Future Gamer

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Future Gamer was an

Future Publishing
.

History

Future Gamer was launched in 1998 with

e-mail deliverable gaming magazine. [1]

This business model was unsuccessful. FG ran for about 18 months before finally being reshaped into the UK version of

Staff

Amongst others:

  • Andy Smith (Editor)
  • Steve Bradley (Deputy Editor)
  • Andy Ashwin
  • Mark Eveleigh
  • Alan Jarvie
  • Amazing Bryan

Community

FG spawned a close online community through its

clan
([FGC]_) that was featured in a subsequent advertising campaign.

Despite community pressure, at 00:00 on 23 May 2001 Future Publishing shut down their

Internet forums. This, along with the demise of the original magazine, led to the FG community seeking out a new home. It has endured to this day through a variety of newsgroups and is currently situated at vgj.forum on nntp.cheeseorsausage.com and at cheese or sausage
.

References

  1. ^ Brief History Archived 2006-05-02 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved Feb. 9th 2006.
  2. Campbell, Stuart
    (April, 2000). CTW: The Entertainment Computer Trade Weekly.

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