GamerZines – Free Monthly PDF games magazines

Fancy reading some free monthly PDF gaming magazines written by professional gaming journalists? Of course you do! Well, let me tell you about GamerZines then.

Formats covered by GamerZines:

• Playstation 3 – PS3Zine
• Xbox 360 – 360Zine
• PC – PCGZine
• PSP and DS – HGZine
• Pro Evolution Soccer – PES Fanzine
• WoW, LOTRO, Guild Wars etc. – MMOZine

All the ezines are PDFs (so you need Adobe Acrobat Reader) and vary between 30-55mb in size depending on the format and issue chosen. For example, the PS3zine which has now reached issue 8, weighs in at 41.1mb. In this issue you can find reviews of Sega Rally, Eye of Judgement and FIFA 08 along with lots of previews and a monthly competition (10 copies of PES 2008 up for grabs). There are also various embedded videos thought out the magazine. Most of these videos form part of the full page ads which are dotted though out each issue.

Each ezine has a handy quick navigation menu at the top right of each page (apart from the ads). This allows you to jump quickly between all the various sections (cover, contents, previews, interview, reviews, comp and subscribe). The content navigation in all these ezines is nicely implemented and I found it very easy to quickly find a particular review or preview.

I enjoyed reading these ezines and it’s great to see them published every month. You can also subscribe to the various ezines so they’ll appear in your inbox the moment they are released. However, there is no WiiZine available and I don’t know if there are plans to publish one in the future. Maybe when Nintendo starts releasing some more games for the Wii you might see an issue or two!

Check them out and see what you think.

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