In Real Life

Fans Build Their Own Amazing Zelda Magazine

Artist Cory Schmitz, whose name you should recognise by now, is putting together a collection of zines, comprised of fan art and based on The Legend of Zelda series.


July 27, 2011
News

GamePro Magazine No Longer Monthly, Undergoing Major Changes

GamePro, the games mag more than 20 years old, is no longer a monthly. The magazine will go quarterly as of November, changing to “a visually stunning, tactile experience” with “rich, engaging editorial” and bumping up its price. More at Industry Gamers.


April 4, 2011
News

Want To Help Build A Digital Library Of Old Video Game Magazines?

Kevin “Game Mag Weasel” Gifford has a plan. He’s sitting on a motherload of old (like, pre-2000) video game magazines and wants to know if anyone’s got the means to scan them all. Make a digital “library” of sorts. If you can help, head here for details.


February 3, 2011
In Real Life

Five Years Of Archiving Video Games’ Retro, Silly Past In Print

Video gaming’s greatest (and goofiest) moments in print will be forever preserved online, thanks to the efforts of a man and his scanner, an Epson Perfection 2480 Photo.


November 6, 2010
News

Are These The Video Game Characters The Defined A Decade?

Master Chief, Nathan Drake, Alyx Vance, The Boss, GlaDOS – just a small selection of the 30 video game stars that the newest issue of Game Informer names as the video game characters that defined our decade.


August 24, 2010
News

Australia’s Best-Selling Games Magazine Is…?

Kotaku AU

The same as the best-selling games magazine in the US: Game Informer.


August 12, 2010
In Real Life

Some Old Gaming Mags Are Worth Money (But Most Aren’t)

As the gaming press becomes ever more focused on the internet, the printed word is becoming a dying medium. And as with anything on the decline, rarity can at times go hand-in-hand with value.


August 10, 2010
News

One Video Game Outlet Managed To Crack The Top 20 US Magazines

Print is dying to the tune of a 5.6 per cent drop in magazine sales in the United States for the first half of 2010, but one video game mag is still going strong.


July 21, 2010
News

Pokémon Suing Over Pictures Of Pokémon Cards

The Pokémon Company may have a fancy name, but it’s still part of Nintendo, and we all know Nintendo is good at two things: making video games, and suing people.


June 12, 2010
News

Playboy Adds More Rising To Dead Rising 2

Because no one ever signs in-game deals with Hustler, Capcom has teamed up with Playboy to litter Dead Rising 2 with images, magazine covers and Playboy bunnies galore, including a special upgrade for protagonist Chuck Greene.