PS5’s Returnal is a beautiful engine of suffering
Sony’s latest PS5 exclusive offers pulse-jumping arcade combat and a shapeshifting extra-terrestrial tragedy.
Sony’s latest PS5 exclusive offers pulse-jumping arcade combat and a shapeshifting extra-terrestrial tragedy.
Directed by Dan Hett, Closed Hands examines the causes and effects of a terrorist attack in a fictional UK city. It’s inspired by the experience of losing his own brother, Martyn, during the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017.
As we look at the satisfying final act of the Hitman video game trilogy, we ask: “What makes a great villain’s hideaway?”
Bored and lusting over pre-pandemic life, photographer Mikey Corcoran hopped into his Chevrolet, switched on Space 103.2 and got to know the locals of Los Santos. The fictional city of Grand Theft Auto 5.
Cyno vigils, floating corpses, solar system cemeteries and virtual acts of remembrance: in the deep space of this MMO, everyone can hear you mourn – and everyone benefits.
Naughty Dog's latest epic is a beautiful, despairing exploration of dehumanisation and vengeance. It’s likely the last big PS4 exclusive before the recently unveiled PS5. But does it go far enough in its unpacking of violent retribution?