VG247

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VG247
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VG247 as of February 1, 2011
Web address www.vg247.com
Commercial? No
Type of site
Gaming newsblog
Registration None
Available in English (UK)
Italian (Italy)
Polish (Poland)
Owner Videogaming247 Ltd.
Created by Patrick Garratt[1]
Alexa rank
5,224 (April 2015)[2]

VG247 (stylized as VG24/7) is a video game blog published in the United Kingdom, founded in February 2008 by industry veteran Patrick Garratt. CNET blog Crave ranked it as the third best gaming blog in the world.[3]

History

Founded in collaboration in February 2008 between games journalist Patrick Garratt and Eurogamer Network, VG247 was set up to be a news-only blog, the first of its kind in the UK to have a specialist games blog found among the likes of American sites Kotaku and Joystiq.[1] At launch, VG247 did not review video games and focused instead on news, interviews, and previews. Garratt was the only staff member at the time of launch, although grew in time with the addition of contributors Mike Bowden and Nathan Grayson.[1] In early 2009, the site relaunched with a new design, new features, and staff.[1][4] The site added additional staff over the next year.[5][6][7]

VG247 began to create original video content in 2012[8] and had some staff changes.[9][10] Matt Martin became the site's editor-in-chief and website founder Patrick Garratt moved into a full-time publisher role in 2014.[11] This appointment accompanied a third redesign.[12] The site launched an Italian edition in March.[13]

In October 2015, VG247 pulled their preview of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End and issued an apology after being contacted by Sony that they had played Uncharted 2: Among Thieves from the remastered Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection.[14]

Awards

VG247 has been nominated twice for Best Website and Best Online Blog at the Games Media Awards in 2008 and 2009. And while it did not win either in 2008,[15] it did win Best Online Blog in 2009, with Garratt winning Best Specialist Online Writer in 2009, having only been nominated in 2008. Garratt was awarded the Games Media Legend award in 2009.[citation needed]

The site was nominated for the Best Online Blog award at the 2010 Games Media Awards,[16] but lost to Rock, Paper, Shotgun. The site was nominated again for the Best Online Blog at the 2011 Games Media Awards.[17]

References

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  3. Top ten gaming blogs | Crave | CNET UK Crave.CNET.co.uk. Last accessed November 6, 2009.
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  5. VG247 freelance spot available, possibly to you VG247.com. Last accessed June 8, 2009
  6. Johnny Cullen becomes latest addition to VG247 team VG247.com. Last accessed December 14, 2009.
  7. VG247 becomes first and only 24-hour UK-based videogames news site VG247.com. Last accessed January 4, 2011.
  8. VG247 pushes on original video with Sam Clay signing VG247.com. Last accessed March 21, 2012.
  9. Dave Cook joins VG247 as new UK editor VG247.com. Last accessed October 10, 2012.
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  15. UK's media darlings hailed | Games Industry | MCV MCV. Last accessed October 16, 2009
  16. Games Media Awards finalists revealed | Games Industry | MCV MCV. Last accessed August 11, 2010
  17. GMA 2011: The finalists | Games Industry news | MCV MCV. Last accessed August 11, 2011

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