Playstation The Official Magazine Issue 64

This magazine is cover dated December 2011 and priced at £5.99.

The Big 10
1) Payne brings the pleasure - (2 pages)
 * Sneak peek at Rockstar's new game shows Max is back on top form.

2) Vita all set for Japan launch - (2 pages)
 * But which first-wave games will be coming to the UK?

3) Our website is live! - (1 page)
 * Come check us out at officialplaystationmagazine.co.uk

4) Diablo on its way to PS3? - (½ page)
 * The hints that show PC's most wanted game is console-bound

5) Meet the real Elizabeth - (1½ pages)
 * Amazing Bioshock: Infinite cosplayer talks dress-up

6) Hail to the victors - (½ page)
 * Golden Joystick winners and videos now online

7) BF3 vs Uncharted vs Batman vs ? - (1 page)
 * Vote now for your favourite game of 2011

8) Has Mass Effect 3 been dumbed down? - (1 page)
 * Critics say yes, but latest hands-on suggest otherwise

9) Pros scrum down in Jonah Lomu Rugby - (1 page)
 * Bath players deliver verdict on egg-shaped PS3 debut.

10) Will Crytek save Homefront? - (1 page)
 * Shooter enthusiasts get riled up over studios switchover - Matt Elliott vs David Meikelham

Agenda
Coulthard vs Turismo - (1 page)

10 Questions for... Kazutoki Kono - (1½ pages)
 * Meet the pilot Ace Combat's latest sky shooter, Assault Horizon

Advance to Megaton - (1 page)
 * Custom Fallout Monopoly nukes all other boardgames

Water world - (½ page)
 * The artistic vision behind the Heavy Rain

Personnel - Yorda one - (1 page)
 * How Chris Warrington fell for Ico only to be left heartbroken in the end.

Five years ago in OPM - OPS2 #79 - (⅓ page)

Previews
Assassin's Creed: Revelations - (2 pages)

Borderlands 2 - (1 page)

Dragon's Dogma - (⅔ page)

Final Fantasy XIII-2 - (2 pages)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - (1½ pages)

Ridge Racer Unbounded - (1 page)

Goldeneye 007: Reloaded - (⅓ page)

Lollipop Chainsaw - (½ page)

WWE '12 - (1 page)

Need for Speed: The Run - (⅔ page)

Uncharted: Golden Abyss - (⅔ page)

Syndicate - (⅓ page)

Features
The Official History of Uncharted - (14 pages)
 * Nathan Ditum gets the inside story of PS3's greatest series from its lead designer - and Drake himself

In the mood for... Dragons - (2 pages)

Release Your Inner Demons - (5 pages)
 * Leon Hurley looks deep into the pulsating heart of The Darkness II - then swallows it whole as a power-up

Who is... Duke Nukem - (1 page)

Reviews
Straight to the Bargain Bin:


 * SWAT: Global Strike Team, The Weakest Link, Stock Car Crash and Catwoman

Minis Round-up with Iain Macintosh


 * Snowy: The Bear's Adventures (6), Carnivores: Ice Age (5), Left to Die in Zombhai (3), Fighting Fantasy: Talisman of Death (7)

Online

Online round-up with Leon Hurley: Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Driver: San Francisco, Bodycount

DLC of the month: Deus Ex: Human Revolution - The Missing Link

Other Credits
Associate Editor (online)
 * Leon Hurley

Art Editor
 * Steve Gallagher

Deputy Art Editor
 * Andrew Leung

Reviews Editor
 * Joel Gregory

Production Editor
 * Emma Davies

Contributing Operations Editor
 * Helen Woodey

Staff Writers
 * Phil Iwaniuk

Contributors
 * Louise Blain, Nathan Ditum, Matt Elliott, Paul Fitzpatrick, Andy Hartup, Iain Macintosh, David Meikleham, Louis Pattison, Rob Pearson, Matthew Pellett, Kim Richards, Richard Stanton, Keith Stuart, Chris Warrington