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There’s something inherently entertaining about bashing a zombie's brains in. We’ve enjoyed it in shows like The Walking Dead, and we’ve certainly enjoyed it in video games like World War Z, Days Gone, and even Sony classic The Last of Us. However, Arizona Sunshine 2 takes the prize for the most entertaining zombie brain-basher on the market — and it’s all thanks to the PSVR2.
Stepping back into the shoes of your unnamed quippy protagonist, Arizona Sunshine 2, the latest from VR devs Vertigo Games, is an improved sequel in just about every way. It looks better, controls better, and has a far more satisfying gameplay loop. It’s not exactly what we’d call “high-brow” entertainment, not that it was ever trying to be, but slapping a mag into a pistol and popping off a crunchy headshot literally never gets old.
With a crashed helicopter leading to the prospect of meeting other humans, our protagonist has a mission: find patient zero to find the army. However, he won’t be going on this journey alone, as one of the title's key features is your canine companion, Buddy. You can order Buddy to attack zombies — or Freds — retrieve unreachable items for you, and he’ll even store a couple of small weapons in his army vest.
Buddy also undeniably serves as the heart to Arizona’s story, giving our protagonist someone to talk and relate to, other than flesh-eating corpses. You’re never going to shed a tear, but there is an endearing soul to the story that's welcome amidst all the pulpy action. And you will form a bond with Buddy as you play fetch with a zombie head or ruffle his fluffy ears.
Ultimately though, the story acts as a reason to move from one zombie-filled location to another — and we were totally onboard for it. The latter half of the game’s 12 hour campaign is stuffed full of some awesome scenarios that we don’t want to spoil here; just know that you’ll feel incredibly cool as you play through them. We only wish that there was slightly more environmental variety, as it's a little disheartening to boot up yet another sewer level.
A lot of Arizona's entertainment comes from the game’s new realistic reload mechanic. You’ll be ejecting magazines, slotting in grenade launcher shells, and dramatically pulling at pump-action shotguns. Thanks to the tracking on the PSVR2’s Sense controllers, reloading is finely tuned and becomes second nature. It’s endlessly enjoyable as you familiarise yourself with new weapons, each with their own reloading process. And this also ties into the intensity you feel as a horde of zombies surrounds you; there were a few times where we panicked as the biting mouths got closer, dropping our ammunition or forgetting to lock our gun after slotting in a magazine.
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From developer and publisher Vertigo Games, Arizona Sunshine 2 is a VR zombie survival first-person shooter that puts you back in the shoes (and head) of the dark-humoured and sarcastic survivor introduced in the 2016 original game. Continuing to survive alone in the heat of the Arizona desert, the unnamed hero witnesses a helicopter crash. Desperate for human contact he strikes out to find the landing site only to discover a different sort of companion… Whether you’re an old hand at blasting brains, or you’re taking on the zombie hordes for the first time, here’s what you need to know about Arizona Sunshine 2.
Even as we enter the weekend today, December 23, interesting tidbits from the world of artificial intelligence keep coming in. In a shocking development, Infosys has lost a deal worth $1.5 billion with an undisclosed AI firm. The announcement came just days after Infosys Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Nilanjan Roy's resignation. In other news, a group of teachers worked with Yamaha to create an AI-assisted piano that tracks the notes of the music and augments the performance by adding whatever keys are needed but not pressed. And, Arizona creates its own deepfakes to prepare for polls. This and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a closer look.
NASA never fails to amaze with its groundbreaking projects. Currently, NASA scientists and Engineers are gearing up for an extraordinary NASA experiment named GUSTO (Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory) in Antarctica. According to NASA, this innovative project involves a balloon-borne telescope set to launch "no earlier than December 21” as per NASA. Yes, you read that right, it is a balloon-borne telescope. While it will be no match for the James Webb Space Telescope, It will still be a big cog in the gargantuan NASA machine consisting of land, air and space telescopes. It will launch from the Ross Ice Shelf, near the U.S. National Science Foundation's McMurdo Station research base.
Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name has been warmly received on PS5 and PS4, but there’s been controversy surrounding its English dub. While most fans generally prefer to play the franchise with subtitles anyway, SEGA has found success adding English voiceovers to the series in recent years, making the franchise more accessible than it’s historically been.
With the introduction of three entire new experiences – LEGO Fortnite, Rocket Racing, and Fortnite Festival – Epic’s unstoppable “everything” game Fortnite has taken a huge stride closer to becoming its own platform. But with so much new content available, the developer has to find ways to monetise it – and the latest microtransactions are attracting criticism for their obscene prices.
The outrageously overpriced microtransactions for Fortnite’s new arcade racing game Rocket Racing have dramatically dropped, following robust criticism from the game’s community. Epic Games originally intended to flog a single car for 4,000 V-Bucks, which would cost you around £27.99/$29.99, albeit with leftover in-game currency.
God of War Ragnarok’s hotly anticipated free DLC expansion Valhalla, due out later today, will add more Trophies to the game – although they’ll be listed separately from the campaign, so you won’t need to worry about them if you haven’t earned the Platinum just yet. Writing on Twitter, game director Mihir Sheth confirmed the tidbit.
The wait for Suikoden spiritual successor, Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, has felt like an eternity, although in reality, it was only revealed in 2020. Regardless, the release of the successful Kickstarter project (fronted by former Suikoden developers) is finally on the horizon, out on 23rd April on PS5 and PS4, and in a new trailer, we get our most extensive look at the game yet.
It’s been a great week in the gaming world; we kicked off with the trailer for GTA VI, and rounded things off with a whole bunch of announcements and trailers from this year’s Game Awards!
It’s that time of the week where we ruminate on how we’ve spent our time, and wonder whether it was a useful way to spend our lives. Of course, the video game portion of it will always be unassailable, and I’ve been leaping, running and flying my way through the rather excellent Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. I also chilled out for a while with Abzu, before definitely not chilling out with the action-packed Asgard’s Wrath 2.
Developer INTERIOR/NIGHT has announced that its narrative adventure game As Dusk Falls is coming to PS4 and PS5 on March 7. The PlayStation release of the game was announced with a new trailer during The Game Awards 2023, which you can check out below.