We always appreciate and encourage talented, creative and reliable writers who can contribute news and articles on The Games Informer. Writing for The Games Informer is not only a awesome way to get exposure and spread your voice/opinion to thousands of people around the country & globe but it’s a great way to giving back to the community which has helped thousands of members in the past and working towards promoting the gaming
You may write the following type of articles and columns for The Games Informer
- Gaming News
- Reviews
- Previews
- Articles & Feature
- PC Hardware News & Reviews (related to gaming only)
- Guides & Tutorials (games, hardware, software)
- Random Stuff (anything which you think is related to video gaming)
While above is just a basic criteria for the content we accept but don’t limit yourself to them. We accepts any and all things related to video games.
WHY WRITE FOR The Games Informer?
- Exposure to huge targeted audience
- PG Writers Achievement (when you contribute 3 or more articles)
- Advance your online reputation and experience as a online writer/journalist
- Great way to giving back to the gaming community of Pakistan
GUIDELINE & RULES
1 – The Games Informer will not tolerate Plagiarism Please provide us with an original article. If you use another site please be sure to cite or reference it in your post. You must attach image that you describes in your article.
2 – Use proper grammar and spelling so it is easily legible and readable to everyone, Always Check and Re-Check your article before submitting.
3 – Be creative in your reviews/previews to make it more enjoyable to read and do not write up your article in a rush. Just remember, its not a race to the finish line. Take your time and make it legible and grammatically correct.
Reviews & Previews
4 – Reviews must be minimum 1000 Words anything less than 1000 words will not be accepted. Previews or Demo Impressions can be shorter than reviews as they do not have enough information required making it as big as a review, the minimum for previews is 600 words anything less the minimum will not be accepted.
5 – Use proper paragraphs for reviews/previews do not make a jumbled up mess of lines.
6 – In a review scores for the following must be given: Game play Sound, Graphics, Lasting Appeal and Overall DO NOT give a score if a game does not have multiplayer instead leave it as N/A also for the overall score DO NOT take an average of the scores.
7 – For previews the minimum amount of screenshot required is two although three pics are recommended. For reviews the minimum required amount of screenshots are 3 although five pics are recommended.
Game Review Rating Scale:
8 – Rating Scale: 1 to 10 (with 0.5 incremental): For example: 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5 and so on.
9 – Rating Factors:
- Graphic (required)
- Sound (required)
- Multiplayer (optional, since not every game have it)
- Lasting Appeal (required)
- Overall (required, it should not be the average value of above factors)
10 – Pros & Cons
You should also include few Pros & Cons of the game in a comma separated format, for example:
The Good: amazing graphics, good use of sound effects and so on..
The Bad: repetitive game play, poor camera angle and so on..
Screenshots:
11 – A Screenshot should be of exact size 600 x 305 (not smaller, a little bigger image will be accepted). If you don’t know how to re size images then just let us know and send us the original images and will handle the rest, however this might increase the time at our end in publishing your article.
TERMS & CONDITIONS FOR PUBLIC PUBLICATIONS
Before submitting your article to us, please read our “User Generated Content” terms and conditions. They are available at our “Terms & Condition” page under section-5. You can read it here.
AUTHOR BIO
If you would like to have an “About Author” bio box below your article on The Games Informer, then please send us the following details along with your article
- Your Name
- Two to four lines intro (in 3rd person view)
- 100×100 pixel picture or your PG avatar will be used.
- Social & Gaming network info: Facebook, Twitter,
You have to send us the above information only once for your first entry, for all your future entries, your bio will be automatically added.
If you think you've got what it takes, then just send over your entry via email at: webmaster@thegamesinformer.com or post it in our “members articles submission” forum.