We recently sat down for a chat with Jesper Kyd, the award winning composer behind the music for games like Hitman, Assassin’s Creed and Darksiders 2. Here’s what he had to say about games and his career.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a near perfect game. A flawess balance of obsession-forming tactical depoth, accessible Saturday morning sci-fi presentation, level-grinding addiction and none-more-tearjerking emotional attachment, it’s brain-teasing, rivetting and exhilarating in equal measure. But note that I just said “near-perfect”. With sales having apparently been good (faith in humanity restored!) a sequel is (hopefully) inevitable. And that sequel can improve on XCOM. Here’s what I want in it.
Master some of Assassin’s Creed 3′s toughest trophies with out handy guide. Find the best place to watch animal attacks, find the pirate outfit and get some very special kill.
Here’s Phil and Leon to play and talk about sackboy’s wheelie debut. You can also read our LittleBigPlanet Karting review here.
Here’s the second part of an interview I did with Insomniac’s Ted Price where we talk about the PS2 part of the developer’s live. Ted talks about the problems behind Girl With A Stick (“It just wasn’t fun”) and overcoming that to then create Ratchet & Clank. We also chat about why crazy guns are so much fun.
We delve back into the tomes of PlayStation history, and take a look at eight of the most innovative, classic RPGs to impact and shape this mystical genre. Be warned. Only one Final Fantasy title has been mentioned – but which one?
While the recent Bioshock Infinite trailer has done much to dispel previous worries there’s still a shadow over the game. After all the lost staff, gossip and several no shows at major events can the game still deliver on its promise? We let two of our finest debate the options.
As any true trophy hunter knows, there are shortcuts to almost every shiny prize out there and FIFA 13 is no exception. As a rule of thumb, setting the difficulty easy and lowering the sliders to make the AI play like a bunch of hungover Sunday League players is your quickest route to a lot of offline games. For ten you might be struggling with we’ve discovered some quick fire ways to grab the glory, so read on to pick these up today…
I recently spoke to co-creators and directors of Dishonored, Raphael Colantonio and Harvey Smith, about the making of Dishonored. We spoke about the concept’s initial creation and how it grew in to the game we finally got to play.
Here’s half an hour of Okami HD gameplay to watch. In it I make trees and feed rabbits. There’s a reason it sold about four copies on PS2. It is however brilliant so you really should check it out – £15.99 on the Store now.
"
", "PlayStation", "
", "PSP", "
", "
" "DUALSHOCK", "SIXAXIS" and "
" are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
Also, "
" is a trademark of the same company. All rights reserved.
OfficialPlayStationMagazine.co.uk operates under a licence granted by SCEE. © 2006 - 2011 Future Publishing Limited, Beauford Court 30 Monmouth Street Bath, UK BA1 2BW - England and Wales company registration number 2008885
© Future Publishing Limited, Beauford Court, 30 Monmouth Street, Bath BA1 2BW. All rights reserved. England and Wales company registration number 2008885.
