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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

Realistic to a terrifying degree • We go hands-on with PSVR2 and encounter the statuesque Lady Dimitrescu

A Marvel-ous future • We’re not just getting Spider Man 2, a whole multiverse’s worth of superhero games is on the way

Silent no more • Konami announces a slew of new projects for favourite horror destination

Back at the wheel • Criterion helms the anime-inspired Need For Speed Unbound

What the Flock? • Ricky Haggett and Richard Hogg attempt to explain Flock, a cosy co-op game about collecting animals and hanging out

The Future is RED • CD Projekt announces Witcher and Cyberpunk projects alongside new IP

Getting the lie of the land • Meet the most important FFXVI character: Valisthea itself

A real howler • Wild Hearts pits you against big beasties in February

How close to the original should a remake be? • Should devs just update the visuals or overhaul everything from story to action when remaking a game?

Classical music • Let these classical composers take PlayStation to the Proms!

“I DON’T WANT TO ESCAPE TO ANOTHER GALAXY; LET’S KEEP THINGS REAL.” • Could we have something that takes place on present-day Earth, please?

“CHAMPION GAMES SET IN JAPAN BEING CREATED BY JAPANESE DEVELOPERS.” • We all benefit from their insight and familiarity with their country’s history

REPLIES

Resident Evil 4 • Back to the old me

Scars Above • Following the science

Hubris • Taking science fiction VR to another level

The Legend Of Heroes: Trails Into Reverie • They think it’s all over (it is now… sort of)

Tchia • Having a tchill time in open world New Caledonia

Street Fighter 6 • Fusing old and new makes for a modern classic

The Callisto Protocol • A zombie-infested prison? We predict a riot

BLOODSHED IN THE THREE KINGDOMS • Team Ninja devs tell Alicia Haddick how they’re bringing their ‘masocore’ combat to Ancient China in Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty

TEAM PLAY’S CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE • Check out this year’s festive loot drop

God Of War Ragnarök • An over-realmingly godly PS5 gift

Gotham Knights • Knight fever, Knight fever, we know how to do it

New Tales From The Borderlands • Where has the boom gone?

Unusual Findings • The ’80s are in fashion… still

THE UPGRADE • PS4-to-PS5 game updates chewed on

A Plague Tale: Requiem • The worst of messes become successes; dark tales!

No More Heroes III • This time it’s universal

Potion Permit • Quite the concoction

Prodeus • The eternal recurrence

Valkyrie Elysium • Norse for wear

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare II • The modernisation’s a success, but the story pays a Price

Yomawari: Lost In The Dark • Lost, alone, and terrified

Kamiwaza: Way Of The Thief • Mean streets of Mikado

Lego Bricktales • Not quite a blockbuster

Asterigos: Curse Of The Stars • Hard to pronounce, fun to play

Saturnalia • Murder in the dark

Signalis • Not entirely original, but we couldn’t scare less about that

Tunic • The Bark Souls of cute adventure games

The Witch’s House MV • MV = murdering Viola

THREE TO PLAY • PSN games you might have...