''Super Play'' (often abbreviated ''SP'') was a

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. Started in March 1993 with the name ''Super Power'', it was the first independent video game magazine in Sweden. Despite its independence, it initially only covered

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games, but the coverage was extended to all major consoles in 1995. The name was changed in March 1996, and in June 2001 the magazine started covering PC games. Its monthly circulation was in 2003 25,000. The

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until November 2004 was

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, who left along with a large segment of the staff to form the new magazine ''

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'' (which later merged with the magazine Player 1 to form ''

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''). The last editor in chief was Joakim Bennet, who succeeded Tommy Rydling in mid-2007. On 17 August 2009, Joakim Bennet announced that the magazine would be disestablished within the near future.Super PLAY läggs ned
The last issue was released in October 2009. The last issue was dedicated to earlier versions of the magazine, which almost the entire magazine, including a behind-the-scenes and quotes from various numbers from all years. Also was an exclusive script describing the change from Super POWER to Super PLAY, which apparently was supposed to be called simply "Play", and the reviews all having the same layout from previous versions of the magazine, in addition to comments from the readers and exact same ads as previous versions, obviously outdated by then. Notoriously, the review of the

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Trivia

* Patrick Söderlund, now the CEO of Embark Studios wrote for the magazine in the mid-1990s. * A copy of Super PLAY can be found in the game '' Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater''. * Super PLAY was originally called Super POWER.

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