What you will find is unparalleled access to new products and licences plus cover-mount DVDs that feature playable demos. Editorial tends to focus on big-licence games, both on the cover and inside. Despite its cluttered layout and somewhat superficial articles, it's extremely successful. It's been going since 1993 and has seen off rivals such as Computer and Video Games magazine - now online only - to become the best-selling multi-format games magazine on the market. £4The glossy Games TM is a relatively new title, launched by Highbury Entertainment in November 2002 as a rival to Edge magazine.
Like its nemesis, Games TM is aimed at a hardcore readership, featuring multiformat news and reviews written from a hardcore gaming perspective. Its retro section at the back of the magazine is particularly good, and the magazine is well respected by gamers and the games industry. It has a lively and opinionated forum and letters page and has deservedly won MCV industry awards in the past Games TM also has its own annual games awards ceremony Games Master Future Publishing Circulation 62,159. £3.25Named after the early 90s television show of the same name, Games Master is aimed at a younger audience, rather than beard-stroking pedants of more advanced years. Always an informative and informed read - and, for a trade publication, it's surprisingly high-end Games TM Highbury Entertainment Circulation 20,117. Aimed at the hardcore gamer with an interest in all formats, Edge is Future's flagship games publication, that's arguably the most respected gaming mag out there.
High-quality writing and stony-faced seriousness mark it out from its rivals, as does the fact it's one of the few games magazines that you can read without feeling slightly embarrassed MCV Intent Media Circulation 11,209. £3.25MCV - The Market for Home Computing and Video Games - is the games industry's magazine. It may have a small ABC compared with consumer titles, but its impact is impossible to ignore, especially since it's the only trade publication on the market since rival CTW was bought by Intent Media. As well as a dedicated retail section with extensive information on new releases, sales charts and recommended titles, MCV has an excellent news section featuring stories that often get picked up by the national press. Edge Future Publishing Circulation 28,790.
