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News Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy Takes PS4 to Court in 2019
Objection!
Yes, you read that right -- Capcom's beloved Ace Attorney series is making the jump to PS4 with Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy. Releasing in early 2019, the game packages the first three titles together, marking the first time the courtroom visual novel series has been released on a PlayStation system. Playing as the eponymous...
TGS 2018 Onechanbara Origin Remakes PS2 Originals for PS4
Be the Onechanbara
Those of you who enjoy watching buxom babes dead-head the deceased may be excited to learn that D3 Publisher has announced Onechanbara Origin, a full-scale PlayStation 4 remake of the first two titles in the Z-List series. The Onechanbara and its sequel originally launched on the PlayStation 2 in 2004 and 2005 respectively, but...
News Sony Announces PlayStation Classic Mini Console, Launches 3rd December
Features 20 PSone games
Well, we weren't expecting to wake up to this. Sony has just announced the PlayStation Classic, a miniature console in the same vein as Nintendo's NES and SNES Classics that have proven to be wildly popular. The pint-sized PSone takes the form of the original model, and comes in at just 45% the size of the regular box. It...
News N1RV Ann-A Is the Next Chapter in the Brilliant Cyberpunk Bartender Series
Smells like teen spirit
It may be an eye-watering two years away, but Sukeban has announced the next instalment in the outstanding Cyberpunk Bartender Series. Expanding on the Snatcher-style presentation of the PS Vita’s brilliant visual novel VA11 HALL-A, this new edition will whisk you away to an upscale bar named N1RV Ann-A, which is part of an...
News This Is Pool Hustles to PS4 Early Next Year
Pot black
VooFoo Studios, purveyors of premium pool simulations, is back with another brand: This Is Pool. Building on the Birmingham-based developer’s work on Hustle Kings and Pure Pool, the title promises to “set new benchmarks for graphical fidelity and hyper-realistic gameplay”. In order to bring you back to the baize, the outfit’s...
News Puyo Puyo eSports Pops Up on PS4 Next Month in Japan
But no Western plans just yet
There’s a new Puyo Puyo game dropping onto the PlayStation 4 in Japan next month, and it’s sponsored by the Japanese eSports Union. Available from 25th October for ¥1,999 (~$17), it’s been designed around growing the puzzling property’s competitive scene – hence the relatively low price point. The title will...
News Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon: Every Buddy! Flaps to PS4 This Winter
Chirpy
Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon: Every Buddy! aims to give you something warm and cuddly to snuggle up alongside this Winter, as Square Enix is bringing back the randomly generated dungeons of the old Final Fantasy Fables franchise. The press release explains: “The rules to this mysterious dungeon are simple: every time you enter, the world...
News World of Final Fantasy Maxima Brings Whimsy Back to PS4
Noctis again
The agreeable Chibi-themed World of Final Fantasy is getting an enhanced edition for the PlayStation 4, and it’s set to release on 6th November. Announced during today’s Nintendo Direct, the re-release will include new characters and monsters from Final Fantasy legend.
News Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle Brings Final Fight, Captain Commando, More to PS4
Turn on your TV
A bunch of classic Capcom beat-‘em-ups have been confirmed for the PlayStation 4 as part of the aptly named Capcom Beat ‘Em Up Bundle. The compilation includes Final Fight, as well as The King of Dragons, Captain Commando, Armored Warriors,
News Assassin's Creed III Stages a Remastered Revolution on PS4
PS Vita spin-off Liberation also being ported
The divisive American Revolution instalment in the Assassin’s Creed series is coming to the PlayStation 4 next March, with all of its DLC included and enhanced visuals. Part of the Season Pass for Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, you’ll be able to relive the 18th Century tale of Connor in Assassin's Creed...
News Pixelated Metroidvania Timespinner Arrives on PS4 and PS Vita This Month
No time to lose
We know, we know -- here's yet another pixel art platformer inspired by 90s era games with Metroidvania elements. This type of game is plentiful on PlayStation, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing, and Timespinner is doing some interesting stuff to stand out. One of the key aspects of this game is the Time-stop...
News The Last Remnant Remastered Announced for PS4
Update: Heading West too
One of Square Enix's less than critically acclaimed games is The Last Remnant. Most PlayStation aficionados might be unaware of this title's existence, granted that the PS3 version never saw the light of day back in 2009. The JRPG later made its debut on Steam, although Square Enix pulled the game in September. Now, the...
News Knives Out, a Totally Original New Concept, Comes to PS4 Next Year
A smartphone smash hit, apparently
Picture this: there are 100 players on the battlefield and you have to parachute your way in and pick them all off as a giant urban map gradually shrinks around you. Except there aren’t 100 players on this particular battlefield because only approximately 63 people actually bought the game. Alas, we don’t talk...
News Gungrave: G.O.R.E. Announced, Shoots Up PS4 Next Year
Running and gunning
You may recall that the cult Gungrave series is set to return in Gungrave VR next month, melding third person action with first person shootouts. Well, it looks like a more traditional entry is heading to PS4, too. Gungrave: G.O.R.E. has been announced, and it's releasing in Winter 2019 -- in Japan, that is. The above teaser...
News Everybody's Golf VR Plays a Nice Shot to PSVR
Tees off next year
Everybody’s Golf is making the transition to PlayStation VR, and we’re all fore the idea. While details are light, Sony announced the game as part of its Japanese LineUp Tour livestream earlier today. Judging by the trailer, you can expect the same vibrant environments, but you’ll be teeing off in first-person with...
News Yakuza Studio's New Game Judge Eyes Detects a PS4 Western Release in 2019
Demo available in Japan
Perhaps one of the biggest announcements during Sony's PlayStation LineUp Tour event, the head of Yakuza Studio, Toshihiro Nagoshi, revealed a brand new title. It's called Judge Eyes (or Project Judge), and sees you playing as a detective solving mysteries. It appears to be based on the same engine as Yakuza 6, as it bears a...
News Blasters of the Universe Dev Returns to PSVR with Time Bending Puzzler, Transpose
Wibbly wobbly
There are some genres of games that seem to fit rather well within the confines of virtual reality, and puzzlers is one of them. Moving from a more chaotic shoot 'em up in Blasters of the Universe, developer Secret Location's next project is Transpose, a decidedly more methodical title coming to PSVR later this year. It takes place in...
News Rayman Punches His Way into Free-to-Play Fighter Brawlhalla
Legend
You may remember that, back in March, Ubisoft bought Blue Mammoth Games, the developer of Brawlhalla. The enjoyable and popular 2D brawler has been under the Ubi umbrella for several months now, but it's all been business as usual for the small team. However, during a live stream at PAX West, Matt Woomer, the head of Blue Mammoth, was visibly...
News Hellpoint Brings Sci-Fi Souls to PS4 in 2019
You asked for it
It's the mishmash that fans have been clamouring for for years now, and it looks like developer Cradle Games is finally set to deliver on that potential. Hellpoint is a Souls-like that takes place in a sci-fi setting aboard a supposedly deserted space station, and it's due for release on PlayStation 4 in 2019. The experience is set...
News Metroidvania La-Mulana 2 Raids PS4 Next Year
Tales from the crypt
Cult action platformer La-Mulana’s sequel is coming to the PlayStation 4, and it’ll launch in the spring of next year. The whip-based Metroidvania was playable at a pre-PAX West event organised by ID@Xbox overnight, and promises the same “sprawling ancient ruins mind-boggling mysteries” as its predecessor. Here’s an...
News Bossa Studios Announces Narrative Thriller The Bradwell Conspiracy
Gets a mysterious trailer
Bossa Studios is the company behind games such as Surgeon Simulator and I Am Bread, but its latest announcement looks to be a little more straight faced. Developed by A Brave Plan, The Bradwell Conspiracy is a narrative adventure/puzzle game set in the near future where a giant electronics company appears to have a dark...
News Shovel Knight Showdown Brings a Chaotic Conclusion to Treasure Trove
But not coming to PS Vita
Yacht Club Games is wrapping up Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove with a final instalment named Shovel Knight Showdown, a chaotic platforming fighting game featuring 16 characters from the popular property’s universe. The four-player free-for-all has primarily been designed with multiplayer in mind, but there is a single...
News Onimusha: Warlords Comes to PS4 with Enhanced Graphics and Features in 2019
Classic Capcom is back
Capcom really is on a roll right now, isn't it? The Japanese publisher has just gone and dropped a bombshell out of nowhere that the classic PS2 title Onimusha: Warlords is getting an HD remaster for PS4, and will release on 15th January next year. The re-release will bring with it HD upgrades for characters, environment, and...
News Streets of Rage 4 Calls the Cops in SEGA Classic Revival
No way
Out. Of. Nowhere! French publisher Dotemu’s clearly not done with retro revivals in the wake of its recent Windjammers 2 announcement, as it’s just confirmed Streets of Rage 4. This is one helluva sentence so it deserves repeating at least once: Streets of Rage 4 has just been freakin’ announced. There are no platforms confirmed yet,...
Gamescom 2018 Join Clarkson, Hammond, and May in The Grand Tour Game
The best racing game... in the world
Well, we weren't expecting this. Old Top Gear hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May took a detour to Amazon a few years ago, where they've been working on their own car show, The Grand Tour. Now, it seems there's a video game adaptation in development, imaginatively named The Grand...
Gamescom 2018 Close to the Sun Is a 2019 Horror Game Starring Nikola Tesla
Shock horror
Close to the Sun is a brand new horror title, announced at Gamescom 2018, and it looks pretty cheesy. The game is set during the 19th century, and scientist Nikola Tesla has created a ship complex in pursuit of knowledge. Of course, it hasn't gone all that well, and playing as journalist Rose, you must survive as you explore the...
Gamescom 2018 Desperados III Brings Strategy to the Old West on PS4 in 2019
Shoot out
THQ Nordic announced a new entry in the Desperados series during Gamescom 2018's opening ceremony. If you're not sure what these games are all about, they're real-time strategy titles in a Western setting. According to the game's official website, Desperados III is heavily inspired by the original game, Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive...
Gamescom 2018 Until Dawn's Supermassive Introduces the Dark Pictures Anthology
Man of Medan kicks things off
Best announcement of Gamescom 2018 so far? It’s certainly up there: Until Dawn developer Supermassive Games has announced that it’s partnering with Bandai Namco on a new episodic series named The Dark Pictures Anthology. Essentially a series of horror-themed short stories, the season will get underway with Man of...
News Pato Box Punches Out a PS4 and PS Vita Release
Duck and weave
We're sure you've been thinking to yourself, "Wait a minute, the PS4 doesn't have a boxing game starring a man with a duck's head". Well, we've got some great news for you: Pato Box has been announced for both PS4 and PS Vita, and it's arriving very soon indeed. This odd game is an action/adventure boxing title inspired by the...
News Indie Metroidvania Hollow Knight Burrows Its Way to PS4 with Physical Edition
Launches next year
Unless you've been living under a rock, you'll have heard about Hollow Knight, Team Cherry's debut game that's been championed since its initial PC release last year. There has been a big fat question mark over whether the game would eventually make its way to PS4, and fortunately, it's bagged a physical version launching in...
News Construction Simulator 2 Will Set Up Sticks on PS4 Next Month
Build me up, buttercup
Well, well, well. Hot on the heels of Train Sim World and Bus Simulator, there’s more work to be done: Construction Simulator 2 is building a path to the PlayStation 4 from 12th September. Clumsily titled Construction Simulator 2 US - Console Edition, this is a port of the smartphone game – but you won’t have to break...
News Unreleased Psygnosis Shooter Launches on PS4, PS Vita Next Year
DICE's Project Hardcore originally made for Mega Drive
A story that’s sure to have editorial overlord Damien McFerran perspiring like former SEGA America chief Tom Kalinske at a 90s PlayStation press conference, Strictly Limited Games has announced that it’s resurrecting an old 1994 shooter that was originally created for the Mega Drive and Mega...
News Road Redemption Rides onto PS4 This Fall
Biker brawler
This is something we could definitely get behind. Road Redemption is billed as somewhat of a successor to Road Rash, that old school, violent racing game that saw bikers clobbering each other with various weapons. Going by...
News Battle Bandits in PS4 Beat-'Em-Up Uppers This Year
No PS Vita version
As has been rumoured for a little while now, Marvelous is bringing former PlayStation Vita brawler Uppers to the PlayStation 4 this year. Fully remastered in 1080p at 60 frames-per-second, the beat-‘em-up sees you assume the role of “up to 13 characters in perpetual combat against battle hungry bandits who freely stalk the...
News Outward Brings Co-Operative RPG Experiences to PS4 Next Year
Playable alone or with friends
Gamescom 2018 is just around the corner, and it looks like the industry is starting to re-awaken from its E3 slumber as announcements start to take shape. To kick things off, Deep Silver has just revealed its latest project, an RPG titled Outward. "Outward is an open world RPG that you play alone or with friends,...
News PSVR FPS Unearthing Mars 2 Bends Time from 18th September
Time twister
Unearthing Mars 2 will expand upon the scope originally hinted in last year’s game, bringing a full first-person shooter campaign with PSVR Aim Controller support to PlayStation VR next month. Due out on 18th September, the title will see you travelling back in time, where you’ll need to face off against an ancient civilisation from...
News Guns of Icarus Dev Turns to Kickstarter for PS Vita Brawler, Hamsterdam
Rodent rumble
Guns of Icarus couldn't be much more different from Muse Games' latest project. Hamsterdam is a cutesy, colourful brawler heading to Sony's maligned handheld, PS Vita. It stars hamster hero Pimm as he goes on an adventure to save his grandpa from the evil chinchilla, Marlo. Judging by the announcement trailer above, it looks as though...
News Bus Simulator Makes a Stop on PS4 Next Year
Express yourself
You wait a while for some good work simulators, and a couple arrive all at once. Hot on the heels of the very likeable Train Sim World, Astrogen has announced that Bus Simulator will make a stop on the PlayStation 4 next year. The popular public transport experience will be playable with a DualShock 4 for the first time ever at...
News Necrobarista Spends Its Last Day on Earth Sipping Coffee
Frappe star
Drink serving simulators are all the rage in the aftermath of VA11 HALL-A, but Necrobarista will be swapping sci-fi saloons for a supernatural coffee shop – the true definition of hipster. While sipping your latte, you’ll be joined by all manner of the living dead, as this magical Melbourne-based establishment serves as the final...
News Scribblenauts Mega Pack Bundles Two of Maxwell's Adventures on PS4 Next Month
Make a note
Warner Bros. Interactive has announced Scribblenauts Mega Pack for PS4, which pairs two entries in the series together in one package. The games included are Scribblenauts Unlimited and Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure, and both have been updated with fresh content for the re-release. Unlimited will feature new bonus stages...
News The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince Make Quite the Double-Act on PS4
A mutual misunderstanding
The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince – yes, that is its real name – sounds like something alright. “In it, you control a wolf, disguised as a princess, who guides a blind prince through a perilous forest in search of a witch capable of restoring his sight,” the press release reads. “The forest is home to a...
News SEGA's Gamescom 2018 Lineup Includes Team Sonic Racing, Fist of the North Star, More
Playable at the show
SEGA has a few pretty interesting titles up its sleeve, and it looks to be bringing most of them to Gamescom 2018 later this month. At the Cologne show, which runs from 21st to 25th August, the publisher will be showing off a handful of games at its Deep Silver booth. The PS4 games on display are: Fist of the North Star: Lost...
News Nautical Roguelike Sunless Sea Sets Sail to PS4 This Year
Wave ya
Sunless Sea has been lost in the oceans of PC gaming for three years, but finally the nautical roguelike is scheduled to crash the beaches of the PlayStation 4 this year. Failbetter Games' alternate history Victorian sailing sim sees you plunging the depths of Unterzee, learning all you can before inevitably perishing and doing it all over...
News World of Horror Proves PS4 Has a Lovecraft Obsession
Cosmic tingles
Call of Cthulhu! The Sinking City! It’s gone Lovecraft crazy on the PlayStation 4 of late, and here’s another title to toss into the cosmic broth: World of Horror. Now don’t judge a book by its Eldritch cover: this does indeed look like it’s been built for the BBC Micro, but it promises a “retro” role-playing experience...
News Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum Session Marching West in November, No Sign of Signature Controller
Beat down?
Taiko no Tatsujin is a series you may not have heard about before, but it's a popular series of rhythm action games in Japan where you typically play to the beat of the music with a literal drum controller. A version has been available...
News Devil's Hunt Looks Like a PS4 Action Game for Edgelords
Starring a bad ass dude named Desmond
At a point, games stopped being edgy, but back in the PlayStation 2 days it was a very real thing. Like, once upon a time they turned the Prince of Persia into this emo action adventure thing, only stopping short of equipping the eponymous protagonist with an Enter Shikari shirt. Those of you who still think...
News Nickelodeon Kart Racers Is the Weirdest Thing
But we want it
Well, here’s a game that we’ll almost certainly be palming off to Stephen Tailby to review when it launches on 23rd October – not that we won’t be giving him the stink-eye while he plays it. Nickelodeon Kart Racers is a real game, and it features characters from SpongeBob Squarepants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Hey Arnold,...
News Pizza Titan Ultra Is the Mech Pizza Delivery Game You Never Knew You Wanted
Pizza time
Who says games don't innovate anymore? Breakfall, the indie studio behind the insane party game Starwhal, is back with another crazy premise, and it honestly looks excellent. It's called Pizza Titan Ultra, and you can see it in action in the above trailer. Essentially, the game has you delivering pizza in a futuristic city via a giant...
News Real-Time Narrative Thriller The Occupation Hits PS4 in October
What a scoop
The Occupation is an extremely promising adventure from White Paper Games, the creators of Ether One. For those out of the loop, you play as a journalist in 1980s England as you look into a terrorist attack and subsequent legislation that threatens to rob people of their civil rights. The main hook here is that the game takes place over...
News The Third Spider-Man Pre-Order Suit Has Been Revealed
Introducing the Velocity Suit
Many suspected that the third and final pre-order outfit for Spider-Man on PS4 would be revealed at San Diego Comic-Con, and that's exactly what happened during today's panel. It's called the Velocity Suit, and you can see it in action in the above trailer. The Velocity Suit is a totally original creation, and was...
