Oscar Taylor-Kent

Oscar Taylor-Kent

Games Editor

Games Editor Oscar Taylor-Kent brings his years of Official PlayStation Magazine and PLAY knowledge to the fore. A noted PS Vita apologist, he's also written for Edge, PC Gamer, SFX, Official Xbox Magazine, Kotaku, Waypoint, and more. When not dishing out deadly combos in Ninja Gaiden 4, he's a fan of platformers, RPGs, mysteries, and narrative games. A lover of retro games as well, he's always up for a quick evening speed through Sonic 3 & Knuckles or yet another Jakathon through Naughty Dog's PS2 masterpieces.

Latest articles by Oscar Taylor-Kent

Noah holds the rim of his diving suit and screams, bubbles spewing forth, as a tentacled monster stares at him from behind in key art for Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss, cropped for use as a header image

Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss' free Steam Next Fest demo has detective investigation so detailed it threatens to unravel me

By Oscar Taylor-Kent published

Hands-on Hands-on | Getting in deep trouble in this cosmic horror detective adventure

Hands-on
Dr. Gideon talks to a captured Leon Kennedy in Resident Evil Requiem, with the GamesRadar+ On The Radar branding

After 25 hours, Resident Evil Requiem keeps me coming back for one more replay thanks to these 8 fantastic features

By Oscar Taylor-Kent published

Feature Feature | Resident Evil Requiem has lured me back to Raccoon City

Feature
Key art from The Eternal Life of Goldman showing Goldman, an aging white-haired adventurer with a cane, leaping in front of a tropical backdrop framed by mythical enemies

The prettiest platformer I've played since Rayman Legends is Ducktales coded, and has a free Steam Next Fest demo

By Oscar Taylor-Kent published

Hands-on Hands-on | The Eternal Life of Goldman is an enchanting platformer that combines dark fairytale vibes with a touch of The Princess Bride

Hands-on
Galeb Bazory, a vampire in a crisp blue suit, draws a blade, in key art for Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong

I'm craving a Vampire Hitman thanks to this underrated RPG series that almost cracked the supernatural stealth code

By Oscar Taylor-Kent published

Opinion Opinion | Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong's delightfully devilish infiltration missions show how the supernatural franchise could evolve its video game offerings

Opinion
Key art for Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era, showing a large battle with a castle and dragon in the background, cropped to focus on the fairy army

As Steam Next Fest gets bigger and more crowded with free demos, these developers are still finding wins: "It's kind of early access for Early Access"

By Oscar Taylor-Kent published

Interview Interview | Speaking with developers who have participated in Steam Next Fest over the last year, there are still plenty of opportunities to taking part in the crowded demo festival

Interview
Vampire Crawlers key art shows a vampire holding a wine glass.

Uh-oh, I can't stop playing Vampire Survivors' new roguelike deckbuilder thanks to this free Steam Next Fest demo

By Oscar Taylor-Kent published

Hands-on Hands-on | The Vampire Survivors creator crawls out of the coffin with an equally chaotic roguelike deckbuilder in Vampire Crawlers

Hands-on
Marianna is cloaked in white in The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker 2

After 9 years, this underrated Lovecraftian detective game is getting a sequel and a free Steam Next Fest demo

By Oscar Taylor-Kent published

Hands-on Hands-on | The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker 2 puts me back on the familiar couch in its Steam Next Fest demo

Hands-on
Key art for Zero Parades: For Dead Spies showing Cascade in a red jacket against a backdrop of grey faces

Zero Parades proves itself a worthy Disco Elysium successor in this free Steam demo, and I shouldn't have doubted it

By Oscar Taylor-Kent published

Hands-on Hands-on | Zero Parades: For Dead Spies is shaping up to be as weird and wonderful as Disco Elysium

Hands-on
Key art for No Vacation for an Executioner showing the Executioner, gun in hand, against a shadowy background - cropped for a header image

What if Bloodborne was on PS2? This horror is so old school even the dev insists you try the free Steam Next Fest demo

By Oscar Taylor-Kent published

Hands-on Hands-on | No Vacation For An Executioner is a baroque and distressing PS2-style Souslike with immaculate vibes that you need to try for yourself

Hands-on
A zoomed in screenshot of Rayman 30th Anniversary Edition showing Rayman punching a Dark Rayman copy in the cake world

I didn't expect obscure level pack Rayman Designer to be my biggest nostalgia trip of the year, but it's become the highlight of this anniversary collection for me

By Oscar Taylor-Kent published

Now Playing Now Playing | More than bonuses, Rayman's level packs give a taste of 1990s gaming's most underrated feature: iteration

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Beebz and her friends pose near a huge stack of golden gears in Demon Tides

Demon Tides review: "Super Mario Odyssey and Wind Waker collide in this expressive 3D platformer"

By Oscar Taylor-Kent published

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Review
Yoshitaka Mine stands in a bar, half in shadow, in an expensive suit in Yakuza Kiwami 3's Dark Ties campaign

Did Yakuza just turn this fan favorite villain into Aerith, creating a Final Fantasy 7 Remake situation?

By Oscar Taylor-Kent published

Opinion Opinion | When your one-sided workplace romance is so powerful it breaks the bounds of space-time

Opinion
Key art for God of War Sons of Sparta showing Kratos and Deimos battling a minotaur and other mythological foes with spear and shield

God of War Sons of Sparta review: "Retro-style Metroidvania Kratos struggles to stand out"

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A close-up of Styx looking up from under his hood in darkness, one eye glowing amber, and the other light blue

Styx: Blades of Greed review: "What if Metal Gear Solid 5 went goblin mode? This fantasy open-world stealther delights"

By Oscar Taylor-Kent published

Review

Review
Emma encounters a huge deer in Beast of Reincarnation

Beast of Reincarnation: Everything we know about the Pokemon developer's flashy new action RPG

By Oscar Taylor-Kent last updated

Guide This "one-person, one-dog action RPG" has flashy combat, a gorgeous post-apocalypse setting, and it's out soon!

Guide
Rayman points as critters bounce behind him and a mysterious cloaked figure looks on, from the Rayman: 30th Anniversary Edition announcement - cropped for a header

Over 30 years later, Rayman is finally getting a remake

By Oscar Taylor-Kent published

News Ubisoft's original mascot platformer gets a punch-up in Rayman: 30th Anniversary Edition

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The dino-like Pyrophina beast in Mewgenics roars, shaking the screen

Mewgenics was in development for 14 years, but these top five features prove it was all worth it

By Oscar Taylor-Kent published

Best List Mewgenics is a cat-powered tactics roguelike that has its claws in me, and these are the best features that have hooked me so far

Best List
The cowboy cat from the desert in Mewgenics

After 20 hours I've fallen in love with Mewgenics, the only roguelike chaotic enough to let me train necromancer cats

By Oscar Taylor-Kent published

Now Playing Now Playing | Mewgenics is a roguelike where randomness can get mean, but gives you the power to get mean right back

Now Playing
A crop of the key art for Australia Did It, showing a group of mercenaries preparing to battle on top of a moving train - one has electric gauntlets, one has a massive bazooka and wears a skull mask, one has two revolvers, and another has a hazmat suit, gas mask, and a green energy weapon

"Stop trying to get us to make the next Fortnite or Destiny," says the dev of this odd reverse bullet hell tactics game

By Oscar Taylor-Kent published

Interview Interview | Rami Ismail on tackling a unique blend of quickfire strategy with Australia Did It, coaching me through the "curiosity" at the heart of my hands-on

Interview
Kazuma Kiryu batters enemies in the streets using the Okinawan Ryukyu style in Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties using his shield as a throwing weapon

Yakuza Kiwami 3 review: "The meatiest brawling this crime thriller's tackled in years combines with its warmest story"

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Review
Horizon Hunters Gathering

Horizon's co-op game may be a shameless Monster Hunter-like, but it's enough to get me excited about a new PlayStation live service for once

By Oscar Taylor-Kent published

Opinion Opinion | Horizon Hunters Gathering seems like a natural extension of this post-apocalyptic world, and looks fun enough to override the cynicism in my body

Opinion
Artwork for Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved, showing Emma - a girl with a turtleneck jumper and long hair, looking off to the side with some surprise - with the Indie Spotlight logo

I'm on board with this retro throwback train-set detective game, which taught me to love menu-based sleuthing

By Oscar Taylor-Kent published

Indie Spotlight Indie Spotlight | Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved is dedicated to sharing the developer's love of retro mysteries, and it's too charming to put down

Indie Spotlight
Beast of Reincarnation screenshot which shows the protagonist engaged in close-quarters combat with three enemies

Beast of Reincarnation's battles are about "the joyful dilemma of choice", building on Pokemon battle planning expertise

By Oscar Taylor-Kent published

Interview Interview | Beast of Reincarnation's Kota Furushima tells me about combat, working together with your dog companion, and the post-apocalyptic journey that awaits

Interview
Edward catches Roses as she falls over in the library in Mistonia's Hope

This revenge quest romantasy left me murdered, devastated by a love triangle, and bewitched – I'm obsessed

By Oscar Taylor-Kent published

Now Playing Now Playing | Searching for love, revenge, and intrigue in Mistonia's Hope: The Lost Delight, my latest otome obsession

Now Playing
Highguard screenshots

I love Highguard's 2Fort-style sieges – when they actually happen

By Oscar Taylor-Kent published

Now Playing Now Playing | Highguard can deliver some excellent firefights that come close to my favorite, tight FPS skirmishes – but it doesn't quite hang together yet

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