An award-winning motion recreation beforehand solely out there on Xbox is out now on PS5, and getting sturdy opinions after its launch.
What Xbox motion recreation port is getting sturdy opinions?
South of Midnight, the action-adventure recreation initially launched in 2025, is offered now on PlayStation 5. On Metacritic, the sport has launched to sturdy opinions, scoring an 80 amongst the six opinions which were revealed for the PS5 model. A lot of the reward of the sport notes the implausible setting and soundtrack for the sport, in addition to its Southern Gothic Folklore-inspired story.
PlayStation Way of life’s Tyler Treese praised the sport, saying it “includes a well-told and gorgeously animated story that’s price experiencing. Its mythological Deep South setting is a pleasure to see depicted so lovingly, and its distinctive fight retains the sport enjoyable. Whereas it’s not Xbox’s greatest PS5 outing, as it may get barely repetitive, action-adventure recreation followers will need to test it out.”
The sport follows the story of Hazel, a lady who learns she has an historical weaving energy. The sport closely incorporates numerous Deep South mythos, and sees Hazel battling towards “Haints.”
The sport was initially launched on Xbox Collection X|S and PC, and was praised for its distinctive artwork model. South of Midnight emulates a stop-motion animation model for its cutscenes, one thing that earned it each reward and awards when it was initially launched.
At The Recreation Awards 2025, South of Midnight took house the award for Video games for Affect. The sport additionally gained the award for Excellent Achievement in Animation on the twenty ninth Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, and in addition gained an Annie Award for Greatest Character Animation in a Video Recreation.
South of Midnight is only one of a number of Xbox video games that has been making its option to the PlayStation 5 over the previous couple of months. The sport joins different previously Xbox unique titles like Pentiment, Hello-Fi Rush, Sea of Thieves, Halo, and extra as all making the bounce throughout the console barrier.
