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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 242 Collections and/or Records:

Interactive Quarterly

 Series
Identifier: MAG-INTERACTIVEQ
Abstract

Interactive Quarterly was a seasonal magazine that covered adult CD-ROMs and multimedia.

Dates: Publication: Spring 1995 – Fall 1996

NewMedia

 Series
Identifier: MAG-NEWMEDIA
Abstract NewMedia was a magazine that covered emerging multimedia technologies in the 1990s. Each issue covered a range of multimedia development tools, consumer-facing content such as games and hardware, and articles about industry trends. The magazine was discontinued in 1999 at the tail end of the multimedia era. The magazine is notable for hosting the Invision Awards, which were given to multimedia titles. Recipients included games as well as educational software, informational and...
Dates: 1991–1999

Hyper

 Series
Identifier: MAG-HYPER
Abstract

Hyper was a long-running Australian video game magazine by Next Publishing. The magazine was published monthly from 1993 until early 2015; from 2015–2018, it was published quarterly before being discontinued.

Dates: Publication: December 1993 – 2018

Pocket Games

 Series
Identifier: MAG-POCKETGAMES
Abstract

Pocket Games was a spinoff of Electronic Gaming Monthly focusing on handheld game consoles. The game primarily focused on Nintendo handheld consoles and games, but it expanded to include competing consoles, such as the Neo Geo Pocket and the PlayStation Portable. The magazine was published on an irregular seasonal schedule for around six years.

Dates: Summer 1999 – Summer 2006

Beckett Massive Online Gamer

 Series
Identifier: MAG-BECKETTMMO
Abstract Beckett Massive Online Gamer (abbreviated Beckett MOG) was a bimonthly magazine about massively multiplayer online games (MMOs). Published by collectible magazine company Beckett Media, Beckett MOG covered current developments in a wide range of online games, including some non-MMO multiplayer games such as first-person shooters.Beckett also published a short-lived spinoff magazine, Ultimate Guide to World of Warcraft, with...
Dates: Publication: June 2006 – April 2012

Blip

 Series
Identifier: MAG-BLIP
Abstract

Blip was a monthly video game magazine for children published by Marvel Comics. The magazine included a mixture of game tips, reviews, behind-the-scenes stories, and comics inspired by popular games. The magazine ran through 1983 and was discontinued in August that year, likely due to the downturn of the American console game industry.

Dates: Publication: February–August 1983

Incite Video Gaming / Incite PC Gaming

 Series
Identifier: MAG-INCITE
Abstract

Incite Video Gaming and Incite PC Gaming were two gaming magazines published simultaneously by Computec Media. The magazine was targed toward young men and included extensive ancillary content like sports and wrestling coverage, celebrity interviews, and model photoshoots.

Dates: Publication: July 1999 – August 2000

Billboard

 Series
Identifier: MAG-BILLBOARD
Abstract

Billboard is an American magazine covering the entertainment industry. Although the magazine primarily focuses on the music industry, issues of Billboard from the 1980s also covered the burgeoning video game business.

Dates: Publication: 1894–

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...
Dates: Publication: Winter 1988 – October 1998

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