PC Gamer

PC Gamer
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Launch Editor	Matt Bielby
Company	Future Publishing
ISSN
First Date	December 1993
Final Date	Still Going
Total Issues	276

For a gallery of front covers see here.

Editors[edit | edit source]

Matt Bielby (Dec 1993 - Jan 1994) - 2 Issues

Gary Whitta (Feb 1994 - )

Ross Atherton

Tim Edwards

Graham Smith

Chris Thursten (Acting Editor, October 2013 - )

Samuel Roberts

Phil Savage (Current)

Writers[edit | edit source]

Please see here for a list of writers who are credited with writing articles or reviews in PC Gamer.

Stats[edit | edit source]

Circulation Figures[edit | edit source]

Year	Jan-Jun	Jul-Dec
2004	57,748	57,023
2005	48,326	48,699
2006	45,295	43,620
2009	26,487
2010	25,019
2011	23,652
2012	21,272
2013	19,125
2014	16,450
2016	17,624
2018	12,708

Reviews[edit | edit source]

Issue	Reviews	Avg Score	High Score	Highest Scoring Game	Low Score	Lowest Scoring Game
1	39*	67%	93%	IndyCar Racing	21%	Tesserae
2	36*	77%	93%	Sam & Max Hit the Road	37%	Strike Squad
3	32*	73%	92%	Alone in the Dark 2	20%	Heirs to the Throne
4	20*	68%	94%	SimCity 2000	8%	Jonny Quest
5	13*	69%	93%	Cannon Fodder, Battle Isle II	12%	Barbie
6	16*	74%	93%	Ultima VIII: Pagan, Pacific Strike	23%	Red Hell
219	13	76%	88%	Amnesia: Dark Descent, Quake Live	58%	Football Superstars
227	12	65%	94%	Portal 2	35%	Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime
228	14	72%	89%	The Witcher 2	29%	Surgery Simulator
229	18	71%	89%	Frozen Synapse	29%	Duke Nukem Forever
230	19	70%	96%	Team Fortress 2	25%	Shadow Harvest: Phantom Ops
231	14	73%	92%	Limbo	32%	Garbage Truck Simulator 2011
232	26	69%	92%	Bastion	37%	Traffic Manager 2011
233	18	68%	90%	FIFA 12	15%	Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12
234			90%	Orcs Must Die	35%	Airline Tycoon 2
247	13*	66%	90%	Mark of the Ninja	35%	Medal of Honor: Warfighter
248	10*	78%	91%	NBA 2K13	58%	Painkiller: Hell & Damnation
249	20*	66%	90%	Super Hexagon	16%	007 Legends
250	21*	68%	85%	Elemental: Fallen Enchantress	30%	The War Z
251	22*	73%	88%	Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Dragonborn	43%	No Time to Explain
252	17*	72%	91%	Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm, BioShock Infinite	49%	Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2
253	15*	70%	90%	Trials Evolution, Monaco	45%	Resident Evil 6
254	10*	68%	90%	Fez	45%	Dead Island: Riptide, Star Trek
255	11*	76%	87%	Wargame: AirLand Battle	59%	Signal Ops
276	10*	70%	86%	Elite: Dangerous	40%	Tengami
304	11*	68%	84%	Sniper Elite 4	29%	Revhead
305	8*	83%	93%	Bayonetta	68%	Yooka-Laylee
331	11*	80%	92%	Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Imperator: Rome	65%	Arches

Note * no re-reviews or DLC counted.

Other Info[edit | edit source]

Issue	Cover Date	Release Date	Pages	Price	Editor	Publisher
1	December 1993	11 November 1993	132	£3.95	Matt Bielby	Future
2	January 1994	16 December 1993	132	£3.95	Matt Bielby	Future
3	February 1994	27 January 1994	116	£3.95	Gary Whitta	Future
4	March 1994	24 February 1994	116	£3.95	Gary Whitta	Future
5	April 1994	24 March 1994	116	£3.95	Gary Whitta	Future
6	May 1994	28 April 1994	116	£3.95	Gary Whitta	Future
7		26 May 1994				Future
227	June 2011	11 May 2011	148	£5.99	Tim Edwards	Future
228	July 2011	8 June 2011	148	£5.99	Tim Edwards	Future
229	August 2011	6 July 2011	148	£5.99	Tim Edwards	Future
230	September 2011	3 August 2011	132	£5.99	Tim Edwards	Future
231	October 2011	31 August 2011	132	£5.99	Tim Edwards	Future
232	November 2011	28 September 2011	196	£5.99	Tim Edwards	Future
233	December 2011	26 October 2011	164	£5.99	Tim Edwards	Future
234	Christmas 2011	23 November 2011	164	£5.99	Tim Edwards	Future
235	January 2012					Future
247	Christmas 2012	15 November 2012	148	£5.99	Graham Smith	Future
248	January 2013	20 December 2012	148	£5.99	Graham Smith	Future
249	February 2013	17 January 2013	148	£5.99	Graham Smith	Future
250	March 2013	14 February 2013	148	£5.99	Graham Smith	Future
251	April 2013	14 March 2013	148	£5.99	Graham Smith	Future
252	May 2013	11 April 2013	148	£5.99	Graham Smith	Future
253	June 2013	9 May 2013	132	£5.99	Graham Smith	Future
254	July 2013	6 June 2013	132	£5.99	Graham Smith	Future
255	August 2013	4 July 2013	132	£5.99	Graham Smith	Future
256	September 2013	1 August 2013				Future
276	March 2015	12 February 2015	132	£5.99	Samuel Roberts	Future
277		12 March 2015				Future
304	May 2017	6 April 2017	132		Samuel Roberts	Future
305	June 2017	4 May 2017	132		Samuel Roberts	Future
306	July 2017	1 June 2017
331	June 2019	2 May 2019	168		Phil Savage	Future
332	July 2019	30 May 2019				Future

Issue Index[edit | edit source]

**PC Gamer** Index
Date	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Xmas
1993												1
1994	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
1995	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
1996	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
1997	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51
1998	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64
1999	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77
2000	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87/88	89	90	91
2001	92	Cover missing 93	Cover missing 94	Cover missing 95	Cover missing 96	Cover missing 97	Cover missing 98	Cover missing 99	Cover missing 100	Cover missing 101	Cover missing 102	Cover missing 103	Cover missing 104
2002	Cover missing 105	Cover missing 106	Cover missing 107	Cover missing 108	Cover missing 109	Cover missing 110	Cover missing 111	Cover missing 112	Cover missing 113	Cover missing 114	Cover missing 115	Cover missing 116	Cover missing 117
2003	Cover missing 118	Cover missing 119	Cover missing 120	Cover missing 121	Cover missing 122	Cover missing 123	Cover missing 124	Cover missing 125	Cover missing 126	Cover missing 127	Cover missing 128	Cover missing 129	Cover missing 130
2004	Cover missing 131	Cover missing 132	Cover missing 133	Cover missing 134	Cover missing 135	Cover missing 136	Cover missing 137	Cover missing 138	Cover missing 139	Cover missing 140	Cover missing 141	Cover missing 142	Cover missing 143
2005	Cover missing 144	Cover missing 145	Cover missing 146	Cover missing 147	Cover missing 148	Cover missing 149	Cover missing 150	Cover missing 151	Cover missing 152	Cover missing 153	Cover missing 154	Cover missing 155	Cover missing 156
2006	Cover missing 157	Cover missing 158	Cover missing 159	Cover missing 160	Cover missing 161	Cover missing 162	Cover missing 163	Cover missing 164	Cover missing 165	Cover missing 166	Cover missing 167	Cover missing 168	Cover missing 169
2007	Cover missing 170	Cover missing 171	Cover missing 172	Cover missing 173	Cover missing 174	Cover missing 175	Cover missing 176	Cover missing 177	Cover missing 178	Cover missing 179	Cover missing 180	Cover missing 181	Cover missing 182
2008	183	Cover missing 184	Cover missing 185	Cover missing 186	Cover missing 187	Cover missing 188	Cover missing 189	Cover missing 190	191	Cover missing 192	Cover missing 193	Cover missing 194	Cover missing 195
2009	Cover missing 196	Cover missing 197	Cover missing 198	Cover missing 199	Cover missing 200	Cover missing 201	Cover missing 202	Cover missing 203	Cover missing 204	Cover missing 205	Cover missing 206	207	208
2010	209	210	211	212	213	214	215	216	217	218	219	220	221
2011	222	223	224	225	226	227	228	229	230	231	232	233	234
2012	235	236	237	238	239	240	241	242	243	244	245	246	247
2013	248	249	250	251	252	253	254	255	256	257	258	259	260
2014	261	262	263	264	265	266	267	268	269	270	271	272	273
2015	274	275	276	277	278	279	280	281	282	283	284	285	286
2016	287	288	289	290	291	292	293	294	295	296	297	298	299
2017	300	301	302	303	304	305	306	307	308	309	310	311	312
2018	313	314	315	316	317	318	319	320	321	322	323	324	325
2019	326	327	328	329	330	331	Cover missing 332	Cover missing 333	Cover missing 334	Cover missing 335	Cover missing 336	Cover missing 337	Cover missing 338