That was a slow week, wasn't it?

Did much happen this week in the video games industry? Can't say we noticed. Seemed like a quiet one, to be honest. Here's what we're playing.

Jamie O'Neill

I'm still making the most of PS1 Armored Core being part of the recent PS Plus Premium picks, before I create SSD space to download one of April 2025's PS Plus Essential games next week.

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Skewers April release date.

Sometimes, a game's core concept alone is enough to sell it — and that's exactly what Two Strikes is going for.

You may recall a title called One Strike, which released back in 2017 on PC, and 2018 on Nintendo Switch. As its name suggests, the pixel art fighter was based around the idea of one hit, one kill — and Two Strikes is its successor. Can you guess how many hits it takes to kill your opponent this time around?

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Title Update 1 is here.

It's been just over a month since Monster Hunter Wilds launched on PS5, and the action RPG's right back in the spotlight thanks to Title Update 1.

This first major patch adds new monsters, new quests, a new multiplayer hub, and more, tempting lapsed players back into the creature-crushing fold. And based on how quickly Wilds' servers crumbled following the update's release, we're confident that it's been a success.

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And everything else, of course.

The United States is on the verge of imposing significantly higher tariffs on all imported goods, and onlookers are concerned about the immense impact this will likely have on the price of PS5.

From 5th April 2025, a blanket 10 per cent will be applied to all goods coming into the US, and in addition, greater levies will be put in place for some 60 countries from 9th April.

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It's a whopper.

You know an update's popular when the game's online functionality is brought to its knees.

Title Update 1 is now live for Monster Hunter Wilds, having dropped in the early hours of the morning. However, as the day's gone on and more of the western world has woken up, the RPG's servers have started to buckle.

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For now, anyway.

The phrase “consumer friendly” gets tossed around a lot and is rarely ever true. All companies want to extract money from your wallet at the end of the day.

But there are scales to this sort of stuff, and some organisations tend to be fairer than others.

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Nintendo there from the start with The Duskbloods.

Despite its next two revealed games in Elden Ring Nightreign and The Duskbloods being focused on multiplayer, studio FromSoftware is stressing it hasn't abandoned its bread and butter: single player titles.

In a new interview with Nintendo following the Switch 2 Direct that unveiled The Duskbloods, director Hidetaka Miyazaki said the developer "still intends to actively develop single player focused games" like Elden Ring that "embrace our more traditional style".

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Mark your calendar.

There's something going on with Cyberpunk 2077, but it's near impossible to determine what that something is at the time of writing.

The game's official social media accounts seem to be in a teasing mood — and that's where all of this speculation is coming from. Over on X (formerly known as Twitter), the team's been posting, er, birthday calendars for a little while now.

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45 minutes of announcements and updates.

After its debut last year, the Triple-i Initiative is back for its second showcase on 10th April, 2025.

The Triple-i Initiative is a video game presentation that shines a spotlight on titles that occupy the indie/AA space.

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Due to "creative" issues on TV project.

Sony has made the decision to change its Horizon Zero Dawn adaptation from a TV show with Netflix to a movie.

Talking to Variety, the PlayStation Productions lead Asad Qizilbash said the TV project in collaboration with Netflix was not "creatively going how we wanted to". Now, a Horizon Zero Dawn film will be made instead. Qizilbash also said as part of the interview that Sony is considering turning Astro Bot into a feature film.

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Point and click.

If you’re playing on the PS5 and PS4, then you’ll already be familiar with the DualSense and DualShock 4 as your primary control options. But did you know Sony’s consoles also include mouse and keyboard support?

While it’s down to individual developers to implement support for the optional accessories, we’re keeping tabs on all titles which feature mouse and keyboard controls on this page.

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Must be funny.

Only 5% of PS5 fans “don’t have a problem” with $80 games. The remaining 95% are against a hypothetical price increase, as could become a reality due to Nintendo’s pricing of Mario Kart World.

But of the 1,500 gamers polled, 30% said they would “grudgingly” cough up the increased fee for “select titles”. It’d be interesting to know which franchises fans deem worthy of the price; we’d assume blockbusters like GTA and God of War.

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New updates likely coming soon.

PlayStation has updated all its social media channels and pages with images relating to its upcoming live-service game Marathon, with developer Bungie posting the first tease.

On Twitter, the team has begun posting black and neon green imagery that fans have found leads to an ARG. The latest update takes the form of a security alert video linking to a website:

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Sony considering an adaptation.

Sony could turn its excellent platforming franchise Astro Bot into a movie in the future, as PlayStation Productions lead Asad Qizilbash has confirmed the company is "absolutely" considering a film adaptation.

Expanding on the suggestion, Qizilbash explained to Variety how Sony picked up on last year's PS5 entry earning many awards and building up an audience of enthusiasts. "Those are very early indicators for us to want to try and grow that franchise and grow that IP. So we’re constantly looking at that."

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Metacritic rating of 49.

Releasing in theatres tomorrow, 4th April 2025, the A Minecraft Movie adapts the obscenely popular video game for the big screen. It stars the likes of Jack Black, Jason Momoa, and Emma Myers, with critic reviews now live.

Reviews are mixed overall; the Metacritic rating sits at 49 currently, and the Rotten Tomatoes score is only a bit higher at 56. Below you'll find a selection of reviews from various outlets, including the highest and some of the lowest ratings.

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Skills and holsters are all gone.

Naughty Dog deployed update 2.0 for the PS5 version of The Last of Us 2 Remastered earlier today to coincide with the PC port's release, but if you still have the option to, you might be better off cancelling the download for now.

PS5 players in the middle of a playthrough of the game are reporting in their droves that patch 2.0 has broken all of the character upgrades they've unlocked so far, removing them altogether. Depending on where you are in the game, this could leave either Ellie or Abby with no enhancements and no additional holsters to quickly equip other weapons from.

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Stock up.

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow developer MercurySteam has released another Blades of Fire gameplay video, this time going a little more in-depth on the title's combat and weapon systems.

As noted in our last article, we've been getting God of War (2018) vibes from this one, but at least mechanically speaking, Blades of Fire sets itself apart.

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Mixed reports published for TLOU2 Remastered.

The technical issues that Sony and its in-house PC porting specialist team Nixxes are encountering when bringing PS5 exclusives to desktops and Steam Deck don't appear to be going away, as with The Last of Us 2 Remastered launching on PC today, analysis from outlets reveals more flaws.

Websites like PC Gamer and Digital Foundry agree the sequel's PC port is much, much better than the disaster that was The Last of Us: Part 1 at launch. However, the follow-up isn't without its own problems. Digital Foundry reports "intense frame-time disruption" when entering new areas, and despite running on superior hardware, the recommended medium settings produce worse graphics in certain situations than the original PS4 version.

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Just like the Switch.

As you may have noticed, Push Square is not a Nintendo-driven website. However, when something as big as the Switch 2 showcase is upon us, it only makes sense to write about it from a PlayStation perspective. After all, new hardware has an impact on the entire industry.

And so, having watched yesterday's big Direct, we asked Push Square readers to share their thoughts on Nintendo's new system. In a dedicated Poll article, we put two questions forward: 'Are you sold on the Switch 2?' and 'Could the Switch 2 become your console of choice?'

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