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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 12 Collections and/or Records:

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 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