2. This is the official Xbox magazine for the US
and the UK and has been running for a
number of years producing articles on news
and reviews about current and upcoming Xbox
releases both exclusive to the console or
multiplatform. This magazine helps readers to
gain a more of an insight into the world of
gaming and make more informed decisions
about their purchases in this regard.
The cover shares many features with the
PlayStation Magazine and Nintendo Magazine
such as the consistant mast head and use of
shapes on the cover to draw the readers
attention to the important parts of the cover.
Text hierarchy is also very effectively utilised to
help direct the reader around the cover page
to the important parts of the page.
3. This is the official Nintendo magazine.
It is a magazine that contains a varying degree
of articles, news, reviews and fan essentials
including tips, cheats, artist spaces as well as
editorial notes attaining to the meaning
behind choices made in regards to the
magazine itself.
This an incredibly popular magazine since its
inception in 2006 and has become a staple of
video game media and a trusted source for all
news ‘Nintendo’. It includes new releases,
reviews, news and even competition sections
that the readers can take part in.
4. As you can see the front over of the magazine
is bright and cheerful with bold colours and an
image that relates to a recent release or the
articles included inside the pages of the
magazine itself.
This issue for example contains a celebratory
article that cronologues the 20 years of Super
Mario and so the cover illustrates this through
the use of bright imagery containing many of
the Mario series’ iconic characters as wel as
text graphics that tell the reader exactly what
they can expect from this issue of the
magazine. This however is not to disimilar to
the Official Playstation magazine when it as
they both make use of bright text and imagery
despite it holding a more serious tone.
5. This is the official Playstation Magazine for the
UK and details news reviews, tips and tricks as
well as pro competition stats and even teasers
and pre-release bonus news and even
competitions for readers to take part in.
As you can see, this is a bit busier than the
Nintendo magazine and uses a more serious
and appropriate image for the target audience
of the Playstation as unlike Nintendo, most of
the games released on the Playstation
platforms are FPS and horror games where as
Nintendo more directly targets a younger
audience. The text graphics however are bold
and bright as to grab the readers attention as
well as to contrast the gritty and dark imagery.
6. The PlayStation magazine is made out of a
glossy paper just like the Nintendo and even
Xbox magazine. This quality is because of the
premium price of the product as most of these
magazines will sell for between 4 and 6
pounds each.
