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Wednesday7th Jan 2026
Rumour Fallout 3, New Vegas Remakes Reportedly Happening as Fallout 5 Is 'Greenlit'
Nuclear winter
At this point we all know that some kind of Fallout 3 remake or remaster — probably in a similar vein to Oblivion Remastered — is on the cards, but now the word on the street is that Fallout New Vegas will also be revived. Obviously this doesn't come as a huge surprise given just how popular Fallout is as a multimedia property...
News Haunted Paws Dev Accuses New Cosy PS5, PS4 Horror of Being a Copycat
But it's launching next week anyway
Ghostly Whiskers will release on the PS Store, and it looks like yet another forgettable foray powered by AI art. But this particular effort from Cyprus-based studio Nostra Games has found itself at the centre of a storm, as the makers of indie effort Haunted Paws claim it’s a
News South Park Is Coming to Fortnite, Some Details Leaked Ahead of Launch
New playable characters and more
Fortnite's latest collab is with the longstanding animated series South Park, and fans are wondering exactly how its characters will fit into Epic's free-to-play shooter. The crossover was recently confirmed by Epic Games, with an official post teasing it with an image of Butters playing Fortnite: So, it's...
News ARC Raiders Battles Sports Games for PS5 Download Dominance in December
Guns or balls?
Sony has shared the PS Store's download charts for the month of December 2025, and it's ARC Raiders putting up the strongest fight for the top spot on PS5. The popular sci-fi extraction shooter manages to topple NBA 2K26 in North America, but it has to settle for second in Europe, where EA Sports FC 26 rules the roost. ARC Raiders...
News PS5's Hyperpop Collection Adds Three Striking New Colours for DualSense, Console Covers
RGB
Think Sony was done with new colourways for your PS5 console and controllers? It's kicking off 2026 with a new range, entitled the Hyperpop Collection. Here's a good look at the vivid new designs in this flashy video: The three colours, available for DualSense PS5 controllers as well as PS5 console covers, are Techno Red, Remix Green, and...
Hands On Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined Could Be the Series' Best Remake Yet
A tight ship
Dragon Quest 7 has long been one of the most divisive entries in the incredible RPG series, mostly thanks to the sheer length of its island-hopping adventure. The original PS1 release and its 3DS remake both suffer from what we'd call rather severe padding at times, with a comical amount of backtracking often dismantling the story's...
News Future Sports Series Speedball Resurrected on PS5 This Month
Ballin'
If you owned an Amiga, there’s a good chance you played The Bitmap Brothers’ future sports series, Speedball. The 1988 original’s sequel, Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe, was actually ported to dozens of platforms – including the PS1, where it adopted a 3D visual style, ultimately attracting a mixed critical response. Well, after an...
News Former Naughty Dog Boss Evan Wells to Receive Highest Honour at DICE Awards
An AIAS Hall of Famer
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), an American organisation comprising games industry professionals, will induct Naughty Dog alumnus Evan Wells into its prestigious Hall of Fame at this year's D.I.C.E. Awards. Taking place on 12th February in Las Vegas, the award will be presented by the current head of Naughty...
News No Plans for PS5 Version of Acclaimed Tactics RPG Published by Sony Subsidiary
"Not considering anything at the moment"
The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy – a dark horse contender for 2025’s Game of the Year, at least on PC and Switch – still seems unlikely to release on the PS5. Prior to its release, creator Kazutaka Kodaka had talked about how his Too Kyo Games team couldn’t afford to port the tactics RPG to...
News Fans Wonder if The Game Awards' Big Finale Highguard Is Even Coming Out
Over before it's even started?
You’d think being the big finale at a show watched by millions would be good for your game, wouldn’t you? In the case of Highguard, the upcoming free-to-play first-person shooter from ex-Titanfall and Apex Legends alumni, it may actually be a curse. PS5 fans will be all-too familiar with the brutal discourse that...
News Capcom's Latest Street Fighter 6 Reveal Is Straight-Up Trolling Fans
But at least you get the excellent Capcom Sports Club
Capcom has announced a new Fighting Pass for its eternally popular brawler Street Fighter 6, but it’s proving brutal for fans. While the publisher promised to improve these periodic Battle Passes with more meaningful content, the artwork for this one is a straight-up troll. It prominently...
News Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined PS5 Demo Is Available Now
VII heaven
Square Enix has revealed the full opening movie for Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined, and in a word, it's magical. The movie takes full advantage of the remake's diorama-esque visuals, dropping its puppet-based characters into delightfully detailed environments as they battle against beasties big and small. We think it's pretty much a...
Tuesday6th Jan 2026
News You'll Never Guess the Most Played PS5, PS4 Games of 2025 in the US
What year is it?!
Go on, have a guess at what the five most popular PlayStation games of 2025 were in the US. We'll give you a few seconds to finalise your bets. If you need a quick hint, here it is: it's the exact same top five as 2024. As per usual, Mat Piscatella has handed us the data via Circana's own Player Engagement Tracker, which, again,...
News From the Makers of Redout, Carmageddon: Rogue Shift Is Looking Really Promising
Carmageddon outta here
Carmageddon: Rogue Shift was quite the surprise when it was announced back in December, and it seems to be shaping up pretty nicely. A new trailer combines gameplay with some cinematic shots, and it looks like a seriously fun time: It comes from 34BigThings, the development team behind the Redout series, so there's some...
News Amazon's Tomb Raider TV Show Reveals Completely New Characters and Castings
With some big names
Amazon's once troubled Tomb Raider adaptation — which now seems to be steaming ahead — has revealed a bunch of new characters and the actors who'll be playing them. The show itself is still some ways off, with reports stating that it's only entering production at some point this month. Still, it's seemingly going to have...
News Don't Get Your Hopes Up for Persona's First 30th Anniversary Announcement Broadcast
Enjoy your merch
We hope you like merchandise, because that's probably all you're getting from Atlus' first Persona 30th Anniversary livestream. As previously reported, the broadcast will take place on the 8th January, ushering in a year of Persona-related updates and announcements. However, Atlus has now confirmed that said broadcast will feature...
News If Romeo Is a Dead Man's Mental Story Trailer Doesn't Pique Your Interest, Nothing Will
Dead but not buried
Batsh*t PS5 action game Romeo Is a Dead Man is still set to release in just over a month — on the 11th February — and so it's time for another quick reminder of how mental the Grasshopper title's shaping up to be. The Suda51-lead developer has dropped a new story trailer, which, while brief, does paint a rather fun picture...
News Sony, Honda's Afeela 1 Car Can Be Customised with Astro Bot, God of War Dashboards
And sound effects
Sony returned to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to talk about the Sony Honda Mobility Afeela 1, its electric car that features some interesting PlayStation integration. These were more obvious at this year's showcase, with the company announcing some fun customisation options for the vehicle as well as full support for Remote...
News Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles Sees in the New Year with Major Sales Milestone
It's a sold strategy
Square Enix has announced Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, a remaster of its classic strategy RPG, has reached an impressive sales milestone. Shared on its social media channels, the publisher says the game has now surpassed one million copies sold: The Ivalice Chronicles is an enhanced version of the beloved...
News January 2026 PS Plus Essential Games Are Available to Download Now
Live until 2nd February
The first PS Plus Essential games of 2026 are here, adding another trio of PS5 and PS4 titles to members. January's lineup is available to claim right now in Europe, and will be going live in other regions throughout the day. You'll be able to nab the games from now through to 2nd February. They are as follows: Need for...
News Sony Patents AI Assistant That Can Help You Beat Games, or Just Beat Them For You
Challenge neutralised
An interesting patent from Sony has recently been discovered, and it concerns the use of an AI assistant capable of providing contextual guidance while you're playing a game. As first reported by Boing Boing, Sony filed a patent for this concept back in April 2025, and it involves an AI "ghost" character that can help you get...
Monday5th Jan 2026
News Pac-Man DLC Comes to Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Later This Week on PS5, PS4
Waka waka
Bandai Namco's arcade hero Pac-Man is next in line to come to Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, and he arrives very soon indeed. An official teaser trailer reveals the premium DLC pack will be released on 7th January 2026: Like Minecraft and SpongeBob SquarePants, the Pac-Man content is a paid DLC add-on, included in the season
Game of the Year All of Our 2025 Winners Revealed
A full GOTY recap
There's a chance that, over the last few weeks, you were too busy stuffing your face with delicious holiday food to notice our massive Game of the Year campaign. Don't worry, we're not judging anyone! An annual tradition here at Push Square, we write up a whole slate of articles to celebrate the year that was, highlighting the...
News You'll Soon Be Able to Own Former Xbox Exclusive Hi-Fi Rush Physically on PS5
What a rush
Publisher Krafton has partnered with Limited Run Games to produce a trio of physical editions for Tango Gameworks' hit rhythm action game, Hi-Fi Rush. The game has only been available digitally up to now, but soon you'll be able to place orders for a physical copy to add to your collection. The three physical versions are as follows...
Another trip to Pandora
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - From the Ashes is a surprisingly great offering of DLC. It’s a standalone story that takes place after the events of the main campaign, following the Dog Tag Warrior, So’Lek (a former side character), as he faces off against the villainous Ash Clan. The Kinglor Forest from the base game is...
News Xbox Sales Hit New Low in UK, Barely Competes with PS5 at This Point
Another one bites the dust
Xbox hardware sales have hit a new low in the UK, as Microsoft continues to redirect its console business. In 2025, Xbox Series numbers were down a whopping 39% — making for the worst sales result in the brand's history. Many had expected some sort of decline given the company's renewed focus on multiplatform...
News More Digimon Games Incoming as Time Stranger's Success Sees Dev Team Expand
Champions of the Digital World
It sounds like Bandai Namco will be pushing for more Digimon games, off the back of Digimon Story Time Stranger's success. Time Stranger itself took around eight years to develop and eventually release, and naturally, the publisher would rather not get bogged down in such a lengthy production cycle for future...
News 'We Need to Trust Our Instincts': Expedition 33 Dev's Next Game Won't Bow to Fan Pressure
Keeping it obscur
Sandfall Interactive, the team behind the hit RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, has commented on how it's approaching work on its next game. In an interview with Edge magazine (thanks, GamesRadar), chief operating officer and production director François Meurisse mentions that, because of their debut game's success, there's "a bit...
"How we can evolve our JRPG"
It feels like Atlus is at a bit of a crossroads. The longstanding Japanese developer behind hit RPG franchises like Persona, has been relying on the same kind of formula for decades now. Even when it attempts something new — like 2024's excellent Metaphor: ReFantazio — it still falls back on the Persona-style design...
News Microsoft CEO Really Wants You to Stop Calling Generative AI 'Slop'
That won't help sales
Apparently, “slop” was Merriam-Webster’s word of the year – as determined by the organisation’s “human editors”, it specified in a blog post prior to Christmas. While we feel the word has lost a lot of meaning due to its undeniable overuse throughout 2025, said fleshy beings defined it as “digital content of...
Guide PlayStation Studios: All Sony First-Party Developers and What They're Working On
Every game coming from PS Studios
Sony's first-party developers are known collectively as PlayStation Studios, and it's these teams that make all the games published by the company. Whether it's PS5, PC, or beyond, there are always new games in the works. While we don't always know everything about what's in development, we've done our best to...
Guide These 2+ PS5, PS4, and PS Plus Games Are Coming Out This Week (5th-11th January)
Bunny Rampage! I Am Future! PS Plus Essential!
2026 is going to be chaotic for new PlayStation games, but give it a little time to warm up, eh? There are just two new titles announced for this week, but at least there's the latest PS Plus Essential update to look forwards to. Here are all the new games coming out this week. New PS5, PS4 Games...
News Casting and Performance Capture for Hideo Kojima's PS5 Exclusive PHYSINT Will Begin in 2026
And we're off
Hideo Kojima spent the best part of 2025 travelling around the world to support the release of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, but the auteur will remain grounded this year as work gets underway in earnest on his spy thriller PHYSINT. The PS5 console exclusive – which is being pitched as a successor to the Metal Gear Solid series...
News Obscure Racing Game Rockets in Price on the Back of PS5 Jailbreak Hopes
Copies fetching up to $400
Limited Run Games’ niche PS4 retail release of Star Wars Racer Revenge has rocketed in value, after it emerged disc-based copies of the game could be used to jailbreak the PS5. Sony’s new-gen console can obviously run PS4 discs through backwards compatibility, and while the LucasArts racer – originally released for...
Sunday4th Jan 2026
Talking Point What Are Your PS5 New Year's Resolutions?
Start as you mean to go on
Losing weight? Pssht, it’s the biggest cliché in the book. Learning a new language? We guarantee you’ll have deleted Duolingo by March. Clearing your debt? Have you seen the release schedule. No, forget all those boring New Year’s Resolutions – they’re played out. We want to hear your PS5 resolutions for 2026...
Saturday3rd Jan 2026
Feature Going Platinum #6: Everything
Everywhere, all at once
Platinum Trophy #6: Everything Date Earned: 24th December 2017 Dopamine Index: stars:3 You read that right, I have the platinum Trophy in Everything — mission accomplished! Just a little joke there, at the top. But yes, I do have the plat for Everything, the game, not everything, the everything. The funny thing about...
Game of the Year Push Square Readers' 20 Most Anticipated PS5 Games of 2026
Another huge year for PS5
As is tradition, we're wrapping up our Game of the Year coverage by looking towards the future. Late last year, we asked Push Square readers to vote for their most anticipated PS5 games of 2026, offering up a frankly massive list of 75 titles. And that was after we had to cut it down from over 100! Yep, it's already...
News The Witcher 3 Really Could Be Getting a New Expansion on PS5 in 2026
To tide us over until The Witcher 4
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt first released to critical acclaim all the way back in 2015, but it could be getting an all-new expansion later this year. That’s the rumour that’s circulating right now, with relatively strong reporting behind it. Speculation has been swirling for a while, ever since Polish industry...
News High Fantasy FMV Romance Gets PS5, PS4's 2026 Off to a Strong Start
If that's your thing, anyway
For some reason, the PS5 and PS4 have become a popular destinations for China’s increasingly prolific FMV dating games. And we’ll get another one on 15th January: the xianxia-inspired high fantasy dating game God Bless, or Goddess. That’s a good name. The premise of the story is deeply embedded in the popular...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 614
Welcome to 2026
And so here we are: the first WAYP of 2026. Fortunately, this is one feature where we don’t intend to reinvent the wheel. So, you can expect the same regularly scheduled Talking Point, every Saturday, just like it’s always been. Aaron Bayne: Honestly, I'm not sure what I'll play this weekend. I'll maybe just chill out with some...
Friday2nd Jan 2026
Feature 40+ PS5 Games to Play in 2026
Every major release on the way
As the PS5 generation reaches peak maturity, 2026 is looking like it’s going to have an absolute avalanche of must play games. As the year begins in earnest, we’ve compiled over 40 of the titles we think demand your attention, all of which are currently confirmed to deploy over the next 12 months. While we’re...
News After Two Months of Livestreaming, Silent Hill F's Actress Finally Beat the Game
She outfoxed it
Back when Silent Hill F actress Konatsu Kato went viral for livestreaming the survival horror game, she was not particularly familiar with action games. But fans have watched her steadily get to grips with the acclaimed title over the past two months, and she finally beat the release this week, on New Year’s Eve, as part of an...
News Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar Will Seemingly Shed Switch Console Exclusivity in 2026
It's the story of the season.
Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar, which first launched as a Nintendo console exclusive on 27th August last year, will come to PS5 in 2026. While the port has not been officially announced by publisher Marvelous yet, it has been rated for release in Taiwan. This is a common source of leaks, and it’s extremely rare for...
News Industrious Horror Dev Bloober Team Teases Potential New Project
Mysterious website emerges
We already know Polish dev Bloober Team is hard at work on a new Silent Hill remake, having released original project Cronos: The New Dawn late last year. Now it’s already teasing something as part of an elaborately named countdown page. A timer on RemosdNeulSerorehsoOvamCeyerd.com ceases on 15th February, suggesting a...
Game of the Year Push Square Readers' Top 20 PS5 Games of 2025
As voted by you
Every year, we ask the Push Square community to vote for their favourite titles of the last 12 months — and it's always exciting to read through the results! In this article, we'll be listing the top 20 PS5 games of 2025, according to you lot. The community vote also has a direct influence on our overall Game of the Year rankings,...
Horsing around
The world of Genshin Impact never stops expanding, and 14th January will plot the arrival of the Luna IV update in the action RPG’s ongoing Song of the Welkin Moon saga. With it will be two new 5-Star characters: the highly-anticipated Columbina and Zibai. The former focuses on Lunar reactions, while Zibai massively enhances the...
News Persona's First 30th Anniversary Announcement May Not Be All That Hype for PS5 Fans
Steal our heart
As we reported earlier this week, a spate of 30th anniversary announcements for the Persona franchise are due in 2026. But the first of them is unlikely to entice PS5 owners, as we suspect this will be Nintendo exclusive: it’s Fitness Boxing Persona 5. Those of you who follow this franchise will know there have been several...
Thursday1st Jan 2026
Game of the Year #1 - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
For those who come after
Should it be possible for a developer to win Game of the Year with its very first project? The answer is yes — of course — but the chances of it actually happening have always seemed slim. Debut studio Sandfall Interactive, with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, has now proven it's possible. The engrossing French RPG has...
Feature A Very Happy New Year to You
We go again
Shall we let you in to a little secret: you’re in the future right now. While you’re reading this in 2026, we’re writing it while it’s still 2025. So, what’s it like out there? Are we driving hover cars yet? Did the PS6 get announced already? The mind boggles. Obviously, we know deep down that this year will be more of the...
Wednesday31st Dec 2025
Game of the Year Top 10 PS5 Soundtracks of 2025
Good luck, mes amis
End-of-year list articles are always a source of great joy. Looking back on the year and reflecting on the best moments from the past 12 months is a great way to revisit some wonderful things you may not have thought of in some time. Nowhere is this truer than with game music. So many soundtracks, so many games — how can you...
