''PCGamesN'' is a British website with articles about PC gaming and hardware.
History
Parent company Network N was founded by James Binns (formerly of
Future Publishing
Future plc is a British publishing company. It was started in 1985 by Chris Anderson. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
History
1985–2012
The company was founded by Chris Anderson a ...
) in late May 2012.
''PCGamesN'' launched the following month.
PCGamesN's first website was designed to host traditional games coverage alongside aggregated and user-created content,
which was presented to the reader in channels dedicated to major gaming franchises. Over the course of two redesigns since launch, it has evolved to fully embrace a more traditional approach, and now produces original coverage across the gamut of
PC game
A personal computer game, or abbreviated PC game, also known as a computer game, is a video game played on a personal computer (PC). The term ''PC game'' has been popularly used since the 1990s referring specifically to games on "Wintel" (Micr ...
s and hardware.
The launch team included Tim Edwards, former editor of ''
PC Gamer
''PC Gamer'' is a magazine and website founded in the United Kingdom in 1993 devoted to PC gaming and published monthly by Future plc. The magazine has several regional editions, with the UK and US editions becoming the best selling PC games m ...
''.
''PCGamesN'' added ten new channels and two new writers for a total of seven staff writers in August 2012. The website added editorial staff from ''
GamesMaster'' and the ''
Official PlayStation Magazine'' in 2015, most notably new
editor-in-chief
An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ...
Joel Gregory. Gregory brought in staff from
''Edge'' magazine and ''
Kotaku
''Kotaku'' is a video game website and blog that was originally launched in 2004 as part of the Gawker Media network. Notable former contributors to the site include Luke Smith, Cecilia D'Anastasio, Tim Rogers, and Jason Schreier.
History ...
'' UK in 2017, concluded the site's transition away from its experimental first form, and oversaw a redesign, unveiling PCGamesN's current layout in August 2018. Network N Media has since launched updated versions of its other owned sites: ''The Loadout'', ''Pocket Tactics'', ''
Wargamer'', ''The Digital Fix'', and ''Custom PC.''
Ben Maxwell took over as editor of PCGamesN in May 2018, before stepping up to a new leadership role within the publishing group in November 2020. He was succeeded in 2020 by Richard Scott-Jones. In 2023, Cameron Bald was appointed Editor of PCGamesN.
References
External links
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Video game news websites
Internet properties established in 2012
Esports websites
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