Sony PlayStation: Developers share their favorite games and in-game screenshots from 2020
The list came weeks after SIE shared the PlayStation Game of the Year awards 2020 list. Here is everything we know about the best games of 2020 and in-game screenshots as selected by the Sont PlayStation developers.
Like most companies and publications out there, Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) shared a list of best PlayStation games for 2020. However, unlike the other lists, SIE asked its PlayStation game developers to list their favorite games. This means that high-level executives and developers from multiple PlayStation game development studios when all out to acknowledge their favorites. The list came weeks after SIE shared the PlayStation Game of the Year awards for 2020. Now, moving to the recent lists, Sony also asked game developers to share their best in-game screenshots through Photo mode. Here is everything we know about the best Sony PlayStation games of 2020 and in-game screenshots through Photo mode.
Sony PlayStation developers’ favorite games, details
Looking at the list of best Sony PlayStation games that the game studio executives and developers shared, The Last of Us Part II was certainly on the top. Some notable developers include Gavin Moore from Deamon’s Souls and Cyrille Imbert from Streets of Rage 4. The list also includes Angie Smets from Guerrilla, Stuart Whyte from London Studio, Jason Chuang from Genshin Impact, and Brian Horton from Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales. Second favorite game on the list was obviously “Ghost of Tsushima”. Keith Lee from Godfall, Masayoshi Yokoyama from Yakuza: Like A Dragon, and Fumihiko Yasuda from Nioh 2 backed the game. Others include Rafael Grassetti from God of War and Kurt Margenau from The Last of Us Part II.
Hermen Hulst, the Head of PlayStation Studios selected Ghost of Tsushima and The Last of Us Part II as the best games for 2020. The third game on the list was Deamon’s Souls as selected by Jason Connell from Ghost of Tsushima, Ned Waterhouse from Sackboy, and Henri Markus from Returnal. Other games in the list also include Call of Duty: Warzone, Fall Guys, Doom Eternal, Ikenfell, and Spider-Man: Miles Morales. We also saw No Man’s Sky, Resident Evil 3, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 in the list.
In fact, several developers also selected two games as their favorites for the year. The list of games includes Persona 5 Royal, Streets of Rage 4, and Final Fantasy VII Remake. Beyond this, the developers also chose their favorite in-game screenshots through Photo mode across the popular PlayStation titles. Some of these titles include Deamon’s Souls, Fall Guys, Ghost of Tsushima, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Nioh 2, No Man’s Sky, and Astro’s Playroom.
PlayStation Game of the Year awards 2020, details
Looking back, The Last of Us Part II won the “Best Narrative”, “Best Accessibility Features”, and “Best Graphical Showcase” awards at the Game of the Year awards 2020. The title also won the “Best Soundtrack”, “Best Sound Design”, “PS4 Game of the Year” and the “Gaming Moment of the Year” awards. Astro’s Playroom won the “Best use of Dualsense” award, and Ghost of Tsushima won the “Best Art Direction” award.
Call of Duty: Warzone won “Best Multiplayer”, Tony Hawk’s Pro-Skater 1 & 2 won the “Best Sports Game”, and Spider-Man: Miles Morales won “Best New Character”, and “PS5 Game of the Year” awards. Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout won “Best Independent Game”, Star Wars Squadrons won the “Best PS VR Experience”, and Naughty Dog won the “Studio of the Year” awards.
