Silent Bob
12-19-2006, 01:29 PM
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Gaming_World
On August 2, 2006, Ziff Davis Media issued a press release (http://www.ziffdavis.com/press/releases/060802.0.html) detailing their plans to halt circulation of Computer Gaming World. As part of a joint-venture project with Microsoft, Ziff Davis launched a new magazine dubbed Games for Windows: The Official Magazine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games_for_Windows:_The_Official_Magazine) in Fall of 2006. The new magazine replaced CGW as part of Microsoft's Games for Windows initiative. In their press release, Ziff Davis indicated that much of Computer Gaming Worlds's core content and staff will be transferred to the new magazine. Because of these announcements, Ziff Davis' actions appear more on the order of a rebranding of CGW, rather than an actual cancellation. It remains to be seen whether this strategic marketing alliance will prove useful to both parties involved.
Of note in the Wiki article:
Simultaneously with the release of the final CGW issue, Ziff Davis announced the availability of the CGW Archive (http://cgw.filefront.com/). The Archive features complete copies of the first 100 issues of CGW, as well as the 2 CGF issues, for a total of 7438 pages covering 11 years of gaming. The Archive was created by Stephane Racle, of the Computer Gaming World Museum (http://cgw.vintagegaming.org/), and is available in PDF format. Every issue was processed through Optical Character Recognition, which enabled the creation of a 3+ million word master index.
Start yer downloading! :D
On August 2, 2006, Ziff Davis Media issued a press release (http://www.ziffdavis.com/press/releases/060802.0.html) detailing their plans to halt circulation of Computer Gaming World. As part of a joint-venture project with Microsoft, Ziff Davis launched a new magazine dubbed Games for Windows: The Official Magazine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games_for_Windows:_The_Official_Magazine) in Fall of 2006. The new magazine replaced CGW as part of Microsoft's Games for Windows initiative. In their press release, Ziff Davis indicated that much of Computer Gaming Worlds's core content and staff will be transferred to the new magazine. Because of these announcements, Ziff Davis' actions appear more on the order of a rebranding of CGW, rather than an actual cancellation. It remains to be seen whether this strategic marketing alliance will prove useful to both parties involved.
Of note in the Wiki article:
Simultaneously with the release of the final CGW issue, Ziff Davis announced the availability of the CGW Archive (http://cgw.filefront.com/). The Archive features complete copies of the first 100 issues of CGW, as well as the 2 CGF issues, for a total of 7438 pages covering 11 years of gaming. The Archive was created by Stephane Racle, of the Computer Gaming World Museum (http://cgw.vintagegaming.org/), and is available in PDF format. Every issue was processed through Optical Character Recognition, which enabled the creation of a 3+ million word master index.
Start yer downloading! :D