Checking Out the Competition: GamesRadar

Written by Jim Squires

Tuesday, 22 July 2008 07:47

Checking Out the Competition is a new feature that you'll see popping up from time to time, wherein the staff at theBBPS takes a look at what else is out there in the world of games journalism.

Out of all the sites I frequent on a daily basis, GamesRadar has to be the newest to be added to that rotation. Owned by UK-based Future Publishing (the same people behind such print magazines as Official Nintendo Magazine, PC Gamer, and the online website CVG), it serves a role not unlike the role 1UP plays to the Ziff Davis group. A central destination for the readers of their various game magazines, GamesRadar posts a good mixture of new content and content reprinted from their print publications. For example, even though it first appeared in PC Gamer UK GamesRadar features the brilliant piece 365 Days of Free Games, an article that (as the title suggests) offers a free game for every day of the year. On a side note, I feel inclined to call this one brilliant as I was thinking of running the same article. When I came across theirs, I put mine on ice.

At the same time GamesRadar is promoting some fantastic original content, like their current 7 Out of 10 Week, celebrating mediocrity in gaming. Many of the other things you'd expect to find in a comprehensive gaming site -- news, previews, reviews -- are all present. The site also offers a fairly comprehensive database of cheat codes, not unlike GameFAQS.

On the downside there's a bit of advertising overkill going on. Pop-ups and those annoying graphics that take up your whole browser for a second are rampant. It's a shame, because asides from that GamesRadar offers a pretty solid experience. Everything from editorial pieces like those mentioned about to exclusive coverage about new games (check out their fantastic Fallout 3 interview here) is fresh and original. Whether you're looking for an alternative to Gamespot, IGN or 1UP, or a new site to add to the rotation, make sure to check out what GamesRadar has to offer.

If you would like to have your site or blog featured on Checking Out the Competition, just drop me a line: jimmycanuck at gmail dot com.

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written by MC, July 23, 2008

They had me when they said that Final Fantasy VII was the #1 game not deserving nostalgia. I want to thank them from the bottom of my heart for making that excellent determination.

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