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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

Turning The Last Of Us into a TV hit • We ask cast and crew what it’s like to adapt a PlayStation classic

Dial H for Hero • PlayStation calls, signing two China Hero Project games ahead of phase three

Hunker down for unscripted horror • Amnesia: The Bunker offers no shelter

You havin’ a laugh? • Creative Assembly’s Christoph Will explains how irreverence drives the design of Hyenas’ team-based shooting and looting

Adrift no more • Revelling in the bizarre, Death Stranding 2 takes Sam on a new journey

Firing up the machines • FromSoftware’s Armored Core VI teases a touch of Souls

505 takes co-Control • Remedy and 505 Games team up to develop Control 2

Anthro’ animals • Get ready for anthropomorphic animals who, once met, you’ll never forget

“GAMES NEED TO CALM THE HINTS DOWN AND LET ME FIGURE THINGS OUT.” • In-game tips are there to help, but risk taking me out of the experience

What do we want from PlayStation in 2023? • PS5’s just celebrated its second birthday – here’s how we hope PlayStation will level up over the next year

“WHY AM I SO RELUCTANT TO STRAY FROM THE GOLDEN PATH AND EMBRACE CHAOS?” • Knowing there’s an optimal route to the end can undermine the journey

Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist Of The End & The Secret Key • The sun sets on a final summer of adventure

Mask Of The Rose • Finding love in the strangest of places

ON THE HORIZON • The next six months, mapped out

Dredge • You might need a bigger boat for this mystery

Labyrinth Of Galleria: The Moon Society • Plumbing the depths for mystery, magic, and more

Company Of Heroes 3 • A new era of PlayStation RTSs dawns

Tekken 8 • An aggressive runback

Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores • New DLC has zero chill

Forspoken • Get your skates on – a world of adventure awaits in Athia

Blast from the past • Masayoshi Yokoyama talks to Alicia Haddick about taking Yakuza back to the past in Like A Dragon: Ishin!

PLAY GAME OF THE YEAR 2022 • The past year has been a truly special one for PlayStation. With so many great games from first-party studios and genre-pushing leaps from third-party developers there’s been something to amaze everyone. We asked you for your favourites – and now here are 2022’s Games Of The Year, as ranked by you and all of PLAY’s readers!

Marvel’s Midnight Suns • Putting the you in team

Need For Speed Unbound • Criterion shows how it’s done on PS5 with a current-gen NFS

The Callisto Protocol • The scariest thing is the dialogue

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion • SOLDIER boy tell ’em

Sable • Glider’s high

Sky: Children Of The Light • Too close to the sun

THREE TO PLAY • PSN games you might have missed

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 more to enjoy on your PS5

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

DASH’S DAZZLING DEALS • Watching the pennies? We’ll help you play more without breaking the bank

PSVR Hall of fame • THE VIRTUAL REALITY HITS YOU HAVE TO PLAY

WHAT’S NEW PLUS-SY CAT? • Digging into the random acts of gaming a...