PLAY

We all love to play – but the unfortunate truth is that at some point all games must come to an end, whether it’s because you got squashed by a rolling boulder, threw the controller down in frustration, or simply hit credits. That time has now come for PLAY as well. We managed to make it to #46 (so close to #50!), though anyone who remembers our rebrand from Official PlayStation Magazine to PLAY back in 2021, from official to unofficial, will know the legacy stretches back much further than just those numbers. Future Publishing’s history of making PlayStation mags began with the launch of PlayStation itself, with Official PlayStation Magazine kicking it all off in 1995. With demo discs aplenty, it was simply a must-buy for any PS1 owner, spotlighting heavy…

We all love to play – but the unfortunate truth is that at some point all games must come to an end, whether it’s because you got squashed by a rolling boulder, threw the controller down in frustration, or simply hit credits. That time has now come for PLAY as well. We managed to make it to #46 (so close to #50!), though anyone who remembers our rebrand from Official PlayStation Magazine to PLAY back in 2021, from official to unofficial, will know the legacy stretches back much further than just those numbers. Future Publishing’s history of making PlayStation mags began with the launch of PlayStation itself, with Official PlayStation Magazine kicking it all off in 1995. With demo discs aplenty, it was simply a must-buy for any PS1 owner,…

Jess Kinghorn GAMES EDITOR GAME OF ALL TIME Shadow Hearts FIRST ISSUE OPM #142 Ah, I’ve never been good with endings – my backlog is testament to it – so, let me start at the beginning. Two days into my staff writer job on OPM, I got dumped by text. But from there, my life has only improved; as the saying goes, ‘Boys come and go but writing about games is forever.’ OPM and PLAY have given me opportunities I never would have enjoyed otherwise. Besides the experience of honing my craft among a team of print media veterans, highlights include presenting God Of War with the PlayStation Game Of The Year award at 2018’s Golden Joysticks, trekking to the final E3 in 2019, visiting Remedy Entertainment in Finland not…

Jess Kinghorn GAMES EDITOR GAME OF ALL TIME Shadow Hearts FIRST ISSUE OPM #142 Ah, I’ve never been good with endings – my backlog is testament to it – so, let me start at the beginning. Two days into my staff writer job on OPM, I got dumped by text. But from there, my life has only improved; as the saying goes, ‘Boys come and go but writing about games is forever.’ OPM and PLAY have given me opportunities I never would have enjoyed otherwise. Besides the experience of honing my craft among a team of print media veterans, highlights include presenting God Of War with the PlayStation Game Of The Year award at 2018’s Golden Joysticks, trekking to the final E3 in 2019, visiting Remedy Entertainment in Finland not once but twice, finally touching…

While visiting a game studio recently I introduced myself as writing for a website. “Uh-huh” came the standard reply – then I mentioned I was once the editor of Official PlayStation Magazine, and there were smiles all around. Magazines mean something to everybody, not least game developers who grew up reading them, appearing in them, and desperately wanting to be on the cover… It means something. It’s a great shame then, that PLAY magazine is making its last issue. This is a magazine I launched when OPM was finally closed by Sony and myself and the team worked long into the Covid-lockdowned hours to rebrand and relaunch. It’s another notch on my CV but more importantly it’s one of the best magazine teams I worked with; Oscar, Jess, Mim, and Milf…

While visiting a game studio recently I introduced myself as writing for a website. “Uh-huh” came the standard reply – then I mentioned I was once the editor of Official PlayStation Magazine, and there were smiles all around. Magazines mean something to everybody, not least game developers who grew up reading them, appearing in them, and desperately wanting to be on the cover… It means something. It’s a great shame then, that PLAY magazine is making its last issue. This is a magazine I launched when OPM was finally closed by Sony and myself and the team worked long into the Covid-lockdowned hours to rebrand and relaunch. It’s another notch on my CV but more importantly it’s one of the best magazine teams I worked with; Oscar, Jess, Mim, and…