VGHF-PRESS. Press Materials
Classification
Identifier: VGHF-PRESS
This classification includes materials distributed to the video game press, such as artwork, screenshots, press releases, development builds and review copies of games, and other materials meant to be examined and reproduced.
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Ben Silverman games and press ephemera
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2023-13
Dates:
Majority of material found within 2003–2016
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
Day of the Devs 2024 flyer collection
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2024-005
Dates:
Issued: March 17, 2024
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
FromSoftware promotional material collection
Collection — Location FromSoftware promotional material collection
Identifier: PROMO-FROMSOFT
Abstract
FromSoftware is a Japanese game developer and publisher that has been releasing video games since 1994. Over the course of three decades, the company has released dozens of games, notably the King's Field series, the Dark Souls series, Demon's Souls, and Elden Ring.
Dates:
1994–2024
Game publisher publicity kits, brochures, and catalogs, assorted
Collection
Identifier: PROMO-KITS
Scope and Contents
This is a collection of folders and catalogs that video game publishers used to advertise their games. Based on the included information, it is unclear if these were intended for retailers or the press, possibly both, since they contain information about product ordering as well as general press releases. Unless otherwise noted, the original provenance of these folders is unclear.
Dates:
1987–2012
GamePro digital layout collection
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2024-021
Dates:
circa 1994–2009?
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
GamePro press CD collection
Collection — GamePro press CD collection
Identifier: GAMEPRO-CDS
Abstract
Over its 22-year run, the video game magazine GamePro received a large amount of publicity materials from video game publishers, including screenshots, artwork, and press releases. This collection includes all known press assets received by GamePro from roughly 1995–2004, as originally organized by GamePro designer Katrin Auch.
The CDs in this collection were either sent to GamePro by various game publishers, or they are backup CDs created by the...
Dates:
circa 1995–2004
GamePro press CD collection
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2023-16
Dates:
circa 1995–2004
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
Nob Ogasawara, press materials
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2022-04
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1991–1998
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library