GamePro Magazine Becomes Game Publisher

by Nick Breckon, Mar 09, 2009 2:18pm PDT

Related Topics – xbox 360, iphone, XBLA, Xbox Live Arcade

Longtime video game magazine GamePro has launched GamePro Labs, a publishing label for independent developers.

The label will initially focus on iPhone software, along with downlodable PC and Xbox 360 games developed using Microsoft's XNA platform, and will expand to cover Zune games in the future. Developers will be offered promotional and branding incentives.

GamePro plans to handle all sales and marketing for developers, while managing all distribution with Microsoft and Apple. The games will also be regularly promoted in GamePro magazine, and developers will be offered a GamePro developer blog.

In an interview with GameDaily, GamePro senior vice president George Jones noted that three developers have already signed with the label, with some announcements to be made during this month's Game Developers Conference.

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The issue here is that the iphone sdk has already done a good job making the marketplace accessible to independents. For example there are already many success stories of Joe Random making a good chuck of cash putting their home grown game up on the app store. Is it the case that there are a good number of good games that are not selling in the app store?

Mar 09, 2009 4:19pm PDT

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So basically, the little journalistic integrity that Gamepro did have just went out the window?

Mar 09, 2009 2:46pm PDT

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Quite a lot of options for indie developers these days. That's only a good thing :)

Mar 09, 2009 3:37pm PDT

Quite a lot of options for indie developers these days. That's only a good thing :) : r_picmip 5

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C'mon people, this really has nothing to do with Game pro mag itself, this has more to do with the owner of Game pro, IDG entertainment. I'm sure this is nothing more than trying to give some street cred to the publishing arm of IDG by calling themselves Game pro media. A stretch better than IDG games.

Mar 09, 2009 3:19pm PDT

C'mon people, this really has nothing to do with Game pro mag itself, this has more to do with the owner ... : ktseymour

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Why do I get the feeling this will end horribly?

Mar 09, 2009 2:43pm PDT

Why do I get the feeling this will end horribly? : IndigoAK

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