Front Lines is a 1994 computer wargame for MS-DOS developed and published by Impressions Games .
24-442: Front Lines is a wargame with a turn-based system for gameplay, using vehicles. In PC Gamer US , William R. Trotter called Front Lines "a well-designed product that should have wide appeal." Next Generation ' s reviewer was negative toward the game, and stated that "[m]ost fans of war games will find Front Lines a good example of the genre (if a little predictable), but everyone else's eyes will surely glaze over after
48-560: A few minutes of play." Following the completion of Front Lines , Impressions Games began work on a remake focused on the American Civil War . The team drifted away from this concept as development progressed. The project became Robert E. Lee: Civil War General . Impressions' Jeffrey Fiske later called Front Lines "a high-quality graphics program which, if it had done a little more time in development, would have had much better gameplay." PC Gamer US PC Gamer
72-622: A heavier paper stock. The usual demo disk content would be made available online. 1998 in video gaming 1998 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as F-Zero X , Marvel vs. Capcom , The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time , Resident Evil 2 , Metal Gear Solid , Glover , Crash Bandicoot: Warped , Street Fighter Alpha 3 , Gex: Enter the Gecko , Fallout 2 , Return to Krondor and Tomb Raider III , along with new titles such as Banjo-Kazooie , Half-Life , MediEvil , Radiant Silvergun , Spyro
96-461: A rating higher than 98% ( Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri , Half-Life 2 , and Crysis ). In the UK edition, the lowest numerical score was 2%, awarded to The 4th Golden Satellite Awards for Interactive Media Winner Big Brother 1 . The sequel, Big Brother 2 , was given an even lower score of N/A %, the review explaining that "[ PC Gamer ] put as much effort into reviewing it as they did in making
120-511: A single double-sided DVD. In August 2011, the UK magazine announced it was to be discontinuing the disk as of issue 232, and replacing it with more pages of content within the magazine and exclusive free gifts. The magazine has many regular features which make up each edition of the magazine. These include sections called ´ Eyewitness ´, ´ Previews ´, ´ Send ´, where letters from the readers are spread over 2 two-page spreads, at least one special feature, which reports on gaming related issues such as
144-523: A version of Dalí's The Persistence of Memory featuring items from Portal . For a time, one of the magazine's features, ´ Gamer Snap ´, where amusing pictures sent in by readers were printed in the magazine, however the feature was discontinued and replaced with a Guess the Game where readers sent in drawings of memorable scenes in video games drawn in Microsoft Paint . The PC Gamer blog
168-692: Is a magazine and website founded in the United Kingdom in 1993 devoted to PC gaming and published monthly by Future plc . The magazine has several regional editions, with the UK and US editions becoming the best selling PC games magazines in their respective countries. The magazine features news on developments in the video game industry , previews of new games, and reviews of the latest popular PC games, along with other features relating to hardware, mods , "classic" games and various other topics. PC Gamer and parent Future began digital PC Gaming Show at E3 2015 . PC Gamer reviews are written by
192-578: The Dragon , StarCraft and Xenogears . The year's best-selling video game console was the PlayStation for the third year in a row. The year's most critically acclaimed title was The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time , which remains Metacritic 's highest-scoring game of all time. The year's best-selling home video game worldwide was Pokémon Red/Green/Blue / Pikachu for the Game Boy , while
216-647: The July 1998 issue of the Slovenian, Swedish, and UK editions of PC Gamer were infected with the Marburg virus, which CNN Money stated caused the malware to become a "widespread threat". In the September 2011 edition of PC Gamer , it was announced that they would be dropping the demo disk altogether and concentrating on improving the quality of the magazine instead with a promise of a larger magazine printed on
240-702: The US and UK magazines, all hosted at the new website along with the forums for both magazines. The PC Gamer UK podcast started on 4 May 2007 and ran 93 episodes until its final episode, which was released on 5 July 2013. It had a rotating cast made up of members of the staff including Chris Thursten, Tom Senior, Graham Smith, Tom Francis, and Marsh Davies. The podcast was formerly hosted by Ross Atherton until his departure in June 2009 and then by Tim Edwards until his departure in 2012. The host position varied between Chris Thursten and Graham Smith from week to week. Previously monthly,
264-733: The United Kingdom in November 1993 , the American sister version was launched a few months later in June 1994 . There are also numerous local editions that mainly use the materials of one of the two editions, typically the British one, including a Malaysian (discontinued in December 2011) and Russian edition (discontinued in December 2008). The Swedish edition, though rooted in its UK counterpart, has grown to be more independent, largely due to
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#1732773170213288-476: The effect of PC gaming on the environment, a review section which reviews the latest released PC games and re-reviews titles that have been released on budget and ´ Extra Life ´ which reports on modding games and gaming culture and revisiting old games. There is also a ´ Systems ´ section, which reviews and recommends hardware such as video cards and monitors. The back page of the magazine is entitled ´ It's All Over ´ and usually consists of game related artwork such as
312-538: The features of the CD, including the demos, patches and reviews, the user had to navigate a 'basement', which played very much like classic PC games such as Myst . It was in this game sequence that the magazine's mascot, Coconut Monkey, was introduced just as the editor was leaving the magazine, marking the transition from the FMV demo CDs to the more contemporary menu driven demo CDs that were subsequently used. The cover disc of
336-466: The game". In issue 255, August 2013, the score of 2% was matched by the review of the re-released Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude , originally given 3% when it first launched. In the US edition, the lowest score awarded was 4%, given to Mad Dog McCree , unseating the previously lowest-rated game, Skydive! , given 5%. There are two main editions of PC Gamer , a British version and an American version, both are published by Future plc . Founded in
360-764: The immense popularity of PC games compared to console games in Sweden, and now produces most of its own material. An Australian edition was published monthly by Perth-based Conspiracy Publishing since August 1998 , but it appears to have been discontinued in mid-late 2004. A Spanish edition titled " PC Juegos y Jugadores " also existed, but closed in 2007. Both American and British magazines are published thirteen times per year (twice in December), although there are sometimes variations. In 2018, Future purchased Australian video game magazine and website PC PowerPlay from nextmedia , incorporating PC PowerPlay articles into
384-424: The magazine's editors and freelance writers, and rate games on a percent scale. In August 2023, Baldur's Gate 3 became the first game to receive a rating of 97% in the UK edition. Prior to this, no game was awarded more than 96% by the UK edition ( Kerbal Space Program , Civilization II , Half-Life , Half-Life 2 , Minecraft , Spelunky and Quake II ). In the US edition, no game has yet received
408-405: The magazine. Similarly to the British edition, the magazine shipped with a demo disk , though diskless versions were available. The CDs were replaced by DVDs in the American edition on a month-to-month basis. When PC games with full motion video (FMV) sequences were popular in the mid-to-late 1990s, PC Gamer's CD-ROM included elaborate FMV sequences featuring one of their editors. To access
432-482: The online version of PC Gamer . The British edition of PC Gamer has been in constant monthly publication since 1993. Subscribers get a special edition of the magazine with no headlines on the front cover (only the masthead and BBFC rating). Almost exclusively devoted to PC games, the magazine has a reputation for giving in-depth reviews. The magazine originally shipped with an accompanying 3.5-inch (89 mm) floppy disc. A CD demo disc (labelled CD Gamer )
456-482: The podcast was recorded every fortnight . Participants discussed the games they had been playing and news from the industry, and answered questions submitted via Twitter . The podcast began again in March 2016 with a new episode being released weekly. The American edition of PC Gamer launched in 1994. In 1999, Future US, then known as Imagine Media, purchased the rival magazine PC Games and merged its staff into
480-497: The switch. The blog has since been regularly updated with contributions from many of the magazine's staff. The topics discussed range from the controversy over violent video games, to the benefits of buying a PC over a console. In 2010, PC Gamer re-launched their website and blog by bringing together the online communities of both the US and UK magazines into one website. As a result, the PC Gamer blog now has contributions from both
504-562: The top ten best-selling home video games ( console games or computer games ) of 1998 in Japan, the United States, and Germany. The following titles were the top ten highest-grossing home video games of 1998 in the United States and Europe. In Japan, the following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games of 1998. In the United States, the following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games of 1998. In Europe,
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#1732773170213528-461: The year's highest-grossing arcade game in Japan was Tekken 3 . The following titles won Game of the Year awards for 1998. Metacritic (MC) and GameRankings (GR) are aggregators of video game journalism reviews. The following video game releases in 1998 entered Famitsu magazine's "Platinum Hall of Fame" for receiving Famitsu scores of at least 35 out of 40. The following titles were
552-467: Was released alongside the floppy disk edition from issue 11 onwards with the first CD Gamer containing all the content from the previous 10 issues' floppy discs. The single CD was later expanded to two CDs. An edition with a 9 GB DVD known as DVD Gamer ran alongside the 2CD edition for a couple of years, until production of the CD Gamer edition ceased as of issue 162. The UK Edition then only came with
576-530: Was started to coincide with the transfer of the PC Gamer UK site to become part of the Computer and Video Games network which incorporates all of Future plc's gaming magazines. The move brought some controversy, with many long-standing members of the forum leaving due to the new forum's cramped spacing, advertising and slow loading times. The introduction of a blog was seen as one of the redeeming features of
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