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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 234 Collections and/or Records:

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

PlayStation: The Official Magazine

 Series
Identifier: MAG-PSTHEOFFICIAL
Abstract

PlayStation: The Official Magazine was the successor to PSM, published between 2007 and 2012. Unlike PSM, PlayStation: The Official Magazine was formally affiliated with Sony Computer Entertainment, rather than being an independent magazine.

Dates: Publication: Holiday 2007 – Holiday 2012
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

Game Developer

 Series
Identifier: MAG-GD
Abstract Game Developer was a monthly magazine that covered "the art and business of video games," published by UBM, which also managed the Game Developers Conference (GDC) and Gamasutra.com. In addition to the monthly (or occasionally bi-monthly) magazine, Game Developer would occasionally release special issues or supplements, most notably a Game Career Guide published every fall (after the June/July issue) starting in 2002. For several years, UBM also bundled a GDC preview guide with the...
Dates: Publication: April 1994 – Fall 2013
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

GamePro

 Series
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPRO
Abstract

GamePro was one of the longest-running American video game magazines, published continuously from May 1989 until the end of 2011. The magazine was originally published by SuperPlay, before being acquired by IDG Communications after the first issue.

GamePro continued to operate as an independent unit of IDG until the magazine was dissolved in Winter 2011, following a final issue which attempted to pivot the magazine from a monthly to quarterly format.

Dates: Publication: May 1989 – Winter 2011
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

Computer Game Review

 Series
Identifier: MAG-CGR
Abstract Computer Game Review (abbreviated CGR) was a computer game magazine by Sendai Publishing, publishers of Electronic Gaming Monthly. Although it was a computer game magazine, early issues of CGR also covered console games, giving it the short-lived title Computer Game Review and 16-Bit Entertainment. The magazine eventually adopted the multimedia-focused title Computer Game Review and CD-ROM Entertainment for...
Dates: Publication: June 1990 – June 1996
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

Xbox Nation

 Series
Identifier: MAG-XBOXNATION
Abstract

Xbox Nation (abbreviated XBN) was a magazine by Ziff Davis, Inc. that covered the original Xbox console. The magazine had an irregular release pattern, publishing seasonally, then bimonthly, before settling into a monthly publishing schedule. It ran for three years, ending in February 2005.

Dates: Publication: January 2002 – February 2005
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

Videogaming & Computergaming Illustrated

 Series
Identifier: MAG-VGI
Abstract

Videogaming & Computergaming Illustrated (originally Videogaming Illustrated) was a gaming magazine that included reviews, gaming industry news coverage, and strategy guides, as well as interviews and editorials from celebrities about their opinions on video games. The magazine ended its brief run in early 1984, coinciding with the downturn of the American home video game market.

Dates: Publication: August 1982 – March 1984
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

Electronic Games / Computer Entertainment

 Series
Identifier: MAG-EGAMES
Abstract Electronic Games is the earliest known American magazine dedicated to video games. The magazine was spun off from Arcade Alley, a column previously published in Video magazine, also owned by Reese Publishing Company. Electronic Games was a formative magazine for video game journalism and was the starting place for several notable early video game journalists, including Arnie Katz, Bill Kunkel, and Joyce Worley.Electronic Games was discontinued in 1985 and reworked as the more...
Dates: Publication: Winter 1981 – August 1985
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

Mega

 Series
Identifier: MAG-MEGA
Abstract

Mega was a British magazine covering the Sega Mega Drive. The magazine ran for three years, ending in late 1995.

Dates: Publication: October 1992 – October 1995
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

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

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