PlayStation Official Magazine – Australia

PlayStation Official Magazine – Australia was the Australian edition of the official PlayStation magazine publishing concept. The publication served the Australian PlayStation market with editorial coverage of Sony's console ecosystem, including games, hardware, accessories and associated entertainment. Its documented Australian edition began publication in March 2007 under Future Australia, during the transition from the PlayStation 2 generation to the PlayStation 3 era. The title represented the latest stage of an Australian official-magazine lineage that had previously used names tied to earlier PlayStation hardware generations. It was initially known as Official Australian PlayStation Magazine and was subsequently rebranded as Official PlayStation 2 Magazine-Australia. The move to PlayStation Official Magazine – Australia accompanied the arrival of the PlayStation 3 and reflected a broader editorial remit covering the PlayStation platform rather than a single console generation. As a specialist games publication, its core offer consisted of recurring print issues containing PlayStation news, previews, reviews, buying guidance and feature articles. The magazine's official positioning distinguished it from independent Australian games magazines: it was associated with the PlayStation brand and focused its editorial agenda on the platform's games and products. The wider Official PlayStation Magazine publishing family commonly used platform-oriented editorial structures, including release coverage, hands-on previews, critical reviews and reader-facing material, although detailed issue-by-issue information for the Australian edition is limited in the available reference material. The magazine formed part of the international family of regional Official PlayStation Magazine titles. These editions were adapted to local publishing markets rather than functioning as a single globally identical publication. In Australia, Future Australia provided the publishing context, while the subject matter remained centered on Sony's PlayStation business and its Australian audience. Available references establish the Australian edition's launch and name history but do not reliably document its final issue, circulation, editorial staff, audited sales, ownership arrangements beyond its Future Australia publishing association, or a current operating status. It should therefore be treated as a historical or status-uncertain magazine property rather than assumed to be active. The supplied retail-magazine URL is retained as the brand's reference website, although the current availability of that page is not established here.

The Australian publication belongs to a longer sequence of PlayStation-branded magazine names associated with successive Sony console generations. Its earliest documented predecessor was Official Australian PlayStation Magazine, a title aligned with the original PlayStation era. As Sony's second console became the principal platform, the Australian magazine was rebranded Official PlayStation 2 Magazine-Australia. This naming pattern tied the publication closely to the hardware generation it covered. The arrival of the PlayStation 3 prompted another change. In March 2007, the publication appeared as PlayStation Official Magazine – Australia, the canonical title used for the Australian subject. The new name broadened the brand from a PlayStation 2-specific identity to a general PlayStation identity, allowing the magazine to cover the new console and the continuing platform ecosystem. Future Australia was identified as the publisher. The magazine's role was that of a specialist official platform publication. Its editorial scope included PlayStation games, hardware, accessories and related developments, with the expected magazine mix of news, previews, reviews and features. By presenting itself as official, it occupied a different position from general-interest games magazines: its subject matter was deliberately concentrated on Sony's PlayStation products and audience. The Australian edition was part of a wider international family of regional Official PlayStation Magazine publications, but regional editions were produced for their own markets and should not be conflated with the separate United Kingdom, Ireland or other national titles. The available reference material provides substantially more detail about the UK publication family than about the Australian edition. It confirms the Australian launch date, the sequence of earlier Australian names and the Future Australia publishing connection, but it does not establish a complete run of issue numbers, circulation figures, named editors, cover-mounted media arrangements, awards, campaigns, controversies or a documented closure date for Australia. Consequently, those details are not assigned to this subject. The Australian magazine's present status is unknown from the supplied material.

• 2007

  Launch of PlayStation Official Magazine – Australia

  [1]PlayStation Official Magazine – Australiaen.wikipedia.org

  The Australian edition under the PlayStation Official Magazine – Australia name began publication in March 2007, with Future Australia identified as its publisher.

• Original Australian PlayStation magazine lineage

  [1]PlayStation Official Magazine – Australiaen.wikipedia.org

  The Australian publication originated under the name Official Australian PlayStation Magazine before later adopting names associated with newer PlayStation console generations.

• PlayStation 2-era rebranding

  [1]PlayStation Official Magazine – Australiaen.wikipedia.org

  During the PlayStation 2 era, the Australian title was known as Official PlayStation 2 Magazine-Australia.

An official, platform-specific Australian games magazine providing PlayStation news, reviews, previews, features and buying guidance for local console owners and enthusiasts.

• Print magazine · 2007

  PlayStation Official Magazine – Australia

  The principal Australian magazine title launched in March 2007. It covered the PlayStation platform for an Australian readership, including games, hardware, news, previews, reviews and feature material. It followed earlier Australian names tied to the original PlayStation and PlayStation 2 generations.

• Print magazine predecessor

  Official Australian PlayStation Magazine

  An earlier Australian title in the publication's documented lineage. It used the original PlayStation platform name and preceded the later PlayStation 2 and general PlayStation rebrandings.

• Print magazine predecessor

  Official PlayStation 2 Magazine-Australia

  The PlayStation 2-era version of the Australian official magazine. Its title focused the publication on Sony's second home console before the 2007 transition to the broader PlayStation Official Magazine – Australia identity.

1. 1PlayStation Official Magazine – Australiaen.wikipedia.org
2. 2PlayStation Official Magazine – UKen.wikipedia.org
3. 3PlayStation Official Magazine Australia listingmagshop.com.au