''Gameplay'' was a
Russian language
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magazine about
video game
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s, published in
Ukraine
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b
ITC Publishingsince August 2005. Its circulation (as for September 2009) was 20 000. It ceased publication in June 2010.
Staff
Notable writers for the magazine include Editor-in-Chief
Serhiy Halyonkin (often referred as Segal), editors
Anna Zinchenko and
Alina Zhigunova, authors
Oleg Ovsienko,
Mikhail Zinchenko,
Yaroslav Singayevsky and
Igor Klimovsky.
Magazine content
Gameplay is best known for its "Evolution of genres" series of articles, that describes history and evolution of computer and video games for past 30 years.
Each April issue carries a theme "Our games" and writes about most game developers studios, situated in Ukraine.
Also, Gameplay publishes
previews,
review
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s,
interview
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s and such - as most of gaming press do.
Controversy
Some readers note that Gameplay gives a lot of attention to video games, sometimes giving a console games a higher score than to PC games. But editorial boards say that it is because of higher popularity of PC games in
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
, which sometimes is credited to higher level of piracy.
External links
http://gameplay.com.ua- official website for Gameplay magazine (in Russian)
2005 establishments in Ukraine
2010 disestablishments in Ukraine
Magazines established in 2005
Magazines disestablished in 2010
Defunct magazines published in Ukraine
Russian-language video game magazines
Magazines published in Ukraine
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