This is the page related to the Italian video game magazine. PlayStation Magazine is also the former name of PlayStation: The Official Magazine

PlayStation: The Official Magazine

PlayStation: The Official Magazine is a magazine originally known as PlayStation Magazine . After Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine was canceled, Sony Computer Entertainment announced on October 1, 2007 that PSM would become "PlayStation: The Official Magazine"...

PlayStation Magazine, also known by the acronym PSM, is an Italian

Italy

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 video game magazine specializing in all Sony

Sony Computer Entertainment

Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. is a major video game company specializing in a variety of areas in the video game industry, and is a wholly owned subsidiary and part of the Consumer Products & Services Group of Sony...

 video game console

Video game console

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s and handheld gaming

Handheld game console

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 platforms. The magazine features previews, reviews, and cheat codes for Sony games.

History

Launched in 1998 as the official Italian magazine of Sony Computer Entertainment

Sony Computer Entertainment

Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. is a major video game company specializing in a variety of areas in the video game industry, and is a wholly owned subsidiary and part of the Consumer Products & Services Group of Sony...

, it was later acquired from a division of Future Publishing

Future Publishing

Future plc is a media company; in 2006, it was the sixth-largest in the United Kingdom. It publishes more than 150 magazines in fields such as video games, technology, automotive, cycling, films and photography. Future is the official magazine company of all three major games console manufacturers...

, Future Media Italy, and since March 2007, it has been published by the Italian publishing house Sprea Media Italy.

External links

• PlayStation Magazine on Sprea Media Italy corporate site