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Official PlayStation Magazine is the complete guide to PlayStation gaming, offering complete coverage of PS4, PS3 and PS Vita. Famed for our trademark biting opinion, unique spin on news, offbeat, innovative features, independent reviews and retro features - and with PS4 the unquestionable victor for new-gen gaming - there's never been a better time to join Team OPM on our PlayStation journey.

Welcome

Insider • Getting you closer to PlayStation’s most exciting stories, people, and culture

Software update • Console gaming’s past and future collide as PlayStation continues to evolve – and makes an effort to keep us on board

Rise again • The Last Of Us season two is in production, set to air 2025

Your PS5 is bugged • Knight’s Peak brings Starship Troopers: Extermination to PS5

Sheer art attack • Team PLAY go hands-on with Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail, twirling blades, poking through fronds, and… flinging paint?

Hidden no more • Assassin’s Creed Shadows dual-wields protagonists

Did the recent State Of Play deliver the goods? • It’s definitely a quieter year for PlayStation, but can Sony still get fans excited?

Philosophy • When it comes to these thrilling thought-provokers, you Kant go wrong

“GOOD, BAD, I DON’T KNOW? CAN I REPEAT THE QUEST QUEST IF I GET IT WRONG?” • Sometimes choosing to do the right thing isn’t the best choice overall

“HELLDIVERS 2 SHOWS LIVE SERVICE GAMES NEED TO KEEP SURPRISING PLAYERS.” • It’s a stark contrast to formulaic live services that have lost momentum

Previews

Metaphor: ReFantazio • Atlus by name, Persona by nature

Fatal Fury: City Of The Wolves • SNK’s prizefighter returns with a Rev-engeance

Hades II • Like a bat into hell, Hades is back

Just Crow Things • Stick your beak in as a cute crow, and cause chaos

2XKO • Can Riot Games shake up the fighting game scene?

HANDS-ON STAR CHARTS • We go hands-on with Ubisoft Massive’s open world Star Wars Outlaws, and punch into hyperdrive to revisit the journey that took us here. From gaming’s earliest days all the way through to PS5, Star Wars is as much a gaming institution as it is a cinematic phenomenon

STAR WARS – A CELEBRATION

STAR WARS – A CELEBRATION

SHOOTING FIRST • Star Wars Outlaws has us stealing from the Hutts to give to… ourselves! Lex Luddy smuggles us the holocron on her first few hours with the adventure not-so-far-away

Follwing the thread • Designers, artists, and community managers tell Holly Swinyward about the importance of cosplay when creating worlds, and how to embrace fandom

DIE TONIGHT, LIVE FOREVER • Sam Barlow talks fairy tales, film history, and building Immortality with Jess Kinghorn

Reviews

Crow Country • Dreadful theme park is worth visiting

SaGa: Emerald Beyond • A jewel in battle, a candy ring in the prattle

Indika • Better the devil you know? Not always

Eternal Threads • It’s that time again (and again, and again), pal

System Shock • A faithful remake of a classic – for better and for worse

Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings Of Ruin • Does the action-based series soar as a monster-friendly RPG?

Read Only Memories: Neurodiver • More of a brisk neuroswim

Cyber Citizen Shockman 3: The Princess From Another World • Discover a vintage Japanese oddity

Sea Of Thieves • Galleons of fun for all the family

PS5 Hall of fame • THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO THE NEW GEN’S GREATEST GAMES

PLAY ON • Know what you like and looking for more? Here are alternatives to enjoy on your PS5

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