‘John Wick’ meets ‘Groundhog Day’ in ‘Deathloop’: What to know about the sensational new shooter

If there’s one genre that PlayStation has repeatedly failed to nail, it’s the first-person shooter. Shooting its shot with the middling Killzone franchise on PS2 and making a valiant effort with the short-lived Resistance series, Sony’s shooters have failed to find their target, despite giving it the college try.

Thanks to Halo’s runaway success and the utter dominance of Xbox Live, for lovers of virtual gunplay, Xbox is undeniably the place to play.

Now, at the dawn of a new console generation, Sony is hoping to finally change that. Enter the dazzlingly cool PS5 exclusive, Deathloop.

Here’s everything you need to know.