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Monday24th Jul 2023
News PlayStation's Skipping Gamescom, But It's Showing Up for ChinaJoy 2023
Games lineup revealed
For a number of years now, Sony has brought PlayStation to ChinaJoy, one of the largest gaming exhibitions in Asia. It's set to take part yet again in 2023, with the event scheduled between 28th and 31st July at Shanghai's New International Expo Center. So, what's Sony bringing to the showfloor? A fair amount, actually. The...
Review Remnant II (PS5) - Dark Souls with Guns Still Has Room to Grow
Ashes tests
For every sequel that manages to pull an Assassin's Creed II, there are many more that almost make it. Whether it's a result of not quite realising a project's full potential or introducing issues the original never had, these games are just as enjoyable as they are disappointing. Remnant II, a follow-up to the unexpectedly good Remnant:...
News Somerville Is the Next Xbox, PC Exclusive Plotting PS5, PS4 Ports
Trophy list spotted
Hot on the heels of PS5, PS4 ports for High on Life, it appears indie game Somerville will also be making the jump to PlayStation in the near future. Trophy listing site Exophase has picked up a set of PS4 Trophies for the 2.5D adventure game, essentially confirming ports are planned by developer Jumpship.
News Enjoy 12 Minutes of Soft, Smooth Sand Land PS5 Gameplay, Fresh from SDCC 2023
Yowza
While sand can, at times, be coarse, rough, and irritating (getting everywhere), this couldn't be further from the case with the upcoming RPG, Sand Land. Courtesy of IGN, we got a look at 12 minutes of silky-smooth, buttery-soft PS5 gameplay from San Diego Comic-Con that's just brimming with Akira Toriyama's trademark charm. We see our...
News Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon Reportedly Supports 6-Player PvP
Spectator sport
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon is out this time next month, and in typically iron-clad FromSoftware fashion, we know shockingly little about it. This is a welcome reprieve in a year in which nothing is seemingly sacred, and everything leaks in advance. That said, in what is technically not a leak, pictures of the game box taken...
News 200 Evacuated from Genshin Impact Event Following Bomb Threat
Officials found no evidence of explosives
A Genshin Impact event in South Korea had to be evacuated after an anonymous Twitter user posted a picture of a supposed homemade explosive device, implying it had been planted inside Seoul's Olympic Park arena. No one was injured. Police and firefighters evacuated around 200 people from the Genshin Impact...
News Star Wars Outlaws Director Teases Galaxy's Most Unappealing Cooking Mechanic
Luke Skywalker > Bear Grylls
Ever wondered what kind of nightmarish, extraterrestrial smoothy you could whip up with the disgusting liquids that barbarian Luke Skywalker was always chugging down? It might not actually taste that bad; as dedicated fans well know, George Lucas had a bad habit of making things sound worse than they actually are (see...
News Insomniac Games May Have a Third AAA PS5 Exclusive in Development
Unannounced project in production now
There’s simply no question that Insomniac Games is carrying this generation for Sony. We’re not belittling the efforts of PlayStation’s other first-party studios, but it’s worth acknowledging that Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 will be its third release for the PS5 thus far – fourth if you factor in the...
Sunday23rd Jul 2023
News PS5 Open World Star Wars Outlaws Will Let You Work for Jabba the Hutt
And you can betray him
Ubisoft knows its way around compelling open worlds, but Star Wars Outlaws is shaping up to be one of its biggest and most densely detailed yet. As previously announced, each planet in the release will be fully explorable, with enough open space to give you a meaningful sense of adventure. And the French publisher is...
News All of a Sudden, High on Life Is Out Now on PS5, PS4
Full price release at £49.99 / $59.99
The comical FPS with a talking gun High on Life has been shadow-dropped onto PS5, PS4 at a price of £49.99 / $59.99. It's available to download now, marking a pretty high-profile port that's come with literally no marketing whatsoever. The announcement seems to have been made at a San Diego Comic-Con panel,...
Saturday22nd Jul 2023
Review Nobunaga's Ambition: Awakening Review (PS4) - The Demon King of Owari Rises
No-man's fool
Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening is the sixteenth entry in the venerable strategy franchise (which celebrates its 40th Anniversary this year) from Koei and its most accessible yet. While still convoluted compared to even another strategy title of this scale, the love and dedication to Japan’s iconic Sengoku era and the...
Poll What Review Score Would You Give Trails into Reverie?
The beginning and the end
Calling all Trails fans: we need your help. As regular readers may know, we have our own Best Trails Games guide, which ranks each title in Falcom's RPG series, and it's all user rated. With that in mind, we need some ratings for the latest game, Trails into Reverie — and that's why we've constructed this poll. Now,...
First DLC drop in September
As teased earlier in the week, One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 is getting an unexpected second Character Pass – despite the game originally releasing over three years ago! The DLC drop will consist of three packs in total, adding an impressive nine new characters to the game. It’ll all get underway in September with The...
News PSVR2 Rails Shooter Switchback VR Dramatically Overhauls Visuals with 8GB PS5 Patch
Fans report a dramatic upgrade
Despite being billed as a spiritual successor to Until Dawn: Rush of Blood, rails shooter The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR was dismally disappointing at launch. While its gameplay was tired, it also looked surprisingly bad: low resolution and blurry, with bad textures across the board. Honestly, it didn’t feel like...
News As Rumoured, Mortal Kombat 1's First DLC Pack Adds Homelander, Peacemaker, and More
Omni-Man! Quan-Chi! Ermac! Takeda!
It’s a big day for Mortal Kombat 1’s confirmed characters, with six new additions officially unveiled as part of the foray’s first Fighter Pack. And if you’re into guest characters, then you have a trio of unexpected (but previously rumoured) arrivals to look forward to: Peacemaker, Homelander,
News PS5's Remote Play Portable Appears to Leak Online
Photos and videos of Sony's new handheld emerge
Sony’s interesting Remote Play handheld for PS5, officially announced earlier in the year, appears to have leaked. Video footage of what appears to be a prototype unit is being shared around social media, as well as photos of it in various states of disassembly. Effectively, the device looks like an...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 486
Beta blockers
It's an uneventful weekend really, with the school holidays underway here in the UK, and no notable sporting or cultural events to mention [Whoops, completely forgot about the Women's World Cup - Ed]. We hope you have a chill one! Aaron Bayne: I didn't even know it existed a few weeks ago, but now I'm going gaga for Remnant 2 which...
News Baraka, Li Mei, and Tanya Konfirmed in New Mortal Kombat 1 PS5 Trailer
Bloody brilliant
A trio of Mortal Kombat 1 fighters have been revealed in an action-packed trailer, with Baraka, Tanya, and the oft-overlooked Li Mei all joining the lineup. Fans will obviously be familiar with Baraka, while Tanya was last seen in Mortal Kombat X. But it’s Li Mei who will require a better memory: she was last playable in Mortal...
Friday21st Jul 2023
News Sony's Infamous E3 2006 Conference Now Viewable in Clear 1080p
Giant Enemy Crab has never looked this good
Few video game press conferences are remembered more for all the wrong reasons than Sony's 2006 E3 briefing. It set the tone for a PS3 generation that didn't really get going until the PS3 slim steadied the ship, and now you can watch the two-hour disaster in crystal clear 1080p quality. Uploaded by Danny...
News Comical FPS High on Life Really Is Coming to PS5, PS4
Trophy lists reveal all
After a PS4 version of High on Life was spotted on the backend of the PS Store, the comedic game has now essentially been confirmed for PS5 and PS4 as Exophase has pulled Trophy lists for both versions. They are available t
Rumour PS5 Pro Release Date Reportedly Slated for November 2024
Internally codenamed Project Trinity
Sony will reportedly release an upgraded PS5 Pro hardware model in November 2024, according to a report from Tom Henderson, who’s successfully leaked PlayStation’s hardware plans in the past. The Insider Gaming scribe – this time writing for Key to Gaming – accurately outed the Japanese giant’s Remote...
Interview Double Dragon Gaiden on Modernising an Arcade Classic for a New Era
Billy and Jimmy are back again
The humble beat-‘em-up, like so many fan favourite franchises, is enjoying something of a renaissance on modern consoles, like PS5 and PS4. With the likes of Streets of Rage 4 and TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge proving immensely popular on PlayStation platforms, it was only a matter of time before Double Dragon returned...
News PS5 Console Discounts Set to Expand to USA and UK, It's Claimed
So says reliable PS Plus leaker
Select European countries like Spain and Portugal have recently been enjoying discounts of up to €100 on PS5 systems, but a new claim from PS Plus leaker billbil-kun states the sale price will be expanded to other countries soon. While the leaker doesn't know when the promotion will begin,
News PS4 Action RPG The Legend of Nayuta Charms in New English Gameplay
The legend continues
Due out in just a couple of months on PS4 (on the 19th September in the US and the 22nd September in Europe), The Legend of Nayuta: Boundless Trails has picked up a new gameplay trailer which is quite simply packed with charm. For those out of the loop, Nayuta is kind of a Trails series spin-off, although it has nothing to do...
News PS5 Access Controller Is Available for Pre-Order Now
Releases 6th December 2023
Sony's new controller all about making its games more accessible for disabled gamers, the PS5 Access Controller, is up for pre-order now. Priced at $89.99 / £79.99 / €89.99, you can go to the official PlayStation Direct website and secure a unit ahead of its 6th December 2023 release date. The device is restricted to...
News Blizzard Releases Diablo 4 Hype Trailer as Season of the Malignant Begins
Hell's gates are wide open
Diablo 4's first onslaught of post-launch support has officially begun, with the excellent action RPGs Season of the Malignant now live. Blizzard has released a hype trailer, extolling all true believers to return to the service of the Cathedral of Light and do some damned demon slaying. Expected
News ANONYMOUS;CODE Gets Incredibly Meta in 'System' Trailer, Hacks into Western PS4's in September
Close the loop. Hack into God
ANONYMOUS; CODE is the sixth and most recent entry in the excellent Science Adventure series of surreal (and often extremely bleak) Japanese visual novels. The most famous of the series is Steins;Gate, a tragic story of time travel and otaku living in Akihabara that reduced this normally-stolid reporter to tears...
News Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Takes Place Around 9 Months After PS5, PS4's Miles Morales
A lot can change in that time
We've been luxuriating in all the new Marvel's Spider-Man 2 details from today's San Diego Comic-Con panel, which included a stunning new story trailer and a limited-edition Spider-Man 2 PS5 bundle, the aesthetics of which has already polarised opinion within Push Square's own editorial staff. We even got to learn more...
News PS4 Version of Snarky Xbox Shooter High on Life Found Loitering in PlayStation Backend
Stab-stab
A PS4 version of High on Life, the snarky comedic shooter developed by Squanch Games along with Rick & Morty brain Justin Roiland, has been discovered doing voices and making risque jokes in the alley behind the PlayStation database. Originally thought to be an Xbox console exclusive, it appears that could all be about to change, which...
