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ISSUE 173 / APR 2020

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Oscar Taylor-Kent

GAMES EDITOR

“There’s no planet B,” says

Oscar as his hands-on with

FFVII Remake (p48) turned

him eco-savvy. He’s devoted

to recycling bad puns.

GAME OF THE MONTH

Granblue Fantasy: Versus

SQUAD GOALS

The Lowain Bros

Miriam McDonald

OPERATIONS EDITOR

Murder and photoreal

Tuscan vineyards in Martha

Is Dead (p6)? Mim’s

planning her holidays on

PS5. Is that pour taste?

GAME OF THE MONTH

Two Point Hospital

SQUAD GOALS

Lego Marvel Super Heroes

Jess Kinghorn

STAFF WRITER

Jess finally got to make

the game of her Dreams

(p70) – the horrors of cat

dating. Prrrfect match?

GAME OF THE MONTH

The Yakuza Remastered

Collection

SQUAD GOALS

Phantom Thieves

MilfordCoppock

MANAGINGARTEDITOR

KeitaTakahashi(p56)chose

toanswerourquestionsin

doodleform,a languageMilf

understands.They’reboth

veryarticulate.

GAMEOFTHEMONTH

Hunt:Showdown

SQUADGOALS

DiamondDogs

THIS MONTH’S FANTASY TEAM

GAME OF THE MONTH

Darksiders Genesis

SQUAD GOALS

Knights Of The Round Table

“PS5-BOUND

OUTRIDERS IS

DESTINED TO BE

A CULT CLASSIC.”

J

ust as we enter the year when

PlayStation 5 launches, the game

that convinced many people to buy a

PlayStation 4 is on the verge of release. Yes,

pinch yourself because Final Fantasy VII:

Remake is mere weeks away. This issue we

play the final game ahead of release, and

you can read our impressions on p48.

Proving just what a fantastic console PS

was, we go hands-on with another remake

from FFVII’s era and play through Resident

Evil 3 on p40. Nemesis is back, and frankly

it’s a terrifying return.

Will the other games we play this issue be

remade 20 years from now? Maybe. They

look good enough to stand the test of time.

PS5-bound Outriders is destined to be a cult

classic, as is PS5 horror Martha Is Dead,

which we take an exclusive look at. And if

you can’t wait for your favourite to be

remade, do it yourself in Dreams – we pick

the 24 best games to play now on p70.

Ian Dean

EDITOR

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@IanDean

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