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May2019
Deal World War Z Is a Third Off Already on EU PlayStation Store
Bargain bin zombies
Well, that was pretty fast. The Deal of the Week is primarily reserved for PlayStation 4 titles that have been around a year or two, but the latest discount offers up World War Z, which came out just over a month ago. All this week, European PS4 users can grab the zombie shooter for 30 percent off, taking the price tag down to...
News Watch Sean Bean Read a Poem While Sad Music Plays in New A Plague Tale: Innocence Promo
The Little Boy Lost
Focus Home Interactive seems to be putting a lot of weight behind A Plague Tale: Innocence, as it's gone and hired actor Sean Bean for its latest promotional video. As you can see above, the actor, known for playing characters who die onscreen, reads The Little Boy Lost by William Blake, a short poem that has some thematic...
Review A Plague Tale: Innocence - The Rats of Us
Drat
A Plague Tale: Innocence is a Sony game without a Sony budget. Focus Home Interactive may not be a forum favourite, but with ambitious original properties like Vampyr and The Council, it’s been proudly flying the flag for story-driven, single player experiences. Asobo’s gothic medieval romp is yet another nod in that direction, but does it...
News A Plague Tale: Innocence Launch Trailer Paints a Bleak Picture
Out tomorrow
One of this month's major new releases comes from Focus Home Interactive, a publisher that seems to be pushing itself lately. A Plague Tale: Innocence has looked like an interesting project since its announcement, and it's now right around the corner -- the game launches on PlayStation 4 tomorrow. The latest trailer is here, and it's...
News World War Z Physical Copies Struggle to Meet Demand Following Successful Launch
Hungry for more
World War Z has done far better commercially than anyone originally expected - topping the UK sales chart for the week of its launch and selling over one million copies across all platforms worldwide. It looks like developer Saber Interactive wasn't quite expecting this level of success though, because tracking down a physical copy...
News World War Z's Season One Roadmap Details Free Mission, New Zombie Type, and Modes
It's all free
World War Z has proven to be much better than a lot of people expected, and developer Saber Interactive has been quick to capitalise by announcing a roadmap for its first season of post-launch content. It'll be free for all players on PS4, bringing with it a new mission, weapons, difficulty levels, and modes. At some point this month,...
April2019
News A Plague Tale: Innocence Channels The Last of Us in New PS4 Gameplay Video
The rats of us
One look at A Plague Tale: Innocence, and it's fairly clear where its inspirations lie. The bleak action adventure apes The Last of Us in a few ways, and while it's not quite on the same level, some of the gameplay, and certainly the tone, is pretty similar. A new, 8-minute gameplay video shows protagonist Amicia making her way...
Review World War Z - Enjoyable Zombie Action That Narrowly Misses the Mark
Where's Brad Pitt?
The more games that release in an attempt to emulate it, the more we start to believe that Left 4 Dead was simply a product of its time. While the series never put in an appearance on a PlayStation console, its success was felt far and wide as multiple co-operative knock-offs tried and almost always failed to replicate the unique...
News World War Z Launch Suffers with Connectivity Issues, Server Problems, and Bugs
Not much of a worldy
World War Z launched yesterday, but its first day on the market didn't exactly go smoothly. Players have reported numerous issues such as multiple failed attempts to connect to the game's servers and problems during gameplay that halts progression. The biggest issue at launch appears to be a lack of servers for players to join,...
News The Surge 2 Screenshots Show Off a More Diverse World
Nature vs. machines
Focus Home Interactive has released a fresh batch of shots from The Surge 2, the sequel to the Dark Souls-like sci-fi adventure. The first thing to notice is that the environments seem to be a lot more varied this time around. According to developer Deck13, this instalment takes place in "a sprawling, devastated city with larger...
News The Surge 2 Points Towards A Summer Release After Publisher Event
Releasing "in a few months"
As part of its "What's Next 2019" event, publisher Focus Home Interactive announced that Deck 13's The Surge 2 will release "in a few months" time, indicating a summer launch is on the cards. Alongside that, the two teams announced a continued partnership that will help shape the development and subsequent release of a...
News DONTNOD and Focus Home to Join Forces Again Following Vampyr's One Million Sales Milestone
Let's go again
It feels like DONTNOD's vampiric adventure game Vampyr flew way under the radar last year, but in a new press release, it seems like it did pretty well for itself. One million sales is certainly nothing to sniff at, and it's a huge success for publisher Focus Home Interactive. No wonder the two companies are partnering once again on...
News World War Z Goes In-Depth with Rockstar Inspired Overview Trailer
There's that commentary
World War Z is less than two weeks away from release now, but it's not up until now that we've really had a solid idea of how the game is structured or how it plays outside of its co-op capabilities. With a new trailer that wouldn't look so out of place on the Rockstar Games YouTube channel, the video above from developer...
News A Plague Tale: Innocence Goes Gold Ahead of Release on PS4 Next Month
Vive la France
We've been keeping a watchful eye on A Plague Tale: Innocence, the bleak adventure game set in 14th century France. Developer Asobo Studio looks to have crafted something quite unique, with a relentless swarm of plague-carrying rats and enemy soldiers to avoid as you guide Amicia and her little brother across the country. The game...
March2019
Review The Surge - Dark Souls with No Soul
Bloodbored
Republished on Wednesday 27th March 2019: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of April's PlayStation Plus lineup. The original text follows. The Surge makes a great first impression. Its opening hour introduces you to a combat system that takes clear inspiration from the likes of Dark Souls and...
February2019
News A Plague Tale: Innocence's PS4 Story Trailer Is Très Bon
Magnifique
There’s someone at Focus Home Interactive who has the same taste as your humble host, because this author would have greenlit projects like Vampyr, The Council, and, of course, A Plague Tale: Innocence. Developed by Asobo Studio, the story-driven title intends to unravel the yarn of Amicia and her sibling Hugo, who are on the run from...
News World War Z Will Rise from Its Grave on 16th April
End of the world as Z know it
World War Z will get you in the zombie stomping mood when it releases on 16th April – ten days prior to Sony’s own apocalyptic shooter Days Gone. Saber Interactive’s co-op title obviously has a multiplayer focus, so it’s not identical to the PlayStation 4 exclusive – but its emphasis on the undead did prompt...
News A Plague Tale: Innocence Will Show Thousands of Rats On-Screen at Once
But they weren't initially planned at all
The third and final developer diary for A Plague Tale: Innocence is here, and it's all about the rats. The packs of plague-carrying rodents are a core part of the game, but developer Asobo Studio says they weren't part of the plan when the project got started. Now, though, the game is capable of showing...
January2019
News A Plague Tale: Innocence Devs Discuss Middle Ages Setting in New Video
The old world
Part of what makes A Plague Tale: Innocence an intriguing project is its bleak setting. The game takes places in a very dark period during the middle ages when France is falling prey to both war and disease. In this new dev diary, Asobo Studio speaks about its choice of setting -- the team wanted to find a time not often explored in...
News A Plague Tale: Innocence Release Date Announced, Coming to PS4 in May
New dev diary released
We've had our eye on A Plague Tale: Innocence for a while, as it looks like a fairly promising survival/adventure title from Focus Home Interactive. Playing as Amicia, a young girl accompanied by her little brother Hugo, you must survive in 14th century France at a time rife with war and disease. Hordes of bloodthirsty rats...
December2018
News A Plague Tale: Innocence Impresses with New Screenshots
Rat pack
One of the most promising games currently in production at Focus Home Interactive is A Plague Tale: Innocence. The creepy looking adventure game has been moving slowly but surely forwards, and while there's still a bit of time to go before its release next year, it's looking pretty good. The developer has released a batch of new...
October2018
Review Call of Cthulhu - Eerie Adventure Game Is Enjoyable Enough
Do you have a moment to talk about our lord and saviour Cthulhu?
H.P Lovecraft’s short stories and novellas have been a rich source of inspiration across many artistic mediums, and video games have not been immune to their call. The idea of a ‘Mythos’ populated with evil cults, interdimensional creatures, and ancient beings that can sever your...
News Vampyr Has Been a 'Tremendous Success', Says Publisher
Bloody good
Vampyr, the gloomy action role-playing game that launched earlier this year in June, has done very well for itself commercially, according to publisher Focus Home Interactive. The company's latest earnings report highlights "tremendous success throughout the second quarter" for Dontnod Entertainment's title. When it released, it managed...
News Call of Cthulhu Looks Suitably Freaky in New PS4 Launch Trailer
Monster mash
And the games keep on coming. We're waist deep in the busiest time of year for game releases, and there's now just a few days until the launch of Call of Cthulhu. The promising adaptation of the pen and paper RPG of the same name is released on 30th October, and we now have an eerie launch trailer to enjoy. This Lovecraftian horror...
News Spintires: Mudrunner Expansion American Wilds Adds New Vehicles and Maps
And plenty more mud
We quite liked Spintires: Mudrunner, a sort of off-road driving simulator about delivering timber across some of the worst terrain known to man. Its slow pace and unforgiving realism means it isn't for everyone, but as with other games of this ilk, there's a certain satisfaction in learning the intricacies and doing a good job...
News Farming Simulator 19 Is a Life Is Strange Game Now
Well, this trailer is at least
It’s the simple things Like onion rings Twirling round and round on my finger Makes me happy This new Farming Simulator 19 trailer is a thing, and if you can’t see the Life Is Strange influence then you must be blind. Of course the game won’t play like DONTNOD’s lifestyle series – it’s a farming simulator,...
August2018
Gamescom 2018 Embrace the Madness with Call of Cthulhu Gameplay
Lovecraft overload
Frogwares’ forthcoming The Sinking City looks awesome, and so too does Cyanide’s Call of Cthulhu. Both are taking different approaches to H.P. Lovecraft’s cosmic universe, with this game adopting a first-person perspective. You play as an investigator named Edward Pierce who’s sent to an island named Darkwater, which is...
Gamescom 2018 The Surge 2 Gameplay Trailer Takes the Fight Outside
Mech-ing improvements
The Surge was a pretty divisive game when it launched last year. We weren't particularly enamoured with it, but some enjoyed its sci-fi spin on Dark Souls-esque gameplay. Focus Home Interactive has released a trailer for The Surge 2, and it looks like there will be a greater variety of environments to fight through. The first...
Gamescom 2018 Watch 16 Minutes of Uncut Gameplay from A Plague Tale: Innocence
Rats
Yet another game that's maybe not getting enough attention is A Plague Tale: Innocence from Focus Home Interactive. It's an adventure game set in a medieval, war struck France that's also fallen prey to disease thanks to a massive rat infestation. It's a pretty bleak premise, and this brand new gameplay footage reinforces that. It's the best...
Gamescom 2018 You Can Ride Horses in Farming Simulator 19
Someone cull the crops
You can ride horses in Farming Simulator 19, which is one hell of an addition to a franchise that grows with each instalment. This new Gamescom 2018 trailer shows off the upcoming sequel in all of its earth churning glory, introducing some of the 300 vehicles you’ll be able to commandeer come 20th November. Giants Software...
July2018
News Vampyr Adding New Difficulty Options This Summer
At both ends of the spectrum
If the tropical weather around the world has you longing for the cold hard cobbles of early-winter England, then French developer DONTNOD hopes to pull you back in with a new Vampyr update this summer. Two modes will be added to the role-playing game imminently, including a ‘Story’ difficulty which will de-emphasise...
News Hear the Call of Cthulhu from 30th October on PS4
The Great Dreamer doth stir
Lovecraftian love-in Call of Cthulhu – the story-driven role-playing game from Cyanide Studio – will meander to the mountains of madness from 30th October, publisher Focus Home Interactive has revealed. For those of you who don’t know, you’ll play as private eye Edward Pierce, as he explores the mysterious island...
June2018
E3 2018 Call of Cthulhu Tiptoes to the Mountains of Madness
Weird tales
Well, we’re not getting a Bloodborne sequel just yet, so Focus Home Interactive’s Call of Cthulhu will have to occupy our longing for Lovecraftian worlds. Developed by Cyanide and due out later this year on the PlayStation 4, you’ll play as a private investigator named Edward Pierce, who travels to an isolated mansion on Darkwater...
E3 2018 A Plague Tale: Innocence Gets a Moody Cinematic Trailer
The rats of us
A new trailer for A Plague Tale: Innocence has scurried onto YouTube, and we've embedded it above for your viewing pleasure. This title, which comes from Focus Home Interactive and Asobo Studio, is making its way to PS4 in 2019. For the uninitiated, the game tells the story of Amicia and Hugo as they struggle to survive in a medieval...
Sucky combat
DONTNOD has so far released two games: 2013's often forgotten Remember Me and the breakout success Life Is Strange. Vampyr is the ambitious company's latest project, and it combines the action of the former with the narrative focus of the latter. You play as Jonathan E. Reid, an acclaimed surgeon recently turned vampire who's...
May2018
Interview Sinking Our Fangs into the Soundtrack of Vampyr with Composer Olivier Derivière
Notes-feratu
Recently we got the chance to have a chat with the composer of DONTNOD's promising-looking Vampyr, Olivier Derivière. We got to discuss the manner in which he approaches his compositions, the intertwining of game development alongside the music, and how his passion for video games birthed a phenomenal composer for the industry...
News Sink Your Fangs into 50 Whole Minutes of Vampyr Gameplay
A bloody chunk
Recently, Vampyr developer Dontnod Entertainment livestreamed a hefty chunk of the game, showcasing a whole 50 minutes of the upcoming action role-playing title. We've embedded an archive of the stream above, and the action kicks off around the 16 minute mark. It looks interesting and atmospheric, if a little rough around the edges...
The not-so incredible hulk
The Warhammer 40K universe represents a ripe source of inspiration for video games. With its galaxy spanning conflicts, rammed full of fascinating factions, it's mind boggling that there’s only been a small number of great games that’ve made good use of its expansive lore. With a steady stream of Warhammer 40K titles...
News Moody Action RPG Vampyr Goes Gold Ahead of Release Next Month
Bloody great
Hooray, Vampyr has gone gold! It feels like we've been writing about Dontnod Entertainment's project for an eternity (it's been more than three years, actually), but the action role-playing game is finally ready to sink its fangs into PlayStation 4 next month. Indeed, the title isn't far away at all, set to hit store shelves on the 5th...
News The Council Convenes for Second Episode on 15th May
The dust has only just begun to form
Focus Home Interactive’s political drama The Council will continue with Episode Two: Hide and Seek on 15th May. “Join Louis de Richet as he continues his investigation into the disappearance of his mother, and confronts the finally-revealed Lord Mortimer,” a tweet from the title’s official account...
News Vampyr's Latest Trailer Offers a Bite-sized Look at Combat
Tasty
Vampyr, the latest title from Life is Strange developer DONTNOD, has always looked promising, but we've not seen a great deal of the game's combat. In this new mood-setting trailer, entitled 'Becoming the Monster', we get to see some brief snippets of the action. It looks like you'll be combining regular melee attacks with your vampiric...
April2018
News Doctor Death Fears the Reaper in Vampyr Story Trailer
Blood born
Werewolves! Monsters! Crazy religious cults! It seems there’ll be a lot more supernatural to Vampyr’s plot, as this story trailer teases all sorts of shenanigans on London’s cobbled streets. To be honest, we’re not entirely sure what this clip is trying to tell us, but it serves as a decent mood piece – we especially like the...
March2018
Review The Council: Episode 1 - The Mad Ones
We're all mad here
Focus Home Interactive’s impressively ambitious portfolio scoops another intriguing title with Big Bad Wolf’s political period drama The Council, an episodic adventure that fuses Telltale’s narrative-driven experiences with a more traditional role-playing release. But does debut episode The Mad Ones do enough to draw you...
News New PS4 Screenshots From A Plague Tale: Innocence Show a Grimy, Rat-Infested World
Rat pack
In a new press release, a selection of new screenshots from A Plague Tale: Innocence have been revealed, and they're just as bleak as you'd expect. Developed by Asobo Studio, this gloomy game is set in 14th century France during a period of war and disease. On top of that is an enormous plague of rats that's ravaging the country, and you...
News The Council Infiltrates a Secret Society Next Week on PS4
We're Lincoln the look of this
The 18th Century’s most influential figures are meeting on an island to determine the fate of the world, and you’ve gained entry to Lord Mortimer’s estate. In search of your mother, episodic adventure The Council promises to unravel an intriguing political tale about secret societies and hidden agendas. It sounds...
February2018
News Farming Simulator 19 Is Not to Be Confused with Far Cry 5
Not horsing around
Change the logos in this Farming Simulator 19 debut trailer and you’ve got a killer commercial for Far Cry 5, but the only dead heading you’ll be doing here is to your ripened barley. Focus Home Interactive, in conjunction with developer Giants Software, has announced the next edition in its barnstorming agricultural brand –...
News Final Vampyr Dev Diary Reveals Release Date
Fangs very much
The last of the four-episode web series on DONTNOD's Vampyr has been made available today. This video is entitled "Stories From the Dark", and sees the development team speak about how they've approached storytelling within their latest title. They talk about the narrative bleeding into the gameplay, and how telling stories in games...
News The Surge 2 Announced, Coming to PS4 Next Year
Mech some room for it
Focus Home Interactive has today revealed that it's once again joining forces with Deck 13 to bring us The Surge 2, a sequel to the sci-fi Souls-like action game. It's planned for release in 2019. The sequel will apparently build upon the aspects that people enjoyed - the limb-removing combat and RPG elements - and swap the...
News Latest Vampyr Dev Diary Details London's Inhabitants
Cor blimey
The third video in DONTNOD's Vampyr development series is out now, which we've embedded for you above. Entitled 'Human After All', this episode focuses on the myriad citizens that populate 1918 London. With the moral quandary of who to kill and when being a central point to the game, it's good to hear that each NPC has a story,...
January2018
News New Vampyr Video Spotlights Setting and Sound
"We tried to withhold visual information"
DONTNOD's Vampyr dev diary series continues with the second episode, entitled Architects of the Obscure. Once again, a couple of developers from the studio highlight some specific areas about their bloodthirsty new game. The team talks about the four districts of London you'll be able to explore, detailing...
News First Vampyr Dev Diary Talks About Morality and Player Choice
Fangtastic
The first episode of the Vampyr webseries has made its way to YouTube. Entitled 'Making Monsters', the video features several developers from DONTNOD discussing their take on vampires, and the decisions players will have to make throughout their adventure. As we know, you play as the doctor-turned-vampire Jonathan Reid, and part of the...
News A New Webseries Will Shed Some Light on DONTNOD's Vampyr
Bloody hell
Developer DONTNOD has been pretty quiet on its latest game, Vampyr. The murky, moralistic action game looks fairly promising, but there hasn't been a lot of buzz around it of late. That seems to be changing, however, as publisher Focus Home Interactive has just uploaded a teaser for a new webseries, entitled DONTNOD Presents Vampyr...
December2017
News The Council Is a New Episodic Contender Set in 1793
George Washington, Napoleon Bonaparte star
Focus Home Interactive’s portfolio makes for pretty impressive reading these days, and The Council is another intriguing addition to its catalogue. Billed as a five-part episodic adventure, the story begins off the coast of England in 1793, where famous historical faces such as Napoleon Bonaparte and...
November2017
News Action RPG Vampyr Won't Have DLC, But Needs to Sell One Million
Focus Home lays out expectations for title
DONTNOD’s upcoming action role-playing game Vampyr has no DLC plans, as publisher Focus Home Interactive would prefer to start work on a sequel if the title’s a success. The game, which boss Cédric Lagarrigue believes can sit alongside blockbuster titles despite not having a AAA budget, was recently...
There will be mud
Games are great because they let you do anything or be anyone. You can be Aloy, an adventurous warrior adept at killing robotic animals in a far-flung future. You can explore entire planets and travel through a vast galaxy in No Man’s Sky. In Everything, you can be, well, anything. In Spintires: Mudrunner, your goal is to move...
September2017
News Action RPG Vampyr Returns to Its Crypt Until Spring 2018
No fangs
Vampyr, the action role-playing game in development at DontNod, has been delayed. Originally due to launch on PlayStation 4 this November, publisher Focus Home Interactive has confirmed that the title is now set to release in early 2018. We've seen relatively little of Vampyr over the last few months, and without a concrete date, a...
July2017
News Rough and Ready Action RPG The Surge Grabs a Free PS4 Demo Next Week
Mech it happen
If you skipped The Surge when it launched back in May, then you way want to prepare yourself for a playable demo that's coming to PlayStation 4 next week. The action role-playing title proved to be reasonably divisive; some players thought it punched well above its station, while others thought it was just okay and nothing...
June2017
E3 2017 Dream Big with Call of Cthulhu's Latest PS4 Trailer
A new reality
Call of Cthulhu, the action role-playing game inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s supernatural stories, has received a new trailer at E3 2017 – though it’s not the gameplay trailer you may have been hoping for. Instead the cinematic piece introduces us to Private Investigator Edward Pierce, whose perception of reality is being...
E3 2017 Rats! A Plague Tale: Innocence Scuttles to PS4
Someone call the Pied Piper
This sounds wonderful on paper, it’s just a shame Focus Home Interactive doesn’t have more than a teaser trailer to show yet. A Plague Tale: Innocence is set in 1349, as a great plague ravages France. You’ll play as a boy and a girl named Hugo and Amicia, as you attempt to outrun the Inquisition and a swarm of...
News Vampyr Sinks Its Fangs into PS4 This November
And here's a moody trailer
Action role-playing title Vampyr will launch at some point in November, publisher Focus Home Interactive has announced. In it, you play as Jonathan Reid, a doctor who also happens to be a vampire. Naturally, you'll be forced to make tough moral choices as Reid struggles with his vampyric urges. The game's new cinematic...
May2017
The colours of the wind
It’s without a doubt that Focus Home Interactive's Seasons After Fall is a gorgeous game. It’s also easy to consider similarities when regarding the visual style to Ori and the Blind Forest, as its gorgeous pastels remind us of Moon Studios' masterpiece from 2015. However, Seasons After Fall is its own unique piece of...
News A Bunch of B-Tier PS4 Titles Go on Sale in US
The Technomancer, Farming Simulator, more
Focus Home Interactive is probably this generation's most prominent b-tier publisher. For several years now, it's been pumping the PlayStation 4 full of titles that aren't quite AAA blockbusters - but they're not digital-only indie-style escapades, either. The kind of games that reviewers give 6s and 7s...
Video Cut Through Over an Hour of The Surge PS4 Gameplay
Sci-fi souls
Our review wasn’t overly complimentary, but if The Surge is still on your wishlist, then maybe you’d like to take a look at over an hour of gameplay footage? We recently streamed a chunk of the so-called Sci-Fi Souls, and we’ve embedded all of the archived action above for your viewing pleasure.
April2017
Review Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom
Shiny happy people
Life can sometimes feel like waiting for the proverbial bus. While everyone has been patiently anticipating Yooka-Laylee, it actually isn't the only colourful Kickstarter game to make its way to the PlayStation 4 this month: somewhat lesser known is Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom. This is an action role-playing game, but it's not...
News Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom Looks Better Every Time We See It
Surprise hit?
Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom is an action role-playing game that we've had our eye on for quite some time. Crafted by French indie studio Enigami, it certainly looks like an ambitious project for such a relatively small studio to take on - but with risk comes opportunity and all that. Hopefully the title turns out to be a surprise...
March2017
News Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom Snatches an April Release Date on PS4
Zap
Colourful action role-playing game Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom will hop onto PlayStation 4 next month, its latest trailer reveals. Said trailer shows off a bunch of different environmental footage accompanied by a twinkly musical score. The title certainly looks interesting, so here's hoping that the gameplay lives up to the presentation...
News Action RPG The Surge Clanks onto PS4 in May
Heavy metal
The Surge, the action role-playing game from the developer behind Lords of the Fallen, has looked pretty solid in previous gameplay trailers. It's got exosuits, evil robots, and big bloody hammers. It's something a little different, then, and it's launching on the 16th May for PlayStation 4. It's also got a new, tone-setting cinematic...
Review Styx: Shards of Darkness
Sticks and stones
Admission: we weren't the biggest fans of Styx: Master of Shadows. Despite showing a bit of potential here and there, it was impossible to look past how incredibly frustrating and repetitive the entire game was – there was simply no fun to be had. So going into the sequel, our scepticism was naturally at an all-time high. But we...
February2017
News Colourful PS4 Action RPG Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom May Be Worth Keeping an Eye On
Shine a light
Beginning life on Kickstarter, Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom looks like a relatively unique project, and it's "coming soon" to PlayStation 4. It's an action role-playing release with a pleasant art style, and its combat system apparently takes inspiration from fighting games. Judging by the gameplay trailer that we've embedded...
News GreedFall Looks to Baroque Art for Inspiration
Life's a Witcher
Well, that's a headline we didn't really expect to write. GreedFall is a new fantasy role-playing game from Bound by Flame developer Spiders Studio, and it's been inspired by – well – Baroque art from 17th Century Europe. Maybe Ramsey should have written this article – put that art degree to use and all. From this author's...
News Life Is Strange Dev's Dark RPG Vampyr Will Have Four Endings
And you'll need to play cleanly to see one
Dark role-playing game Vampyr is set to release on the PlayStation 4 this year, and while developer DONTNOD didn't disclose a great number of new details at a recent press event, it did reveal that the title will have four different endings determined by the way in which you play. "The sum of your...
January2017
News Sci-Fi Dark Souls The Surge Peers into the Dystopian Future
Brave new world
Deck 13's dystopian Dark Souls-esque title The Surge will deploy in May on the PlayStation 4, the developer has announced. The studio confirmed the date alongside a new trailer, which shows protagonist Warren starting work at shady corporation CREO. But it's not long before a catastrophic event turns artificial intelligence against...
News Question Your Sanity with Call of Cthulhu PS4 Trailer
Death stranding
Focus Home Interactive's winning line of 'Games Designed Specifically for Sammy' stretches on with Call of Cthulhu – an upcoming horror based upon H.P. Lovecraft's series of supernatural horrors. You'll play as a private detective named Edward Pierce who's recruited to investigate the death of a local artist, but ultimately becomes...
News Stealth-'Em-Up Styx: Shards of Darkness Scores Shiny New Trailer
Out of the shadows
While upcoming PlayStation 4 stealth title Styx: Shards of Darkness is all about staying undercover, publisher Focus Home Interactive has temporarily plopped Cyanide Studios' sequel into the limelight in the hope of selling a few copies. This snazzy CG trailer sells the tone of the impending title: it's all about orc espionage...
News The Plague Spreads to PS4 via Focus Home Interactive
Asobo Studio stretches its legs
Focus Home Interactive may be considered a budget publisher, but its portfolio is slowly starting to strengthen. Alongside the promising looking Vampyr, the firm's just announced an intriguing project from French outfit Asobo named The Plague. There's very little to go on at the time of typing, but the key art shows a...
December2016
News Suck the Blood from Vampyr's All-New PS4 Trailer
Life is strange
Vampyr is one of those rare games that should come with a 'Made for Sammy B' seal of approval. The latest from Life Is Strange developer DONTNOD has a little bit of everything that this author likes: a gothic London backdrop, a sinister storyline, a dash of survival horror, and some enticing gameplay mechanics. Will it be good?...
October2016
Corny
It may have inspired a throng of gag games, but Farming Simulator 17 remains just about as serious as simulations come. Take the new addition of pigs: you need to pork them up with a balanced diet, keep them tidy, ensure that they have ample bedding and water, and only then will you reap the returns from your sows. It's hard labour of the kind...
September2016
News Fresh Vampyr Screenshots Show Off the PS4 Action RPG's Combat
Someone call a doctor
Vampyr - an action role-playing game from French developer DONTNOD - has always looked promising on paper, but after sinking our fangs into some gameplay footage last month, we're still not totally sold on this often janky looking trip through old London's dingy streets. That said, the newly released screenshots that we've...
August2016
News Sink Your Teeth into 15 Minutes of Vampyr PS4 Gameplay
Wham Bram
Life Is Strange dev DONTNOD has deployed the first 15 minutes of gameplay from horror role-playing game, Vampyr. While this is all pre-alpha footage, it serves as a short introduction to the seedy streets of London, where a pandemic has sent the English capital into disarray. Dr Jonathan Reid, the protagonist, is a troubled soul – caught...
Gamescom 2016 The Surge Is the Sci-Fi Dark Souls Your PS4 Deserves
Surge of cerberus
This is a pleasant surprise: The Surge is taking Dark Souls' gameplay and turning it sci-fi. Apparently announced eons ago, this is the first your humble host has seen of Deck 13's latest, and while it obviously lacks the artistic panache of a From Software release, the gameplay loop's looking strong – even if the obligatory...
News Choo-Choo! Farming Simulator 17 Adds Trains to Transport Your Grains
All aboard
Huge news for agricultural aficionados: Farming Simulator 17 will include trains. This has been an oft-requested feature from fans, and it's finally here. The drivable trains will allow you to transport your grain in mass quantities, as well as tree logs and animals. "We've even included tension belts to hold down and stabilise bales...
July2016
News Corn, Blimey! Catch a Glimpse of Farming Simulator 17 PS4 Gameplay
Hay maker
Farming equipment is genuinely bad ass, as this Farming Simulator 17 gameplay trailer should demonstrate. It shows a lady farmer tending to one of her plots, using various pieces of licensed equipment to plough, sow, fertilise, and harvest some crops. This is a simple growth cycle – but look at that New Holland self-propelled sprayer...
News Girls Get Dirty in Farming Simulator 17 on PS4
Seedy
Farming is mucky business – and in Farming Simulator 17, it won't just be men having a play in the hay. Innuendo aside, Giants Software has announced that female avatars will make their debut in the upcoming agricultural adventure – and you'll be able to customise your chosen character's clothes. Plaid all the way, obvs! After the...
June2016
European jank is back
The last time that Push Square visited a world made by developer Spiders, it was in the form of Bound By Flame. The 2014 title had some lofty ambitions but it failed to meet any of them, and thus shipped as a bit of a mess in both the gameplay and presentation departments. Despite those disappointments, though, the French...
News Here's Just About Everything You Need to Know About PS4 RPG The Technomancer
Life on Mars
The Technomancer is due out a week from now on the 28th June, and we're still cautiously optimistic with regards to its quality. As its newest trailer indicates, the title's set up to be quite an in-depth action role-playing game, but it's definitely one of those titles that we'll have to play for ourselves before getting too excited...
E3 2016 Vampyr PS4 Gameplay Bleeds Atmosphere
Fangtastic
You'd be forgiven for thinking DONTNOD skipped E3 2016 altogether, with the developer making very little noise about its new game Vampyr at this year's show. However, new footage has been popping up on YouTube, including the clip from IGN we've embedded below. It comprises of pre-alpha gameplay, with Philippe Moreau and Greg Szucs of...
E3 2016 Life Is Strange Dev's Vampyr Laments Life in PS4 Trailer
Fangs very much
http://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x4fp47t The leaks floweth like the blood from a punctured vein. Vampyr's tasty E3 2016 trailer has appeared online, revealing the curse of life as a creature of the night. The game – in production at Life Is Strange developer DONTNOD – is based upon the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic in London,...
News You're in for a Rough Time in PS4 RPG The Technomancer
Bad guys aplenty in new trailer
The Technomancer is out later this month, and it's dug up an E3 trailer to remind you of that fact. The action role-playing game, which takes place on dusty old Mars, certainly has potential - but has developer Spiders been able to overcome the problems that were so apparent in its last release, Bound by Flame? Only...
May2016
News Sink Your Fangs into Some Fresh Vampyr Screenshots
A better look at the gloomy PS4 RPG
It's about time that we got a slightly better look at Vampyr, the promising action role-playing game from Life Is Strange developer DONTNOD. While we'd prefer an informative gameplay video at this point, we won't say no to several new screenshots - even if they're all gloomy as heck. Supposedly, these new pics...
News Here's More Gameplay From PS4 Sci-Fi RPG The Technomancer
Meet the team
As we keep saying, The Technomancer definitely shows some promise, but it's one of those games that we'll have to get our hands on before we can say that it's delivered. A sci-fi role-playing release from developer Spiders, the intriguing title's got a new gameplay trailer that highlights the characters who'll be joining you on your...
April2016
News First-Person Warhammer Shooter Space Hulk: Deathwing Has Potential on PS4
First gameplay emerges from the darkness
The action of Space Hulk: Deathwing certainly looks crunchy in the title's first gameplay trailer. A first-person shooter that can be played with friends or with computer controlled buddies, it tasks you with surviving the exploration of massive space ships as you're hounded by deadly alien enemies...
News The Technomancer Electrifies PS4 This Summer
Action RPG finally gets a release date
The Technomancer finally has a launch date, and it's not too far away. The action role-playing game's been hanging around for quite a while, and it's always looked intriguing. Set on Mars, you play as Zachariah, your own custom Technomancer who works as an enforcer of sorts for one of the planet's big...
News PS4 Action RPG The Technomancer Crackles with 6 Minutes of Gameplay
Zapped
We've had our eye on The Technomancer for some time, and the more that we see of it, the more that we hope developer Spiders has crafted an action role-playing game that's worth being hyped about. The studio's previous outing, Bound by Flame, had some interesting ideas, and overall, it wasn't too bad - but it felt undercooked in numerous...
March2016
News Gameplay from Promising PS4 Gothic Horror Vampyr Leaks
Bram stoked
Select press recently received a behind closed doors look at PlayStation 4 gothic horror Vampyr, but fans weren't given any new gameplay footage to feast on. Fortunately, a few precious seconds of off-screen action from the upcoming role-playing release have leaked online – though the quality's not especially great. There's a...
February2016
Feature 5 Things We Know About Murderous PS4 RPG Vampyr
London's bleeding
We first heard about Vampyr back at the beginning of last year, and truth be told, we've heard bugger all since. However, thanks to a glut of new information that's spread across the web like an outbreak of vampirism, we've finally got our hands on some semi-decent details. We're thankful, too, because French developer DONTNOD's...
News PS4 Action RPG Vampyr Bleeds a Few Gloomy Screenshots
You may have to squint
It's about bloody time that we got a slightly better look at Vampyr - an action role-playing game set in 1918's London. As you'd expect from a title that's all about vampires and a city that's trying to get over the horrors of the first World War, Vampyr promises a dark and morbid looking affair. The only downside is that...
News Weird PS4 RPG The Technomancer Is Starting to Grab Our Attention
Mars attacks
Yes, before you say it, we know that we've been here before. Those of you who remember us banging on about an action role-playing game by the name of Bound by Flame will know that we were quite excited for the BioWare-esque title, but ultimately, it didn't live up to its potential. And we get it: you could easily say the same thing...
News PS4 Stealth Sequel Styx: Shards of Darkness Sure Looks Impressive
Unreal Engine 4 life
Styx: Master of Shadows was a pretty decent stealth title that launched on the PlayStation 4 back in 2014, but for many, it crawled straight under the radar and into obscurity. A sequel seems like a good idea, then, and if Styx: Shards of Darkness' first screenshots are anything to go by, it may be a 2016 release that's worth...
News Expect Corny Jokes as Farming Simulator 17 Ploughs a Path to PS4
Tractor factor
Duck for cover and cull the crops: Farming Simulator 17 has been announced for the PlayStation 4 – sort of. If you're a hay-ter and think that this series is a load of bull, then it's worth noting that thistle only take a minute – details are light on the ground at the moment. Focus Home Interactive has said that it'll dig up a...
News Free Farming Simulator Theme Is the Best on PS4 Barn None
Manure gon' want it
Hay-ters are going to hay-te, but we love Farming Simulator 15 like pigs love muck. We were pleased to find an all-new agricultural theme in the PlayStation Store this morn, then, which spotlights a couple of tractors out working the field. This is a static PlayStation 4 wallpaper so it's not a-maize-ing like others you may have...
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