Push Squares PlayStation Quiz of the Year 2021 – Push Square

One clever retailer made a scale model of the PS5 to let customers compare its size against other items. Which retailer was this?

GameStop
B&Q
Walmart
IKEA

The answer is IKEA.

Fans helped to raise lots of money for repairs to a damaged torii gate on the real island of Tsushima. Approximately how much did the crowdfunding campaign make?

25 million yen
31 million yen
29 million yen
27 million yen

The answer is 27 million yen.

Electronic Arts acquired racing specialists Codemasters this year, but only after outbidding another publisher. What other company wanted Codies?

Embracer Group
Take-Two
Xbox
PlayStation

The answer is Take-Two.

Resident Evil Village’s Lady Dimitrescu became a viral sensation as fans grew obsessed with her height. Officially, how tall is she?

8 feet, 10 inches
10 feet, 2 inches
7 feet, 11 inches
9 feet, 6 inches

The answer is 9 feet, 6 inches.

Balan Wonderworld had its share of problems, but an important fix in the day one patch prevented what?

Unintentionally terrifying animations
An unavoidable game-crashing bug
An immeasurably embarrassing typo
Potentially seizure-inducing flashing images

The answer is Potentially seizure-inducing flashing images.

Many cast members of The Last of Us’ HBO adaptation were revealed this year. Who is playing Ellie?

Kaitlyn Dever
Ashley Johnson
Nico Parker
Bella Ramsey

The answer is Bella Ramsey.

Roughly how long did it take Sony to backtrack on the closure of the PS3, and Vita PS Stores?

One week
Two weeks
Four weeks
Three weeks

The answer is Three weeks.

Games don’t always launch in the best shape. Which PS5 title inadvertently left in access to developer shortcuts via keyboard before being patched out?

Subnautica: Below Zero
Chivalry 2
Far Cry 6
Returnal

The answer is Returnal.

Sony Pictures Animation is getting into games, collaborating with which PlayStation studio?

Image: Netflix

PixelOpus
Sucker Punch
Media Molecule
Firesprite

The answer is PixelOpus.

Who is that on Hideo Kojima’s mouse mat?

Image: Hideo Kojima

Norman Reedus
Conan O’Brien
Hermen Hulst
Geoff Keighley

The answer is Hermen Hulst.

What is the name of this game, announced in 2021?

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Battle Royale
Tom Clancy’s Waste of Time
Tom Clancy’s XDefiant
Tom Clancy’s 100

The answer is Tom Clancy’s XDefiant.

We knew about Sony’s acquisition of Bluepoint Games long before it was officially announced. Why?

Jim Ryan blurted it in an interview
PlayStation Japan posted the wrong image on Twitter
Bluepoint Games changed its social pages ahead of time
The PlayStation Blog mentioned it in a post by mistake

The answer is PlayStation Japan posted the wrong image on Twitter.

A fast food chain tried (and failed) to run a competition to win a custom DualSense controller decorated with fries and burgers. Which chain was it?

McDonald’s
Taco Bell
Burger King
Wendy’s

The answer is McDonald’s.

Blue Box’s Abandoned was a hot topic this year, and it all came crashing down after months of conspiracy theories and rumours. What were fans speculating the game secretly was?

A Silent Hill game by Hideo Kojima
A Siren game by Hideo Kojima
A brand new game by Hideo Kojima
A Condemned game by Hideo Kojima

The answer is A Silent Hill game by Hideo Kojima.

A Fall Guys fan was immortalised with an in-game costume after doing what?

Spending a year in a home-made Fall Guys outfit
Eating only beans for a year
Running a live action version of Fall Guys
Playing Fall Guys non-stop for 100 hours

The answer is Spending a year in a home-made Fall Guys outfit.

What is Marvel’s Midnight Suns?

Smash Bros-style multiplayer brawler
Overwatch-style hero shooter
XCOM-style strategy game
Uncharted-style action/adventure

The answer is XCOM-style strategy game.

Which God of War Ragnarok character went viral due to their newly revealed physical appearance?

Týr
Odin
Angrboða
Thor

The answer is Thor.

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is set to feature an iconic villain with Venom. Which Hollywood horror star is taking up the role?

Nick Castle (Michael Myers)
Tony Todd (Candyman)
Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger)
Anthony Hopkins (Hannibal Lecter)

The answer is Tony Todd (Candyman).

Can you name which publisher this new logo belongs to with the name removed?

THQ Nordic
Square Enix
Capcom
Bandai Namco

The answer is Bandai Namco.

Who is this eFootball monstrosity meant to be?

David de Gea
David James
David Marshall
David Seaman

The answer is David de Gea.

Sony’s next generation PSVR headset was announced in 2021. How many cables will you have to plug in?

None, it’s wireless
Three
One
Two

The answer is One.

Jade Raymond founded a new game studio this year, and is in partnership with PlayStation. What is the studio called?

Image: Jade Raymond

Heaven Studios
Haven Studios
Heather Studios
Heathen Studios

The answer is Haven Studios.

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition released in November, but one of the three games is coming separately to PS Now. Which one?

GTA 3
GTA Vice City
GTA San Andreas

The answer is GTA 3.

A December report claims Sony is on the cusp of announcing a rival service to Xbox’s Game Pass. What is the supposed codename for this project?

Spartacus
Theseus
Kratos
Tiberius

The answer is Spartacus.

In which game engine is Keanu Reeves being rendered here?

CryEngine
Unreal Engine 5
Decima Engine
Trick question, that’s the real Reeves

The answer is Unreal Engine 5.

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