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News 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Delayed to Late September, English VO at Launch
As part of Day One patch
We've been waiting a very long time for SEGA's 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim to make its way west on PlayStation 4, and unfortunately, we'll now have to wait a couple more weeks on top of that. The publisher has delayed the title to 22nd September 2020, but to make up for that, we will now be getting English voice-over as part of...
News Yakuza: Like a Dragon PEGI, ESRB Ratings Skip Speculated PS5 Version
Back compat it is, then
It is looking increasingly likely that PlayStation fans will have to settle for just a current-gen version when Yakuza: Like a Dragon launches in the west this holiday season. The game has been confirmed for PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One, and the next-gen Xbox Series X, but a PlayStation 5 version is nowhere in sight. The...
News 13 Sentinels Finally Has a Western Release Date, Launches September on PS4
Unlucky for some
We've been writing about 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim for years. Crafted by Dragon's Crown and Odin Sphere developer Vanillaware, 13 Sentinels is part story-based adventure and part real-time strategy. It all revolves around 13 main characters, all of whom have their own tales to tell. And, as you'd expect of Vanillaware, it looks...
News Yakuza: Like a Dragon Gameplay Is 15 Minutes of Turn-Based Mayhem
Feel the power
Yakuza: Like a Dragon represents a major departure for the franchise, but according to reviews of the Japanese version at least, it's still a really great game. The western version is currently scheduled to launch at the end of this year, it's even an Xbox Series X launch title, and this lengthy slice of footage is our best look at...
News Sonic Movie Sequel Is Already in Development
That was fast
It's official -- the Sonic the Hedgehog movie is getting a sequel. The Paramount Pictures flick released to theatres in February of this year after a huge backlash to the main character's visual style. It might not have been a hit with critics, but it was a huge success at the box office. A follow-up was inevitable.
News Persona 5 Royal Hits 'Record Sales' In the West, Says SEGA
Lookin' cool, Joker
Persona 5 Royal appears to have been a hit for SEGA, according to the company's latest financial report. Although it doesn't give us any numbers, the report states: "Persona 5 Royal began selling in the U.S. and Europe on March 31st, achieving record sales. While physical sales were restricted, the ratio of digital sales...
News Yakuza: Like a Dragon Gets New English Trailer, But No Mention of PS5 Version
Still set for PS4
Yakuza: Like a Dragon has a brand new English trailer, which debuted earlier today during the Xbox Series X stream. There, SEGA confirmed that the game will be available at launch on Xbox Series X, but there's been no mention of a PlayStation 5 version. It's safe to assume that backwards compatibility will let you play the PS4...
Review Sakura Wars - An Entertaining But Flawed Summer Anime in Video Game Form
Pretty average in pink
Sakura Wars is a soft reboot of SEGA's long running series. Like its predecessors, it combines visual novel and dating sim elements with steampunk robots, as the threat of a demonic invasion looms over one of Earth's major cities. This one's all about alternate timeline Tokyo in 1940, as former navy captain Seijuro Kamiyama is...
News 1 Year Ago Today, Yakuza Devs 'Joked' About a Turn Based Yakuza Game
It was no joke
One year ago today, on April Fool's Day 2019, SEGA's Yakuza series development team released an off-screen gameplay video of its next title. The footage showed Yakuza: Like a Dragon in action, except it had... Turn based combat? In a Yakuza game? At the time, we all thought it was just a joke. After all, it was the 1st April -- why...
News Could SEGA's Superb Tokyo Olympics Game Come to PS5 After Postponement?
Going for gold?
We reviewed SEGA’s brilliant Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 title last year, after importing the Japanese version. However, with today’s postponement of the event until 2021, the publisher now has big decisions to make. The release was scheduled to launch on the PlayStation 4 in Western territories this summer, ahead of the global...
News Yakuza: Like a Dragon Charges Just $0.60 for New Game+, But Rises to Nearly $9 in May
Nani!?
This might be the most bizarre and suspect handling we've seen of a piece of DLC in quite some time. SEGA has stripped Yakuza: Like a Dragon of its New Game+ feature in Japan so that it can sell it back to purchasers at a later date after every previous entry had the mode packed in from launch. That's bad enough on its own, but the situation...
News Choose Your Favourite Waifu with This New Sakura Wars Trailer
S-Sakura-chan
When you're not smacking down demonic hordes in Sakura Wars, you're probably wooing your favourite waifu. The upcoming action RPG has a heavy emphasis on building up relationships with your all-female squad, and the game's latest trailer gives us a brief look at its five main heroines. You'll need to navigate dialogue choices and...
News Yakuza: Like a Dragon Ships Over 400,000 Units
Breathing fire
Yakuza: Like a Dragon’s sales looked disappointing at first blush in Japan, but between physical and digital copies, the role-playing game’s done okay for itself. SEGA reports that shipments have now exceeded 400,000 copies across Asia, and the publisher is marking the occasion with a 30 per cent discount on the Japanese...
News Sakura Wars Story Trailer Outlines Your Job as Flower Division Captain
Command and conquer
Sakura Wars is just a couple of months away from its Western release on PlayStation 4, and SEGA's dropped a new English trailer. It's rather brief, but it provides an outline of the game's core story, in which protagonist Seijuro Kamiyama is tasked with leading an all-female mecha combat squad to glory against demonic enemies...
Review Sonic Forces - Hedgehog More Like Roadkill in Another Disappointing Misadventure
Hogs of war
Republished on Wednesday 26th February 2020: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of March's PlayStation Plus lineup. The original text follows. In some ways, Sonic Forces is exactly what the younger fan base will want. Those who grew up playing Sonic Unleashed, Generations, and the...
News Sonic the Hedgehog Movie Spin Dashes Past $200 Million at the Worldwide Box Office
Spin to win
The Sonic movie did just okay critically, but it's been a massive success at the box office. New numbers from a SEGA press release tell us the troubled flick has managed a worldwide figure of almost $210 million in 10 days, which is a great result for a video game adaptation. It's also been reiterated that Sonic the Hedgehog...
Super hard difficulty, too
Yakuza: Like a Dragon has got off to a good start in its native Japan with some pretty solid sales figures. And despite its dramatic departure in the gameplay department -- swapping action combat for turn based battles -- the title appears to have been well received. However, the release is currently being hounded by fans...
Review Two Point Hospital - Management Sim Is a Worthy Successor to Theme Hospital
Sick
Theme Park proved that big business could be big fun, and its spiritual successor Theme Hospital became something of a cult classic that kids from the era continue to quote even today. Given the legendary 1997 business simulation’s legacy, it’s curious that it’s taken this long for Two Point Hospital to make an appointment, but if...
Mini Review Yakuza 5 Remastered - Biggest Game in the Series Is Still Brilliant
Five stars
It took three whole years for the original Yakuza 5 to come West on PlayStation 3, and by that point in 2015, the PlayStation 4 was gaming's dominant console. As such, Yakuza 5 often gets forgotten -- but it shouldn't be. Yakuza 5 Remastered is a potent reminder that this gargantuan game deserved so much better. The story's split between...
News Sonic the Hedgehog Movie Beats Detective Pikachu's Box Office Record
Gotta go fast
Sonic the Hedgehog’s cinematic adaptation may have lost its rings when it was mauled by critics, but it’s clawed them back with a bombastic Box Office result. Hollywood Reporter reckons that the Blue Blur pulled in $57 million in the United States during its open
Review Bayonetta - The Umbra Witch Gets the PS4 Release She Deserves
Let's dance boys
Bayonetta was a disaster on PlayStation 3. Plagued by load times and frequent frame rate drops, it was by far the worst version of the lot when it took the world by storm in 2010. Since then, however, the franchise has gone from strength to strength away from Sony hardware as it blossoms on Nintendo Switch. The series' second...
Review Vanquish - One of PlatinumGames' Best Titles Knee Slides to PS4
Miss me, sweetheart?
Ever since its release 10 years ago, there hasn’t been anything quite like Vanquish. The fast-paced, stylish third-person shooter quickly became one of PlatinumGames' most memorable joints thanks to hectic action, impressive boss fights, and a whole lot of knee sliding chaos. It was an experience which went down well with the...
Round Up Sonic the Hedgehog Movie Reviews Aren't Universally Kind
Not so fast
The Sonic the Hedgehog movie finally hits theatres across the globe tomorrow, but it doesn't sound like the best way to spend an hour and 40 minutes of your time on Valentine's Day. The reviews are starting to flood in across the internet, and you might be better off watching paint dry alongside a date rather than spending your...
Random Yakuza Remastered Collection Proves Goro Majima Really Is Everywhere
Hiding spot
We all know that Goro Majima is everywhere, but the recent physical release of The Yakuza Remastered Collection has taken things one step further. Goro Majima really is everywhere -- even inside the game's special slipcase itself! Spotted by user Billonel on Reddit, remove the box from its cardboard casing and you'll find Goro Majima...
News Mecha Action Waifu Simulator Sakura Wars Carves Out an April Release Date in the West
Go go Seijuro
We knew it was coming, and here it is -- a Western release date for Sakura Wars (also known as Project Sakura Wars in Japan). For those out of the loop, this is a waifu-wooing visual novel hack and slasher. One minute you're piloting giant mechs in a bid to defend everything you hold dear. The next, you're running about town chatting...
Uncle Kaz
All three titles in the Yakuza Remastered Collection are now available to buy on PlayStation 4, with today marking the release of Yakuza 5 Remastered. To clarify, the collection includes three games: Yakuza 3 Remastered, Yakuza 4 Remastered, and the aforementioned Yakuza 5 Remastered. All three of them originally launched on PS3, but with...
News Tattoo Your PS4 with Yakuza Remastered Collection Theme
Taste of ink
Update: Sometimes we get things wrong here at Push Square, but like a Tojo Clan member, we're man enough to admit it. This theme isn't free at all, as it comes with the Yakuza Remastered Collection. Of course, it's a great bonus on top of an already outstanding trio of titles. You know what to do. Don’t fancy getting a full body...
Soapbox Yakuza 6: The Song of Life Is One of the Best Video Game Send-Offs
Liam bids Kazuma Kiryu farewell
For the past month or so, I've been committing what some people would consider to be a video gaming sin. I started the story of Kazuma Kiryu back in 2017 with Yakuza 0 and ever since then, I have desperately wanted to see it through to its conclusion. Doing that presented some challenges, however. One of those was...
News Sonic Gets New Fashion Line with Puma Ahead of Movie Release
Happening hedgehog
Have you been clamouring from some brand new Sonic the Hedgehog clothing? Do you want some blue blur merch that's actually worth owning? Sports brand Puma has teamed up with SEGA to release a whole new range of apparel and footwear, and it ain't half bad. The RS-X³ SONIC sneakers, for example, look pretty good. There's one...
News Space Channel 5 VR Struts Its Stuff for PSVR on 25th February
Boogie nights
Space Channel 5 VR: Kinda Funky News Flash, to give its full name, finally has a release date on PlayStation VR. It's arriving in just a couple of weeks time, giving you the chance to boogie the night away starting 25th February 2020. It's shaping up to be a faithful reimagining of the SEGA Dreamcast classic that'll have you pulling...
News Don't Get Your Hopes Up for Yakuza's Kazuma Kiryu in Tekken 7
Harada comments on the demand
Tekken 7 has become the home of several crossover combatants since its launch in 2017, and once the likes of Geese Howard, Noctis, and even The Walking Dead's Negan had entered the King of Iron Fist tournament, it felt like anything was possible. Without doubt, one of the most requested DLC characters across social...
News Sexually Charged ESRB Rating Summary for Sakura Wars on PS4 Is the Best Thing You'll Read Today
"Just one little squeeze"
Sakura Wars, the mecha action waifu simulator also known as Project Sakura Wars in Japan, just got rated by the ESRB. This means that the game's close to getting a confirmed release date here in the West, but before that news breaks, we really just wanted to share the title's ESRB rating summary, which is basically a...
Interview Two Point Hospital Devs Talk Diseases, Dad Jokes, and DualShock 4
Patients are reminded not to die in the corridor
Having poured hundreds of hours into Theme Park and Theme Hospital on the PSone, there’s no question that the upcoming Two Point Hospital is one of our most anticipated PlayStation 4 releases. We caught up with game director Mark Webey and creative director Gary Carr to learn a little more about how...
News Carolina Panthers Running Back Christian McCaffrey Can't Catch Sonic the Hedgehog
Super Bowl commercial spins in
Sonic the Hedgehog is a big movie due out on 14th February, so of course it’s getting a Super Bowl commercial. As the Kansas City Chiefs dismantle San Francisco’s deadly defence, you’ll be able to catch a glimpse New Orleans Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas and Carolina Panthers running back Christian...
News Sakura Wars Western Release Date Could Be Coming Soon
SEGA "working hard"
Project Sakura Wars, the mecha action role-playing waifu simulator, released in Japan late last year, and as far as we know, it's always been on course for a 'Spring 2020' release date here in the West. As such, it's fair to assume that we'll hear more about it in the near future -- especially now that SEGA's Tetsu Katano (via
News Two Point Hospital Deep Dive Is 11 Minutes of Informative Goodness
Get a look at the simulator
Two Point Hospital is slowly approaching its 25th February 2020 release date on PlayStation 4, so developer Two Point Studios has attempted to bridge the gap by taking a deep dive into what interested players should expect from the simulator. It's an 11-minute video where two members of the team essentially build a...
News Yakuza: Like a Dragon Sales Aren't So Disappointing in Japan After All
Huge increase in digital sales
When last week's Japanese sales charts arrived, it was looking like Yakuza: Like a Dragon had been a bit of a flop. It didn't do terribly, but it also didn't appear to spark a resurgence for the series in its homeland. However, according to SEGA's Toshihiro Nagoshi -- who oversees the Yakuza franchise -- the latest...
News Persona 5 Royal's Western Marketing Is Getting Into the Swing of Things
Wear the Mask
One small positive to take from all the recent PlayStation 4 game delays is that we're going to have so much more time for Persona 5 Royal, and developer ATLUS is doing a good job of pushing that point as its marketing cycle for the Western market kicks into gear. What we have here is a new trailer for the game featuring old footage...
News Yakuza: Like a Dragon Fails to Spark Series Resurgence in Japan as Lacklustre Sales Continue
Launch numbers are in
SEGA knew it was taking a bit of a risk with Yakuza: Like a Dragon -- or Yakuza 7, as it's known in Japan. The latest entry in the long running series does away with its trademark action-based combat, replacing it with a turn based battle system that has been, at least in part, designed to appeal to Japan's love of traditional...
News Persona 5 Soundtrack Steals Hearts in Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Life will change
Well this is pretty cool. The new Yakuza game, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, has a jukebox that can play music from Persona 5. It's a neat crossover given Yakuza's new direction with turn based battles -- something that Persona fans will already be very familiar with. Said jukebox can be found in a bar where the game's main characters...
News SEGA Will Announce Sonic the Hedgehog News Every Month in 2020
That's a lotta hog
Here's something that you'll probably either love or hate -- SEGA has launched a new campaign in which it will share Sonic the Hedgehog news on the 20th day of every month this year. Aptly named 'Sonic 2020', the publisher will be making Sonic-related announcements each month, starting with the reveal of the initiative itself...
News Yakuza: Like a Dragon Goes Dark Souls in Japanese Commercial
Lost the plot
Who doesn’t love a good Japanese commercial to round out their slow Friday afternoon? This one for Yakuza: Like a Dragon will certainly wake you up, as it proudly squeals about the series’ transition to fully-fledged role-playing game. There’s even a brief glimpse of what appears to be a Dark Souls-inspired summon, just to...
News Most of Yakuza's Kick-Ass Soundtracks are Now on Spotify
Yakuza 3, 4, 5, 0, and more
The Yakuza series has always had some absolutely banging beats courtesy of SEGA's super talented sound team, and now you can listen to most of them on music streaming service Spotify. The album titles are largely in Japanese, so the best way to find them is to search for 'SEGA Sound Team'. At the time of writing, the...
News PlayStation Classics Bayonetta & Vanquish Come Together with Original Cover Art
Earth and moon
There’s not much for SEGA to promote when it comes to the impending re-release of Bayonetta and Vanquish on the PlayStation 4, but this video which details the compilation’s new cover art is an interesting watch. In it, the artists discuss how they brought the two franchises together, and the kind of feedback they received from...
Rumour Yakuza: Like a Dragon Will Have an English Dub
Just like Judgment
Much like Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise and the more recent Judgment, the next Yakuza game may be getting an English dub. PCB Productions, the company SEGA hired for Judgment as well as Persona 5, had listed Yakuza: Like a Dragon as a credit on its official website. Said credit has now been removed, but it obviously...
News First Yakuza: Like a Dragon Review Is Incredibly Positive
The Famitsu score
The western fanbase is going to have to wait a little bit longer before it can get some hands on time with Yakuza: Like a Dragon, but the Japanese release of the game is just around the corner. Thanks to that, we've gotten a glimpse of the title's first review score and it once again makes for very positive reading. Famitsu has...
News Book an Appointment with Two Point Hospital on PS4 in February 2020
NH Yes
Two Point Hospital, essentially a modern take on PSone's Theme Hospital, is getting a PlayStation 4 release. We've known this for a good few months, and we're definitely on board for some medical management sim mayhem. It's simply a question of when; the game was delayed into 2020 in order to ensure the best experience. Now, SEGA has...
News Bayonetta and Vanquish Remasters Confirmed for PS4, Launching February 2020
Celebrating a decade
Following rumours late last week of a supposed Bayonetta and Vanquish remaster making its way to current-gen consoles, the release has now finally been confirmed for a PlayStation 4 launch with a glitzy reveal trailer. Both games release on 18th February 2020, and physical buyers can snag a steelbook edition if
Rumour Bayonetta Joins Vanquish in Remaster Double Pack, Coming February 2020
4K and 60FPS enchancements
Update: Wow, if you think the news of a Vanquish remaster which broke just over an hour ago was hype-inducing, then it looks like SEGA is going to do you one better. Bayonetta will be joining Vanquish in a double pack of remasters which includes 4K visuals and 60 frames-per-second enhancements, as reported by True...
News Yakuza: Like a Dragon Brings Back Fan-Favourite Characters and Familiar Faces
That's Goro Majima!
Yakuza: Like a Dragon's latest trailer ended with a bit of a surprise, didn't it? Despite concluding his story arc in Yakuza 6: The Song of Life, former protagonist Kazuma Kiryu returns in the turn-based seventh iteration. We don't expect him to play too much of a major role in the narrative, but then he's going to be joined by...
