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Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine
(often abbreviated to OPM) is a
now-defunct international video game
magazine, originally published by Ziff Davis Media.
The magazine focused on PlayStation fanbase, including gaming on
the original Sony PlayStation, the PlayStation 2, the
PlayStation 3,
and the PlayStation Portable. It was
popular in part for its inclusion of a playable demo disc with each
issue, licensed by Sony Computer Entertainment America. The
magazine ran began production in September 1997 and ended with the
January 2007 issue.
Staff
The final incarnation of the OPM staff included:
- Editor-in-chief – Tom Byron
- Managing editor – Dana Jongewaard
- Senior editor – Joe Rybicki
- Previews editor – Thierry "Scooter" Nguyen
- News editor – Giancarlo Varanini
- Art director – Ryan Vulk
- Associate art director – Alejandro Chavetta
- Disc editor – Logan Parr
- Editorial director – John Davison
Past members included:
- Managing editor – Gary Steinman
- Managing editor – Din Pérez
- Managing editor – Dan Peluso
- Reviews editor – Chris Baker
- Associate editor – Mark MacDonald
- Editor-in-chief – Wataru Maruyama
- Editor-in-chief – Kraig Kujawa
- Editor-in-chief – John Davison
Demo
discs
OPM was the first gaming magazine to include a disc
that featured playable and non-playable demos of PlayStation games.
Beginning with issue one, each magazine came with a disc containing
PlayStation game demos/videos. For example, the 23rd issue of the
magazine, from August 1999, contained playable demos of Final Fantasy
VIII, 3Xtreme, Tiny Tank, Jade
Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu, Macross VF-2, Centipede, You Don't
Know Jack, and Ultimate 8-Ball.[1]
Beginning with issue 49 (October 2001), the magazine came with a
PlayStation 2 demo disc. Issues 50, 52, and 54 were the last issues
to include PlayStation 1 demo discs.
OPM has released one PlayStation Portable demo, Killzone Liberation. It was available
only with the purchase of retail copies rather than subscription
issues. The magazine was discontinued before any plans to release a
PS3 demo disc were announced (possibly because of the price of Blu-ray Discs).
International editions
Similar international editions of the magazine exist in Finland, the United Kingdom,
the Republic of Ireland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain,
Belgium, Portugal, and Australia. The Belgian edition is also
published in the Netherlands.
The Australian edition was originally published by Next Media
bi-monthly, but 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.
The UK version was called Official Playstation 2 Magazine
UK and has now reached its end with its 100th issue. The staff
at the time of the final issue was
- 'Acting' editor – Andy Hartup
- Art editor - Mark Mitchell
- Editorial assistant - Kim Richards
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