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From October 1992 to March 1998, the founders Oliver Menne and Thomas Borovskis were editors-in-chief. They were replaced by Thomas Borovskis from April 1998 to February 2000. From March 2000 to June 2001, the magazine was led by Florian Stangl and Petra Fröhlich. From March 2004 on, Petra Fröhlich
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sold 363,608 issues per month, making it the best-selling PC gaming magazine in Germany at the time. However, from 2002 on, the print market started to decline and
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has about 1.41 million unique visitors per month, making it one of the largest PC gaming web portals in the German-language internet.
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The magazine has about 116 pages (extended edition), and also usually includes a DVD (earlier a CD) with drivers, demos,
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was the sole editor-in-chief. Fröhlich left this post in December 2014 and was replaced by Wolfgang Fischer.
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A magazine part with letters to the editors and other topics concerning the magazine and its editors itself
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Articles about important events, that influence the gaming community at large (i.e. e-sports, censorship)
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s sale figures decreased. By the fourth quarter of 2011, only 102,032 copies per month were sold.
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This article is about the German computer game magazine. For the United States publication, see
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in 1995. By 1999 it became the leading computer gaming magazine in Germany at this time.
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The magazine is one of the best-selling computer gaming magazines in Germany, after
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Articles about recent PC hardware components with regard to computer gaming (e.g.
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with more content centering around a specific game brand with extra merchandise
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A "magazine" version (which does not include any DVDs and is thus cheaper)
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Tests (reviews) of lately released or to be released computer games
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A "normal" edition, with one DVD in a rated 16 or rated 18 edition
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Previews of computer games, (games which are still in development)
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Hints, cheats, modifications and walkthroughs for released games
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is a monthly-released PC gaming magazine published by the
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The publishing company also publishes a magazine called
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GamePro § PC Games
PCGamesN
PC Gamer

Computec Media GmbH
FĂĽrth
pcgames.de
ISSN
0946-6304
Computec Media GmbH
floppy disk
CD-ROM
mods
maps
freeware
open-source games
mods
e-sports
joysticks
computer mouses
MMOGs
World of Warcraft
Computerbild Spiele
Gamestar


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