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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