Canard PC

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Canard PC
EditorStéphane Hébert
Categories PC gaming magazine
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherPresse Non-Stop
First issueNovember 2003
CountryFrance
Based inParis
LanguageFrench
Website canardpc.com
ISSN 1764-5107

Canard PC is an independent magazine founded in France in 2003 devoted to PC gaming and published monthly. [1] [2]

Contents

The title Canard PC is a paronym, derived from Canard WC, which is the French name for Toilet Duck.

Canard PC's independence from the game companies is recognized in the French video gaming circles. [3] [4] [5] [6] Canard PC has a sister magazine, Canard PC Hardware. [7]

Independent studies have shown that Canard PC reviews many games not mentioned by other magazines or websites specialized in video games, and has a strong variation in its review scores. [8] [9] Canard PC Managing editor, Ivan Gaudé, recognized in a video games critics panel on a French network that they did not like scoring very much, but they felt they had to put them for their reviews because gamers wanted them. [6]

History

In July 2003, some editors left the publishing staff of the French gaming monthly Joystick after its acquisition by Future Publishing. They founded Canard PC in the following months. [1] The magazine is edited by Presse Non-Stop, a company owned at 75% by the editors themselves, specifically created for Canard PC.

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  3. "Halo 3 : tous vendus sauf Canard PC ? (All are sold except Canard PC?)". gamepro.fr. 2007-11-05. Archived from the original on 2009-04-28. Retrieved 2009-05-01. Thanks Halo 3. Thanks for having revealed the true face of a whole slew of the video game press worldwide, the one who do not care what is good or bad about a game, but who prefer to praise the marketing plan while kneeling to what a gang of internet fanboys could say.
  4. "CanardPC conteste notre test du 28 ViewSonic : un peu de débat !". lesnumeriques.com. 2008-03-10. Retrieved 2009-05-01.
  5. "Metacritic, l'autre agence de notation". gamekult.com. 2012-01-23. Retrieved 2012-01-29. Dans leur numéro daté du 17 décembre dernier, nos confrères du bimensuel Canard PC s'en sont publiquement ému dans un dossier intitulé "Comment les éditeurs ont changé la donne", expliquant notamment s'être vu proposer une avant-première en échange d'une note positive. .
  6. 1 2 "Jeux vidéo : des sites sous pression". arretsurimages.net. 2012-12-02. Retrieved 2012-11-30. Canard PC, le monsieur propre de la profession ? Cela n'a pas été facile de les inviter, ils n'avaient pas envie "de se montrer", "on ne va pas sur les plateaux de télévision", m'a-t-on rétorqué. Finalement, Ivan Gaudé, le directeur de la rédaction, est là(...)Ivan Gaudé fait le pari de l'indépendance à l'égard des annonceurs. Un "pari risqué", de son propre aveu, car sans filet de secours..
  7. "Ivy Bridge et HD 4000 : performances estimées". presence-pc.com. 2012-01-16. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
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