Join us. Five out of Ten publishes the best independent games writing in the world. We offer our writers a blank canvas: we want your essays, experiences, hopes and dreams. We are written by everyone, for anyone. We’ll never be…

We are delighted to announce that our new Managing Editor is Lindsey Joyce. Lindsey joins us from our friends at Haywire Magazine, where she is the Managing Editor: she also contributes to Critical Distance and was Director of the National…

We are hiring a new Managing Editor. This is a paid, part-time, permanent position. We are looking for a talented editor with a commitment to our values. The perfect candidate will have editorial experience from a publication such as a…

We always said that if we printed Five out of Ten, we’d do it right. So we’ve teamed up with Society6 to offer some beautiful art prints that have graced our covers over our first two years. These are not…

21.1km! £730 raised! Over 3500 calories burned between us! On behalf of the Five out of Ten team, and our chosen charities SpecialEffect and Mind, thank you to everyone who sponsored Alan and Marko in the Oxford Half Marathon. Your…

Happy Halloween! This week only, we’re having an spookily great sale: 50% off anything you like, including Year One Reloaded and Escape to Na Pali. That’s just £2.50 / $4 USD an issue! Use the discount code TRICKORTREAT and you’ll…

Issue #10 of Five out of Ten is out, and it’s called Heart. It features writing from Cameron Kunzelman, Christos Reid, Ed Smith, Kaitlin Tremblay, and Alan Williamson. As with all our issues, it’s currently available at the ‘Early Bird’…

The next issue of Five out of Ten is our tenth: it’s called ‘Heart’ and it’s coming soon! While researching a piece called ‘Get Well’ about how people use games for mental and physical healing, Alan spoke to Max Strzelecki, a programmer…

Two big announcements today: the first is that the latest Video Game StoryBundle is here, featuring Five out of Ten! It includes the Year One pack – that’s our first five issues – and we’ve also included our sixth issue,…

“Time spent doing what you love is never wasted”. We’re delighted to announce the release of Five out of Ten #9: Time on Saturday, 9th August 2014. Time features ten outstanding essays from Becky Chambers, Chay Close, Jordan Garland, Joe…