IGM is going Mainstream!

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April 1st, 2011 | By

It is my pleasure to announce that the Indie Game Mag will start covering mainstream game titles next week. It has been great covering the indie gaming scene, but nothing beats the big console games from Activision, EA and Valve! We will still cover the top indie games on Steam, but we are hoping that by covering some of the bigger video games out there we can increase our exposure and expand the readership of the magazine. This change will extend into the magazine as well, so expect to see great game’s like BioShock: Infinite, Mass Effect 3, and Mortal Kombat in the pages of future issues.

Our Mainstream coverage will start with a preview of Valve’s Portal 2 followed up by a review of the highly anticipated sequel. We can tell you that Co-Op is pretty insane with 4 portals and all of the new gels and puzzle elements! Portal 2 hits PC, Mac, Xbox 360 and PS3 on April 21st.

Our website will continue to offer the same great coverage – just with a smaller focus on the lesser-known indie games. We hope to continue to grow our fantastic community of avid gamers and look forward to this amazing opportunity to expand the reach of our magazine!

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Mike is the Owner and Founder of Indie Game Magazine. Mike lays out every issue of the magazine and focuses on boring business stuff, but still makes time to write about indie games. You can follow him on twitter @mgnade or email him directly at mike[at]indiegamemagdotcom

  • http://wisnoskij.blogspot.com/ wisnoskij

    “but nothing beats the big console games from Activision, EA and Valve!”

    And this from a Indie Game Magazine? Where is your sense of indie elitism?

    “we are hoping that by covering some of the bigger video games out there we can increase our exposure and expand the readership of the magazine.”

    Actually that is not how it often works, their are already magazines that cover all games, the only reason I was at all interested in this site at all was its focus on indie games.

    Now I see no reason to read anything from this site.

  • http://www.indiegamemag.com Mike

    April Fools!

  • http://www.lifesnotsimple.com eiyukabe

    I for one welcome our mainstream overlords.

    Nice one btw

  • http://wisnoskij.blogspot.com/ wisnoskij

    Oh, I hate April first.

  • Siphr

    I was contemplating getting a subscription but decided against it after I saw this post. Page was left open on my browser for a while and took a me an hour atleast to read the comments and realise it was April fools. heh.

  • http://www.indiepinion.com Steffen Itterheim

    Yeah, wow … April’s fool 4 weeks late … I was thinking “That’s about the dumbest thing they could do!”

    How about adding a sports page and a stock ticker to the website? :)

  • http://www.indiegamemag.com Mike

    I actually think I commented too soon – I should have waited and messed with some more people, but I felt guilty

  • http://www.indiepinion.com Steffen Itterheim

    Good move actually because my first reaction was a willingness to abandon IGM if that move was made. Since you have a business to build it’s probably not a good idea to scare off customers. ;)

    But after the shock I decided to give you a little push, I hope you get some extra traffic from this post:
    http://www.indiepinion.com/steffenj/check-out-the-indie-game-magazine/

  • http://www.indiegamemag.com The Indie Game Magazine

    April Fools!