Posts by Alex Preston
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![Journey inside the Ultravoid with new Solar Ash gameplay](https://blog.playstation.com/tachyon/2021/02/SolarAsh_PSBlog_FeaturedImage.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEAgaCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJHMEUCIQCuVsQ9rnEGuyvO7BvADPbDIsYYL3aEuXeSuHPEF0BntgIgLAb%2BcceMpNWe6DhcU7vKp4R1%2F7cXImMxNyrMn9pxLmUqhgQI4f%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FARAAGgw1Nzc0MTg4MTg0MTMiDMBHIKAwCfCuTF2tziraAxfc1exKJkpuxCVG7n5m%2BC3EROD9ncHIxW5aHjlS%2FYpjeyjStWumfFUyHBBK%2BGhwvTLxLxIBx1XAHrJVU9mOLgMUJ8TEX3%2BVdZrchXWvt2cXz8%2BEkvNU%2Fnc0%2BvbDcrH%2Fm5Dfu3%2Fbo%2BYtwLm1WcLCgUX4Fhl1JCrXXODOntWYDi78v9GdAP0bAgZK5Q3%2BqHpxMncZ2GJAK%2FvUa808YSfoLoV%2BY5jqH0xntvnAIsEgWA1t6jjIO8MoyHibOPidiKJJy5VzI3DiFHqo6edaEYo9Vx0oEleMWNKH0U0hVO%2BPDi85dFRYGnR39aAzUGJqFkcD6nVXZ3%2FNZhEPhfEImb5stStNyOWZECqIrKe26zJKR1jGxQLDMw2%2BG%2F1kjc2CyTu8EPO18E5l478N64iSLCPly0%2FzydnWUZkmoJgbu2SDK8UmYSG9A7rF70zD5sfFoo4dSuIfn2yU0v02E7Kl%2FA5e%2FE6YjMOtUHztAX75na8NH2aQYumwxzcT5vT9fCRa9o%2F4FL7%2FD5wKu37ahMVR8greqv5KN7ZEAhBMHKkz2imWcIfblAoDnKmKJ%2FNe5EWMusHOuJFD059g3YvfMeLknlyckJpM%2B6UGmRJELgWqGBY3MHmThdygaUtnDYeLHDCU5pC1BjqlAaWDhGkkCGgmloO1jFTu1CRsk4aSRwEIsB0KNg13A%2FaOpnaCoK8eLBoWyM5A%2Bz40%2FgHJ726BxTF5gXQvoUGgFoFIbQx0Ok4TKr7GVE00x4L6avjIxzHx78ZuzveEUD71pz4sT4xHHeKdPrfnmtu17jGvVG3BbD4HDocHX%2Fa1LiyQSqUiTM75bB9ivqgYsswWngsaleomLuZn%2Bbbwi0ZtHQTEIK6JGg%3D%3D&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=ASIAYM4GX6NWR2LGYQU4%2F20240726%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20240726T235316Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=900&X-Amz-Signature=56783eab34d85163186bd90853de8e988bcdefb6070c6fbaf842fe51d552a24a&resize=1088%2C612&crop_strategy=smart)
Journey inside the Ultravoid with new Solar Ash gameplay
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Alex Preston Founder & Creative Director, Heart Machine
![Travel into the void in Solar Ash, coming to PlayStation 5](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VrNgfmkf0uI/hqdefault.jpg)
Travel into the void in Solar Ash, coming to PlayStation 5
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Alex Preston Founder & Creative Director, Heart Machine
![Creating the World of Hyper Light Drifter on PS4 and PS Vita](https://blog.playstation.com/tachyon/2014/03/hyperlight.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEAgaCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJHMEUCIQCuVsQ9rnEGuyvO7BvADPbDIsYYL3aEuXeSuHPEF0BntgIgLAb%2BcceMpNWe6DhcU7vKp4R1%2F7cXImMxNyrMn9pxLmUqhgQI4f%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FARAAGgw1Nzc0MTg4MTg0MTMiDMBHIKAwCfCuTF2tziraAxfc1exKJkpuxCVG7n5m%2BC3EROD9ncHIxW5aHjlS%2FYpjeyjStWumfFUyHBBK%2BGhwvTLxLxIBx1XAHrJVU9mOLgMUJ8TEX3%2BVdZrchXWvt2cXz8%2BEkvNU%2Fnc0%2BvbDcrH%2Fm5Dfu3%2Fbo%2BYtwLm1WcLCgUX4Fhl1JCrXXODOntWYDi78v9GdAP0bAgZK5Q3%2BqHpxMncZ2GJAK%2FvUa808YSfoLoV%2BY5jqH0xntvnAIsEgWA1t6jjIO8MoyHibOPidiKJJy5VzI3DiFHqo6edaEYo9Vx0oEleMWNKH0U0hVO%2BPDi85dFRYGnR39aAzUGJqFkcD6nVXZ3%2FNZhEPhfEImb5stStNyOWZECqIrKe26zJKR1jGxQLDMw2%2BG%2F1kjc2CyTu8EPO18E5l478N64iSLCPly0%2FzydnWUZkmoJgbu2SDK8UmYSG9A7rF70zD5sfFoo4dSuIfn2yU0v02E7Kl%2FA5e%2FE6YjMOtUHztAX75na8NH2aQYumwxzcT5vT9fCRa9o%2F4FL7%2FD5wKu37ahMVR8greqv5KN7ZEAhBMHKkz2imWcIfblAoDnKmKJ%2FNe5EWMusHOuJFD059g3YvfMeLknlyckJpM%2B6UGmRJELgWqGBY3MHmThdygaUtnDYeLHDCU5pC1BjqlAaWDhGkkCGgmloO1jFTu1CRsk4aSRwEIsB0KNg13A%2FaOpnaCoK8eLBoWyM5A%2Bz40%2FgHJ726BxTF5gXQvoUGgFoFIbQx0Ok4TKr7GVE00x4L6avjIxzHx78ZuzveEUD71pz4sT4xHHeKdPrfnmtu17jGvVG3BbD4HDocHX%2Fa1LiyQSqUiTM75bB9ivqgYsswWngsaleomLuZn%2Bbbwi0ZtHQTEIK6JGg%3D%3D&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=ASIAYM4GX6NWR2LGYQU4%2F20240726%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20240726T235317Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=900&X-Amz-Signature=8774083b9497679b691c82ae9e5b8db2a68cf76a3f94acda5b24b240f42c1817)
Creating the World of Hyper Light Drifter on PS4 and PS Vita
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Alex Preston Founder & Creative Director, Heart Machine