The PS5 power user guide

Welcome

Welcome to your new Official PlayStation Magazine. What

All aboard for a new generation

We look back at the most memorable console launch in years

Nioh bosses back

Not played it? Here are five reasons to…

Bursting from the frames

The PS4 games to replay with PS5’s hardware boost

Spirited away

Kena: Bridge Of Spirits’ co-creators Josh and Mike Grier offer new details

MGS changes lives

Snake’s iconic bionic arm is a real thing

FIFA 21 is a work of art

The PlayStation 5 edition makes its mark

GEAR: STUFF WE LOVE

This issue, the best new soundtracks…

If looks could kill

Hitman 3 is slaying on PlayStation 5

Which developer and film series are a perfect fit?

The news that Hitman dev IO Interactive is making a James Bond game gives Team OPM some ideas

Brains

Like zombies, we only want one thing. These games show us their big ones

“SPORTS GAMERS DESERVE BETTER – THOSE ON PS4 AS WELL AS PS5.”

Ben Wilson is okay with annual updates, if devs show transparency

“COULD PS5’S CONTROL CENTRE HELP MORE OF US REACH THE FINISH LINE?”

Nobody likes to hit a wall. Activities and guides keep you moving

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HOT SHOTS

We’re celebrating your very best PlayStation photo mode moments

Destruction AllStars

It’s twisting our metal

Chorus

Warming up for a new space opera

Praey For The Gods

These titans are a big deal

Little Devil Inside

On the hunt for something original?

Jett: The Far Shore

On your marks, get Jett, go

The Dark Pictures Anthology: The House Of Ashes

FORMAT PS5, PS4 / ETA 2021 / PUB

Blood Bowl 3

FORMAT PS5, PS4 / ETA SPRING 2021 PUB

Monster Energy Supercross – The Official Videogame 4

FORMAT PS5, PS4 / ETA 11 MAR PUB

Dreamhouse: The Game

FORMAT PS5 / ETA 2021 PUB DESAND GAME

Neo: The World Ends With You

FORMAT PS4 / ETA SUMMER 2021 PUB SQUARE

Override 2: Super Mech League

FORMAT PS5, PS4 / ETA 22 DEC /

Paradise Lost

FORMAT PS5, PS4 / ETA 2021 PUB ALL

King Of Seas

FORMAT PS5, PS4 / ETA JAN 2021 PUB

GAME OF THE YEAR 2020

Once again we’ve been at each other’s throats

Immortals Fenyx Rising

Is this mythical mission godlike or more Jason and the Argh-onauts?

Fuser

This return from Harmonix is music to our ears

Lair Of The Clockwork God

Cog of the walk

Bubble Bobble 4 Friends: The Baron Is Back!

Forever bursting bubbles

A Tale Of Paper

Welcome to the fold

Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered

Does whatever a spider can, but at 60fps

Warhammer: Chaosbane – Slayer Edition

Miniature improvements

Chicken Police – Paint It Red!

Do you feel clucky, punk?

Katamari Damacy Reroll

They see me rollin’

Call Of Duty: Black Ops – Cold War

World needs saving? Here I go, Reagan, on my own

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla

Let me axe you a question

Observer: System Redux

A cyberpunk adventure worth augmenting?

THREE TO PLAY

PSN games you might have missed

Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate

Some breaks don’t need fixing

Godfall

All that glitters may not be gold, but it can still be a lot of fun

NBA 2K21

Rebounding in style on PlayStation 5

Overcooked: All You Can Eat

Talk about stuffed!

XIII

Bourne again?

Kingdom Hearts: Melody Of Memory

Full of sax and violins

Demon’s Souls

The Old One reawakens after one incredible, loving makeover

Dirt 5

After such a great showing on PS4, how’s the PS5 version?

Haven

Fly on the boots of love

Sackboy: A Big Adventure

This eager-to-please platformer is a hand-crafted charmer

The Pathless

This launch lineup adventure isn’t a misfire – or lacking in direction

Planet Coaster

Life is a rollercoaster, just gotta ride it

Ghostrunner

Put a ghost in your machine

BANDWIDTH

PS4-to-PS5 game updates chewed on

Destiny 2: Beyond Light

Does this see Bungie jump the shark?

FIFA 21

Lacks pace in between matches

The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope

Thrills for some, chills for others

Borderlands 3 – Season 2

Slice up rivals with the Designer’s and Director’s Cuts

Kate Bishop is taking AIM

Assembling for a new chapter of Marvel’s Avengers

LIVE GAMES

Online games still keeping our attention

PS4 Hall of fame

THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO THE LAST GEN’S GREATEST GAMES

STILL PLAYING

Games that continue to hold our attention 

PS VR Hall of fame

THE VIRTUAL REALITY HITS YOU HAVE TO PLAY

PLUS POINTS

The month’s freebies reviewed

Ridge Racer

No career mode. No damage. No online play. No problem

HEAVENLY SWORD

DEV NINJA THEORY, PS3, 2007 Before Ninja

KILLZONE SHADOW FALL

DEV GUERRILLA GAMES, PS4, 2013 A series of

Launch games

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Ratchet & Clank

Oscar Taylor-Kent still has time for Sony’s 20-year-old destructive duo

With greatness comes PlayStation

As you swing through a beautifully ray-traced New York in PS5’s Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, the designer of PS1’s beloved Spider-Man, Chad Findley, reflects on the hero’s 2000 debut

Five years ago on OPM

We went all-out for Street Fighter V in OPM #118, with five different covers to knock you out

A BRIEF HISTORY OF Lara Croft

Impress your friends with your Croftytrivia

Christmas sweet treat

Ghostbusters: The Video Game delivers a squashy heap of nostalgia that’s more addictive than any sugar rush