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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

THIS MONTH’S PORTAL HOPPERS

Cats, memories, robots, and more • Annapurna Interactive’s showcase serves up an indie feast for the coming months

Fantasy tradition • Between Final Fantasy XVI, VII Remake, and X-3, the series is keeping busy

PIXEL PERFECT

Taylor-made news • Oscar Taylor-Kent’s news slap

PES is dead • Long live eFootball, its free-to-play successor

Telling tales • Moss: Book II spins a new yarn for great mouse protagonist Quill. We catch up with developer Polyarc

A new mascot brawler? Smashing! • Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is a contender

PlayStation voices • The month in mouthing off

Back from the dead • Dead Space being remade for PS5

GEAR: STUFF WE LOVE • Early doors on throwback goodies

JESS’S REAL DEAL

Shooting at an open goal • FIFA 22 has plenty to offer PS5 and PS4 alike

Numbers Game • We do the maths

What's your dream Marvel superhero game? • Guardians, Black Panther, and more – plenty of marvellous heroes get the game treatment. Who else?

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

Sucking • There are a lot of ways something can suck, not all of them bad

“MODDING’S ABOUT DOING THINGS DEVELOPERS MIGHT NOT HAVE HAD TIME TO DO.” • Why wait for the perfect finishing touch? We’ll do it ourselves

“ARE DIRECTOR’S CUTS JUST THE NEW GAME OF THE YEAR EDITIONS?” • Beyond marketing, some games could benefit from alternate cuts

REPLIES

CAN I GET A RT? • The most pleasing tweetings from our timeline…

STAR LETTER PUT A RING ON IT

READERS’ MOST WANTED • Which games are bleeping loudest on your radar?

Hot Shots • We’re celebrating your very best PlayStation photo mode moments

WIN! • The Art Of Samurai Shodown, worth £33.99

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

Grid Legends • Jump in, and say goodbye to living off the Grid

FACTRICK

Sam & Max: This Time It’s Virtual! • Shaping up to be rabbit of all right

Lost In Random • Living and dying by the luck of the die

FACTRICK

Session • Get ready to hit the (skateboard) deck, my dude!

Wayward Strand • Don’t lose the thread of this heartfelt narrative

ON THE HORIZON • The next six months, mapped out

Tom Clancy’s XDefiant • X gon’ give us a hero shooter

FACTRICK

Jett: The Far Shore • With a view to inspire

Naraka: Bladepoint

Away: The Survival Series

The Addams Family: Mansion Mayhem

Doctor Who: The Edge Of Reality

Melty Blood: Type Lumina

Weird West

Edge Of Eternity

Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania

Aliens: Fireteam Elite • Oscar Taylor-Kent isn’t bad at this one… for a human

CHANGING THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT • Battlefield 2042’s Battlefield Portal puts the power in your hands. Ripple Effect Studios’ senior design director Justin Wiebe tells Oscar Taylor-Kent how it’s done

BATTLEFIELD CARTO • Revisiting the six classic maps joining 2042’s at Portal’s launch

Rebel with a cause • Far Cry 6 is revolutionary in more ways than one. We speak with the developers to find out how

CRY ME A RIVER • Three of the series’ most defining games

A tale of two planets • Yusuke Tomizawa and Hirokazu Kagawa tell...