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
Elden Ring sits atop the throne of PLAY’s new cover
By Play Staff, Oscar Taylor-Kent, Ali Jones published
News Plus, the future of gaming, Uncharted on PS5, the best games of 2021, open world Sonic, and more!
The Play team debate which kids book they would turn into a game
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
News Traumatized by fairy stories as children, the team decide which villains they’d like to thump as adults
Horizon Forbidden West leads PLAY’s Games Of 2022 issue
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
News Plus, hands-on with Elden Ring and Dying Light 2, verdicts on Battlefield 2042 and Call Of Duty: Vanguard, PS5’s first year in review, and more!
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands flies onto PLAY’s cover
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
News Plus, the making of GTA III, the Christmas Gift Guide, Suicide Squad, Final Fantasy Origin, and more!
God Of War Ragnarok ascends to PLAY’s cover
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
News Plus, Spider-Man 2, Wolverine, Gran Turismo 7, Battlefield 2042, and more
DokeV preview: Developer talks boss fights, folklore inspiration, and capturing childlike wonder
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
Features Gotta befriend 'em all
Saints Row PLAY cover digs into its back to basics reboot
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
News Plus, first details on DokeV, Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong, and more
Battlefield Portal rewrites the rules on PLAY’s cover
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
News Plus, a huge supplement showcases the games best using PS5’s features
Elden Ring rises onto PLAY Magazine's cover
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
News Will the Dark Soul successor rule them all on PS5?
Lost Judgment takes you to the streets of Yokohama to solve the toughest case yet
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
Features Lost Judgment sees you serve up justice with evolved combat and detective skills
Resident Evil Village proves that replayability offers better value for money than endless extra content
By Play Staff, Oscar Taylor-Kent published
Features New Game Plus offers deeper gameplay challenges that extend the game's life in a more rewarding fashion than new DLC or empty map updates
Horizon Forbidden West leads PLAY Magazine’s 180 page Hot 50 special
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
News The mega-sized mag dives deep into the biggest PlayStation games on the (ahem) horizon
"The home of Final Fantasy is on console": Director Naoki Yoshida on bringing Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker to PS5
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
Features Official PlayStation Magazine speak with director and producer Naoki Yoshida on the future of Final Fantasy 14
Keeping it real: Meet the developers leading the fight for live action in video games
By Play Staff, Oscar Taylor-Kent published
Features OPM discovers why live action continues to be alluring to the video game industry
With Guilty Gear Strive, Arc System Works is pushing for the next evolution of its beloved fighting franchise
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
Features Guilty Gear creator Daisuke Ishiwatari talks to OPM about taking fighting games back to the dojo with Strive
Top PS4 titles to play on PS5 for enhanced framerates and resolution
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
Features OPM test which games make best use of the console's backwards compatible boost
A fresh new look for Official PlayStation Magazine's reviews special
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
News A redesigned mag brings a new style for the PS5 generation, with in-depth previews, reviews, features and more!
Telling Lies coming to consoles this April
By Ben Tyrer, Oscar Taylor-Kent published
News Award winning narrative game heading to Nintendo Switch, PS4, and Xbox One
Getting Nierer with Yoko Taro and Naoki Yoshida as they talk all things YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
Features OPM talks to Yoko Taro and Naoki Yoshida about bringing a crossover raid series based on Nier: Automata to FF14
Granblue Fantasy: Relink brings online co-op to one of the most popular JRPG franchises of all time
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
Features OPM enjoys a knight out with the Granblue crew, testing Relink's multiplayer mode
Granblue Fantasy: Versus arrives from the Dragon Ball FighterZ devs, and it's adding extra dimensions to the fighting game genre
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
Features Arc System Works' latest finally arrives in North America and Europe in March 2020
Nioh 2 is just as tough as its predecessor, but new features give the player better tools to tackle the challenge
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
Preview Hands-on with the upcoming PS4 exclusive from Team Ninja
Why PS Vita blazed a trail for handheld gaming and is worth buying in 2020
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
Features Sony has officially stopped producing PS Vita, but the feature-packed handheld remains a great place to play indie games on-the-go
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