PSExtreme / Dimension PS-X / PSE2 / PSE
Scope and Contents
This collection includes every issue of PSExtreme and Dimension PS-X, and all but one issue of PSE2. The library currently does not have any issues of PSE.
Dates
- Publication: December 1995 – May 2006
Creator
- Dimension Publishing (Publisher, Organization)
- Greg Off (Editor, Person)
- Tim Lindquist (Production manager, Person)
- David Jon Winding (Publisher, Person)
Full Extent
111 Magazines
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
PSExtreme (sometimes written as PS Extreme) was a PlayStation magazine by Dimension Publishing. Originally launched as Dimension PS-X, the magazine was quickly renamed by the fourth issue. The staff of PSExtreme included several alumni from GameFan magazine.
Around the launch of the PlayStation 2 console in fall 2000, the magazine was relaunched as PSE2: PlayStation Extreme Magazine, focusing on PlayStation 2 games and later PSP games. It was relaunched a second time in 2005, this time simply known as PSE (or PlayStation Extreme Magazine). Based on contemporary reports, this final iteration of the magazine seems to not to have been available for subscription.
Note on Issue Numbering
Dimension PS-X only ran for three issues, and the numbering for PSExtreme continued with Volume 1, Issue 4.
Issue numbering for this series restarted when the magazine became PSE2. It is unclear how many issues of PSE2 were published. The current latest known issue of PSE2 is Volume 5, Issue 5 (February 2005).
Issue numbering restarted again in April 2005, when the magazine became PSE. The latest known issue of PSE is Volume 2, Issue 1 (May 2006).
Dates for missing issues were corroborated from the website of private collector Russ Perry Jr.
Holdings
Held:
- Dimension PS-X:
- Volume 1, Issues 1–3
- PSExtreme:
- Volume 1, Issues 4–12
- Volume 2, Issues 1–12
- Volume 3, Issues 1–12
- Volume 4, Issues 1–12
- Volume 5, Issues 1–9
- PSE2:
- Volume 1, Issues 1–12
- Volume 2, Issues 1–12
- Volume 3, Issues 1–12
- Volume 4, Issues 1–12
- Volume 5, Issues 1–5
- Special Issues:
- PSE2, Special Launch Edition
Known Missing:
- PSE2:
- Volume 5, Issue 6 (March 2005)
- PSE:
- Volume 1, Issues 1–12 (April 2005 – April 2006?)
- Volume 2, Issue 1 (May 2006)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Video Game History Foundation Library Repository