Vending machines

Stocking up at the handiest dispensers in PlayStation history

GRAND THEFT AUTO V

Have your criminal capers left you parched? A swig of Sprunk will sort you out. Despite its filthy name, GTA’s premier soft drink can do wonders for your health. If Trevor, Michael, and Franklin get shot up, take them to the nearest Sprunk machine to cure their booboos.

BIOSHOCK

Roll right up to the Circus Of Values! Whether you’re after a $10 bottle of Chechnya vodka or Electric Buck shotgun rounds, these clown-fronted vending machines have you covered. Hack the machines to lower the prices. You tightwad.

SHENMUE

Ryo sucks at this ‘revenge’ malarkey. Tasked with finding his pop’s killer, he finds time to blow his pocket money on Sega gachapon machines. Not that we blame him. If you gave us the choice between fighting Lan Di and collecting Sonic figures, we’d go the hedgehog route every time.

RATCHET & CLANK

Whether you’re after a gun that makes your enemies start disco dancing or a weapon that gives them an old-school pixel makeover, Ratchet’s Gadgetron vendors are invaluable for building up the Lombax’s arsenal. Now, who’s ready for a sinful bolt-spending spree?

DEAD RISING

Frank West sure is resourceful. Surrounded by hordes of coffin-dodgers, the photojournalist has to use every last resource Willamette Mall houses to keep the zombies at bay. He can even pick up vending machines and whack the undead silly with them.

YOOKA-LAYLEE

Vendi is a stickler for the rules. This sentient vending machine is an employee of the dastardly Capital B and will only dispense Play-Tonics to people/lizards/fruitbats who carry an ID card. Thankfully she’s also gullible, quickly believing Yooka’s fib about Laylee eating his card.

DEUS EX: MANKIND DIVIDED

Thanks to his cyber augmentations, Adam Jensen is capable of ludicrous feats of strength. Upgrade the right perks and you can pick up and throw a vending machine like it was made of rice paper – often revealing secret shortcuts.

WWE ’12

There’s nothing like being chucked spine-first into a vending machine to settle a wrasslin’ feud. If Alberto del Rio thinks John Cena has gotten too big for his britches he can throw him into a soda machine and watch the ‘Doctor of Thuganomics’ writhe around in agony. We’re sure Big Daddy would approve.

BORDERLANDS 3

Gearbox’s loot-shooter loves saucy vending machines. Our fave? The provocative ‘Ammo Dump’ numbers. When your ammo reserves are running dry, what would you rather see than a sentient grenade in a sultry pose?