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VGHF-MAG. Magazine Library

 Classification
Identifier: VGHF-MAG
This collection represents the magazines available in the Video Game History Foundation Research Library.

Found in 224 Collections and/or Records:

GamesMaster Presents

 Series
Identifier: MAG-GAMESMASTER
Abstract GamesMaster Presents (also referred to as GM Presents) was a spinoff of GamesMaster magazine focusing on special topical coverage. Each issue usually focused on a specific game or franchise, with a particular focus on live-service games. The series appears to have started in 2011 and run until 2018, when Future canceled its parent magazine along with the magazine gamesTM.Like several magazines published by Future in the mid-to-late 2010s, GM Presents was...
Dates: Publication: 2011 – 2018
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / GamesMaster Presents

Gamestar (AU)

 Series
Identifier: MAG-GAMESTARAU
Abstract

Gamestar was an Australian monthly video game magazine that covered console, computer, and arcade games as well as occasional columns about topics adjacent to gaming culture, such as manga or the internet. The magazine ran for slightly over a year, releasing 13 issues.

Dates: Publication: June 1994 – June 1995
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Gamestar (AU)

Gamestar (US)

 Series
Identifier: MAG-GAMESTARUS
Abstract Gamestar was a short-lived adult-focused video game magazine by IDG Communications, the publishers of GamePro. The magazine was targered to adult men and featured coverage of movies, music, and electronics, in addition to video games and computer games. Like similar magazines like PC Accelerator, Gamestar was written from an edgy men's perspective that frequently sexualized women and included model photoshoots interspersed throughout the magazine.The magazine appears to have only...
Dates: Publication: 2004–2005?
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Gamestar (US)

gamesTM

 Series
Identifier: MAG-GAMESTM
Abstract gamesTM (or Games TM) was a monhtly British multiplatform gaming magazine. The magazine was published by a range of publishers over its 17-year lifespan:Paragon Publishing Ltd (December 2002 – September 2003) Highbury Communications plc (as Highbury-Paragon) (October 2003 – Christmas 2005) Imagine Publishing (UK) (February 2006 – November...
Dates: Publication: 2002–2018
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / gamesTM

GameWEEK / ieMAGAZINE

 Series
Identifier: MAG-GAMEWEEK
Abstract GameWEEK was a video game trade paper published by CyberActive Media Group, Inc. as a successor to their previous trade magazine, Videogame Advisor. Originally launched a weekly trade publication, the paper had an irregular schedule, sometimes publishing every other week instead.GameWEEK was rebranded as ...
Dates: Publication: 1998–2001
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / GameWEEK / ieMAGAZINE

Girl Gamer

 Series
Identifier: MAG-GIRLGAMER
Abstract Girl Gamer was an official licensed Nintendo magazine published in the United Kingdom that was targeted to girls. The game covered upcoming games for Nintendo platforms that the editorial staff believed were of interest to girls, as well as columns about game characters and accessories.This short-lived mini-magazine was marketed as a spin-off of Nintendo: The Official Magazine, also published in the UK by Future. It was distributed with a variety of British magazines for...
Dates: Publication: 2007–2009
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Girl Gamer

GMR

 Series
Identifier: MAG-GMR
Abstract

GMR was a monthly gaming magazine that was sold exclusively at the retailer EB Games. As a gimmick, staring with Issue 12, each issue of GMR was given a special title, eg., Issue 15 was called "The Radical Issue." GMR also produced a large number of variant covers compared to other game magazines.

The magazine ceased publication in early 2005, shortly before GameStop announced they would purchase EB Games.

Dates: Publication: February 2003 – February 2005
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / GMR

Hardcore Gamer

 Series
Identifier: MAG-HARDCORE
Abstract Hardcore Gamer was a magazine by DoubleJump Publishing, founded by alumni of GameFan magazine, that covered current and retro games. Similar to GameFan, Hardcore Gamer had a special focus on import gaming and niche subgenres that received less coverage in mainstream publications, like Japanese role-playing games.The magazine ran for three and a half years on a semi-regular schedule until 2009, when publisher Tim Lindquist sold the rights to Hardcore Gamer on eBay to an unknown...
Dates: Publication: June 2005 – Winter 2009
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Hardcore Gamer

Hero Illustrated

 Series
Identifier: MAG-HERO
Abstract

Hero Illustrated was a comics magazine by Sendai Publishing, the publishers of Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM), under the name Warrior Publications. The magazine's staff overlapped with EGM, including editor Steve Harris. Although Hero Illustrated was not focused on video games, the magazine included ads for video games and occasionally covered games based on comics.

Dates: 1993–1996
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Hero Illustrated

Hi-Res Magazine

 Series
Identifier: MAG-HIRES
Abstract

Hi-Res Magazine was a short-lived bimonthly publication covering video games and software for Atari consoles and Atari computers. The magazine only ran for four issues.

Dates: Publication: 1983–1984
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library / Hi-Res Magazine

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