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THIS MONTH’S CHOCOBO-WRANGLERS
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Outriders shoots back to the top • A recent demo, six months of extra development time… Outriders impresses
Prize Dreams Media Molecule announces Impys winners
FUTURE PERFECT
Taylor-made news Oscar Taylor-Kent’s news slap
Moving on up • Free PS5 upgrades give PS4 games a second lease of life
Dancing onto PlayStation • Helen Hindpere talks to us about bringing ZA/UM’s detective RPG Disco Elysium to PS5 and PS4
Rolling towards an esports future • Roller Champions is an online slam dunk
PlayStation Voices • The month in mouthing off
Live-action videogame projects are levelling up • The Last Of Us and Borderlands boast big names
GEAR: STUFF WE LOVE • This issue, Mondo guilty pleasures
JESS’S REAL DEAL
A PlayStation treasure • Crystal Dynamics’ Tomb Raider’s 25th anniversary will be marked by a year of celebratory events
Are games becoming too expensive? • Are we being ripped off or paying the price of costly development? Our team voice their opinions
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
Hospitals • These PlayStation games know how to treat you in the emergency room
“INDIE GAMES ARE IMPORTANT TO THE NEXT GENERATION” • Indie games are about to take over the new PlayStation generation
“PLAYSTATION 5 HAS A LOT OF POWER – BUT WHAT’S THE BEST WAY TO USE IT?” • Simply opting for better graphics isn’t always the best path forward
STAR LETTER OUTSIDE THE BOX
CAN I GET A RT? • The most pleasing tweetings from the @OPM_UK timeline…
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READERS’ MOST WANTED • Which games are bleeping loudest on your radar?
Hot Shots • We’re celebrating your very best PlayStation photo mode moments
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
Mass Effect Legendary Edition • Drell into the details of this remastered series with project director Mac Walters
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Look at the size of that thing • Things we love about Mass Effect’s completionist return on PS4
Roguebook • Does Magic: The Gathering’s creator play his cards right?
ON THE HORIZON • The next six months, mapped out
King Arthur: Knights Tale • Round table, square tiles
Guilty Gear Strive • Hands-on with Arc’s dojo of the future
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Balan Wonderworld • Hands-on with Nights Into Dreams’ spiritual successor
Nour: Play With Your Food • So mouth-watering, you’ll want a pizza this
The King Of Fighters XV • This brawler is electric
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The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood • Reopening the gates of Oblivion
Judgment
The Plane Effect
Eldest Souls
Winds & Leaves
Narita Boy
R-Type Final 2
Maskmaker
Kitaria Fables
The Final Countdown • Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker takes players to the moon – and to PS5. We talk with Naoki Yoshida about the future of the console exclusive MMO
SAGE ADVICE • God save the queen?
NEW SHORES • More Final destinations
SWEET XVI • Alan Wen breaks down the ten things you need to know about Final Fantasy XVI, the long-running RPG series’ next instalment at its most radical
Finally ranking the Fantasies • We consider every entry in the...