Gameplay magazine

Infobox_Newspaper
name = Gameplay


caption =
type = Video game magazine
format = Paper magazine
foundation = August 2005
ceased publication =
price = 12 hrn (US$2.4) with DVD
owners = Sergey Arabadji
publisher = ITC Publishing
editor = Sergey Galyonkin
founder = Sergey Galyonkin
language = Russian
political =
circulation = 25 000
headquarters = Kiev, Ukraine
website = [http://gameplay.com.ua gameplay.com.ua]

Gameplay is a Russian language magazine about computer and video games, published in Ukraine by [http://itcpublishing.com ITC Publishing] since August 2005. Current circulation (as for October 2006) is 25 000.

Staff

Notable writers for the magazine include Editor-in-Chief Sergey Galyonkin (often referred as Segal), editors Anna Zinchenko and Alina Zhigunova, authors Oleg Ovsienko, Mikhail Zinchenko, Yaroslav Singayevsky and Igor Klimovsky.

Magazine content

Gameplay is best known for its "Evolution of genres" series of articles, that describes history and evolution of computer and video games for past 30 years.

Each april issue carries a theme "Our games" and writes about most game developers studios, situated in Ukraine.

Also, Gameplay publishes previews, reviews, interviews and such - as most of gaming press do.

Controversy

Some readers note that Gameplay gives a lot of attention to video games, sometimes giving a console games a higher score than to PC games. But editorial boards say that it is because of higher popularity of PC games in Ukraine, which sometimes is credited to higher level of piracy.

External links

* [http://gameplay.com.ua http://gameplay.com.ua] - official website for Gameplay magazine (in Russian)