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file this one under “You Lucky Brits”….. the UK magazine, Xbox 360 Gamer, has scored an exclusive hands on:

Xbox 360 Gamer Rides The Lightning With Guitar Hero: Metallica

Uncooked Media’s Xbox 360 GAMER magazine unleashes an exciting metallic foil cover design and exclusive hands-on preview feature of Guitar Hero: Metallica

11/02/09 – The latest issue of Uncooked Media’s Xbox 360 GAMER magazine explodes onto UK shelves Thursday 12^th February with an exclusive on the heaviest and most hardcore Guitar Hero yet – Guitar Hero: Metallica. Xbox 360 Gamer is the first magazine in the UK to get hands-on time with Guitar Hero: Metallica, the new entry in the worldwide Guitar Hero phenomena that allows gamers to experience what it’s like to be one of the biggest bands in the world.

I know some Barnes and Noble stores have import magazines, maybe someone will pick it up, but hopefully one of the next gen mags will have a crack at it in their next issue as well here in the US.

Limited Edition In-Game Item Only Available Through Magazine

DALLAS, TX (December 1, 2008) – Fans of the Lord of the Rings Online (LotRO) expansion, Mines of Moria, will be excited when they hear about a special promotion between Turbine and Beckett’s Massive Online Gamer (MOG) magazine. There’s an exclusive in-game item that’s now being made available to LotRO players and MOG readers. A secret access code inside the latest issue of Massive Online Gamer #16 magazine, available on newsstands beginning this week, will provide all readers with a limited edition in-game item called the “Cloak of the Cold Well.” For fans who cannot wait for the magazine to hit the newsstand, the first 1000 people to subscribe to Massive Online Gamer will receive a unique LotRO code via email that can be redeemed for the in-game item.

“We have set up a new subscription service that will allow new subscribers to get the code almost instantaneously (within 2 business days). LotRO players can either wait for the magazine to hit the newsstands or get the code now. When you subscribe, you’ll get the code as well as a great discount on our annual subscription,” said Doug Kale, editor of Massive Online Gamer.

Fans of LotRO will want to nab this exclusive Cloak of the Cold Well in-game item as quickly as possible since it is a limited edition item.

“In addition to the this special In-Game item in MOG #16, we’ve also included an exclusive Mines of Moria Resource Guide, courtesy of Turbine, that will offer players valuable tips on improving their game play. Plus, wait till you see what else in included in this issue. It’s very exciting!,” added Kale.

To subscribe to Massive Online Gamer, click herehttp://www.beckett.com/beckettmog/default.osi.

This month Thirteen1 (http://www.thirteen1.com) is bringing you a massive edition of quality games, interviews and giveaways!

Along with a bumper 10 page Wrath of the Lich King special, featuring comments from some of Warcrafts most notable community figures, there’s a whole host of top games for the run up to Christmas.

The November issue has T1 stomping Locust heads in Gears of War 2, escaping the vault in Fallout 3, and writing their own stories in Fable II.

Between all of that they’ve swung around New York in a very Spider-man like manner, moved the earth in WorldShift and traded with force in the new Star Wars Galaxies TCG (“traded with force”…who writes this?)

Still not sure which football game to spend your hard earned cash on? They’ve got that covered!

Or maybe you’ve been getting caught up in the election excitement and are wondering about the best game to test out your political skills? They’ve only gone and cleared that up for you too!

To top it all off , they’ve caught up with the guys behind Cities XL to find out what they could about the Leipzig wowing game, and also trapped the people behind Champions Online for a rather super Q&A.

Give us prizes dammit!

Thirteen1 have got a whole host of top prizes to giveaway this month, so be sure you don’t miss out!

-There’s an XFX Nvidia 9600GT Express Graphics Card and Headset to win in conjunction with The Political Machine
-Copies of some top games
-Gears of War books to giveaway in celebration of the ground-breaking game
-AND a rare Collectors Edition of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King.

Not bad for a free magazine, eh?

Read it now: http://www.thirteen1.com, There’s nothing to lose and plenty of gaming goodness to gain

Issue 22 of 360Zine is now available for free download from GamerZines.com, the portal for free digital magazines for gamers. The magazine includes 12 pages dedicated to Fable 2 including a massive hands-on preview based on exclusive access to the release candidate version of the game and includes several new exclusive screens from the game.

“This is a massive scoop for the magazine,” says Dan Hutchinson, Editorial Director for GamerZines.com. “Not only did we get access to the latest version of the game, but developer Peter Molyneux spent the afternoon with us playing it and answering every question we could think of. The issue is a Fable fan’s dream come true.”

As well as the preview, the issue includes an exclusive interview with Molyneux, with the complete 15 minute video included embedded on the magazine page itself. Molyneux dispels the 12 hour playthrough time myth and talks DLC.

In addition to Fable 2, the issue includes hands on previews for Fallout 3, Guitar Hero On Tour and Hail to the Chimp.

All GamerZines.com magazines including 360Zine are professionally written and produced by a team of games journalists and publishers with decades of experience in the magazine industry. The portal offers free monthly magazines for various games platforms in interactive PDF format. All the magazines are enhanced with rich media and extensive video of the games in action.

Readers do not need to register to download the magazines, which are all completely free. All that is required to view the magazines is Adobe Reader version 6 or above on Windows or Mac, and a broadband internet connection.

Gamers can download this issue of 360Zine for free now from http://www.gamerzines.com/

Copenhagen, 3 September The largest games magazine and website in the Nordic region Gamereactor, have launched Gamereactor International – www.gamereactor.eu – in English. The website features an English version of the magazine (pdf), a news blog with a special interest in the Nordic gaming industry, and all the latest English programmes from GRTV.
Heading up the new international effort is long-time editor of Gamereactor Sweden, Bengt Lemne.

- The ambition of creating an English version of Gamereactor has been there for a while. But it has been hard to find a fitting place in the smorgasbord of international gaming sites out there. I feel that our mix of well produced video programmes from GRTV, news and blogging from a Northern European perspective and the pdf magazine add something to the rich selection of gaming sites out there, comments Bengt Lemne, editor of Gamereactor International.

Taking advantage of decades worth of experience from the editors in all four countries Gamereactor can hardly be said to be a complete newcomer. With the growing success of Nordic game developers such as Avalanche Studios (Just Cause), CCP Games (Eve Online), Deadline Games (Total Overdose, Watchmen), Digital Illusions (Battlefield, Mirror’s Edge), Funcom (Age of Conan, Dreamfall), Grin (Bionic Commando, GRAW), IO Interactive (Hitman, Kane & Lynch), Massive Entertainment (Ground Control, World in Conflict), Paradox Interactive (Europa Universalis, Hearts of Iron), Remedy Entertainment (Alan Wake, Max Payne), Starbreeze Studios (The Chronicles of Riddick, The Darkness) as well as a multitude of smaller and up and coming companies, it is only fitting that there should also be an English website originating from this region.

Apart from the exciting first edition, or pilot, of the pdf magazine, that is available for download now, there will also be plenty of GRTV content published this week. From an interview with the lead designer of Diablo III Jay Wilson, to an update with Funcom’s Erling Ellingsen on the status of Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures and a couple of interviews on Call of Duty: World at War this promises to be a strong week for GRTV. A walkthrough of one new level shown off at Games Convention as well as the create and share components of Little Big Planet with level designer Craig Kerrison and an interview on the upcoming Wii exclusive House of the Dead: Overkill are already available for viewing.

Link to the new website:http://www.gamereactor.eu
Direct link to PDF magazine:http://viewer.zmags.com/showmag.php?mid=hggdh#/page0/

About Gamereactor
Gamereactor is a high quality free magazine about Games and Gadgets – Electronic Entertainment. The magazine has a combined circulation of 175,000 copies in the Nordic region. It has a succesful journey in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland for the last 9 years, expanding organically into different Nordic markets and oppurtunities. The great success has been achieved with the uncompromising strive for perfect products including the magazine, website, Gamereactor TV and game servers.

Latest issue of free digital MMORPG magazine includes 14 pages dedicated to new World of Warcraft expansion. Includes exclusive videos, details and wallpapers.

GamerZines.com, the portal for free digital magazines for gamers, today announces the publication of MMOZine Issue 6. The issue includes a massive hands-on preview of Wrath of the Lich King, including 8 exclusive videos, a virtual tour of Valiance Keep, 6 exclusive World of Warcraft desktop backgrounds, an exclusive interview with Blizzard and an introductory tutorial to the new Wrath of the Lich King expansion.

“Wrath of the Lich King is without doubt going to be the event of the year for MMO gamers,” says Dan Hutchinson, Editorial Director for GamerZines.com. “This issue of MMOZine has everything people could want to know about the expansion and includes some explosive revelations from Blizzard themselves.”

The magazine also includes an exclusive preview for Aion: The Tower of Eternity with new screens and details, plus a scoop on the just announced Blade and Soul, the oriental martial arts MMO from NCsoft.

All GamerZines.com magazines including MMOZine are professionally written and produced by a team of games journalists and publishers with decades of experience in the magazine industry. The portal offers free monthly magazines for various games platforms in interactive PDF format. All the magazines are enhanced with rich media and extensive video of the games in action.

Readers do not need to register to download the magazines, which are all completely free. All that is required to view the magazines is Adobe Reader version 6 or above on Windows or Mac, and a broadband internet connection.

Gamers can download this issue of MMOZine for free now from http://www.gamerzines.com/