Spartacus. Lawrence of Arabia. Lord of the Rings. These presentations across various mediums can be tied together into a common thread with one word: Epic. In 2022, Sony Santa Monica’s God of War Ragnarok joins this thread as one of, if not the most epic video games in history, and …
The lack of backwards compatibility on PSVR2 isn’t exactly surprising news, but being honest about the complications would go down a lot better than PR spin. I thought we’d gotten past this. After a period of odd resistance to the idea of backwards compatibility—highlighted most excruciatingly by that comment from …
It looks like the dark days when Sony’s approach to classic games was “Why would anyone want to play this?” might finally be over. With the new PlayStation Plus and the Classics Catalogue that’s included in the highest tier, a handful of games from older consoles are finally playable on …
The revamped, tiered PlayStation Plus is now available in New Zealand, meaning subscribers have access to hundreds of downloadable games. While PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 games make up the bulk of that number, of particular note for anyone who likes to look back a little further is the Classics …
I don’t think anyone anywhere loves anything as much as Kazunori “Kaz” Yamauchi loves cars. The opening credits for Gran Turismo 7 is a 10 minute montage that runs through the history of car culture, produced with the kind of overwhelming love with which a parent produces a slideshow to …
After putting over 50 hours into Horizon Forbidden West, I’ve learnt a thing or two about how the Forbidden West works, and importantly, what a player coming into this game should know before they dive deep into this Wild Wild West. This (spoiler-free) article is less a guide, more so …
Journey to the (Forbidden) West Full disclosure: Horizon Zero Dawn is my favourite game of all time. The first chapter in Aloy’s epic tale, set in a post-post-apocalyptic world, is a beautiful marriage of science fiction plotline and tribal-esque combat using unique, primitive weaponry. After finishing the Frozen Wilds DLC, …
Alright, alright, I know I’m usually the first person to start complaining about the AAA game industry’s obsession with technical accomplishment and photorealism, but if there’s one place where these things are absolutely worthwhile, it’s in sims—racing sims, flight sims, farming sims, whatever. And in terms of technical accomplishment and …
Before going into detailed thoughts about my experience, allow me to get this out of the way: Death Stranding: Director’s Cut looks stunning on the PlayStation 5. Admittedly, this isn’t a feature exclusive to the PS5 as even on weaker machines like the base PS4, the game’s terrain, models and …
Earlier this year, Sony made the extremely unpopular announcement that it would be closing the digital stores for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita, removing any way to buy digital goods for those systems. Unsurprisingly, it sparked a lot of blowback—despite their age, both systems still have passionate and active user …
