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=== Magazine === The British edition of ''PC Gamer'' has been in constant monthly publication since 1993. Subscribers get a special edition of the magazine with no headlines on the front cover (only the masthead and [[BBFC]] rating).<ref name="c1RfQ" /> Almost exclusively devoted to PC games, the magazine has a reputation for giving in-depth reviews.<ref name="EOUmJ" /> The magazine originally shipped with an accompanying {{convert|3.5|in|mm|adj=on}} floppy disc. A CD [[game demo|demo]] disc (labelled ''CD Gamer'') was released alongside the floppy disk edition from issue 11 onwards with the first CD Gamer containing all the content from the previous 10 issues' floppy discs. The single CD was later expanded to two CDs.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} An edition with a 9 GB DVD known as ''DVD Gamer'' ran alongside the 2CD edition for a couple of years, until production of the CD Gamer edition ceased as of issue 162. The UK Edition then only came with a single double-sided DVD. In August 2011, the UK magazine announced it was to be discontinuing the disk as of issue 232, and replacing it with more pages of content within the magazine and exclusive free gifts.<ref name="whNNh" /> ==== Regular features ==== The magazine has many regular features which make up each edition of the magazine. These include sections called ´''Eyewitness''´, ´''Previews''´, ´''Send''´, where letters from the readers are spread over 2 two-page spreads, at least one special feature, which reports on gaming related issues such as the effect of PC gaming on the environment, a review section which reviews the latest released PC games and re-reviews titles that have been released on budget and ´''Extra Life''´ which reports on modding games and gaming culture and revisiting old games. There is also a ´''Systems''´ section, which reviews and recommends hardware such as video cards and monitors. The back page of the magazine is entitled ´''It's All Over''´ and usually consists of game related artwork such as a version of [[Salvador Dalí|Dalí's]] ''[[The Persistence of Memory]]'' featuring items from ''[[Portal (video game)|Portal]]''.<ref name="eF4E8" /> For a time, one of the magazine's features, ´''Gamer Snap''´, where amusing pictures sent in by readers were printed in the magazine, however the feature was discontinued and replaced with a ''Guess the Game'' where readers sent in drawings of memorable scenes in video games drawn in [[Paint (software)|Microsoft Paint]].{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}
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