Tekken 8's Kuma gets a new trailer, and no one questions why they have to fight a bear
News Kuma in Tekken 8 fights with improved bear martial arts and a salmon missile, because why not
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Genshin Impact devs on swapping open worlds and real-time combat for deftly assembled dungeons in Honkai Star Rail
Interview Interview | HoYoverse on creating Honkai Star Rail: a spacefaring RPG to stand alongside Genshin Impact
Getting stuck in a game can be the best way to bond with it and reflect on why you're playing in the first place
Opinion Holiday Long Read | How hitting a wall can force you to revisit past areas and re-appreciate them all over again
Before Baldur's Gate 3, these games made D&D's Forgotten Realms a fixture on PlayStation
Feature Play Magazine exhumes the best PlayStation games that incorporated one iconic D&D setting over the years
One tweet about a mecha Sylvanian Family doll inspired an acclaimed anime writer to make a Metroidvania starring a "sh**ty father" rabbit
News Gen Urobuchi is trying something new
17 years later, action RPG Steambot Chronicles still has scope to impress with its eclectic mix of robots, music and a dash of Vanilla
Opinion Opinion | "An open world with abundant side-quests and a protagonist you develop through dialogue choices? On console, in 2006?"
In defense of Max Payne's much-maligned and under-appreciated third incarnation
Feature Opinion | "Max may be different, but his old self shines through in the odd poetic moment"
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth slashes onto PLAY’s cover
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Remembering Casper: A Haunting 3D challenge, an underrated movie-to-game adaptation
Feature Opinion | Interplay's take on the SNES original was challenging, charming and bone-chilling
Players of last year's best Zelda-like are still trying to crack its secrets, but its creator didn't expect them to dig this deep
News "Yeah, it was a little faster than we thought"
23 years later, Hogs of War remains an unlikely turn-based classic from the PS1 era
Feature Interview | From Worms to Command & Conquer, Atari and Gremlin Interactive were inspired by the best
Golden Joystick Awards 2023: Voting has closed and winners revealed on Nov 10
Vote Now Your Ultimate Game of the Year will be crowned on Nov 10 in our live broadcast
Cover reveal: Honkai: Star Rail shines on PLAY’s cosmic cover
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As geeky and delusional as he may be, No More Heroes' antihero is one of the best assassins of all time
Opinion Opinion | Travis Touchdown isn't perfect, far from it, but that doesn't mean he's not worth celebrating
Across the JRPG genre's storied history, Final Fantasy 12 was the most innovative for its time
Feature 17 years on, we remember FF12's princesses, pirates, and penchant for making us pay through the nose
In defense of Sonic the Werehog, one of the Blue Blur's most easily overlooked alter egos
Feature In 2008, Sonic Unleashed delivered a "slower, furrier, but not necessarily meaner" hero
Remembering Sega Rally Championship – a '90s arcade legend, one-time Japan-exclusive, and coveted PS2 latecomer
Feature Tracking the long journey that spanned continents and decades alike
Cover reveal: Lords Of The Fallen's devs discuss their action RPG gamechanger
News Two worlds for the price of one
Will we ever see another Danganronpa? Who knows, but we should probably cut its miniature murderer some slack
FEATURE Opinion | Monokuma is the best kind of bad
