Where do you go for game news and reviews?

Sefter Aruna · #1 February 21st, 2005, 11:10 PM

I prefer to review the game myself, look for a demo or something online. I rairly trust any company to know what I would like.

Ed Kolis · #2 February 21st, 2005, 11:42 PM

I like Gamespy.com and Game Informer magazine... hey, you aren't considering advertising your games, are you?

mottlee · #3 February 21st, 2005, 11:51 PM

I go by word of mouth, my brother got me hooked on SEIII and I have been at it ever since I got him into Star Fury

turn around is fair play

luke_slovakian · #4 February 22nd, 2005, 01:26 AM

I have to say the worlds most popular gaming stuff would be Gamespy.com well for euro there is one more pop but you would not like euro langs. So gamespy.com and gamespot.com they are both really great and a lot of people use them, ALOT.

Annette · #5 February 22nd, 2005, 09:11 AM

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Ed Kolis said:
I like Gamespy.com and Game Informer magazine... hey, you aren't considering advertising your games, are you?

We're not looking at making any major changes to our strategy of advertising in the niche market publications. Feedback like this, though, helps us keep our thumbs on the pulse of the community so to speak. This input is very helpful to us - even yours Fyron! Please keep it coming

Alneyan · #6 February 22nd, 2005, 09:55 AM

When applicable, my first stop is specialised magazines, like the French magazine PC4War for strategy games. If I am interested in the multiplayer part of the game, I also check the community. And for more general information, I usually head for sites like the Underdogs of Moby Games.

I do not often check demos though: there aren't so many games likely to strike my fancy, and I only play demos to get a feel of the game (I cannot recall one demo I played for more than one hour).

Gandalf Parker · #7 February 22nd, 2005, 10:49 AM

I prefer any site where I can put in search parameters and get a "recommended" list. You might make a note to make sure that such sites have all of the important key-words properly loaded against your games.

For general "buzz talk" I prefer newsgroups such as:
comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg
comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategy

As more and more games seem to have devastating problems that cant be found until you try to run it, many people haunt those groups to get the initial impressions of other gamers before they buy. Its often commented that its considered a balancing factor against reviews which are considered to be questionably money-driven on major magazine sites and possibly abit too biased in favor the product.

I tend not to feel that way but I see it mentioned a lot so I thought Id bring it up.