PlayStation Magazine - 05.2020

034

PREVIEW

“ACCIDENTS HAPPEN,

AND THAT’S WHERE

LY N X’S CLONING

TECH COMES IN.”

HARDSPACE: SHIPBREAKER

You’d better cross the t’s and dot the i’s on this one

They say there are only two certainties

in life: death and taxes. Well, thanks to

Lynx Corp’s premier tech, at least one

of those is nowhere near certain. But be

warned: fritteringaway your second (or third, or

fourth...) chance at life is deeply unprofitable – to

say nothing of the debt you’ll rack up every time

you return from the dead.

Welcome to the future! You’ll feel right at home

here; everything is still terrible. As an employee of

Lynx Corp, you’re tasked with heading out into deep

space to cut up and salvage what you can from a

variety of starships. But there is a catch (because of

course there is). After all, you’re definitely not doing

such dangerous work simply for the love of it.

TIGHT SHIP

First, there are your tools. To divvy up any ship,

you’re going to need not only a high powered-laser

cutter but also a sturdy suit to weather the harsh

vacuum of space. (And if you’re not careful you can

damage your suit – there’s another expense.)

Then there’s buying the salvage rights to each

wreck and, as the saying goes, you’ve got to spend

some credits to make some credits. You’ll be, ahem,

‘encouraged’ to take on bigger, more dangerous

wrecks, and that means your professional scavenging

kit is going to need intermittent upgrades too. But

even when you’re equipped with a top-of-the-line

loadout fatal accidents happen, and that’s where

Lynx’s cutting-edge cloning technology comes

in. Will you use it? Of course you will. The only

question is how you’re going to pay your benevolent

capitalist overlords back. The answer is

‘with an ever-so-generous loan’ – one

that, if Lynx had its way, you’d still be

paying off well after the inevitable heat

death of the universe.

Talk about a rock and a, uh,

Hardspace? Not even the sweet

release of death can free you from the

loop of wreckage and rebirths as you

unlock new tools and perks for more

lucrative (for Lynx, at least) contracts.

You’ll be lopping off big, rusty chunks

wherever you please, marvelling at

the low-gravity physics, all the while

wondering “Hmm, who is benefitting

from my labour and why is it not me?”

We can’t wait to read and reread

the small print of our latest salvage

contract. Hardspace: Shipbreaker will

go into early access, with two different

classes of spaceship to scrap and the

first part of the story campaign to play

through, later this year.

FORMATPS4/ETATBC/PUBFOCUS HOME INTERACTIVE/DEVBLACKBIRD INTERACTIVE

Above Every ship means a payday for Lynx

and likely more debt down the line for you.

Low gravity and high-powered

laser cutting tools may not

always be the safest mix.

VAMPIRE – THE

MASQUERADE:

BLOODLINES 2

The drinks simulator genre

knows no bounds. Here,

your big night out has got

out of hand and you’re in the

midst of a supernatural turf

war. Maybe everyone can

hash it out over martinis?

FORMAT PS4 ETA 2020

REMOTHERED:

BROKEN

PORCELAIN

When your parents promised

a ‘winter wonderland

experience,’ this isn’t what

you had in mind. You must

craft the perfect expression

to hide your disappointment.

FORMAT PS4 ETA 2020

PARANOIA:

HAPPINESS IS

MANDATORY

It’s a hard life for a space

janitor. If it isn’t the crew

violating the prime directive,

it’s their kids accidentally

vapourising your colleagues.

Time to clean up.

FORMAT PS4 ETA 31 JUL

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