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Out of the fog, Silent Hill 2 emerges onto the new PLAY cover!
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
News Plus: Concord, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Marvel Rivals, Sonic X Shadow Generations, and more!
Astro Bot leads PLAY’s Hot 50 games
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
News Plus: Star Wars Outlaws, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and more!
Future Games Show at Gamescom to broadcast on August 21
By Dan Dawkins published
News Watch over 40 hotly-anticipated games coming to PS5, PC, Xbox and Switch in our epic fall 2024 broadcast
Star Wars Outlaws hyperspace jumps onto PLAY’s cover
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
News Plus: Star Wars’ gaming legacy, Astro Bot’s PS5 return, the power of cosplay, Immortality behind-the-scenes, and more!
Shin Megami Tensei V summons PLAY’s RPG Special issue
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
News Plus: Visions Of Mana’s long-awaited return, how to design an FF14 job class, reporting from EVO Japan, and more!
Cyberpunk 2077's open world posed a "significant challenge" for CD Projekt RED when it came to "adjusting to the scale and characteristics of American settings"
By Catherine Lewis published
News CD Projekt RED wanted to create a "believable anti-utopian city"
Baldur's Gate 3 lead went from "joy to anxiety" in seconds after hearing Larian's next game would be a follow-up to the beloved RPG series
By Hirun Cryer published
News Following up on Baldur's Gate 2 came with a lot of pressure
Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree leads PLAY’s open world special
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
News Plus: the secrets to crafting your favourite digital worlds revealed, the evolution of the genre, Monster Hunter, and loads more!
In defense of Nero, the beleaguered soul who might just be the real future of Devil May Cry
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
Feature Opinion | While he might not have Dante's instant, easy cool, Nero's arsenal makes up for it
How voxels, pink laser death and a shred of humanity made this breakneck arcade shooter an all-timer
By Jon Bailes published
Feature Opinion | Nex Machina was a bullet-hell haven in every stretch of the genre
OlliOlli's creators on sticking the landing with their skating series on PS Vita and beyond: "My wife and I had become totally addicted to this game on the iPad"
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
Interview Interview | Play Magazine explores how the OlliOlli series came together
Alan Wake creators discuss challenges of going multi-platform and multi-project: "It's always going to be tough, but it's also pretty awesome"
By Jess Kinghorn published
Interview Interview | Play magazine speaks to Remedy's Sam Lake, Thomas Puha about the evolution of Alan Wake from conception to sequel
Future Games Show Summer Showcase 2024 to broadcast on Saturday June 8
By Dan Dawkins published
News Tune in to discover over 40 exciting upcoming games on PS5, Xbox, Switch and PC in our most ambitious showcase yet
Hi-Fi Rush headlines PLAY's first Xbox cover
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Plus: We review Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, peek through The Fold at Unknown 9: Awakening, and dive back into Final Fantasy 14
Crash Bandicoot's arch nemesis proves that sometimes, mad scientists can be the good guys
By Alicia Haddick published
Opinion Opinion | In defense of Dr Neo Cortex and his underappreciated heroics
Revisiting this 24-year-old JRPG classic from the PS1 era proves there's no smoke without fire
By Jon Bailes published
Feature Opinion | Breath of Fire 4 is somehow almost a quarter of a century old – here, Play magazine remembers what made it so great
From PS1 to PS3, here are the best PlayStation lightgun games of all time
By Daniel Lipscombe published
Light it up Opinion | Charting three console generations of PlayStation's oft-overlooked lightgun peripheral
Final Fantasy 14 fans found Endwalker's end-game weapon grind "too easy," but don't expect Dawntrail to return to A Realm Reborn levels of MMO grind
By Iain Harris published
News "I do appreciate that it gives a sense of reward to the players"
Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P explains 3 big reasons behind the MMO's first graphical overhaul in over 10 years - and it's not just "to constantly get new players in"
By Dustin Bailey published
News The update serves in part as a promise that the devs will "continue driving forward to the future and take on new challenges"