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News Pet Pups to Make Them Your Allies in Ghost of Tsushima's Update
Give the enemies a woof time
This is so awesome: Ghost of Tsushima’s upcoming New Game Plus mode will include a new charm named Canine Recruitment, which will allow you to pet dogs and turn them into allies. That means that they’ll sniff out Mongols and attack them for you, giving you the perfect opportunity to strike. Be sure to say “Good...
News PlayStation Signs Strategic Partnership with Spanish Football Team Real Madrid
¡Hala Madrid!
Among the English-speaking media, it often gets forgotten just how much of a juggernaut PlayStation is outside of the USA and UK, but the brand is an absolute beast – particularly in continental Europe. Ahead of the PlayStation 5’s launch, Sony’s looking to consolidate its position in Spain by signing a strategic partnership...
Poll What's Your New PlayStation Trophy Level?
Level up
Sony’s made the first meaningful change to Trophies since the system was introduced on the PlayStation 3, altering the way level progress is calculated in order to make it feel more rewarding. Previously, you could spend months – sometimes even years – on the same level, but now the math has been altered in order to give you a greater...
News World Record Trophy Hunter Hakoom Has Hit Level 999 Already
Keeping his crown
There’s no real surprise here, but renowned Trophy hunter Hakoom has already hit the new PlayStation Trophy level cap of 999, meaning he’s one of a select few sitting in the Platinum tier. The veteran – who has 2,687 Platinum Trophies at the time of typing, and earns around 1,000 Trophies every month – is no stranger to...
Interview What Does a Professional Trophy Hunter Think of the New Levelling System?
"I'm genuinely excited for this"
If it hasn't already done so, your PlayStation Trophy level is about to dramatically increase. That's because Sony is deploying an update to the ranking system that sees the former maximum grade of 100 escalate to 999. New Trophy icons will be associated with them and your original level will be modified to fit the...
News PlayStation Trophies Update Is Going Live Right Now on PS4
Sync to see your new level
Yesterday, Sony announced some changes to how your PlayStation Trophy level will work going forward. The new system introduces a new set of levels going all the way up to 999, and Trophy values have been readjusted at the same time. The good news is that this update to Trophies is coming online right now in all regions...
News Spider-Man: Miles Morales Marks Hispanic Heritage Month with New Screenshot
Selfie time
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales has been doing wonders as of late for representing the Hispanic and Puerto Rican community. In the recent PlayStation 5 gameplay demo, the Puerto Rico flag featured prominently and the bustling market afterwards touched on the country's culture and dishes. It was an important moment for many and the...
News PS5 Trophies Will Come with Progress Tracking
The requested feature finally arrives
Update #2: Alright, this PS5 Trophy progress tracking feature is absolutely a thing. A new wave of emails have been sent out by PlayStation itself detailing today's general updates, and at the bottom, the Japanese giant touches on it. The email reads: "Just how close are you to earning that rare Gold Trophy?...
News Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales Art Book Teases New Suit, Prequel Novel Incoming
Wings of Fury
Here’s your first look at a brand-new suit for Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, showing the titular hero with compression tights, shorts, a hoodie, Puffa jacket, and Air Jordans. While it’s not quite the same, it is similar to the character’s outfit in the popular movie, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. It’s featured on...
News PlayStation Trophy System to Be Updated Today on PS4, Also Coming to PS5
New structure and icons
We love Trophies here at Push Square and so any sort of update to the system is going to be met with great interest around these parts. Starting today in the US and tomorrow across Europe, Sony will be updating the Trophy system to extend its level system all the way up to 999 and updating the icons associated with each type...
News PS5's Crazy Cooling Solution Should Make for One Quiet Console
Cool beans
PlayStation 5 is huge in size, but now that we've seen what makes the machine tick, it's easier to understand why. As shown off by Sony's Masayasu Ito in the teardown video, a massive part of PS5's design is to ensure it's kept cool and that it runs as quietly as possible.
News PS5's Dust Catchers Will Make for Easy Cleaning
In a vacuum
There are a lot of thoughtful design flourishes to the PlayStation 5’s hardware, but the dust catchers are an ingenious idea. Situated behind the primary faceplate, you simply need to detach the outer layer to locate two holes. These can then be easily vacuumed out to keep the console
News PS5 Stand Solution Is Seriously Nifty
Keeping the screw safe
You'll be able to place the PlayStation 5 both vertically and horizontally straight out of the box, and the solution is a really cool one no matter which way you go. If you decide to place the console vertically, there's a screw that can be used to secure it in place, fully attaching the system to the stand itself. This isn't...
News This Is What PS5 Looks Like without Its Clothes
X-rated
Sony has revealed what the PlayStation 5 looks like without its clothes. As part of a teardown video, which details the electronic make-up of the next-gen console, we can see all of its components neatly laid out on a pristine white table. This includes its 120mm fan, system on a chip, Ultra HD Blu-ray drive, heat sink, and more. Despite...
News PS5's Removable Panels Could Suggest a Highly Customisable Console
Next-gen customisation?
The PlayStation 5 just received a complete teardown from Sony, finally giving us an official look at the inner workings of the next-gen console. It's a fascinating video, but one aspect of PS5's design shouldn't go ignored: those big, white side panels. As is demonstrated in the teardown, the curved outer shell of the console...
News PS5 Teardown Video Gets Up Close and Personal with the Console
Ports, stand, and faceplates detailed
Here's one of the things we've been waiting for: Sony has today shared a new video that details anything and everything there is to know about the upcoming PlayStation 5 console. It's the teardown video we've heard about for months now, detailing the ports on the front and back of the system, how the PS5 stand...
News This Fan-Made Spider-Man PS5 Could Pass for the Real Thing
Miles better
As far as fan-made renders go, they don’t get much more professional than this. Giuseppe Spinelli – who made a bit of a name for himself earlier in the year coming up with some incredible PlayStation 5 hardware renders – has dreamed up a hypothetical Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales console, and his promotional trailer is so...
News Dreams Update 2.18 Available Now, Enhances Music Making with New Instruments and More
Here's all the patch notes
It's been a while since the last major update to Dreams, but Media Molecule is of course still plugging away at its make-'em-up PlayStation 4 title. The latest patch brings the game to version 2.18, and it's all about music. The major additions in this update consist of a huge range of new instruments to toy with when...
News Concrete Genie Dev Hiring for 'New and Exciting' PS5 Adventure
Genie in a bottle
PixelOpus is one of PlayStation’s more creative first-party teams, with the studio’s relatively recent Concrete Genie being a particular standout on the PlayStation 4. And it looks like it’s gearing up for a new next-gen project, with creative director Dominic Robilliard revealing on LinkedIn that the developer is expanding...
News PS Now October 2020 Update Adds Days Gone, MediEvil, and Much More
Friday the 13th and Trine 4 too
Update: The PlayStation Blog has now confirmed the latest additions to the PS Now service for the month of October 2020, and they're slightly different to what was originally reported. You'll be getting Days Gone, MediEvil, Friday the 13th: The Game,
News PS5's 3D Audio Will Almost Certainly Work with Your Existing Headphones
Virtual 3D audio for TV speakers coming after launch
One of the big features that Sony’s promoting with PlayStation 5 is its inclusion of 3D audio, and in a new PlayStation Blog post it’s confirmed that you won’t need any additional hardware to take advantage of the feature. While the platform holder is peddling its new P
News PS Plus October PS4 Games Available to Download Now
Out for blood
Not every month can bring with it a stellar line-up of PlayStation Plus titles, and October 2020's selection very much feels like one that will be forgotten about before too long. PS Plus subscribers can get their hands on Need for Speed Payback and Vampyr this month at no extra cost. As is tradition, we put the two PlayStation 4 games...
News PS5 Pack-In Game Astro's Playroom Is 'Four to Five Hours' Long
More than a tech demo
If you thought the Astro's Playroom experience on PlayStation 5 would be over within an hour, you might want to think again. As part of an interview with Famitsu, Nicolas Doucet has revealed that the free title pre-installed onto every single PS5 console will take about "four to five hours to play". Four different and varied...
News More PS5 Launch Games Will Arrive a Week Before the UK Console Release
Applies to exclusives
Assassin's Creed Valhalla is no longer the only PlayStation 5 title you'll be able to purchase a week before the next-gen console launches in the UK. Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Sackboy: A Big Adventure, and Destruction AllStars have all had their PS5 release dates brought forward to the 12th November 2020 on
News Sony Expects PS5 to Outsell PS4's First Fiscal Year
Sell out
Sony is banking on some big PlayStation 5 sales in its first few months on the market, as it aims to beat the PlayStation 4’s first fiscal year. The company’s current-gen console sold seven million units from its launch in November 2013 through the end of March 2014, but we know from past reports that the manufacturer may be planning to...
News Phwoar! Here's a View of the PS5's Rear
Ooh, Matron
In case you missed it, this is what the PlayStation 5 looks like from behind. The image – which appears to have been uncovered on a Chinese website – shows two USB ports, an HDMI port, an Ethernet port, and a power connector. All of the inputs are, as you’d expect, surrounded by vents, which all contribute towards the console’s...
News Ghost of Tsushima: Legends Arrives 16th October, Update 1.1 Adds New Game+
Raid coming after launch
Sucker Punch Productions has today confirmed that Ghost of Tsushima: Legends, a new online co-op mode for the PlayStation 4 exclusive, will launch on 16th October 2020 for free. It will also release alongside update 1.1 which contains some major new features for the single player story, including New Game +, another...
Random The Internet Is Discussing PS5's Mysterious Bolt
Nuts
Sony is failing to spoon-feed the media with meaningful PlayStation 5 information to write about, and so the press is beginning to lose its collective mind. The latest flight of fancy: a mysterious bolt spotted atop the next-gen console’s monolithic form, located between the outer-white panels and glossy black sandwich filler. Just what does...
News Sony Didn't Allow Japanese Media to See PS5's User Interface
Top secret
A round of Japanese media and influencers were invited to a special PlayStation 5 hands-on event recently, where they finally had the opportunity to play Sony’s next-gen console. Brand new gameplay footage of Astro’s Playroom, Godfall, and others was uploaded to the web – but it didn’t scratch the itch of many, who were hoping to...
Gallery Ogle the PS5 Controller's Light Strip in Different Colours
Light up
Just like the PlayStation 4’s controller, the DualSense has an LED light behind its touchpad which can change colour depending on the context. Primarily this will be used to distinguish between different players, but we did see with the DualShock 4 how it can complement gameplay, by representing health for example. What we haven’t...
Reminder This Is Your Last Chance to Grab September 2020's Free PS Plus Games
Indestructible
The current crop of PlayStation Plus titles are about to be rotated out for two new PlayStation 4 picks, so make sure you take advantage of these final hours and add the free games to your library. In case you've forgotten, this month's PS Plus line-up consisted of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG for short) and Street Fighter V...
News PS5's Controller Features LED Lights to Denote Which Player You Are
Attention to detail
As is the case with the PlayStation 4 controller, the DualSense includes a coloured strip which will change colour depending on which player you are. However, the Japanese giant has also incorporated four additional LED lights below the touchpad to denote which player number you are. For example, if you’re Player 3, then...
News Ghost of Tsushima Looks Insane at 60 Frames-Per-Second
Smooth samurai
There’s no word on whether Ghost of Tsushima will be upgraded for PlayStation 5 just yet, but here’s what you could expect from a hypothetical next-gen version. Rendered out by SnazzyAI, this reconstructed 4K, 60 frames-per-second footage is absolutely stunning, with the improved framerate adding an extra sprinkle of magic to...
News Sony Abandons Decades-Old Japanese Controller Logic for PS5
X-rated
Did you know that in Japan the Circle button is used to confirm menu items and the X button is used to cancel? While some early PS1 titles used the same logic in the West, Sony eventually normalised the use of X to confirm and Circle to cancel, but there’s always been a disparity between the regions – until now. Alongside a wave of...
News PS5 Fan Noise First Impressions Are Promising
Silent but deadly
First impressions of the PlayStation 5’s fan noise are promising, as Japanese publications Dengeki Online and 4Gamer have both suggested that the console runs extremely quietly. This is despite the system powering demanding next-gen titles like Godfall and Astro’s Playroom under hot studio lights for over an hour. Sony’s...
News Watch Lots of Brand New PS5 Gameplay with Japanese YouTube Videos
Astro's Playroom! Godfall! DMC5 Special Edition!
A bunch of Japanese YouTubers got the chance to go hands on with PlayStation 5 recently, and as promised, their videos are live right now. While they don't provide a look at the PS5's UI or menus, we now have plenty of raw footage from several games. There's lots of gameplay from the likes of Astro's...
News Spider-Man Creative Director Calls for Respect as PS5 Remaster Criticism Crosses the Line
Caught in a web
For what feels like the umpteenth time this year, a high-profile video game developer has urged respect as criticism has gone too far. Bryan Intihar, the creative director of Marvel’s Spider-Man, has called for more kindness in the title’s community, after receiving threating messages due to the recasting of Peter Parker’s face...
Rumour PS5 UI Leak Shows Boot Sequence, 664GB Usable Storage
But legitimacy up for debate
Wow! It’s been a bonkers 24 hours for PlayStation 5 rumours, as first images of the next-gen console’s user interface have allegedly leaked – but we’ve been unable to verify their authenticity. Among the leaks is a video of the system’s start-up sequence, images that suggest the console will include 664GB of...
News More PS5 Photos Emerge from Japanese Previews
It's shinier than we thought
Update: Here's another photo of the PlayStation 5 in a real-world setting, this time without any clever image editing to make it look smaller. Clearly it's a monster compared to past PlayStation consoles, but we can't help but appreciate its design a little more now we're finally seeing it in the flesh. Popular...
News Bloodborne Is Free for PS Plus Members Right Now in the US
Update: Never mind
Update: Pack it up everyone, the error has been fixed. Fear the old blood, and all that. Original Story: This is odd. Bloodborne, the beloved FromSoftware action title, is currently free for PlayStation Plus members on PS4. Here's the Store link. Of course, the game has been a PS Plus offering in the past, but you can now grab...
News Seeing The Last of Us 2 at 4K, 60FPS Makes Us Pray for a PS5 Upgrade
Bloody Ellie
We've seen what a Bloodborne PS5 remaster could look like, but after watching this latest video from YouTube channel SnazzyAI, that's not the only next-gen upgrade we're praying for. This new clip shows us what The Last of Us: Part II could become with a 4K, 60 frames-per-second update, and it's a thing of beauty. Fans of the serie
News Astro's Playroom to Feature in Japanese PS5 Hands On Videos
Posting this Sunday
Japanese YouTubers have been getting up close and personal with the PlayStation 5 lately, and they'll be able to post their impressions this coming Sunday. Astro's Playroom is set to be one of the next-gen titles detailed as part of the hands on report as creator "Akagami no Tomo no Game Jikkyou Channel!!" has scheduled a video...
Random PS5 Looks Way Better As a Skyscraper Than a Games Console
Sky high
Sony’s dreamed up some strange consoles in its 25 years as a platform holder, but the PlayStation 5 is surely is boldest design yet. With a popped collar, curvy mid-section, and sharp edges, it looks more like the kind of object you’d expect to find in a contemporary art gallery than next to a television. It also looks way better as a...
News Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered Has Been in Development for a Year on PS5
Swing time
Insomniac Games has been working on Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered for the past year, and despite the reveal of some brand-new assets earlier in the week, the team continues to improve the appearance of the next-gen re-release. Community director James Stevenson confirmed the tidbit in a Twitter post, where he explained that it’s...
News This Is the Real-Life Model Peter Parker's Face Is Based on in Spider-Man PS5
Face swap
British model Ben Jordan is the new face of Peter Parker, and this is what he looks like in real-life. The 26-year-old – who’s worked with brands like Calvin Klein in the past – is particularly proud to be involved with the project, writing on Instagram: “Excited to be part of the Marvel family as Spider-Man in Marvel’s...
News Spider-Man PS5 vs PS4 Comparison Shows Off a Generational Leap
Remaster putting in work
We think we can all agree that Marvel's Spider-Man: Remastered looks outstanding in the PlayStation 5 footage released earlier today, but without an immediate reference point, the visuals improvements may not be quite as obvious as they actually are. Enter YouTuber ElAnalistaDeBits, who
Gallery Sparks Fly in Destruction AllStars PS5 Screenshots
Single player details emerge
Destruction AllStars is predominantly a competitive multiplayer experience, but there’s still a single player series for you to work your way through. Revealed courtesy of the official PlayStation website, you’ll be able to “master over 50 events to prove yourself a Destruction legend”. The page adds: “Unlock...
News Spider-Man Creative Director Speaks Out on Peter Parker's New Face Following Backlash
Old versus new
It wouldn't be a normal day in the PlayStation Nation without some controversy, would it? The latest incident to have people slinging insults on social media stems from the Marvel's Spider-Man PS5 remaster. If you haven't already heard, Peter Parker has a new face model, and by new face model, we mean that he looks like a totally...
News Get a Good Look at Spider-Man's New Face in Remastered PS5 Cutscene
Ben Jordan lends face model
If you don't already know by now, Marvel's Spider-Man: Remastered will feature a brand new face model for Peter Parker. Modelled after actor Ben Jordan, it'll be featured in the upcoming PlayStation 5 remaster, and presumably, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales if the character decides to show up. But
Poll Which Peter Parker Face Do You Prefer in Marvel's Spider-Man?
Original, or Remastered?
When Insomniac Games said that Peter Parker's model would be updated in Marvel's Spider-Man: Remastered on PS5, we didn't think that the nerdy protagonist would be getting an entirely new face — but here we are. A quick and easy poll for you, then: which Peter Parker face do you prefer? There's no doubt that the new face...
