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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 TINY WONDERS

DC invites us to go completely batty • Marvel dominates the superhero genre; these heroes (and villains) have work to do

Bigger and better • Bugsnax gets huge free update in 2022

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

FREE ’SNAX

Bespoke in the wheel • Gran Turismo 7 rules the brakes

The next mutation • Patrik Méthé tells us how Rainbow Six Extraction has evolved Siege’s Outbreak mode into a full game

The silver scream • The upcoming Resident Evil movie's first trailer welcomes you back to Raccoon City

PlayStation voices • The month in mouthing off

Sitting on a gold mine • The Uncharted film soars towards an 18 February release

Keep your friends close • Communication is key in co-op-only game We Were Here Forever

Numbers Game • We do the maths

What should be the next big PlayStation remake? • With strong rumours of an announcement due around Christmas, we let the pipe dreams flow

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

IN THE MOOD FOR… Grannies • From knitting socks to kicking ass, these no-nonsense nanas have got it covered

“LOOKING BACK, IT’S EASY TO THINK SONY RESTED ON ITS LAURELS.” • Sony was a cross-buy pioneer – so where did the company stumble?

“IT’S TIME SONY’S EXCELLENT EXCLUSIVES WERE PUT TO BETTER USE.” • A year on, the PS Plus Collection is a waste of massive potential

STAR LETTER GIZZA JOB

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

REPLIES

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

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

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

Stranger Of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origins • Sowing the seeds of Chaos

FACTRICK

Monark • This is Dark Schools

ON THE HORIZON • The next six months, mapped out

Brewmaster: Beer Brewing Simulator • A homebrew sim with a mellow flavour

FACTRICK

Solar Ash • Lets you appreciate the bigger picture

Infernax • A bloody fantastic throwback

Elden Ring • Putting a ring on freedom to play

Little Devil Inside • A monster-hunting game of hide and shriek

FACTRICK

Century: Age Of Ashes

Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist Of The Mysterious Dream

The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil In Me

Keylocker

Babylon's Fall

Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus And Butterfly

Dordogne

Among Us

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS • Kayla Belmore and Matt Cox talk to Oscar Taylor-Kent about evolving Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands beyond its Borderlands 2 DLC inspirations, from overworlds to procedurally generated spellbooks

MOVIE MAGIC • Borderlands is coming to the big screen

PLAY’S CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE • PLAY bells ring, are you listening? Across these ten pages, brilliant gift ideas are glistening

Crime of the century • 20 years on, GTA III’s art director, Aaron Garbut, talks to Jeremy Peel about the game’s landmark creation

Rear view mirror • The emotional stages of releasing a game like GTA III

Gangster squad • GTA III, GTA: Vice City, and GTA: San Andreas get a fresh coat of paint

Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy •...