Massive Gamer
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ST LOUIS, MO -- July 22nd, 2008 – A seismic shock has impacted the world of editorial media covering interactive entertainment. Massive Gamer, Inc. is proud to announce the launch of Massive Gamer magazine, a monthly print publication focusing exclusively on massively multiplayer games for the PC. As the multi-billion massively multiplayer (MMOG) business continues to grow and become a part of mainstream popular entertainment, Massive Gamer aims to reflect the breadth and depth of the MMOG development, business and culture as no other website and print publication has ever done before.
The first issue of Massive Gamer magazine (August 2008) is available at newsstands for the cover price of $6.99, and online for subscription at the low introductory rate of $24.99.
Weighing in at 88 pages, the first issue of Massive Gamer magazine highlights Funcom’s popular Age of Conan MMOG on the cover, and features articles delving into Cryptic Studio’s Champions Online, Turbine Inc’s. Lord of the Rings: Mines of Moria expansion, EA/Mythic’s Warhammer update, and much more.
Regular columns will include letters from the editor, staff editorials, a calendar of upcoming game releases and industry events, as well as MMOG launches, guild features, serialized fiction, news from the business world, and more.
“Massive Gamer addresses a unique void in the print media space, when it comes to editorially covering massively multiplayer online games and virtual worlds. MMOG players have their own jargon, their own community, and their own informational needs that a one-size-fits-all publication cannot completely fill nor understand,” says Jodie McIntyre, CEO and Founder of Massive Gamer, Inc. “This publication will also be unique because we will look at more than the largest and most popular MMOGs. The MMOG development community is filled with innovators and entrepreneurs from around the world – and we cannot wait to share many of their stories with our audience.”
Massive Gamer magazine will be accompanied by a website launch, featuring fresh MMOG industry news and community feedback. The website and information about the magazine can be found at http://www.massivegamer.com. A bi-weekly newsletter will offer opt-in subscribers the chance to have the latest happenings in the world of MMOGs and Massive Gamer delivered to their e-mail inboxes.
Inside Massive Gamer magazine Issue #1:
Cover Features
Age of Conan: Hype vs. Hope
By the Massive Gamer team
DC Universe Online: Super-Batty Goodness!
By Linda “Brasse” Carlson
Life at Level 80 in Age of Conan
By Ryan “Volt” Sutherland
Fractured Planes
By Christine Rafe
Features
Age of Conan
Conqueror Class Review
By Pike “Ithkrul” Pullen
Guardian Class Review
By Chad “Clams” Mocha
Demonologist Class Review
By Ron “Zeckle” Hunt
Tempest of Set Class Review
By Lynn “Cesara” Kraczek
Cryptic Studios
Champions Online: From PnP to MMOG
By Linda “Brasse” Carlson
Cartoon Network
Fusion Fall Update
By Paul Philleo
Turbine
Lord of the Rings: Mines of Moria - The path to Moria is fraught with danger, evil and... mini games?
By Linda “Brasse” Carlson
EA / Mythic
Warhammer Update
By Mike “Exe” Doughtery
Sony Online Entertainment
The Agency: FPS or MMO? If we tell you, we’ll have to kill you.
By Linda “Brasse” Carlson
Everquest II: Living Legacy Program
By Linda “Brasse” Carlson
Blizzard
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Update
By Mike “Exe” Dougherty
G4Box
Metin 2: Jam Packed with Content – and it’s FREE!
By Lynn “Cesara” Kraczek
CCP
Eve Online: The Empyrean Age
By Marcin “DeepNoizer” Nowak
Insider’s Look
Tales from the Trenches: Community Management
By Linda “Brasse” Carlson
Entropia
By John Bates, Entropia Universe
About Massive Gamer, Inc.
Massive Gamer Inc., ( http://www.massivegamer.com), is the St. Louis area-based publisher of Massive Gamer magazine, founded by Jodie McIntyre, owner of the respected editorial website MPOGD.com, which covers multiplayer online games.
Massive Gamer magazine embodies the ideals of editorial integrity while covering the broad spectrum of massively multiplayer online entertainment on the PC platform. The Massive Gamer magazine staff is diverse, like the industry itself, including talented writers, experienced business veterans, and hardcore gamers.
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