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Returnal

“It’s wonderful to finally be playing another fully-loaded PS5 game.”

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Format PS5

Price £69.99

ETA Out now

PUB PlayStation Studios

Dev Housemarque

Players 1

Length 20+ hours

Accessibility Aim assist; press/hold action toggles; customisable subtitles (size, colour, and background); colourblind modes (whole game filter, UI tone options, collectible colour options); togglable motion blur

Crash-landing on Atropos in a very brief introduction, you’re quickly thrown out into the alien elements. The dense forest surrounding the crash site is dark and brooding, and heavy rain pelts down. Feeling the patter of the raindrops via the DualSense, and the sound of it all around thanks to PS5’s Tempest 3D AudioTech, it’s wonderful to finally be playing

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