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“We want you to feel like a vampire in everything that you’re doing,” says Hardsuit Labs’ narrative lead, Brian Mitsoda. He admits, “[The first Bloodlines felt] kind of more like an FPS where you occasionally drink blood for fuel.” This time, he says, “The violence of the vampire is more …

When Marvel artist Adi Granov shared his design for the suit in Iron Man VR we were excited, but when he revealed in Official PlayStation Magazine 166 (opens in new tab) he’s created equally sleek designs for other characters crossing into the game we were giddy. However, it’s his love …

With rose-tinted nostalgia glasses on, people tend to mis-remember Final Fantasy 7. The bombastic moments that challenged players’ expectations of what a PS1 game was capable of stick in the mind. But for many, despite only being the opening of the story, the Midgar section felt like the core of …

2018 may have been a good year for video game releases, but it was also a year in which the industry’s reputation took an undeserved hit. On top of the Trump administration’s continued scapegoating of the medium, the rise of Fortnite (opens in new tab) has led to heightened fears …

Bandai Namco’s bite-’em-up wants to bring all the long-forgotten vampiric original characters of your early tweenaged nightmares to unlife at long last. An impressively granular character creation system allows you to finely tune the appearance of your resurrected Revenant. You can combine a number of hair style parts to create that …

Developer Frogwares has an impressive track record, but what the studio is doing in The Sinking City (opens in new tab) is more ambitious than anything it’s done to date. Their upcoming PS4 detective RPG is set in the fictional 1920s city of Oakmont where supernatural floods are driving the …

It may surprise you to hear that Takashi Iizuka (opens in new tab)’s favourite character isn’t, in fact, Sonic. “I’ve always liked Shadow as a character,” the producer of Team Sonic Racing (opens in new tab) tells us, “but I really wanted him to have a cool car, so we …

Save up to 49% on Official PlayStation Magazine subscriptions This feature first appeared in Official PlayStation Magazine. Get the latest in PlayStation on doorstep early and for a better price! Subscribe to OPM here (opens in new tab).  Sony has officially stopped producing PS Vita (opens in new tab), but …

After the troubled Anthem (opens in new tab) game VIP demo – which ended with BioWare handing out skins and javelins (opens in new tab) to make up for all the downtime – a public demo is scheduled for this weekend from Friday, February 1 through Sunday, February 3. What’s …

If you’ve been eyeing up Anthem (opens in new tab) but haven’t pulled the trigger yet, here’s a good excuse – Walmart’s giving away $10 eGift cards when you pre-order it on PS4 or Xbox One. This also gets you access to the VIP demo this weekend (25-27 January). Free …