Walmart GameCenter
Scope and Contents
This is a partial collection of Walmart GameCenter, Geek Magazine, and Walmart Parents Guide To Videogames.
All three magazines were published on irregular schedules and were frequently undated. Dates were listed with the digital copies of many issues, although many of those were unavailable at the time of cataloging. When possible, dates were also taken from copyright years printed each issue, from editorial comments, or from the Retromags entry for Walmart GameCenter
Dates
- Publication: January 2012 – January 2024
Creator
- EGM Media (Publisher, Organization)
Historical Note
The EGM Media website also lists an "Electronic Gaming Monthly 2021 Yearbook," a magazine special from the Walmart GameCenter era of EGM Media that would have used the EGM brand name. However, according to EGM Media editor Mollie Patterson, this issue was never produced.
Extent
91 Magazines
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Walmart GameCenter Magazine was a free magazine distributed by Walmart, covering new and upcoming games and gaming hardware. The magazine was produced and published by EGM Media, run by Electronic Gaming Monthly founder Steve Harris. EGM Media also produced two other magazines for Walmart: Geek Magazine, a general pop culture magazine; and Walmart Parents Guide To Videogames.
Walmart GameCenter appears to have been discontinued at the end of 2023. The last issue listed on EGM Media's website, Issue 97, is dated November 2023, while the last issue of Geek Magazine is dated "Winter/January 2024."
Holdings
Held:
- Walmart GameCenter:
- Issues 1–19, 22, 25, 28, 31–64, 66–71, 73–81
- Geek Magazine:
- Issues 1–10
- Walmart Parents Guide To Videogames:
- Seven issues, unnumbered (2012–2019, see catalog)
Known Missing:
- Walmart GameCenter:
- Issues 20–21 (June–July 2014)
- Issues 23–24 (September–October 2014)
- Issues 26–27 (December 2014 – February 2015)
- Issues 29–30 (April–May 2015)
- Issue 65 (September 2019)
- Issue 72 (November 2020)
- Issues 82–97 (February/March 2022 – November 2023)
- Geek Magazine:
- Issues 11–14 (August 2020 – Winter/January 2024)
- Walmart Parents Guide To Videogames:
- 2020–2023
Creator
- EGM Media (Publisher, Organization)
- Steve Harris (Publisher, Person)
- Walmart (Licensor, Organization)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Video Game History Foundation Library Repository