Guide How to Complete the Spooky P.T. Demo on PS4
A much needed walkthrough for Silent Hills' playable teaser
News - August, 2014
Sunday31st Aug 2014
Push Rewind September's PlayStation Plus Offering, More PSN Downtime, and Saints Row on PS4
A mixed bag
It's been a rather straightforward week here at Push Square. We've had a fair few reviews, a little bit of bad news, and a look at September's all important PlayStation Plus update. The week ahead is perhaps more important, as we gaze forward to Sony's pre-Tokyo Game Show conference and next month's big releases, but it's always nice to...
News Dead or Alive 5: Last Round is Smashing Its Way onto PS4
We know what you're thinking
Stop those dirty thoughts right this instant. Yes, Dead or Alive 5: Last Round is coming to the PlayStation 4, and no, we don't know if it'll feature, er, improved physics. The fighter's already gone through several incarnations on the PS3, but with a port to Sony's newest console, it should look better than ever, and...
Video Watch as We Take a Trip Back in Time to Round-Up Gamescom 2014 and Its Game of the Show
Oh the memories
Ah, good old Gamescom 2014. Remember when it divided the gaming community because of its supposed focus on smaller games? We thought that you would. Anyway, we know that it's a bit late, but madcap Video Editor Ben Potter would still love for you to watch his typically mental round-up video. As you may remember, the newly announced...
News Bizarre Vita Exclusive Murasaki Baby Will Give You Adorable Nightmares
Terrifying toddler
If that disturbing baby-thing lurking in P.T.'s bathroom wasn't enough to scare you, perhaps the titular character from Murasaki Baby will. The baffling PlayStation Vita exclusive's nefarious newborn seems to be the bizarre lovechild of David Lynch and Tim Burton, and also happens to be a perfect example of the title's incredibly...
Saturday30th Aug 2014
News Gossip Regarding Grand Theft Auto V PS4's Release Date Hints at Delay
Rockstar ain't having any of it, though
Grand Theft Auto V is quite possibly the strangest PlayStation 4 game to date. Pegged for release later this year, the title still doesn’t have a firm release date – or any real details at all attached to it. In a financial meeting earlier in the year, publishing overlord Take Two stated that the next-gen...
Review Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair (PlayStation Vita)
Hello addiction
Anyone who played and enjoyed Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc is likely to mention one of its greatest strengths when praising the game: its ability to make you think about and consider the title's events, even when you're not playing. Its narrative structure and cast of interesting personalities meant that you'd end up pondering...
News The Last of Us Remastered Reloads with Two Treacherous Territories on PS4
More multiplayer maps added for free
You should be able to loot two brand new multiplayer maps for The Last of Us Remastered right now, which may ease any frustrations that you’ve felt over the title’s matchmaking issues of late. Based upon areas from the single player campaign, the Beach will favour long-range experts, as you pick off opponents...
News Watch as God of War Dev Santa Monica Studio Relocates to a Brand New Office
A new beginning
Whoever though that changing buildings could be such an emotional process? As you may recall, Sony Santa Monica - the studio behind the God of War series, as well as several other smaller delights - has been going through a bit of a transformation of late. First, the developer gave its logo a much needed redesign, and now it's moved...
News Peggle 2's Popping onto PS4 This October
About time
Popular puzzler pop-'em-up Peggle 2 will be partaking in some PlayStation 4 partying this October, the game's official Twitter account has revealed. For anyone who isn't familiar with the title, you may remember that it was announced as an Xbox console exclusive back at E3 2013, and what a memorably awkward announcement it was...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 36
All night long
Ah, the weekend – that quiet period where real work is cancelled in favour of household chores. Assuming that you get a break from doing the cooking, cleaning, and fixing that wonky shelf in your bathroom, then you’ll probably be investing it in front of your favourite PlayStation format. Here’s what we’re going to be up to...
Friday29th Aug 2014
Review Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare (PlayStation 4)
A real grower
Years of cultivation at PopCap Games has led to the growth of its latest title, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare. This series has long been known as a popular tower defence title – however, the developer has now planted its roots into new soil by changing the format slightly. As its Call of Duty spoofing name may indicate, this...
Review The Walking Dead: Season 2, Episode 5 - No Going Back (PlayStation 3)
The long and winding road
Back in July, when Telltale’s critically acclaimed The Wolf Among Us wrapped up its first season, The Walking Dead was only at its halfway point – but the developer has raced to Season Two’s finale since then. As those of you that are familiar with the series will already know, this second set of episodes puts you...
News Kazuma Kiryu's Yakuza Zero Outfit Shows What Was Acceptable in the 80s
Fancy dress
As anticipated, Yakuza Zero: Chikai no Basho will take you back to a time before protagonist Kazuma Kiryu was an orphanage owner or taxi driver. The prequel is set in Kamurocho in December 1988, and will depict a turf war over the land required to build Millennium Tower. It’ll also serve as a coming of age story for the aforementioned...
News Delve Deep Down the Rabbit Hole of PS4's Prettiest Free-to-Play Game
Sword and sorcery
Deep Down was supposed to deploy in Japan around the time of the PlayStation 4’s launch in February, but, outside of an E3 trailer, has actually been missing in action for quite a while. Many pondered whether the lack of new information was a sign of the title’s quiet cancellation, but it’s re-emerged toda
News Put This PS4 Footage of Project Cars into Gear
Petrol head
Racing games are like London buses: you wait ages for one to pull up, and then several appear at once. It’s been a disappointing first year for petrol heads on the PlayStation 4, with only really Need for Speed: Rivals to keep you occupied – but thankfully the outlook looks, er, good over the coming weeks. In addition to DriveClub...
Review Tales of Xillia 2 (PlayStation 3)
Cat scratch Ludger
Tales of Xillia 2 is the sequel to last year's successful Tales of Xillia on the PlayStation 3. Much like the previous game, it’s charming, wonderful, and rewarding all at the same time. The worlds of Rieze Maxia and Elympios return as well as most of the gameplay from the original, and being the 14th title in the Tales series,...
Review Mahjong Gold (PlayStation Vita)
Shiver me tiles
The Mahjong solitaire variant is a popular genre for handheld devices. In fact, it’s ideal for touch screen handhelds due to the nature of the game: bite-size puzzles solvable by matching pairs of symbols. And, indeed, 8 Floor Games' collection of Mahjong titles with their three star challenges, limited special abilities, and...
News Saints Row IV and All of Its DLC Gets Re-Elected on PS4 Next Year
We should have known
We were busy typing away about the rather surprising reveal of Saints Row: Gat out of Hell, when suddenly, developer Volition decided to throw a slightly less shocking announcement our way. That's right, the PlayStation 4 is getting another last-gen port, and this time, it's the wacky Saints Row IV, which now comes with the...
Talking Point Is Indie Becoming a Defunct, Dirty Word?
Term worm
Indie is the video game equivalent of Marmite: a sector of the medium so divisive that it’s simultaneously culpable of both dismay and delight. The very website that you’re reading is evidence of that, but we’re not alone: scuffles and skirmishes more heated than the format wars themselves can be attributed to the increasingly taboo...
News Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell is Coming to PS4, and It's, Er, a Standalone Expansion Pack
Gone when the morning comes
Well, we didn't see that one coming. As you've no doubt heard, publisher Deep Silver released a Saints Row teaser image over Twitter earlier today, and with developer Volition hosting a panel at this year's PAX convention this evening, it seemed all but assured that the crazy sandbox franchise would be making an...
News Metal Slug 3 Runs and Guns Its Way onto the PS4, PS3, and Vita
Pixel perfect port
No self-respecting videogame console would be complete without at least a handful of Metal Slug ports to its name, so we're happy to report that Metal Slug 3 will be arriving on all three of Sony's super systems later this year. Recently announced on the PlayStation Blog, the bombastic port will apparently come packed with some...
News Dust: An Elysian Tail Flaunts Its Fur on PS4 Really, Really Soon
1080p, 60FPS
There are plenty of people out there who grumble about indie games on the PlayStation 4. Maybe they feel cheated by the lack of original, super polished AAA titles coming out on the next-gen system right now, or maybe they don't feel that indie experiences are pushing their expensive hardware to its limit. However, we defy anyone, even...
News Salt and Sanctuary Shakes Some Gorgeous Action onto PS4 and Vita
Taking Sanctuary on PlayStation
Having only just covered Dust: An Elysian Tail, here we have a game from another prominent Xbox 360 developer coming to the PlayStation 4 – and the PlayStation Vita, too. Even more excitingly, this is a completely new and original game, rather than a port. Salt and Sanctuary comes from Ska Studios – a team best...
News Saints Row Dances with the Devil Ahead of Sequel Reveal
Playing with the dead
The 3rd Street Saints appear to be playing games with the dead, if a teaser image from the next title is to be believed. Sent out as both a minimalistic press release and as a Twitter post, the above image appears to show a Ouija board embellished with the Saints Row logo. Considering that the next entry in the zany series is...
News Phew, Dragon Age: Inquisition's Multiplayer Will Not Affect the Single Player Story
Thank the Maker
We remember the negative commotion that surrounded Mass Effect 3's co-op mode all too well, and so we were a little worried about whether or not Dragon Age: Inquisition's newly announced multiplayer would have any effect on the single player story, if only so we didn't have to wade through countless hate-filled forum posts...
News Alone With You Brings Psychological Romance to PS4 and Vita
Home Alone
Benjamin Rivers is the man responsible for developing Home. No, not PlayStation's abandoned social game cross dance-'em-up, but the indie horror title of the same name that's on its way to the PlayStation 4 and Vita. However, he has another title in the works – and this one's an exclusive. Confusingly structured but beautifully...
News Backstab Your Friends on the Bus in Nidhogg on Vita
Cross-buy chaos
Nidhogg is an intensely competitive fence-'em-up, which has been around on the PC for a while now. It's already been confirmed for the PS4, which we're very excited about, but now that excitement has doubled – the developers at Messhof have announced that it's on its way to the PlayStation Vita as well. And that's not all: it'll...
Thursday28th Aug 2014
News Got a 12GB PS3? Sorry, You Can't Play Grand Theft Auto Online Anymore
Unlucky number 12
If you've got a 12GB PlayStation 3, then we've got some bad news for you. As if it wasn't bad enough that your console has barely enough room to download a decent collection of movies, or that you can only install a few games at a time before running out of space, it's now been revealed that Grand Theft Auto Online will no longer...
News Yay, PSN's Delayed Scheduled Maintenance Returns Today
Don't worry, you'll be able to play online
We suppose that we should give Sony credit for delaying the PlayStation Network’s previously planned maintenance after Sunday’s outage – even if it was only for a few days. The platform holder has announced that Monday’s postponed preservation period will now take place later today in both
News You'll Get These Extras for Purchasing Destiny on PS4
Just to sweeten the sale
It feels like we’ve been writing about Destiny for an eternity now, so thank heavens it’s due out in a couple of weeks. In order to pad out the time while you wait, Activision has released a new trailer showing off the title’s PlayStation exclusive content, which will remain restricted to Sony’s machines until Fall...
News Mega Man X4 and X5 Coming to PS3 and PS Vita Next Month
That's mega, man
Sound the good news klaxon: Mega Man X4 and Mega Man X5, both of which originally released on the PSone, are coming to modern consoles this September. The PlayStation 3 and PS Vita will both be getting the much-loved pair in a move that's sure to delight Capcom fans and masochists the world over. Surprisingly, the release dates,...
News PS4 Potter Pure Pool Sinks a Sizeable Patch
Drop it in the pocket
You’ll no longer be bombarded with online notifications for pretty much the entire universe while attempting to pot that all important final ball, as Pure Pool has received a sizeable update on the PlayStation 4. We really liked the billiards simulation when we reviewed it a few weeks ago, but felt that it could do with a bit...
Feature Watch and Yearn - Are YouTube and Twitch Influencing Game Design?
Tune in
“A 20 minute video changed my life,” said Mike Bithell in an interview with GamesTM. “That's the reality.” And he's right. Thomas Was Alone is a minimalistic, esoteric little gem which seemed likely to come and go without turning many heads. And without videos like the one posted by TotalBiscuit, which now has over 300,000 v
News Ubisoft Keeps its Blade Hidden by Delaying Assassin's Creed Unity into November
October's a bit lighter
A few months ago, October was looking like this year's most bloated period for new releases, but a few big delays later, and November is beginning to look like 2014's real heavy hitter. It may only be a relatively small delay of two weeks, but Ubisoft has saw fit to push back Assassin's Creed Unity all the same. The next-gen...
News Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer Bringing Deck Building to PS Vita
Play your cards right
Playdek is pretty prolific when it comes to tabletop game conversions on iOS. The San Diego studio has released plenty of titles across Apple's range of iPhones and iPads, and now it's branching out onto the PlayStation Vita. Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer is a popular deck building game, which the firm has already...
Wednesday27th Aug 2014
Feature What Are September 2014's Free PlayStation Plus Games?
Give us the goods
The only issue with writing about games is that one tends to construct their life around release dates, press conferences, and PlayStation Plus updates. If you asked us whether September was approaching, we’d only be able to accurately answer because of today’s Instant Game Collection information. Of course, you haven’t...
Review Hotline Miami (PlayStation 4)
Miami Visceral
With the stylish murder simulator Hotline Miami first hitting the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita in 2013, it shouldn't come as a surprise that the darling indie title has already achieved critical acclaim and a cult following of devout 80s obsessed adrenaline junkies. Just over a year later, the gory title sees a re-release on the...
Review Risen 3: Titan Lords (PlayStation 3)
Roll with it
For any series to make it to a third entry is quite an achievement, especially when it’s a perennial underachiever like the Risen games. After leaning heavily into the more piratical aspects for its first sequel, developer Piranha Bytes has doubled down on this approach for Risen 3: Titan Lords, letting you once again sail the high...
News PS4 Faves Watch Dogs and Sniper Elite III Discounted in European PSN Sale
Count the pennies
If you’re in the market for a new PlayStation 4 game to keep you occupied while you wait patiently for Destiny’s release next month, then you may want to take note of Sony’s latest PlayStation Network sale. While there aren’t a great number of discounted next-gen releases to pick from, Watch Dogs at £39.99 with an extra 10...
News Xbox and Nintendo Fans Flocking to PS4, States Study
Switching sides
Aside from some network hiccups, the PlayStation 4 has pretty much got off to a flawless start. Not everyone’s entirely happy with the content selection right now, but new consoles always take some time to build up a roster of must own s
News Lindsay Lohan Wanted 'Publicity' from Grand Theft Auto V Lawsuit, Claims Rockstar
Seeking attention
Well, this is a story which keeps getting more and more interesting. You may remember reading about Lindsay Lohan's lawsuit against Rockstar earlier in the year. The actress had picked up on an unflattering likeness in the form of Grand Theft Auto V character Lacey Jonas, and decided to take legal action. The diva, who is found...
Review Trials Fusion: Empire of the Sky (PlayStation 4)
Looking up
If there was one thing wrong with Trials Fusion, it was that there wasn’t enough chances to fall tens of thousands of feet to your death. The fans have spoken: sometimes smashing your 120MPH bike into a brick wall just doesn’t feel dangerous enough. Don’t worry, though, as Ubisoft has heard your cries for a little more distance from...
News PS4 Shooter Velocity 2X Flies for Free in September PS Plus Update
PS All-Stars, Joe Danger, and more up for grabs
Take a deep breath and get ready to complain: the September PlayStation Plus update has been revealed. As this author suspected, FuturLab’s hotly anticipated arcade shooter Velocity 2X will be the headline addition on the PlayStation 4, where it will be accompanied by local multiplayer minigame...
News Minecraft PS4 Building a Brick Path onto Sony's Freshest Format
Second time lucky
Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition unceremoniously failed certification the first time around, but 4J Studios will be hoping that everything’s alright on the night at its second attempt. The British developer – which has handled all of the popular title’s console ports – announced on Twitter overnight that the game
News PewDiePie Kickflips PS3 Classic Skate 3 Back to Life
Videos inspire reprint four years on
PewDiePie: hilarious and harmless, or scourge of the gaming community? Adored by his legions of subscribers and seemingly hated by everyone else, the Swedish YouTube star always seems to split opinion. But whatever your take on the gurning personality, it's impossible to deny his influence. The success of the...
News PlayStation Plus' Quality Sure Hasn't Declined in Japan
Value added
There’s a lot of chatter about the quality of PlayStation Plus of late. Despite giving out six free ‘rentals’ every month, Sony has been chastised by early adopters of the PlayStation 4 for focusing on indie giveaways rather than retail releases. Still, it’s been eager to add to the quality of the service’s offering, announcing...
Store Update 27th August 2014 (Europe)
Seeing neon
As is the case in North America, there’s a metric ton to look forward to on the European PlayStation Store this week. Fetch leads the way in Sucker Punch’s 80s infused superhero spin-off inFAMOUS: First Light, but there’s also Metro Redux and
News Here's Dragon Age: Inquisition's Inevitable Co-Op Trailer
One for all
Any fan of Dragon Age: Origin's deadly rogue Leliana will no doubt be excited to hear her ask for your help in Dragon Age: Inquisition's freshly announced co-op mode, so we suppose that's a pretty effective way to begin this multiplayer focused trailer. It's not a long one, only clocking in at about a minute and a half, but we do get a...
Store Update 26th August 2014 (North America)
Heavy hitters
It’s an absolutely gigantic week on the North American PlayStation Store this time, especially for the PlayStation 4. Highlights undoubtedly include retail releases Madden NFL 15 and Metro Redux, but Sucker Punch’s superhero spin-off inFAMOUS: First Light deserves a mention as well. Other new arrivals include sidescrolling...
Mass effective
It's something that's been in the rumour mill for some time now, but it's finally been confirmed that upcoming fantasy RPG Dragon Age: Inquisition is getting its very own co-op mode that's separate from the gigantic single player story. The news comes from IGN, which got to talk to developer BioWare about the game's intriguing...
News LEGO Batman 3 Travels Beyond Gotham from 11th November
Beyond Gotham, Before Christmas
The LEGO series may not be the world's most innovative, but it reliably serves up a satisfying, kid-friendly portion of brick-bashing and exploration. Later this year, LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham is scheduled to appear on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and Vita – and it's now been confirmed when we'll be getting...
News Super Stylish Skateboard Sim OlliOlli Slides onto the PS4 and PS3
Now with leaderboards
OlliOlli is one of the more interesting indie games currently available on the PlayStation Vita. A wholly original take on the skateboarding genre, it tasks you with creating increasingly crazy combos. If that sounds right up your alley, we're glad to report that the title has recently been released – with full cross-buy...
Tuesday26th Aug 2014
Review inFAMOUS: First Light (PlayStation 4)
Fetching
The problem with inFAMOUS: Second Son was that it ended too quickly: Sucker Punch’s supercharged pseudo sequel was over in a flash, leaving many of its fans wanting more. inFAMOUS: First Light attempts to solve that problem, recharging with a new playable character, storyline, and some fresh powers – but does it burn brightly, or...
News PSN Temporarily Offline Again as Attacks Ramp Up Once More
Platform holder reports 'minor' connectivity issues
If you assumed that the PlayStation Network was safe following Sunday’s outage, then you were wrong, as it appears to have collapsed again. Lizard Squad, the group responsible for last week’s downtime, is claiming responsibility for another DDoS attack, whic
Review Akiba’s Trip: Undead & Undressed (PlayStation Vita)
Undressed to kill
To describe Akiba’s Trip: Undead & Undressed as a simple action role-playing game would do it a disservice – a bit like describing a vampire as a mere blood gulper. The aforementioned nocturnal beast has gone through several iterations over the years, ranging from fear inducing monsters through to promiscuous teenagers –...
Guide How to Get a High Score in inFAMOUS: First Light's Battle Arenas
Play Fetch
One of the most frequent criticisms lofted at the inFAMOUS franchise is its relative lack of replayability, but superhero spin-off inFAMOUS: First Light attempts to solve that problem with a slew of Battle Arenas. Contextualised in the fiction as training facilities for the Conduits held captive at Curdun Cay, these additional missions...
Weirdness Impending PS4 Shooter Destiny Looks Even Better in LEGO
Don't go getting ideas, Activision
Destiny is a fine looking game on the PlayStation 4, but everything is better when made out of LEGO. These figurines by budding brick builder Exxtrooper prove as much, as they show the impending first-person shooter’s three main classes in miniature form. The getups have been created using hand-designed sticker...
News UK Sales Charts: Diablo III PS4 Sucks Out The Last of Us' Soul
Grim reaper
Diablo III: Reaper of Souls – Ultimate Evil Edition has looted The Last of Us Remastered’s fungal infected corpse, breaking the Naughty Dog developed exclusive’s four week winning streak by topping the UK sales charts. The first-party release finished up in second, one spot ahead of Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, which grew up...
News You'll Probably Be Getting a Free Copy of Don't Starve: Giant Edition on Vita Soon
Through the magic of Cross-buy
Developer Klei Entertainment has recently announced that Don't Starve: Giant Edition - the compilation containing both the original game and its expansion - will be coming to the PlayStation Vita on 3rd September. When an opportunistic fan on Twitter asked wether the title would be cross-buy, the answer was a...
Out This Week inFAMOUS: First Light, Metro Redux, Madden NFL 15
Going underground
An old industry folktale states that the release of Madden signals the start of the stressful release season for reviewers, and it seems accurate again in this instance. While things have been relatively busy for a few weeks now, we’re mere days away from Destiny at this point, which means that life at Push Square Towers is about...
News Amazon Coughs Up $970 Million for Streaming Site Twitch
Someone's rich
Twitch has been acquired for a whopping $970 million – but not by Google as originally anticipated. Instead, it’s mega retailer Amazon that’s coughed up the extraordinary amount of cash required to purchase the streaming site, with its bidding rival
Monday25th Aug 2014
Review Metro Redux (PlayStation 4)
A whole new world
What do you get when you mix a Ukrainian developer, a best-selling Russian novel, two games, and the PlayStation 4? It’s not a trick question: we’re referring to Metro Redux, of course. 4A Games’ pair of previous generation escapades have been remastered and reworked for Sony’s latest system – and, in many ways, the...
News The Scheduled PSN Maintenance Has Been Postponed After Yesterday's Outage
Crisis averted
Golly, that was an intense 24 hours, wasn't it? As you're no doubt aware, the PlayStation Network went down yesterday after a particularly nasty DDoS attack. If you didn't lay witness to the carnage, rest assured that several were justifiably peeved at the online service's intermittent blackout. Thankfully, the outage didn't last...
Push Rewind PSN Downtime, Awful Avatars, and Other Bits of Bad News
Everything sucks
Wow, what a negative week it’s been in the PlayStation Nation – it must be karma for Sony’s awesome Gamescom showing. When we haven’t been moaning about awful avatars, the PlayStation Network has been being attacked, and
Review CounterSpy (PlayStation 4)
From Russia with regret
CounterSpy is a strange beast. Developed by fledgling studio Dynamighty, it's an ambitious game that strives to bridge the gap between 2D and 3D stealth, while also attempting to juggle randomly generated levels. And while it plays host to some truly unique mechanics, and consistently brilliant presentation, it's...
Sunday24th Aug 2014
News Is PSN Offline? Yes, and the Scheduled Maintenance Doesn't Start Until Tomorrow
All services currently down
We know that Sony’s planning to run some Bank Holiday tests on the PlayStation Network, but the manufacturer’s servers appear to have come crashing down a day early. While status reports from the Japanese giant claim that its online platform is currently up and running, we can’t log in using any of our consoles in...
News You'll Be Able to Join The Golf Club Starting Next Week on PS4
Fore the players
HB Studios’ hotly anticipated The Golf Club will putt a place on the PlayStation 4 next week in North America, the Canadian developer has announced. The simulation will set you back a relatively steep $34.99 when it rolls onto the green on 26th August. Those of you in Europe will have to wait a little while longer for the caddy to...
News Sony Executive's Flight Rerouted Following Alleged Bomb Threat
Sigh
This isn’t a story that we expected to be writing on what should be a slow Sunday, but there are reports that Sony Online Entertainment chief John Smedley’s flight has been rerouted following bomb threats by the same group claiming responsibility for today’s PlaySt
News No Personal Information Has Been Accessed in PlayStation Network Outage
Hack job
Well, this is all starting to seem eerily familiar now, isn’t it? There were signs earlier today that the PlayStation Network was coming back online as planned – we even logged in for a few fleeting moments – but the service hasn’t returned quite as quickly as we anticipated. In fact, it’s been out for nearing 12 hours now, which...
News Yakuza Zero Looks to Turn Back Time on PS4 and PS3
Zero chance of a localisation, huh?
As promised, SEGA has announced that the next entry in its popular Japanese gangster series will be named Yakuza Zero: Chikai no Basho – or, Yakuza Zero: The Place of Oath. The game – which is due out on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 like its predecessor Yakuza: Ishin – was announced as part of a live...
Saturday23rd Aug 2014
News Don't Worry, Crystal Dynamics Considered Your Feelings Over the Whole Tomb Raider Ordeal
What a Lara rubbish
Rise of the Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics definitely didn’t mean to upset you when it agreed to an exclusivity deal with Microsoft. In the aftermath of last week’s Gamescom 2014 backlash, the studio has posted a new message on the franchise’s
News These New Screenshots Prove That Tearaway Unfolded Is the PS4's Cutest Game
Nyaw
Tearaway Unfolded was one of the more magical surprises from this year's Gamescom conference, and in order to keep the magic flowing, Sony has released a slew of screenshots which show off the adorable game's beautiful style. It takes a lot to melt the heart of this otherwise cynical and jaded writer, but seeing the puzzle platformer's...
Round Up Metro: Redux PS4 Reviews Celebrate in an Abandoned Subway
Anything but dark and dreary
Metro 2033 was one of those strange mid-tier titles that decided to avoid the PlayStation 3’s complicated architecture, releasing in early 2010 as a console exclusive for the Xbox 360. The post-apocalyptic first-person shooter – based upon the novel of the same name by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky – proved an...
Weirdness Destiny's Ghost Has Taken the Ice Bucket Challenge
And it's nominated Joel from The Last of Us
While we appreciate that it’s all for a very good cause, we were just beginning to get bored of the influx of Ice Bucket Challenge videos online – but this brilliant Destiny clip has refreshed our enthusiasm. After being nominated earlier in the week, the Peter Dinklage voiced Ghost has been drenched...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 35
Shake off the work week blues
The problem with running WAYP on a weekly basis is that your humble host is invariably going to forget to put together the article from time to time – as this issue evidences. Your editor needed a firm reminder from news reporter Nicola Hayden, otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this in the first place. To be fair,...
Friday22nd Aug 2014
News September PlayStation Plus Update Information Incoming Next Week
Instant Game Collection to be outlined imminently
It’s once again time to get hyped over your latest selection of free software downloads, as the September PlayStation Plus update is set to get outlined very soon. In response to an eager fan on Twitter enquiring about the quality of next month’s refresh, PlayStation Blog manager Fred Dutton...
News You Won't Have to Worry About Watch Dogs' Infamously Tedious Drinking Game Ever Again
New patch also extends single player content
Even those who haven't played a minute of Watch Dogs may have heard about its infamous drinking minigame, especially if you frequent popular gaming forums. The incredibly tedious optional activity has long been the bane of many a Platinum Trophy hunter, purely because of the awkward nature in which you...
News Sony: PS Move Was Ahead of Its Time, But There's No Appetite for Motion Right Now
Project Morpheus will change that, reckons Shuhei Yoshida
Pop those PlayStation Move controllers in the cupboard: you’ll need them, but not right now. In a candid interview with Pocket-Lint, Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida has admitted that motion gaming is in a bit of a rut right now, and will stay that way until Sony’s virtual...
Review Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1 (PlayStation Vita)
Queen of Lastation
Irrespective of allegiance, we’ve all witnessed the console wars. From the days when Nintendo and SEGA contested store shelves, all the way to the triple pronged struggle of the current generation, it’s something that, as gamers, we’re all familiar with. This eternal war is at the heart of Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1...
News A Bank Holiday's Coming, So Sony's Pulling the PSN Offline
Maintaining scheduled maintenance tradition
As has become a frighteningly frequent occurrence of late, Sony’s decided to run some mandatory maintenance on the PlayStation Network – during a Bank Holiday weekend. Those of you living in the UK will probably be looking forward to a full three days away from work right now, but you may not be able...
News What's the Best PS4 Bundle in the UK? This Destiny Pack Is Priced Astronomically Low
Cheap as chips
Sony has sold 10 million PlayStation 4 consoles since its launch last year, making it one of the fastest selling systems of all time. However, we’re sure that it’s looking at the fast-approaching holiday season with wide eyes, as it’s typically in the second Christmas that consoles truly take off. And with the likes of Destiny,...
News Not Even Sony Understands Why the PS4 Is Selling So Well
Commercial confusion
To say that the PlayStation 4 has been a success in its first nine or so months on the market is an understatement: it’s actually hit a figurative homerun. The console has already exceeded sales of 10 million units, making it one of the fastest selling video game machines ever launched. Even more impressively, the system was...
News How Delicious Does That White Destiny PS4 Look Out of Its Box?
Tastier than grilled cheese
We appreciate that we may have already talked you into picking up the vanilla Destiny PlayStation 4 bundle that’s on offer at Amazon.co.uk right now, but we’re about to make your decision that little bit more difficult. Our friends over at PlayStation Access have posted an unboxing video of the Glacier White console,...
Weirdness 16-Year-Old Makes Minecraft in Trials Fusion
Welcome to the future
We love level editors because they often serve up insanity such as LittleBigPlanet’s infamous calculator, but this is potentially even more amazing than that. A 16-year-old Trials Fusion player has built, well, a functional version of Minecraft within the motorcycle simulator. Just let that sink in for a few seconds...
News Still Confused By PS4 Adventure The Vanishing of Ethan Carter? Yeah, So Are We
Who killed Laura Palmer?
If you thought that continuously walking down P.T.'s single hallway was a treat, you'll likely be chuffed to bits at upcoming PlayStation 4 murder mystery The Vanishing of Ethan Carter. As this recently released gameplay clip demonstrates, the title features multiple hallways, and will even let you explore the outside world...
Thursday21st Aug 2014
Feature 21 of the Most Awful PlayStation Network Avatars
Fashion disaster
Buzzfeed is so ridiculous that it’s already broken the fourth wall and started parodying itself, but there’s definitely a degree of entertainment to be derived from human stupidity. While we’re not diving down that rabbit hole, we thought that it was time to pad out the post-Gamescom
News Silent Hills' Latest Easter Egg Is Quite Literally Out of This World
Twilight zone
Incredibly, people are still pulling secrets out of last week’s Silent Hills playable teaser. Considering that the demo was built by Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima, it’s perhaps no real surprise – but this latest Easter egg maintains a long running tradition. If you’ve played a Silent Hill game before, you’ll know that...
News Travel Through Time in Far Cry 4's Gorgeous New PS4 Trailer
Great Scott
Far Cry 4 looms large on the horizon, and in an attempt to raise the title's profile, developer Ubisoft recently released this nifty clip on the PlayStation Blog. While there isn't a truckload of new information here, it does give us a much better insight into the game's time-traveling mechanics. As the remarkab
News Don't Own a PS Vita? You Must Buy This Brilliant Bundle
Uncharted, Tearaway, and more included in the box
There’s enough doom and gloom surrounding the PlayStation Vita to make a Thomas Hardy novel look uplifting by comparison, but that doesn’t mean that the system has suddenly transformed into a waste of space. In fact, despite the negativity, we’re still enjoying the device as much as ever –...
News PS4 Exclusive The Last of Us Remastered to Loot Free Maps
Studio still trying to solve connectivity issues
As we explained right around launch, The Last of Us Remastered is not just an exceptional single player game, but it’s also pretty darn impressive in multiplayer as well. Unfortunately, the next-gen re-release has been hampered by some unfort
News These LittleBigPlanet Costumes Clearly Didn't Take Very Long to Make
All different shapes and sizes
There are some absolutely incredible costumes in LittleBigPlanet, which must have taken hours upon hours to produce – but these Thomas Was Alone outfits aren’t an example of that. While the Mike Bithell developed indie carries our coveted stamp of approval, we can see how a game about geometric shapes may not...
News Puyo Puyo Tetris to Clear Screens on PS4 in Japan
A blob's life
The decline of the puzzle game has been sad to see. Once a popular genre on the PSone and PlayStation 2, smartphones and social networks practically rendered anything other than Tetris redundant in the previous generation. Fortunately, you’ll always be able to import a copy of SEGA’s intriguing mash up Puyo Puyo Tetris, which is...
News The Walking Dead: Season Two Stumbles to a Conclusion Next Week
Still keeping that hair short
Regular readers will know that this editor has spent the past few months desperately trying to catch up on Telltale’s episodic adaptation of The Walking Dead. Well, your humble host recently finished Season Two, Episode Four, which means that he’s ready for the finale. And best of all, the misery will unfold from...
Wednesday20th Aug 2014
Review Diablo III: Reaper of Souls - Ultimate Evil Edition (PlayStation 4)
Heavenly hell
Diablo III is samey and full of repetition in the best possible way. Sure, the package is packed with some truly stunning cut-scenes and the odd nugget of nonsensical narrative exposition – but it’s the never-ending combat that will keep you hooked. Such a rinse and repeat formula should perhaps be frowned upon, but even through...
Review Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment (PlayStation Vita)
Sleepy hollow
In an age where we have Project Morpheus lurking right around the corner, Sword Art Online, the popular Japanese anime about gamers entering a virtual gaming world, has resonated with many viewers – especially the gaming crowd. Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment makes its way onto the PlayStation Vita in the form of a third-person...
Review Surgeon Simulator: Anniversary Edition (PlayStation 4)
Who needs a degree?
Some games just like to poke fun at you, often by being notoriously difficult, with the likes of Dark Souls, Flappy Bird, and QWOP springing to mind. These titles frequently find success through their brutal difficulty levels, and even amass cult followings of dedicated fans, who are able to succeed where so many fail. Surgeon...
News Minecraft on PS4 Fails Quality Testing, Gets Buried by Sony for a Little While Longer
There and block again
Evergreen sandbox adventure Minecraft was expected to come out this month on the PlayStation 4, but earlier today, the studio in charge of porting the smash hit announced on Twitter that the game had failed quality testing. "Sony found some issues we have to fix in their final test of Minecraft PS4," 4J Studios wrote, before...
Review Hohokum (PlayStation 4)
Tripping the light fantastic
Whenever we played British developer Honeyslug’s latest game Hohokum at conventions and the like, our biggest issue was quite simply explaining the experience to others. What exactly is the vibrant title starring a multicoloured worm all about? Is it art? How do you play it? Heck, what do you even do? Having spent...
News Sony's Done a Great Job with Indies, Says Former Nintendo Man
Little and large
Dan Adelman knows a thing or two about indie games. The industry veteran previously spearheaded the launch of Microsoft’s wildly successful Xbox Live Arcade, before switching his attention to Nintendo’s digital push, where he secured a slew of top titles for the House of Mario’s machines, including World of Goo and the...
News inFAMOUS: First Light Firm Sucker Punch Zapped by Layoffs
Studio struck by round of redundancies
Sucker Punch’s sizeable superhero spin-off inFAMOUS: First Light may be mere days away from its debut on the PlayStation 4, but the Seattle-based studio has been struck by a fresh round of layoffs behind the scenes. There’s no word on how many have departed the firm, but Sony has confirmed that there’s...
News Bloodborne Goes for the Throat in New PS4 Gameplay Footage
Maybe this one won't boil your blood
Bloodborne is perhaps one of the biggest benefactors of Sony’s late announcement strategy so far. Ignoring leaks, the release was revealed mere months ago, and is already on the home straight ahead of its launch early next year. The good news for fans of the
Store Update 20th August 2014 (Europe)
Name's Spy, CounterSpy
It’s all espionage and beating bad guys over the head with clubs on the PlayStation 4 this week, with CounterSpy and Hotline Miami both deploying as cross-buy releases. Other new arrivals include vibrant platformer The Last Tinker: City of Colours and weedy third-person shooter Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare.
Store Update 19th August 2014 (North America)
Reaper of souls
It’s a gigantic week in the PlayStation Nation, with more new arrivals than we possible have space to list in this increasingly unnecessary pre-amble paragraph. Highlights include cross-buy espionage adventure CounterSpy, hotly anticipated sequel Tales of Xillia 2, and expanded re-release Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition. Let's...
Rumour Is PS2 Classic Earth Defence Force 2 Coming to the Vita?
Fingers crossed
The PlayStation Vita is a pretty nifty piece of tech, but it is woefully lacking when it comes to giant robots. That shouldn't be a problem for much longer, though, as a recent report from Gematsu suggests that fondly remembered PlayStation 2 title Earth Defence Force 2 will soon be ported to the handheld. What's more, it's...
Tuesday19th Aug 2014
Rumour Project Puppet Could Be Japan Studio's Next Big PS4 Exclusive
Update: No, it's not
Update: You can't knock a coconut down everytime, and it seems like we've been duped. This is not Japan Studio's next project, but rather a short movie posted to Vimeo a few years ago. In other words, it's faker than Simon Cowell's front teeth. Hype deflated. Original story: Japan Studio had a rough few years during the...
News Watch a Staggering 37 Minute Gameplay Walkthrough of The Witcher 3 Right Here
What more could you possibly want
We love a good gameplay demo here at Push Square. Cinematic trailers are usually enough to keep the hype flowing — especially around big events like E3 or Gamescom — but it's always the raw gameplay or developer commentary videos that grab us by the collar and demand our attention. You've got to think that if a...
Rumour Silent Hills May Not Scare You Silly Until at Least 2016
But will it be third-person or first-person?
If you’ve just managed to work your way through the P.T. demo, then you may have a couple of years left to settle your nerves and dry clean your clothes prior to the release of Silent Hills, as director Hideo Kojima has hinted that the game may not be ready until 2016. That’s according to
Feature Push Square's Gamescom 2014 Game of the Show - WiLD
Wild thing
Love it or loathe it, the industry is changing. There are fewer big-budget, boxed releases than ever before, which is a symptom of the high risk medium in which we currently reside. However, while the shelves at your local GameStop may be starting to thin, there is a wealth of creativity blossoming on online shopping plazas like the...
News Shu Yoshida Hopes Rise of the Tomb Raider Releases on PS4 Eventually
PlayStation executive shocked by reveal
You weren’t the only one surprised at Rise of the Tomb Raider’s exclusivity announcement during the Microsoft media briefing at Gamescom last week, as Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida was also shocked to learn the news. In an interview with
News Why Won't Sony Allow You to Subscribe to EA Access on PS4?
"It's a business matter"
Sony caused something of a hullabaloo recently when it said that EA Access – a subscription service similar to PlayStation Plus consisting solely of EA published titles – does not represent good value. The initiative – which is available now on the Xbox One – allows you to pay a monthly or annual fee in order to...
News PlayStation Boss Gets Punished for All of E3's Boring Bits This Year
This is for Powers
Regardless of whether or not you liked the content, Sony’s big Gamescom 2014 press conference was much better paced than its E3 2014 one. The folks at SCEE cut out all of the fat, and peppered the organisation’s media briefing in Cologne with trailers, announcements, and very little corporate gobbledygook. SCEA boss Shawn...
News There Are Still More PlayStation Press Conferences to Come
Even more PS4 and Vita announcements incoming
You didn’t think that Sony’s big Gamescom 2014 press conference represented the last of the year, did you? As you should already have learned by now, the Japanese giant loves a good livestream, and, as such, it’s set to host another one on 1st September ahead of the Tokyo Game Show. This same...
News Vita JRPG Freedom Wars Will Revolutionise Western Shelves This October
Not long now
Freedom Wars is one of a dying breed of AAA exclusives for the PlayStation Vita. The jaunty JRPG has been on our radar for quite some time, but it was only recently confirmed to be coming to Western shores. However, Sony had originally planned to only release a digital version of the game in Europe, but
Monday18th Aug 2014
News Is Horror Sequel Silent Hills a PS4 Exclusive?
Scream in silence
The whole Rise of the Tomb Raider mess appears to have caused some confusion in the console exclusives space, so let us teach you a very valuable lesson: if Sony doesn’t scream ‘Only on PlayStation’ after revealing a project, then it’s going to end up elsewhere. Firms may use doublespeak to confuse their message – we saw...
News This Is What Shenmue Would Look Like on the PS4
Wished we could play some
Despite it being one of the most requested sequels of all time, SEGA seems utterly uninterested in making Shenmue III. While that’s to be expected given the dismal sales of the first two games, though, we had hoped that the Japanese publisher would have
News PS4 Title No Man's Sky Is Probably the Biggest Game Ever Made
The infinite frontier
It's safe to say that we're quite excited about No Man's Sky here at Push Square. After all, we did award it our coveted Best of E3 award. Arguably the most intriguing thing about the game is its vast open world, which by all accounts is preposterously big. However, until a recent interview with
News Xbox Chief's Uncharted Adoration Motivated Tomb Raider Deal
"We don't have an action adventure game of that quality"
Back when Microsoft ambiguously announced that it had secured Xbox exclusive rights to Rise of the Tomb Raider, we speculated that it may have been looking for a direct competitor to Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End. The specifics of the deal are still shaky almost seven days later, but it sounds
Review Gravity Crash Ultra (PlayStation Vita)
Worth the weight?
Gravity has its uses, nobody can argue that. If it disappeared right now, the entire bungee jumping industry would collapse overnight, and there’d probably be some other, less important side effects as well. In some cases, gravity actively works against our goals, highlighted best by Gravity Crash Ultra, and by the many bumps,...
News PS4's Worst Game to Re-Release as Basement Brawl
Bloober Team remaking the title for free
Basement Crawl was in such a dire state when it deployed on the PlayStation 4 a few months back that Sony actually had to provide people with refunds for the atrocity. What was originally billed as a dark twist on Bomberman turned out to be an utter mess, with
Out This Week Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, Diablo III, Tales of Xillia 2
Nothing weedy about this week
We may still be nursing our Gamescom 2014 hangover with a packet of paracetamol, but the release calendar is not going to give us time to dawdle on the job. This is a surprisingly stacked week for all three PlayStation platforms, with no less than 11 new titles due out on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and Vita. The...
News PS4 Live Streams Are About to Get a Lot More Interesting
Potentially, anyway
It’s not always easy for a company to predict how consumers will decide to use a particular product, and The Playroom on the PlayStation 4 will definitely have raised a few eyebrows when it started to get used – and, in some instances, abused – by next-gen early adopters. However, recognising the swell of demand for live...
News Whatever You May Think, Hellblade Is Not Heavenly Sword 2
Heaven and hell
Ninja Theory is pleading innocence, but Hellblade’s name has got to be some kind of hint, right? While the British developer made Enslaved: Odyssey to the West and DmC: Devil May Cry, it’ll probably be best known by readers of this website for Heavenly Sword – a PlayStation 3 exclusive that shares a name so similar to its lates
News UK Sales Charts: PS4 Exclusive The Last of Us Remastered Endures Another Week
"We are survivors, Tess"
There’s so little change in this week’s UK sales chart that we considered skipping it entirely and digging straight into the good stuff. That wouldn’t be especially professional, though, would it? As such, here’s your weekly British best sellers report: The Last of Us Remastered is still on top. The exclusive title...
Sunday17th Aug 2014
Guide How to Complete the Spooky P.T. Demo on PS4
A much needed walkthrough for Silent Hills' playable teaser
We’ve already established that P.T., the playable teaser for Kojima Productions’ upcoming Silent Hills, is a petrifying slice of survival horror – but it’s also quite a complicated one. While the demo is a brilliant
Soapbox Why P.T. Has Me Petrified at the Prospect of Silent Hills
Hell hath no hallway
Hideo Kojima wants to loosen our bowels with his upcoming Silent Hill sequel for the PlayStation 4, and he’s not messing around. I’ll concede to diving headfirst into the recently released P.T. (or Playable Teaser) demo yesterday in a bullish mood, expecting the tense but
News Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition on PS4 Will Let You Share Your Best Loot
Stay awhile and listen
Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition is mere days away, and in order to drum up some hype, developer Blizzard has released this nifty new trailer on the PlayStation Blog which shows off the title's new social shenanigans. As the
Review Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds (PlayStation Vita)
Deal breaker
Originally released last year for the Xbox 360, Phantom Breaker was a fighting game that, while never seeing a Western release, generated a decent following in Japan. Having spawned an arcade and a PlayStation 3 port, it also served as the inspiration for a 2D brawler named Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds, which, after appearing on the...
Poll What Was Your Favourite Game of Gamescom 2014?
Playing favourites
Being the last major Western gaming convention before the Christmas shopping season properly gets underway, Gamescom can feel like a retread for all of the big titles that debuted in Los Angeles a couple of months earlier. However, as expected, Sony made a reasonably big splash during its press conference earlier in the week,...
Push Rewind Everything You Need to Know About Gamescom 2014
That's the end of that
We do adore the madness of E3, but there’s something to be said for the slightly laidback nature of Gamescom. Sure, the news still comes thick and fast, but the German convention has a teensy more relaxed pace than the big event in Los Angeles. It also helps that the Cologne-based show always plays host to some solid...
Gamescom 2014 Bloober Team Reboots with Victorian Horror Scopophobia
Look the other way
There’ll be no time to dry your tears this year, as Polish developer Bloober Team has announced another horror title, which is currently pegged for PC and next-gen systems – presumably including the PlayStation 4. Scopophobia – which is a real world fear pertaining to the idea of being looked at – is billed as an...
Saturday16th Aug 2014
Rumour PS4 Firmware Update 2.00 to Add Dashboard Themes
Console and colours
Update: Sid Shuman has confirmed on NeoGAF that this was an error: "Just wanted to confirm that this was in error and the show has been corrected. Sorry for the mix up. We'll keep you posted on any news related to PS4 themes in the future." Original article: The royal blue of the PlayStation 4’s user interface is undeniably...
Gamescom 2014 Cringe Through Over 20 Minutes of PS4 Exclusive Until Dawn
Avoid if you've got a heart condition
Heavy Rain was packed with some pretty cringe-inducing moments, but they weren’t exactly intentional. In the upcoming PlayStation 4 exclusive Until Dawn, developer Supermassive Games has set out to create an experience inspired by dodgy slasher teen movies – and on the evidence of this 20 minute showing,...
Gamescom 2014 Free Winter Sports Game SNOW Cosies Up to PS4
Brrrilliant
The best thing about Sony’s big Gamescom 2014 press conference this week was the sheer amount of variety on display, with everything from platformers to shooters on stage. One game that perhaps didn’t quite get the attention that it deserved in the immediate aftermath of the media briefing was
Gamescom 2014 PS4's The Evil Within Will Chill Your Blood for Up to 20 Hours
Shiver down the spine
It really is the generation of terror, with The Evil Within one of several scary titles set to deploy on the PlayStation 4 this year. Don’t think that you’re going to see this one through swiftly either, as the Shinji Mikami developed release will unsettle you for up to 20 hours according to Bethesda’s public relations...
Gamescom 2014 Half of Tearaway Unfolded's Content Will Be Brand New on PS4
Paper cut
Tearaway Unfolded is a bit of a strange, papery proposition. Presented during Sony’s big Gamescom 2014 press conference as a kind of adaptation for the PlayStation 4, it wasn’t entirely clear whether it will boast brand new content or the exact same puzzles and areas as its PlayStation Vita predecessor. Now, an IGN report straight from...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 34
Let's try something new
You wanted it, so we’re doing it: WAYPTW will now be published on a weekly basis. In order to make this work, we’re not changing the format, but we’re going to keep the actual article portion more condensed than ever before. This is simply to help us to turn these pieces around much quicker. Otherwise, it’s the same...
Friday15th Aug 2014
Gamescom 2014 Sorry, PS4 Firmware Update 2.00's Share Play Has a Time Limit
All good things must come to an end
If you thought that the PlayStation 4’s recently announced Share Play feature sounded too good to be true, then you were absolutely correct, as it can only be used for 60 minutes at a time. The details first emerged as part of a French interview yesterday, but unable to track down an official confirmation, we...
News The Creator of Ikaruga Is Making a Shiny New Shmup for PS4
Forget Resogun
Are you a fan of punishingly difficult shoot-'em-ups, but find Resogun much too easy? Well, never fear, as Hiroshi Iuchi – the talented gentleman behind Ikaruga, Radiant Silvergun, and Gradius V – is making a brand new game for the PlayStation 4 named Ubusana. The luminary revealed in
Review Metrico (PlayStation Vita)
Graph-ical grunt
Metrico is the first effort by fledgling Dutch studio Digital Dreams, but you wouldn't guess that by looking at it. Featuring incredibly striking art design, and seemingly solid gameplay, it looks like the work of a much more mature developer. But is this algebraic adventure a balanced equation, or is it using the wrong formulas?...
Weirdness You Did Not Want to Look at PlayStation's Twitch Channel Last Night
Think of the children
Trolls are an unfortunate part of the Internet, and something that we all have to learn to deal with. However, filtering out a few comments is easy – but avoiding offensive streams on Twitch is not. Overnight, hackers managed to compromise PlayStation’s official broadcasting account, essentially leading to the creation of...
Gamescom 2014 PS4 Horror Until Dawn Will Come to Hundreds of Conclusions
Fine, as long as Hayden Panettiere doesn't die
Until Dawn is starting to sound more like Heavy Rain by the second, which should come as particularly pleasant news to fans of Quantic Dream’s game. As part of a presentation in Cologne this week, Supermassive Games detail
Gamescom 2014 Far Cry 4 Still Looks Stunning on PS4
Wish you were here
The majority of Sony’s big Gamescom 2014 press conference this week hinged on new and original ideas, but there were a few known quantities throughout the media briefing, too. One of those was Far Cry 4, which popped up as part of a quick cameo – honestly, most likely due to contractual obligations between Ubisoft and the...
Gamescom 2014 BioWare Reckons You'll Be Able to Spend Over 200 Hours in Dragon Age: Inquisition
Dragon Age: Extinction
We hope that there are enough dragons roaming the wilderness in Dragon Age: Inquisition, because we think that you'll be killing plenty of them if you're to spend over 200 hours with the upcoming RPG. Speaking with IGN, producer Cameron Lee reckons that "a completist playthrough takes more than 200 hours," which no doubt...
Video Watch As We Recap July's Best PlayStation Games
Viva la France
We almost, almost ran this pre-amble through Google Translate and posted it up in French. In fact, your humble host’s pointer finger was hovering over the publish button, but we’ve decided to switch back to the English version. Why change language in the first place? Well, because this video editor is currently swatting flies...
Gamescom 2014 You'll Be Able to Make Trailers for Your Levels in LittleBigPlanet 3
All through the power of share
Sackboy may have had his nose pushed out a little bit this week due to the announcement of dozens of other PlayStation 4 games, but he’s been waiting patiently for us to provide a little update on, er, LittleBigPlanet 3. So, here we are: it’s looking like a real step forward for the series, partly due to the...
Thursday14th Aug 2014
Gamescom 2014 Rockstar Wants Grand Theft Auto V PS4 to Blow You Away
"Nothing but the very best will satisfy Rockstar"
Grand Theft Auto V was no slouch on the PlayStation 3. The title had its visual flaws for sure, but it still largely pushed the boundaries of what’s possible on Sony’s previous generation machine. However, the PlayStation 4 port will take things to the next level – and Take-Two boss Strauss...
Gamescom 2014 Wow, Sony Actually Cut PS4 Games from Its Press Conference
Too much content
Regardless of whether you loved it or hated it, Sony’s big Gamescom 2014 press conference was absolutely packed with content this week. The platform holder announced nine new titles during its presentation, while also providing updates on several other previously revealed ones. And in an interview with
Gamescom 2014 Sony Refuses to Rehash Previous Generation on PS4
That should please some of you
We were expecting way more remasters to pop up during Sony’s big Gamescom 2014 press conference this week, but they never really materialised. Until Dawn got re-announced for the PlayStation 4, sure, and
Gamescom 2014 How Does PS4 Firmware Update 2.00's Share Play Feature Work?
Honestly, like magic
To date, the social aspects of the PlayStation 4 have all been based upon existing concepts. Placing the share button on the DualShock 4 was undoubtedly a stroke of genius, but there’s nothing especially original about uploading gameplay clips to Facebook or broadcasting live on Twitch. However, with firmware update v2.00, the...
Gamescom 2014 The Clouds Won't Clear in New Batman: Arkham Knight PS4 Screens
Brooding in the rain
Batman remained very much cloaked and undercover during Sony’s big Gamescom 2014 press conference earlier this week, but that doesn’t mean that the Caped Crusader hasn’t left a symbol of his ever presence. British studio Rocksteady has dropped a handful of Batman: Arkham Knight screenshots to remind you that the title is...
Gamescom 2014 We Don't Need to Buy Outright Exclusivity, Says Sony
"We've got a very large and very powerful network of studios of our own"
The show’s not over yet, but already this author would rate Gamescom 2014 higher than E3 2014. While the latter was fun for sure, this week has had a bit of everything: great games, great press conferences, and great drama. No matter how many interesting titles were shown...
All Arno-thing
Yesterday we got our first proper look at last-gen only title Assassin's Creed Rogue courtesy of an eight minute gameplay trailer, but after seeing this 11 minute walkthrough for Assassin's Creed Unity, we're starting to really appreciate why publisher Ubisoft is keeping this one a current-gen exclusive. Simply put, the city of
Feature How Many PlayStation Predictions Did We Get Correct at Gamescom 2014?
Keeping score
One thing that we’ve always been keen to maintain here at Push Square Towers is that our predictions always remain realistic. Every site under the sun likes to make a press conference prophecy prior to a big gaming convention – after all, the build up is a large part of the fun – but we’ve never been a fan of those misleading...
Gamescom 2014 Minecraft Sure Looks Blocky on PS Vita
Pixel perfect
Sony didn’t announce the big Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition hardware bundle that we were expecting this week, but the game’s definitely looking rock solid on the handheld machine. The platform holder has deployed this fairly lengthy trailer showing off the portable release, which demonstrates that it’s an identical...
Gamescom 2014 The Last Guardian Still Exists, But You Won't Be Seeing It Anytime Soon
The saga continues
It wouldn't be a major videogame industry event without a Sony executive making an offhand remark about The Last Guardian. This time, vice president of Sony Worldwide Studios Europe Michael Denny was on hand to make sure that we know the title is still very much a part of the Japanese giant's long term strategy. "There are no new...
News July NPD: PS4 Still Best Selling System as The Last of Us Tops Charts
All according to plan
Sony has secured a seventh consecutive month at the top of the United States sales charts, as the PlayStation 4 brushed aside all other systems in the July NPD report. Unsurprisingly, this victory was partially propelled by The Last of Us Remastered, which combined with its PlayStation 3 predecessor to top the best sellers...
Gamescom 2014 PS4 Titles to Take Centre Stage at the Tokyo Game Show
Japanese centric software a very important point
Sony’s shifting PlayStation 4 consoles at a record breaking rate, but in Japan, the format is a bit of a flop right now. That’s because, unlike in Europe and North America, the market doesn’t feel that there’s enough content to justify its existence, which means that it’s getting heavily...
Gamescom 2014 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Proves You Should Avoid Bridges in the Future
They're likely to collapse
We’d argue that Uncharted 2: Among Thieves had the greatest ever set-pieces, but Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was host to some pretty spectacular ones, too. In many ways, that game's playable cinematic moments paved the blueprints for Activision’s first-person franchise as it rose through the commercial ranks, and...
Wednesday13th Aug 2014
Gamescom 2014 FIFA 15 Demo Kicking Off on PS4 and PS3 Soon
Load of old dribble
One of the few highlights in EA Games’ dreadfully drab Gamescom 2014 press conference today – which should illustrate just how bad the showing was – is that FIFA 15 is getting a demo on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 ahead of its release next month. Why is this news? Well, because the upcoming Madden NFL 15 is not...
Gamescom 2014 Blimey, Hideo Kojima is Making a New Silent Hill Game for PS4
Wait, what?
In arguably the most bizarre and brilliant headline to come out of Sony's Gamescom conference today, it has been uncovered that Hideo Kojima will be creating a new Silent Hill game for PlayStation 4. Ever the provocateur, Kojima couldn't simply announce the game during the presser, but instead had to sneakily reveal it afterwards...
Gamescom 2014 Silent Hills' Special Edition Should Come with a Clean Pair of Pants
Kojima reckons your current ones are going to get messy
Silent Hills [Plural – Ed] is official. The game was announced in a cryptic manner during Sony’s big Gamescom 2014 press conference yesterday, courtesy of a PlayStation 4 demo available now on the PlayStation Store. It’s being helmed by
Gamescom 2014 Microsoft All But Confirms That Rise of the Tomb Raider Will Release on PS4
Pretty much, anyway
Told you so. In an interview with Eurogamer.net, Xbox chief Phil Spencer has admitted that Rise of the Tomb Raider isn’t actually an Xbox One exclusive at all, and that its deal with Square Enix has a set “duration”. That means that,
Gamescom 2014 Assassin's Creed Rogue Looks a Heck of a Lot Like Black Flag
Glitch in the animus
With Assassin's Creed Unity stalking Paris later this year only on next-gen consoles, it's up to Assassin's Creed Rogue to fill in on the PlayStation 3. Other than some sparse gameplay details, we haven't had a good look at the last-gen stab-'em-up yet, but all that's changed thanks to an eight minute walkthrough from publisher...
Gamescom 2014 PlayStation Vita Largely Ignored During Sony's Show
Missing in action
It’s rare for us to write a story about what wasn’t announced during a PlayStation press conference – after all, we typically have our work cut out just trying to cover what was announced. However, the PlayStation Vita’s complete lack of presence during the Japanese giant’s Gamescom 2014 media briefing today definitely...
Gamescom 2014 Until Dawn Fuses Heavy Rain with Horror on PS4
Death cabin for cuties
Parisian developer Quantic Dream may have skipped Sony’s press conference yesterday, but fortunately for fans, its style of story-driven games will live on in PlayStation 4 exclusive Until Dawn. Originally announced for the PlayStation 3, but now completely rebuilt for the Japanese giant’s next-gen machine, this title...
Gamescom 2014 PlayStation TV Changes the Channel from 14th October
Europe forced to wait until 14th November
PlayStation TV, the teensy PlayStation Vita-based microconsole that launched in Japan last year, will tune in to North American flat screens from 14th October, manufacturer Sony has announced. Those of you in Europe will need to wait a little longer to pick up a signal, as broadcasting won’t begin in the...
Reaction Sony's Gamescom 2014 Press Conference Proves It's Finally Learned How to Pace Properly
Problem solved
Sony’s press conference yesterday proved that there’s a wealth of unique content in production for the PlayStation 4 – but it also showed that the platform holder has learned a lesson or two. It feels like
Round Up What Happened During PlayStation's Gamescom 2014 Press Conference?
We recap all of the big PS4 announcements
It’s not always easy to watch video game press conferences in their entirety. Time zone issues and prior engagements can mean that you miss out, but that’s why we’re here to ensure that you remain informed. We’ll be updating this site over the coming week with tons more information straight from the...
Gamescom 2014 This Is the Tomb Raider Game You Will Get to Play on PS4
Consolation prize
Still fuming over that Rise of the Tomb Raider exclusivity announcement? Yeah, we’re a bit sore, too – but we’re currently consoling ourselves with the indelible image of Nathan Drake stomping on Lara Croft’s perfect face. That’ll learn her. Still, as developer Crystal Dynamics so vali
Gamescom 2014 Surprise! You Can Create Your Own Outrageously Cool Dragon Ball Character in Xenoverse
What does the scouter say
Remember back when we saw the original magazine scans for upcoming brawler Dragon Ball Xenoverse, and everyone was pondering about the identity of that unknown fighter in the corner of one of the screenshots? Well, if you said that he was probably some sort of custom character, then congratulations — you were spot on...
Live Watch the Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Gamescom 2014 Preview Show Right Here
Box clever
Once more with feeling. Gamescom 2014 is far from over, but this is the last livestream of the week, we’re afraid. Join us as Hideo Kojima and Geoff Keighley open the cardboard box on PlayStation 4 title Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain from 19:00PM BST (11:00AM PDT/14:00PM EDT). [liveblog=mgs5_ps4_gamescom14]#MGSVTPP...
Gamescom 2014 The Witcher 3 Looks Bloody Brilliant Once Again in This New Gameplay Trailer
Tales from the swamp
We've said it once and we'll say it again: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt looks bloody fantastic, with an emphasis on bloody. Yesterday, an intriguing developer diary that focused on the game's setting was released, and today, we've been given another look at the title's gameplay. Lead character Geralt once again finds himself in a...
Store Update 13th August 2014 (Europe)
Beware the Unknown
While we are busy typing like a bunch of monkeys for Gamescom, you can already get your hands on one of the event's announcements. Ready to scare you silly is the PlayStation 4 demo of P.T., a horror title that Sony (and a certain Hideo Kojima) wants you to experience yourselves rather than ruin the surprise. You can also hit the...
Gamescom 2014 Dragon Age: Inquisition Looks Remarkably Pretty in These New Trailers
Nobody expects the Dragon Age: Inquisition
EA started its fairly lousy Gamescom conference this morning with a lengthy demo of incoming RPG Dragon Age: Inquisition. Some fairly juicy details were also dropped, including the news that the game features nine classes, with more than 20 specialisations, as well as over 200 weapons and spells, and all...
Live Watch the EA Gamescom 2014 Press Conference Right Here
Straight down to electric avenue
Here we go again. With Sony's big Gamescom press conference out of the way, there's just time for one more livestream, with EA the latest publisher to take to the stage in Germany. After a disappointing offering in Los Angeles, the firm will be looking to come out swinging. Tune in at 09:00AM BST (01:00AM PST/04:00AM...
Gamescom 2014 The PS4 Has Sold a Staggering 10 Million Units Since Launch
Greatness sells
During its Gamescom conference today, Sony revealed that the PlayStation 4 has sold a flabbergasting ten million units worldwide since its launch last year. The Japanese giant also noted that 30 million pieces of software have been purchased by consumers in that time. To be honest, we've run out of ways to express how impressive...
Gamescom 2014 PS4 Exclusive The Tomorrow Children Doesn't Look Like PixelJunk
It's really complicated, though
Sony’s press conference at Gamescom 2014 centred very much on the weird and wonderful, and the platform holder picked a doozy to kick things off. The Tomorrow Children is the latest title from Kyoto-based PixelJunk creator Q-Games, and marks the developer’s return to 3D games – a point which industry veteran...
Store Update 12th August 2014 (North America)
Sit back, relax, and play
New titles are being announced thick and fast this week at Gamescom, but that doesn't mean that the games of the future should overshadow the games of now. We have a fantastic offering on the North American PlayStation Store this week, including the colourful Hohokum and Surgeon Simulator: Anniversary Edition. Let's make an...
Gamescom 2014 Pix the Cat Brings Crazy Arcade Action to PS4 and Vita
Catception
If you remember spending all of your time on your mobile phone playing Snake before the days of the App Store and smartphones, you're going to love Pastagames' upcoming Pix the Cat. Coming to the PlayStation 4 and Vita this year, you play as a blue cat named Pix, as he runs around maps, collecting chicks that follow him to rack up the...
Gamescom 2014 Hollowpoint Hits Hard and Heavy on PS4
The Contra of the future
2D side-scrolling shooters are a tough genre to tackle. Sure, it's simple enough for developers to make one and call it a day, but it's easy for these games to fall into the trap of being generic and unable to stand out. What does Ruffian Games have in mind to jump over that obstacle? With its work on the Xbox 360 exclusive...
Gamescom 2014 Lay Down the Law with Battlefield Hardline's First Single Player Footage
Shoot the guns
EA's conference at Gamescom today was a little dry, to the say the least. The perennially unpopular publisher closed out its show with a brand new single player trailer for Battlefield Hardline, which you can view down below. After a hairy altercation with a particularly nasty foe, our quick witted hero Nick Mendoza finds himself...
Tuesday12th Aug 2014
Reaction Why Lara Croft Will Still Raid PS4 in Rise of the Tomb Raider
Reading between the lines
Kudos to Microsoft, it actually dropped a press conference megaton. While we’d argue that Jack Tretton’s corporate beatdown at E3 2013 was a memorable media briefing moment, it wasn’t exactly a huge surprise – in fact, those are becoming rarer as the major industry players all merge into a similar entity. The fact...
Gamescom 2014 PS4 Firmware Update 2.00 Brings YouTube Support and Share Play
Pass the controller
Regardless of whether you loved or hated the content in Sony’s big Gamescom 2014 press conference tonight, there’s a sizeable chance that you probably liked the bit about PlayStation 4 firmware update v2.00. With competitor Microsoft leading the offensive in this area, the Japanese giant needed to hit back big, and it...
Live Watch the Sony PlayStation Gamescom 2014 Press Conference Right Here
Find out what's next for PS4 and Vita today
The firework show at Gamescom 2014 has started a little earlier this year, with Microsoft announcing some form of exclusivity for Rise of the Tomb Raider. Sony always has a strong showing at the German convention, though, so expect it to fight back during its media briefing. You can watch the whole thing...
Gamescom 2014 Wait, Rise of the Tomb Raider Isn't Coming to PS4?
Them's the breaks
We were promised surprises at this year's Gamescom conference, but this isn't exactly what we had in mind. That's right, it seems that the absurdly titled Rise of the Tomb Raider won't be making its way to the PlayStation 4 after all. During Microsoft's media briefing today it was announced that Lara Croft's latest hellish holiday...
Reaction PS4's Variety Shines at Gamescom 2014, but Sony's Presser Lacked a Show Stopper
On closer reflection
Sony usually marches into Gamescom unobstructed. The platform holder has been holding press conferences in Cologne for as long as we’ve been running this website, even revealing the PlayStation 3 Slim – the redesign which would eventually reverse its flagging format’s fortunes – at the event some five years ago. In that...
Poll What Did You Think of the Sony PlayStation Gamescom 2014 Press Conference?
Rate the PS4 and Vita's presence
Sony’s just wrapped up its Gamescom 2014 press conference. The platform holder always has an eventful showing in Cologne, and today was no different, with particularly noteworthy unveilings including WiLD and Tearaway Unfolded. But, following Microsoft’s shock Rise of the Tomb Raider
Gamescom 2014 PS4 Exclusive WiLD Looks Wacky, Wonderful, and, Erm, Wild
Nature calls
It was recently revealed that Rayman creator Michel Ancel had opened brand new studio Wild Sheep, and at Sony's Gamescom conference today, we were finally shown what the fledgling team has been up to. Titled WiLD, the developer's first effort is a broad and ambitious PlayStation 4 exclusive that sees you controlling everything from a...
Gamescom 2014 In PS4 Exclusive DriveClub, It Pays to Drive Together
Vroom vroom
DriveClub has seen its fair share of delays over the past year, but it's very likely been worth the wait, as Evolution Studios seems more confident about its drop-dead gorgeous game than ever before. With vehicles that we swear look real and slick-looking racing mechanics, we're pretty revved up to play the game for ourselves, and Sony's...
Gamescom 2014 Zombie Infested Survival MMO DayZ Lumbers onto the PS4
Brainsssss
In one of the more unexpected announcements at Sony's Gamescom conference today, it was announced that popular survival MMO DayZ will be coming to the PlayStation 4. The shambling shooter sees you and your buddies dropped in the middle of a zombie apocalypse, provided with essentially no resources, and then forced to fight for survival...
Gamescom 2014 Nikola Tesla Supercharges PS4 Exclusive The Order: 1886
Playing with power
When it was first announced, Ready at Dawn promised that it would fuse real-world history with fiction in PlayStation 4 exclusive The Order: 1886, and it revealed part of how it intends to do that prior to Sony’s big Gamescom 2014 press conference earlier today – by implementing Nikola Tesla into the fiction. This famous...
Bang for your buck
Outside of the alpha and beta, we haven't heard or seen much regarding Destiny's competitive multiplayer offering. Both downloadable sneak peeks only offered one game type — control — so it's about time that we got a better look at the sci-fi shooter's various modes. And this trailer
News There May Still Be Hope for the PlayStation 4 in Japan Yet
Former Famitsu boss teases big TGS reveal
It’s probably a bit cruel to be talking about the next major gaming convention before the current one has even got underway, but it seems like Sony may be stockpiling a seriously big announcement for the Tokyo Game Show in late September. According to Hirokazu Hamamura, the ex-editor-in-chief of Famitsu...
Gamescom 2014 Until Dawn Rises on PS4, and Its Darker Than Before
Hayden Panettiere stars in survival horror
Well, we all knew that ex-PlayStation Move exclusive Until Dawn was coming to the PlayStation 4 – but it looks like Supermassive Games has really invested that extra time into creating some impressive character models. While the title’s re-reveal trailer definitely has the same spirit as the original,...
Gamescom 2014 Bloodborne Comes Out Swinging With New PS4 Gameplay Footage
And so the nightly hunt begins
While E3 2014's cinematic trailer for From Software's next PS4 project managed to portray the atmosphere and setting for Bloodborne in all of its gothic, grotesque glory, we finally have a more in-depth look at how the game actually plays, and thankfully, it looks quite a bit better than the leak that appeared months...
Gamescom 2014 Have Your Own Great Escape in The Escapists
You didn't see anything
You can commit plenty of crimes in games these days, but you can get away with them scot-free just by hacking a few traffic lights or getting a paint job on your car. In The Escapists, developed by Mouldy Toof Studios and published by Team 17, you find yourself locked in a high security prison, seeking a way to escape...
Gamescom 2014 RIME Still Looks Utterly Resplendent on PS4
New trailer is tasty
RIME raised the roof during Sony’s Gamescom press conference last year, and while it didn’t have quite the same impact on this occasion – it’s a known quantity, after all – it’s still looking ridiculously pretty on the PlayStation 4. Developed by Spanish studio Tequila Works, the release evokes memories of ICO, with...
Gamescom 2014 Kano Looks Killer in Mortal Kombat X on PS4
All brawn, no brains
As anticipated, Ed Boon has appeared in a new Mortal Kombat X trailer to talk about British cyborg Kano – and you know that he’s serious, because he appears in black-and-white. The rough and ready kombatant was leaked last week, but this clip gives you a proper look at his older appearance and three main forms...
Gamescom 2014 Get a Grip on The Witcher 3's Setting with This Intriguing Developer Diary
Mature fantasy
When someone mentions fantasy, many of us tend to think of elves, dwarves, orcs, and trinkets of immense power. And while there's nothing wrong with that outlook, people often forget about the darker, grittier side of the genre — settings that are soaked in blood, bathed in war, and are full of grotesque creatures pulled straight...
Gamescom 2014 Housemarque Exterminates the Alien Scum with PS4 Exclusive Alienation
Nuke it from orbit
Housemarque, the talented team behind PlayStation 4 darling Resogun, officially unveiled its new title at Sony's Gamescom conference today. Dubbed Alienation, the game is a 4 player co-op top-down shooter in the same vein as the developer's previous outing
Gamescom 2014 Hellblade Is Ninja Theory's First AAA Indie for PS4
Adapt or die
When the trailer for Hellblade started during Sony's Gamescom 2014 press conference, it was hard to shrug the resemblance to the PlayStation 3 title Heavenly Sword. That's for good reason, too, as it's being created by Ninja Theory, the same studio behind Enslaved and DmC: Devil May
Gamescom 2014 You'll Traipse Journey's Desert in 1080p on PS4
Start a new journey
Journey, arguably the greatest digital download of the PlayStation 3 era, will grace its presence on the PlayStation 4, platform holder Sony has announced. The reveal was leaked earlier in the month, but that doesn’t make it any less exciting. Unsurprisingly, the title will run in 1080p on the next-gen platform, which is sure...
Gamescom 2014 PS4's inFAMOUS: First Light Recharges with Battle Arenas
Curdun Cay is kinda cra'y
inFAMOUS: First Light may not be attaining quite the same publicity as Sony’s other first-party titles right now, but it sounds like a seriously meaty slice of side content. In addition to a four hour single player campaign that plots the return of street savvy conduit Fetch, it will also boast Battle Arenas with a...
Gamescom 2014 Grow to Hate Shadow of Mordor's Villains With the Help of its Newest Trailer
You'll pay for this
In a somewhat surprising appearance at Sony's Gamescom 2014 press conference, upcoming Tolkien tie-in Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor shed a little bit of light on its narrative and its ruthless baddies. It's another short and sweet video regarding the upcoming action title, but we reckon it does just enough to get you interested...
Gamescom 2014 A Re-Imagining of Tearaway Will Roll Out on the PS4
Unwrap even more
We think that Tearaway is without a doubt one of the best reasons to go out and swipe up a PlayStation Vita. The visuals are truly unique and gorgeous, the gameplay pushes all of the handheld's features to the max, and the whole tone of the game just has an inescapably lovely charm. Now you can experience that with a...
Gamescom 2014 Explore the Ghostly Mysteries of The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Don't disturb the dead
The Astronauts consists of an eight-person development team that originally founded People Can Fly, creators of the immature yet crazy fun shooter Bulletstorm. You'd be inclined to believe that the former studio is moving on to something similar, but you'd be wrong. The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a vastly different project...
Monday11th Aug 2014
Power changes everything
You could never describe Call of Duty: Ghosts as a bad game. It was predictable without a doubt, but it was an entertaining enough distraction for a few weeks. Of course, Activision sets its standards higher than that, and it wouldn’t be in control of the biggest first-person property on the planet if it didn’t. Call of...
Weirdness You Can Pop by Clementine's House in The Last of Us Remastered
Who could live in a house like this?
We all know that Easter eggs aren't just designed to make us feel sick, but also to keep us entertained all year round by popping up in video games when we least expect them. It seems that developer Naughty Dog did more than just brush up on the graphics in The Last of Us Remastered, too, as one Twitter user has...
Live Watch Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare's PS4 Multiplayer Reveal Here
One in the chamber
Gamescom 2014 is getting underway with a bang this year, courtesy of the multiplayer debut of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare on the PlayStation 4. Join us at 18:00PM BST (10:00AM PDT/13:00PM EDT) for a first look at Sledgehammer Games’ competitive suite in this year’s most anticipated first-person shooter...
Gamescom 2014 Hustle Kings Rolls onto PS4 for Free
Impure pool
We’d love to be a fly on the wall at VooFoo Studios right now. The developer’s just released Pure Pool on the PlayStation 4, but Sony’s announced that it’s converting the outfit’s previous title Hustle Kings to the next-gen console – and it’ll be available for free. Even better, this version has been restructured around the...
Out This Week Surgeon Simulator PS4, Hohokum, Akiba's Trip
Busy, busy
New titles typically steer clear of E3 in fear of having the spotlight taken off them, but there’s no such luxury during Gamescom. Despite the fact that the industry is slowly descending upon Germany as we type, there’ll be no rest for our ragtag group of reviewers, as the release calendar is practically stacked with new content this...
Gamescom 2014 Sony to Reveal How Horror Is Being Reinvented on PS4
Until we meet again
It seems like there’s still time prior to Sony’s Gamescom 2014 press conference for another one of those horror themed teaser trailers. This is the most revealing yet, showing a man wielding an axe in a grotty window. We still reckon that this is related to Supermassive Games’ previously announced PlayStation 3 exclusive...
Gamescom 2014 PS4's Life Is Strange Breathes New Life into the Episodic Space
"I smell a mystery and some gunpowder"
While we may be seeing a wide variety of episodic story driven titles on PlayStation at the moment – from the critically acclaimed The Walking Dead to the upcoming Tales from the Borderlands – all of them are developed by Telltale Games. A new dog has stepped into the yard, however, with the announcement of...
Gamescom 2014 Pre-Order Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare to Play Early on PS4, PS3
Day zero
Activision just wrapped up its Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare multiplayer reveal with a surprise announcement: the Day Zero Edition. This will be available to anyone that pre-orders the first-person shooter, and will allow you to get a headstart in the game by enabling you to join the action 24 hours early. You’ll need to make those...
Gamescom 2014 PS4 Sequel Dead Island 2 Enjoys Some Sunshine Slaughter
Hot as Hell
The original Dead Island seemed to get its head turned by that iconic debut trailer. While it was ostensibly a silly co-operative zombie slayer, said first footage gave gamers expectations that the final product could never live up to. Fortunately, the folks over at German developer Yager appear to be setting out their stall much more...
Gamescom 2014 DriveClub Special Edition Lines Up at Launch in Europe
Podium position
And we’re underway. Gamescom 2014 hasn’t technically started yet, but you didn’t think that you’d have to wait for the news to start rolling, did you? Evolution Studios has taken to the European PlayStation Blog today to announce a DriveClub special edition, which will be available at launch in the Old World from 8th October...
News The Last of Us' Movie Adaptation Will Change Things Up, Says Neil Druckmann
Expect the unexpected
Apparently, when it comes to news about video game adaptations, it never rains but it pours. Soon after we learned about the ill-conceived Resident Evil TV show, Naughty Dog has released more info regarding The Last of Us' silver screen conversion. Specifically, the original game's writer Neil Druckmann has stated that
Weirdness PSone Classic MediEvil Rises from the Dead in a Skyrim Mod
En garde, Fortesque!
For some reason, Daniel Fortesque from the 1998 PSone classic MediEvil seems to pop up every now and then in surprising ways. He made his way onto the PlayStation Portable in 2005 with a remake of the first game called MediEvil: Resurrection, and even joined the roster of fighters with a sword and shield in hand for
News Oh No, There's a Resident Evil Television Show in the Works
Bet it'll be dead bad
For many, Resident Evil has already been butchered beyond recognition. Ignore the mixed quality of Capcom’s recent outings, and you’re still left with the weird Milla Jovovich movies and terrible CG flicks. What could possibly be worse than all of the above, though? Well, a television show based upon the survival horror...
News UK Sales Charts: PS4 Port The Last of Us Remastered Clings to Summit
Summer star
Not even a clicker could remove The Last of Us Remastered from the UK sales charts summit this week, as Naughty Dog’s next-gen port has maintained its place at the top of the best sellers list. In truth, there was very little in the way of competition, with Watch Dogs and FIFA 14 holding the top three spots. Elsewhere,
Gamescom 2014 Resogun Developer Housemarque Teasing New Reveal
Out of this world
Finnish developer Housemarque has been hinting at some kind of Gamescom 2014 announcement for a while now, but it’s stepped up its efforts with this cheesy faux news broadcast. In the video, the Resogun maker reveals that it will be in attendance at the German show – and suggests that it will have something new to announce...
Gamescom 2014 The Hungry Horde Comes for Dinner on PS Vita
Gobble, gobble
Sony’s definitely opened the Gamescom 2014 floodgates now, announcing its first new PlayStation Vita title of the week. Developed by small Newcastle upon Tyne outfit Nosebleed Interactive, The Hungry Horde looks like a combination between When Vikings Attack and Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov’s Revenge, in which you must shepherd a...
Guide When Is EA's Gamescom 2014 Press Conference?
Learning the art of electronics
You could be forgiven for thinking that EA isn’t having a Gamescom 2014 press conference – after all, that E3 2014 showing wasn’t the most memorable, was it? Alas, as has become tradition for the publisher, it’s allotted itself a few hours of stage time in order to chat about a handful of its upcoming projects...
Gamescom 2014 Here's Your First Look at Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare's Multiplayer
Blink and you'll miss it
If you didn’t tune in to Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s live competitive multiplayer reveal, then you’ll have missed out on some awkward developer smack talk. You’ll also have skipped on your very first look at the online mode in action. Fortunately, we’ve included the title’s three minute reveal in the space...
Sunday10th Aug 2014
Rumour PS4 Interface Images Show Folders, Improved Trophy Notifications, and More
Sadly, they're probably fake
There’s nothing like a good ol’ fashioned leak to shake you out of a groggy Sunday morning. In truth, this looks fake, so don’t expect it to be officially unveiled at Gamescom 2014 next week – but we kind of wished that it would be. The shots show an enhanced PlayStation 4 user interface, including folders, some...
Weirdness Geralt's Voice Actor Saves The Witcher III: Wild Hunt at Comic-Con 2014
Conjuring up improv
We wouldn't blink for a second if you told us that The Witcher III: Wild Hunt is a spellbinding testament to the PlayStation 4's power. CD Projekt RED is pulling out all of the stops in crafting one of the most realised, eye-popping open world titles since The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. However, something's bound to go wrong with...
News Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed Bares All on PS4 in Europe Next Year
Leaving us hanging
It's safe to say that Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed has caught our attention with its reckless stripping and bizarre plot involving sun shy vampires. While coming to the PlayStation 3 and Vita this August in North America and October in Europe, those of you in the US will need to wait until later this year to sample this...
Talking Point What Are Your Hopes and Fears for PS4 and Vita at Gamescom 2014?
Panic presentations
Every convention comes with a combination of excitement and trepidation. Sony’s always had a decent presence at Gamescom, so we’re expecting nothing less this year – but with the event being livestreamed all around the world, there’s always the worry that it could drop a Powers-esque press conference clanger and let...
News Surgeon Simulator: Anniversary Edition Extracts a Platinum Pot
Cuts into the PlayStation Store next week
Proving yet again that there’s literally no rhyme or reason to the structure of Trophies on Sony’s systems, Surgeon Simulator: Anniversary Edition will host a whopping 56 pots for you to extract – including a shiny Platinum trinket. The console port of Bossa Studios’ silly operation simulation –...
Push Rewind Gamescom 2014 Hype, Assassin's Creed Rogue, and Crazy Lawsuits
Odds and ends
The week before a major gaming convention always feels like the calm before the storm, and the past seven days have lived up to that cliché. Indeed, it was an uncharacteristically slow week in the PlayStation Nation, with the announcement of PlayStation 3 spin-off Assassin’s Creed Rogue being the only real source of excitement...
News The Last Tinker: City of Colors Plots a Platforming Comeback on PS4
All things bright and beautiful
It’s true that the PlayStation 4 may not have an especially enormous software lineup right now, but it does have a varied one. However, it's lacking role-playing games and platformers – but Loot Entertainment is hoping to plug the latter gap with The Last Tinker: City of Colors. Announced earlier this week on the...
Saturday9th Aug 2014
News Can't Find a Multiplayer Match in The Last of Us on PS4? This Patch Should Help
Netcode remastered
Naughty Dog may have plotted an almost flawless transition to the PlayStation 4, but it did mess up one aspect of The Last of Us in converting it to Sony’s next-gen console. Since launch, there have been many complaints regarding the title’s multiplayer matchmaking, which functions, but, well, not as well as it should. In...
News Reckon the PS Vita's Got No Game? This Three Hour Video Will Prove You Wrong
Full of games
If you think that the PlayStation Vita’s the video game equivalent of Morrissey, then you may be surprised to learn that the handheld has more game than you think. In fact, this three hour video by dedicated Australian YouTuber BlueMaxima evidences as much, as it offers a summary of every single title currently available for the...
News You Won't Be Able to Transfer Your Destiny Beta Characters into the Full Game
No surprises here
In unsurprising, but still slightly disappointing news, Bungie has revealed that you won't be able to transfer your Destiny beta character into the full game. Speaking on the title's official website, the daring developer stated that your avatar "won’t transfer to the final version of Destiny", while also noting that "the vaults...
News Hotline Miami Hurts People on PS4 Later This Month
You know you like it
We may have had to twiddle our thumbs a little longer than anticipated for Hotline Miami 2, but you’ll be able to feed your murderous desires on the PlayStation 4 this month courtesy of a cross-buy version of the original title. Writing on the game’s official Twitter page, a spokesperson for the series explained that,
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 33
Quick and dirty
Gamescom 2014 is right around the corner, which means that the Push Square team is enjoying one last weekend of freedom before the madness begins. And what better way to unwind than with a spot of gaming respite? As is now tradition, we’ve rounded up a handful of staff writers in order to outline what’s going to be keeping us...
Friday8th Aug 2014
News How Does Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition Look on PS4?
Tastier than a pork bun
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition is set to karate chop its way onto the PlayStation 4 this October with a whole raft of improvements – none of which are demonstrated in the re-release’s debut trailer. Rather than show off the new textures and effects, publisher Square Enix has instead opted for a high-octane live action...
Feature 10 PS4, PS3, and Vita Reveals That We Reckon Will Happen at Gamescom 2014
Predictions for PlayStation's big press conference
Despite being the biggest gaming convention on the planet, Gamescom has always been treated as E3’s younger, less important sibling. Historically, the big announcements are reserved for Los Angeles, with the German show serving as a gaming aperitif of sorts, offering new trailers and information,...
News What Does PlayStation Vita Firmware Update 3.18 Do?
As if you need telling
There’ll be no danger of your PlayStation Vita ever tumbling off your coffee table again, as Sony has released a new stability update for the diminutive device. Available right now – and mandatory, we’re afraid – the patch doesn’t appear to change anything about the handheld’s user experience. Speculation suggests...
News PS4 Sequel Rise of the Tomb Raider Is Taking Motion Capture to the Next Level
Drake beware
We thoroughly enjoyed Crystal Dynamics’ tense Tomb Raider reboot on both the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4, but in many ways it felt like an Uncharted game with a slightly smaller budget. Fortunately, the developer is pulling out all of the stops with Rise of the Tomb Raider, the release’s recently announced sequel, as it’s...
News You Could Get a Sequel to Xbox One Exclusive Ryse on PS4
Guts and glory
There’s been a lot of chatter about intellectual property ownership of late, with Sony coming under fire from some corners of the industry due to its reluctance to publish Xbox One exclusive Sunset Overdrive without controlling the brand. However, we recently wrote an article about why the manufacturer may have made the right...
Weirdness This Optimus Prime PlayStation Definitely Has the Touch
But does it have the power?
The original PlayStation proved that it had real market leadership qualities when it exceeded sales in the region of 100 million units before being discontinued in 2006. That’s probably because the console was an Autobot in disguise – and not any ol’ Autobot, but faction frontman Optimus Prime. Alright, so the...
News Dying Light Shows off Its Co-op Multiplayer in This Gratuitously Gory Trailer
Zombiegeddon
Gamescom is mere days away at this point, and it seems that some studios are attempting to get their message out before the inevitable rush. To this end, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 parkour-'em-up Dying Light has just received a brand new trailer that shows off some garish gore. What's more, the clip gives us a brief glimpse at the...
News The Man in Charge of Mass Effect Has Boarded the Normandy SR-2
Veteran hangs up his N7 armour
PlayStation 4’s first Mass Effect game didn’t look in a particularly mature state at Comic-Con earlier this year, so it’s concerning to learn that Casey Hudson – the man in charge of the franchise – has departed BioWare before the sequel’s even been properly announced. In his
News Own Your Own Patch of Wrestling Mat with WWE 2K15
We ain't joking, brother
We see many video game collector's editions, peddling limited edition swag – only to end up in the bargain bin six months later. This won't be the case, however, with the super special PlayStation 4 'Hulkamania' edition of WWE 2K15 this October. Advertised as a real supply limited package, this set features collectibles...
News Music Management Sim BigFest Will Also Headline on PS4
Next-gen encore
We thought that PlayStation Vita music management simulation BigFest was taking an extraordinarily long time to develop – but now we know why. Sony XDev Europe has taken to the PlayStation Blog to confirm that the title – which sees you run a Glastonbury-esque festival from hiring the bands to placing the porta potties – will...
Thursday7th Aug 2014
Guide When Is Sony's Gamescom 2014 Press Conference?
Briefing you on the time of PlayStation's media briefing
Gamescom is a bit of a favourite here at Push Square Towers. The German convention may lack the exorbitant hype of E3, but it feels a little less corporate as a consequence. Part of that’s probably down to the fact that the general public is invited to attend the show, but even the press...
News This Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus Trailer Is Not Safe for Work
You've been warned
Marvelous Entertainment’s ridiculously risqué PlayStation Vita action game Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus is bouncing its way to Europe this October. The title – which is essentially a more revealing Dynasty Warriors alternative – includes a ton of characters, online multiplayer, and some of the most inappropriate outfits...
News Sony: We Want to Make PS4 Players Feel Special
All part of being the best place to play
Sony wants you to feel special for selecting the PlayStation 4 over the handful of other systems on the market. Cheery third-party chief Adam Boyes revealed the tidbit in an interview with Game Informer magazine, pointing to the platform holder’s co-marketing partnership with Bungie’s first-person shooter...
News Tactical Vita Title Inner City Kids Takes Turn-Based Strategy to the Streets
Pixel perfect
Inner City Kids seems to be the quintessential PlayStation Vita game. Recently announced on the PlayStation Blog, this raucous indie title sees you playing as a group of, erm, inner city kids that must save their slowly disappearing parents from an alien threat. The gameplay itself is your typical turn-based fare. You'll be offered a...
News Sony's Gamescom 2014 Teaser Trailers Are Getting Worse
Is this some kind of hypnotherapy?
With the games industry getting ready to descend upon Germany ahead of next week’s Gamescom 2014 convention, Sony is starting to hype up its annual media briefing. A few days ago it deployed a teaser trailer for what appeared to be Until Dawn, but now it’s gone with something a little more vanilla to count down...
Game of the Month July 2014 - The Last of Us Remastered
Your record is broken
They may be the spores of yore, but it’s no surprise that The Last of Us Remastered has clouded our minds since its release last week. Technically an August launch in Europe, we figured that we’d classify it in this version of Game of the Month because, well, we don’t have any hard rules for this sort of thing and just...
News Unsurprisingly, Metal Gear Solid Still Sells Best on PlayStation Platforms
PS4 version of Ground Zeroes triples Xbox One numbers
Series creator Hideo Kojima may like popping up during Microsoft press conferences, but Metal Gear Solid will always belong on PlayStation platforms. As part of Konami’s latest financial report, the publisher has revealed that Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes sold three times as much on the...
News Something's Coming in Sony's Second Gamescom 2014 Teaser of the Day
An axe to grind
Sony’s in full on hype mode ahead of its Gamescom 2014 press conference next week – it’s just a shame that it’s releasing some pretty poor promotional trailers to lead into the event. Alright, this one isn’t anywhere near as bad as this afternoon’s hypnotherapy session, but two teasers in one day is probably a little bit...
News You'll Do More Than Hack 'n' Slash in Shadow Warrior This September
Just wait until you see the fish
With action games becoming dime a dozen, developers really have to make their titles stand out in the difficult video game market these days. Taking guns, samurai swords, and magic while smushing them all up together into a ball of pure madness, however, sounds pretty awesome. Upcoming title Shadow Warrior will...
Wednesday6th Aug 2014
Review Pure Pool (PlayStation 4)
A game with balls
It’s undeniable that VooFoo Studios is swiftly making a name for itself by producing incredibly photo realistic digital renditions of classic games. We’ve already covered the British-based outfit’s Backgammon and Chess endeavours, and now we’re onto Pure Pool, an adaptation of the quintessential pub pastime that’s...
News Sony Sued $5 Million Over PS4 Shooter Killzone: Shadow Fall's Graphics
You're Kellan us here
Killzone: Shadow Fall may not be the best game on the PlayStation 4, but it undoubtedly ranks among the best looking. It seems that not everyone’s quite so keen on the first-person shooter’s uber-clean depiction of the future, however, as Sony is being sued over the next-gen exclusive’s graphics. Only in America, huh?...
News Tons of PS4 Titles Discounted in European Summer Sale
Feeling the heat
As promised, Sony has revealed the second round of Summer Sale savings – and this time, the heat is focused solely on the PlayStation 4. While none of these discounts go as low as you may be used to on the PlayStation 3 or Vita, it’s probably worth remembering that the next-gen consol
News Sony Pulls the Plug on Android Support for PlayStation Mobile
That honestly wasn't much fun while it lasted
PlayStation Mobile has been dead for a good while now, but Sony’s more or less pulled the cord today. Originally intended to offer a curated content hub on PlayStation-certified phones and tablets, the platform holder quietly announced this morning that there’s a “possibility that content may not...
News Sleeping Dogs Is Kung-Fu Kicking PS4 with All of Its DLC
No Wei
Even though it received a whopping 8/10 here at Push Square, Sleeping Dogs arrived on the PlayStation 3 as a Grand Theft Auto underdog. Following its free offering on PlayStation Plus, however, it quickly became a cult hit that many a gamer – including our staff – punched themselves for not discovering earlier. If you're one of those that...
News You'll Need to Take Out a Loan to Afford This Hat DLC for The Last of Us
Hats off
Some days video game news runs so thick and fast that the highly trained team of journalistic monkeys here at Push Square Towers can barely keep up with it all. Other days – like when a huge European industry event is in just under a week's time, for instance – there's so little happening that we're forced to cover stories that some...
News Whoa, 10 Million People Have Cringed at Borderlands 2's Bad Jokes
Shut your Claptrap
Borderlands 2 is an enjoyable enough game, but let’s not try and pretend that its obnoxious brand of humour is anywhere close to being comical. Annoying characters and even more irritating voice acting aside, though, the title has now shipped over 10 million copies, which means that a significant portion of people have reached...
News You'll Need to Find Your Sea Legs for the Darkest Assassin's Creed to Date
Ubisoft announces this year's PS3 outing
It’s a good thing that the protagonist of Assassin’s Creed: Rogue doesn’t have a ship as leaky as Ubisoft, otherwise he’d be living it up in ol’ Davy Jones’ Locker right now. After months of speculation – and a morning of YouTube copyright claims – the French publisher has finally confirmed...
Store Update 6th August 2014 (Europe)
Don't go breaking my chart
It’s the sizeable roster of free PlayStation Plus titles that are likely to keep you occupied this week, with the European PlayStation Store update playing host to new Instant Game Collection arrivals Metrico and Road Not Taken. Elsewhere, highlights include The Swapper and Table Top Racing, as well as the standalone...
Store Update 5th August 2014 (North America)
Got, got, swap
It’s another big week for Sony’s trio of systems on the North American PlayStation Store, with Road Not Taken, The Swapper, Metrico, and Table Top Racing all leading the lineup. Those of you looking to the future may like to plonk down a pre-order on LittleBigPlanet 3 or
Tuesday5th Aug 2014
Review Road Not Taken (PlayStation 4)
Rice, rabbits, and unfit parents
Every year, just as the winter starts to kill off the last of the year’s berries, children head out into the forest in a final attempt to boost food stores. Some of the little ones never come back, which seems to panic the parents a little too much considering that they let them go off and do it every year...
News Did You Pre-Order Destiny's Big Ghost Edition? Congrats, You're Rich
Don't spend it all at once
There’s been a bit of bad news orbiting around Destiny like Saturn’s ring of late, but that hasn’t lowered the hotly anticipated PlayStation 4 shooter’s profile any. You may recall the ‘Ghost Edition’ of the release opening for pre-orders earlier in the year, where it promptly sold out. Well, don’t w
News Fancy a Jill Sandwich? The Original Resident Evil Spooks PS4 in 1080p
Return to Raccoon City
Resident Evil is set to return early next year on the PlayStation 4, as part of a re-mastered edition of the GameCube’s well regarded REmake. Rumoured earlier in the week, the title has now been officially confirmed by Capcom, and will launch early next year on both the PlayStation 3 and Sony’s next-gen machine...
Review Table Top Racing (PlayStation Vita)
Micro machines
There’s something enjoyable about viewing the world through the lens of tiny eyes. Codemasters’ legendary Mega Drive adaptation of Galoob’s popular Micro Machines toys cottoned onto this, allowing you to race around workbench surfaces and cereal encrusted breakfast bars. Table Top Racing, a PlayStation Vita port of Playrise...
News Grand Theft Auto V Is Still Going to Jump Start Your PS4 This Year
Franklin and upfront
With every game under the sun seemingly getting delayed into next year, you may be forgiven for assuming that Rockstar Games’ silence with regards to the PlayStation 4 version of Grand Theft Auto V may speak volumes. Fortunately, as part of its latest financial report, publishing overlord Take Two has reiterated that the...
Furniture Review Sitting Comfortably on a Sumo Gamer Bean Bag
Full of beans
Sumo Lounge – purveyors of some extremely large bean bags – has a product specifically geared towards gamers. The imaginatively titled Sumo Gamer promises to provide a seriously comfortable place to rest your posterior while playing your favourite video games, and we’ve recently been given the opportunity to see if it makes good...
Rumour Assassin's Creed: Rogue Will Clamber Onto the PS3 in November
Sneaky leak
Remember when games managed to last countless months – sometimes even years – without several high-profile leaks? No, neither do we. The latest in this growing trend of industry slipups is a trailer for Assassin's Creed: Rogue, the purported series entry planned to hit PlayStation 3 later this year. You can find the full clip through
News Don't Worry, PS4 Racer DriveClub Will Probably Include a Photo Mode
Snap happy
In a confirmation that’s got Push Square Towers salivating over another easy article, DriveClub’s director Paul Rustchynsky has revealed on Twitter that Evolution Studios is busy beavering away on a photo mode for its upcoming PlayStation 4 game. This feature has already proved a hit in
News Snow Joke! Sony Seemingly Teases Until Dawn PS4 Re-Reveal for GamesCom
Arms get cold in February air
Until Dawn became the poster child for Sony’s ill-fated PlayStation Move motion controller when it was first announced, which just goes to show how long the teen horror title has spent in hiding since being unveiled. As suspected, a leaked GamesCom 2014 lineup last week confirmed the release for the PlayStation 4 –...
News Kano to Rip Out Your Rib Cage in Mortal Kombat X on PS4
King of the ring
Klassic kombatant Kano [Hey, they started it – Ed] is set to put in an appearance in upcoming brawler Mortal Kombat X, a German magazine has confirmed. The first screenshots of the metal faced fighter popped up on Twitter, confirming that one of the warrior’s stances will include wrestling moves. Naturally, these suplexes will...
News PS4 Shooter Evolve Devolves Until February 2015
Cross it off the Christmas list
2K Games has announced that co-operative first-person shooter Evolve is the latest title to flee the hectic Christmas release schedule, settling down in the equally busy February window instead. Now due out on 10th February worldwide, the asymmetrical affair will be joined by The Order: 1886, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt,...
News What's PlayStation Vita Puzzle Platformer Metrico All About?
Stats and stuff
Infographic adventure Metrico has been in the PlayStation Vita’s pipeline for what feels like an eternity, but gameplay footage has been thin on the ground. That’s changed this week, however, as the title is set to climb a bar chart into the Instant Game Collection. And in order to give you a taste of what you’ll be getting...
News Velocity 2X Teleports into Your Head and Blows Your Brain Next Month
FuturLab's latest in a galaxy not so far away
FuturLab’s long awaited PlayStation 4 and Vita shmup sequel Velocity 2X is set to soar onto Sony’s suite of systems on 2nd September in North America and 3rd September in Europe. The popular Brighton-based developer confirmed the date as part of a particularly emphatic post on the PlayStation Blog,...
Monday4th Aug 2014
Feature Why You Should Try The Last of Us Remastered's Multiplayer Mode on PS4
Endure and survive
Naughty Dog’s not half bad at multiplayer modes. When it was announced that Uncharted 2: Among Thieves would be entering the competitive arena, there was outrage among fans of the original outing – after all, this was a series that prided itself on its plot rather than its gunplay. However, the title’s acrobatic action...
News Sony Has Lots of Good Stuff Planned for GamesCom Next Week
Firm really looking forward to the show
Conventions are like clickers: they sneak up on you. We’ve only just washed our hands of E3 2014 a few months back, but already GamesCom 2014 is lurking – and as usual, Sony is planning to have a pretty big presence at the show. A recent leak revealed that announcements may include
News You'll Need Friends to Tackle PS4 Shooter Destiny's Three Hour Missions
Loners not allowed
Bungie’s somehow managed to peeve its playerbase for the second time in seven days, announcing that Destiny’s end game raids will not be playable unless you have five available friends. The firm recently irked fans by confirming that there’ll only be four locations in the game, with more to follow as downloadable content –...
Out This Week Road Not Taken, The Swapper, Metrico
Clone wars
The best thing about this week’s roster of new PlayStation releases is that you’ll be playing a couple of them for free. Sony’s been especially good at marrying its Instant Game Collection updates to new arrivals of late, meaning that even if you hadn’t intended to follow the Road Not Taken or splash your cash on Metrico, you’ll...
News BioShock's Swimming to a Smartphone Near You, But Not the PlayStation Vita
The Rapture awaits
Assuming that series creator Ken Levine’s cancelled Final Fantasy Tactics-esque vision for BioShock Vita wasn’t a big enough kick in the teeth, 2K Games has now announced that the series’ original entry will be riding Rapture’s bathysphere to the iPhone and iPad at some point in the near future. That sinking sensation that...
News UK Sales Charts: The Last of Us Remastered Stumbles Upon Fifth Biggest Launch of the Year
All of that foraging paid off
Naughty Dog’s hard work porting re-release The Last of Us Remastered to the PlayStation 4 wasn’t for nothing, as the next-gen escapade has attained the fifth biggest launch of the year in the UK – an impressive feat considering that 90 per cent of the nation’s living it up in Alicante right now. It also secured...
Weirdness What if The Last of Us Remastered Was for Kids?
Once upon a fright
“I’m the host of a fungus that grows in my brain, but it keeps off the sun and it keeps out the rain.” That’s the ditty that complements this brilliant children’s edition of The Last of Us, which is one of many incredible Dr. Seuss-inspired video game adaptations by Australian artist DrFaustusAU. The talented illustrator...
News That Rainbow PS4 Raised a Truckload of Money for Charity
Heartwarming hardware
You may remember a story that we ran a few days ago about a decidedly colourful PlayStation 4 with an important message. Dubbed the 'GayStation 4', this colourful custom SKU was constructed to coincide with the Stockholm Pride festival, and was planned to be auctioned off in order to raise money for Swedish charity RFSL. Well,...
News You'll Be Able to Lust After a New Yakuza Game from 24th August
SEGA's sure to Shun us
SEGA may not be very good at anything else these days, but it sure knows how to pump out new Yakuza titles in Japan. Despite historical spin-off Yakuza Ishin launching less than six months ago, the publisher is now preparing for the announcement of a new franchise foray for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 – and you’ll...
Sunday3rd Aug 2014
News The Golf Club Swinging for 26th August Launch on PS4
Getting the greenlight
There’s been a serious lack of golf on the PlayStation 4 since launch, but Canadian developer HB Studios is aiming to put an end to that this month. Writing on its official forum, a company spokesperson noted that The Golf Club could putt a place onto Sony’s next-gen machine as soon as 26th August in North America...
Feature Share Your Pictures of the Apocalypse from The Last of Us Remastered on PS4
Say cheese and die
It turns out that in-game photo modes really are the best thing since sliced bread. Back when inFAMOUS: Second Son added in a screenshot feature a few months back, we pondered whether more games should augment the addictive extra. Unsurprisingly, Naughty Dog has taken up the chall
News Guilty Gear Xrd SIGN May Be the PS4's Prettiest Fighter Yet
Guilty as charged
There's a lot to be said for photorealism in games. At the same time, a truly original and unique art-style can often be just as striking and memorable. Regardless of your stance on the issue, it's hard to deny that these new screenshots of upcoming PS4 fighter Guilty Gear Xrd SIGN are particularly pretty. Set to launch later in t
Push Rewind The Last of Us Remastered, PS Plus Freebies, and Destiny Concerns
Groove jet
Summer’s ordinarily slow in the gaming industry, but the pounding in this editor’s head suggests that another convention is lurking. We’re right about a week away from German show GamesCom, which means that everything’s kicking off in the PlayStation Nation right now. And that includes several high-profile releases, spanning The...
Saturday2nd Aug 2014
Review Sacred 3 (PlayStation 3)
Nothing is sacred
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, while not what you’d call a big success, still managed to garner quite a following among a certain set of gamers, even in spite of a few rough edges. Those that did end up sinking hour after hour into the action role playing game really appreciated its massive open world, extensive loot system, and huge...
News Some People Still Can't Get Enough of Chris Redfield's Biceps in Resident Evil 5
Punch that rock really hard
It’s hard to believe, but Resident Evil 5 released to mixed responses over five years ago. Despite that, the PlayStation 3 survival horror is still moving units, with Capcom’s latest financial report showing that the divisive title shifted around 100,000 copies in the quarter spanning April through June...
News Don't Worry, PS4's Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Won't Be Dark and Gritty
Sequel won't step into The Last of Us' shadow
The Last of Us may well have exceeded all expectations, and cemented itself as one of the most important PlayStation exclusive properties since Gran Turismo and God of War – but that doesn’t mean that the upcoming Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End is going to be especially dark. The title's
News Infinity Ward Agrees to Tame Two Naughty Dog Employees
Call of Duty company adopts veterans
The over publicised exodus at Naughty Dog is showing no signs of slowing, as two studio strays have found a new home at Call of Duty: Ghosts developer Infinity Ward. Jacob Minkoff and Taylor Kurosaki, both notable names at the Californian company, will assume the design director and narrative director positions...
News This New Trailer for JRPG The Awakened Fate Ultimatum is Absurdly Dramatic
A roguish rogue-like
The PlayStation 3 may be getting fewer and fewer new titles with each passing day, but that doesn't mean the console's completely dried up. The Awakened Fate Ultimatum is a good example of a game that's gracing the system in its retirement years, and the distinctive JRPG recently received a new trailer. However, as is often the...
News This Is What the Folks Behind Far Cry 4 Call Work
Green eyed monster
Making games is not easy. In addition to the excruciatingly long hours, technical challenges, and budget-based pressures, you also have to deal with idiotic online forum posters tossing obscenities at your title when given the opportunity. For the folks behind Far Cry 4, however, things aren’t all bad, as key members of the team...
Friday1st Aug 2014
Review Don't Starve: Reign of Giants (PlayStation 4)
The hungrier game
Don’t Starve: Reign of Giants isn’t your typical downloadable content offering. With the roguelike survival game Don’t Starve, it’s not as straightforward as getting a unique story as seen in BioShock Infinite’s Burial at Sea: Episode 2, or as simple as additional modes and weapons like in The Last of Us’ Grounded...
Review El Chavo Kart (PlayStation 3)
Chilli con carnage
Many game developers have tried to enter the kart racing genre, but all with the exception of Crash Bandicoot have failed to score a podium place next to Super Mario. Efecto Studios is the latest outfit to have a pop with El Chavo Kart – a title based upon the apparently popular Mexican cartoon, El Chavo: The Animated Series. As...
Review Trials Fusion: Riders of the Rustlands (PlayStation 4)
Feeling rusty
Trials Fusion was one of the must-have games on the PlayStation 4 when it came out, and its first batch of downloadable content should be something of an event for the million or so people who invested in it. However, what could have been an exciting new set of levels ends up being underwhelming, spinning its wheels over a set of ideas...
News Plenty of PS4 Discounts Coming to Europe Next Week
More than 25 titles getting reduced
In truth, the first round of the European PlayStation Store’s highly publicised Summer Sale is somewhat disappointing. Yes, there are a few deals worthy of note, but the whole promotion is bloated with games that have been discounted dozens of times before. Don’t lose hope just yet, though, as a bunch of...
News No Man's Sky Will Fly to Other Formats After PS4
Planet hopper
You didn’t think that No Man’s Sky, the seemingly limitless space exploration game from British indie Hello Games, was going to stay moored on the PlayStation 4 forever, did you? Despite being strongly associated with Sony’s next-gen system, the company’s director Sean Murray has hinted that the release will be free to fly...
News Seize Your Moment with the PlayStation Now Open Beta
The time is now
Since its announcement at the start of the year, anticipation has definitely cooled on PlayStation Now. The forward thinking service still sounds exciting on paper, but with the on-demand platform not rolling out in Europe until next year, and prices being a little on the high side, a few question marks have been placed next to the...
News Fascinating Indie Teslagrad Will Fetch a Fancy Physical Release on PS4, PS3, and Vita
Electrifying stuff
It's not often that you hear of an indie game getting a physical release, but that's exactly what's happening with Rain Games' Teslagrad. Speaking on its official Facebook account, the developer stated that it's teamed up with SOEDESCO Benelux in order to bring a boxed copy of the title to store shelves. What's more, the studio...
News Earn Some Respect with Grand Theft Auto Online's Double RP Promotion
You know you're making me work so hard
Were you planning on spending a not-so-cosy weekend with the in-laws over the next couple of days? Well, now you have an excuse to stay at home instead, because Rockstar’s doubling down on reputation points in Grand Theft Auto Online. From now through 3rd August, you’ll be able to boost your status at an...
News Watch Dead Island 2 Decay at GamesCom 2014 This Month
Hell on Earth
German convention GamesCom is scarily close, which means that the Push Square office is all of a flutter right now. One thing that’s improved our mood, however, is news that Dead Island 2 is set to infect the Cologne show later this month. The sequel will be playable at the expo, which actually marks the first time that local gamers...
