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THIS MONTH’S BLOCKBUSTER BUDDIES

Jumping into the PlayStation Portal • Sony’s new Remote Play handheld is built of the right stuff, but is the idea sound?

Critical success • Baldur’s Gate 3 sweeps Golden Joysticks, earning an armful of glittering awards

Once more, with 4K • The Last Of Us Part II will finally make its PS5 debut

Growing a backbone • Nekki’s Dmitry Pimenov on how you’re being empowered in cyberpunk superhero beat-’em-up Spine

GEAR: STUFF WE LOVE • Take full control of your gaming

“JAK II PROVES NAUGHTY DOG DOESN’T NEED REALISM TO MAKE GREAT CHARACTERS.” • Jak is every bit as real as later Naughty Dog protagonists

“REDUCED OFFERINGS AND A PRICE HIKE MAKE PS PLUS ESSENTIAL A HARD SELL.” • Ironically feeling less essential than ever, PS Plus is losing its appeal

REPLIES

CROW COUNTRY • You’d have to be bird-brained to miss this one

FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH • Back for seven seconds

RISE OF THE RONIN

SUICIDE SQUAD: KILL THE JUSTICE LEAGUE

THE THAUMATURGE • Sick of games being happy and fun? We have great news!

GRANBLUE FANTASY: RELINK

DEATH STRANDING 2

LITTLE NIGHTMARES III

SAGA EMERALD BEYOND • Going beyonds worlds and the timeline

STAMPEDE: RACING ROYALE • A bumper-to-bumper crop

KILL IT WITH FIRE 2 • Into the spider-worse

UNCLE CHOP’S ROCKET SHOP • Capitalist pigs… in… spaaaaaaace!

HAROLD HALIBUT

VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE – BLOODLINES 2

BABY STEPS

BROKEN SWORD – PARZIVAL’S STONE

THE PLUCKY SQUIRE • Small but mighty

FOAMSTARS

STONKS-9800

EUROPA

PARCEL CORPS

YS X: NORDICS • A pirate (princess) life for us

SPIRIT OF THE NORTH 2 • Fox goes mything in action

FINAL FANTASY XIV: DAWNTRAIL • Best summer vacation ever?

STILL WAKES THE DEEP • Of trout and terror

BANISHERS: GHOSTS OF NEW EDEN • Going long distance

LIKE A DRAGON: INFINITE WEALTH • Yakuza gets a beach episode

TSUKIHIME: A PIECE OF BLUE GLASS MOON

TEST DRIVE UNLIMITED SOLAR CROWN

SYNDUALITY: ECHO OF ADA

THE OUTLAST TRIALS

PACIFIC DRIVE

VED

ANIMAL WELL

EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 6

BLACK MYTH: WUKONG

HOLLOW KNIGHT: SILKSONG

THANK GOODNESS YOU’RE HERE! • It’s great up North

UMAMUSUME: PRETTY DERBY – PARTY DASH

WARHAMMER 40,000: SPACE MARINE 2

ELDEN RING: SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE

PLAY TEAM PICKS

PERSONA 3 RELOAD • High school never ends

DESTINY 2: THE FINAL SHAPE • Going full circle

PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE LOST CROWN

ULTROS

MY FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD • A nightmare on Elmo street

THE LEGEND OF HEROES: TRAILS THROUGH DAYBREAK • A new dawn in Calvard

PENNY’S BIG BREAKAWAY • Spinning new tricks

NEVA • Going wolf mode

THE ALTERS • Your own worst enemy

UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II SYS:CELES

EIYUDEN CHRONICLE: HUNDRED HEROES

FUNKO FUSION

TEKKEN 8 • Bandai Namco is definitely Tekken things seriously

METAL GEAR SOLID DELTA: SNAKE EATER • A remake to surpass...