Beckett MMO Magazine

Pride7

Just saw an ad for a new magazine from Beckett (publishers of the price guides) that will focus on MMO's.  Here is the article:

Beckett Media, the current industry leader in sports and entertainment magazines, is venturing into the realms of MMO games! This bi-monthly magazine will feature MMO games such as World of Warcraft.

Here's the official press release:

DALLAS (April 11, 2006) --- Beckett Media, the industry leader in sports and entertainment collectibles magazines, will continue to branch out into the specialty publication arena with its newest title, Beckett Massive Online Gamer. This bi-monthly title will focus on speaking to and representing the community of online gamers as well as the products that keep players excited. The inaugural issue will feature interviews, instance maps, questing guides, and articles on people's interaction
with various games.

"Beckett Massive Online Gamer will be the perfect magazine for gamers looking to enhance their playing experience in a different direction. We want to continue to the growth of the online gaming community through information sharing and interaction outside the games. We will be covering lifestyle and entertainment topics in each issue," said Mike Obert Associate Publisher Beckett Media.

The contributors to Beckett Massive Online Gamer magazine will include experts at Beckett Media as well as industry professional and top gamers. Recently Beckett added Rebecca Bundy to the full time staff.
Bundy brings many years of MMOG experience to Beckett both from a players perspective and as a beta tester on such wildly successful products as World of Warcraft.



The addition of Beckett Massive Online Gamer magazine continues Beckett Media's expansion into the gaming industry. Previous successful gaming
and entertainment titles have included Beckett Cheat Codes in partnership with Dave Allison, the founder of the gaming industry's most authoritative cheat code website, www.cheatcc.com , and Fantasy Sports Monthly in partnership with rotoworld.com.

With an on sale date scheduled for the end of May, Beckett Media will utilize its exclusive distribution network and partnerships to insure a large and captive audience is introduced to Beckett Massive Online Gamer. With a $5.99 US cover price and a distribution to over 50,000 retail locations including Wal-Mart, Target, major grocery chains, comic and gaming shops, Barnes and Noble, Borders, Blockbuster, Toys R Us and many more mass market specialty and hobby

DALLAS (April 11, 2006) --- Beckett Media, the industry leader in sports and entertainment collectibles magazines, will continue to branch out into the specialty publication arena with its newest title, Beckett Massive Online Gamer. This bi-monthly title will focus on speaking to and representing the community of online gamers as well as the products that keep players excited. The inaugural issue will feature interviews, instance maps, questing guides, and articles on people's interactionwith various games."Beckett Massive Online Gamer will be the perfect magazine for gamers looking to enhance their playing experience in a different direction. We want to continue to the growth of the online gaming community through information sharing and interaction outside the games. We will be covering lifestyle and entertainment topics in each issue," said Mike Obert Associate Publisher Beckett Media.The contributors to Beckett Massive Online Gamer magazine will include experts at Beckett Media as well as industry professional and top gamers. Recently Beckett added Rebecca Bundy to the full time staff.Bundy brings many years of MMOG experience to Beckett both from a players perspective and as a beta tester on such wildly successful products as World of Warcraft. The addition of Beckett Massive Online Gamer magazine continues Beckett Media's expansion into the gaming industry. Previous successful gamingand entertainment titles have included Beckett Cheat Codes in partnership with Dave Allison, the founder of the gaming industry's most authoritative cheat code website, www.cheatcc.com , and Fantasy Sports Monthly in partnership with rotoworld.com. With an on sale date scheduled for the end of May, Beckett Media will utilize its exclusive distribution network and partnerships to insure a large and captive audience is introduced to Beckett Massive Online Gamer. With a $5.99 US cover price and a distribution to over 50,000 retail locations including Wal-Mart, Target, major grocery chains, comic and gaming shops, Barnes and Noble, Borders, Blockbuster, Toys R Us and many more mass market specialty and hobby

Jimmy_Scythe

Yeah, but will it have a price guide (in real dollars) for all the stuff in each game? After all, that's what Beckett is good at....