indiegames
December 29th, 2009, 04:20
The official World of Warcraft (http://kotaku.com/tag/worldofwarcraft/) magazine, which has been coming for what feels like years now (http://kotaku.com/5341406/world-of-warcraft-the-magazine), still isn't out. That's the bad news. Good news? The mag's site finally gives us a good look at the publication.
Each 148-page issue is funded solely through subscriptions (and, presumably, Blizzard), so there'll be no ads. Just articles and pictures. Below, you can see what those articles and pictures will look like, each $10 issue (available only through an annual subscription) claiming to be "more like a softcover book than a magazine".
Which sounds ridiculous, but to WoW fans- who will buy this in their thousands - it rings as true as it can ring.
World of Warcraft Official Magazine (http://www.worldofwarcraftthemagazine.com/) [thanks Neil!]
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2009/12/500x_untitled-2_04.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2009/12/untitled-2_04.jpg)
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2009/12/500x_untitled-3_03.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2009/12/untitled-3_03.jpg)
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2009/12/500x_untitled-4_03.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2009/12/untitled-4_03.jpg)
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2009/12/500x_untitled-5_02.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2009/12/untitled-5_02.jpg)
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More... (http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/kotaku/full/~3/gqk6TjmPMYw/)
Each 148-page issue is funded solely through subscriptions (and, presumably, Blizzard), so there'll be no ads. Just articles and pictures. Below, you can see what those articles and pictures will look like, each $10 issue (available only through an annual subscription) claiming to be "more like a softcover book than a magazine".
Which sounds ridiculous, but to WoW fans- who will buy this in their thousands - it rings as true as it can ring.
World of Warcraft Official Magazine (http://www.worldofwarcraftthemagazine.com/) [thanks Neil!]
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2009/12/500x_untitled-2_04.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2009/12/untitled-2_04.jpg)
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2009/12/500x_untitled-3_03.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2009/12/untitled-3_03.jpg)
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2009/12/500x_untitled-4_03.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2009/12/untitled-4_03.jpg)
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2009/12/500x_untitled-5_02.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2009/12/untitled-5_02.jpg)
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More... (http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/kotaku/full/~3/gqk6TjmPMYw/)