Xbox - The Official Magazine - UK (2019-08)

ABOVEThe

trailershowed

off the typical

nightmarish

visualsyou’d

expectfrom

FromSoftware’s

Hidetaka

Miyazaki.

typelookingmysteriousandwhatappears

tobea trollspontaneouslycombusting.

Thestuffofgreatfantasy,inotherwords.

Miyazaki,whoisa fanofGRRM,worked

withthefamedauthortocreatethe

basisoftheworld.Miyazakirevealedin

aninterviewwithXboxWirethatheand

GRRMhadplentyof“freeandcreative

conversations”regardingthegame,which

theThronesauthorthenusedto“writethe

overarchingmythosforthegameworld”.

We’rethrilledtoseeGRRMinvolvedin

a newXboxgame,evenifGOTfanswould

ratherhefinishedhisbooks.Q

n paper,thisis the

collaborationofthe

century.GameOfThrones

authorGeorgeRRMartin

teamingupwithHidetaka

Miyazaki,famedcreator

ofDarkSoulsandSekiro? We’llhavea slice

ofthataction-RPG!

EldenRinglookstohaveallthedark

fantasyyou’dassociatewithMiyazaki’s

Soulsseries.A squintatthetrailer,which

wasfirstseenatMicrosoft’sE3conference,

showsusa sweatyblacksmithcracking

somethingwitha hammer,a sorceress-

Sometimesit’snicetogeta surprise

amongtheexpectedannouncements,and

SquareEnix’snewIP lookspromising.

Outridersis theworkofPeopleCanFly,

thestudiobehindGearsOfWar:Judgement

andBulletstorm. It’sa sci-fishooter

playablesoloorin co-opteamsofupto

three,anditsmoodycinematictrailer

suggestsalienmonstersin a “darkand

desperatesci-fiuniverse”.Onetokeepan

eyeoncertainly,particularlyasweusedto

lovea bitofBulletstorm.

TheDarksidersserieshastakentheDiablo

routeforitsnextadventure.Darksiders:

Genesisis a spin-offsetbeforetheevents

ofthefirstgamein whichyouplay– for

thefirsttime– asStrife,thefourth

HorsemanOfTheApocalypse.

Withhistrustyrevolvers,you’llexploring

dungeons,slayingenemiesandcollecting

loot.Theserieshascomefullcircle,being

developedbyAirshipSyndicate,which

wasco-foundedbytheoriginalartistfor

Darksiders, JoeMadureira.

ThisRPGadventurelooksseriously

amateurish...but,er,in a goodway.Framed

asa gamebeingdesignedonpaperand

cardbyanenthusiasticchild,it’sa hand-

craftedwonderlandwiththemostadorable

artstylewe’veseenthisyear.

Asa crudelysketchedwarrior,you’ll

adventurethroughpencildrawings,battle

withcut-outs,watchflick-book-style

cutscenesandevenhaveshootoutsusing

a cardboardgun.A delightful,creativeode

tothepowerofa youngimagination.

IT’SGAMEOFDARKTHRONESASMIYAZAKIANDMARTINTEAMUP

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