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ISSUE 168 / DEC 2019

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Lewin, David Meikleham, Poul Martin Nebelong, Alex Spencer,
Rebecca Lucy Stow, Justin Towell, Rachel Weber, Ben Wilson

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Oscar Taylor-Kent

GAMES EDITOR

Oscar takes a closer look

at Death Stranding and

comes away from his trek

knowing one thing: Norman

Reedus needs a wash.

GAME OF THE MONTH

AI: The Somnium Files

BEST GAME BODY ART

Bayek Of Siwa

Miriam McDonald

OPERATIONS EDITOR

Back from holiday with

armfuls of French cakes

and orders to hit deadline.

Any way you slice it, it’s

good to have Mim back.

GAME OF THE MONTH

Tropico 6

BEST GAME BODY ART

Borderlands’ Lillith

Jess Kinghorn

STAFF WRITER

The horror! Jess puts in

her spare vamp fangs (she

really has these) and

played PS4’s best shocks.

This feature’s got bite!

GAME OF THE MONTH

AI: The Somnium Files

BEST GAME BODY ART

Goro Majima

Milford Coppock

MANAGING ART EDITOR

“They should be terrified of

you,” mutters Milf as he

puts the final flourishes to

this issue’s cover. We’re all

a little scared.

GAME OF THE MONTH

Borderlands 3

BEST GAME BODY ART

Ellie

THIS MONTH’S CLICKER BAIT

GAME OF THE MONTH

eFootball PES 2020

BEST GAME BODY ART

Kratos

“BEAUTIFUL

AND BRUTAL IN

EQUAL MEASURE

[...] THIS SEQUEL

IS GOING TO BE

SONY’S BEST

GAME. EVER.”

A

fter years of teases and trailers we

finally go hands-on with The Last Of Us

Part II this issue, and it doesn’t

disappoint. Beautiful and brutal in equal

measure, with the kind of mature narrative

we’ve come to expect from Naughty Dog, this

sequel is going to be Sony’s best game. Ever.

Read our hands-on impressions and

interview on p50.

Continuing the horror theme we also

take a look at the ten greatest scares on

PlayStation 4, and some of them are truly

shocking. And it means we can venture back

into the corridors of PT, on p62.

If you need an extra fix of Hideo Kojima, we

have our final preview of Death Stranding

ahead of release on p40, and it’s as bizarre

and enthralling as ever. Game of the year?

With so many PS4 hits heading our way

the only way to guarantee your copy of

Official PlayStation Magazine is to subscribe;

visit p60 for our free controller offer!

Ian Dean

EDITOR

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@IanDean

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