In this issue

Shadow and flame
We see a new dimension to Elden Ring as we step into the Shadow Of The Erdtree.

Shaping your worlds
Developers behind some of the biggest open world games on PlayStation, from Baldur’s Gate 3 to Cyberpunk 2077, discuss the art of world building with us.

Tracking Monster Hunter's future

Ahead of Monster Hunter Wilds next year, two story-focused spinoffs come to PlayStation

4 mins

Punch Nazis

Twin-superhero adventure Marvel 1943: Rise Of Hydra looks totally Unreal

2 mins

System Shock

Nightdive Studios' swanky, ground-up remake of 1994's genre-launching classic System Shock is finally heading to PlayStation which should make you very excited if you have any interest in crawling through vents or bonking cyborg mutants on the head with blunt objects.

3 mins

MultiVersus

Welcome to the slam

1 min

Visions Of Mana

Tree-t yourself to this mana-fold return

1 min

Synduality: Echo Of Ada

Nonsensical name, enjoyable game

3 mins

Asphalt: Legends Unite

Quietly purring the engine, Gameloft has been making rather good arcade racers since 2004.

1 min

Shadow and flame

Why Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree is more than simple DLC - it's a huge new open world adventure that'll take over your gaming life

8 mins

Shaping your worlds

Jess Kinghorn chats with world-building masters from Larian Studios, Techland, HoYoverse, Billy Goat Entertainment, and CD Projekt Red about what goes into crafting your favourite places on PlayStation

10+ mins

GENERATION OPEN

From ambitious RPGs to sweeping adventures, Jeremy Peel unpacks the history of the open world from PS1 to PS5

10+ mins

Dragon's Dogma 2

Our heart has been stolen

9 mins

Rise Of The Ronin

Proof that Ninja Gaiden wasnt merely a flash in Japan

9 mins

Planet Zoo: Console Edition

Radio the keepers, its about to get wild

3 mins

Freedom Planet 2

Not so much beating Sonic at his own game’ as evolving it

3 mins

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