In this issue

XBOX HITS PS5! HI-FI RUSH and more former exclusives come to PlayStation – could Halo be on the way?

ELDEN RING: SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE The studio’s most ambitious DLC yet looks stunning

PS5 EXCLUSIVE | FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH REVIEWED | Bigger, better, Buster Swordier: our verdict on 2024’s must-play

Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster

The first-ever Star Wars FPS gets the remaster treatment

2 mins

Stilt

A hopportunity for some silly fun

2 mins

Penny's Big Breakaway

Spin it to win it

3 mins

Bound by fate

Ys X: Nordics to get an English-language release this autumn

1 min

Morbid: The Lords Of Ire

Slash-happy soulslike loves slicing red bits out of bodies

2 mins

WWE 2K24

Rock solid, yet wrestling itself into an annual headache

3 mins

Host with the ghost

Surviving inside Celeste's hotel is tricky enough; try escaping with an enraged spectral manager in pursuit

1 min

Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons Remake

The remake proves this burning's still a fraternal flame

2 mins

Alone In The Dark

Needs more bright ideas

3 mins

A Little To The Left

Ah, the cat's got into this puzzler

2 mins

Helldivers 2

This is an urgent communication from High Command

3 mins

The Outlast Trials

Soon may the Skinner Man come

3 mins

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Call it a homecoming

10+ mins

Pentiment

Peep out the manuscript, you'll see that it's a must

3 mins

X BOX ON PS5

Exclusive no more. Xbox first-party games are making the jump to PlayStation. But what does that mean for theseconsole competitors, and the industry at large?

6 mins

"Jak II proves Naughty Dog doesn't need realism to make great characters."

Jak is every bit as real as later Naughty Dog protagonists

2 mins

"Reduced offerings and a price hike make PS Plus essential a hard sell."

Ironically feeling less essential than ever, PS Plus is losing its appeal

2 mins

PAW PATROL

The strange Dog's Life is unforgettable for many - Andrew Gillett tells Lex Luddy just what was going on with Frontier's bizarre platformer

5 mins

RoboCop: Rogue City

Did they fix everything?

2 mins

Thirsty Suitors

RPG fan? Consider yourself quenched

2 mins

Persona 5 Tactica

The Phantom Thieves exchange covert ops for... tactical warfare?

4 mins

Little Goody Two Shoes

Finding evil by moonlight, winning games by daylight

2 mins

Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name

Where the Dragon Of Dojima isn't the Dragon Of Dojima

4 mins

The Invincible

The planet Regis III is one of the most gorgeous videogame locations of the year. Its lush orange deserts look hand-painted, its starry skyboxes truly justify the word awesome, and the [SPOILER REDACTED] you discover there are truly, thrillingly alien. What an unmitigated triumph of art design and direction! Shame about the game.

2 mins

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare III

Stuffed to the ghillies with issues, COD is looking battered

4 mins

STAR WARS OUTLAWS

Shooting first

1 min

DRAGON'S DOGMA 2

Because wyvern not?

3 mins

TEKKEN 8

Bandai Namco is definitely Tekken things seriously

4 mins

THE ALTERS

Your own worst enemy

2 mins

MY FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD

A nightmare on Elmo street

2 mins

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