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Why Elden Ring is so much more than an 'open world Dark Souls'
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
Feature Inside Elden Ring: FromSoftware's fantasy adventure is overflowing with approachable challenge, eviscerating combat, and boundless exploration
Elden Ring sits atop the throne of PLAY’s new cover
By Play Staff, Oscar Taylor-Kent, Ali Jones published
News Plus, the future of gaming, Uncharted on PS5, the best games of 2021, open world Sonic, and more!
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is a smart distillation of the core Borderlands experience
By Josh West published
Feature Big in 2022: Gearbox Software talks magic, melee, weapons, and the importance of player expression
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands goes full retro RPG with its overworld map
By Connor Sheridan published
News Get ready to see a lot of your mini hero
How Ash's sidekick in Evil Dead: Regeneration gave a gorey action fest a "buddy film" feel
By Connor Sheridan published
News The devs decided to mess with Ash as much as possible
Keylocker game director reveals its connections to Guitar Hero and Bong Joon-Ho
By Connor Sheridan published
News It's a "fantasy-cyberpunk mashup"
The Play team debate which kids book they would turn into a game
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
News Traumatized by fairy stories as children, the team decide which villains they’d like to thump as adults
Rainbow Six Extraction director reveals how it's adapting Siege Operators to fight aliens
By Hirun Cryer published
News They're going up against a very different enemy this time
Horizon Forbidden West leads PLAY’s Games Of 2022 issue
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
News Plus, hands-on with Elden Ring and Dying Light 2, verdicts on Battlefield 2042 and Call Of Duty: Vanguard, PS5’s first year in review, and more!
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands flies onto PLAY’s cover
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
News Plus, the making of GTA III, the Christmas Gift Guide, Suicide Squad, Final Fantasy Origin, and more!
How we chose the Ultimate Game of All Time shortlist for the Golden Joystick Awards 2021
By Dan Dawkins published
GJA 2021 How we created a voting shortlist of 20 titles from the 1.1 million games that have been released in the last 50 years
Genshin Impact on PS5 was built "almost entirely from the ground up"
By Hope Bellingham published
News Developer miHoYo gives Play Magazine an insight into bringing Genshin Impact to PS5
God Of War Ragnarok ascends to PLAY’s cover
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
News Plus, Spider-Man 2, Wolverine, Gran Turismo 7, Battlefield 2042, and more
Golden Joystick Awards 2021: see the full list of nominees and how to vote today
By Ben Tyrer published
News What gets your pick in the world's biggest player-voted gaming awards?
15 things that prove that DOOM will run on literally anything
By Leon Hurley, Heather Wald, Joe Donnelly published
Feature Watch Doom running on an ATM, a printer... and 12 other weird, non-gaming machines
DokeV preview: Developer talks boss fights, folklore inspiration, and capturing childlike wonder
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
Feature Gotta befriend 'em all
Solar Ash devs want speedrunners to "break the f*ck out of it"
By Play Staff published
News Alx Preston wants speedrunners to go to town on Solar Ash
The Golden Joystick Awards celebrates 50 years of games this November
By Ben Tyrer published
News The Golden Joystick Awards is back for another virtual show and will focus on gaming's 50th anniversary