Oscar Taylor-Kent
Games Editor Oscar Taylor-Kent brings his Official PlayStation Magazine and PLAY kn♕owledge to continue to revel in all things capital 'G' games. A noted PS Vita apologist, he's a꧒lways got his fingers on many buttons, having also written for Edge, PC Gamer, SFX, Official Xbox Magazine, Kotaku, Waypoint, GamesMaster, PCGamesN, and Xbox, to name a few.
When not knee deep in character action games, he loves to get lost in an epic story across RPGs and visual novels. Recent favourites? Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree, 1000xResist, and Metaphor: ReFantazio! Rarely focused entirely on the new, the call to return to retro is constant, whether that's a quick evening speed through Sonic 3♑ & Knuckles or yet another Jakathon through Naughty Dog's PS2 ▨masterpieces.
Latest articles by Oscar Taylor-Kent
The best games to play in 2025, so far
Best List From Clair Obscur to Monster Hunter Wild🌱s, here's the 17 best games of 2025 to play across PlayStation, Xbox, PC, and Nintendo S🅠witch
How to farm XP in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Guide Get XP fast in Clair Obscur: Expedi♕tion 33 with th🅘is farming method to blast through enemy groups and rack up experience points
Mario Kart World's free roam needs to take the lead from Forza Horizon if it wants to win me over
Opinion Opinion | Mario Kart World's fꦦree roam mode needs to tap into the sense of adventure offered by Forza Horizon and Burnout Parad💙ise if it wants to make podium
They let me play Monster Train 2 early, and now I need to apologize to my family
Hands-on Hands-💝on | Small, wonderful tweaks and additions make Monster Train 2 feel like a whole new roguelike to master
Donkey Kong Bananza feels like a sequel to Super Mario Odyssey to me, and it couldn't be in better monkey paws
Opinion Opinion | I've been chasing the Super Mario Odyssey platforming high for ♕years, and Donkey Kong Bananza may finally be what I'm looking for
Of the Devil takes what I love about Ace Attorney and Danganronpa to create a cyberpunk legal mystery like little else
Indie Spotlight Indie Spotlight | Of the Devil pushes the chips towards Ace Attorney and Danganronpa, and it's a safe bet that it ﷽already impresses
Fighting through high-level regions to get Naoe to date night has been my favorite Assassin's Creed Shadows moment yet
Opinion Opinion | A🦋n open world's best bits are more about the journey than the destination, and Assassin's Creed Shadows is at its best when it remembers that
On The Radar: Assassin's Creed Shadows coverage hub
Hub On The Radar | The long-awaited Assassin's Creed Shadows is here to turn back the clock, but now our verdict is out we take the time to revel in all the details, from exclu▨sive access to ask Ubisoft Quebec how it came together, to editorial deep dives into the landmark release
"I created Naoe how I would create a movie character," says Assassin's Creed Shadows star Masumi: "Just very full and honest and a whole human being as much as I can"
Interview Interview | "I put so much of my soul in her": Assassin's Creed Shad𝔉ows star Masumi on making Naoe a unique protagonist, the big audition, and future possibilities
The 10 best Call of Duty games of all-time
Best Black Ops🐻 6 gives the best Call of Duty games a run f🍬or their money
Blue Prince review: "This exploration roguelike is like nothing else I've played, and became a puzzle obsession I just couldn't shake"
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Promise Mascot Agency review: "Yakuza management mechanics are messy, but I'm won over by its truly immaculate bizarre vibes"
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Big Preview: Doom: The Dark Ages – Exclusive access and hands-on impressions with the fiery FPS
After going hands-on with Doom: The Da꧃rk Ages and chatting with id Software, we report back from our exclusive access
The Devil May Cry anime has the action I love from the games, but is able to package it with an unexpected human element that really sells it
Opinion Opinion | The Devil May Cry anime leverages its unique continuity to dive deeper into the lives of regular people in these chaotic clashes, while still being as styܫlishly over-the-top as ever
The Last of Us Part 2's sharp roguelike mode just got better on PC, making it my favorite in the genre this year
Now Playing Now Playing | The Last of Us Part 2: No Return threatens to become so feature rich it could almost become a full game itself – and, oh yeah, the campaign🌳 is still pretty good too
Everything announced at the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct
List From Mario Kart World to Donkey Kong Bananꦍaza, here's all of the latest announcements from today's Nintendo Switch 2 Direct
Doom: The Dark Ages' weighty shield saw and gory melee are vital to its refreshed combat loop: "The guns are more like rhythm guitars this time"
Interview Interview | H♈ugo Martin and Marty Stratton sit down to talk guns, gore, and glorious combat in Doom: The Dark Ages
Doom: The Dark Ages' team found new inspiration from the original Doom: "We play it at the start of every project"
Interview Interview | "It's like the Mona Lisa to us": Doom: The Dark Ages' Hugo Martin talks revisit🐟ing the 1993 Doom, and how it inspired the team to evolve this time around
I didn't expect to say it, but Doom: The Dark Ages adding a shield and a parry somehow makes it feel more Doom than ever
Hands-on Hands-on | Three hours with Doom: The Dark Ages is enough to convi👍nce me these less-than-obvious additions to the series are incredibly creative, and simply sup🎀erb fun
Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom smashes together Super Mario 64, Katamari Damacy, and Crazy Taxi to create the wildest platformer I've ever played
Indie Spotlight Indie Spotlight | Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom is a platformer that doesn't play by🅷 the rules, and doesn't want you to either, encouraging high s🀅peed collisions for maximum airtime
Assassin's Creed Shadows "has a little bit of Tarantino flavor", but its real secret ingredient is intrigue: "It's almost like you're watching an episode of Shogun"
Interview Interview | Quentin Tarantino, Ninja Scroll, Shogun and more all contribute towards Assassin's Creed Shadows' u💝nique tone, says realization and cinematic director David Nibbelin
Assassin's Creed Shadows' dual heroes has been an "opportunity" to enhance immersion in the feudal Japan story: "You get a chance to compare their two perspectives on a situation"
Interview Intervꦜiew | David Nibbelin, Assassin's Creed Shadows' realization and cinematic director, about "emotional flow", balancing Yasuke and Naoe, a🦩nd putting the series' unique spin on history
10 years on, Bloodborne remains an unmatchable feat of atmosphere thanks to the mind-boggling oppressive scale of Yharnam
Opinion Opinion | A♔ decade studying the dangerous streets of Bloodborne's Yharnam has me convinced – the ❀cloying city is why it remains my favorite Soulslike
"We don't want to force one terabyte of data on the players": Assassin's Creed Shadows' tech director on the clever tricks Ubisoft uses to "go beyond" current-gen
Interview Interview | Assassin's Creed's Pierre Fortin talks about the huge t🙈echnical leaps from Assassin's Creed Syndicate to the jaw-dropping Assassin's Creed Shadows
