GamePlay (magazine)

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GamePlay
Gameplay magazine issue 97.jpg
The 97th issue cover
Editor-in-ChiefDario Zrno
CategoriesVideo game
FrequencyMonthly
FormatMagazine
PublisherNCL Media Grupa d.o.o.
First issueNovember 2002
Final issueFebruary 2011
Country Croatia
Based in Zagreb, Croatia
LanguageCroatian
ISSN 1333-8218

GamePlay was a Croatian video game magazine which used to be published on monthly basis, first priced at 18 kunas, and then later at 20 kunas. It is considered to be the successor of PSX, with most of the team behind PSX also working on GamePlay. It covered a wide range of gaming platforms, always bringing the latest news, previews, reviews and features. The first issue came out on 28 November 2002, [1] while the final (99th) issue was released in February 2011. Though the publishing group planned to create a new version of GamePlay magazine and site, the plans were not realised. [2] In 2012, the team started working on another video game magazine Next Level, which is considered as a successor to GamePlay. The magazine also had an accompanying online news site and a forum for discussions. It had around 100 pages.

History

The magazine was started by the same team who worked on the PSX magazine. It was carefully projected to satisfy all the demographics playing video games. Their main goal was to keep nurturing and help expand the gaming culture in Croatia. In the wake of magazine's launch on 28 November 2002, Dario Zrno had stated: "Our main goal is to keep creating the gaming culture in Croatia and to prepare the players for the near online boom, when the consoles will connect to Internet and when finally the online console gaming can start in Croatia as well. Soon, you'll be able to live in the virtual world of 'Star Wars', Harry Potter or Tolkien and let's not forget you'll be able to play a few games against Brasil online. All that is coming in less than half a year." [3]

The magazine was redesigned in 2005 and PC was added as one of the gaming platforms they're covering. In 2005, the team behind GamePlay was also joined by the people who worked on another video game magazine Hacker, which ceased to publish in 2005. The quality of the magazine was always gradually improving and was always on a high note.

However, the problems started near the end of 2010 when the publishing group NCL ran into financial problems. The publishers asked the team to print the magazine on a paper of lesser quality, with less pages and reduced costs. The team of GamePlay refused such terms and the last, 99th, issue came out in February 2011. [2] NCL had plans to create a new version of GamePlay magazine and site, but they never came through. [2] The team set out to create a new magazine called Next Level. [4]

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References

  1. "GAMEPLAY - jedini časopis za igraće konzole (in Croatian)". 27 November 2002.
  2. 1 2 3 "Povijest hrvatskog gaming novinarstva (in Croatian)". 23 December 2011.
  3. "GAMEPLAY - jedini časopis za igraće konzole (in Croatian)". 27 November 2002. "Naš glavni cilj je nastaviti stvarati gaming kulturu u Hrvatskoj i pripremiti igrače za skori online boom, kad će se igraće konzole spojiti na Internet i kad će napokon i u Hrvatskoj započeti online igranje na konzolama. Uskoro ćete moći živjeti u virtualnom svijetu 'Ratova zvijezda', Harryja Pottera ili Tolkiena, a ne zaboravimo da ćete moći odigrati i pokoju online utakmicu protiv Brazila. A sve to dolazi za manje od pola godine"-Dario Zrno
  4. "Ekipa Gameplaya dala otkaz u Nacionalu kako bi pokrenula novi gaming časopis NextLevel". PoslovniPuls. Retrieved 14 February 2015.