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While we might tend to jump to more narrative-heavy games when we think of PlayStation exclusives--games like The Last of Us, God of War, and Horizon--you'd be remiss to leave the Gran Turismo series off your list of impressive Sony franchises. Created in 1997, the Gran Turismo series is one of the most celebrated racing simulator series in the world, holding the record of PlayStation's best-selling exclusive property even today. In 2022, the hit series turns 25 years old and, perhaps more...
Subverting players' expectations is one of the best ways to turn a good game into a memorable game--a distinction that is increasingly important with the ballooning number of titles releasing each year. Perhaps better than any other 2021 game, Returnal managed to achieve this via a mid-game moment that I've thought about routinely since the game launched this past April. This moment, shocking in its own right, signified a major shift from traditional science-fiction to something much more...
Social deduction in video games reached an apex in 2020 thanks to Among Us, Innersloth's multiplayer madhouse featuring treacherous, colored beans. However, one year prior the PlayStation Vita saw a Japan-only release that also focused on sniffing out impostors from a large group, only this time the game was a single-player affair. The game was Gnosia, developed by Petit Depotto, and this year it made its way to the West after being ported to Nintendo Switch. What seemed like a simple "find...
Since 1997, Blizzard's Diablo series has been a much-beloved PC staple, offering up hundreds of hours of fast-paced dungeon-crawling and loot-grinding set in a dark fantasy world overrun by demons and other monstrous creatures. In more recent years, these games have made their way onto other platforms, embarking on the voyage from PC to Mac, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo consoles and granting even larger audiences access to the devilishly fun series. Now, however, Diablo is preparing for...