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TodayTue, 21st Jan 2025
News Vintage Retro Sports Games Preserved on PS5, PS4 from 30th January
Acceptable in the 90s
One of the few real highlights of this generation thus far has been the abundance of retro game compilations, preserving classics on contemporary hardware. Accolade Sports Collection is honestly one that will be difficult to recommend, as this selection of retro sports releases will have aged like milk. However, we appreciate...
News Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Dev Refutes Saudia Arabia Ban Claim
"Congratulations, sir knight, you've finally become a man"
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is almost upon us, and the highly ambitious WRPG, a subgenre in which freedom of choice is essential, is shaping up to be the immersive, unabashedly single-player experience to beat in 2025. Likely because of that, a pernicous rumour has arisen online, one which...
News EA in Hot Water Over Alleged Use of Conflict Imagery in Battlefield Art
Seemingly innocuous asset again under scrutiny
Meaningful information is gleaned from official video game artwork less often than you might think, which is to say virtually never, so EA and DICE making headlines, again, for the same piece of promotional imagery released for the as-yet-officially-unannounced next Battlefield feels significant. With...
News Black Ops 6, Warzone Ranked Play Will Be Less Sweaty Soon on PS5, PS4
Season 2 will bring "the ability to disable cross-play for console players"
We aren't sure why this wasn't already the case, but Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Warzone players will soon be able to disable cross-play with PC in the restricted Ranked Play mode, which Activision hopes will "improve the gameplay experience." This news follows the firm's...
News Civilization 7 Goes Gold Ahead of Series' Simultaneous Launch Debut
A new golden age
Rejoice, fellow map-gazers: Firaxis' long-awaited Civilization VII is fast approaching and will be on us before you know it, arriving on PS5 and PS4 alongside PC on 11th February. Putting some final pieces of the puzzle into position, Civ VII has officially gone gold. Physical editions are now locked and loaded ahead of a first for...
News Platinum Trophy for Imminent PS1 Game MediEvil 2 on PS Plus Premium
40 Trophies to earn in total
Set to drop on PS Plus Premium inside the next 12 hours, there's a Platinum Trophy attached to the PS5, PS4 release of PS1 classic MediEvil 2. The full Trophy list has appeared on Exophase, though it doesn't appear to be joined by one for Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings — at the time of writing, at least. There...
YesterdayMon, 20th Jan 2025
News Damning PlayStation Studios Rumour Debunked After Live Service PS5 Game Cancellations
Devs did know about them
Earlier today, a follow-up story to last week's PlayStation Studios cancellations started doing the rounds online, claiming that the developers of these cancelled projects — Bluepoint Games and Bend Studio — only heard the news at the same time as everyone else. If true, the whispers painted a rather damning picture of...
News Infinity Nikki Sets Sail to the Firework Isles to Find Free Outfits in Massive PS5 Update
Ignite the light
Infinity Nikki’s update cadence is a lot quicker than other popular gacha games, which means v1.2 is almost upon us already. That means there are new outfits, quests, minigames, and more to look forward to from 23rd January. Named the Firework Season, this update is all about celebration, as our eponymous stylist sets sail to the...
News Hollow Knight: Silksong Still a 'Real' Game and 'Will Release'
It's been 84 years...
One of the most anticipated indie games of all time, Hollow Knight: Silksong is "real, progressing, and will release", with fans still begging for an update more than five years after its original announcement. The comment comes from a Team Cherry employee in marketing and publishing, responding to a fan asking how the game is...
News Resident Evil 6 Appears Set for a PS5 Port
New age rating spotted
Capcom is preparing a native PS5 version of Resident Evil 6 if new ESRB age ratings are to be believed. The outlet has a new listing for an "Xbox Series" version of the game (spotted by VGC), suggesting current-gen ports are on the way, with a PS5 port almost certainly included. Following efforts in recent years, much of the...
News Days Gone Dev Says It Still Plans to Create 'Cool Sh*t' for PS5 After Live Service Cancellation
Cruisin' for a bruisin'
PS5 fans have been left bemused by the news that Bend Studio was working on a live service game, which was cancelled as part of an internal review recently. Early last year, a job listing noted that the Oregon-based o
News The Worst Tomb Raider Game Should Play a Bit Better in PS5, PS4 Remaster
New control scheme, restored content for Angel of Darkness
Generally regarded as the worst Tomb Raider game ever, PS5 and PS4 players will soon be able to subject themselves to Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness by way of a second Lara Croft remastered collection. It's out next month, but as a new blog post on the Tomb Raider website shares, the...
Random Tekken 8 Boss Katsuhiro Harada Is Hashtag Open to Work
He isn't leaving Bandai Namco, just wants to meet new people
Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada has temporarily turned some heads with early indications that he could be back on the job market, a prospect likely to make most interviewees sweat. Updating his LinkedIn profile image with the hashtag #opentowork, Harada really just wants to meet new...
News Games Workshop Reportedly Cancels Mysterious Fantasy Warhammer RPG
Double-edged sword
Like 40,000's God-Emperor of Mankind, fantasy's Elector-Count of Reikland, Karl Franz, gives with one hand and takes with the other. Following the success of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 and news that IP holder Games Workshop was looking for the next big hit, it seems an in-development RPG set in the grimdark fantasy version...
News Kriegsfront Tactics Plots Turn-Based Mecha Action on PS5
Mechanized Jungle Guerilla Warfare
Kriegsfront Tactics is a gritty turn-based tactical RPG in the style of the Front Mission series, and it's coming to PS5 at some stage in the future. Rather than the future tech you might expect, Kriegsfront is set in an alternate 1970s South Asia and features a low-poly retro art aesthetic. Commanding a squad of...
News Hollow Knight: Silksong Dev Trolls Fans with Delicious Chocolate Cake
856 days and counting
Hollow Knight: Silksong still doesn't have a release date, but that hasn't stopped developer Team Cherry from trying to have its cake and eat it, too. Having tortured its fanbase for years with an admirably lackadaisical pace of development, the devs are now trolling players with a picture of a piece of chocolate cake. This...
News Code Violet Takes Aim at Dinosaur Horror in June on PS5
We might have a crisis on our hands
Code Violet is the (presumably) official title of TeamKill Media's upcoming third-person horror game, in which players must run, hide, and fight to survive an unfortunate outbreak of genetically engineered dinosaurs. Despite having an announcement trailer on the official PlayStation YouTube channel and a...
News Would You Pay $100 for GTA 6?
Some of the games industry hopes so
There is apparently "hope" within the games industry that Rockstar Games will increase the price of Grand Theft Auto 6 to as much as $100 so that other developers can feel justified in raising the cost of their own games. Documented in a report from analyst Matthew Ball of Epyllion (via VGC), it's claimed that GTA...
Saturday18th Jan 2025
News More Astro Bot Content on the Way as New Speedrun Level, Bot Revealed
That's Heihachi!
It appears Team Asobi has more content planned for Astro Bot, but the evidence is sourced from a rather unlikely place: a jigsaw puzzle. Following his departure from PlayStation, Shuhei Yoshida has been sent a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle of the PS5 ship featured in the game and lots of Special Bots surrounding it. Eagle-eyed users...
Poll Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for January 2025?
Plus or minus?
The first batch of PS Plus Extra and Premium games for 2025 have been revealed, and as always, we want to know your thoughts. Extra, Sony's middle subscription tier, had some great months in 2024, dishing out loads of highly rated releases across the year. Some would argue that it's been the most consistent of the three PS Plus...
News Shuhei Yoshida on PSVR2: 'I'm Sorry'
Far from a PS2 moment
The recently departed PlayStation executive Shuhei Yoshida has apologised for how PSVR2 hasn't turned into a PS2 situation, where Sony successfully built on its first iteration to release an even more successful product. Speaking on the Kinda Funny Gamescast (via UploadVR), it appeared Yoshida had very little positivity to...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 564
And chill
With the launch of Dynasty Warriors: Origins, the 2025 release schedule has finally begun. There's lots to look forward to over the next 12 months, so get a move on with those backlogs and catch up to the present so that we can enjoy all of the promising titles ahead. This is what we're playing this weekend, either old or new. Aaron...
Friday17th Jan 2025
Poll Are You Playing Dynasty Warriors: Origins?
Return of the King(doms)
It's been close to seven years since Dynasty Warriors 9 came along and soured Koei Tecmo's cult hack and slash series. But with Dynasty Warriors: Origins, the Japanese publisher has breathed new life into the franchise — a fresh start that was so desperately needed. "In many ways, Dynasty Warriors: Origins is the series...
News Major Path of Exile 2 Update 0.1.1 Out Now on PS5, Patch Notes Are Massive
The grind continues
Path of Exile 2 developer Grinding Gear Games has confirmed that Patch 0.1.1 is dropping this week. It'll be the action RPG's first major update, as the team gears up for 2025 as a whole. We don't have official patch notes just yet, but in the above video, game director Jonathan Rogers gives an overview of what you can expect...
News Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Finally Reveals Its First DLC Pack, Featuring 11 Characters
Super Heroes
Bandai Namco has finally dropped a trailer that confirms the first batch of DLC characters for Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero. As expected, this initial wave is based on 2022's fantastic Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero movie. It includes 11 new fighters, one additional costume — Piccolo's Red Ribbon soldier disguise — and three new...
News Dragon Age: The Veilguard Director Is Leaving BioWare
Having served an 18-year career at EA
Dragon Age: The Veilguard game director Corinne Busche is leaving BioWare after an 18-year career at EA, with two of them in the position on the RPG project, Eurogamer reports. It is understood the developer hasn't been affected by any layoffs elsewhere; this is simply Busche moving on in the coming weeks...
News Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Sales Reach New Heights as Game Celebrates Sixth Anniversary
Watch your altitude
Bandai Namco has announced a new sales milestone for the brilliant Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown. Now six years old, the campy combat flight sim has sold over six million copies across all platforms. The publisher also notes that this means the series as a whole has now surpassed 20 million units. "Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown is...
News Now Sadly Passed, the Legendary David Lynch Directed One of PlayStation's Strangest Adverts
Rest in peace
David Lynch, the renowned film director and writer, has passed away aged 78. Known for his influential works like Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive, The Elephant Man, and so many more, Lynch leaves behind an extraordinary, inimitable legacy that has had an enormous impact on movies, TV, and games. Notably, he also wrote and directed one...
News Lists of Sony’s Cancelled Live Service PS5 Games Paint a Worrying Picture
How many of the 12 confirmed projects are still alive?
With another two of Sony's live-service PS5 games cancelled and sent to the scrapheap, PlayStation fans and games media have started to truly map out the results of the company's Games as a Service efforts, announced a few years ago. The results, outside of an unexpected Helldivers 2 success...
Reaction Sony's Live Service Push Has Been a Disaster of Utterly Insane Proportions
A new low
Live service. The two words that every PlayStation fan seems to pop a blood vessel over. And you know what? That kind of visceral reaction now seems justified. Under former CEO Jim Ryan's leadership, PlayStation had announced its intent to blitz the live service market — to create PS5 mega hits that would rake in unprecedented dough. To...
News Sony Cancels Bluepoint, Bend Studio PS5 Games, One Being a Live-Service God of War Title
The two developers won't be closed
Sony has revealed via a Bloomberg article that it has cancelled PS5 projects from both Bluepoint and Bend Studio. The two developers remain open and won't be shut down, and Sony is now
Guide Dynasty Warriors: Origins Guide: Your Ultimate Resource
Everything Dynasty Warriors: Origins
In this Dynasty Warriors: Origins guide, our goal is to help you with the game's main systems, ranging from your all-important kingdom choice, to forging the best possible weapons. If you're looking to get the most out of Origins — especially after completing the campaign — then this guide should hopefully...
Thursday16th Jan 2025
News Conan the Barbarian Slices Heads Off in Mortal Kombat 1 Next Week
21st January for Kombat Pack 2 owners
The latest Mortal Kombat 1 guest character, Conan the Barbarian, will be available for Kombat Pack 2 owners to play from 21st January 2025 in a week of early access. The fighter becomes available for everyone else on 28th January, leaving standard players an extra seven days to mull over the gameplay trailer...
News PS5 Accessories in Midnight Black Up for Pre-Order Now
All release on 20th February
Pre-orders for a range of PS5 accessories in a new Midnight Black colourway are available now at various retailers, from Amazon to PlayStation Direct to
News Shuhei Yoshida: If You Want New First-Party PS5 Games, You Should Support Remasters
They're good, actually
Some PS5 fans have been a little frustrated by Sony's output over the last few years, with what feels like fewer brand new games and an increase in remasters and remakes. While that's an understandable frustration, ex-PlayStation executive Shuhei Yoshida says these projects are necessary to allow first-party teams to keep...
News Switch 2 Reveal Indirectly Adds Credence to Halo PS5 Rumours
Loving Nate the Hate
After countless leaks and rumours, Nintendo's Switch 2 has finally been officially announced, and the industry is now patiently awaiting further information in a few months' time. It's always exciting when a new console is on the horizon, and as mentioned, they usually bring a lot of rumours and leaks with them. Notably,...
News Shuhei Yoshida Reels Off List of Reasons the PS Vita Bombed
Vita still means life, though
Shuhei Yoshida, a now-former PlayStation executive, has gone over a few reasons why the PS Vita wasn't as big a success as the company hoped. Talking on Kinda Funny Games, he goes over a handful of technical reasons the handheld console failed before delving into what he believes is the main contributor to its...
Preview Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii Is an Absurd, Great Twist on Like a Dragon
Hands on impressions after two hours of play
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is the sort of video game name where the subtitle warrants a sentence all to itself. Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. RGG Studio has always embraced the series' comical facets, but not until now has it ever been so blatant and — quite frankly — proud of them. After more...
News Stylish PS5, PS4 Fighter Bleach: Rebirth of Souls Reveals Story Mode, Combat System, and More
Don't call it a comeback
Bandai Namco's released a meaty new trailer for Bleach: Rebirth of Souls, covering the brawler's combat system and various game modes — including its story adaptation. Combat-wise, we can't help but think that Rebirth of Souls looks pretty interesting. It's got the kind of simple fundamentals that you'd expect from a...
Rumour Next State of Play Showcase Set for Next Month
So says Nintendo Switch 2 leaker
Sony's next State of Play livestream will take place next month in February, the leaker who just correctly suggested the Nintendo Switch 2 will be announced today has hinted. Responding to a user on Twitter asking about the next possible State of Play showcase, NateDrake responded: "How's February sound?" A State...
News Anticipated JRPG Sequel Trails through Daybreak 2 Gets a Big Demo Next Week on PS5, PS4
A Trails trial
Publisher NIS America has announced its plans to release a playable demo for Trails through Daybreak 2 on both PS5 and PS4. Dropping next week, on the 24th January, the demo sounds rather robust. You'll be able to play through the game's opening up until the start of Chapter 1 — which clocks in at a good few hours. You can then...
News Full Until Dawn Movie Trailer Reveals New Time Loop, Out 25th April
Wendigos confirmed as one of the monsters
Sony and PlayStation Productions have now uploaded a full Until Dawn movie trailer after the promising first look video earlier this week proved a fair bit better than expected. Now with two and a half minutes of footage, we can get a better understanding of how the time loop mechanic in the film works...
Poll Will the Switch 2 Compete with PS5?
The Switch up
Yes, it finally happened: the Switch 2 has been officially revealed. After months of frankly obnoxious rumours and leaks, Nintendo's next console has been confirmed for a 2025 release. We'll hear more about it on the 2nd April, which gives us three months of additional speculation to endure. Yay! Snark aside, we're obviously looking...
News Why Hasn't Sony Done Anything with Bloodborne? Shuhei Yoshida Has a Theory
Ex-PlayStation exec weighs in
For a long time, a burning question among PlayStation fans has been why Bloodborne remains untouched. Well, Shuhei Yoshida, who just exited the company, has offered his theory on the subject. Speaking to Kinda Funny Games in a recent interview, Yoshida says that the beloved FromSoftware action RPG is "one of the most...
Site News The Push Square Mailbox Is Officially Open, Send Us Your Letters
Be published on Push Square
Community is a huge part of what makes Push Square special. We've always enjoyed interacting with our readers, whether it's through the comments section, polls, or quizzes — but we want to go one step further here in 2025. In a move inspired by the gaming magazines of old (and our friends at Nintendo Life, admittedly),...
News Spider-Man Will Soon Reunite with Insomniac's Iconic Advanced Suit in Marvel Rivals
White spider costume coming soon
Naturally, Spider-Man is among the large (and growing) cast of playable characters in Marvel Rivals. His default look in the hero shooter is quite traditional, but you'll soon be able to switch it up with a new outfit coming to the game soon. If you prefer the look of Spidey's suit in the Marvel's Spider-Man series,...
News MGS Delta: Snake Eater Funko Pops Have a Release Date Before the Game Does
They're out on 25th March
At this rate, you will be customising your gaming room with Metal Gear Solid: Delta Snake Eater Funko Pops before any physical copy of the actual game. It's been noticed that versions of the naff collectibles based on Naked Snake and The Boss are available to pre-order now, even with an actual release date of 25th March...
News Star Wars Jedi: Survivor's Lingering PS5 Pro Issues Reportedly Fixed
Galactic credit where it’s due
Reported around the time of the hardware's launch back in November, those lingering PS5 Pro image quality issues in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor have allegedly been fixed. Developer Respawn Entertainment has pushed out a patch specifically aimed at outstanding technical problems, such as flickering in the volumetric fog,...
News Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii Unloads PS5, PS4 Combat Overview Trailer
Shiver our timbers
Looking increasingly ship-shape, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii arrives next month on PS5 and PS4 worldwide on 21st February. SEGA has offloaded a solid gameplay overview trailer (using an impressive number of pirate puns) to hold you over in the meantime, highlighting Majima's suitably savage combat options. The Mad Dog...
News PlayStation Arc Complete, Shuhei Yoshida's Voice Acting Career Begins
He just loves games
Yesterday was industry legend Shuhei Yoshida's last day at PlayStation. Before we'd even had a chance to miss him, the icon is back, revealing his entry into the world of professional voice acting. Shu's first role will be as MonouGe, a bizarre, anthropomorphic mascot for a grimy, haunted video game arcade in Promise Mascot...
