Tonight's Sony State of Play has given us a release date for Lost Soul Aside, the PlayStation-published action game inspired by Devil May Cry and Final Fantasy 15.
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Avowed surprised me. This beautiful, open-ended role-playing game is gorgeous, it runs smoothly on PC and Xbox alike and it leverages Unreal Engine 5's latest features almost without fault. Anyone familiar with Obsidian Entertainment's storied history would know that its track record for technical polish isn't exactly sterling, so it's an unexpected triumph - one of the best showcases of a modern Unreal Engine 5 title that uses the engine's best features while avoiding its biggest pitfalls.
Last week, EA head Andrew Wilson suggested Dragon Age: The Veilguard would have performed better for the publisher had it been a live-service game - a remark that raised eyebrows around the industry, and prompted former Dragon Age creative director Mike Laidlaw to state he would "probably, like, quit that job or something" if a company ever suggested this to him.
Cast your mind back three years ago, and you may recall that Hazelight's co-op platformer It Takes Two was set to join the list of video games getting a film adaptation. It was then said that Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson was attached to the project, while Pat Casey and Josh Miller - the writing duo behind dj2's live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movies - were working on its big screen adaptation.
If variety is indeed the spice of life, then Split Fiction must be a bottle of fiery tabasco sauce, mixed with a hefty dose of cayenne pepper and topped off with a generous portion of scotch bonnet chilli flakes. Oh my goodness, this game is one hot piece of variety packed goodness, from its environments, its gameplay, its abilities and even its camera angles. Actually, I am sitting here trying to remember every different thing I experienced during my hands-on preview with Split Fiction, and you know what, I don't think I can just off the top of my head. There was so much packed into the three hours I got to play, and the result was an absolute hoot that kept me on my toes throughout.

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