In the aftermath of the Tokyo Game Show, a couple of timely interviews from Hideo Kojima have been published simultaneously by IGN and the Washington Post (paywalled).

They’ve also been deployed alongside a statement from Kojima Productions itself, which encourages fans to take recent reporting from Bloomberg’s uber-reliable Jason Schreier with “a dose of scepticism”.

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Platinum Trophy #37: Unpacking

Date Earned: 14th May 2022

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This year’s Tokyo Game Show was scheduled to be the biggest in the long-running event’s history, with activities scheduled to run for a full five days, as opposed to its usual four.

But a typhoon warning in Japan has curtailed activities, and in the interest of public safety, organisers have cancelled Monday’s event.

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As it promised, Marvel’s Wolverine dev Insomniac has already started responding to the intense criticism aimed at its latest PS5 exclusive – as sales analysts predict the title is on track to be a major Sony success.

A new hotfix, available to download now, reduces the opacity and intensity of the title’s controversial ‘Scent Trails’, which have been used as a lightning rod for robust feedback on the foray.

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When Capcom announced Monster Hunter Wilds’ upcoming expansion, Ascendance, would be playable at Tokyo Game Show, it immediately became the top title on my list to get my claws into.

Monster Hunter has been one of my favourite video game series since Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate launched back in 2013, and it’s been incredible seeing the franchise's popularity grow while Capcom continues to innovate with each new release.

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September continues to be ridiculous; next week sees the arrival of another 26 games on PS5 and PS4. As we often say in our staff chat, there are simply too many games.

Among the chaos are a handful of bigger titles to look out for. They include the likes of Control Resonant, Silent Hill: Townfall, and Dune: Awakening.

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I've been keeping an eye on Fate/Extra Record for years at this point, so when the game was finally handed a confirmed release date a couple of weeks back, I was over the moon (pun very slightly intended).

The good news didn't stop there, though. Not long after the big reveal, publisher Aniplex invited me to an extended preview of the long-awaited title, where I got to see over an hour's worth of uncut gameplay.

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Wow, it's a milestone issue of WAYP yet again. But we'll save the big celebration for 700 next year. This week, we're keeping things short and sweet.

Aaron Bayne

I've got a review game on the go which I can't talk about yet, but I'll also be quite keen to check out RuneScape Dragonwilds with some mates.

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Back in 2013, then-PlayStation executives Shuhei Yoshida and Adam Boyes made history with a silly little video that made a mockery of Xbox One's much-maligned DRM plans.

13 years later, a lot has changed, and the video has a completely different effect — but it's still an iconic gag.

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Bruce Straley, formerly a key senior staff member at Naughty Dog, has aired his grievances with modern AAA games.

In a feature from Edge magazine, which examines the "broken" state of the industry's big budget productions, he shares his distaste for how risk-averse they tend to be.

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Planning on playing Final Fantasy 7 Revelation? You'd best be ready to get your PS5's SSD in order.

Naoki Hamaguchi, director of the upcoming third and final entry in the FF7 remake project, has estimated the game will amount to a whopping 200GB, or thereabouts.

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I’m fighting a possessed bus with a weapon that morphs from an axe to a whip whilst the skyscrapers of Manhattan fold in on themselves like I’m in a dream from Inception. Nowhere else could this be the case than in a Remedy game.

Releasing its third entry in the Remedy Connected Universe, Control Resonant has the Finnish developer’s DNA all over it. It’s inventive, weird, gorgeous, and as far as sequels go, a pretty hefty step up from the 2019 original – although I still have my issues.

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SEGA’s really giving us unprecedented pre-release access to Crazy Taxi: World Tour, the 2027 revival of AM3’s all-time classic arcade ferry-’em-up.

Back at Gamescom I spoke to director Kenji Kanno before getting my hands on the new Germany map, while my colleague Stephen Tailby tested out the closed beta test this weekend – and likened it to a nostalgic era of PS3 multiplayer modes.

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The mere mention of generative AI prompts an immediate backlash these days, but there's no escaping the reality that it's now a recognised tool across the video game industry.

The fingerprints of gen-AI have been found throughout numerous projects over the last few years, sparking all kinds of discussions about creative freedoms and artistic integrity.

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Even though I don’t think its PS5 re-release is very good, I’ll always have a soft spot for Lollipop Chainsaw on the PS3.

Written by James Gunn and directed by Suda51, the crass Grasshopper Manufacture bubblegum beat-’em-up had an intoxicating identity – with an inexplicable budget from Warner Bros to match its ambitions.

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Valor Mortis team One More Level believes it's created a first-person Soulslike with the "quality, fidelity, and play time" of a full-priced PS5 release, so it's decided to price its upcoming game at $39.99 instead.

In a statement posted to social media, the developer talks up the quality of Valor Mortis, but also recognises it's putting the title out during a busy period with a lot of other PS5 releases. It was already delayed once — out of this month and to 13th October 2026 — because of the crowded release calendar.

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ZA/UM has shared the PS5 version of Zero Parades: For Dead Spies will launch on 3rd November 2026 as an expanded Director's Cut containing new content, dialogue, modes, and additional improvements.

This will build on the well-received original version, which in itself was one of many spiritual successors to Disco Elysium. Of course, ZA/UM did develop that game, but the team that made Zero Parades is essentially unrecognisable from that of Disco Elysium. A lot of turmoil and departures at the studio meant many creative leads on Disco Elysium didn't stick around for Zero Parades.

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Fortnite's current season, entitled Override, is celebrating numerous games and characters with many crossovers, and a major player in the season is Kingdom Hearts.

Epic Games has now officially unveiled how Sora will look in its massively popular shooter with the below video:

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Castlevania fans are eating good, aren't they?

Not only is an official new entry on the way in the form of Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, but Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement — from Castlevania royalty Koji Igarashi — is on the way too.

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The Witcher 3 Remastered's announcement took everyone by surprise at Gamescom, especially since CD Projekt Red appears to be packing it with so many improvements (while also making it a free upgrade for existing owners).

The developer's already detailed most of these additions and adjustments, but why has the team decided to essentially re-release The Witcher 3 for a second time? Indeed, an enhanced PS5 version of the RPG — The Witcher 3 Complete Edition — launched back in 2022.

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I already know what you're thinking: after six Milla Jovovich-led movies and Welcome to Raccoon City, calling something "the best Resident Evil film ever" isn't exactly saying very much.

The flicks based on Capcom's iconic horror series have been fun but ultimately poor for almost 25 years now. As the games have only gotten better, the films went in the opposite direction.

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Bloomwalker, a Studio Ghibli-looking adventure from South Korean developer Netmarble, was announced for Xbox and PC last year — and now we've got confirmation that it's also coming to PS5.

The game's a mix of exploration and crafting, as you clean away a kind of corruption from its open world. You'll also enlist the help of magical allies as you progress, and you can customise your abode, which just so happens to be a cosy wee house with legs.

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Rockstar Games has announced the official GTA 6 album, and it's now available for pre-order via Atlantic Records.

Via the official site, you can pre-purchase the album on CD or vinyl, with the latter available in two options — a standard edition and a limited edition. You can also pre-save the album on music services like Apple Music, Spotify, and so on.

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Alx Preston, head of developer Heart Machine, has announced some unfortunate news for the studio.

Via a post on LinkedIn, he has shared that "nearly everyone" at Heart Machine has been laid off, and the developer's future is uncertain.

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Ever since it broke up with E3, lodging one nail in the convention’s coffin, Sony has shied away from big public displays of affection.

The cynics among you would perhaps say it’s reflective of this modern era of PlayStation, where it wants as little to do with its community as possible – but it’s had this approach for quite some time.

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