With all the AAA titles out of the way, Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) promised a bunch of new games and we got just that during its Paris Games Week showcase. One of the new games that has gained plenty of traction is Ghost of Tsushima.
Created by the same guys behind the Infamous franchise, Ghost of Tsushima fosuses on one of the last remaining samurai in Japan, looking to avenge his hometown. For you to avenge your fallen comrades, you must abandon the ways of the samurai (that is so corny) and fight back against the Mongol Empire. While the cinematic trailer doesn’t have much to go on, Ghost of Tsushima will be set as an open-world adventure.
While many of the trailers featured at Paris Games Week all shared a similar theme of gore and violence, one such game took a more calm and whimsical approach. Thought of in great detail after the many bullying cases you watch online, Pixelopus comes up with Concrete Genie, which talks about a bullied teenager named Ash. To escape the realms of reality, Ash flees from his troubles through painting landscapes on anything and everything. This brings his drawings come to life, which will then assist him in puzzles, riddled around the game.
SIE didn’t forget about its virtual reality (VR) division with a new game known as Blood and Trust. Modelled after typical Hollywood blockbuster action movie, Blood and Trust thrusts (see what I did there) you into the thick of the action through VR. Developed by Sony’s London Studio, the game takes inspiration from the studio’s previous experiment, The London Heist. Paying homage to the classic cockney gangsters that terrorised London in the early 1900s. Think the 2015 London gangster movie Legend and you’ve got an exciting premise.
Taking a turn for the interesting, SIE also introduces an upcoming game that can be controlled with your smartphone. Named Erica, the game will be using PlayStation’s PlayLink Initiative. While interactive games are nothing new, Erica takes it a another level, totally immersing the player with its live-action drama gameplay. Not only does the game allow you to further its progress through its narrative, your actions also play a big part. Swipe too hard and you’ll open the door too loud, alerting someone of your presence. That was breaching the surface of what Erica is capable of; unfortunately, no release date has been announced as of yet.
