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[Jason]

#41

New Releases / Re: New Releases - 07/25

Last post by Kiwi - Jul 18, 2025, 07:25 PM

Jason scanned CD Powerplay #06 ...

[JabbaTheGamer]

#42

New Releases / Re: New Releases - 07/25

Last post by Kiwi - Jul 18, 2025, 07:17 PM

JabbaTheGamer donated and Gregorick scanned CVG issues 255, 261, 262 and 263 ...

     

[HERE.]

#43

New Releases / New Releases - 07/25

Last post by kitsunebi - Jul 18, 2025, 12:12 PM

I wasn't sure if we were just going to skip the July thread, but here it is, even if it's only the second half of the month (Kiwi will have to pin it.)

PC Games v4 n1 is available HERE.

#44

General Discussion / Re: (Non-gaming) Anybody have ...

Last post by kitsunebi - Jul 18, 2025, 10:30 AM

I've never actively LOOKED, but I've never come across any scans (though later editions are available digitally.)  If they aren't at the Internet Archive, they probably don't exist.

I've got issue 8 (Jan 96) scanned and ready to edit, so that will appear here eventually.  I bought it as an experiment, to see if it was possible to scan on an A4 scanner (British mags never settled on a standard paper size, so they're all over the place when it comes to page dimensions.)  It ended up being just slightly too wide for an A4 scanner, but the difference was so slight that I could just cut away a sliver from the side of each page without compromising the content, allowing it to be scanned.  Not sure if I want to invest in buying more though, especially since there's no guarantee they didn't change their paper size at some point, rendering them unscannable.

There's 2 reasons almost no one outside of the UK scans UK mags: First, we don't actually own any, since UK mags were never sold in our country.  But second - until we have them in our hands, we have no idea what size they are and whether or not they will fit on an A4 scanner (the size almost everyone owns), so buying them online for scanning purposes is SUPER risky.

#45

General Discussion / (Non-gaming) Anybody have 1990...

Last post by LeftHandedMatt - Jul 18, 2025, 01:18 AM

SFX is a UK magazine about sci-fi/fantasy films, TV shows and books. They've just reached their 30th anniversary. I've found very little online for availability of the earliest issues from 1995 onwards, does anybody know if its out there? Thanks.

#46

General Discussion / Re: Game Informer is back

Last post by Jason - Jul 17, 2025, 01:55 PM

Someone posted an image of the new GI front cover on Reddit that they said just arrived and said the paper was thicker than the old one and print quality much higher, so that's a positive sign.

#47

New Releases / Re: New Releases - 07/25

Last post by gobbins - Jul 15, 2025, 10:24 AM

LOL, I thought you were quoting KIWI.  I was like, wait, when did he say THAT??!

I mean, we can't say for certain that he hasn't...

...okay, we can.

[horniest]

#48

New Releases / Re: New Releases - 07/25

Last post by kitsunebi - Jul 15, 2025, 09:57 AM

"PARASITE EVE 2 - The horniest game in survival horror finally hits the UK!

Her character is not 'horny' in the slightest. Ah, good old fashioned sexism. 

LOL, I thought you were quoting KIWI.  I was like, wait, when did he say THAT??!

That is some seriously juvenile ad copy.  It practically screams "HEY LADS!  Are you serious about games?  Then, move along!  Nothing to see here!!"

[ACP]

#49

General Discussion / Re: A question about the Austr...

Last post by IloveCats100 - Jul 14, 2025, 09:30 PM

I noticed in the description of "Australian Station" in the database it says

Renamed to Australian Station after game piracy was exposed in Next Publishing offices and Sony disallowed the use of their console branding.

I am curious if there is more information about this incident somewhere? Is it why the Official Magazine shifted from Next Publishing to a new publisher too? It seems like it would have been an exciting scandal to hear about at the time!

I remember finding a couple of online references to this issue quite some time ago where iirc staff members were using copied discs on modded PlayStations on the Company premises. Can't remember the specifics but it sounded like they were caught out and were subsequently barred from using the PlayStation branding on all magazines from that time hence changing the name to simply Station from issue 20 onwards.

ACP were then given the rights to official branding of their competing magazine titles by Sony.

I wish I could remember the website where I found the details.

Thank you for the response! It's a shame you can't remember the website, I could try using the wayback machine to see if there is an archive of the post. It seems as if there's a lot of crossover of staff and writers for all the different magazines so it'd be interesting to see how the movement of individuals lined up with the shake up too! 

[ACP]

#50

General Discussion / Re: A question about the Austr...

Last post by Kiwi - Jul 14, 2025, 08:21 PM

I noticed in the description of "Australian Station" in the database it says

Renamed to Australian Station after game piracy was exposed in Next Publishing offices and Sony disallowed the use of their console branding.

I am curious if there is more information about this incident somewhere? Is it why the Official Magazine shifted from Next Publishing to a new publisher too? It seems like it would have been an exciting scandal to hear about at the time!

I remember finding a couple of online references to this issue quite some time ago where iirc staff members were using copied discs on modded PlayStations on the Company premises. Can't remember the specifics but it sounded like they were caught out and were subsequently barred from using the PlayStation branding on all magazines from that time hence changing the name to simply Station from issue 20 onwards.

ACP were then given the rights to official branding of their competing magazine titles by Sony.

I wish I could remember the website where I found the details.