Gaming is good for you.

You don't see this every day: the DualSense controller, PS5's official pad, has been successfully used to carry out remote surgery.

The news comes via a report from Fox News, who say Swiss surgeons have performed long distance endoscopy using the controller. Operating on a pig in Hong Kong nearly 6,000 miles away, the system involves robotic apparatus, a magnetic endoscope, and the DualSense to control the device remotely. A PS3 Move controller has also been used in these experiments.

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A few more dawns to wait.

The Until Dawn PS5 and PC remake is now available, and you may be wondering if and when we're going to review it. As one of Sony's first-party releases for 2024, we'd be remiss to skip this one. However, we won't have a review ready for you just yet.

Review copies were only sent out yesterday and, while there's no embargo to adhere to in this case, we want to ensure we're properly putting the game through its paces. Push Square editor Sammy Barker is on the case, playing through the revamped slasher horror adventure, and will be able to deliver his assessment in the coming days.

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Kept you waiting, huh?

One of gaming's most iconic performances is David Hayter's voice work for Snake in the Metal Gear Solid series. While he was replaced by Kiefer Sutherland in MGSV: The Phantom Pain, Hayter's turn as the beloved character is held in very high regard.

He's not played the part for well over 10 years, but the actor and writer is seemingly back in the saddle.

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S-bot-ify.

We love basically everything about Astro Bot, but one aspect has stayed with us weeks after wrapping it up — the soundtrack. Now, it's available for all to enjoy outside the game itself.

The PS5 platformer's jolly OST can now be listened to on all your usual music streaming services, such as Spotify, Apple Music, and the like:

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Hell yeah.

PS5 Pro is set to arrive in a little over a month, trumping the current console with a souped-up GPU, AI-assisted upscaling, advanced ray tracing tech, and more. While the asking price is pretty steep, many PS5 games will be taking advantage of the new hardware, and it's a list that continues to grow.

The latest addition is Diablo 4, Blizzard's latest ARPG. The confirmation comes courtesy of the publisher's senior vice president, Rod Fergusson:

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"Tf is metaphor?".

We've been poking fun at Atlus ever since it started steadfastly refusing to admit (in marketing material, anyway) that its imminent RPG, Metaphor: ReFantazio, is actually coming to PS5 and PS4 on 11th October, forcing us to do it for them. Xbox quite obviously paid for this privilege, which is fair and fine; however, some Atlus fans don't think Microsoft is doing enough to market the game, taking it upon themselves to make the sentiment known.

As pointed out by The Gamer, Atlus fans are a pretty hardcore bunch, with the Japanese developer putting out bangers for decades now. With Metaphor directed by Persona 5 visionary Katsura Hashino, plenty of invested players want to see the stylistic game succeed, essentially sight unseen. With Xbox not being nearly so well known (historically) for its JRPGs, some fear the game will underperform in Japan, where the console has never really made much headway, potentially impacting the studio's future releases.

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Miracle machine.

While future games sound interesting in theory, we already have plenty of older games in our backlog. Oddly, that might be another reason to pick up Sony's shiny mid-gen refresh, the PS5 Pro. PlayStation product manager Toshimasa Aoki has indicated that a specific setting will enhance certain PS4 games and that the extra, boosted performance will even reduce PSVR2-induced motion sickness.

Japanese outlet 4Gamer spoke to Aoki (thanks, PSLS), who said that an Image Quality Boost feature allows for simple upscaling on PS5 currently, without utilising PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR). On PS5 Pro, Aoki says this can be used to enhance the performance of titles that support variable frame rates. Elsewhere, Aoki says that this boost will even benefit PSVR2 users, alleging that the enhanced performance (and thus, fewer dropped frames) will reduce the motion sickness some users experience.

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Full Steam ahead.

Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered was recently revealed to a mixed reception, but that $10 upgrade option appears to have won over most Push Square punters. Dedicated support studio Nixxes is at the project's helm, assisting in enhancing Guerilla's open-world action game for PS5. In an interesting turn of phrase, one dev recently said, in reference to Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered: "After five PlayStation PC ports, the first big PlayStation content project from Nixxes Software is coming up!"

The tidbit is about a week old, but it was spotted on LinkedIn and posted on the popular forum ResetEra overnight. We could be reading into things a bit here, but that phrasing certainly sounds like more "content projects" are planned. We verified the post, which remains up at the time of writing, and so who knows, with rumours of a Days Gone remaster starting to snowball, perhaps Sony truly does plan to keep simply refreshing its past hits.

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Cheers.

Best Served Cold is an upcoming murder mystery game in which you play the role of bartender, aiding the police in apprehending some of the killers who frequent your speakeasy in an alternate-history Europe where alcohol prohibition is in effect. There is no release date yet, but you can raise a glass to that setup on PS5 and PS4.

Set in an atmospheric, surprisingly expansive world, developer Rogueside's game takes place in Bukovie, a city beset by labour strikes, rationing, civil unrest, and the looming spectre of foreign war. Across five cases, a cast of 22 characters will come through the doors, and you'll need to charm, cajole, and outright threaten them to keep your bar open, the drinks flowing, and the number of bodies piling up to a minimum.

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You may fire when ready.

Title Update 2 is now available for Star Wars Outlaws, and Ubisoft appears to have begun meaningfully addressing the most common complaint we've seen: how stealth works. That said, it seems there is more drastic work to be done, with Title Update 4 (21st November) specifically focused on deepening stealth and combat mechanics, so if you've held off this long, it may just be worth holding out.

Regardless, today's patch should hopefully reduce general friction, with "improved stability and performance across all platforms" and "improved animation of Kay's movements" being other standouts. In addition to the more usual patch note suspects like bug fixes and tweaks, the developer highlights changes to enemy AI, pathing, positioning, and detection that should make sneaking about more satisfying. At 3.80 GB on PS5, it's pretty substantial, and if you'd like to peruse the complete list, you can check it out here.

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AAAvatar.

Saber Interactive, Paramount Game Studios, and Avatar Studios have jointly announced a collaboration on a brand new, AAA game set within the popular Avatar franchise. Not the James Cameron one, the other one.

Set to arrive on PC and consoles, this untitled Avatar video game will be the biggest in the history of the franchise. While there have been several games based on the adventures of Aang, Korra, and their allies, it sounds like this will be the big action RPG fans have been waiting for.

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Please shut up.

God of War Ragnarok released on PC recently, and despite including a new option to scale back companion AI puzzle hints, players still aren't happy about the situation.

A newly launched mod for the action RPG, named Please Shut Up (Companion Mute Mod), pretty much does what it says on the tin. It removes more than 1,500 lines of dialogue from companion characters, drastically reducing the amount of "helpful" support from Kratos' allies.

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Until another Dawn?

Note: This story contains spoilers for Until Dawn.

Sony and developer Ballistic Moon are on the cusp of releasing a PS5 and PC remake of Until Dawn, the beloved horror adventure game. However, some received their copies early, and the result is some leaked information being shared around online.

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Source code and much more stolen.

Red Barrels, the development studio behind the Outlast series, has suffered a major cyber attack.

In a statement on its website, the developer Red Barrels confirms its "internal IT systems" were hacked, "involving access to some of its data". Having completed an investigation of the situation, the team confirms that players of its games are unaffected by the data breach.

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Time to Oct in.

Today, 3rd October 2024, Sony has set live pre-orders for numerous upcoming items in the realm of PlayStation. It's clear the platform holder is targeting a big PS5 push this holiday season, with new accessory colours and first-party games inbound — and all up for advance purchase right now.

First, there's the Chroma Collection. This is a series of new, iridescent colour schemes for PS5 accessories; you can get PS5 cover plates and DualSense controllers in attractive Chroma Indigo, Chroma Pearl, and Chroma Teal. The former two come out on 7th November, while the latter launches 23rd January.

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Wooly or won't he.

The indie horror scene on PC is always throwing out breakout hits, and a lot of them wind up on consoles. The latest of these is Amanda the Adventurer, which comes to PS5 and PS4 on 10th October, 2024.

The game is a mystery at its core; you discover a bunch of video tapes in an attic, each playing episodes of the titular kid's TV show. While it's presented as a saccharine educational program, things take an unsettling turn as you learn more about Amanda the Adventurer.

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A matter of perspective.

Konami is currently developing Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, a remake of the beloved PS2 stealth action title. While many aspects are true to the original, players can opt for a modern, over-the-shoulder camera — but doing so will affect the level of challenge.

Speaking to Famitsu, Yuji Korekado explains that the remake has two options for camera perspective. 'New Style' puts the game in that modern third-person view we're all accustomed to, while the 'Legacy Style' retains the original game's more zoomed out approach.

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What's the plan, Mistah J?

While very different games, Concord recently launched to a dismal response from players, and Sony pulled the plug after just two weeks. With the onset of Suicide Squad's Season 3 of live service content, nearly nine months out from launch, Warner Bros must be looking at the player count that killed Concord with some envy. Despite losing some $200 million and counting, it continues to endure.

Eurogamer has been keeping tabs on Rocksteady's unfortunate departure from its previous, excellent Arkham series. With the pivot to a live service structure clearly not going as planned, at least on PC (where such things are painfully exposed), Season 3 drew in less than 300 concurrent players at launch, down from an all-time peak of 13k back in February. Granted, it's not the weekend yet, but to that we say, why not wait a couple of days?

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Better together.

Over-the-top amphibian shooter AK-xolotl is getting a free update today for players on PS5 and PS4, adding the essential local co-op update. We've come to expect this as traditional for indies featuring aggressive animals, following in Cult of the Lamb's footsteps, and certainly can't complain.

It features all-new enemies, weapons, systems, bosses, environments, and of course, co-op play. If you missed this one previously, its a good bit of fast and frenetic fun. A top-down roguelike shooter in the tradition of Enter the Gungeon, an arsenal of ridiculous weaponry keeps the fun unpredictable and fresh. In theory, that should go doubly so with twice as many players.

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