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News PS4 Firmware Update 3.11 Stabilises Your System
Stable as a table
Well then, we haven't had one of these for a while. Sony's rolled out a new firmware update for the PlayStation 4, which is mandatory. The update – numbered v3.11 for those keeping count – offers nothing other than system software stability, but you will need to download it if you want to connect to the PlayStation Network. It...
News PlayStation's Indie Evangelist to Exit Organisation
Shahid Ahmad leaving after ten years
Shahid Ahmad has become one of the faces of PlayStation over the past few years – but after a decade working at the company, he's set to embark on a new adventure. The industry veteran served as one of the key figures in SCEE's Strategic Content division, securing titles such as Super Crate Box all the way...
Weirdness PS4 Perv Slaps the Salami Over System in Store
#4TheFappers
We all like to twiddle our joysticks for entertainment – but when it comes to the PlayStation 4, the majority of us have our hands firmly on the DualShock 4. One saucy shopper had a very different piece of equipment between his fingers, though – as he was caught choking the chicken in front of the console in an electronics store. A...
News Proof PS4 Will Go Below $300 on Black Friday Mounts
GameStop joins the party
Pull out your happening GIFs and start counting your cents: the PlayStation 4 will almost certainly go below $300 on Black Friday 2015. Following on from Meijer's leaked flyer, GameStop has now prematurely confirmed that Sony's system will be available for $299.99 with a copy of Uncharted: The
News Blimey, Sony's Publishing Helldivers on the PC
Hell freezes over
Well, this is potentially huge news: Sony's bringing Helldivers to the PC. The game, which launched as a PlayStation exclusive earlier in the year, will be published by a company called PlayStation Mobile, Inc on the popular plaza. This is a division within SCE that has handled various smartphone spin-offs in the past, too. This...
News Sony Not Looking to Profit with PlayStation VR Hardware
Will make money elsewhere
Here's some good news for PlayStation VR: Sony has suggested that it's not looking to profit on the initial hardware launch. We've been saying for a while now that if the headset has any shot at succeeding, the platform holder needs to eat the cost on the peripheral – and that's exactly what Worldwide Studios president...
News Looks Like PS4 Will Be Going Below $300 on Black Friday
Greatness awaits
Sony only just dropped the price of the PlayStation 4, but it looks like the platform holder's planning to play limbo on Black Friday. A leaked Meijer flyer has revealed that the retailer will be selling the new-gen system with Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection for $299.99 – and should you brave the crowds, you'll even get a...
News PS4 Is Reeling in First-Person Shooter Fans, Says Sony
Switching sides
While games like Call of Duty always sold well on the PlayStation 3, it was never truly considered the home of the franchise. A combination of the controller and PlayStation Network really prevented Sony from making any meaningful in-roads in the first-person shooter space. The platform holder has made it a mission to change that...
News Sony Ain't Shying Away from Third-Party Partnerships on PS4
Stronger first-party offering won't change tactics
Sony's made up for a less than impressive first-party showing in 2015 by partnering with third-party publishers, and the strategy's worked a treat. This month alone the platform holder's threatening to run away with the holidays, thanks to exclusive PlayStation 4 bundles for Call of Duty: Black Ops...
News We Wished Our PS4 Life Was This Wonderful
Here to make you go
Life in Push Square Towers revolves around sifting through the shite in press releases and proof reading dozens of articles a day, so we're definitely jealous of this particular PlayStation 4 player's daily routine. Sony's new European TV ad is absolutely crammed with brand references, with everything from Street Fighter V to...
News PlayStation Plus Subscribers Score Sweet EU PS4 Savings
Cash back
This month's PlayStation Plus lineup isn't looking all that tasty, but the latest wave of European PlayStation Store sales should have you salivating in no time. On the cut-price menu this month are a slew of PlayStation 4 double discounts, which will see you pocketing savings of up to 70 per cent on mouth-watering titles like Saints Row...
News Dozens of Korean Developers Join the PS4 Party
Play and peace
Sony hosted another press conference overnight – but this one definitely wasn't intended for the Western market. The show, held in Busan prior to the G-Star convention, was designed to showcase all of the Korean titles in development for the PlayStation 4. And as is evident from the trailer embedded below, there's a lot for local...
News Er, Avatars Are Coming to the PS4's PlayStation Store Next Week
Yay?
If we were Sony, we wouldn't have publicised this. Almost two years after the system's launch, you'll be able to buy non-stock avatars from the PlayStation 4 version of the PlayStation Store. Embarrassingly, these icons could only be purchased from the PlayStation 3 edition of the PlayStation Store previously. Absolutely mental, eh? The good...
News Your PlayStation Plus Freebies for November Are Out Now
Bandwidth busters
It may not be the greatest lineup in PlayStation Plus history, but if you're looking for something new to play, then November's free titles are available in Europe right now. Those of you in North America will have to wait a little while longer for SCEA to catch up, but we expect the Instant Game Collection to update later today...
News Sony Doesn't Want to Show You Too Much of The Last Guardian
It'll spoil it, apparently
The Last Guardian has gone dark again. The game was re-revealed to a rapturous response at E3 2015, but it was absent at both the Tokyo Game Show and Paris Games Week. This, according to Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida, is nothing to worry about – the platform holder's just limiting the title's showings...
Feature Push Square's PGW 2015 Game of the Show - Detroit: Become Human
Quantic dreaming
David Cage divides opinion like no other developer. When the French auteur took to Sony's slick Paris Games Week 2015 stage earlier this week, the Push Square press conference live chat was awash with cheers and jeers. Some feel that the French director – who's helmed titles like Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls – is...
News Pokitaru's Looking Pretty in Ratchet & Clank on PS4
Lombax to the future
Well, this is a sight for sore eyes – Pokitaru's looking absolutely stunning in Ratchet & Clank on the PlayStation 4. The sunny seaside settlement was one of the more memorable locations from the original game, and developer Insomniac Games has done a great job repurposing it for Sony's new-gen system. We see some awesome...
Honda way up
DriveClub has become a kind of PlayStation 4 comfort food for this reviewer. With the troubles of its launch firmly planted in its rear view mirror, Evolution Studios deserves credit for maintaining the relevancy of its arcade racer over a year removed from its original release. This new motorcycle expansion – available as both an...
Rumour No Man's Sky Development Is Troubled on PS4
No man's sky is right
Perhaps it comes as no surprise to hear that No Man's Sky may be stuck in a bit of development hell. Earlier this week at Sony's Paris Games Week press conference, the ambitious indie title received a new trailer that confirmed a launch window: June 2016. Considering that we first heard about the game back in 2013, many were...
News Your Free PS4 PlayStation Plus Games for November Include Magicka 2, The Walking Dead
Mass Effect 2! Beyond Good & Evil! Dragon Fin Soup!
As rumoured earlier in the week, your free PlayStation Plus games for November will include The Walking Dead: Season 2 and Magicka 2 – on the PlayStation 4 at least. Bizarrely, the platform holder's yet to confirm the PlayStation 3 and Vita titles in the lineup, but we'll update you the
News Sony: There Will Be Surprises at PlayStation Experience
Never stop announcing
The best thing about Sony's big Paris Games Week 2015 press conference being over is that… Well, the platform holder's got another one lined up in a few weeks. PlayStation Experience will have a keynote on 5th December, and the Japanese giant's already hinted that new games will be announced there. And according to SCEE boss...
News Until Dawn's Free Hallowe'en PS4 Theme Is Worth Downloading
Clock's ticking
It's been a disappointing week for Until Dawn fans. Supermassive Games announced a woeful looking rails shooter spin-off earlier in the week, while Sony's second marketing push has amounted to a new trailer and a free PlayStation 4 theme. There is, at least, one silver lining, though: the animated wallpaper is one of the better ones...
News Sony Stresses There Are Still First-Party PS Vita Games in Production
But not AAA ones
This is getting a bit tedious now, isn't it? Sony's been blowing hot and cold with the PlayStation Vita for what feels like an eternity, and fresh from comments by Japanese executive Masayasu Ito suggesting that the system won't be receiving any further first-party content, SCEE boss Jim Ryan has now
Weirdness Of Course Mark Cerny Platinumed PS4 Launch Title Knack
Someone had to
Mark Cerny is a busy man, but it seems that he still finds time to play the odd game. The new follow feature on the PlayStation 4 has proven a godsend for those who like to stalk their favourite gaming executives and have a nosy at their Trophies. And our very own Ben Potter noticed one pleasing tidbit while perusing the...
Rumour Two of Your November PlayStation Plus Games Have Been Leaked
Official announcement incoming?
Just what this slow news day needed: a potential PlayStation Plus leak. According to an image posted to Twitter by Dutch retailer bol.com – which has since been deleted – it would appear as though The Walking Dead: Season 2 and Magicka 2 are both part of November's still unannounced lineup. Fortunately, the...
News Dreams Is a Lot More Powerful Than You Think
Beta to come in 2016
Dreams captured the attention of many during its Paris Games Week demo (while also horrifying some) due to its huge amount of tools and available customization. Sure, we don't entirely understand what Dreams actually is yet, but what we do know is that it is, in part, one hell of a powerful creative tool, as a recent Wired...
News Sony Unsure Whether You'll Ever Be Able to Change Your PSN Name
Cross your fingers
Bad news if you plumped up for a "joke" PlayStation Network name when you created your profile, as Sony's unsure whether you'll ever be able to change it. This has been a regular source of discourse for way over a year now, with the platform holder failing to provide the feature. And asked whether it's in the pipeline on Twitter,...
News Don't Worry, Pretty PS4 Title RIME Is Still in Development
No RIME without reason
RIME appears to be taking more than art direction inspiration from Team ICO, as the hotly anticipated PlayStation 4 exclusive was absent at Paris Games Week 2015 yet again. The game – which caused a stir all the way back in 2013 – wasn't even acknowledged during Sony's press conference this week, and many have taken that...
News Insane PS4 Sales Power Sony to Profitability
Almost 30 million PS4s shipped
Kaz Hirai's a popular character among gamers – but he's clearly an incredible businessman as well. After years of financial losses, the ex-PlayStation executive finally appears to have steadied Sony's ship, with the company reporting a profit for the fourth quarter in a row. Given that we'd gotten used to the...
News Yoshida: There Are Many PS4 Exclusives in Development
In fact, he's lost count
Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida signs off on every PlayStation 4 exclusive – but there's so much in development that the affable executive's lost count. Speaking on PlayStation France's Twitter account, he pointed out that there are around 30 to 50 titles that the platform holder's got its fingerprints on...
News So, Is Sony Working on an Exclusive PS4 JRPG?
Shu says no
There have long been rumours swirling around that Sony has some sort of Japanese role-playing game in development. The whispers first began months ago, and they keep popping up from time to time. Of course, it goes without saying that an exclusive JRPG would certainly be something to get excited about, so we can see why these rumours...
News Engineers Working to Enable Online Notifications in Future PS4 Firmware Update
At Long Last just logged in
Sony recently sent out a survey regarding future PlayStation 4 firmware update features, and it mentioned the oft-requested online notifications. Now, speaking on PlayStation France's Twitter account, Worldwide Studio's president Shuhei Yoshida has hinted that the functionality may
News PS4's Detroit Will Be a Different Experience to Beyond, Heavy Rain
But there'll still be #Emotion
Divisive director David Cage has been discussing Detroit: Become Human in the wake of last night's Paris Games Show 2015 reveal. Speaking with the PlayStation Blog, he hinted that while the PlayStation 4 exclusive will share the studio's penchant for emotional engagement, it will also have its own vibe compared to its...
Paris Games Week 2015 Shadow of the Beast's New Trailer Rips PS4 a New One
Feeling a little spiky
Sony's upcoming Shadow of the Beast reboot may have been in development for approximately 8,000 years, but it's really shaping up. This brand new trailer released to coincide with Paris Games Week shows some colourful new locales and more bloody murder than you can shake a pointy fist at. The game's available to pre-order now...
Feature Our Paris Games Week 2015 Predictions Were on the Money
Gloat away
Warning: intolerable back slapping incoming. We don't normally look back on our press conference predictions in too much detail – usually because we're wrong – but we called Paris Games Week 2015 pretty darn impressively. Don't believe us? Go back and re-read our original article – and no, we haven't edited it after the fact...
News Relive the Kara Tech Demo That Gave Birth to Detroit on PS4
Currying favour
Kara was, according to director David Cage, just a tech demo designed to showcase Quantic Dream's new PlayStation 3 technology. But after garnering over 27 million views across various platforms, the Parisian developer was forced to revisit the concept. The clip shows an android being assembled, but her ability to "feel" human...
Paris Games Week 2015 Wake Us Up When Avicii's Vector Launches on PS4
Waiting for love
One thing that often gets forgotten when talking about the PSone is the impact that it had on fledgling music producers. The console was rife with rudimentary Digital Audio Workstations, and many of today's top audio engineers got their first taste of the profession on Sony's system. It sounds like Swedish house superstar Avicii may...
News Exactly What Is Gran Turismo Sport on PS4?
It sounds like something new
Sony announced Gran Turismo Sport overnight, the first entry in Polyphony Digital's gargantuan simulation series on the PlayStation 4. In the wake of the announcement, we just assumed that it was Gran Turismo 7 under a new name, but speculation has been rife online that this is actually just a Prologue-esque stopgap. In...
Paris Games Week 2015 Ratchet & Clank Proves the Power of PS4
Up your arsenal
There were a few people in our press conference live chat pondering whether Ratchet & Clank's visuals were real during its Paris Games Week 2015 trailer, but we've played it and can confirm that it really does look like this. For a game that's getting a budget release, it's quite extraordinary how much juice Insomniac Games has...
News Ready Your Petitions, As Gravity Rush Remastered Ain't Releasing at Retail in NA
Europeans will get boxed copies, though
We understand that Sony only has a finite number of marketing bucks to spend, but it does tend to hamstring some of its own franchises at times. Until Dawn is a recent example of a title that was incredibly well received, yet that hypothetical Hallowe'en push that we were all hoping for hasn't come. And now...
Paris Games Week 2015 You Can Rewatch Sony's Whole 2 Hour Press Conference Right Here
Here's one we made earlier
For us Europeans, Sony's latest press conference actually started at a reasonable time for once. We're used to waiting up until the early hours of the morning for events like E3, but the firm's Paris Games Week presser started around the same time that we're usually leaving the Push Square office for the day. Sure, this...
Round Up What Did Sony Show at Paris Games Week 2015?
Jeux videos
It's time to wrap a big fat bow around our Paris Games Week 2015 coverage – well, until we've got some kip anyway. How's that for some English slang, American readers? We digress. The point is that it's time to wrap up all of the major announcements from Sony's press conference earlier today – just in case you lot missed them. We...
Paris Games Week 2015 Horizon: Zero Dawn Details Its RPG Elements
Aloy, Aloy
It was our Game of the Show at E3 2015 – and Horizon: Zero Dawn is still looking great. While developer Guerrilla Games didn't have a new demo for Sony's big Paris Games Week press conference, it did show an alternate play through of the one first shown in Los Angeles, while also emph
Paris Games Week 2015 MatterFall's the Next PS4 Exclusive from Housemarque
Vanquish with voxels
When it comes to arcade shooters, there are very few studios that come close to Finnish outfit Housemarque. It's great to see the Resogun developer remain in Sony's stable, then, with its next game MatterFall announced during the platform holder's Paris Games Week press conference. It looks a little bit like Vanquish with...
Reaction Poorly Paced Paris Presser Paves Way for PS4's Impressive 2016
Sony's show stumbles, but the future's bright
Paris Games Week 2015 brought the goods earlier today – but could it measure up to Sony's extraordinary E3 2015 press conference? The answer, unsurprisingly, is no – but the Japanese giant still delivered some big announcements and ably illustrated just how much variety there is on the PlayStation 4...
Paris Games Week 2015 Gravity Rush 2's New PS4 Trailer Will Turn Your World Upside Down
Topsy turvy
How could we possibly forget Gravity Rush 2? Acclaimed director Keiichiro Toyama took to the stage to show off some new footage from the forthcoming PlayStation 4 follow-up during Sony's big Paris Games Week press conference – and the project continues to impress. In addition to big boss battles and a new sidekick mechanic, we also got...
Paris Games Week 2015 Uncharted 4 Multiplayer Resolution Takes a Hit to Reach 60 FPS
Drake's sacrifice
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End's multiplayer looks familiar but fun if its reveal trailer is anything to go by. Sporting plenty of jumping and climbing alongside some explosive gameplay, it's perhaps exactly what we expected - but there's no doubt that some potential plunderers will be disappointed by the fact that the game's...
Paris Games Week 2015 Until Dawn: Rush of Blood Takes You on a Virtual Reality Roller Coaster
A bit like the B*Witched song
You'll rarely find this editor getting angry over game announcements, but Until Dawn: Rush of Blood is one rumour that your humble host was hoping wouldn't come true. The forthcoming PlayStation VR exclusive is a rails shooter in the most literal sense, taking you on a warped roller coaster inside the mind of one Until...
Paris Games Week 2015 PS4's Dreams Looks More Like a Nightmare
And we still don't know what it is
What is Dreams? In truth, even after a meaty Paris Games Week 2015 demo, we can't tell you. Media Molecule's forthcoming PlayStation 4 exclusive is so out-there that the developer doesn't appear to know how to show it. The things we do know: you control a customisable imp which can possess sculptures created by...
Paris Games Week 2015 DriveClub Bikes Pulls a Wheelie on PS4 from Today
On your bike
As rumoured earlier in the day, PlayStation 4 exclusive DriveClub is getting motorcycles – and you'll be able to sit in the saddle starting today. Available as both a standalone game or as an expansion for Evolution Studios' popular racer, the add-on will include 12 bikes, a new campaign, and all of
