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New GEAR mag to be bundled with PCF from April!

Posted: 23 Feb 2009, 15:21
by Nab
That's right folks, for the same price you will now receive a 64 pg A5 GEAR supplement with PCFormat. It will be done by the same editorial team that do PCF with the addition of Dawid (Panorama's new online Ed and gaming nut). I have just finished the redesign and everybody is working furiously to get their editorial content handed over. We are VERY tired so please be gentle with the responses! Can't wait till you lot see it :mrgreen:

Re: New GEAR mag to be bundled with PCF from April

Posted: 23 Feb 2009, 15:30
by Fanatic-X
Nice, too bad it can't come any earlier. :(

*EDITED*

As long as they give unbiased views on games and not end up like NAG... which is slowly becoming a crappy mag for game reviews.

Re: New GEAR mag to be bundled with PCF from April!

Posted: 23 Feb 2009, 15:43
by Nab
LOL, it's not they; it's Dawid, Brett, Grandma's boy and myself...you know where we live and if we stray then somebody gonna get a hurt real bad :D

Re: New GEAR mag to be bundled with PCF from April!

Posted: 23 Feb 2009, 15:51
by Stuart
nice!

Re: New GEAR mag to be bundled with PCF from April

Posted: 23 Feb 2009, 15:51
by Fanatic-X
Nab wrote:LOL, it's not they; it's Dawid, Brett, Grandma's boy and myself...you know where we live and if we stray then somebody gonna get a hurt real bad :D
Cool... :D

Remember... if you don't deliver... well, you know the rest :twisted: lol

Re: New GEAR mag to be bundled with PCF from April!

Posted: 23 Feb 2009, 19:15
by DeathStrike
WOW. thanx. ganna be great BDay present for me. :mrgreen:

Re: New GEAR mag to be bundled with PCF from April!

Posted: 23 Feb 2009, 19:26
by Prime
But Gear used to come with PCF? :?

Re: New GEAR mag to be bundled with PCF from April!

Posted: 23 Feb 2009, 20:27
by lancelot
And so it did!

Re: New GEAR mag to be bundled with PCF from April

Posted: 23 Feb 2009, 21:56
by M1ke
Fanatic-X wrote: As long as they give unbiased views on games and not end up like NAG... which is slowly becoming a crappy mag for game reviews.
+1 NAG's reviews are more like game summaries nowadays... I'm hoping G.E.A.R can blow this out the water and become something professional and upper-class. I'm sure it can.

Good luck!

Re: New GEAR mag to be bundled with PCF from April!

Posted: 24 Feb 2009, 09:05
by lancelot
Gear is an excellent publication, I enjoy reading it.

Re: New GEAR mag to be bundled with PCF from April!

Posted: 24 Feb 2009, 09:06
by Stuart
Prime wrote:But Gear used to come with PCF? :?
yes, like years ago when tv was still The Newest Thing. stopped after just a handful of issues.

Re: New GEAR mag to be bundled with PCF from April!

Posted: 24 Feb 2009, 10:03
by Synthesis
Cool. Now I have a reason to start buying PCF. Nice strategy.

Re: New GEAR mag to be bundled with PCF from April!

Posted: 24 Feb 2009, 10:49
by RuadRauFlessa
Stuart wrote:
Prime wrote:But Gear used to come with PCF? :?
yes, like years ago when tv was still The Newest Thing. stopped after just a handful of issues.
They only did that to introduce the mag to the public and create awareness of it. Brilliant marketing strat if you ask me. They had full exposure within the first two months.

Re: New GEAR mag to be bundled with PCF from April!

Posted: 04 Mar 2009, 13:46
by StarPhoenix
/Gives Cookies to PCF&GEAR staff and management.

Re: New GEAR mag to be bundled with PCF from April!

Posted: 04 Mar 2009, 14:01
by Firestrm_ZA
Synthesis wrote:Cool. Now I have a reason to start buying PCF. Nice strategy.
:roll:

Re: New GEAR mag to be bundled with PCF from April!

Posted: 11 Mar 2009, 18:18
by Ryan_Cooper
Firestrm wrote:
Synthesis wrote:Cool. Now I have a reason to start buying PCF. Nice strategy.
:roll:
:scratch: Wait What......you need a reason to buy the PCF mag......

Re: New GEAR mag to be bundled with PCF from April!

Posted: 28 Apr 2009, 10:06
by Tribble
I love the Gear Mag but can you tell me - why have you made it for consoles only? At the top you specify which console the game is available on but you have left PC out. This makes it useless to me as I prefer gaming on my PC. I know a lot of those games in the last issue are available on PC - but I did not learn that from your mag. I still need to buy your competitor mag to find out that info :wink:

Re: New GEAR mag to be bundled with PCF from April!

Posted: 07 May 2009, 09:44
by Nab
PC games go in PCF Tribbs. I will give the 'available-on' and 'equivalent' titles some thought. The objective of splitting them is to diversify readership. Since PCF readers tend to hold on to their mags we wanted GEAR to circulate within the family to the console/casual gamers. Hope it helps

Re: New GEAR mag to be bundled with PCF from April!

Posted: 07 May 2009, 10:39
by Tribble
But it couldn't hurt just to add a PC tab as I like the Gear too. My kids do the console thing but they also play PC. They know that if it is a game Mommy likes - they will not get it on the console - but on the PC. This helps them plan and find reasons why I should buy the console version :lol: :lol: :lol: Like Star Wars - the Force Unleashed. My son had a ton of reasons as to why I had to buy it on PS3 :lol: