Category: Sony

Sound of the underground.

After pitching itself as the series’ big, breakout, open-world moment, it’s almost comical that the first piece of downloadable content for Metro: Exodus immediately returns to what it was originally known for. The Two Colonels is a short, linear, claustrophobic experience that’s not much more than serviceable in any meaningful way.

The underground metro is what this franchise does best, but The Two Colonels feels a little one-note. Equipped with the all-new flamethrower, you’ll hunt down creatures while cleansing the environment of a dangerous slime that soaks its walls. It’s more akin to Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light in atmosphere, tone, and gameplay structure than anything else – making for a sense of been there, done that.

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For those who pre-ordered.

If you’re so excited for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare that you’ve already placed a pre-order at participating retailers, then the game’s beta is available for you to pre-load on PlayStation 4 right now. Head on over to the PlayStation Store and you can get the download going.

Coming in at 28.4 GB, it’s a hefty slice of the game that’ll give you access to the close-quarters 2v2 Gunfight mode, 6v6 multiplayer rounds, and a meeting with the Gunsmith. We came away impressed from the game’s alpha, which gave us a test of what to expect from the new Gunfight mode, so we’re looking forward to jumping back in to see what else multiplayer has to offer.

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Smooth sailing.

Spiders has been busy this generation. The French developer has released two role-playing titles up to this point: Bound by Flame in 2014, and The Technomancer in 2016. Both games had some cool ideas and a unique feel, but ultimately, they were let down by wonky gameplay mechanics and stunted storytelling. There’s a spark of something greater at the heart of Spiders’ output — but until now, it’s been smothered.

We say until now because GreedFall is without a doubt the studio’s best title to date. Third time lucky, the developer has finally bolted its passion for somewhat strange fantasy onto a rock solid gameplay foundation. GreedFall is bigger than its predecessors but also much more consistent in tone and structure — it could well be Spiders’ breakout release.

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Who forgot to tell us this is Destiny?

If Ghost Recon: Wildlands was the starter, then its sequel feels like the dinners you’ve been eating for the past week rolled up into one gigantic main course. Seriously, Ghost Recon: Breakpoint is huge. We’ve poured a handful of hours into this past weekend’s beta and come away impressed thanks to what appears to be a much more fleshed out open world, customisation up the wazoo, and intricate gunplay. It has turned us initial non-believers into an interested party that’ll be there day one come the game’s launch on 4th October, although we can’t shake the feeling that what’s on offer might almost be a little too much.

After crash landing on the island of Auroa, what we assume is the game’s set of introductory missions paints the picture of a business empire gone wrong. Jon Bernthal and his army of Wolves are working together with Skel on undercover projects and doing their best to stop anyone from leaving the island. It’s all fairly standard for a military shooter from the outset – regroup with your squad, make contact with the locals, and start to forge out some ground to work with – but it’s the more we progressed that we started to realise that Breakpoint almost seems to be a completely different beast when compared to Ghost Recon: Wildlands.

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A modern Marvel.

It’s officially been a year since Insomniac Games released Marvel’s Spider-Man exclusively on the PlayStation 4, and the impact of the title has been so huge that we thought it was a moment worth celebrating. Sony, of course, recently capitalised on the success of the title by re-releasing it in Game of the Year form; if you happen to be in the UK, you can also snag it with an uber-cute custom cover as part of the all-new Only on PlayStation range.

Creative director Bryan Intihar, who we had the pleasure of interviewing prior to the launch of the critically acclaimed open worlder, had the following to say about the release’s anniversary:

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Ain’t no rest for the wicked.

Recently we got the chance to talk with Brian Lee White and Brian Trifon – collectively known as Finishing Move – to talk about their work scoring Gearbox’s upcoming looter shooter, Borderlands 3. Read on to see what it’s like to join a series so far along, seeing how many genres of music is “too many”, and what brought this duo into the gaming world.

Push Square: The music of Borderlands has always been more of a unification of visions. With the exception of Tales from the Borderlands – which was scored by Telltale’s in-house composer Jared Emerson Johnson – the games usually have at least three different sets of hands on the music. While you’ve been involved with the series already, how does it feel as newcomers to that group of composers? And what do you hope to bring to the series’ sonic texture?

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Adds another 100 levels.

The long-awaited expansion to Celeste, titled Farewell, finally has a release date on PlayStation 4. It’s dropping on Monday 9th September, bringing with it 100 levels and 40 minutes of new music from Lena Raine. And best of all, it’s completely free.

The DLC introduces new mechanics and items to uncover, offering you a chance to reconnect with characters you might have fond memories of. Alongside the confirmation was the announcement that the studio name Matt Makes Games Inc. has been dropped henceforth.

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We haven’t got a chance then.

You’d like to think that a video game director has a pretty good grasp of what it is they’re making, but that might not be the case at Kojima Productions. Hideo Kojima, the myth, the man, and the legend has gone on record stating that he doesn’t understand what’s going on in his own game. Good luck to anyone else trying to figure out what Death Stranding is all about then.

In an interview with the Financial Times and reported by VG247, Kojima said: “Death Stranding… even now, I don’t understand the game. Its world view, gameplay, they are all new. My mission is to create a genre that does not currently exist, and which takes everyone by surprise. There is, naturally, a risk in that…”

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Where to find materials for Rarity 12 weapons.

How do you get the best weapons in Monster Hunter World: Iceborne? The expansion’s highest ranked weapons are also the hardest to craft. Many Rarity 12 weapons in particular require extremely rare materials from some of the game’s most powerful monsters.

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Health Regen, Affinity Boost, and more.

How do you augment weapons in Monster Hunter World: Iceborne? Augmenting your favourite weapons in Iceborne doesn’t work like it did in Monster Hunter World. You no longer grind for weapon-specific stones in order to add passive skills to your weapons such as health regen. Instead, you have to make use of Iceborne’s endgame.

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