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Future Publishing’s announced that ex-Official PlayStation Magazine editor-in-chief Tim Clark is to become the company’s new EiC of its gaming arm.

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The latest issue of OPM has detailed some of the community features of Gran Turismo 5, such as “My Lounge”.

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FinalFantasy-XIII.net’s posted the entire OPM review of its namesake. What’s that site going to do after March?

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The UK OPM’s put the first episode of its podcast live: and here it is.

It’s “the team” talking about reviews from the latest issue, and so on. There’s quite a big chunk on Batman: Arkham Asylum, some rabbiting about baseball and some other stuff.

Listen to it. It’s doubtful you have anything else to do.

FinalFantasy-XIII.net‘s posted up scans of Edge and OPM playtests of Final Fantasy XIII, the first in the world.

The images are of excellent quality, and both features are extensive. Get to it. The demo’s out on April 16 in Japan.

Official PlayStation Mag UK is finally getting its very own website.

Rather obviously, the site plans on having everything PlayStation-related, including news and an online community, right alongside sister site GamesRadar.

The site’s mainly just a place-holder at the moment, you can still head on over there and sign up for stuff, including celebratory giveaways.

OPM’s announced a 24-hour online gaming marathon for tomorrow, all in celebration of Killzone 2′s launch.

The mag’s entire team will be online for 24 hours starting 8.00am GMT this morning, playing a variety of games throughout the day.

Get all the details and PSN IDs through the link.

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The US OPM’s given Resident Evil 5 top marks in its review, as you can see in these scans.

The text’s a little small on those images, but not so much that you can’t see the glow. There are negatives, however.

“If there’s any quibbling to be done about Resident Evil 5, it’s that much of the game content and scenarios are derivative. You’ll recognise ‘influence’ from Matrix, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Metal Gear, Tomb Raider and probably every monster-related vehicle ever made, but it’s the way that RE5 reinterprets, reconstitutes, and just plain reuses them that distinguishes the game.”

It’s out on March 13.

The British Official PS3 Mag’s scored Mirror’s Edge as a 9/10, saying it’s good but hard.

Like what we did.

The entire thing’s been scanned and posted. Here, here, here and here.

The Mirror’s Edge demo’s out today for PS3.

OXM’s next issue will contain the mag’s Far Cry 2 review, and it’s a nine.

“Far Cry 2 is this year’s equivalent of Assassin’s Creed… when it comes to enveloping the player in exotic sights and sounds, Ubisoft has absolutely nailed it,” says the piece.

“What separates Far Cry 2 from other shooters of this ilk is that there really aren’t any rules to follow.”

As for the much talked about map editor, “the custom map feature makes Halo 3′s editor look like a joke.”

On the game’s difficulty, the reviewer says that “it provides a truly refreshing level of difficulty for the hardcore.”

According to this CVG piece, the Official PlayStation Mag’s also give it a nine.

The review sounds glowing: “We’re in a massively exciting period for FPS games and, along with contemporaries like Mirror’s Edge, Bioshock and Fallout 3, this is an essential chapter in the new wave of shooters.”

PC Gamer has already given the game 94 percent.

Far Cry 2′s out on October 24.