TodayThu, 20th Aug 2020

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  2

  News Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales Will Use PS5 to Convey Spider-Sense

  Tingling

  Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, as one of the flagship PlayStation 5 launch titles, will take full advantage of the DualSense controller to convey the lead character’s spider-sense. Writing on the PlaySt

  • 4 mins ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Marvels Spider-Man
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  3

  News PS5 Promo Partially Filmed in Actress' Apartment to Maintain Social Distancing

  Advert created in COVID conditions

  Sony has just revealed the first global advertisement for PlayStation 5. It's a flashy production, sporting some seriously impressive CGI alongside a single human performance. How did this thing get made, given the current climate? Fortunately, we have a couple of tidbits that detail how the promo came to be...

  • 19 mins ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Advertisements
  • Commercials
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  12

  News Developers Can’t Stop Hyping Up the PS5 Controller

  First-party chimes in

  The PlayStation 5 DualSense controller sounds like it's genuinely going to revolutionise the way we interact with games, and developers appear to be chomping at the bit to tell us all about it. As part of a PlayStation Blog post detailing the first worldwide advert for the PS5, various first-party studios have detailed how...

  • 34 mins ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • DualSense
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  50

  News New PS5 Advert Officially Revealed

  Feel more

  Update: Sony has officially unveiled the new PS5 advert after it leaked earlier today. This video is an extended version of the below cut, but is largely the same. There's an emphasis on the PS5's major innovations that aim to immerse you even further in games. It's a flashy promo, and you can read more about it over on the PlayStation...

  • 49 mins ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Videos
  • Commercials
  • Advertisements
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  13

  News Sony to Share More PS5 News and Info in the Coming Weeks

  Patience is a virtue

  With the console almost certainly scheduled to release in around three months, it’s probably a no-brainer that Sony plans to share more about the PlayStation 5 in the “coming weeks” – but considering we still don’t have a PS5 price or a PS5 release date, we’re not taking anything for granted in this coronavirus...

  • 1 hour ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
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  9

  Guide New PS4 Games This Week (17th August to 23rd August)

  Mortal Shell! PGA Tour 2K21! Samurai Jack!

  What new PS4 games are launching in physical shops and as part of the PlayStation Store update this week? It's actually a surprisingly busy week, with Mortal Shell, New Super Lucky's Tale, and Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time sure to attract some attention. For a full list of all new PS4 game release dates...

  • 1 hour ago
  • PlayStation Store Update
  • PS4
  • Release Dates
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  2

  News Solve The Suicide of Rachel Foster on PS4 Next Week

  The Shining-esque

  That's probably not the jolliest headline you've ever read on Push Square, but then The Suicide of Rachel Foster is dealing with a pretty serious subject. This first-person, narrative thriller comes to PlayStation 4 next week on 26th August 2020, promising an intense "investigation, where melancholy and nostalgia meld into a...

  • 2 hours ago
  • Daedalic Entertainment
  • PS4
  • The Suicide of Rachel Foster
  • Release Dates
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  2

  News What Happened to PSVR Game Star Child?

  MIA

  You know development of a game probably isn't going too well when this is just the third article we've ever written covering Star Child since its announcement back in June 2017. This PlayStation VR title was revealed at Sony's E3 conference that year and it hasn't ever been seen since, even skipping the recent

  • 2 hours ago
  • Playful Studios
  • PS4
  • PlayStation VR
  • Star Child
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  59

  Guide Best PS4 FPS Games

  Shoot to kill

  What are the best PS4 FPS games? First person shooters have evolved a lot over the last couple of generations. The genre has become broad and surprisingly varied, boasting titles that cover a wide range of themes, tones, and concepts. Whether you're into sci-fi, real world wars, or you just like filling ugly monsters with lead, your...

  • 2 hours ago
  • Guides
  • PS4
  • FPS
  • Features
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  6

  Review PGA Tour 2K21 - Sim Will Suit Golf Fans to a Tee

  Green screen

  If you’re the type of person who prefers their country parks to have 18 holes, then you’ll no doubt be familiar with The Golf Club series. Canadian developer HB Studios’ efforts over the course of this generation have been fascinating to observe from afar. The first game in its simulation series launched shortly after the...

  • 3 hours ago
  • Reviews
  • 2K Sports
  • PS4
  • PGA Tour 2K21
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  41

  News 505 Games Attempts to Explain Control's PS5 Upgrade Scandal

  It all comes down to cash

  Control publisher 505 Games caused controversy last week when it revealed that only owners of the third-person shooter’s new Ultimate Edition would be able to upgrade to the PlayStation 5 version for free. If you own the original, regardless of whether you have the Season Pass or not, you’ll be bang out of luck...

  • 3 hours ago
  • 505 Games
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Control
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  53

  News Chinese Action Game Black Myth: Wu Kong Is Attracting a Lot of Attention

  And it could come to PS5

  Chinese studios are no strangers to outsourcing for the biggest AAA titles, but local teams are beginning to tackle their own projects as well. We’ve seen signs of this through Sony’s China Hero project, which is designed to help independent devs port their titles to the PlayStation 4 and release them globally. Some...

  • 3 hours ago
  • Game Science
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Black Myth: Wu Kong
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  2

  Guide When Is Gamescom Opening Night Live 2020?

  Dates, times, and where to watch

  Gamescom 2020 is, understandably, going all digital this year, but what isn't changing is Opening Night Live. Produced and presented by Geoff Keighley, this is a live press conference that's being brought back after its inaugural showing last year. It's back for 2020, but what are all the details? What time does...

  • 4 hours ago
  • Gamescom 2020
  • PS4
  • PS5
  • Events
  • Guides
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  1

  News JBL Enters Headset Market with Quantum One Primed for PS5, PS4

  Ultimate spatial audio

  With the launch of the PlayStation 5 slowly approaching, you may be thinking about how you can upgrade your gaming setup to take full advantage of the next-generation hardware. Sony will be offering its own Pulse 3D wireless headset alongside the console, but what if you're looking for something even more high-end? JBL, the...

  • 5 hours ago
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Accessories
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  33

  News Demon's Souls PS5 Remake Rated for Release in Korea, Japan

  Is it a launch title?

  It's no longer just Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales that can boast of a Korean rating as far as upcoming PlayStation 5 games go. The Demon's Souls remake joins the club, as spotted by Gematsu, and what's more, it has also been rated for release in Japan. Of course, these games were always going to launch in those territories...

  • 5 hours ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • Demons Souls
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  5

  News Ghost of Tsushima Patch 1.07 Boosts Stick Tolerance and Fixes More Bugs

  Available to download now

  Sucker Punch Productions has been very good about releasing a new patch for Ghost of Tsushima on a weekly basis ever since launch last month, and it's no different this time around. Patch 1.07 can be downloaded right now on PlayStation 4, bringing with it some smaller tweaks, fixes, and additions. The biggest of which is...

  • 6 hours ago
  • Sony
  • PS4
  • Ghost of Tsushima
  • Patches
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  4

  Review Peaky Blinders: Mastermind - Strategy Spin-Off Falls Short

  Feeling a bit peaky

  We can't quite remember when we got distracted by something else and stopped watching Peaky Blinders. All we can say is that Scarecrow was in it, Bane wasn't, and the nice palaeontologist from Jurassic Park was a rotter. We'll have to go back to it one day. Anyway, tie-in video game Peaky Blinders: Mastermind is a prequel to the...

  • 7 hours ago
  • Reviews
  • Curve Digital
  • PS4
  • Peaky Blinders: Mastermind
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  28

  News PS5 UI Concept Imagined by Animator

  How it could look

  We’ve seen a few scant seconds of the PlayStation 5’s user interface thus far, as Sony teased it during its next-gen reveal event. Brazilian animator and graphic artist Paulo Manso has taken it upon himself to expand upon the sample, creating a concept of what the system’s main menu could eventually look like. It remains...

  • 15 hours ago
  • Sony
  • PS5
  • UI

YesterdayWed, 19th Aug 2020

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  37

  Guide Best PS4 Local Multiplayer Games

  The best offline multiplayer games on PlayStation 4

  What are the best PS4 local multiplayer games? Which couch multiplayer games should you play on PS4? While many titles offer great online experiences, nothing quite beats local multiplayer together with friends and family in the same room. Finding the right game can quickly turn four best mates...

  • 1 day ago
  • Guides
  • PS4
  • Local Multiplayer
  • Features
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  49

  News Horizon Zero Dawn PC Patch 1.02 Brings More Substantial Updates

  Red head redemption

  Just as promised last week, Guerrilla Games has once again updated the PC version of Horizon Zero Dawn in order to fix some of the glaring issues the port is currently facing. Patch 1.01 addressed some more minor issues, but this latest update is a more substantial one that delves into V-sync and frame rate issues. Update 1.02 is...

  • 1 day ago
  • Guerrilla Games
  • PC
  • Horizon
  • Patches
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  19

  News Crysis Remastered Name Drop Removed From PlayStation Access Video

  Is it coming out on Friday?

  Update: PlayStation Access has now removed any mention of Crysis Remastered from the YouTube video mentioned in this article yesterday. That either means it was simply a mistake or the game is indeed shadow dropping on Friday and the team is trying to cover their tracks to make it a bit more of a surprise. We'll find out...

  • 1 day ago
  • Crytek
  • PS4
  • Crysis
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  36

  News Prince of Persia Remake Hopes Reignited as Retail Listings Leak

  Sands of time

  Look, normally we’d treat product listings published by Guatemalan retailers with a shrug of the shoulders, but when reliable journalists like Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier comment on them – well, you kinda have to pay attention, don’t you? Here’s the story: MAX posted a page for a PlayStation 4 game named Prince of Persia...

  • 21 hours ago
  • Ubisoft
  • PS4
  • Prince of Persia
  • Rumours
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  28

  News Fall Guys Will Delete the Yellow Team if Tweet Gets One Million Retweets

  The lunatics

  If you ever need to brush up on your marketing skills, just have a look at the Fall Guys Twitter account. The man behind the profile has been on absolute fire ever since the game burst onto the scene, putting out funny tweets that instantly go viral and kicking off a charity competition for brands to engage with. However, has he gone...

  • 2 days ago
  • Devolver Digital
  • PS4
  • Fall Guys
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  3

  News Minecraft's Jurassic World DLC Proves That Bricks Find a Way

  We need more teeth

  The new Jurassic World movie is back in production after a brief coronavirus-induced shooting hiatus, but while you wait for the film to release, Minecraft should help to satiate your hunger for dinosaur-themed media. To be fair, this update looks absolutely fantastic, whisking you away to an idyllic island where life simply finds...

  • 2 days ago
  • Mojang
  • PS4
  • Minecraft
  • Jurassic World
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  32

  News PlayStation Store Games Under £16/$20 Sale Has Excellent PS4 Deals

  Castlevania! Metal Gear! Ni no Kuni!

  Bit of a weird name for this one, but we move. A new PlayStation Store sale is now live and it's titled Games Under Promotion -- we take this to mean a larger cluster of the usual Games Under £16 and Games Under £4 discounts that pop up time and again. This sale is now live through until midnight on 1st...

  • 1 day ago
  • Sony
  • PS4
  • PlayStation Store
  • Europe
  • US
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  28

  News Why Didn't GTA: Liberty City Stories, GTA: Vice City Stories Release on PS4?

  Rockstar classics were rated

  Sony’s desperately short-lived PS2-to-PS4 programme was strongly supported by Rockstar, and a couple of years ago it looked like it was set to complete its Grand Theft Auto pentalogy by deploying PlayStation Portable ports Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories on Sony’s...

  • 22 hours ago
  • Rockstar
  • PS4
  • Grand Theft Auto
  • GTA
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  40

  News Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Announced, Full Reveal Next Week

  Know your history

  After months of rumours and a series of community teases, Activision has finally officially confirmed Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. That's all we have to go off of right now, but the full reveal will take place next week on Wednesday 26th August 2020 inside Call of Duty: Warzone. Development is led by Treyarch and Raven...

  • 18 hours ago
  • Activision
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Call of Duty
  • Announcements
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  9

  News DOOM Eternal Render Modes Let You Transform the Visuals as You Rip and Tear

  Set the MOOD

  It's a quiet Wednesday afternoon, and Bethesda has taken the opportunity to spotlight a fun feature in DOOM Eternal. The bloody first person shooter looks great as it is on PlayStation 4, but if you like, you can swap out the default visuals for something a little different. There are various render modes available in the game that can...

  • 23 hours ago
  • Bethesda
  • PS4
  • DOOM
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  21

  News FIFA 21 Won't Allow PS5 and PS4 Players to Interact with Each Other

  No cross-play of any kind

  If you and a group of mates pick up FIFA every year, you're going to have to make sure you all upgrade to the PlayStation 5 together if you want to continue playing against one another in FIFA 21. That's because the latest iteration will not support cross-play of any kind, meaning those who stick with the PlayStation 4 past...

  • 1 day ago
  • EA Sports
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • FIFA
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  9

  News This Is How Your PS4 Controller Works

  Understand the engineering behind your pad

  Considering how many hours we spend with a DualShock 4 controller in our hands, we’ve never really wondered how it all works. Oh, we complain about the short battery life or the wear and tear that can occur to the plastic of the analogue sticks – but how does it know that we, er, keep pushing square?...

  • 22 hours ago
  • Sony
  • PS4
  • DualShock 4
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  12

  News Sony Celebrates the UEFA Champions League Final with Free PS4 Theme

  Die besten

  Paris Saint-Germain have already booked their place in the UEFA Champions League final, but they’re likely to face stiff competition from German juggernaut Bayern Munich – unless Lyon can make it an all French final tonight with the biggest upset since, well, when they beat Manchester City the other day. You’ve no doubt already seen...

  • 1 day ago
  • Sony
  • PS4
  • Themes
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  3

  News Unrailed Is a Co-Op Train Management Game Arriving on PS4 Next Month

  Choo choo

  At first glance, Unrailed looks like lots of other indie titles with its simplistic, blocky visuals. However, this game seems like a neat new spin on co-op play that has us intrigued. Up to four players, online or local, must work together to get their train from A to B, gathering resources to build more track and carefully planning ahead...

  • 1 day ago
  • Daedalic Entertainment
  • PS4
  • Unrailed

Tuesday18th Aug 2020

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  Guide All Free EA Play Games on PS4

  Every EA Play game in the PS4 Vault

  What free games are available to download as part of EA Play – formerly known as EA Access – on the PS4? And how much does it cost to subscribe to EA Play on the PS4? The behemoth publisher’s subscription service has been rebranded on the PlayStation 4, and in addition to early access and discounts, it also...

  • 2 days ago
  • Guides
  • EA Play
  • Features
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  101

  Guide Best PS4 Graphics

  PlayStation 4's best looking games

  What are the best PS4 graphics? There are many handsome games on the PlayStation 4, but in this article we’re going to list the titles that truly dazzle with both their artistic and technical achievements. Whether it’s sprawling open worlds or densely detailed cinematic adventures, these are the best looking...

  • 2 days ago
  • Guides
  • PS4
  • Graphics
  • Features
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  48

  News GTA Fans Are Going Gaga Over Vice City Online Domain

  Miami vice

  Grand Theft Auto fans have been losing their collective minds over a Vice City Online domain name that developer Rockstar updated earlier this year. The site – GTAViceCityOnline.com – was registered by the company all the way back in 2009, a year after the release of Grand Theft Auto IV. However, the address was updated in March of...

  • 2 days ago
  • Rockstar
  • Grand Theft Auto
  • GTA
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  9

  News EA Access Officially Rebranded EA Play, PS4 App Overhauled

  Play has no limits

  As announced last week, EA Access has been officially rebranded EA Play today. The membership service has retained all of its features – including access to an ever-growing vault of legacy software, discounts on software, and early access trials – but has been given a fresh lick of paint as part of its new name. If you’ve...

  • 2 days ago
  • EA Play
  • PS4
  • Apps
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  11

  News Hitman 3 Scrapping Ghost Mode, Hitman 2 Servers to Close

  Dumped

  Hitman 3 will not include competitive multiplayer option Ghost Mode when it launches, as IO Interactive plans to remove the feature from Hitman 2 at the end of the month. Writing on its official website, the Danish developer explained: “We have learnt a hell of a lot from Ghost Mode over the last two years and we’ll be taking all of those...

  • 2 days ago
  • IO Interactive
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Hitman
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  64

  News PS5 Console Exclusive Deathloop Has Been Delayed to Q2 2021

  Polishing time

  Well, that's one less PlayStation 5 launch game to look forward to. Arkane Lyon has made the understandably difficult decision to delay Deathloop to Q2 2021, meaning it will miss the launch of Sony's next-gen console by a considerable number of months. The team states that it will share another update on the game soon, but the delay...

  • 2 days ago
  • Bethesda
  • PS5
  • PS4
  • Deathloop
  • Delays
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  12

  Random Unbelievable Fall Guys Win on Perfect Match Is One of the Best Clips We've Seen Yet

  The grapes of wrath

  A strength of Fall Guys is that it can be just as entertaining to watch as to play. This is evident with the game's consistently high viewership on Twitch, but we're also seeing this with countless gameplay clips being shared around the web. Gaming subreddits are awash with hilarious or impressive videos from the battle royale...

  • 2 days ago
  • Devolver Digital
  • PS4
  • Fall Guys
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  21

  Reminder This Is Your Last Chance to Get a Bargain in PS Store Summer Sale

  Act fast

  If you've been eyeing up a PlayStation 4 game that is currently part of the PlayStation Store Summer Sale, you've only got a couple of hours left to claim it. The promotion ends at midnight on Wednesday as another set of deals takes over in the morning of the same day. The final round of the sale includes Final Fantasy VII Remake for...

  • 2 days ago
  • Sony
  • PS4
  • PlayStation Store
  • Europe
  • US
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  10

  News Pretending I'm a Superman, a Documentary About Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Is Out Today

  A slice of PlayStation history

  There's no questioning the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series' huge impact on PlayStation. The franchise has not only been an enormous seller for Activision, it brought skateboarding into popular culture and made The Birdman a household name. So, what's the story on how it all came to be? A new documentary, titled...

  • 2 days ago
  • Activision
  • PS4
  • Tony Hawk
  • Movies
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  7

  Mini Review Manifold Garden - A Real Visual Treat

  Eden prime

  Manifold Garden is one of those games that, in the same vein as Journey and Inside, can be considered an "experience" more than anything else. Sure, it's a first-person, 3D puzzler at heart, but defining it as that does a disservice to the game's greatest aspect -- its visuals and atmosphere. This is a real treat for the senses. You need...

  • 2 days ago
  • Reviews
  • William Chyr Studio
  • PS4
  • Manifold Garden
  • Mini Reviews
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  19

  News Fall Guys Turns Brand Hunger for In-Game Skins into Charity Bidding War

  SpecialEffect to benefit

  Fall Guys is the in thing right now, and everyone wants a piece. A little while ago, we reported that all kinds of gaming-related companies and brands have been tripping over themselves to collaborate on in-game outfits for the popular game. It's remarkable to see an indie game get so much attention, and it sounds like...

  • 2 days ago
  • Devolver Digital
  • PS4
  • Fall Guys
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  14

  News WWE 2K Battlegrounds Roster Has More Than 70 Wrestlers at Launch

  Post-launch content adds even more

  We're exactly a month away from the launch of WWE 2K Battlegrounds and so you might be wondering which wrestlers, new and old, will be part of the roster at launch. IGN bagged the exclusive on this one, revealing that more than 70 of WWE's finest will do battle in this arcade-style brawler at release on 18th...

  • 2 days ago
  • 2K Sports
  • PS4
  • WWE 2K
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  6

  News Take Care of the Dead in Spiritfarer on PS4 Today

  Farming and dying

  Surprise! As part of Nintendo's Indie World presentation today, it was announced that Spiritfarer will be launching today at the asking price of £19.99/$29.99. That means the PlayStation 4 version will be hitting Sony's digital store shortly, bringing with it what is described as a "cozy management" experience all about dying. As...

  • 2 days ago
  • Thunder Lotus
  • PS4
  • Spiritfarer
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  11

  Soapbox Rhythm Games Are the Real Stars of PSVR

  Move to the beat

  Reviewing Pistol Whip recently, I started thinking about PlayStation VR rhythm games and why specifically I seem to like them so much. And after putting some thought into it, I think I finally figured it out. Music is a very physical thing. No matter who you are or what kind of music you hear, some part of you is going to innately...

  • 2 days ago
  • PS4
  • PlayStation VR
  • Soapbox
  • Features
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  4

  News The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe Pushed Back to Early 2021

  Stanley was displeased

  We suppose this shouldn't come as too much of a surprise. The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe was announced way back at The Game Awards 2018, and we've been patiently awaiting this enhanced edition of the game ever since. All we've heard about the game is that it would be delayed until sometime in 2020. Unfortunately

  • 2 days ago
  • Crows Crows Crows
  • PS4
  • The Stanley Parable
  • Delays
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  4

  News Geocities Simulator Hypnospace Outlaw Browses PS4 from 27th August

  Under construction

  It’s all under construction GIFs and aggressive UIs in Hypnospace Outlaw, a 90s Internet simulator set to release on the PlayStation 4 from 27th August. The title – which is already available on PC – will ship with the Hypnospace Plus update, which includes 75 additional pages to explore, new HypnOS themes and games, and a...

  • 2 days ago
  • No More Robots
  • PS4
  • Hypnospace Outlaw
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  4

  News Untitled Goose Game Will Let You Terrorise the Village with a Friend in Free Co-Op Update

  Untitled Geese Game

  Here's a nice surprise: Untitled Goose Game is getting a free co-op mode. Announced today, developer House House is working on a local multiplayer update for its smash hit game about being a nasty goose. With this new mode, you and another mischievous player will be able to antagonise the little English village together. It...

  • 2 days ago
  • Panic
  • PS4
  • Untitled Goose Game
  • Updates
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  News Corporate Rogue-lite Game Going Under Starts Up on PS4 in September

  Watch the new trailer

  Going Under might be a rogue-lite, but it's one that looks like nothing else. Coming from publisher Team 17, this game sees you playing as an intern at a company that fosters start-up businesses, and you're sent into the depths to fend off failed tech companies. It's an odd one, then, but with that wonderfully colourful...

  • 2 days ago
  • Team 17
  • PS4
  • Going Under
  • Trailers
  • Release Dates