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News PSN is Down Yet Again For Some, Sony Says It's Working to Fix the Problem
Groundhog day
Don't you just love it when the PlayStation Network is inexplicably taken offline for around the fourth time in two weeks? Yeah, so do we. Not only are you unable to jump into your favourite multiplayer game after a long day at work or school, but you have to read our rants about it, too. Unfortunately, the time has come yet again...
News Free-To-Play LittleBigPlanet Tie-In Run SackBoy! Run! is Dashing onto Vita
Gotta go fast
We hope that you're ready for a little Sackboy taster before the release of LittleBigPlanet 3, because the cuddly little mascot is bringing some endless runner action the your nearest handheld. Run SackBoy! Run! is free-to-play, so there won't be much stopping you from downloading this inevitably cute adventure. You'll also be able to...
News You'll be Able to Play PS4 Games on Sony's New Xperia Smartphones
Using remote play, of course
Do you long to play PlayStation 4 games while using the bathroom, but don't want to invest in a PlayStation Vita? Well, Sony now has the solution for you, as its recently announced that its new range of Xperia smartphones will be compatible with remote play. That's right, one of the Vita's most unique features is now...
Weirdness How Would You Like to Study PlayStation at University?
Korean institute even has DualShock themed desks
Well, that's us here at Push Square absolutely drunk with jealousy. Sangmyung University in South Korea is going to be hosting a course all about PlayStation, in a classroom that's, er, all about PlayStation. The learning institute has teamed up with Sony to create the course, in which students will...
Round Up What Happened During Sony's Pre-Tokyo Game Show Conference?
That's a lot of PS4 and Vita games
Well, this particular author was originally dreading having to wake up at about 6AM in order to manage Push Square's livestream of Sony's pre-Tokyo Game Show press conference, but as it turns out, it was yet another solid showing from the Japanese giant. Much like Gamescom 2014, the pacing was fast and fluid, and...
News Vita's Next Firmware Update Will Let You Watch PS4 Livestreams
Snug fit
The PS Vita's upcoming firmware update looks like it's going to be quite a substantial one. Yesterday, Sony announced that themes were coming to the handheld that would allow you to customise your backgrounds and icons, but according to the official PlayStation Blog, there's more to the next update than just that. Indeed, it looks like the...
News Sony's Strangest Looking PS4 has Divided Opinion
Heavy metal
To coincide with the announcement of a whole new Dragon Quest game on PlayStation platforms, Sony revealed a rather strange PS4 design at its pre-Tokyo Game Show conference in a bid to win over fans of the massively popular aforementioned franchise. So what makes this fresh faced console so abnormal? Well, its design is based around the...
News Sony Attempts to Lure The Female Market with a Light Pink PS Vita
Here come the girls
While a splurge of new PlayStation Vita titles were announced at the pre-Tokyo Game Show conference, it's clear Sony has at least one of its eyes set on luring the female demographic to make the upgrade from the now defunct PSP. To help with this feat, it's announced the upcoming release of a special light pink and white Vita —...
Poll What Did You Think of Sony's Pre-Tokyo Game Show Conference?
Rate all those lovely games
Sony's pre-Tokyo Game Show press conference has come and gone, and although we hauled ourselves out of bed rather early in the morning, we're finding it hard to say that it wasn't worth it. After today's showing, we're becoming convinced that Sony has finally nailed the pacing of its pressers. The games just kept coming,...
News Themes Aren't Just Coming to PS4, They're Coming to Vita, Too
Not bad
There's no doubt that the PlayStation 4 is in desperate need of some customisation options, but the PS Vita, meanwhile, is actually doing okay in that regard. The system allows you to group and move content around via its touchscreen, and you're able to set any photo that you have saved on the console as a background. Nevertheless, Sony's...
News A New Firmware Update Will Finally Bring Themes to PS4
And breathe
During Sony's pre-Tokyo Game Show Conference earlier today, the company confirmed that the PlayStation 4's next firmware update will bring themes to the console, much to the delight of users all over the world. Since launch, the device has only supported one very blue look, but dynamic themes should soon allow you to customise your...
Live Watch the Sony PlayStation Pre-TGS 2014 Press Conference Right Here
It's PS4 and Vita's time to shine in Japan
There ain’t no party like a PlayStation party – and the best thing about Sony is that there’s very little delay between shows. Hot on the heels of its Gamescom presentation less than a month ago, the platform holder’s set to invade Tokyo for an event dedicated to its Japanese fans. Join us from...
News Watch as God of War Dev Santa Monica Studio Relocates to a Brand New Office
A new beginning
Whoever though that changing buildings could be such an emotional process? As you may recall, Sony Santa Monica - the studio behind the God of War series, as well as several other smaller delights - has been going through a bit of a transformation of late. First, the developer gave its logo a much needed redesign, and now it's moved...
News The Last of Us Remastered Reloads with Two Treacherous Territories on PS4
More multiplayer maps added for free
You should be able to loot two brand new multiplayer maps for The Last of Us Remastered right now, which may ease any frustrations that you’ve felt over the title’s matchmaking issues of late. Based upon areas from the single player campaign, the Beach will favour long-range experts, as you pick off opponents...
Talking Point Is Indie Becoming a Defunct, Dirty Word?
Term worm
Indie is the video game equivalent of Marmite: a sector of the medium so divisive that it’s simultaneously culpable of both dismay and delight. The very website that you’re reading is evidence of that, but we’re not alone: scuffles and skirmishes more heated than the format wars themselves can be attributed to the increasingly taboo...
Feature Watch and Yearn - Are YouTube and Twitch Influencing Game Design?
Tune in
“A 20 minute video changed my life,” said Mike Bithell in an interview with GamesTM. “That's the reality.” And he's right. Thomas Was Alone is a minimalistic, esoteric little gem which seemed likely to come and go without turning many heads. And without videos like the one posted by TotalBiscuit, which now has over 300,000 v
News You'll Get These Extras for Purchasing Destiny on PS4
Just to sweeten the sale
It feels like we’ve been writing about Destiny for an eternity now, so thank heavens it’s due out in a couple of weeks. In order to pad out the time while you wait, Activision has released a new trailer showing off the title’s PlayStation exclusive content, which will remain restricted to Sony’s machines until Fall...
News Yay, PSN's Delayed Scheduled Maintenance Returns Today
Don't worry, you'll be able to play online
We suppose that we should give Sony credit for delaying the PlayStation Network’s previously planned maintenance after Sunday’s outage – even if it was only for a few days. The platform holder has announced that Monday’s postponed preservation period will now take place later today in both
Feature What Are September 2014's Free PlayStation Plus Games?
Give us the goods
The only issue with writing about games is that one tends to construct their life around release dates, press conferences, and PlayStation Plus updates. If you asked us whether September was approaching, we’d only be able to accurately answer because of today’s Instant Game Collection information. Of course, you haven’t...
News PS4 Shooter Velocity 2X Flies for Free in September PS Plus Update
PS All-Stars, Joe Danger, and more up for grabs
Take a deep breath and get ready to complain: the September PlayStation Plus update has been revealed. As this author suspected, FuturLab’s hotly anticipated arcade shooter Velocity 2X will be the headline addition on the PlayStation 4, where it will be accompanied by local multiplayer minigame...
News PS4 Faves Watch Dogs and Sniper Elite III Discounted in European PSN Sale
Count the pennies
If you’re in the market for a new PlayStation 4 game to keep you occupied while you wait patiently for Destiny’s release next month, then you may want to take note of Sony’s latest PlayStation Network sale. While there aren’t a great number of discounted next-gen releases to pick from, Watch Dogs at £39.99 with an extra 10...
News Xbox and Nintendo Fans Flocking to PS4, States Study
Switching sides
Aside from some network hiccups, the PlayStation 4 has pretty much got off to a flawless start. Not everyone’s entirely happy with the content selection right now, but new consoles always take some time to build up a roster of must own s
News PlayStation Plus' Quality Sure Hasn't Declined in Japan
Value added
There’s a lot of chatter about the quality of PlayStation Plus of late. Despite giving out six free ‘rentals’ every month, Sony has been chastised by early adopters of the PlayStation 4 for focusing on indie giveaways rather than retail releases. Still, it’s been eager to add to the quality of the service’s offering, announcing...
Guide How to Get a High Score in inFAMOUS: First Light's Battle Arenas
Play Fetch
One of the most frequent criticisms lofted at the inFAMOUS franchise is its relative lack of replayability, but superhero spin-off inFAMOUS: First Light attempts to solve that problem with a slew of Battle Arenas. Contextualised in the fiction as training facilities for the Conduits held captive at Curdun Cay, these additional missions...
News PSN Temporarily Offline Again as Attacks Ramp Up Once More
Platform holder reports 'minor' connectivity issues
If you assumed that the PlayStation Network was safe following Sunday’s outage, then you were wrong, as it appears to have collapsed again. Lizard Squad, the group responsible for last week’s downtime, is claiming responsibility for another DDoS attack, whic
Review inFAMOUS: First Light (PlayStation 4)
Fetching
The problem with inFAMOUS: Second Son was that it ended too quickly: Sucker Punch’s supercharged pseudo sequel was over in a flash, leaving many of its fans wanting more. inFAMOUS: First Light attempts to solve that problem, recharging with a new playable character, storyline, and some fresh powers – but does it burn brightly, or...
News The Scheduled PSN Maintenance Has Been Postponed After Yesterday's Outage
Crisis averted
Golly, that was an intense 24 hours, wasn't it? As you're no doubt aware, the PlayStation Network went down yesterday after a particularly nasty DDoS attack. If you didn't lay witness to the carnage, rest assured that several were justifiably peeved at the online service's intermittent blackout. Thankfully, the outage didn't last...
Review CounterSpy (PlayStation 4)
From Russia with regret
CounterSpy is a strange beast. Developed by fledgling studio Dynamighty, it's an ambitious game that strives to bridge the gap between 2D and 3D stealth, while also attempting to juggle randomly generated levels. And while it plays host to some truly unique mechanics, and consistently brilliant presentation, it's...
News Sony Executive's Flight Rerouted Following Alleged Bomb Threat
Sigh
This isn’t a story that we expected to be writing on what should be a slow Sunday, but there are reports that Sony Online Entertainment chief John Smedley’s flight has been rerouted following bomb threats by the same group claiming responsibility for today’s PlaySt
News No Personal Information Has Been Accessed in PlayStation Network Outage
Hack job
Well, this is all starting to seem eerily familiar now, isn’t it? There were signs earlier today that the PlayStation Network was coming back online as planned – we even logged in for a few fleeting moments – but the service hasn’t returned quite as quickly as we anticipated. In fact, it’s been out for nearing 12 hours now, which...
News Is PSN Offline? Yes, and the Scheduled Maintenance Doesn't Start Until Tomorrow
All services currently down
We know that Sony’s planning to run some Bank Holiday tests on the PlayStation Network, but the manufacturer’s servers appear to have come crashing down a day early. While status reports from the Japanese giant claim that its online platform is currently up and running, we can’t log in using any of our consoles in...
News These New Screenshots Prove That Tearaway Unfolded Is the PS4's Cutest Game
Nyaw
Tearaway Unfolded was one of the more magical surprises from this year's Gamescom conference, and in order to keep the magic flowing, Sony has released a slew of screenshots which show off the adorable game's beautiful style. It takes a lot to melt the heart of this otherwise cynical and jaded writer, but seeing the puzzle platformer's...
News Not Even Sony Understands Why the PS4 Is Selling So Well
Commercial confusion
To say that the PlayStation 4 has been a success in its first nine or so months on the market is an understatement: it’s actually hit a figurative homerun. The console has already exceeded sales of 10 million units, making it one of the fastest selling video game machines ever launched. Even more impressively, the system was...
News How Delicious Does That White Destiny PS4 Look Out of Its Box?
Tastier than grilled cheese
We appreciate that we may have already talked you into picking up the vanilla Destiny PlayStation 4 bundle that’s on offer at Amazon.co.uk right now, but we’re about to make your decision that little bit more difficult. Our friends over at PlayStation Access have posted an unboxing video of the Glacier White console,...
News A Bank Holiday's Coming, So Sony's Pulling the PSN Offline
Maintaining scheduled maintenance tradition
As has become a frighteningly frequent occurrence of late, Sony’s decided to run some mandatory maintenance on the PlayStation Network – during a Bank Holiday weekend. Those of you living in the UK will probably be looking forward to a full three days away from work right now, but you may not be able...
News What's the Best PS4 Bundle in the UK? This Destiny Pack Is Priced Astronomically Low
Cheap as chips
Sony has sold 10 million PlayStation 4 consoles since its launch last year, making it one of the fastest selling systems of all time. However, we’re sure that it’s looking at the fast-approaching holiday season with wide eyes, as it’s typically in the second Christmas that consoles truly take off. And with the likes of Destiny,...
News September PlayStation Plus Update Information Incoming Next Week
Instant Game Collection to be outlined imminently
It’s once again time to get hyped over your latest selection of free software downloads, as the September PlayStation Plus update is set to get outlined very soon. In response to an eager fan on Twitter enquiring about the quality of next month’s refresh, PlayStation Blog manager Fred Dutton...
News Sony: PS Move Was Ahead of Its Time, But There's No Appetite for Motion Right Now
Project Morpheus will change that, reckons Shuhei Yoshida
Pop those PlayStation Move controllers in the cupboard: you’ll need them, but not right now. In a candid interview with Pocket-Lint, Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida has admitted that motion gaming is in a bit of a rut right now, and will stay that way until Sony’s virtual...
News Don't Own a PS Vita? You Must Buy This Brilliant Bundle
Uncharted, Tearaway, and more included in the box
There’s enough doom and gloom surrounding the PlayStation Vita to make a Thomas Hardy novel look uplifting by comparison, but that doesn’t mean that the system has suddenly transformed into a waste of space. In fact, despite the negativity, we’re still enjoying the device as much as ever –...
News PS4 Exclusive The Last of Us Remastered to Loot Free Maps
Studio still trying to solve connectivity issues
As we explained right around launch, The Last of Us Remastered is not just an exceptional single player game, but it’s also pretty darn impressive in multiplayer as well. Unfortunately, the next-gen re-release has been hampered by some unfort
Feature 21 of the Most Awful PlayStation Network Avatars
Fashion disaster
Buzzfeed is so ridiculous that it’s already broken the fourth wall and started parodying itself, but there’s definitely a degree of entertainment to be derived from human stupidity. While we’re not diving down that rabbit hole, we thought that it was time to pad out the post-Gamescom
News These LittleBigPlanet Costumes Clearly Didn't Take Very Long to Make
All different shapes and sizes
There are some absolutely incredible costumes in LittleBigPlanet, which must have taken hours upon hours to produce – but these Thomas Was Alone outfits aren’t an example of that. While the Mike Bithell developed indie carries our coveted stamp of approval, we can see how a game about geometric shapes may not...
News inFAMOUS: First Light Firm Sucker Punch Zapped by Layoffs
Studio struck by round of redundancies
Sucker Punch’s sizeable superhero spin-off inFAMOUS: First Light may be mere days away from its debut on the PlayStation 4, but the Seattle-based studio has been struck by a fresh round of layoffs behind the scenes. There’s no word on how many have departed the firm, but Sony has confirmed that there’s...
News Minecraft on PS4 Fails Quality Testing, Gets Buried by Sony for a Little While Longer
There and block again
Evergreen sandbox adventure Minecraft was expected to come out this month on the PlayStation 4, but earlier today, the studio in charge of porting the smash hit announced on Twitter that the game had failed quality testing. "Sony found some issues we have to fix in their final test of Minecraft PS4," 4J Studios wrote, before...
Review Hohokum (PlayStation 4)
Tripping the light fantastic
Whenever we played British developer Honeyslug’s latest game Hohokum at conventions and the like, our biggest issue was quite simply explaining the experience to others. What exactly is the vibrant title starring a multicoloured worm all about? Is it art? How do you play it? Heck, what do you even do? Having spent...
News Bloodborne Goes for the Throat in New PS4 Gameplay Footage
Maybe this one won't boil your blood
Bloodborne is perhaps one of the biggest benefactors of Sony’s late announcement strategy so far. Ignoring leaks, the release was revealed mere months ago, and is already on the home straight ahead of its launch early next year. The good news for fans of the
News Sony's Done a Great Job with Indies, Says Former Nintendo Man
Little and large
Dan Adelman knows a thing or two about indie games. The industry veteran previously spearheaded the launch of Microsoft’s wildly successful Xbox Live Arcade, before switching his attention to Nintendo’s digital push, where he secured a slew of top titles for the House of Mario’s machines, including World of Goo and the...
Feature Push Square's Gamescom 2014 Game of the Show - WiLD
Wild thing
Love it or loathe it, the industry is changing. There are fewer big-budget, boxed releases than ever before, which is a symptom of the high risk medium in which we currently reside. However, while the shelves at your local GameStop may be starting to thin, there is a wealth of creativity blossoming on online shopping plazas like the...
Rumour Project Puppet Could Be Japan Studio's Next Big PS4 Exclusive
Update: No, it's not
Update: You can't knock a coconut down everytime, and it seems like we've been duped. This is not Japan Studio's next project, but rather a short movie posted to Vimeo a few years ago. In other words, it's faker than Simon Cowell's front teeth. Hype deflated. Original story: Japan Studio had a rough few years during the...
News Why Won't Sony Allow You to Subscribe to EA Access on PS4?
"It's a business matter"
Sony caused something of a hullabaloo recently when it said that EA Access – a subscription service similar to PlayStation Plus consisting solely of EA published titles – does not represent good value. The initiative – which is available now on the Xbox One – allows you to pay a monthly or annual fee in order to...
