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Read More »GTA 5 is a staggering simulation of modern-day USA
We’re celebrating the end of an incredible decade for games, movies, and TV shows. GTA 5 is one of the games that defined the last 10 years of play, placing 7th in our 100 best games of the decade rankings. Read on to find out why… They really don’t make ’em like this …
Read More »“This game has a very special place in my heart”: Eiji Aonuma on revisiting The Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening
Remaking a 25-year-old Game Boy game would, on first impression, appear to an odd way to follow Zelda: Breath Of The Wild (opens in new tab); after such a groundbreaking reinvention of the Zelda formula, it seems like a step back in more ways than one. But then shifting to …
Read More »How Red Dead Redemption 2 built on Bullys social interactions to deliver the most fun you can have in video games
I have to confess that I’m a bit of a super fan of Rockstar’s games, from the ubiquitous Grand Theft Auto series, to the lesser-heralded Bully. Originally on PS2, this cult classic was set in an open-world secondary school, with Bully 2 (opens in new tab) recently mooted as being …
Read More »“Im gonna drop everything I’m doing” – Final Fantasy 14 Shadowbringers director would leave Square Enix behind for one dream collaboration
Final Fantasy 14’s crossover event with Final Fantasy 15 was a big success. As the MMO is clearly fertile ground for transplanting elements from other games, Official PlayStation Magazine (opens in new tab) asks its director and producer, Naoki Yoshida, what titles his dream Final Fantasy crossover would involve. “World …
Read More »From Cyberpunk 2077 to Watch Dogs Legion, explore the 50 hottest PS4 games on the near horizon in Official PlayStation Magazine #164
The next year of PS4 and PS VR games is looking incredible. We caught up with dev team behind Final Fantasy 7 Remake (opens in new tab) to go hands-on with this return to Midgar, and it’s incredible. To celebrate we created four exclusive collectible covers for the latest issue …
Read More »Did the story in Days Gone suffer because it crashed up against the limitations of sandbox storytelling?
They say a man’s got to do what a man’s got to do, and it turns out Deacon St John has rather a lot on his personal to-do list. “A murdering drifter camp,” he mutters during one excursion in Days Gone (opens in new tab). “I’ve seen these bastards before, …
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The phrase ‘10,000-player deathmatch’ – whether it fills you with excitement, dread or simply curiosity – is difficult to ignore. Creating one was the ambitious goal of Hadean, a London-based engineering company specialising in large-scale simulation. And at this year’s GDC, with the tech demo Eve: Aether Wars, it hit …
Read More »Spider-Man: Far From Home – an exclusive image of Tom Holland and Jacob Batalon
We know from the trailer that Spider-Man: Far From Home (opens in new tab) is set after the events of Avengers: Endgame (opens in new tab), meaning Peter Parker is [SPOILER – IF YOU’VE NOT SEEN ENDGAME] living with the grief of losing his mentor, Tony Stark. We also know …
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