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Needlecrash
Member
Evil Calvin
Afraid of Boobs
Magazine is already small.
Denton
Member
Score is 1994 and Level is 1995 in my country (Czechland) and both are still going. Kinda amazing that country of 10 million has two gaming mags still while US has...zero?
SirKicksalot
Member
Lol I'm reading the Romanian Level archive right now. I believe fans received the publisher's approval to scan and upload everything after it was closed.
Another magazine used to put older PDF versions on their monthly DVD. But so many tech and gaming mags are lost...
Morrie’s wig shop
Member
R.I.P in peace……
Is EGM still around? Seriously asking
Is EGM still around? Seriously asking
Robot Carnival
Gold Member
GameStop making terrible business decisions?
Denton
Member
Yeah czech Level actually did crowdfunding campaign to get all the issues scanned in high quality and open a searchable archive, so I have every single issue downloaded (plus I have the yearly sub for physical mag). I remember there being romainian and turkish levels, kinda funny to see this mag spread to other countries. Sad it is not live anymore in Romania.
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
Also, this year the gaming magazine Micrania ended its run. It was a Spanish language magazine so it’s less known but it was published since 1985.
GrayChild
Member
We had one guy (!) scanning and uploading an online archive of every Bulgarian gaming magazine there was, not missing a single issue. Took him several years, but he single-handedly made it:
Българските Гейм Списания – Project Lazarus
projectlazarus.bg
DeaconOfTheDank
Member
Magazines have been dying out for a while, but this is still a hard pill to swallow.
I had a subscription when I was in junior high and high school during the 6th and 7th console generations. Very good times. I think my favorite edition was for the release of Skyward Sword. Beautiful artwork and great looking full page spreads. I'm planning a visit to my storage unit this weekend; maybe I'll dig up my GI collection for old time's sake...
I had a subscription when I was in junior high and high school during the 6th and 7th console generations. Very good times. I think my favorite edition was for the release of Skyward Sword. Beautiful artwork and great looking full page spreads. I'm planning a visit to my storage unit this weekend; maybe I'll dig up my GI collection for old time's sake...
RavageX
Member
One less reason to even bother with Gamestop's Pro membership, something else that was also a shell of its former self.
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I miss magazines, I still have a collection of some, GameFan, GamePro....I don't think I have any EGM anymore though. It's sad they are gone, but I also don't have the space to keep a stack of mags anymore.
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I miss magazines, I still have a collection of some, GameFan, GamePro....I don't think I have any EGM anymore though. It's sad they are gone, but I also don't have the space to keep a stack of mags anymore.
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Makes sense.
when the thread was posted, I checked the website and it was still up. I had to search Twitter and see it there. So I assumed maybe GI magazine was scrapped, but they'd keep the site up. Guess not. Full nuke.
saintjules
Gold Member
Dammit. Game Informer is two words OP 
search function ruined.
search function ruined.
simpatico
Gold Member
I had a sub between PS2 launch and roughly PS3 launch. In that era it seemed pretty well balanced. Always happy to see a new issue in the mailbox.
digital_ghost
Member
Sad. I still had a subscription. Of course i never read it because it was digital but still sad. I did read it when i had the physical version.
I had game informer, egm, and official xbox magazine for years. The OXM used to come with xbox demo discs as well. I had so many xbox demos.
I remember bringing my egm magazine to school around the time of ps2, xbox, and gamecube. Us kids were arguing which one would be the best.
I had game informer, egm, and official xbox magazine for years. The OXM used to come with xbox demo discs as well. I had so many xbox demos.
I remember bringing my egm magazine to school around the time of ps2, xbox, and gamecube. Us kids were arguing which one would be the best.
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YeulEmeralda
Linux User
American corporate culture is so brutal. People are just disposable tools. China and America have more in common than either will ever admit...
In Italy, The Games Machine is the longest-running magazine in the world after Famitsu.
EDMIX
Writes a lot, says very little
Same, I had both for years though.
An end to an era.
Its sad to see it come to this.
Gaming journalism simply isn't what it used to be. If journalism in general isn't what it used to be
It's no longer about genuinely going out there and asking questions about the game now it seems like anything they're talking about is simply just for clicks or trying to look for controversy to be the first To put something out instead of being the most accurate
One of my favorite quotes by Denzel Washington is when he tells a reporter that there Job should be focused on to tell the truth and not just to be first.
I would like to see some sort of review format where multiple people are reviewing a game from their perspectives so people get a wider range of if a game is worth it or not. We had situations where people were reviewing something like horror games and giving it a low score cause they didn't get enough ammunition cause they didn't understand the point of the game was survival
So right now it looks like some of the people on YouTube do a better job at formatting how to review games than the old way. Without proper adoption into the digital realm this was just likely to happen
Quantum253
Gold Member
What a run. GameInformer was always a joy seeing in the mailbox. Best of luck to the writers.
MarkMe2525
Gold Member
I got a my hands on the complete collection of Electronic Gaming Monthly from archive.org. I find it so interesting to go back and read opinions and previews of what was considered "state of the art" software from contemporary to the time sources. Reads great on a tablet as well. It's a shame that I had to see all of my favorite magazines die off as I got older
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Thick Thighs Save Lives
NeoGAF's Physical Games Advocate Extraordinaire
GI had a good run, but sadly all good things come to an end.
CityHunter1981
Member
While sad, it surprises me it took that long.
There is just no point in having a physical magazine today, when you can get all the information from the web.
Also magazines need a while to be released, so if it covers news, it’s old news.
There is just no point in having a physical magazine today, when you can get all the information from the web.
Also magazines need a while to be released, so if it covers news, it’s old news.
CosmicComet
Member
I'll miss them
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
EverydayBeast
thinks Halo Infinite is a new graphical benchmark
Game magazines have battled the internet since the 90s, and “gameinformer” took the L.
RIP.
RIP.
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
I’m glad someone is saying it. I got sick of people in the industry blaming fans for everything. They should start sticking it to their own business leaders. All these CEOs are swimming in their money banks while everyone suffers around them.
Portugeezer
Member
Remember scans being illegal and having to DM people.
That shows what they were battling with. As people said, it was surprising they lasted this long.
yet_another_alt
Member
For the longest time I only stayed a GameStop Pro member cause for $15 it came with an annual subscription to Game Informer. That glossy mag made for good toilet reading. I stopped being a Pro member when they stopped including the print version.
ACtually surprised they didn't can it sooner. The mag can't compete against the internet. I think they had a website iirc but ...websites have problems too. Hard to compete against youtube and social media.
Also I figure GI had to be subsidized by Gamestop this entire time. Now that GME has been losing money for years made it even harder to justify. GME is slowly disappearing as well.
Also I figure GI had to be subsidized by Gamestop this entire time. Now that GME has been losing money for years made it even harder to justify. GME is slowly disappearing as well.
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Needlecrash
Member
EGM actually still exists. Only online though. The site isn't updated and their "magazine" is now the Walmart Gamecenter Magazine.
Homepage - EGM
egmnow.com
Nice the 2nd pic down is ZombiU. But I guess it's part of some trivia type article.EGM actually still exists. Only online though. The site isn't updated and their "magazine" is now the Walmart Gamecenter Magazine.
Homepage - EGM
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