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Message: 4878

Author: fishyfish_arcade

Date: 25/08/2005

Subject: Re: Bit of a tangent: does anyone know what's happening with Retrog

 

--- In manicminerandjetsetwilly@yahoogroups.com, soa1000
wrote:

> I thought I'd missed an issue, since it was due to come out on the 4th
> of this month and my subscription copy never arrived. Now I've checked
> their website, the page still shows issue 18 with The Last Ninja, and
> though the forums for all of Livepublishing are currently closed, the
> front page is showing suspiciously titled threads like "So long
> everyone" and "final RG appreciation thread". Has something happened?

Live Publishing have gone bust. All the staff of Retro Gamer were made
redundant on monday. See http://www.mcvuk.com/newsitem.php?id=451.

Sad news :-(

The worst thing is that, while the computer magazine market is
declining, Retro Gamer was supposedly making a profit.

Fishy

 

 

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