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Oh, and a free game! 037 088 068 THE Games index 019 ANCESTORS: THE HUMANKIND ODYSSEY 048 ASSASSIN’S CREED SYNDICATE 105 BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT 064 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS III 006 DARK SOULS III 090 DECEPTION IV: 054 THE NIGHTMARE PRINCESS 058 DESTINY: THE TAKEN KING 043 DISHONORED 2 030 DOOM 016 DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS 016 DRAGON QUEST HEROES 016 DRAGON QUEST XI 043 DRAGON’S DOGMA ONLINE 030 058 092 EVERYBODY’S GONE TO THE RAPTURE 034 FIFA 16 006 FINAL FANTASY XV 089 GALAK-Z: THE DIMENSIONAL 090 GAME OF THRONES S1E5 094 GOAT SIMULATOR 005 089 GODZILLA 098 040 GRAND AGES: MEDIEVAL 090 HATOFUL BOYFRIEND 068 HITMAN 018 HOMEFRONT: THE REVOLUTION 088 JOURNEY 091 KING’S QUEST CHAPTER 1 094 LIFE IS STRANGE S1E4 011 076 064 036 MAFIA III 076 METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN 041 NEED FOR SPEED 106 ONIMUSHA 3 038 PES 2016 094 QUBE: DIRECTOR’S CUT 036 RAINBOW SIX SIEGE 114 RESIDENT EVIL 4 038 014 RIGS: MECHANISED COMBAT LEAGUE 010 RISE OF THE TOMB RAIDER 098 ROCKET LEAGUE 043 SHADOW WARRIOR 2 042 SNIPER GHOST WARRIOR 3 054 STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT 012 STREET FIGHTER V SECTIONS AT A GLANCE 089 SUBMERGED 037 SWORD COAST LEGENDS THE PREVIEWS FEATURES REVIEWS NETWORK RETRO 095 THE VANISHING OF BIG 10 Latest info, screens To-the-point, In-depth verdicts on Max out your PS4, STATION ETHAN CARTER and playtests detailed analysis every big new game online and off All the hottest news Classics revisited 020 UNCHARTED: THE NATHAN 006 029 046 075 097 106 DRAKE COLLECTION 086 UNTIL DAWN 006 DARK SOULS III’S LAND IS EASIER ON THE EYE THAN BLOODBORNE’S HARSH COBBLES.