June's just around the corner, and in a month which includes a few heavyweight releases such as Scarlet Nexus, Necromunda: Hired Gun, and a chonky Final Fantasy VII upgrade, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart may be the biggest game of the lot. Quite possibly the biggest and most important game for the PS5, Ratchet & Clank's latest adventure looks to be shaping up nicely so far.
It’s shorter and familiar, but the first solo outing of Miles Morales in his own dedicated video game is nothing short of amazing. A follow-up to an already spectacular first game, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales improves on its core design with creative energy and attitude that sets it apart from the original. A brilliant first step on the PS5 and a final hurrah for the PS4, Marvels Spider-Man: Miles Morales is spectacular.
Insomniac Games’ is the first studio out of the gates to start talking about such next-gen console optional performance features, with the studio recently tweeting that Spider-Man: Miles Morales will allow you to sling webs across Manhattan in glorious 4K at 60 delicious frames per second on PS5.
This comes after several reports that the game was a remaster of the 2018 PS4 Spider-Man with an added expansion pack.
In August last year, Sony purchased Insomniac Games, developer of the PS4 exclusive Spider-Man. That game has gone on to be the most successful superhero games of all time – selling 13 million copies. Buying Insomniac was a logical move; the developer had worked with Sony on several exclusive games and franchises before, including Spyro the Dragon, Ratchet & Clank, and Resistance. Insomniac branched out a little with games like Fuse for EA, and the originally Xbox One exclusive Sunset Overdrive – which itself laid the foundation for Spider-Man thanks to its interesting traversal mechanics.
If there was one game that raised the measuring stick for who the hero under the mask was?Easily Insomniac’s take on Spider-Man, which just gets the idea of Peter Parker and his wallcrawling alter-ego.
Marvel's Spider-Man: Turf Wars is more of the same, but it's far from being a middling middle episode. ‘Nuff said, true believers.
Spyro's three adventures have aged gracefully in this stunning remake of Insomniac Games' PlayStation 1 trilogy, with only missed opputunties and strange audio issues marring a delightfully nostalgic trip back in time.
A good loot box never feels like a coupon. It feels like a moment. …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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