Journal of Game Development

A Letter from the Publisher
June 26, 2008

It is with great regret that we announce the discontinuation of The Journal of Game Development.  Our decision to discontinue the Journal was not an easy one; however, a number of business factors forced us to make this change.  The declining number of article submissions that were received each quarter began to limit the number of articles we are able to include in each issue, which we believe was negatively impacting the overall quality of the contents of the Journal. Also, the Journal’s subscription base has been on a steady decline and can no longer support the costs to produce the Journal. 

We would like to thank Mark Deloura, the founding Editor of the Journal and Jenifer Niles, the original Managing Editor.  It was with a great deal of effort that The Journal of Game Development was created.  We thank the Editor In Chief, Michael Young, for all of his efforts in pulling the Journals together.  And, of course, we thank the Advisory Board and all of the Editorial Board members for their support and time devoted to reviewing each submission.

We thank everyone in the community who helped support The Journal of Game Development in the past years and sincerely apologize for being unable to continue with its publication. 

We will address the subscription holders on an individual basis.  For any questions, please feel free to e-mail me directly at emi.smith@cengage.com. 

Emi Smith
Managing Editor