I was in Los Angeles in early February on assignment for the Globe and Mail, covering four upcoming games being published by Sony Computer Entertainment.

Two titles, Killzone: Mercenary and Tearaway, are for the Playstation Vita. The two games could not exist on any handheld device previously (Sony offers up big guns, playful paper for struggling Vita).

God of War: Ascension is the first title to follow the bestselling trilogy. This prequel has some new elements to its combat system to keep things fresh (Grappling with new God of War’s combat gameplay).

And I got a chance to play an early section of The Last of Us, from Naughty Dog, the developer that brought us the Uncharted adventure games. It was the first glimpse at the zombie-like creatures that populate the game (Face to face with new horrors in The Last of Us).