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PC Gamer appoints new editor and UK editor-in-chief

PC Gamer has promoted two members of its senior editorial team, Future Publishing announced today. Editor Samuel Roberts (pictured left) is now UK editor-in-chief, while former deputy editor Phil Savage (pictured right) will take on the role of editor. The publication is also recruiting for a new deputy editor. Roberts …

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PC Gamer hit 10 million visits in November

Future’s PC Gamer website has smashed its monthly visitor records. The site saw ten million visits during the month of November. This represents a growth of 37 per cent year-on-year. In addition to a growth in visitors, the site also saw a 53 per cent jump in page views – …

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Two day PC Gamer Weekender event announced for March

Future has announced a new PC gaming event that will take place in London early next year. The two-day gathering is called The PC Gamer Weekender. It’ll be at the Old Truman Brewery in Brick Lane and kicks off on Saturday March 5th. A number of the latest triple-A and …

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How did the games media cover E3? We ask PC Gamer

PC Gamer’s Tom Senior talks about bringing the platform back to E3 The PC can lose out in the tumult of E3, to the extent that publishers occasionally forget to mention their PC editions entirely when announcing new games. This year, we launched the PC Gaming Show at the Belasco …

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Gunpoint and Heat Signature developer Tom Francis on going from critic to creator

Everybody’s a critic,” goes the old adage and, in the age of the YouTube comment and customer review, rarely has it seemed more veracious. Examine the Steam or Amazon page for any title and you’ll find hundreds – if not thousands – of players offering their helpful insight into how …

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PC gaming finally gets its own E3 press conference

PlayStation and Microsoft (and possibly Nintendo?) will this year be joined on the E3 stage by a conference dedicated solely to PC gaming. AMD has teamed up with PC Gamer to host the PC Gaming Show on June 16th, bringing with it speakers including Dean Hall and Cliff Bleszinski as …

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PCGamer.com page views jump 109% following redesign

Future’s PC gaming site PCGamer.com has experienced what the company says is record-breaking growth following the roll-out of its redesign last month. Worldwide, page views for the month hit 52m – 109 per cent up on the previous record of 24.9m. Page views have jumped 111 per cent and average …

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Games TM’s Samuel Roberts becomes PC Gamer editor

Former Games TM editor Samuel Roberts is the new editor of Future mag PC Gamer. His previous roles include deputy editor at Play magazine and SciFiNow. He was also a finalist in the Rising Star category at the 2009 Games Media Awards. He begins at PC Gamer on December 11th. …

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Edge boss leaves ahead of Future games restructure

Richard Keith, the publisher of Edge, PC Gamer and Xbox 360: The Official Magazine, is leaving Future. It comes ahead of what will be a ‘review of the publishing structure’ at Future’s games division. The news follows a drop in revenue for Future as revealed in its last financial statement. …

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PC Gamer Showdown set for September

The PC Gamer Showdown will boast tournaments on titles including Counter-Strike, Team Fortress 2 and will take place at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire over the weekend of September 27th and 28th. Future is hoping to attract more the 500 gamers to the event, offering cash prizes for victorious gamers – …

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