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Copied from Video Game Journalism

OLD: Video game journalism is a branch of journalism concerned with the reporting and discussion of video games. It is typically based on a core reveal/preview/review cycle. There has been a recent growth in online publications and blogs.

NEW: Video game journalism's focus is on the reporting of the video game industry. This practice has its foundation in print-based magazines and now has been carried over into web-based publications. This web-based reporting takes on the forms of online publications as independent reviews like blogs, and video reviews. These reviews consist of both modern and retro video games.

Ethics of this practice has been called into question on the bases of conflict of interests and interference for game publishers causing rumors to be circulated. . With these issues in the profession, there has been a call to change the way in which journalists report on video games called New Games Journalism.

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Independent
While self-made print fanzines about games have been around since the first home consoles, the rise of the internet gave independent gaming journalist a new platform(cite).

At first ignored by most major game publishers, it was not until the communities developed an influential and dedicated readership, and increasingly produced professional (or near-professional) writing that the sites gained the attention of these larger companies.

Independent video game websites are generally non-profit, with any revenue going back towards hosting costs and, occasionally, paying its writers. As their name suggests, they are not affiliated with any companies or studios, though bias is inherent in the unregulated model to which they subscribe. While many independent sites take the form of blogs (the vast majority in fact, depending on how low down the ladder you look), the 'user-submitted' model, where readers write stories that are moderated by an editorial team, is also popular.

In recent times some of the larger independent sites have begun to be bought up by larger media companies, most often Ziff Davis Media, who now own a string of independent sites.

In 2013–2014, IGN and GameSpot announced significant layoffs.

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Independent

Independent games journalism is the production of journalism separate from major publishers.

While self-made print fanzines about games have been around since the first home consoles, the rise of the Internet gave independent gaming journalist a new platform. During the 2000's print-game magazines began to move to online publications. The first major magazine that switched to an online medium was Game Zero. These online platform can take on the form of blogs, "user-submitted" sites, gaming websites, Youtube channels and Twitch stream. YouTube and Twitch have become important in the gaming industry, getting attention of major companies. As Youtubers grow in popularity, game journalist are getting less attention from publishers.

In regards to gaming websites, these sites makes money by running ads but with the rise of ad blockers websites either have to block users from entry if they are running one of these programs or use other methods to raise a profit; such as, sponsored content, affiliate links and donations from readers. Writers for these sites are offered "pay-per" view, low or no pay. They can also be compensated by companies offering writers the opportunities to gain experience, a chance to build their portfolios, game codes and other free merchandise.

However some major games websites have been black listed by developers.