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 is a British video game journalism website launched in 1999 alongside parent company
Gamer Network.
In 2008, it started in the formerly eponymous 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 (initially stylised as EuroGamer) was launched on 4 September 1999 under company
Eurogamer Network. 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] It became the official online media partner of the 2002
European Computer Trade Show.[4]Eurogamer hosts content from media outlet Digital Foundry since 2007, which was founded by games journalist Richard Leadbetter in 2004.[5]
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.[6][7] 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."[8]
In February 2018, Eurogamer's parent company,
Gamer Network, was acquired by Reed Exhibitions,[9] a division of
RELX. In September 2021, the community forum for Eurogamer closed, with the site recommending other platforms such as
Discord instead.[10] In the same month, Eurogamer also launched a supporter program, offering readers an ad-free experience and access to paywalled content.[11]
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.[13][14] Afterwards Oli Welsh served as editor for Eurogamer,[15] followed by Martin Robinson,[16] with Tom Phillips now being the current editor.[17]
^Loureiro, Jorge (1 March 2013).
"Eurogamer Network é agora Gamer Network" [Eurogamer Network is now Gamer Network]. Eurogamer.pt (in Portuguese).
Archived from the original on 26 January 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2022.