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 Issue 9, the first redesigned Kill Screen issue after a successful Kickstarter campaign | |
| Categories | Video games |
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| Founded | 2009 |
| First issue | March 2010 |
| Final issue | 2016 (print) |
| Company | Kill Screen Media, Inc. |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | New York City |
| Language | English |
| Website | killscreen |
| OCLC | 892699658 |
Kill Screen[1] is an online magazine founded in 2009 by Jamin Warren and Chris Dahlen and owned by Kill Screen Media, Inc. It focused on video games and culture, but also included articles based on entertainment. The name is based on the video game term of the same name.
In 2009, both Warren and Dahlen were former writers for Pitchfork when they decided to found the magazine. After a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund the magazine, the first issue was released in March 2010. After partnerships with Pitchfork, StoryCode and Film Society of Lincoln Center, the magazine eventually founded an annual video game conference, two5six, in 2013. The magazine's website did a redesign in January 2014 and the print magazine itself was redesigned and overhauled after a second successful Kickstarter campaign in November 2015. In 2016, two5six's name was changed to Kill Screen Festival.
From 2009 to 2016, it was also a print publication.
After 2016, Kill Screen ceased publication, and its website went defunct around the same time. The website reopened in 2020 with a new editorial approach.