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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

The Beast was freed at Gamescom • Catching up with the Dying Light: The Beast devs and more in Cologne, Germany

CAMP counselling • Fallout 76’s creative director Jonathan Rush and lead producer Bill LaCoste discuss the Milepost Zero update

Another dimension, interplanetary • New game-based anthology show

Whipping up a legend • Indiana Jones And The Great Circle coming to PS5

Party shots • Near Light’s Paul Mottram and Ben Hebb on making multiplayer shooters more accessible with Frenzies on PSVR2

Booking in a redelivery • With Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, could Warhorse’s historical RPG become the Czech Republic’s Witcher?

Grappling hooks • These sensational ropebound hooks are the grapple of our eye

WHY ARE THE INVITING MANUALS OF YESTERYEAR SUCH A THING OF THE PAST? • Physical media’s great, and paying far more for less just seems unfair

“THE NEXT LIKE A DRAGON SHOULD ALLOW A WOMAN TO TAKE CENTRE STAGE.” • Women’s stories have always been at the heart of Kamurocho anyhow

Previews

Monster Hunter Wilds • Capcom’s ambitious followup is wild at heart

Life Is Strange: Double Exposure • Max Caulfield is on the case again

Reanimal • Alive and kicking

Directive 8020 • Supermassive’s most ambitious game yet

Hotel Barcelona • Is a criminal record a requirement to stay here?

Deliver At All Costs • The go go go between

Herdling • Over the mountain and far away

Metaphor: ReFantazio • The fantasy Persona we’ve all been waiting for

Borderlands 4

SHADOW OF THE DAMNED • Art director Thierry Dansereau talks to Scott McCrae about the world of Assassin’s Creed Shadows

CHOP IT LIKE IT’S HOT • The humble samurai is one of gaming’s most enduring characters, with many games paying homage to them – so here’s the ultimate list of what you should play to embody the fantasy yourself

Edge case • Ace Attorney Investigations Collection translates Miles Edgeworth’s complete adventures into English for the first time. Capcom’s Shunsuke Nishida, Kenichi Hashimoto, and Janet Hsu submit the evidence to Malindy Hetfeld

Reviews

Star Wars Outlaws • All deathstick, no spice

Visions Of Mana • The first Mana game in over a decade is a vision

Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse • The freelance police become toy boys

The Case Of The Golden Idol: Complete Edition • Always believe in your soul

Black Myth: Wukong • Ace ape adventure or about to be chim-panned-zee?

SteamWorld Heist II • There’s no ‘I’ in steam (but there’s one in ‘heist’)

Pepper Grinder • Take this one for a spin

The Mortuary Assistant • Do the dead comfort you?

THREE TO PLAY • PSN games you might have missed

Concord • Cord blimey guv, it’s a right lark

ExtendedPLAY • From updates to favourites – the games we just can’t quit

Doom + Doom II • Don’t let the understated title fool you

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

PS4 Hall of fame • THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO THE LAST GEN’S GREATEST GAMES

PSVR2 Hall of fame • THE VIRTUAL REALITY HITS...