Computer Games Magazine

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A sample issue of Computer Games Magazine.

Computer Games Magazine was a computer gaming print magazine. It was formerly Computer Games Strategy Plus, and before that, Strategy Plus. While its initial focus was on strategy games, it covered a wide range of game genres. The editor-in-chief was Steve Bauman. Based in Richmond, Vermont, it was the only independent computer gaming magazine in the United States.^{[citation needed]}

The magazine also covered content related to console games including Xbox 360, Playstation 2, Xbox, GameCube, PSP, Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo DS.

Computer Games Magazine included news, interviews, reviews, previews, and a wide variety of feature articles, as well as columns from game developers, industry leaders, academics, and writers within the videogame genre.

Games were rated on a 5-star system.

Computer Games was the sister publication and creator of MASSIVE Magazine (later renamed MMO Games Magazine), debuting in Fall 2006, and was also affiliated with game retailer Chips & Bits, as well as game auction/trading site GameSwapZone.com.

On March 13, 2007 it was reported [1] that both Computer Games Magazine and MMO Games Magazine were shut down by their publisher, Theglobe.com, after that company was hit with a multi-million dollar judgement in a lawsuit resulting from the e-mail spam of MySpace.

A Greek version of Computer Games Magazine is still in print. This publication is currently on its seventh year of circulation and has been offering a covermount of full game (titles have included Resident Evil 4, Fallout 1 & 2, Icewind Dale, Hitman: Contracts, and more). The publication was originally owned by Hyperpress, a minor publication house but was sold to Motorpress in 2006 (along with the Greek version of GamePro magazine).

On July 10, 2007 [2]a post from an apparent administrator on the Computer Games Magazine website forums (CGOnline.com) indicated that both Computer Games Magazine and MMO Games Magazine would be brought back to the public under a new publisher. The magazine was shut down in March and it took until the end of May to acquire it (and this site). We're in the process of fixing a number of things simultaneously: Computer Games Magazine and sibling MMO Games Magazine (formerly MASSIVE magazine), plus, we're re-launching both sites (sorry they're a bit broken right now). Existing subscribers will absolutely be taken care of... All subscriptions will be honored when we re-launch (and we might even get you a subscription to another magazine in the meantime). Importantly, we are beginning the process of making all 197 back-issues of CGM available online in some form (a gigantic undertaking). We're committed. We're into it. We're working like crazy. And, the same fine writers are still interested in continuing the excellence CGM readers have enjoyed for the past 20 years. Thanks for hanging in there!

In the October 2007 issue of Games for Windows: The Official Magazine, a letter addressing Computer Games Magazine subscribers informed them that their pre-existing subscriptions had been applied to Games for Windows. It is currently unknown whether the future re-launch of Computer Games Magazine might also use the same subscriptions or require a new one.

[edit] External links

http://www.cgonline.com/ Computer Games Magazine website (now dead)
http://www.mmogamesmag.com/ MMO Games Magazine website
http://www.gamesite.gr/ Greek Computer Games Magazine website & gaming news portal