The stack of magazines trying to fight the shrinking audience for game print just got thicker.  Kill Screen has joined EGM Now and a revamped GamePro in an attempt to revitalize the category, although with a more focused effort.  As reported in Joystiq, Kill Screen is launching as a nonprofit, subscriber-funded publication looking to raise the quality bar in game journalism by un-tethering itself from the formulaic writing of traditional game magazines.  The magazine is currently working on a zero issue slated for January 2010 with a planned run of about 3,000 copies.  The magazine co-founders are Jamin Brophy-Warren and Chris Dahlen.

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