Oyungezer
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| Type | Video game magazine |
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| 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 |
Oyungezer is a Turkish video game magazine published monthly.
History[edit]
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.[citation needed]
It sold roughly 7,000 copies upon release, which was a record for a first-time issue of a gaming magazine.[1]
Sections[edit]
Oyungezer has five distinct 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 the 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 section focused on hardware.
- Pixel, a retro gaming-focused section.
Special issues[edit]
- 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[edit]
Oyungezer reviews are scored 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.[citation needed]
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[edit]
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.[citation needed]