Dengeki

Dengeki PlayStation is a Japanese gaming magazine that was initially published by Media Works before it changed its name to ASCII Media Works. It primarily focused on games for the PlayStation consoles, although it also focused on PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Portable in special editions such as Dengeki PS2 (formerly known as Dengeki PlayStation D in its initial 1997 release), released three times in irregular intervals until February 2008; Dengeki PSP, published between December 2004 and October 2011; Dengeki Girl's Style (formerly Dengeki PlayStation Girl's Style), first released on December 2003 and had a special edition of its own called Dengeki Girl's Style BL Version in 2008 that specifically covered shonen-ai otome games; and Dengeki Online D, released between August and December of 2007 and covered online-capable games of multiple platforms such as Final Fantasy XI and Monster Hunter Frontier, both of which were covered in its first issue.

Relationship to the Metal Gear series
Aside from doing coverage on the Metal Gear series prior to release, Dengeki PlayStation itself was also used in two Metal Gear games: The first, Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus, featured a Special Camo Soldier utilizing the Dengeki PlayStation logos as a promotion for readers of the magazine for its 300th issue. The second time featured Dengeki PlayStation as an actual magazine item in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, as part of a product placement gimmick conceptualized by series creator Hideo Kojima as a joke. The magazine was replaced in the international versions with the Liquid Magazine.