Electronic Gaming Monthly has opened a Kickstarter and it's already destroyed its original goal after being online for just a day. The Kickstarter campaign is running to fund an EGM Compendium that will celebrate the magazine and the games that it wrote about across the years.
Printed gaming magazines are becoming rarer all the time. Game Informer was shut down by its parent company GameStop not too long ago, and Play Magazine shut down after almost 30 years of publication earlier in October. With the prevalence of online media, videos on demand, and live streaming, many gaming publications have either shut their doors or been forced to close by parent companies. However, it's clear that these classics still have a ton of fans.
One of the UK’s last printed gaming publications, Play Magazine, confirms it will be shutting down after a nearly 30-year run on the market.
Electronic Gaming Monthly is running a Kickstarter to fund the EGM Compendium and cleared its original goal within 2 1/2 hours of the campaign opening. The book is described as a "definitive history of video games" as seen through the pages of the magazine. The 320 page book will feature excerpts from...
