PlayStation Official Magazine (UK)

PlayStation Official Magazine – UK

PlayStation Official Magazine - UK cover from November 2008 issue
Editor	Tim Clark (issues 1 to 39) Ben Wilson (issues 40 to 95) Matthew Pellett (96 to present)
Categories	Computer and video games
Frequency	Monthly
First issue	Winter 2006
Company	Future Publishing
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Website	www.officialplaystationmagazine.co.uk

Official UK PlayStation Magazine

Issue 108 (March 2004) - The final edition of Official UK PlayStation Magazine, with Lara Croft on the cover.
Editor-in-Chief	Steve Jarratt (issue 1 to 7) Rob Pegley (issue 8 to 42) Mike Goldsmith (issue 43 to 63) Mark Donald (issue 64 to 76) Richard Keith (issue 77 to 97) Ryan Butt (issue 98 to 108)
Categories	Gaming
Frequency	13 issues a year
Publisher	Future Publishing UK
First issue	November 1995
Final issue — Number	March 2004 108
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

PlayStation Official Magazine – UK, generally abbreviated as OPM, is a magazine based in the United Kingdom that covers PlayStation news, originally created in Winter 2006. Although the first issue was distributed in three-month intervals, from Issue 2 onward, it became a monthly segment. As of Issue 7 (June 2007), the magazine comes with a playable Blu-ray Disc; it primarily covers PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 games and material. However, it additionally also covers PlayStation Vita material. The magazine covers PlayStation lifestyle, as well all aspects of High Definition media in lesser detail.

The Official UK PlayStation Magazine is a now-defunct magazine, launched in November 1995 to coincide with the launch of the PlayStation console. It ran for 108 issues, with the last hitting news stands in March 2004. The first issue sold 37,000 copies. Roughly midway through its run the abbreviations in the magazine changed from PSM to OPM (this was mainly because another magazine by the name of PSM2 was launched in the 4th quarter of 2000, and so as not to cause confusion, the abbreviations of the official mag were changed to OPM). It had 3 design changes in its lifetime: 1 to 51, 52 to 72, and finally 73 to 108.

Under the guidance of Rob Pegley, the magazine had a no-nonsense attitude to pre-agreed scores in exchange for cover exclusives or compromising of editorial judgment for the sake of a first look and made a habit of 'nailing' other publications for such acts. The first game to be reviewed was Wipeout, which received 8/10. The last game to be reviewed was Ford Truck Mania, which garnered 7/10.

The magazine would go on to become not only the best selling PlayStation magazine in the United Kingdom, but the best selling videogames magazine in the world. By mid-1997, PSM was selling over 150,000 issues a month. In the month of February 1999, issue 42 (cover game: Metal Gear Solid), according to ABC the magazine managed a record 453,571, beating the UK's biggest lads magazines FHM, Maxim and Loaded.