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News Marvel's Iron Man VR Free Update Adds New Game+ And More Weapons
Quality of life improvements too
If you can't get enough of Marvel in video game form as you await the launch of Marvel's Avengers, why not check out the PlayStation VR experience released earlier this year focused entirely on Iron Man? Marvel's Iron Man VR quietly became a great game and it's about to get even better as
News Future PS5 Ads Will Focus on Different Areas
Games, we assume
You’ve surely already seen the PlayStation 5’s first commercial, but if you haven’t then you know what you need to do. You can watch it here – don’t worry, we’ll wait for you. All done? Good, then we can tell you what Sony’s marketing bigwig Eric Lempel had to say about it, as part of an interview with
News PS5 Launch Window Has the 'Best Line-Up We've Ever Seen in the History of PlayStation'
Sony talks up PS5 games
Sony's hardly going to say anything different, but it sounds very confident in PlayStation 5's early software line-up. SIE's global head of marketing Eric Lempel has been talking to GamesIndustry, mostly about the brand new PS5 advertisement, but he goes on to tease what sounds like a great first few weeks for early...
News PS5 Launch Is a 'Massive Challenge on Every Front'
COVID-19 does its worst
There is absolutely no doubting that the coronavirus pandemic has had a huge impact on the preparation, marketing, and roll-out of the PlayStation 5, to the point where some are surprised it'll even launch this year. Sony has recognised that in a new interview with GamesIndustry.biz, where it speaks of the monumental...
News Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales Will Use PS5 to Convey Spider-Sense
Tingling
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, as one of the flagship PlayStation 5 launch titles, will take full advantage of the DualSense controller to convey the lead character’s spider-sense. Writing on the
News PS5 Promo Partially Filmed in Actress' Apartment to Maintain Social Distancing
Advert created in COVID conditions
Sony has just revealed the first global advertisement for PlayStation 5. It's a flashy production, sporting some seriously impressive CGI alongside a single human performance. How did this thing get made, given the current climate? Fortunately, we have a couple of tidbits that detail how the promo came to be...
News Developers Can’t Stop Hyping Up the PS5 Controller
First-party chimes in
The PlayStation 5 DualSense controller sounds like it's genuinely going to revolutionise the way we interact with games, and developers appear to be chomping at the bit to tell us all about it. As part of a PlayStation Blog post detailing the first worldwide advert for the PS5, various first-party studios have detailed how...
News New PS5 Advert Officially Revealed
Feel more
Update: Sony has officially unveiled the new PS5 advert after it leaked earlier today. This video is an extended version of the below cut, but is largely the same. There's an emphasis on the PS5's major innovations that aim to immerse you even further in games. It's a flashy promo, and you can read more about it over on the PlayStation...
News Sony to Share More PS5 News and Info in the Coming Weeks
Patience is a virtue
With the console almost certainly scheduled to release in around three months, it’s probably a no-brainer that Sony plans to share more about the PlayStation 5 in the “coming weeks” – but considering we still don’t have a PS5 price or a PS5 release date, we’re not taking anything for granted in this coronavirus...
News Demon's Souls PS5 Remake Rated for Release in Korea, Japan
Is it a launch title?
It's no longer just Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales that can boast of a Korean rating as far as upcoming PlayStation 5 games go. The Demon's Souls remake joins the club, as spotted by Gematsu, and what's more, it has also been rated for release in Japan. Of course, these games were always going to launch in those territories...
News Ghost of Tsushima Patch 1.07 Boosts Stick Tolerance and Fixes More Bugs
Available to download now
Sucker Punch Productions has been very good about releasing a new patch for Ghost of Tsushima on a weekly basis ever since launch last month, and it's no different this time around. Patch 1.07 can be downloaded right now on PlayStation 4, bringing with it some smaller tweaks, fixes, and additions. The biggest of which is...
News PS5 UI Concept Imagined by Animator
How it could look
We’ve seen a few scant seconds of the PlayStation 5’s user interface thus far, as Sony teased it during its next-gen reveal event. Brazilian animator and graphic artist Paulo Manso has taken it upon himself to expand upon the sample, creating a concept of what the system’s main menu could eventually look like. It remains...
News This Is How Your PS4 Controller Works
Understand the engineering behind your pad
Considering how many hours we spend with a DualShock 4 controller in our hands, we’ve never really wondered how it all works. Oh, we complain about the short battery life or the wear and tear that can occur to the plastic of the analogue sticks – but how does it know that we, er, keep pushing square?...
News Sony Celebrates the UEFA Champions League Final with Free PS4 Theme
Die besten
Paris Saint-Germain have already booked their place in the UEFA Champions League final, but they’re likely to face stiff competition from German juggernaut Bayern Munich – unless Lyon can make it an all French final tonight with the biggest upset since, well, when they beat Manchester City the other day. You’ve no doubt already seen...
News PlayStation Store Games Under £16/$20 Sale Has Excellent PS4 Deals
Castlevania! Metal Gear! Ni no Kuni!
Bit of a weird name for this one, but we move. A new PlayStation Store sale is now live and it's titled Games Under Promotion -- we take this to mean a larger cluster of the usual Games Under £16 and Games Under £4 discounts that pop up time and again. This sale is now live through until midnight on 1st...
Reminder This Is Your Last Chance to Get a Bargain in PS Store Summer Sale
Act fast
If you've been eyeing up a PlayStation 4 game that is currently part of the PlayStation Store Summer Sale, you've only got a couple of hours left to claim it. The promotion ends at midnight on Wednesday as another set of deals takes over in the morning of the same day. The final round of the sale includes Final Fantasy VII Remake for...
News Ghost of Tsushima: Legends Will Not Have Any Microtransactions
And there are no plans to add them
Microtransactions are the bane of many gamer's existence, so much so they will actively avoid certain titles completely purely because they exist. That's taking things a little overboard in our opinion, but you will be happy to learn that the newly announced add-on to Ghost of Tsushima will not include any of them...
News Ghost of Tsushima: Legends Is a Free Co-Op Multiplayer Mode
Coming this year
Fresh from its record-breaking single player success, Ghost of Tsushima will enter the realm of online co-op later this year, as Sucker Punch refreshes the open worlder with a free update. Announced on the PlayStation Blog, the all-new Ghost of Tsushima: Legends mode will whisk up to four players away
News What's the Latest on the Rumoured Silent Hill PS5 Project?
There was a game here. It's gone now
Just a few months ago, the announcement of a new Silent Hill game on PlayStation 5 seemed like an inevitability. No matter whether it was a platform exclusive or not, rumours were rife of a reveal at Sony's Future of Gaming event and there was good reason to believe them. The thinking was that the project had...
News PlayStation Blog's The Drop Post Has Been Missing for Two Months Now
Radio silence
It's pretty safe to say that the recent revamp of the PlayStation Blog didn't go down all that well with everyone -- those residing anywhere outside of the US especially. Monthly PS Now updates regularly haven't included the full line-up of additions and PlayStation Store sale articles arrived late. However, the biggest casualty was a...
Random Deep Fake Puts Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst in Marvel's Spider-Man
Great power, great responsibility
These deep fakes are getting better – and, honestly, a lot creepier. We suppose it was inevitable that someone, somewhere would eventually put the cast of the 2002 Spider-Man movie in Marvel’s Spider-Man, and that someone is YouTube user BabyZone. Tobey Maguire features as the titular web-slinger, while Kirsten...
News There's Been a Big Scandal About Whether PS5 Can Run Games in 4K
But it's all hearsay
If you’ve pressed your ear close to social media this week, you may have heard some rumblings about the PlayStation 5’s purported “inability” to run games at native4K resolution. It’s been a big topic for days now, but it appears to have come to a head this weekend – with even one developer speaking out against the...
News The Last of Us 2 Is Sony's Third Best-Seller in US History
Already
The Last of Us: Part II launched in June, but revealed as part of the July NPD report, life-to-date dollar sales of the sequel are already the third-highest in Sony history. This means that only Marvel’s Spider-Man and God of War have sold more in the United States so far, and both have been available significantly longer. Despite topping
News The First 50 People to Platinum Ghost of Tsushima In Company Contest Got a Cool Prize from Sony
Keep your guard up
Apparently, Sony recently ran an "internal competition" regarding Ghost of Tsushima. As @Birdman_Drew -- game designer at Horizon developer Guerrilla Games -- explains, the first 50 employees to obtain the the title's Platinum Trophy were rewarded with a nice little prize. Arriving in a seriously neat wooden box, the top 50...
News Ghost of Tsushima Is Sony's Fourth Best Launch in US History
Sucker punch
Wow, the records keep getting broken for PlayStation’s first-party titles. According to the July NPD report, Ghost of Tsushima enjoyed the fourth biggest launch month dollar sales in US history for a Sony published title. That means, only Marvel’s Spider-Man, The Last of Us: Part II, and God
News PlayStation Heroes Appear Alongside Tom Hanks in Sony Puff Piece
Heroes are all around us
A new marketing puff piece, produced and released by Sony, showcases some of PlayStation’s biggest heroes alongside some of the organisation’s other major productions. Deacon St John from Days Gone stars with Aloy from Horizon Zero Dawn and Kratos from God of War, as the increasingly entertainment focused firm shows off...
News PS5 Spin-Off Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales Is a 'Complete Story'
Will do justice to the character
Insomniac Games revealed a new screenshot of PlayStation 5 exclusive Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales earlier today, and it accompanied the image with an interview that was published by Entertainment Weekly. In the back-and-forth between the publication and creative director Brian Horton, the developer explains...
News Here's a New Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales PS5 Screenshot
Just one
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales is the biggest next-gen launch game going right now, and we can't wait to catch our next glimpse of it in action following Sony's Future of Gaming event back in June. Entertainment Weekly has helped us along that path, however, with a brand new screenshot of the PlayStation 5 title. It doesn't really give...
News Ghost of Tsushima Has the Most Impressive Metacritic User Score of the Console Generation
For the Jin
We bloody love Ghost of Tsushima here at Push Square, but the open world adventure didn't resonate so well with everyone. The game sits at a very respectable but not quite mind-blowing 83 Metascore on Metacritic, but much like fellow PlayStation 4 exclusive Days Gone, Ghost has gone down brilliantly with its wider audience. The game...
News Everyone's Talking About PS5's Price Again
Concern over high costs continue
We’re still eagerly anticipating a PlayStation 5 price announcement, but speculation seems to ebb and flow in enthusiast circles, with the delay of Halo: Infinite this week seemingly bringing a fresh round of concern regarding the cost of Sony’s next-gen console. And infamous Games Beat reporter Jeff Grubb,...
News AT&T Attaches $1 Billion Price Tag to Crunchyroll as Sony Seeks to Complete Anime Empire
Big business
AT&T has attached a $1 billion price-tag to anime streaming service Crunchyroll, with Sony Pictures Entertainment believed to be a potential buyer. The Japanese giant already owns rival Funimation, but is looking to dominate the anime sector. Earlier reports from The Information suggested AT&T was seeking $1.5 billion for the...
News Ghost of Tsushima DLC and Digital Deluxe Goodies Can Now Be Bought as an Upgrade Pack
In-game items, PS4 theme, more
If you want the digital goodies that came with the Digital Deluxe version of Ghost of Tsushima, you can now purchase them separately as an upgrade pack. Priced at £8.99 in the UK and $10.99 in the US, the 'Digital Deluxe Upgrade' includes various in-game items and a few digital extras. Here's what's included, per the...
News Insomniac Dev Shows Off Ratchet & Clank Game Made in Dreams
But it's not what you think
Update (12/8/20): Media Molecule's livestream showcasing the Ratchet & Clank project in Dreams has been and gone. However, you can watch the video above, and we'd suggest you do. Josh Leman of Insomniac Games goes in-depth on the game, which is a 2D shoot-'em-up rather than a 3D platformer. If you're into Dreams...
News PlayStation Facebook, Instagram Hiatus Rumbles On
Not posted in over a month now
Update: It's now been almost six weeks since PlayStation last posted to its Facebook and Instagram pages, suggesting its boycott has officially been extended. It's unclear when it will next update its social media accounts. Curiously, Sony's primary accounts have been updating again, as have divisions like Sony Music...
News PS5 Controller Has Much More Battery Capacity Than DualShock 4
Charged
Update: It's also worth noting that the DualSense has a 4.2V cell compared to the DualShock 4's 3.7V cell, so another upgrade to suggest battery life may be longer. Original Story: More leaked photographs of the DualSense controller have been shared on social media, this time confirming that the PlayStation 5 controller
Reaction The Spotlight Is Now on PS5's Launch Lineup
As main competitor Microsoft goes commando
Wow! We would have given our last Pringle to have been in the boardroom when Microsoft made the decision to delay Xbox Series X launch title Halo Infinite, because that can’t have been an easy call to make. Judging by its gameplay reveal earlier in the year, it’s probably for the best, but the Redmond...
Hands On The Last of Us 2's Generous Post-Release Patch Adds Fun, Frivolities, and Permadeath
Grounded
For as Earth-shatteringly brilliant as it undoubtedly is, The Last of Us: Part II is not a game we’d necessarily describe as “fun”. It’s all a bit bleak really, isn’t it? There are brutal, sudden deaths that make you question your own mortality. There are repulsive infected, frothing at the blistered parting that’s split their...
News The Last of Us 2 Trophies Tease Grounded, Permadeath Modes
New trinkets hit Sony's servers
The Last of Us: Part II’s Trophy list has been updated with two new trinkets to unlock: Grounded difficulty and Permadeath. This suggests that an update is imminent, adding the enhanced difficulty options. The title hasn’t been patched since around launch, so Naughty Dog has clearly had this cooking for quite some...
News PlayStation Partners with Funko for Fresh Line of Pop Figures
Ratchet & Clank! Sam Bridges! Sweet Tooth!
Are you still lining your walls with Funko Pops? Well, we have good news for you PlayStation fans, and bad news for your shelf space: Sony has collaborated with the toy company to produce a new set of officially licensed vinyl figures. There are four (five, technically) new Funkos to collect, and they all...
News PlayStation Is Bringing Back a Number of PS4 Controller Colours This Month
Life in colour
If you've been waiting on Sony to restock some of its more elusive DualShock 4 designs, then you're in luck. This month, it's bringing back a bunch of colourful controllers globally, including Berry Blue, Red Camouflage, Rose Gold, and Steel Black. The Japanese giant says that you'll have to check availability at your local shops, but...
News Upgrade Your Wardrobe with the Latest Official PlayStation Merch
Celebrate 25 years
PlayStation is one of the most recognisable brands in gaming, so it's perfectly acceptable to want to wear your love for the sacred symbols on your sleeve. That's where the latest range from Numskull Designs comes into play, the producer behind a new line of merchandise that has been officially licensed by PlayStation itself. Many...
News Sony's Finally Resolved the PS Store's Biggest Flaw
Now you can buy games that are part of subscriptions
One of the most embarrassing oversights on the PlayStation Store is that, up until very recently, you couldn’t purchase a game if you’d previously claimed it courtesy of a PlayStation Plus or PlayStation Now subscription. This meant that, if you’d added a title to your library but let your...
News Gran Turismo Partners with Getty for Virtual E-Sports Photography
Captured on camera
As Gran Turismo continues its plunge into e-sports, developer Polyphony Digital has partnered with global photography provider Getty Images to bring virtual snaps to the service. Effectively, specialist motorsport photographers will be able to capture key moments from within Gran Turismo Sport – and, presumably, Gran Turismo 7...
News Sony Plasters Champions League with PS5 Promos
The champions
Update: As expected, this week's Champions League ties were absolutely plastered with PlayStation 5 promotions. Here's a screenshot from Chelsea's match against Bayern Munich, courtesy of BT Sport: The empty stadiums due to coronavirus may be desperately depressing, but at least that PS5 promo is looking tasty, eh? Original Story:...
News Sony Wants to Conquer the Anime World Next
And PlayStation is part of its plan
Sony has slowly shifted from consumer electronics to entertainment over the past decade, and it’s aiming to add anime as its fourth major pillar, alongside music, movies, and, of course, games. The Japanese giant already has a sizeable anime department, with subsidiary Aniplex overseeing the Demon Slayer series...
Quiz How Well Do You Know Naughty Dog?
Good boy
Naughty Dog is one of Sony's most prolific first-party studios, so much so that it can be considered one of the best game developers in the world right now. That's thanks to the likes of the Uncharted and The Last of Us franchises, but the team actually has a long history that stretches back more than 30 years. So, how well do you know the...
News Free PS Plus Trial Is Currently Live Around the Globe
Get online
Not got a PlayStation Plus subscription? Not a problem, as Sony has made multiplayer free this weekend. By the time you’re reading this article, the trial period will have started, and it will run through 00:00 PDT on Monday, 10th August. That means you’ve got almost 48 hours to enjoy online gaming without podding out for a pricey...
Reaction State of Play Continues to Find Its Way
Another solid showing
It’s been well over a year since Sony introduced State of Play, and after a shaky start, we reckon the format is finally beginning to find its way. Yesterday’s show was not the barnstormer that PlayStation 5’s reveal event earlier in the year turned out to be, but it was a worthwhile stream with a solid selection of...
Round Up What Was Announced During Sony PlayStation's State of Play Livestream?
All the PS5, PS4, PSVR reveals
Despite not playing host to the sort of reveals we were originally expecting, Sony still put on its longest and most action-packed State of Play livestream yet on Thursday. Featuring lots of different PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, and a couple of PlayStation 5 games, it was hit after hit when it came to gameplay...
Talking Point What Did You Think of the Latest State of Play Livestream?
Subverted expectations
Sony surprised us all earlier this week by confirming that it would indeed be hosting a State of Play livestream, but instead of being all about the upcoming PlayStation 5, it would mainly focus on the current-gen PlayStation 4. The Japanese giant certainly lived up to that commitment, but it did spare some time for...
