Issue #4 of Atomix Mag will be available tomorrow. Get ready.

Dear readers,

These past months have been a great adventure for all of us. Our mission

month after month has always been to innovate the way we deliver incredible

content. The issue that will launch tomorrow will be a turning point in the

history of the magazine, so we want to briefly describe some of the new

features we’ve been working on in the last month.

Innovative features that enable new ways to interact with the content

For Issue #4, we thought carefully about new features that would allow us to

express the original message from each of the writers’ contributions to the

magazine. Each article was designed to surprise you not only with the content

itself, but also how you interact with it. We hope to convey to you our passion

and dedication with every single article we made for this issue.

A new and improved user experience

- Bug fixes and major improvements in the stability of the app

The whole team has worked very hard on each issue to identify and eliminate

as many bugs as possible. This would not have been possible without your

kind comments and valuable feedback. Thanks for helping us to improve the

reading experience for all.

Another feature you asked for was shorter download time. We believe that

you will be pleased when you download the new issue tomorrow.

-Optimization of issues #1 and #2. Now they are smaller and more stable.

We know that every free megabyte in your iPad is valuable, so we have

endeavored to optimize the first issues of the magazine. If you download them

again, you’ll experience a more agile, bug-free publication. Don’t worry, we’ll

never charge you again for an issue you’ve already bought.

Take a look at some of the exclusive content you’ll find in Atomix

Magazine Issue #4

- Exclusive interviews with Nintendo masterminds and living legends Shigeru

Miyamoto and Eiji Aonuma

- An interview with Dan Greenawalt from Forza 4 as Dan gets behind the

wheel and drives us through the new features of the game

- A brutally honest opinion piece about this year’s E3

- In-depth features about the PS Vita, Wii U and iPad

And much more!

This issue is proof of the constant evolution of the magazine; at the same

time, it is a preview of all the cool things we have prepared for you in the

coming months.

The future of Atomix Mag.

It’s only been two and a half months since we launched our first issue, but it feels like we’ve been around for ages, right? Maybe it’s because we’ve been working on this since May 2010, or maybe because it has been two crazy busy months. Either way, it’s been quite a ride.

E3 is just around the corner, and we are super excited about it. While we get ready for the show, I can tell you in advance that we are preparing a bunch of features and getting many interviews with world-famous leading game designers and producers. Atomix will be there and I promise you: We are going to have some kick-ass content for the mag over the next few months. 

As you may already know, Area 5 has decided to take a step in a different direction, and we totally understand and support them. They are a bunch of talented guys, and we couldn’t be happier to have worked with them. We really wish them the best of luck. As for Atomix, we will pursue the original vision we had since day one: to become a truly global product with contributors, editors and freelancers working with us all around the world. We’ve set our goals high, and we are working every day to succeed in this objective. 

In just a few months, we’ve learned from many different things, including technical issues and unknown limitations we never imagined before launching our product. Developing for iPad and mobile devices is really fun, and we knew from day one that, in order create a perfect product which would be stable and bug free, it would require a large amount of time and patience. We’ve heard the complaints and suggestions, and we’ve been processing every bug report from every corner of the world. Step by step we are building a better, more stable, and more reliable app. Just over the last few weeks, we’ve made a bunch of improvements, including moving to a faster ISP for content delivery, fixing more bugs, and learning more about technical limitations about our platform running on iPad. 

Please consider that Atomix Mag is built on top of it’s own “engine”. To create all the contents you see each and every month, we are developing our own tools and software. We are not using just any random technology for iPad or Tablet content creations because we don’t want to get stuck with a bunch of average features that you will start to see in many different publications in the market. This is a difficult decision, but we know it will be better in the long run. 

For me, what’s worth noticing is that even big publishers like Condé Nast and Time Warner are still figuring out the best business model for their iPad publications. Heck, even yesterday there was some news of an iPad version of Wired Magazine! In a way, I feel like we are learning every day from this market and we are all inside a giant lab doing this crazy little experiment called “How Magazines Should Look and Feel in the Future”. 

Atomix Magazine is still a big freaking experiment and we will continue to innovate in our space. Being the first video game magazine created for iPad is not enough, and we won’t stand still. We have a bunch of ideas you will start noticing over the next few months, and we ask you to stay on board with us on this journey. 

We really want to thank all of our readers and consumers around the world that supported us during our launching period, especially since we know that some of you really suffered in order to get the magazine due to many different technical issues. To thank you all and try to return you some good will, we’ve decided that our 3rd issue will be free of charge. While we are still trying to figure out the best business model for this company, we really want to thank each and every one of you who are making this possible every single month. 

Expect an update for the app over the next week just before E3, and expect our third issue ready for E3 week (first week of June as usual), and trust us when we say that Atomix is here to stay.

Thank you all. We’ll keep in touch. 

Oscar Yasser

CEO, Publisher and Founder. 

Atomix Mag. 

@akirareiko (Twitter)

A quick FAQ for those experiencing problems with their download status bar

Why is the Atomix download bar not functioning properly?

Because of a problem with the CDN (Content Delivery Network). In this case, the server is sending the wrong file size of the issue to the app, and this information is necessary to properly estimate the download’s duration.

So how do I know if the issue is downloading properly?

The download itself is functioning properly in the background, it is simply being represented incorrectly graphically. You’ll know the download is active if you see the spinning wheel at the top left of your iPad. When the download bar disappears, the download is complete and you can view the issue like you normally would.

Will this be fixed with an update?

Yes. First, we are currently in contact with the tech support of our file servers to alert them to the problem and fix it. This could take hours or a couple of days.  Second, we are currently working on an app update that will fix the error outright. This update should be ready within a week.