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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

Hogs of War
23 years later, Hogs of War remains an unlikely turn-based classic from the PS1 era

By Play Staff Published

Features Interview | From Worms to Command & Conquer, Atari and Gremlin Interactive were inspired by the best

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Tekken punches onto PLAY's cover

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published

News Plus: 30 years of FIFA, hands-on with Elder Scrolls’ new update, Diablo 4, Exoprimal, and more!

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Final Fantasy 14
How the localization of Final Fantasy 14 rose from the ashes

By Josh Broadwell Published

Features Translation director Michael Christopher Koji Fox chats to PLAY magazine about a script reborn

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PLAY’s PlayStation Games Of 2023 Top 10 revealed

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published

News Plus: speaking with The Last Of Us’ cast and crew, talking to the Yakuza devs about Like A Dragon: Ishin, and more inside!

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Dead Space leads PLAY's huge Games Of 2023 special

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published

News Plus Resident Evil 4, Dead Island 2, PSVR2 priced and dated, and more inside!

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Cover reveal: Wo Long slices onto the front of PLAY

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published

News Plus: huge hands-ons with PSVR2, Resi 4, and Street Fighter 6, and verdicts on God Of War Ragnarok, Gotham Knights, Modern Warfare 2, and more!

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Assassin’s Creed Mirage leaps onto PLAY’s cover

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published

News With more Assassin’s Creed games on the way. Plus: Iizuka on Sonic Frontiers, God Of War Ragnarok, hands-on with Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7, and more!

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Genshin Impact blooms onto PLAY’s newest cover

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published

News The RPG devs talk evolving the game, PS5, and the anniversary. Plus: Gotham Knights, the Until Dawn studio’s new chiller, The Last Of Us Part I, and more inside!

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COD Modern Warfare 2 takes aim at PLAY’s cover

By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff Last updated

News Plus: Skull & Bones, Midnight Suns, FIFA 23, gaming movies, the GTA Top 100 and more!

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Street Fighter 6 punches up PLAY's latest cover

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published

News Exclusive access, plus hands-on with Sonic Frontiers, diving into PS Plus' upgrade, and more!

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PLAY’s 180-page special details everything Summer Games Fest and beyond

By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff Last updated

News Midnight Suns takes the cover, plus The Last Of Us, God Of War, Star Wars, Resident Evil, and more

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ESO: High Isle
How The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle is crafting an unexplored corner of Tamriel

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published

Features TESO creative director Rich Lambert maps out the uncharted waters of the well-covered continent

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PlayStation’s 100 best games get the PLAY cover treatment

By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff Published

News Unveiling the Top 10 – from PS1 to PS5, PLAY ranks every definitive, unmissable adventure

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PLAY 14
The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle sets sail for PLAY’s cover

By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff Published

News Plus, Until Dawn’s new successor, get creative with Dreams, the story behind Mass Effect’s score, VTM Swansong, and more!

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PLAY 13
PSVR2 lights up PLAY’s latest cover

By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff Published

News Plus, GTA 6 rumours, a discussion with Bungie, the making of OlliOlli, and verdicts for GhostWire: Tokyo, Gran Turismo 7, GTA 5 PS5, and more!

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Horizon Forbidden West leads PLAY’s review special

By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff Published

News Plus, PlayStation’s Bungie buyout, Moss Book II, and verdicts for Elden Ring, Sifu, Grid Legends, Dying Light 2, Uncharted’s movie, and more!

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Elden Ring
Why Elden Ring is so much more than an 'open world Dark Souls'

By Oscar Taylor-Kent Published

Features Inside Elden Ring: FromSoftware's fantasy adventure is overflowing with approachable challenge, eviscerating combat, and boundless exploration

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Elden Ring sits atop the throne of PLAY’s new cover

By Play Staff, Oscar Taylor-Kent, Ali Jones Published

News Plus, the future of gaming, Uncharted on PS5, the best games of 2021, open world Sonic, and more!

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Lies of P
The Play team debate which kids book they would turn into a game

By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff Published

News Traumatized by fairy stories as children, the team decide which villains they’d like to thump as adults

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PLAY #9
Horizon Forbidden West leads PLAY’s Games Of 2022 issue

By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff Published

News Plus, hands-on with Elden Ring and Dying Light 2, verdicts on Battlefield 2042 and Call Of Duty: Vanguard, PS5’s first year in review, and more!

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PLAY 8
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands flies onto PLAY’s cover

By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff Published

News Plus, the making of GTA III, the Christmas Gift Guide, Suicide Squad, Final Fantasy Origin, and more!

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PLAY #7
God Of War Ragnarok ascends to PLAY’s cover

By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff Published

News Plus, Spider-Man 2, Wolverine, Gran Turismo 7, Battlefield 2042, and more

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DokeV
DokeV preview: Developer talks boss fights, folklore inspiration, and capturing childlike wonder

By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff Published

Features Gotta befriend 'em all

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Solar Ash
Solar Ash devs want speedrunners to "break the f*ck out of it"

By Play Staff Published

News Alx Preston wants speedrunners to go to town on Solar Ash

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Saints Row PLAY cover digs into its back to basics reboot

By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff Published

News Plus, first details on DokeV, Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong, and more

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