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2005</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Editor</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Russell Sipe (1981–1992)</li><li>Johnny Wilson (1992–1999)</li><li>George Jones (1999–2001)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Green_(editor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeff Green (editor)">Jeff Green</a> (2001–2006)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Categories</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Computing" title="Computing">Computing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Video_game" title="Video game">Gaming</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Frequency</th><td class="infobox-data">Monthly</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data">Russell Sipe</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First issue</th><td class="infobox-data">November 1981<span class="noprint">; 43 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1981-11</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-TechCrunch_2015_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TechCrunch_2015-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Final issue<br />Number</th><td class="infobox-data">November 2006<span class="noprint">; 18 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">2006-11</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-CGW_286_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CGW_286-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ziff_Davis_2006_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ziff_Davis_2006-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />268</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Russell Sipe (1981–1993)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Ziff_Davis" title="Ziff Davis">Ziff Davis</a> (1993–2006)<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_2003_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT_2003-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sipe199310_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sipe199310-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ziff_Davis_2006_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ziff_Davis_2006-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Based in</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts" title="Cambridge, Massachusetts">Cambridge, Massachusetts</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data">computergamingworld.com<br />(<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040605081241/http://computergamingworld.com/">Archived</a> 2004-06-05 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/search?fq=x0:jrnl&q=n2:0744-6667">0744-6667</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8482876">8482876</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Computer Gaming World</b></i> (<b>CGW</b>) was an American <a href="/wiki/Video_game_journalism" title="Video game journalism">computer game magazine</a> published between 1981 and 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-TechCrunch_2015_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TechCrunch_2015-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CGW_286_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CGW_286-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ziff_Davis_2006_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ziff_Davis_2006-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the few magazines of the era to survive the <a href="/wiki/Video_game_crash_of_1983" title="Video game crash of 1983">video game crash of 1983</a>, it was sold to <a href="/wiki/Ziff_Davis" title="Ziff Davis">Ziff Davis</a> in 1993. It expanded greatly through the 1990s and became one of the largest dedicated <a href="/wiki/Video_game" title="Video game">video game</a> magazines, reaching around 500 pages by 1997. </p><p>In the early 2000s its circulation was about 300,000, only slightly behind the market leader <i><a href="/wiki/PC_Gamer" title="PC Gamer">PC Gamer</a></i>. But, like most magazines of the era, the rapid move of its advertising revenue to <a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">internet</a> properties led to a decline in revenue. In 2006, Ziff announced it would be refocused as <i><a href="/wiki/Games_for_Windows:_The_Official_Magazine" title="Games for Windows: The Official Magazine">Games for Windows</a></i>, before moving it to solely online format, and then shutting down completely later the same year. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Computer_Gaming_World&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1979, Russell Sipe left the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Baptist_Convention" title="Southern Baptist Convention">Southern Baptist Convention</a> ministry. A fan of computer games, he realized in Spring, 1981 that no <a href="/wiki/Video_game_journalism" title="Video game journalism">magazine</a> was dedicated to computer games. Although Sipe had no publishing experience, he formed Golden Empire Publications in June and found investors. He chose the name <i>Computer Gaming World</i> (<i>CGW</i>) instead of alternatives such as <i>Computer Games</i> or <i>Kilobaud Warrior</i> because he hoped that the magazine would both review games and serve as a trade publication for the industry. The first issue appeared in November, about the same as rivals <i><a href="/wiki/Electronic_Games" title="Electronic Games">Electronic Games</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Softalk" title="Softalk">Softline</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-sipe198808_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sipe198808-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Sipe's religious background led to "<a href="/wiki/Psalm_9" title="Psalm 9">Psalm 9:1–2</a>" appearing in each issue. His successor as editor, Johnny L. Wilson,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was an <a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Christian" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelical Christian">evangelical Christian</a> minister).<sup id="cite_ref-sipe198808_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sipe198808-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cgw198705_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cgw198705-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wilson19900708_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wilson19900708-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Computer_Gaming_World_issue_1.1.pdf" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Computer_Gaming_World_issue_1.1.pdf/page1-220px-Computer_Gaming_World_issue_1.1.pdf.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="289" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Computer_Gaming_World_issue_1.1.pdf/page1-330px-Computer_Gaming_World_issue_1.1.pdf.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Computer_Gaming_World_issue_1.1.pdf/page1-440px-Computer_Gaming_World_issue_1.1.pdf.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1239" data-file-height="1627" /></a><figcaption>The first issue, November/December 1981</figcaption></figure> <p>The first issues of <i>Computer Gaming World</i> were published from <a href="/wiki/Anaheim,_California" title="Anaheim, California">Anaheim, California</a>, and sold for $2.75 individually or $11 for a year's subscription of six issues.<sup id="cite_ref-SG_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SG-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These early bimonthly issues<sup id="cite_ref-sipe198808_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sipe198808-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> were typically 40–50 pages in length, written in a newsletter style, including submissions by game designers such as <a href="/wiki/Joel_Billings" title="Joel Billings">Joel Billings</a> (SSI), <a href="/wiki/Dan_Bunten" class="mw-redirect" title="Dan Bunten">Dan Bunten</a> (Ozark Software), and <a href="/wiki/Chris_Crawford_(game_designer)" title="Chris Crawford (game designer)">Chris Crawford</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Also, early covers were not always directly related to the magazine's contents, but rather featured work by artist Tim Finkas.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In January/February 1986 <i>CGW</i> increased its publication cycle to nine times a year,<sup id="cite_ref-sipe198808_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sipe198808-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the editorial staff included popular writers such as <a href="/wiki/Scorpia_(journalist)" title="Scorpia (journalist)">Scorpia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Ardai" title="Charles Ardai">Charles Ardai</a>, and M. Evan Brooks.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><i>CGW</i> survived the <a href="/wiki/Video_game_crash_of_1983" title="Video game crash of 1983">video game crash of 1983</a>, which badly hurt the market; by summer 1985 it was the only survivor of 18 color magazines covering computer games in 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-sipe198808_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sipe198808-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In autumn 1987 <i>CGW</i> introduced a quarterly newsletter called <i>Computer Game Forum</i> (CGF), which was published during the off-months of <i>CGW</i>. The newsletter never became popular; only two issues were published before it was cancelled. Some of CGF's content became part of <i>CGW</i>, which became a monthly.<sup id="cite_ref-sipe198808_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sipe198808-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Computer_Gaming_World_issue_2.3_(page_22_Russell_Sipe_and_Suzanne_Sipe).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Computer_Gaming_World_issue_2.3_%28page_22_Russell_Sipe_and_Suzanne_Sipe%29.jpg/220px-Computer_Gaming_World_issue_2.3_%28page_22_Russell_Sipe_and_Suzanne_Sipe%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Computer_Gaming_World_issue_2.3_%28page_22_Russell_Sipe_and_Suzanne_Sipe%29.jpg/330px-Computer_Gaming_World_issue_2.3_%28page_22_Russell_Sipe_and_Suzanne_Sipe%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Computer_Gaming_World_issue_2.3_%28page_22_Russell_Sipe_and_Suzanne_Sipe%29.jpg/440px-Computer_Gaming_World_issue_2.3_%28page_22_Russell_Sipe_and_Suzanne_Sipe%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="796" data-file-height="514" /></a><figcaption>Russell Sipe and Suzanne Sipe in 1982 at the <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Computer_Faire" title="West Coast Computer Faire">West Coast Computer Faire</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The magazine went through significant expansion starting in 1991, with page counts reaching 196 pages by its 100th issue, in November 1992. During that same year, Johnny Wilson (who started as a contributor in 1983), became editor-in-chief, although Sipe remained as publisher. In 1993, Sipe sold the magazine to <a href="/wiki/Ziff_Davis" title="Ziff Davis">Ziff Davis</a><sup id="cite_ref-NYT_2003_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT_2003-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sipe199310_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sipe199310-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—by then the magazine was so thick that a reader reported that the December issue's bulk slowed a thief who had stolen a shopping bag containing it<sup id="cite_ref-corbin199402_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-corbin199402-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—but continued on as publisher until 1995. The magazine kept growing through the 1990s, with the December 1997 issue weighing in at 500 pages. In January 1999,<sup id="cite_ref-swap_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-swap-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wilson left the magazine and George Jones became editor-in-chief,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at a time when print magazines were struggling with the growing popularity of the Internet.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_2005_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT_2005-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jones had been the editor-in-chief of <a href="/wiki/CNET_Gamecenter" class="mw-redirect" title="CNET Gamecenter">CNET Gamecenter</a>, and had before that been a staffer at <i>CGW</i> between 1994 and 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-swap_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-swap-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Green_(editor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeff Green (editor)">Jeff Green</a> in the summer of 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_2005_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT_2005-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On August 2, 2006, Ziff Davis and Microsoft jointly announced that <i>CGW</i> would be replaced with <i><a href="/wiki/Games_for_Windows:_The_Official_Magazine" title="Games for Windows: The Official Magazine">Games for Windows: The Official Magazine</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ziff_Davis_2006_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ziff_Davis_2006-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new magazine replaced <i>CGW</i> as part of Microsoft's Games for Windows initiative. In their press release, Ziff Davis indicated that much of <i>CGW's</i> core content and the entire staff will be transferred to the new magazine.<sup id="cite_ref-Ziff_Davis_2006_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ziff_Davis_2006-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because of these announcements, Ziff Davis' actions appeared more on the order of a rebranding of <i>CGW</i>, rather than an actual cancellation. The final <i>CGW</i>-labeled issue was November 2006, for a total of 268 published editions.<sup id="cite_ref-CGW_286_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CGW_286-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 8, 2008, <a href="/wiki/1UP_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="1UP Network">1UP Network</a> announced the print edition of <i>Games for Windows: The Official Magazine</i> had ceased, and that all content would be moved online.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the GFW Radio <a href="/wiki/Penny_Arcade_Expo" class="mw-redirect" title="Penny Arcade Expo">Penny Arcade Expo</a> reunion, Jeff Green claimed that the deal with Microsoft allowed <i>CGW/GFW</i> to continue operating, and that if it had not occurred, Ziff Davis would have shut down <i>CGW</i>. </p><p>Simultaneously with the release of the final <i>CGW</i> issue, Ziff Davis announced the availability of the CGW Archive, which features complete copies of the first 100 issues of <i>CGW</i>, as well as the two CGF issues, for a total of 7438 pages covering 11 years of gaming. The archive was created by Stephane Racle, of the Computer Gaming World Museum, and is available in <a href="/wiki/Portable_Document_Format" class="mw-redirect" title="Portable Document Format">PDF format</a>. Every issue was processed through <a href="/wiki/Optical_character_recognition" title="Optical character recognition">optical character recognition</a>, which enabled the creation of a 3+ million word master index. Although Ziff Davis has taken its CGW Archive site offline, the magazines can be downloaded from the Computer Gaming World Museum.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Content">Content</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Computer_Gaming_World&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Content"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>CGW</i> featured reviews, previews, news, features, letters, strategy, and columns dealing with <a href="/wiki/Computer_games" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer games">computer games</a>. While <a href="/wiki/Video_game_console" title="Video game console">console games</a> are occasionally touched on, these are primarily the territory of CGW's sister magazine.<i> <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly" title="Electronic Gaming Monthly">Electronic Gaming Monthly</a></i>. </p><p>In 2006, two of the most popular features were "Greenspeak", a final-page column written by editor-in-chief Jeff Green, and "Tom vs. Bruce", a unique "duelling-diaries" piece in which writers <a href="/wiki/Tom_Chick" title="Tom Chick">Tom Chick</a> and Bruce Geryk logged their gameplay experience as each tried to best the other at a given game. "Tom vs. Bruce" sometimes featured a guest appearance by <a href="/wiki/Erik_Wolpaw" title="Erik Wolpaw">Erik Wolpaw</a>, formerly of <i><a href="/wiki/Old_Man_Murray" title="Old Man Murray">Old Man Murray</a></i>. </p><p>For many years, <i>CGW</i> never assigned scores to reviews, preferring to let readers rate their favorite games through a monthly poll. Scores were finally introduced in 1994, but beginning in April 2006, <i>CGW</i> stopped assigning quantifiable scores to its reviews. In May of the same year, <i>CGW</i> changed the name of its review section to "Viewpoint", and began evaluating games on a more diverse combination of factors than a its content. Elements considered include the communities' reaction to a game, developers' continued support through patches, and whether a game's online component continued to grow. </p><p>The reviews were formerly based on a simple five-star structure, with five stars marking a truly outstanding game, and one star signalling virtual worthlessness. Three games, <i><a href="/wiki/Postal%C2%B2" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal²">Postal²</a></i> by Robert Coffey, <i><a href="/wiki/Mistmare" title="Mistmare">Mistmare</a></i> by Jeff Green, and <i><a href="/wiki/Dungeon_Lords_(video_game)" title="Dungeon Lords (video game)">Dungeon Lords</a></i> by Denice Cook "...form an unholy trinity of the only games in <i>CGW</i> history to receive zero-star reviews." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Circulation">Circulation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Computer_Gaming_World&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Circulation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to MDS, <i>CGW</i> had a circulation slightly above 300,000 as of 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this regard, it was slightly behind industry arch-rival <i><a href="/wiki/PC_Gamer" title="PC Gamer">PC Gamer</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_acclaim">Awards and acclaim</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Computer_Gaming_World&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Awards and acclaim"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Bruce_F._Webster" class="mw-redirect" title="Bruce F. Webster">Bruce F. Webster</a> reviewed the first issue of <i>Computer Gaming World</i> in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Space_Gamer" title="The Space Gamer">The Space Gamer</a></i> No. 48. Webster commented that "I strongly recommend this magazine to computer gamers, and just one reason alone will (in my opinion) suffice: You can now start getting from just one publication the information that you've been having to dig out of three or four or five (or six...). Get it."<sup id="cite_ref-SG_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SG-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Page_6" title="Page 6">Page 6</a></i> reviewed <i>Computer Gaming World</i> and stated: "Quite apart from being an interesting read, you will get more out of your existing games and will have a much better idea of what to buy as your next piece of software. No other computer magazine that I can think of will give you reviews of such depth."<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1988, <i>CGW</i> won the <a href="/wiki/Origins_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Origins Award">Origins Award</a> for <i>Best Professional Adventure Gaming Magazine of 1987</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-originsawards_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-originsawards-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> repeatedly praised CGW, placing it as one of the premier computer game publications of its time.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1997 the newspaper called it "the leading computer game magazine",<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1999 "the bible of computer game purists",<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 2005 "one of the top computer game magazines".<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_2005_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT_2005-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="PC_Gaming_World"><i>PC Gaming World</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Computer_Gaming_World&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: PC Gaming World"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ziff Davis also published a sister magazine to <i>Computer Gaming World</i>, entitled <i>PC Gaming World</i>, in the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-sister1_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sister1-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vnu1_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vnu1-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the region's third-largest computer game magazine by August 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-golem_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-golem-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1998, journalist <a href="/wiki/Stuart_Campbell_(game_journalist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stuart Campbell (game journalist)">Stuart Campbell</a> described <i>PC Gaming World</i> as a publication with a predominantly American bent, thanks to its "sober, serious, text-heavy style". He considered it to be out of step with the British game audience.<sup id="cite_ref-stuart1_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stuart1-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Campbell later called the magazine an "oddity" that was "clearly aimed primarily at a 40-something audience and beyond", in comparison to more youthful rivals such as <i><a href="/wiki/PC_Gamer_UK" class="mw-redirect" title="PC Gamer UK">PC Gamer UK</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/PC_Zone" title="PC Zone">PC Zone</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-stuart2_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stuart2-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2000, Ziff Davis sold its publishing arm in Europe to <a href="/wiki/Verenigde_Nederlandse_Uitgeverijen" class="mw-redirect" title="Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeverijen">Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeverijen</a> (VNU), including three magazines in Germany, three in France and four in the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-register_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-register-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>PC Gaming World</i> migrated with these publications.<sup id="cite_ref-register_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-register-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-prweek_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prweek-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Register" title="The Register">The Register</a></i> reported that VNU saw <i>PC Gaming World</i> as a poor match for its business model, which left the magazine's future uncertain.<sup id="cite_ref-register_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-register-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The publisher sold <i>PC Gaming World</i> to <a href="/wiki/Computec_Media" class="mw-redirect" title="Computec Media">Computec Media</a> a month after the purchase,<sup id="cite_ref-golem_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-golem-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> citing its lack of synergy with VNU's existing brand.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This transition was set to be completed in October 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-golem_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-golem-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <a href="/wiki/Golem.de" class="mw-redirect" title="Golem.de">Golem.de</a><sup class="noprint" style="font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golem.de" class="extiw" title="de:Golem.de">de</a>]</sup>, Computec planned to fold <i>PC Gaming World</i> together with its own <i>PC Gameplay</i> magazine,<sup id="cite_ref-golem_28-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-golem-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which it launched in 2000. <i>PC Gaming World</i> had closed by the first half of 2001; Computec moved the publication's subscribers to <i>PC Gameplay</i>, which nevertheless struggled to grow its base.<sup id="cite_ref-abc_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abc-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company "relaunched" <i>PC Gameplay</i> as <i>PC Gaming World</i> in 2003,<sup id="cite_ref-relaunch_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-relaunch-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but did not release the new publication's subscriber count through the <a href="/wiki/Audit_Bureau_of_Circulations_(UK)" title="Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK)">Audit Bureau of Circulations</a> during the first half of that year. Writing for <a href="/wiki/GamesIndustry.biz" class="mw-redirect" title="GamesIndustry.biz">GamesIndustry.biz</a>, Kristan Reed noted that this decision was "never a healthy sign".<sup id="cite_ref-abc2_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abc2-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Computec sold its entire British game magazine branch to competitor <a href="/wiki/Future_Publishing" class="mw-redirect" title="Future Publishing">Future Publishing</a> in late 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-sold_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sold-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Computer_Gaming_World&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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