THE BEST FIFA SPIN-OFFS

Welcome

Want something on PS5 that’ll blow you away?

THIS MONTH’S TEKKEN CHANCERS

Dashiell Wood CONTRIBUTING WRITER Forced to groove his

Simply en-raptor-ing or a T-wreck?

Are Exoprimal’s live-service ambitions more dated than its fossilised foes?

Wood ya believe it?

Dashiell Wood’s hot gossip

E3 no more

The event’s been cancelled, but it was never the only option for summer fun

Your invitation to a pixel-perfect pummelling

The King Of Fighters XIII: Global Match gets online updates

The only way out is through

Amplitude Studios is back with Endless Dungeon

Numbers Game

We do the maths

PlayStation voices

The month in mouthing off

Dream of the crop

The 2023 Impy awards saw one particular entry winning in multiple categories

The Land of Nod

Harmony: The Fall Of Reverie needs to sing… and it just might!

GEAR: STUFF WE LOVE

Ah, plush it! P-plush it real good!

Which comic-book story would make a great game?

With an adaptation of TMNT: The Last Ronin in the works, we suggest more comics to turn into games

“SHOULD ‘JRPG’ BE RETIRED AS A TERM, OR DOES IT HAVE MEANING?”

Naoki Yoshida makes a valid point, but what should we all do?

“THE ULTIMATE COMFORT GAMING EXPERIENCE? I’VE MINIFIGURED IT OUT.”

Lego games click together to fill a cosy niche that’s like nothing else

Politicians

Corruption, violence, and megalomania – for them, it’s just another day in office

READERS’ MOST WANTED

Which games are bleeping loudest on your radar?

Diablo IV

Mother has arrived

Viewfinder

Another point of view

C-Smash VRS

A cult classic breaks out once more

Sonic Origins Plus

Game Gear games, playable Amy, and physical copies incoming

Crime Boss: Rockay City

Once upon a crime

The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom

Ripping a fatefully good yarn

Pacific Drive

When all you can count on are your wheels

Lego 2K Drive

FORMAT PS5, PS4 / ETA 19 MAY /

We Love Katamari Reroll+ Royal Reverie

FORMAT PS5, PS4 / ETA 2 JUN PUB

Atlas Fallen

FORMAT PS5 / ETA 10 AUG PUB FOCUS

Monster Menu: The Scavenger’s Cookbook

FORMAT PS5, PS4 / ETA 26 MAY PUB

Greyhill Incident

FORMAT PS5 / ETA 9 JUN PUB PERP

Aliens: Dark Descent

FORMAT PS5, PS4 / ETA 20 JUN PUB

Park Beyond

FORMAT PS5 / ETA 16 JUN / PUB

Goodbye Volcano High

FORMAT PS5, PS4 / ETA 15 JUN PUB

HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER!

Series producers Katsuhiro Harada and Michael Murray talk Tekken 8, and how it uses PS5’s power to usher in a new fighting generation

CLIMBING THE LADDER

How each main Tekken has helped the series grow stronger

A PLEASURE TO BEAT YOU

Some of the faces you’ll be caressing with your fist

OUTTA THE KITCHEN

Cooking up a hot beating, and distilling the Heat System

30 YEARS OF FIFA

Ben Wilson digs into the story of gaming’s biggest sports series – as told by those who made it happen

THE BEST FIFA COVERS

FIFA 99 (BERGKAMP) Dennis Bergkamp fronted a solid

Dead Island 2

Trouble in paradise

THE PLAYBOOK

WHAT YOU DO IN: DEAD ISLAND 2 MULTIPLAYER

Tchia

This archipelago adventure has soul

THE PLAYBOOK

FRIE & ENEMIES LOUISE A girl with a

The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR

It’s been scaring us in the face all along

Citizen Sleeper

Open your Eye

Before Your Eyes

Blink and you’ll miss it

Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly

The coffee grind never stops

The Last Worker

Deliver me a revolution

Process Of Elimination

A deceptively simple name for a somewhat standout game

No Man’s Sky

You should make space in your collection for this star

The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners Chapter 2 – Retribution

Bugs and glitches are par for the corpse

Backbeat

Think that funky flow

Fantavision 202X

Baby you’re a firework

Figment 2: Creed Valley

Singsong psychotherapy

Clash: Artifacts Of Chaos

This weird fantasy brawler is gorgeous – that’s an arty-fact

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened

Can you solve the unknowable?

Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist Of The End & The Secret Key

A well-crafted conclusion to the trilogy

Project Zero: Mask Of The Lunar Eclipse

Rogetsu Isle is sporting more masks than the pandemic

WWE 2K23

War Games brings pain – and pleasure

THREE TO PLAY

PSN games you might have missed

ExtendedPLAY

From updates to favourites – the games we just can’t quit

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

PSVR2 Hall of fame

THE VIRTUAL REALITY HITS YOU HAVE TO PLAY

Virtua Tennis 2

The only time backhanded compliments are acceptable

Enter The Matrix

This tie-in champion celebrates its 20th anniversary

Alex

Scott McCrae argues the new generation’s top guy needs more respect

PRESSING THE (ST)ART BUTTON

Think games can’t be art? Dan Solomon challenges you to explain these artful games that walk the line between experience and play

RETROSTATION

An atypical experience, in typical Radiohead fashion. KID

LSD: Dream Emulator

A non-game of the Lofty artist Sato’s bizarre

Flower

There’s no way this modern classic wasn’t going

The Legend Of Dragoon An underrated Addition to the PS Plus Game Catalogue

1 1 Getting the timing right on Addition

Crossovers

When one game at a time isn’t enough

Driving up a storm

Driveclub’s dynamic weather sends tyres skidding and jaws dropping as the heavens open