It’s a big day! We’ve just opened a supporter program for Eurogamer, enabling readers – for the first time in the site’s 22-year history – to pay to read the site without ads and with many other benefits, including exclusive articles.
Subscriptions come in two tiers: Standard, priced at £3.99 / $4.99 per month, and Premium, which costs £5.99 / $7.99. You can save by buying yearly subscriptions.
Standard tier offers the ad-free reading experience, with a tweaked, cleaner site layout; an exclusive monthly “Letter from the Editor” column; discounts on Eurogamer merch (and other products from the ReedPop store), and supporter status emblazoned next to your username in the comments in a proud and fetching pink.
Premium tier has all the benefits of Standard plus some additional exclusive articles and access. You’ll support the return of the Eurogamer Podcast, and get early access to new episodes. You’ll be able to participate in “Ask Eurogamer” live Q&A sessions on the site. And you’ll get to read the Eurogamer team’s thoughts on the world beyond gaming in an exclusive weekly Off Topic column.
For more info, and to sign up, head over to our Support Us page. Or read on to find out more about why we’re doing this, and the thinking behind our offering.
This is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. Along with much of the internet, Eurogamer has, since its inception in 1999, been supported by ads. A few other things, but mostly ads. Advertising has been how we pay our bills, pay our writers, and make money. For the most part, this works. We’re lucky to have a great ad sales team who gets what we do, and we’ve always fought to keep our advertising as unobtrusive as possible while keeping up with the trends and pressures of the online advertising market. It’s not always easy, and we sometimes have to make compromises, but we think we do an OK job.