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Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 434
Grass season
Who’s going to win Wimbledon this weekend, then? This author’s money is on Novak Djokovic (safe bet, sure) and Elena Rybakina, but it should be fun either way. Of course, if you’re not into tennis, then at least you’ll have lots of sunshine to look forward to – a heatwave awaits, apparently. Sammy Barker, Editor: I have...
Feature Your Most Anticipated PS5, PS4 Games for the Rest of 2022
Push Square community top 10 revealed
At the start of this week, we asked the Push Square community to share the PS5, PS4 games they're most hyped about for the rest of 2022. After 8,000 votes, it's now time to reveal the results in the form of a top 10 countdown. Every game listed is either already confirmed to launch in the next six months with a...
Hands On The Crew 2's PS5 Patch Feels Better at 60fps, But There's a Catch
It's stinging our eyes
The Crew 2, due in part to outstanding ongoing support from publisher Ubisoft and developer Ivory Tower, remains relevant four years on from its original release. In fact, you could argue the game is getting better, with the latest season adding events inspired by Formula Drift World Champion Chris Forsberg – it’s...
Hardware Review Thrustmaster T248 Racing Wheel - A Great First Step for Curious Car Nuts
Won't steer you far wrong
The world of racing games is huge. For as long as video games have been around, we've been driving flashy cars around twisting circuits and bustling streets in pursuit of first place. Of course, most vehicular titles are perfectly playable using a regular controller, but hardcore enthusiasts will all tell you that a racing...
Feature What Are Your Most Anticipated PS5, PS4 Games for the Rest of 2022?
Have your say in the Push Square vote
After an action-packed first six months from Sony and third-party publishers, the rest of 2022 is promising just as much fun. We've already had the likes of Horizon Forbidden West, Elden Ring, and Gran Turismo 7 to entertain us at the start of the year, but now it is time to turn our sights to the end of it. Fo
Poll Are You Happy With Your PS Plus Essential Games for July 2022?
Plus or minus?
The PS Plus games for July 2022 have been officially announced, and as always, we want to know what you think of the selection. Just to be clear, we're talking about the PS Plus Essential line up here — we need to make that distinction now that PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium are a thing! A quick recap: July 2022's PS Plus titles...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 433
One more time
We made it to July, everyone. All the Not-E3 nonsense has passed, Stranger Things 4 has wrapped up, and we're one step closer to playing God of War Ragnarok later this year. Well, maybe. Hopefully. Until then, there's plenty of other gaming to do. Robert Ramsey, Deputy Editor: I regret to inform everyone that I've started playing...
Guide Upcoming PS5, PS4 Games for July and August 2022
F1 22! Digimon Survive! Madden 23!
As we head into July, we somehow find ourselves halfway through the year already. The months might be flying by at the speed of a shiny, new F1 car – which is more than fitting for this particular game round-up – but that doesn't mean we're going to miss any of the best releases headed our way. Below, we've...
Poll Was Sony's State of Play the Best Gaming Showcase of June?
The winner of Not-E3
Penning this poll almost feels like throwing a lit match into a room full of flammable gas, but we're going to do it anyway. We want to know: do you think Sony's latest State of Play actually ended up being the best gaming showcase of Not-E3? That is, the best gaming showcase of June 2022? We ask because we think this is a...
Round Up Cuphead DLC Reviews Say It's a Course Worth Savouring
Wine and dine
After many years of development, Cuphead DLC The Delicious Last Course launches today on PS4 for £6.79/$7.99. To coincide with the release, various outlets have begun posting their own verdicts and reviews. Only PC code was made available prior to launch, which is why you won't find a PS4 review here on Push Square today. However, we...
Soapbox I Tried So Hard to Like Elden Ring, But I Just Couldn’t Do It
Born of the Bloodborne, undone by the Elden Ring
Despite never having played any of FromSoftware’s previous releases, the presentation of Bloodborne was too intriguing for me to pass up at launch. I played for a few hours, beat a couple of bosses, and I didn’t like it. Fast forward to 2022. Elden Ring launches, and all my friends excitedly talk...
Talking Point What PS Plus Games for PS5, PS4 Do You Want This Month? (July 2022)
When will PS Plus be announced?
What are the PS Plus games for PS5 and PS4 in July 2022? When will All PS Plus Games for July 2022 be announced? We're in a brave new era for Sony's subscription service now, with all three tiers — PS Plus Essential, PS Plus Extra
Quiz Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 12
It's time to PlayStation
How much do you know about PlayStation and the gaming industry that surrounds it? If you fancy yourself a walking PlayStation encyclopaedia, then why not put your brain to the test with our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz? This is Issue 12 of our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz. You can have a crack at our previous...
Soapbox PS Plus Premium Has Turned My Email Inbox into a Nightmare
Thank You For Your Purchase
The new PS Plus tiers are only a few days old here in Europe, but they're already wreaking havoc on my email inbox (which, let's be real, is a total mess to begin with). If you don't know, every time you buy something from the PlayStation Store, Sony will send you an email receipt. Fair enough, but you can get absolutely...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 432
Feelin' hot
We've spent all year whining about the weather, and now it's officially too hot. Fortunately, rain is forecast for the weekend, so it's sure to cool down quick. Yours truly may just go and lie on the pavement, and let the cool water wash over. Robert Ramsey, Deputy Editor: I've been itching for some turn based Japanese RPG action, so...
Hands On Destruction AllStars' Improvements Tease PS5's Live Service Future
Glimpses of a new era
We’ll let you in on a secret: we had a wager running at Push Square Towers regarding when Sony would pull the plug on Destruction AllStars. This may prove difficult reading for the team at Lucid Games, so it’s important to stress that our internal book was entirely tongue-in-cheek – after all, we’d never purposefully...
Poll Which PS Plus Tier Are You Subscribed To?
Essential, Extra, or Premium?
Now that the new PS Plus tiers are available worldwide (they finally launched in Europe, Australia, and a few other regions earlier in the week), we simply have to ask: which tier are you subscribed to? PS Plus Essential is the new name for the standard PS Plus service. You get your online multiplayer access, cloud...
Reaction PS Plus' PS5, PS4 Restart Is Welcome and Smart
Revamp has us amped
The list of All PS Plus Games – which currently spans over 800 games if you pay up for PS Plus Premium – is quite startling. Sony had promised around 700 games prior to its revamped subscription’s release, so we already had an idea of what to expect, but seeing it all laid out on the
Feature What We Want From Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, and How It Needs to Improve on Remake
Don't believe in fate
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth has been officially announced, and it's already proving to be a popular talking point — perhaps as you'd expect, given the events of Final Fantasy VII Remake. This is a sequel that seems to be veering wildly from the once promised path, and 'Rebirth' certainly hammers that point home. But what do we...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 431
Super sonic
Well, that was the end of E3 week, then! To be honest, it’s not the end of the gaming excitement, however. The cool thing about publishers shifting their press conference schedules out of a single week is that we have so much more to look forward to over the coming months. And, let’s be honest, there’s a ton to play, too! Sammy...
Poll Which Final Fantasy Game are You Most Looking Forward to?
Far from final
The next 18 months or so are going to be huge for fans of Final Fantasy — assuming there are no delays! There are currently not one, not two, but three high profile Final Fantasy titles scheduled for PlayStation platforms before 2024. But which one are you most excited about? It all kicks off this winter with what Square Enix is...
Live Watch the Dragon's Dogma Digital Event Right Here
Continue the cycle
Capcom's dedicated Dragon's Dogma digital event takes place tonight, starting at 3PM PT / 6PM ET / 11PM BST / 12AM CET — or half an hour after the posting of this article. As the hopeful headline suggests, there's only one thing we — and almost every other Dragon's Dogma fan — wants from this show, and that's Dragon's Dogma...
Live Watch the Final Fantasy 7 25th Anniversary Livestream Right Here
Cloudy forecast
Final Fantasy VII is celebrating 25 years of being quite possibly the most iconic Japanese RPG of all time today, with Square Enix hosting the appropriately named Final Fantasy VII 25th Anniversary Celebration livestream. It begins at 3PM PT / 6PM ET / 11PM BST / 12AM CET — that's half an hour from the posting of this article. The...
Video In Defence of The Last of Us' PS5 Remake
You really gonna go through with this?
The Last of Us: Part I is real and some PlayStation fans are still reeling. Many feel that, given the original PS3 version is only nine years old, this is an unnecessary project. Factor in the fact that The Last of Us Remastered was ported to the PS4 just a year after the original, and this project has been...
Interview Falcom on The Legend of Heroes' Future, Bringing New Trails Games West, and More
Holding out for Heroes
With Japanese RPG series The Legend of Heroes more popular than ever before here in the West, we wanted to get in touch with developer Falcom to find out more about the franchise and its future. Luckily, we landed an interview with Falcom president Toshihiro Kondo himself, and he was happy to answer some of our most prominent...
Live Watch the Assassin's Creed Celebration Stream Right Here
Announcements? Maybe!
Ubisoft is hosting what it calls an 'Assassin's Creed Celebration Livestream', which begins at 9AM PT / 12PM ET / 5PM BST / 6PM CET (that's half an hour from the posting of this article). We don't know how long it's going to run, or what's going to be shown, which makes this whole thing a bit of a gamble! Still, we don't think...
Reaction PS Plus’ Revamp Is Hours Away, But Sony Still Has a Game Pass Problem
Xbox showcase leans heavily on day one inclusions
Microsoft did its big annual E3 shindig today. Of course, it’s not E3 because that’s in a graveyard somewhere being pointed at by industry know-it-all Jeff Grubb. But unlike Sony, the Team in Green has decided to retain its Sunday evening summer showcase slot, so if you ignore the fact this was a...
Live Watch the Future Games Show Livestream Right Here (11th June, 2022)
We go again
Not-E3 season is in full swing, which is to say we’re getting a disparate selection of livestreams and broadcasts – some big and some small. Future Games Show is another that’s been kicking around these past few years, and while you should keep your feet firmly on the ground, it may be worth a watch if you’ve little better to do...
Quiz Test Your PlayStation General Knowledge - Issue 11
It's time to PlayStation
How much do you know about PlayStation and the gaming industry that surrounds it? If you fancy yourself a walking PlayStation encyclopaedia, then why not put your brain to the test with our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz? This is Issue 11 of our PlayStation General Knowledge Quiz. You can have a crack at our previous...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 430
A big weekend
We’re in the thick of the summer showcase season, so it’s been non-stop news all week. To be honest, this author feels like it should be Wednesday or something – it’s actually Saturday now! Holy passage of time, Batman! Of course, there’s no Sony showcase this weekend – boo-hoo – but there are still lots of video games to...
First Impressions More Cuphead May Well Be a Tasty Final Dish
We preview The Delicious Last Course
The wonderfully vibrant art style of Cuphead is so timeless that returning to the brutal run and gunner almost five years after its release (two years for PS4 players) doesn't feel anywhere close to a step back in time. It's still a looker, and still hard as ever. It's that difficulty that fans will need to...
Poll Will You Buy The Last of Us: Part I?
Or is it a remake too far?
The Last of Us: Part I is real, and it's coming to PS5 on the 2nd September. The long-rumoured announcement was meant to be Geoff Keighley's big finale for Summer Game Fest Live, but Sony somehow managed to leak the entire thing through its own PlayStation Direct store just hours before the show. Perhaps that leak...
Video Does Battlefield 2042 Zero Hour Revitalise the PS5, PS4 FPS?
It may be fun, but is it enough?
Battlefield 2042 Zero Hour is finally here after a full seven months of waiting. This long-delayed season launch for the highly criticised entry in the military shooter franchise is hoping to bring players back, but is it too little too late? This first season comes to players for free with a new map, specialist,...
Round Up What Was Announced at Summer Game Fest Live?
All the PS5, PS4 reveals
With not a lot of June showcases for gaming fans to look forward to this year, many turned towards Summer Game Fest Live in the hopes of big reveals and huge announcements. Host Geoff Keighley poured some water on that fire by telling us to manage our expectations, so if you decided not to bother tuning in after hearing...
Poll Was Summer Game Fest Live a Show to Remember?
Did Keighley deliver?
Whether it's officially called E3 or not, Geoff Keighley will be there in June with a livestream packed full of video game reveals. This year it's Summer Game Fest Live, and the run-up to the show was dampened somewhat as the host himself told us to "manage our expectations". Was our hype better aligned as a result of...
First Impressions Stray Is Shaping Up to Be a Supurrbly Detailed PS5, PS4 Adventure
Cat's more like it
We recently got to see a surprisingly large chunk of Stray during a preview event, and it's safe to say that this cat sim is shaping up really well. The demo that we witnessed was being played live, and was split across several different sections of the game — all of which had something new to show. This was the most we've seen...
Round Up The Quarry Reviews Say It's As Good As Until Dawn
Supermassive back on form
The Quarry launches this Friday for PS5 and PS4, and reviews are starting to hit the web. This is the latest game from Until Dawn developer Supermassive Games, which has most recently been making The Dark Pictures Anthology with Bandai Namco. The Quarry is seen as a completely different project that stands by itself. Below...
Hands On Assassin's Creed Origins PS5 Patch Reminds Us That It's One of the Series' Best Games
A cut above Odyssey and Valhalla
It might be cool to hate on Assassin's Creed these days, but there's no getting away from the fact that the series is more successful than ever before, raking in absurd amounts of dosh for Ubisoft. What was once a stealth-focused sandbox franchise is now a proper open world RPG property, with Assassin's Creed Odyssey...
Liam wants his week of excitement back
And so here we are: the week in June we have come to expect all the biggest gaming news for the year to take place in has arrived. E3 has been the event on the calendar every fan, journalist, and developer alike would look forward to, safe in the knowledge something big was about to go down. It was an...
Poll Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Games for June 2022?
Plus or minus?
June's PS Plus games have been officially announced, and it's fair to say that this month's line up is an important one, because Sony's set to launch the new PS Plus tiers worldwide over the next few weeks. It's a bit of a shame, then, that the selection has been met with a wave of criticism. Most of that is directed towards 2018's...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 429
Origins story
An exciting end to the week brought us arguably the best State of Play of all time, refreshing our enthusiasm for the summer showcase schedule. But while there's lots to look forward to in the future, there are games to be played right now. Here's what's on our agenda. Sammy Barker, Editor: I'm meandering between a number of...
Video Is Star Wars Battlefront 2 Worth It In 2022?
Is the force with this one?
It has been close to five years since the controversial Star Wars Battlefront 2 launched on PS4. Back in November 2017, all that was to be said of this fun multiplayer shooter was that it was an unbalanced mess, marred by the intrusive inclusion of microtransactions and pay to win elements. It sprouted the ongoing...
Poll What Was Your Favourite PS5, PS4 Game Shown at State of Play?
Sony brings the big guns
Wow, it's been quite a while since we've seen a State of Play elicit such a positive response. Sony's latest show — which aired just last night at the time of writing — was expertly paced and packed with big games. It started with Resident Evil 4 and finished with Final Fantasy XVI, for god's sake! As explained in our...
Reaction Sony Kickstarts the Summer with Sizzling State of Play
All killer, no filler
Pound for pound, this was comfortably the best multi-game State of Play to date. No doubt. The content does the heavy lifting, of course – there won’t always be multiple titles with mass appeal to reveal – but this broadcast, modestly anticipated after past disappointments, was a handful of PS Studios additions away
Round Up What Was Announced During Sony's State of Play Livestream for June 2022?
All the PS5, PS4, PSVR2 reveals
Another State of Play livestream has come and gone, sharing with the world nearly 30 minutes of PS5, PS4, and PSVR2 reveals. Alongside games for Sony's next VR headset, titles from third-party partners were also promised. This round up is designed to give you a quick list of every single announcement from the show...
Poll Did Sony's Latest State of Play Livestream Live Up to the Hype?
The best one yet or the best one yet?
It's been a while since Sony's last general State of Play livestream, but the company returned with nearly 30 minutes of PS5, PS4, and PSVR2 announcements for its fanbase this week. Since we've already gotten a good look at the headset itself along with its next-gen controllers, Sony lifted the lid on some new...
Live Watch Sony PlayStation's State of Play Livestream Right Here (2nd June, 2022)
PSVR2! Third-Parties! Hype?
Where can you watch Sony PlayStation’s State of Play livestream? You'll find it on this very page. Sony is back with a slightly later than usual 3PM PT / 11PM BST State of Play broadcast, focusing purely on third-parties and a PSVR2 sneak peek. It must be reiterated that, while this is part of Summer Game Fest, it's not...
Poll What Review Score Would You Give Sniper Elite 5?
On target or out of focus?
The Sniper Elite series has been aggressively consistent, with storied developer Rebellion fine-tuning its execution with each iteration, rarely reinventing the wheel, but doing just enough with the franchise’s established stealth/sniping gameplay to keep it fresh. Gruff protagonist Karl Fairburne’s latest infiltration...
Hands On Roller Champions Has a Strong Core, But Struggles to Maintain Momentum
Dropped the ball?
Roller Champions is the newly released free-to-play multiplayer game from Ubisoft, presenting players with a brand new digital sport to master. On a surface level, it combines roller derby with basketball, though it folds in its own rules to make for a fresh experience. It's a perfectly good idea, and there are most definitely...
Reaction Why You Shouldn't Worry About Sony's New Strategy
Additional investment is exciting
PlayStation is steering its business in a new direction, and gamers are renowned for their reluctance to change. A recent mid-term strategy meeting elaborated on Sony’s intention to look beyond its traditional walled garden, bringing its content to more platforms and mediums. This, as is perhaps predictable, has...