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News Life Is Strange Dev Partnering with Bandai Namco on New Narrative Adventure
More details next year
Blimey, Life Is Strange developer DONTNOD sure is getting some work right now. Not content with the upcoming Vampyr and the recently revealed Life Is Strange 2, the French studio has also revealed that it’s signed a deal with Bandai Namco to develop a new narrative adventure. The title – announced as part of an interview...
Gamescom 2017 A New Pro PS4 Controller Has Been Announced
A revolution?
We’ve no idea why Sony doesn’t just make a DualShock 4 Elite, as it clearly recognises there’s a market in place considering it keeps partnering with third-parties to promote so-called “pro” controllers for the PlayStation 4. This time it’s Nacon who's giving the whole premium peripheral thing a second shot with the Nacon...
Gamescom 2017 PixelJunk VR Dead Hungry Is Our Kind of Cooking Game
Killer calories
Picture the scene: you’re a food truck chef aiming to end a zombie invasion by flipping patties and feeding the hungry horde. PixelJunk VR Dead Hungry is being ported to PlayStation VR by veteran developer Q-Games – and it’s looking pretty fun. A static virtual reality experience, you’ll need to fry up some greasy snacks in...
News White Day 2: Swan Song Hides in a School Locker Next Year
Boo
White Day: A Labyrinth Named School isn’t out on the PlayStation 4 yet, but that’s not stopped Sonnori Corporation from announcing its successor. Set for release next year, survival horror White Day 2: Swan Song was originally revealed as a PlayStation VR title, but while it will still support the headset, it’ll no longer be required...
Gamescom 2017 Fear Effect Reinvented Brings a PlayStation Classic to PS4
Putting the ass in assassin
You didn’t expect this, did you? Fear Effect Reinvented, a remake of the PSone action adventure, is coming to the PlayStation 4 in 2018. Many of you will remember the original 32-bit release being one of the first to employ cel-shaded visuals – plus it had that sequel with the, er, questionable marketing campaign...
News Angling Sim Fishing Planet Bites PS4 on 29th August
And its trailer is amazing
Fishing Planet will plop a sinker on the PlayStation 4 from 29th August, and its debut trailer is a sight to behold. The video is a masterclass of editing, opening with Inception horns and accelerating into a tense face-off between a bass (?) and a bunch of bait. Seriously, even if you don’t like fishing games, this is...
News There's a Planet of the Apes Game Coming to PS4 This Year
It was Earth all along
Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier was apparently announced at the New York Comic-Con last year, but we suspect this is the first you’ll be hearing of the PlayStation 4 title, which is set between the Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and War for the Planet of the Apes movies. In production at Andy Serkis’ motion capture...
News Shooty Fruity Brings Combat to Convenience Stores on PS4 This Year
Green grocers
Multitasking looks set to be taken to the next level in Shooty Fruity, a new PlayStation VR game in development at nDreams and Near Light. Launching later this year, the title sees you starting a job at Super Megamart, where you’ll be scanning everyday items as part of your mind-numbing new role. The twist? Giant fruit are on the...
News Dystopian Survival Game We Happy Few Swallows a PS4 Pill in 2018
Swingin' sixties
We Happy Few is coming to the PlayStation 4 on 13th April, 2018. You read that sentence correctly: 13th April, 2018. We guess developer Compulsion Games and publisher Gearbox just wanted to ensure that it claimed Friday the 13th before anyone else came along and stole it from them, which is fair enough. Anyway, you may remember...
News Megaton Rainfall Looks Like the Ultimate Superman Game
Full PlayStation VR support, native 4K on PS4 Pro
Look, the name’s so bad it actually irritates us, but Megaton Rainfall sounds super promising. Launching on the PlayStation 4 with full optional PlayStation VR support, the Pentadimensional Games developed superhero sim sees you assume the role of a superbeing who can scale the world (and...
News Tube-Shooting Psychadelica Returns with Tempest 4000
Jeff Minter and Atari make up
Not too long ago, Atari and legendary llama loving game maker Jeff Minter locked horns over TxK – the PlayStation Vita’s spiritual successor to Tempest 2000 which was blocked from release on the PlayStation 4. Now the publisher appears to have made the peace with the creator, announcing that Minter's own Llamasoft...
News Classic Dragon Quest Games Coming to PS4 in Japan
Dragon warrior
You can already play the original Dragon Quest for free on the PlayStation 4 by beating Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age and casting a spell to redeem it. However, publisher Square Enix will be bringing all three original entries to Sony’s new-gen console this August in Japan – and you’ll be able to purchase them...
News Dragon Quest Builders 2 Craftily Revealed for PS4
Block buster
We loved the original Dragon Quest Builders here at Push Square, so we’re excited to see a shock sequel announcement. At the Dragon Quest Summer Festival 2017 in Tokyo overnight, Square Enix revealed the next instalment in its Minecraft-inspired build-‘em-up for the PlayStation 4, which will boast all-new features like aquatic...
News Marvelous to Flop Two New Senran Kagura Titles onto PS4
The thirst is real
Marvelous’ boisterous Senran Kagura series is to receive two new entries on the PlayStation 4. The first and most notable of these is Senran Kagura Seven, which is set to release Fall 2018 in Japan. No other details have been announced at this time. The publisher’s also announced Senran Kagura Burst Re:Newal for the PS4, a...
News Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age Officially Announced for the West
Coming in five languages
Yuji Horii, designer of the Dragon Quest series, has officially announced that Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age will be localised for Western audiences. In a new video, the veteran developer announces that the game will be translated into five languages, including English. This comes off the back of a PR leak from...
News Descenders Rides Downhill to PS4 in 2018
On yer bike
Thrills don’t get much rawer than leaping over a steam train on a bicycle. Descenders is an upcoming cycling sim with procedurally generated worlds and real consequences. Taking one glance at the trailer embedded above, it’s not messing around – one wrong move in these hazardous terrains and you can kiss goodbye to your knee caps...
News The Sims 4 Queues Up Some Tasks on PS4 This Year
What's that in Simlish?
The Sims 4 is coming to the PlayStation 4. Surprise! EA Games’ simulation will try to make virtual friends from 17th November, and it marks the first time the series will have appeared on Sony’s new-gen system. The game first launched on the PC as far as back as 2014, so this has been a long time coming. You can check...
News Sony Showcases Several Promising PlayStation VR Titles at ChinaJoy 2017
And they're all coming to the West
Sony’s trying really hard to stimulate the console development scene in China, and in addition to its adaptation of Monkey King: Hero Is Back, it’s also partnered with a bunch of developers to bring brand new content to PlayStation VR on a global basis. As part of its ChinaJoy 2017 press conference overnight,...
News Sony Reveals Monkey King: Hero Is Back Adaptation for PS4
Will release worldwide
Sony is making an adaptation of the 2015 animated movie Monkey King: Hero Is Back for the PlayStation 4, and it will be distributed globally by Oasis Games. Announced as part of the platform holder’s ChinaJoy 2017 press conference, the project represents a collaboration between the Japanese giant, developer HexaDrive, and...
News Strategy Hybrid Comet Crash Gets a PS4 Sequel Next Month
Surprise
This came out of nowhere: Comet Crash 2: The Kronkoid Wars is launching on the PlayStation 4 on 8th August. Some of you may remember the Pelfast-developed PlayStation 3 original, which blended tower defence with real-time strategy. And this sequel looks somewhat like more of the same – albeit elevated to the next level. You’ll find a...
News Batman: The Enemy Within Raises the Bat Signal Next Month
Riddle us this
Batman: The Enemy Within is the second season in Telltale Games’ actually very good episodic Dark Knight series – and it gets underway on 8th August with inaugural episode The Enigma on the PlayStation 4. As is commonplace for the developer these days, it’ll be another five-part episodic series, with The Riddler comprising a...
News Clementine Closes Up Telltale's The Walking Dead Next Year
Final season ends story once and for all
Spoilers: she’s going to die. Telltale’s announced The Walking Dead: The Final Season, which will cast Clementine back in the lead role, and end its adaptation of the comic book series seemingly for good. The title – which is in production now – will pick up after the events of The New Frontier, which...
News BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle Announced, Crossover Fighter Featuring Persona Characters and More
2D togetherness
Arc System Works, the Japanese developer behind BlazBlue, Guilty Gear, and the recently revealed Dragon Ball FighterZ, has announced that it's working on a crossover fighting game featuring characters from various franchises. The title's called BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle, and its debut trailer was just shown during Evo...
News Speedy Parkour-Powered Super Cloudbuilt Lands on PS4 Next Month
Demo included in pre-order
Coilworks has announced that its 2014 PC title Cloudbuilt, will be releasing on the PlayStation 4 next month in the form of Super Cloudbuilt. Over on the PlayStation Blog, Natalie Wicks of publisher Double Eleven describes the game as a high-speed wall-runner, mixed with rocket powered jumps and laser focused shooting
News SteamWorld Dig 2 Goes Deep on PS4 Later This Year
Dig dug
Mining sequel SteamWorld Dig 2 has been confirmed for the PlayStation 4, with a release planned later this year. The title was originally announced for the Nintendo Switch only, but developer Image & Form has since revealed that the outing will also deploy "a few days later" on Sony’s system. There’s the possibility of a Vita port...
News Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered Drops the Soap on 27th June
But is the Price right?
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered will divorce Infinite Warfare and launch as a standalone PlayStation 4 game on 27th June, publisher Activision has announced. This follows a series of leaks regarding the release date of the Raven Software developed remaster which is honestly more of a remake in reality. As per a...
E3 2017 LocoRoco 2 Remastered Rolls to PS4
Tilt time
This is one of those E3 2017 stories that slipped through the cracks. Sony’s announced that, following the successful launch of LocoRoco Remastered, its tilting the title’s sequel in the direction of the PlayStation 4. There’s no word on a release date at the time of writing. Nevertheless, we thought the platform holder did a...
News IO Interactive Goes Independent, Still Owns the Hitman IP
More Hitman incoming
It has been a rocky few months for developer IO Interactive after publisher Square Enix announced its plans to sell the studio, but the story has come to a satisfying conclusion. IO Interactive is now an independent studio and it has kept all rights to the Hitman IP. Speaking on the IO Interactive blog, CEO Hakan Abrak...
E3 2017 Bravo Team Pops Out of Cover on PlayStation VR
Will support PlayStation VR Aim Controller
Can someone check in on Guildford-based developer SuperMassive Games and make sure it’s okay? The studio announced three games at Sony’s E3 2017 press conference last night, and must be feeling the heat of an enormous workload right now. One of those games is Bravo Team, a new cover-based shooter for...
E3 2017 A New SingStar Will Help You to Celebrate Good Times
Hit the high notes
Sony hasn’t forgotten about the SingStar series. A new entry named SingStar: Celebration has been announced for the PlayStation 4, and it promises to be the ideal accompaniment to big events, like birthdays, weddings, and even Saturday nights. “Hit the high notes with upbeat tracks, massive hits, and your favourite party...
E3 2017 Hidden Agenda Is a PS4 Crime Thriller from the Creators of Until Dawn
Can you catch The Trapper?
Another announcement that Sony bizarrely buried into its E3 2017 pre-show yesterday was Hidden Agenda, a crime thriller from the creators of Until Dawn. Much like free PlayStation Plus title That’s You, this game is built around the platform holder’s new PlayLink initiative – which enables multiple people to...
E3 2017 The Evil Within 2 Spooks PS4 on Friday the 13th
Voorhees a jolly good fellow
Marketing masterstoke numero uno: survival horror sequel The Evil Within 2 will release on Friday, 13th October for the PlayStation 4. Bethesda confirmed the date alongside a meaty (and mad) reveal trailer, which included people drowning in milk and all sorts of other insanity. Watch it above.
E3 2017 Life Is Strange: Before the Storm Announced
A three episode series
After rumours made the rounds a month or so ago, a prequel to the 2015 hit Life Is Strange has been officially announced, titled Life Is Strange: Before The Storm. The first episode launches on 31st August, with a further two episodes coming after that. The three episode series will focus on the story of Rachel and Chloe,...
E3 2017 EA Gives PS4 Players Free Access to Five Games Until 18th June
Titanfall 2! FIFA 17! UFC 2!
At its E3 2017 press conference last year, EA announced an initiative called Play to Give which revolved around giving money to charities through players completing challenges within EA published games. EA has now provided an update on the scheme at its 2017 briefing, where it was announced that $1 million has been...
News Laser League Is the Latest from OlliOlli Dev Roll7
Laser tag
Roll7 makes unequivocally great games, and the OlliOlli creator has revealed its latest: Laser League. The new title from the award-winning British outfit is a sort of multiplayer-based isometric action game where you need to steal territory from wireframe foes – or something. The trailer’s very short and thus not particularly...
News OMFG! There's a New Bubsy Game for PS4
Deadly serious here
Hands up if you played Bubsy 3D? It was a platformer for the PSone that’s widely regarded as one of the worst games on the platform, and a fun bit of trivia for you: it was made by Days Gone developer Sony Bend. Anyway, the furry… Er, not sure what animal he is actually? A bobcat, perhaps? He’s back, is what we’re trying...
News Sniper Elite Studio Reveals 1930s Themed Strange Brigade
Colonial marines
This is cool: Sniper Elite developer Rebellion has announced its next game, Strange Brigade. The title is a four-player co-operative shooter in the same vein as Zombie Army Trilogy, but this time it’s boasting a 1930s-inspired Mayan, Incan, and Egyptian theme. You’ll see what we mean when you watch the trailer embedded above...
News Dissidia Final Fantasy NT Limit Breaks PS4 Next Year
Cloud nine
Ever since it was announced that Japanese arcade game Dissidia Final Fantasy was running on PlayStation 4 hardware, we’ve been waiting not-so patiently for a port. And that’s finally leaked via Amazon today: Dissidia Final Fantasy NT is scheduled to release on Sony’s new-gen system in early 2018. The conversion??
News Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 Bombs PS4
Four Mega Man games included
After the disappointment of last year's Mighty No. 9, Mega Man fans may be pining for a return to the franchise's roots. Luckily for them, Capcom has announced Mega Man Legacy Collection 2, which will bring four more Mega Man games to PlayStation 4 on 8th August in North America – no European release date has been...
News Breaking Bad Is Getting a PlayStation VR Adaptation
By the show's creator, too
Sony boss Kaz Hirai has talked extensively about how he wants to unify the company’s different divisions, and this could be considered an example of that: Breaking Bad – which was produced by Sony Pictures Television – is to receive a PlayStation VR experience, with series creator Vince Gilligan on hand to lead the...
News Here's Your First Look at Need for Speed Payback
How fast do you wanna go?
As leaked earlier today, Need for Speed Payback is the next instalment in EA Games’ legendary racing franchise – and it promises to be an “action racing fantasy” set in Fortune Valley, which is basically Las Vegas. The plot will see you assume the role of a trio of petrol heads, as you participate in “intense...
News Velocity 2X's FuturLab Tackles PlayStation VR with Tiny Trax
Micro Manchines meets Scalextric
Award-winning Brighton-based developer FuturLab – and the recipient of a rare 10/10 here at Push Square – is readying its next game for release this summer: Tiny Trax for PlayStation VR. The virtual reality slot racer aims to build the dream Scalextric around your head, allowing you to immerse yourself in 12...
News Last Day of June Is a PS4 Game of Love and Loss
Murasaki Baby maker Ovosonico at the helm
This sounds promising, doesn’t it? Murasaki Baby maker Ovosonico has announced its long-awaited next project: Last Day of June. The game – a puzzler about love and loss – has some big names attached to it, including musician and record producer Steven Wilson and Jess Cope of Frankenweenie fame. Much...
News Twee PS4 RPG Lost Sphear from I Am Setsuna Makers Announced
Out of nowhere
Handkerchiefs at the ready: Square Enix’s Tokyo RPG Factory has another twee tale to regale involving fallen fathers and vanishing mothers. Lost Sphear is the next game from the creators of I Am Setsuna, set for release in early 2018 on the PlayStation 4. The game will build upon the battle system from the aforementioned title, and...
News Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen Loots Long Overdue PS4 Port
Dragon age
Robert Ramsey rejoice: Capcom has confirmed that Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen is coming to the PlayStation 4 as part of a reveal in the latest issue of Famitsu magazine. The dark fantasy role-playing game was one of the PlayStation 3’s underrated gems, and this re-release is being developed to celebrate the series’ fifth anniversary...
News ClffyB's LawBreakers Free Falls to PS4 This Year
Power of attorney
Cliff Bleszinski is back in the game – literally. The ex-Gears of War maker has announced that LawBreakers, the gravity-defying first-person shooter from his new studio Boss Key Productions, is coming to the PlayStation 4 later this year. It’ll cost $29.99/£24.99 on the console, so it’s not gunning for the free-to-play...
News Top Spin Successor Aims for the Baseline on PS4
Ace
Top Spin is back! Well, actually it’s not back, but a new studio comprising of 2K Sports veterans has announced a new tennis title: Tennis World Tour. Regular readers will know that this editor is obsessed with tennis games, and has been waiting patiently for some rallying action on the PlayStation 4, so this is big news. Bigger than Destiny...
News DONTNOD Confirms Life Is Strange Sequel Is in Development
Oh boy
Hella good news here: Life Is Strange is getting a sequel. The sombre tale of Max Caulfield and Chloe Price touched over three million players when it launched episodically between January 2015 and October 2015, and developer DONTNOD has confirmed that a new entry in the series is on the way. Are we cereal? Yes. “We can’t wait to tell...
News PES 2018 Plays a Long Ball to PS4, PS3 on 14th September
Konami wants to Pique your attention
There’s no Messi-ng around from Konami this year: PES 2018 has been announced for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3, with a 14th September release date in Europe. Despite the publisher promising the Real deal, it’s Barcelona who will grace the cover of this year’s release – like, pretty much the...
News Harvest Moon: Light of Hope Plants Itself on PS4
Save the homeland, save the dream
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Western release of the original Harvest Moon game, developer Natsume has announced Harvest Moon: Light of Hope for PlayStation 4, the first Harvest Moon game to grace a Sony platform since the excellently-named Harvest Moon: Boy & Girl launched on the PSP back in 2007...
