SquareGo was an independent publication founded in Scotland in 2006 and publishing until 2015, which reported on video game news, reviews and previews.

History

SquareGo originated as an offshoot from the digital section of The Skinny. Due to a lack of available space in the magazine's pages, the digital editor of The Skinny, Josh Wilson, started up a spin-off magazine with the aim of providing the digital coverage for the magazine but also with the required space to further cover the Games Industry.

In August 2008, SquareGo separated amicably all business links with The Skinny.

The website appeared online on 10 May 2006 as Fidget Magazine, but by August the name had been changed to SquareGo. The original paper edition of the magazine was published from August 2007 every calendar month until August 2008, featuring wraparound covers varying in subject from titles such as Star Wars: The Force Unleashed to Fallout 3.

In February 2009, SquareGo entered into a distribution deal with retail company Gamestation, to provide copies of the magazine in all Scottish branches of the store[1]

The website took over in earnest after August 2008 and grew exponentially over the years to over 30,000 weekly hits.

The site slowed its article output throughout 2014, and closed for good in March 2015.

Editors-in-chief

  • February 2006 – June 2008; Josh Wilson
  • July 2008 – August 2009; Dave Cook
  • September 2009 – February 2010; Graeme Strachan
  • February 2010 – December 2011; Phil Harris
  • December 2011 – December 2012; Josh Wilson
  • January 2013 – March 2015; Graeme Strachan

Regular features

In addition to reviews, First Impression, and Hands-On previews, The magazine also regularly publishes several standard types of featured articles.

  • Bargain/Bin – A series wherein Phil Harris and various colleagues review games that can be purchased for less than £5. Each game is given a rating of either 'Bargain' if it is an enjoyable distraction, or 'Bin' if they consider it worthless.
  • Schottland im Fokus – Phil Harris' Artikelserie über die schottische Spieleindustrie und ihre weiterreichenden politischen Auswirkungen.
  • Aus Liebe zu... – Eine Artikelserie der Mitarbeiter über ihre liebsten alten Spiele.
  • Monat in Japan – Ein monatlicher Blog von Pete Swan, der sich mit der Spieleindustrie und der Spieleszene in Japan befasst.
  • Pixel Curry – Ein monatlicher Blog des preisnominierten Autors Rishi Alwani, der sich mit der Spieleindustrie und -szene in Indien befasst.

Kritische Rezeption

Am 7. November 2010 wurde SquareGo zur Website der Woche im Bereich Computer- und Videospiele ernannt . [ 2 ]

Am 21. Juli 2011 wurde SquareGo von The List zur 26. besten Website Schottlands gekürt . [ 3 ]

Referenzen

  1. ^ „Gamestation-Vertriebsabkommen in ganz Schottland“ . Games Press (Pressemitteilung) . Abgerufen am 25. Februar 2009 .
  2. ^ „CVGs Website der Woche“ . Abgerufen am 21. Juli 2011 .
  3. ^ „Die Liste: Die besten schottischen Websites“ . Abgerufen am 21. Juli 2011 .