Zyber
22-09-2007, 03:09 PM
We at Matchbox360 have always tried to provide our members with the best things we can offer. The best forum, the best tournaments and the best news. It was in this spirit that Sub and I decided to create an online games magazine called Ignition just over a year ago. Our goal was to provide the community with the best free games magazine we could, created by gamers, for gamers; without all those pesky adverts and without the influence of a games company.
Stewart and I worked really hard on this project and we started getting great feedback from other journalist, games companies and people who just read the magazine. Unfortunately, with the magazine generating no revenue, and with our own lives becoming extremely busy, we are unable to continue with Ignition. This might not come as a huge shock as it has been several months without an issue or even an update.
We always did the best we could with the resources we had available, we knew it was never perfect but we tried not only to push the boundaries of what we could do visually but journalistically as well. The writing team did a great job ever since the first issue and I would like to thank everyone who contributed to Ignition.
We have tried to prevent this from happening, we looked at getting assistant editors, a new designer; but at the end of the day, we felt that it would only do an injustice to what we have achieved since launch. We can no longer provide a service which we think is up to the standard you, our community, deserve; so we've decided to call it a day. I would like to thank everyone who read Ignition, everyone who helped in the production and everyone who supported us. The following people are those who contributed articles to Ignition and I would like to thank:
Stewart Bradford - SubDivid3r (http://live.xbox.com/en-GB/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=SubDivid3r)
Jamie Loader - The Meanmachine (http://live.xbox.com/en-GB/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=the+meanmachine)
Jonny Morgan - Pie In The Sky (http://live.xbox.com/en-GB/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=Pie+In+The+Sky)
Andrew Costello - mR jun7ao (http://live.xbox.com/en-GB/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=mR+jun7ao)
Ben J - Cornish Piskie (http://live.xbox.com/en-GB/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=Cornish+Piskie)
Ryan Hughes - zFury (http://live.xbox.com/en-GB/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=zFury)
Dan Gaskin - Khz Gaskin (http://live.xbox.com/en-GB/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=Khz+Gaskin)
Luke Newcombe - Duke Nuke76 (http://live.xbox.com/en-GB/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=Duke+Nuke76)
Stephen Gradwell - Killarapp (http://live.xbox.com/en-GB/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=Killarapp)
Luke Willingham - Lukant 23 (http://live.xbox.com/en-GB/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=Lukant+23)
Andy Broth - RaolainVizsral (http://live.xbox.com/en-GB/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=RaolainVizsral)
Cat Fuellsak - Fear the Cat (http://live.xbox.com/en-GB/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=Fear+the+Cat)
But don't count us out, we may return in the future but for now we can no longer continue with Ignition. The flame might be going out for now, but it can always be re-ignited.
Stewart and I worked really hard on this project and we started getting great feedback from other journalist, games companies and people who just read the magazine. Unfortunately, with the magazine generating no revenue, and with our own lives becoming extremely busy, we are unable to continue with Ignition. This might not come as a huge shock as it has been several months without an issue or even an update.
We always did the best we could with the resources we had available, we knew it was never perfect but we tried not only to push the boundaries of what we could do visually but journalistically as well. The writing team did a great job ever since the first issue and I would like to thank everyone who contributed to Ignition.
We have tried to prevent this from happening, we looked at getting assistant editors, a new designer; but at the end of the day, we felt that it would only do an injustice to what we have achieved since launch. We can no longer provide a service which we think is up to the standard you, our community, deserve; so we've decided to call it a day. I would like to thank everyone who read Ignition, everyone who helped in the production and everyone who supported us. The following people are those who contributed articles to Ignition and I would like to thank:
Stewart Bradford - SubDivid3r (http://live.xbox.com/en-GB/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=SubDivid3r)
Jamie Loader - The Meanmachine (http://live.xbox.com/en-GB/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=the+meanmachine)
Jonny Morgan - Pie In The Sky (http://live.xbox.com/en-GB/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=Pie+In+The+Sky)
Andrew Costello - mR jun7ao (http://live.xbox.com/en-GB/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=mR+jun7ao)
Ben J - Cornish Piskie (http://live.xbox.com/en-GB/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=Cornish+Piskie)
Ryan Hughes - zFury (http://live.xbox.com/en-GB/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=zFury)
Dan Gaskin - Khz Gaskin (http://live.xbox.com/en-GB/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=Khz+Gaskin)
Luke Newcombe - Duke Nuke76 (http://live.xbox.com/en-GB/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=Duke+Nuke76)
Stephen Gradwell - Killarapp (http://live.xbox.com/en-GB/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=Killarapp)
Luke Willingham - Lukant 23 (http://live.xbox.com/en-GB/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=Lukant+23)
Andy Broth - RaolainVizsral (http://live.xbox.com/en-GB/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=RaolainVizsral)
Cat Fuellsak - Fear the Cat (http://live.xbox.com/en-GB/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=Fear+the+Cat)
But don't count us out, we may return in the future but for now we can no longer continue with Ignition. The flame might be going out for now, but it can always be re-ignited.