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THIS MONTH’S HOT HEROES

Atlus make things Persona(l) • Can remakes, spin-offs, and spiritual successors hold the line until Persona 6?

Getting cloudy • With a chance of gaming – PS Plus’ PS5 streaming is beginning to roll out

Court is back in session • Three Apollo Justice courtroom dramas coming to PS4

The Chill 10 • Not every game can be as fiery as the ones in our Hot 50 (p23). Here are ten games that once felt like a lock, and have since returned to the void. We pray for their return.

Yo, yo-yoer • The Sonic Mania devs spin up something new with the lo-fi Penny’s Big Breakaway

Can’t fight the moonlight • Play Master and Servant in Fate/Samurai Remnant

Deliveries • Dispatching just what you ordered, straight into your waiting eyes

“F2P GAMES CAN BE FUN TO PLAY, OR MONEYGRABBERS. APEX LEGENDS IS BOTH!” • Respawn’s money vacuum embodies both best and worst F2P practice

“WANTING AN EVEN PLAYING FIELD IN YOUR ONLINE LOBBIES ISN’T A SKILL ISSUE.” • Good matchmaking improves first-person shooters for most players

50 SHADOW GAMBIT: THE CURSED CREW • Has us hooked

49 LIES OF P • Pinocchio gets violent

48 BANISHERS: GHOSTS OF NEW EDEN • Who ya gonna call?

47 STAMPEDE: RACING ROYALE • Fall Guys + Crash Team Racing = gloriously good fun

46 ALONE IN THE DARK • Fear and delight, all the way through the night

45 LIKE A DRAGON: INFINITE WEALTH • Making moolah and maybe mischief

44 CLASSIFIED: FRANCE ’44 • A sneaking mission

43 HELLDIVERS 2 • For Super-Earth!

42 BLASPHEMOUS 2 • Amen to that

41 SONIC SUPERSTARS • Knuckling down with Sega’s big return to 2D

39 SALTSEA CHRONICLES • Who are you shipping?

38 WARHAMMER AGE OF SIGMAR: REALMS OF RUIN • Controlled Chaos

40 PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE LOST CROWN • Akkad action

37 GRANBLUE FANTASY: RELINK • The sky’s no limit

36 GHOSTRUNNER 2 • Arcology de triumph

35 PHANTOM BLADE ZERO • The Soul survivor

34 LORDS OF THE FALLEN • Worlds to conquer

33 CYBERPUNK 2077: PHANTOM LIBERTY • Chipping back in – again

32 STILL WAKES THE DEEP • Coming up for air

31 THE CREW MOTORFEST • Reinventing the wheel

30 TOWERS OF AGHASBA • Hand crafting a home

29 RESISTOR • Dying to be there

28 SAND LAND • A handsome devil of a manga adaptation

26 HONKAI: STAR RAIL • Fly me to the moon

25 KUNITSU-GAMI: PATH OF THE GODDESS • Bang! And the corruption is gone

24 WARHAMMER 40,000: SPACE MARINE 2 • Far from ’armless

27 REVENANT HILL • A hell of a way to go

23 MARATHON • In the lead

22 NEVA • Paw-pad platforming

21 THE PLUCKY SQUIRE • Fulfil a multi-dimensional destiny

20 DEATH STRANDING 2 • Rise again

19 FIREWALL ULTRA • Cat meets mouse

18 SILENT HILL 2 REMAKE • Chasing ghosts

17 TEKKEN 8 • Iron fists get heated

16 FOAMSTARS • Will it hit a foam run?

15 METAL GEAR DELTA • Blast from the past

14 WORLD OF HORROR • Stop us if you’ve heard this one before

13 HADES II • Hell is where home is

12 STAR WARS OUTLAWS • We have a very good feeling about...