ive Ubisoft titles
debuting at some
point during the
company’s next
fiscal year will be coming to
PS5, with this Brexit-’em-up
leading the charge.
CEO Yves Guillemot told all
in a recent conference call with
investors, saying, “When you
come early on the next
generation of consoles, you can
sell your games for a long time.
So we are very happy to be
close to the launch of [PS5]
because it’s going to benefit all
the games we launch.”
While we’re already living the
Brexit nightmare/fantasy (take
your pick) in merrie olde
England, we’re hoping there will
be more than a few degrees of
separation between our
mundane reality and this
dystopic vision. We can only
hope for face masks as
fashionable as those of our
DedSec hackers...BIG BEN DATA
DedSec is back and looking for
more than a few helping hands.
This time, rather than a
Stateside hackathon,
England is in need
of some cyber-
vigilante justice.
DedSec is staring
down not only an
oppressive surveillance
state and a private
military outfit, Albion, which
has usurped local law
enforcement, but also a shady
organised crime syndicate.
Automated checkpoints,
manned by killer drones with
no human capacity for nuancedPS5 GAMES PREVIEW
ourfavouritemascotfrom
Tolkien’sepicfantasyseriesis
back,andhe’sgota radicalnew
gameallabouthim.Thistimethelittle
scampgetsa makeover,asDaedalic
Entertainment(knownforitsDeponia
adventuregames)is puttingitsownspin
onthecharacter.
Asthedevis famousforitspoint-and-
clicktitles,it’sclearfromthestartthat
Gollumis goingtobea departurefrom
someofthemorerecentaction-packed
Middle-earth-setvideogames.Expecta
muchbiggerfocusonnarrative.Thestory
followsGollumbetweentheeventsofThe
HobbitandwhenwecatchupwithhiminTheLordOfTheRings,chroniclingwhat
hewasuptoafterlosingtheOneRinghe
wasobsessedwith.
BeforebecomingGollum,hewas
knownasSméagol,andatvariouspoints
in thegameyouneedtodecidewhich
personalitytosidewith,makingnarrative
decisionsthatchangehowthegame
playsout.It’snotquiteclearwhatthe
gameplaywillbebeyondthat,butyoucan
expectplentyofGollumyaction.Some
familiarcharacterswillappear,suchas
theNazgûl,soit mightleadGollumona
questfromtheMistyMountainscloserto
Mordor,perhapsin anattempttofindout
moreabouttheOneRinghesocovets?oualreadyknowwelovethe
SniperEliteseries(andsister
shooterZombieArmy).What’s
nottoloveaboutX-rayvisionand
bone-crackingbullets?Andwhatbetter
waytoevolvetheseriesthanwithnew
hardwareallowingforevengorierkills?
If there’sonequestionwehaveaboutthe
techunderneathPS5’shoodit’ssimply
this:howmanyfragmentswillwebeable
toshattera skullinto?
Butturnthatsniperscopebackonus
insteadoftheenemyandyou’llseea
pleasingwarmglowemanatingfromour
fleshybrains.ThecrunchygoreofSniperElitemightbea delight,butit’sfarfrom
theonlythinggoingfortheseries.It’sa
thinkingperson’sgametoo.Notonlydoes
it capturethethrilloflong-rangebullet
hurling,it distillsthewholeexperienceof
beinga sniperin enemyterritory.Splatter
enemyinnardseverywhere,and,um,
peoplewillprobablynotice?They’llhunt
youdown.Oneofthemostexciting
featuresastheseriescontinuestoevolve
is howRebellionbuildsoutenemyAI to
reactin interestingways,pushingusto
continuetobestealthyandunpredictable,
stayingonthemove,tostayone
mind-mushaheadoftheenemy.SNIPER ELITE 5
An8Kball-shot?Goonthen...
PubRebellionDevRebellionETATBCTHE LORD OF THE RINGS:
GOLLUM
Thisone’stooprecious
PubDaedalicEntertainmentDevDaedalicEntertainmentETATBCPS5 GAMES PREVIEW
Are we ready for
Sniper Elite 5’s gore
in 8K detail? Oh yeah!GOD OF WAR 2
The long-rumoured
sequel is still
long-rumoured.
However, we know DLC
was in the works and it
was so good dev Santa
Monica Studio pulled it to
expand into a followup,
so there will be more
Kratos adventures.
ASSASSIN’S
CREED (KINGDOM)
The rumoured
Nordic-set follow-up
to Odyssey is said to
span not just Norway,
Sweden, and Denmark
but also the north of
England. At the time of
writing the next
Assassin’s Creed is still
not official, but we
expect it on Sony’s
next-gen console
PROJECT
AWAKENING
First announced for PS4
in 2017, then again in
2019, this is Cygames’
first new IP on console.
The developer behind
Granblue Fantasy has
set up a team dedicated
to this Dark-Souls-
meets-Monster-Hunter:
World roleplayer.
Inspired by Lord Of
The Rings, Project
Awakening promises
12-player co-op
adventuring.
BATTLEFIELD 6
Confirmed for PS5 in a
shareholder report by
EA, but with zero details
of merit, the next
Battlefield game from
DICE will be on PS5. It’s
likely to be released in
2021, and we’d bet on an
October release date
GTA VI
The Dan Houser-less
next Grand Theft Auto
is still unconfirmed as
we write, but it’s also
one of the world’s
worst-kept secrets that
a next-gen game in the
series is coming. It’s
rumoured to be an
’80s-set prequel that
could feature cameos
from previous GTAs.
CYBERPUNK
2077
While it’s been confirmed
for The Other Console as
we go print there’s no
word on whether this
RPG is heading
to PS5. We
expect it will,
but the
question is
will it be
patched or
will we get
a PS5-only
edition?UNCONFIRMED
Dreams, teases,
and expectations
for PlayStation 5050