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EVE Online: EON Magazine Ceasing Publication

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
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December marked the end of the physical printing of EVE Online's EON magazine as publishers felt it would do better as digital only. January, however, marks both the first and last digital copy of EON as CCP Games has announced the end of all versions.

EON was conceived when the death of print publishing was loudly being proclaimed and gaming magazines seemed to be dying with prompt regularity. Against such a dark background, the idea to devote an entire publication to one game (and in 2005 a comparatively small one) seemed ever-so-slightly insane, and yet in spite of all predictions - including our own wildest ambitions - EON managed to thrive for a good few years and survive a good few more. In that time we've been honoured to work within a community of gamers that has no equal, aiming to mirror its efforts so that we might do them justice. To them - to you - EON will stand as a lasting tribute that will persist - gathering dust perhaps, but immune to digital extinction - for at least as long as New Eden itself.

Read more on the EVE Online site.

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  • birdycephonbirdycephon Member UncommonPosts: 1,314
    To be honest, I'm not surprised it finally kicked the bucket seeing that the print media has been on the decline for so long now, it was just a matter of time.
  • Dr_ShivinskiDr_Shivinski Member UncommonPosts: 311

    Well I play EVE but I never read EON. I find it troublesome that we are doing away with print media in favor of digital. Atleast hardcopies can be saved. Think of all the newspaper clippings have saved, will we be able to do that soon? Digital can fail. No one seems to acknowledge that.

  • rodingorodingo Member RarePosts: 2,870
    They are probably kicking themselves in the arse for not doing this way sooner.  To think how much money they could have saved as profit or re-invested into their games.

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  • DraeghorDraeghor Member UncommonPosts: 50

    EON was a great publication.  I remember sitting in the airports heading out to some distant place, reading my EON publication.  it had such rich graphics and well written stories.  People would look over my shoulder and remark what a beutiful and well layed out magazine it was.  I am sorry to see it leave.

    My worst  complaint about the publication was that I could never get them to ship from the US, but instead they woudl ship from England, which almost doubled the subscription price, whcih was high already for a quarterly pub.  I was glad when they went digital, and the Zinio reader is pretty good whenI am at home, but again , I usually find myself in airports, without a tablet and only my smartphone in hand, and you could not read the magazine there (though Zinio does work for other mags on the iPhone).

    I met some of the EON staff when i was at FanFest a few years ago, and they were greta people to know and had fun at the party and carousing downtown Rekyjavik.  I wish them well in their next endevours wherever they may land.

  • LoktofeitLoktofeit Member RarePosts: 14,247
    Originally posted by Dr_Shivinski

    Well I play EVE but I never read EON. I find it troublesome that we are doing away with print media in favor of digital.

    There's a certain correlation between the first sentence and the second. :)

     

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  • LilanLilan Member UncommonPosts: 62
    ofc they shiped from england its where they got them printed lol
  • TalonsinTalonsin Member EpicPosts: 3,619
    In the US the cost was a bit high for a printed mag.  I subbed for a while but it just didnt offer enough to justify the high price.  Hate to see it go as I did enjoy reading it.
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  • FromHellFromHell Member Posts: 1,311
    wonder if this will be available as e-paper for iPad

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  • cosycosy Member UncommonPosts: 3,228
    RIP

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