Sony Computer Entertainment and Future team up for world's first Blu-ray covermount
Future, the UK's leading games media publisher, is delighted to
announce that, in partnership with Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
(SCEE), Official PlayStation Magazine will carry the world's first
monthly playable Blu-ray covermount from June onwards.
The first
playable Blu-ray disc comes with issue 7 of Official PlayStation
Magazine, on sale Friday, 1st June. The disc promises to be packed with
playable demos of key SCEE and third party software titles, with full
details of content being announced shortly.
As the disc
develops, Future fully intends to support the advanced capabilities of
the PlayStation 3 (PS3) and the Blu-ray media, delivering multimedia
content and unique user-generated content. The disc will also include
Hi-Definition (HD) game and movie trailers. Official PlayStation
Magazine will be the ONLY title to offer gamers a playable demo disc,
direct from SCEE.
Ray Maguire, Managing Director, Sony Computer Entertainment UK (SCE UK) said:
"We
are very excited to partner with Future to offer a playable Blu-ray
disc to UK PlayStation 3 owners. The high capacity of Blu-ray media is
the perfect method to distribute large volumes of unique existing, and
user-generated content in HD, showcasing PS3's multimedia capabilities
to the full. Combined with the PlayStation Network Store, we're
offering a content distribution channel unmatched anywhere else in the
industry. Furthermore, it also marks another key development in the
pioneering relationship between SCEE and Future, which began in 1995.
Publisher of Official PlayStation Magazine, Matt Pierce added:
"We
are delighted that Official PlayStation Magazine will deliver to its
readers a monthly playable disc, and the world's first covermounted
Blu-ray disc. Future has worked closely with Sony since 1995 to offer
playable demo discs for PlayStation, PlayStation2 (PS2) and
PlayStation Portable (PSPT), and we will be working hard to ensure
gamers get the very best content for their PS3 as well"
Issue 7
of Official PlayStation Magazine - with the world's first covermounted
Blu-ray disc, hits stores on Friday, 1st June, priced $5.99.
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