PLAY Magazine UK - June 2023

In this issue

Here Comes A New Challenger
Facing off with Tekken 8, with series producers Katsuhiro Harada and Michael Murray.

30 Years Of FIFA
We salute the beloved footie series as we await its big rebrand...

Simply en-raptor-ing or a T-wreck?

Are Exoprimal's live-service ambitions more dated than its fossilised foes?

4 mins

E3 no more

The event's been cancelled, but it was never the only option for summer fun

2 mins

Dream of the crop

The 2023 Impy awards saw one particular entry winning in multiple categories

1 min

The Land of Nod

Harmony: The Fall Of Reverie needs to sing... and it just might!

1 min

"SHOULD 'JRPG' BE RETIRED AS A TERM, OR DOES IT HAVE MEANING?"

Naoki Yoshida makes a valid point, but what should we all do?

2 mins

"THE ULTIMATE COMFORT GAMING EXPERIENCE? I'VE MINIFIGURED IT OUT."

Lego games click together to fill a cosy niche that's like nothing else

2 mins

Diablo IV Mother has arrived

Daughter of Hatred, Mother of the mortal realm, a figure as storied as she is horned – Lilith has returned to Sanctuary. Wherever she roams, darkness awakens in the hearts of all those near, and the blood of innocents flows in a sea of tribute to her.

3 mins

Viewfinder - Another point of view

The chill environments of Viewfinder, with its blend of space-white, vaguely Modernist architecture and the odd bit of vegetation, makes us think of both Portal and The Witness. Like them it's also a first-person puzzler, with the latter's sense of mystery as to exactly what's going on and where we are. But, just like our enthusiastically voiced protagonist, we're mostly occupied by what we can do.

3 mins

C-Smash VRS

A cult classic breaks out once more

1 min

Sonic Origins Plus

Game Gear games, playable Amy, and physical copies incoming

1 min

Crime Boss: Rockay City - Once upon a crime

Boasting an all-star cast of antiquated action legends including Chuck Norris, Michael Madsen, and Danny Trejo, this isn’t just a throwback to the Hollywood crime thrillers of the 1990s but an era of gaming long past.

2 mins

Pacific Drive

When all you can count on are your wheels

3 mins

HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER!

Series producers Katsuhiro Harada and Michael Murray talk Tekken 8, and how it uses PS5's power to usher in a new fighting generation

6 mins

30 YEARS OF FIFA

Ben Wilson digs into the story of gaming's biggest sports series - as told by those who made it happen

7 mins

Dead Island 2

Trouble in paradise

5 mins

Tchia

This archipelago adventure has soul

3 mins

The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR

It's been scaring us in the face all along

2 mins

The Last Worker

Deliver me a revolution

2 mins

No Man's Sky

You should make space in your collection for this star

3 mins

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened

Can you solve the unknowable?

3 mins

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