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Circulation figures have been released the first six months of 2013, but once again games magazines aren’t amongst them. For the past few years, specialist publications have opted out of the December to June reports by the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC), instead reporting their number for the second half …
Read More »Future’s consumer reach hits record high
The latest ABC numbers from Future Entertainment show that the publishing company now reaches a higher global audience than ever before. As a whole the company’s publications now reach 20.2m people, a 29 per cent year-on-year increase. The figure includes duplicates, however, gathering together ABCs, unique users, digital subscribers, social …
Read More »WATCH THE VIDEO: Chris Dring storms America
The Americans wanted truth. And Christopher Dring gave it to them. The mainstream media can sometimes be a bit befuddled by E3. They don’t get video games. They don’t get why thousands would head to LA to hear people talk about them. The lights, the smoke, the whooping – it …
Read More »FEATURE: Reading between the lines
ABC data would have you believe games magazines are dead in the water. James Batchelor looks at how print brands retain their power in a changing media landscape… Once again, fresh figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations show that specialist gaming magazines are in decline. And it’s getting worse. …
Read More »Is ABC under threat?
ABC’s position in the games media industry is under threat. Top press execs have questioned the relevance of the readership tracker following the latest round of results. All games magazines lost readers compared with last year’s figures, some by as much as 25 per cent. But this isn’t reflective of …
Read More »There’s more to games media than ABCs
Future’s Steve Payne explains why you can no longer judge the games media on ABC and traffic numbers alone It’s ABC time, which will mean some discouraging circulation decreasing in the gaming sector. Then comes lots of bad news about the declining importance of magazines to the modern gamer. Afterwards, …
Read More »Further decline for games mags in 2011 ABCs
Circulation figures for the UK’s specialist games mags fell across the board, according to the latest figures from audit bureau ABC. Future’s NGamer – recently rebranded to Nintendo Gamer – and Imagine’s Play suffered the worst declines, losing more than a quarter of their readership compared to the same period …
Read More »Moshi named best-selling kids’ mag
Moshi Monsters Magazine has become the best-selling children’s publication in the UK with a monthly circulation of 113,748. The magazine was launched in February by Skyjack Publishing after it struck a deal with Moshi Monsters creator Mind Candy. It’s based on the popular online monster-collecting kids’ game which has 50m …
Read More »Videogame TV show Good Game: Spawn Point expands
Australian broadcaster ABC3 has extended the running time of its video game TV show Good Game: Spawn Point (GG:SP) from 15 to 30 minutes after a hugely successful first season. GG:SP recently held a preview screening for its newly expanded show at the ABC offices in Sydney, boasting some impressive …
Read More »Mainstream press suffers big drop in readers
Mainstream magazines that feature game content have suffered a severe decline in readership, according to ABC audits. Magazines including Zoo, FHM, Nuts and Loaded have seen as much as 50,000 fewer readers. Film publications including Empire and Total Film have seen year-on-year readership falls of 22,000 and 3,000 individuals respectively. …
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