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Imagine Media

 Organization

Historical Note

Originally known as Imagine Publishing; began using the name Imagine Media around 1997.

Note

Not to be confused with Imagine Publishing, a British publishing company that was acquired by Future plc in 2016.

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

CD-ROM Today

 Series
Identifier: MAG-CDROMTODAY
Abstract CD-ROM Today was a magazine that covered home multimedia software for Windows and Macintosh computers, originally published by GP Publications and later by Imagine Media. The magazine would also come with a demo CD, branded "the Disc!" CD-ROM Today ran through July 1996, when it was discontinued by Imagine Media in favor of two specialized publications, MacAddict for Macintosh users and boot for PC and Windows...
Dates: Publication: Summer 1993 – July 1996
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / CD-ROM Today

E3 Show Daily

 Series
Identifier: MAG-E3DAILY
Abstract Throughout the history of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the Entertainment Software Association (previously the Interactive Digital Software Association) has licensed various publishers to produce the E3 Show Daily, a daily newspaper covering new and announcements at E3. The content in the magazine was almost entirely promotional but included show-specific information, such as floor plans, exhibitor profiles, and discussions of trends in the game industry. The show dailies also...
Dates: Publication: 1995–2016?
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / E3 Show Daily

Game Player's / Game Players / Game Buyer

 Series
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPLAYERS
Abstract Game Players (first published under the name Game Player's, later as Ultra Game Players) was a series of video game magazines that ran from the late 1980s through the 1990s. The magazine originated as a buyer's guide for Nintendo Entertainment System games but quickly expanded into a number of spinoff publications that covered additional platforms. Each version of Game Players was published under a variety of names during its lifetime, sometimes changing in multiple back-to-back issues....
Dates: Publication: Winter 1988 – October 1998
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Game Player's / Game Players / Game Buyer

Games Business

 Series
Identifier: MAG-GAMESBUSINESS
Abstract

Games Business was a bimonthly trade journal published by Imagine Media, covering the internal business of the game industry. The magazine was marketed specifically to game retailers and focused on business and marketing strategies and executive leadership. Each issue featured interviews with notable leaders in the industry. The magazine ran for around two years before being discontinued in November 2000.

Dates: Publication: December 1998 – November 2000
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Games Business

Next Generation / NextGen

 Series
Identifier: MAG-NEXTGEN
Abstract Next Generation was an American multiplatform video game magazine focusing on industry news and trends, published by Imagine Media. The magazine was relaunched in September 1999 as NextGen.Next Generation was one of the few wide-distribution magazines that covered the game industry itself rather than individual products was targeted towards an adult audience. As a result, the magazine had a cross-over audience that included game professionals and the general public and...
Dates: Publication: January 1995 – January 2002
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Next Generation / NextGen

NGamer

 Series
Identifier: MAG-NGAMERUS
Abstract NGamer was a short-lived magazine by Imagine Media covering Ninetndo games and platforms, billed as "the magazine for Nintendo freaks." NGamer was discontinued almost immediately; Imagine canceled the magazine in November 1999—one month before the publication date listed on the first issue—citing the waning interest in the Nintendo 64 as the reason for its cancelation. Not to...
Dates: Publication: December / January 2000
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / NGamer

Official Sega Dreamcast Magazine

 Series
Identifier: MAG-ODCM
Abstract

Official Sega Dreamcast Magazine (sometimes abbreviated ODCM) was the official licensed American magazine for the Sega Dreamcast. Like the Dreamcast itself, the magazine was discontinued after March 2001.

Dates: Publication: June 1999 – April 2001
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Official Sega Dreamcast Magazine

Official Xbox Magazine

 Series
Identifier: MAG-OXM
Abstract

Official Xbox Magazine (abbreviated OXM) was the officially licensed Xbox magazine in the United States.

Towards the end of the magazine's run, starting on August 2019, the American edition of OXM was replaced with the British edition of OXM, effectively merging the two magazines. Both editions of OXM were discontinued in April 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic; the final issue is dated May 2020.

Dates: Publication: November 2001 – May 2020
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Official Xbox Magazine

PC Accelerator

 Series
Identifier: MAG-PCXL
Abstract

PC Accelerator (abbreviated PCXL) was a computer game magazine targeted to men, in the style of men's magazines such as Maxim. PCXL is mostly notable for its pervasive crude, sexist content, which was objectionable even in its own time.

A one-off revival issue of PC Accelerator was published by PC Gamer in Fall 2007.

Dates: Publication: September 1998 – June 2000
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / PC Accelerator

PC Gamer (US)

 Series
Identifier: MAG-PCGAMERUS
Abstract PC Gamer is the longest-running American computer game magazine, first published in 1994.The magazine was originally spun off from Game Players PC Entertainment, a computer game magazine by GP Publications. When British magazine conglomorate Future acquired GP Publications in 1994, they relaunched PC Entertainment as the US edition of their UK magazine PC Gamer. In recent years, the American and British versions of PC Gamer have starting sharing a substantial amount of...
Dates: Publication: May 1994 –
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / PC Gamer (US)

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