Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andy Robertson reports on technology & digital play. This article is more than 9 years old. Knack was an acquired taste. Although ...

Every new console needs a mascot game. One of those “E for Everyone” titles that families can huddle around. It stars a character that can be an ambassador for the system. Ideally, the mascot game ...

Knack signifies two experiments in one: Knack himself as a technological marvel and construct comprised of ancient relics held together by an energy core, and Knack the game as an attempt to combine ...

Sony Computer Entertainment's Knack has unlockable versions of the namesake character that players can access if they collect the right number and kinds of relics, game director Mark Cerny revealed ...

Sony has a long history of successful mascot-driven platformer games, from Spyro the Dragon to Crash Bandicoot to Ratchet and Clank and Jak and Daxter. In 2013, with the launch of the PS4, the company ...

When I stepped into a room at Sony’s U.S. game headquarters in San Mateo, California, Mark Cerny put a game controller in my hands to show me Knack 2. He wanted the game to speak for itself in the ...

When Knack debuted as a launch title for the PlayStation 4 in 2013, the critics and fans weren’t kind. The game scored 54 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic, with reviewers citing a convoluted ...

When it was first introduced at the February 2013 reveal of the PlayStation 4, Sony’s Knack didn’t give the impression of a blockbuster launch title. It came off as fairly cartoony and simple game ...

Knack has become the butt of many jokes since the PlayStation 4 came out, lambasted for its lack of originality, poor story, and dodgy checkpoint balancing to name but a few complaints. I always ...

PlayStation 4 launch game Knack was most memorable for its impressive use of particles; it used lots of tiny floating cubes, spheres, and pyramids to make up its main character. But beyond that, it ...