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Future to Close Gaming's Oldest Media Brand CVG - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 19 December 2014 / 4,538 Views

Future has announced that it will be shutting down Computerandvideogames.com, according to MCVUK. It has been rumored for sometime, but it is now official. CVG has been around for 33 years and is gamin'gs oldest media brand.

Future will be shifting the news and reviews from CVG over to GamesRadar+ in February, 2015. Gamesradar+ has seen page views jump 60 percent month-over-month sicne its launch on November 18, to more than 100 million.

"In GamesRadar+’s short life, we have already seen significant growth in users and our audience has responded extremely positively to the new Film and TV channels," said Editor-in-Chief of GamesRadar+ Sophia Tong. "Now it’s time to move on to the next step. Investing further in our news and reviews content is a key step in realising our ambition for GamesRadar+."

"The new GamesRadar+ has seen huge audience growth and has exceeded all our engagement expectations," added Head of Content & Marketing at Future Declan Gough. "The results to date  have been hugely encouraging as we move to the next stage of development."

"The new channels see us migrate the online audiences from Edge, Official PlayStation, Total Xbox and CVG into GamesRadar+, creating an exceptionally powerful games offering and one that is totally unique.  GamesRadar+ will showcase the exceptional talents of the 50+ Games, Film, TV and entertainment journalists we have at Future."

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A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. Outside, in the real world, he has a passion for the outdoors which includes everything from hiking to having received his B.A. in Environmental Studies. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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Proxy-Pie (on 19 December 2014)

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KingCherry (on 20 December 2014)

I love C&VG, how disappointing this can't be saved in some form!!!

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