In 1989, Steve Harris founded a videogame magazine called Electronic Gaming Monthly, or EGM for short. It would eventually become one of the longest running print magazines to solely focus on the gaming industry, but in January of 2009, it was announced that Ziff Davis, who earlier purchased the rights to the mag — would sell their assets to the online company UGO Entertainment. UGO, who mostly wanted EGM’s online network, would announce the cost of running a magazine was too much, and decided to end the publication.

The original founder Harris revealed back in August, that he had once again purchased the rights to publish EGM and said we should have seen the magazine on newsstands on December 1st. Obviously, the date has come and gone and EGM has yet to be spotted in stores. So, if you were worried that EGM’s return was never going to see the light of day — don’t fret — it’s coming in due time.

Steve Harris told game GamesIndustry.biz that Electronic Gaming Monthly is still on track to return, but now will happen in March 2010. “With our new weekly digital format, and the premium enhancement that newsstand purchasers will receive, we’re changing the value proposition in a new and meaningful way,” said Harris. “Not only does the digital companion allow us to offer additional content that is complementary to the print magazine, but it also gives us a way to communicate with our readers and update the print product in an ongoing manner.”

I don’t know about you, but for many years I thought EGM was by far the best magazine in gaming — up until its unexpected end earlier this year. It’s great to see we are only months away until we get to open the pages of EGM once again. I just hope the quality of its knowledge is as good, as it was before.