AusGamers
Australian video game news website
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AusGamers was an Australian video game journalism website created by Mammoth Media in 1999. MCVPacific noted it as "one of Australia's longest running online gaming publications, surviving the first dot-com crash, hosting LAN events and building itself into a one-stop files source".[1]
 Logo (1999–2014) | |
Type of site | video game journalism |
|---|---|
| Launched | 1999 |
| Current status | Defunct since November 11, 2023 |
History
AusGamers was initially created in 1999 as a "landing point for local gamers and gaming organizations.[2][3][4]
In September 2014, it relaunched its website, having cut ties with media agency MCN in favour of working with You Know Media, headed by Ryan Cunningham.".[1]
On the 11th of November 2023, Steve Farrelly co-editor of the website, published their final article confirming that Mammoth Media is putting the site out to pasture [5]