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SCEA and Future US Team Up to Bring 'PlayStation: The Official Magazine'

First issue out in time for the holidays, with 13 issues set for release every year

Oct 2, 2007 10:20 GMT  ·  By
An image of the newly announced mag wasn't available so, here's the cover for the latest issue of PSM: Independent PlayStation Magazine
   An image of the newly announced mag wasn't available so, here's the cover for the latest issue of PSM: Independent PlayStation Magazine

Sony Computer Entertainment America and Future US (publisher of special interest mags and websites) have teamed up to publish PlayStation: The Official Magazine. The report of course confirms that Future US will be doing the full-publishing for the first issue, also revealing that this issue will be the Holiday 2007 edition, on sale in late November.

The initial circulation will be 300,000 copies, according to the official report, while the frequency will be 13 issues per year. Not bad, not bad... More than that, Future US has confirmed that it will produce and oversee all the editorial and advertising sales for the magazine.

"Future US has a strong heritage delivering cutting-edge insight into the industry, and we are looking forward to a long standing relationship to deliver unrivaled exclusive content to PlayStation fans", said Peter Dille, Senior Vice President, Marketing and PLAYSTATIONNetwork, SCEA. "We're very excited to be working with a group that is nearly as passionate about our brand as we are ourselves and we look forward to working with Future on many innovative ideas they have to create a best in class enthusiast publication."

Basically, PlayStation: The Official Magazine will bring only the hottest and freshest news, previews and reviews, that could interest PlayStation console users, offering unlimited access to the world of PlayStation and product special features made possible only by the magazines exclusive relationship with SCEA, as the report confirms. The new editor-in-chief of PlayStation: The Official Magazine is of course Rob Smith, formerly editor-in-chief of PSM: Independent PlayStation Magazine.

"We are enormously pleased to be selected to publish the Official title for one of the world's great entertainment brands," said Simon Whitcombe, Publishing Director, Future US. "Future's international heritage is as a PlayStation publisher. PSM sold more than 40 million copies over its lifetime and we have published the Official PlayStation Magazine in the UK since 1995. We're honored that SCEA recognizes the excellence and experience that we can bring to the license and to PlayStation fans all over the world."

Now keep in mind that the first issue of the new, Future US-published PlayStation: The Official Magazine launches in late November, set at 300,000 copies for initial circulation with a frequency of 13 issues per year.