Publisher Future publishing officially closed the British gaming magazine Official PlayStation Magazinereleased since 1997 year…
In a message to subscribers Future publishing clarified that OPM UK does not die completely, but from the next issue will be renamed to Play Magazine and will keep the same editorial command… In fact, we are talking exclusively about rebranding, but its reasons are not reported. The publisher may have decided not to renew the license to use the PlayStation brand.
Before the massive popularization of the Internet OPM was the best selling gaming magazine in the world… The best numbers were shown by the 42nd number in 1999 with the result 453,571 copies. Modern issues of Official PlayStation Magazine were printed in significantly smaller print runs – according to 20 thousand…
Cover art for the last (May) issue of OPM UK and the first (June) issue of Play.
OPM UK closure marks the end of an era for licensed console magazines… In April 2023 it ceased to exist Official Xbox Magazine, and in October 2014 it stopped coming out Official Nintendo Magazine… Also died in 2012 Nintendo power and US version of Official PlayStation Magazine
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