PC Gamer Magazine
The World's Best-Selling and Most Enduring PC Gaming Authority
Founded in 1993 in the UK and 1994 in the US, PC Gamer is the definitive global voice for PC gaming, famed for its historic demo discs, rigorous hardware benchmarks, and the PC Gaming Show.
The Demo Disc Era and PC Dominance
During the mid-1990s multimedia explosion, PC Gamer's inclusion of monthly CD-ROM and DVD demo discs distributed shareware, full demos, and community mods for groundbreaking titles like Doom, Quake, and Half-Life directly to gamers' optical drives. Its satirical mascot, 'Coconut Monkey', became an iconic avatar of PC gaming subculture.
Digital Leadership and The PC Gaming Show
Successfully transitioning into a modern digital powerhouse, PCGamer.com attracts tens of millions of monthly visitors. Since 2015, its annual 'PC Gaming Show' livestream during the summer showcase season has provided a premier global stage dedicated exclusively to PC hardware and software debuts.