EGM to Return
 

http://www.egmnow.com/press1.html

Glad to see it return. I know it gets bashed a lot, but I've always liked having print magazines and as said in the EGM closing thread, it certainly lets me read about games that I would otherwise have no interest in. It will be interesting to see if the format of features and reviews comes back the same.

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Cool. Glad to see it coming back.

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The passion he seems to have for it is pretty refreshing, but I don't see why anyone would want to launch (or re-launch, as it were) a print magazine in this day and age. It just seems like such a D.O.A. idea. What exactly does Steve think he will be able to offer that any online gaming site doesn't? Or is he just banking on there being enough people who like to have something tangible to put in their hands and read while taking a shit that he can sell advertising?

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Finally, I will once again be able to read reviews of games that came out months ago!

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Does this mean my subscription will resume?

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I still had 10 months left on mine and I paid 20 bucks for it. I only get the freebie deal once and that was like two years ago.

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Sorry, but Edge over EGM for me. Too much frat boy style writing. It's funny because I did like quite a bit of what 1UP did and some of the people who worked there. I guess, in the end they were still catering to slightly different audiences.

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Good to see that, though the magazine has went down hill in recent years. I think Game informer is the best gaming magazine right now.

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I need more toilet material so awesome.

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isn't it the only game magazine still around right now? :lol:

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OPTM, OXM and don't forget Gamepro (though I know you really want to!).

EGM owes me like sixteen years. They better keep all my accrued subscription credit -- I plan to bequeath it to my heirs.

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Edge!!!!

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did that last issue ever come out online?

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I already told some others my theory...this was a plan to dump all the free subscriptions they had given out and start back from scratch. I know they mainly make money on their ads but it's kinda hard to make extra money on the mag itself when everyone already has a free sub to it.

Mine was good thru 2013. I truly doubt they are going to come back and honor that. Can't really blame them though. I always liked the magazine and look forward to its return.

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Great news! I love EGM and was very very sad to see it go.

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Glad to hear it :up: I was a subscriber to EGM since issue 75 and even though the quality suffered in the final year or so, I still enjoyed reading it.

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Did anyone get a replacement sub? I didn't get one, but I thought that was par for the course when a mag gets shut down?

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I didn't, but I just assumed it was because I've been on free subscription :lol:

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I am sad to see print magazines as a whole start to die out. In the good ole days, we had thick copies of PC gamer, Computer Gamer, and Computer Gaming World. Interesting that the UK has a ton of gaming mags though.

I don't understand why demand as dropped off. Looks like people would enjoy reading about their hobby away from the computer. I much rather read EGM than Fish and Stream at the barber shop!!

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I think mostly it's because of lead times... you can find the latest news, for free, online. No way print mags can beat that.

I wish that Next Gen had worked out, which would have proven that videogame magazines could be profitable with more in depth articles about the game industry. I mean, my favorite articles in EGM are stuff like looking back at games with the developers. But then, a lot of pages are dedicated to previews with one or two screenshots and a little blurb of text.

The old chunky magazines usually came out in the holiday season, and most of the pages were ads (but hey, I actually like videogame ads). Also, a significant portion was dedicated to "cheat codes" and walkthroughs, which are pretty unnecessary in gaming mags these days (though I wish they included stuff like maps for games). Now we have these single platform magazines that don't even have enough content to fill out the magazine... I don't care about mobile gaming, but somehow it's inserted into every mag I get.

That being said, it was stated before that EGM being put out of business was not because it wasn't profitable, it just wasn't in the gameplan for the people that bought them out.

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iPhone.

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I wondered why I never even received a piece of mail about EGM being canceled. Very happy to hear it's coming back. Hopefully things work out.

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YES!!!

Will definitely re-sub to it. The mag went to shit after he and Semrad left.

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I hope the mags are thicker than the average to-go menu, though. The last year + was pretty sad.

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Game Informer does a good job of lead times. They broke the Bioshock 2 story before anyone else, and they published reviews for Infamous and Red Faction weeks ago.