Articles by: Oscar Taylor-Kent

Getting Nierer with Yoko Taro and Naoki Yoshida as they talk all things YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse

By Oscar Taylor-Kent, OPM Staff

Feature OPM talks to Yoko Taro and Naoki Yoshida about bringing a crossover raid series based on Nier: Automata to FF14

Granblue Fantasy: Relink brings online co-op to one of the most popular JRPG franchises of all time

By Oscar Taylor-Kent

Feature OPM enjoys a knight out with the Granblue crew, testing Relink's multiplayer mode

Granblue Fantasy: Versus arrives from the Dragon Ball FighterZ devs, and it's adding extra dimensions to the fighting game genre

By Oscar Taylor-Kent, OPM Staff

Feature Arc System Works' latest finally arrives in North America and Europe in March 2020

Nioh 2 is just as tough as its predecessor, but new features give the player better tools to tackle the challenge

By Oscar Taylor-Kent, OPM Staff

Preview Hands-on with the upcoming PS4 exclusive from Team Ninja

Why PS Vita blazed a trail for handheld gaming and is worth buying in 2020

By Oscar Taylor-Kent

Feature Sony has officially stopped producing PS Vita, but the feature-packed handheld remains a great place to play indie games on-the-go

Shenmue 3 feels like a remaster of a game that never existed

By Oscar Taylor-Kent

Feature Official PlayStation Magazine go hands-on with the long-awaited threequel

With Cyberpunk 2077, CDPR wants each district of Night City to have "its very own atmosphere and vibe"

By Oscar Taylor-Kent

Feature Official PlayStation Magazine talks designing a living city with CDPR senior concept artist Marthe Jonkers

Bloodroots is like Hotline Miami with brutal lumberjacks - where axes, house plants and carrots are your weapons

By Oscar Taylor-Kent

Preview Developer Paper Cult's stylish brawler breaks die-retry-repeat design loops by offering hundreds of improvised weapons

Final Fantasy 7 Remake is a modern take on an RPG classic: "We're not just trying to make a one-for-one copy"

By Oscar Taylor-Kent

Feature Hands-on with Square Enix's stunning reinvention of Final Fantasy 7

In Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order "you really have to think when you go into fights", says developer Respawn

By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Josh West

Feature In Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order "you really have to think when you go into fights", says developer Respawn

How Beenox is building "a love letter to the original Crash Team Racing" in Nitro-Fueled

By Oscar Taylor-Kent

Interview We speak with developer Beenox about updating a beloved kart racing classic

Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled is a chaotic and lovingly crafted remaster of a kart racing classic

By Oscar Taylor-Kent

Feature CTR: Nitro-Fueled is a cruel reminder of just how unforgiving 90s kart racing could be

SteamWorld Quest is another great solo card game like Slay the Spire, but with way more robots

By Oscar Taylor-Kent

Feature The team behind SteamWorld Dig delivers once again, this time with a wonderful card-battling RPG that's full of character

"We wanted to add our own spin to it" – How Avalanche is building a better open world wasteland in Rage 2

By Oscar Taylor-Kent

Feature Avalanche Studios' narrative team gives us the inside scoop on creating a new breed of open-world wasteland

How Frogwares built detective RPG The Sinking City, a Silent Hill-style mystery for fans of lateral thinking

By Oscar Taylor-Kent

Interview The Sinking City is rich with clues, but firmly avoids hand-holding mission markers - Frogwares' CEO Wael Amr explains how they built such a complex, rewarding, open world

The Sinking City: we tackle the first two cases of the detective RPG that rewards keen minds and lateral thought

By Oscar Taylor-Kent

Feature Official PlayStation Magazine goes hands-on to uncover an open-world detective game sleuths need to keep an eye on

A Plague Tale: Innocence preview: "Playing a child being pursued by brutal adults is frightening."

By Oscar Taylor-Kent

Preview Official PlayStation Magazine goes hands-on with the story-driven puzzle adventure which promises to be one of 2019's breakout hits

the Devil May Cry 5 secret rocket launcher

Devil May Cry 5 secret weapon: how to get the dual Kalina Ann rocket launchers

By Oscar Taylor-Kent

Guide Dual wield RPG death with two Kalina Ann rocket launchers in DMC 5

Devil May Cry 5 review: “A wild, exhilarating ride from start to finish”

By Oscar Taylor-Kent

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"My all-time favorite console" - Developers pay tribute to PS Vita

By Rachel Weber, Oscar Taylor-Kent

news Ys Series, Disgaea and Guacamelee! creators share their memories

An image from Final Fantasy 14 Shadowbringers

Why Final Fantasy 14: Shadowbringers is the online adventure that offline FF fans need

By Oscar Taylor-Kent

Preview After the surprise cancellation of FF15's DLC updates, FF14 is the key Final Fantasy release of 2019, with good reason

10 tips, tricks and secrets to make the most of your PS4

By Oscar Taylor-Kent

Feature From getting the best demos to making the most of storage, here are some great lesser-known PS4 features

10 utterly essential PS4 tips and tricks to help you get the most out of your console

By Oscar Taylor-Kent

Feature From sharing your games, to getting online, here are the top 10 PS4 tips you need to know