Editor | Ian Evenden |
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Categories | Video game journalism |
Frequency | Monthly |
First issue | January 1993 |
Final issue | December 2018 |
Company | Future plc Summit Media (2003–2006) |
Country | United Kingdom Philippines (2003–2006) |
Based in | Bath |
Language | English |
Website | www |
ISSN | 0967-9855 |
GamesMaster was a monthly multi-format computer and video game magazine published by Future plc in the United Kingdom. As of 2012, [update] it was the biggest selling multi-format video games magazine in the United Kingdom, outselling its partner publication Edge . [1] Along with partner magazine GamesTM , it ceased print in November 2018. [2] It was originally launched to complement the television show GamesMaster .
The magazine was launched in January 1993, to complement the television show of the same name. While the show later ceased broadcasting, the magazine continued, [3] outlasting the show by 20 years. [4] GamesMaster was edited for Future by Jim Douglas, who was poached from Emap, where he had been due to edit the official Nintendo magazine. [5]
The first issue of the magazine sold 219,492 copies according to Future Publishing. [6]
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