Update: As we reported earlier in the month, PLAY magazine is shutting up shop – and so, subscribers have started receiving their last ever copies of the UK institution.
For many of us here at Push Square, this mag – formerly known as Official PlayStation Magazine – was an enormous inspiration for our work, so it hurts to see it come to a premature end like this. What an amazing final cover to bow out with, though!
Original Article: Another one of gaming’s print magazines is shutting up shop. PLAY, Future Publishing’s PlayStation magazine, has announced the latest issue will be its last.
Issue #46 features Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater on the cover with a hands-on preview, plus info on PS5 Pro, Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, Ghost of Yotei, and plenty more. It goes on sale later this month, and then that’ll be the end of it.
It’s a real shame. PLAY might be a relatively young magazine, but its roots can be traced all the way back to Official PlayStation Magazine, which got started right around the launch of the original PlayStation.
Future Publishing brought us not only this official look at what was coming up on Sony’s platforms, but an unofficial magazine, PSM2 (and PSM3) was its more untethered sibling. As noted in editor Oscar Taylor-Kent’s farewell message, PLAY was put together by numerous ex-staffers from these other publications.
Magazines like these have been, and continue to be, an enormous touchstone and inspiration for Push Square, as well as our sister sites Nintendo Life, Pure Xbox, and Time Extension. In many ways we owe a lot to the likes of PLAY, and are sad to see another print publication come to an end.
Our thoughts go out to those affected by PLAY’s closure; we hope everybody lands on their feet and can continue to do great work.
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