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News On PS5, Exclusive Games Will Be More Important than Ever Before, Says Sony
A new era of exclusives
Exclusive games will continue to be big selling point for Sony as we head into the next console generation. Going by the PS5's stacked reveal event, it's clear that the company is banking on first-party titles like Horizon Forbidden West and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart to showcase the system's power -- but it's not just...
Poll How Much Do You Think the PS5 Will Cost?
And the PS5 Digital Edition?
The PS5 has been revealed, but how much is Sony's next-gen box going to cost? This is a question that we've asked the Push Square community before. Back in October of last year, after the first PS5 details had been made public, we wanted to know what you thought the price tag might look like. Here's a quick recap on...
News PS5's Large Size Helps It Stay Cool, PlayStation Confirms
Big and beautiful
It comes as no real surprise, but the PlayStation 5's rather large size is at least partly down to the fact that it has to stay as cool as possible. And no, we don't mean cool cool, we're talking temperature here. PlayStation UI design boss Matt MacLaurin has been answering questions about the newly revealed PS5 over on his
News PS5 Is Customisable in Ways Previous Gens Weren't, Will Get Special Editions
Different colours incoming
Not everyone loves the look of the PlayStation 5, but the console’s come underfire for reasons beyond its unorthodox sense of style. Some fans, for example, believe it would look better in black – and they’ve dreamed up some mock-ups to demonstrate their point. Fortunately, it sound
News Official The Last of Us Podcast Episode Two Is Available Today
What are you scared of?
The Last of Us: Part II is just a few days away, arriving this Friday, and it's another impeccable adventure from Naughty Dog. To keep you in the mood for Ellie's vengeance-fuelled excursion, the latest episode of the Official The Last of Us Podcast is available now. Episode two, titled 'What are you scared of?', goes over...
News The Last of Us 2's Latest Dynamic Theme Reveals an Artistic Process
Lookin' Ellie good
Are you buying any of The Last of Us: Part II’s special editions at all? Whether you’re plumping up for the Digital Deluxe, Special Edition, Collector’s Edition, or Ellie Edition, you’ll be treated to a bonus PlayStation 4 dynamic theme featuring the artwork of Alice Zhang. And here’s a preview of what you can expect:...
News PS5 Pre-Order Placeholders Live at Popular UK Retailer
Register your interest
Sony’s yet to announce a price or release date for the PlayStation 5, and there’s no reason to believe any of that information will surface soon. Alas, popular UK retailer ShopTo.net has decided to get the jump on pre-orders, taking placeholders for both iterations of the console, as well as various
News Blind Gamer Reacts to The Last of Us 2's Unprecedented Accessibility Options
"Thank you, Naughty Dog"
Given how bleak the games industry can be at times, it’s always refreshing to see something legitimately uplifting. In the video embedded below, Canadian streamer Steve Saylor – who also acts as a consultant – reacts to The Last of Us: Part II’s array of accessibility options. For those of you who missed it, the...
News PS5 Features Are a 'Paradigm Shift' That Enhance the Sensory Experience
Jim Ryan bigs up SSD, 3D audio
Sony has now made a number of its upcoming PlayStation 5 projects public, but that hasn't stopped the Japanese giant from talking up the sort of unique features its next-gen console will bring with it. The games will look and run better than ever, and they'll also be enhanced by the likes of
News PS5 Console Reveal Trailer Is Now PlayStation's Most Liked YouTube Video
Next-gen hype is real
The official PlayStation 5 hardware reveal trailer is now PlayStation's most liked YouTube video ever, suggesting that the console's unorthodox design isn't anywhere near as divisive as certain corners of the internet would have you believe. The trailer currently sits at a whopping 22 million views, but the impressive part is...
News Ratchet & Clank PS5 Looks Like a Huge Leap Compared to PS4 Predecessor
Qwark speed
As is the case with every generation transition, there have been some murmurs that the PlayStation 5’s first batch of games don’t look that much better than their PlayStation 4 predecessors. This early Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart comparison – comparing to the dynamic duo’s previous adventure – begs to differ, as it shows...
News Sony Insists Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales PS5 Reveal Was Not Misleading
"We wouldn't lead with something trivial"
Sony’s big PlayStation 5 reveal event went off without a hitch last week, but perhaps the only blunder the platform holder made was confusing the entire Internet about the nature of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales. We’d initially assumed – correctly, as it turns out – that it was an Uncharted:...
News PS5's User Interface Is Lightning Fast, A Complete Overhaul of PS4 with Very New Concepts
We'll see it soon
While we’d expected the PlayStation 5’s user interface to be an iteration of the PlayStation 4’s, it sounds like Sony has started from scratch. Publicly responding to comments on LinkedIn, PlayStation’s VP of UX Design Matt MacLaurin revealed that the manufacturer’s next-gen system features a “100 per cent overhaul of...
News PS5's First Batch of Titles Appear to Deliver the Native 4K Dream
Crystal clear
While the PlayStation 4 Pro was marketed as a 4K console, it settled for much lower resolutions overall. Some titles, like Horizon Zero Dawn, implemented elegant reconstruction techniques to cover for this – a technology colloquially referred to as FauxK by some corners of the Internet. It doesn’t look like the PlayStation 5 will...
News Ratchet & Clank PS5 Surpasses 2016 Movie, Runs in Native 4K with Ray Tracing
A showcase for Sony's SSD
There’s no doubt that Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart was one of the clear standouts during Sony’s big PlayStation 5 reveal presentation recently, and Digital Foundry has heaped praised on the release as part of a report on the next-gen system. The publication claims there’s a “good argument” the title surpasses...
Feature Sony's Most Memorable E3 Moments
Hype machine
At this point in time, it looks as though Sony's relationship with E3 is over. The Electronic Entertainment Expo has been running since 1995, and PlayStation has been in attendance every year. That is, until 2019, when the Japanese giant broke its 24-year streak. It announced it would be absent at E3 2020 too, although it would later be...
News What Happened to Silent Hill's Rumoured PS5 Reveal?
Head case
Aside from Gran Turismo 7 and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, the strongest rumours prior to Sony’s big PlayStation 5 reveal event pertained to a new Silent Hill title purportedly in production at Japan Studio. Konami was quick to dismiss the speculation, but that didn’t stop rampant discussion from occurring online across a variety...
Random The Web Is Freaking Out Over a Tiny PS5 Controller Detail
Grip shift
How can you not fall in love with little details like this? Sony announced the DualSense controller some time ago, but it’s taken until today for the Internet to pay attention to one of its best details: the grip is made up of tiny PlayStation symbols. We first caught wind of this courtesy of a Tweet by Wushu Studios’ communications...
Quiz How Closely Were You Watching the PS5 Reveal Event?
How much do you remember?
Sony just had a packed PlayStation 5 reveal showcase, and it was full of great looking games and fun announcements. But how much do you recall from the event? Can you recall some of the finer details from the hour-long broadcast? In this quiz, we'll put your memory to the test and see if you were really paying attention.
News Timed PS5 Exclusives Range from a Few Months to Years
Moneyhats
Sony’s been hinting in interviews for a while that it’s going to go hard with the PlayStation 5, and we saw the first signs of that during the next-gen system’s reveal presentation this week. Perhaps drowned out by the announcements of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Gran Turismo 7 was confirmation that two Bethesda titles,...
Poll What Was Your Game of the Show at the PS5 Reveal Event?
A lot to choose from
And just like that, the long awaited PS5 reveal event is over. Done. Finished. A mere memory. Well, until the next time Sony decides to show something, at least. In any case, it was a stacked showcase. The Japanese giant brought a boatload of PS5 games along for the ride, from first-party blockbusters to intriguing indies. If...
News PS5 Preorder Price Is $699 on Play-Asia, Has Fans Praying It's a Placeholder
And it probably is
Oh god, here we go again. The PlayStation 5 is currently up for preorder on popular import site Play-Asia, and it ain't cheap. For those of you in the US, the next-gen console (that's the standard edition with a disc drive, not the digital edition) is priced at a whopping $699 -- roughly £585 here in the UK. But before we all...
News You'll Be Amazed with Demon's Souls PS5, Says Sony
The soul still burns
Marketing maestro Eric Lempel believes Sony introduced the “biggest first-party lineup in PlayStation history” during last night’s PlayStation 5 showcase, and one title he’s particularly looking forward to people getting their hands on is the oft-rumoured Demon’s Souls. “I’ve been fortunate enough to see it, and...
News PS5 Is Gorgeous in Person, There Are Surprising Features
"It's a marvel"
The reaction to the PlayStation 5’s hardware design has been generally positive, but many are still in a state of shock over the system’s aesthetics. It’s certainly an “out-there” design, and while it’s unforgettable, it can only really be described as unorthodox. Speaking with the PlayStation Blog, marketing bigwig Eric...
News In Case You Missed It, Here's a Bad Ass PS5 Controller Trailer
Common DualSense
We already know pretty much everything there is to know about the DualSense controller, but here’s a reminder of its features and functions. The video debuted during last night’s PlayStation 5 reveal event, and does its best to demonstrate features such as haptic feedback, adaptive triggers, and of course the new o
News PS5's Media Remote Is Super Slick, Includes a Microphone
TV, TV, TV
Whether you plan to purchase the PlayStation 5 with a Blu-ray disc drive or the all-digital option, there’s a good chance you’ll end up doing more with your console than simply playing games. Fortunately, Sony has a solution for all of your multimedia needs ready at launch: an official remote controller, which is part of the...
Feature The Results for Our PS5 Predictions Quiz Are In
How did you do?
A couple of days before the highly anticipated PS5 reveal event, we published a classic Push Square predictions quiz, asking our community to make educated guesses about what would be shown during the presentation. The quiz was made up of 20 yes or no questions, and now that the showcase is done and dusted, the results are in. So,...
News PS5 Reveal Event a Massive Success for Sony, Peaks At Over 7 Million Viewers
Super impressive stats
The PS5 reveal event has come and gone. The presentation, which lasted a little over an hour, showcased a bunch of next-gen games and gave us our very first look at the console itself. Just going by the English language broadcast that we watched on YouTube, it was immediately clear that a lot of people tuned into this thing --...
News Ghost of Tsushima Manga Posters Are Utterly Jaw-Dropping, Perfect Phone Backgrounds
From Afro Samurai artist
Ghost of Tsushima developer Sucker Punch has revealed a series of illustrated posters based on the upcoming PlayStation 4 exclusive, and they are unbelievably good. They're crafted by Takashi Okazaki, a Japanese artist perhaps best known as the creator of Afro Samurai. Okazaki was also the character designer on Furi, the...
Round Up The Last of Us 2 Reviews Make it One of the Best Rated PS4 Games Ever
We'll go through with this
Reviews for The Last of Us: Part II have finally arrived exactly a week before launch and, well, they make for very, very impressive reading. The PlayStation 4 exclusive, which acts as a swan song for the current-gen console alongside Ghost of Tsushima currently has an incredible Metacritic rating of 96. This makes it the...
News Sony on PS5 Fan Noise: 'A Great Deal of Effort' Has Gone into Making PS5 Quieter than PS4
Let's hope it works
We already know that the PS5 has been designed with an innovative new cooling system in mind, and Sony has reiterated that a lot has been done to make the next-gen system as quiet as possible. In an interview with The Guardian, Sony Europe boss Simon Rutter says "a great deal of effort" has gone into making sure that the PS5 is...
Not an expansion or remaster
Update: And now developer Insomniac Games has confirmed that Spider-Man: Miles Morales is a standalone PS5 game. The studio will apparently have more to share in the future. Original story: Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales has been the source of much confusion following a very vague, and to be frank, poorly worded...
News PS5 Price: Sony Emphasising Value for Next-Gen Format
How low can you go?
Sony’s yet to announce the price of the PlayStation 5, but boss Jim Ryan appears to be preparing fans for a costly console. Speaking with the BBC, the executive wouldn’t be drawn on specifics, but hinted that it’s emphasising “value as opposed to price”. He said: “We must be more attentive than ever before to ensure...
News The Last of Us 2 Pre-Load Is Available Now on PS4
78.52GB in total
If you've pre-ordered a digital version of The Last of Us: Part II through the PlayStation Store, you might want to check your console notifications. The game is now available for pre-load on PlayStation 4, taking us one step closer to that coveted release date of 19th June 2020. You'll be pre-loading version 1.02 of the Naughty...
News PS5 Backwards Compatibility Testing Still Underway for 'Over 4000' PS4 Games
Sony reiterates
Despite what you may have heard, backwards compatibility isn't as simple as flicking a switch and having all of your old games work on your new console. Extensive testing needs to be carried out in order to ensure that current-gen software runs correctly on next-gen hardware, and Sony is still in the process of setting up "over 4000"...
News We're Just Getting Started with PS5 Software, Says Sony
Bringing the big guns
Reel off the titles that Sony announced for the PlayStation 5 during its reveal event overnight, and it makes for startling reading: Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Gran Turismo 7, Demon’s Souls, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – and these are just the highlights. The crazy thing is that, as PlayStation boss Jim Ryan...
Gallery Demon's Souls Comparison Screenshots Show Epic PS5 Upgrade
Side-by-side
Demon’s Souls is one of the most beloved PlayStation 3 games, and it’s getting a new lease of life on the PlayStation 5 courtesy of a Bluepoint remake. The initial trailer revealed an enormous upgrade, but seeing some side-by-side comparisons with the original demonstrates just how far we’ve come. Full credit must go to Dark...
Gallery Astro's Playroom Is a Free, Utterly Adorable PS5 Game
Bot brilliance
Astro’s Playroom is almost guaranteed to be one of the most entertaining PlayStation 5 launch games, and the great news is that you won’t have to pay a penny to play it. The title – which is designed to be a showcase of the DualSense controller’s features and functions – will come pre-loaded on your system, and will take you...
Gallery Destruction AllStars Is PS5's Big Multiplayer Card
On-wheels, on-foot
Sony’s said that it wants to do much better with multiplayer games, and Destruction AllStars looks to be its big online play for the PlayStation 5. Developed by ex-Bizarre Creations staffers at Lucid Games, the title appears to depict a kind of future sport where colourful characters compete both on-foot and behind-the-wheel...
News PS5 Fans Dream of an All Black Console with These Mock-Ups
Paint it black
So, what do you think of PlayStation 5's predominantly white colour scheme? As with the DualSense PS5 controller, the console adopts a two-tone look that's pretty polarising, especially coming off the matte black PS4. It's a bold, risky new direction for the hardware, and as such, not everyone is going to love it. As you might...
News Gran Turismo 7 Takes Full Advantage of the PS5 DualSense Controller
3D audio, haptic feedback
Who knows when it'll arrive, but Gran Turismo 7 is coming to PlayStation 5 at some point in the future. And when it does, it looks like the real driving simulator will be making full use of the next-gen features Sony's new console has to offer. It'll support 3D audio, which we're sure will sound excellent through the use of...
News Demon's Souls PS5 Remake Lets You Prioritise Visuals or Frame Rate
Two different modes
It feels so good to finally say that the Demon's Souls PlayStation 5 remake is officially a thing. Announced during Sony's PS5 games reveal event last night, it blew our socks off with an announcement trailer for the ages. We don't know when we'll get our hands on it just yet, but Bluepoint Games' latest project will give us the...
News PS5 Memes Are Rife as the Internet Reacts to Console Reveal
It's everything but a console
Nothing can escape the internet's desire to meme. Everything is a potential candidate for hilarity -- especially if an object looks remotely like a different object. Through rudimentary image editing, we can all revel in the shared joy of poking fun at pretty much anything. And yes, that inevitably includes PlayStation...
News PS5 Size Appears to Be Huge As the Internet Estimates Dimensions
Nothing official yet
How big is PlayStation 5? How much room will PS5 take up in your living space? If we're to believe a bunch of fan-made estimates, Sony's next-gen console is shaping up to be a real giant. The company has yet to share official dimensions of the standard PS5 and PS5 Digital Edition, so we don't know the exact measurements right...
News Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales Is a Remaster of the 2018 Game with New Content
Takes advantage of PS5
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales was one of the more surprising announcements Sony made at its PlayStation 5 games reveal event last night, but what actually is it? Is this an entirely new, full-length game? Or is it something more akin to InFAMOUS: First Light on PlayStation 4? Well, we now have our answer and it may...
News PS5 Digital Edition Exists for Consumers Who 'Purchase Solely Digitally'
Jim Ryan on PS5's hardware strategy
Surprising many fans at the PlayStation 5 event was the reveal of the console itself, and it's certainly a striking bit of kit. Whatever you think of the white and black console, Sony also surprised us with a second SKU of the next-gen machine -- a Digital Edition, one without a disc drive. We weren't necessarily...
Reaction PS5 Reveal Event Plays to Sony's Strengths
First-party fire
As far as introductions go, it’s hard to imagine one much stronger than PlayStation 5’s long-anticipated reveal presentation. Where the PlayStation 4 was introduced to the world with, well, Killzone: Shadow Fall and Knack, Sony really went to town with its first slate of next-gen releases: Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales,...
Round Up What Was Announced at Sony's PS5 Games Reveal Event?
Every PS5 game announcement
We finally know a handful of PlayStation 5 games which will complement the console on its launch later this year and some titles arriving afterwards. That's thanks to the digital broadcast Sony just hosted, titled the Future of Gaming event. It's been a long time coming, especially after the Japanese giant teased us with...
Talking Point Did the PS5 Games Reveal Event Meet Your Expectations?
Did it live up to the hype?
Following up on Sony's deep dive into the PlayStation 5's architecture in March, the hardware manufacturer has now revealed just a selection of the next-gen titles coming to the console at launch and beyond. Done via a digital showcase, we now know that the likes of Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Ratchet & Clank: Rift...
Gallery PS5's Design Is Unorthodox But Unforgettable
A new kind of console
We’ve had a few hours to solidify our thoughts on the PlayStation 5’s hardware design, and we’re going to need a little longer. This is the boldest, strangest console that Sony has ever cooked up, but it’s certainly memorable, isn’t it? Remember, you’ll be able to purchase the next-gen system with or without a 4K...
