GamesMaster (magazine)

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GamesMaster
EditorIan Evenden
Categories Video game journalism
FrequencyMonthly
First issueJanuary 1993
Final issueDecember 2018
Company Future plc
Summit Media (2003–2006)
Country United Kingdom
Philippines (2003–2006)
Based in Bath
Language English
Website www.gamesradar.com
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, 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 .

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History

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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References

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  2. "GamesMaster and GamesTM magazines to close next month". Metro. 19 October 2018. Archived from the original on 19 October 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  3. ".GamesMaster Magazine – Issue One – January 1993". www.gamesmasterlive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 April 2008. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
  4. "GamesMaster reboot will be released this year as show confirmed to be coming to E4". 7 February 2021. Archived from the original on 7 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  5. "Untitled". The Guardian . 19 November 1992. p. 44. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024 via Newspapers.com.
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