EGM to be resurrected... and now it has been

[The Coop]

http://www.egmnow.com/press1.html

So, after nearly twenty years, EGM was unceremoniously canned out of the blue. The "final" issue, February 2009, still has yet to be released via PDF as it was promised to be by James Mielke back in January. Everyone thought the magazine was dead and gone. Think again.

Steve Harris has made a deal with Ziff Davis to re-acquire the trademarks and publishing rights. You remember Harris. The one who created EGM back in '89? He's got his magazine back, and has apparently decided to bring the magazine back some time in the second half of this year. There are plans to make an announcement at E3. For a bit more info, read Mielke's blog post here (http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=8991643&publicUserId=4549175).


Is this just a joke? Will it fall through? I don't know. But the idea of EGM being back on the shelves does put a smile on my face.

[Toadofsky]

I was just about to post something about this, you beat me Coop!!

But I am glad to see it being revived. It may not be exactly the same as it once was, as one blog states, but hey, it brings a nice fuzzy feeling inside to see the magazine making a comeback.

Hopefully, it'll be even more successful than before, and I'd love to see that final issue they originally made.

[Meteo Xavier]

Talk about out of the blue. I thought Steve Harris was dead.

And anyway, I actually won't be too happy to the see the magazine come back for several reasons:

1. I was letter of the month November 2009 (or October 2009, whichever) and I still haven't gotten the game they owe me.

2. I have 400 lbs of magazines as it is and I can't throw any away. I'm running out of time and space.

3. I still don't fucking know who Sushi-X was and I want the matter to die with the magazine.



Edit: Silly me, I still consider September the start of the year. I mean November/October 2008.

[Ybrik Metaknight]

1. I was letter of the month November 2009 (or October 2009, whichever) and I still haven't gotten the game they owe me.

Quite an accomplishment, since it's only the end of May 2009 right now.

[Vivi22]

Good for fans I suppose, but if too many of the old guard come back I'm not sure they could make enough changes to ever convince me to spend money on that magazine again.

[Mustin]

THINK AGAIN.

Really? Are you the movie guy?

[JH Sounds]

So my subscription may be salvaged somehow?

[TheHands]

I hope it comes back, it's got to be better than most of the shit I see on the shelves now.

[Meteo Xavier]

Quite an accomplishment, since it's only the end of May 2009 right now.

I don't understand.

[Ybrik Metaknight]

I don't understand.

Reread your first post and you might. You said you were the letter of the month for a month that won't happen until later this year.

[JH Sounds]

I don't understand.

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So you already knew EGM was coming back! :-o

[Meteo Xavier]

LOL. Oops! :P

[Matt E. Waldman]

Haha, can you tell us if Duke Nukem Forever will ever come out? :)

Anyways, I had no idea EGM stopped publishing in the first place. Glad it's coming back though. I used to love reading EGM.

[Guy In Rubber Suit]

Talk about out of the blue. I thought Steve Harris was dead.

And anyway, I actually won't be too happy to the see the magazine come back for several reasons:

1. I was letter of the month November 2009 (or October 2009, whichever) and I still haven't gotten the game they owe me.

2. I have 400 lbs of magazines as it is and I can't throw any away. I'm running out of time and space.

3. I still don't fucking know who Sushi-X was and I want the matter to die with the magazine.



Edit: Silly me, I still consider September the start of the year. I mean November/October 2008.


Why can't you throw any of your magazines away? Or better yet, recycle them?

Sushi-X hasn't been used in years and he was created by David Siller then later taken over by Ken Williams. Other editors have portrayed the character but those two were the most influential, with Williams having the longest tenure as Sushi-X.

I'm glad to see the magazine come back even though I haven't purchased an issue of it in a few years mostly because I just started to dislike the way it looked and the way content was laid. However many of the early issues were pretty horrible, if not worse. I still want to have all the issues of 1 to 100, which I'm almost there just to complete my collection and experience some nostalgia.

[EdgeCrusher]

I had about 10 years of free subscriptions from a site before EGM died, damn I wish I could get those back if they bring it back :D

[Thalzon]

You know, for a while I was confused because I could swear I saw new EGMs here in stores (Canada, btw). Not that I really care about the magazines much anymore, but good on them. This news may convince me to check them out once more.

[Meteo Xavier]

Why can't you throw any of your magazines away? Or better yet, recycle them?

Sushi-X hasn't been used in years and he was created by David Siller then later taken over by Ken Williams. Other editors have portrayed the character but those two were the most influential, with Williams having the longest tenure as Sushi-X.



Well, I can't recycle them because I don't think anyone around here does that. The real reason I can't get rid of them is far too complicated and weird to post here, even for me.

[Xerol Oplan]

I had like 11 months left on a paid subscription and could never get through to anyone about a refund or anything. Hopefully they'll still honor that.

[Native Jovian]

Was EGM a decent magazine? I haven't subscribed to a gaming magazine since I let my Nintendo Power lapse in like 2000. I might have to pick up some EGMs if it's coming back though...

[Kenobio]

Was EGM a decent magazine? I haven't subscribed to a gaming magazine since I let my Nintendo Power lapse in like 2000. I might have to pick up some EGMs if it's coming back though...

EGM had its ups and downs, but for the most part it was an excellent magazine. Great honest writing and humor abound, I'm glad it's coming back. :)

[Broken]

EGM had its ups and downs, but for the most part it was an excellent magazine. Great honest writing and humor abound, I'm glad it's coming back. :)

I remember having a positive experience with EGM as well. I may still have their issue on the "console showdown" or whatever lying around here somewhere.

[JH Sounds]

lol wut


This note is to inform you that Electronic Gaming Monthly has ceased publishing with the January 2009 issue. The balance of your paid subscription will be fulfilled with Maxim.


This note was attached to two issues of Maxim in my mailbox. 8O

[Meteo Xavier]

lol wut

This note was attached to two issues of Maxim in my mailbox. 8O



Yeah, I got one of those too. My mom showed up at work with it and left it on my desk for Jennifer Love Hewitt's cleavage for all to see.

I thought maybe it was an old issue my dad was holding onto.

[SirChadlyOC]

Wow, that sounds more like a sitcom joke than real life.

[Meteo Xavier]

Wow, that sounds more like a sitcom joke than real life.

I hear that an awful lot. :P

[Vyse of Arcadia]

Huh. Wish I could say that I cared. But around the time I let my subscription lapse (1-2 years ago), the magazine had gotten so...inane. Particularly the reviews. I much prefer Game Informer these days, because they review PC games as well, and the magazine just seems to be less...juvenile than EGM.

[The Coop]

http://twitter.com/egmnow

After a bit of silence and minor updates, we've been told a few things. First, the "lost" issue of EGM (remember that tidbit in a past thread here?) is going to be available on EGM's new website when it goes live. Second, that new website is pretty much done, and should be up and running in the not too distant future. This site should finally reveal info about EGM's resurrection that was expected back during E3 (when the first issue comes out, etc.).

Not a lot, but at least we're getting closer to having a concrete date.

[The Coop]

Long overdue bump.

The new EGM is finally on shelves. Way later than it was originally supposed to be, but it's finally out. Not bad looking. New sections and familiar ones, heavier paper for the magazine and cover... I haven't gotten to read everything yet, but so far, it's not looking too bad.

It's $6.99 now, but you do get a 31 day code for the new EGMi site in each issue, so...

[Arcana]

I couldn't surf the web site for more than two minutes before becoming disoriented. Maybe I'm just not in their paradigm.

http://www.egmnow.com/

It looks like their web site basically serves as a teaser to convince you to buy their magazine. I suppose that is all right, but it feels antiquated in an age where a web site is usually a standalone product.


If they become a good, consistent source of game reviews, that will attract me and then I can stop going to IGN and Gamespot to read some random editor's opinion on a video game. But with the availability of game information out there I'd be pretty difficult to convince to pay it. I'd be much more willing to click on ads.

[Mirby]

And now to wait for Tips & Tricks to be revived... :P

[Brushfire]

If they become a good, consistent source of game reviews, that will attract me and then I can stop going to IGN and Gamespot to read some random editor's opinion on a video game. But with the availability of game information out there I'd be pretty difficult to convince to pay it. I'd be much more willing to click on ads.

I have always trusted EGM's reviews, save maybe one or two I didn't agree with.

I will be subscribing, as I am a super huge fan of EGM, and it is way better than that Game Informer drivel.

[LuketheXjesse]

I have always trusted EGM's reviews, save maybe one or two I didn't agree with.

I will be subscribing, as I am a super huge fan of EGM, and it is way better than that Game Informer drivel.

Pretty much all this.