List of video game magazines


This is a list of video game magazines. The primary focus of the magazines in this list is or was video game journalism for at least part of their run. For general computing magazines that may also cover games, consult the list of computer magazines.

Overview

Journalist reporting and evaluation of video games in periodicals began from the late 1970s to 1980 in general coin-operated industry magazines like Play Meter and RePlay, home entertainment magazines like Video, as well as magazines focused on computing and new information technologies like InfoWorld or Popular Electronics.
However, dedicated magazines focusing primarily on video game journalism wouldn't appear until late in 1981, when several magazines were launched independently of each other at about the same time. Video Games">Video (magazine)">Video Games premiered in the U.K. in November 1981. It was soon followed by Electronic Games in the US, founded by Bill Kunkel, Arnie Katz and Joyce Worley, who had previously written the "Arcade Alley" column in Video. While Electronic Games covered arcade and console games as well as computer software, Computer Gaming World was focused entirely on the latter. The video game crash of 1983 badly hurt the market for North American video game magazines. Computer Gaming World, founded in 1981, stated in 1987 that it was the only survivor of 18 color magazines for computer games in 1984.
Meanwhile, in Japan, the first magazines entirely dedicated to video games began appearing from 1982, beginning with ASCII's LOGiN, followed by several SoftBank publications and Kadokawa Shoten's Comptiq. The first magazine dedicated to console games, or a specific video game console, was Tokuma Shoten's Family Computer Magazine, which began in 1985 and was focused on Nintendo's Family Computer. This magazine later spawned famous imitators such as Famicom Tsuushin in 1986 and Nintendo Power in 1988.
In the mid-2000s, the popularity of print-based magazines started to wane in favor of web-based magazines. In 2006, Eurogamers business development manager Pat Garratt wrote a criticism of those in print games journalism who had not adapted to the web, drawing on his own prior experience in print to offer an explanation of both the challenges facing companies like Future Publishing and why he believed they had not overcome them.

List

NameFoundedDefunctCountryPublisherTopics
110% Gaming2014United KingdomDC ThomsonGaming for kids
360 Magazine20052012United KingdomImagine PublishingXbox 360
360 Gamer20052014United KingdomUncooked MediaXbox 360
3DO Magazine1994United KingdomParagon Publishing3DO
4Players Magazin
20112014GermanyComputec Media GmbHVideo game journalism
Ação Games19912003BrazilEditora Abril, Editora AzulGeneral video gaming
ACE19871992Future Publishing
EMAP
Atari ST, Amiga, C64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, and newly released machines
Aktueller Software Markt19861995GermanyTronic VerlagGeneral video gaming
Amiga Action19891996United KingdomEuropressAmiga games magazine which merged with Amiga Computing in 1996.
Amiga Force19921994United KingdomEuropress ImpactAmiga games magazine
Amiga Format19892000United KingdomFuture PublishingAmiga games magazine
Amiga Joker19891996GermanyJoker VerlagAmiga games magazine
Amiga Power19911996United KingdomFuture PublishingAmiga games magazine
Amstrad Action19851995United KingdomFuture PublishingAmstrad CPC
Amtix19851987United KingdomNewsfield Publications Ltd.Amstrad CPC games magazine; merged with Computing With The Amstrad
2010Japan
Appli Style
Mobile games
Atari Age19821984United StatesThe Atari ClubAtari related topics
B's LOG2002JapanEnterbrain
Kadokawa
Female-oriented, otome, BL
Bad Influence! Magazine19921992United KingdomEuropressgeneral video gaming
Bazinama20022019IranIranian video game magazine
Big K Magazine19841985United KingdomIPC Magazines LtdCommodore 64 games
BugBug1992JapanSun Publishing
Fujimi Publishing
Schola Magazine
Tatsumi Publishing
Bishōjo game
CD-Action1996PolandFantasyexpoVideo games
CGMagazine2010CanadaCGMagazine Publishing GroupVideo Games, Movies, Comics, Tech
Click!19992009PolandBauerBiweekly in 1999–2001, monthly from 2002 onwards
Commodore Force19931994United KingdomEuropress ImpactCommodore 64 games
Commodore Format19901995United KingdomFuture PublishingCommodore 64 games magazine
Comptiq1983JapanKadokawa ShotenMulti-media games
Comp Ace2007JapanKadokawa ShotenBishōjo games and visual novels
Computer and Video Games19812004United KingdomFuture PublishingHome computing, arcade games, video games; web-based magazine defunct as of February 2015.
Computer Gamer19851987United KingdomArgus Specialist PublicationsComputer game topics
Computer Game Review19911996United StatesSendai Publication GroupComputer gaming magazine
Computer Gaming World19812006United StatesZiff DavisPC game topics, occasional console game topics
Crash19831992United KingdomNewsfield & EuropressSinclair Spectrum, SAM Coupé
CU Amiga
19831998United KingdomEMAPCommodore computers; started as computer magazine; by 1985 mostly games coverage.
Cube20022005United KingdomParagon PublishingGameCube Magazine
Cybermycha20002008PolandEgmontChildren's magazine, especially in early years.
DC-UK19992001United KingdomFuture PublishingDreamcast games magazine
Debug2023United KingdomDebug MediaIndie games magazine
LoveLive!Days
1992JapanASCII Media WorksLove Live! anime and games
Dengeki Hime19972014JapanMedia Works
ASCII Media Works
Eroge
Dengeki Maoh2005JapanASCII Media WorksSeinen manga, light novels and video games
Dengeki Nintendo
1993JapanMedia Works
ASCII Media Works
Nintendo related topics
Dengeki PlayStation19952020JapanMedia Works
ASCII Media Works
PlayStation games
Diànzǐ Yóuxì Ruǎnjiàn19942012People's Republic of ChinaChina Association for Science and TechnologyChina's first video game magazine. Covered PC and console gaming, anime, music, etc.
Donya ye Bazi20052014IranDonyaye Bazi OrganizationFirst Official Iranian Game Magazine
E-Login19952003JapanEnterbrainEroge
Edge1993United KingdomFuture PublishingConsole, PC, Arcade, Mobile games
Electric Brain19891993United KingdomSpace City PublishingConsole games
Electronic Fun with Computers & Games19821984United StatesFun & Games Publishing Inc.Video, computer and arcade games
Electronic Games /
Computer Entertainment
19811985United StatesReese Communications
Video, computer and arcade games
Electronic Gaming Monthly19892009United StatesSendai Publishing
Ziff Davis
Video game journalism
Electronic Gaming Monthly20102015United StatesEGM MediaVideo game journalism
Expert Gamer
19942001United StatesSendai Publishing
Ziff Davis
video game strategy guides and cheat codes
Family Computer Magazine
19851998JapanTokuma ShotenNintendo video game magazine

19861998JapanJICC Publishing BureauNintendo video game magazine
Famitsu

Famicom Tsūshin
1986JapanASCII
Enterbrain, Inc.
Kadokawa
Multiformat video game magazine
From Gamers Magazine2021United StatesFrom Gamers MagazineModern Gaming from an Indie Perspective
FUN! Online Games Magazine20092010United StatesBeckett MediaChildren's online games
G-Force20022003United KingdomThin Ice MediaBritish Video game magazine
Gambler19931999PolandLupus
Game Developer19942013United StatesUBM TechThe premier magazine for working video game creators
Game.EXE
19972006RussiaComputerraVideo Games
Game Industry Report Magazine2006United StatesGNB News GroupAll aspects of the video game industry in the US
Game Informer1991United StatesFunco
GameStop
Gunzilla Games
Articles, news, strategy, and reviews of video games and associated consoles.
GameFan 19922000United StatesDieHard Gamers Club
Metropolis Media
Shinno Media
Video game news –focus on Anime and RPG games, Dave Halverson first video game publication
GameNOW20012004United StatesZiff DavisSpinoff of EGM geared to younger audience
Game Players19891998United StatesGP Publications
Imagine Publishing
Video game journalism
GamePro Media19892011United StatesIDG
GamePro Media
General video gaming
Gamers19952004BrazilGeneral video gaming
GameStation19982016IndonesiaGeneral video gaming
Games for Windows: The Official Magazine20062008United StatesZiff DavisWindows Games in partnership with Microsoft
The Games Machine19871990United KingdomNewsfield PublicationsGeneral Video Gaming
The Games Machine (Italy)1988ItalyAktiaItalian PC game magazine. PC and console gaming online.
Games World1994199?United KingdomParagon PublishingBritish video game magazine
GamesMaster19932018United KingdomFuture plc
Summit Media
Multiformat video games
Gamereactor19982015DenmarkGamez Publishing A/SPC, Mobile and video game consoles
GamesReviews2013IrelandGamesReviewsGeneral Video Gaming
Gamest19861999JapanShinseishaArcade games
GameStar1997GermanyIDG Entertainment Media
Webedia
PC games
Gamestar Polska20032003/2005/2011PolandIDGFailed attempt at introducing GameStar brand in Poland. Eight issues released in 2003 before first cancellation, then 3 more in 2005 and 3 between 2009 and 2011.
gamesTM20022018United KingdomFuture PublishingUK-based computer and video games magazine
GameWeek Magazine19952002United StatesCyberactive Media GroupGeneral video gaming
Gayming Magazine2019United KingdomLGBTQ in video games
GB Action19921995United KingdomEuropress InteractiveBritish Game Boy magazine
GBX magazine20012002United KingdomThin Ice MediaBritish Game Boy magazine
Giochi per il mio computer19972010ItalyItalian video game magazine
GMR Magazine20032005United States, CanadaZiff DavisPC games, Console games
Hobby Consolas1991SpainFirst Hobby Press, then Axel SpringerSpanish video game magazine specialized in console gaming
Hobby's Jump19831988JapanShueishaShōnen manga and video games
Hoog Spel19902000The NetherlandsRangeela B.V.Dutch gaming magazine
HotGame19992013IndonesiaKompas GramediaVideo Games
Hyper Magazine19932019AustraliaNext Media

Future plc
Video games
HyperPlay RPG2015United KingdomHyperPlay LimitedRole Playing Game Fanzine
Interaction Magazine19911999United StatesSierra EntertainmentPC games
Joystick Magazine19882012FranceHachette Filipacchi MédiasPC games
Komputer Świat GRY20002012PolandRingier Axel SpringerPolish version of Computer Bild SPIELE, sister publication of Play. Monthly prior to 2008, then bimonthly.
LeveL1995Czech RepublicPC, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PSP, Nintendo DS
LeveL1997TurkeyTurkish edition of Czech magazine
MCV/Develop
1998United KingdomFuture Publishingbusiness-focused topics of video games
Mean Machines19901992United KingdomEmapMega Drive, Master System, NES, Game Boy, Amstrad GX4000, Game GearSplite
Mean Machines Sega19921997United KingdomEmapMega Drive, Master System, Mega CD, Game Gear, 32X and Sega Saturn
Mean Machines PlayStation19961997United KingdomEmapPlayStation
Megami Magazine1999JapanGakkenAnime and Video games
Mega19921995United KingdomFuture PublishingMega Drive games magazine
Mega Action19931994United KingdomEuropressMega Drive, Mega–CD
Mega Drive Advanced Gaming19921995United KingdomMaverick MagazinesMega Drive, Mega–CD, 32X
Mega Play19901995United StatesSendai PublishingMega Drive games
Mega Power19931995United KingdomParagon PublishingMega Drive games
MegaTech19911994United KingdomEMAP

Maverick Magazines
Sega Mega Drive
Mega Zone19891995AustraliaElwood, Vic.: Megazone Publications
Megastore1993JapanCore MagazineEroge
MegaVisions Magazine2016United StatesMega VisionsSEGA-focused magazine
Micromanía19852024SpainHobbyPress
Axel Springer AG
BlueOcean Publishing
PC games
Monthly Arcadia19992015JapanEnterbrainVideo games
MyM20122018United KingdomMCM Central3DS, PC, PS3, PS4, PS Vita, Wii, Xbox 360, Xbox One
N64 Gamer19982001AustraliaNext PublishingDedicated N64 gaming magazine
N64 Magazine (Italy)19992000ItalyPlay PressNintendo games magazine
Neo Plus19992012PolandConsole magazine.
NEXT Generation19952002United StatesImagine Media32-bit consoles, covers the video game industry rather than the games themselves
New Computer Express19881991United KingdomFuture PublishingMultiformat home computer magazine
NGC Magazine
19972006United KingdomFuture PublishingNintendo games magazine
Nintendo Dream
1996JapanAmbit Co., Ltd.Japanese Nintendo-focused magazine
Nintendo Force2013United StatesMagCloud/NF Publishing LLCNintendo games
Nintendo Fun Club News19871988United StatesNintendo of AmericaOfficial Nintendo consoles coverage. Started in 1987 as a newsletter; discontinued in favor of Nintendo Power.
Nintendo Gamer
20062012United KingdomFuture PublishingBritish magazine covering Nintendo products
Nintendo La Rivista Ufficiale19972012ItalyMER7Italian Nintendo related topics
Nintendo, le magazine officiel19972012FranceLevallois-PerretFrench Nintendo related topics
Nintendo Magazine System19932000AustraliaCatalyst PublishingAustralian Nintendo related topics
Nintendo Magazine System (UK)19922006United KingdomEmapUnited Kingdom Nintendo related topics
Nintendo Power19882012United StatesNintendo of America
Future U.S. Publishing
Official Nintendo consoles coverage
Nintendo World (Brazil)19982017BrazilEditora TamborNintendo related
Nintendo World 19992000United KingdomFuture PublishingNintendo games magazine
Old School Gamer Magazine2017United StatesBC Productions Inc.Retro Gaming
Official [Dreamcast Magazine (UK)|Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK)]19992001United KingdomDennis PublishingUK Dreamcast related topics
Official Dreamcast Magazine (US)19992001United StatesImagine MediaUS Dreamcast related topics
Official Nintendo Magazine (Australia)20082013Australia,
New Zealand
Future PublishingAustralia & New Zealand Nintendo related topics
Official Nintendo Magazine (UK)20062014United KingdomFuture PublishingUK Nintendo related topics
PlayStation Official Magazine – Australia2007AustraliaCitrus Media
Future Australia
Australian PlayStation related topics
Official UK PlayStation Magazine19952004United KingdomFuture PlcUK PlayStation related topics
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine19972007United StatesZiff DavisUS PlayStation related topics, succeeded by Future's PlayStation: The Official Magazine
Official Xbox Magazine20012020United Kingdom
United States
Future PLC
Future US
Xbox related topics
The One19881996United KingdomEMAPAmiga, Atari ST, PC
Oyungezer2007TurkeySeti PublishingPC, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PSP, Nintendo DS
P-mate19992005JapanMainichi Communications Inc.
MC Press
Ohzora Publishing.Co.Ltd.
Eroge
Page 619821998United KingdomPage 6 PublishingThe Atari 8-bit range and Atari ST
Pasocom Paradise19912013JapanSandēshaEroge
Personal Computer Games19831985United KingdomVNUPC games
PC Accelerator19982000United StatesImagine MediaMen's magazine-style PC games coverage
PC Angel neo
19922012JapanGMS publishing
Adachi East Create
Odesseus Publishing
Aozora Publishing
Eroge
PC Engine Fan19881996JapanTokuma ShotenNEC Consoles
PC Format19912015United KingdomFuture PublishingPC magazine
PC Gamer1993United Kingdom
United States
Future PublishingPC games
PC Games1992GermanyComputec Media AGPC games
PC Mania19982009BulgariaPC ManiaPC games
PC PowerPlay1996AustraliaFuture AustraliaPC games
PC Zone19932010United KingdomFuture plcPC games
PCW Plus
19861996United KingdomFuture PublishingAmstrad PCW computers
Pelaaja2002FinlandH-Town OyFinnish gaming magazine
Pelit1992FinlandFokus Media Finland OyThe oldest and most popular videogame magazine of Finland
Pixel2015PolandIdea AheadGeneral video gaming and pop-culture
Planet PC19992001United KingdomPC games
Play20002012PolandRingier Axel SpringerSister publication of Komputer Świat GRY. Multiplatform prior to 2002, then PC-only.
Play19942013People's Republic of ChinaScience Popularization PublicationChina's first PC-gaming-specific magazine
Play Magazine (UK)19952016United KingdomImagine PublishingPlayStation consoles
Play Meter19742018United StatesSkybird PublishingCoin-op and arcade games
Player One19902000FranceMédia Système ÉditionConsole games
PlayNation 2001200?United KingdomDennis PublishingPlayStation magazine
PlayStation: The Official Magazine20072012United StatesFuture USPlayStation related topics, successor to Ziff Davis' OPM upon discontinuation of PSM
PlayStation Official Magazine (Italy) 20022019ItalyIl Mio Castello
Future Media Italy
Play Media Company
Lunasia Edizioni
Italian PlayStation related topics
PLAY Magazine 20062024United KingdomFuture PublishingUK PlayStation related topics
PlayStation Underground19972001United StatesSony Computer Entertainment AmericaPlayStation, PlayStation 2
PSM: Independent PlayStation Magazine 19972007United StatesImagine Media
Future Network USA
Future US
PlayStation family news
Swipe Magazine 20072013United KingdomSteel Media LtdMobile games
Power Play19932000sGermanyMagna MediaPC games
PC PowerPlay20042007GermanyCypressPC games
PC Action19962012GermanyComputec MediaPC games
Bravo Screenfun19972009GermanyHeinrich Bauer Zeitschriften Verlag KGPC games
Computer Bild Spiele19992019GermanyComputer Bild Digital GmbHPC games
Power Unlimited1993The NetherlandsVNU Media
HUB Uitgevers
Reshift Digital
Dutch gaming magazine
PSM3
20002012United KingdomFuture PublishingSony video game consoles and PlayStation games
PSX Fan19982001PolandComputer Graphics StudioPlayStation-dedicated.
PSX Extreme1997PolandIdea AheadConsole magazine, PlayStation-only prior to 2001.
PNM 2011United StatesMagCloud/Pure Media LLCAll things Nintendo related
Push!!19942015JapanMAX.Co.Eroge
Raze Magazine19901991United KingdomNewsfieldMaster System, NES
RePlay1975United StatesRePlay PublishingCoin-op and arcade games
Retro Gamer2004United KingdomLive Publishing
Imagine Publishing
Future Publishing
Retro games from multiple platforms, often via an Emulator
SCORE1994Czech RepublicOmega Publishing Group, s.r.oConsole and PC games
Saturn Power19971998United KingdomFuture PublishingSega Saturn games
Secret Service19932001PolandProScriptPolish game magazine, video games - all platforms
Secret Service20142014PolandIdea-AheadPolish game magazine, video games - all platforms
Sega Force19921993United KingdomEuropress ImpactSega games magazine
Sega Magazine19941995United KingdomEMAPOfficial Sega publication; relaunched as Sega Saturn Magazine.
Sega Power
19891997United KingdomFuture PublishingSega video games
Sega Pro19911996United KingdomParagon PublishingMaster System, Game Gear, Mega Drive
Sega Saturn Magazine19951998United KingdomEMAPSega Saturn games. Official Sega publication; the successor to Sega Magazine.
Sega Visions19901995United StatesSega of America
Sega/The Communique Group
Sega/Infotainment World
Official Sega magazine, competed with Nintendo Power
Sinclair Programs19821985United KingdomECC PublicationsZX80, ZX81 and ZX Spectrum computers
Sinclair User19821993United KingdomSinclair Spectrum
SKOAR!20032017IndiaJasubhai Digital Media Pvt. Ltd.Indian game magazine
SNES Force19931994United KingdomEuropressSNES Magazine
ST Format19891996United KingdomFuture PublishingAtari ST games magazine
ST/Amiga Format19881989United KingdomFuture PublishingAtari ST and Amiga games magazine
Strana Igr19962013RussiaGamelandRussian game magazine
Super Action19921994United KingdomEuropress InteractiveSNES magazine
Super Control
1992199?United KingdomMaverick MagazinesSNES game magazine
Super GamePower
19942006Brazil, Editora OptionGeneral video gaming
Super Play
19921996United KingdomFuture PublishingSNES magazine
Super PLAY19932009SwedenSwedish game magazine
Super Pro19921994United KingdomParagon PublishingSNES game magazine
Świat Gier Komputerowych19922003PolandPolish video game magazine
Tech Gian19962021JapanASCII
Enterbrain, Inc.
Kadokawa Shoten
Bishōjo game
Tilt19821994FranceEditions Mondiales S.A.PC and Console gaming
Tips and Tricks19952007United StatesLFP Video game strategy guides, codes and walkthroughs
Top Secret19901996PolandSpółdzielnia Wydawnicza "Bajtek"Started as a de facto solution magazine due to early '90 market needs.
Top Secret 20022003PolandRingier Axel SpringerOnly four issues printed.
Total!19932000United KingdomMVL-Verlag
X-Plain Verlag
Nintendo games; brand licensed from UK magazine, but independent content
Total Control19981999United KingdomRapide PublishingShort-lived independent multi-format games magazine.
TurboPlay19901992United StatesL.F.P., Inc.TurboGrafx-16, TurboGrafx-CD, Turbo Duo, TurboExpress, SuperGrafx
Velikiy Drakon19932004RussiaVideo-AceVideo games
Videogaming Illustrated19821983United StatesIon International, Inc.Video games
Video Games Magazine19821984United StatesPumpkin PressVideo games
Video Games Player19821984United StatesCarnegie Publications Corp.Video games
VideoGames - The Ultimate Gaming Magazine
19931996United StatesL.F.P., Inc.Video games, PC games and arcades
V Jump1993JapanShueishaVideo games and Shōnen manga
Xbox World20032012United KingdomFuture PublishingXbox video game consoles and Xbox games
X-One 20052015United KingdomImagine PublishingXbox 360, Xbox one
XtremPC19982010RomaniaPC games, game consoles
X6419972000FranceEdicorp PublicationsNintendo games magazine
Your Sinclair19841993United KingdomDennis Publishing
Future Publishing
Sinclair Spectrum, SAM Coupé
Zero19891992United KingdomDennis PublishingAmiga, Atari ST, PC games
Zzap!6419851992United KingdomNewsfield Publications
Europress Impact
Commodore 64 games