FEBRUARY 2006

Featured Theme: Indie/Casual Games

MARCH 2006

Featured Theme: GDC Preview issue
Bonus Distribution: Game Developers Conference
APRIL 2006

Featured Theme: Salary Survey
Bonus Distribution: Game Developers Conference
MAY 2006

Featured Theme: Business Issue
Bonus Distribution: E3
JUNE/JULY 2006

Featured Theme: Hollywood
CAREER GUIDE 2006

Cover Feature Theme: Game Industry Careers
AUGUST 2006

Featured Theme: SIGGRAPH - Graphics/Visual Arts
Bonus Distribution: SIGGRAPH
SEPTEMBER 2006

Featured Theme: Mobile
Bonus Distribution: Game Developers Conference Europe
OCTOBER 2006

Cover Feature Theme: Top 20 Publishers
NOVEMBER 2006
Featured Theme: Serious Games
Bonus Distribution: Serious Game Summit D.C.
DECEMBER 2006
Featured Theme: Front Line Award Finalists Announced
 

Game Developer magazine reviews many different types of products: programming tools, animation and art tools, audio tools, and production tools. We are often pitched product review ideas from people, but we do not accept unsolicited product reviews.

Here's how our process works. Send an e-mail to Jill Duffy with the following:

  1. Your contact information.
  2. Your game development background (who you work for, titles you've worked on, how long you've been in the industry, and so on).
  3. Your area(s) of expertise (e.g., 3D animation in Maya, performance tuning on Windows, audio recording/editing on the Mac, etc.).
  4. The types of products that you are most qualified to review (e.g., graphics libraries) .

The next step is to take a look at our product review guidelines. Game Developer runs one long review every month (approximately 1200 words), and two mini-reviews (approximately 650 words, particularly suitable for things like plug-ins and utilities).

Download the Game Developer Long Product Review Guidelines (RTF format)
Download the Game Developer Mini Product Review Guidelines (RTF format)

It is very important that you already have significant experience with the kinds of products that you would review, so don't tell us you'd like to review Product X or 3D animation tools because you yourself want to learn more about them.

If you have any questions or comments about product reviews, the process of reviewing a product, etc., send us mail.

 

 

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