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Eurogamer
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Eurogamer is a British video game journalism website launched in 1999 alongside parent company Gamer Network.
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In 2008, it started in the formerly eponymous trade fair EGX (Eurogamer Expo until 2013) organised by its parent company.[1][2] From 2013 to 2020, sister site USGamer ran independently under its parent company.[3]
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Eurogamer (initially stylised as EuroGamer) was launched on 4 September 1999 under company Eurogamer Network. The founding team included John Bye, the webmaster for the PlanetQuake website and a writer for British magazine PC Gaming World; Patrick Stokes, a contributor for the website Warzone; and Rupert Loman, who had organised the EuroQuake esports event for the game Quake.[4][non-primary source needed] It became the official online media partner of the 2002 European Computer Trade Show.[5] Eurogamer hosts content from media outlet Digital Foundry since 2007, which was founded in 2004.[6][non-primary source needed] By the end of 2012, visits to the Eurogamer website and its ten European foreign-language versions had increased by over ten percent compared to the previous year.[7][8][9][non-primary source needed]
In February 2015, Eurogamer abandoned its ten-point scale for review scores in favor of highlighting games the reviewer felt particularly strongly about with labels such as "Essential", "Recommended" or "Avoid".[10][11] The change was driven by doubt about the score system's usefulness and its desire to be delisted from review aggregator Metacritic because of its "unhealthy influence" on the games industry.[12] In May 2023, Eurogamer returned to scoring reviews, opting for a five-point scale due to them being "universally understood, simple to take in at a glance, and easily shared."[13][non-primary source needed]
In February 2018, Eurogamer's parent company, Gamer Network, was acquired by Reed Exhibitions,[14] a division of RELX. In September 2021, the community forum for Eurogamer closed, with the site recommending other platforms such as Discord instead.[15]
In May 2024, Gamer Network was sold to IGN Entertainment, a subsidiary of Ziff Davis.[16]
Editors
Kristan Reed (left) and Tom Bramwell (right) were former editors of Eurogamer.
In January 2008, Tom Bramwell succeeded Kristan Reed as editor-in-chief,[17] a position he held until November 2014, marking the end of his 15-year tenure with Eurogamer.[18][19] Afterwards Oli Welsh served as editor for Eurogamer,[20][21] followed by Martin Robinson[22] and Tom Phillips,[23] with Tom Orry as the current editor.[24]
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Regional websites
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Eurogamer has several regional publications:[25]
Former
- Eurogamer.cz for the Czech Republic.
- Eurogamer Benelux for Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg (under Eurogamer.nl); launched in August 2008 and headed by Steven De Leeuw.[28]
- Brasilgamer for Brazil; established in 2012.[29]
- Eurogamer.dk for Denmark; launched in June 2009 and headed by Kristian West.[30]
- Eurogamer.fr for France; launched as a joint venture with Microscoop in October 2007.[31]
- Eurogamer.it for Italy; closed in 2022.[32]
- Eurogamer.ro for Romania.
- Eurogamer.se for Sweden; established in 2015, closed in 2016.[33]
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Reception
Eurogamer has won several trade awards, including:
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