LAW BREAKERS

Defy gravity in manic multiplayer shooter Format PS4 ETA 8 Aug Pub Deep Silver Dev Boss Key

While it would be very easy to dismiss this shooter as simply an Overwatch clone, that would also be hugely unfair. Instead, this is a mix of modern character classes and old-school fast action. Our E3 demo round shows off a mode called Blitzball, a capture the flag-type game where the first team to get the ball into their enemies’ base wins. What makes the shooting so much fun are the tiny pockets of anti-gravity that exist on each map. Wander into one and your fighter starts to float upwards if you jump, giving skirmishes a jolt of excitement as you realise how to use the expanded movement to your advantage. In one moment, we use the Vanguard’s Afterburner abilities to soar high up into the air before raining down a deadly cavalcade of grenades against the foes who forget to look up. At its very best, this confident mash-up feels like a lot more than the sum of its on-trend parts.