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Tales Of Arise

Developer Bandai Namco Studios

Publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment

Format PC, PS4, PS5 (tested), Xbox One, Xbox Series

Release Out now

An arid wasteland. A city in perpetual darkness. The first two regions you come across in – Calaglia and Cyslodia respectively – aren’t the sort you’d put in a brochure to attract visitors. As the first entry in the series to be developed using Unreal Engine 4, you might have expected a bolder splash in the visual department from the off, especially as a cross-gen release. But there’s a very good reason why this particular tale should begin in

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