ZD to Publish Games for Windows

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ZD to Publish Games for Windows: the Official Magazine

Just announced! Ziff Davis is launching a new magazine called Games for Windows: the Official Magazine and a companion website on the 1UP Network. Microsoft will drive traffic and readership to the magazine and to the 1UP Network, and will promote the Games for Windows magazine as part of their Games for Windows marketing efforts. The magazine and integrated online components will launch in Fall 2006.

From the ZD Press Release:

Ziff Davis? online integration will include a Games for Windows website on the 1UP network. The website will host editorial features, social networking, and blogs, as well as game demos, patches, downloads, trailers and original video content from FileFront.com and GameVideos.com. In addition, Ziff Davis will collaborate with Microsoft in the area of online and interactive content for Games for Windows. Microsoft?s website, GamesForWindows.com, will also link to the 1UP Network for users who want additional conten?We believe Ziff Davis Game Group is the ideal industry partner for Microsoft as we advance the Windows platform and Games for Windows initiative,? said Rich Wickham, director of Games for Windows at Microsoft. ?We value Ziff Davis? innovation in integrating diverse media together and wanted that creative force driving the official Games for Windows magazine and website on the 1UP Network.? ...

Games for Windows: the Official Magazine will incorporate much of Computer Gaming World?s best-of-class editorial style and tone, while broadening its reach, influence and editorial content to complement the coming renaissance in gaming on Windows PCs. To ensure clear market leadership position, upon the launch of Games for Windows: the Official Magazine, Ziff Davis will no longer publish Computer Gaming World. The new magazine and web initiative will carry on the editorial, production and art staff of Computer Gaming World.aming World.

News source: Gamerscore Blog