PC Gamer (US)

Series

Identifier: MAG-PCGAMERUS

Staff Only

PC Gamer (US)

Scope and Contents

This is an incomplete collection of the American run of PC Gamer. The library's physical collection also includes o special severals from 1999–2011. None of the issues in the library's collection include the demo discs.

Between October 2001 and March 2008, volume-based issue numbering was gradually phased out in favor of sequential numbering as the Future US brand took over the magazine. The varying numbering systems used in this collection reflect the issue numbers as they appeared on either the spine or cover of the magazine.

Dates

Publication: May 1994 –

Creator

Imagine Media (Publisher, Organization)

Extent

350 Magazines

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

PC Gamer is the longest-running American computer game magazine, first published in 1994.

The magazine was originally spun off from Game Players PC Entertainment, a computer game magazine by GP Publications. When British magazine conglomorate Future acquired GP Publications in 1994, they relaunched PC Entertainment as the US edition of their UK magazine PC Gamer. In recent years, the American and British versions of PC Gamer have starting sharing a substantial amount of content.

Until 2011, the magazine was bundled with a demo disc that included bonus content.

Custodial History

Several issues in this collection were donated by the family of former PC Gamer editor-in-chief Rob Smith, including three uncut variant covers of Issue 100.

Note on Digital Availability

Digital backissues of the US edition of PC Gamer from April 2012 onward are currently sold via Zinio.

Holdings

Held:

Volume 1, Number 1 – Issue 296
Issues 298–300
Issues 315–316
Issues 323–352
Issue 354
Issue 356–362
Special issues:

PC Gamer Proudly Presents… The Ultimate Hardware Bible, Fall 1999
PC Gamer Proudly Presents… PC Gamer 2000: The Ultimate Millennium Buyer's Guide, Winter 1999
Online Arena: The Definitive Guide to Levels, Maps, Mods, and Do-It-Yourself Levels, Edition 2000, Issue Number 1
The Ultimate Shooter Guide, Number 1, 2004
PC Gamer Proudly Presents… Ultimate How-Tos for Gamers!, 2006
PC Gamer Ultimate Strategy Guide, 2007
PCXL, Fall 2007
Build the Ultimate Gaming PC, Spring 2009
Build Your Own Gaming PC, Fall 2010
The Updated 2011 PC Builder's Bible, Spring 2011