Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine (often abbreviated to OPM ) was a monthly video game magazine published by Ziff Davis Media . It was a sister publication of Electronic Gaming Monthly . The magazine focused exclusively on PlayStation hardware, software, and culture, covering the original PlayStation , PlayStation 2 , PlayStation 3 , and PlayStation Portable . Each issue included a disc that contained playable demos and videos of PlayStation games. The magazine had a nearly ten-year run. The first issue, cover dated October 1997, was published September 23, 1997, while the final issue was cover dated January 2007.
6-411: Official PlayStation Magazine may refer to one of several magazines: Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine , a U.S. magazine by Ziff Davis PlayStation: The Official Magazine , a U.S. magazine by Future Publishing PlayStation Official Magazine – Australia , an Australian magazine by Media Factory Pty. Ltd PlayStation Official Magazine – UK ,
12-591: A UK magazine by Future Publishing Official PlayStation Magazine (Ireland) , an Irish magazine by TP Media Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Official PlayStation Magazine . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Official_PlayStation_Magazine&oldid=826409160 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
18-501: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine After OPM was discontinued in January 2007, the independent PlayStation magazine PSM became PlayStation: The Official Magazine in December 2007, replacing OPM as the official magazine focusing on Sony game consoles. The final incarnation of
24-488: The OPM staff included: Past members included: OPM was the first gaming magazine to include a disc that featured playable demos of PlayStation games. Beginning with issue one, each magazine came with a disc containing playable PlayStation game demos and non-playable video footage. Later, interviews, industry event coverage, and video walkthroughs of games would also be included on the discs. Beginning with issue 49 (October 2001),
30-405: The magazine came with a PlayStation 2 demo disc, though for a time it would still be alternated with original PlayStation demo discs. Issues 50, 52, and 54 were the last issues to include demo discs for the original PlayStation . All of the demo discs were developed by LifeLike Productions, Inc. OPM had released one PlayStation Portable demo, Killzone: Liberation . It was available only with
36-569: The purchase of retail copies rather than subscription issues. The magazine was discontinued before making the assumed transition to PlayStation 3 demo discs. Similar international editions of the magazine exist in Sweden , Finland , the United Kingdom , the Republic of Ireland , Germany , France , Italy , Spain , Belgium , Portugal , Brazil and Australia . The Belgian edition is also published in
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