Meta Teardown
Frame-by-frame patch analysis for fighting games and MOBAs, with tier shifts explained in plain English. New drop every Tuesday, free to read, roughly a 12-minute deep dive.
Weekly · Free · Members get raw data — £4/mo
Shoreditch gaming zine · Est. 2019
Loud, ink-stained games writing.
We tear down the meta, chase weird indies and print it all like a photocopied fanzine. No affiliate padding, no review scores bought with hype.
Newsroom: +44 20 7377 5228
What we publish
Columns that hit print every week.
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Rig & Hardware Lab
We benchmark controllers, keebs and handhelds on our Shoreditch bench, then publish the numbers and the teardown photos. No sponsored verdicts, ever.
Monthly · Free · Loaner units returned to shops
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By the numbers
Small crew, loud reach.
640+
Features published since 2019
92k
Monthly readers across the site
0
Sponsored review verdicts, ever
18
Zine issues printed at our unit
What readers say
Notes from the inbox.
"The Meta Teardown on the last fighting-game patch saved my ladder rank. Actual frame data instead of vibes — rare these days."
"Found my new favourite indie through Indie Vanguard. Nobody else was covering it and the dev interview was genuinely lovely."
"Grabbed a printed issue at their Shoreditch unit. The halftone photos of the teardowns are gorgeous — feels like a proper zine."
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Pitch, tip or just talk games.
Got a story, a review build or a correction? We read everything. The newsroom is a converted print unit off Brick Lane — visitors welcome by appointment.
- Phone
- +44 20 7377 5228
- Studio
- 54 Redchurch Street, Shoreditch, London E2 7DP
- [email protected]
- Hours
- Tue–Sat, 11am–6pm