Edge news

[Ely]

Found this today ;

Leading multi-format videogame magazine Edge announces new appointments plus programme of growth for 2004 Future Publishing's games division today announced the appointment of industry veteran Tony Mott as the new editor of Edge.

11 December 2003 - Tony was previously an editor of Edge and his most recent work has included editing Edge's Equip specials and launching Channel 4 Teletext's GameCentral. His experience and expertise in the videogame field is unrivalled, making him the obvious candidate to emphasise Edge's position as the most important gaming magazine on the shelves.

Tony is joined on the new Edge editorial team by Associate Editor Sam
Richards and Games Editor Margaret Robertson.

Sam is the former editor of Official PlayStation 2 Magazine and PSNext. He
brings with him five years of games magazine experience and a wealth of new ideas. Margaret joined Edge as Staff Writer earlier this year but has
already proved her keen journalistic skills, understanding of the market and passion for games, fully deserving her promotion.

Edge has enjoyed a successful 2003 and moves forward into 2004 by
introducing a programme of investment to drive further growth. This includes increased distribution, renewed online ambitions and the international expansion of Edge content - the magazine recently launched in Italy as Videogiochi and another European edition is expected in early 2004.

James Binns, Publisher of Edge commented, "This is my dream team to drive Edge's passion and commitment to quality games journalism on to the next level. 2004 will be a big year for Edge."

[matt]

renewed online ambitions

Does that mean they're reopening their forum?

matt

[Jedburgh]

Oops; meant to mention that yesterday.

Dunno about the forums though. IIRC they were proving a little on the expensive side.

[matt]

Dunno about the forums though. IIRC they were proving a little on the expensive side.

Cheapskates!


matt

[Deckard]

A long term bump from a long term mistake as shockingly I couldn't see a Goldeneye thread - Edge I note this month have officially bumped it to a 10 - well better late than never lads

[Daniel]

A long term bump from a long term mistake as shockingly I couldn't see a Goldeneye thread - Edge I note this month have officially bumped it to a 10 - well better late than never lads

Are they changing scores retroactively now?
How about changing that totally undeserved 4/10 for AvP on the Atari Jaguar.

[phattslagg]

Are they changing scores retroactively now?
How about changing that totally undeserved 4/10 for AvP on the Atari Jaguar.

Hear, hear!

[sonixtorm]

Are they changing scores retroactively now?
How about changing that totally undeserved 4/10 for AvP on the Atari Jaguar.

Hear, hear!

+1

Twas rather tense crawling through those ventilation shafts with next to no ammo.

[merman]

A pretentious idea yet from the most pretentious games magazine.

Surely your review score stands at the moment you reviewed it? If it's state of the art and deserves a high score, then in retrospect people understand it was good for that point in time. You don't need to adjust your score if you review it properly. You can call it a classic without looking foolish.

[Deckard]

Um I'm not convinced by that argument - a reviewer surely has to call it at that moment in his time frame which may be a few days or weeks at most - you would never guess with some art / culture how much more that might have to give. I would have never guessed that over 20 years later I'd still be playing super mario kart weekly, at the time a review of 8/9 from me then and now a bona fide 10.

[korruptor]

I thought I'd celebrate their anniversary by cancelling my subscription. Have no fucking idea why I was still buying it tbh.

Retrogamer's next on the list.

[mamemeister]

I've been a Retrogamer subscriber since issue 1 but reckon its pretty much run its course. There's fewer articles I actually read these days and I kind of hope they'll cease publishing it so I have a full set.

[korruptor]

Yeah, it's re-treading ground and the inaccuracies drive me fucking mad, especially about people they've previously interviewed at length, so you know, can look at a back-issue when fact checking.

There is the odd gem of an article - Paul Drury's writing is still as great as it's ever been - but the rest of it is just filler. It'll be "Top 25 Control Systems" next...

[Marius]

I only got on the Retro Gamer-bandwagon at issue 60, so I'm still enjoying it. But I stopped buying EDGE at least five years ago. These days I only buy it when something interesting happens, for instance the launch of a new console where they go in-depth.

[guythp]

Are they changing scores retroactively now?
How about changing that totally undeserved 4/10 for AvP on the Atari Jaguar.

Hear, hear!

+1

Twas rather tense crawling through those ventilation shafts with next to no ammo.

The first time the marine walked past an invisible predator that spoke, I very nearly poo'd my pants and I wasn't even playing. Did anyone here finish it as the marine? I managed it as the predator and the alien (which was the easiest once you'd got a line of eggs nearby ready to hatch once your current xenomorph got disatched at a tricky point in the game). It wasn't as good as Doom on the jag, but it was still bloody good fun.