Synduality: Echo Of Ada

Nonsensical name, enjoyable game

MultiVersus

Welcome to the slam

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.

Punch Nazis

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

Rise Of The Ronin

Proof that Ninja Gaiden wasnt merely a flash in Japan

Dragon's Dogma 2

Our heart has been stolen

GENERATION OPEN

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

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

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

Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster

The first-ever Star Wars FPS gets the remaster treatment

Stilt

A hopportunity for some silly fun

Penny's Big Breakaway

Spin it to win it

Bound by fate

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

Morbid: The Lords Of Ire

Slash-happy soulslike loves slicing red bits out of bodies

WWE 2K24

Rock solid, yet wrestling itself into an annual headache

Host with the ghost

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

Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons Remake

The remake proves this burning's still a fraternal flame

Alone In The Dark

Needs more bright ideas

A Little To The Left

Ah, the cat's got into this puzzler

Helldivers 2

This is an urgent communication from High Command

The Outlast Trials

Soon may the Skinner Man come

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Call it a homecoming

Pentiment

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

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?