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Investing in the future • The PS3 and PS Vita digital stores almost closed. It’s put collecting in the spotlight…
VITA STATISTICS
Old money • Three to buy and download ASAP
The harder they fall • If the online stores closed, what would we miss?
Let’s get physical • Ten games to get now in physical form, before prices start to rise
The art of fighting • Guilty Gear Strive’s devs reveal exactly why the series looks so good
Taylor-made news • Oscar Taylor-Kent’s news slap
NEW IDEAS
Everybody get dangerous • The people have come in Elite Dangerous: Odyssey
PS5’s Oblivion Gates open • The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood takes us back to Oblivion, and forwards to PS5
GEAR: STUFF WE LOVE • This month we pick the best headphones
JESS’S REAL DEAL
All eyes on WWE 2K22 • Can 2K put the mania back into wrestling?
Numbers Game • We do the maths
Is Sony playing it safe with too many blockbusters? • Should Sony be taking more risks and supporting smaller studios with its future games lineup?
“WHY HAS SONY SUDDENLY TURNED ITS BACK ON FIRST-PERSON SHOOTERS?” • Excelling in one genre is great, but variety is even better
“THE POST-APOCALYPSE NEEDS TO STOP SPOILING FOR A FIGHT AT EVERY TURN.” • The genre must accept that we get by with a little help from our friends
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CAN I GET ART? • The most pleasing tweetings from our timeline…
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
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade • Yuffie Kisaragi takes centre stage in new DLC
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Who’s new in Midgar • Here are three of the new characters supporting Yuffie and Sonon’s Intermission
Abandoned • A first-person horror to root for
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Haunted Space • Are you elite?
ON THE HORIZON • The next six months, mapped out
Biomutant • A unique evolutionary effurt
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In Sound Mind • There’s always a lighthouse
Necromunda: Hired Gun • Descending into the Underhive
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OlliOlli World • Get your skate on!
Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One • The game is afoot!
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Wraith: The Oblivion – Afterlife • Who you gonna call? No, not them!
WWI: Isonzo – Italian Front
Asterix & Obelix: Slap Them All!
Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne – HD Remaster
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Resident Evil Village • Ian Dean tries to fend off a tall lady’s advances
RIFT IT UP • Alan Wen zaps up the ten things you need to know about Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, as the duo make their interdimensional comeback for a new generation
VR THE REVOLUTION • PSVR is here to stay. Oscar Taylor-Kent talks with developers about what makes the medium unique, and where it could go from here
GETTING STARTED • What made these devs want to get into making VR games in the first place?
THE FIFTH DIMENSION • The...