Tag: Announcements
News The Wolf Among Us 2 Lives Again Following Re-Announcement
Telltale is back?
The Wolf Among Us 2 was rather unceremoniously cancelled as part of the Telltale Games closure back in September 2018, but after a completely different group of investors and developers resurrected the studio's name, it has also brought back the story of Bigby. Announced in a short teaser trailer at The Game Awards, The Wolf Among...
News Fast & Furious Crossroads Burns Rubber on PS4 Next Year
From developer Slightly Mad
It turns out the rumours were true; Project Cars dev Slightly Mad Studios is working on a game based on the Fast & Furious movie franchise. Named Fast & Furious Crossroads, it looks about as you'd expect in its debut trailer; full of powerslides, explosions, and Vin Diesel. It looks as though it'll be a blend of...
News Xbox Series X Has a Share Button, Hellblade Sequel
Scarlett fever
You’re not going to believe this, but Microsoft announced its new console during The Game Awards today. The system is named Xbox Series X, which implies that the Redmond firm’s next-gen “project” will involve a line of different boxes – after all, it’s been rumoured that the company will release two pieces of hardware...
News Weird West Is a Western Action RPG from the Creators of Dishonored
Where the West was weird
Weird West has just been announced at The Game Awards 2019. It's the debut game from new developer Wolfeye Studios, and is being published by Devolver Digital. Check out a brief trailer above. It's a top-down, stylised RPG that looks to mix the Old West with some supernatural elements. As expected, details are thin on the...
News Godfall Is the First Game Officially Announced for PS5
Arrives at launch
The first PlayStation 5 game has been officially announced. It's called Godfall, and it comes from Gearbox Publishing and Counterplay Games. Godfall is described as a looter-slasher, so you can bet your bottom dollar you'll be chasing a variety of gear in this melee combat game. You'll be able to play in up to three-player co-op...
News Critically Acclaimed Metroidvania Axiom Verge Secures 2020 Sequel
Platforms to be announced
Axiom Verge, the critically acclaimed Metroidvania from Thomas Happ Games, is getting a sequel in late 2020. While it’s not currently confirmed for the PlayStation 4, the title’s official website points out that we should “stay tuned to learn about additional platforms”. The blurb continues: “Axiom Verge 2 is part...
News Superliminal Is a Perspective-Bending Puzzler Coming to PS4 in 2020
Size matters
Superliminal has been around on PC for a little while, and we've looked at it from afar with admiration. Think of it like a Portal-esque puzzle game, only instead of flinging interdimensional doors at the walls, you're using forced perspective to grow and shrink objects in your view. It's hard to explain, so just watch the new trailer...
News Spellbreak Brings Cel-Shaded Battle Royale to PS4 Next Spring
A kind of magic
What if Fortnite looked a bit more like, say, Jet Set Radio or The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild? That’s basically the elevator pitch for Spellbreak, a brand new Battle Royale set to enter closed beta in Spring 2020. This is a fantasy-inspired game, so expect more Realm Royale than
News Untitled Goose Game Waddles Onto PS4 Next Week
Have a gander at this
The secret best game of 2019 has just been officially confirmed for PlayStation 4. Untitled Goose Game is finally making its way to Sony's console following its release on PC and Nintendo Switch. Check out the above trailer if you've somehow never seen this game before. Playing as a nasty goose, your job is simply to terrorise...
News Resident Evil 3 Returns to Raccoon City This 3rd April on PS4
Seeing STARS
Yes, it’s real – and it’s coming quicker than you think. Resident Evil 3, the subject of much speculation for months now, will release on the PlayStation 4 from 3rd April, 2020. As with the PSone original, it will once again see you assume the role of Jill Valentine, as you attempt to make a desperate escape from Raccoon City. Of...
News A New BioShock Has Been Announced, Almost Certainly a PS5 Game
Won't be out for a long while
BioShock is coming back. Publisher 2K Games has announced the return of Ken Levine's dystopian FPS franchise, but the creator won't be at the helm this time. Alongside the reveal of the next BioShock title, 2K has officially announced a new internal studio named Cloud Chamber. It's this team which will head up...
News Pile Up! Is a Multiplayer PS4 Game About Cardboard Boxes, Because Why Not
Coming to PS4 in 2020
You know us here at Push Square Towers -- we love a good local multiplayer game. The indie space has been great for this over the last few years, from the Jackbox Party Pack series to the likes of Overcooked. It feels like the variety is pretty crazy already, but who could've predicted a co-op game about cardboard boxes? Not...
News The Outlast Trials Adds More Unfortunate Subjects to the Terror
Co-op creep
As previously teased, there’s a new Outlast title in development – and this one will feature co-op. While not a direct sequel, developer Red Barrels promises that this instalment is set in the same “thrilling universe”. The press release explains: “The Outlast Trials will allow players to face the horrors of the trials by...
News Game Dev Story and Other Kairosoft Titles Are Coming to PS4
Starting in Japan
Of all the time-wasters available on smartphones, none have hooked this author quite as much as Game Dev Story. It's a management sim about building up a development team, creating and releasing games, and expanding to keep up with demand. It's simple, but incredibly addictive. We've no doubt that this could also describe other...
News Painterly Platformer GRIS Confirmed for PS4, Launches Next Week
Get a load of GRIS
Devolver Digital and Nomada Studio have announced the beautiful 2D side-scroller GRIS is coming to PlayStation 4. This follows PEGI, the European games rating board, listing the game for Sony's platform last month. The game is a narrative adventure with a wonderful painterly art style, which will be amped up on PS4.
News Hopefully Rust Won't Be Bust When It Launches on PS4 Next Year
Popular PC survival time making the jump
Online survival games don’t have the best track record when it comes to competent console conversions, but let’s hope that Rust bucks this sorry trend. Due out on the PlayStation 4 next year after becoming something of a phenomenon on PC, the release will see you attempting to stay alive in a world where...
News Twin Stick Shooter West of Dead Brings Purgatory to PS4 in 2020
Starring Ron Perlman
Indie label Raw Fury has announced West of Dead, a stylish twin stick action game coming to PlayStation 4 next year. In it, you'll play as William Mason, a deceased gunslinger who's stuck in a world between life and death. It's here that you'll blast your way through procedurally generated levels, fending off evil souls in...
News Planet Coaster Takes PS4 for a Ride in 2020
Theme park building sim coming to consoles
Before Jurassic World Evolution, Frontier Developments released Planet Coaster, a highly acclaimed theme park sim for PC. Like a modern day RollerCoaster Tycoon, the game allows you to build up your very own park from scratch, installing a wide variety of rides, eateries, and other attractions as you make...
News PC RPG Disco Elysium Confirmed for PS4 Following Glowing Reviews
Detective experience coming 2020
Disco Elysium is one more of those RPGs that makes its way to PC, is shrouded in praise following a series of positive reviews, and then never makes its way to consoles. However, developer ZA/UM is thankfully flipping the script this time around as it has confirmed that a PlayStation 4 port is on its way. Due for...
News MLB The Show 20 Swings for the Fences from 17th March
Chicago Cubs' magician on the cover
MLB The Show 19 is currently free on PlayStation Plus, but as the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals prepare to do battle for the title of World Champions, developer Sony San Diego has announced next year’s instalment in its flagship baseball franchise. Scheduled to release from 17th March, MLB The Show 20...
News Sunless Skies Will Do the Locomotion on PS4 in 2020
Pulling into the PlayStation
Like its predecessor, Sunless Skies has been cleaning up on PC with universal acclaim, and it's now confirmed to be heading to PlayStation 4. Dubbed the Sovereign Edition, this console specific release takes the gritty, narrative-driven RPG and reworks it for play on a controller. But what are you doing in Sunless...
News Warborn Is Strategical Anime That Looks Pretty Darn Cool
Coming Spring 2020
We're not all weebs over here at Push Square Towers, so this latest PlayStation 4 title has caught a few of us off guard. Warborn is a turn-based strategy game that uses an anime art style, and it looks incredibly cool. Check out its announcement trailer above to see for yourself. Suiting up in the Variable Armour, a...
News Sounds Like Warner Bros and Hitman Dev IO Interactive Are Gearing Up for PS5
Partnership reaffirmed for new project
The Hitman franchise has swapped hands a bit over the years. Owned by Square Enix for a number of years, development studio IO Interactive broke away from the publisher to become independent, and took its bald-headed IP with it. However, it wasn't too long before Warner Bros got involved, offering a publishing...
News Sci-Fi Exploration Adventure Outer Wilds Lands on PS4 Next Week
Make some space for it
Following a leak from the Korean ratings board, Outer Wilds has been officially confirmed for a PlayStation 4 release. Not to be confused with Obsidian's RPG The Outer Worlds, this is a sci-fi adventure that takes place in a truncated, sandbox solar system. You're free to explore the surrounding pla
News Auto Chess Makes a Move to PS4 in 2020
Checkmate
Strategy game phenomenon Auto Chess will make a move to the PlayStation 4 in 2020, developer Dragonest announced at a fan event in Tokyo overnight. The title – which started life as a Dota 2 mod – is one of the deepest tactical titles around, and is a huge hit on streaming platforms like Twitch. The studio hopes that making the move to...
News Humanity Is a Bizarre New PS4 Title from Tetris Effect Dev Enhance Games
Oh the humanity
Sony kicked off today's State of Play with a fresh game announcement. Humanity is the latest project from developers THA and Enhance Games, the studio that brought us the exquisite Tetris Effect. The above trailer doesn't give us an awful lot to go on, and to make matters worse, the press release is arguably less informative...
News Civilization VI Builds Up a PS4 Release This November
Age of empires
How has it taken this long for the PlayStation 4 to get a Civilization game? Announced during State of Play and due out on 22nd November, the critically acclaimed Civilization VI will be available as a standalone game, while a $50 expansion bundle will include a bunch of add-on packs, including the Rise & Fall and Gathering Storm...
News Terminator: Resistance Brings the War Against the Machines to PS4
Launches this year
Terminator fever is ramping back up again as the new movie approaches, but it turns out we're getting a first person shooter to go with it. Set in the year 2028, Terminator: Resistance has been announced for PlayStation 4 from developer Reef Entertainment. You play as Jacob Rivers (great gaming protagonist name there), a soldier...
News Narcos: Rise of the Cartels Brings the Hit Netflix TV Show to PS4
Out later this year
While one video game property is being translated into a TV show, namely The Witcher, another one is going in the opposite direction. Narcos, the popular TV show on Netflix is getting its own game on PlayStation 4. It's due out later this year, with an announcement trailer above to whet your appetite. Narcos: Rise of the Cartels...
News Pokémon-Like Monster Battling RPG Yo-Kai Watch 4 Is Heading to PS4
At least in Japan
Well, we weren't quite expecting this. Yo-Kai Watch is a series that has thus far been exclusive to Nintendo systems. It's an action RPG in which you collect and do battle with the titular monsters in a similar vein to the Pokémon series. There are a number of gameplay differences, but it's certainly within the same wheelhouse...
News This Is the Police Series Goes Rogue with Rebel Cops, a Turn-Based Strategy Spin-Off
XCOM? More like XCOP
THQ Nordic has announced Rebel Cops, a spin-off from the This Is the Police series that takes it in a slightly different direction. This time around, the game is fully focused on turn-based tactical gameplay, similar to games like XCOM 2 or Invisible Inc. You'll take control of a squad of ex-police officers as they attempt to...
News Rogue Company Is a New Multiplayer Shooter from SMITE and Paladins Dev Hi-Rez Studios
Going rogue
In a departure from the team's usual output, Hi-Rez Studios has announced its latest new title: a team-based third person shooter called Rogue Company. You can get your first look at the game in the above trailer, which includes a brief look at gameplay. Details are fairly vague right now, but it sounds like your typical multiplayer...
News Deadly Premonition 2 'Switch Exclusive at Launch', Suggesting a PS4 Release in the Future
"We're not discussing other platforms at this stage"
Update (5th September 2019): We've received word from Rising Star Games co-founder Brjánn Sigurgeirsson about the possibility of Deadly Premonition 2 on PS4. He says the game is a "Switch exclusive at launch" and that the publisher is "not discussing other platforms at this stage". That sounds...
News Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast Feels the Force of PS4
Force the players
Nintendo spotlighted a series of cult classics during its presentation earlier today, and some of those titles will make their way to the PlayStation 4 as well. Among them is Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, which will launch on Sony’s system from 24th September. It’ll be followed by Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy...
News Return of the Obra Dinn Comes into Port on PS4 Later This Year
Former PC exclusive hits PS4
After spending far, far too much time exclusively on the PC, Return of the Obra Dinn is finally coming to consoles later this year, with a PlayStation 4 version a part of those plans. It was supposedly one of the very best games of 2018, so we can't wait to get our hands on this murder mystery aboard a ghost ship. From...
Play it today for a reduced price
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville is finally official after plenty of leaks. You can watch the first gameplay trailer above, which outlines some of the new features and characters you'll be playing as in this crazy third person shooter. There will be social hubs, team play classes, 24-player matches, and...
News Moving Out Puts the Couch in Couch Co-Op When it Moves to PS4 in 2020
Changing rooms
Moving house is never fun, right? Packing up your whole life into cardboard boxes is always a stressful endeavour -- it's no surprise there aren't many video games on the subject. However, Moving Out presents this laborious task in a fun, cheerful way, and we must say it looks pretty good. Developer SMG Studio has partnered with Team...
News No, You Haven't Been Frozen in Time: There Really Is a New Ice Age Game Coming
What year is it
Man, this is a blast from the past. Bandai Namco is still stuck in the early noughties, it seems, as it's just announced Ice Age: Scrat's Nutty Adventure, a brand new 3D platformer starring the acorn-chasing rodent. Why not? You'll play as the titular Scrat as he continues his quest to find that ever-elusive acorn. As you can see...
News Yakuza 7 Titled Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Swaps Brawling for Turn-Based Combat
This is no April fool
SEGA has finally provided more detail on the latest Yakuza title. This new adventure, the first to star the brand new protagonist Ichiban Kasuga, now has an official title -- its western name is Yakuza: Like a Dragon. The official website, as translated by Gematsu, has a bunch of new information. Kasuga takes the fall for the...
News Shovel Knight Dig Is the Latest Adventure from Yacht Club Games
Going down
Yacht Club Games has been beavering away at content for the regular Shovel Knight game for years, but it seems it's time for the pixelated hero to tackle a new quest. In collaboration with Nitrome, the studio has announced Shovel Knight Dig, and it's coming to PlayStation 4. Shovel Knight Dig is a 16-bit platformer that's all about...
News Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King Officially Announced
New trailer and details emerge
Well, that didn't take long, did it? Earlier today, we reported on a potential remaster of two treasured Disney platformers - Aladdin and The Lion King - and now it's been officially confirmed. You can see some snippets of footage in the announcement trailer above. As you can see, the collection - titled Disney...
News Blindfold Is the PSVR Companion Piece to 1979 Revolution: Black Friday, Coming Next Month
"An immersive choice-driven story"
We really liked 1979 Revolution: Black Friday when we finally got round to covering it as the 2018 holiday season started to go into overdrive and release game after game, so today's news of an accompanying game hitting PlayStation VR is most welcome. Titled
News Kerbal Space Program 2 Blasts Off in 2020
Flight control
The one announcement that slipped through our fingers during Geoff Keighley’s Gamescom 2019 showcase: Kerbal Space Program 2 is coming to the PlayStation 4 in Spring 2020. “[The sequel] has been fully redesigned from the ground up to meet the demands of modern and next-generation space exploration, all while maintaining the...
News There's a Drone Champions League, And Now There's a Game
Game of drones
Did you know there’s a Drone Champions League? No, us neither – but there is, and now there’s an official video game based on it. Developed by Climax Studios and published by THQ Nordic, the upcoming DCL: The Game will find you flying on “the world’s most spectacular Drone Racing tracks”. Due out next year on the...
News Little Nightmares II Sleeps Soundly Until 2020
Dreams don't die
One of the few surprises from Geoff Keighley’s Gamescom 2019 showcase, Bandai Namco and Tarsier Studios have teamed up once more for Little Nightmares II – an unexpected sequel to 2017’s critically acclaimed gothic adventure game. This time, the series’ iconic raincoat-clad protagonist will have an accomplice, however...
News Everspace 2 Is a Full Open-World Sequel Complete with RPG Elements, Coming to PS4 in 2021
Roguelike elements have been ditched
Just announced at Gamescom Opening Night Live, Everspace 2 is the follow-up to last year's initial effort from Rockfish Games, although this new experience takes the space explorer in a different direction. Check out the announcement trailer above. Rather than sticking to its routes and expanding on the...
News Ghostrunner Brings Cyberpunk Bullet-Time Action to PS4
Gamescom reveal leaks early
It looks like one of Gamescom Opening Night Live's announcements has hit the internet a little too early because an unlisted YouTube video has been uncovered for a new PlayStation 4 game by the name of Ghostrunner. Check it out above. Pitched as a first-person action platformer, it'll place the emphasis on bullet-time...
News Rock of Ages III: Make & Break Rolls onto PS4 in 2020
With a boulder new hook
We rather liked Rock of Ages II: Bigger and Boulder. The series is an entertaining blend of tower defence and racing, sort of. It's an oddball experience, but the act of throwing a huge boulder down a hill, dodging obstacles and aiming to smash into the castle at the bottom, is surprisingly good fun. The last game arrived on...
News Need for Speed Heat Is Official, Coming to PS4 on 8th November
Survival of the fastest
It's not quite an entire series reboot, but Need for Speed Heat is now officially a thing. EA just got done debuting the announcement trailer, which you can check out for yourself above. It's coming to PS4 on 8th November worldwide, and the footage shown looks like a return to form. The cops can play dirty this time at...
News Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?! Takes the Culinary Chaos on the Road, Coming to PS4 in 2020
Make America grate again
It's been less than a year since Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! launched on PlayStation 4, but developer Vertigo Games is already preparing the third course in its frenzied food experience. Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?! has been officially announced, and it looks like you'll be flipping burgers and scooping ice cream on the road...
