Playstation The Official Magazine Issue 82

This magazine is cover dated March 2013 and priced at £5.99. A free blu-ray disc was attached which included 15 playable demos.

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The Big 10
1) Pirates! In An Adventure With Assassins - 4 pages (10-13)
 * Creed instalment number IV hoists up a Black Flag as it sails forth into exotic waters.

2) Skylanders vs Disney Infinity - 2 pages (14-15)
 * Spyro and Sulley square off in an epic toy tussle

3) Lombax to the future - 1 page (16)
 * Insomniac boss talks Ratchet and revisiting Tools of Destruction.

4) PES planning a next-gen giant-killing - 1 page (18)
 * New engine and underdog focus leads PS4 title push

5) Prophet shoots for the silver screen - 1 page (19)
 * Crytek director of creative development on the prospect of Crysis storming its way into cinemas.

6) Crafting a Colossus - 1 page (20)
 * PS3 fan makes amazing Team Ico-inspired hard drive

7) Trouble aboard the Sulaco - 2 pages (22-23)
 * How Aliens: Colonial Marines went from iconic spin-off in the making to critical flop.

8) The other Naughty Dog - 2 pages (24-25)
 * Co-founder of the Uncharted studio chats next-gen, The Last of Us, and how he'd fix Crash Bandicoot.

9) Ni no copies - 1 page (26)
 * Level-5's JRPG tops the charts despite stock shortages

10) Will the delay do GTA V a favour? - Joel Gregory & Dave Meikleham - 1 page (27)
 * Our scribes brawl over the Los Santos sandbox's September push

Agenda
Space thing - 1 page (29)

10 questions for... Yara Khoury - 1.5 pages (30-31)
 * Dead Space 3 producer on internships and Final Fantasy admiration

Jet set Raiden - 1 page (32)
 * Metal Gear Rising murals appear across the UK

Tie-in fighter - (33)
 * Jumping into Bedlam with Christopher Brookmyre

Personal: Taking liberties - (34)
 * Why Joel Gregory is haunted by his inability to finish Grand Theft Auto IV

Letter from Home - (34)
 * Louise Blain finds herself saddle sore when she visits Home on the range

Want that - 1 page (35)
 * Lust-have kit for PlayStation people

Sony Bravia W900A LED - 1.5 pages (36-37)
 * What's that? Your HDTV doesn't have Quantum Dots in it? Time to upgrade...

The PlayStation entertainment plan - 1 page (38)
 * Fill up your life with our monthly guide

Five years ago in OPM - OPM #17 - (39)

Previews
GRID 2 - 4 pages (42-45)

Fuse - 1.5 pages (46-47)

Grand Theft Auto V - 1 page (48)

Tearaway - 1 page (50)

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn - 2/3 page (51)

Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, Tales of Xillia, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - 2 pages (52-53)

Resident Evil: Revelations - 1 2/3 pages (54-55)

Killzone: Mercenary - 1 page (56)

The Latest On... - 1 page (57)

Features
Next-Gen Starts Now - 12 pages (58-69)
 * PlayStation 4 is real. With the next generation clearly in view, we've got all the details that you need to know. The specs, the games, the release date - this is your guide to the future of console gaming.
 * Killzone: Shadow Fall - 2 pages (64-65)
 * Watch Dogs - 1½ pages (66-67)
 * DriveClub - ½ page (67)
 * inFamous: Second Son, The Witness - 1 page (68)
 * The Witcher 3, Deep Down, Diablo III, Knack - 1 page (69)

Solid Snake sketches - 2 pages (70-71)
 * Metal Gear Art Studio lets you digitally draw stealth icons.

The terror of being The Last of Us - 8 pages (72-79)
 * Nathan Ditum goes hands-on with Naughty Dog's post-pandemic drama - and finds it as shocking as it is spectacular

OPM Interview: Citizen Cage - 4 pages (82-85)
 * Quantic Dream founder and CEO David Cage talks Beyond, dodging sequels and the "revolution in meaning"

In the mood for plants... - 2 pages (86-87)
 * Getting green fingers with PlayStation's badass botany

A brave new world - 8 pages (88-95)
 * After over a decade dominating Xbox, Bungie leaps on to PlayStation with Destiny, its most ambitious project to date.

 Regulars 

Blu-Ray Movies - 2 pages (122-123)

Mail@OPM - 2 pages (124-125)

PS3 Essential Collection - 2 pages (126-127)

PSN Essential Collection - 1 page (128)

Vita Essential Collection - 1 page (129)

Who is... Revolver Ocelot - 1 page (130)

Reviews
Straight to Bargain Bin: - Joel Gregory - ½ page (109)

Minis Round-up with Emma Davies: - ½ page (117)

Online

Online round-up with Dave Meikleham - - ½ page (121)

Other Credits
Associate Editor (online)
 * Leon Hurley

Deputy Editor
 * Joel Gregory

Managing Art Editor
 * Milford Coppock

Deputy Art Editor
 * Andrew Leung

Production Editor
 * Emma Davies

Contributing Operations Editor
 * Helen Woodey

Acting News Editor
 * Dave Meikleham

Staff Writer
 * Phil Iwaniuk

Contributors
 * Louise Blain, Alex Dale, Paul Fitzpatrick, Michael Gapper, Andy Kelly, Neevon Khayati-Daryan, Jason Killingsworth, Louis Pattison, Rob Pearson, Daniel Robson, Adam Starkey, Casey Waters