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