Amidst an extremely busy Q1 (and don’t get us started on the other letters), we recommend finding the time to peruse through PLAY #37, which iꦉs out right now! Somehow we’ve also managed to find time to tear ourselves away from playing games to tell you all about them, from upcoming mega hits like Dragon’s Dogma 2 (well, it had better hit, I&💙rsquo;m trusting you to do the right thing here) to reporting back from newer indies you might not know too much about yet!

Dragon's Dogma 2

But first, Arisen♏, we rise! And Dragon’s Dogma 2 is set to raise the roof across both a ‘raising the game design ceiling for immersive open worlds where you stumble up🥀on your own adventures’ and also a ‘it’s popping in the club’ kind of a way.

In our big cover feat🌊ure, we pull apart everything we’re most looking forward to playing with in the huge world, plus director Hideaki Itsuno talks all monsters big and small and designing for current-gen, and lead composer Satoshi Hori and sound director Ryo Yoshii talk designing an epic soundscape.

Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

There’s nothing we’re bloomin’ ragin’ about here, as Don’t Nod returning to some of the vibes we loved about their breakout hit Life Is Strange is exactly what we want to see. Don’t Nod Montreal creative director Michel Koch discusses new beginnings and creating the studio’s 9💯0s-set spiritual successor.

Exodus

Introducing Exodus, the new sci-fi RPG from former BioWare veterans; The Elder Scrolls Online’s new Gold Road expansion heads to West Weald; t🧸he problems ahead for WWE 2K; taking your time in Spider-Man 2’s New York 💯City; and more in our Insider section!

Get on yer bike for our previews

What do you get when you cross Jet Set Radio with Crazy Taxi? Parcel Corps! With an eye for replicating bike controღls, things take an arcadey twist as you hop and grind all across the city to make your deliveries on time. We go hands-on in our big preview.

Also in previews: Umuraꦡngi Generation, Go-Go Town!, House Flipper 2, The Mermaid’s Tongue, Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons Remake, and mౠore!

Interview: Alan Wake composer Petri Alanko

We chat with Petri Alanko about music, creativity, his long-standing relationship with Remedy Entertainment, and how he’s forged a deep connection to helping Al🥂an Wake step out of the shadows with unique soundscapes.

Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth surfs into the reviews section

Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth takes the lead in our stacked reviews section with a massive six pages. Does the Hawaiian shakeup work for Ichiban Kasuga and Kazuma Kiryu? Has combat evolved for the better? Well, the answers to those are both ‘yes’, but that♒ doesn&rsq꧒uo;t take up six pages, so there’s way more to love in our deep dive.

On top of that we&rsqu𒆙o;ve got our expert verdicts on Tekken 8, Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown, The Last Of Us Part 2: Remastered, Alan Wake 2: The Final Draft, Immortality, Bahnsen Knights, Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy, and more!

RetroStation

I have one more thing to announce: Peggle... One! That’s right, in this RetroStation we revisit the original Peggle for the PS3. It might be delisted but if you jump through several hoo൲ps it is possible to get a physical edition if you crave that collectibility.

That’s not all, though, as we also stick up for Tunic’s Librarian, ‘draw’ the long straw with Final Fantasy VIII as it turns 25, ponder whether ‘sad dads’ have much history in retro gaming, take a second look at Gotham Knights now that it’s on PS Plus, and show you our favourite moment from the PSN classic Calling All Cars.

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