Computer and Video Games

Computer and Video Games
March 1991 cover
EditorAndy Robinson
CategoriesComputer magazine
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation106,000 (typical)
First issueNovember 1981
Final issueOctober 2004
CompanyFuture Publishing
CountryUK
Based inLondon
Websitecomputerandvideogames.com (defunct)
ISSN0261-3697

Computer and Video Games (also known as CVG, Computer & Video Games, C&VG, Computer + Video Games, or C+VG) was a UK-based video game magazine, published in its original form between 1981 and 2004.[1] Its offshoot website was launched in 1999[2] and closed in February 2015.[3] CVG was the longest-running video game media brand in the world.[4] Several CVG writers led the creation of Video Games Chronicle in 2019.[5]

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  3. ^ "Official: Future will close CVG website, news and reviews now coming to GamesRadar+ | Games industry news | MCV". Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Future will close CVG". MCV. 1 December 2014. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
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