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Saros delivers Returnal 2 in all but name

Housemarque's Returnal remains one of the best PS5 games. Built to kill, raised to die, and fine-tuned to annoy the shit out me while dragging me back in for yet another go at  2AM.  Not-a-sequel Saros ropes in my one of my favourite actors Rahul Kohli into the mix with proper shields, greater weapons freedom, Indian-styled visuals, and borrowing  Xenon 2: Megablast's palette and violence.  Saros is set on Carcosa, a shape-shifting, hostile alien planet. It changes on every death, where a total eclipse changes everything (very Pitch Black!). The video shows the first biome, hopefully the others shift up the palette more than Returnal did.  Along his journey he finds Nitya Chandran (Shunori Ramanthan), adding some depth to the Returnal-mayhem. The stunning environment Arjun explores is that of a lost ancient civilization fueled by the twisted enlightenment of the eclipse.  Saros lands in March 2026, check out the PlayStation blog post for more details on w...

Sony Ericsson: We Don't Need Xperia Play 2!

Based on sales figures they won't give out (i.e., crap), game sales numbers that barely break into the thousands and a feeble line-up of PlayStation content, Sony Ericsson still thinks there is no need for a successor device to the Xperia Play.

That's fine, given that the last few months of price slashing and a few decent Android releases which must have done something to boost those sales figures. But, ultimately apart from appearing in a dance video, the Xperia Play seems to be dropping off folk's radar like last year's "your country here's Got Talent" winner.



I tried the phone for a couple of weeks and while it was fun, not a single thing about it stuck me as essential, and I'm not that bothered about ever picking one up. I feel sorry for anyone suckered into buying an Sony Tablet if they're marketed as PlayStation devices too.

Just remember, perhaps the machines greatest strength, thanks to its Android-ness is that you can always find other ways to get your PSOne games on the device, and it makes a great classic gaming machine. If they weren't generic Android features, it'd be my top excuse to get one.

As for the non-existent Xperia Play 2, I figure the hardware must now be powerful enough to run a PS2 emulator and if a whole library of PS2 titles were available to buy/rent, things would be looking up. Or, if Sony launched a Gaikai-like service for its own titles, that'd be awesome too.

Currently playing on my Vita/PS3/PS4/PS5


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