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EGM² was a United States-based video game magazine that was first published by Sendai Publishing from July 1994 to July 1998. There are 49 issues of EGM² in total. The magazine was a spin-off of the popular magazine Electronic Gaming Monthly
Electronic Gaming Monthly
Electronic Gaming Monthly is a bimonthly American video game magazine. It has been published by EGM Media, LLC. since relaunching in April of 2010. Its previous run, which ended in January 2009, was published by Ziff Davis...

. Unlike EGM, however, EGM² lacked a reviews section and had a greater emphasis on import games. Despite the superscript in the name, the official name of the magazine is said as "EGM Two" and not "EGM Squared."

History

The first issue of EGM² was in July 1994. The magazine lasted 49 issues with the last issue under the original name coming out in July 1998. The change of name prompted a cleaner looking redesign although the content of the magazine would remain the same.

Starting in August 1998, EGM² became Expert Gamer
Expert Gamer
Expert Gamer was a United States-based video game magazine that was published by Ziff Davis from August 1998 to October 2001. There are 39 issues of Expert Gamer in total. The bulk of XG's content was video game strategy guides and cheat codes...

(often abbreviated as XG). Despite the different name, XG continued EGM²'s numbering system. XG lasted for 39 issues until October 2001 (with the last issue being XG #88).

The bulk staff consisted of Howard Grossman, Nelson Taruc, Andrew Baran, Terry Minnich, Mike Vallas, Jason Streetz, Dave Ruchalla, Scott Augustyn, Ken Badziak, Mark Haine, Aporva Desai, John Gurka, Dave Malec, Carey Weise, Jason Morgan, Ben Durbin, Ken Williams, Todd Zuniga, Greg Sewart, Phil Theobald, John Ricciardi, Jim Mazurek, Dan Leahy, Kenneth Miller as well as a number of freelancers-particularly during its later years. Recurring freelancers include Pat Dolan & Tracy Baran (DiViscour).

EGM² was the first videogame magazine to break the exclusive on Grand Theft Auto 3 as well as Resident Evil.
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