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News Astro Bot's Brilliant Bot of War Musical Remix Made God of War Composer Feel 'So Proud'
Kenny Young "nailed it"
Among the many reasons Astro Bot is so wonderful is its soundtrack, created by returning composer Kenny Young. Some of the best tracks are the brilliant remixes of the themes from beloved PlayStation series, and now, the composer for God of War's last two games has shared his thoughts after hearing the cheery spin on his...
News 'You'll See the Difference,' Says Bend Studio of Days Gone PS5's Improvements
"We've taken it to a new level"
Days Gone looks and performs brilliantly on the PS5 with backwards compatibility, which has left some pondering what the game’s upcoming remaster can possibly achieve. Obviously, we already know it’s getting the Horde Assault mode, which ups the amount Freakers to 800 on the screen. But what about the overall...
News PS Plus Re-Release Bags Much Better Trophy List
Monstrous
Sony has re-released underrated PS2 kaiju brawler War of the Monsters on both the PS5 and PS4, as part of its improved PS Plus Premium retro push. While this game was already available on the PS Store as part of the platform holder’s previous efforts, it’s now contained within the company’s new emulator, which comes with all sorts...
News Switch 2 Fans Can’t Stand Seeing Nintendo’s New Console Compared to the 12-Year-Old PS4
"Switch 2 is clearly superior"
Switch 2 fans are becoming increasingly irate with Digital Foundry, as the tech experts continue to compare Nintendo’s new console to the PS4. We’ve talked about how PlayStation has become a measuring stick for the incoming system, but fans are getting more and more agitated with the frequent references to...
Rumour New PlayStation Portable Capable of Playing PS5 Games at Lower Resolutions
The whole world in your hands
As you may have already heard, rumour has that Sony is working on two new pieces of hardware: the inevitable PS6 and a new portable platform capable of natively playing your PS5 library. While the latter certainly sounds pie in the sky at first blush, it’s actually a story with credibility. Various well-connected...
News Nintendo Is Losing Its Identity, Says Ex-PlayStation Boss
"It's something other companies have been doing all the time"
Shuhei Yoshida, the beloved ex-PlayStation boss who once led Sony’s first-party studios, isn’t overly impressed with what he’s seen of the Switch 2 so far. Speaking candidly with Easy Allies, the industry veteran said he believes Nintendo is “losing its identity” as its new...
News The Last of Us Is Only Getting More and More Popular
You can't stop this
The Last of Us is growing in popularity. This weekend, HBO debuted the first episode in the second season of its television adaptation, and viewers rose 10% over the original season’s premiere. According to Deadline, the episode managed 5.3 million same-day cross-platform viewers in the US, up from 4.7 million. It shows that...
News PS5's Death Stranding 2 Will Become a Visual Novel to Get You Through Its Most Difficult Parts
Skip the boss battles if you like
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach will have a fascinating solution to the difficulty predicament which prevents many from playing games. According to a translation of a recent Hideo Kojima radio show, those who fail to beat any of the game’s bosses will have an option to “skip” them and enjoy them as visual...
News PCs and Smartphones May Be Exempt from Trump's Tariffs, But Consoles Like PS5 May Not
As things stand, anyway
Writing about US president Donald Trump’s tariffs is a bit like trying to fire an arrow at a moving target: they’re changing every day – and sometimes multiple times per day. But as the levies threaten to have a dramatic impact on the video game industry, it’s important we share the situation as it currently stands,...
News PS5 Price Increases Announced by Sony, Immediately Affects UK, Europe, and More
On yer hike
Sony has confirmed it's once again raising the price of PS5 systems, with this latest round of increases affecting the UK, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. The price hikes are effective immediately and affect the digital edition of a base PS5 in the UK and Europe, and both the digital and standard versions in Australia and New...
News There's One Positive for Physical Fans Amid PS5's Price Increase Chaos
Sony cuts price of disc drives
PS5 is getting a price increase across Europe and Australia, as we’re sure you’ve already heard. Sony cites a “challenging economic environment”, and while it’s clear the world is going through tough times, we can’t help but ponder why said climate doesn’t ever appear to affect the US. This is the second...
Live Watch Bungie's Marathon Gameplay Reveal Right Here
Shoot first
Bungie's about to fully reveal its first new game since Destiny 2. Just in case you haven't heard, it's called Marathon, and it's an extraction shooter sporting a crazy art direction. Given the developer's pedigree, you'd expect top-tier gun-based gameplay from Marathon — and we should be seeing plenty of that today. The gameplay...
The Last of Us Complete bundles both games together
PlayStation has officially announced The Last of Us Complete — a newly packaged collection that includes both The Last of Us Part 1 and The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered on PS5. Complete will be available later today through the PS Store. The digital version is priced at $99.99 / £94.99. A...
News New Animated PS5 Wallpapers for Welcome Hub Let You Celebrate PS Studios Hits
And future hits
In case you weren't aware, the PS5's Welcome landing screen can be spruced up with a series of backgrounds, including animated ones — and it looks like Sony is releasing a bunch more. Originally shared online by X user @chi_m02 and spotted by @Genki_JPN, numerous new animated backgrounds have been doled out to some PS5 players, in...
News Play Two New PS Plus Extra Games Right Now
Ahead of schedule
If the PS Plus price hikes in some countries have left you feeling frustrated, you may as well get value out of your increasingly expensive subscription while you can, eh? Two new games are available for PS Plus Extra today, which disrupts the usual rhythm of the service’s additions. Blue Pr
News The Last of Us to Sponsor La Liga Side Athletic Club
Logo on shirts for match this Sunday
The high-flying Spanish football team Athletic Club will change its sponsor for one game this Sunday to that of The Last of Us, with the TV adaptation appearing across the front of the players' shirts. The Max branding will also feature on the sleeves for Athletic Club's league match against Rayo Vallecano on...
News PS Portal System Update Out Today, with Big Improvements to PS Plus Cloud Streaming
The power of the cloud
Sony is rolling out a sizeable system update for PS Portal users today (the 9th April, just to avoid any confusion). The goal here is to improve the existing cloud game streaming beta for PS Plus Premium subscribers, adding some welcome functionality across the board. Here's a quick bullet point list of the additions: New...
News Horde Assault Show Off Days Gone PS5 Remaster at Its Very Best
Bigger and better hordes than PS4
No matter whether you loved or hated it on PS4, one of the most impressive things about Days Gone was undoubtedly its zombie horde technology. The last-gen console could flood the area surrounding protagonist Deacon St. John with hundreds of undead enemies, creating tense fights for your life. This feature is being...
News PS5 Favourite Astro Bot Earns 5 More Awards, Including GOTY
Team Asobi wins big at the BAFTAs
2024's big GOTY winner Astro Bot has added even more accolades to its locker with a further five awards at the BAFTA Games Awards earlier tonight. Including the main Best Game award, the Team Asobi classic also won in the Animation, Audio Achievement, Family, and Game Design categories. Sony also won the...
Review MLB The Show 25 (PS5) - Moreish Baseball Sim Has Another Strong Year
Bat's all folks
It’s hard not to get jaded when reviewing annual sports games like MLB The Show 25 year in and year out. These titles are iterative by nature, which means they can blend together. That sometimes makes it difficult to appreciate just how strong the underlying experience actually is. While it’s certainly stagnated in the raw...
News You Too Can Wear Joel's Jacket from The Last of Us Season 2
The clothes off his back
HBO's second season of The Last of Us is very nearly upon us, and as the weather gets warmer, you'll be pleased to know that Joel's jacket isn't just a nice costume piece — it's a garment available at retail. Yes, if you want the Joel Miller look, you can buy and wear his exact jacket from the TV adaptation. Available...
News EyeToy Era Gameplay Is Making a Comeback, And No One Really Noticed
The power of play
One of the lesser discussed Nintendo Switch 2 features took us back to our heady PS2 days, as the camera-based gameplay in the expanded version of Super Mario Jamboree sure reminded us of EyeToy. For those of you too young to remember the PS2 peripheral, it pre-dated both the Nintendo Wii and Xbox Kinect, and ushered in an early...
News Switch 2's Performance Best Compared to PS4, According to Tech Experts
Makes sense
When it comes to the Nintendo Switch 2’s tech specs, PlayStation has remained the primary reference point for the vast majority of pundits. Pertinently: where does the hybrid hardware sit on the scale of PS4 through PS5? Does it have the grunt to offer peak PS4 Pro performance – or is it perhaps closer to Sony’s current flagship...
News PS Plus Premium Plotting Superior Version of PS2's War of the Monsters for PS5, PS4
The kaijus are coming
Underrated PS2 kaiju game War of the Monsters, which was already ported to the PS4 a decade ago as part of Sony’s ill-fated emulation efforts, appears to be getting an updated re-release. Gematsu spotted listings on the Taiwanese ratings board for PS5 and PS4 versions of the classic, suggesting the game will be re-deployed...
News The Last of Us 2 PS5 Patch Released to Promptly Fix Big Problems
We're getting there
Naughty Dog deployed update 2.0 for the PS5 version of The Last of Us 2 Remastered earlier today to coincide with the PC port's release, but if you still have the option to, you might be better off cancelling the download for now. PS5 players in the middle of a playthrough of the game are reporting in their droves that patch 2.0...
News Sony Scales Back PlayStation Gigs as Some Dates Are Cancelled or Moved
Various dates in Europe affected
Sony seems to be scaling back the PlayStation The Concert performances it announced for the next two months across Europe, as various attendees have received emails stating the date they'd purchased tickets for was either being moved or cancelled entirely. Reports are popping up all over Reddit and forums like
News Insomniac Sounds Sick and Tired of People Demanding Wolverine PS5 News
"We'll share news about the game when *we* are ready to share it"
Marvel's Wolverine was announced all the way back in 2021 and it's yet to reappear (in an official capacity, at least). As such, you can kind of forgive fans for feeling a little irked — but the constant demand for new information must still drive developer Insomniac Games up the...
News PlayStation Is Dying to Know What You Think of Nintendo Switch 2 in Player Survey
Switching it up
If you're living under a rock, Nintendo fully unveiled its upcoming console, Switch 2, last week — and now, Sony wants to know your thoughts. Yes, PlayStation is curious to know what you made of Nintendo's Switch 2 Direct presentation, as well as the device itself. Known leaker eXtas1s has shared images of a survey going out to...
News The Last of Us 2 Can't Quite Match the First Game's Launch on PC
Peaks at 30,690 CCUs
While the PC version of The Last of Us 2 has opened to fairly respectable numbers on the platform, attracting a peak concurrent player count of 30,690 across the first weekend, the port is another example of how Sony's porting efforts aren't quite as popular as they once were. The sequel failed to match or beat the first game's...
News PS5 Shielded from Trump Tariffs for the Time Being
But could be affected if chaos continues
Forward thinking from Sony will shield the PS5 from US president Donald Trump’s tariffs, but only temporarily. The manufacturer took a series of preventative measures to protect itself from any impending moves by the US government, doubling supply chains and stockpiling hardware in order to give itself a...
News Switch 2 Pre-Order Freeze Underscores Potential Impact of US Tariffs on PS5
And everything else, of course
The United States is on the verge of imposing significantly higher tariffs on all imported goods, and onlookers are concerned about the immense impact this will likely have on the price of PS5. From 5th April 2025, a blanket 10 per cent will be applied to all goods coming into the US, and in addition, greater levies...
Feature PS5's Not Perfect, But Here Are 5 Ways It's More Consumer Friendly Than Switch 2
For now, anyway
The phrase “consumer friendly” gets tossed around a lot and is rarely ever true. All companies want to extract money from your wallet at the end of the day. But there are scales to this sort of stuff, and some organisations tend to be fairer than others. PlayStation is often criticised as being the most anti-consumer gaming...
News Almost All PS5 Fans Are Against $80 Games
Must be funny
Only 5% of PS5 fans “don’t have a problem” with $80 games. The remaining 95% are against a hypothetical price increase, as could become a reality due to Nintendo’s pricing of Mario Kart World. But of the 1,500 gamers polled, 30% said they would “grudgingly” cough up the increased fee for “select titles”. It’d be...
News Astro Bot Could Hit the Big Screen for a Movie
Sony considering an adaptation
Sony could turn its excellent platforming franchise Astro Bot into a movie in the future, as PlayStation Productions lead Asad Qizilbash has confirmed the company is "absolutely" considering a film adaptation. Expanding on the suggestion, Qizilbash explained to Variety how Sony picked up on last year's PS5 entry...
News PlayStation Keeps on Fumbling Its PC Ports
Mixed reports published for TLOU2 Remastered
The technical issues that Sony and its in-house PC porting specialist team Nixxes are encountering when bringing PS5 exclusives to desktops and Steam Deck don't appear to be going away, as with The Last of Us 2 Remastered launching on PC today, analysis from outlets reveals more flaws. Websites like PC...
News PS5 Players See Switch 2 as a Secondary Console, Not Direct Competition
Just like the Switch
As you may have noticed, Push Square is not a Nintendo-driven website. However, when something as big as the Switch 2 showcase is upon us, it only makes sense to write about it from a PlayStation perspective. After all, new hardware has an impact on the entire industry. And so, having watched yesterday's big Direct, we asked...
News Switch 2 Isn't Targeting People Who Want 'High-Performance Hardware', Like PS5 Pro
Nintendo weighs in on power debate
Nintendo Switch 2 is certainly a step up from the original console, but we’re still waiting to see just how closely it compares to the PS5 and its superior mid-gen successor, the PS5 Pro. Naturally, as a hybrid which can be played portably, fans expecting the same levels of performance as a stationary system...
News PS6 Can't Rely on Cutting-Edge Graphics, Sony Must 'Change Its Way of Thinking'
So says former boss Shuhei Yoshida
If the PS5 has taught us anything, it's that we're well into the realm of diminishing returns when it comes to pursuing better and better graphics in video games. Indeed, for generations, console manufacturers like Sony have used graphical fidelity to sell systems — but abundantly clear improvements are becoming...
News Free PS Plus Compensation Confirmation Emails Being Sent Out Now
You don't need to do anything
Sony has started issuing compensation for PSN’s recent dramatic downtime, which lasted almost 24 hours. The company promised it’d make good on the loss of service by providing all paying PS Plus members with an additional five days of service, free of charge. The additional time, the company said, would automa
News Switch 2 Goes for the Kill in Japan By Massively Undercutting PS5's Price
Nintendo plots Japanese language-only option
In the rest of the world, the Switch 2 is comparatively priced to the PS5 – but Nintendo knows where its bread is buttered. The Mario maker has come up with a fascinating solution to the weakening yen and the threat of exports: a Japanese language-only system which will retail for ¥49,980 (~$338)...
Reaction Switch 2 Looks Solid But the Many PS5, PS4 Ports Won't Spook Sony Yet
Early impressions of Nintendo's new machine
Nintendo has finally pulled back the curtain on Switch 2, after a long and arduous build-up which has almost had our colleagues at Nintendo Life in straight-jackets. The headline news here is that the console seems like a compelling iteration on its outstandingly successful predecessor, with comfortably...
Feature Nintendo Switch 2 Direct - 5 Things for PS5 Fans to Pay Attention To
Switching it up
After months of waiting – perhaps even years for some – the Nintendo Switch 2 will get its long-awaited blowout today. Alarmingly, as we write this, very little has leaked. We know there’ll be a new Mario Kart game for the console, as it was revealed alongside the system itself. Other than that, though, there’s an air of...
Guide The Last of Us 2: Full Story Recap
Joel and Ellie's story so far summarised
The Last of Us: Part II is almost upon us, finally continuing Joel and Ellie's story. The first game was a bleak and unflinching tale of a man and a girl as they travel across a United States devastated by a ferocious fungal infection. We'll soon be diving back into this grim and desperate setting, but it's...
Guide The Last of Us 2: FAQ - Everything You Need to Know
All the answers for The Last of Us: Part II
The Last of Us: Part II is one of Sony's biggest PS4 exclusives. The original game is a modern classic from Naughty Dog, and the sequel is another superlative effort, earning a 10/10 in our review. As part of our The Last of Us 2 guide, we'll run through some common questions about the game. When Is The
More interested in "emotional maturity"
Craig Mazin, showrunner on HBO's The Last of Us TV adaptation, has commented on concerns about Bella Ramsey's appearance in the upcoming Season 2. Ramsey (21) has a very youthful appearance, which worked rather well for playing a 14-year-old Ellie in The Last of Us Season 1. However, fans have been worried...
News The Last of Us 2 Is Better Than Ever On the Go with Steam Deck Support
Native play beats PS Portal
Sony's better-than-expected PS Portal device will no longer offer the best handheld experience for The Last of Us 2 Remastered, as developer Naughty Dog has confirmed the Steam Deck will be officially supported when the PC port arrives later this week. Rather than streaming the game from your PS5 via an internet...
News Sony Stealthily Increases the Size of PS5, PS4's Needlessly Restrictive PS Store Wishlist
We'll heart that
It looks like Sony has quietly bumped the number of items you can add to your PS Store wishlist. The feature – a necessity for digital plazas – has often been criticised for being needlessly restrictive, limiting the number of items you can add to 100. We’ve regularly butted heads with the cap, being forced to rethink our...
News Sony Reportedly Gearing Up to Sell You The Last of Us on PS5 One More Time
Will it be the last of The Last of Us?
A brand new physical retail edition of The Last of Us is on the way. That's according to a new report from reliable gaming leaker billbil-kun, via Dealabs. Apparently, a physical release of a "special edition of a game in The Last of Us franchise" is heading to stores in the future. Unfortunately,...
News Death Stranding Celebrates 20 Million Players Milestone as PS5 Sequel Approaches
Keep on keeping on
Developer Kojima Productions has shared that Death Stranding has officially surpassed 20 million total players. It made the announcement via its social media channels: As the fine print says, this figure includes all console and PC versions of the game, and also includes those who've played the game through subscription...
News PlayStation Japan's Marketing Remains Unbeaten
PS1 and only
We've been saying this for ages, but marketing campaigns just don't get much better than PlayStation Japan's consistently superb efforts. The team's pumped out some amazing — and undeniably Japanese — ads over the years, and this latest video is no different. It's actually an expanded version of the 30th Anniversary commercial that...
