
How many times have we heard a decidedly dodgy rumour about PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale 2? Here's one from 2014. Here's another from 2017. And there have been plenty more in between. This latest "leak" says the sequel to 2012's PlayStation 3 and Vita fighter will be released alongside the PS5, and -- get this -- it's being developed by both "Sony" and Capcom.
It's the kind of rumour that immediately sounds like nonsense because there's no real source to track down. It's being reported by a number of sites, but none of them link back to any kind of credible starting point. Heck, some of them don't link back to anything. Always a good sign when it comes to legitimacy.
The rumour goes on to say that PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale 2 will come to PC one year after its debut on PS5. It's the kind of detail that just doesn't sound right -- and then it mentions that there'll be no cross-play between the two platforms. Legit leaks tend not to include such a wide spread of information, especially when they claim to be entirely new.
As always, we'd stress caution when it comes to rumours like this. With a new console generation incoming, it's so easy to just slap together bogus information and watch as it gets passed around the web.
[source segmentnext.com]
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I'd be there day one for a game that has Kat, Astro Bot, Kutaro and Toro kicking the crap out of each other in a Power Stone-style arena.
April Fool’s Day came early.
Man this sounds amazing if were true = / I still play daily on my Vita . Wish Sony would consider a part 2 & curious why they didn't port the original to the PS4 as a Ultimate Edition.
As much as I like Street Fighter V, Capcom kinda needs fix their own fighting games as of late before they jump on to something else. Yeah, I ain’t feeling this rumor.
I need PS All- Stars 2 in my life 😤
If this Does Somehow Happen the Game Should Play Like Marvel Vs Capcom Rather then Smash Bros
If anything, Sony should team up with Koei-Tecmo and make a Playstation Dynasty Warriors.
Imagined this being powered by the RE Engine. Never gonna happen, but one can dream.
I played the original end enjoyed it at first. Mainly to see sly cooper go against Nathan drake. However some of the roster was baffling (good AND evil Cole, McGrath) the story mode was short and got repetitive. The stage transitions I did enjoy tho
Well my uncle works at Sony and he says this rumour is completely true
yeah right crapcom the devs that gave us the best games this year so far
No Knack in the photo, 100% fake.
And I'm not even joking. 0% chance Cerny would let PSASBR2 be made without Knack in it.
Unless that's just a photo from the first game, then, uh, nevermind.
But if there ever is a PSASBR2 Knack will be in it.
NO! I read the first part of the title and got SO FREAKING EXCITED. Then I finished the titled and instantly got depressed.
I would love a sequel but this time I want the game to actually be good. If you're copying Smash why not go all the way and actually make it function the same or very similar. Being force to build up to a finisher to kill someone was stupid and killed the entire game.
@rjejr I always think that Knack is a reincarnation of Sony's early PlayStation mascot 'Polygon Man'...
So, yeah, he should totally be in PSASBR2
@Juanalf Same. I was hyped for the game thinking it would be a PlayStation copy of Smash, and I would be lying if I said I didn't have fun with the game, but in retrospective having it closer to Smash would've made it so much funner.
Brawlhalla did it right.
Look I feel bad for sounding like I criticize pushsquare so often but you seem to like posting articles about what you think is totally bogus. So the point is literally to tell us we shouldn't believe this and that.
I mean if something you think is false then move on. What's the point of posting it?
There are dozens of rumours every month I dont know what the point is for a site saying here's a rumour we think is false oh heres another one, and this one too..... dont believe everything and dont eat yellow snow.. so to speak haha
Edit
Heres an idea:
If you really want to react to rumours you think are totally false then a simple tweet would do the job.
If Knack got a second chance, PSABR definitely deserves one as well
@JJ2 I'd kinda disagree - this is a very specific Playstation rumour that has done the rounds on a lot of news sites so Push Square would be missing out on possible rumours and I would assume views by ignoring something. I think it is good though that they put some sceptisim behind it. In fact, I wanted more snark.
I am puzzled why you are even running this story? Guess you needed to fill your quota for daily articles.
Early 2020 E3 leak.
As much as I want it to be true I just refuse to believe it. Plus I want a sequel to be a MVC style game rather then a Smash Bros one.
I'd prefer to see Sony vs Capcom title. That sounds alot more like what people would go for.
Even tho it sounds fake I will pre-order it(in my mind) anyway LOVED the first one Shame it got the normal hate from the internet that nearly all PS3 games got when it came out. Oh well.
You gotta believe!
I'm surprised PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale wasn't a launch PS4 game.
@hotukdeals We ran it just to see your lovely comment.
@JJ2 We live at a time when "fake news" is used to mislead and deceive people. While I'm in no way suggesting that video game rumours are anywhere near as important or problematic as the misinformation that surrounds politics at the moment, we feel it's important to debunk false stories that are gaining a lot of traction.
You may not think it's worthwhile, but people read these stories and they really do believe them. It's important to us that we share the correct information, and that includes dismissing popular rumours that are completely bogus.
@get2sammyb
Ok I see your point of view. I disagree though. Like I said, a simple tweet would do the job better and at the same time save time and energy for (what you think are.. ) real news.
Cheers
@Rudy_Manchego
You know what? I actually think it might happen haha
Tbh there are so many fake news reported as fact and misinformation all sites including pushsquare report regularly. I often question those.
Regarding rumours, I think there was an article early this year about pushsquare not willing to report on unfounded rumours. I thought that made sense and only report when you feel its credible. That's gone out of the window though since haha pushsquare got it wrong a few times saying its bs too.
I will fry and eat my ps5 on the day of purchase if this ends up being true. I will then immediately buy another to play this
I'd give Japan Studios another chance. Maybe they could team up with Insomniac.
@rjejr it is from the 1st game, which, may I also say, was a blast to play with 3 friends. Some of it was a bit bodged, and they would have benefitted from having a slightly different system for accruing points, but obviously, they couldn't make a straight clone of smash bros (a shame).
The only real issues were, not enough or any single player options, not enough variety and no ongoing support to keep it interesting, besides one dlc pack.
@J2theEzzo We bought PSASBR for $5 on sale. My sons played it a bit but that was it. Now, if someone doesn't own a Nintendo console I can see it being played more, but since we have all of the Sony and Nintendo consoles it really wasn't necessary for us. Even is a 2nd game was free on PS+ I doubt we'd play it. Though I'm sure others would.
I am done with the Capcom company and their fighters. I ordered Marvel vs Capcom season 2 and never received anything, just stole my money to make this game. Down with Capcom
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