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THIS MONTH’S LAUNCH-DAY PLAYERS

Official PlayStation Magazine

01 PS5 is here, but what does the future hold? • What did you decide will be the biggest PlayStation 5 games of 2021?

02 Racing will be unlimited on PS5 • PS5 impresses the Test Drive Unlimited and WRC 9 developer

dev talk

03 Deathloop is made for PlayStation 5 • Why Arkane Studios fell in love with PS5

04 Warframe raises its game on PS5 • Exclusive PS5 content is coming in November

05 The AllStars take a time out • PS5’s destruction derby is delayed

number game • we do the maths

06 The Lord Of The Rings: Gollum is PS5-ready • Why PlayStation 5’s best tech matters, from those creating for it

info patches • update your brain

07 Drake is alive and kicking • Tom Holland shares the first set photo from Uncharted

08 Final Fantasy XVI’s game of thrones • New details of the PS5-exclusive action RPG

PlayStation voices • the month in mouthing off

09 Guilty Gear Strive readies for PS5 • The fighter is coming to the next gen as well as PS4

instant opinion • strong vs wrong

10 Who should turn our favorite games into movies?

“A NEXT-GEN LEAP MEANS A CROSS-GEN PERIOD. IS SONY RIGHT TO ANNOUNCE PS4 VERSIONS OF ITS MOST-ANTICIPATED PS5 GAMES?” • This Christmas more than ever we all deserve a little Spidey

“THE GAP BETWEEN 12 AND 19 NOVEMBER MAY APPEAR AGONISINGLY LONG BUT IT WILL HAVE ITS PERKS.” • Rather than feel left out, it’s best to see the PS5 launch-day gap as welcome breathing room

“PLAYSTATION 5 IS SONY’S LARGEST CONSOLE EVER, AND THAT’S A FACT THAT NEEDS TO BE CELEBRATED.” • PS4 Pro is plagued by noise. Sony’s next-gen console promises peace and quiet

IN THE MOOD FOR... MacGuffins • Pick up something useless – or their more meaningful cousin, the plot device

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

BALAN WONDERWORLD • Square Enix + Sonic Team founders = musical theatre. Wait, wut?

Action game of action games? • Here’s what we know we’ll be getting up to

FACTRICK

PUYO PUYO TETRIS 2 • It’s why you bought a PS5, right?

on the box • judged only by their covers

WORMS RUMBLE • No more turns – real-time wormfare comes to PS5

SCARLET NEXUS • Open up your mind to this futuristic ‘brainpunk’ action adventure

A little help from your comrades • Yuito can borrow other psychics’ abilities. Here is what his OSF teammates bring to the table

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LITTLE NIGHTMARES II • Hide-and-seek has never been played for such high stakes

FACTRICK

QUANTUM ERROR • This cosmic-horror first-person shooter is playing with fire

Definitely not in the handbook • Here’s what to expect when things get weird in the facility

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PREVIEW ROUND-UP • As you turn on your PS5, or look on enviously as other people do it, we leave you with some games coming to PS4 and PS5 very soon. Just don’t remind us about the talking cat…

Call Of Duty: Black Ops – Cold War • Luke Kemp has some hot takes on the cold war

PS5: Ready For Launch • The biggest videogame event in almost a decade is upon us. Are you ready to embrace PlayStation 5? Our all-encompassing guide will set you right…

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