Games for Windows Magazine goes online only

[CptStern]

:O


http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=8693249&publicUserId=5380367

Well, goddamn. Here's a post I hoped I'd never have to write. As you no doubt know by now, we're closing Games for Windows magazine. We will get to the "positive" to be gleaned from all this in a moment. Because there actually is some to be had, and it's not even just "spin." But, that said, you will all have to forgive me if I first take a moment to express what I know many of you are feeling right now: This blows. This is tough. This is just not in any way "good news."


So, here we are. The end of an era. The Internet age marches forward. And here?s where we get to the good part. Because there really is a good part, and I can say this to you honestly without having to feel I'm "spinning" it for you. First, all the editors that you have come to know at GFW are staying on here at 1up.com. Sean Molloy, Shawn Elliott, Ryan Scott, and myself have already, even before this closing, been working more and more over the past few months with the online team to beef up 1up.com's PC gaming content, and now we'll be doing this full time. All the writers you've been familiar with, the columns and features you've come to love, will still be around. What's changing, of course, is that it's all online instead of in print, which means we now can bring it all to you in a quicker and more timely manner, and, hey--for free.

dont know what to think GFW was one of the better pc gaming magazines (of what's left)

 

[Krynn72]

Well, looks like im not renewing my subscription. That sucks hardcore. I loved their magazine, and it gave me something to do off the internet, and now its only available on the internet. Damnit.


EDIT: Oh, its free, so... hmm. I bet its just going to start sucking. And I'll never check it because i never go to 1up.com.

 

[CptStern]

wtf will I read while I'm taking a dump? ..guess it's back to Sears catalogues ..or at least the undergarment section :naughty:

 

[Sliver]

****ing wow.

I just subscribed to that 2 weeks ago.

 

[[Matt]]

import UK PC zone... feel jealous... :E

 

[Krynn72]

****ing wow.

I just subscribed to that 2 weeks ago.

Hahah, you subscribed to get the last issue lawl.

wtf will I read while I'm taking a dump? ..guess it's back to Sears catalogues ..or at least the undergarment section :naughty:

Exactly. I still get Game Informer though, so I guess thats something for the bathroom. They kinda just ignore the PC world though, so its still lame, but I get it for free for some reason so whatever.

Also, i think the thread title is misleading. The magazine is kaput. They're just working for 1up.com now, and theres nothing left of the magazine structure. Its not "online only" its just gone. The editors are just writing content for 1up.com's PC sections.

 

[Qonfused]

I really didn't see that mag hanging around for too long, tbh.

 

[Krynn72]

27 years is pretty long.

 

[Sliver]

The podcasts' are still great, though.

 

[Qonfused]

27 years is pretty long.

K, nevermind, I'm ****ing dumb. I was totally unaware that it was previously CGW.

 

[DEATHMASTER]

GFW had a magazine?

 

[Krynn72]

GFW had a magazine?

It was originally called Computer Gaming World, then they changed their name when they got sponsored or something by Microsoft and became the "official" pc gaming magazine. It only ran for 17 issues under that name though.

 

[Kadayi]

The podcasts' are still great, though.

QFT. Get GFW in your weekly podcasts, it's essential listening and 1upyours isn't too shabby either.

 

[mchammer75040]

Check out the podcast on this very subject:
http://www.1up.com/do/minisite?cId=3148397

Oh, its free, so... hmm. I bet its just going to start sucking. And I'll never check it because i never go to 1up.com

I usually don't either but the 1up show and podcasts are worth watching/listening too.

 

[hool10]

Oh shoot. I originally thought PC Gamer was very good but it quickly turned bad. I got a 1 year free subscription to GFW though. I even got some neat exclusives like the TF2 goldrush scan. Well, I will be following them online then. They put out really good reviews that were not influenced by money. An authentic, purely (last) good gaming magazine IMO. *GFW continually showed that they were Valve fans who played tons of TF2 and of course, the PC being the greater gaming platform. All the other mags are like "HALO IS THE BEST WITH THE XBOX!"

 

[Evo]

import UK PC zone... feel jealous... :E

Heathen

PC Gamer all the way

*disclaimer - PC Zone is really quite good*

 

[CptStern]

microsoft must have pulled funding probably due to sales. they've been hinting that their subscription rates havent been good

 

[Direwolf]

I wouldn't be so sure that it was even Microsoft's doing. Ziff Davis Media (the publishers and owners of 1up, under whose flag CGW runs) has had some shake-ups going on recently. Fortunately, for all the restructuring they've done they've kept the editorials teams. I can't see the quality of the work going down with Sean Malloy and Jeff Green still there.

 

[Shamrock]

****ing wow.

I just subscribed to that 2 weeks ago.

Fucking LOL, Sliver. I'm sorry.

Hahahaha.

I too, however, had a subscription to GFW. It was my 2nd favourite PC Gaming magazine right under PC Gamer.

 

[MRG]

wtf will I read while I'm taking a dump? ..guess it's back to Sears catalogues ..or at least the undergarment section :naughty:

-MRG

 

[[Matt]]

Heathen

PC Gamer all the way

*disclaimer - PC Zone is really quite good*

I actually buy both but i prefer zone due to its reviews being closer to my own opinions of individual games as well as a sense of humour closer to my own.

and yes PC gamer is also really quite good!

 

[CptStern]

pc gamer has way too many ads and way too much fluff (I hear the UK version is better) ..I can generally read through an issue in less than an hour

 

[VictimOfScience]

CGW was an AWESOME mag and GFW was pretty darn good too. One of my favorites on my weekly bookshop visits. Sad this. :x

 

[-Psy-]

UK PCGamer is goody.