New PlayStation ad gives PS4 exclusive titles a live-action makeover

News by Shabana Arif Contributor

Published on Nov. 14, 2016

Can it best Michael?

PlayStation adverts are always fun. Who could forget the PS3 Micheal commercial?

The latest ad for the PS4 is called The King and features a young royal bored with the mundanity of his everyday life.

Accompanied by Scala & Kolacny Brothers' cover of Eurythmics’ Sweet Dreams, he fantasises about leaving it all behind to escape into a world of significantly more excitement, and promptly legs it.

The ad is the longer version of the one on YouTube, which features an extra scene with Spider-Man - it's not actual gameplay footage, so don't get too excited.

A ton of flagship PS4 characters are brought to life in the live-action/ CGI mash-up, as well as those from upcoming titles, like Horizon Zero Dawn's Aloy.

There are also a sprinkling of more subtle references. I'm pretty sure I haven't spotted all of them yet. How did you get on?