Writing and Games Journalism, an overview.

There are many forms of games writing in the world today, but the two main categories are formal and informal. There is the Games Journalism which will be for magazines such as pc games or PSX. These forms of writing are very professional and are written so that the majority of readers will understand. These come in the form of reviews, news, events ect. In the gaming world. The wages for these writers would be paid for by the publisher, for example the new games blog is published by the guardian online and also they do some writing in their newspapers. But there is a lot of informal work out there, unpaid, by people who just want to get the message out and people who are passionate about games and writing.
I’ve had a look at some of the websites and the style of writing does alter between each one. In the unpaid blogs the writing is very informal and is generally written how the person would talk. The formal writing uses a lot more technical terms and usually gives an unbiased view if it’s a review.

A high percentage of games writing is reviews and these are essential for the sale and marketing of new games. A good review in an established magazine could determine whether or not the game is a hit or a flop. There are also reviews on blogs which tend to be more biased to peoples preferences but can be a good way of gathering information about which game to buy.