Episodes
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Hitman 3 First Impressions | Hands-on in Dubai and Dartmoor
With the finale of the World Of Assassination Trilogy on the horizon, we sit down to discuss our first impressions. We’ve spent hours with the game’s first two levels, Dubai and Dartmoor. We discuss the gameplay, spoiler-free opinions on the story’s premise, and what could be next for the series...
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Issue 155: Just Cause We Want To
If you’ve picked up the latest issue of the mag, then the use double-window panoramic cover has already made it pretty clear that Just Cause 4 will be one of the biggest and most explosive sandboxes of the year. We delve into our hands-on feature, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Project Judge, and way...
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Issue 154: Red Dead Retalker
The big Wanted style poster on the front of our new issue makes it obvious – we’ve played Red Dead Redemption 2, and now we’ve sat down to talk about it. On top of that, we also dig deep into big new releases Spider-Man and Shadow of the Tomb Raider. If that’s not enough, we’ve […]
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Issue 153: The Assassin’s Creed Fancast
If you’ve seen the gorgeous covers of this issue, it’s no surprise that we’re going to be talking about Assassin’s Creed. The issue features over 25 pages of Assassin’s Creed features! Editor Ian Dean talks through everything he knows about Odyssey and his hands-on with Metro Exodus, Games Editor...
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Issue 152: The Podcast Strikes Back
It’s sure been a little time, but Team OPM are back to both inform and entertain. Well, mostly entertain. They hope. Finally, the number one podcast for fans of listening to people laugh at their own jokes. And PlayStation games. Editor Ian goes into depth on his Darksiders III hands-on and the...
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Podcast Special – Bye Bye Matt
With editor Matthew Pellett leaving for new pastures, games editor Jen Simpkins and staff writer Ben Tyrer join him to talk about his time on the magazine, see how much he remembers of his reviews and put reader questions to the departing Matt. The (now disbanded) team also talk about issue #132,...
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Resident Evil VII Hands On – Issue 131
After an extended holiday, Team OPM are back for the new year with a podcast full of everything you need to know about PlayStation in 2017. Editor Matt tells games editor Jen and staff writer Ben about his extensive hands on with Resi VII, while the team discuss the games they played over the […]
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PS4 Pro and Watch Dogs 2 – Minisode #10
With the PS4 Pro in stores ready for Christmas and Watch Dogs 2 brining a hacker’s playground to San Francisco, it’s an excellent week for PlayStation gamers. Games editor Jen Simpkins discusses her hands-on impressions of the console and the games she’s excited for, while staff writer Ben Tyrer...
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Resident Evil VII and Watch Dogs 2 – Issue #129
Resident Evil VII is giving us chills and Watch Dogs 2 is dispensing thrills in our latest podcast. Editor Matthew Pellett and games editor Jen Simpkins discuss their hands on time with our double cover features this issue. That’s not the only game to get the OPM analysis, as Matt talks about his...
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PS VR Launch – Minisode 9
Did you get your PS VR headset and need some recommendations on what to play? This minisode sees games editor Jen Simpkins and staff writer Ben Tyrer put forward the games they love on Sony’s special new hardware. Find out why Thumper is mesmerising the office and which VR game is the ultimate in...
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PS VR Launch Special – Issue 128
PS VR and PS4 Pro are the big stories in our latest issue and we give you the details of the new systems from editor Matthew Pellett’s trip to New York and our hands-on time with Sony's amazing new headset.
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PS4 Pro Hands On – Minisode 8
PS4 Pro’s release date might be 10 Nov, but we’ve already gone hands on with the powerful 4K console in New York. Editor Matthew Pellett fights the jetlag to tell you everything you want to know about PS4 Pro, from the transformative effect of HDR to how the console will benefit players sticking...
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Destiny: Rise Of Iron and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided – Issue #127
Destiny: Rise Of Iron adorns our cover this month and we flew out to Seattle to play it. Staff writer Jen Simpkins gives the team the low down on how Bungie’s rejigging its amazing shooter once more, while editor Matthew Pellett discuss returning to the addictive MMO. Ben Tyrer discuss his review...
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Issue #126 – Lara Returns
Just when we thought we had got over Lara Croft, the Tomb Raider rises again on PS4. Plus, she’s bringing more goodies than Santa on the 24th December, with VR, co-op and Zombies. Yes, we used the Z-word. Editor Matthew Pellett went out to San Francisco for a whistlestop tour of Lara’s latest and...
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Issue #125 – The Hot 50
With the dust settling from another spectacular E3, Team OPM’s annual Hot 50 is finally in stores. You might even have it in your very hands while listening to our soothing voices filter into your ears. On this episode, staff writer Jen talks about her hands-on with Horizon Zero Dawn, staff…
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Minisode 6 – E3 Blowout
Well, that is how to do an E3. Not only did we get huge reveals from God Of War, Days Gone and Spider-Man, there’s the small matter of the Crash announcement to make it another strong year from Sony. No prizes for guessing what the conversation is about in this minisode, as the team talk about...
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Issue #124 – COD vs. Battlefield
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and Battlefield 1 go head-to-head this episode, as returning editor Matthew Pellett joins staff writers Jen Simpkins and Ben Tyrer to chat about the brand spanking new issue of Official PlayStation Magazine UK. No only is there discussion on the biggest shooters of...
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Minisode 5 – Bye Bye Ben
After nine fantastic weeks, acting editor Ben Wilson is tagging out for editor Matthew Pellett. Before he exits the OPM ring, there’s time for him and staff writers Jen Simpkins and Ben Tyrer to bring you their thoughts on May’s clash of shooters, Overwatch vs. Battleborn. There’s one – very…
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Issue #123 – The Final Uncharted Fourcast
Crashing through the ceiling like a frantic Nathan Drake, the OPM UK team are here for a bumper episode to tie in with the latest issue. Acting editor Ben Wilson and staff writer Ben Tyrer discuss their experiences with Uncharted 4 – keeping it spoiler free, natch – while Jen Simpkins confides...
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Minisode 4 – Clank Souls
With Insomniac’s greatest duo taking residence on your hard drive and hitting the silver screen, our latest minisode focuses on the intergalactic antics of the chart-topping Lombax. We throw thoughts around like fusion grenades, with acting editor Ben Wilson flash-banging on about his love for…
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Minisode 3 – Question Time
Acting editor Ben Wilson and staff writers Jen Simpkins and Ben Tyrer return to the microphones to answer your questions about PlayStation VR, the dearth of rugby and cricket games, what games we just don’t get and the inaugural troll of the cast award. Hit the link below to treat yo’ self. OPM...
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BONUS ‘CAST! Uncharted Four-cast
Your eyes don’t deceive you, we’re back much sooner than usual with a special minisode all about our hands-on with Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End. Staff writer Ben Tyrer drives through Madagascar in search of secrets and tells us what we can expect from the game come 10 May. Why wait any longer…
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OPM Podcast 2016 – Issue 122
With editor Matt Pellett off on sabbatical, acting editor Ben Wilson steps into the host’s chair for another episode that’s teeming with #topbantz… Fortunately, there’s plenty of games chat to keep us on track. Editor Ben becomes the first person to make the case for Marc Eckō’s Getting Up:...
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Minisode – PlayStation VR
Welcome back to the Official PlayStation Magazine UK Podcast. This minisode, Team Bennifer discuss PlayStation VR’s price and what games they’re excited for, while Matt talks about going hands on (or should that be eyes in?) with the headset at GDC. One game in particular stands out and it’s not...
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OPM Podcast 2016 – Issue 121
Like Snake springing out of his cardboard box, the team behind OPM UK are sneaking up on you with a brand new podcast. In this return episode, we discuss Jen Simpkins’ huge feature on No Man’s Sky, Matthew Pellett’s journey to the depths of the ocean in Abzu and Ben Tyrer’s prehistoric adventures...
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OPM Podcast 2015 Episode 04
It’s time for a double-dose of Official PlayStation Magazine podcasting! The hot topics in this double episode include television obsessions, dream Hitman levels and Project Morpheus’ best game. Click to download the new episode
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OPM UK Podcast Episode 3
Episode three of the OPM UK Podcast 2015 series is here! This month’s topics include the future of Metal Gear Solid and Hideo Kojima, real-life Battlefield heists and an amazing Chewbacca impression from WWE superstar Wade Barrett. Click to download the new episode
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OPM Podcast 2015 Episode 02
We told you it wouldn’t take another year! This episode we’re discussing The Order: 1886, the idea of ‘next-gen gameplay’ and prodding Meiks still further on his inexplicable dislike of water. Click to download the new episode
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OPM UK Podcast 2015 Episode 1
We’re back! After a year hiatus the Official PlayStation Magazine podcast returns with an all-new format and team. Click to download the new episode
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OPM UK Podcast Episode 53
A sad farewell this month to OPM ed Ben Wilson who leaves to become a full time dad. In his final podcast we talk about whether it’s over for COD, talk about Evolve, Thief and question Ben on his highlights of being Official PlayStation mag skipper. Click to download Episode 53
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OPM UK Podcast Episode 52
It’s a big farewell to deputy editor Joel on this month’s OPM podcast – and a big hello to new features editor Jason. But we’re not only here to talk staffing changes: editor Ben and the team also chat PS4’s impending arrival, the best launch title, PS3’s most underrated game, Driveclub…
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OPM UK Podcast Episode 51
It’s all change on this month’s Official PlayStation Magazine podcast, as editor Ben Wilson and compadres introduce two new regular features, and say farewell to two longstanding team members. We delve deeper into cover game Battlefield 4, analyse Watch Dogs’ chances of being PS4’s first classic,...
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OPM UK Podcast Episode 50
The big five-oh is here! That’s right, this month’s Official PlayStation Magazine podcast sees editor Ben Wilson and the team celebrating the 50 episode landmark by looking back on their best and worst birthdays, revealing what they love most about working on OPM, and reintroducing some old...
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OPM UK Podcast Episode 49
It’s a time for celebration on this month’s Official PlayStation Magazine podcast, as editor Ben Wilson and the team look back on a triumphant four weeks for PS4 and even host a mini birthday party. Watch Dogs, Assassin’s Creed IV and Driveclub are among the games up for discussion, the team...
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OPM UK Podcast Episode 48
E3 o’clock is almost upon us, and to mark the occasion editor Ben Wilson and the team make their predictions for the big show in this month’s Official PlayStation Magazine podcast. No, Kane & Lynch 3 does not make the shortlist. Elsewhere the team talk their expectations for GTA V, discuss cover...
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OPM UK Podcast Episode 47
Bioshock, Bioshock, Bioshock – if there’s a recurring theme to this month’s Official PlayStation Magazine UK podcast it’s a certain game whose name ends in Infinite. In this episode, Ben Wilson and the team discuss the game’s controversial ending, best and worst vigors, lasting legacy and much...
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OPM UK Podcast Episode 46
It’s real, and we’re so excited about it that we’ve dedicated almost an entire podcast to discussing its innards, its games, and its lovely, tasty looking new pad. This month deputy editor Joel Gregory helms the PS4 special, in which we run the rule over the best of the announced games so far,...
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OPM UK Podcast Episode 45
With a potential PS4 reveal on the horizon, this month’s Official PlayStation Magazine podcast finds editor Ben Wilson and the team analysing the chances of Sony’s next-gen console being unveiled at the PlayStation Meeting event in New York. Elsewhere staff writer Phil delves deeper into new Vita...
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OPM UK Podcast Episode 44
A new year is here, and this episode of the Official PlayStation Magazine podcast finds editor Ben Wilson and the team looking ahead to the next 12 months in gaming. Is Bioshock Infinite going to live up to the hype? What are the chances of PS4 emerging before the year is out? And will THQ […]
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OPM UK Podcast Episode 43
Merry Christmas! The special festive edition of the Official PlayStation Magazine Podcast sees editor Ben Wilson and the team looking back on the highs and lows of 2012, as well as revealing your choice for game of the year and what they most want for Christmas. Elsewhere there’s new info on…
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OPM UK Podcast Episode 42
Christmas is coming and Team OPM is in full gorging mode – but for games like Hitman Absolution and Dishonored, rather than turkey, stuffing and mince pies. On this month’s podcast, Ben Wilson and colleagues discuss the Game Of The Year hopes of those two big hitters, as well as debating whether…
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OPM UK Podcast Episode 41
Winter is coming as they say on Game Of Thrones, and this month’s Official PlayStation Magazine podcast sees editor Ben Wilson and the team looking ahead to this Christmas’s biggest games – including a report from Montreal on Assassin’s Creed III and Far Cry 3, a review face-off between PES and...
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OPM UK Podcast Episode 40
Birthdays birthdays birthdays! With the OPM podcast turning 40 and the mag turning 75, this month editor Ben Wilson and the team celebrate the only way they know how: by talking videogames. There’s a detailed look at Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2 multiplayer, reactions to the Metal Gear Solid: Ground...
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OPM UK Podcast Episode 39
With Olympics fever gripping the country, world, and Official PlayStation Magazine office, this podcast episode sees Ben Wilson and the team outlining which games liked to see turned into medal-winning events, and evangelising the official London 2012 videogame. There’s loads more info on cover...
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OPM UK Podcast Episode 38
In this edition of the Official PlayStation Magazine podcast, editor Ben Wilson and the team run down the top ten of the OPM ‘hot 50’ – the best games coming to PS3 and Vita, as voted for by you. Elsewhere the guys delve deeper into Sony’s purchase of Gaikai, talk cover games FIFA 13 and […]
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OPM UK Podcast Episode 37
With E3 in the books, this month’s Official PlayStation Magazine podcast sees editor Ben Wilson and the team looking back on the winners and losers from gaming’s biggest supershow – like Beyond, The Last Of Us, and Need For Speed: Most Wanted. There’s more on issue 72 cover game Hitman…
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OPM UK Podcast Episode 36
With the biggest trade show on the gaming calendar just around the corner, this month’s Official PlayStation Magazine podcast sees editor Ben Wilson and the team making their predictions for E3 in Los Angeles, as well as taking a closer look at one of the biggest games guaranteed to be there…
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OPM UK Podcast Episode 35
There’s a very specific theme to this month’s Official PlayStation Magazine podcast: don’t try this at home. Staff writer Phil Iwaniuk relives his attempt to play Gran Turismo 5 for 24 hours straight, associate editor Leon Hurley explains what it’s like to fire a real sniper rifle, and staff…
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OPM UK Podcast Episode 34
Goodbye Ezio, hello… Connor? This month’s Official PlayStation Magazine podcast finds editor Ben Wilson and the team taking a closer look at Assassin’s Creed III, discussing what Quantic Dream’s new tech demo Kara means for the future of PS3, and revisiting the midnight launch of PlayStation…
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OPM UK Podcast Episode 33
Elena Fisher didn’t turn up at the office to mark February 2012’s Official PlayStation Magazine podcast, but Ben Wilson and the team are still all about love as they talk Joel’s visit to Hong Kong to see Sleeping Dogs, their admiration for the beautiful new PS Vita, and a game character Dave…
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Podcasts and musings from the desks of the UK's best-selling games magazine