GamePro

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GamePro
GamePro logo
description Video games magazine
publishing company Webedia
Headquarters Munich
First edition March 2002
Frequency of publication per month
Editor-in-chief Heiko blade
Web link www.gamepro.de
ISSN (print) 1610-6571

The GamePro (including GP or G + ) is a monthly German-language video games magazine of the French publishing Webedia . It is a publication specializing in game consoles and the sister magazine of the PC game magazine GameStar , from whose editorial team it emerged. The magazine originally published by IDG publisher bears the same name as a game magazine that was also published by IDG in the USA between 1989 and 2011, but which was editorially independent and also covered PC games. GamePro appears monthly, usually on the first Wednesday of the previous month, and has around 110 pages per issue, depending primarily on the number of games currently published. The editorial office is based in Munich.

history

Logo of the original game pro from MVL Verlag from 1994/1995

The first German-language magazine called Gamepro was published in 9/1994. The magazine, published under license from MVL Verlag as Gamepro (or GAMEPRO written on the cover), was a multi- platform addition to its sister formats Gamers and Total! thought that only reported about Sega and Nintendo . In addition to console games, Gamepro also dealt with games for PCs to a small extent. The editorial team consisted of faces already well-known in the industry such as Julian Eggebrecht, Hans-Joachim Amann, Klaus-Dieter Hartwig and the former Sega European champion Reza Abdolali. The magazine was discontinued after only 14 issues with the 11/1995 issue when the publisher filed for bankruptcy.

The second German version of GamePro, this time self-published by IDG, started as a special issue of the sister magazine GameStar . The first edition 10_2002 appeared as an independent magazine after only ten weeks of development on September 1st, 2002 with Gunnar Lott as editor-in-chief. A DVD has been included with the magazine since this edition .

The magazine was revised in the 01/2007 and 06/2010 editions, for example the layout and the rating system were changed. The current editorial team consists of editor-in-chief Heiko Klinge and other editors who work for Gamestar and GamePro.

A special edition of GamePro appeared with issue 12/2011. This had a completely gold cover for the title story and test by Skyward Sword . The writing "GamePro" was also gold on the (usual) blue background. In contrast to other magazines of this genre , in which special editions appear more frequently, this was the first and so far only special design change of the cover since the issue of the issue.

On April 29, 2015 IDG Entertainment Media GmbH was sold by the parent company IDG to the French company Webedia. The reason is a complete reorientation on the part of the parent company IDG, which now wants to specialize in the IT area and will therefore sell its gaming areas worldwide.

Content

Regular contents are:

  • News (news from the video game scene)
  • Cover story (special attention is paid to the title game of the issue in the form of a longer article and additional contributions)
  • Preview (reports on games played that are still in development)
  • Tests (reports on games that are about to be released or have already been released)
  • Magazine ( Retro Hall of Fame games, letters to the editor and others)
  • Technology and accessories ( hardware such as gamepads will be tested)
  • Service (game charts, game recommendations for all current consoles, release dates of the games and more)

Output types

Available formats

  • GamePro DVD (no age limit)
    • The DVD contains a news video with news from the video game scene as well as test videos and preview reports on selected games presented in the magazine. It also includes trailers and special articles. Since the 06/2008 edition, the magazine has been accompanied by a double-sided DVD with all the videos in standard PAL resolution on one side and some of these videos in higher resolution on the other.
  • GamePro DVD from 18 years of age (DVD also contains trailers and videos or uncut video versions with an age restriction of "18 years and over"; only available by subscription or at kiosks in Austria and Switzerland)

Formats that no longer exist

  • GamePro without DVD (no age limit, in red instead of blue case)

Scoring system

Right from the start, GamePro used the percentage system established in Germany for video and computer game magazines.

A simple rating system has been used for the game tests since the beginning. For the areas

  • graphic
  • Sound
  • service
  • Multiplayer
  • the atmosphere

a rating in the form of 0 to 100 points was given. An overall rating, named in the GamePro as fun, was awarded independently of the individual ratings.

A new rating system was introduced in the 01/2007 edition. For the areas

  • graphic
  • Sound
  • Game design
  • service
  • Story / game world
  • scope

a rating of 0 to 10 points was then awarded. Four editors also rated the game from 0 to 10 points. The overall rating, which was given in percent, was calculated from all individual ratings. The multiplayer rating, on the other hand, was removed from the overall rating box and relocated to a separate rating box that was not directly included in the overall rating.

Another rating system was introduced again in the 06/2010 edition. The overall rating was reverted to the original rating method in which the editors gave the total number of points. Graphics, sound and multiplayer are still rated between 0 and 10 points (all other areas have been omitted), but these are irrelevant for the overall rating.

Awards

Since the introduction of the GamePro, awards have been given to games when they reach a certain overall rating. With an overall rating of 85 percent or more, the game receives a GamePro Gold Award. Play a platinum award with a rating of 90 percent or more.

High scores

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The games Grand Theft Auto V (2013) for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and Red Dead Redemption 2 for the PS4 Pro achieved the highest rating in the 18-year history of the magazine with 97% each.

In addition, the titles The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess for GameCube (2006) and Wii (2007), God of War II for PlayStation 2 (2007) and GTA IV (2008), Red Dead Redemption (2010), Batman: Arkham City (2011) for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and Super Mario Odyssey (2017) each 95%. This is followed by the GameCube version of Resident Evil 4 (2005), Super Mario Galaxy (2007) and Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010) for Wii, as well as Uncharted 3 (2011) and Killzone 3 for PlayStation 3 with 94% each.

In addition, every year the readers of the GamePro vote for the best game of the past year. The games are then awarded the highest award “(Console) Game of the Year”. In addition to the highest award, there are other awards that change slightly every year. Since 2007 the awards have been called GameStars . In 2011, a closed event took place for the first time for the awards ceremony Games of the Year 2010 together with the sister magazine GameStar.

The games of the year are listed below :

Circulation statistics

In the fourth quarter of 2014, the average monthly circulation according to IVW was 17,076 copies. This is 13.05 percent (2,563) fewer issues than in the same quarter of the previous year. The number of subscribers increased within one year by 4.72 percent to 6,903 subscribers. This means that 40.42 percent of readers received the magazine by subscription.

In the 4th quarter of 2016, the publisher removed the magazine from the IVW count.

Number of issues distributed monthly

Number of subscriptions sold each month

On-line

Gamepro.de offers the latest news from the field of video games, as well as many tests on games, which also appear in the magazine. Likewise a forum and the GamePro contributions from Twitter. It also includes a comprehensive game database including all test articles, videos and preview reports published online. Special articles such as surveys, competitions, interviews and columns are also published at irregular intervals.

On November 7th, 2011 the website was completely changed. The design and structure of gamepro.de and gamestar.de have been adapted to create a stronger connection with each other.

GamePro in other countries

Sister magazines of the same name to the German GamePro are currently being published in Spain and France .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gamepro (1994) - Cover Gallery from 1994 to 1995 onkultboy.com
  2. ↑ GamePro (2002) - Cover Gallery from 2002 to 2005 onkultboy.com
  3. ↑ GamePro, issue 10/2012, page 20
  4. ↑ GameStar and GamePro get new owners - IDG AG sells entertainment subsidiaries to Webedia. Accessed April 29, 2015 .
  5. ↑ meedia .de: An industry capitulates: Almost all games magazines leave the IVW after the circulation losses , accessed on February 10, 2017
  6. ↑ The new GamePro.de - improved design and extended range of functions. IDG GmbH, accessed on December 11, 2011 .