Gaming mags and Game devs

Submitted by Red 5 on
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I'm considering the idea of promoting my business while the iron is hot so to speak, and thought a good way of doing this might be to run an article/interview in a game magazine about what we do and our latest game project.

The problem is this... I hardly ever buy gaming mags and I don't know what people are reading (especially game devs) so I'd appreciate any advice or opinions on which magazine/s I should target, in particular console magazines.

Thanks

Submitted by Jacana on Tue, 04/10/05 - 5:44 PM Permalink

For what it's worth I really like Edge magazine. PC Powerplay is getting old....

Submitted by LiveWire on Tue, 04/10/05 - 6:53 PM Permalink

I used to read Atomic: [url]http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/[/url] which is a high end computer power type mag, with an obvious bias to FPS games (and strongly 'standard' (i.e. generic) FPS's at that). I now read The Escapist: [url]http://www.escapistmagazine.com/[/url], which is a weekly online mag which has now begun hosting adds (ufortunate in a way, but it's a great read so i'm happy to see it support adds to continue).

Submitted by Mario on Wed, 05/10/05 - 8:18 AM Permalink

quote:Originally posted by Red 5

I'm considering the idea of promoting my business while the iron is hot so to speak, and thought a good way of doing this might be to run an article/interview in a game magazine about what we do and our latest game project.

Who is your intended audience? Consumers, publishers, or other developers?

Submitted by Red 5 on Wed, 05/10/05 - 6:47 PM Permalink

Mainly other developers but also publishers.

Submitted by Red 5 on Fri, 07/10/05 - 5:31 PM Permalink

Thanks Guy's, Edge it is :)

Submitted by Jacana on Fri, 07/10/05 - 6:08 PM Permalink

Just to add - if you would like to target an international audience maybe look at the game dev magazine that CMP does. That was the mag that IGDA use to give free with memberships and I think CMP will give any game dev in the US a subscription for free.

Submitted by Red 5 on Fri, 07/10/05 - 6:43 PM Permalink

Thanks Jacana, I haven't seen that mag in years and didn't think of it, definitely a good idea :)

Submitted by rcumine on Mon, 10/10/05 - 3:16 AM Permalink

You can contact me, I am the Editor at GameBiz Australia. www.gamebiz.com.au

GameBiz is Australia's largest online publication covering the games industry each month we publish over 240 game industry related articles.

Posted by Red 5 on
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I'm considering the idea of promoting my business while the iron is hot so to speak, and thought a good way of doing this might be to run an article/interview in a game magazine about what we do and our latest game project.

The problem is this... I hardly ever buy gaming mags and I don't know what people are reading (especially game devs) so I'd appreciate any advice or opinions on which magazine/s I should target, in particular console magazines.

Thanks

Submitted by Jacana on Tue, 04/10/05 - 5:44 PM Permalink

For what it's worth I really like Edge magazine. PC Powerplay is getting old....

Submitted by LiveWire on Tue, 04/10/05 - 6:53 PM Permalink

I used to read Atomic: [url]http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/[/url] which is a high end computer power type mag, with an obvious bias to FPS games (and strongly 'standard' (i.e. generic) FPS's at that). I now read The Escapist: [url]http://www.escapistmagazine.com/[/url], which is a weekly online mag which has now begun hosting adds (ufortunate in a way, but it's a great read so i'm happy to see it support adds to continue).

Submitted by Mario on Wed, 05/10/05 - 8:18 AM Permalink

quote:Originally posted by Red 5

I'm considering the idea of promoting my business while the iron is hot so to speak, and thought a good way of doing this might be to run an article/interview in a game magazine about what we do and our latest game project.

Who is your intended audience? Consumers, publishers, or other developers?

Submitted by Red 5 on Wed, 05/10/05 - 6:47 PM Permalink

Mainly other developers but also publishers.

Submitted by Red 5 on Fri, 07/10/05 - 5:31 PM Permalink

Thanks Guy's, Edge it is :)

Submitted by Jacana on Fri, 07/10/05 - 6:08 PM Permalink

Just to add - if you would like to target an international audience maybe look at the game dev magazine that CMP does. That was the mag that IGDA use to give free with memberships and I think CMP will give any game dev in the US a subscription for free.

Submitted by Red 5 on Fri, 07/10/05 - 6:43 PM Permalink

Thanks Jacana, I haven't seen that mag in years and didn't think of it, definitely a good idea :)

Submitted by rcumine on Mon, 10/10/05 - 3:16 AM Permalink

You can contact me, I am the Editor at GameBiz Australia. www.gamebiz.com.au

GameBiz is Australia's largest online publication covering the games industry each month we publish over 240 game industry related articles.