Future publishing, in partnership with Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, has announced the Official PlayStation Magazine will carry the world's first monthly playable Blu-ray covermount from June onwards.

Sony Computer Entertainment America ceased its partnership with Ziff-Davis media to produce the Official PlayStation Magazine on the grounds the readership-driving demo disc was to become obsolete in favour of the PlayStation Network Store online distribution network.

The first playable Blu-ray disc comes with issue 7 of Official PlayStation Magazine, on sale in 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 PlayStation 3 and the Blu-ray medium, delivering multimedia content and unique user-generated content. The disc will also include 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, 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, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable, and we will be working hard to ensure gamers get the very best content for their PS3 as well."