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Keylocker game director reveals its connections to Guitar Hero and Bong Joon-Ho
By Connor Sheridan published
News It's a "fantasy-cyberpunk mashup"
The Play team debate which kids book they would turn into a game
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
News Traumatized by fairy stories as children, the team decide which villains they’d like to thump as adults
Rainbow Six Extraction director reveals how it's adapting Siege Operators to fight aliens
By Hirun Cryer published
News They're going up against a very different enemy this time
Horizon Forbidden West leads PLAY’s Games Of 2022 issue
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
News Plus, hands-on with Elden Ring and Dying Light 2, verdicts on Battlefield 2042 and Call Of Duty: Vanguard, PS5’s first year in review, and more!
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands flies onto PLAY’s cover
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
News Plus, the making of GTA III, the Christmas Gift Guide, Suicide Squad, Final Fantasy Origin, and more!
How we chose the Ultimate Game of All Time shortlist for the Golden Joystick Awards 2021
By Dan Dawkins published
GJA 2021 How we created a voting shortlist of 20 titles from the 1.1 million games that have been released in the last 50 years
Genshin Impact on PS5 was built "almost entirely from the ground up"
By Hope Bellingham published
News Developer miHoYo gives Play Magazine an insight into bringing Genshin Impact to PS5
God Of War Ragnarok ascends to PLAY’s cover
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
News Plus, Spider-Man 2, Wolverine, Gran Turismo 7, Battlefield 2042, and more
Golden Joystick Awards 2021: see the full list of nominees and how to vote today
By Ben Tyrer published
News What gets your pick in the world's biggest player-voted gaming awards?
15 things that prove that DOOM will run on literally anything
By Leon Hurley, Heather Wald, Joe Donnelly published
Feature Watch Doom running on an ATM, a printer... and 12 other weird, non-gaming machines
DokeV preview: Developer talks boss fights, folklore inspiration, and capturing childlike wonder
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
Feature Gotta befriend 'em all
Solar Ash devs want speedrunners to "break the f*ck out of it"
By Play Staff published
News Alx Preston wants speedrunners to go to town on Solar Ash
The Golden Joystick Awards celebrates 50 years of games this November
By Ben Tyrer published
News The Golden Joystick Awards is back for another virtual show and will focus on gaming's 50th anniversary
Saints Row PLAY cover digs into its back to basics reboot
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
News Plus, first details on DokeV, Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong, and more
Battlefield Portal rewrites the rules on PLAY’s cover
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
News Plus, a huge supplement showcases the games best using PS5’s features
Is a new wave of AA games our only hope of recapturing the magic of the PS2 era?
By Ian Dean, Play Staff published
Feature From cult classic Okami, to horror legend Silent Hill 2, the PS2 was an era of experimentation – but modern AA gaming is recapturing some of that lost magic
Elden Ring rises onto PLAY Magazine's cover
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
News Will the Dark Soul successor rule them all on PS5?
Lost Judgment takes you to the streets of Yokohama to solve the toughest case yet
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
Feature Lost Judgment sees you serve up justice with evolved combat and detective skills
Resident Evil Village proves that replayability offers better value for money than endless extra content
By Play Staff, Oscar Taylor-Kent published
Feature New Game Plus offers deeper gameplay challenges that extend the game's life in a more rewarding fashion than new DLC or empty map updates