paintball magazines

Since paintball has existed, it has been reported in a wide variety of media. After there were only a few reports in various sports magazines at the beginning, which only served as a supplement or side note, more and more professional reports, including independent magazines and newspapers, gradually came onto the market.

The most well-known paintball magazines of the past few years in German-speaking countries were Gotcha - Paintball Action and Paintball7. Both formats dealt purely with paintball and always provided the latest news and information about the scene. Unfortunately, both magazines have since been discontinued. The paintball community has been waiting desperately for a new paintball magazine.

In 2010, the scenario magazine came out, another magazine that was aimed purely at woodland players. Unfortunately, this booklet also disappeared after only a few issues due to poor planning and immature editing.

The Gotcha - Paintball Action was the paintball magazine par excellence.

Many still remember the Gotcha, and most of them will have read it at some point. From 1996 to 2012, Gotcha was the paintball magazine par excellence in Germany, Austria and Switzerland with up to 6 issues per year.

Unfortunately, the editors and publishers faltered a bit towards the end, resulting in the magazine's slow but unstoppable decline. Release dates were missed, content deteriorated noticeably, and eventually whole issues went unpublished. As a result, readers gradually lost interest in the magazine. The subscribers who subscribed to a paintball magazine like the Gotcha were also upset. All of this caused the Gotcha to be discontinued in the end. No new issues have been published since then.

The Paintball7, a glossy paintball magazine

The second major magazine in Germany was Paintball7. It was very professional and almost had the character of a glossy sports magazine. Each issue was peppered with the latest information on teams, technology, news from the league and current events. All of this made Paintball7 particularly popular with readers from the DPL league scene, as you could always find the latest game results in the magazine.

The reports about the well-known traditional teams of the scene, which could be found in every issue, were particularly popular with the paintballers. With the help of the booklet, even beginners could get a good insight into the scene and quickly found their way around.

Unfortunately, Paintball7 was discontinued due to legal disputes, which resulted in the magazine being discontinued. The editorial office was closed and another large paintball magazine disappeared from the market.

Where can I still buy a current paintball magazine today?

Unfortunately, the search is still difficult. There are a few paintball magazines such as Facefull or PaintballX3, which the reader can purchase online and read at home on their computer. However, our experience shows that customers would also like to have a printed booklet in their hands that they can take with them and read in their free time. Of course almost everyone has a laptop or tablet PC these days, but who takes it to paintball or something like that? - Right, almost nobody...

The first point of contact for paintball booklets and magazines should definitely be your local specialist dealer or paintball shop. Any well-stocked dealer will be able to sell you the current issue of the paintball magazine, if there is one at the moment. So just ask your trusted dealer on site or on the field for the latest issue of your favorite paintball magazine.

The kiosk at the train station or airport is always a good place to go to buy new magazines. Due to the large number of visitors and the international clientele, the magazine stands at the train station or the nearest airport usually have very special assortments and therefore usually offer significantly more selection than the normal magazine trade does.

The Paintball Sports Magazine - The new German paintball newspaper

After years of silence when it came to German-language paintball magazines , we decided at the end of 2018 that it was time to have a real, printed paintball magazine for the German market again. For this reason, the Paintball Sports Team decided to take the daring step and make the first Paintball Sports Magazine .

Due to the very positive response from the scene, a second issue quickly followed. Gradually the format grew and became more and more a real paintball magazine.