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News This Guy Is Better at Bloodborne Than You Are
A good hunt
Bloodborne, blimey – remember that? It was the PlayStation 4 flavour of the month before The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt came out and everyone started playing that instead. Fortunately, streamer extraordinaire Craddoc hasn't forgotten about From Software's excellent exclusive – and has opted to play through the entire game without levelling...
News Bloodborne Patch 1.04 Is Available on PS4 Now
Reeks of balance tweaks
Bloodborne's brand new patch is not quite as exciting as its forthcoming expansion pack, but lovers of the good blood will still be excited to learn that it's available now. Weighing in at approximately 300MB – the update stacks, so you'll be sitting through a good 2.8GB of data if you're working with a fresh install –...
News This Was Supposed to Be Your Very First Look at Bloodborne
Beastly stuff
Sony's making announcements later than ever, and Bloodborne is one example of that. The game was first revealed at E3 2014, and launched less than a year later. However, the platform holder had originally planned to reveal it earlier, under the name Project Beast. Unfortunately for the firm, this codename event
News Bloodborne Will Be Purified with Patch 1.04 Next Week
Reeks of updates
Praise the sun: there's a new Bloodborne expansion in production. As good as this news undeniably is, though, it's still some way away. Fortunately, you won't have to wait quite as long for the title's next patch, as it's scheduled to release on 25th May. Game producer Masaaki Yamagiwa made the announcement on Twitter
News Shuhei Yoshida Confirms Bloodborne Expansion DLC Is in the Works
Praise the moon
Bloodborne is a good game. A really, really good game, as we're sure that you've heard from the constant coverage that we gave the masterful hit a couple of months ago. While the release has a breadth of meaningful content to explore, even with massive areas you may miss during your first playthrough, many a Hunter have wondered...
News Sony: Bloodborne's Stellar PS4 Sales Took Us by Surprise
"We were quite ambitious, but that proved conservative"
Bloodborne is undeniably one of the best games of the year so far – after all, it even took this Souls sceptic by surprise. But while its commercial success appears to have tapered off a little over the past few weeks, Sony has still been a little shocked by the title's commercial prowess...
News You Can Glitch the Camera in Bloodborne to Make it Look like Diablo
Hunting for glitches
How people actually discover glitches like this, we're not entirely sure, but Bloodborne's latest is certainly one of the strangest we've seen in some time. YouTube user PaiNz V has found a way to get the camera angle stuck into a birds eye view, like you'd usually find in titles such as Diablo or Hotline Miami. The result is...
News Bloodborne's PS4 Loading Times Just Got Quicker and Prettier
Patch plugs problems
That big Bloodborne logo that used to appear during the PlayStation 4 exclusive's loading screens may be burned into your retinas by now, but it's finally gone. Sony has released a brand new patch for its critically acclaimed outing, which not only cuts down loading times by around 30 per cent, but also replaces them with little...
News Hunting for Witches! Crazy Person Completes Bloodborne with Guitar
Hunter's axe
Bloodborne took this author 40 hours to beat with a DualShock 4; one crazy Twitch streamer has completed it in nine hours with a Guitar Hero controller. You're free to feel a mixture of admiration and jealousy – personally, we feel sick to the very pits of our stomachs. You can view the full archived playthrough through here if you...
News Even Xbox's Boss Is Impressed by Bloodborne's PS4 Sales
Hunter's dream
In a move that's been no way orchestrated by Microsoft's marketing team, Phil 'One of Us' Spencer has congratulated Sony on the success of Bloodborne, which has already surpassed one million sales globally. To be fair to the Xbox chief, he did at least acknowledge that people would raise eyebrows at the message – so there's that...
News Bloodborne Patch Will Bust Up Bad Load Times Soon
Various other fixes pledged
If there's one problem that we'd point at Bloodborne – aside from those dreaded Defiled Chalice dungeons – it's the long load times. Sure, you can pretty much run from one end of the world to the other without ever seeing a stumbling block – grotesque enemies aside – but having to travel to and from the Hunter's...
News Bloodborne Sales Are Off to a Bloody Good Start
Blood echoes retrieved
Can you smell the iron? According to Sony, PlayStation 4 exclusive Bloodborne had sold over one million copies by the 5th April, which means that the brilliantly gothic adventure hit that sales milestone after just over a week on the market. To put this feat into perspective, it took Dark Souls II, a multiplatform title, three...
Soapbox Why You Shouldn't Be Afraid to Play Bloodborne on PS4
Sammy Barker says From Software's latest isn't as impenetrable as you think
I beat Bloodborne last night. I'm tempted to talk up my gaming prowess in this opening paragraph, but I'd be undermining the entire point of this editorial if I did – there's way too much e-peen measuring going on elsewhere around the web with regards to From Software's...
Round Up Our Ultimate Guide to Beating Bloodborne on PS4
Hunter's handbook
From Software's first PlayStation 4 exclusive Bloodborne is exceptional – we should know, we've spent the past couple of weeks exploring every nook and cranny of its gothic nightmare realm Yharnam in order to bring you a series of guides. From picking the perfect starting weapon to beating all of the bosses, we've assembled a...
Guide How to Defeat Bloodborne's Final Bosses
End the hunt
A wonderful, chilling adventure gets an exhilarating conclusion. Bloodborne has the potential for two final boss fights, depending on your player choices and how many Umbilical Cord items you've consumed up until this point. Head back to the Hunter's Dream, enter the newly unlocked field of flowers, and chat with our good friend Gehrman...
News Watch as a Sony Executive Gets Slaughtered in Bloodborne
Poor guy
No, it's not Shuhei Yoshida, but this Bloodborne video's still worth a watch if you like to see successful businessmen endure total despair. Shiro Kawauchi, who's head of Sony Computer Entertainment Korea, was filmed while playing the PlayStation 4 exclusive, and as you'd imagine, he finds the whole ordeal quite difficult. To be fair,...
News This Bloodborne Build Simulator Will Help You to Create the Perfect Hunter
Bust beasts without a headache
Perhaps the most important part of PlayStation 4 exclusive Bloodborne is building the right kind of character. With the correct weapons equipped – and your Blood Echoes invested into the right statistics – you'll still find battles brutal, but they'll be much more manageable. This build simulator, then, should...
Guide How to Murder Martyr Logarius in Bloodborne on PS4
Death from Above
Martyr Logarius seems like somewhat of an insurmountable wall at first, with explosive magical assaults, incredible speed of movement around the arena, and vicious scythe swipes to complement his arsenal. Luckily, the boss of Bloodborne's Cainhurst Castle has some gaping weaknesses for any attentive hunter to exploit, making this...
Guide How to Kill Ebrietas, Daughter of the Cosmos in Bloodborne on PS4
Go back to Space
You took down the Celestial Emissary with no issue, right? The Choir is a joke area, you say? Well, time for some real fun. Ebrietas, Daughter of the Cosmos packs a real challenge and the type of fight that recent zones in Bloodborne have been screaming for. Breaking the window after the previous boss and following the route will...
Guide How to End Mergo's Wet Nurse in Bloodborne on PS4
Baby go bye-bye
A short while after dispatching the previous boss, Micolash, you'll stumble upon the true final challenge in the Nightmare of Mensis, Mergo's Wet Nurse. This can be one rough fight, as the Wet Nurse is both fast and powerful. Completing this stage will move things on to Bloodborne's final act, so be aware that the end is now well and...
Guide How to Kill Micolash, Host of the Nightmare in Bloodborne on PS4
Time to Awaken
Micolash, Host of the Nightmare in Bloodborne is a funny chap with a funny hat, and his fight follows as such. Rather than a traditional brawl, or even a slightly less traditional game of hide and seek, this battle will be a chase for the most part, with bits of easy combat splashed in between. This shouldn't be any real kind of...
News Bloodborne Gets an Unintended Easy Mode
The best strategy
Bloodborne is a tough game, right? Merciless environments, tricky enemies, and some of the most memorably dangerous boss fights on the PlayStation 4. But what if you could make every single boss forget that they're supposed to be killing you? Seemingly, the latest bug discovered in From Software's latest Sony exclusive does just...
News So, This Dude's Way Better at Bloodborne Than You'll Ever Be
Mad skillz, mate
Remember that kid at school that not only got the best grades in everything but was also the captain of the football team? Yeah, we still throw darts at his photo from time to time. Well, this YouTuber is even better than him, as he's played through the entirety of Bloodborne – boss fights and all – without using a gun and...
Weirdness This Copy of Bloodborne Is Getting Panned
Deck the store manager
Bloodborne's a terrifying game at the best of times – especially when the Blu-ray is replaced for a Christmas Pan Pipes compilation CD. We're squinting at the legitimacy of this NeoGAF post, but it seems authentic enough to warrant coverage here on Push Square. According to user Messofanego, he picked up a shrink-wrapped...
News Bloodborne's Game Breaking Bug Has Been Squashed with a Saw Cleaver
Item duplication also reportedly dumped
Bloodborne's no longer partially broken, as developer From Software has fixed the glitch which previously prevented you from progressing through the game if you'd participated in a multiplayer session in the Forbidden Woods. This is the only change listed in the patch notes, but reports suggest that the item...
News Someone Beat Bloodborne in Around 40 Minutes
Respect
Bloodborne takes at least 30 hours to complete, but if you're not a DualShock 4 sensei, you could end up exploring Yharnam for upwards of 65 hours. The fact that one person has beaten it in around 40 minutes is particularly impressive, then. Disclaimers: this person is a dirty cheat, using exploits to level up their character and skip most...
News Do You Want to Make Bloodborne Really Easy?
Unlock infinite Blood Echoes with item duplication exploit
Bloodborne's a great game, but it's not exactly the most accessible experience ever. While most titles go out of their way to include options for less experienced players, From Software's latest foray punishes at every given opportunity. In fact, the only way to make the release easier on...
News This Guy's Way Too Excited About Winning a Bloodborne Competition
A winner is you
Slow news day: have a video uploaded by SCEE which shows off a London Bloodborne community event that we totally weren't invited to. In it, the platform holder runs a quick competition, where there's a bunch of swag up for grabs. "It's something I will remember forever – it's amazing," said the winner. Calm down, dude – it's a...
Feature How Is PS4 Exclusive Bloodborne Treating Our Beginners?
Yarns from Yharnam
For the few of you that aren't fed up of us bleating on about Bloodborne yet, we've got one last piece of weekend reading lined up. With the game clearly attracting newcomers to the acclaimed Souls series, we've brought together a handful of scribes who have slightly less experience with the franchise in order to share their...
Guide How to Farm 1,000 Blood Echoes in Two Minutes in Bloodborne on PS4
Get a head start in From Software's stunning PS4 exclusive
Bloodborne can be a stern challenge in the opening hours, but prepare yourself and you'll be able to make short work of bosses such as Father Gascoigne and the Blood-Starved Beast. One way to get the upper-hand if you're really struggling is to farm some
News PS4 Exclusive Bloodborne Is Selling Out in Some Tokyo Stores
Fast mover
Sony's exceptional PlayStation 4 lineup in Japan is now wrapping up, but it sounds like Bloodborne's sending it out with a bang. The next-gen system's been top-dog in the Land of the Rising Sun for several weeks now, due to a staggering lineup which has included Yakuza Zero, Final Fantasy Type-0 HD, and Dragon Quest Heroes. Things start...
News Of Course There's a Game Breaking Bug in Bloodborne
This is next-gen, after all
Bloodborne may be the best native PlayStation 4 exclusive to date, but following in the footsteps of a slew of broken games, it's launched with a nasty bug. The game-breaking glitch revolves around the Lunarium Key, which you're supposed to unlock after a specific boss fight. However, if you invite someone into your game...
News Death Should Be the Least of Your Worries in PS4 Exclusive Bloodborne
What happened to your face?
Bloodborne's so darned difficult that it managed to reduce this author to tears during the title screen, but you don't even need to own a copy to get a feel for the terror contained within. Some people are already having fun with the foray's character creation suite, which allows you to make some of the truly wretched...
News Planning to Buy a PS4? Amazon's Bundling Bloodborne in USA
Cheap, cheerful, and sure to make you cry
PlayStation 4 sales are already exceptional around the globe, but we get the sneaking suspicion that Sony may be rubbing its hands a little more than usual right now. The system's certainly been excelling on all fronts since launch, but one recent criticism pointed at the console revolved around the dearth...
News Bloodborne's Long Load Times Will Be Addressed in Future PS4 Patch
Stop the Yharnam yawn
Bloodborne is a smash hit, securing some seriously stellar review scores. However, as we reported last week, it does have some loading issues – and these have been mentioned in the reviews. In fact, according to Digital
Round Up Bloodborne PS4 Reviews Reveal Sony's Killer App
Fearless
As the great Taylor Swift once sang, we don't know how it gets bigger than this. Or was that "better than this" – we forget. The point is that Bloodborne is out imminently, and the press have been testing their collective patience against From Software's latest foray. We're still getting a feel for the release's many repugnant enemies, so...
News Bloodborne's PS4 Pre-Load Is Ready to Go in North America
Nothing in Europe yet
You're going to need all of the time that you can get with Bloodborne next week – especially with those terrifying loading screens. As such, it's nice that Sony's deployed the pre-load ahead of the title's 24th March launch, with enthusiastic consumers in North America noting that the release is being downloaded to their hard...
News Uh Oh, Watch PS4 Exclusive Bloodborne Take Over 40 Seconds to Reload After Player Death
Bloody hell
Okay, nobody panic, but we've got footage of one of Bloodborne's loading screens, and it ain't pretty. One of our very own users, TOMBOY25, managed to get his hands on the game early, and he's uploaded some direct gameplay footage to YouTube straight from his PlayStation 4. Unfortunately, a good quarter of this video is the loading...
News You'll Be Able to Buy PS4's Bloodborne with Blood in Denmark
Blood money
Don't worry – one-time Kickstarter curio Blood Sport is not plotting a comeback. Making us queasy this time is PlayStation Denmark's honourable blood donor drive, which it's cunningly tying in to the release of Bloodborne next week. Essentially in response to a real dearth of crimson in the country, the platform holder will be offering...
News Watch a Japanese Actor Desperately Try to Survive in PS4 Exclusive Bloodborne
Just believe
From what we can tell, this newest Japanese promotion for upcoming action role-playing game Bloodborne sees celebrities tackle the tough-as-nails title for our entertainment. Better them than us, we say. It's up to Nobuaki Kaneko, an actor and apparently a rock drummer, to survive an early segment of the game, and surprisingly, he...
News Some People Are Already Getting Battered by Bloodborne on PS4
An early beating
From Software's hotly anticipated PlayStation 4 exclusive Bloodborne has already started to sink its claws into some (un)lucky gamers, as retailers in Toronto have begun selling the game early. Posting on the PlayStation Trophies forum, user rmchiva925 proudly uploaded some shots of his copy, which isn't due out until next week...
News PS4 Exclusive Bloodborne's Launch Trailer Will Send a Shiver Down Your Spine
Title also goes gold
Brrrr - did anyone else feel that chill? No? Well you might after watching Bloodborne's launch trailer. With the game just under two weeks away, we can practically smell the iron. Bloodborne's producer thinks that shields might be 'crap' Featuring some rather nightmarish imagery and a good lump of gameplay, we reckon that the...
Weirdness Sony's Shuhei Yoshida Shows His Dark Side
Out for blood
Good old Shuhei Yoshida's never one to turn down some social media fun. Sony's likeable executive almost always wears a smile on his face, but it would seem that he's also got a bit of a dark side. Posing in front of a Japanese Bloodborne stand, the usually cheery Worldwide Studios president attempts to pull a menacing expression...
News This Bloodborne PS4 Is Sadly Not for Sale
But it should be
There are so many personalised PlayStation 4s available in Japan that it's hard to keep count, but this Bloodborne console is a real museum piece. Sony was flaunting the one-of-a-kind system in Japan earlier today, where it held a special event for From Software's forthcoming foray. The game's now gone gold, by the way...
News Who Wants a Free PS4 Bloodborne Theme?
Yharnam you want it
You can't beat a free PlayStation 4 theme to personalise your platform with, and Sony's giving out a deadly Bloodborne design as a reward for completing the game's interactive trailer. Of course, if you don't want to spoil yourself with the audio visual experience, we've compiled the giveaway codes for you on this very page...
News Bloodborne's New Game Plus Will Test Your Skills Even Further
Back for more
Much like its spiritual predecessors, Bloodborne will feature a New Game Plus mode, which ramps up the challenge after you've already seen the game through. The news comes from game director Hidetaka Miyazaki, who told MCV that "yes, there will be a New Game Plus mode - we're having trouble beating it, though." We bet that all you...
News PS4 Exclusive Bloodborne Will Batter You for Over 40 Hours
Brace yourself
There was plenty of pre-release scepticism pointed in the direction of The Order: 1886 after its relatively short running time was revealed, but fellow PlayStation 4 exclusive Bloodborne will face no such criticism. According to an upcoming issue of EDGE – which bears From Software's fearsome foray on the cover – the title will...
News Shields in Bloodborne 'Might Be Crap', Says Producer
Unblockable
Taking the time to answer some questions on the PlayStation Blog, European producer of Bloodborne, Jun Yoshino, has unleashed a few juicy details about the upcoming PlayStation 4 exclusive. For starters, the executive points out that shields in the game "might be crap". In other words, unlike its spiritual predecessors, Bloodborne's...
News This Is How PS4 Exclusive Bloodborne's Multiplayer Works
Three's a charm
Details have been a little bit scarce regarding Bloodborne's multiplayer mechanics, but thanks to some ever-reliable translation from Gematsu, we can finally peruse the juicy innards of the upcoming action role-playing game. You Can Play Bloodborne at EGX Rezzed Next Week Starting off with co-op, you'll be able to join up
News Play Bloodborne on PS4 Before It Curdles Store Shelves at EGX Rezzed
Oodles of awesome indie games, too
Sony's brilliant PlayStation 4 exclusive action role-playing release Bloodborne will be repulsing retail in the not too distance future, but if you can't wait to lay your fingers on From Software's fearsome foray, don't worry – as it'll be on display at EGX Rezzed next week. The UK-based convention – which is...
