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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?

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

Jak is every bit as real as later Naughty Dog protagonists

"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

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

RoboCop: Rogue City

Did they fix everything?

Thirsty Suitors

RPG fan? Consider yourself quenched

Persona 5 Tactica

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

Little Goody Two Shoes

Finding evil by moonlight, winning games by daylight

Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name

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

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.

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare III

Stuffed to the ghillies with issues, COD is looking battered

STAR WARS OUTLAWS

Shooting first

DRAGON'S DOGMA 2

Because wyvern not?

TEKKEN 8

Bandai Namco is definitely Tekken things seriously

THE ALTERS

Your own worst enemy

MY FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD

A nightmare on Elmo street

PERSONA 3 RELOAD

High school never ends

LIKE A DRAGON: INFINITE WEALTH

Yakuza gets a beach episode

SPIRIT OF THE NORTH 2

Fox goes mything in action

SAGA EMERALD BEYOND

Going beyonds worlds and the timeline

THE THAUMATURGE

Sick of games being happy and fun? We have great news!

CROW COUNTRY

You'd have to be bird-brained to miss this one

Growing a backbone

Nekki's Dmitry Pimenov on how you're being empowered in cyberpunk superhero beat-'em-up Spine

Once more, with 4K

The Last Of Us Part II will finally make its PS5 debut

Critical success

Baldur's Gate 3 sweeps Golden Joysticks, earning an armful of glittering awards

Jumping into the PlayStation Portal

Sony's new Remote Play handheld is built of the right stuff, but is the idea sound?

Parroting the truth

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney calls the ultimate witness to the stand – a pet parrot

The Testament Of Sherlock Holmes

This detective game is very much afoot

Hubris

Proud in visuals, falls in action

Dyschronia: Chronos Alternate

Late, and far from great