''GamesRadar+'' (formerly ''GamesRadar'') is an entertainment website for

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-related news, previews, and reviews. It is owned by

Future plc Future plc is an international multimedia company established in the United Kingdom in 1985. The company has over 220 brands that span magazines, newsletters, websites, and events in fields such as video games, technology, films, music, photogr ...

. In late 2014, Future Publishing-owned sites '' Total Film'', '' SFX'', '' Edge'' and '' Computer and Video Games'' were merged into ''GamesRadar'', with the resulting, expanded website being renamed ''GamesRadar+'' in November that year.

Format and style

''GamesRadar+'' publishes numerous articles each day. Including official video game news, reviews, previews, and interviews with publishers and developers. One of the site's features was their "Top 7" lists, a weekly countdown detailing negative aspects of video games themselves, the industry and/or culture. Now, they are better known for lists of baddest depth segmented by genre, platform, or theme. These are divided into living lists, for consoles and platforms that are still active, and legacy lists, for consoles and platforms that are no longer a target for commercial game development.

History

In December 2007,

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filed a lawsuit against Future US, Future plc's U.S. subsidiary, for violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act by collecting data of children under 13 through ''GamesRadar'' without parental notice. The lawsuit alleges that the site "failed to include necessary disclosures and obtain parental consent before collecting personal information from children." The owner of the other website settled in March 2008, though the final disposition against Future plc is not public record. In January 2011, ''GamesRadar'' released a

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app for iOS (via the App Store), with which users could browse their cheats, guides and walkthroughs. By February 2012, many of the long-standing writers and editors were either laid off or had moved on to other careers, including many recurring hosts and guests of the site's "TalkRadar" podcast, which at the time ended at episode 198. In November 2012, Keith Walker became the new publisher at Future Publishing, and thus ''GamesRadar'', looking to improve "digital growth". By December 2012, the site underwent a drastic new redesign including new layout, interface and regular features along with new staff members and successor to TalkRadar podcast titled "RadioRadar". In May 2014, it was reported that Future Publishing intended to close the websites of '' Edge'', '' Computer and Video Games'' and their other video game publications. In September 2014, ''GamesRadar'' partner sites '' Total Film'' and '' SFX'' were merged into ''GamesRadar'', and the resulting site was renamed ''GamesRadar+'' the following November. In December 2014, it was confirmed that the previously closed ''Edge'' and ''Computer and Video Games'' sites would also be merged into ''GamesRadar+''. On 4 February 2016, Daniel Dawkins was announced to have been promoted ''GamesRadar+'' Global

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. In 2019 he became Future's Content Director of Games and Film, and was replaced in the role of editor by Sam Loveridge. In May 2019, Rachel Weber was appointed as Managing Editor. In 2020, the comics website ''

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'' became part of ''GamesRadar+''.

Community

''GamesRadar'' has hosted numerous online message boards and forums from as early as 1998 in its original '' Future Gamer'' (and then ''Daily Radar'') incarnation, including international versions such as ''GamesRadar.it''. Future Publishing's enthusiast video and computer games magazines such as ''

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'' often featured prevalent advertising for ''GamesRadar+'' to encourage participation from readers. In 2008, the site moved towards a single login functionality for reader comments on articles and posting on forums, for which the newer US forums were chosen due to Future's strategic shift to garner US readership and compete with sites such as IGN. On 14 August 2008, it was announced that the UK forum would be closed down and merged with the US forums. Moderators of the original UK forums instead launched ''GRcade'', occasionally noted for its own breaking news.Yin-Poole, Wesley (22 August 2012)
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Retrieved 16 July 2018.

References

External links

* (UK version) {{DEFAULTSORT:GamesRadar Internet properties established in 1999 British entertainment websites Video game news websites British news websites 1999 establishments in the United Kingdom