007The Big 10
STORIES EVERYONE’S TALKING ABOUT
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China is fast
becoming an
important
scene for
game
development,
with Ubisoft,
EA, and
Take-Two among the big players
investing in studios in cities such as
Shanghai. One of the biggest,
however, has been Sony, which set
up the China Hero Project to offer
support and funding to Chinese
studios, ultimately bringing their
games to the West via PlayStation 4.
With a heady mix of RPGs, action
games, stealth adventures, and
MMOs there’s no denying the
ambition and variety these new
developers offer.
The most recent game reveals
star seven titles we’re keen to see
more of, namely Evotinction,
Convallaria Project, F.I.S.T., In
Nightmare, Anno: Mutantionem, RAN:
Lost Islands, and third-person action
RPG AI-Limit, from Sense Games, a
studio within PalmPioneer which is
bringing the impressive indiecyberpunk adventure Tales Of The
Neon Sea to PS4 next month.
“It is truly tremendous,” says
AI-Limit’s producer, Yang Bin, of
Sony’s firm commitment to these
studios. “The China Hero Project
provides us various support,
including promotion, endorsement,
investment, and daily care.”LIMITLESS IDEAS
Despite being made by a team of 20,
AI-Limit doesn’t lack ambition. The
stylish action RPG mixes melee
combat and exploration, and if that
sounds a little generic, the game’s
world certainly isn’t.
“This is a completely empty world,”
states Yang – but don’t let that fool
you. Set in a future society governed
by AI, the population has placed its
trust in technology and retreated to
a virtual world to live peacefully, until
something goes catastrophically
wrong... “A sudden disaster has
broken the calm.”
Playing as Arrisa, you need to
seek out the cause of this problem,
and set the world right. It’s a game
that doesn’t just test your skills withSony reveals its
Chinese games
coming to PS
Why Sony’s China Hero Project is making
a difference... oh, and mecha-rabbits
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