FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN

Welcome

Greetings, PLAYer. Call Of Duty cover features have

Skull And Bones prepares to set sail

The game’s creative director Elisabeth Pellen looks back on the journey so far

VR ready

PSVR2 has impressive features, including the ability to configure your play area

We need more space

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Second Sun

Garth DeAngelis explains how embracing your dark side in Marvel’s Midnight Suns makes it an atypical Marvel game

Skate free

The long-awaited next entry in the skateboarding series will be free to play

Folder beholder

PS5’s beta brings 1440p support and more personalisation

GEAR: STUFF WE LOVE

New monitor? You should look into it

Inner demons

Keep an eye on Mato Anomalies

Which FPS series should be revived next?

As Killzone Shadow Fall finally winds down, PlayStation could use a shooter king

“WE’VE REACHED PEAK REMAKE, AND I’M REALLY NOT HERE FOR IT.”

Life’s too short to keep going over old ground, even if it looks nicer

“IN THE MODERN SHOOTER MARKET, I’M HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO.”

If there’s one thing this gen needs, it’s the return of the hero shooter

Ninja

Spies, assassins, and fashion pioneers – they make the face mask look good

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Dreams really do come true

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Icy what you did there

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Coach of the derby-villes

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A reptile dysfunction

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CHASING A GHOST

In Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare II’s campaign, teamwork is the ultimate weapon. Writer Brian Bloom and director Jeff Negus brief Dashiell Wood on what’s to come

THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY

As more games jump to the big screen, Alicia Haddick takes a look at which films deserved their critical and commercial high scores, which slumped into a game over, and everything in between

THE GOOD

An ever-improving understanding of how to turn videogames into cinematic entertainment has finally resulted in some true movie classics. Here are the best

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2

YEAR 2022 / CERT PG / RUNTIME 122 MINS

TOMB RAIDER

With Embracer now in control of Tomb Raider,

PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME

Practical effects can elevate an adaptation of a

DRAGON QUEST: YOUR STORY

Animation enables filmmakers to make closer adaptations than

ACE ATTORNEY

No objections here. This film adaptation has won

TAKING INSPIRATION

Plenty of movies take inspiration from games without being full-on adaptations. Though some will make those in the know cringe, some manage to get it right. Here are the biggest

UNCHARTED

The grounded stunts shine here. You book Tom

THE BAD

Sometimes bad can be fun. For all their

MORTAL KOMBAT

YEAR 2021 / CERT 15 / RUNTIME 110

RESIDENT EVIL

Jovovich proved herself a very watchable action star

YAKUZA: LIKE A DRAGON

There’s decent action and some excellent fights, but

DETENTION

Certainly spooky, the movie of Detention lacks some

FRAME BY FRAME

Dragon Quest isn’t the only anime adaptation of a popular game. Here are some more games that made the difficult jump to the big screen in animated form

THE UGLY

After the credits roll, all we have left of our experiences are memories. Unfortunately, some movie versions of games make us wish that mind-wiping technology was a thing

RATCHET & CLANK

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THE UWE BOLL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE

Ever wondered why gaming movies get a bad rap? Uwe Boll’s atrocious 2000s videogame adaptations have a lot to do with this less-than-stellar reputation

NEED FOR SPEED

They might have a ‘need for speed’, but

DOOM

Appropriately this was doomed – the iconic FPS

ASSASSIN’S CREED

Everything might be permitted, but you know what?

Stray

This little kitty is sitting pretty

Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series

A straightforward duo of remasters with platforming charm intact

Endling – Extinction Is Forever

All the world will be your enemy

Time On Frog Island

Tree frogs? No, there are over four to meet here

Frogun

Not a great hop forward for platformers

Severed Steel

We’re steel playing even though the credits have rolled

Escape Academy

Your chance to become the master of unlocking

Two Point Campus

Call the administrator, it’s absolute chaos on college grounds

Hell Pie

Platforming in bad taste

Story Of Seasons: Pioneers Of Olive Town

We built this city on rocks and turnips

MultiVersus

Come on and slam

Bright Memory: Infinite

A spectacular, if shallow, solo effort

Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium

Capcommunicating game history

THREE TO PLAY

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Arcadegeddon

Best think twice before inserting coin here

PS5 Hall of fame

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STILL PLAYING

Games that continue to hold our attention

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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

Disgaea: Hour Of Darkness

The road to hell is paved with grid-based tiles

DON’T DELETE

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

Croc: Legend Of The Gobbos

25 years young, this backpacker is still tail-whipping fun

Monokuma

Luke Kemp is bear-y sure that this murderous teddy isn’t a load of pooh

TALKIN’ ’BOUT CROSS-GENERATION

Alan Wen looks at the games released across different PlayStation generations with wild differences

Mr. Driller

Plumbing the depths and unearthing a classic

Naughty Dog

PlayStation’s best friend has been around since the beginning

Blood and thunder

Horizon Zero Dawn throws us up against Redmaw, a notorious war machine with no time for hunters

Crime spree

The GTA Top 100

It’s in their DMA

The beginning of the series: PS1, 1997-1999

3D or not 3D?

The PS2 games and series evolution: 2001-2004

Time to pocket the profits

GTA games on the go: 2005-2009

Relax at the Niko cafe

GTA IV and its expansions: 2008-2010

Number five is a live (service)

GTA as it is today: 2013-present

Climbing up the food chain

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Living the good life

Five reasons GTA Online’s Criminal Enterprises changes the game