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UK magazines GamesMaster and GamesTM to close
- Thread starter Axisofweevils
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Yeah this, I remember reading it quite a bit when I was younger.
Sad to see both go at the same time though. That basically just leaves platform specific magazines and Edge in the UK doesn't it?
You beat me to the punch!
Real shame, I enjoyed GamesTM perspective more than Edge, which always seemed stuffy, reserved and a bit elitist.
Real shame, I enjoyed GamesTM perspective more than Edge, which always seemed stuffy, reserved and a bit elitist.
I was thinking just a few days ago about how dire the Games magazine scene has become. I'd been looking for this months Retro Gamer in WHSmiths and they didn't have any. All they had was EDGE, PC Gamer, a handful of Retro book-azines and about 5 different titles based entirely around Fortnite.
There was such a huge selection of different titles when I was a kid but the Internet has utterly destroyed the market. It's a shame.
Plus the writing was on the wall for GamesTM as soon as Future bought it. Sad to see GamesMaster go as well and I still remember the early issues when it first launched. Good times.
There was such a huge selection of different titles when I was a kid but the Internet has utterly destroyed the market. It's a shame.
Plus the writing was on the wall for GamesTM as soon as Future bought it. Sad to see GamesMaster go as well and I still remember the early issues when it first launched. Good times.
GamesTM is the last great magazine that i still read. =(
And retrogamer, how could i forget that. It's still alive right? They have to cash in on PS classic at least.
And retrogamer, how could i forget that. It's still alive right? They have to cash in on PS classic at least.
Well, it's always sad to see businesses fail and people lose their jobs, but...
...gaming magazines are dinosaurs. In the era when all gaming info is available instantly at a touch of a finger, it makes no sense to wait a month for a printed version.
And with the prevalence of gaming videos and especially Twitch, just reading about games is pointless.
...gaming magazines are dinosaurs. In the era when all gaming info is available instantly at a touch of a finger, it makes no sense to wait a month for a printed version.
And with the prevalence of gaming videos and especially Twitch, just reading about games is pointless.
Real shame to see any long-running mag go, but GamesMaster is especially sad as it will have been a part of a lot of people's childhood through the TV series.
GamesTM was the last games-related magazine I subscribed to as well (aside from Retro Gamer) up until a year or so ago.
GamesTM was the last games-related magazine I subscribed to as well (aside from Retro Gamer) up until a year or so ago.
I agree that using a Magazine as your primary source of news, and even reviews, is a pointless exercise. The best magazines have adapted for this by providing more in-depth features and articles that a lot of websites just don't seem interested in.
It's just a shame that what was once (for me anyway) a huge part of my enjoyment of gaming is basically dying out to be replaced by characterless, soul-less websites.
Same. But in truth I haven't really followed them much in years.
Retrogamer's still about. Latest one has the first Fallout on its cover.
GM was one of the best, such a shame that its time to close shop.
I used to get it every month when I was a kid, but I haven't bought a copy in years. Just a sign of the times really.
I used to get it every month when I was a kid, but I haven't bought a copy in years. Just a sign of the times really.
Damn, GamesMaster was a great mag when I was younger.
I agree.
I think Retro Gamer magazine is a great idea, focusing on exclusive interviews and in-depth articles of old games, I still see a place for gaming magazines like that. Hopefully their numbers are good as I'm a subscriber to that magazine myself.
I agree.
I think Retro Gamer magazine is a great idea, focusing on exclusive interviews and in-depth articles of old games, I still see a place for gaming magazines like that. Hopefully their numbers are good as I'm a subscriber to that magazine myself.
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I'm disappointed but I'm not really sure why as I haven't bought a gaming mag in years. It'd be a bit hypocritical of me to complain.
How on earth is reading about games pointless? Videos and of all things fucking streamers do not replace good games writing.
GamesTM has been shrinking and shrinking so this doesn't surprise me at all.
Is Gamesmaster the second longest running UK games mag after CVG, or does PC Gamer predate it?
Is Gamesmaster the second longest running UK games mag after CVG, or does PC Gamer predate it?
Gamesmaster was a staple of my childhood.
Kinda sad, but also surprised it took this long.
Print is dead.
Kinda sad, but also surprised it took this long.
Print is dead.
Shame, I have a lot of fond memories of these two. I worked on GamesTM for a couple of years and I can remember the very first issue of GamesMaster.
I feel like the writing was on the wall for GamesTM when the Future takeover happened because they weren't going to want it to compete with Edge, given how small the pool of readers they're fighting over is nowadays.
I feel like the writing was on the wall for GamesTM when the Future takeover happened because they weren't going to want it to compete with Edge, given how small the pool of readers they're fighting over is nowadays.
I was surprised GamesTM was still going. I used to be a subscriber but had to end it a few years back but still remember the magazine fondly. GamesMaster is an institution thanks to the TV show so it's end is more of a surprise. Less magazine presence on shelves is always bad but I hope everyone who works on them is taken care of well.
That's a real shame about GamesTM - although I have to admit I haven't bought a copy for a long time. I just know it was fantastic back in the day, and could easily stand next to EDGE as the pinnacle of printed gaming journalism.
They don't in my eyes, but I thought it was symbolic when Jeff Gerstmann basically said GB will basically be mostly videos from now on. Even their latest reviews are videos of their conversation.
If the audience isn't there, it's less likely we'll get good writers sticking to their craft, sadly.
Sad about the jobs lost, also it won't be of as much interest to people here but the forums will likely go too. I've been on the Games TM forums for about 7 years or so, was my main internet hang out. I'm sad it's going. I've signed on maybe 5 or so gaming forums over the years and this place here (Era) is the last one left.
Ouch. I used to buy GamesMaster all the time as a kid, I must have dozens of copies stored away somewhere. Guess it's not unexpected though.
I mean I think traditional games writing/reviews still have a place it's just not as big as it used to be.
Giant Bomb makes sense to be entirely videos really, since the main reason people go to their site is to see them talk about games rather than read the reviews. The hook of their site is their personalities frankly.
Been a subscriber to GamesTM since issue 10 - gutted.
On the plus side at least my wife will stop moaning at me 'wasting' money on magazines.
But yep, gutted. Really enjoy it popping through my letterbox each month. Much prefer it to Edge (elitist drivel). Ah well, fully digital for me now then :(
On the plus side at least my wife will stop moaning at me 'wasting' money on magazines.
But yep, gutted. Really enjoy it popping through my letterbox each month. Much prefer it to Edge (elitist drivel). Ah well, fully digital for me now then :(
Liked a lot of printed magazines in the past, sadly most are already gone for quite some time in Germany. Talking about Video Games, but mainly translated stuff like Games TM, Edge, etc. Really enjoyed them in the past, but Future closed their German offices a long time ago.
I suppose it isn't surprising considering how the internet has taken over their roles, but quite sad nonetheless.
Adored GamesMaster as a kid, and I'd still buy an issue every once in a while for whenever I needed to kill time on a train or plane journey.
Adored GamesMaster as a kid, and I'd still buy an issue every once in a while for whenever I needed to kill time on a train or plane journey.
With the talk of UK magazines closing, I do hope Retro Gamer is going to be around for a while.
The incentives to subscribe have been crazy. I've been on and off with them and recently signed up for 6 issues delivered plus an 8bitdo N30 controller all for £19.76. This is a magazine which is supposed to cost £5.99 per issue and the controller itself is worth around £22.
GamesTM will be missed, I would rather read that than Edge (which I was a previous subscriber to) any day of the week.
It's all quite sad.
The incentives to subscribe have been crazy. I've been on and off with them and recently signed up for 6 issues delivered plus an 8bitdo N30 controller all for £19.76. This is a magazine which is supposed to cost £5.99 per issue and the controller itself is worth around £22.
GamesTM will be missed, I would rather read that than Edge (which I was a previous subscriber to) any day of the week.
It's all quite sad.
I still remember the first issues of both of those magazines. Gamesmaster with the Desert Strike cover, and GamesTM had the original Splinter Cell. I've still got that issue as well.
Reading most articles about games is pretty pointless, to be sure. As you say, there's so much info out there at the touch of a finger, that waiting a month to read the review on the latest big game that you could have already bought and finished is just not something that people are going to be doing, certainly not in large enough numbers to support traditional media that you actually have to pay for!
There's still life in the niches, in writing quality longer form pieces about broader topics, but beyond that, it's bleak for all sorts of traditional media.
I didnt even realise gamesmaster was still going. Used to love reading that and CVG as a kid. Really liked Games TM as well. Hopefully they Retro Gamer and Edge doesnt get shut down.
GamesMaster going is an end of an era. I used to read it pretty regularly as a kid, it helped get me hyped for N64.
Didn't read GamesTM anywhere near as regularly, but I guess that started up just as the shift towards getting all my coverage online really started to ramp up. The magazine itself always felt like a half step between Edge (targets adults, covers a lot of the business side of the industry) and stuff like GamesMaster, which definitely skewed a lot younger and mostly stuck to previews, reviews and guides.
Didn't read GamesTM anywhere near as regularly, but I guess that started up just as the shift towards getting all my coverage online really started to ramp up. The magazine itself always felt like a half step between Edge (targets adults, covers a lot of the business side of the industry) and stuff like GamesMaster, which definitely skewed a lot younger and mostly stuck to previews, reviews and guides.
End of an era. I used to watch GamesMaster the television show all the time as a kid. :(
Quite depressing really.
Quite depressing really.