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GamesMaster (magazine)

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Multi-format computer and video game magazine
For the 1990–1991 roleplaying games magazine, seeGamesMaster International.

GamesMaster
EditorIan Evenden
CategoriesVideo game journalism
FrequencyMonthly
First issueJanuary 1993
Final issueDecember 2018
CompanyFuture plc
Summit Media (2003–2006)
CountryUnited Kingdom
Philippines (2003–2006)
Based inBath
LanguageEnglish
Websitegamesradar.com
ISSN0967-9855

GamesMaster was a monthly multi-formatcomputer and video game magazine published byFuture plc in theUnited Kingdom. As of 2012,[update] it was the biggest selling multi-format video games magazine in the United Kingdom, outselling its partner publicationEdge.[1] Along with partner magazineGamesTM, it ceased print in November 2018.[2] It was originally launched to complement the television showGamesMaster.

History

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The magazine was launched in January 1993, to complement thetelevision 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 fromEmap, 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]

References

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  1. ^"Magazine ABCs: Encouraging next-generation signs for Future's games portfolio".Future Publishing. 17 August 2006. Archived fromthe original on 18 January 2008. Retrieved30 November 2012.
  2. ^"GamesMaster and GamesTM magazines to close next month".Metro. 19 October 2018. Archived fromthe original on 19 October 2018. Retrieved21 November 2018.
  3. ^".GamesMaster Magazine – Issue One – January 1993". www.gamesmasterlive.co.uk. Archived fromthe original on 22 April 2008. Retrieved3 June 2009.
  4. ^"GamesMaster reboot will be released this year as show confirmed to be coming to E4". 7 February 2021. Archived fromthe original on 7 February 2021. Retrieved3 February 2024.
  5. ^"Untitled".The Guardian. 19 November 1992. p. 44. Archived fromthe original on 3 February 2024. Retrieved3 February 2024 – viaNewspapers.com.
  6. ^Scholfield, First (4 March 1993)."Microfile".The Guardian. p. 41. Archived fromthe original on 3 February 2024. Retrieved3 February 2024 – viaNewspapers.com.

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