Comments on: EGM magazine is no more, 1UP staff slashed

By: Paul A

Paul A — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:06:38 +0000

damn this sucks i been reading since the beginning!! RIP EGM!!

By: Callie

Callie — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:50:58 +0000

Good luck on getting a valid refund on your son’s subscription. When we got the first issue with a sticker telling us that it was being sent as a replacement for EGM and saying that if we didn’t want it we could get a pro-rated refund, we did so immediately. Just last week we got a refund check and deposited to our bank account. Imagine our surprise when we got an NSF notice from the bank for that check!! I’m guessing that Maxim is probably going to end up going under too if they’re that short on cash that they can’t cover a $16.80 check.

I’m not sure if we’re going to both pursuing this further. Finding a phone number for their customer service is like finding a needle in a haystack. And if they reissue me another bouncy check, what good is all that hassle?

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:16:34 +0000

My teenage son also subscribed to this EGM and I wondered why Maxim started showing up. I called Maxim to cancel not knowing it was substituted for EGM. How do I get a refund now? Maxim just said they would cancel.

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:07:47 +0000

The 800 number in the January issue is no longer in service. How do you get a refund now?
Thanks

By: Julia

Julia — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:54:06 +0000

Beware—My teenage son subscribed to this magazine. We wondered why we hadn’t gotten any issues in recent months. I found out today. In the mail was a “new” magazine with his name on it. Guess what–it was Maxim. They are sending out an adult magazine to their subscribers which I am sure mostly consist of teenagers. The lady from Maxim told me I was about the 150th parent to call this morning. She said her supervisor is working on it. If you get an issue call Maxim, they are very nice, and need to know.

By: jorge

jorge — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:36:29 +0000

damnit right when i got my subscrition

By: VideoWizard

VideoWizard — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:54:15 +0000

Except for January 2009, which was printed, and February 2009, which should be online soon, there are no more issues of EGM.

Apparently, there was no “too big to fail” in the gaming magazine niche. How does the #1 Videogaming Magazine get canceled? They should have done online publishing like the February 2009 issue, at least.

It’s like they said Happy 20th Anniversary, now die!

By: Brandon Tovey

Brandon Tovey — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:29:02 +0000

i haven’t got one issue i have paid were are my issuse????

298 geronimo rd. alpena, MI 49707

By: J Flare

J Flare — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:47:55 +0000

Woops! I meant “For almost 10 years I had subscriptions” Thought I should fix that before I got burned.

By: J Flare

J Flare — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:46:38 +0000

Admit it, we’ve all seen something like this coming. For almost years I had subscriptions to Computer Gaming World and EGM. Then the CGW issue got thinner. They started including console sections and changed their name. Finally they just stopped coming. At least I can say that EGM went out in it’s original form. True to it’s past.

The web is annihilating smaller forms of print media like EGM. It a sad fact but gaming mags just aren’t profitable anymore. That said, I’ll sitll miss the little things; the shame of the month, the Tobias Bruckner award, the foreign object column. It was still a nice read. And it gave us gamers something to put on the coffee table to balance out the Cosmo and People that the roommates put there.

Goodbye EGM. Thanks for the memories.

By: Steveo24

Steveo24 — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:11:09 +0000

I just called the 800 number on the bottom of the january table of contents page for subscription services. they will refund you money and mail you a check.

By: SamZ33

SamZ33 — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:16:53 +0000

Just got the news today. This sucks. I’ve been reading since issue #51.

By: Eric Z

Eric Z — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:36:09 +0000

I was about to contact them because I haven’t seen a new magazine in a few months…this sucks…I’ve been reading for 12 or 13 years now…I just resubscribed too…guess that money is gone…

By: route19er

route19er — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:14:58 +0000

same thing happened to me..i want my money back.

By: Tracey Jurek

Tracey Jurek — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:03:51 +0000

EGM JUST AUTOMATICALLY CHARGED TO MY CREDIT CARD A NEW SUBSCRIPTION FOR 2009. I WAS KINDA UPSET,THEY AUTOMATICALLY JUST CHARGED MY CARD FROM A PRIOR ORDER. BUT SINCE MY SON LIKED IT SO MUCH I DIDNT CONTACT EGM AND COMPLAIN.
IT WAS A GIFT FOR HIM, I STARTED 2 YEARS AGO.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MONEY. NOW I’M REALLY UPSET THEY TOOK THE MONEY AND RAN…

By: Hentaimax

Hentaimax — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:01:52 +0000

what would happen to my rest of my subscription

By: EosEmpire

EosEmpire — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:41:05 +0000

I really never liked the 1up podcasts anyway. the every other saturday show on eosempire.com is way better…

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