ONM ‘refresh’ due as Nair returns and Long departs

Future’s Official Nintendo Magazine is to get a refresh ahead of the Wii U launch later this year, the firm has told MCV.

Former editor-in-chief Chandra Nair has returned to oversee the revamp and new platforms development.Nair was previously System 3 brand manager. He helped launch ONM when Future nabbed the licence in 2005, joiningfrom the now-defunct Paragon Publishing.

He replaces Neil Long who has left the magazine to work on new projects which drive Future’s move into new gaming markets”.

Other staff changes are due at the title too – deputy editor Steve Hogarty leaves ONM at the end of the month, and the recruitment process to find his successor is well underway.