games™ | |
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Launch Editor |
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Company |
Paragon Publishing |
ISSN |
1475-1399 |
First Date |
December 2002 |
Final Date |
December 2018 |
Total Issues |
206 |
Click here for a gallery of games™ front covers.
It was announced on 19 October 2018 that issue 206 would be the last.
Credits[]
Please see here for a list of people who are credited with working on games™.
Stats[]
Circulation Figures[]
Year | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec |
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2009 | 20,013 | |
2010 | 18,024 | |
2011 | 15,066 | |
2012 | 12,608 | |
2013 | 12,619 |
Reviews[]
See here for a list of games reviewed in this magazine.
Issue | Reviews | Avg Score | Highest Score | Highest Scoring Game | Lowest Score | Lowest Scoring Game |
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1 | 19 | 6.6 | 9 | Grand Theft Auto: Vice City | 4 | Die Hard Vendetta, Medal of Honor: Frontline |
2 | 19 | 6.3 | 10 | Metroid Prime | 3 | Star Wars: Bounty Hunter |
19 | 14 | 6.4 | 8 | RalliSport Challenge 2, Armored Core Nexus, Katamari Damacy | 4 | Galleon, The Suffering |
100 | 11 | 7.7 | 9 | Metroid: Other M, Starcraft II |
6 | Dead Rising 2: Case Zero |
101 | 16 | 6.4 | 9 | Halo: Reach | 2 | Quantum Theory |
102 | 20 | 7.5 | 9 | Fallout: New Vegas, EA Sports MMA, Vanquish, FIFA 11, BlazBlue: Continuum Shift |
5 | Front Mission Evolved |
103 | 28 | 6.7 | 9 | Call of Duty: Black Ops, Rock Band 3, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, Super Meat Boy, Etrian Odyssey III |
2 | TV Superstars |
109 | 19 | 5.8 | 9 | Portal 2, The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile |
3 | Battle: Los Angeles, Super Monkey Ball 3D |
110 | 20 | 6.8 | 9 | Persona 3 Portable | 3 | Red Faction: Battlegrounds |
111 | 18 | 6.3 | 8 | Williams Pinball Classics, Shadows of the Damned, The 2D Adventures of Rotating Octopus Character |
3 | Duke Nukem Forever |
112 | 14 | 5.9 | 7 | Trenched, The Tiny Bang Story, Major League Baseball 2K11, From Dust, Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 | 3 | Ape Escape |
113 | 14 | 7.1 | 9 | Xenoblade Chronicles, Ms. 'Splosion Man, Groove Coaster |
4 | Call of Juarez: The Cartel |
114 | 20 | 6.8 | 9 | Dark Souls, Gears of War 3, FIFA 12 | 4 | Bleach: Soul Resurreccion, Bodycount |
115 | 18 | 6.8 | 9 | The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Forza Motorsport 4, Rage | 3 | X-Men: Destiny |
116 | 9 | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Batman: Arkham City | 3 | Disney Universe | ||
129 | 31 | 6.6 | 9 | Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Halo 4, The Unfinished Swan, FTL: Faster Than Light | 3 | Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two |
130 | 21 | 6.2 | 9 | Far Cry 3 | 1 | Family Guy: BttM |
131 | 24 | 6.8 | 9 | PlanetSide 2, The Walking Dead, DmC, Baldur's Gate | 3 | Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper |
132 | 19 | 7.0 | 9 | Persona 4 Golden, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance | 4 | Aliens: Colonial Marines |
133 | 15 | 6.4 | 9 | Luigi's Mansion 2, God of War: Ascension |
2 | Final Fantasy: All the Bravest |
134 | 20 | 6.8 | 10 | BioShock Infinite | 3 | Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 |
135 | 16 | 6.6 | 9 | Fire Emblem: Awakening | 3 | The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct |
136 | 19 | 6.8 | 9 | The Last of Us | 2 | The Starship Damrey |
156 | 17 | 6.5 | 9 | Super Smash Bros. For Wii U, Shin Megami Tensei IV, World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor |
3 | MX vs. ATV: Supercross |
160 | 17 | 6.8 | 9 | Pillars of Eternity, Bloodborne, Ori and the Blind Forest, Life is Strange: Episode 2 | 4 | LA Cops |
175 | 13 | 7.3 | 8 | Overwatch, Alienation, Total War: Warhammer, Fire Emblem Fates, Severed, The Banner Saga 2, The Climb | 6 | Battleborn, Homefront: The Revolution, Rugby Challenge 3 |
186 | 8 | 6.6 | 9 | Persona 5 | 5 | Mass Effect: Andromeda, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands |
187 | 13 | 7.1 | 9 | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | 5 | The Sexy Brutale, Snake Pass |
Other Info[]
Issue | Release Date | Pages | Price | Editor/Dep. Editor | Editor-in-Chief/Managing Editor | Publisher |
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1 | 28 November 2002 | 180 | £4.00 | Martin Mathers | Simon Phillips | Paragon |
2 | 23 January 2003 | 180 | £4.00 | Martin Mathers | Simon Phillips | Paragon |
3 | 20 February 2003 | |||||
19 | 20 May 2004 | 180 | £4.00 | Martin Mathers | Nick Roberts | Highbury |
20 | 17 June 2004 | |||||
94 | 180 | £4.50 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine | |
95 | 15 April 2010 | 180 | £4.50 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
96 | 13 May 2010 | 180 | £4.50 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
97 | 10 June 2010 | 180 | £4.50 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
98 | 8 July 2010 | 180 | £4.50 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
99 | 5 August 2010 | 180 | £4.50 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
100 | 2 September 2010 | 180 | £4.50 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
101 | 30 September 2010 | 180 | £4.50 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
102 | 28 October 2010 | 180 | £4.50 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
103 | 25 November 2010 | 180 | £4.50 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
104 | 23 December 2010 | 180 | £4.50 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
105 | 20 January 2011 | 180 | £4.50 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
106 | 17 February 2011 | 180 | £4.50 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
107 | 17 March 2011 | 180 | £4.50 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
108 | 14 April 2011 | 180 | £4.50 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
109 | 12 May 2011 | 180 | £4.50 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
110 | 9 June 2011 | 180 | £4.50 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
111 | 7 July 2011 | 180 | £4.50 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
112 | 4 August 2011 | 180 | £4.50 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
113 | 1 September 2011 | 180 | £4.50 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
114 | 29 September 2011 | 180 | £5.00 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
115 | 27 October 2011 | 180 | £5.00 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
116 | 24 November 2011 | 180 | £5.00 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
117 | 22 December 2011 | 180 | £5.00 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
118 | 19 January 2012 | 180 | £5.00 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
119 | 16 February 2012 | 180 | £5.00 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
120 | 15 March 2012 | 180 | £5.00 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
121 | 12 April 2012 | 180 | £5.00 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
122 | 10 May 2012 | 180 | £5.00 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
123 | 7 June 2012 | 164 | £5.00 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
124 | 5 July 2012 | 164 | £5.00 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
125 | 2 August 2012 | 164 | £5.00 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
126 | 30 August 2012 | 164 | £5.00 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
127 | 27 September 2012 | 164 | £5.00 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
128 | 25 October 2012 | 164 | £5.00 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
129 | 22 November 2012 | 164 | £5.00 | Ashley Day | Rick Porter | Imagine |
130 | 20 December 2012 | 164 | £5.00 | N/A | Rick Porter | Imagine |
131 | 17 January 2013 | 164 | £5.00 | N/A | Nick Roberts | Imagine |
132 | 14 February 2013 | 164 | £5.00 | N/A | Nick Roberts | Imagine |
133 | 14 March 2013 | 164 | £5.00 | N/A | Nick Roberts | Imagine |
134 | 11 April 2013 | 164 | £5.00 | N/A | Nick Roberts | Imagine |
135 | 9 May 2013 | 164 | £5.00 | Samuel Roberts | Nick Roberts | Imagine |
136 | 20 June 2013 | 164 | £5.00 | Samuel Roberts | Nick Roberts | Imagine |
137 | 18 July 2013 | £5.00 | Imagine | |||
156 | 2 January 2015 | 164 | £5.00 | Jonathan Gordon | Ryan King | Imagine |
157 | 5 February 2015 | £5.00 | Jonathan Gordon | Ryan King | Imagine | |
160 | 23 April 2015 | 148 | £5.00 | Jonathan Gordon | Ryan King | Imagine |
161 | 21 May 2015 | Jonathan Gordon | Imagine | |||
175 | 16 June 2016 | 116 | £5.00 | Jonathan Gordon | Dan Hutchinson | Imagine |
176 | 14 July 2016 | Jonathan Gordon | ||||
186 | 20 April 2017 | 116 | Jonathan Gordon | Tony Mott | Future | |
187 | 18 May 2017 | 116 | Jonathan Gordon | Tony Mott | Future | |
188 | 15 June 2017 |
Issue Index[]
Date | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Xmas |
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2004 | 15 |
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18 |
19 |
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27 |
2005 | 28 |
29 |
30 |
31 |
32 |
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35 |
36 |
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38 |
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2006 | 41 |
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2007 | 52 |
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56 |
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63 |
64 |
2008 | 65 |
66 |
67 |
68 |
69 |
70 |
71 |
72 |
73 |
74 |
75 |
76 |
77 |
2009 | 78 |
79 |
80 |
81 |
82 |
83 |
84 |
85 |
86 |
87 |
88 |
89 |
90 |
2010 | 91 |
92 |
93 |
94 |
95 |
96 |
97 |
98 |
99 |
100 |
101 |
102 |
103 |
2011 | 104 |
105 |
106 |
107 |
108 |
109 |
110 |
111 |
112 |
113 |
114 |
115 |
116 |
2012 | 117 |
118 |
119 |
120 |
121 |
122 |
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124 |
125 |
126 |
127 |
128 |
129 |
2013 | 130 |
131 |
132 |
133 |
134 |
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2014 | 143 |
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2015 | 156 |
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2016 | 169 |
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2017 | 182 |
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2018 | 195 |
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