Play Staff
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Latest articles by Play Staff
23 years later, Hogs of War remains an unlikely turn-based classic from the PS1 era
By Play Staff published
Features Interview | From Worms to Command & Conquer, Atari and Gremlin Interactive were inspired by the best
Tekken punches onto PLAY's cover
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
News Plus: 30 years of FIFA, hands-on with Elder Scrolls’ new update, Diablo 4, Exoprimal, and more!
How the localization of Final Fantasy 14 rose from the ashes
By Josh Broadwell published
Features Translation director Michael Christopher Koji Fox chats to PLAY magazine about a script reborn
PLAY’s PlayStation Games Of 2023 Top 10 revealed
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
News Plus: speaking with The Last Of Us’ cast and crew, talking to the Yakuza devs about Like A Dragon: Ishin, and more inside!
Dead Space leads PLAY's huge Games Of 2023 special
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
News Plus Resident Evil 4, Dead Island 2, PSVR2 priced and dated, and more inside!
Cover reveal: Wo Long slices onto the front of PLAY
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
News Plus: huge hands-ons with PSVR2, Resi 4, and Street Fighter 6, and verdicts on God Of War Ragnarok, Gotham Knights, Modern Warfare 2, and more!
Assassin’s Creed Mirage leaps onto PLAY’s cover
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
News With more Assassin’s Creed games on the way. Plus: Iizuka on Sonic Frontiers, God Of War Ragnarok, hands-on with Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7, and more!
Genshin Impact blooms onto PLAY’s newest cover
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
News The RPG devs talk evolving the game, PS5, and the anniversary. Plus: Gotham Knights, the Until Dawn studio’s new chiller, The Last Of Us Part I, and more inside!
COD Modern Warfare 2 takes aim at PLAY’s cover
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff last updated
News Plus: Skull & Bones, Midnight Suns, FIFA 23, gaming movies, the GTA Top 100 and more!
Street Fighter 6 punches up PLAY's latest cover
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
News Exclusive access, plus hands-on with Sonic Frontiers, diving into PS Plus' upgrade, and more!
PLAY’s 180-page special details everything Summer Games Fest and beyond
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff last updated
News Midnight Suns takes the cover, plus The Last Of Us, God Of War, Star Wars, Resident Evil, and more
How The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle is crafting an unexplored corner of Tamriel
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
Features TESO creative director Rich Lambert maps out the uncharted waters of the well-covered continent
PlayStation’s 100 best games get the PLAY cover treatment
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
News Unveiling the Top 10 – from PS1 to PS5, PLAY ranks every definitive, unmissable adventure
The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle sets sail for PLAY’s cover
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
News Plus, Until Dawn’s new successor, get creative with Dreams, the story behind Mass Effect’s score, VTM Swansong, and more!
PSVR2 lights up PLAY’s latest cover
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
News Plus, GTA 6 rumours, a discussion with Bungie, the making of OlliOlli, and verdicts for GhostWire: Tokyo, Gran Turismo 7, GTA 5 PS5, and more!
Horizon Forbidden West leads PLAY’s review special
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
News Plus, PlayStation’s Bungie buyout, Moss Book II, and verdicts for Elden Ring, Sifu, Grid Legends, Dying Light 2, Uncharted’s movie, and more!
Why Elden Ring is so much more than an 'open world Dark Souls'
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
Features 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!
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
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!
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
DokeV preview: Developer talks boss fights, folklore inspiration, and capturing childlike wonder
By Oscar Taylor-Kent, Play Staff published
Features Gotta befriend 'em all
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