003Welcome
ISSUE 180 / NOV 2020
Future PLC Quay House, The Ambury, Bath BA1 1UA
Editorial
Editor Ian Dean @IanDean
[email protected]
01225 442244
Managing Art Editor Milford Coppock @milfcoppock
Operations Editor Miriam McDonald @crinolinerobot
Games Editor Oscar Taylor-Kent @MrOscarTK
Staff Writer Jessica Kinghorn @KoeniginKatze
Editorial Director, Games Magazines Tony Mott
MD, Games, Photo, Design & Video Matthew Pierce
Content Director, Games Daniel Dawkins
Group Art Director Warren Brown
Contributors
Sam Greer, Malindy Hetfeld, Leon Hurley, Luke Kemp, Dominic
Peppiatt, Aaron Potter, Christopher Schilling, Rebecca Stow,
Justin Towell, Alan Wen
Advertising
Media packs are available on request
Commercial Director Clare Dove [email protected]
Account Director Kevin Stoddart [email protected]
01225 442244
International Licensing
PlayStation Official Magazine – UK is available for licensing.
Contact the Licensing team to discuss partnership opportunities.
Head of Print Licensing Rachel Shaw [email protected]
Subscriptions
Email enquiries [email protected]
UK orderline & enquiries +44 (0)344 848 2852
Overseas order line and enquiries +44 (0) 344 848 2852
Online orders & enquiries [email protected]
Director of Acquisitions Sharon Todd
Circulation
Head of Newstrade Tim Mathers
Production
Head of Production Mark Constance
Senior Production Manager Clare Scott
Advertising Production Manager Joanne Crosby
Digital Editions Controller Jason Hudson
Production Manager Vivienne Calvert
Management
Chief Content Officer Aaron Asadi
Commercial Finance Director Lou Dudfield
Group Managing Director Andrea Davies
Global Head of Design Rodney Dive
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and Wales. Registered office: Quay House, The Ambury, Bath BA1 1UA. All
information contained in this publication is for information only and is, as
far as we are aware, correct at the time of going to press. Future cannot
accept any responsibility for errors or inaccuracies in such information.
You are advised to contact manufacturers and retailers directly with regard
to the price of products/services referred to in this publication. Apps and
websites mentioned in this publication are not under our control. We are not
responsible for their contents or any other changes or updates to them. This
magazine is fully independent and not affiliated in any way with the companies
mentioned herein.
If you submit material to us, you warrant that you own the material and/
or have the necessary rights/permissions to supply the material and
you automatically grant Future and its licensees a licence to publish your
submission in whole or in part in any/all issues and/or editions of publications,
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own risk and, although every care is taken, neither Future nor its employees,
agents, subcontractors or licensees shall be liable for loss or damage. We
assume all unsolicited material is for publication unless otherwise stated, and
reserve the right to edit, amend, adapt all submissions.Future plc is a public company quoted on the
London Stock Exchange
(symbol: FUTR)
http://www.futureplc.comNon-executive chairman Chief executive Richard HuntingfordZillah Byng-Thorne
Chief financial officer Rachel Addison
Tel +44 (0)1225 442 244Oscar Taylor-Kent
GAMES EDITOR
Our Marvel’s Avengers
reviewer (p66) can’t get
enough of Ms. Marvel, but
is it enough to earn an
embiggened score?GAME OF THE MONTH
Marvel’s Avengers
BEST GAME PRESIDENT
Himself (Saint’s Row IV)Miriam McDonald
OPERATIONS EDITOR
Lego Star Wars: The
Skywalker Saga (p14)
catches our prod’s eye this
issue: it’s Luke-ing good.GAME OF THE MONTH
Hypnospace Outlaw
BEST GAME PRESIDENT
Abraham Lincoln
(Fight Club)Jess Kinghorn
STAFF WRITER
Getting handsy with
hundreds of players online,
Jess speaks to Fall Guys’
dev (p58) to see what’s
next. She’s a mean bean.GAME OF THE MONTH
Control – AWE
BEST GAME PRESIDENT
Adam Benford (RE6)Milford Coppock
MANAGING ART EDITOR
Milf has a fondness for
classic games. Ratchet &
Clank (p24) ticks that box;
they’re the nuts and bolts
of PlayStation life.GAME OF THE MONTH
Marvel’s Avengers
BEST GAME PRESIDENT
Solidus Snake (MGS2)THIS MONTH’S DOUBLE AGENTSGAME OF THE MONTH
Wasteland 3
BEST GAME PRESIDENT
President Huffman
(Destroy All Humans!)“PUSHING THE
BOUNDARIES OF
WHAT CURRENT
HARDWARE
CAN DO AND
EMBRACING
WHAT THE NEXT
GEN WILL DO.”
W
e can take big franchises for
granted – after all Call Of Duty
comes around every year. This
year’s is somehing different; the trailer
opens with the message “footage taken on
PlayStation 5”. Our cover game, Call Of Duty:
Black Ops – Cold War is a cross-gen release.
Coming to PS4 and PS5, it’s pushing the
boundaries of what current hardware can do
and embracing what the next generation will
do. Read our exclusive interview on p48.
There’s more big franchise news this
issue too, as Rocksteady finally reveals its
Suicide Squad game (p10) and WB Games
Montréal debuts Gotham Knights, its co-op-
focussed Batman Family action RPG (p6).
Looking to the future we get to see Godfall
in action (p34), speak to the Observer:
System Redux developer (p40), and Sony’s
devs explain why DualSense will change
how we play games (p54).
This is an exciting time for PlayStation;
don’t take a moment of it for granted.Ian Dean
EDITOR
[email protected]
@IanDeanThe ABC combined print, digital and digital publication
circulation for Jan-Dec 2019 is
18,
A member of the Audited Bureau of CirculationsPS Plus
users: get
three issues of
OPM for just £1!
bit.ly/psplus-opm
-subs003Welcome
ISSUE 180 / NOV 2020
Future PLC Quay House, The Ambury, Bath BA1 1UA
Editorial
Editor Ian Dean @IanDean
[email protected]
01225 442244
Managing Art Editor Milford Coppock @milfcoppock
Operations Editor Miriam McDonald @crinolinerobot
Games Editor Oscar Taylor-Kent @MrOscarTK
Staff Writer Jessica Kinghorn @KoeniginKatze
Editorial Director, Games Magazines Tony Mott
MD, Games, Photo, Design & Video Matthew Pierce
Content Director, Games Daniel Dawkins
Group Art Director Warren Brown
Contributors
Sam Greer, Malindy Hetfeld, Leon Hurley, Luke Kemp, Dominic
Peppiatt, Aaron Potter, Christopher Schilling, Rebecca Stow,
Justin Towell, Alan Wen
Advertising
Media packs are available on request
Commercial Director Clare Dove [email protected]
Account Director Kevin Stoddart [email protected]
01225 442244
International Licensing
PlayStation Official Magazine – UK is available for licensing.
Contact the Licensing team to discuss partnership opportunities.
Head of Print Licensing Rachel Shaw [email protected]
Subscriptions
Email enquiries [email protected]
UK orderline & enquiries +44 (0)344 848 2852
Overseas order line and enquiries +44 (0) 344 848 2852
Online orders & enquiries [email protected]
Director of Acquisitions Sharon Todd
Circulation
Head of Newstrade Tim Mathers
Production
Head of Production Mark Constance
Senior Production Manager Clare Scott
Advertising Production Manager Joanne Crosby
Digital Editions Controller Jason Hudson
Production Manager Vivienne Calvert
Management
Chief Content Officer Aaron Asadi
Commercial Finance Director Lou Dudfield
Group Managing Director Andrea Davies
Global Head of Design Rodney Dive
Printed by William Gibbons & Sons Ltd on behalf of Future
Distributed by Marketforce, 5 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf,
London, E14 5HU http://www.marketforce.co.uk Tel: 0203 787 9001
ISSN 1752210
We are committed to only using magazine paper which is derived from
responsibly managed, certified forestry and chlorine-free manufacture. The
paper in this magazine was sourced and produced from sustainable managed
forests, conforming to strict environmental and socioeconomic standards.
The manufacturing paper mill holds full FSC (Forest Stewardship Council)
certification and accreditation
All contents © 2020 Future Publishing Limited or published under licence. All
rights reserved. No part of this magazine may be used, stored, transmitted or
reproduced in any way without the prior written permission of the publisher.
Future Publishing Limited (company number 2008885) is registered in England
and Wales. Registered office: Quay House, The Ambury, Bath BA1 1UA. All
information contained in this publication is for information only and is, as
far as we are aware, correct at the time of going to press. Future cannot
accept any responsibility for errors or inaccuracies in such information.
You are advised to contact manufacturers and retailers directly with regard
to the price of products/services referred to in this publication. Apps and
websites mentioned in this publication are not under our control. We are not
responsible for their contents or any other changes or updates to them. This
magazine is fully independent and not affiliated in any way with the companies
mentioned herein.
If you submit material to us, you warrant that you own the material and/
or have the necessary rights/permissions to supply the material and
you automatically grant Future and its licensees a licence to publish your
submission in whole or in part in any/all issues and/or editions of publications,
in any format published worldwide and on associated websites, social media
channels and associated products. Any material you submit is sent at your
own risk and, although every care is taken, neither Future nor its employees,
agents, subcontractors or licensees shall be liable for loss or damage. We
assume all unsolicited material is for publication unless otherwise stated, and
reservetherighttoedit,amend,adaptallsubmissions.
Future plc is a public company quoted on the
London Stock Exchange
(symbol: FUTR)
http://www.futureplc.com
Non-executive chairman Chief executive Richard HuntingfordZillah Byng-Thorne
Chief financial officer Rachel Addison
Tel +44 (0)1225 442 244Oscar Taylor-Kent
GAMES EDITOR
Our Marvel’s Avengers
reviewer (p66) can’t get
enough of Ms. Marvel, but
is it enough to earn an
embiggened score?GAME OF THE MONTH
Marvel’s Avengers
BEST GAME PRESIDENT
Himself (Saint’s Row IV)Miriam McDonald
OPERATIONS EDITOR
Lego Star Wars: The
Skywalker Saga (p14)
catches our prod’s eye this
issue: it’s Luke-ing good.GAME OF THE MONTH
Hypnospace Outlaw
BEST GAME PRESIDENT
Abraham Lincoln
(Fight Club)Jess Kinghorn
STAFF WRITER
Getting handsy with
hundreds of players online,
Jess speaks to Fall Guys’
dev (p58) to see what’s
next. She’s a mean bean.GAME OF THE MONTH
Control – AWE
BEST GAME PRESIDENT
Adam Benford (RE6)Milford Coppock
MANAGING ART EDITOR
Milf has a fondness for
classic games. Ratchet &
Clank (p24) ticks that box;
they’re the nuts and bolts
of PlayStation life.GAME OF THE MONTH
Marvel’s Avengers
BEST GAME PRESIDENT
Solidus Snake (MGS2)THIS MONTH’S DOUBLE AGENTSGAME OF THE MONTH
Wasteland 3
BEST GAME PRESIDENT
President Huffman
(Destroy All Humans!)“PUSHING THE
BOUNDARIES OF
WHAT CURRENT
HARDWARE
CAN DO AND
EMBRACING
WHAT THE NEXT
GEN WILL DO.”
W
e can take big franchises for
granted – after all Call Of Duty
comes around every year. This
year’s is somehing different; the trailer
opens with the message “footage taken on
PlayStation 5”. Our cover game, Call Of Duty:
Black Ops – Cold War is a cross-gen release.
Coming to PS4 and PS5, it’s pushing the
boundaries of what current hardware can do
and embracing what the next generation will
do. Read our exclusive interview on p48.
There’s more big franchise news this
issue too, as Rocksteady finally reveals its
Suicide Squad game (p10) and WB Games
Montréal debuts Gotham Knights, its co-op-
focussed Batman Family action RPG (p6).
Looking to the future we get to see Godfall
in action (p34), speak to the Observer:
System Redux developer (p40), and Sony’s
devs explain why DualSense will change
how we play games (p54).
This is an exciting time for PlayStation;
don’t take a moment of it for granted.Ian Dean
EDITOR
[email protected]
@IanDeanThe ABC combined print, digital and digital publication
circulation for Jan-Dec 2019 is
18,
A member of the Audited Bureau of CirculationsPS Plus
users: get
three issues of
OPM for just £1!
bit.ly/psplus-opm
-subs