PAL Gaming Network

The PAL Gaming Network (also known as PALGN) is a video-game website owned and operated by Australians. As the name implies, the site reports on video game news for The Pal video game region (Australia and Europe). The site was founded in January 2002 by several members of the IGN boards after dissatisfaction at the amount of video game information targeted at Australians.

The site claims to reach nearly 200,000 monthly readers, 88% of these Australian. StatCounter.COM provides the statistics for this.

PSP formatting

On September 10 2005 the site launched a PSP formatted version. This version is automatically launched when visitors view the site from a PSP. There are currently no ads on this version of the site.

Community

On October 9 2006 PALGN launched their own blogging system. While it is primarily used by the site's staff, anyone can register for an account and start their own blog.

PALGN currently has over 5000 members on the forums, with hundreds of posts made every day. It also features a Game Exchange forum where users can trade, buy or sell with other users.

Syndication

PALGN's content is sydicated through various outlets. These include online retailer Gamehead and the now inactive Gamestate. When Google launched their personalised home system, PALGN was one of only game media site listed in their directory for Australia.