Sorry Not Sony…

“There’s A Whole World Beyond Your Borders, Whole Tribes Of People Just As Good As You, And It Is All In Danger! It’s A World Worth Fighting For. Not Just Here. Everywhere.” - Aloy, Horizon Zero Dawn

Aloy the main character in Horizon Zero Dawn and most recently Forbidden West was created to show case a strong female character that is “very thoughtful and blut” - Gonzalez. Voiced by by Ashly Burch and modeled after Hannah Hoekstra, Aloy first starts her journey as an outcast with her guardian Rost. After training to win a ritual competition in order to learn more about her mothers identify, she forced on a quest that pins her face to face the elements of the harsh world which includes combat robots that resemble dinosaurs. She is valued based on her resourcefulness, grittiness, and adaptability making her a beloved underdog.

Fun Fact: Her character was inspired by Sarah Connor (Terminator), Ellen Ripley (Aliens), and Ygritte (Game Of Thrones).

(Release - February, 2017)

THIS WEEK

Sony’s State of Play March 2022

Wednesday March 09 2022, Sony released their state of play showing off some of Sony’s most highly anticipated upcoming games for 2022 and 2023.

Most notably out the selection was Capcom’s Exoprimal which appears to be a co-op mech dinosaur killing game that releases sometime next year exclusive to the PS4 and PS5. Other titles includes Ghostwire: Tokyo that releases this month and published by Bethesda Softworks which is an action-adventure game where players are overrun by deadly supernatural forces. Forespoken which was recently delayed until October this year (also looks amazing) is an action RPG developed by Luminous Productions and published by Square Enix, along with Gundam Evolution, and a few other titles. This year is going be great for Sony fans as they have already had big releases such as Horizon Forbidden West and Gran Turisomo 7 and more on the way such as the notable titles like God War Ragnarok.

SPOTLIGHT

Wicked Saints Studios was launched in in 2020 to focus on behavior technology and how that can apply in gaming and people alike. Players are challenged with a mission that helps them change the community for the better and how they would combat that. The absolute legend Jessica Murrey is the CEO and co-founder of this studio which kick started in Medford, Oregon. Jessica mentions the difficult challenges she’s faced when it comes to the industry being able to hear her voice “It’s definitely been challenging and there’s times when I’ve had a hard time getting in the room,” Murrey told NBC5 on the difficulties she faced getting to this point. “Once I’ve gotten in the room, I’ve had a hard time of people taking me seriously or calling me back.” That doesn’t stop her as she’s received funding for a project called “World Reborn”, which is an activism game focused on empowering the younger generation through adventure and best mental health practices.

Jessica continues to strive for change and not only that provides players and her community the tools to do so, she’s a winner for a Northwest Regional Emmy and an Oregon Association of Broadcasters Award for some of her work. Her belief to grow and make that first step is imperative. She’s coined the “Tattoo Method” which designs creative campaigns and an ultimate form of story telling to challenge the status quo of story telling.

Some of the features we love: worlds 1st adventure activism game, focus on activism and collaborative tools to solve real life problems, inclusivity driven with strong goals to search for a common ground!