A Plague Tale: Requiem

Welcome

How the year flies. Yet even though we’re

Realistic to a terrifying degree

We go hands-on with PSVR2 and encounter the statuesque Lady Dimitrescu

A Marvel-ous future

We’re not just getting Spider Man 2, a whole multiverse’s worth of superhero games is on the way

Wood ya believe it?

Dashiell Wood’s hot gossip

Silent no more

Konami announces a slew of new projects for favourite horror destination

Back at the wheel

Criterion helms the anime-inspired Need For Speed Unbound

What the Flock?

Ricky Haggett and Richard Hogg attempt to explain Flock, a cosy co-op game about collecting animals and hanging out

PlayStation voices

The month in mouthing off

The Future is RED

CD Projekt announces Witcher and Cyberpunk projects alongside new IP

Getting the lie of the land

Meet the most important FFXVI character: Valisthea itself

A real howler

Wild Hearts pits you against big beasties in February

Numbers Game

We do the maths

How close to the original should a remake be?

Should devs just update the visuals or overhaul everything from story to action when remaking a game?

“I DON’T WANT TO ESCAPE TO ANOTHER GALA XY; LET’S KEEP THINGS REAL.”

Could we have something that takes place on present-day Earth, please?

“CHAMPION GAMES SET IN JAPAN BEING CREATED BY JAPANESE DEVELOPERS.”

We all benefit from their insight and familiarity with their country’s history

Classical music

Let these classical composers take PlayStation to the Proms!

REPLIES

#20 Is it an illusion? No, it’s Assassin’s

CAN I GET ART?

The most pleasing tweetings from our timeline…

READERS’ MOST WANTED

Which games are bleeping loudest on your radar?

Resident Evil 4

Back to the old me

Scars Above

Following the science

Hubris

Taking science fiction VR to another level

ON THE HORIZON

The next six months, mapped out

The Legend Of Heroes: Trails Into Reverie

They think it’s all over (it is now… sort of)

Tchia

Having a tchill time in open world New Caledonia

Street Fighter 6

Fusing old and new makes for a modern classic

The Callisto Protocol

A zombie-infested prison? We predict a riot

BLOODSHED IN THE THREE KINGDOMS

Team Ninja devs tell Alicia Haddick how they’re bringing their ‘masocore’ combat to Ancient China in Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty

TEAM PLAY’S CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE

Check out this year’s festive loot drop

God Of War Ragnarök

An over-realmingly godly PS5 gift

Gotham Knights

Knight fever, Knight fever, we know how to do it

New Tales From The Borderlands

Where has the boom gone?

Unusual Findings

The ’80s are in fashion… still

THE UPGRADE

PS4-to-PS5 game updates chewed on

No More Heroes III

This time it’s universal

Potion Permit

Quite the concoction

Prodeus

The eternal recurrence

Valkyrie Elysium

Norse for wear

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare II

The modernisation’s a success, but the story pays a Price

Yomawari: Lost In The Dark

Lost, alone, and terrified

Lego Bricktales

Not quite a blockbuster

Kamiwaza: Way Of The Thief

Mean streets of Mikado

Asterigos: Curse Of The Stars

Hard to pronounce, fun to play

Saturnalia

Murder in the dark

Signalis

Not entirely original, but we couldn’t scare less about that

Tunic

The Bark Souls of cute adventure games

The Witch’s House MV

MV = murdering Viola

THREE TO PLAY

PSN games you might have missed

Overwatch 2

One step forward, two steps back

Deathverse: Let It Die

Get ready to re-enter the ring, senpai

Paladins

Don’t forget the original 5v5 hero shooter

Century: Age Of Ashes

How to train a dragon

PS5 Hall of fame

THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO THE NEW GEN’S GREATEST GAMES

PLAY ON

Know what you like and looking for more? Here are more to enjoy on your PS5

PS4 Hall of fame

THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO THE LAST GEN’S GREATEST GAMES

DASH’S DAZZLING DEALS

Watching the pennies? We’ll help you play more without breaking the bank

PSVR 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

DON’T DELETE

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

Far Cry 3

Here’s to ten years of sun, sea, and slaughter

Sephiroth

Maybe Final Fantasy VII’s silken-haired archvillain simply needs a hug, argues Jon Bailes

F1 2010

Codemasters’ F1 debut on PlayStation still fires on all cylinders

Watch Dogs 2

Is this sequel worth revisiting or has Legion made it obsolete?

A BRIEF HISTORY OF Vampires

Splashing claret all over the PlayStation timeline

Caught red-handed

Phillip Strenger’s demise sets the tone for a complex adventure in The Witcher 3