Game Developer (magazine)

Game Developer
June–July 2013 cover
EditorPatrick Miller
CategoriesVideo game industry
FrequencyMonthly
First issueMarch 1994; 30 years ago (1994-03)
Final issue
Number
June/July 2013 (2013-07)[1]
Vol 20 No 06
CompanyUBM Tech
CountryUSA
Based inSan Francisco
LanguageEnglish
Websitegdmag.com
ISSN1073-922X

Game Developer was a magazine for video game creators, originally started in March 1994 by Miller Freeman, Inc[2] as quarterly, later bimonthly, and finally monthly.[3] In each issue, industry leaders and experts shared technical solutions, reviewed new game development tools, and discussed strategies for creating innovative, successful video games. Monthly postmortems dissected the industry's leading games, from AAA console to social and mobile games and beyond, and columns gave insight into deeper development practices from across all disciplines, from design, to programming, to art, to business, and audio. It was closed in 2013 as part of a restructuring at parent company UBM Tech (part of UBM plc) that included the closing of all print publications owned by that company.[4]

  1. ^ Brendan Sinclair (9 April 2013). "Game Developer magazine ceasing publication". Games Industry. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Game Developer Premier 1994". Game Developer Magazine. Miller Freeman, Inc.: 2. 1994. ISSN 1073-922X.
  3. ^ "GDC Vault". www.gdcvault.com. UBM Tech. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  4. ^ "Game Developer magazine shuttering, Gamasutra evolving". Polygon. April 9, 2013.