Oscar Taylor-Kent
Games Editor Oscar Taylor-Kent brings his Official PlayStation Magazine and PLAY knowledge to continue to revel in all things capital 'G' games. A noted PS Vita apologist, he's always 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
Spider-Man 2 leads PLAY Magazine’s Hot 50
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
News Plus: Star Wars Outlaws, Atlus’ ambitious future plans, a huge Final Fantasy 16 review, PSVR2’s best FPS yet, and much more!
Tekken punches onto PLAY's cover
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
News Plus: 30 years of FIFA, hands-on with Elder Scrolls’ new update, Diablo 4, Exoprimal, and more!
Tekken 8 hands-on: Welcome to the new generation of fighting games
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
HANDS-ON Preview | With a focus on "aggressive" gameplay, Tekken 8 brings the heat
Cover reveal: Resident Evil 4's devs on bringing survival horror back to life
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
News Plus, PSVR2 launch verdict, Elder Scrolls Online’s Lovecraftian future, hands-on with Granblue’s epic action RPG, and much more inside!
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor lights up PLAY’s cover
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
News Plus: PSVR2 launch guide, Amnesia: The Bunker, Sherlock Holmes meets Lovecraft, The Last Of Us HBO, and more inside!
PLAY’s PlayStation Games Of 2023 Top 10 revealed
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
News Plus: speaking with The Last Of Us’ cast and crew, talking to the Yakuza devs about Like A Dragon: Ishin, and more inside!
Dead Space leads PLAY's huge Games Of 2023 special
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
News Plus Resident Evil 4, Dead Island 2, PSVR2 priced and dated, and more inside!
Cover reveal: Wo Long slices onto the front of PLAY
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
News Plus: huge hands-ons with PSVR2, Resi 4, and Street Fighter 6, and verdicts on God Of War Ragnarok, Gotham Knights, Modern Warfare 2, and more!
Sonic Frontiers review: "No sense of momentum whatsoever"
By Oscar Taylor-Kent last updated
Review
Bayonetta 3 review: "When the witch takes charge, this demonic fighter is better than ever"
By Oscar Taylor-Kent last updated
Review
Assassin’s Creed Mirage leaps onto PLAY’s cover
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
News With more Assassin’s Creed games on the way. Plus: Iizuka on Sonic Frontiers, God Of War Ragnarok, hands-on with Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7, and more!
Bayonetta 3 hands-on: Lightning-fast combat that teaches an old witch new tricks
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
Preview From giant summons to a brand new character, PlatinumGames shakes up a familiar formula
Genshin Impact blooms onto PLAY’s newest cover
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
News The RPG devs talk evolving the game, PS5, and the anniversary. Plus: Gotham Knights, the Until Dawn studio’s new chiller, The Last Of Us Part I, and more inside!
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion will be a must-play ahead of FF7 Rebirth
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
Features Getting ready for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth in 2023? Then the Crisis Core remaster should be considered a vital detour
How Frogwares built detective RPG The Sinking City, a Silent Hill-style mystery for fans of lateral thinking
By Oscar Taylor-Kent last updated
Interview The Sinking City is rich with clues, but firmly avoids hand-holding mission markers - Frogwares' CEO Wael Amr explains how they built such a complex, rewarding, open world
COD Modern Warfare 2 takes aim at PLAY’s cover
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff last updated
News Plus: Skull & Bones, Midnight Suns, FIFA 23, gaming movies, the GTA Top 100 and more!
Street Fighter 6 punches up PLAY's latest cover
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
News Exclusive access, plus hands-on with Sonic Frontiers, diving into PS Plus' upgrade, and more!
PLAY’s 180-page special details everything Summer Games Fest and beyond
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff last updated
News Midnight Suns takes the cover, plus The Last Of Us, God Of War, Star Wars, Resident Evil, and more
How The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle is crafting an unexplored corner of Tamriel
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
Features TESO creative director Rich Lambert maps out the uncharted waters of the well-covered continent
PlayStation’s 100 best games get the PLAY cover treatment
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
News Unveiling the Top 10 – from PS1 to PS5, PLAY ranks every definitive, unmissable adventure
The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle sets sail for PLAY’s cover
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
News Plus, Until Dawn’s new successor, get creative with Dreams, the story behind Mass Effect’s score, VTM Swansong, and more!
PSVR2 lights up PLAY’s latest cover
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
News Plus, GTA 6 rumours, a discussion with Bungie, the making of OlliOlli, and verdicts for GhostWire: Tokyo, Gran Turismo 7, GTA 5 PS5, and more!
Horizon Forbidden West leads PLAY’s review special
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
News Plus, PlayStation’s Bungie buyout, Moss Book II, and verdicts for Elden Ring, Sifu, Grid Legends, Dying Light 2, Uncharted’s movie, and more!
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