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News, features and resources for media and publishing professionals. Friday, March 24, 2002 Blogs | Subscribe | Interviews | Events | Films | Book Blog Media Cynic | Forum | Advertising | Classifieds | Jobs IGN Publishes Monthly Online Game Review Magazine IGN Entertainment (formerly Snowball), home to IGN.com, a resource for gamers, announced that it has launched IGN Monthly Review, a free, downloadable monthly magazine, which highlights the games published during the previous month and includes IGN's ranking and summary review of each game. IGN created IGN Monthly Review as a sample guide to what is available on the IGN.com network and will distribute the free publication in a PDF file format "We believe IGN Monthly Review serves as a great introduction to IGN.com and that it ultimately will help drive new visitors who are looking for more detailed content to the IGN website," said Peer Schneider, IGN's Network Director. "This new publication also will benefit our existing IGN audience members, by enabling them to catch up easily on any game reviews they might have missed throughout the month, and by serving as a printable buyer's guide to help them make purchasing decisions." The 35-page publication will include a month-in-review page, rankings of all games released during the past month, and over 50 summary game reviews for titles on each gaming platform -- PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, and Game Boy Advance. The publication also contains information for game publishers, developers and retailers. IGN Monthly Review includes a monthly synopsis on the state of the game industry, information on the latest competing releases and to find out how their products were scored by IGN. It will also include a monthly breakdown of the games currently released for sale, including an analysis of each game's merits and shortcomings as outlined in the IGN game review summaries. The company also announced the launch of IGN Newswire, a news site providing access to gaming-related press releases. In addition to new game and publishing announcements, IGN Newswire also provides financial news, job listings and company listings, which give users access to information on all the publishers and developers in IGN's database. The newswire is updated several times a day, beginning at 7 a.m. ET. Related Links: · IGN · IGN Monthly Review · IGN News Wire Click here to return to the homepage of The Write NewsTM Click here to subscribe to our free weekly email newsletter. www.writenews.com Copyright © 1997-2007 by Writers Write, Inc. All Rights Reserved.