Out of the fog, Silent Hill 2 emerges onto the new PLAY cover!

Silent Hill 2 PLAY cover
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We've made another one! We went to Tokyo to play the game's opening and talk to Konami and Bloober Team and about the ambitious, impressive overhaul!

Plus, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Marvel Rivals, Sonic X Shadow Generations, and more!

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Silent Hill 2

Silent Hill 2

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Silent Hill’s fogginess is synonymous with PlayStation to us. From the blocky terror of the original on PS1 to the more sinister and complete designs of Silent Hill 2 on PS2 – these consoles can immerse us in our worst nightmares as much as delight us.

And we're not alone. Silent Hill 2’s mature story and truly psychological horror were for many the introduction to how deep games could go. So well-judged is it, that even revisiting it now – wrangling tanky controls – the trick still works. It’s great.

Silent Hill 2

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Which is what makes the prospect of doing a full modern remake scary in a different way. How can a studio do it justice? We flew out to Japan to visit Konami and Bloober Team, take a look at the Silent Hill 2 remake, and ask how they’ve done it. We can’t wait to see more.

Assassin's Creed Shadows

Assassin's Creed Shadows

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Two Can Play That Game: We spend some quality time with Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ protagonists Naoe and Yasuke, digging into how your choices can affect how missions play out.

The Sound Of Silencers

Photo: Joanna Gałuszka

(Image credit: Photo: Joanna Gałuszka)

Jesper Kyd and David Bateson talk to Luke Kemp about the music, voice, and mind of Hitman’s Agent 47

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Marvel Rivals

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Visiting Japan’s largest indie gaming expo, Bitsummit, to see what the future has in store; PlayStation new additions to the China Hero Project lineup; the packed future for fighting games; Takashi Iizuka discusses bringing the Ultimate Lifeform back in the limelight in Shadow Generations, and more!

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Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail, Kunitsu-Gami: Path Of The Goddess, Monster Train, Flintlock: Siege Of Dawn, Thank Goodness You’re Here, Darkest Dungeon II, Flock, Schim, Exhausted Man, The Star Named EOS, Let’s School, Until Then, Cygni: All Guns Blazing, Demon Slayer: Sweep The Board, Zenless Zone Zero, Extended Play: The Outlast Trials - Project Lupara, College Football 25, Asphalt Legends Unite

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Oscar Taylor-Kent
Games Editor

Games Editor Oscar Taylor-Kent brings his Official PlayStation Magazine and PLAY knowledge to continue to revel in all things capital 'G' games. A noted PS Vita apologist, he's always got his fingers on many buttons, having also written for Edge, PC Gamer, SFX, Official Xbox Magazine, Kotaku, Waypoint, GamesMaster, PCGamesN, and Xbox, to name a few.

When not knee deep in character action games, he loves to get lost in an epic story across RPGs and visual novels. Recent favourites? Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree, 1000xResist, and Metaphor: ReFantazio! Rarely focused entirely on the new, the call to return to retro is constant, whether that's a quick evening speed through Sonic 3 & Knuckles or yet another Jakathon through Naughty Dog's PS2 masterpieces.

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