News - October, 2014
Friday31st Oct 2014
Review Freedom Wars (PlayStation Vita)
Grind and punishment
Easily one of the PlayStation Vita's most anticipated titles, Freedom Wars plops you into a dystopian future that's full of typically stylish teens and giant mechanical beasts, and tasks you with whittling down a one million year sentence of service to your not-so-lovely community. For many owners of Sony's portable console, a...
News You Can Download Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare on PS4 Now
Digital future
Sony has been allowing you to pre-load digital purchases from the PlayStation Store for a little while now, but we suppose that very few games are bigger than Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. As such, the platform holder has taken to the PlayStation Blog to confirm that you can start downloading Activision’s forthcoming first-person...
News Sony's Still Bleeding Money, But PS4's in Beast Mode
Marathon sprint
The reason behind Microsoft’s temporary Xbox One price drop is looking clearer by the minute: Sony has now shipped 13.5 million PlayStation 4 consoles worldwide – and it hasn’t even been out a year yet. The company added 3.3 million units to the system’s total tally in the quarter spanning July to September, boosting game...
News Slick PS4 Shooter Resogun Will Save the Last Humans on Vita
System seller
Housemarque’s throwback arcade shooter Resogun is so good that we’d quite like to have a playable version augmented into our eyelids, but seeing as that’s not physically possible, we’ll settle for a PlayStation Vita version instead. Fortunately, it sounds like the Finnish indie is working on just that, assuming that comments...
Push Scare Share Your Most Harrowing PlayStation Tales for Hallowe'en
Fear factor
The day that dentists around the globe detest has finally arrived, and you’re invited to a place around the Push Square campfire to celebrate Hallowe’en. Over the past five days, we’ve been posting about some of our favourite horror games, and we’ve covered a broad spectrum, spanning known quantities like Resident Evil and Silent...
Thursday30th Oct 2014
Review Lords of the Fallen (PlayStation 4)
Harkyn and soul
With the spawn of the Souls series, gamers around the world have developed a soft spot for controller breaking games with horrendously difficult barriers of entry. Lords of the Fallen is Polish studio CI Games' first attempt at imitating the franchise's success – but does it stand up to its competitors? While the Souls series...
News Wait, Did Sony Just Accidentally Reveal the Uncharted Collection for PS4?
Not-so hidden relic
At this point, it’s probably fairly safe to assume that there will be an Uncharted Collection on the PlayStation 4. Sony has said that it doesn’t want to flood the market with re-releases, but does want to provide people that didn’t own a PlayStation 3 with an opportunity to play some of the previous generation’s best...
News Do You Want to Play The Crew on PS4 Prior to Launch?
Beta sign up quick
In the aftermath of DriveClub’s well-documented problems, we actually admire Ubisoft for delaying The Crew while it runs one last closed beta. The title had been set to hit the road next month, but following some less than stellar feedback, the company has de
News PS4's Free DriveClub: PS Plus Edition Has Been Put 'On Hold'
Back in the garage you go
DriveClub’s disastrous launch is still ongoing. Despite the game showing signs of improvement a week or so ago, we were a bit optimistic expecting the PlayStation 4 exclusive racer’s free PlayStation Plus trial to release this month. Indeed, the retail version appears to have hit a brick wall of late – even Evolution...
News People Are Already Playing Assassin's Creed Unity on PS4
Sacré bleu
Typically, when retailers break street dates, games are put on sale a day or two before their real release. However, in the case of Assassin’s Creed Unity, retail copies for the PlayStation 4 are in the wild right now – a good two weeks ahead of the title’s actual launch date. With the game originally due out at the end of October,...
Review Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut (PlayStation 4)
No longer alone
Lone Survivor: The Director’s Cut is the latest indie title to make the jump from the PlayStation 3 to the PlayStation 4, and with great seasonal timing to boot. The question is: is the game’s special brand of horror still capable of sending shivers down your spice on Sony’s next-gen machine? In short, of course it is. The...
News Guerrilla, Naughty Dog, Sucker Punch, and Many More Will Be at PlayStation Experience
Project Morpheus, No Man's Sky surprises, and panels planned
PlayStation Experience is approaching faster than a freight train filled with hype, and Sony has started to hint at the kind of things that you can expect to see during the December show. Writing on the PlayStation Blog, the platform holder has deployed a delicious list detailing some of...
News Oh Dear, Assassin's Creed Unity Is Going to Mess with Time Travel
It was inevitable
Just when you thought that Assassin's Creed's overarching narrative couldn't possibly get any more convoluted, it looks like Assassin's Creed Unity is going to dabble in a bit of time travel. Sigh. We'll admit that the concept does seem quite cool — at least in trailer form — but it just seems like something that the franchise...
News Have No Fear, The Order: 1886's Gameplay Demo Is 'Ancient'
Wipe away that dust
It may have been somewhat obvious, but that gameplay demo of The Order: 1886 that we see pop up every time Sony wants to show off the game is "ancient", according to Ready at Dawn CTO Andrea Pessino. Kindly translated by DualShockers.com, a tweet from the aforementioned developer states that "it’s an “ancient” build...
News Yoshida: DriveClub: PS Plus Edition Delayed on PS4 Until Further Notice
Plus, grovelling
You know that things have turned sour with your game when Shuhei Yoshida, the president of Sony Worldwide Studios, has to provide an update on it. This is the second time that PlayStation’s most popular executive has had to comment on the state of DriveClub, but considering that three weeks have passed with the most mi
News Destiny's On-Disc DLC Locations Aren't Quite as Dastardly as You Might Think
Chop shop?
There's been a lot of noise made about Destiny's DLC locations, some of which can be accessed through glitching in the base game. Although there's not much to see in these environments, many players have expressed anger that they can be found in the first place, suggesting content has been taken from the title so that it can be released...
News Take-Two Won't Say No to a Grand Theft Auto HD Collection
Who would?
During a recent investor call, publisher Take-Two's CEO declared that he "wouldn't rule anything out", regarding a possible HD collection of Grand Theft Auto titles. "Our labels are driven by the desire to delight consumers and pursue their creative passions, and that's been a formula that's worked extraordinarily well for this company,"...
News The Mighty No. 9 Now Wants You to Crowdfund Some DLC
Money, money, money
Keiji Inafune and crew must be laughing all the way to the bank, as another round of crowdfunding has been revealed for Comcept’s upcoming Mega Man-inspired Mighty No. 9. Clearly not content with the $3.8 million that it accrued for the main game, as well as the $100,000 post-campaign fund
News Dynasty Warriors 8 Empires Marches an Army onto PS4 and PS3 Sooner Than You Think
Tactical
It's getting to the point where we can't blame people for saying that there are too many Warriors titles flooding the market. 2014 itself has had an abundance of the things, and now, just when things appeared to be quiet after the release of the superb Samurai Warriors 4, publisher Koei Tecmo has gone ahead and announced that tactically...
News Sharpen That Blade, You're Going Hunting in Shadow of Mordor's Next DLC
The bigger they are
By now, Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor has won over the hearts and minds of many a player, so we suppose that it's the perfect time to reveal the title's latest slice of downloadable content, Lord of the Hunt. Promising hours of new story content, the DLC missions will see you team up with eager dwarf Torvin, as you hunt down...
News Who Let the Dogs Out? Watch Dogs has Shipped 9 Million Copies
Barking mad
Love it or hate it, Watch Dogs has been a huge success for Ubisoft. The new property, which sees you hacking your way through Chicago as a gruff cyber-hero out for revenge, was well received by both critics and consumers alike, and in the publisher's latest financial report, it's announced that the game has shipped nine million copies...
Wednesday29th Oct 2014
Guide Can't Turn on Your PS4 from Rest Mode? Here's How to Fix Firmware Update 2.00 Issue
Solution to standby power problems
While we appreciate that we’re probably jinxing things by writing this, PlayStation 4 firmware update v2.00 appears to have launched without too many setbacks. Bricked consoles are always a concern with enormous operating system overhauls like this one, but the system software refresh seems to have deployed with...
News Are There Any Secret Features in PS4 Firmware Update 2.00?
Yes, there are
Sony doesn’t tend to understand the concept of patch notes. While it will always detail the major changes included as part of a numbered firmware update, it frequently throws in hidden extras. This has been the case since the early days of the PlayStation 3, and just because it’s got a fancy new piece of hardware on the market, it...
News November's PS Plus Offering Is an Indie Game Extravaganza
This will go down well
Those of you that wretch at the prospect of games made by teams that number in the tens rather than the thousands may want to divert your attention, as November’s big PlayStation Plus update is something of an indie extravaganza. Sony has seemingly released its promotional trailer for the latest update a little early, and it...
Round Up Your Ultimate Guide to PS4 Firmware Update 2.00
Everything in one place
The release of PlayStation 4 firmware update v2.00 had a bit of everything: drama, excitement, and, of course, a spot of PlayStation Network downtime. Still, with the good ship Sony well and truly steadied, and all of our tutorials penned, we figured that we should milk this mahoosive operating system overhaul with one last...
News Sony's Wackiest PS4 Hardware Bundle Scores a Wackier Trailer
Slimed
While the PlayStation 4 may be smashing sales records in most parts of the world, Sony needs all of the help that it can get to remain competitive in Japan. As such, it’s decided to roll out the system’s ridiculous Metal Slime hardware SKU this December in the East – a couple o
News Ubisoft Reckons You Wouldn't Want to Play an Assassin's Creed Game Set in Feudal Japan
A code of honour
For quite a while now, fans of Assassin's Creed have been pondering a title set in the East. An oriental excursion always sounded like a neat idea to us, but Ubisoft thinks it may be something that wouldn't hold much appeal. Speaking to Total Xbox, Assassin's Creed III creative director Alex Hutchinson remarked that a feudal...
News Destiny's First Expansion Boosts the Light Level Cap to 32, Along with Other Additions
Get what you pay for
Destiny's first expansion pack, The Dark Below, is set to release on the 9th December. We already know how much it'll cost, and how it plans to aim for better storytelling, but there are a few smaller, interesting details that you may not have picked up on just yet. In an interview with
News Wait, Did Techland Just Cancel the PS3 Version of Dying Light?
Next-gen only
Dying Light developer Techland has announced that the parkour-'em-up will no longer be shambling onto the PlayStation 3. The studio stated that it wants to focus on making a game which truly encapsulates the 'next-gen feel', and cited the technical limitations of the older hardware as the main reason for the reversal. "Much of this...
News Bungie Aims to Shoot Down Criticism of Destiny's Story with the Game's First Expansion
Take me Hive-r
If you thought that Destiny's story was a bit of an unfulfilling mess, then you'll be delighted to know that developer Bungie aims to craft a better narrative with the title's first expansion, The Dark Below. Talking to Eurogamer.net, studio president Harold Ryan states that the downloadable content has "a very different approach to...
News Costume Quest 2 Really Will Skip Hallowe'en on PS4, PS3 in Europe
No fun allowed
Y’know, if we worked at Double Fine, we’d probably be spitting our pumpkin pie all over the office carpet right now. Costume Quest 2 was announced for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 this week – complete with exclusive Sackboy content no less – but when it was mentioned that SCEE hadn’t finalised a release date yet, we...
News Wookie Here! Star Wars: Battlefront Blasts onto PS4 Next Holiday
Vader go
Battlefield developer DICE’s long-awaited Star Wars: Battlefront reboot will steer its X-Wing onto the PlayStation 4 next holiday, publisher EA Games has announced. The company declared the tidbit on Twitter, shortly after Australian gaffer Andrew Wilson shared the news with investors as part of a financial meeting. Apparently, everyone...
Store Update 29th October 2014 (Europe)
Late to the party
As with its North American counterpart, this European PlayStation Store update is absolutely bursting with new releases – but there’s one irritating absentee for this editor. Indeed, where the heck is Costume Quest 2? A game designed around Hallowe’en should arrive before said event, and if your humble host doesn’t get his...
News Destiny's First Expansion Will Cost You £19.99/$19.99
Scoped and dropped
Unless you coughed up £34.99/$34.99 for Destiny's season pass, or nabbed it in the collector's edition, you'll need to put down £19.99/$19.99 for the sci-fi shooter's first expansion, The Dark Below. Confirmed to launch on 9th December, the DLC doesn't come cheap. It boasts a slew of features, including three new story...
Store Update 28th October 2014 (North America)
Freedom fighters
Another week, another outrageous North American PlayStation Store update. This time the highlights are numerous, with Costume Quest 2, The Unfinished Swan, and Lords of the Fallen all vying for your attention. We’ll need to put Ariana Grande on loop to get through this one. PS4 Games: Battle Islands (Free) C
News Final Fantasy Type-0 HD's New PS4 Trailer Hopes to Get You in a Melodramatic Mood
Kids these days
Final Fantasy Type-0 HD isn't your typical Final Fantasy title, but its newest cinematic trailer will probably remind you that it is indeed part of Square Enix's moody franchise. It's perhaps a little bloodier than you'd expect, but the CG video still focuses on stylish teens and their flashy magical abilities. Shedding some light...
News Battlefield Hardline Plays Good Cop, Bad Cop on PS4, PS3 in March
Arresting information
Battlefield Hardline’s spell in the slammer appears to be coming to an end, as publisher EA Games has announced as part of an investors meeting overnight that the Visceral Games developed first-person shooter will be put on probation soon. Following its delay earlier in the year, the release will now walk free on 17th March...
Tuesday28th Oct 2014
Guide How to Use the PS4's USB Music Player
Background sound
When the PlayStation 4 launched a little less than a year ago, it was missing some key multimedia functions. One such absentee was the ability to play custom audio during games. While background music was available via the platform holder's streaming service Music Unlimited, it's taken until the addition of
Guide How to Change Your PS4's Theme
Time for something different
It’s all well and good changing the colour of your PlayStation 4’s background, but what if you want a completely different theme entirely. PS4 firmware update v2.00 introduces dynamic themes, and you can use these to give your entire console an all-new look. Please note: the availability of themes will vary depending...
Guide How to Use Share Play on the PS4
Pass the controller
There are a ton of great additions available as part of PlayStation 4 firmware update v2.00, but Share Play is without a doubt the headline feature. This nifty tool allows you to create a kind of virtual couch environment, which enables you to “pass the controller” to an online friend, essentially allowing them to take...
Guide How to Upload PS4 Share Clips to YouTube
Broadcast yourself
The social features of the PlayStation 4 have been screaming out for YouTube compatibility for some time now, and PS4 firmware update v2.00 has finally made it a reality. Now you’ll no longer need to take advantage of workarounds in order to upload your share clips directly to Google’s ginormous video streaming site –...
Guide How to Increase the Number of Apps Displayed on the PS4's Home Screen
More content
We reckon that the PlayStation 4’s user interface is incredibly slick, but there is one major flaw that lets the overall design down. This pertains to the main content ribbon, which can extend for an eternity if you’ve got a lot of games and apps installed. Thankfully, PS4 firmware update v2.00 fixes this issue by stashing...
Guide How to Change Your PS4's Background Colour
Go with the Flow
We’re a big fan of the PlayStation 4’s default royal blue backdrop, but sometimes your mood demands something different. Fortunately, as part of PS4 firmware update v2.00, the platform holder has introduced the ability for you to change the colour of the default ‘Flow’ theme. And here’s how you do it... 1. Go to Settings...
Guide How to Access the PS4's YouTube Application
The cats are calling
Even we thought it was strange when the PlayStation 4 launched without a native YouTube application – but we suppose that this is the same company that just deployed PlayStation TV without Netflix. Fortunately, the format holder has realised the error of its ways, and dropped Google’s video streaming service onto its system...
Feature What Do the PS4's First Free Dynamic Themes Look Like?
Spruced up
Sony may have introduced the ability for you to change the PlayStation 4’s background colour as part of PS4 firmware update v2.00, but it’s also added dynamic themes to the mix. While these aren’t available in North America or Europe at the time of typing, a couple of free animated backgrounds can be downloaded in Japan – and, if...
News PSN Down as Sony's Servers Feel PS4 Firmware Update 2.00 Strain
Offline agony
Being a PlayStation fan is a bit like supporting the England football team these days: when the chips are up, you just know that they’re going to come crashing down at some point. As such, it’s no surprise that just when we were starting to feel satisfied with PlayStation 4 firmware update v2.00, the PlayStation Network has...
News These Are the Things You'll Be Able to Do in Grand Theft Auto V PS4 That You Can't on PS3
Los Muchos
Grand Theft Auto V maker Rockstar’s not exactly known for making things easy on itself. While other developers settle for simple sandboxes, the world renowned outfit tends to stuff its open worlds full of the teensiest details, allowing you to spend literally months finding everything. Don’t expect the upcoming PlayStation 4 port of...
Review Pix the Cat (PlayStation 4)
Feline fine
At first glance, Pix the Cat appears to be a relatively simple arcade experience. However, this unassuming exterior belies its innovative and addictive mechanics, as well its surfeit of surplus content. Make no mistake, this is an insanely infectious indie which absolutely deserves your attention. At its core, Pastagames’ latest is an...
Round Up Freedom Wars Vita Reviews Fight for a Shorter Sentence
Thorn in your side
Freedom Wars isn’t your average PlayStation Vita exclusive, as it carries the weight of the format’s future on its shoulders. While the handheld has played host to some pretty stellar games this year, it’s fallen short in the first-party department – and with Sony suggesting that it’s more or less ditching internal...
News You Can Download PS4 Firmware Update 2.00 Right Now
Greatness awaits
As previously promised, PlayStation 4 firmware update v2.00 has launched. The hotly anticipated software refresh brings with it a bevy of regularly requested features, including Share Play, YouTube compatibility, and more. It took us approximately five minutes to download and install the update on an average Internet connection, but...
News Primal Carnage: Extinction Will Be the PS4's First Dinosaur Battle Sim
Dinophwoar
What if Evolve had real dinosaurs instead of maniacal made-up monsters? It's a question that has plagued scientists and philosophers since the dawn of humankind, and one that indie developer Circle 5 Studios plans to tackle headfirst in its new human-vs dinosaur multiplayer shooter Primal Carnage: Extinction. The title, which is a...
Monday27th Oct 2014
Push Rewind PS4 Firmware Update Dates, Ratchet & Clank Remake, and Reviews
Oh so quiet
We believe that this is what’s commonly referred to as the calm before the storm. Yes, it was still a relatively busy week in the PlayStation Nation – with PS4 firmware update v2.00 finally getting a date – but we’re days away from a software avalanche, so we've made the most of the break. Here’s everything that you need to...
Review Just Dance 2015 (PlayStation 4)
Because I’m happy
Another year brings another instalment into Ubisoft’s multiplatform dance juggernaut, predictably entitled Just Dance 2015 this time. The aim of the game is as simple as it gets: you have to replicate the dance moves that the on-screen silhouette dancers perform in time with the music and as accurately as you can. The ethos is...
News PS4 Firmware Update 2.00 Will Also Let You Pause Downloads
For the outspoken
Sony can’t even seem to get the dates of its firmware updates right anymore, as the platform holder announced earlier that the system’s hotly anticipated v2.00 refresh will deploy later today – before clarifying that it'll actually arrive tomorrow, as previously expected. We’ve
Talking Point How Does Sony Solve a Problem Like Xbox One Price Cuts?
Pricing predicament
Microsoft resembles a certain other green giant right now: you wouldn’t like it when it’s angry. While the Xbox One has been doing reasonably well over the past year, it’s been outpaced heavily by the PlayStation 4 around the globe – and that’s put the American company on the back foot. It’s not immensely surprising...
Review The Legend of Korra (PlayStation 4)
Elemental breakdown
For years, Avatar fans have been asking for a good game that represents a franchise with so much potential – but does The Legend of Korra live up to these expectations? For those not familiar with the animation of the same name, it's a television series that's the sequel to Avatar: the Last Airbender. In this world, some people...
Review Shadow Warrior (PlayStation 4)
Crouching tiger, hidden Wang
Take those old kung-fu movies that get repeated endlessly on daytime cable channels, add a dash of retro shooter and whatever random bits of supernatural plot you have lying around, and that’s Shadow Warrior. An overpriced product of a bygone era, its attempts to highlight the way that things used to be do little but...
News Why Is Sony Taking So Long to Release PS4 Firmware Updates?
It's what you wanted
The firmware narrative has most certainly changed this generation. We remember the web being ablaze with complaints whenever Sony rolled out an update for the PlayStation 3, but right now it’s being chastised for not doing exactly that with the PlayStation 4. Given that Microsoft has been deploying monthly updates for the Xbox...
News UK Sales Charts: FIFA 15 Fights Off Minecraft for Fifth Week at Summit
The invincibles
There’s no stopping EA Sports’ soccer simulation it seems, as FIFA 15 is currently enjoying yet another week at the summit of the UK sales charts. The footie favourite has sat at the top of the league for five weeks now, and is unlikely to budge next week either. Of course, we’re sure that Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare at the...
Sunday26th Oct 2014
News You May Be Able to Get a Refund for Written Off PS4 Racer DriveClub
Courtesy car
DriveClub remains the kind of disaster that all developers must dread. Despite showing recent signs of improvement, the PlayStation 4 racer appears to be stuck in first gear – and, regardless of continued hard work from Evolution Studios, it’s not really getting much better. That’s not to say that you can’t connect and play...
News PS4 RPG The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's Intro Spreads Its Wings
Stone the crows
A life lesson for you: don’t mess with batty ladies that have crows circling around their head – you’ll only end up missing an eye. As part of the Golden Joysticks awards ceremony in London this week, CD Projekt Red released the opening cinematic for its upcoming PlayStation 4 role-playing game, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. The...
News Survival Horror Outlast Resurges with Spooky Sequel
Time to stock up on batteries
This particular editor got around to playing all of Outlast this week, and can testify that the terrifying thrills that it affords are real and often experienced while sneaking through Mount Massive Asylum's many horrors. That being said, it's a creepy coincidence that the developer confirmed this week that it's...
News How the PS4's Social Features Inspired Forthcoming Exclusive The Tomorrow Children
Off to work we go
Back when Q-Games announced The Tomorrow Children at Gamescom 2014 earlier in the year, this editor recalls spending close to an hour trying to understand what the game is all about. The product of Sony’s long-running relationship with the Kyoto studio, this intriguing indie inspired by the Cold War and Soviet Union is one of the...
News Ratchet & Clank's PS4 Remake Will Include All New Assets
A crack in time
Insomniac Games’ current involvement with other consoles means that we haven’t seen anything of the upcoming Ratchet & Clank remake that was announced for the PlayStation 4 at E3 2014 – but, writing on the developer’s
Saturday25th Oct 2014
Review Peggle 2 (PlayStation 4)
Ode to joy
Peggle 2 is, as its name suggests, a sequel to PopCap’s incredibly popular mobile game, which sees you using a ball to clear a board of pegs in an almost pinball-esque fashion. This simple mechanic makes it incredibly easy to pick-up and play – but its accessibility also enables an addictive experience, meaning that it can be hard to...
Rumour Grand Theft Auto V on PS4 Will Sparkle in 1080p
Franklin amazing
Reports on resolution probably shouldn’t be a thing in this day and age, but our statistics suggest that many of you are actually gagging for it, so we’re sort of forced to oblige. Fortunately, this snippet is worth a few hundred words, as Official PlayStation Magazine claims that Grand Theft Auto V will run at a full,...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 43
The fault in our stars
Regardless of whether you’ve had a good week or a bad week, it’s time to forget your worries, and get stuck in with some good old fashioned gaming. As has become more regular than a Mario Balotelli blunder, we’re back with another edition of What Are You Playing in order to kickstart your two days away from work. As...
News Indie Horror Home Huddles Around the PS4 in Time for Hallowe'en
Gone home
Forget horrific parties with your pals, staying in sounds like the most entertaining option this coming Hallowe’en. Indie developer Benjamin Rivers has announced that, alongside Costume Quest 2, side-scrolling horror Home will be releasing on the PlayStation 4 in North America next week. A slimmed down PlayStation Vita port will follow,...
Weirdness Persona 4 Lovers, We've Found You a Hallowe'en Costume
Beary good
Hallowe’en is fast approaching, which means that you’re probably panicking over outfits right now. Don’t settle for the bog-standard zombie, though, as this Teddie getup from Persona 4 should have your buddies scratching their heads. The cosy fleece comes complete with character appropriate details, such as a big zip on the rear,...
Friday24th Oct 2014
News Er, Where's the PS3 Version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas?
Don't make CJ mad
Those of you hoping to return to a snazzier Grove Street on the PlayStation 3 may be disappointed to learn that the rumoured updated version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has only been confirmed for the Xbox 360 so far. When achievements for the title leaked earlier in the week, we speculated that it'd be unlikely for the...
Review Minecraft: PS Vita Edition (PlayStation Vita)
Brick slayer
So, let’s get the obvious gag out of the way: Microsoft has a better PlayStation Vita lineup than Sony this year. Following the Redmond-based organisation’s somewhat unexpected acquisition of Mojang last month, it was touch and go for all of a few minutes whether Minecraft: PS Vita Edition would ever release at all. Fortunately, it...
Review Samurai Warriors 4 (PlayStation Vita)
More than a slice
Warriors titles have enjoyed a good run on Sony's underappreciated handheld, with ports of recent releases proving to be decent alternatives to their home console counterparts. At times, portable play suits the hack and slashers better, as you can jump in and out of battle at a moment's notice. The only consistent problem is that...
Review The Walking Dead: Season Two - A Telltale Games Series (PlayStation 4)
Once bitten, twice shy
The first season of Telltale Games’ story heavy zombie game, The Walking Dead, spooked the PlayStation 4 earlier this month, and we liked it very much – even if it didn't run that much smoother than its PlayStation 3 predecessor. Fortunately, The Walking Dead: Season Two is a far superior port. On previous generation...
News Wait, How Does PS4 Firmware Update 2.00 Feature Share Play Work?
Magic
Sony may not have been dishing out firmware updates as fast as its competitor, but the PlayStation 4’s upcoming refresh certainly seems packed with interesting features. The most noteworthy of these is Share Play, an innovative idea that was announced by
News Double Fine Treats PS4, PS3 to Exclusive Sackboy Content in Costume Quest 2
Knock and fun
It may seem like we’re playing tricks with you, but we can guarantee that we’re not – Sackboy really is joining the Costume Quest 2 cast on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3. Due out ahead of Hallowe’en in North America next week, Double Fine’s hotly anticipated knock and run sequel will allow you to dress up as Media...
Thursday23rd Oct 2014
News PS4 Firmware Update 2.00 Will Release on 28th October
Stability updates will inevitably follow
Sony said that it wanted to release PlayStation 4 firmware update v2.00 before the biggest games of the year, and it’s held true to that word. The platform holder has nonchalantly dated the jumbo download on its official Twitter account, confirming that you’ll be able to nab the software refresh from 28th...
News So, This PS4 Bundle Includes an Oddsock Plushie
Day zero
Sony’s deployed more PlayStation 4 hardware bundles than PlayStation Network server status updates this year, but this UK GAME mega pack simply has to be the pick of the bunch. Comprising a 500GB Jet Black console, two DualShock 4 controllers, a PlayStati
News Does LittleBigPlanet 3 Look Much Better on the PS4?
Simply thread
Considering that we keep conveniently ignoring it, you may have forgotten that LittleBigPlanet 3 is set to gad onto the PlayStation 3 next month, alongside the PlayStation 4. However, with two versions of the same game on store shelves, you may be curious if there are any differences between the duo. Honestly, the answer is not really...
Weirdness This Is What the Uncharted Movie Would Look Like
Filmic
Fact: the Uncharted Movie has been a source of speculation since we started this website over five years ago. Currently in the capable hands of Identity Thief director Seth Gordon, the project has been passed from pillar to post for what feels like an eternity. Fortunately, if you’re desperate for a taste of Nathan Drake on the silver...
News What's the Latest on PS4 Racer DriveClub's Online Issues?
Stuck in first gear
While we don’t doubt that it’s doing everything that it possibly can, we worry that Evolution Studios may have taken a little too long to get DriveClub up and running as intended. Despite high expectations at the start of the month, interest in the PlayStation 4 exclusive racer has plummeted over the past few days –...
Round Up Shadow Warrior PS4 Reviews Go for the Throat
Blades of steel
Shadow Warrior started life as a 3D Realms developed first-person shooter, so we can understand why your scepticism is already at an all time high. This PlayStation 4 reimagining by Polish developer Flying Wild Hog, however, aims to drag the original into the next generation – without forgetting any of the late 90s tropes that...
Talking Point Do You Ever Stump Up for Season Passes?
Chump change
The so-called Season Pass has become the latest way for publishers to extract even more money from cash strapped gamers. What started life as L.A. Noire’s largely innocuous Rockstar Pass – a pre-purchase for several additional cases in the sandbox detective game – has, much like the Online Pass that preceded it, evolved into an...
News Blimey, The Last of Us Is Getting a Game of the Year Edition for PS3
Third time's the charm
That's right, Naughty Dog's seminal survival horror The Last of Us is now getting the official 'Game of the Year' treatment it so sorely deserves. This new version – which is currently only confirmed for Europe – includes the original game, plus all subsequent downloadable content, and will be launching on 11th November...
News The Unfinished Swan Picks Up Its Paintbrush on PS4 and Vita Next Week
Still not finished
The Unfinished Swan is one of those rare PlayStation 3 titles that scored a 10/10 on this very website – and if you missed out on it the first time around, you’ll be able to sample the imaginitive adventure on the PlayStation 4 and Vita next week. Due out on 28th October in North America and 29th October in Europe, this...
News Travel Somewhere Over the Rainbow Skies Next Year
Double rainbow
The solo questing experience of the JRPG-inspired Rainbow Moon managed to steal our hearts when it launched on the PlayStation Vita a few years back. And to this day it's still able to enthral those late to the party, following its addition to this month's PlayStation Plus lineup. Of course, if you've already seen everything that the...
News Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F 2nd's Pre-Order Bonus Gets Patriotic
Star spangled belt
If you loved performing the digital sensation's hits in Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F, it won't be long before you can expand your catalogue with Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F 2nd. Due to be released on 18th November in North America and 21st November in Europe, it features a catalogue bursting at the seams with new smash hits,...
News Psyonix Targets the Top of the Rocket League
Rocket power
What is better than football, we hear you cry? Well, football with rocket-powered cars, of course. That's the basic premise of the fast-paced, action sports game Rocket League, currently ambiguously announced for "consoles" in Spring 2015. Coming a little while after the launch of Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars, we're...
Wednesday22nd Oct 2014
News The First of November's Free PS4 PlayStation Plus Games Won't Appeal to Everyone
Dry your eyes
They’ve not all been great, but we’ve really enjoyed a lot of the free titles made available through PlayStation Plus on the PlayStation 4. The likes of Velocity 2X, Pix the Cat, and Outlast are all outstanding games – and they’re titles that this editor would have purchased anyway if Sony hadn’t had the good grace to throw...
News Take a Closer Look at the PS4's Prototype Controller
DualShock development
Few moments are more exciting in a gamer’s life than when a new piece of hardware leaks. As such, many of you will probably be able to recall your mood at the exact second when photographs of the PlayStation 4’s revised controller filtered out onto the web. Unfortunately, the real unit was revealed not long after this leak,...
Review Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes - 2.0 Edition (PlayStation 4)
Infinity just got bigger
Disney was never going to let Activision control the NFC figurine market, and so last year it delivered Disney Infinity – a family friendly title featuring themed Playsets and a LittleBigPlanet-esque Toy Box mode. Disney Infinity 2.0 improves upon many aspects of the original, as well as bringing the franchise to the...
Thursday23rd Oct 2014
News Could Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas HD Be on the Way?
Hot coffee
Scoffing fast food and going to the gym could be about to get entertaining again, as speculation suggests that Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas may be getting the re-release treatment on the PlayStation 3. The title launched as a PlayStation 2 Classic some time ago, but Rockstar Games has since pulled that version from the PlayStation Store...
Wednesday22nd Oct 2014
News Yes, There Will Be Exciting Game Announcements at PlayStation Experience
Tickets open on Friday
We’ve played it down three times over now – but maybe, just maybe, PlayStation Experience may be worth getting hyped for after all. Sony has deployed this brand new trailer for the upcoming Las Vegas convention, which teases “exciting game announcements”. It also has that lovely p
News Sony Deploys Deadly Hallowe'en Discounts for PS4, PS3, and Vita in Europe
Avoids using Sunset Overdrive's font
It’s getting colder and the nights are drawing in, which means that it must be time for Hallowe’en. An excuse for supermarkets to offload themed pastries and piles of plastic tat, we’d argue that the spookiest day of the year rivals most religious holidays in pure commercial terms. With that in mind,...
Store Update 22nd October 2014 (Europe)
Break the rules
The early bird always catches the worm, so we guess that we’ll be forced to feed on scraps for posting the European PlayStation Store update so darn late in the day. We’d blame the delay on traffic, but, well, that’s not strictly true. Either way, a rival saying states that you’re better late than never – and we happen to...
News Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Makes Good Use of Profanities
D'head
It’s no secret that this scribe finds Borderlands’ sense of humour unbearable at times, but this Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel secret did spread a smile across your humble host’s miserable mug. Uncovered by YouTube user Prestige’r MadLuigi [Shrugs – Ed], the Easter egg essentially sees you collecting letter tokens in order to call one...
News The Walking Dead Won't Be Stumbling onto PS4 for Another Week in Europe
The walking delay
You may recall that a few weeks ago Telltale Games' popular The Walking Dead series was finally confirmed to be releasing on the PlayStation 4 after a seemingly endless string of rumours. Well, erm, if you live in Europe, and were planning on spending your weekend playing your way through the title, we've got some bad news. The...
Tuesday21st Oct 2014
Review Samurai Warriors 4 (PlayStation 4)
Ronin around at the speed of sound
The Samurai Warriors franchise has always played second fiddle to sister series Dynasty Warriors, especially over here in the West. Where the latter is now up to its eighth main instalment, without counting any spin-offs, Samurai Warriors has only just reached its fourth incarnation. To the inexperienced, there...
News Wild Season Is the PS4 and Vita Harvest Moon That You've Been Hankering For
Farmyard fun
We love shooting space marines in the cranium as much as the next gamer, but sometimes we need a little respite. Quickfire Games hopes to serve up just that with Wild Season, an agricultural adventure due out on the PlayStation 4 and Vita in 2015. Inspired by the likes of Harvest Moon, the title will see you assume the role of a...
Review DriveClub (PlayStation 4)
How fast do you wanna go?
It’s been a long wait leading to a bumpy road for racing fans, but DriveClub is finally here. A curious lack of pre-release code and online connection issues has forced us to hold back our thoughts on Evolution Studios' cursed exclusive for a couple of weeks longer than we expected, but having now had a chance to see...
News DriveClub: PS Plus Edition Release Date to Be Revealed When Dev Has 'Concrete' Information
One day this decade
As part of your daily DriveClub bulletin, Evolution Studios has said that it will announce the release date of the game’s hotly anticipated PlayStation Plus version when it has “concrete information” to share. The first-party studio – which also apologised for the delay – added that while it’s now getting on top of...
News Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Will Hold a Hefty Hunk of Your PS4's Hard Drive Hostage
You'll need lots of Spacey
The PlayStation 4 may come packed with 500GB of internal storage, but if you're like us, and enjoy indulging in as many games as possible, this probably isn't enough room. Joining a recent cavalcade of absurdly large downloads, Call of Duty's latest annual outing will hold approximately 43GB of your PS4's hard drive space...
Wednesday22nd Oct 2014
News You'll Be Able to Play Dead or Alive 5 for Free on PS4
Complimentary combat
Dead or Alive 5 is a bit like one of those adult hotlines: expensive but strangely enjoyable. With more downloadable costumes than an Ann Summers storeroom, Koei Tecmo has announced that a free version of PlayStation 4 port Dead or Alive 5: Last Round will release on Sony’s next-gen system. Much like the PlayStation 3’s...
Tuesday21st Oct 2014
News Oh Sony, Did You Really Have to Use Sunset Overdrive's Font for Your Sale?
Ratchet and clanger
Someone may want to get SCEA boss Shawn Layden on the blower, as Sony appears to have forgotten that Insomniac Games is working for the guys in green these days. The platform holder launched the first instalment in its Hallowe’en sale earlier today – and acknowledged the occasion with an image employing Xbox One exclusive...
News Get Set for Valley of the Yetis in Far Cry 4's Season Pass
Fur-person shooter
Ubisoft’s gone and put its Bigfoot in it again. The French firm has announced a Season Pass for its upcoming Himalayan first-person shooter Far Cry 4, which will come with a selection of additional missions and objectives for the most ardent adventurers. Costing a pricey £23.99/$29.99, one of the extra tasks will see you take...
Store Update 21st October 2014 (North America)
Bring the bleat back
Have mercy upon us, great gaming gods, for we cannot cope with the software overload that you’re subjecting us to. This week’s North American PlayStation Store update may be light on heavy hitters, but it more than makes up for any shortcomings in sheer girth. Highlights include Samurai Warriors 4, The Legend of Korra, and
News Senran Kagura Bon Appétit! Covers Vita in Whipped Cream
Great British Bust Off
If asparagus is an aphrodisiac, then Marvelous must have been chomping down the spring vegetable by the plateful when it conceived Senran Kagura Bon Appétit!. More or less Cooking Mama with ninja chefs, this rhythmic PlayStation Vita release sees you matching button inputs in order prepare a delicious dish for the depraved...
Out This Week Samurai Warriors 4, The Legend of Korra, Fluster Cluck
Cluckin' hell
And breathe again. After the downpour of new releases in October, we’re thankful for a week that doesn’t have quite as much stuff. Not that there’s an overwhelming lack of new PlayStation titles for you to plough through, with Samurai Warriors 4, The Legend of Korra, and the brilliantly named Fluster Cluck all vying for your...
News TV Tie-In The Legend of Korra Crashes Down on the NA PSN Today
Rock you like a hurricane
With the highly anticipated Bayonetta 2 hitting the Wii U this week, PlayStation Platinum Games fans have been left to sit back and stare longingly at screenshots of the upcoming The Legend of Korra. However, while perusing the North American PlayStation Store, this writer spat coffee all over her monitor at the discovery...
Monday20th Oct 2014
Guide How to Extend the Cable Length of Your PS4 Camera
No DIY required
The PlayStation 4's camera sure is a nifty bit of kit: you can while away the hours in The Playroom or simply control your console with your voice. You can even play Just Dance 2014 with it if you're so inclined. One of the only downsides to this nifty tech is Sony's insistence on using a proprietary cable plug. Sure, it looks like...
Review The Walking Dead: A Telltale Games Series - The Complete First Season (PlayStation 4)
Long road ahead
Telltale Games had been around for quite some time before it deployed the first instalment in its episodic The Walking Dead tie-in way back in 2012. The Californian company had previously enjoyed varying levels of success with its Sam & Max series, but was still looking for a smash hit at the time. That changed when it introduced...
Interview Will Tom Clancy's The Division Deliver on the PS4?
Massive expectations
Ubisoft sure knows how to make a splash. Tom Clancy’s The Division, much like Watch Dogs before it, dropped jaws at E3 2013, when it was announced for the PlayStation 4. The game – an open world third-person shooter with strong role-playing influences – not only promised to drag the industry into the next generation with...
News Sony: We'll Show You a Bunch of Stuff That We Shouldn't at PlayStation Experience
Choo choo
Are those the screeching wheels of an approaching hype train that we can hear on the horizon? We’ve attempted to play down Sony’s impending PlayStation Experience event – after all, excitement often leads to bitter disappointment – but SCEA chief Scott Rohde doesn’t appear to be on the same page as us. Speaking on the latest...
News Sony's New PS4 Commercial Focuses on Friendly Competition
Ready. Fight
Sony’s latest console may be selling better than any other system on the market right now, but that doesn’t give it an excuse to get lazy this Christmas. With Microsoft lining up more November marketing partnerships than we can count, the platform holder will need to ensure that it has some PlayStation 4 commercials of its own to...
News Jade Raymond Departs Ubisoft After a Decade in the Job
Will pursue new opportunities
Jade Raymond, one of Ubisoft’s highest profile employees, has decided to depart the French firm after a decade of service. The luminary is perhaps best known for her role as a producer on Assassin’s Creed, but has held multiple positions throughout the company, and was most recently responsible for the formation of...
Tuesday21st Oct 2014
News Bloodborne's Gory Graphics Are 'Off the Charts', Reckons Sony Boss
Wet and wild
We love it when SCEA boss Scott Rohde talks; he pulls off effortlessly cool better than we ever could. As such, we’re not necessarily surprised to hear the likeable executive describe From Software’s upcoming PlayStation 4 exclusive Bloodborne as “off the charts” – even though we’re not entirely sure what that means. We...
Monday20th Oct 2014
News Tekken 7 Takes the Iron Fist Tournament to Task in Arcades Next Year
Jin and tonic
Tekken 7 will punch its way into Japanese arcades in February 2015, publisher Bandai Namco has announced. The beat-‘em-up was only revealed this summer at the Evo 2014 championships in July, but the organisation has been location testing the release for several weeks now overseas. This news is significant, as a PlayStation 4 port is...
News Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare's Launch Trailer Proves That War Never Changes
We'll fight them in the future
It’s become ‘cool’ to hate on Call of Duty, so we’re eager to avoid jumping aboard the bandwagon. That said, we swear that the folks at Activision have a scientific formula for these launch trailers. After all, this Advanced Warfare clip checks all of the boxes; from loud cries of ‘ooh rah’ to an edgy...
News UK Sales Charts: The Evil Within Can't Shoo FIFA 15 from Summit
Ball boo
How many scalps has EA Sports’ soccer sim claimed in the UK sales charts now? FIFA 15 has occupied Chart-Track’s top spot for several weeks since launch, and nothing appears capable of unsettling it – not even Shinji Mikami’s spooky survival horror, The Evil Within. Bethesda’s blockbuster instead finished in second this time, one...
Sunday19th Oct 2014
Review MXGP: The Official Motocross Game (PlayStation 4)
Scrubs up fine
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That’s the mentality that MotoGP maker Milestone appears to be adopting with MXGP: The Official Motocross Game following March’s somewhat unspectacular PlayStation 3 outing. Having been on the receiving end of a bit of a critical soiling, the Italian outfit has now opted to port a...
Monday20th Oct 2014
Push Rewind PS4 Firmware Update 2.00, Grand Theft Auto V Bundles, NPD Sales
The evil within
Push Rewind is back from the dead ready to haunt you ahead of Hallowe’en. Actually, this editor was simply too busy to put together this regular feature last week, so unfortunately it had to lay low for a few days. Thankfully, we’re back with a vengeance this time – and with more reviews and features than you can shake a...
Sunday19th Oct 2014
Review Jet Car Stunts (PlayStation 3)
Trials and error
Jet Car Stunts’ arrival on the PlayStation 3 and Vita marks the popular mobile game’s first foray onto consoles. Historically, adapted smartphone titles end up feeling a little, well, off when they’re converted to consoles – but there are exceptions. The big question, then, is whether Grip Games has managed to make True...
Store Preview Legend of Korra, Samurai Warriors 4, Just Dance 2015
Korra, blimey
There’s set to be a spot of animal magic on the PlayStation Store this week, as zany side-scroller Escape Goat 2 bleats aside the competition, and trots onto Sony’s next-gen system. It’ll be joined by fellow curiosity Fluster Cluck, a four-player party game starring chickens in space suits. It’s a jungle out there. If you’re...
News LittleBigPlanet 3's Plush Edition Packaging Is Just Adorable
Box clever
LittleBigPlanet 3 is currently weeks away from making you melt, and Sony has released the wrapper for the PlayStation 4 exclusive Plush Edition, which you’ll be able to pick up from participating retailers if you pre-order the game prior to relea
Saturday18th Oct 2014
Review F1 2014 (PlayStation 3)
Stuck in the past
One of the hardest things to achieve in a yearly franchise is a hook to keep people coming back. It’s true of not only sports games, but the sports themselves – after all, no one wants to invest time into something that stays the same every year. For Formula 1, the answer has been the biggest shake-up in a generation, with new...
Review Pier Solar and the Great Architects (PlayStation 4)
Pierless
Pier Solar and the Great Architects (or Pier Solar HD) is an updated re-release of a game that launched on the Sega Mega Drive in 2010, and in truth, that tells you just about everything that you need to know. This unashamedly stodgy RPG trades in genre tropes with wild abandon, while brazenly attempting to tug at your nostalgia. And in...
News Good News, PS4 Exclusive DriveClub Almost Works Now
Course corrected
It’s been quite literally a long and winding road since launch, but DriveClub is almost ready to race. Evolution Studios has spent the past ten or so days putting out flames on the game's servers, but has insisted on its Facebook page that “the majority of players should now be able to connect and play online??
News This Upcoming PS4 Bundle Sure Has a Grasp on Mainstream Gamers
Box of treats
As, for lack of a better word, ‘hardcore’ gamers, we tend to put exaggerated emphasis on franchises such as BioShock and Uncharted. While both are critically acclaimed, these properties don’t touch the sales of Call of Duty or Grand Theft Auto – mainstream hits that even the average person at your local pub will be able to...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 43
Sweet talker
Like a particularly aggressive salesman, WAYP refuses to get out of your face. It only feels like a few days ago that this editor was compiling Issue 42, but already Issue 43 is here – we’ll be penning the Christmas special soon. Until then, it’s business as usual: we’ll tell you everything that we’re playing, and then open...
News PlayStation's Leading Ladies Get a Little More Affordable in NA PSN Flash Sale
Girl power
You’ll be able to spend some quality time with PlayStation’s most popular female protagonists this weekend – and you won’t have to break your bank balance in the process. Sony’s discounted tons of top titles such as Fat Princess, Mirror’s Edge, and Portal 2 for the next few days only – with some of the prices going seriously...
News Rebel Galaxy Deploys Dastardly Intergalactic Dogfights on PS4 in 2015
The final frontier
2015 is shaping up to be the year of the space sim, with the recent announcement of Rebel Galaxy signalling the newest entry in the soon-to-be-pervasive genre. This seriously stylish title - created by a handful of the devs behind the Torchlight games - is purportedly going to flip the genre on its head by speeding up its...
Friday17th Oct 2014
News When Will DriveClub: PS Plus Edition Release on PS4?
Flip the switch
In a period where PlayStation Plus has come under more criticism than ever before, DriveClub was supposed to be the sweetener that got everyone back on board. Sony revealed a cut down version of Evolution Studios’ exclusive PlayStation 4 racer at
News Sony: We Don't Want You to Play the Biggest Games without the Biggest Firmware Update
Cryptic clue
One glaring omission from Sony’s big PlayStation 4 firmware update v2.00 reveal last night was the lack of a timeframe. The software refresh – which will include features such as Share Play, YouTube, and
News What Does PS4 Firmware Update 2.00 Look Like?
See the future now
When the news well dries up, we have to find a way to refill it. Fortunately, the folks over at SCEJ have given us a pail of water to work with, uploading a bunch of screenshots from the hotly anticipated PlayStation 4 firmware update v2.00. These are, unfortunately, in Japanese, but a kind Imgur user has done a spot of...
Rumour PS4 Simulation Racer Project CARS Parks Up Until March 2015
Update: Yes, back in the workshop it goes
Slightly Mad Studios appears to have put the brakes on simulation racer Project CARS, which had been set to race onto the PlayStation 4 next month. According to NowGamer, the news was shared with backers on the crowd funded release’s private message board, with an official press release supposedly set to...
News Sony's Smallest Console Will Soon Support Four Player Remote Play
Four the players
Sony's always been quite liberal with its firmware updates, but the Japanese giant seems to have lost the plot recently. Fresh off the back of a PlayStation Vita patch, as well as a truckload of news about the PlayStation 4's incoming expansion, the firm has just announced a totally new update for the PlayStation TV. The patch will...
Thursday16th Oct 2014
News Yes, Sony's Readying an Official Grand Theft Auto V PS4 Bundle
This is how you print money
Even the most ardent fan would find it hard to argue with the momentum that Microsoft seemingly has in November, between co-marketing deals on Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and Assassin’s Creed Unity, as well as its own exclusive games. However, there was always going to be one wildcard in the pre-Christmas battle:...
Feature What's New in PS4 Firmware Update 2.00?
Share Play, music player, themes, and more
Well, that was a short evening. This editor was just about to put his feet up, but Sony has released details regarding the PlayStation 4’s hotly anticipated firmware update v2.00 – and let us tell you, this is a real humdinger. It may be months in the making, but the software refresh – which was...
Friday17th Oct 2014
News September NPD: Sony Silences Analysts as PS4 Sales Surge
Nine month winning streak rolls on
Michael Pachter appears to enjoy pushing gamers’ buttons, so we doubt that he’ll care too much about the egg on his face right now; either way, his prediction that the PlayStation 4’s winning streak would end in September was, well, wrong. Sony actually managed a ninth month atop the NPD sales charts, with
Thursday16th Oct 2014
Rumour Speculation Suggests Major PS4 Exclusives Will Be Unveiled at PlayStation Experience
Doesn't it always?
As is the case with any upcoming industry event, gamers are currently whipping themselves into a major frenzy over the PlayStation Experience event. For those out of the loop, this fan-based Las Vegas convention is set to run from 6th December through until 7th December, and promises to give attendees hands-on time with a bunch of...
News Sony Investigating Online Issues as PSN Plunges into Darkness Again
Down and out
The problem with global gaming networks is that someone is always trying to play – so you better make sure that your service is online, otherwise there’ll be hell to pay. Some will attempt to tell you that the PlayStation Network is always offline, and while that’s not entirely true, there have been more outages over the past...
Sammy Barker talks system sellers
Exclusives are the gamer’s equivalent of bullets. Venture into the dark recesses of any popular video game forum, and you’ll find format fighters striding into battle, armed with a list of titles that’s sure to ensure victory for their given side. It’s only natural, of course, that people should want to...
Review NBA 2K15 (PlayStation 4)
Three-peat
There’s no question that NBA 2K has become the gold standard when it comes to basketball simulators, raising the bar year-after-year with great modes such as ‘My Career’ and ‘My GM’ that allows fans of not only the sport but also the league experience to fashion their own careers. Where this franchise has made its money, though,...
News Sorry Ubisoft, But This Is the Worst Unboxing Ever
Taking the unboxing out of unboxing
Ubisoft, when you label your video as an unboxing, please understand that it comes with a set of standards attached. It’s a bit like the PlayStation TV – people thought that they’d be able to watch Netflix on that thing, and were understandably irritated when they couldn’t. So, while this Far Cry 4 Kyrat...
News Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor is Getting a Fancy New Photo Mode
Precious pictures
Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor has been this month's sleeper hit, and the title just keeps getting better. Indeed, it recently received a patch which included a brand new photo mode - similar to the one's found in inFAMOUS: Second Son, and The Last of Us: Remastered - allowing you to take happy snaps of its haunting and gorg
Video Watch As We Recap September's Best PlayStation Games
Back online
Thank Taffin – the Internet works. Can you imagine a world without underwater cats, Pierce Brosnan, and adult actresses doing really weird things with Bounty bars? Well, that’s exactly what this Video Editor has experienced – and it was awful. BT’s finally fixed your humble host’s busted broadband connection, though, so that...
Wednesday15th Oct 2014
Guide How to Take off Your Training Wheels in DriveClub on PS4
Shoulder to the wheel
DriveClub’s launch has been far from vintage. Evolution Studios spent a year priming the release for podium position following the PlayStation 4 exclusive racer’s delay last year, but server issues have thrown a literal spanner in the works. Fortunately, things are slowly but steadily improving, with be
Review Don't Starve: Giant Edition (PlayStation Vita)
The mysterious beyond
Our review for roguelike survival title Don't Starve and its Reign of Giants expansion discussed the gaming equivalent of Marmite. With its unforgiving, trial-and-error gameplay, it will either leave you in utter frustration, or hook you like fellow crafting sim MineCraft. But with the title now available on the PlayStation...
Weirdness Final Fantasy XV Looks Fantastic on PS4, But It'd Be Better on PSone
Low polygon fan
Look, we’re with you: Final Fantasy XV’s recent PlayStation 4 trailer was a real slice of emo entertainment. However, have you ever wondered what Square Enix’s latest would look like if it was in development some 20 or so years ago? Us neither, but we’re appreciative of Tumblr user
News Alright, We Admit That This Destiny Easter Egg Is Bloomin' Amazing
Spook cave
Destiny may not be this editor’s favourite game in the world, but your humble host will always accept when something’s awesome – and this is awesome. Remember the futuristic shooter’s first ever Loot Cave that was patched up towards the end of September? Well, now it’s haunted. No, seriously. If you head to the location in Old...
News Are You Good Enough? The PlayStation League Launches This Week in Spain
Gaming just got serious
Venture into any video game message board, and you’ll realise that people already take this industry way too seriously. Still, in order to instil a little more anger into an already quite hostile pastime, Sony has revealed the Official PlayStation League in Spain – an eSports-esque [Shudder – Ed] competitive ladder for...
Weirdness What if the PS4 Was a Really Nifty Laptop?
Forget your MacBook Air
There are people that don’t have much spare time – and others that have way too much. One such talented individual is Ed Zarick, a self-taught engineer who may have abnormal amounts of free time, but is at least putting it to good use. Having previously designed the Xbook – a portable Xbox 360 for those out of the loop...
News Your Custom Character's a Bit of a Badass in Dragon Age: Inquisition
Don't mess with the best
We're only a month away from the release of Dragon Age: Inquisition, and it seems like developer BioWare is starting to go all out with promotional material for its open world RPG. After hosting an interesting live stream that featured the game's character creation system, the Canadian studio's gifted us with a new trailer...
Store Update 15th October 2014 (Europe)
The raunchy, the creepy, and the creative
This week's selection is leaving us spoiled, and we haven't even hit November yet. If you're eager to gear up ready for some pre-Hallowe'en thrills, there's The Evil Within and Lone Survivor: The Director’s Cut. Meanwhile, if you're looking to live life on the wild side, then you can play with just the...
News Saints Row Gats Out of Hell a Little Earlier Than Anticipated on PS4, PS3
Hell froze over
As someone that wanted to record a concept album on the seven deadly sins [Don’t ask – Ed], we’re glad that a studio with actual talent is tackling the idea. Saints Row IV’s upcoming expansion, Gat Out of Hell, will boast seven firearms straight out of Satan’s weapon closet – and the brand new trailer embedded below gives...
Thursday16th Oct 2014
News DriveClub Developer to Roll Out New Game Update to Improve Online Issues
"We're working around the clock"
Even though DriveClub’s issues are slowly edging into ‘unacceptable’ territory as far as we’re concerned, we suppose that developer Evolution Studios does at least deserve credit for providing updates on the game’s progress every 24 hours. That’s surely something, right? Sigh. Seriously, though, the...
Wednesday15th Oct 2014
News Resident Evil: Revelations 2 Release Date Playing Dead a Little Longer
You may have herb otherwise
Capcom has put a bullet in the cranium of rumours regarding Resident Evil: Revelations 2’s release date. Speculation caused by a PlayStation 4 pre-order page on the PlayStation Store overnight prompted dozens of publications to report that the episodic survival horror spin-off will start in February, but the Japanese...
Tuesday14th Oct 2014
Review The Evil Within (PlayStation 4)
Clair de Loony
The Evil Within knows how to make you sweat. Tango Gameworks’ disgusting debut outing will leave you teetering on the precipice of failure with every twisted encounter, causing you to curse your shortage of resources or your character’s lack of superhuman strength. This is a game that, like its survival horror superiors, isn’t...
Review Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus (PlayStation Vita)
Well rounded
First impressions count for a lot in this fickle industry. Whether it's art style, design choices, or DLC policies, it's surprisingly easy to lose all interest in a game that doesn't initially match up to your personal preferences. For Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus, this is a big problem, as from the word go, you're bombarded by big,...
Guide Everything You Need to Know About PlayStation TV
Micro machine
We didn’t think that we’d be reporting on another hardware launch so soon after the PlayStation 4, but Sony likes to keep us on our toes. Announced to a standing ovation in Japan last year, the PlayStation TV – also known as the PS Vita TV overseas – is due out this holiday in Europe and North America, complete with a snappier...
News You Won't Be Doing Much Video Streaming on PlayStation TV
Turn off
Sony may want to check that it’s not breaking any advertising standards here, as the PlayStation TV seems like a pretty poor video streaming system. Back at E3 2014 earlier in the year, a laborious Shawn Layden monologue mentioned that the diminutive device would host plenty of “video and music streaming services”. As it turns out, it...
Review Skylanders: Trap Team (PlayStation 4)
Money trap
Whether you’re a seven-year-old or a 30-year-old, there’s joy to be found in the Skylanders series. Whether it’s the cheesy humour and cute visuals, the simple puzzles and combat, the imaginative heroes and villains, or perhaps the detailed collectible figurines, this uber-popular property has you covered. And capturing your...
Out This Week Borderlands, The Evil Within, Minecraft: PS Vita Edition, Peggle 2
Oh my goodness
Holy schnitzel, if you thought that last week’s edition of Out This Week was stacked with an insurmountable number of new releases, then this instalment is in a whole different league. With the summer being comparatively barren for new PlayStation software, we’re not sure why developers big and small have decided to deploy their...
Wednesday15th Oct 2014
News What Kind of Levels Are Being Made in the LittleBigPlanet 3 Beta?
Play, create, stare
There’s no doubt that LittleBigPlanet campaigns are always entertaining, but the series’ real longevity comes from its user generated content. Boot up any one of Sackboy’s previous outings – barring, perhaps, black sheep LittleBigPlanet Karting – and we guarantee that you’ll be blown away by some of the levels created...
Tuesday14th Oct 2014
Store Update 14th October 2014 (North America)
Take your pick
Has anyone else got a better introductory sentence? These weekly PlayStation Store updates come around so quickly that we feel like a broken record at times. Still, we suppose that complaining about that fact gives us a new lead in to this North American refresh, which hosts the likes of The Evil Within and Borderlands: The...
News No Fair! Japan's Getting The Unfinished Swan on PS4 and Vita Next Week
Still not finished, apparently
You may recall a rumour that was floating about the internet late last year which suggested that PlayStation 3 classic The Unfinished Swan would be recklessly flinging paint onto the PlayStation 4. The speculations were soon shot down, but we've kept our fingers crossed ever since. Apparently all our appendage-based...
News There Was Almost a Saints Row Brawler for PlayStation Move
Enter the dominatrix
In many ways, the PlayStation Move seems like a perfect controller for the Saints Row series – after all, the ill-fated motion wand already resembles a great big vibrating... Seriously, though, Unseen64.net has unearthed a bunch of information on Saints Row: The Cooler,
News Octodad Fumbles as New Patch Causes Save Data Issues
Parental problems
This week marks the return of everyone's favourite father figure, with the launch of two free Octodad: Dadliest Catch scenarios to wreak havoc with. Sadly, while you may be eager to play Doctor and Romeo in these extended episodes, the crustacean isn't the only catch, as players are reporting save data issues following the update...
Monday13th Oct 2014
News DriveClub Dev Considering Compensation Options for Disastrous Launch
Company had 'confidence' in servers
DriveClub actually performed pretty well in this week’s UK sales charts update, meaning that the racer sold reasonably at retail. That makes its launch issues all the more problematic, because, potentially, thousands of people are stuck with a game that doesn’t work as advertised. This has prompted game...
News How Many People Play Destiny on Average Every Day?
A lot
Browse any website or message board, and you’ll find plenty of people whining about Destiny – but a month removed from its release, the title is still performing incredibly well. In a post on Bungie.net, the developer has revealed that an average of 3.2 million people play the futuristic first-person shooter for approximately three hours...
News Pachter: PS4's American Winning Streak Ended in September
Analyst predicts an upset
Sony was always expected to start this generation on the front foot globally, as the PlayStation brand simply has much more worldwide appeal than its closest competitor. However, the fact that the PlayStation 4 has effortlessly won major markets such as the UK and North America will be a real concern for the folks at...
Round Up Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel PS3 Reviews Aren't Claptrap
Wilhelm scream
While we’re aware that there are millions of people who haven’t upgraded to the PlayStation 4 yet, sales have shifted in favour of Sony’s next-gen super machine. Recent cross-platform titles such as Destiny and Watch Dogs all sold best on the Japanese giant’s latest box, putting Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel in a strange...
News DriveClub Increases the Number of Players Able to Hit the Online Starting Grid
Still no update on the PS Plus Edition
We haven’t been studying witchcraft or anything, but for a few precious moments this evening, we were able to connect to DriveClub’s servers. Considering our absence of expertise in the dark arts, that’s probably a sign that Evolution Studios is finally getting on top of its debut Pla
Tuesday14th Oct 2014
News Killzone: Mercenary Prepares for PlayStation TV with Patch
Show stopper
We’re not entirely sure why Sony’s opted to delay the PlayStation TV for a month in Europe, but those of you in North America will be able to wrap your hands around the nifty little microconsole starting from tomorrow. And in order to celebrate that momentous occasion, Guerrilla Cambridge has deployed a timely patch for Killzone:...
Monday13th Oct 2014
News Resident Evil TV Series to Rise Following Final Movie
Ada know what to say
Remember those live-action Resident Evil movies? Well, they’re still being made – and now there are plans for a television series to debut following the release of the sixth (and, allegedly, final) cinematic flick. Resident Evil: The Last Chapter is currently being written, and will see all of the franchise's ‘famous’...
News Fencing Sim Nidhogg Strategically Shuffles onto PS4 and Vita This Week
En garde
If there's one thing Sony's system's are sorely lacking, it's games about fencing that feature giant cosmic worms which devour the inferior player. Luckily, Nidhogg is here to fill that hideously underrepresented niche. The inventive indie joins recent PlayStation Plus freebie Sportsfriends as an example of smaller developers making...
News UK Sales Charts: FIFA 15 Brushes Aside Alien: Isolation and DriveClub
League leaders
FIFA 15 is a bit like a Jose Mourinho team at the minute: stubborn and utterly unbeatable. Despite the release of Alien: Isolation and DriveClub last week, neither could unsettle the soccer sim from its perch at the top of the UK sales charts. The former debuted in second, which may disappoint publisher SEGA a little seeing as it...
Sunday12th Oct 2014
Review Dust: An Elysian Tail (PlayStation 4)
Elysian feels
You wake up in the middle of a field with no idea who you are, or what you’re doing. A totally foreign winged creature flitters about, its aggravatingly chipper voice flinging questions at you incessantly. The ornate sword at your feet can also talk, but thankfully its voice is mercifully sombre. It informs you that you need to go on...
News Throwback Maps Raid Resident Evil: Revelations 2 on PS4, PS3
Great Ganados
It sounds like those of you that pre-order the episodic Resident Evil: Revelations 2 from the PlayStation Store for either the PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 3 will score an additional treat in the form of some extra Raid maps. Those of you that played the original will be familiar with this mode, which sees you fighting your way through...
News This New Far Cry 4 Trailer Shows Off Kyrat's Colourful Characters
Kyrat race
There's a new Far Cry game on the horizon, which means that Ubisoft is hard at work sending us trailers every other day. We've not posted them all, of course, because we can only listen to so much marketing jargon and dubstep before we permanently reinvent the definition of insanity. But on a lazy - and decidedly slow - Sunday like today,...
News Tales of Hearts R Cuddles Up to PlayStation TV Next Month
Love at first sight
Hotly anticipated PlayStation Vita JRPG Tales of Hearts R is striding gallantly towards its 11th November and 14th November launch in North America and Europe respectively – but there’s one last piece of good news for Bandai Namco to share before the title sticks its sword into store shelves. Indeed, those of you not keen on...
Saturday11th Oct 2014
Feature Why Do Next-Gen Games Keep Disappointing?
PS poor
DriveClub, one of Sony’s big exclusive PlayStation 4 games, launched this week to a largely lukewarm reception. Evolution Studios’ hotly anticipated racing title had been paraded as one of the first must-have next-gen releases, only for a string of middling reviews to siphon any fuel out of its tank. The critical response, as a whole,...
Sunday12th Oct 2014
News DriveClub v1.03 Patch Begins to Put PS4 Racer Back on Track
And the crowd goes wild
DriveClub’s launch has hardly been vintage, but at this point we’re rooting for developer Evolution Studios to resolve the issues – primarily because we’ve been playing the game offline, and reckon that it’s a lot better than some of the early reviews would lead you to believe. Fortunately, the title has been slowly...
Saturday11th Oct 2014
News Is PSN Down Yet Again? For Some, the Answer's Yes
It only does offline
Whether it can be helped or not, Sony needs to realise that it can’t have consumers spewing bile about the PlayStation Network every other day. While the online service is nowhere near as poor as some people would have you believe, it has been
Sunday12th Oct 2014
News Snow Joke! Standalone White PS4 Coming to UK Next Week
Winter wonderbox
Personally, we quite like the idea of all of our home entertainment appliances being the same colour (black), but if you don’t suffer from a pesky case of OCD, then you may be tempted by the white PlayStation 4 console. Previously, this was only available alongside Destiny or DriveClub, but, as promised by Worldwide Studios...
Saturday11th Oct 2014
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 42
Chirp, chirp
The songbirds will keep on singing, and we’ll keep on playing video games. With the thrust of the holiday season now in full swing, there’s no shortage of titles to choose from – as is evidenced by the variety outlined by our team of writers below. Of course, with reviews to write and news to report on, there’s no real time to...
Friday10th Oct 2014
News Here's How to Get into PS4 Shooter Evolve's 'Big Alpha' Test
Beta be good
It seems that Alpha and Beta tests are all the rage these days. Destiny arguably mastered this technique, with countless players pre-ordering the title in order to get a taste of its extra-terrestrial escapades. In truth, we reckon this is pretty good idea, as it allows any potential online functionality problems to be hashed out before...
News PlayStation Experience Pledges a Peek into the Future of PS4
Breathe slowly
This came out of nowhere, didn’t it? Sony has announced a two-day community event in Las Vegas named PlayStation Experience, which promises to offer an “exclusive first look at what’s coming next in 2015”. This could just mean that the platform holder’s going to allow attendees to get some hands-on time with the likes of...
News DriveClub's Servers Appear to Be Still Smoking Like a Burnt Out Sports Car
Crash and burn
How we’d love to be a fly on the wall at Evolution Studios right now. DriveClub’s launch has quite possibly been the biggest disaster since... Well, that comparison’s ugly and inappropriate, so we won’t go there. The point is, though, that a game sold on its network functionality should be playable online right now, so the...
First Impressions Take a Minute to Learn About One of PS4's Hidden Gems
60 second smash
Without meaning to sound like a jaded so-and-so, the one problem with reporting on video games is that they rarely have the ability to surprise. As an infant, this particular editor used to relish trips to underground game stores where shelves of import titles gazed gleefully back – every single one of them a mysterious entity with...
News Ubisoft: Why Would We Ever Hold Assassin's Creed Unity Back?
Arno idea
Ubisoft has given a more detailed response to accusations that it’s held the PlayStation 4 version of Assassin’s Creed Unity back in order to match the specifications of the Xbox One release. An interview with senior producer Vincent Pontbriand earlier in the week insinuated as much, but in a UbiBlog post, the c
News DLC Locations Are Already Being Discovered in Destiny
If Bungie build it, they will glitch it
We’re not particularly fond of conspiracy theories, but there are a fair few who believe that Destiny is so darn empty because Activision wants to sell you the bulk of the game’s content as DLC. To be honest, we’re not sure that we’re 100 per cent on board with that idea, but it’s clear that the...
News LittleBigPlanet 3 Swoops into European Stores a Week Late
Knit to worry
LittleBigPlanet 3 looks and plays amazingly, but poor little Sackboy must be cowering in absolute terror at the prospect of releasing in November. The game had originally been set to deploy on 19th November in Europe – the same week as Dragon Age: Inquisition, Far Cry 4,
Thursday9th Oct 2014
Review Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition (PlayStation 4)
Dim same
In a gaming sphere that currently adores sandbox and open world games, too few gamers would recognise the name Wei Shen. Sleeping Dogs' lead is a troubled character who makes the likes of Aiden Pearce seem annoyingly lacking in the personality department, and the aforementioned title that our chaotic cop comes from is often similarly...
Friday10th Oct 2014
News Sony to Deploy Back End Improvements During PSN Maintenance
Ooh, matron
We thought that Sony had solved all of the PlayStation Network’s woes, but the infamous DDoS attack earlier in the year appears to have left the platform holder’s infrastructure rocking. Destiny’s launch came and went with nary a disconnect, bu
Thursday9th Oct 2014
Review Fibbage: The Hilarious Bluffing Party Game (PlayStation 4)
Sweet little lies
If you’ve got a poker face like Lady GaGa, then Fibbage is for you. This is an intriguing bluffing game for two to eight players, which takes an interesting twist on the typical quiz genre, prompting you to enter ridiculous, silly, or downright rude pieces of trivia, with the aim being to convince your pals that they’re true...
Review Chariot (PlayStation 4)
Chariots of fire
Quebec-based Frima Studio is no stranger to indies on the PlayStation brand. For those who aren’t familiar, the developer made the entertainment Young Thor and A Space Shooter for Two Bucks for PlayStation Minis. It’s now crafted its very first PlayStation 4 title called Chariot – a physics-based, 2D platformer. In the game, a...
News Evolution Studios: We're As Frustrated About DriveClub Issues As You Are
Car me a river
It hasn’t been a vintage launch for PlayStation 4 exclusive racer DriveClub, has it? In addition to Sony bungling the game’s box art and some less than stellar review scores, the title’s servers have also collapsed – resulting in a
Review Defense Grid 2 (PlayStation 4)
Ivory tower
Tower defence is a tricky genre to get right: it must strike the perfect balance between simplicity and challenge to avoid any dullness. Add in a home console controller that allows less inputs than a mouse and keyboard combination, and you have yourself a disaster waiting to happen. Defense Grid 2 seems to get the formula just right,...
Review Ar Nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star (PlayStation 3)
Lost in Space
In a world where songs can kill and chatting with semi-naked girls in bathtubs is part of a sacred ceremony, a religious war has split two factions in half. Propaganda and aggression have kept these two groups separate for long enough that neither realises one simple truth: that there are real people on both sides. Ar Nosurge: Ode to...
News Surprise, Surprise! PS4's Likely Getting a Grand Theft Auto V Bundle
A real shocker
Sony loves hardware bundles almost as much as bad launches and poorly paced press conferences. The company has, in Europe at least, been packaging its latest console with virtually every game under the sun over the past 12 months, so it’s no real surprise
News Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Update Incoming 'Really Soon'
Nate for it
Sony’s not totally done for the year yet. In an interview with Game Crate, Evan Wells, the big cheese at Naughty Dog, has hinted that we’ll be seeing more of its PlayStation 4 exclusive Uncharted: A Thief’s End “really soon”. These comments mirror those made by creative director Neil Druckmann prior
News MineCraft Builds a Brick House on PlayStation Vita Next Week
Mine and yours
Prior to the Microsoft acquisition, there were a few concerns that it would never happen, but MineCraft: PS Vita Edition finally has a date – in Europe at least. 4J Studios – the team behind the portable port – revealed on Twitter overnight that the handheld house making simulator will deploy on
Game of the Month September 2014 - Destiny
Destined for greatness
It comes as little surprise, but September was a great month for gaming. Signalling the beginning of the holiday rush, it was packed with enjoyable releases and subsequently high scores, which made our always intense staff vote all the more interesting. This isn't the first time that we've argued amongst ourselves regarding...
News Geometry Wars Finally Makes Its PlayStation Debut in November
Acute and cuddly
After two successive snubs, the Geometry Wars series is finally making it onto Sony platforms, with Geometry Wars3: Dimensions launching on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3. The sharp shooting title will hit the digital marketplace on 25th November in North America, and the following day in Europe. As for pricing, the game will set...
Wednesday8th Oct 2014
News DisasterClub? Sony Delays DriveClub: PS Plus Edition Due to Server Issues
Slow clap
If a publisher wanted to know how to scupper the success of one of their big Christmas games, we reckon that Sony’s ripped up and re-written the rulebook with DriveClub. Not content with delaying the game for a year, pledging a tepid pre-release marketing plan, and making
News Grand Theft Auto V May Hijack a Chunk of Your PS4's Hard Drive
Standing room only
Grand Theft Auto V was already one of the larger last-gen games, rendering it completely incompatible with 12GB PlayStation 3 consoles – so it’s perhaps no surprise to see it slot in the upper-echelon of next-gen titles, too. A listing on the PlayStation Store suggests that Rockstar’s remastered epic will consume 50GB of...
News Wait, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Is Cross-Buy on PS4 and PS3?
Advanced incentives
As amazing as the initiative is, cross-buy has largely been reserved for smaller digital games thus far, outside of some big first-party forays like PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale and Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time. Despite this, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – arguably one of the biggest releases this holiday – will be...
Store Update 8th October 2014 (Europe)
No Wei
As is the case in North America, it’s a big week for the European PlayStation Store as well. Highlights include, of course, Alien: Isolation and DriveClub – but there’s also a little title called Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition supposedly set to deploy this Friday, too. No, we had no idea that it was out so soon either.
News NBA 2K15 Doesn't Always Look Good, and These Pics Prove It
Monsters in our midst
Face scanning features rarely ever work, and NBA 2K15’s is no different. Despite being one of the better looking next-gen franchises, 2K Sports’ latest has kicked up shots of some frightening looking players – all made possible thanks to the power of the PlayStation Camera. Yeah, maybe that thing would be best left for...
Thursday9th Oct 2014
News Masterfully Unlock 10 Minutes of Resident Evil Remaster HD Footage
Barry Burton demands it
Quit tucking into that Jill Sandwich, and take a look at this: ten whole minutes of Resident Evil Remaster HD footage, running on the PlayStation 4. Also due out on the PlayStation 3 early next year, the title is a port of a port, possibly designed to pull the leg of those who’ve been complaining about the number of...
Wednesday8th Oct 2014
News Kingdom Hearts III Levels Up with Unreal Engine 4 Support
Keyblade kerching
With veteran heel dragger Tetsuya Nomura in charge, we all know that Kingdom Hearts III is several years away. However, the legendary developer seems eager to shake off his longstanding reputation, by being proactive and switching production to Unreal Engine 4 – ditching the firm’s in-house technology in the process. “Surely...
Tuesday7th Oct 2014
News When the Heck Is PS4 Firmware Update 2.00 Deploying?
Soon, it seems
In reality, it hasn’t been that long since the PlayStation 4’s hotly anticipated 2.00 firmware update was announced – but that hasn’t stopped us from yearning at the prospect of the functionality enhancing digital download. Fortunately, platform holder Sony stresses that it’s not far away now, so you won’t have too much...
First Impressions Does WWE 2K15 on PS4 Have Heavyweight Pedigree?
Yes! Yes! Yes!
If you heard loud screaming coming from the back corner of Earls Court, it may have been us. Yes, 2K Sports brought the PlayStation 4 version of WWE 2K15 to the UK’s biggest video game fair this year, EGX London, and throwing ourselves at a free demo unit, it became all too apparent why our fellow revellers were yelling at full tilt...
Wednesday8th Oct 2014
News Grand Theft Auto V's PlayStation Store Pre-Order Bonus Is Garbage
Sadly, not the band
Those searching for an excuse to return to Los Santos this holiday season will find one in the PlayStation 4 port of Grand Theft Auto V next month – and it’s available to pre-order from the North American PlayStation Store right now. Sony previously promised that there’d be an extra incentive for its own loyal
Tuesday7th Oct 2014
News Sony Engineers Working on DriveClub, Destiny, and NBA 2K15 Connectivity Issues
Keep calm and play on
Sony may be on cloud nine in terms of PlayStation 4 hardware sales right now, but its servers have seemed a teensy bit shaky ever since its network got DDoS attacked earlier in the year. Fortunately, there have been no major outages of kinds, but
Round Up DriveClub PS4 Reviews Target Pole Position
Low on gas
At least everyone can agree that it looks pretty, right? The first batch of DriveClub reviews have crossed the finish line – and, well, it’s all looking a teensy bit mixed. Despite spending an extra 12 or so months in the tuning shop, Evolution Studios’ next-gen racer appears to have fallen somewhat short of a podium place, with...
News Oh No! Sony Has Even Bungled DriveClub's Box
Proof is in the pudding
As the editor of a relatively popular PlayStation website, typos are this author’s immortal enemy. However, we pump out such a vast amount of content every day that any embarrassing slip-ups fortunately get buried in a matter of hours – but that’s not the case when you’re in charge of producing the text on the back of...
News Assassin's Creed Unity Could Still Reach 1080p on the PS4
How high can you climb?
Assassin’s Creed Unity’s current specifications may yet be for the chop, as Ubisoft has stressed that nothing is set in stone yet. Senior producer Vincent Pontbriand caused a merde tempête of epic proportions yesterday when he suggested that the PlayStation 4 version of the firm’s forthcoming French revolution foray...
Out This Week DriveClub, Alien Isolation, Spelunky PS4, Pix the Cat
Thank the gaming gods
Wow! This may well be the biggest week for new PlayStation releases since the PlayStation 4 launched last year. Now that Destiny is out of the way, the holiday season is really kicking off in style – and this edition of Out This Week has a little something for everyone. Whether you want to rock your birthday suit in Akiba’s...
Store Update 7th October 2014 (North America)
Holy moly
They say that the PlayStation 4 has no games, but by goodness does this PlayStation Store update argue differently. There are a total of eight new titles to choose from in this week’s North American refresh, as well as a bunch of PlayStation 3 and Vita releases, too. Oddly enough, there’s no mention of the DriveClub: PS Plus Edition,...
News Whoa, LittleBigPlanet 3 Features a Seriously Star-Studded Voice Cast
Fry and Laurie reunited
The LittleBigPlanet franchise was already leading the pack when it came to narration, thanks to Stephen Fry's dulcet voiceovers. However, there's always room for improvement, and in the franchise's newest entry that improvement comes in the form of a fully voice-acted adventure. What's more, the recently revealed cast members...
News Ubisoft Insists That Assassin's Creed Unity Hasn't Been Scaled Back on PS4
Res Misérables
Ubisoft has attempted to still the unrest caused by yesterday’s French Resolution. Some slightly misjudged comments by senior producer Vincent Pontbriand suggested that the publisher had scaled back the PlayStation 4 version of Assassin’s Creed Unity in order to match the specifications of the Xbox One release, but a spokesperson...
News The Invizimals Put Up a Fresh Fight on PlayStation Vita This Month
Hide and seek
It doesn’t feel like that long since the last major Invizimals outing launched in Europe, but already the sequel has apparated into sight. A huge success in its native Spain, Invizimals: The Resistance is set to launch on Sony’s handheld system on 29th October, and will plot the return of Brian Blessed’s brilliant beard. Who...
Monday6th Oct 2014
Review Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (PlayStation 4)
That’s what we’re Tolkien about
It’s natural to be sceptical about licensed video games, and everyone has the right to feel this way about them, especially when a blockbuster-sized one comes around with a burden of expectations and hype to live up to, despite having a broad ancestry of mediocre releases. Of course, we’re referring to...
Guide How to Stay Alive in Alien: Isolation on PS4
Sevastopol survivor
As anyone that’s been chased by an eight foot alien will attest, stayin’ alive ain’t as easy as the Bee Gees once made it sound. However, we’ve been sharpening up our stealth skills in Alien: Isolation on the PlayStation 4 of late, and we’ve got some tips to help you to stay safe on the abandoned Sevastopol space...
News Ubisoft Locks Assassin's Creed Unity's PS4 Resolution to Avoid Debates
Gulp
Either someone at Ubisoft has said something very silly, or there’s some seriously shady stuff going on behind the scenes. Those that have been following the console industry closely over the past year or so will be aware that the PlayStation 4 has showed a significant technical lead over its closest competitor the Xbox One – and that’s...
Video Listen to Us Discuss the PS4's Biggest Upcoming Games
Pod thing
One of the biggest requests for Push Square both internally and externally is some kind of podcast, but it’s been on the backburner for some time now. However, at EGX London last week, we decided to give the idea a go, in order to catalogue both our experiences on the show floor – and also see if the concept would actually, y'know,...
Weirdness This Minecraft Remake of P.T. is Almost as Scary as The Original
Block party
It was only a matter of time before a crafty fan remade Hideo Kojima's harrowing P.T. demo in Minecraft, and, as usual, the enterprising community has outdone itself. All of your favourite moments are represented here: the famous looping hallway, the embarrassingly dirty bathroom, and, of course, the lingering sense that downloading this...
News Yes! PSone Title Vib Ribbon Is Rockin' and Rollin' onto the PS Store
Fashionably late
Remember when, for a few fleeting seconds, it seemed like new SCEA president Shawn Layden was going to say something interesting during Sony’s big E3 press conference this year? The animated executive seemed to segue into a segment about legendary PSone release Vib Ribbon – only to drop the title as quickly as he touched upon...
News The Crew Takes Time to Make a Few Additional Recruits
Ambitious racer spending a few extra weeks in the workshop
Ubisoft will be taking a little extra time to tinker with its ambitious open world racing release The Crew, as the title has taken a detour into December. The constantly connected ‘CaRPG’ had originally been set to take to the track on 11th November, but will now hit the road on 2nd...
News UK Sales Charts: None Shall Pass FIFA 15, As Shadow of Mordor Enters in Second
Lord of the league
FIFA 15 fought off its first big competitor for the title this week, remaining at the summit of the UK sales charts – despite the excellent Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor deploying on Friday. The Lord of the Rings spin-off entered in second, netting the biggest ever British launch for a game based on the fantasy franchise. The...
Sunday5th Oct 2014
Review Alien: Isolation (PlayStation 4)
RIPley
Creative Assembly’s greatest challenge with Alien: Isolation was always going to be keeping the title’s gruesome game of cat and mouse interesting over the course of a complete campaign – and it would have succeeded, if it knew when to roll the credits. There’s always a cry from money conscious consumers for more content, but SEGA’s...
Review Slender: The Arrival (PlayStation 3)
A walk in the woods
The mythos of Slenderman shouldn’t be much of a mystery anymore. The abnormally tall creature with no discernible facial features and a rockin’ tuxedo has blown up in popularity these past couple of years. This is mostly due to popular web series Marble Hornets, but another thing that added to the creepy character’s...
Monday6th Oct 2014
Push Rewind PS4 Bundles, PS Plus Freebies, and DriveClub Details
Last minute
Wow, when did it get so busy? One minute we were enjoying a nice summer holiday, now we’re staring at an apocalyptic review list – and trying to put a brave face on it all. This very feature was a casualty of our hectic schedule last week, as we opted to travel back from EGX London rather than piece together your regular dose of Push...
Sunday5th Oct 2014
Review Anomaly 2 (PlayStation 4)
Turning the tables
Tower defence is more of a niche genre for a particular subset of gamers. The slow pace and constant, strategic management of resources that characterises the games may sound like either a fun time or a monotonous drag to you, but something like Anomaly 2 is, er, an anomaly. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to play as...
Saturday4th Oct 2014
News Yes, You Can Extend Paul Phoenix's Hair in Tekken 7 on PS4
Hair we go
Tekken 7 is still some way away from being released on the PlayStation 4, but Bandai Namco is currently location testing the arcade version around Japan. This pre-release strategy is often employed in the East, as a means for publishers to market their upcoming titles – and also get important feedback on balancing issues and more...
Store Preview DriveClub, Alien: Isolation, NBA 2K15, PlayStation Plus Freebies
It's full of stars
PlayStation Store updates can be dreadfully disappointing affairs. You wait all week for them to come around, only to find that there’s nothing in the lineup that you want to buy. We’re confident that that won’t be the case this coming Tuesday, however, as Sony has compiled one of the most exciting software rosters in quite...
Review Futuridium EP Deluxe (PlayStation 4)
Spacecubes
The work of a space pilot is never done – and in Futuridium EP Deluxe, you'll learn this firsthand. This retro themed shooter attempts to combine classic genre tropes with modern sensibilities, while also providing a cacophony of visual and sonic stimulation. But does this ship reach warp speed, or could it have used a bit longer in the...
Sunday5th Oct 2014
Weirdness This Is How Activision Should Have Marketed Destiny
Seriously
Destiny’s been at the butt of our jokes for several weeks now, but we can’t resist one last subtle prod. The folks over at Smosh – remember when they used to lip-sync Pokémon songs? – have concocted an ‘Honest’ trailer for Bungie’s mega shooter, which depicts how the first-person affair should have been marketed. Throughout...
Saturday4th Oct 2014
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 41
Neon pie
We’re teetering on the precipice of gameageddon. Our super secret review document is filled with titles, reviewers have been assigned, and Push Square Towers is awash with complaints regarding the length of certain releases. Anybody would think that we’d entered the third circle of Hell or something. Still, with such animation behind...
News There Are Some Nice Naughty Dog Exhibits on Display for the Firm's 30th Anniversary
Top dog
Naughty Dog, the studio behind Crash Bandicoot, Jak & Daxter, Uncharted, and The Last of Us, is 30 years old, and in order to acknowledge that momentous occasion, the company is celebrating in style. As posted earlier in the year, the fi
Friday3rd Oct 2014
Review FIFA 15 (PlayStation 4)
Straight down the middle
Reviewing FIFA tends to get harder as the years pass, especially when there are no new gameplay innovations or drastic blueprint alterations to shout about. Last year's entry felt like a step up purely because of the graphical and technical improvements that came courtesy of new hardware, but FIFA 15 is obviously unable to...
Saturday4th Oct 2014
News Don't Crash Your Car in DriveClub on PlayStation 4
Over and out of the race
We wished that we could pad out slow news days with pictures of kittens chasing their tails, but unfortunately the company directors may have something to say about that. Fortunately, we can fill out the evening with DriveClub clips, like the one embedded below. Thank you Evolution Studios for giving us something to write...
Friday3rd Oct 2014
Round Up Alien: Isolation PS4 Reviews Hold Their Breath
Don't make a sound
You’d think that it would be easy to make a game about eight-foot aliens stomping around spaceships. However, if the abysmal Aliens: Colonial Marines taught us anything, it’s that it’s not so straightforward at all. Fortunately, the Creative Assembly has been quietly attempting to write a few wrongs behind its inconspicuous...
News Forget That Awesome UK PS4 Package, This One Is Better
Impulse purchase
There has never been a better time to buy a PlayStation 4 in the UK. Retailers are competing for your custom ahead of the busy Christmas shopping season, and prices are getting slashed like there’s no tomorrow. There are also some great unofficial bundles doing the rounds, like the one that we spotted at GAME earlier in the week...
First Impressions Squeezing the Cheeks of LittleBigPlanet 3 on PS4
Sack joy
Like a cuddly toy that’s slipped down the side of a forgetful infant’s bed, there’s a sense that LittleBigPlanet 3 is getting overlooked. Caught among the onslaught of holiday releases, Sackboy and his band of burlap buddies have failed to catch the interest of the robotic hordes fawning over annualised outings such as Call of Duty:...
Saturday4th Oct 2014
News PS4 Takes the Gadget of the Year Gong at the T3 Awards
Brushes aside iPhone 5S and Xbox One
There’s a good chance that you’re reading this website because you love PlayStation, but let’s not pretend that there aren’t dozens of other snazzy gizmos out there. The market is practically flooded with nifty appliances these days, which perhaps makes the PlayStation 4’s success at the T3 Awards all...
Friday3rd Oct 2014
News How Many Maps Will Deploy with Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare?
Enough to keep you occupied
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is strapping on its Exosuit and getting ready to rocket jump onto your PlayStation 4 – but how many multiplayer maps will launch with the first-person shooter? Writing on Twitter, Michael Condrey of Sledgehammer Games has confirmed that you’ll get 14 maps out of the box, though you’ll...
Feature Our Three Favourite PS4 Games from EGX London 2014
The final word
The ballot papers have been collected, counted, rigged, re-counted, and revealed – and Alien: Isolation has won this year’s official EGX London 2014 game of the show. We’re contrary kittens here at Push Square, though, and we reckon that the British gaming public’s got its favourite PlayStation 4 titles in the wrong order...
News Kick the Hobbit with This Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor PS4 Trailer
Looking sharp
Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor is like the little engine that could. While we were certainly excited for the title, its extremely positive reviews have sealed it as one of the must-have games in the already packed month of October. And in order to remind everyone of its existence, developer Monolith Productions has released a nifty new...
Thursday2nd Oct 2014
News This Enormous PS4 Bundle Is Bordering on Parody
Chuck everything in
In addition to wiping the floor with Microsoft's abhorrent used games policies, Sony’s strategy for the latest generation seems to have centred on one very simple tactic: bundle everything. The platform holder has announced a dizzying number of hardware packages over the past 12 months, and this set available in Germany is the...
Feature What Do You Get in DriveClub: PS Plus Edition on PS4?
Fast and furious
DriveClub: PS Plus Edition is undoubtedly the highlight of October’s massive PlayStation Plus update, but you may be pondering what the free PlayStation 4 download actually includes. As the name indicates, this isn’t the full version of Evolution Studios’ next-gen racer, but a cut down copy designed to give you a taste of the...
Reaction EGX London Hammers Another Nail in PS Vita's Coffin
Dead too soon
Sony managed to squeeze a double-decker bus onto its booth at EGX London last week, but we didn’t spot a single PlayStation Vita. The flailing format has been largely ignored at the platform holder’s various press conferences this year, but has always enjoyed a strong showfloor presence, with titles such as Freedom Wars and
News PlayStation Home May Live on the PlayStation 4 Yet
Another brick in the wall
PlayStation Home is being boarded up. Sony announced late last week that it will be evicting residents from its ambitious virtual world, and dismantling the servers like an old block of flats. For many of us, it’s an opportunity to point and laugh at the service’s protracted lifespan – but this move is going to...
Friday3rd Oct 2014
Rumour 14GB Will Be Enough to Contain the Cuteness of PS4 Exclusive LittleBigPlanet 3
PS Move compatibility also on the cards
A little like DriveClub, the upcoming LittleBigPlanet 3 is one of those titles that we want nestling on our PlayStation 4’s hard drive. Sony’s exclusive lineup this year seems built around pickup and play experiences that will have long legs, and Sackboy’s latest errand looks particularly likely to...
Thursday2nd Oct 2014
News PSN Offline Yet Again as Connections Drop Around the Globe
The age of the outage
Well, this is starting to look bad, isn’t it? We understand that networks go wrong sometimes, but Sony’s got to ensure that the PlayStation Network stays online longer than this – if only to avoid a constant barrage of negative press. Indeed, there are reports around
News Sony: The Last Guardian Development Couldn't Be Better
"That might be a bit of an exaggeration"
At this point, we’re convinced that the inevitable documentary detailing the production of The Last Guardian will be better than any game that Team ICO actually manage to ship. As part of an interview with Japanese publication Famitsu, Sony Worldwide Studios gaffer Shuhei Yoshida reiterated that the long...
News Firmware Update 3.30 Brightens Up PS Vita with Themes
Dream theme
Want to know what’s better than first-party games? Themes, of course! Sony may have more or less pulled the plug on internal PlayStation Vita development, but at least it’s released a new firmware update that promises to bring a slew of pretty patterns to your favourite portable. Beginning today, you’ll be able to
News What Do the PlayStation Vita's First Themes Look Like?
Suits you, sir
Unlike the PlayStation 4, the PlayStation Vita has always been relatively customisable. Straight out of the box, Sony allowed you to personalise the platform’s bubbly user interface with different colours and pictures – but that functionality’s evolved today. As part of the portable’s v3.30 firmware update, the company has...
Live See More of Final Fantasy XV and Final Fantasy Type 0 HD Right Here
The boys are back in town
Phew, we just about managed to catch this one. At 12PM BST, Square Enix will be live streaming an extended Tokyo Game Show presentation which will feature Final Fantasy XV and Final Fantasy Type 0 HD. Sounds good, doesn't it? The only problem, though, is that we're completely unsure how 'extended' the showing will actually...
News Telltale's The Walking Dead, Er, Walks onto PS4 on 24th October
It's about Clemen-time
The Walking Dead has seemingly been shambling onto the PlayStation 4 for months now. However, after an almost endless run of rumours, developer Telltale Games has confirmed that the title will be launching for the super system on 24th October. To be clear, both seasons will be released separately, in digital and
Wednesday1st Oct 2014
Feature What Are October 2014's Free PlayStation Plus Games?
The good stuff
The holiday season may be upon us, and with it dozens upon dozens of the biggest games – but that’s not deterring our anticipation for October 2014’s free PlayStation Plus lineup. This is arguably the biggest update in a while, thanks in part to the addition of DriveClub: PS Plus Edition. However, it also h
News Destiny's 1.0.2 Patch Goes Live, Improves Loot and Dishes out More Rewards for Strikes
About time
The day that all of you Guardians have been waiting for has finally arrived, as Destiny's highly anticipated 1.0.2 update is now live, and we know what most of you must be thinking as you read this: it's about bloody time. As promised, the patch makes changes to the Cryptarch, who had a horrible habit of giving you gear that didn't live...
Review Arcana Heart 3: LOVE MAX!!!!! (PlayStation Vita)
Girl power
When a game title has five exclamation points, there should be no doubt that it will attempt to blow your mind with a furious amount of explosions and wow moments. Arcana Heart 3: LOVE MAX!!!!! is certainly in your face, focusing on large full screen specials that will blind you with brash colours, while still maintaining classic 2D...
News DriveClub, Dust, and Spelunky Free for PS4 in October PS Plus Update
Batman: Arkham Asylum, Pix the Cat, and more up for grabs
Hold onto your hats, folks – it’s the monthly PlayStation Plus update for October. Always a momentous occasion – whether you’re a fan of Sony’s recent giveaways or not – this month is definitely the largest in some time. That’s partly due to the headline addition: DriveClub: PS...
Review CastleStorm: Definitive Edition (PlayStation 4)
It's reigning Zen
Blurring the line between tower defense and real-time strategy, CastleStorm proved a surprise hit when we reviewed it last year. This time, Zen Studios’ clever mash-up is back on the PlayStation 4, with all of its previous DLC and a few new surprises up its sleeve. But how does this version stack up against the game that we...
News Sorry, PS4 Racer DriveClub Will Only Support Thrustmaster Driving Wheels
Logitech left in the lurch
For the longest time PlayStation 4 racer DriveClub seemed like it would never release. But now, with the title mere weeks away, Sony has released a list on the PlayStation Blog of all the peripherals that will work with the game. And, if we're totally honest, it's a disappointingly short list. Indeed, only the Thrustmaster...
News Sigh! Even Sony Can't Resist Ruffling Fanboy Feathers
Not this again
Virtually all video game trailers include carefully selected press quotes, but this DriveClub clip just couldn’t resist fuelling the fanboy flames. At one point in the 90-second promo embedded below, the platform holder points out that Evolution Studios’ next-gen racer is the PlayStation 4’s purported 'Forza killer'. Granted,...
News Resident Evil's PS4 Remake Will Fuse the Old with the New
Dancing with the S.T.A.R.S.
If you’re not a fan of the beret boasting Jill Valentine of old, then you’ll be able to swap the S.T.A.R.S. operative’s uniform for something a little more modern in the upcoming PlayStation 4 re-release of the original Resident Evil. As part of a trailer on the property’s official YouTube channel, Capcom has...
Store Update 1st October 2014 (Europe)
Wiped out
As is often the case, this week’s European PlayStation Store update isn’t quite as exciting as its North American counterpart. That doesn’t mean that there’s not a ton to look forward to, though, as Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor, Futuridium EP Deluxe, and Natural Doctrine all take centre stage. The full lin
News Fight the Urge to Fritter Your Finances in European PSN Sale
How low can you go?
Everyone loves an impulse purchase, but the sheer number of savings on the PlayStation Store these days is getting out of hand. Not long after discounting a number of smaller PlayStation 4 titles, Sony has announced that it’s cutting the price of a bunch of PlayStation 3 and Vita releases, too. All available from today in...
Thursday2nd Oct 2014
News PS4 Exclusive Bloodborne Really Does Look Putrid
In a good way, obviously
The alpha test for Bloodborne has opened, meaning that people have actually been able to play the spiritual successor to Demon’s Souls. In this sequence of clips captured by YouTube user LiLAsN [That wasn’t easy to type – Ed], we’re treated to a good 45 minutes or so
Wednesday1st Oct 2014
News PlayStation Plus Members Will Be Able to Try Battlefield 4 for Free
Sadly, only on PS3
Perhaps in an attempt to claw back some potential consumers after Battlefield 4’s atrocious launch, EA Games has announced an initiative that will allow you to play the afflicted first-person shooter for free on the PlayStation 3 for a week in North America. This will provide you with access to the full game, including its...
News Who Wants to Flinch at Bloodborne's Title Screen?
The evil within
While it may feel like it’s only just been announced, Bloodborne’s release is edging ever closer. The hotly anticipated collaboration between From Software and Japan Studio is due out in February, and in order to ensure that the title deploys in the best state possible, Sony has been sending out beta invites to a select few Dark...
News Unleash The Evil Within with Japanese PS4 Bundles
Scarily good
Sony loves its bundles at the moment, so it’s no surprise to see it sell Shinji Mikami’s upcoming survival horror The Evil Within – or Psycho Break as it's known overseas – alongside a couple of custom PlayStation 4 consoles in Japan. Like previous sets in the East, these come with custom hard drive fascias, showing a mansion...
