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Future Games Show Summer Showcase 2024 to broadcast on Saturday June 8
News Tune in to discover over 40 exciting upcoming games on PS5, Xbox, Switch and PC in our most ambitious showcase yet
Hi-Fi Rush headlines PLAY's first Xbox cover
News Plus: We review Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, peek through The Fold at Unknown 9: Awakening, and dive back into Final Fantasy 14
Crash Bandicoot's arch nemesis proves that sometimes, mad scientists can be the good guys
Opinion Opinion | In defense of Dr Neo Cortex and his underappreciated heroics
Revisiting this 24-year-old JRPG classic from the PS1 era proves there's no smoke without fire
Feature Opinion | Breath of Fire 4 is somehow almost a quarter of a century old – here, Play magazine remembers what made it so great
From PS1 to PS3, here are the best PlayStation lightgun games of all time
Light it up Opinion | Charting three console generations of PlayStation's oft-overlooked lightgun peripheral
Final Fantasy 14 fans found Endwalker's end-game weapon grind "too easy," but don't expect Dawntrail to return to A Realm Reborn levels of MMO grind
News "I do appreciate that it gives a sense of reward to the players"
Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P explains 3 big reasons behind the MMO's first graphical overhaul in over 10 years - and it's not just "to constantly get new players in"
News The update serves in part as a promise that the devs will "continue driving forward to the future and take on new challenges"
Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail leads PLAY’s massive Final Fantasy special
News Plus: our first verdict for FF7 Rebirth, expanding the worlds of FF, Death Stranding 2, Rise Of The Ronin, and more!
Baldur's Gate 3 and Final Fantasy 16 stars will host the Future Games Show Spring Showcase 2024
News Ben Starr and Samantha Béart reunite for the new show
Celebrating the most Obscure PS2 survival horror game with its creators: "Doing a teen slasher movie-style video game seemed like a good idea"
Interview Interview | Five teens, one school, lots of monsters... what could possibly go wrong?
Photo Modes in games are cool, but I wish they did a better job of mirroring the real thing
Feature Opinion | Cameras are creative tools, and more games should more-closely emulate using them
In defense of one of PlayStation's most divisive giant cat-bird companions
Feature Opinion | Stubborn, awkward; loveable, hate-able
12 years on, this PS Vita-exclusive action adventure game still one of the very best
Feature Opinion | Remastered in 2015 for the PS4, Gravity Rush's initial handheld-only outing is one to remember
Dragon’s Dogma 2 rises onto the PLAY cover
News Plus: Life Is Strange successor Lost Records, BioWare veterans’ new sci-fi epic, the Tekken 8 verdict, and loads more inside!
Future Games Show Spring Showcase 2024 to broadcast on March 21
News Tune in to see over 40 anticipated upcoming titles on PS5, Xbox, Switch and PC, with some exciting changes to the show
Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth takes the next Yakuza RPG to the beach: "Hawaii fits perfectly within our narrative arc"
Big In 2024 Big In 2024 | In the wake of the Like A Dragon Gaiden spin-off, here's what to expect from Kiryu and co's next steps from the devs themselves
Crow Country, an atmospheric survival horror set in 1990, is a haunting love letter to PS1-era games
Preview Big in 2024 | Crow Country from Tangle Tower developer SFB Games is inspired by the likes of Resident Evil and Silent Hill
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League targets PLAY’s cover
News Plus: GTA 6, Tekken 8, Apollo Justice, and the unmissable GOTY awards!
