Tag Archives: Playmag

Stranger Of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin might be on the cover of PLAY 11, but there’s no reason to feel like a stranger in our own little corner of PlayStation paradise. We go big on all things Final Fantasy, from the upcoming Soulslike, the original game, and even Final Fantasy …

In an interview with Official PlayStation Magazine, Resident Evil 8 producer Peter Fabiano stated that the highly anticipated horror game is “much larger than what players experienced in Resident Evil VII: Biohazard” Speaking in issue 185 (opens in new tab), Resident Evil 8 is a direct follow up to 2017’s …

The world’s biggest public-voted games awards, the Golden Joystick Awards, returns for its 38th year this November. This year’s show will be reimagined as a digital broadcast that celebrates the best games of the last 12 months, and looks forward to the next generation of consoles and creators. The Golden …

PlayStation heroes have graced cinemas before, of course. Let’s not forget 2016’s reasonably harmless Ratchet & Clank. Yet the creation of this new division shows there’s been a marked change in thinking at Sony about how it adapts its IPs for film and TV. From here on out, it will …

Wolfenstein: Youngblood wasn’t meant to be so important. On paper this spin-off sequel to Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus (opens in new tab), a prequel to Wolfenstein 3 (while not officially announced, the Wolfenstein games have been referred to by developer MachineGames as a ‘trilogy’), is a spiritual successor to …

As a recovering drama nerd, I’m a sucker for character arcs of self-actualisation book-ended by song. I had great fun taking centre stage in Metronomik’s musically minded No Straight Roads (opens in new tab). One impressive boss arena featured a piano prodigy’s overprotective mother represented as a raging, red phantom. …

The redemption song of Hello Games has been one of the most magical stories in game development over the past ten years, especially the revamp of No Man’s Sky Multiplayer. After being panned at launch for its lost promise (including a lack of multiplayer functionality) it has been receiving bumper …

“I think of the London Heist as being very much our love letter as a studio to the Guy Ritchie/ Cockney gangster/Snatch/Lock, Stock kind of movies, and it was very much in that world,” Stuart Whyte, director of VR product development at Sony’s London Studio, says of what was for …

Amata’s virtual-reality puzzle adventure Last Labyrinth (opens in new tab) boasts an all-star cast list. Stefanie Joosten (opens in new tab), best known for playing the sniper Quiet in Metal Gear Solid 5 (opens in new tab), sings the VR puzzle game’s theme song and provides the voice for the …

Gregor ‘The Mountain’ Clegane survived expulsion from the Riverlands, poisoning by Oberyn Martell and all manner of Qyburn experiments as one of Game of Thrones’ most popular, and beastly, characters – but the always rabid FIFA 19 (opens in new tab) community may be another challenge entirely. The beast-man all …