“Spire!” (From German spiel! - play! ) - Ukrainian monthly Russian-language game magazine [2] , aimed at young people, gamers , supporters of computer technology, cinema and anime . It has been published since May 2001. The motto of the magazine: " You and I are of the same blood ." In 2009, the circulation of the magazine was 30,000 copies [3] . In November 2015, the magazine suspended the print version and continued to exist as an online publication [4] .
| Spire! | |
|---|---|
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| Specialization | video games , computer technology, cinema |
| Periodicity | monthly magazine |
| Tongue | Russian |
| Editorial Address | Kiev, st. Pechersky Uzvoz, 13, of. 3a. |
| Chief Editor | Oleg Skubitsky |
| A country |  Ukraine |
| Publisher | Sharp Vision - Ukraine |
| Established | |
| Volume | 80 pages |
| Circulation | 30,000 [1] |
| Web site | shpil.com.ua |
Content
History
In May 2001, the first issue of Spire!
In February 2003, the editorial board of the magazine, its founder, Andrey Gaydut, left.
From 2003 to 2007, the magazine published special issues dedicated to individual games or topics.
In 2004, "Spire!" Opened its own website shpil.com.
In 2006, the magazine was one of the sponsors of the FIFA 06 tournament in Lviv - Karpaty Summer Cup 2006 [5] .
In 2007, the magazine switched from CD format to DVD
In April 2009, the issue of the magazine ceased [3] [6] , but two months later in June of that year, a new issue was released.
Since July 2010, “Spire!” Began to cooperate with the QTV channel.
In June 2011, “Spire!” Changed the site [7] - shpil.com.ua.
August 17, 2013 at the iGames exhibition was held "Spire-Day" [8] .
Since October 2014, the magazine has ceased to be published with a DVD disc , and has increased by 20 pages.
Since 2016, the magazine has ceased to appear in print [4] .
Categories and sections
The magazine contains many sections, which can appear both in each issue, and after a certain number of issues. Includes the following headings:
- Igropanorama - the latest news, impressions of major gaming events, all kinds of tops and ratings.
- MegaGame - reviews of the most memorable games for the last month.
- To play or not to play - patients who cannot be recommended to everyone and everyone get here, but it's still worth paying attention to them.
- We wait, sir - the authors report the release dates of which games should be circled in red on the calendar, and why.
- Cell-o-Fun - An overview of mobile games and applications .
- Atstoy - a section in which the editors protect readers from low-quality projects.
- Iron boom - a test of computer components, gadgets and other pieces of iron.
- InDus3 - thoughts about the gaming industry, analytics, trends and other boring words in a not boring presentation.
- Lab 13 - in this section, the authors of the magazine take any ideas, devices or technologies from computer games and tell if this can be seen in real life.
- Animations - reviews of fresh and not just anime series .
- Columbia Brothers - series , films , announcements .
- Miss Spire! - entertaining interviews with girls / gamers / cosplayers on the background of their no less entertaining photos.
- For those who are in the tank / Steep peak - a section devoted to the games of the company Wargaming.
- Comix Zone - comic book story, comic book discussion, comic book review. Everything related to comics.
Editors in Chief
- From 2001 to February 2003 Andrey Gaydut
- From March 2003 to December 2007 Max Pisarevsky
- From January 2008 to December 2010 Denis Bondarenko
- January to August 2011 Dmitry Yazovitsky
- From September 2011 to January 2014 Rostislav Malko [9] [10]
- February 2014 Alexey Tour
- From March 2014 to December 2016 Oleg Skubitsky [11]
- From January to August 2016 Denis Zaichenko.
ESports Support
“Spire!” In its history has organized several e-sports competitions, including the FIFA 06 championship in Lvov [12] . Also, as part of the Korean Wave 2015 festival, in Kiev, the ShpilCyberCup 2015 tournament was held in the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive discipline, where local teams competed [13] .
Notes
- ↑ Description of the magazine, its profile (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment October 24, 2014. Archived September 23, 2014.
- ↑ Journal Description
- ↑ 1 2 Paul of Cyburg. The Spire has left - The Gameplay has remained ... . GameWay.com.ua (April 10, 2009). Date of treatment December 19, 2018.
- ↑ 1 2 The Great Emigration of Spire! Magazine . The magazine "Spire!" (December 3, 2015). Date of treatment September 7, 2016. Archived on August 10, 2016.
- ↑ Results of the Karpaty Summer Cup 2006 . gameinside.ua (August 19, 2006). Date of treatment December 19, 2018.
- ↑ Paul of Cyburg. In Ukraine there will be a new magazine about the game - "Spieler" . GameWay.com.ua (August 3, 2009). Date of treatment December 19, 2018.
- ↑ Spire is working on a new site (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment October 24, 2014. Archived October 25, 2014.
- ↑ Flyer for Spire-Day (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment October 24, 2014. Archived October 24, 2014.
- ↑ Interview with Rostislav Malko
- ↑ interview with the editor-in-chief of Spire (on 07.2012), Rostislav Malko
- ↑ Paul of Cyburg. The magazine "Spire" was headed by a new editor-in-chief . GameWay.com.ua (February 3, 2014). Date of treatment December 19, 2018.
- ↑ Results of the FIFA 06 tournament in Lviv
- ↑ Prince. The results of ShpilCyberCup 2015 . Spire! (May 26, 2015). Archived August 15, 2015.