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Skyrim speedrunner breaks 3-year-old record by leveling from 0 to 80 and killing the RPG's infamous Ebony Warrior in just under 12 minutesByHirun Cryer published 19 April 24NewsHitting level 80 as quickly as possible is the crux of this speedrun
After last year's source code leak, GTA 5 modders finally have the game running on the Nintendo Switch - but it ain't prettyByKaan Serin published 19 April 24NewsThe 2013 crime epic unofficially chugs on the 2017 console
Helldivers 2 players think they've squished 2 billion Terminids in 12 hours, but some are worried the latest Major Order was tracking kills wrongByHirun Cryer published 19 April 24NewsWas the tracking data flawed?
Stardew Valley update adds new mine layouts and a bunch of quality-of-life upgrades, and bans "two inappropriate names" from the name generatorByDustin Bailey published 18 April 24NewsWe're getting new mine layouts, "fish frenzies," and a "special cutscene"
Now that's rare: A single fan petition with just 70 signatures prompted Sea of Thieves' director to bring back a fan-favorite feature that was removed this yearByJordan Gerblick published 18 April 24newsIt sounds like Black Powder Stashes Voyages are making an explosive return
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is coming, and it's everything the first RPG "was supposed to be in the beginning"ByJasmine Gould-Wilson published 18 April 24News6 years later, Warhorse Studios is bringing us back to Bohemia
Hi-Fi Rush headlines PLAY's first Xbox coverPlus: We review Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, peek through The Fold at Unknown 9: Awakening, and dive back into Final Fantasy 14
Final Fantasy 14 fans found Endwalker's end-game weapon grind "too easy," but don't expect Dawntrail to return to A Realm Reborn levels of MMO grind "I do appreciate that it gives a sense of reward to the players"
Crash Bandicoot's arch nemesis proves that sometimes, mad scientists can be the good guysOpinion | In defense of Dr Neo Cortex and his underappreciated heroics
Revisiting this 24-year-old JRPG classic from the PS1 era proves there's no smoke without fire Opinion | Breath of Fire 4 is somehow almost a quarter of a century old – here, Play magazine remembers what made it so great
From PS1 to PS3, here are the best PlayStation lightgun games of all time Opinion | Charting three console generations of PlayStation's oft-overlooked lightgun peripheral
Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P explains 3 big reasons behind the MMO's first graphical overhaul in over 10 years - and it's not just "to constantly get new players in"The update serves in part as a promise that the devs will "continue driving forward to the future and take on new challenges"
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OlliOlli's creators on sticking the landing with their skating series on PS Vita and beyond: "My wife and I had become totally addicted to this game on the iPad"ByOscar Taylor-Kent published 15 April 24InterviewInterview | Play Magazine explores how the OlliOlli series came together
Alan Wake creators discuss challenges of going multi-platform and multi-project: "It's always going to be tough, but it's also pretty awesome"ByJess Kinghorn published 15 April 24InterviewInterview | Play magazine speaks to Remedy's Sam Lake, Thomas Puha about the evolution of Alan Wake from conception to sequel
Future Games Show Summer Showcase 2024 to broadcast on Saturday June 8ByDan Dawkins published 4 April 24NewsTune in to discover over 40 exciting upcoming games on PS5, Xbox, Switch and PC in our most ambitious showcase yet
Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail leads PLAY’s massive Final Fantasy specialByOscar Taylor-Kent published 5 March 24NewsPlus: our first verdict for FF7 Rebirth, expanding the worlds of FF, Death Stranding 2, Rise Of The Ronin, and more!
Baldur's Gate 3 and Final Fantasy 16 stars will host the Future Games Show Spring Showcase 2024ByAli Jones published 27 February 24NewsBen Starr and Samantha Béart reunite for the new show
Celebrating the most Obscure PS2 survival horror game with its creators: "Doing a teen slasher movie-style video game seemed like a good idea"ByJames Dyson published 24 February 24InterviewInterview | Five teens, one school, lots of monsters... what could possibly go wrong?
Photo Modes in games are cool, but I wish they did a better job of mirroring the real thing ByAlicia Haddick published 19 February 24FeatureOpinion | Cameras are creative tools, and more games should more-closely emulate using them
In defense of one of PlayStation's most divisive giant cat-bird companions ByJon Bailes published 11 February 24FeatureOpinion | Stubborn, awkward; loveable, hate-able
12 years on, this PS Vita-exclusive action adventure game still one of the very bestByJon Bailes published 10 February 24FeatureOpinion | Remastered in 2015 for the PS4, Gravity Rush's initial handheld-only outing is one to remember
Dragon’s Dogma 2 rises onto the PLAY coverByOscar Taylor-Kent published 6 February 24NewsPlus: Life Is Strange successor Lost Records, BioWare veterans’ new sci-fi epic, the Tekken 8 verdict, and loads more inside!
Future Games Show Spring Showcase 2024 to broadcast on March 21ByDan Dawkins published 25 January 24NewsTune in to see over 40 anticipated upcoming titles on PS5, Xbox, Switch and PC, with some exciting changes to the show
Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth takes the next Yakuza RPG to the beach: "Hawaii fits perfectly within our narrative arc" ByOscar Taylor-Kent published 12 January 24Big In 2024Big In 2024 | In the wake of the Like A Dragon Gaiden spin-off, here's what to expect from Kiryu and co's next steps from the devs themselves
Crow Country, an atmospheric survival horror set in 1990, is a haunting love letter to PS1-era gamesByAbbie Stone published 11 January 24PreviewBig in 2024 | Crow Country from Tangle Tower developer SFB Games is inspired by the likes of Resident Evil and Silent Hill
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League targets PLAY’s coverByOscar Taylor-Kent published 9 January 24NewsPlus: GTA 6, Tekken 8, Apollo Justice, and the unmissable GOTY awards!
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League lead shrugs off live service criticisms: "It's still full of the DNA that infuses the Batman: Arkham series"ByHirun Cryer published 8 January 24News"We don't really think of our game as fitting with any particular label"
In defense of Adam Jensen, Deus Ex Human Revolution's misunderstood championByAleksha McLoughlin published 4 January 24FeatureOpinion | Not only was Deus Ex's augmented hero misunderstood, he's been forever misremembered
Witches, physicists, Tarot readers, game designers, and amateur botanists weigh in on how magic is portrayed in video gamesByEdwin Evans-Thirlwell published 3 January 24InterviewInterview | Play Magazine talks magic with the professionals to see what it means to them, in real life and in game systems
10 FPS games that left the rest of the genre scrambling to keep upByJeremy Peel published 1 January 24OpinionHoliday Long Read | Meet the FPS gamechangers that really defined the genre as we know it now
The best PlayStation demos of all-time and what made them specialByLuke Kemp published 29 December 23FeatureHoliday Long Read | Play Magazine explores some of PlayStation's most memorable demos
Genshin Impact devs on swapping open worlds and real-time combat for deftly assembled dungeons in Honkai Star RailByOscar Taylor-Kent published 28 December 23InterviewInterview | HoYoverse on creating Honkai Star Rail: a spacefaring RPG to stand alongside Genshin Impact
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