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Tuesday23rd Jun 2026
News Wolverine PS5 Will Win Awards for These Outstanding Accessibility and Difficulty Options
Insomniac does it again
Marvel's Wolverine is set to be an impressively customisable experience when it launches on PS5 later this year. It looks like developer Insomniac Games really has gone above and beyond with the game's range of accessibility and difficulty options, allowing all kinds of players to get in on the action. Of course, the...
News SEGA Shares Lifetime Sales Update for Persona, Metaphor, and Like a Dragon
For the role-players
As part of its annual business report, SEGA has confirmed a bunch of lifetime sales figures for key titles, taking into account additional sales from across the last 12 months. The new numbers make for fairly interesting reading. The gist here is that the publisher's role-playing properties are looking pretty healthy across the...
Monday22nd Jun 2026
Opinion The PS6 Cannot Come Out in This Era of $1,000+ Consoles
"A delayed console is eventually good" - Shigeru Miyamoto
What was once designed to be a relatively affordable yet high-quality entry point into the world of video games is simply no more: consoles can now cost as much as $1,000 at launch, and that's only for the most basic model. This stems from the latest round of Steam Machine announcements,...
News 'They Said I'm Crazy': Kojima's New Single Player Horror Like Nothing Seen Before
PT 2
It’s still not clear whether Hideo Kojima’s upcoming horror OD, starring Hunter Schafer among others, will release on the PS5 – it’s published by Xbox Game Studios at a time when the firm is once again revisiting console exclusivity, of course. But if it does, we can expect something truly groundbreaking, according to an exclusive...
News 'Absolutely Sensational': Tom Holland and Zendaya Love the Marvel's Spider-Man Games
Spidey and MJ have been playing
Insomniac Games has produced a trio of great Marvel's Spider-Man adventures over the years, and they've of course been super popular. As it turns out, Tom Holland and Zendaya, who play Spidey/Peter Parker and MJ in the Marvel movies, are big fans too. In a brief interview with IGN Benelux about the upcoming...
News Valve's New Steam Machine Costs Almost Twice as Much as a PS5
Performance roughly on par with Sony's base console
Given the popularity of the Steam Deck within enthusiast circles, the Steam Machine had been touted as a potential disruptor in the console space. Well, that was until the price of hardware components soared, and the device got significantly delayed. Now Valve has finally revealed the price of...
News The Last of Us 2 Is Finally Getting Multiplayer, But Naughty Dog Ain't Making It
Leave it to the fans
You know how the old adage goes: if a job’s worth doing, bloody well do it yourself. Feature creep appeared to kill Naughty Dog’s own live service The Last of Us multiplayer game, which by all accounts was amazing and almost finished, so now a talented modder has taken it upon himself to make his own ver
News The Witcher 4 Can't Be Another Cyberpunk 2077, and CD Projekt Red Knows It
"We lost some people's faith indefinitely"
Cyberpunk 2077 may have gone on to become a commercial juggernaut, but it took the open world RPG years to get there, having finally overcome the damage that had been done by its brutally botched launch. As you'd imagine, developer CD Projekt Red really doesn't want to repeat that mistake with The Witcher...
News God of War Laufey Part of PS5 Dev's Plans from the Start, Pitched in 2018
Faye and Phranque were in poster form
God of War Laufey has been part of Santa Monica Studio's plans for the series for the best part of a decade, according to a new interview with Faye actor Deborah Ann Woll. Talking to Comic Gaming Magazine, the actor shares she's known about God of War Laufey for almost 10 years. When head of creative Cory...
Rumour Marvel Poised to Attack Free-to-Play RPG Market with 'Project Comet'
Holding out for a 5-Star hero
Easily one of the most lucrative markets in gaming right now, the realm of free-to-play RPGs is a tough nut to crack if you're a newcomer — but a brand as recognisable as Marvel should have a much easier time of it. According to a barrage of recent leaks, most of which have ended up being shared by @multiversusie on...
Feature 40+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in PS Store's Mid-Year Deals Sale
PS5 and PS4 games going cheap we recommend
Sony has introduced the Mid-Year Deals sale on PS Store, running from now through to 1st July 2026. As usual, there are thousands of PS5 and PS4 games included in the offer, and navigating all those can be a tall order. That's where this list comes in: we've picked out some recommended games that we think...
Guide These 5+ PS5 Games Are Coming Out This Week (22nd-28th June)
Dead or Alive! Deer & Boy! A few others!
This week could end up being the slowest week of the year on the PS Store, but you have a backlog to get through, don't you? I suppose the biggest game this week is Dead or Alive 6: Last Round, which is coming to the PS5 after launching on the PS4 a few years ago. Here's everything coming out this week...
News The Call of Duty: Black Ops PS5 Ports Might Be $40 Each without Any DLC
Talk about a rip-off
How would you feel about paying $40 for the port of a PS3 title released in 2010, that doesn't come with any extra bells or whistles like its DLC packs? That's what Activision could be bringing to the table as it ports Call of Duty: Black Ops and its sequel to PS5 in July. The two FPS classics won't be getting Xbox Series X|S...
Sunday21st Jun 2026
Rumour GTA 6 Price Potentially Leaked by European Retailer
Update: Retail snoop pours water on speculation
Portuguese retailer Fnac has potentially leaked the physical price of GTA 6, ahead of pre-orders opening on 25th June. Its website lists five different SKUs, scheduled for release in November, under the placeholder names ‘RS1’, ‘RS2’, etc. Fans are assuming the ‘RS’ codename relates to GTA...
News PS5 Maker Admits First-Party Single Player Games Are Its 'Core Strength'
But live service still part of portfolio
With titles like God of War Laufey, Marvel’s Wolverine, and the enigmatic Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet on the horizon, the future looks bright for first-party single player games from Sony. And while it’s not abandoning investment into live service entirely, it does feel like the platform holder is...
News Sony May Mitigate Hardware Pricing Nightmare by Simply Selling Fewer PS5s
These are tough times
The cost of hardware is through the roof, and this isn’t a problem unique to Sony at all. Earlier this year, the Japanese giant announced insane price hikes to its console family, which has seemingly slowed hardware sales to a crawl. Rival products like the Switch 2, Xbox Series X|S, and even Steam Deck have all been struck...
News Halo PS5 Backtracks PS Plus Co-Op Demands, Says They Were a Mistake
PSN account needed for both players
If you are planning to play Halo: Campaign Evolved like the days of old in local split-screen co-op next month, make sure your mate brings their PS Plus membership with them. Despite being an offline mode, it's been revealed both players wanting to go through the campaign in local co-op need a PS Plus...
News Hermen Hulst Allegedly Said Sony's PC Ports Didn't Make Enough Money
That's why it's changing approach
Sony has apparently decided to cease porting its first-party single player PS5 games to PC, and one of the reasons is because they weren’t making much money. It’s always been assumed that sales of the conversions slowed considerably once the novelty wore off, with early endeavours like Horizon Zero Dawn and...
News PS5's Marvel Fighter Begins New Video Series, Starting with Cap
Liberty, Liberty, Liiiberty! Liberty!
It’s about eight weeks until Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls releases, and we’re still waiting for the game’s last three fighters to be revealed. (I’d imagine they’ll be unveiled amid much fanfare at Evo next weekend, right? That feels like the likeliest destination.) In the meantime, Arc System Works...
Saturday20th Jun 2026
Feature Going Platinum: This PS5 Game Gave Me Something Better Than a Platinum Trophy
Dead good
Platinum Trophy #29: I Am Dead Date Earned: 24th August 2021 Dopamine Index: stars:5 I Am Dead. Joke alert! Not really! That's the name of the game. The look on your face! Nah, I'm very much alive. I'm writing a feature for Push Square dot com right now, and I think I'd probably struggle to do so in any other state. Sorry, I dunno...
Feature The 10 Best PS5 Games of 2026 So Far
As voted by you
We're now halfway through 2026 — scary, I know — and so in traditional Push Square fashion, we've taken a look back at the first six months of the year to determine its best PS5 games so far. Earlier in the week, I published a poll asking readers to select their favourite 2026 titles up until now. Over 5,400 votes later, and we...
News Sony Aims to Drive PS Plus Profits by 'Improving Service Proposition'
Things can only get better?
Despite all the doom and gloom surrounding the games industry right now, Sony actually achieved record high profitability for its gaming division this past fiscal year, ending 31st March. One contributor to that success is PS Plus, the PS5’s semi-mandatory subscription service which unlocks online multiplayer, monthly...
Time's on your side
The worst thing about The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales is its name, so we're off to a pretty positive start. Square Enix's latest HD-2D jaunt is an action RPG, with its overall structure resembling classic The Legend of Zelda and Mana games. In that sense, it feels like a bit of a throwback, despite having all of...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 638
Sun sheltering
It is far too hot and humid here in the UK right now, so we are closing the blinds and sitting in front of a fan turned up to max as we play video games this weekend. This is what's entertaining us in between ice cream and BBQs. Jamie O'Neill: The 16th June was the 11-year anniversary of my favourite E3 conference, Sony's...
News Fist of the North Star's Kenshiro Looks Like the Perfect Fit for Fatal Fury PS5
What colour is your blood?
Here he is, then, the pièce de résistance of the current Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves season: Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star! While there’s no release date just yet, this trailer shows how the legendary character will slot right into SNK’s likeable fighter. Here’s how the publisher describes his...
Friday19th Jun 2026
News This Onimusha: Way of the Sword Retail Listing Is Making People Think It's Launching Early
Is Capcom bringing it forward?
Much has been made of the extremely busy release schedule for the remainder of 2026, with September and October being particularly stacked. Among the games launching in late September is Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Capcom's promising action title. It's currently pencilled in for 25th September 2026, close to several...
Poll How Much Will GTA 6 Cost?
Predict the GTA 6 price
This time next week, pre-orders for GTA 6 will be live, and there'll finally be an official price attached to the PS5 release. In the years leading up to 25th June 2026, when retailers will set their listings live, there's been a lot of debate over what the price of GTA 6 will be. Some think Rockstar will use the excitement...
News Two Point Hospital: Full Health Collection Bundles Everything Together on PS5 'Soon'
Dosed up
SEGA and Two Point Studios have announced Two Point Hospital: Full Health Collection for PS5. As the name implies, this version of the game is the complete package, bringing the original hospital sim and all its numerous DLC packs together. Here's the announcement trailer: The management sim comes to PS5 "soon", the trailer says, with...
News Sifu Dev's PS5 Football Game Rematch Has Had a Great First Year
Squad goals
Rematch is a game I've not given much thought since its debut this time last year, but it seems the online football title has enjoyed a pretty healthy 12 months while I've not been paying attention. To recap, this is from developer Sloclap, perhaps best known for its martial arts beat-'em-up, Sifu. Its next game would be Rematch, an...
News Pragmata's Latest PS5 Update Adds Hugh's Best Outfit and Nerfs One of the Hardest Challenges
Here are the patch notes
Capcom has released a new patch for its brilliant sci-fi shooter, Pragmata. Available to download now, the update makes only a few changes, but they're some pretty good ones. Firstly, it adds Hugh's 'Scribble Suit' outfit to the main game. This was featured in the Sketchbook demo, and it's basically his default suit but...
News These 13 Retro Games Are All Getting Revived for the PS5
The nicher the better
We’re in the middle of a retro revolution, with various compilations, collections, and re-releases deploying every day on modern platforms. One of several publishers leading the charge is QUByte, a Brazilian publisher with a number of niche licenses under its umbrella, which it’s resurrecting for new audiences. In a...
News Persona 4 Revival Gameplay Showcase Covers Combat Changes, New Content, and More
Prime Time
Atlus has showcased a hearty amount of brand new Persona 4 Revival gameplay, covering just about everything that fresh players may want to know. But what about those who have already spend god-knows-how-many-hours playing Persona 4 Golden? Well, the broadcast also sheds some light on things like combat system changes, and reworked...
"There's no case by case here"
Sony speaks so little in the public domain that we only know about its decision to step away from PC because of reporting from Bloomberg’s always-reliable Jason Schreier. This strategy change has been communicated to employees internally, but the company rarely conducts interviews, and so it hasn’t had an...
Thursday18th Jun 2026
News GTA 5's Free PS4 to PS5 Upgrade Available for All Players Now
Huge update coming in July
We know from a recent GTA 5 leak that there are still almost two million active GTA Online players on the PS4, but it looks like Rockstar is going to make one last attempt to transfer fans to new consoles before GTA 6. As part of a wider announcement
Opinion This PS5 Magic Shooter Has Been the Perfect Summer Distraction
Finding my finger guns
With the summer livestreams out of the way, we're now entering that period of the year where brand new game releases dry up and the news cycle slows to a crawl — unless you're Xbox, that is. It is the perfect time to dive into your backlog and play some PS5 titles you have been meaning to get to... if you actually have one...
News Sony's Forgotten Multiplayer PS5, PC Game Gets Final Update as Developer Moves On
Midnight Murder Club will stay online
Remember Midnight Murder Club? Sony published this unusual multiplayer shooter last year on PS5 and PC, and it quickly fell into obscurity. Developer Velan Studios has announced it's just released the last planned update for the game, meaning it won't be getting any further post-launch support. The update...
News Digimon Story Time Stranger Adds 60fps Option, Photo Mode, and More in Promised PS5 Patch
Hello, Stranger
It's been over eight months since Digimon Story Time Stranger launched on PS5, but Bandai Namco apparently never forgot about its promise to improve the game's performance. The creature-taming RPG has been capped at a disappointing 30 frames-per-second since launch, but a freshly revealed update, which drops on the 9th July, will...
News PS5's Call of Duty: Black Ops Ports Get More Likes Than Modern Warfare 4
On X, anyway
It feels like there’s more enthusiasm for PS5’s upcoming ports of Call of Duty: Black Ops and Call Black Ops 2, due out in July, than the brand-new Modern Warfare 4. At least, that’s the case on social media platform X (or
News 'Density Over Scale': Open World Cyberpunk Shooter No Law Has Serious Potential on PS5
City limits
New information on No Law has just arrived, courtesy of developer Neon Giant's appearance at the recent Unreal Fest 2026. The Swedish studio went in-depth on how it's utilising Unreal Engine 5 for the upcoming open world shooter, and shed some light on its design philosophy. Just in case you need to be caught up, No Law is a cyberpunk...
What's the plan?
Rumour has it that Sony planned to launch the PS6 in late 2027, but the hardware industry is in turmoil right now. Component costs have soared on the back of AI-led demand, pushing the price of consumer electronics including consoles skyhigh. Recently, the PS5’s price soared to unprecedentedly high levels; other systems like the...
News PS5's State of Decay 3 Looks to Have All the Ingredients for Success
You're a survivor
State of Decay 3 has been a long time coming, and it’s still in Early Alpha, according to this exclusive gameplay footage. There’s no denying, however: the zombie survival game has all the ingredients required for success. This 72-minute video, presented warts and all, shows off a ton of early footage from the game. If you...
News GTA 6 PS5 Pre-Orders Open on 25th June, Cover Art Revealed
Pre-order your copy from next week
Rockstar has officially announced PS5 pre-orders for GTA 6 will be available from 25th June 2026. That's next week and you can get your first look at the cover art for the anticipated game in the video above. Pre-orders will be available both physically from select retailers and then digitally on PS Store. The...
News 'Gamers Don't Want It': Palworld Dev Against Generative AI as It Grows More Common in Games
"It's not really for us"
Pocketpair, the studio behind the popular survival game Palworld, has distanced itself from controversial generative AI in new comments from its head of publishing and communications, John Buckley. Speaking to GamesRadar, he recognises there's a big divide on the topic, but thinks the audience generally isn't interested in...
News All PlayStation Fans Need to Buy the Latest Famitsu Magazine
PaRappa the Rapper is on the cover
Long-running Japanese gaming tome Famitsu is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, and this week’s issue is dedicated to PlayStation. While the mag covers all consoles, Sony’s systems have obviously featured heavily ever since the PS1’s release in 1994, so it makes sense to pay tribute to the brand on...
Rumour Persona 6 Release Is Way Closer Than Most People Think
A huge 2027 for Atlus
When do you think Persona 6 will release? Next year? 2028? Even later than that? It's perhaps difficult to imagine that it's even remotely close, given the game's tiny teaser trailer. But I'm here to offer some hope. A seemingly innocuous post on Tumblr has been picked up by the rabid Persona fanbase, in which a video game...
News Don't Miss Granblue Fantasy: Relink a Second Time Around, Endless Ragnarok PS5 Demo Out Now
Re-Relink
If you missed out on the original Granblue Fantasy: Relink, which launched back in 2024, then I'd strongly recommend checking out the new Granblue Fantasy: Relink - Endless Ragnarok demo. In case you're out of the loop, Endless Ragnarok is an expanded re-release of Relink, with new playable characters, an entirely new endgame, and...
News Filipino Fighter Yasmine Rushes into Street Fighter 6 with First PS5 Gameplay
The Philippines' finest
It’s always worth paying attention whenever Street Fighter 6 introduces a new character, and here’s our first look at Filipino fighter Yasmine, who moves at the speed of lightning. Powered by the Philippines’ national martial art Eskrima, her kit seems to centre on fast, aggressive, close-up attacks; she looks like...
News PS5's 'Recently Played' Section Restored as Sony Seemingly Fixes Strange Security Concern
What's going on?
You may recall an unusual security issue that surfaced a little while ago, in which some PS5 accounts were breached by fooling customer service reps into providing access. Well, while it appears Sony is tightening things up, some users are reporting odd occurrences on their PSN profiles, and it's even stranger than the last...
News This Business Is Observing a Day Off for GTA 6 Launch, and It Won't Be the Only One
Game day
Grand Theft Auto 6 is on the horizon, and barring any changes in the next few months, it's set to launch on 19th November, 2026. That release date will be a momentous day for many, with millions booting up their PS5s to dive into GTA 6's story and open world. In fact, its arrival will be so impactful that at least one business is giving...
News Yakuza Creator's Gang of Dragon PS5 Game Really Does Seem Dead
More evidence the developer is no more
While it seems unlikely we will ever get official confirmation out of NetEase, it does indeed appear Gang of Dragon, from Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi and his new development studio, has been quietly cancelled. Back in March, it was reported publisher NetEase was planning to pull its funding of Nagoshi...
