Eurogamer reaches over 1.8m unique users in latest audit
Brighton, England, February 11th, 2008: Eurogamer Network is proud to announce it reached over 1.8m unique users in November 2007 according to the latest audit by ABCe.
Total qualifying traffic for the certification period 1 November - 30 November 2007, as audited by ABC ELECTRONIC:
Unique users: 1,835,202
Page impressions: 14,763,018
The latest figures represent a year-on-year increase of over 500,000 unique users per month. The audit is the first since Eurogamer added its new German and French sites to the network.
Eurogamer's managing director, Rupert Loman, said, "We're very pleased to have added over half a million monthly unique users this year. It is proof that our European strategy is starting to pay off and underlines the effort our entire team has put in to the site." He added: "This year we've strengthened our editorial team and rolled out design changes to the site which are paying off in terms of increased traffic for 2008 already".
Eurogamer was the first UK games website to subject itself to audit in 2005 and has committed to auditing annually. The latest audit certificate can be downloaded from http://www.abce.org.uk/search/eurogamer/
In addition to the latest traffic audit, Eurogamer is announcing plans to extend its MMO coverage via a dedicated channel launching in the coming weeks. The company has appointed Oli Welsh as MMO editor. Oli joins the company after spending the past three years as a freelancer for a number of publications including EDGE magazine, The Guinness Book of Records Gamer's Edition, GamesIndustry.biz and Eurogamer.net.
Contacts
Rupert Loman, Managing Director: +44 (0)1273 746 864 / rupert@eurogamer.net
Tom Bramwell, Editor, Eurogamer.net: +44 (0)1273 712 553 / tom@eurogamer.net
Dan Robinson, Sales Manager, Eurogamer.net: +44 (0)7919 378 414 / dan@eurogamer.net
About Eurogamer Network:
Founded in 1999 by brothers Rupert and Nick Loman, Brighton-based Eurogamer Network is the publisher of Europe's most popular independent videogame website, Eurogamer.net. The company also publishes a video site, Eurogamer TV, and a social network for gamers, Eurogamers. Eurogamer is also available in German and French editions. Eurogamer had an ABCE audited audience of 1,835,202 unique users during November 2007.
Eurogamer Network is also the publisher of the world's market-leading industry resource, GamesIndustry.biz. See www.eurogamer.biz for more details.