While PC games have been artwork since 2013 and BioShock Infinite, video games have truly been artwork on consoles for an entire yr longer because of Journey. Thatgamecompany’s wander ’em up about robed figures sliding and gliding by way of a mysterious desert of ruins received hearts and naive declarations in 2012. I imply, it’s chuffing pretty. It actually is. Beautiful and affecting stuff. I’m very glad that publishers Annapurna Interactive are bringing it lastly to PC. Don’t thoughts me and my awake-at-6am grumbling about myopic gushing over ART from games journos who broadly perceive artwork to be “things I can show my mum so maybe she won’t think I’m wasting my life.” Journey is smashing and I do imply that.
You’re this wee particular person in a pleasant gown, see, gliding by way of the air and sliding down dunes by way of the desert engulfing a ruined metropolis. All it’s a must to do is attain a distant mountain, yeah? Ah, but it surely’s such a pleasure merely to maneuver by way of this land, playful and stunning. And it has a beautiful spot of co-op the place different gamers can seem in your game, nameless and solely in a position to talk by chiming a be aware. It’s good, that.
Here, have a peek at this trailer from the PlayStation four re-release:
Journey is coming to PC “soon”, every time that’s, via the Epic Games Store. Nope, no phrase of a launch on different shops but. The Fortnite gang have lined up some fairly scorching scloosies for his or her newly-launched games retailer, nabbing the new (and out!) game from Bastion devs Supergiant too.
I’m nonetheless a bit stunned that authentic publishers Sony are letting this go away PlayStations.
Tonight’s announcement got here from The Game Awards, the ‘Oscars but video games’ marketing-o-rama the place I misplaced monitor of which movies have been nominees and which have been adverts.
