Incite Video Gaming

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incite Video Gaming
Editor Greg Rau
Categories Console games and systems
Frequency Monthly
First Issue December 1999
Final Issue
— Number
August 2000
9
Publisher Computec Media USA
Country USA

The correct title of this article is incite Video Gaming. The initial capital letter is capitalized due to technical restrictions.

incite Video Gaming is a monthly magazine devoted entirely to coverage of console games. Like incite PC Gaming (and the Electronic Gaming Monthly of the time), it featured a great deal of non-traditional coverage, including celebrity interviews and humor features that had little to do with games.

History

It was half of the massive media blitz that surrounded the launch of Computec Media's incite brand. Like its sister magazine, its editorial staff was largely headhunted from other game magazines and sites -- editor-in-chief Greg Rau and deputy EIC David Hodgson were from Gamers' Republic, and other staffers came from GamePro, GameFan and Ultra Game Players.

Every issue except for the last one featured a celebrity on the cover. Video Gaming, in particular, seemed to love covering WWF stars, putting The Rock and Chris Jericho on two separate covers and featuring at least some wrestling content in every issue.

The magazine ended publication unannounced in the August 2000 issue, following the abrupt closing of Computec Media USA in late June. Although editor-in-chief Rau left the industry not long afterward, most of the staff remains in the game industry, either as editors, freelance writers or developers.

Issue Index

Index of incite Video Gaming issues
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1999 1
2000 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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