London Heist PlayStation 4 PS4

Project Morpheus is special because it promises to make you part of a game. Rather than looking through a window with your television screen, the forthcoming PlayStation 4 peripheral aims to embed you inside virtual worlds, allowing you to look around and soak up the scenery. One of the demos that's already been produced for the wearable product includes London Heist, a Vinny Jones-esque gangster experience where you must make a getaway from a seedy English estate.

According to Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida, however, the short sampler had to be changed, because a suicide scene in the original version was far too stressful. "It can be quite scary," he told Official PlayStation Magazine. "Originally, when the Sony London team was making the London Heist demo, they had the ability for you to shoot yourself. And that felt wrong – it was too stressful. The medium is so powerful, so we need to be careful with what we provide."

It may have felt wrong in that context, but it's a testament to just how immersive the virtual reality experience can be – and perhaps shows that the Japanese giant's technology is very much on the right track. We're sadly yet to try the headset for ourselves, but the people who have are constantly reminding us that it makes the mundane memorable. We're personally hoping that old-school Sony properties such as Aquanaut's Holiday and Jumping Flash make the, er, jump to the hardware.

[source gamesradar.com]