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Play Staff

We are Play magazine, the biggest-selling,100% independent, magazine for PlayStation gamers. Founded in 2021, it's brought to you by the same team of writers, editors, and designers as the Official PlayStation Magazine, with the same deep industry access, quality of writing, and passion for all things PlayStation. Follow us for all things PS5, PS4, and PlayStation VR.

Latest articles by Play Staff

PLAY #5
Battlefield Portal rewrites the rules on PLAY’s cover

By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff Published

News Plus, a huge supplement showcases the games best using PS5’s features

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PS2 Games Montage
Is a new wave of AA games our only hope of recapturing the magic of the PS2 era?

By Ian Dean, Play Staff Published

Features From cult classic Okami, to horror legend Silent Hill 2, the PS2 was an era of experimentation – but modern AA gaming is recapturing some of that lost magic

Features
PLAY 4: Elden Ring
Elden Ring rises onto PLAY Magazine's cover

By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff Published

News Will the Dark Soul successor rule them all on PS5?

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Lost Judgment
Lost Judgment takes you to the streets of Yokohama to solve the toughest case yet

By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff Published

Features Lost Judgment sees you serve up justice with evolved combat and detective skills

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Resident Evil Village
Resident Evil Village proves that replayability offers better value for money than endless extra content

By Play Staff, Oscar Taylor-Kent Published

Features New Game Plus offers deeper gameplay challenges that extend the game's life in a more rewarding fashion than new DLC or empty map updates

Features
PLAY Magazine #3
Horizon Forbidden West leads PLAY Magazine’s 180 page Hot 50 special

By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff Published

News The mega-sized mag dives deep into the biggest PlayStation games on the (ahem) horizon

News
Resident Evil 8 Village
With Lady Dimitrescu causing a stir, perhaps it's time that games got over their obsession with youth

By Jess Kinghorn, Play Staff Published

Features Let's have older female characters with more than two dimensions

Features
Nier Replicant remaster
Why Nier: Replicant had to be made, and why it's "so much more than a simple version up"

By Jess Kinghorn, Play Staff Published

Features How Nier: Replicant ver.1.22474487139 used Nier: Automata to rebuild itself for a new generation

Features
Final Fantasy 14
Ahead of Final Fantasy 14: Online arriving on PS5, we answer your biggest questions about getting started in Eorzea

By Play Staff Published

Features Get set for Final Fantasy XIV for PS5 and everything you need to know about the Free Trial

Features
Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker
"The home of Final Fantasy is on console": Director Naoki Yoshida on bringing Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker to PS5

By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff Published

Features Official PlayStation Magazine speak with director and producer Naoki Yoshida on the future of Final Fantasy 14

Features
Erica
Keeping it real: Meet the developers leading the fight for live action in video games

By Play Staff, Oscar Taylor-Kent Published

Features OPM discovers why live action continues to be alluring to the video game industry

Features
Bubble Bobble 4 Friends
"We wanted to make a game all fans can enjoy": Taito talks bringing an arcade icon to PlayStation with Bubble Bobble 4 Friends

By Josh West Published

Features OPM chats with game director Tsuyoshi Tozaki about the iconic bubble dragon brothers

Features
Goodbye Volcano High
How Goodbye Volcano High is shaping the next-generation of adventure games on PS5

By Jess Kinghorn, Play Staff Published

Features KO_OP reveals all about its upcoming PS5 game to Official PlayStation Magazine

Features
Guilty Gear Strive
With Guilty Gear Strive, Arc System Works is pushing for the next evolution of its beloved fighting franchise

By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff Published

Features Guilty Gear creator Daisuke Ishiwatari talks to OPM about taking fighting games back to the dojo with Strive

Features
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Top PS4 titles to play on PS5 for enhanced framerates and resolution

By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff Published

Features OPM test which games make best use of the console's backwards compatible boost

Features
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Mafia: Definitive Edition will include new experiences and an enhanced story

By Heather Wald, Play Staff Published

News Hangar 13 tells OPM: "It's not a one-to-one copy of the original game"

News
PS5
Epic Games calls PS5 a "masterpiece of systems design" in new interview with Official PlayStation Magazine

By Alex Avard, Play Staff Published

News The studio's VP of engineering call it "a huge leap in computing and graphics performance"

News
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PS5 could kickstart a dream generation, if Sony's first-party studios are there at launch to support it

By Play Staff Published

Features What does PS5 really mean for next gen?

Features
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Getting Nierer with Yoko Taro and Naoki Yoshida as they talk all things YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse

By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff Published

Features OPM talks to Yoko Taro and Naoki Yoshida about bringing a crossover raid series based on Nier: Automata to FF14

Features
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Granblue Fantasy: Versus arrives from the Dragon Ball FighterZ devs, and it's adding extra dimensions to the fighting game genre

By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff Published

Features Arc System Works' latest finally arrives in North America and Europe in March 2020

Features
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Nioh 2 is just as tough as its predecessor, but new features give the player better tools to tackle the challenge

By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff Published

Preview Hands-on with the upcoming PS4 exclusive from Team Ninja

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Zombie Army 4: Dead War's pulpy, silly horror is a big part of what makes it so fun to play

By Ian Dean, Play Staff Published

Preview Hands-on with this bloody and brutal upcoming co-op shooter from Rebellion, which includes a zombie Hitler

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Live out your perfect monster mash in Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, and prepare to get bloody

By Jess Kinghorn, Play Staff Published

Preview Brian Mitsoda and Cara Ellison walk OPM through combat, clans, and how to feel like a vampire

Preview
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By Play Staff Published

Subscribe Today Save money and get in-depth coverage of the latest PS4, PS5, and PlayStation VR games delivered to your door

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"We zeroed in on capturing the sense of freedom and power of flying": Becoming Marvel's most famous Avenger in Iron Man VR

By Ian Dean, Play Staff Published

Preview Director Ryan Payton reveals the Stark side of the armoured Avenger

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