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Welcome

Welcome to 2022. With PS5’s launch year behind

A brief glimpse into the future

Major developers and indie studios reveal titles in development at The Game Awards

Uncharted boosted

Two adventures remastered for PS5 in Legacy Of Thieves Collection

Begining to believe

The Matrix Awakens is a peek at the power of next-gen gaming

Back for round three

Clash: Artifacts Of Chaos devs tell us how they’re welcoming contenders new and old to Zenozoik

Sonic Of The Colossus

The Blue Blur goes off the rails in Sonic Frontiers

GEAR: STUFF WE LOVE

This month, coffee and contemplation

Meet the locals

Horizon Forbidden West introduces a lively cast of NPCs

Turbo-charge your PS5

Ten tips and tricks to make your new console even more impressive

What’s your gaming New Year’s resolution?

Promises are made to be broken, but are Team PLAY’s goals worth sticking with this year?

“IT’S TIME APEX LEGENDS RECEIVED MORE CREDIT FOR ITS STORYTELLING.”

Respawn’s built some horrifyingly gripping narratives into its shooter

“PHOTO MODE IS COOL BUT I WISH IT WERE MORE LIKE USING A REAL CAMERA.”

Cameras are a creative tool. More games should emulate using one

Eyebrows

Thick, thin, messy, or on fleek, these bold brows are some of gaming’s finest

Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League

She’s a killer Quinn

Star Trek: Resurgence

Far from uncharted territory

The Expanse: A Telltale Series

Sure to be an absolute Belter

Babylon’s Fall

It’s a long way up

Thymesia

Your plague is problematic

Rumbleverse

We can smell what Epic Games is cooking

Forspoken

Spellcasting and parkour? Girl got skills

The King Of Fighters XV

We KO’d Kyo and gave Chris a Glasgow kiss

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax

i FORMAT PS4 / ETA MAR 2022 /

DNF Duel

i FORMAT PS5, PS4 / ETA TBC PUB

Sker Ritual

i FORMAT PS5 / ETA Q2 2022 PUB

Yurukill: The Calumniation Games

i FORMAT PS5, PS4 / ETA 10 JUN

Among Us VR

i FORMAT PSVR / ETA TBC PUB INNERSLOTH

Afterimage

i FORMAT PS5, PS4 / ETA LATE 2022

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

i FORMAT PS5 / ETA TBC / PU

​ARC Raiders

i FORMAT PS5 / ETA 2022 PUB EMBARK

Ring of roses

Oscar Taylor-Kent details how Elden Ring will blow you away… before we all fall down

Bosses From Hell

You’ve seen the new, so now revisit some old flames as we count down the 15 best FromSoftware bosses across Demon’s Souls, Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and Sekiro

PLAY GAME OF THE YEAR 2021

This past year has been big for gaming. Not only was it PS5’s launch year, but loads of great games were released, both from huge studios and fantastic indie developers. We asked you to pick the best, so here are 2021’s Games Of The Year, in ranked order, as decided by you and all of PLAY’s readers!

Solar Ash

Faster than the speed of light

Heavenly Bodies

Get ready to grapple with gravity

After The Fall

Winter is coming (and it’s bringing zombies)

Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker

There and back at it again

Evil Genius 2: World Domination

Money, minions, mayhem!

Beyond A Steel Sky

A steel at the price

The Wild At Heart

A whimsical take on Pikmin

Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector

By the emperor’s will

Chorus

No waxing lyrical – could be better, could be much verse

Rune Factory 4 Special

An oldie but a goodie returns for another spin

Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon

There’s lots to dig about this one

THREE TO PLAY

PSN games you might have missed

Call Of Duty: Vanguard

Who you gonna call? Dam Busters!

Terminator: Resistance – Annihilation Line

Rage against the machine… again

Swing it

Web-sling into Fortnite’s newest chapter

PS5 Hall of fame

THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO THE NEW GEN’S GREATEST GAMES

PS4 Hall of fame

THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO THE LAST GEN’S GREATEST GAMES

PSVR Hall of fame

THE VIRTUAL REALITY HITS YOU HAVE TO PLAY

Gravity Rush

The Vita game with an irresistible pull

DON’T DELETE

Save icons for these historical January moments spin

Final Fantasy VII

A JRPG classic celebrates its 25th birthday

Trico

The Last Guardian star can be difficult, says Jon Bailes, but he’s a good boy

OBSCURE

Five teens, one school, lots of monsters. James Dyson speaks with the devs behind this (ahem) obscure survival horror series

Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition

Is this 2012 release as good as that pun? Yes

A BRIEF HISTORY OF Zombie games

Get this zombie info into your bbrraaaiiiinnsss

Hey, soul sister

Red Dead Redemption 2 cuts deep when Arthur Morgan recognises his own mortality