“CANCEL MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 AND GIVE ME A SPIDER-VERSE GAME.”

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Summer may be over, but it’s been a

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Getting you closer to PlayStation’s most exciting stories, people, and culture

Gamescom: not such a dark place

Gaming’s de facto biggest event of the year didn’t need blockbusters to be a buzz

Life of the party

We find out how the developers making The Jackbox Party Pack are keeping things fresh ten games in

What’s in store?

Bandai Namco brings its gacha, games, and more to Camden Market

No cloud in the sky

The Remote Play-centric PlayStation Portal detailed

If it ain’t broke…

Broken Sword returns with a sixth game and a remake

Snack attack

Cosy Computer devs chat about the joy of being a little thief who wreaks havoc in chaotic roguelite Pizza Possum

Is remote streaming from your PS5/4 the future?

The team mull over whether PS Portal will usher in a new era of gaming or is merely a novelty

“OVERWATCH 2 HAS ITS FANS, BUT NEW PLAYERS WILL WONDER WHY.”

Forget the cancelled story mode, the PvP is its biggest problem

IN THE MOOD FOR… Slime

Love a soft, squashy little pal? You want to be pudding these games on your list

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Banishers: Ghosts Of New Eden

A love story that pierces the veil

Harold Halibut

Even the sturgeon and the ray start to play

Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising

Taking flight once more

Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name

A Yakuza by any other name

Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1

A bundle to surpass, well, the last one

Dark Envoy

Guns and sorcery, real-time and tactical

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare III

A blast from the past

Cygni: All Guns Blazing

But sometimes all shields defending, too

Destiny 2 – The Final Shape

FORMAT PS5, PS4 / ETA 27 FEB /

Project Mugen

FORMAT PS5, PS4 / ETA 29 SEP /

Never Saw It Coming

Persona 5 Tactica twists the slick, quick turn-based fights of the original game into larger-scale, more strategic battles. Malindy Hetfeld dons her thief mask to go hands-on undercover – has it paid off?

Soul Men

Chief creative officer Steve Sinclair and creative director Geoff Crookes on breathing life into Soulframe, Warframe’s upcoming fantasy cousin

LEAP OF FAITH

Jusant is a meditative climbing adventure that’s hoping to take players to dizzying new heights. Don’t Nod’s Kevin Poupard talks Rachel Watts through the journey

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk

Jet set and ready to go All-City

Blasphemous 2

Heavenly visuals meet a mechanical purgatory

Agatha Christie – Hercule Poirot: The London Case

A bird’s-eye view of the crime scene

Armored Core VI: Fires Of Rubicon

Nothing fruity about this fuel, though it will light under a fire under you

VR Skater

When you realise how good this is, you’ll flip

Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate

Making moves with shotgun rules

Immortals Of Aveum

Feels like it goes on for eternity

Atlas Fallen

Can’t carry its world on its shoulders

Gran Turismo

From the bedroom to the podium

Moving Out 2

Leaving for the wrong postcode

Fort Solis

Fort Sol-ace or Fort Sol-arse?

Ride 5

The first PS5-only Ride is slick but staid

THREE TO PLAY

PSN games you might have missed

Firewall Ultra

This needed ammo time in development before release

EXTENDED PLAY

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

WHAT’S NEW PLUS-SY CAT?

Digging into the random acts of gaming a lengthy PS Plus subscription offers

Ridge Racer Type 4

The other pinnacle of PS1 racing games is turning 25

DON’T DELETE

Save icons for these historical October moments spin in the PLAY hive mind. Do you remember this?

Tony Hawk’s Underground

20 years of despising Eric Sparrow

Justin Towell champions the coolest of the Crazy Taxi drivers

BD Joe

RADICALLY RETRO

Tribute Games’ Adam J Marin and Yannick Belzil talk to Oscar Taylor-Kent about bringing an authentically retro style to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Twisted Metal

You talk so hip man, you’re twisting my metal, man

Spider-Man

Turn back the Ock with these facts

This is gonna hurt

Tomb Raider (2013) reveals videogame dame Lara Croft’s very bad, no good baby archaeologist days