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Poll Are You in Tune with the PlayStation TV?
Channel changer
It’s hard to shake the feeling that the PlayStation TV is little more than a fleeting distraction for Sony in Europe and North America. When the platform holder truly puts its weight behind a product, they have a tendency to fly – but so many of the firm’s smaller hardware launches have been treated with discontent. The...
News Sony Pulls Down the PS4's PlayStation Plus Paywall for One Weekend
Free to play
Once upon a time, it was free to play multiplayer games on Sony’s flagship home console – but the PlayStation 4 has changed all of that. The platform holder sneakily announced during its E3 2013 press conference that you’ll need to pay in order to play its next-gen system online, and considering the popularity of PlayStation Plus...
News The Order: 1886 May Be PS4's Best Looking Game, But It's Better in Burlap
Suits you, sir
Sony never really stopped knitting new costumes for Sackboy and crew, but with the series lying somewhat dormant since the brilliant LittleBigPlanet PS Vita, enthusiasm surrounding the outfits definitely drooped. The firm will be hoping that the upcoming LittleBigPlanet 3 piques the industry’s attention again, then – and it’s...
News October PlayStation Plus Update to Go Live a Little Later in the Month
Good things come to PS4 owners who wait
In addition to being one of those pesky months with only 30 days, September's conclusion also happens to fall awkwardly with the usual PlayStation Plus update schedule. Brand new content is usually reserved for the first Tuesday and Wednesday of the month in North America and Europe respectively, but with the...
News Sony's Smallest Ever System Will Play 700 Games at Launch
PlayStation TV tunes in from next month
Software lineups for new hardware launches are often a subject of much scrutiny, but the PlayStation TV is bucking the trend with an enormous roster of 700 or so titles available on day one. The miniscule microconsole will play a wealth of PlayStation Vita, PlayStation Portable, and PSone Classics out of the...
Feature Missing in Action - PlayStation's Noteworthy TGS 2014 Absentees
Hide and seek
In many ways, this year’s Tokyo Game Show was a haven for long overdue titles. Final Fantasy XV is perhaps the biggest one, securing a new trailer, lengthy gameplay demonstration, and the promise of a demo in the not too distant future. However, other protracted productions such as Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and Deep Down...
News You Won't Have to Wait Too Much Longer for Sony's VR Headset Project Morpheus
85 per cent complete, says Yoshida
We're of two minds about Project Morpheus. On the one hand, the virtual reality headset seems like a truly nifty piece of tech. On the other, we've yet to see any genuinely compelling pieces of software to support the hardware. However, it looks like we won't have very much longer to
News PlayStation Exclusives Sprint Away with Japan Future Game Awards
Bloodborne and The Order: 1886 come out on top
We all know that the PlayStation 4 hasn’t been selling especially well in Japan of late, but Sony hinted that this year’s Tokyo Game Show would turn the tides – and it certainly seems that consumer enthusiasm has changed overseas, even if that may not necessarily result in increased hardware...
Rumour Killzone Creator Guerrilla Games Finds a New Horizon in Fascinating PS4 Exclusive
Jurassic park
There’s no doubt that the Killzone franchise has divided gamers, but Guerrilla Games has never disappointed from a technical perspective. While it’s certainly failed to take advantage of the vast amount of lore created for its sci-fi series, every single one of its exclusive first-person shooters have been a spectacle – from the...
News Sony Lining Up Internet TV, TV, TV Launch for PlayStation 4
Watch this space
Ever since the announcement of the PlayStation 4, few could deny that Sony’s been incredibly smart. The platform holder cunningly sold its next-gen system on the strength of its games, but, like Microsoft, the company still wants to rule your living room with more general entertainment applications as well. It’s no real...
Soapbox Please Protect Me from the Purgatory of the PS3
Sammy Barker is struggling to turn back time
I feel like a teenager who’s had their iPhone swapped with a spinning top right now. After several months mainly using the PlayStation 4, I’ve decided to go back to the PlayStation 3 in order to clear out some of my backlog – and boy is it torture. There’s no doubt that Sony’s previous...
News Drive Away with a Deal in North American PSN Flash Sale
Beep beep
Perhaps in an attempt to celebrate the Singapore Grand Prix, Sony has launched a racing game flash sale on the North American PlayStation Store. Bursting with more podium position contenders than a Formula One starting grid, highlights include ModNation Racers and Need for Speed: Most Wanted for just $4.99,
News Shuhei Yoshida Congratulated Phil Spencer Over Minecraft Acquisition
Building bridges
The console war may be painted as a fierce battleground on the web, but in reality, that’s not the case at all. We already know that Xbox chief Phil Spencer has a good relationship with many of PlayStation’s more popular executives – and that mutual respect runs both ways. In fact, Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei...
Weirdness These PS4 Sneakers Are Sublime
"Please could you not step on my dunks?"
Confession: this editor purchased a pair of Air Jordans a few years ago. As has become a parody for some parts of popular culture, they never get worn – primarily because they cost an arm and a leg. Fortunately, they weren’t as expensive as these custom PlayStation 4 sneakers, which will set you back...
News Still Want a White PS4? You'll Be Able to Get One with DriveClub
Mega bundle also set to race away with your cash
Sony’s strategy with the PlayStation 4 appears to revolve around bundling everything, so it’s no surprise to see the firm use up any remaining Glacier White models by packaging them with DriveClub. Starting from 8th October in Europe, you’ll be able to buy an icy console alongside Evolution...
News Destiny Boosts UK PS4 Sales Up by a Whopping 300 Per Cent
The only way is up
It won’t come as much of a surprise, but Destiny didn’t just improve PlayStation 4 sales in North America. An MCV report – which cites a senior industry source quoting Chart-Track data – states that sales of Sony’s super machine were boosted up by 300 per cent week-over-week in the UK due to the release of Bungie??
News The Order: 1886 Trailer Delves into PS4 Exclusive's Tools of the Trade
Your average armed workman
Ready at Dawn’s been having some long conversations with Insomniac Games, we reckon. While the latter may be best known for its outrageous weapons, it would appear that the former has taken on board some tips for its upcoming PlayStation 4 exclusive, The Order: 1886. Granted, this may be an alternate history adventure...
TGS 2014 That Dragon Quest Heroes PS4 Makes Us Want to Melt
"He slimed me"
Sony managed to boost PlayStation 4 sales in Japan with its white hardware bundle, so it seems almost certain to have similar success with its impending Dragon Quest Heroes model. The reaction online since its announcement earlier in the month has been mixed, but we actually really like the silver chassis – even if th
TGS 2014 How Does Uncharted 4's Nathan Drake Sound in Japan?
Honestly, much like you'd expect
Perhaps unsurprisingly, there’ll be no new trailer for Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End at the Tokyo Game Show this week. However, you can watch its E3 cinematic with a Japanese dub, which is really weird. We reckon that Naughty Dog should have got Nolan North to learn Japanese and perform all of protagonist Nathan...
News PS4 Exclusive Bloodborne Is So Close We Can Taste the Iron
Gloomy title due out on 6th February
This year may be quite disappointing for PlayStation 4 exclusives, but Sony clearly intends to hit the ground running in 2015. Writing on the PlayStation Blog, the company’s announced that – somewhat surprisingly – its dark fantasy action game Bloodborne will slit the throat of the damned from 6th February...
Weirdness What if The Last of Us Was Really Resident Evil 4?
The last of Leon
The Last of Us and Resident Evil 4 are, in this editor’s eyes, the two greatest horror games ever made – so, like cheese and pineapple, it’s hard to imagine them being anything but amazing when put together, right? Not quite, but this mod by LegalSoul is still fun. It replaces original protagonists Leon and Ashley with Joel...
News SingStar: Ultimate Party Builds a LEGO House and Burns It Down
Still totally into you, though
Regardless of whether you’re ready or not, SingStar: Ultimate Party is set to say hello to your PlayStation 4 from 29th October in Europe. The retail release will come with a magic selection of songs, which developer London Studio hopes will make you want to love the series again. In truth, it’s a bit of a safe...
News Despite PS4's Success, Sony Expects to Lose a Lot of Money Again
Just a few billion
Just when things were starting to look up for Sony chief Kaz Hirai, the sky has come crashing down again. The company has quadrupled the amount of cash that it expects to lose for the current financial year, this time blaming its smartphone business on the issue. It described the problem as “the impairment of goodwill in the...
Review Murasaki Baby (PlayStation Vita)
Balloon fright
Murasaki Baby made this typically composed critic want to toss his figurative toys out of the pram, and that’s never a good sign. Ovosonico’s long in production PlayStation Vita exclusive whisks you away from the hustle and bustle of the real world to a nightmarish fantasy land, where you must guide a wailing infant and her purple...
News What Happens When a War Photographer Plays The Last of Us on PS4?
Shot to pieces
There are some people that are more familiar with war than others, and they include TIME photographer Ashley Gilbertson. For many of us, real world conflict is something that we see on the news and in books, but fortunately we’ve never actually experienced it firsthand. Gilbertson has, having taken snaps in Iraq among other places...
Weirdness You're Going to Want This Nifty PSone Bag
Geek chic
Want a tip regarding the inner workings of the Push Square hive mind? If we start trotting out clothes or accessories, then you can guarantee that it’s a slow news day. Yes, we’ve had the Minecraft acquisition which is a big deal, but this author’s spent the day trying to work it all out. The two scrapped articles and several hours...
News Minecraft Will Continue to Exist on PlayStation Platforms Despite Big Microsoft Buyout
Redmond firm confirms $2.5 billion acquisition
The console war is about to get really weird, as Xbox chief Phil Spencer has pledged that Minecraft will continue to exist on PlayStation platforms – despite Microsoft purchasing maker Mojang for $2.5 billion today. “Gaming is the top activity across devices,” he
News Sony CEO Kaz Hirai Is Happy with the PS4's Success, But Wants to Do More in Japan
Hip hip Hirai
When he's not taking buckets of icy water to the head, Kazuo Hirai is fulfilling the presumably important role of Sony CEO. In a recent interview, the gaffer spoke about the PlayStation 4's remarkable success. What's more, the big-wig stated that the company learned a lot from the PlayStation 3, and that it has carried these lessons...
News PS4's Hardware Is No Longer 'Top of the Line', Admits Sony Employee
Won't stop every last drop of juice being squeezed out, though
We’re a year or so into the PlayStation 4 generation, and we’re yet to really see what the console can do. However, the world of technology never stops advancing, and that means that the system is technically already out of date. It’s a fact that Naughty Dog programmer Cort...
TGS 2014 What Will Sony Be Live Streaming in Japan This Week?
Make a date
Wait, it’s the Tokyo Game Show this week? We’ve been so busy concentrating our efforts on Destiny that we’d forgotten that gaming’s biggest convention in the East was scheduled to start this week. Fortunately, we’re not exactly expecting any more megatons from the Japanese giant, but the platform holder has lined up an...
News Free PS4 DriveClub Taster Will Come in Addition to Usual PlayStation Plus Allocation
October update will be extra special
You may have a few concerns with the quality of PlayStation Plus right now, but Sony’s aiming to shepherd you into the holiday season in style this October with a bumper update – including the hotly anticipated DriveClub PS Plus Edition sampler. While this doesn’t represent the full release, developer...
News One Day, You May Be Able to Play Every PlayStation Game That Matters with PlayStation Now
On demand
Enthusiasm in PlayStation Now has plummeted since Sony’s beta pricing scheme was revealed, but while there’s tweaking to be done, it’s clear that the online streaming service represents a big portion of the platform holder’s future. Indeed, it’s unlikely to happen any time soon, but we can see a day where the Japanese giant’s...
News PS4 Racer DriveClub Will Speed Away with Just 17GB of Your Hard Drive
Highway to your HDD
It would appear that Evolution Studios has been practicing black magic since DriveClub’s delay last year, as despite being one of the most visually impressive titles in production for the PlayStation 4, the next-gen racer will only consume 17GB of hard drive space. This will apply to both the full release and the PlayStation...
News Wow! Sony Gaffer Kaz Hirai Knows How to Take a Bucket of Icy Water
Wet and smiles
Kaz Hirai may be a shrewd businessman, but he’s also quite a fun character. The current Sony chief executive – who worked his way up through the ranks at PlayStation – has taken the ice bucket challenge after being nominated by brand founder Ken Kutaragi, and, unsurprisingly, he deals with the arctic drenching like a boss...
News Wait, There Are More Unannounced PS4 Titles Due This Year?
Sony certainly thinks so
Isn’t that just typical? We spend the best part of the afternoon penning an article on the PlayStation 4’s borderline bonkers November lineup, and then an additional unannounced title gets teased. Referenced in an MCV advertisement, which lists all of the retail releases due out on the next-gen machine this year, a...
Feature No Games November - PS4's Lineup Is Starting to Look Silly
Are you insane?
No new system launch would be complete without barbed comments about the quality of the box’s lineup. It’s something that both the PlayStation 3 and Vita have gone through, as well as rival formats such as the Nintendo Wii U and 3DS. We’ve always felt that the PlayStation 4 has been unfairly treated in this instance, as rarely...
Reaction Destiny's PS4 Launch Proves PSN Isn't Tied Together with String
Sony's servers survive
And breathe again. By penning this article we’re all too aware that we’re foreshadowing the kind of outage that would rival 2011’s widely publicised hack attack, but at the time of writing we can say with confidence that the PlayStation Network is fine. For websites such as this – the kind that break traffic records...
News Sony: PS Vita's Remarkably Resilient, and Won't Fade Away
Just don't expect any more first-party blockbusters
It may seem like Sony’s placed the PlayStation Vita in a bag of rocks and tossed it in the Thames, but SCEUK boss Fergal Gara insists that that’s not the case. Despite the portable device failing to appear during the format holder’s E3 and Gamescom press conferences, the company insists that...
News Naughty Dog Looks Back on 30 Successful Years in Promo
Fawn over firm's iconic paw print
Naughty Dog is arguably the greatest developer in games today. While the Californian company has fairly humble origins as JAM Software, it exploded in popularity during the mid-90s when it released a little PSone exclusive named Crash Bandicoot. Since then, the company has gone from strength-to-strength, building...
News LittleBigPlanet PS Vita Recharges Its Powers with a Marvel Themed Re-Release
A Loki affair
Sony has recently announced a superhero themed re-release of the popular title LittleBigPlanet PS Vita, appropriately titled LittleBigPlanet PS Vita: Marvel Super Hero Edition. Aside from having a ludicrously long name, the game will be exactly the same as the charming adventure that you remember, but with a plethora of Marvel related...
News You'll Be Getting Tons of Free DLC with PS4 Exclusive DriveClub
Tracks, cars, features
Ever since its announcement approximately 18 months ago, Evolution Studios has pitched DriveClub as an ever evolving package, rather than a traditional game. Now, less than four weeks away from release, the Runcorn-based developer has outlined the title’s post-launch content schedule – and it’s pretty impressive to see...
Weirdness This Is the Most Expensive PS4 in the World
Yours for just $13,600
If you’ve splashed out on that Glacier White PlayStation 4 expecting to be the king of the console castle, then you’re out of luck – there’s already a snazzier system on the market. Designed by Italian jeweller Gatti and available at the Games 14 convention from today in Dubai, this $13,600 device ships in a rose gold...
News Sony: We Know Microsoft's Going to Give Us a Run for Our Money
Console maker ain't getting complacent
Everything’s looking rosy in the PlayStation Nation right now. Sony’s next-gen system is running away with the console crown, already surpassing 10 million units, with many more to come this Christmas, we suspect. Moreover, the lineup looks good, with a strong mix of first-party and third-party titles on...
News PS4 Has Rekindled Latent Love for the PlayStation Brand, Says Sony
PlayStation Phwoar
A lot of the PlayStation 4’s success can be attributed to it being the right platform with the right policies that was released at the right time – but to simplify the situation like that would be to overlook all of the hard work that Sony’s done behind-the-scenes. And that includes recapturing the essence of what made its...
News PS4 May Not Be At the Foot of the Japanese Hardware Charts for Much Longer
There's a new flop in town
Japan may still be considered something of a gaming mecca among some, but its importance in the console space is slowly declining. With many of the region’s biggest developers struggling to adapt to the PlayStation 3 era, and handhelds currently ruling the roost, it’s not exactly a surprise to see the recently released...
News Sony: We're Treating Destiny Like a First-Party Release
Platform holder going hard on Bungie's next big thing
You’ve probably already noticed, but Sony is backing Destiny hard. The manufacturer is often criticised for its poor marketing, but ever since the PlayStation 4’s launch last year, it’s done a brilliant job of putting its latest platform in the face of consumers. And that strategy has come...
News Wow, the PlayStation 4 Is Utterly on Fire in the UK
Already surpassed one million units sold
In console war terms, the PlayStation 3 lost in the UK. Not only did it sell significantly less than its closest competitor the Xbox 360, but it also fell behind in mindshare. Stores would stick Sony’s latest releases right to the back of their video game sections, and newspaper promotions would always show...
News Sony's Tokyo Game Show Lineup Is Positively Packed with PS4 Goodness
Bombs incoming
The Tokyo Game Show is just around the corner, and we can already feel the hype beginning to grow. In truth, it's more like a slowly mounting dread at the prospect of all of the articles that we'll inevitably be penning in the weeks ahead. And if this new list – which details all of the games Sony will be bringing to the event –...
Feature Perusing PS4's Presence at Canada's Biggest Gaming Convention
Andrew Karklins reckons Sony's upcoming lineup had a strong showing
Last weekend, I was fortunate enough to attend Fan Expo Canada 2014, a genre spanning convention filled with lines, crowds, and more lines. As the third largest convention in North America – behind San Diego Comic Con and New York Comic Con respectively – the event plays host to...
News This Is How Sony's Greeting the Xbox One in Tier 2 Territories
The tortoise and the hare
Sony’s sold a serious number of PlayStation 4 consoles since the system’s launch in November last year – a respectable 10 million units to be precise – but it’s had a free run at the market in many regions. While the Xbox One is already available in key countries such as the USA and the UK, it’s only just...
