Electronic Gaming Monthly
American video game magazine and website
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) was a monthly American video game magazine. It offered video game news, coverage of industry events, interviews with gaming figures, editorial content and product reviews.
History
The magazine was founded in 1988 as U.S. National Video Game Team's Electronic Gaming Monthly under Sendai Publications. In 1994, EGM spun off EGM², which focused on expanded cheats and tricks (i.e., with maps and guides). It eventually became Expert Gamer and finally the defunct GameNOW. After 83 issues (up to June 1996), EGM switched publishers from Sendai Publishing to Ziff Davis. Until January 2009, EGM only covered gaming on console hardware and software.
In 2002, the magazine's subscription increased by more than 25 percent.
The magazine was discontinued by Ziff Davis in January 2009, following the sale of 1UP.com to UGO Networks. The magazine's February 2009 issue was already completed, but was not published.
In May 2009, EGM founder Steve Harris purchased the magazine and its assets from Ziff Davis.
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