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Free Online Paintball Magazines

By , About.com Guide

As much fun as it is to thumb through a good magazine, an online version, especially when it's free, can often be just as enjoyable. Plus, many publishers are switching to online-only versions of their magazines with additional interactive content and videos, so enjoying these online might be the only way to stay up to date with the paintball industry.

1. Paintball Sports Magazine

A general interest paintball magazine that covers both tournament ball as well as scenario play. It lacks the interactive content of some other online magazines but in turn delivers more in depth articles and a more complete coverage of the industry.

2. Paintball News

A magazine designed "by the player for the player" with an emphasis on what the player-writers are interested in.  It's not the flashiest magazine, but it has some good articles and fewer ads than other digital magazines.

3. Splat Magazine

A comprehensive paintball magazine that tends to favor the tournament paintball audience but also covers some scenario paintball. It has lots of reviews of gear, industry news, tips and paintball girls.

4. Welt Magazine

A smaller magazine that seems to read like an interactive MySpace page with lots of multimedia and YouTube videos. It has a fair number of reviews, interviews and stories to accompany its monthly collection of paintball welts and injuries.

5. Face Full Magazine

This online magazine reads much like a traditional paper magazine with classic magazine layouts, full page advertisements and professional paintball coverage. It is directed towards the speedball crowd and covers professional teams and players extensively with a little strategy thrown in on the side.

6. Paintball 2 Xtremes

Most digital editions are subscription-only but they do have a free edition to check out. You also have to download a special viewer to view the magazine.

7. Paintball Scene

A paintball-centric magazine from the UK.  While it seems to focus on speedball it does have a fair amount of woodsball and scenario material.

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