The UK's longest running PlayStation-themed magazine went through a brief digital transition in 2016 and, after closing, relaunched with a new owner in 2021, but now PLAY appears to be saying goodbye for good.
This wouldn't be the first sad news of this kind this year, as in the summer of GameStop, to the regret of many, Game Informer, which had been running for 33 years, was cancelled, and it's only been about 3 months since then, and the next Methuselah – the video game magazine of the era is here Already here, we have to say goodbye to her. PLAY Magazine, which Future acquired in 2021, will close this month after 29 years in operation. It has been present in video game journalism since June 1995, and at its peak competed with the official PlayStation Magazine.
In 2016, they stopped with the print press once, and continued for a short time digitally, but they stopped their activities in the same year, and in 2021, the owner of the “competing” newspaper OPM revived the newspaper, according to editor Taylor Kent, in this lineup, the PlayStation magazine can be considered OFFICIAL, PSM and PLAY serve as the common legacy of modern PLAY.
The final issue will be published on October 15, which will feature eulogies from editors old and new, and even former editors of OPM and PSM will speak.
