In the UK, the battle for game magazine dominance is one fought chiefly between two rival camps: behemoth Future
Publishing and struggling Highbury Entertainment. Future's mags include OXM, OPS2, EDGE and PC Gamer; Highbury publish
GamesTM, XBM, X360 and Play. Between the two, there's an offering for nearly everyone, but things are looking bad for
Highbury and the UK games magazine scene at the moment.
Shares in Highbury House Communications were suspended yesterday, while the financial future of the publisher is being
decided by its lenders. Highbury is currently £29.5m in debt, and has been struggling since a takeover bid by Future
was cancelled earlier this year. Some popular and well-selling titles are left in the lurch at the moment, but
profitable magazines may be picked up by other publishers. It would be a sad day for UK games magazines if every
Highbury product vanished from our shelves, so here's hoping that we'll see business as usual with many of the
titles.
[Thanks, JamesO]
