An Unreal journey

Welcome

As we’re only six issues into PLAY, we

A new kind of superhero rises

XCOM dev Firaxis reveals its celebration of Marvel’s dark side with Midnight Suns

Grand paintjob

Remasters of GTA III, Vice City, and San Andreas are strongly rumoured

A mystery in full bloom

White Paper Games cracks open the case on Conway: Disappearance At Dahlia View

Skyrim returns (again) in style

Anniversary Edition heads to PS5

The ride of your life

Tropico’s devs ‘impossify’ theme parks in Park Beyond

GEAR: STUFF WE LOVE

PS5 beta user? Got it memorised?

Rising from the ashes

Call Of Duty: Vanguard ventures into historical fiction

What do you want from an upgraded PS Plus?

How should the subscription service evolve to take advantage of the way Sony is growing?

“WHY NOT BUILD UPON THE EXISTING FOUNDATIONS LAID WITH RESISTANCE?”

Multiplayer in Resident Evil may work, but RE:Verse ain’t it

“MEMORIES CAN HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON THE EXPERIENCE AND ENJOYMENT OF A GAME.”

Experiences surrounding games can make them better or worse

IN THE MOOD FOR…

These games dish out PlayStation justice – we’re not judging

Hot Shots

We’re celebrating your very best PlayStation photo mode moments

Back 4 Blood

It’s all for one, and one for braaaiiiinnsss

Jett: The Far Shore

Strangers in a strange land

Riders Republic

Biking our way to the downhill jam

Naraka: Bladepoint

We grapple with the wuxia royale

Oxenfree 2: Lost Signals

The ghosts are back in town

ON THE HORIZON

The next six months, mapped out

Martha Is Dead

Framing a psychological thriller

Solar Ash

FORMAT PS5, PS4 / ETA 26 OCT / PUB ANNAPURNA INTERACTIVE DEV HEART MACHINE / PLAYERS 1

Crusader Kings III

FORMAT PS5 / ETA TBC / PUB PARADOX INTERACTIVE DEV PARADOX INTERACTIVE, LAB42 / PLAYERS 64

The Outlast Trials

FORMAT TBC / ETA 2022 / PUB RED

Far Cry 6

Oscar Taylor-Kent makes friends with the wildlife

Vitae,vampires,and song

Maxime Moze and Laure Delmas talk to Jess Kinghorn about Big Bad Wolf’s next pretty little ditty, Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong

SAINT & SINNERS

Deep Silver Volition talks to Oscar Taylor-Kent about rebooting Saints Row for the modern era

GOTTA Befriend EMALL

South Korean studio Pearl Abyss tells Oscar Taylor-Kent all about creating DokeV, its colourful, online, monster-collecting adventure

Deathloop

Round round, baby, round round

Life is Strange: True Colors

A young adult, small-town mystery drama with plenty of heart

Ghost Of Tsushima: Director’s Cut

Jin up, Sony’s pricey upgrade justifies its cost

Greak: Memories Of Azur

A Greak way to play?

I Am Dead

Happens to the best of us

Foreclosed

Hack through the future

Aliens: Fireteam Elite

Show us everything… oh

WRC 10 The Official Game

Here’s looking at you, skid

BANDWIDTH

PS4-to-PS5 game updates chewed on

Psychonauts 2

Welcome to our mind palaces

Tormented Souls

Horror in the hallways

Sonic Colors: Ultimate

Lighting a fire under your shoes

King’s Bounty II

Hardly fit for a king

Fracked

A slippery slope

Recompile

It’s all gone Tron

Embr

Capitalism’s fires burn forever

I Expect You To Die 2: The Spy & The Liar

You’ll come back for Moore

Dodgeball Academia

Dodgeball is life

Splitgate

Too portal afford a new game? Try this

Watch Dogs: Legion – Assassin’s Creed Crossover

Sister of the blade

Season of the Witch

The Witch Queen comes to Destiny 2

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

Final Fantasy VIII

Squall’s well that ends well

Dark Souls

Arise, Chosen Undead – it’s your tenth birthday

Arno Dorian

Charm is a weapon for this Frencharistocrat-turnedassassin argues Aaron Potter

OVERCOOKED! DISHES UP A BIRTHDAY FEAST

Ghost Town Games tells Jess Kinghorn about the road so far, and the runaway success of Overcooked!

Wet

The neo-noir slasher is sharper than you remember

Arkane Studios

We’re not Lyon about the French developer

Back on the Ishimura

Dead Space 2 makes you relive the horror of the first game in service of its own scares