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June 2021
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Welcome
As you’ve no doubt noticed, things are changing
Insider
Investing in the future
The PS3 and PS Vita digital stores almost closed. It’s put collecting in the spotlight…
Let’s get physical
Ten games to get now in physical form, before prices start to rise
Taylor-made news
Oscar Taylor- Kent’s news slap
The art of fighting
Guilty Gear Strive’s devs reveal exactly why the series looks so good
Everybody get dangerous
The people have come in Elite Dangerous: Odyssey
PS5’s Oblivion Gates open
The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood takes us back to Oblivion, and forwards to PS5
GEAR: STUFF WE LOVE
This month we pick the best headphones
All eyes on WWE 2K22
Can 2K put the mania back into wrestling?
Is Sony playing it safe with too many blockbusters?
Should Sony be taking more risks and supporting smaller studios with its future games lineup?
“WHY HAS SONY SUDDENLY TURNED ITS BACK ON FIRST-PERSON SHOOTERS?”
Excelling in one genre is great, but variety is even better
“THE POST-APOCALYPSE NEEDS TO STOP SPOILING FOR A FIGHT AT EVERY TURN.”
The genre must accept that we get by with a little help from our friends
Regulars
REPLIES
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Hot Shots
We’re celebrating your very best PlayStation photo mode moments
Previews
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade
Yuffie Kisaragi takes centre stage in new DLC
Abandoned
A first-person horror to root for
Haunted Space
Are you elite?
Biomutant
A unique evolutionary effurt
In Sound Mind
There’s always a lighthouse
Necromunda: Hired Gun
Descending into the Underhive
OlliOlli World
Get your skate on!
Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One
The game is afoot!
Wraith: The Oblivion – Afterlife
Who you gonna call? No, not them!
WWI: Isonzo – Italian Front
FORMAT PS5, PS4 / ETA 2021 / PUB
Asterix & Obelix: Slap Them All!
FORMAT PS4 / ETA 2021 PUB MICROIDS /
Embr
FORMAT PS4 / ETA 2021 PUB CURVE DIGITAL
Hoa
FORMAT PS5, PS4 / ETA SPRING PUB PM
Lumote
FORMAT PS4 / ETA TBC PUB WIRED PRODUCTIONS
Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne – HD Remaster
FORMAT PS4 / ETA 25 MAY PUB SEGA
Arcade Paradise
FORMAT PS5, PS4 / ETA TBC / PUB
Rustler
FORMAT PS5, PS4 / ETA 2021 PUB MODUS
Resident Evil Village
Ian Dean tries to fend off a tall lady’s advances
Features
RIFT IT UP
FORMAT PS5 / ETA 11 JUN / PUB PLAYSTATION STUDIOS / DEV INSOMNIAC GAMES / PLAYERS 1
VR THE REVOLUTION
PSVR is here to stay. Oscar Taylor-Kent talks with developers about what makes the medium unique, and where it could go from here
Reviews
Outriders
A loot shooter with true grit?
Balan Wonderworld
A very late winner of platformer of the year, 2004
Oddworld: Soulstorm
PSA: you can’t even fart on command in this one
MotoGP 21
Tyred of arcade racers? This is the wheel thing
UnderMine
INFO FORMAT PS4 PRICE £13.99 ETA Out now
Kaze And The Wild Masks
This green stuff is bad for you
Cozy Grove
A delicious slice-of-afterlife
Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods – Part Two
It seems you can teach old gods new tricks
Doom 3: VR Edition
Is VR an Imp-rovement, or is it Cacodemon?
Nier Replicant ver.1.2247 4487139…
A cult JRPG gets the TLC it deserves
Root Film
Sun, sand, and sleuths
Lost Words: Beyond The Page
Craving wordly possessions
El Hijo –A Wild West Tale
The son strikes true
Mundaun
Shall we pencil you in for an indie horror?
THREE TO PLAY
PSN games you might have missed
Disco Elysium: The Final Cut
Making all the right choices
Marvel’s Avengers
Not much to marvel at, despite its time to recuperate
Paradise Lost
Szymon says investigate the bunker
BANDWIDTH
PS4-to-PS5 game updates chewed on
A Hat In Time – Seal The Deal & Nyakuza Metro
Headgear-related shenanigans prove all the rage
DLC
£TBC STREETS OF RAGE 4 – MR X. NIGHTMARE
Finally, almost there
Final Fantasy XIV comes to PS5
LIVE GAMES
Online games still keeping our attention
PS5 Hall of fame
THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO THE NEW GEN’S GREATEST GAMES
The Last Of Us Remastered
Is it time to get back on the road with Joel?
PS4 Hall of fame
THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO THE LAST GEN’S GREATEST GAMES
PS VR Hall of fame
THE VIRTUAL REALITY HITS YOU HAVE TO PLAY
RetroStation
Manhunt
“You’re killing to entertain, so play to the camera.”
Infamous 2
Released ten years ago this month – is it still Infamous?
Deacon St John
Ian Dean argues Days Gone’s hero isn’t who you think he is
A DIFFERENT KIND OF BLACK OPS
This gem from PlayStation’s past should be unearthed, appreciated, and added to the remaster list
Split/Second: Velocity
Streaming on PS Now, does this cult racer still drive?
Mortal Kombat
There’s more to the brutal brawler than spinal removals
Daddy’s home
Everyone in Resident Evil VII: Biohazard is just dying to meet you. Talk about a warm bloody welcome!