Rock Paper Shotgun Explained

Rock Paper Shotgun
Screenshot Size:275px
Company Type:Subsidiary
Location:Brighton
Country:England
Industry:Video game industry
Website Type:Video game journalism
Registration:Optional
Current Status:Active
Owner:Gamer Network
Editor:Graham Smith

Rock Paper Shotgun is a British video game journalism website. It was launched in July 2007 to focus on PC games and was acquired by Gamer Network, a network of sites led by Eurogamer, in May 2017.[1] [2]

History

Rock Paper Shotgun was founded by Kieron Gillen, Jim Rossignol, Alec Meer and John Walker in 2007. All four were freelancing for Future Publishing and wanted to create a website focused entirely on PC games.[3]

Gillen announced that he would no longer be involved in posting the day-to-day content of Rock Paper Shotgun in 2010,[4] focusing more on his work with Marvel Comics. He continued to act as a director and occasionally write essay pieces for the site. Rossignol founded his own game studio, Big Robot, in 2010,[5] but also continued to contribute to the site for six more years. Meer and Walker left in 2019.[6]

In June 2010, Rock Paper Shotgun announced an exclusive advertising partnership with the Gamer Network.[7] In May 2017, Gamer Network acquired the site outright.[8] A German sister-site was launched in 2017. It included translated and original content.[9]

The Gamer Network was acquired by ReedPOP in 2018, making the site a subsidiary of RELX Group.[10] In May 2024, IGN Entertainment acquired the Gamer Network, making Rock Paper Shotgun a subsidiary of Ziff Davis.[11]

Rock Paper Shotgun contributors include:

Reception

Bulletstorm

On 8 February 2011, the game Bulletstorm came under scrutiny by Fox News. These claims were largely ridiculed among gaming websites, including Rock Paper Shotgun, who ran a series of articles discrediting the reports by Fox News.[12] The articles analysed Carole Lieberman's claims and found only one of eight sources she provided had anything to do with the subject at hand. Fox News acknowledged that they had been contacted by Rock Paper Shotgun and responded to their claims on 20 February 2011 through another article, stating that the game still remained a threat to children.[13]

Public domain article

In 2014 a Rock Paper Shotgun article by John Walker about the existence of orphaned classic video games, and the suggestion to let them enter the public domain after 20 years, raised a controversial public debate about copyright terms and public domain[14] [15] between game industry veterans John Walker, George Broussard and Steve Gaynor.[12] [16] [17]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gamer Network acquires Rock, Paper, Shotgun . Dan . Pearson . 3 May 2017 . 3 May 2017 . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170503141138/http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-05-03-gamer-network-acquires-rock-paper-shotgun . 3 May 2017 .
  2. Web site: The Website That Saved The World . RPS . 13 July 2007 . Rock Paper Shotgun . 30 June 2019 . 30 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190630124602/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/07/13/the-website-that-saved-the-world/ . live .
  3. News: 2019-04-08. The Secret History Of Rock Paper Shotgun - Part One: Matters Of Import. Rock Paper Shotgun. 2022-09-15. 28 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200928093723/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/04/08/the-secret-history-of-rock-paper-shotgun-part-one-matters-of-import/. live.
  4. News: 2010-09-30. Half-Life: On Turning 35 And Leaving RPS. Rock Paper Shotgun. 2022-09-15. 9 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201109022514/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/09/30/half-life-on-turning-35-and-leaving-rps/. live.
  5. Web site: Big Robot Lives Again. Big Robot. 21 April 2012. Rossignol. Jim. Jim Rossignol. 27 September 2010. my new company, Big Robot. 30 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190330221248/http://www.big-robot.com/2010/09/27/hello-world/. live.
  6. Web site: Thank you and goodbye, Alec Meer. Rock, Paper, Shotgun. 9 April 2019. Smith. Graham. 21 September 2020. 13 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200813123120/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/04/09/thank-you-and-goodbye-alec-meer/. live.
  7. Web site: Martin . Matt . 2010-06-01 . Eurogamer strikes Rock, Paper, Shotgun partnership . 2024-05-23 . GamesIndustry.biz . en.
  8. Web site: Pearson . Dan . 2017-05-03 . Gamer Network acquires Rock, Paper, Shotgun . 2024-05-23 . GamesIndustry.biz . en.
  9. Web site: Smith . Graham . We've launched rockpapershotgun.de! . Rock Paper Shotgun . . 20 March 2024 . 20 September 2017.
  10. Web site: Dring . Christopher . 2018-02-26 . PAX organiser ReedPop acquires Gamer Network . 2024-05-23 . GamesIndustry.biz . en.
  11. Web site: Dring . Christopher . 2024-05-21 . IGN Entertainment acquires Eurogamer, GI, VG247, Rock Paper Shotgun and more . 2024-05-23 . GamesIndustry.biz . en.
  12. Web site: Bye-bye RPS, thanks for having me. Rock, Paper, Shotgun. 18 April 2019. Walker. John. 21 September 2020. 23 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201023211807/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/04/18/bye-bye-rps-thanks-for-having-me/. live.
  13. Web site: Brandon . John . 20 February 2011 . Bulletstorm: Censored in Germany, Coming to America . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160811015444/http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2011/02/20/bulletstorm-censored-germany-videogame-esrb.html . 11 August 2016 . 26 June 2016 . . Fox News Network.
  14. Web site: GOG's Time Machine Sale Lets You CONTROL TIME ITSELF . John . Walker . 2014-01-29 . 2016-01-30 . Rock Paper Shotgun . As someone who desperately pines for the PD model that drove creativity before the copyright industry malevolently took over the planet, it saddens my heart that a game two decades old isn't released into the world. . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20151102182137/http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/01/29/gogs-time-machine-sale-lets-you-control-time-itself/ . 2 November 2015 .
  15. Web site: Editorial: Why Games Should Enter The Public Domain . John . Walker . 2014-02-03 . 2016-01-30 . Rock Paper Shotgun . ...games more than a couple of decades old aren't entering the public domain. Twenty years was a fairly arbitrary number, one that seems to make sense in the context of games' lives, but it could be twenty-five, thirty. . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160416070252/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/02/03/editorial-why-games-should-enter-the-public-domain/ . 16 April 2016 .
  16. https://twitter.com/georgeb3dr/statuses/428565882608967680 George Broussard
  17. http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/SteveGaynor/20140203/209927/Copyright_trademark__money_in_a_creative_industry.php Copyright, trademark & money in a creative industry

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