PlayStation Experience 2016: Highlights

6/12/2016

PlayStation Experience, or as its better known as PSX, has debuted at the Anaheim Convention Center in California, and has showcased a fantastic lineup up of the latest and greatest PlayStation announcements. I’ve put together some highlights from this year's convention.

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The Last of us: Part ii

Displayed in classic cinematic fashion, Naughty Dog hit a home run with their announcement and conformation of The Last of Us: Part II, which featured some familiar and seasoned faces. Rest assured, Ellie and Joel are back, and it looks like Joel really did live up to at least one of his promises.

Set 5 years after the events of The Last of Us, we take the role of Ellie in this latest instalment, and in a recent Q&A, Writer/Director Neil Druckmann explained that the game will focus on the resonants of Hate. Quite a contrast in comparison to its original counterpart.

Additionally, TLOU fans would be thrilled to know that, indeed, Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson will be reprising their roles as Ellie and Joel for the second time. Great news as, after the perfomance they both put in, it just wouldn't have been the same without them. A film based on The Last of Us had been half-heartedly announced back in May this year, remaining silent ever since. In light of this recent announcement, it’s looking like the sequel could be a plausible explanation for its delay. The game as it stands is in the early development process, but already fans are eagerly anticipating Naughty Dog's next moves over the coming months, myself included.

UNCHARTED: THE LOST LEGACY

With the colossal success of Uncharted: A Thieves End, comes the surprise announcement of the stand alone addition Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, featuring none other than the franchise's very own Chloe Frazer and Nadine Ross; two distinctive femme fatales who appeared to have both had unexplained absences from the series.

In pursuit to uncover an ancient Indian artefact, Chloe and Nadine will encounter many challenges whilst facing the land's hostile residents along the way. Also, in standard Naughty Dog convention, the game is looking equally as stunning to its year old counterpart, A Thieves End, if not better.

Hopefully, the integration of two female protagonists will give Uncharted a jolt in the direction it needs, making for an interesting concoction of chemistry between both cast members, and a homely addition to the franchise.

Naughty Dog haven't put the series to rest as of yet and it's great to see.

Crash Bandicoot
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A Crash Bandicoot remaster was announced back at E3 this year and earned a rapturous applause from its audience. At PSX, fans finally got to see a gameplay trailer of the classic platformer, re-visualised on the Playstation 4.

The team behind Skylanders, developers Vicarious Visions, have remained silent up until PSX where they finally debuted their first trailer, and it's looking great. With no official release date, we’re looking at early/middle 2017 for this one.

Death StrandinG

Just when we thought things couldn't get any cooler, Guillermo del Toro and Mads Mikkelsen make an appearance in the latest trailer from Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding, and its finally piecing together fragments of a somewhat puzzling story.

You may remember the trailer that debuted back at E3 in June this year, featuring a fully naked Norman Reedus, a disappearing baby act and bazaar amount of floating human figures, but it didn't matter, because we were still just as confused and excited as ever.

At a PSX Panel, Kojima had confirmed that Mikkelsen will be playing Death Stranding's antagonist (I guess the grimacing glare was a give away). Take my money, Kojima. I trust you'll put it to good use with that brilliant mind of yours.

Guerrilla games have been giving us more and more little segments of content regarding Horizon Zero Dawn as it gets closer to release. With its latest trailer at PSX, we get a glimpse into the world's varied inhabitants which display a flavour of new enemy types you will encounter in your travels.

If all goes to plan, we should expect to see Horizon: Zero Dawn hit the shelves in March 2017.

HORIZON: ZERO DAWN

NIOH

What do you get when Ninja Gaiden and Dark Souls have a kid? Well, it looks like Nioh. The trailer at PSX displays a flurry of furious quick combat and slashing sword goodness, and it also looks very, very easy on the eyes too.

Developed by Team Ninja, Nioh is expected to release in February next year.

Check out the live streams from the event below, and let us know your highlights from this years exhibition.

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