The end of Games (TM) • Eurogamer.net • General site discussion • Eurogamer.net

wizbob 25 Oct 2018 00:13:14 936 posts
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So the final issue has been announced.

To be honest, I'd been considering cancelling for a while - their emphasis on multiplayer online games seemed incongruous for a print magazine and they weren't able to get the in-depth articles that a print magazine needs as a differentiator.

Still, all the best to the crew and I look forward to the last issue.

THFourteen 25 Oct 2018 06:02:48 54,987 posts
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Oh no. I still read it every time I go on holiday :-(

SnackPlissken 25 Oct 2018 07:22:43 3,512 posts
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I stopped buying games magazines when CVG closed. I always liked how they took the piss out of games.

mrpon 25 Oct 2018 09:46:19 37,366 posts
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I was offered Edge mag for the rest of my sub.

:/

THFourteen 25 Oct 2018 09:49:22 54,987 posts
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I get PC Gamer delivered to my door every month.

I actually quite like reading it even though there's not necessarily anything new in there.

dmj 25 Oct 2018 10:06:48 1,081 posts
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I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did after Future took over. Not my favourite multi-format magazine (CVG and Arcade say hi) but it had more personality than Edge so I always bought it when looking for something to read.

The only magazine I buy these days is the odd issue of Retro Gamer.

JamboWayOh 25 Oct 2018 10:09:24 25,236 posts
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Yeah, GameTM was waaaaay less up its own arse than Edge.

Cappy 25 Oct 2018 10:41:44 14,393 posts
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It would have been amusing to see them absorbed into Edge, then I could observe the quandry of the hate Edge but love Games TM camp.

It's not actually that outlandish, it happened in British comics, a plethora of 'boys' titles targeting niches such as war stories, thriller stories, Sci-Fi,fantasy tales horror shrunk down as the ailing titles were absorbed into the healthier ones, with a small fraction of the stories and characters finding a new home. In the end, much like in Highlander there could be only one and by the close of the 80s only 2000 AD was left.

uiruki 25 Oct 2018 11:44:18 5,975 posts
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Don’t forget Crash/Sinclair User!

ejayem 25 Oct 2018 12:11:27 137 posts
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JamboWayOh wrote:
Yeah, GameTM was waaaaay less up its own arse than Edge.

100% this.

Cappy 25 Oct 2018 12:38:32 14,393 posts
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uiruki wrote:
Don’t forget Crash/Sinclair User!

I never even knew it happened.

It's right there in the WOS archive though, I guess I never noticed since I was an Amiga kid and the Spectrum was long absent from the spotlight by 1992.