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EGM is back, bitch
Destructoid —
... Wait, come back? That's right snitches, EGM will rise from the grave like the carcass of your girlfriend after you've chopped her head off with a shovel and she becomes possessed by a deadite. The magazine is being reborn under the guidance of its original founder, Steve Harris. Harris entered into an agreement with Ziff Davis Media to require the rights to Electronic Gaming Monthly (old school font in tact) and is hoping to "continue delivering quality content to gaming enthusiasts." He believes that the magazine can be successful, and we're guessing he's right if he ...
Electronic Gaming Monthly To Return [Prints Not Dead]
Kotaku —
... necessarily financial backing of Ziff Davis. "We are pleased that EGM is now in the hands of its original creator, Steve Harris, and wish him and the publication the best of success in the future," says Ziff CEO Jason Young. The press release states that we'll hear more about the new EGM at next week's E3 expo. For now, a placeholder site featuring the announcement, with links to the resuscitated mag's Twitter and Facebook accounts resides at EGMnow.com. "ELECTRONIC GAMING MONTHLY" FOUNDER EXECUTES CONTRACT TO ACQUIRE PRINT AND ONLINE PUBLISHING RIGHTS ...
Electronic Gaming Monthly Coming Back
1UP RSS feed —
... Here's one pre-E3 announcement we weren't exactly expecting: The re-emergence of Electronic Gaming Monthly. EGM founder Steve Harris, who left the magazine in the '90s, has announced to the world that he has made an agreement with Ziff Davis Media to "re-acquire certain assets, including trademarks and publishing rights" related to the EGM brand, and operating under the name EGM Media, LLC. Although both print and online-based publication is ...
EGM sold to original founder, resumes publication this year
Joystiq —
... Electronic Gaming Monthly, which died when UGO bought out the 1UP brand in January, is being resurrected by its original founder, Steve Harris. Harris, who started EGM in 1989, has regained the print and online publishing rights from Ziff Davis Media as part ...
Daily Linksplosion: “Things I learned from Twitter” edition
Infinite Lives —
... Holy god, EGM is back in business: It’s a strange and risky time to rekindle a property and hop back into print, but along with Nerve the magazine, Electronic Gaming Monthly is staging its triumphant return. Little could anyone have guessed, EGM founder Steve Harris zoomed in to reclaim his once-and-future publishing rights from Ziff Davis (Harris sold EGM to Ziff in 1996). Update: Some informed musings from ...
EGM Rises From the Ashes
GamePolitics News —
... A press release issued yesterday by Steve Harris, who founded EGM in 1988, indicates that the beloved gamer magazine will experience a rebirth later this year: ...
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Blue's News —
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EGM resuscitated by founder
That VideoGame Blog —
... To say that this is a big announcement is an understatement. In a way, it’s the biggest pre-E3 announcement you can get if you’re a gaming fan. The best gaming magazine of all time, in my humble opinion, EGM, is restarting and is coming back later this year. The original founder Steve Harris has announced in a press release that he had entered into an agreement with Ziff Davis to “to re-acquire certain assets, including trademarks and publishing rights, with plans to re-launch EGM in the second half of 2009.” ...
EGM is back
Destructoid —
... Wait, come back? That's right snitches, EGM will rise from the grave like the carcass of your girlfriend after you've chopped her head off with a shovel and she becomes possessed by a deadite. The magazine is being reborn under the guidance of its original founder, Steve Harris. Harris entered into an agreement with Ziff Davis Media to require the rights to Electronic Gaming Monthly (old school font in tact) and is hoping to "continue delivering quality content to gaming enthusiasts." He believes that the magazine can be successful, and we're guessing he's right if he ...
COLUMN: 'Game Mag Weaseling': Post-E3 Zen
GameSetWatch —
... - The announcement of Electronic Gaming Monthly's "resurrection" was overshadowed by the rest of E3, which was sad but unavoidable. No particulars have been announced by Steve Harris, who's intimated on his ...
The Daily GameDev.net
GameDev.Net —
... after developers Double Fine left them for EA. My personal opinion on the matter is that Activision is just jealous and soon will start sending messages to all of Double Fine's friends on Facebook, telling them how abusive EA is. In case you missed it amidst all the E3 hubbub, Electronic Gaming Monthly is coming back . After the mismanagement by Ziff-Davis (that also included mismanagement of every other magazine they ever managed ever ) it's good to see that they can ...
New Gaming Magazine Killscreen Aims for the Brain
GameLife —
... promises to deliver Azeroth-related scoops straight from Blizzard. Steve Harris, the original founder of EGM, says that a new magazine will rise from the old EGM’s ashes (though the promised date of 2009 is almost gone). ...
New Gaming Magazine Killscreen Aims for the Brain
Wired: Game|Life —
... promises to deliver Azeroth-related scoops straight from Blizzard. Steve Harris, the original founder of EGM, says that a new magazine will rise from the old EGM’s ashes (though the promised date of 2009 is almost gone). ...
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