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''GameNOW'' (occasionally abbreviated to ''GN'') was a United States-based video game magazine that was published by Ziff-Davis from November 2001 to January 2004. There are 27 issues of ''GameNOW'' in total. In addition to video game consoles like PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, and Game Boy Advance, ''GameNOW'' also covered games for personal computers. Unrelated to the magazine and Ziff-Davis is a similarly named video game online and retail store located in Mississauga, Ontario. ==History== GameNOW's roots began in July 1994 when the popular magazine ''Electronic Gaming Monthly'' launched a spin-off magazine called ''EGM2''. ''EGM²'' was essentially "another EGM," only without a reviews section and a greater emphasis on import games. The magazine lasted 49 issues with the last issue coming out in July 1998. Starting in August 1998, ''EGM²'' became ''Expert Gamer'' (often abbreviated to ''XG''), and the magazine's focus shifted away from news and previews to strategy and tricks. Despite the different name, ''XG'' continued ''EGM²'' The next month (November 2001), ''XG'' was relaunched in its final form; ''GameNOW''. Although ''GameNOW'' maintained a healthy tricks section and occasional strategy guides, the magazine's focus shifted to in-depth previews and reviews. Skewed to a slightly younger audience than that of ''EGM'' (roughly 12- to 14-year-olds), ''GameNOW'' concentrated less on industry insider-type features and more on the actual video games, including numerous large screenshots and elaborate feature articles. In November 2002 (issue #13), the ''GameNOW'' staff was almost completely replaced when Ziff-Davis moved its video game magazines from the Chicago suburb of Oak Brook, Illinois to San Francisco, California. Of the original staff, only two writers made the move to California. Shortly after the move, the magazine underwent a massive redesign. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「GameNOW」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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