Which is the best PC games magazine in the UK?

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I've just cancelled a subscription to a magazine I don't really read that often and thought I'd use the money I saved on subscribing to a new PC games magazine.

It has been years since I last read a PC games magazine so I feel a bit out of the loop. If I remember correctly I used to read PC Gamer or PC Zone but after a quick Google search it appears that PC Zone no longer exists (which is a shame).

So should I subscribe to PC Gamer or is there a better magazine out there that I haven't heard about?
 
Zone was good back in the day (floppy cover disks). The only magazine I pick up if I'm at an airport in the UK these days is Edge. It's usually got a good selection of non-review articles, because let's face it, you don't need to buy a magazine to get game reviews these days.
 
I stopped buying PC mags years ago, at one point we had to buy them just to get patches for stuff. These days anything you might read in a PC mag can be read online and normally for free.
 
Forums!

All computer/gaming magazines have wrong/biased opinions. At least on a forum you get a wide mix of feedback.
 
PC Gamer was 70% adverts and 20% MMO related tosh last time I purchased one.

There's a reason that they're sealed : If you could thumb through one beforehand, you wouldn't buy it.
 
Ah, OK.

I just like having a magazine to read sometimes. I used to do that with the magazine I just cancelled. Nothing in it was unique to the magazine but sometimes it is nice just having all the information in one place without having to go out looking for it.

Maybe I'll just buy one issue and see what it is like and make my mind up from that.
 
All PC Gamers articles are now published on their website first pretty much, theres very little reason to actually buy it.

I used to get it every month until the main content of the mag was just copied word for word from the web article
 
Boycey0211 said:
All PC Gamers articles are now published on their website first pretty much, theres very little reason to actually buy it.

I used to get it every month until the main content of the mag was just copied word for word from the web article
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Oh OK. Guess I won't bother with it then. Shame because I do a lot on YouTube / Twitch and a lot of that work revolves around knowing what games are coming out and when, what to look out for and rumours etc. Having a decent magazine that did some or all of the work for me would make my life easier.

Problem is that most gaming news websites suck frankly. IGN is only good for watching the 3 - 4 minute reviews even though their scoring system makes no sense most of the time and I haven't found any other sites that I like.

OK. How about I change the subject of the thread:

What gaming news / reviews websites would you recommend?
 
I personally still read the physical PCGamer, whilst I admit there's not as much "news" (given that you can find out more on websites), I still find it nicer to sit and read a printed magazine whilst drinking my coffee in the morning for example. The reviews are still useful, and I often read reviews or articles about games that I would normally ignore if looking at a website.

PCGamer isn't normally sealed any more, but does still contain "freebies" (* I know they are not free - just subsidised by it's £5.99 price tag), such as codes to redeem for indie games on steam, and other bonus codes e.g. for freemium model games such as World of Tanks etc.
 
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Gaming sites:

I like RockPaperShotgun. it's PC-only, and has a lot of Indie stuff.

Eurogamer is good too. It's grown-up coverage, but a bit more mainstream as far as AAA games go, and covers the consoles.

IGN and Gamespot etc are junk.

There are others, Destructoid, Kotaku, Polygon... but I've never really tried them.

The Giant Bomb 'Bombcast' podcast is worth a listen. Never really used their website otherwise, though.
 
Armageus said:
I personally still read the physical PCGamer, whilst I admit there's not as much "news" (given that you can find out more on websites), I still find it nicer to sit and read a printed magazine whilst drinking my coffee in the morning for example. The reviews are still useful, and I often read reviews or articles about games that I would normally ignore if looking at a website.

PCGamer isn't normally sealed any more, but does still contain "freebies" (* I know they are not free - just subsidised by it's £5.99 price tag), such as codes to redeem for indie games on steam, and other bonus codes e.g. for freemium model games such as World of Tanks etc.
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I'm going to pick up a copy tomorrow from the news agent and see for myself what it is like.

I had a look at the Edge magazine website and even though I have all the major current gen consoles I'm pretty much only interested in PC gaming news at the moment so Edge would be mainly a waste of time for me.
 
Depends what you consider gaming "news".

To be honest as much as I despise the layout I read news on Reddit or Neogaf. Then I have popular gaming media outlets, developers and publishers on Twitter for tidbits of information.

Subscribing to magazines is pointless now as social media is more juicy and constantly up to date.
 
cheesyboy said:
Gaming sites:

I like RockPaperShotgun. it's PC-only, and has a lot of Indie stuff.

Eurogamer is good too. It's grown-up coverage, but a bit more mainstream as far as AAA games go, and covers the consoles.

IGN and Gamespot etc are junk.

There are others, Destructoid, Kotaku, Polygon... but I've never really tried them.

The Giant Bomb 'Bombcast' podcast is worth a listen. Never really used their website otherwise, though.
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RockPaperShotgun looks good. Thanks. I'll bookmark it and make sure I check it out everyday. That is exactly the kind of thing that I was looking for.
 
The forums, for sure.

If you want something amusing, checkout some of the online reviews on utube. I found "worthabuy" hillarious, though being fair, I also agreed with a lot of his points, if maybe not the delivery.
 
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