With the PC Games concerns it a computer game technical periodical, which is monthly published by the Computec Media AG.

Magazine

The PC Games (short PCG) beside the GameStar to the most well-known German-language PC-Spiele-Magazinen.Das booklet appeared belonged for the first time in October 1992 (10/92) (at that time still with a Cover Disc in form 3.5 " - disk equips) and informs the readers since then monthly about coming and published computer games.

According to IVW number of monthly sold copies is on the average about 220.000 (conditions 1/2005).

Since 2001 those was replaced to PC Games with a Cover DVD delivered which 2003 by a double-sided DVD (divided after videos and demos). At present one can acquire 3 versions: with DVD, 2 CDs or as "“magazine"” without data media.

Often contain the Cover DVD apart from demos also play full version (EN).

Videos with interviews and play tests, as well as "„Previews "“to coming plays can be along-pursued at the PC or DVD Player.

Since in the middle of 2004 the video side of the DVD exists no longer of several individual videos, but of one, than report opened Zusammenschnitt named PC Games reporter. This is moderated by chief reporter Christoph Holowaty. Emphasis: To present coming plays on the basis from diagram demos and developer interviews and the reporting of current Events from the computer player scene (e.g. the specialized exhibitions E or Games Convention).

Chief talking document urine the PC Games is Petra merry.

Contents

The most important categories of the expenditure for print the PC Games are:

• Pieces of news from the PC computer game scene.
• Previews on PC computer games, which are still in the development.
• Test (Reviews) of current PC computer games (recently appeared or shortly appearing).
• PC hardware components articles with tests
• Tipps, Cheats and solutions (in the sense of a computer game, e.g. a step for step guidance for playing to the end a game of roles) to current computer games.
• A magazine part with reader letters, columns and one "„before 10 years "“- part.

Cult

Extremely is since establishment of the magazine the reader letter corner likes. Since to the first edition answer Rainer Rosshirt (before with the magazine Amiga Games and also with the Play Time actively) in the chatful clay/tone questions of the readers, that turn not always only around PC plays or around the magazine.

Often discussions played like "„Schokoriegel as supplement to the magazine "“or "„Petra poster "“(poster of talking document urine Petra merry) over several expenditures away a large role.

"„Rossi "“, how the readers call him every now and then, is considered as extremely photo shy, then ever a photo was not sighted by him in an PC-GAMES-expenditure. That preserves every now and then the suspicion of some readers that "„Rossi does not exist "“and is only an invented figure of the magazine.

Rainer Rosshirt in the Intro of the restaurant simulation had a short appearance (masked with a motorcycle helmet) "„LIKES "“, in which the player transfers the role of the editor-in-chief of a play magazine. On a poster, which the editorship at that time of the Play Time showed, it protected its figurative anonymity, by setting up itself with the back to the photographer.

On-line one

On the Website the PC Games one finds daily pieces of news over the current events on the PC play market, a forum approximately around PC and "„to God and the world "“as well as pieces of news over play updates and Mods.

See also

• PC Games hardware

Related links

• PC Games homepage
• Homepage of the Computec Media AG

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