“INCLUDES THE ILL-FATED EXCURSION TO NIBELHEIM SO CORE TO CLOUD AND SEPHIROTH’S RELATIONSHIP.”

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PS5 is now over two years old, yet

THIS MONTH’S ENTERTAINMENT ENGINEEERS

Dashiell Wood CONTRIBUTING WRITER Trapped in a nightmarish

Ready, he adset, go! PS VR2 lo ads up

It’s all been announced: the games, the release date, the price. Oh boy, the price…

Wood ya believe it?

Dashiell Wood’s hot gossip

Board of ga mes?

The Last Of Us: Escape The Dark takes the series from console to tabletop

Pushing all the rig ht buttons

Razer reveals a new premium pad – at a premium price

In the driver’s se at

Developer Alex Ward on handing you the keys to create your own racing paradise in Wreckreation

PlayStation voices

The month in mouthing off

Lord of the wins

Elden Ring sweeps the Golden Joystick Awards, while Stray purrs along

Relaying the message

Mass Effect trailer hints at the next game’s story

London’s burning

Dragonfire rains down in London Studio’s fantasy

What makes a good season pass?

With studios keen to extend the lifespan of their games post-release, we ask what keeps us coming back?

“WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR BLOCKBUSTER DEVELOPERS?”

Devs are laying their cards on the table – but who does that benefit?

“WHAT MAKES AN ESPORTS MATCH FUN TO WATCH? PLAYER EXPRESSION.”

WRITER BIO Oscar Taylor-Kent loves to watch the

Pyramids

From tombs to headwear, give it up for one of the best shapes around

Hatching anew

Party member Teddie reveals a new form at Junes, stepping out of his mascot body in Persona 4

DE AD ISL AND 2

Back from the undead

“THE TOWN OF SILENT HILL LOOKS GORGEOUSLY BLEAK, AND CONTROLS HAVE BEEN GIVEN A MODERN OVERHAUL.”

FORMAT PS5 ETA TBC PUB KONAMI DEV BLOOBER

LIKE A DRAGON: ISHIN

Card-carrying Shinsengumi member

THREE MORE IN THE WORKS

LIKE A DRAGON GAIDEN: THE MAN WHO ERASED

WO LONG: FALLEN DYNASTY

Paint the kingdoms red

MATO ANO MALIES

A detective game Shanghaied into an RPG

HOLLOW KNIGHT:SILKSONG

There’s a buzz around this one

FORSPOKEN

Stepping up to adventure

SUICIDE SQUAD: KILL THE JUSTICE LE AGUE

Rough justice

THE OUTL AST TRIALS

Gore blimey T hismultiplayer prequel to the massively

DE AD SPACE

Peeling back the layers

FLINTLOCK: THE SIEGE OF DAWN

Hell to pay

PLAY TEAM PICKS

OSCAR TAYLOR-KENT EDITOR RESIDENT EVIL 4 REMAKE Maybe

THE WALKING DE AD: SAINTS & SINNERS – CHAPTER 2: RETRIBUTION

Breathing new life into VR

“RYAS WILL RUN, SWIM, CLIMB, JUMP, AND SWING THROUGH THE BEAUTIFUL YET DANGEROUS WORLD.”

FORMAT PSVR2 ETA 22 FEB PUB SONY DEV

WILD HE ARTS

The bigger the beastie, the harder they fall

MARVEL’S SPIDE R-MAN 2

Up the PS5 spout

ASSASSIN’S CREED MIR AGE

A vision of what’s to come

THREE IN THE WORKS

PROJECT ZERO: MASK OF THE LUNAR ECLIPSE FORMAT

RESIDENT EVIL 4

Worst bingo night ever

“COMPLETE DANGEROUS DINO-SLAYING OBJECTIVES QUICKLY IN ORDER TO GET A LEG-UP ON YOUR OPPONENTS.”

FORMAT PS5, PS4 ETA 2023 PUB CAPCOM DEV

FINAL FANTASY XVI

Teaching an old Eikon new tricks

STREET FIGHTER 6

Modern versus classic

LIES OF P

Master of puppets

2023 AND BE YOND

Into the future with the best of the rest

Sonic Frontiers

Now we think about it, he really does have front ears

Star Ocean: The Divine Force

Reach for the stars, end up on Aster IV

The Chant

Doom in the Gloom

Beasts Of Maravilla Island

Say cheese – these creatures are on camera

Return To Monkey Island

Gilbert and Grossman shake their monkey maker again

Syberia: The World Before

Charming, lovingly crafted adventure let down by bad tropes

Ship Of Fools

Seafaring fun that’s tougher than an old boot

The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil In Me

Checking in, and far from checked out

Gungrave GORE

Gun buy this? Then you’re making a grave mistake

The Rumble Fish 2

No one puts Bazoo in the corner

Evil West

A straight shootin’ vampire hunter

Resident Evil Village: Shadows Of Rose

Every Rose has its thorn

WRC Generations

Sets a green time on its final stage

THREE TO PLAY

PSN games you might have missed

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare II

With snappy shooting, multiplayer hits the mark

Resident Evil Re:Verse

Sorry, no Re:Funds

Dragon Ball: The Breakers

Not quite having the ball you’d hope for

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

Fate/Extra

It’s Fate, Jim, but not as we know it

DON’T DELETE

30 YEARS Save icons for these Christmas moments

Yakuza 5

We’re celebrating ten years with another night out on the town

Dante

Jason Coles thinks the edginess of DMC’s Dante redesign is justified

WHEN SNAKE MET APE

Metal Gear legends David Hayter and Peter Lurie talk to Scott McCrae about one of Playstation’s most ambitious – and bizarre – crossovers

Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow

Is it time for this spin-off series to leap back out of the coffin?

Christmas

Festive fun has long been a part of PlayStation’s legacy