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| Categories | Video game |
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| Publisher | Ziff Davis Media |
| First issue | October 1997; 28 years ago (1997-10) |
| Final issue | January 2007 (2007-01) |
| Based in | San Francisco,California,U.S. |
| Language | English |
| Website | opm.1up.com |
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine (often abbreviated toOPM) was a monthlyvideo game magazine published byZiff Davis Media. It was a sister publication ofElectronic Gaming Monthly. The magazine focused exclusively onPlayStation hardware, software, and culture, covering the originalPlayStation,PlayStation 2,PlayStation 3, andPlayStation 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,[1] while the final issue was cover dated January 2007.
AfterOPM was discontinued in January 2007, the independent PlayStation magazinePSM becamePlayStation: The Official Magazine in December 2007, replacingOPM as the official magazine focusing on Sony game consoles.
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), 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 originalPlayStation. All of the demo discs were developed by LifeLike Productions, Inc.[citation needed]
OPM had released onePlayStation Portable demo,Killzone: Liberation. It was available only with the purchase of retail copies rather than subscription issues. The magazine was discontinued before making the assumed transition to PlayStation 3 demo discs.[citation needed]
Similar international editions of the magazine exist inSweden,Finland, theUnited Kingdom, theRepublic of Ireland,Germany,France,Italy,Spain,Belgium,Portugal,Brazil andAustralia. The Belgian edition is also published in theNetherlands.[citation needed]
The Australian edition was originally published by Next Media bi-monthly; it eventually became a monthly magazine. APC published the magazine after issue 18. It is currently published by Derwent Howard and is edited by Narayan Pattison.[citation needed]
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