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The magazine, while hardly the first to cover videogames, was the first in the UK to do so exclusively, initially focussing on the burgeoning home computer market and arcade titles and later consoles, initially in a section called ''Mean Machines'', later [[Spin-Off|spun off]] into its own title.
The print magazine was [[Incredibly Lame Pun|folded]] in 2004 after it changed publishers for a second time, in favour of continuing to run [[Games Master]] magazine, which was trouncing it in terms of sales. At 23 years, this made it one of the longest-running videogame magazines in the world, just beaten by the now-defunct [[Computer Gaming World]] before its demise, and only
In 2008, a small series of special editions, under the series ''CVG Presents...'' hit news stands, generally dedicated to single games, but occasionally featuring a number of [[Strategy Guide|guides]] instead.▼
Despite this, the magazine's website [http://www.computerandvideogames.com/ ComputerAndVideoGames.com] however, is still going strong, and now serves as a more news-and-reviews-orientated counterpart to the same company's [[Games Radar]] and [http://www.next-gen.biz/ Edge Online], although features predominantly recycled content from the publisher's print portfolio.▼
▲Despite
▲In 2008, a series of special editions, under the series ''CVG Presents...'' hit news stands, generally dedicated to single games, but occasionally featuring a number of [[Strategy Guide|guides]] instead.
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* [[Follow the Leader]]: Wasn’t the first gaming magazine. Averted in that its focus was on gaming as a whole as a gaming specific magazine, rather than for specific platforms, was novel in the UK market at the time.
* [[Long Runners]]: Was one of the longest major games publication in print for a time.
* [[Spin-Off]]: The ''[[Mean Machines]]'' section became its own publication.
* [[Uncancelled]]: ''CVG Presents...''▼
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: ''[[Video Games Chronicle]]'' is seen as this by some.
▲* [[Uncancelled]]: The ''CVG Presents...'' line around 2008.
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