PC Gamer magazine (US) - Going digital on Steam

Gimpymoo · 27 Sep 2011 at 21:09

http://store.steampowered.com/video/92500/81169//?cc=US

http://store.steampowered.com/app/92500

shamzzz · 27 Sep 2011 at 21:10

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andicole0 · 27 Sep 2011 at 21:12

Works for me.

Andi.

Neil79 · 27 Sep 2011 at 21:13

I see it! but PC Gamer are a bunch of **** ££££ sellouts

Gimpymoo · 27 Sep 2011 at 21:19

Blimey.. 2GB download - lol

Deific · 27 Sep 2011 at 21:23

Paying to be fed BS reviews that are paid for. What's the point?

Shamikebab · 27 Sep 2011 at 22:09

How utterly pointless, plenty of better sites that give reviews/articles/news for free.

gropingmantis · 27 Sep 2011 at 22:12

Been using the beta. Its rubbish. Would not recommend.

BombayMix · 28 Sep 2011 at 13:33

I love their podcast, so would hate them to fold but it does seem they are fighting the inevitable.

Kazz · 28 Sep 2011 at 13:57

I'm probably going to regret this, but why all the hate for PCG?

Sleepery · 28 Sep 2011 at 14:37

Kazz said:
I'm probably going to regret this, but why all the hate for PCG?

Everyone remembers at least one review that was just such a blatant pay-off that it sticks in their minds forever

I stopped reading it when the reviews were still relatively honest, but the score didn't reflect the review at all.

Limenote · 28 Sep 2011 at 14:49

im surprised these relics still exist, they should have made moves a long time ago and I personally cant see them living for that much longer.

wildman · 28 Sep 2011 at 14:58

Neil79 said:
I see it! but PC Gamer are a bunch of **** ££££ sellouts

This

a long long time ago they used to provide good impartial reviews that were not leveraged to the hilt by corporate greed and software houses looking to cash in on gullible readers.

Now I wouldn't use the pages of PC Gamer to wipe my ass after taking a dump.

I find game reviews in the PC Games section of these forums a lot better than PC GAmer articles where they simply feed you the company line as per their sponsors wishes.

Gimpymoo · 28 Sep 2011 at 15:03

It is not unheard of for a publisher to write their own review in some circumstances if enough money is being offered.

Sleepery · 28 Sep 2011 at 15:05

Alternatively, read www.rockpapershotgun.com where a few of the PC Zone / Gamer reviewers ended up.

Their reviews are refreshingly blunt

EdwardTeach · 28 Sep 2011 at 15:42

Gimpymoo said:
It is not unheard of for a publisher to write their own review in some circumstances if enough money is being offered.

Do you have any evidence for this? I find that very hard to believe.

Jay794 · 28 Sep 2011 at 15:46

PCFormat is the best magazine for product reviews, new tech and games

BombayMix · 28 Sep 2011 at 16:29

EdwardTeach said:
Do you have any evidence for this? I find that very hard to believe.

Not sure what the poster said but mags/websites do get huge pressure form publisher about who writing the review, what it says, whats the score etc etc. See what happened at Gamespot when someone gave a bad review for a game that adds all over their site. (He got fired.)

Sleepery · 28 Sep 2011 at 18:44

BombayMix said:
See what happened at Gamespot when someone gave a bad review for a game that adds all over their site. (He got fired.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Gerstmann#Termination_from_GameSpot

That was disgraceful - at least they lost a load of other reviewers who left in sympathy.

Ewaf · 28 Sep 2011 at 19:35

I actually buy PC Gamer as it's good to flick through on my lunch break. I don't really take the reviews too seriously, but the previews etc are nice.