Submit Your Game for Review

The Gaming Gang relies heavily on companies and developers submitting complementary copies of their games for review and supporting TGG by linking to us (and in return by us linking to them) to help spread the word. Regardless of how we obtain games for review our opinions are always honestly presented.

In short:

If you are a company or developer and would like to submit a game, please take a look at the following guidelines and let us know if you are looking for a review or preview. We’ll contact you quickly and work out the logistics of getting a review copy into our hands. In order to insure that your game receives a fair review it will be assigned to an individual who is experienced in playing games of that genre, theme, or style. We prefer that a game is ready for release to the public although we will preview advanced beta designs that are preparing to go to print.

Our reviews, previews, interviews, etc. are all 100% free for game companies and developers. We strive to be fair and unbiased in presenting our impressions and thoughts as well as pointing out what sort of player your game will appeal to. If you would like to ensure in depth coverage, a second opinion, a timely review, or both Jeff and Elliott to talk about the game on the podcast, you’ll want to arrange for a second review copy to be provided.

We cannot make any promises about the sort of review you will receive, when you will receive it, or if you’ll even get one. We hate nothing more than trashing a game that someone spent a lot of time and effort on. As a result, if your game is good we generally get around to reviewing it faster than games that are more tedious or of a lower quality. In some cases, we may opt to preview your game rather than review it. Normally you can expect the review, or preview, to make it’s way to our visitors within fourteen to thirty days of receipt of the game.

Please keep in mind we will not provide a review based upon prototype submissions; we will only review games that are presented as a finished product that exactly reflects what will be available to the buying public. We do understand that, on very rare occasions, a minor revision is made before the final design is given a full print run and in those situations we will present a review. Prototypes and nearly complete masters will be given in depth previews or “sneak peeks”.

Copies may be sent to either of us although it must be noted that if only one copy is received we reserve the right to provide either a written review or coverage on the show but not both. Thus, to ensure the maximum discussion and coverage of your title, you might best consider providing copies for both reviewers.

Also, here is an explanation of our review system.

In closing we’d just like to say, to all the designers and publishers out there, thank you for making all the great games we love to enjoy!