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

Lies of P key art showing protagonist P holding a sword

10 Best Soulslike games of all time

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published

Best List From Bloodborne to Lies of P, the best Soulslike games deliver worlds worth fighting through

Best List
Evan and the rulers of other kingdoms holding up their swords in celebration during the family friendly RPG, Ni no Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom

10 Best RPGs for kids to play in 2026

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published

Best List From Pokemon to Final Fantasy, here are the best quests for getting used to the genre, or for young adventurers looking to level up

Best List
An antagonist with a regal mask in 007 First Light has an RPG slung over their shoulder

007 First Light isn't about mowing down foes because "it's important that every encounter feels crunchy and dangerous"

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published

Interview Interview | Rasmus Poulsen talks building grounded James Bond action for 007 First Light

Interview
James Bond in 007 First Light chats with a bartender

007 First Light hands-on: "With explosive action and creative spycraft, this might be the best Bond game yet"

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published

Hands-on Hands-on | This young James Bond adventure packs plenty of action, with lots of ways to get creative with your spy kit

Hands-on
A screenshot of Arjun during the new game Saros.

Saros: Everything you need to know before playing

By Emma-Jane Betts Last updated

Guide A complete guide on all the Saros information that you need before buying and playing the game today

Guide
Two minotaurs ready their weapons on a battlefield, from the Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era opening cinematic

Heroes of Might and Magic Olden Era early access review: "The legendary strategy RPG series finally reclaims its throne"

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published

Not yet rated

Review

Review
A close up on Valentina, one of the characters in Heroes of Might and Magic Olden Era

11 things I wish I knew before playing Heroes Olden Era

By Danielle Rose Published

Guide These are the Heroes of Might and Magic Olden Era tips I wish I'd known before embarking on this epic quest

Guide
in Aphelion

Aphelion review: "Life is Strange creator's Uncharted-like sci-fi adventure fails to land"

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published

Review

Review
Princess Peach waving from the window of a castle in Super Mario RPG

10 Best short RPGs to play in 2026

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published

Best List From Undertale to Shadowrun, these snappy RPG adventures can be finished relatively quickly, but will stick with you for life

Best List
A group of soldiers at a camping site looking at Henry during the RPG Kingdom Come Deliverance 2

The 10 best first-person RPGs to play in 2026

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published

Best List From Skyrim to Cyberpunk 2077, discover the best first-person RPGs to play right now with our curated list

Best List
Maruder leader Obin threatens to cut off one of the player's fingers with a big knife, in Tides of Tomorrow

Tides of Tomorrow is a watery, plastic apocalypse take on Fallout that's more about story choices than RPG numbers

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published

Now Playing Now Playing | Big, decisive moments of choice make this end-of-the-world adventure feel like Fallout without the RPG

Now Playing
A group of blue fairies block the view of a billboard that says Titanium Court, each with expressive faces including the lead who peers over sunglasses

Titanium Court review: "Balatro meets Blue Prince in this roguelike match-three RTS that's been massaging my brain"

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published

Review

Review
Eyla talks to the player in a colorful, collapsed structure in Tides of Tomorrow

Tides of Tomorrow review: "Your choices in this microplastics apocalypse are shaped by other players"

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published

Review

Review
The Big Preview frame for Star Wars: Galactic Racer, showing space ships flying through a white space

Star Wars: Galactic Racer – The Big Preview

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published

Big Preview Big Preview | Lucasfilm and Fuse Games on tackling Star Wars' iconic locales to craft the ultimate sci-fi tracks, the allure of podracing, and more

Big Preview
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 review: "This Lovecraftian horror challenges my detective skills in the best ways"

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published

Review

Review
A crocodile skeleton in a suit sits in front of a curved piano in Moves of the Diamond Hand

Moves of the Diamond Hand is my favorite dice-rolling RPG since Disco Elysium, and it's somehow even weirder

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published

Now Playing Now Playing | This wonderfully weird RPG is like if Deus Ex collided with a clown car

Now Playing
Santana uses CAPTCHA on Mesa's face in Prove You're Human

"The real world is always way more dank than we anticipate," Prove You're Human's creative director tells me

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published

Interview Interview | Sunset Visitor's Remy Siu talks AI in sci-fi, CAPTCHA as a game mechanic, and tackling FMV in Prove You're Human

Interview
Mesa, a face on a robotic arm, side-eyes the camera in Prove You're Human

Some of the best writers making games today decided to form a publisher "an hour" after a call

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published

News Black Tabby Publishing exists because Slay the Princess "made a lot of money"

News
Key art for Neopets: Mega Mini-Games Collection - The Neopian Arcade Odyssey showing colorful creatures against a blue background

This Neopets mini-game collection proves it's actually good to preserve bad games

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published

Now Playing Now Playing | Neopets: Mega Mini-Games Collection offers something beyond janky revivals of online Flash games – it's a portal to my own past that's been a joy to revisit

Now Playing
Key art for Life is Strange: Reunion showing Max and Chloe standing together looking serious as Max reaches out her hand to use her time powers - the background is Caledon University in fall, overlaid with a polaroid photograph of it in flames

Life is Strange: Reunion review: "Confused storytelling dilutes the joy of Chloe and rewind's return"

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Last updated

Review

Review
Arjun shields up as Prophet blasts out a spiral of yellow corrupted bullets in a Saros boss fight, with the GamesRadar+ Big Preview frame

Saros: The Big Preview – Hands-on and developer access with PS5's roguelike game-changer

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Last updated

Big Preview The Big Preview | The eclipse clears on our new gameplay and Housemarque interview access as we dig into your next PS5 must-play

Big Preview
Key art for Darwin's Paradox showing blue octopus Darwin leaping out of the ocean, pursued by flying saucers and an angry seagull

Darwin's Paradox review: "This octopus adventure feels gleefully XBLA-core, which is both a strength and a weakness"

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published

Review

Review
Arjun looks up at Primary in The Passage in Saros, a snake-like mechanical AI with a coffin-shaped head, with the orange GamesRadar+ Big Preview frame

Saros aims for bite-sized 30-minute runs, and the cool-off makes you "ready for another", its game designer tells me

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published

Big Preview Big Preview | With permanent progression and shorter runs, Saros is all about bringing bite-sized tension and release to as many players as possible

Big Preview
Arjun blasts through the Ancient Depths in Saros, an abandoned, mechanical mining environment, while avoiding orbal energy blasts, with the orange GamesRadar+ Big Preview frame

7 reasons why Saros has me hooked on its eclipse-powered roguelike runs

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published

Big Preview Big Preview | Housemarque has given me plenty of reasons to touch down on Carcosa

Big Preview
A flying blue enemy shoots yellow orbs in front of a fiery eclipse in Saros, with the orange GamesRadar+ Big Preview frame

Saros' world-altering eclipse "has both a gameplay and narrative purpose", and it's already pulling me back in

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published

Big Preview Big Preview | Saros lead game designer Abebe Tinari and narrative designer Khalil Osaimi tell me the secrets of this roguelike's mysterious eclipse

Big Preview
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