PlayStation Magazine - 05.2020

PS5 GAMES PREVIEW

Light to how the sequel will play
post-release.
The community around Dying
Light and their support has taught
the developer a lot, says Harton:
“From how to build technology
that is easy to expand with
content quickly, what kind of
content to add, how to
communicate with our players, and
what it is that makes them come
back for more Dying Light.”

TEAM EFFORT
The game’s current community
has become an integrated part of
the sequel’s development, from
planning to what ultimately will be
in Dying Light 2. “ I think it’s safe
to say Dying Light wouldn’t be
where it is currently if it wasn’t
for them,” expresses Harton as he
also says the “the support and
longevity of our player base has
surprised us.” It’s no surprise,
then, that the sequel will continue
embracing the series’ community,
and that means, we’re surmising,
post-release events and DLC. “We
want to support the world of
Dying Light 2 for as long as
possible,” confirms Harton, adding:
“We can’t wait to share more of
this world with our players.”

ot counting the remaster of TES

V: Skyrim, or The Elder Scrolls

Online, we haven’t had a new

entry in Bethesda’s epic fantasy series

at all on PS4. Which must mean the dev’s

got something special for PS5, right?

All we know at this point is that a new

game is in the works, and (when

announced at E3 2018), that it was some

way off – which could place it in the PS5

launch window.

In many ways Skyrim introduced the

fantasy RPG to the mainstream. Its

popularity cannot be understated. Which

means the sixth entry is sure to take a lot

of cues from past successes. Expect a lot

of what you enjoy to return, alongside new

RPG systems. We might see advanced

roleplaying elements, like more nuanced

narrative branching, get some love. Also,

less samey dungeons would be great.

All we’ve seen is a glimpse of the world,

showing a coastal mountain range and

some ruins. Assuming it’s set in Tamriel,

that could mean we visit High Rock or

Hammerfell, but the likes of Black Marsh

can’t be ruled out. Wherever Bethesda

takes things, we’ll be along for the ride.

THE ELDER SCROLLS VI

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hat if the creators of the epic

fantasy RPG series The Elder

Scrolls made a – get this –sci-fi

RPG. Huh? What do you mean Fallout

already exists? Well, what if it were even

moresci-fi? Like in thefuture? Like in

space? Now we’re talking. Bethesda has

only given us a little teaser of Starfield,

but we’ve been yearning for a great

space RPG all this generation (especially

as the single Mass Effect offering this

gen was less than stellar).

At a glance, a futuristic RPG from

Bethesda might seem like business as

usual, but the space setting could be a big

departure for the studio. It’s always

excelled at giving us large areas filled with

interesting landmarks to poke around, and

narrative threads to uncover, but never

on a scale like this, which necessitates a

much grander form of travel. If the team

turn their talents to giving us space

voyaging, it’ll be great to see.

Though that’s not confirmed. It could

be set on one planet. But with The Elder

Scrolls and Fallout stacking up numbered

entries and spin-offs, we’re in the mood

to see Bethesda tinker with something

new. It’s always excelled in surprising us

with new things (which was the biggest

mark against the samey Fallout 4), so

we’re keen to be startled once again.

STARFIELD

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Could PS5 be the

final frontier for a

superb space RPG?

We’re more than

ready for a new

mainline Elder Scrolls.

HORIZON

ZERO DAWN 2

The world and the

All-Mother know there’s a

sequel in the works, but

Sony has yet to officially

announce the new game.

An open world like HZD’s

is made for making use of

an SSD’s streaming, and

we can’t wait to see

where Guerrilla Games

takes this series.

F1 2021

Codemasters has

committed to releasing

annual editions of its

excellent racing sim,

and what better way to

showcase the power of

PS5 than with a shiny,

photoreal version of F1

running at 60fps?

DRAGON AGE 4

It’s in development but EA

and BioWare are in no

rush to kick this fantasy

RPG sequel out of the

door. We expect it to be a

second-gen PS5 release.

MARVEL’S

AVENGERS

It’s been delayed to

within a breath of PS5’s

rumoured release date

of October, and Square

Enix has been up-front

about expanding Marvel’s

Avengers with DLC over

the next few years.

Expect this one to be a

solid cross-gen release,

perhaps with a

standalone PS5 edition

for those wishing to

double-dip.

MARVEL’S

SPIDER-MAN

The game has already

been used in demos to

showcase PS5’s swift

SSD loading and storage

so it’s not much of a leap

to consider a remastered

edition could be heading

to PS5. In a worst-case

scenario, the PS4 version

will be playable on PS5

and become an example

of how cross-gen should

be done.

DEATHLOOP

Arkane Studios’ next

game is a sci-fi shooter

with a gamified time loop

that means you’ll

repeating your past more

often than Bill Murray’s

listened to Cher. We know

the game is already very

playable on PS4, so this is

likely a cross-gen release

from Bethesda.

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