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Welcome
THIS MONTH’S FREERUNNERS
PES 2022 shoots for photorealism • Konami reveals its ambition to create the best-looking PES ever on PS5
EEYORE TO ADORE
Is PlayStation 5 getting a redesign? • Rumours of a new console circulate
Taylor-made news • Oscar Taylor-Kent’s news slap
Pointing to greatness • The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles comes to PlayStation
Let’s watch the forest grow • Winds & Leaves brings a garden view exclusively to PSVR headsets later this year. We see the game in action…
In step with PlayStation 5 • The PG 5 PlayStation 5 colourway is here… for now
Back 4 Blood reshuffles • Turtle Rock Studios reveals its roguelite black heart
GEAR: STUFF WE LOVE • The best controllers for PlayStation 4
JESS’S REAL DEAL
A cold welcome • Arctic Awakening has you on thin ice
Numbers Game • We do the maths
What should Sony’s exclusive online game be? • With former Bungie developers behind it, we already know the potential for greatness is there
“AS PS VITA TRULY FIZZLES, IS FRONT-ROOM DOMINATION ENOUGH FOR PLAYSTATION?” • Should Sony return to putting gaming directly into player hands?
“I NEED SOME NEW RELEASES TO HELP PULL ME OUT OF A SLUMP.” • Sometimes you’re just not in the mood to game on
REPLIES
CAN I GET A RT? • The most pleasing tweetings from our timeline…
STAR LETTER RE: PLAY
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
WIN!
Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance • Would you risk it for a Drizzt?
FACTRICK
FACTRICK
Last Stop • Taking the scenic route to the weird outside your window
Lemnis Gate • Not unlike playing 4D chess
ON THE HORIZON • The next six months, mapped out
Lost Judgment • Like a dragon? Love this…
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart • Insomniac’s omni-dimensional romp is Riveting
FACTRICK
WRC 10 • No need to pump the brakes on this one
TRACK RECORD
FACTRICK
FACTRICK
Scarlet Nexus • A mind-bending action RPG with protagonist double trouble
Xuan Yuan Sword 7
Among Us
Ender Lilies: Quietus Of The Knights
Residual
BPM: Bullets Per Minute
Blue Fire
Anew: The Distant Light
Hanako: Honor & Blade
INTO LIGHT THE • Ian Dean talks with the team at Techland about bringing Dying Light 2 – Stay Human to PS5, player choice, and more
NEED TO KNOW • Catch up on Dying Light 2 with our ten blagger’s guide pointers
FACTIONS MATTER • Choose a side and change the world
RUN, AIDEN, RUN • Parkour is back for good, have faith
JULI‚ MADLY, DEEPLY • Jess Kinghorn chats Deathloop with Arkane Studios, and gets to know its latest leading lady
Resident Evil Village • Keep it in the family
THE PLAYBOOK
Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster • Letting the demon out of the bottle
Super Meat Boy Forever • Meat the parents
Buildings Have Feelings Too! • The city sure is fussy
Battle Axe • And other weapons to grind
Biomutant •...