STACK #153 Jul 2017

GAMES FEATURE

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SONY

Words Paul Jones & Alesha Kolbe SWINGIN' INTO ACTION Spider-Man

S ony also opted for a streamlined media briefing this year, returning to the Shrine Auditorium once more. Leaving commentary to a minimum, the games did the talking, led by an incredible musical introduction to herald in Uncharted, onstage pyrotechnics accompanying Call of Duty: World War II, and dangling zombies for Days Gone.

What started off as being story DLC ended up becoming a full blown game...

Uncharted:The Lost Legacy

our guide played through an action-packed level replete with a blazing firefight sequence synonymous with the franchise. New protagonist Chloe Frazer, assisted by Nadine Ross, will lead the chase here for an ancient Indian artifact. “What started off as being story DLC ended up becoming a full blown game. It’s a sizable game that fans of Uncharted are going to love”, said co-writer Josh Scheer. Fortunately, I won’t have to wait too long to play The Lost Legacy either – the game

The boozy Sony room – usually housed in the upstairs meeting rooms at the LACC – was replaced this year with a more sober media area on the show floor, attached to the main booth area. Here there were a handful of VR stations, and a row of booths presenting hands-off demos with some of the bigger upcoming titles on Sony’s slate. A big fan of Uncharted, I had to make do with watching a demo for The Lost Legacy . Resisting the urge to tear the controller from his hands,

There was speculation within our travelling party that PlayStation would try to derail Microsoft’s Xbox One X announcement with a hardware reveal of its own. But alas, the format holder went solely with software, although it kept a few notable titles ( Dreams, WiLD, Death Stranding ) out of the mix with an eye potentially on its own showcase later in the year.

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