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The first issue of Nintendo Gamer has arrived on shelves. The unofficial Nintendo magazine – formarly NGamer – is available in both print and on iPad. The cover price has been cut from 4.99 to 4.50. A new website, www.nintendo-gamer.net, will also go live in February, complemented by a strong …
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Read More »Future mag sales soar 750% thanks to Apple Newsstand
Sales of Future’s UK magazine portfolio have increased by a staggering 750 per cent since the release of Newsstand as part of Apple’s iOS5 last week. AOP reports that the combined downloads of Future’s 50+ free and premium publications via the Apple store has passed the 2m mark in just …
Read More »Your chance to grab a FREE MCV subscription
Intent Media has extended its offer of a free subscription to MCV magazine for all of its Twitter followers. MCV is not only the UK’s only weekly games trade mag – it’s also the only video games trade publication in the world to be released every seven days. If you …
Read More »Simulation game magazine hits shelves
Fans of Farming Simulator can now keep up-to-date with simulation games via a new magazine. Specialist boxed PC game publisher Excalibur has launched World of Simulations, a quarterly 4.99 publication that arrives later this month. It will be sold in computer outlets across the UK and in other territories including …
Read More »Future closes World of Warcraft magazine
Having managed just five issues, Future has called time on its officially licensed World of Warcraft magazine. Subscribers are free to either claim a refund for the issues that will now never be published or instead claim a voucher entitling them to six in-game World of Warcraft pets. Current Activision …
Read More »Moshi named best-selling kids’ mag
Moshi Monsters Magazine has become the best-selling children’s publication in the UK with a monthly circulation of 113,748. The magazine was launched in February by Skyjack Publishing after it struck a deal with Moshi Monsters creator Mind Candy. It’s based on the popular online monster-collecting kids’ game which has 50m …
Read More »Wii U stars in Best Buy UK mag
Video games play a major part in Best Buy’s new UK consumer magazine. The lovetech magazine will be available in all ten stores, to download from bestbuy.co.uk and will be inserted into the London edition of The Daily Telegraph later this month.The publication features a closer look at Nintendo’s upcoming …
Read More »Neek Industries announces AGII for late 2011
Neek Industries has revealed Australian Games Industry Insider (AGII), an insular monthly print guide to the Australian gaming world, to be launched late August / early September this year. AGII hopes to accumulate a following in the Australian development community across a myriad of roles, from design students to established …
Read More »MCV E3 preview issue is nearly here
The June 3rd issue of MCV will not only benefit from extra distribution at E3, but will also feature a wealth of exclusive, high quality content including interviews with some of the industry’s leading executives and exclusive new market research. 3,000 extra copies of the bumper issue will be shipped …
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