Computer Gaming World

Computer Gaming World
Issue 249 from March 2005
Editor
  • Russell Sipe (1981–1992)
  • Johnny Wilson (1992–1999)
  • George Jones (1999–2001)
  • Jeff Green (2001–2006)
CategoriesComputing, Gaming
FrequencyMonthly
FounderRussell Sipe
First issueNovember 1981; 43 years ago (1981-11)[1]
Final issue
Number		November 2006; 18 years ago (2006-11)[2][3]
268
Company
CountryUnited States
Based inCambridge, Massachusetts
LanguageEnglish
Websitecomputergamingworld.com
(Archived 2004-06-05 at the Wayback Machine)
ISSN0744-6667
OCLC8482876

Computer Gaming World (CGW) was an American computer game magazine published between 1981 and 2006.[1][2][3] One of the few magazines of the era to survive the video game crash of 1983, it was sold to Ziff Davis in 1993. It expanded greatly through the 1990s and became one of the largest dedicated video game magazines, reaching around 500 pages by 1997.

In the early 2000s its circulation was about 300,000, only slightly behind the market leader PC Gamer. But, like most magazines of the era, the rapid move of its advertising revenue to internet properties led to a decline in revenue. In 2006, Ziff announced it would be refocused as Games for Windows, before moving it to solely online format, and then shutting down completely later the same year.

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