Eurogamer

Eurogamer is a British video game journalism website launched in 1999 and owned by alongside formed company Gamer Network.

This article is about the principal website. For the parent company, formerly called EuroGamer Network, see Gamer Network. For the board game class, see Eurogame.

Eurogamer
Type of businessSubsidiary
Type of site
Video game journalism
Headquarters
United Kingdom
Founder(s)John Bye, Patrick Stokes, Rupert Loman
EditorTom Phillips
IndustryVideo game industry
ParentGamer Network
URLeurogamer.net
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
Launched4 September 1999 (1999-09-04)

In 2008, it started in the formerly eponymous games trade fair EGX (Eurogamer Expo until 2013) organised by its parent company.[1][2] From 2013 to 2020, sister site USGamer ran independently under its parent company.

History
Eurogamer Expo 2009
Kristan Reed served as Eurogamer's editor from 2002 to 2008.
Tom Bramwell edited Eurogamer from 2008 to 2014.

Eurogamer (initially stylised as EuroGamer) was launched on 4 September 1999 under company Eurogamer Network.[3] The founding team included John "Gestalt" Bye, the webmaster for the PlanetQuake website and a writer for British magazine PC Gaming World; Patrick "Ghandi" Stokes, a contributor for the website Warzone; and Rupert "rauper" Loman, who had organised the EuroQuake esports event for the game Quake.[3]

Eurogamer hosts content from media outlet Digital Foundry since 2007, which was founded by Richard Leadbetter in 2004.[4][5] In January 2008, Tom Bramwell overtook the role of editor-in-chief from Kristan Reed, remaining in that role until he resigned in November 2014.[6][7] Afterwards Oli Welsh served as editor for Eurogamer,[8] followed by Martin Robinson,[9] with Tom Phillips now being the current Editor[10].

In February 2015, Eurogamer dropped its ten-point scale for review scores instead highlight some games the reviewer felt particularly strongly with labels such as 'Essential', 'Recommended' or 'Avoid'. The change was driven by doubt about the score system's usefulness and its desire to be delisted from review aggregator Metacritic because of its "unhealthy influence" on the games industry.[11][12] In May 2023, Eurogamer returned to scoring reviews, opting for a five-point scale due to them being "universally understood, simple to take in at a glance, and easily shared."[13]

In February 2018, Eurogamer's parent company, Gamer Network, was acquired by Reed Exhibitions,[14] a division of RELX. In September 2021, the community forum for Eurogamer closed, with the site recommending other platforms such as Discord instead.[15] In the same month, Eurogamer also launched a supporter program,[16] offering readers an ad free experience and access to paywalled content.

Regional websites

Eurogamer has several regional sub-outlets, with some franchised publications:

  • Eurogamer.cz for the Czech Republic.
  • Eurogamer.de for Germany; launched in co-operation with Extent Media on 24 August 2006 to coincide with that year's Games Convention exhibition.[17][18]
  • Eurogamer.es for Spain.
  • Eurogamer Benelux for Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg (under Eurogamer.nl); launched in August 2008 and headed by Steven De Leeuw.[19]
  • Eurogamer.pl for Poland.
  • Eurogamer.pt for Portugal; launched in partnership with LusoPlay in May 2008.[20]

Former
  • Brasilgamer for Brazil; established in 2012.[21]
  • Eurogamer.dk for Denmark; launched in June 2009 and headed by Kristian West.
  • Eurogamer.fr for France; launched as a joint venture with Microscoop in October 2007.[22]
  • Eurogamer.it for Italy; closed in 2022.[23]
  • Eurogamer.ro for Romania.
  • Eurogamer.se for Sweden; established in 2015, closed in 2016.[24]

References
  1. Bowden, Mike (20 October 2008). "Loman on EE2008: "Our biggest inspiration is probably the Penny Arcade Expo"". VG247.
  2. "This Is What Video Games Are: A Dispatch From A Crowded Gaming Expo". Kotaku Australia. 10 October 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  3. Eurogamer staff (4 September 1999). "EuroGamer opens!". Eurogamer.
  4. "About Us". Digital Foundry. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  5. "Digital Foundry". Eurogamer.net. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  6. Martin, Matt (14 January 2008). "Bramwell steps up to editor role at Eurogamer.net". GamesIndustry.biz.
  7. Yin-Poole, Wesley (28 November 2014). "Eurogamer vs Tom Bramwell". Eurogamer.
  8. Eurogamer staff (17 August 2010). "The Eurogamer Staff". Eurogamer.
  9. "Editor's blog: I'm leaving Eurogamer at the end of the year". Eurogamer.net. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  10. "Hello from Eurogamer's new editor-in-chief". Eurogamer.net. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  11. CALVIN, ALEX (23 February 2015). "Why Eurogamer ditched review scores". MCV/Develop. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  12. Welsh, Oli (10 February 2015). "Eurogamer has dropped review scores". Eurogamer.
  13. "Eurogamer reviews are changing". Eurogamer.net. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  14. Frank, Allegra (26 February 2018). "PAX organizer acquires USgamer, Eurogamer and more". Polygon. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  15. "Please Stop Closing Forums And Moving People To Discord". Kotaku. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  16. "Support Eurogamer to view the site ad-free - and much more". Eurogamer.net. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  17. Bramwell, Tom (4 August 2006). "Eurogamer.de announced". Eurogamer.
  18. Gibson, Ellie (25 June 2009). "Eurogamer Denmark launches". Eurogamer.
  19. Bramwell, Tom (18 August 2008). "Eurogamer Benelux launches!". Eurogamer.
  20. Gibson, Ellie (21 May 2008). "New Eurogamer Portugal site launches". Eurogamer.
  21. Loureiro, Jorge (1 March 2013). "Eurogamer Network é agora Gamer Network" [Eurogamer Network is now Gamer Network]. Eurogamer.pt (in Portuguese).
  22. Eurogamer staff (25 October 2007). "Eurogamer France launches!". Eurogamer.
  23. "La fine di un bel viaggio". Eurogamer.it (in Italian). 4 November 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  24. Göransson, Andréas (11 December 2016). "Eurogamer.se lägger ner – tack för att du läste" [Eurogamer.se closes – thank you for reading]. Eurogamer.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
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