Oyungezer
Oyungezer is a Turkish video game magazine published monthly.
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| Type | Video game magazine |
|---|---|
| Format | Paper Magazine |
| Owner(s) | Sinan Akkol |
| Publisher | Seti Publishing |
| Editor | Serpil Ulutürk |
| Founded | September 2007 |
| Language | Turkish |
| Headquarters | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Circulation | 20,000 |
| ISSN | 1307-8933 |
| Website | oyungezer.com.tr |
History
Oyungezer was launched by the former editors of the Turkish edition of LeveL. The editors, after spending a month in recluse, announced the launch of the Oyungezer website and its subsequent forums. with the first issue released in November 2007.
It sold roughly 7,000 copies upon release, which was a record for a first-time issue of a gaming magazine.[1]
Sections
Oyungezer has five distinctive sections separated by content.
- A preview section titled 360 drc, edited by Furkan Faruk Akıncı, which focuses on the major new releases of the month.
- A strategy guide edited by Güven brothers which offers tips and information concerning a particular game.
- Ekran Dışı (Out of the Screen). an entertainment section edited by Damla Pınar Gök. It reviews recently released non-gaming entertainment products, mostly consisting of book, album and movie reviews. It also hosts reader mail-ins, editor columns, and famed editor Göktuğ Yüksel's personal N.E.M. page.
- Organize Sanayi (Organized Industry), a hardware focused section.
- Pixel, a retro gaming focused section.
Special issues
- Xbox 360 OGZ Special (2012)
- League of Legends OGZ Special (2014) (Sold separately)
- League of Legends OGZ Special 2nd issue (2014) (Sold separately)
Review system
In Oyungezer, one can score between 0.0 and 10.0. The highest score in the magazine was a 9.9 given to Grand Theft Auto IV by Tuğbek Ölek and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim by Umut Yanık in the November 2008 issue.
The magazine's lowest scores awarded were 1.0, for The Incredible Hulk and a 3.0 for Soldier of Fortune: Payback, both given by Kaan Alkın.
Other ventures
Oyungezer's parent company, SETİ Yapım ve Yayıncılık has expanded its operations since the inception of the magazine. A sister magazine to Oyungezer, Free-2-Play was released in 2009, focusing on free-to-play MMORPGs.
SETİ Yapım ve Yayıncılık has also undertaken the content management of TTNET Oyun, a digital video game distribution platform created by the leading internet service provider in Turkey, Türk Telekom. SETİ's other projects (all spearheaded by Oyungezer) include The Game, a gaming lobby at the Point Hotel Barbaros in Istanbul, METUTECH-ATOM, a video game development center placed inside the METU and the Electronic Sports League.