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Electronic Gaming Monthly - First Issue - May 1989
Alberto Saldamando
Last updated: January 7, 2009 8:07 PM
By Alberto Saldamando
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EGM has been one of the most recognized magazines in the United States since the late 80s. Because of their honesty and determination to bring the news and their opinions to players, in my opinion, it became the one most-read gaming magazine. But times do change.

Because of the Internet, lots of people have been going online to get the news either to their favorite blogs or gaming sites. I do love to watch news shows like the CBS Evening News and Noticiero Univisión when it comes to national and international news, and I do read the newspapers mostly for local news, but especialized monthly magazines have been losing advertisers, the main source of survival for magazines.

Now EGM is about to be history. Ziff Davis has sold its gaming properties such as 1UP.com and Electronic Gaming Monthly to Hearst Corp., parent company of UGO Entertainment. It seems like something that happened a few years ago between Tech TV and G4. Most cool Tech TV shows were gone and most employees were laid off. Some well-known employees at 1UP and EGM are no longer working at their offices, including the whole magazine staff. The January 2009 issue will the EGM‘s last.

It’s so sad to say good-bye to EGM, but gaming will go on. Don’t miss the last issue of this great magazine.

EGM ha sido una de las revistas más reconocidas en los Estados Unidos desde finales de los 80. Por su honestidad y determinación de llevar las noticias y sus opiniones a los jugadores, se convirtió, en mi opinión, en la revista de juegos más leída. Pero los tiempos sí cambian.

Por el Internet, mucha gente ha estado yéndose en línea para obtener las noticia a cualquiera de los dos como sus bitácoras favoritas o sitios de juegos. Sí me encanta ver los programas noticiosos como la CBS Evening News y Noticiero Univisión cuando se trata de noticias nacionales e internacionales, y leo los periódicos sobre todo por las noticias locales, pero las revistas mensuales especializadas han estado perdiendo anunciantes, la fuente principal de supervivencia para las revistas.

Ahora EGM ya está por ser historia. Ziff Davis ha vendido sus propiedades de juegos tales como 1UP.com y Electronic Gaming Monthly a Hearst Corp., empresa matriz de UGO Entertainment. Se parece a algo que sucedió hace unos años entre Tech TV y G4. Varios programas chéveres de Tech TV desaparecieron y varios empleados fueron despedidos. Algunos empleados bien conocidos en 1UP y EGM y ano trabajan más en sus oficinas, incluyendo a todo el personal de la revista. La edición de enero de 2009 será el último de EGM.

Es tan triste decir adiós a EGM, pero los juegos continuarán. No se pierdan el último número de esta gran revista.

Sources/Fuentes:
Ziff Davis Sells 1UP Network To UGO/Hearst, Closes EGM – Gamasutra [https://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21759].
UGO Entertainment Acquires 1UP – UGO Entertainment and parent Hearst Corporation have acquired 1UP and its associated sites – 1UP.com [https://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3172156].

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