Editing PC Gamer (section)

=== Magazine ===
The American edition of ''PC Gamer'' launched in 1994.

In 1999, Future US, then known as Imagine Media, purchased the rival magazine ''PC Games'' and merged its staff into the magazine.<ref name="3F0fN" />

==== Demo disk ====
Similarly to the British edition, the magazine shipped with a [[Game demo|demo disk]], though diskless versions were available. The CDs were replaced by DVDs in the American edition on a month-to-month basis.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}

When PC games with [[full motion video]] (FMV) sequences were popular in the mid-to-late 1990s, ''PC Gamer's'' CD-ROM included elaborate FMV sequences featuring one of their editors. To access the features of the CD, including the demos, [[patch (computing)|patch]]es and reviews, the user had to navigate a 'basement', which played very much like classic PC games such as ''[[Myst]]''. It was in this game sequence that the magazine's mascot, Coconut Monkey, was introduced just as the editor was leaving the magazine, marking the transition from the FMV demo CDs to the more contemporary menu driven demo CDs that were subsequently used.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} The cover disc of the July 1998 issue of the Slovenian, Swedish, and UK editions of ''PC Gamer'' were infected with the Marburg virus,<ref name="zEB3e" /><ref name="BnYBb" /> which ''[[CNN Business|CNN Money]]'' stated caused the malware to become a "widespread threat".<ref name="cnn" />

In the September 2011 edition of ''PC Gamer'', it was announced that they would be dropping the demo disk altogether and concentrating on improving the quality of the magazine instead with a promise of a larger magazine printed on a heavier paper stock. The usual demo disk content would be made available online.<ref name="t3WNa" />