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PC PowerPlay
Series
Identifier: MAG-PCPOWERPLAY
Abstract
PC PowerPlay (abbreviated PCPP) is a long-running Australian computer game magazine, originally launched by Next Publishing as a complement to their console game magazine Hyper. The magazine was acquired in 2018 by the Australian division of Future, which continues to run the magazine as part of the PC Gamer family.The magazine started as a monthly publication but later in its run (circa 2019, following its acquisition by Future) shifted to a bimonthly...
Dates:
May 1996 —
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
Penny Power / Zillions
Series
Identifier: MAG-PENNYPOWER
Abstract
Penny Power (later titled Zillions) was a consumer economics magazine for children, publishing by the makers of Consumer Reports. Like the adult version of Consumer Reports, Penny Power reviews and analyzed products for children and their associated costs. This included coverage of video games and electronic games. The magazine was relaunched under the name Zillions in mid-1990, though its content remained the same.Across its entire run, the magazine was...
Dates:
Publication: 1980–2000
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
Personal Computer Combat Simulations / PC Ace
Series
Identifier: MAG-PCCOMBAT
Abstract
Personal Computer Combat Simulations was a computer game magazine by military enthusiast publisher Challenge Publications. The magazine primarily covered military simulation games. Special issues of PC Combat Simulations were released under an alternate title PC Special, featuring much of the same staff.Following the apparent end of Personal Computer Computer Combat Simulations, former Challenge Publications editor ...
Dates:
Publication: 1993–1996
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
Personal Software
Series
Identifier: MAG-PERSOFT
Abstract
Personal Software (also referred to as Personal Software Magazine) was an early computer software magazine, published by the Hayden Publishing Company. Each issue featured extensive reviews of new software products, including entertainment titles such as games. The magazine appears to have been a spinoff of Hayden's other computer magazine, Personal Computing (according to the letter from the editor in the final issue).The magazine would only run for...
Dates:
Publication: November 1983 – September 1984
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
Play
Series
Identifier: MAG-PLAY
Abstract
Play (sometimes Play Magazine) is a gaming magazine started by Dave Halverson, who previously founded GameFan and Gamers' Republic. As with Halverson's other magazines, Play has a special focus on Japanese import games, anime, and niche genres that appeal to a dedicated gaming audience.
Not to be confused with Play, a British PlayStation magazine launched in 1995 and re-launched in 2021.
Dates:
Publication: December 2001 – January 2010
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
Play (UK)
Series
Identifier: MAG-PLAYUK
Abstract
Play is a British unofficial PlayStation magazine published by Future plc. The magazine was first published in 1995 and discontinued in 2018. Future re-launched the magazine in 2021 after a three-year hiatus under the GamesRadar brand.
Not to be confused with Play, an American gaming magazine launched in 2001.
Dates:
Publication: June 2021 –
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
PlayStation Official Magazine – UK
Series
Identifier: MAG-PSOFFICIALUK
Abstract
PlayStation Official Magazine – UK (sometimes abbreviated OPM) was, as the name suggests, the official PlayStation magazine in the United Kingdom, published by Future plc. The magazine ran until May 2021.
Dates:
Publication: Winter 2006 – May 2021
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
PlayStation Solutions
Series
Identifier: MAG-PSSOLUTIONS
Abstract
PlayStation Solutions was a British PlayStation tips magazine by Rapide Publishing.
Separate editions of PlayStation Solutions were published in the United States and United Kingdom. Their only difference appears to be their physical dimensions; their content is identical (including British advertisements in the US edition).
Dates:
1996–1997?
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
PlayStation: The Official Magazine
Series
Identifier: MAG-PSTHEOFFICIAL
Abstract
PlayStation: The Official Magazine was the successor to PSM, published between 2007 and 2012. Unlike PSM, PlayStation: The Official Magazine was formally affiliated with Sony Computer Entertainment, rather than being an independent magazine.
Dates:
Publication: Holiday 2007 – Holiday 2012
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
Pocket Gamer
Series
Identifier: MAG-POCKETGAMER
Abstract
Pocket Gamer was a specialty magazine that covered games for handheld consoles. The magazine was part of Imagine Media's Hard Core Gaming Guides brand of niche gaming publications. Like the Hard Core Gaming Guides brand itself, Pocket Gamer appears to have been short-lived, with only two currently known issues.
Dates:
est. July–October 2000?
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
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