blind robot crowds and a host...

Tuesday8th Jul 2014

  • Review EA Sports UFC (PlayStation 4)

    Figurative knock out

    From its inception in the early 90s to calls for a ban on what Senator John McCain called ‘human cockfighting’, Ultimate Fighting Championship exploded in popularity in the mid-2000s, and its following shows no signs of diminishing. As such, there have been a number of video game tie-ins over the years, but it is with the...

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  • Review One Piece: Unlimited World Red (PlayStation 3)

    Bits and pieces

    As legions of fans will tell you, it's not hard to become captivated with One Piece, one of Japan's most popular manga creations, and its latest video game venture, One Piece: Unlimited World Red, is a good example of how easily this colourful world can ensnare anyone with an eye for crazy pirate adventures. The title itself is a...

Sunday6th Jul 2014

Saturday5th Jul 2014

  • Guide How to Stream 1080p Videos from Your PC to the PS4

    Movie media server

    Despite the promise of future support from platform holder Sony, the PlayStation 4 is currently very poor when it comes to local media playback. While it includes compatibility with key applications such as Netflix and the BBC iPlayer, it’s currently impossible to play videos, listen to music, or even view photos from your local...

  • News PS4 Port The Last of Us Remastered Is Agonisingly Close to Completion

    Endure and survive

    PlayStation 4 port The Last of Us Remastered has sort of crept up on us like Joel and Ellie in a Firefly stronghold. The game – which was announced earlier in the year after numerous leaks – is due out at the end of the month, and judging by a Tweet posted by lead programmer Jason Gregory, it’s very nearly complete. “Grea

  • Review Resogun: Heroes (PlayStation 4)

    Holding out for a hero

    It’s a statement that’s rapidly approaching cliché territory, but Housemarque’s cylindrical shooter Resogun is still the PlayStation 4’s best game. That’s not a slight against the software library that Sony’s next-gen system has amassed over the past six months or so – although we’re sure that many would like...

  • News Blimey, Only Four in Ten PlayStation Games Actually Make Money

    Whelp

    Many of us play video games, but very few of us can fully appreciate just how harsh the business surrounding our hobby can be. As it turns out, releasing a piece of interactive entertainment is an incredibly risky gambit, and in a recent interview, Sony Worldwide Studios head Shuhei Yoshida revealed just how dicey the industry can get. "We...

  • News NIS America Announce Another Trio of JRPG Goodies

    Pick-'n'-Mix

    It's no secret that this writer loves Japanese role-playing games, so the latest trio announced by publisher NIS America has your humble host's wallet shuddering in despair – especially as all are confirmed for North American and European release. Almost as if we are physic, the first title is the curiously named htoL#NiQ: The Firefly...

Sunday6th Jul 2014

  • Push Rewind Transformers, Dynasty Warriors, and PS4 Tidbits

    All you wanted

    We’d love to give this recap a bit of oomph by informing you that it’s been an incredibly eventful week in the PlayStation Nation, but we reckon that the gaming industry’s gone on strike while the World Cup and Wimbledon edge closer to their conclusion. Still, that’s fine by us, as we’ve spent the past seven days huddled...

Saturday5th Jul 2014

Friday4th Jul 2014

  • Review Child of Light (PlayStation Vita)

    Summer child

    It took longer and was more brutal than a rap battle between J.R.R. Tolkien and George R.R. Martin, but Child of Light has finally made it to the PlayStation Vita. Those of you who have been desperately waiting to see what all the fuss was about can, after almost three months, join Aurora on her rather poetic quest to save the world...

  • Review That Trivia Game (PlayStation 4)

    Pointless

    There have been copious trivia games released over the years, with Relentless Software’s surprisingly good Buzz! series perhaps being the most popular among PlayStation fans. The latest title to tackle the quiz genre, That Trivia Game, is exclusive to the PlayStation 4 – and certainly deserves top marks for its highly original name...

Saturday5th Jul 2014

  • Review Blue Estate (PlayStation 4)

    Off the rails

    The rail shooter has been a staple of arcades for decades, giving gamers the chance to wield plastic firearms to gun down wave after wave of enemies. Their popularity made it natural that they’d make the jump into the home, and while there have been a few successes on consoles, most gamers came to the conclusion a while ago that this...

Friday4th Jul 2014

Thursday3rd Jul 2014

  • Feature What the Heck Is a PocketStation?

    Lifting the lid on Japan's best PlayStation accessory

    Back in the mists of time, when Tamagotchi was still a thing and we were all wondering if SEGA’s Dreamcast was really going to turn things around for the ailing hardware company, Sony took the Sonic the Hedgehog maker's new Visual Memory Unit concept – a portable memory card with a built-in...

  • News Developers Declare That PlayStation 4 Is the Best Console Right Now

    The best place to play and work

    We know that Sony supposedly loves developers, but is that affection reciprocated? It turns out that it is, as a slew of studios have voted the PlayStation 4 as the best console currently on the market – beating the Xbox One, Wii U, 3DS, and even the firm’s own PlayStation Vita. The system finished fifth in...

Friday4th Jul 2014

  • Review GRID Autosport (PlayStation 3)

    Three-point turn

    GRID 2 was largely seen as a disappointment by many of the series’ fans – a step in the wrong direction, lacking the focus and discipline that made the original release such a compelling outing for racing enthusiasts. GRID Autosport, the latest offering from British firm Codemasters, aims to redeem the series – and bar a few...

Thursday3rd Jul 2014

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  • Review MotoGP 14 (PlayStation 4)

    Top Márquez

    Our infallible scientific studies suggest that many MotoGP stars endured multiple bumps on their bonces from a very early age. Asphalt icons such as Valentino Rossi and reigning champion Marc Márquez make average adrenaline junkies look like cucumber sandwich scranning stick-in-the-muds – and that’s before they even climb onto...

  • Who Would Win Wednesdays The GTA V Gang vs. The Payday Gang

    Round 20

    Who Would Win Wednesdays has reached its 20th round, meaning that it's now possible to look all the way back to the very first instalment of this weekly feature and think to yourself, "I was there when it all began." Something to tell the kids about, eh? In any case, our last fight between the Patapon Army and the Third Colossus

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