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| Editor | Oscar Maeran |
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| Categories | Video game journalism |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Circulation | 25.000 |
| First issue | September 1988 |
| Company | Aktia srl |
| Country | Italy |
| Based in | Milan, Italy |
| Language | Italian |
| Website | www |
The Games Machine, also known by the acronym TGM, is an Italian video game magazine that features previews, reviews and cheat codes.
Launched in September 1988 as the Italian edition of the British magazine The Games Machine by the Milan-based publishing company Xenia Edizioni. The publishing of the Italian edition has continued also after the close of the British edition, The Games Machine became one of the most popular video games magazine in Italy. In November 2005, the former owner sold the magazine to Future Media Italy, a division of Future Publishing, and in January 2007 was acquired by the Italian publishing company Sprea Media Italy. In 2014, property of the magazine was transferred again, this time to Aktia SRL.
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