Total PC Gaming
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 Issue 1, November 2007 | |
| Editor | Russell Barnes |
|---|---|
| Categories | Video game magazines |
| Frequency | 13 per year |
| First issue | 8 November 2007 |
| Final issue | 19 March 2010 |
| Company | Imagine Publishing |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Website | totalpcgaming.com (archived) |
Total PC Gaming was a monthly magazine published by Imagine Publishing, launched in 2007[1] it ran until March 2010. The magazine featured videogame industry news, game reviews, hardware reviews, and sections dedicated to fans of retro gaming and Massively multiplayer online games.
The staff included editor Russell Barnes, who had been at the helm since issue 2, as well as Games Editor Ben Biggs, who wrote a blog on the magazine's website, Sam Bandah, who ran the Letters page and designer Andy Salter. Stuart Campbell regularly freelanced for TPCG and wrote the monthly "Why I hate PC gamers" column for issues 3–12. Freelancer David Crookes produced a monthly two-page interview with many big names and some old school PC content was also taken from past issues of Retro Gamer. Freelancer James Pikover produced monthly hardware reviews, as well as the 2008 holiday gift guide special.
Review scores
Total PC Gaming scored games reviews out of ten, and only two have achieved a perfect score, Fallout 3[2] and Grand Theft Auto IV.[3] The lowest score was 2, which is jointly held by The Dark Legions[4] and Soldier of Fortune: Payback.[5]
Format change
When the title was launched, one of the main selling points was that there were no extras attached to the magazine, thus keeping the price (£3.99) lower than the competitors, PC Zone and PC Gamer, who both retailed at £5.99 and were sold in a sealed plastic bag that included a DVD that contained extra content. However, with the release of issue 11, Total PC Gaming had changed to match this format, and had raised the price to £5.49.[6]