PS5 News (Page 8)
Saturday3rd Jan 2026
Game of the Year Push Square Readers' 20 Most Anticipated PS5 Games of 2026
Another huge year for PS5
As is tradition, we're wrapping up our Game of the Year coverage by looking towards the future. Late last year, we asked Push Square readers to vote for their most anticipated PS5 games of 2026, offering up a frankly massive list of 75 titles. And that was after we had to cut it down from over 100! Yep, it's already...
News High Fantasy FMV Romance Gets PS5, PS4's 2026 Off to a Strong Start
If that's your thing, anyway
For some reason, the PS5 and PS4 have become a popular destinations for China’s increasingly prolific FMV dating games. And we’ll get another one on 15th January: the xianxia-inspired high fantasy dating game God Bless, or Goddess. That’s a good name. The premise of the story is deeply embedded in the popular...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 614
Welcome to 2026
And so here we are: the first WAYP of 2026. Fortunately, this is one feature where we don’t intend to reinvent the wheel. So, you can expect the same regularly scheduled Talking Point, every Saturday, just like it’s always been. Aaron Bayne: Honestly, I'm not sure what I'll play this weekend. I'll maybe just chill out with some...
Friday2nd Jan 2026
Feature 40+ PS5 Games to Play in 2026
Every major release on the way
As the PS5 generation reaches peak maturity, 2026 is looking like it’s going to have an absolute avalanche of must play games. As the year begins in earnest, we’ve compiled over 40 of the titles we think demand your attention, all of which are currently confirmed to deploy over the next 12 months. While we’re...
Game of the Year Push Square Readers' Top 20 PS5 Games of 2025
As voted by you
Every year, we ask the Push Square community to vote for their favourite titles of the last 12 months — and it's always exciting to read through the results! In this article, we'll be listing the top 20 PS5 games of 2025, according to you lot. The community vote also has a direct influence on our overall Game of the Year rankings,...
News After Two Months of Livestreaming, Silent Hill F's Actress Finally Beat the Game
She outfoxed it
Back when Silent Hill F actress Konatsu Kato went viral for livestreaming the survival horror game, she was not particularly familiar with action games. But fans have watched her steadily get to grips with the acclaimed title over the past two months, and she finally beat the release this week, on New Year’s Eve, as part of an...
News Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar Will Seemingly Shed Switch Console Exclusivity in 2026
It's the story of the season.
Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar, which first launched as a Nintendo console exclusive on 27th August last year, will come to PS5 in 2026. While the port has not been officially announced by publisher Marvelous yet, it has been rated for release in Taiwan. This is a common source of leaks, and it’s extremely rare for...
Horsing around
The world of Genshin Impact never stops expanding, and 14th January will plot the arrival of the Luna IV update in the action RPG’s ongoing Song of the Welkin Moon saga. With it will be two new 5-Star characters: the highly-anticipated Columbina and Zibai. The former focuses on Lunar reactions, while Zibai massively enhances the...
Thursday1st Jan 2026
Game of the Year #1 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
For those who come after
Should it be possible for a developer to win Game of the Year with its very first project? The answer is yes — of course — but the chances of it actually happening have always seemed slim. Debut studio Sandfall Interactive, with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, has now proven it's possible. The engrossing French RPG has...
Wednesday31st Dec 2025
News PS Plus Essential Games for January 2026 Announced
Starting off with a bang?
Sony has officially announced the PS Plus Essential lineup of monthly games for January 2026. While one of the games was already leaked earlier today, we now know all of the titles members can look forward to playing next month. They will be available to claim starting 6th January 2026, and will remain in place until 2n
News First PS Plus Essential Game for January 2026 Leaked Early
Happy new year
The ever-reliable billbil-kun has shared one of January 2026's PS Plus Essential monthly games, just hours before Sony is due to make its official announcement. According to the leaker, who has accurately reported on PS Plus via
Feature Our PS5 Predictions for 2025 - Results Revealed
Who's the all-seer?
As the year 2025 draws to a close, it's time to reflect on the last 12 months — but more importantly, it's time to see who did the best (and the worst) in our predictions from January. It's tradition around here for the editorial team to come up with a bunch of predictions for the year, and because we're all gamers at heart,...
Game of the Year Top 10 PS5 Soundtracks of 2025
Good luck, mes amis
End-of-year list articles are always a source of great joy. Looking back on the year and reflecting on the best moments from the past 12 months is a great way to revisit some wonderful things you may not have thought of in some time. Nowhere is this truer than with game music. So many soundtracks, so many games — how can you...
Game of the Year #2 - Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Death can't tear us apart
An oddity of a debut game after the Metal Gear Solid fallout between Hideo Kojima and Konami, it's Death Stranding 2 that capitalises on the original's good faith for the definitive mixture of story, visuals, and package delivery. This is what Kojima Productions had been building to all along. It takes the first game and...
News Free-to-Play Fighter 2XKO Joins a Busy Start to 2026 on PS5
We're just getting started
Riot has now dated its free-to-play fighter 2XKO, which is inspired by characters from League of Legends. The game – which was previously announced for January 2026 – will launch specifically on 20th January. That date was spotted in a trailer, which has since been taken offline but captured by Nabil Mehari on...
Tuesday30th Dec 2025
Game of the Year Sammy's Top 5 PS5 Games of 2025
Inked
Our individual Game of the Year articles allow our lovely team of writers and editors to share their own personal PS5 picks for 2025. Today, it's the turn of editor Sammy Barker. 5. Wuthering Waves: Did I really need another gacha game in my life? The answer is, of course, no. I dabbled with Wuthering Waves when it debuted on mobile, but I...
News Fans Can't Believe How Much Sword and Fairy 4's Remake Looks Like Clair Obscur
We can certainly see the influences
Well, it was bound to happen: here’s your very first look at Clair Obscur-like Sword and Fairy 4: Remake, which has been confirmed for consoles and PC – but not the PS5 specifically yet. The Legend of Sword and Fairy 4 first launched on PC back in 2007, developed by Taiwanese company Softstar’s Shanghai...
News Now Even Hinako's Parents Have Started Streaming Silent Hill F on PS5
Family feuds
Silent Hill F is an outstanding game, but one of the side-stories to its success has been how many of the brilliant actors from the title have started streaming it on YouTube. Konatsu Kato, the actress behind heroine Hinako, tallied millions of views earlier this month after she started playing the game. She would later even feature as...
Game of the Year Best PS5 Developer of 2025
The good guys
Alongside our Game of the Year top 10 list and personal picks from the Push Square editorial team, we are recognising the best PS5 games of 2025 in select categories. Today is the turn of the best PS5 developer of 2025. Bronze Trophy: Nihon Falcom (Trails through Daybreak 2 + Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter):
Game of the Year #3 - Split Fiction
Immersion therapy
Hazelight Studios has gone from strength to strength with every successive game it puts out, and Split Fiction is its best work yet. Once again, the team doubles down on two-player co-op as a core tenet of design and structure, and the result is a relentlessly imaginative experience that'll make you question what else can even be...
News Fantasy Life i's Success Keeps Soaring After Free PS5, PS4 Update This Xmas
A life worth living
Level-5’s renaissance needs to be studied. The legendary Japanese studio released two hits this year: Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time and Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road. And the former – fresh from receiving a free update over the Christmas holiday – has now sold over 1.5 million units worldwide. It’s achieved...
Monday29th Dec 2025
Game of the Year Best PS5 Action Game of 2025
Lights, camera...
Alongside our Game of the Year top 10 list and personal picks from the Push Square editorial team, we are recognising the best PS5 games of 2025 in select categories. Today is the turn of the best PS5 action game of 2025. Bronze Trophy: Elden Ring Nightreign: Condensing Elden Ring's robust mix of combat styles down into a...
Game of the Year #4 - Ghost of Yotei
Revenge is sweet
Ghost of Tsushima ended up being one of the most beloved outings of the PS4 generation, and so topping the adventures of Jin Sakai was never going to be easy. And while we think that opinions will likely always be divided on which Ghost title is best, Ghost of Yotei is a superb sequel that both builds on its predecessor, and...
News Silent Hill Producer Aims to Release One New Game Per Year
Series back with a bang
If the producer of Silent Hill realises his ambition, there’ll be one new game in the survival horror series every year. Motoi Okamoto revealed his target in an end of year interview with Japanese magazine Famitsu, admitting that while the goal may be ambitious, it’s very much his focus. He said, as translated by Genki...
"We'll give it our all and see it through"
It sounds like 2026 will be a milestone year for Atlus and its uber-popular Persona franchise, which will celebrate its 30th anniversary. Speaking as part of a big feature in Famitsu magazine, creative producer and chief director Kazuhisa Wada teased a big year ahead for the franchise, including plenty of...
Sunday28th Dec 2025
Game of the Year Liam's Top 5 PS5 Games of 2025
Canvassing
Our individual Game of the Year articles allow our lovely team of writers and editors to share their own personal PS5 picks for 2025. Today, it's the turn of assistant editor Liam Croft. 5. Elden Ring Nightreign: Elden Ring Nightreign is the most I’ve been addicted to playing a game this year, with its run-based twist on the...
Game of the Year Best PS5 Story Game of 2025
Experience this
Alongside our Game of the Year top 10 list and personal picks from the Push Square editorial team, we are recognising the best PS5 games of 2025 in select categories. Today is the turn of the best PS5 story game of 2025. Bronze Trophy: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: While the Uncharted series takes a well-ear
News Ex-PlayStation Boss Believes Exclusives Make Consoles 'Sing'
"Mario on PlayStation is the apocalypse"
As the lines between consoles continue to blur, popular ex-PlayStation executive Shawn Layden has weighed in on the debate. Speaking with podcast Pause for Thought, he pointed out that while he doesn’t believe every game needs to be console exclusive, he believes tying certain software to specific...
Game of the Year #5 - Dispatch
AdHoc Studio will remember that
It turns out the appetite for episodic adventures hasn’t gone away – the format just needed sexy superheroes, a quicker release cadence, and management sim mechanics. Dispatch – developed by the ex-Telltale alumni at AdHoc Studio – made a late charge for Game of the Year, premiering on 22nd October and not...
Saturday27th Dec 2025
Game of the Year #6 - ARC Raiders
Don't shoot!
Embark Studios’ ARC Raiders takes our number six spot. It's a multiplayer experience that, against all odds, managed to capture the imagination of players with a riveting and immersive take on the extraction shooter genre. Switching somewhere in the middle of development from a PvE co-op shooter to the PvPvE extraction shooter we...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 613
Seasonal slump
How’s your tummy handling all of those turkey sandwiches? You may want to consider a long brisk walk this weekend to shed some of those holiday calories. If not, you can just join us for some good ol’ fashioned video games. Aaron Bayne: After beating Resident Evil 4, I'm now moving onto Resident Evil Village on the PSVR2. I...
Friday26th Dec 2025
Game of the Year Best PS5 RPG of 2025
Turn takers
Alongside our Game of the Year top 10 list and personal picks from the Push Square editorial team, we are recognising the best PS5 games of 2025 in select categories. Today is the turn of the best PS5 RPG of 2025. Bronze Trophy: The Outer Worlds 2: In The Outer Worlds 2, developer Obsidian is all about player choice. The game lets...
Game of the Year Stephen's Top 5 PS5 Games of 2025
Obscured no more
Our individual Game of the Year articles allow our lovely team of writers and editors to share their own personal PS5 picks for 2025. Today, it's the turn of assistant editor Stephen Tailby. 5. Shinobi: Art of Vengeance: This year has been so rich with fantastic games that some of them, despite their quality, will simply not get...
News 'It Has the Power to Enrich the Creative World': Level-5 Boss All-In on Generative AI
"I'm praying the game industry continues to grow"
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 recently had a couple of awards it had won revoked after an old interview in which it revealed it used generative AI re-emerged. The French studio has since said it’ll never use the technology again, and all of its futur
News Test Out Tactics Remake Front Mission 3 for Free on PS5, PS4 Now
Demo available ahead of 30th January launch
A demo for the remake of PS1 tactics classic Front Mission 3 is now available to download and play on the PS Store. You can grab it through here. That gives you just about a month to get a feel for the Squaresoft strategy game, ahead of its full release on 30th January. It’s been available on the Switch...
Game of the Year #7 - Lumines Arise
Running through our veins
The vision for the Lumines series has always been very clear. Designer Tetsuya Mizuguchi wanted to combine the simple pleasures of a puzzle game with entrancing music and captivating visuals, making you feel like you're playing through a multi-sensory rave. He achieved this with the beloved PSP original, and with every...
Thursday25th Dec 2025
News Yakuza-Like Crime Drama Gang of Dragon Gets New Screens for Xmas
Kabukicho's calling
Itching for another look at ex-Yakuza director Toshihiro Nagoshi’s new game Gang of Dragon? If you recall, the announcement trailer at The Game Awards confirmed that Korean actor Don Lee will star in this crime drama, which is set in real-life Kabukicho – the grimy Shinjuku district upon which the fictional Kamurocho is...
Quiz Push Square's PlayStation Quiz of the Year 2025
Test yourself on 2025's biggest and weirdest stories
Christmas Day is here, and you know what that means! No, we're not talking about feeding your Brussels sprouts to the dog under the table. We don't mean falling asleep half-way through The Muppet Christmas Carol because you ate all your chocolate coins in one go. And no, we're not referring to...
News The Original Space Invaders Blasts onto PS5, PS4 on Xmas Day
1978 classic returns on modern consoles
Arcade Archives, the industrious preservation initiative from Japanese dev Hamster, has crowned its 500th release: it’s Taito’s iconic 1978 effort Space Invaders. And it’s out now on PS5 and PS4, this Christmas Day. While it’s perhaps not the most exciting milestone release, it needs no real...
Game of the Year Best PS5 Art Direction of 2025
Right before your eyes
Alongside our Game of the Year top 10 list and personal picks from the Push Square editorial team, we are recognising the best PS5 games of 2025 in select categories. Today is the turn of the best PS5 art direction of 2025. Bronze Trophy: Ghost of Yotei: We lost count of how many times Ghost of Yotei made us stop and...
Wednesday24th Dec 2025
Game of the Year Best PS5 Open World Game of 2025
See that mountain?
Alongside our Game of the Year top 10 list and personal picks from the Push Square editorial team, we are recognising the best PS5 games of 2025 in select categories. Today is the turn of the best PS5 open world game of 2025. Bronze Trophy: Ghost of Yotei: Building on what it achieved in Ghost of Tsushima, developer Sucker...
News 'Everything Will Be Made by Humans': Expedition 33 Dev Says No More AI After Post-Awards Heat
Generative AI "felt wrong"
With generative AI such a controversial topic right now, it's no wonder that the hottest game of 2025 has become embroiled in it. For those who may not know, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was inadvertently released with a small amount of AI-generated artwork still in place. Developer Sandfall Interactive said it was...
Game of the Year Robert's Top 5 PS5 Games of 2025
Die Hard fan
Our individual Game of the Year articles allow our lovely team of writers and editors to share their own personal PS5 picks for 2025. Today, it's the turn of assistant editor Robert Ramsey. 5. Dynasty Warriors: Origins: I've been playing Dynasty Warriors since the PS2 days, and while the series has certainly had its ups and downs...
Guide Best Square Enix Games on PS5
Square Enix's best PS5 games ranked and rated
What are the best Square Enix games on PS5? One of Japan's great game publishers, Square Enix has been an indomitable force in the industry for a very long time. Originally, Square and Enix were separate entities, but a merger in 2003 brought the two companies together. Both before and after this...
SEGA's best PS5 games ranked and rated
What are the best SEGA games on PS5? A legendary Japanese publisher, SEGA has an enviable back catalogue of true classics. Historically it competed in the hardware market with multiple incredible consoles. While it ultimately reverted to focus just on software, SEGA has a staggeringly strong legacy, and...
Game of the Year #8 - Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
Special deliverance
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 remains the open world western RPG to beat, boasting some of the most immersive and complex mechanics and systems of gameplay we've encountered, in addition to top-tier performances and environmental storytelling. We raved about it in our initial review, and developer Warhorse Studios has spent the...
Guide Best Capcom Games on PS5
Capcom's best PS5 games ranked and rated
What are the best Capcom games on PS5? Japanese publisher Capcom has had its ups and downs over the years, but its more recent history cements it as one of the most consistent in the business. With legendary franchises under its stewardship, like Resident Evil, Street Fighter, and Monster Hunter, Capcom is a...
News Your PS Plus Essential Sub Netted You $1,500+ in PS5, PS4 Games This Year
That's not bad
Was PS Plus Essential worth paying for in 2025? Well, after crunching some data, we can reveal that your $79.99/£59.99 membership added over $1,500/£1,300 worth of PS5 and PS4 games to your catalogue this year. It’s worth clarifying at this stage that these games are yours to keep, but only if you remain a member, so that’s an...
EA's best PS5 games ranked and rated
What are the best EA games on PS5? EA, or Electronic Arts, has been in the business for a very long time, and is one of the largest gaming publishers in the world. It owes much of its success to annual sports franchises like FC and Madden, but it also has a wide range of other games for all tastes. Need for...
"Whenever there’s work to be done – boom, overtime"
A new Zenless Zone Zero clip touching on the topic of overtime has once again raised questions about the sustainability of crunch. While the video, taken from the latest behind-the-scenes ZTALK, is presented in a light-hearted fashion – with goofy music and jovial vibes – it flags the real...
