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01 Horror gets photoreal on PlayStation 5

“THE DEVELOPER WANTS TO MAKE MARTHA IS DEAD ONE OF THE YEAR’S MOST REALISTIC GAMES.”

We’ve sweated over the specs for months. Now, finally, some developers are ready to talk and tease how PlayStation 5 will change the way we play games. This issue we sit down with Martha Is Dead developer LKA’s studio head, Luca Dalcò, to discuss how the power of Sony’s next-gen hardware is being harnessed to make horror truly terrifying.

“PS5’s specifications are incredibly exciting – particularly for us is the additional graphical power and inclusion of ray-tracing architecture,” says Dalcò as

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