Tag: Dreams
News Media Molecule Reveals Details on This Year's Impy Awards as Dreams Turns 3 Years Old
Happy birthday!
They grow up so fast, don't they? PS4 make-'em-up Dreams celebrates its third anniversary today, and to go along with the milestone, Media Molecule has unveiled some of its plans for the fourth annual Impy Awards. In case you don't know, the Impy Awards is a yearly ceremony in which the developer and the Dreams community celebrate...
Feature 5 Free Dreams Games That Belong on PS Store
Lucid
For anybody not already invested in Media Molecule's excellent creation suite, Dreams is sort of a hard sell. It's settled into its niche at this point, having found a dedicated community keeping things buoyant with a steady stream of fascinating new content. However, for anyone outside the bubble, it can be difficult to really grasp the true...
And the community is playing a huge part
We shouldn’t forget that Media Molecule makes amazing games. The likes of Tearaway and LittleBigPlanet were award-winners, but Dreams’ post-release discussion has centred squarely on its community. This will please the modest Guildford-based first-party, of course: it has one of the most collaborative...
News The Land of Lost Dreams, a Halloween Treat in Dreams on PS4, Is Available Now
Media Molecule's spooky new event now live
Developer Media Molecule has brought the Halloween spirit to Dreams once again with this year's special event. All Hallows': The Land of Lost Dreams is now available in-game, and it looks like another great excuse to fire up the unique PS4 exclusive. You can get an idea of what to expect in the above...
News Explore the Land of Lost Dreams in Media Molecule's Latest Halloween Event
Dreams turns spooky once again
Arguably one of the best things about Dreams is its evolving calendar of in-game events, and Halloween tends to be particularly good. All Hallows': The Land of Lost Dreams is this year's spooky excursion, and it looks typically great in the above trailer. Accessible in-game starting from 20th October, the event...
News Claim Your Very Own Patch of Spooky Forest in Dreams' Upcoming Halloween Event
All Hallows': The Land of Lost Dreams
Dreams has in-game events all year round, but the All Hallows' events each October are always a highlight. The community of creators, alongside Media Molecule, put together brilliant things to see and do within the create-'em-up, and it looks like this year will be no different. All Hallows': The Land of Lost...
News Push Square Now Has Its Very Own Dreams Collection Made by Media Molecule
Push Square to Dream
Here's a shocker: we love Dreams here at Push Square Towers. The potential of Media Molecule's make-anything-you-want creation suite was obvious from the early days, and it's proved its own value over and over again. It's fostered a dedicated, passionate community of creators that are making some genuinely excellent things, be...
News DreamsCom 22 Brings an Entire In-Game Expo to Dreams on 26th July
Booths! Interviews! Live streams!
One of the best parts of Dreams, Media Molecule's magical create-'em-up, is its dedicated, positive community, so it's only right that the fans are celebrated each year. DreamsCom is the game's annual in-game event that acts like a digital exhibition, and it returns this year very soon, on 26th July. From that...
News Dreams' Digital Expo DreamsCom Returns This Summer with New Ways to Participate
Submissions now open
Within the realm of Dreams, there are a few consistencies that rein in the madness, and DreamsCom is one of them. It's an in-game event that acts like a gaming exhibition for all the wild and wonderful things the community makes using Media Molecule's toolbox. DreamsCom 22 has just been announced, and submissions are now open if...
Random Amazing Dreams Remake of Unreal 5 Train Station Scene Is Playable Now
Plus: Watch a timelapse of its construction
Update (19/5/22): When we first shared this story about a Dreams recreation of that Unreal Engine 5 demo, the work was only half done. Now, though, artist Martin Nebelong has completed the reconstruction, and it's kind of amazing how closely he's been able to match that photo-realistic scene. You can see...
News Dreams Update 2.44 Brings Big Improvements to Create Mode, Available Now
Patch notes, get yer patch notes
Dreams features lots of great user-made experiences to play/watch/listen to, but that's only half the game. Where Media Molecule's PS4 exclusive really gets crazy is with its versatile Create mode, allowing users to make more or less whatever they like. While the toolset was fantastic at launch, there is always room...
News Noguchi's Bell Episode 2 Continues to Push the Potential of Dreams on PS4
Available to watch now
Dreams is still going strong thanks to its dedicated community of creators and players, and there are always new impressive sights and sounds in the Dreamiverse. A particularly ambitious project from Cyber Sheep Film is Noguchi's Bell, a series of animated short movies being produced entirely within Media Molecule's game. The...
News Dreams' Community Awards Show, The Impys, Returns Later This Month Following Delay
Trophy time
The third annual Impy Awards was due to take place in February, but Media Molecule was forced to push back the Dreams community show to a later date. Fortunately, we now have a date and time to write on our calendars. If you're into Dreams and want to see which creators have earned themselves a trophy, you'll want to keep 27th March...
Random This Elden Ring Artwork Made in Dreams Is Simply Stunning
The Lands Between
Here's your semi-regular reminder that Dreams is amazing. The make-anything creation suite really does have very powerful tools, and you can create some truly breathtaking things if you know what you're doing. Case in point: this fantastic fan art for Elden Ring. The creation seen in the above video is the work of Martin Nebelong,...
News Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Rights to Movie Being Painted in PS4 Game Dreams
A Winter's Journey
After a tense and strenuous week, let’s all exhale with an uplifting story about the power of video games: Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the distribution rights to Alex Helfrecht's A Winter’s Tale, a movie which is being partly painted in PlayStation 4 game Dreams. The extraordinary film is set in Bavaria during 1812,...
News This Dreams Recreation of Returnal's Archonact Is Staggering
Larger than life
Well, the Jurassic Park scene recreated in Dreams was good, but this may be better. At the very least, it matches it: Polish creator BadRobo82 has recreated Returnal’s Archonact, and it’s a real achievement. With floating cybernetic tentacles and menacing glowing eyes, this monster looks every bit as fearsome as it does in the...
Random We Thought This T-Rex Made in Dreams Was a Shot from Jurassic Park
Stunning recreation goes viral
It's been a little while since we've had a Dreams creation go viral, hasn't it? Media Molecule's create-'em-up platform lets players make whatever they like, and there are countless examples of amazing works from the community. It's always a good feeling when the game can capture some broader attention, and an...
News Major Dreams Update Makes Creation Easier with Templates, Adds New Media Molecule Game
Ancient Dangers: A Bat's Tale available now
Media Molecule has just released a huge new update for Dreams, and it's targeting both sides of the game: play and creation. With version number 2.35, the studio is introducing a major new feature to DreamShaping, the part of the experience in which you create things, but it's also releasing an original...
News Dreams' Community Awards Ceremony The Impys Returns in February
Nominations are open now
Whether you pay it any mind or not, Dreams forges on, and it's gearing up to celebrate another year's worth of community creations. Yes, the third annual Impy Awards has been officially announced, recognising the achievements the game's user base has reached over the last 12 months. As always, there will be an awards...
News Dreams Central, a Social Entertainment Hub Made in Dreams, Hits Kickstarter
Back ambitious project now
A handful of ambitious creators are aiming to push Dreams to its limit — one group is building a social hub before the creation suite is even capable of online play. While Dreams Central will remain an offline experience to start with, the PlayStation Home-inspired project is looking seriously impressive, and we're...
News Dreams Joins Forces with Ghostbusters: Afterlife for Official Mini-Game Based on the Movie
Watch the cast play it, too
Dreams is whatever you want it to be, and Media Molecule is using that potential to forge some amazing collaborations with other brands. The latest of these is a team-up with Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the new reboot of the classic film franchise. Dreams community members SlurmMacKenzie and byvsen were contacted by the...
Hands On All Hallows' Dreams: Ghost Train Is a Frightfully Fun Halloween Event on PS4
Dreams' latest community collab is a treat
Dreams provides players with a toolset with which to make more or less anything they please, but as with any creative medium, a blank canvas can be the most daunting thing of all. It's why one of the game's best ongoing features is the community jam, which provides everyone with a theme, and a deadline to...
News Dreams Is Teaming Up with Professor Brian Cox for Latest Community Jam
Space jam
Tell you what, Media Molecule doesn't half pick some unusual collaborators for Dreams. The studio has worked alongside artist Noah Cyrus, the cast of the Jumanji movies, Wallace & G
News All Hallows' Dreams: Ghost Train Looks to Be a Real Treat, Live Now in Dreams on PS4
All aboard
Dreams remains one of PlayStation's most fascinating games, and that's partly down to its ever-evolving landscape of community-made stuff. A real highlight, whether you get involved as a creator or you just play the end result, is all the special events, including the annual Hallowe'en showcase, All Hallows' Dreams. It's back this year as...
News All Hallows' Dreams: Ghost Train Takes You on a Spooky, Community-Made Thrill Ride
Hallowe'en invades Media Molecule's make-'em-up once again
One of the best bits about Dreams is when it plays host to special in-game events. In the summer we had the return of DreamsCom, in which community creations were put on display in an amazing trade show-style setting. Now, though, the spooky season is upon us, and that means the return of...
News Help Dreams Project Splatty's Adventure Become a Full-Length Game with Kickstarter Campaign
3D platformer aiming to be a full game within a game
Dreams gives players the tools to make pretty much anything, and the user-made content is suitably diverse. There are people making simple props for others to use, albums of music, and animated short films. Of course, many are attempting to build games within Media Molecule's creation suite, but...
News Impressive Film Made in Dreams, Noguchi's Bell, Takes to Kickstarter for Full Animated Series
Making dreams happen
Noguchi's Bell is something we've yet to touch on here at Push Square, but it's among the most impressive things made in Dreams so far. It's a 20-minute short film made entirely using Media Molecule's toolset, and you can watch it within the game or via YouTube (above). The team behind it, Cyber Sheep Film, has bigger ideas,...
News Digital Gaming Expo DreamsCom Is Officially Open in Dreams on PS4
Go, go, go
Rejoice: DreamsCom 21 has arrived. The second iteration of Dreams' very own convention kicks off today on PlayStation 4, showcasing countless community creations across over 40(!) floors of booths. Simply boot up the game and enter DreamSurfing, and you'll be presented with DreamsCom at the top of the page. You can either jump right into...
News Media Molecule Teases Ancient Dangers: A Bat's Tale, Another Original Game Made in Dreams
Update: Gameplay footage shown in new video
Update: Media Molecule has delved into Ancient Dangers: A Bat's Tale during its DreamsCom stream. The game started life as an asset kit, but has evolved into a full game, in which you'll explore dungeons and fend off baddies alone or in local co-op. This Mm Original looks like another brilliant little game...
News Media Molecule's Next Game Is Tren, a Toy Train Adventure Made in Dreams
Update: Check out the announcement interview
Update: Tren has featured on the DreamsCom live stream. In the above video, creator John Beech is interviewed about the Mm Original coming to Dreams, with plenty of gameplay on show. It looks absolutely delightful; you'll be exploring a wooden train world, upgrading your engine, hauling freight, and...
News Here's a Peek at This Year's DreamsCom, the In-Game Expo Made in Dreams
Grab your lanyard
Do you miss the experience of visiting an exhibition hall for a big gaming event? The hours-long queues, the tacky merchanidse, the body odour — it's all part of it, and we can't help but feel a little nostalgic for the days of necking Mountain Dew samples because we're too polite to decline the poor sales rep. If you've been...
Hands On Media Molecule Flexes with Megapenguin Rehatched's Opening Levels in Dreams
Collaborative project's primer is fantastic
We'll openly admit to being a little late to the party on this, but we've just played Megapenguin Rehatched in Dreams and have to tell you about it. As we reported a couple of weeks ago, Megapenuin Rehatched is a collaborative project within Media Molecule's creation game. The idea is brilliant: the...
Random Ratchet & Clank Recreation in Dreams Is Yet More Proof of Its Power
Look at that grass swaying
Every now and again, it's nice to be reminded of what's possible within Dreams, Media Molecule's PlayStation 4 creation suite. Fortunately, a month or two will pass and something made with the game will blow up on the likes of Reddit and Twitter. The latest thing to find viral success comes from a creator who consistently...
News Megapenguin Rehatched Is a Big Collaborative Community Project in Dreams on PS4
Get that buff penguin home
This is a pretty deep cut. Cast your minds back to E3 2018, where Dreams had a pretty big presence on the showfloor. During this time, developer Media Molecule presented attendees with Megapenguin, the beefcake bird you'll see in the above video, and asked them what would happen next in his adventure. It was pretty great...
News Media Molecule Is Collaborating with (Checks Notes) Mercedes-Benz on Dreams Project
Okay then
Dreams and Mercedes-Benz. It's a collaboration the world never saw coming, and yet, here we are. While it sounds like a truly bizarre pairing, this isn't quite what you think it is; don't expect a DLC pack full of fancy cars, or something. Media Molecule and the vehicle brand have teamed up to make a conceptual, and playable, level in the...
Random Wallace & Gromit, Shaun the Sheep Studio Aardman Turns Its Hand to Dreams on PS4
Meet Burgerotti
Aardman Animations is the British studio that has brought us many classic characters and films with its clay-mation style. Wallace & Gromit, Shaun the Sheep, and Chicken Run are just a few feathers in its collective cap, so it knows what it's doing when it comes to creating kooky characters. What's all that got to do with...
News DreamsCom 21 Brings the In-Game Expo Back to Dreams This July
Submissions are open
We're approaching the start of Summer, and in video game land, that means expos, showcases, and live events. The calendar is already filling up, and it even extends into Dreams as well. Last year saw the inaugural DreamsCom pop up in-game, a virtual exhibition hall where creators showed off their work. Well, it's back for 2021...
News Dreams Central Is Surely the Most Ambitious Dreams Project Yet
An online social space
Whether or not the latest round of PlayStation Home speculation results in the return of Sony’s virtual world, a group of Dreams developers are hoping to revive the idea within Media Molecule’s creation engine. Dreams Central, an upcoming fan project, is wildly ambitious – pledging a social space for release in 2022. As...
Random Kinda Funny's Blessing Show Gets the Dreams Treatment in Awesome New Video
#MadeInDreams
We know we've waxed lyrical about Media Molecule's Dreams about a billion times by now, but we're not the only ones. Blessing Adeoye Jr., host of The Blessing Show on Kinda Funny Games, is also a big fan of the Play-Create-Share title, and has talked it up plenty of times. However, he's outdone himself with the finale episode of his...
News There Have Been a Lot of Sonic Remakes in Dreams, But This Is the Best So Far
Fast and furry-ious
Dreams creators really like Sonic the Hedgehog, as it can sometimes feel like there’s a remake going viral every single week. However, this one – by RichMenace_94 and 1collaborator – is comfortably the most impressive thus far. Inspired by Sonic Adventure, it’s a reimagining of the Dreamcast-era gameplay, complete with a...
News The Impsider Is Media Molecule's Digital Magazine for All Things Dreams
Read all about it
Dreams isn't just a PlayStation 4 game — it's a platform in which people are building their own games and experiences. There's a lot of user-made content that's absolutely worth your time to find and play, but it isn't always easy to know what to look for. We've recommended dozens of creations ourselves (and continue to update...
News Dreams PS4 Update 2.22 Introduces Audio Import Feature and More
Here's all the patch notes
Dreams is only getting bigger, better, and more feature-rich over time, and today it expands just a little bit more. The latest patch for Media Molecule's creation suite is available to download now, taking the game to version 2.22. The headline addition this time is a fancy new audio import feature. Once you've installed...
News Making a Game in Dreams? It Could Feature in Upcoming Day of the Devs Presentation
Home grown talent
For those who might not know, Day of the Devs is a yearly event, usually hosted by Double Fine, that showcases games of all shapes and sizes, with an emphasis on independent studios. It's set to make its return alongside Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest in June, and submissions are currently open for developers to put their games...
News Realistic Carpet Tile Rendered in Dreams on PS4 Goes Viral
We're all floored
Things we didn’t expect to go viral this weekend: a realistic carpet tile rendered in Dreams on PlayStation 4. The image – which shows a square of cheap office flooring caught in the sunlight, complete with discarded lint and hair detailing – looks like a photograph at first glance, and we initially thought the watermark had...
News Dreams Gets Belated Birthday Trailer to Celebrate Its First Year
Better late than never
Dreams has been available to all for just over a year now. Media Molecule's PlayStation 4 create-'em-up has had a great 12 months, and the game is stuffed with interesting, inspiring works made by players. To celebrate the milestone, Sony's just released this energetic trailer, showing off some of the title's achievements in...
Interview Media Molecule Director Siobhan Reddy Discusses 15 Years of Creative Games
"I think it was really good that we didn't know what we were doing"
Dreams just recently turned one (happy birthday!), but the studio behind it has also reached a significant milestone. Guildford-based Media Molecule celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. Founded in 2006, the developer has proven to be one of the industry's most innovative and...
Live Dreams Celebrates First Anniversary Today with Impy Awards Ceremony
Watch it right here
Dreams is one year old today. It feels as though the PlayStation 4 exclusive has been around a lot longer than that, with a lengthy development period as well as a stint in early access. Still, the amazing full version of the game celebrates its first anniversary today, and Media Molecule is pairing the milestone with the Impy...
Random Weetabix and Beans Nightmare Made a Reality in Dreams
Bix'n'Beans
Oh no, it's happened. If you didn't see the Twitter post doing the rounds yesterday, Weetabix put out a tweet questioning why people aren't dumping beans on top of its breakfast cereal. And, well, the internet didn't react too kindly to the idea. Perfectly fine on their own, Weetabix and beans do not belong in a dish together. However,...
News Nominees Announced for Dreams' Second Annual Impy Awards Show
Vote in certain categories now
Dreams is approaching its first anniversary, and to coincide with that momentous occasion, the second ever Impy Awards is set to take place on the same day. On 14th February, an awards ceremony (itself made using the game's tools) will honour the very best creators and creations in the PlayStation 4 exclusive. Today,...
News Dreams Improves DreamSurfing Menu with More Playlists Featuring Quality Creations
Curating, creating
Dreams is all about its community and the things they make. As a result, the quality of experiences does vary pretty wildly. If you're looking to find the cream of the crop, the DreamSurfing menu has done a pretty good job of highlighting the right stuff, but one or two lists were filled with meme levels and other low effort...