Gamertell

Let’s take a quick break away from all the E3 2009 headlines for an uplifting story about death and resurrection. Last January (2008) the final issue of EGM magazine graced store shelves after 1UP was acquired by the Hearst Corporation. We all had a moment of silence to remember the… Continue Reading »

The magazine industry is notoriously tough to keep a publication afloat in, as evidenced by the end of Electronic Gaming Monthly. Magazines able to stay in print will have face another economic issue as two major distributors begin raising rates. Folio reports that the distributor responsible for 20 percent of… Continue Reading »

With the demise of Electronic Gaming Monthly earlier this month, and the continuing decline of print magazines in general, a lot of industry folks are wondering whether print has much of a future in this tech and news oriented business. Joystiq has a very interesting post up about the state… Continue Reading »

Here’s one piece of news I never could’ve predicted: the ever-so-opinionated 1Up/EGM editor Shane Bettenhausen has joined developer Ignition Entertainment after leaving 1Up. The super-knowledgeable (and uber-competitive) ex-journo will now be the Director of Business Development for the small developer/publisher (best known for the fairly awesome Mercury Meltdown titles). He’ll… Continue Reading »

Ah, the bittersweetness and sadness surrounding the death of Electronic Gaming Monthly (as was my - and so many gamers’ - favorite print magazine). Ex EGM editor-in-chief Dan Hsu (Shoe) and ex senior editor Crispin Boyer recently put up a long, hilarious reflection of the magazine’s ups and downs, from… Continue Reading »

Man, what a week to go on vacation. I returned back to the states yesterday, all rested from a nice little tropical getaway, and what do I find - that my favorite magazine of all time has been abruptly canned, along with a huge portion of the network that it… Continue Reading »

We are sorry to interrupt (or at least emotionally hijack) CES coverage but our earlier report about UGO acquiring the 1UP network has been officially confirmed. Properties sold include: 1UP.com, Mycheats.com, Gametab.com and GameVideos.com. Filefront will reportedly become part of the PCMag Digital Network. Unfortunately, however, things won’t be going… Continue Reading »

We know that Ziff Davis, the company that owns sites including 1UP, MyCheats and Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine fell on some hard times recently. Speculation around the web says that UGO is planning to buy the 1UP Network along with most of its properties. The fate of EGM is still… Continue Reading »

In 2007, 2K Games released Bioshock, a first person shooter/role playing game that many hailed as the spiritual successor to the 1994 System Shock. Bioshock would go on to become 2007’s game of the year after its original release on the Xbox 360 and later on the PC. As for… Continue Reading »

EGM editor in chief Dan Hsu has a typically blunt editorial up at 1up, detailing the ways in which game publishers respond to less than favorable reviews. Hsu calls out Midway, Sony’s sports department, and most recently, Ubisoft for pulling coverage after lackluster review scores (in Ubisoft’s case, mediocre reviews… Continue Reading »