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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 PARADISE PUNDITS

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Is your face ready for PSVR2? • Specs for the all-new virtual reality headset revealed, along with a Horizon VR showpiece

Short-term contract • Hitman 3’s second year of creative killer content sees Agent 47 go freelance

ARCADE HIT

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

WWE 2K22 is unmasked • Rey Mysterio flips onto the cover after the break

No strings on P • Jiwon Choi explains how Lies Of P cuts loose for its grimly gorgeous dark fantasy retelling of Pinocchio

Shipshape and shiny • The new Elder Scrolls Online expansion will take place on High Isle

PLAYER ON PLAYER

PlayStation voices • The month in mouthing off

Turning the table…top • Pathfinder: Wrath Of The Righteous wends its way to PS4

GEAR: STUFF WE LOVE • This month, how to hide thy nakedness!

JESS’S REAL DEAL

Cursed and not loving it • A girl walks home alone at night in Yomawari 3

Numbers Game • We do the maths

Will big buyouts sink PlayStation island? • What will Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard mean for PlayStation and gaming in general?

IN THE MOOD FOR… Social media • Not enough digital feeds in your life? Have some fake ones to fill the gaps

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

“JUST BECAUSE A CHOICE CAN BE OFFERED, IT DOESN’T MEAN IT SHOULD BE.” • There’s nothing wrong with offering an uncomfortable choice. Usually

“PSVR2 COULD PENETRATE THE MAINSTREAM, IF SONY IS WILLING TO SUPPORT IT.” • Sony’s next-gen headset needs a strong lineup to get players on board

REPLIES

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

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

DNF Duel • MMO let you finish but this could be really good

FACTRICK

Thank u, next • A new challenger appears. It’s you!

Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga • Not so far, far away

ON THE HORIZON • The next six months, mapped out

Ikai • Seal away evil yokai spirits or just leg it

Weird West • An RPG set in a truly wild, wild west

FACTRICK

Enigma Archives: Rain Code • Solving the Mystery Labyrinth

Little Orpheus • So far, Soviet

Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course • Moving beyond entrée level

FACTRICK

Songs Of Glimmerwick • And a one, and a two…

FACTRICK

The magic in the music • You may not learn a flute cover of Wonderwall, but here are just a few of the spells you can cast

In Nightmare

Shattered: Tale Of The Forgotten King

SpellForce III Reforced

The Cruel King And The Great Hero

Shadow Warrior 3

Pocky & Rocky Reshrined

The Gallery

Spirit Hunter: Corpse Confusion

Stranger than Fantasy • The developers behind Stranger Of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin talk combat, jobs, and going all-out action

LEVEL UP • Some of the classic areas that are getting a Stranger makeover

FINAL FANTASY • A look back at the game that started it all

JOB ON • Jack of all trades, and a master of them too – a taste of some of the...