News Nine Free PS4 Games Are Available to Download Now
Play At Home initiative returns
Talking Point What Free April 2021 PS Plus Games Are You Hoping For?
When will April 2021's PlayStation Plus lineup be announced?
News Here's When You Can Download Nine Free PS4 Games
The exact times you need
News - 2021, Week 12
Sunday28th Mar 2021
Rumour Civilization VI Is an April PS Plus Game, But Evidence Is Shaky
April fools?
April's PlayStation Plus games will be revealed next week (at the time of writing), and we already know that one of them is Oddworld: Soulstorm on PS5. But what about PS4? Well, there's a rumour going around that strategic world builder Civilization VI will be up for grabs — but the current evidence is a little shaky. Basically,...
News PS5 Stock Could Be Affected by Ship Stuck in Suez Canal
Just another complication
If you haven’t been following the news this week – and, with how depressing it’s been of late, we wouldn’t blame you – then you may not know that a ship as long as the Empire State building has got stuck in the Suez Canal in Egypt. This is an important trade route from Asia to Europe, and has caused a backlog of...
Journey to the East
Immortals Fenyx Rising's second DLC takes the form of an entirely separate adventure titled Myths of the Eastern Realm. Based around Chinese mythology, this expansion features a new playable hero, a new map, and a new story. However, things have barely changed on a mechanical level, making for a very familiar journey. Main...
Saturday27th Mar 2021
Talking Point What Free April 2021 PS Plus Games Are You Hoping For?
When will April 2021's PlayStation Plus lineup be announced?
What’s the April 2021 PlayStation Plus lineup? When will the free April 2021 PS Plus games be announced? Sony’s subscription service has somewhat reinvented itself this year, with the quality of the monthly offerings escalating every four weeks. March 2021’s lineup of Final Fantasy...
News You'll Age Each Time You Die in PS5, PS4 Kung-Fu Game Sifu
Older and wiser
Sifu appeared in the recent Future Games Show Spring Showcase, and while there was no new footage to enjoy, Sloclap’s co-founder Pierre Tarno did appear to discuss the gameplay in a bit more detail. Primarily, he explained that each time you die you’ll visibly age; this is designed to show how the mastery of martial arts takes...
Guide Upcoming PS5, PS4 Games for April and May 2021
MLB The Show! Returnal! Resident Evil Village!
We're a good way into 2021 now, and some of the more exciting games of the year are starting to show up. PlayStation 5 software has been a little on the quiet side, but over the next couple of months, some big titles are coming to give early adopters something to enjoy. So long as there are no more...
News Looks Like XCOM: Chimera Squad Is Coming to PS4
PEGI rating spotted
The chances of XCOM: Chimera Squad making its way to PlayStation 4 in the near future appear to be very high as the PEGI ratings board has just finalised an appropriate age grading for a console port. Spotted by Final Weapon, the rating was made public yesterday. This tactical spin-off released
News Play God in Hellish PS5 Medical Strategy War Hospital
Cursed nurse
War Hospital, an upcoming PlayStation 5 strategy game from Brave Lamb Studios, sure sounds poignant. Set in a British field hospital on the Western Front of World War I, you’ll not only need to protect your patients, but also decide where to use your dwindling resources as your list of injured increases. How do you decide the value of...
News NASCAR, F1 Speed into Rocket League Season 3 Next Month
Gotta go fast
Rocket League is big business these days, which means it gets its pick of brand partnerships. With its upcoming Season 3 update – rolling out on 7th April – it’s partnering with two titans of the track: F1 and NASCAR. There’ll be new bundles inspired by each motorsport launching in May, but you can get a glimpse at the...
News Final Fantasy Talent's New RPG Astria Ascending Levels Up on PS5, PS4 in 2021
A wild JRPG appears
We’ll let you decide whether a plot penned by the writer behind Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy VII Remake is a selling point, but Kazushige Nojima is the biggest name behind Astria Ascending – a new JRPG for PlayStation 5 and PS4, set to release later this year. “In a world where chaos looms, players take control of the...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 369
Just the two of us
It’s been a quietly massive month for new PlayStation 5 releases – especially if you’ve been in the market for PS4 to PS5 upgrades. There’s a good chance that, if you own a next-gen console, you’ll have picked one of these ports up of late. And with Play At Home also adding nine new games, you should have plenty to keep...
News Ace Infographic Is the Master of Unlocking 25 Years of Resident Evil X PlayStation History
As series celebrates 25 years
We’ve spoken to some of the biggest developers in gaming about what 25 years of Resident Evil means to them, but for PlayStation the survival horror is symbiotic with its brand. An awesome infographic produced by Sony and shared on social media details the key moments from the two-and-a-half-decade relationship, and...
News Rogue Company Teams Up with 4K, 60 Frames-Per-Second PS5 Port
Squad goals
Hi-Rez Studios’ team-based multiplayer shooter Rogue Company will ready up on PlayStation 5 from 30th March, with a native next-gen port. This version, unlike the backwards compatible PS4 client, will support 4K resolution at 60 frames-per-second – and those with compatible televisions will be able to play at a silky smooth 120...
News Savior Is Fluid Action, Movement, and Gorgeous Pixel Art All at Once
Coming Q4 2022
Savior is what we love about indie games. Completely unknown to us before GamesRadar's latest Future Games Show, this successful Kickstarter project has burst onto our scene thanks to the seriously impressive developer presentation embedded above. Targeting a release in Q4 2022 for PlayStation consoles, it combines flexible and...
News Fire Commander Is XCOM with Flames for PS5, PS4
🔥
We’re not entirely sure how developer Atomic Wolf decided to make Fire Commander, a real-time strategy game featuring fire fighters – but well, we’re glad that boardroom brainstorming occurred. This is, from what we can see, effectively XCOM with flames, but as the title’s website explains: “Fight an enemy that you can’t kill or...
Friday26th Mar 2021
News Nine Free PS4 Games Are Available to Download Now
Play At Home initiative returns
Sony's Play At Home initiative is back and it really is better than ever. After giving away Ratchet & Clank completely free of charge last month (you've got another six days to claim it), the hardware manufacturer has nine more PlayStation 4 games for you to download and keep forever. You don't need a PS Plus...
News Feast Your Eyes on New Footage from PS5's Returnal
Eternal Returnal
Returnal is one of those games that you just know is going to feel great – even if some of its other elements are up for debate. As part of the Future Games Show, developer Housemarque popped by to present its upcoming PlayStation 5 exclusive, and there are some new gameplay snippets to enjoy. While the Finnish outfit largely...
News Assassin's Creed Valhalla Patch 1.020 Out Now, Finally Fixes Decorations and Festival Crashes
Party time?
Update 2: Assassin's Creed Valhalla patch 1.020 is available to download now on both PS5 and PS4. Thankfully, it's only a very small download. Hopefully the Ostara Festival is finally working as intended! Update: Ubisoft has confirmed that the next patch for Assassin's Creed Valhalla will deploy on Friday the 26th March. As predicted,...
News PS5, PS4 Horror Shooter Quantum Error Returns with 4 Minute Gameplay Trailer
Alone in the dark
Quantum Error has been hanging around in the background for quite a while now. It was originally announced for both PlayStation 5 and PS4 almost a full year ago, but it's been months since we've seen it in action. For those out of the loop, this is first-person shooter with heavy horror elements, as you can clearly see in the new...
News Here's Your First Look at The Lord of the Rings: Gollum Gameplay
Precious?
As promised, the Future Games Show Spring Showcase has provided us with our first glimpse at The Lord of the Rings: Gollum in action. You can check it out above. Obviously, the trailer is very brief, but it gives us an idea of what to expect from the gameplay. Namely, we'll be doing a lot of crawling. Seriously, it looks like your typical...
News Ghost of Tsushima Success Could Be Key to Yakuza Samurai Games Coming West
Kenzan and Ishin mentioned again
Western Yakuza fans have been hounding SEGA to localise historical spinoff titles Yakuza Kenzan and Yakuza Ishin for years now. The two games repurpose the characters and gameplay of the Yakuza series for a samurai era setting, but they've never been released outside of Japan and other Asian territories. Given that...
Review Spacebase Startopia (PS5) - Deep Space, Shallow Management Sim
In space, no one can see you disco dance
Spacebase Startopia is a management simulator based on Startopia, released way back in 2001 on PC. Much like in the original, you're put in charge of a series of doughnut-shaped bases that you’ll need to turn into fun places for aliens to live, work, and play. Every visitor has a wallet filled with Energy...
Rumour Call of Duty Returns to World War II for This Year's Game
Apparently titled WW2: Vanguard
According to reports from Modern Warzone, which have been verified by Eurogamer sources, the Call of Duty franchise will be returning to the trenches as this year's instalment takes place in World War II. Sledgehammer Games is the team behind what is being called Call o
News Outriders Will Brand Cheaters with an In-Game Watermark
Plus other severe punishments
Developer People Can Fly shall be clamping down hard on cheaters in Outriders when it launches next week, but not by immediately banning them. Those identified as having cheated will have a "discreet but visible watermark" placed on their HUD at all times, meaning any gameplay they share online can immediately be...
News Cooking Mama: Cookstar Suddenly Available on US PlayStation Store
Okay then
Man, remember the whole Cooking Mama: Cookstar saga? If you don't, here's the short version. Last year, the latest instalment in the popular cookery series was announced and released on Nintendo Switch, but was quickly pulled from sale due to a dispute between the developer and publisher. It then came to light that the studio had been...
Out Today Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 Lands a Sick Combo on PS5
Enhanced version available now
Just a little reminder, really: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 is now available on PlayStation 5. This enhanced port of the game of course makes full use of the more powerful hardware to beef up the already-impressive PS4 title. If you're playing on PS5, you can enjoy reduced loading times, slick performance at 4K...
News Balan Wonderworld Contains Potentially Dangerous Flashing Imagery Before Day One Patch
Make sure it's installed before playing
Oh dear. Balan Wonderworld can't catch a break, can it? The game, helmed by Sonic the Hedgehog co-creator Yuji Naka, is a colourful 3D platformer about donning different outfits to use various abilities, but it's been widely panned in early previews. A day one patch has promised to address some of the feedback...
News Arctic Awakening Looks Like Episodic Firewatch, But in the Cold
And there's a robot
We're rather surprised that the mechanics and aesthetics of Firewatch weren't emulated by all manner of indie studios following its release all the way back in 2016, so it actually feels like Arctic Awakening has been a long time coming. It does have quite a lot to call its own though, with the most obvious being a wintery...
News Stellar Strategy Title Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun Gets Standalone Expansion
Sneaking into 2021
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is a highly rated strategy game that released for PlayStation 4 back in 2017. Set in Edo period Japan, it sees a small group of specifically skilled characters tackle a variety of high risk missions for the shogun. We called it "a serious tactical treat" in our 9/10 review. And now, almost...
News MLB The Show 21 Adds Over 180 Broadcast Videos to Road to the Show
Build a true two-way player, too
MLB The Show 21 will make your Road to the Show career more realistic with the addition of over 180 podcast episodes, spanning your rise from the Minor Leagues all the way to the big time. These dynamic broadcasts – which will utilise full video on PlayStation 5 – will acknowledge feats you achieve in your...
News Train Sim World 2 Travels to Switzerland in Idyllic PS4 Add-On
Swiss special
We’ve already been to the Isle of Man in Train Sim World 2, but the addition of the scenic Arosalinie may just make for the best virtual tourism available in Dovetail’s simulator to date. In this borderline fantasy setting, you’ll be travelling from Arosa to Chur, winding your way through the alps while crossing viaducts and...
News Life of Delta Takes the Point and Click Genre to the Sci-Fi Future
Wall-E x Fallout
What do you get when you mix together Wall-E, the vibes and visual aesthetics of Fallout, and the point and click genre? Life of Delta. Announced during last night's Future Games Show, this Airo Games project is a fascinating one. It looks beautiful for a start, but appears to also allow you to build and modify fellow robots while...
News Embr Lights Up PS4 with Silly Firefighting Multiplayer This Summer
Fight fire with hire
What happens when a growing gig economy discovers emergency services? That's the question posed by Embr, a daft game about fighting fires for hire, either alone or with three others. It's just been confirmed for release on PlayStation 4, backwards compatible on PS5. Using the titular in-game app, you'll pick up jobs from...
Thursday25th Mar 2021
News Here's When You Can Download Nine Free PS4 Games
The exact times you need
Today is the day for Sony's gigantic Play At Home initiative update, adding nine PlayStation 4 games to the roster that can all be downloaded completely free of charge. No PS Plus subscription is needed and you keep the titles forever. However, you may be searching the PS Store right now to find there are still price tags...
Mini Review Tennis World Tour 2: Complete Edition (PS5) - New Balls, Please
Second service
The wait for a good tennis game has, at times, felt longer than Roger Federer’s career – but Tennis World Tour 2 on PlayStation 4 offered a glimmer of hope last year. This new Complete Edition for PS5 repackages the original sports simulation and all of its DLC, but incorporates a number of key under-the-hood improvements as well...
Feature Why You Should Download These Free Play At Home Games
Nine top-notch PS4 titles up for grabs
Sony’s awesome Play At Home initiative will see the addition of nine free new PlayStation 4 games today – you can find out exactly when the titles will be available in your region through here. These are completely complimentary: you don’t need an existing PS Plus or PS Now
News PS4 Owners Are Worried Their Games Won't Work if a Clock Battery Fails
But a number of factors would need to align
Concerns about PlayStation’s approach to game preservation have been ripe following a report that suggested the manufacturer plans to disable the storefronts on some of its legacy consoles, including PlayStation 3. While we’re still waiting for official confirmation of that – and Sony will need to...
News Pinball FX Is Coming to PS5 in 2021, But You'll Need to Rebuy Your Tables
Flippin' 'eck
Pinball FX is click-clacking its way to PlayStation 5 this year as previously reported – but existing fans of the franchise may not be thrilled to learn that you’ll need to repurchase any tables you may already own. Zen Studios has, historically, allowed you to transfer your content across – but it’s starting from scratch with...
News Sony Wins Many BAFTA Awards, But Hades Takes Game of the Year
The Last of Us 2 takes three categories
With the BAFTA Game Awards 2021 all done and dusted, the event marked another successful night for Sony. Many PlayStation 4 exclusives won various categories, the most celebrated of which was The Last of Us: Part II. It was the overall winner in three different brackets, those being Animation, Performer in a...
News Metacritic Ranks SEGA as the Best Publisher of 2020, Sony in Top 5
Japanese giants
Metacritic has released its annual publisher rankings, and the results are actually quite surprising. These rankings take a number of factors into account, in order to feed a points system that's based on things like average Metascore and whether the publisher has launched any "great" (at least 90 Metascore) titles over the course of...
News PS Plus Game Oddworld: Soulstorm Gets Physical Release This July
For both PS5 and PS4
You won't have to pay a penny to play Oddworld: Soulstorm on PlayStation 5 next month if you're a PS Plus subscriber, but we know there's some amongst you still committed to a completely physical collection. Good news for that slowly dying community then because the latest title from developer Microids will receive a physical...
News Kojima Productions' Next Game Announcement Coming 'Quite Soon'
Whatever that might mean
Legendary Kojima productions artist Yoji Shinkawa may have just dropped a hint on when we can expect a new game announcement from the studio. In an interview with YouTube channel Al Hub, as reported by VGC, Shinkawa is asked about the developer's next project. He replies: "Well yeah, I am doing something, for sure, and I...
News Ghost of Tsushima Has Sold a Staggering 6.5 Million Copies
For Tsushima!
Rarely do new intellectual properties become sales sensations, but Sony has struck gold with Ghost of Tsushima. The PlayStation 4 exclusive, which launched in July 2020, has now surpassed 6.5 million copies — which is seriously impressive. Almost as impressive is the fact that the open world adventure has been completed by more than...
News Hotel Life: A Resort Simulator Plots the Perfect PS5, PS4 Getaway from 26th August
New horizons
Earlier this week, when Nacon announced its new range of “life simulation” games, we assumed they were just entering development. It turns out the first release, Hotel Life: A Resort Simulator, will launch on PlayStation 5 and PS4 from 26th August. To be fair, we could all do with a summer holiday, couldn’t we? Unfortunately,...
Interview Sony San Diego on MLB The Show 21 and Bringing Baseball to More Players in a Pandemic
Plus, adding alien spaceships to Stadium Creator
After a season like no other, in which the LA Dodgers walked away with the World Series, a new baseball campaign beckons to bring a sliver of the ordinary back to extraordinary times. And with Spring Training edging towards its conclusion, Sony’s flagship sports simulation MLB The Show 21 is on...
News The Absolutely Stunning Hoa Has Been Confirmed for PS5, PS4
Coming this July
Forget about Returnal going gold and Sony confirming a Ghost of Tsushima movie is in production. This is by far the best PlayStation announcement you're gonna get today. PM Studios has confirmed that the utterly beautiful
News Back 4 Blood Delays Zombie Killing Action to October
Open beta this summer
Turtle Rock Studios has made the difficult decision to delay Back 4 Blood until 12th October 2021 on both PlayStation 5 and PS4. The game, originally scheduled to hit both platforms this June, needs more time for it to become "the best game it possibly can be at launch". The developer will instead use those summer months to run...
News Returnal Goes Gold Ahead of Late April PS5 Release
Prepare for launch
Well, here's at least one PlayStation 5 game we can say for certain we'll be playing this year. Developer Housemarque has announced that PS5 exclusive Returnal has officially gone gold, meaning work on the base game is complete and ready to be shipped. The Finish team shared the news on Twitter, where it also thanked everyone who...
News Latest BioMutant Trailer Showcases Combat and Style
Martial arts master
Ahead of its release on 25th May 2021 for PlayStation 4, BioMutant is proving itself to be worth the long wait with this new trailer focused on its martial arts-based combat system. It's short but sweet, clocking in at exactly 68 seconds. That's just enough time to see the protagonist strut their stuff with some fancy moves which...
News Ghost of Tsushima Movie Announced with John Wick Director at the Helm
Be seein' ya, Jin
We're not typically the kind of website that gets excited over movies, but this newly announced project sounds very promising. PlayStation is once again branching out one of its properties to the big screen, as Deadline reports that a Ghost of Tsushima film is happening. The best thing about this, though? Chad Stahelski, the...
Live Watch the Future Games Show Spring Showcase Right Here
Oddworld! Sifu! The Lord of the Rings!
With real-world conventions still very much a no-no, publishers and developers will increasingly be looking to livestreams to get the message out about their upcoming games. Hot on the heels of last year’s Future Games Show, presented by GamesRadar, a Spring Showcase awaits – including games like Oddworld:...
News Immortals Fenyx Rising: Myths of the Eastern Realm Expansion Is Out Now on PS5, PS4
Rise again
Immortals Fenyx Rising's second and arguably most exciting expansion is out today on both PlayStation 5 and PS4. Titled Myths of the Eastern Realm, it doesn't have much to do with the main game. Instead, it's essentially a whole new adventure based on Chinese mythology, featuring a fresh hero named Ku. The story isn't as long as what you...
News SEGA Producer Would Like to Remaster Criminally Overlooked PS3 Shooter Binary Domain
Hey, scrapheads!
Do you remember Binary Domain? It was a story-driven PlayStation 3 third-person shooter, from the same studio that makes the Yakuza games. Back when it released in 2012, Binary Domain didn't have much of an impact — but it's fondly remembered by those who actually played it, including ourselves. It's safe to say that we'd be well...
News Outriders PS5 Trophy List Rewards Grinding and Experimentation
Back on the grind
While its chances of posting impressive sales numbers on PlayStation platforms are now somewhat slim, Square Enix's Outriders will still have hardcore players placing the game's Platinum Trophy in their sights. Like other looter shooters, however, it'll require some grinding to unlock the 43 other trinkets that build up to that...
News Asterix & Obelix: Slap Them All! Brings Cartoon Beat-'Em-Up Mayhem to PS4 in 2021
Hand drawn brawler coming this fall
A brand new game set in the world of Asterix and Obelix is on the horizon. The popular European comic has been adapted to video games before, but Asterix & Obelix: Slap Them All! looks like it could be a step up. It's a 2D beat-'em-up in which you play the titular heroes, and going by the short teaser...
News Knockout City Explains Its Dodge-Brawl Gameplay in New Trailer
Open beta coming soon
Knockout City didn't have the best debut trailer in the world, but after seeing some gameplay, it's looking pretty good. In case you don't recall what the game's all about, it's a multiplayer action game from Velan Studios and EA Originals in which you'll, well, knock out other players with dodgeball style action. In this new...
News Manage Your Own Alchemy Store in Potion Party on PS4
It's a kind of magic
The PlayStation Blog loves detailing upcoming indie games, and the latest of these is Potion Party. Coming to PlayStation 4 next month, the game looks like a neat little management game where you run an alchemy shop, with the aim of growing the business into the epic potion emporium of your dreams. Gameplay looks to be fairly...
Wednesday24th Mar 2021
Talking Point Would You Buy a PS1, PS2, or PS3 Emulator for PS5?
RetroStation
The topic of game preservation on PlayStation is a pertinent one right now. Whatever its plans for PlayStation 3’s – and, of course, PS Vita and PSP’s – storefront, Sony doesn’t make it as easy as some of its immediate competitors to enjoy its back catalogue of games. While the platform holder will point to blockbuster remakes...
Review It Takes Two (PS5) - An Insanely Inventive Co-Op Adventure
Life is a rollercoaster
Like its predecessor, It Takes Two is only playable in local or online co-op. In keeping with this theme of working together, associate editor Stephen Tailby enlisted the help of his girlfriend, Rachel, for this review. You'll hear from both of them below as they go over their thoughts on this shared experience, laid out in a...
News One Handed Swords are Coming to Assassin's Creed Valhalla Following Months of Fan Requests
Live by the sword
There's a chance that the headline of this article is going to come off as entitled if you're not familiar with Assassin's Creed Valhalla, but this is a surprisingly big deal. The open world adventure features a range of melee weapon types that you can play around with, including axes, spears, and two handed swords. But one handed...
News Yakuza: Like a Dragon Cosplay Performance Is Impressively Accurate
I'm walkin' here
Hugely talented cosplayer Enyen has recently been making waves with a very impressive adaptation of Yakuza: Like a Dragon — and we just had to write about it. Enyen's Twitter posts have been going viral over the past few days, with the cosplayer taking to the streets as protagonist Ichiban Kasuga. With the help of fellow...
News PlayStation Emulation Patent Raises Hopes of Retro Support
But we've seen it all before
Despite Sony remaining shtum about its plans for the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita’s storefronts, many fans are frustrated by the firm’s perceived lack of respect for its legacy platforms. While we wait for official confirmation on that front, a patent has been dug up by
News Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 on PS5 Supports Cross-Save, Activity Cards, DualSense, and More
Super, man
A few weeks ago, it was revealed that the excellent PlayStation 4 remake Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 is manualling its way onto PS5. While it's a game that looks great and runs very well on the older hardware, it will be that little bit better on Sony's new console. We already know some of the benefits of the enhanced version, but a new...
News PS4 Masterpiece Bloodborne Turns Six Years Old Today
Fear the old blood
Widely considered to be one of the very best PlayStation 4 exclusives, today is the day that Bloodborne turns six. It was one of the titles that truly helped to kickstart the previous generation into gear, arriving in somewhat close proximity to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Batman: Arkham Knight. Everything about the FromSoftware...
News Scarlet Nexus Stream Is Peppered with New Combat and Exploration Gameplay
Psychic analysis
You know, the more we see of Scarlet Nexus, the more we like the look of it. During its most recent Japanese livestream, Bandai Namco spotlights a number of short gameplay demonstrations, showing off various combat scenarios as well as some general exploration. The above video is littered with bits and pieces, so it's well worth...
News Hitman 3 Reveals Seven-Part DLC Campaign, Starting Next Week
Resist the seven deadly sins
IO Interactive clearly has big plans for Hitman 3 as its post-launch support continues following two months of updates and content additions. The Danish studio has now announced a seven-part DLC campaign for the series' third entry, which tasks Agent 47 with resisting each of the seven deadly sins. The first piece will...
News Ghostwire Tokyo Alumnus Ikumi Nakamura Opens Own Studio, Developing New Game
Will be "full of dark jokes"
Prior to E3 2018, Ikumi Nakamura was probably a name most people didn't know. However, following her expressive presentation before revealing Ghostwire Tokyo, she quickly became a beloved industry figure. Not long after, she resigned from her post as creative director on the project. The question since that surprising...
News Samurai Warriors 5 Slashes into Action with First Uncut Gameplay
Nobunaga and friends
Koei Tecmo just hosted a livestream for upcoming hack and slasher Samurai Warriors 5, giving us our first proper look at extended gameplay footage. If you played Samurai Warriors 4, it'll look fairly familiar, but we definitely think that the new art style helps keep things fresh. Special attacks have simply never looked better,...
Tuesday23rd Mar 2021
News Realistic Carpet Tile Rendered in Dreams on PS4 Goes Viral
We're all floored
Things we didn’t expect to go viral this weekend: a realistic carpet tile rendered in Dreams on PlayStation 4. The image – which shows a square of cheap office flooring caught in the sunlight, complete with discarded lint and hair detailing – looks like a photograph at first glance, and we initially thought the watermark had...
News Watch Dogs Legion Will Be Free-to-Play This Weekend on PS5, PS4
Viva La London
Unlike in real-life under current coronavirus lockdown restrictions, London will be free to explore in Watch Dogs Legion this weekend, as Ubisoft launches a trial scheduled to run from 25th March to 29th March. As part of the promotional period you’ll be able to explore half of the city’s boroughs, progress the story “up to the...
Soapbox PS5 Has Turned Me Into a Total 60FPS Snob
PS5 master race
I've always been an advocate of the hallowed 60 frames-per-second. Even back on the PlayStation 3, when we had the excellent Killzone 2 running at a not-so-smooth 30 frames-per-second, I was desperate for that sweet 60. What I didn't realise at the time, was that 60fps wouldn't become the console norm for another decade. With the...
Soapbox Why Must Assassin's Creed Valhalla Still Be So Glitchy?
Just let me be anonymous
I feel like my struggle to find a game to truly invest in for the first couple of months of 2021 is becoming fairly common knowledge. I'm set once Returnal launches, but I've been absent from our What Are You Playing This Weekend weekly Talking Point most of the time and I can't bring myself to replay games. I feel like I've...
News Sony Must Communicate Its Plans for PS3, PS Vita, and PSP
We need clear information
This week, a report revealed that Sony plans to disable the PlayStation 3, PS Vita, and PSP’s storefronts for purchasing. According to the article published by The Gamer, the PS3 and PSP shops will go offline from 2nd July, and the PS Vita will be disabled on 27th August. We’ve asked the platform holder to elaborate on...
News UK Retailer Currys Begins Drawing Lottery Winners for Fresh PS5 Stock
Available to purchase once lockdown lifts
As many of you who’ve spent the past six or so months desperately searching for PlayStation 5 stock will know: the console is almost impossible to find. This is mostly because demand is extremely high, but scalpers certainly haven’t helped matters, gobbling up units and reselling them at a profit on...
News A Hat in Time Doffs Its Cap at 60 Frames-Per-Second PS5 Update
Hat trick
Throwback platformer A Hat in Time is getting a PlayStation 5 patch, which will see its framerate bumped to 60 frames-per-second on Sony’s next-gen console. This is all part of a big update on 31st March, which will finally see its add-on packs – Seal the Deal and Nyakuza Metro – released for the PlayStation 4 version. Gears for...
News Praey for the Gods Aiming for Late April Release on PS5, PS4
No Matter Studios issues update
Praey for the Gods developer No Matter Studios announced in late October of last year that it was targeting a Q1 2021 launch for its Shadow of the Colossus-like title, but that sort of hasn't happened. The game hasn't hit either of Sony's platforms just yet, so the team
News Microsoft Reportedly Opening Its Wallet Once Again for $10 Billion Acquisition of Discord
Company apparently in talks to purchase online chat service
Microsoft has just spent $7.5 billion to bring ZeniMax Media (and thus, Bethesda) into its first party network of game studios. That's an eye-watering sum, and you'd think would leave the corporation's pockets feeling a little lighter than usual. Well, according to a new report from...
Guide When Is the Future Games Show Spring Showcase?
Dates, times, and where to watch
What time is the Future Games Show Spring Showcase? When can you watch the Future Games Show livestream, and what will be shown? After its inaugural showing last year, Future Games Show makes its return in 2021, with the first broadcast coming very soon. So, what are all the details? In this guide, we'll give you the...
News PS5 Pre-Orders Open in Egypt This Week for $1,000
In de-Nile
Sony will officially take pre-orders for the PlayStation 5 in Egypt starting 25th March, but you may need to raid a pyramid to afford the next-gen platform. The console will sell for 15,999 Egyptian Pounds, which on current exchange rates converts to just over $1,000. Presumably import taxes are to blame for the severe hike, but it’ll...
News Nacon Announces Suite of Life Simulators, Including Restaurant and Hotel Games
Grafter
Franchises like Farming Simulator have grown in stature over the past five or so years, and we’re big fans of titles like Train Sim World 2 as well. It’s not massively surprising to see Nacon recognise the potential of this fledgling category, then – and announce an entire suite of software that it’s putting under the umbrella of...
News SEGA Trademark Has People Talking About a Judgment Sequel, But We're Not Convinced
Yagami is on the case
SEGA recently registered a trademark for 'Lost Judgment' in Japan, as spotted by Gematsu. There's no clear indication of what 'Lost Judgment' could be, but that hasn't stopped people from connecting the dots; is this a potential sequel to Judgment, the Yakuza spin-off which released in 2019? We can certainly see the...
News This Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One Gameplay Trailer Has More Combat Than Clues
The edgy origin story
We don't know about you, but we never thought of Sherlock Holmes as a ruthless killer. The famous figure has always struck as the silent but deadly type, using words to get his way instead of guns. Apparently not, however, if this new gameplay trailer for Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One is anything to go by. The detective shoots...
News 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Soundtrack Remix Available Now
-The Branched-
Fans of 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim will want to pay attention because the remix of the game's soundtrack is available now for all to download. You can listen to previews of all 14 songs released on the album over on Apple Music, including an all-new battle theme. Composed by Yoshimi Kudo, physical CDs are being sold across Japan while...
News Free-to-Play Strategy Game Auto Chess Plots a Path to PS5 on 30th March
Your move
The last time we wrote about Auto Chess, back when it was announced for PlayStation 4, we didn't really have any clue how it works. Today, the popular free-to-play title has been announced for PS5, and it's coming very soon indeed. The problem is, we still haven't the foggiest what's going on. Well, that's not strictly true: we've looked...
News Call of Duty: Warzone, Black Ops Cold War Both Packed with Double XP This Weekend
Level everything up
If you need to get your overall level up, boost the current season's Battle Pass, or rank up a certain weapon in either Call of Duty: Warzone or Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, this coming weekend is most certainly the time to do it. The two games are offering Double XP across virtually every progression system they have to...
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News Is RPG Octopath Traveler Coming to PS5, PS4?
Square Enix unable to provide comment
Octopath Traveler, the retro-style role-playing game originally developed for Nintendo Switch, has followed a curious release schedule. The title was billed as a big exclusive for the hybrid console, before eventually launching on PC and later Google Stadia. This week it’ll be added to Microsoft’s Xbox Game...
News PS3, PS Vita, and PSP Online Stores to Close This Summer, Says New Report
Happening this July and August
According to a new report from Kirk Mckeand of The Gamer, Sony plans to shutter the online stores associated with its PlayStation 3 console and handheld devices PS Vita and PSP. This means you won't be able to purchase digital versions of any of the games listed on the storefronts. The PS3 and PSP shops are supposedly...
News Fallout 76 Unlocks the Vault with 2021 Content Roadmap
Rad
Bethesda may be gone, but Fallout 76 is not! The publisher’s committed continued support for the online RPG on PlayStation 4, and that means you’ll be able to enjoy its entire suite of 2021 content. The firm has released a roadmap today, which outlines a little bit of what you can expect, beginning with Season 4 this coming Spring. The...
News MLB The Show 21 Cinematic Trailer Is a Game Changer in 4K, 60 Frames-Per-Second
Pittsburgh Pirates right fielder Roberto Clemente teased
The marketing cycle for MLB The Show 21 has been intense for a few weeks now, but it’s just stretching to full stride. This new cinematic trailer showcases the game’s visuals on PlayStation 5 in 4K at 60 frames-per-second – and it’s certainly looking clean. If we’re nit-picking, you...
Soapbox PSVR's Crap Load of Cables Has Put Me Off
Spaghetti city
I love PlayStation VR, I really do. I’m very proud of how we covered the system on Push Square over the years; I’d like to think we were one of the best sources for virtual reality gaming at its peak. All of the excitement surrounding next-gen PSVR has made me want to dive back in and finish up the dozen or so titles I missed –...
Actual murder on the dancefloor
The Outer Worlds: Murder on Eridanos is the game's second and final expansion. Just like Peril on Gorgon, it's another solid adventure that takes you to a whole new location. This time around, the crew of the Unreliable find themselves on the Grand Colonial — essentially a massive hotel complex that orbits the...
Feature What 25 Years of Resident Evil Means to Game Developers
11 studios reflect on Capcom classics
As one of the most recognisable and important franchises in gaming, Resident Evil is near and dear to the hearts of so many. From all the way back in 1996, when S.T.A.R.S. members infiltrated the classic Spencer Mansion, right the way through to newcomer Ethan Winters' attempted escape of the Baker family, each...
News Resident Evil Re:Verse Grabs Open Beta on PS4 Next Month
Capcom ID needed
Capcom isn't letting the multiplayer failures of the past get it down as the Japanese publisher readies up an open beta for Resident Evil Re:Verse on PlayStation 4. The online pack-in (free with a purchase of Resident Evil Village) will allow anyone who registers their interest to test the game starting 8th April 2021. This beta...
News UK Sales Charts: Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales Takes Third in Slow Week for PlayStation
Switching it up
It's impossible to ignore at this point: the UK is absolutely loving Nintendo exclusives right now. The company's games always do well of course, but the latest chart (which only includes physical sales data, we should add) shows that six of the top 10 best-sellers can only be bought on Switch. That's a pretty impressive result...
News Fall Guys Season 4 Arrives Today, Adds New Levels, Squads Mode, Daily Challenges, More
Huge update available to download now
Fall Guys Season 4 officially starts today. The latest update to the ongoing battle royale platformer is a big one, adding a truckload of new levels and features. Game version 1.18 is available to download now on PlayStation 4, and the patch notes are pretty impressive. Once you've downloaded the patch —...
News Next Resident Evil Showcase Planned for April
Village and Re:Verse seem like locks
Capcom has announced the next Resident Evil Showcase will take place at some point next month, linking in with the Japanese publisher's 25th-anniversary plans. An exact date hasn't been revealed just yet and neither have any specific details so that expectations can be correctly aligned. All we know right now is...
News Media Molecule's Siobhan Reddy to Receive BAFTA Fellowship Award
Studio director to receive prestigious accolade
Today, BAFTA has announced that Siobhan Reddy, studio director of Media Molecule, will be awarded the BAFTA Fellowship at this year's Games Awards ceremony. The Fellowship award is the academy's highest honour, given to individuals for their achievements and contributions to the medium. Reddy will...
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