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Friday13th Dec 2024
News Stylish Free-to-Play Shooter FragPunk Confirmed for PS5, Launches March 2025
The card is mightier than the gun
NetEase has confirmed its stylised free-to-play FPS, FragPunk, is also heading to PS5. Initially revealed at this summer's Xbox Showcase, FragPunk is a 5v5 competitive shooter in which players can use special cards to transform the rules of combat. At the start of each round, players can activate Shard Cards that...
- NetEase
- PS5
- FragPunk
- Announcements
- Release Dates
News One Move Away on PS5 Is Like Unpacking Except You're Actually Moving House
You're crying
Unpacking must have proven so popular that it’s getting a kinda unrelated pseudo-sequel from a different developer, where your goal is to actually move house. Described as a first-person puzzle game, you need to stack up your worldly belongings as you embark on a new chapter in your life in One Move Away. “Whether you’re the...
- Playstack
- PS5
- One Move Away
- Announcements
News Warren Spector's Multiplayer Stealth Game Thick As Thieves Sneaks onto PS5 in 2026
Thiefs
Dev team Otherside Entertainment has announced Thick As Thieves, a multiplayer stealth game heading to PS5 in 2026. The studio is founded by legendary designers Warren Spector and Paul Neurath, who brought us classic, stealthy immersive sim series such as Thief and Deus Ex. The big difference is that, instead of a single player experience,...
- OtherSide
- PS5
- Thick As Thieves
- Announcements
Thursday12th Dec 2024
News PlayStation Wrap-Up 2024 Finally Working After Over 24 Hours Offline
Update: Finally find out what you played
The Spotify Wrapped-esque platform, PlayStation Wrap-Up, is now available for all PSN users to check out their gaming stats for 2024. You can log in on the official website through the link, and you'll be treated to various statistics all about your year on PlayStation. The PlayStation Wrap-Up begins by...
- Sony
- PS5
- PS4
- PlayStation
Guide What Time Is The Game Awards 2024?
All the dates, times, and info you need
Geoff Keighley is set to celebrate the 10th anniversary of The Game Awards this year, preparing his usual slate of news and awards for a special night. This guide is designed to be your one-stop shop for the show, detailing the dates, times, and any additional information you need for The Game Awards 2024...
- Guides
- The Game Awards
News Physical Media Just Can't Catch a Break Right Now
As Blu-ray loses another manufacturer
Korean manufacturer LG has announced that it’s discontinuing the production of all its standalone Blu-ray and UHD Blu-ray players, following in the footsteps of Samsung and Oppo. The decision sounds yet another death knell for physical media, which has been on the decline for some years now. In a statement to...
- Industry
- Business
News Palworld Distances Itself from Pokémon Patent with Recent Update Amid Nintendo Lawsuit
Patently different
As the legal battle between Nintendo and Palworld developer Pocketpair continues, the game itself has received an update that seemingly sidesteps a patent related to Pokémon. As of patch 0.3.11, survival action game Palworld has adjusted the way creatures are summoned in battles. Before the patch, you could throw a Pal Sphere...
- Pocketpair
- PS5
- Palworld
News Sony Pictures Seemingly Done with Terrible Spider-Man Spin-Off Flicks
The "SSU" does not seem long for this world
It looks like PlayStation's parent is done with Spider-Man spin-off films, which is probably for the best. We just learned that Sony's Spider-Man Universe is known as the "SSU" for short, comprising those almost universally-panned film and television spin-off projects, like Venom, Morbius, and the...
- Sony
- Movies
News Star Wars Outlaws Patches in PS5 Pro PSSR Toggle, Lets You Turn It Off
Just like Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
Ubisoft has patched another PSSR toggle into the PS5 Pro version of one of its games: Star Wars Outlaws. Available via update 1.5.0, a new "Upscaler Type" option can be found in the settings that lets PS5 Pro owners switch between PSSR and FSR. The update also makes the three graphics modes from the base PS5...
- Ubisoft
- PS5
- PS5 Pro
- Star Wars
- Patches
Rumour Kadokawa Employees Eager for Sony Buyout and Change in Management
Tarnished
Sony's potential buyout of Kadokawa — which has been widely reported on over the last few weeks — is apparently being encouraged by Kadokawa employees. That's according to a fresh article by Japanese publication Bunshun (as covered by Automaton). An anonymous "veteran" employee
- Sony
- Kadokawa
- Industry
- Rumours
Poll What Will Win Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2024?
There can only be one
We're just hours away from The Game Awards 2024, and so it's time to get your final predictions in. We simply have to ask: which nominee do you think will win the grand prize? Geoff Keighley's annual event has had some very worthy winners over the years. Baldur's Gate 3 — widely considered to be one of the greatest RPGs ever...
- The Game Awards
- Polls
- Features
News Saber Angers the Omnissiah, Unannounced Space Marine 2 Research Centre Surfaces
Hail to the Machine God, the Source of All Knowledge
It seems the Machine God is angry with developer Saber Interactive, or perhaps the correct prayers to the Omnissiah were not invoked when Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2's meaty Patch 5.0 was deployed on Tuesday. In either case, an observant
- Focus Entertainment
- PS5
- Warhammer
- Space Marine
News Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Update Out Now, Adds All Stages to Versus Mode, Overhauls Combat
Rock the dragon
This week, Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero will get its biggest update yet, and it features some highly requested improvements. It drops on the 12th December. Kicking things off on a very positive note, local versus mode is getting a welcome upgrade: all stages are going to be made available when playing offline with a friend...
- Bandai Namco
- PS5
- Dragon Ball
- Patches
News We Don't Want to Leave the Cosy Vibes of Japanese Shop Sim InKonbini on PS5
Back to the 90s
A new video all about InKonbini has made its way online via a recent Day of the Devs presentation, and for fans of cosy sims, it's looking extremely promising. If you missed it when it was announced earlier in the year, InKonbini is a slice-of-life shopkeeping sim based on konbini — small convenience stores found in Japan. As...
- Nagai Industries
- PS5
- InKonbini
- Videos
News Concord 'Didn't Bring Unique Value' to Players, Says Marvel Rivals Director
Ouch
According to Marvel Rivals director Thaddeus Sasser, Concord's problem was that it "didn't bring any unique value" to players, which is a hair harsher than we would put it. Still, we suppose Sasser would know, having enticed some 10 million players to his game this past week. Sasser spoke to VideoGamer ahead of Rival
- NeatEase Games
- PS5
- Marvel Rivals
- Concord
News Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown Takes Us Back to Ibiza in Huge Season 2 Update
A whole new world
Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown has just received a major update, taking the open world racer into Season 2. The most significant addition is an all-new map to explore: Ibiza. A returning location from TDU 2, you'll be able to enjoy a totally different vibe to the main game with a new city and its surroundings to cruise...
- Nacon
- PS5
- Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown
- Updates
News Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii Has a Smorgasbord of Silly Side Activities
There's no limits to what a pirate gets up to
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii does appear to be diving off at the deep end tonally – or should that be diving off the wooden plank? Nevertheless, it’s the side-content that tends to take the SEGA series in a particularly silly direction, and the latest entry will be no different. In...
- SEGA
- PS5
- PS4
- Like a Dragon
News Pac-Man Has a Secret, to Be Revealed at The Game Awards
*Ominous wakka wakka sound*
We've been attempting to keep our hype levels within acceptable margins, but you know Keighley's cooking when he's got the official Pac-Man account gassing up The Game Awards. Apparently, "they" (the Pac family, presumably) have a secret, and it's coming to the TGAs at precisely 4:30 PM PT tomorrow, Thursday 12th...
- Bandai Namco
- PS5
- Pac-Man
News Sifu Dev Teases a Surprise for The Game Awards
Step up
Sifu developer SloClap appears to be teasing some kind of announcement for tonight's The Game Awards. Over on the social media nightmare known as X (and more commonly known as Twitter), the studio writes: "See you @thegameawards. Expect to be surprised!" Cheeky. Sifu released in February 2022 on PS5 and PS4, and SloClap's been supporting...
- SloClap
- Sifu
- The Game Awards
News Indie Phenomenon Balatro Passes Another Impressive Sales Milestone
Ace in the hole
Roguelike poker revolution Balatro has passed another major sales milestone, with 3.5 million copies sold. The surprise hit has come an extremely long way since initially being removed from the PS Store following a PEGI rating dispute. Indie underdog stories are some of our favourites, and solo developer and artist LocalThunk...
- Playstack
- PS5
- PS4
- Balatro
News It's a Good Time to Be a Visual Novel Fan on PS5, PS4
Death Match Love Comedy! brings its brand of slapstick comedy overseas
While we don’t think PS5 or PS4 present the perfect place to play visual novels, the improvements to Remote Play and release of the PS Portal have tipped the scales somewhat. Death Match Love Comedy! may be one worth keeping an eye on in 2025, then. The title first launched on...
- PQube
- PS5
- PS4
- Death Match Love Comedy
News K-Pop Idol Stories Is the PS5 Management Sim You've Been Waiting For
We wonder what's its ETA
Given the global popularity of k-pop, we’re surprised it’s taken this long for K-Pop Idol Stories: Road to Debut to be revealed. The game will see you working as a manger to assemble the next crop of superstars, although hopefully you won’t end up embroiled in a legal fallout like the one happening with NewJeans...
- PQube
- PS5
- K-Pop Idol Stories
- Announcements
Wednesday11th Dec 2024
News 12 New PS Plus Extra, Premium Games Arrive Next Week
Not the biggest bang you can go out with
Sony has today confirmed the lineup of PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium games coming to the service for the month of December 2024. Arriving next week on Tuesday, 17th December 2024, the PS5, PS4, and Classic titles are as follows: PS Plus Extra: December 2024: Sonic Frontiers (PS5, PS4) |
- PS5
- PS4
- PS Plus
Guide Best PlayStation Christmas Gifts 2024 - PS5 Consoles, Games, Gift Cards, Accessories & More
The best PlayStation presents and stocking fillers
If you're on the lookout for the best Christmas presents for PlayStation fans, we've got you covered right here on this page. The holiday season is right around the corner, so we've been busy tracking down some of the best gifts for your friends and family. Below, you'll find excellent present...
- Guides
- PS5
- PS4
- Christmas
- Deals
News PS5, PS4 Users Over-Represented in 2024 Pornhub Console Traffic Share
Play has no limits
It's that wonderful time of year again - wrap-up time, when all of the data corporations harvest from their users is presented back to them in a new and occasionally insightful fashion. Case in point, overwhelmingly, PS5, PS4 and yes, some tiny fraction of PS Vita users are responsible for driving the majority of console traffic...
- Industry
- Culture
News Sly Cooper Proves Sony's PS2 Emulator Is Stealthily Getting Better
On the sly
If you've been paying attention, you might have already realised this, but Sony's PS2 emulator for its classic PS Plus Premium re-releases appears to be improving. Eagle-eyed fans of Sly Cooper have spotted a better image quality in the game since the latest update. With the most recent patch installed, the original Sly adventure does...
- Sony
- PS5
- PS4
- PS Plus
News Stop-Motion Action Figure Fighting Game Knock Off Looks Awesome, Coming to PS5
Toy glory
Knock Off has just been revealed with the above trailer, and it leaves a strong first impression. It's a one-on-one, 2D fighting game, only it features action figures duking it out in toy-sized arenas. The animation looks to be all stop-motion, too, and the effect is brilliant. The playable toys themselves appear to be, well, knock offs...
- Mechaghidora
- PS5
- Knock Off
- Announcements
News Black Myth: Wukong PS5 Patch Adds Challenge Mode, Maps, Free Armour
Version 1.0.12.16581 available to download soon
Game Science is pushing a new Black Myth: Wukong update for PS5 live today that includes a challenge mode, new in-game maps, and free armour pieces for the popular action title. It'll be rolled out within the next 24 hours, updating the game to version number 1.0.12.16581. The challenge mode takes the...
- Game Science
- PS5
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Patches
Review Behemoth (PSVR2) - Great Concept, Poor Execution
Behemoths, bandits, and bugs
Skydance’s Behemoth is one of the biggest PSVR2 releases of 2024. Coming from the developers of The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners franchise, Skydance is switching out revolvers and walkers for swords and cursed beasts, promising one of the largest scale fantasy outings in the VR medium. However, Behemoth is proof...
- Reviews
- Skydance Interactive
- PS5
- PSVR2
- Behemoth
Poll Will You Be Watching The Game Awards 2024?
The big one
The Game Awards 2024 is upon us. Roughly 24 hours (and a bit) from the posting of this article, we'll all be sat down watching Geoff Keighley's big show... or will we? The annual event seems to rack up record viewers every year, but we want to know if you're actually tuning in this time around. For what it's worth, the reception to...
- The Game Awards
- Polls
- Features
News You Can Get Excited for The Game Awards, Says Reputable Journalist
Bloomberg's Schreier gives hype the green light
Like most big video game events, fans are getting their hopes up ahead of Geoff Keighley's The Game Awards, which airs tomorrow, 12th December. The industry's lovable rogue's gallery of insiders has been fanning the flames ahead of the big night. Now, Bloomberg's ever-reliable Jason Schreier has...
- The Game Awards
- Industry
- Culture
News Sony Confirms Interest in Buying FromSoftware Parent Company Kadokawa
There it is
In what is essentially an update on previous reports, Sony has now confirmed that it's interested in acquiring fellow Japanese giant Kadokawa — the parent company of FromSoftware. This is a story that's been rumbling on for weeks now, with Kadokawa itself revealing that Sony had sent an "initial letter of intent" back in November. At...
- Sony
- Kadokawa
- Industry
Interview How Zenless Zone Zero's Devs Have Leveraged Fan Feedback to Level Up the PS5 Gacha Game
And how it's taking full advantage of PS5 Pro
It’s been almost six months since Zenless Zone Zero debuted on PS5, and in that time it’s got through a total transformation. HoYoverse, arguably one of the most reactive devs in the industry, has been iterating on the urban RPG at a remarkable rate, transforming the experience update-by-update in...
- HoYoverse
- PS5
- Zenless Zone Zero
- Interviews
- Features
News Warhammer RPG Rogue Trader Gets Massive PS5 Patch Just in Time for Christmas
Abelard's been working extra hard
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader has received a surprisingly large patch ahead of the Christmas break; we'd expect something like this to accompany an expansion, and at least one DLC offering is still on the way. We suppose we shouldn't complain: Co-op mode is now available on PS5, new cutscenes have been added to the...
- Owlcat Games
- PS5
- Warhammer
News Unlike Rocket Racing, Fortnite's Festival Mode Will Be Supported Through 2025 and Beyond
Keep the party going
Back when Fortnite introduced its LEGO and Rocket Racing offshoots, a third addition was made with Festival, developed by Rock Band studio Harmonix. The rhythm game, which features hundreds of licensed music tracks to play along to, is confirmed to be getting continued support through "2025 and beyond". In a recent blog post,...
- Epic Games
- PS5
- PS4
- Fortnite
- Fortnite Festival
News Fortnite's Tactical FPS Mode Looks Like a Whole New Game for PS5, PS4
In the Wick of time
Fortnite is just incredible. While dev Epic has been a little quieter rolling out the release’s new modes than Fortnite Festival and Rocket Racing, it continues to morph into a full-blown platform with 5v5 tactical FPS Ballistic, out today. As you can see from this launch trailer, this looks more like Rainbow Six than it does...
- Epic Games
- PS5
- PS4
- Fortnite
News Outriders Dev People Can Fly Cancels Multiple Projects, Laying Off 120 Staff
Bookending the year with another round of reduncies
Polish development studio People Can Fly, best known for Outriders and Bulletstorm, is scaling back its ambitions in a major way, announcing the cancellation of multiple projects and the elimination of 120 staff positions. This follows the 30 made redundant in January, and the studio now shares the...
- People Can Fly
- Industry
News The Plucky Squire's Heavy-Handed Tutorials Reduced in New Streamlined Mode
Coming soon to consoles
Devolver Digital has announced a new mode for its charming action adventure, The Plucky Squire. Dubbed Streamlined Mode, this new way to play essentially strips out some of the tutorials, hand-holding, and less necessary dialogue, taking control away from players less often. The game is clearly geared towards a family...
- Devolver Digital
- PS5
- The Plucky Squire
- Updates
News Zenless Zone Zero's Next PS5 Update Transforms the Flow of the Game
And adds more events than you can imagine
We liked Zenless Zone Zero a lot when it launched in July, and we’ve stuck with it in the five or so months since. But HoYoverse said it was committed to fan feedback, and it wasn’t kidding – it’s effectively transformed the game in the five or so months since. <related ids="175658"> One...
- HoYoverse
- PS5
- Zenless Zone Zero
- Updates
News Elden Ring DLC Not Eligible for BAFTA's Best Game Award
"Full games" only
At this point, it's possible the whole Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree expansion probably taking home Game of the Year at Geoff Keighley's The Game Awards thing may have gotten under our skin. We're all FromSoftware fans here, but at the end of the day, DLC does not a full game make. Maintaining
- Bandai Namco
- PS5
- PS4
- Elden Ring
- BAFTAs
News Physics-Bending Platformer Bionic Bay Warps onto PS5 in March 2025
Let's Bay-blade
Publisher Kepler Interactive has announced a release date for its upcoming 2D platformer, Bionic Bay. Announced earlier in the year, Bionic Bay is a challenging puzzle platformer in which you're able to slow down time, shift gravity, swap positions with objects, and more. You'll use your various abilities to get through...
- Kepler Interactive
- PS5
- Bionic Bay
- Trailers
- Release Dates
News Flirt with Otakus As an Internet Angel in Needy Streamer Overload on PS5, PS4
Attention
Already available on Nintendo Switch and PC, visual novel Needy Streamer Overload is beaming to the PS5 and PS4 from 21st January. The game – which depicts the darker side of parasocial relationships – see you assume the role of a vapid individual, who’s only goal in life is to become an Internet sensation. “Turn Ame-chan –...
- WSS Playground
- PS5
- PS4
- Needy Streamer Overload
- Announcements
News Delightful Photography Adventure Toem Is Getting a Sequel
Two-em
One of our favourite indie games in recent years is Toem, a sweet, simple, black and white adventure game about taking photos. We're very pleased to learn that a direct sequel is in development. Aptly named Toem 2, all we have to go on right now is the above teaser trailer and a few screenshots. It looks to retain a similar visual style to...
- Something We Made
- PS5
- Toem 2
- Announcements
Tuesday10th Dec 2024
News Sony Highlights Biggest PS5 Games for 2025 in New Trailer
15+ PS5 games under the spotlight
Sony has uploaded a new trailer that spotlights some of the biggest PS5 titles currently slated to release in 2025. Watch it above, but the games it focuses on are: Ghost of Yotei Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Monster Hunter Wilds — 28th February Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii — 2
- Sony
- PS5
Feature The 10 Best Games on PS5 Pro, as Voted By You
Pro-fessional opinion
What are the best games on PS5 Pro? Last week, we asked Push Square readers to vote on a list of PS5 Pro Enhanced titles, in a bid to identify the most impressive upgrades on Sony's new console. A total of 1,698 votes were cast, and the results are in. Below, we've compiled the top ten most popular picks — and honestly,...
- Features
- PS5
News Cyberpunk 2077 Patch 2.2 Out Now, Expands Character Creation, Vehicle Customisation, Photo Mode
Plus 10 new cars to buy
Cyberpunk 2077 patch 2.2 has been revealed by CD Projekt Red, and it's a big one, weighing in at 9.6GB on PS5. The theme of the update is customisation — players are getting more ways to "express themselves" through loads of new options. This covers character creation and vehicles. What's more, photo mode has been...
- CD Projekt Red
- PS5
- Cyberpunk
- Patches
News Ubisoft's Handling of Canned PlayStation Exclusive WiLD 'a Real Scandal', Says Director
Michel Ancel has a story to tell
Some final, optimistic part of us always held out hope for WiLD; although we saw so little of Michel Ancel's lost title, we couldn't really tell you why. We got some closure on the game in August (a decade after it was announced), with developer Wild Sheep Studio confirming it was "no longer actively working on it."...
- Ubisoft
- WiLD
News 3 Bonus PS Plus Premium PS2 Games Available to Download Now
30th anniversary brings treats
Sony is still celebrating the 30th anniversary of PlayStation, with today's update shining a light on PS2 classics now live on PS Plus Premium in a bonus drop for the service. Available to download now in the UK and Europe, with availability rolling out to the USA later in the day, the three games are: Jak and...
- PS5
- PS4
- PS Plus
News Gamers Drawn to Troy Baker's Mesmerising Indiana Jones Like Moths to Flame
And Todd Howard's palpable disdain
A prestigious voice actor with incredible range, Troy Baker has dominated the video game voice acting industry for nearly two decades and keeps booking new gigs. But it's not just video game developers who are enamoured with the charismatic leading man; even during a blind casting for Indiana Jones and the Great...
- Bethesda
- PS5
- Indiana Jones
News Geralt Actor 'Slapped by CD Projekt', Walks Back The Witcher 4 Comments
"I don't know how true it is. I went off a rumour"
It seems Doug Cockle, the English voice of Geralt in The Witcher series since it began, got in some hot water over the comments he made back in August (resulting in articles like this). Cockle claimed that The White Wolf would be "part of the next game" but that the story wouldn't be "about him this...
- CD Projekt Red
- PS5
- The Witcher
