[3] PC Gamer reviews are written by the magazine's editors and freelance writers, and rate games on a percent scale.

In the US edition, no game has yet received a rating higher than 98% (Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, Half-Life 2, and Crysis).

In issue 255, August 2013, the score of 2% was matched by the review of the re-released Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude, originally given 3% when it first launched.

In the US edition, the lowest score awarded was 4%, given to Mad Dog McCree, unseating the previously lowest-rated game, Skydive!, given 5%.

Founded in the United Kingdom in November 1993, the American sister version was launched a few months later in June 1994.

Subscribers get a special edition of the magazine with no headlines on the front cover (only the masthead and BBFC rating).

The back page of the magazine is entitled ´It's All Over´ and usually consists of game related artwork such as a version of Dalí's The Persistence of Memory featuring items from Portal.

The topics discussed range from the controversy over violent video games, to the benefits of buying a PC over a console.

Participants discussed the games they had been playing and news from the industry, and answered questions submitted via Twitter.

To access the features of the CD, including the demos, patches and reviews, the user had to navigate a 'basement', which played very much like classic PC games such as Myst.

[citation needed] The cover disc of the July 1998 issue of the Slovenian, Swedish, and UK editions of PC Gamer were infected with the Marburg virus,[26][27] which CNN Money stated caused the malware to become a "widespread threat".