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Horizon: Forbidden West is one of the greatest game sequels of all time

Enlarge / So begins Aloy’s journey into the forbidden west. (All images in this review were captured by Ars Technica on PS5 hardware, unless otherwise noted. ) (credit: Sony Interactive Entertainment) This review of Horizon: Forbidden West includes as few spoilers as possible—and leaves most of the series’ first game unspoiled, as well. Any review […]

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Horizon Forbidden West delayed, leaves Sony with fall 2021 first-party gap

Aloy rides again in Horizon Forbidden West , coming to PS5 and PS4 consoles in February 2022. [credit: Sony Interactive Entertainment / Guerrilla Games ] After receiving a lengthy gameplay reveal in May of this year, the upcoming PlayStation-exclusive sequel Horizon Forbidden West went into hiding in terms of previews and hype. Today, the game’s […]

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Horizon Forbidden West gameplay reveal: Swimming with tropical robo-saurs

Another successful robo-safari for Aloy in Horizon Forbidden West. [credit: Sony Interactive Entertainment / Guerrilla Games ] Aloy, the braided-hair hero of Sony’s 2017 smash Horizon Zero Dawn, is set to return to consoles later this year in the series’ first sequel, and on Thursday, we finally learned how that sequel video game will look. […]

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Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade leads latest PlayStation game-reveal event

Yuffie—a beloved hero who is in the original Final Fantasy VII but not its existing remake—returns to the remake’s… remake. [credit: Square Enix ] Sony’s latest PlayStation-focused video reveal event, as part of its State Of Play series, was its shortest yet, lacking announcements on any first-party Sony games coming to either PlayStation 5 or the […]