CD-Action
| Editor | Dawid Bojarski |
|---|---|
| Categories | Video game magazine |
| Frequency | Quarterly (since Jan 2022) |
| Circulation | 70,000 (July 2019) |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Company | Gaming Tech Esports Media SA |
| Country | Poland |
| Based in | street Słonimskiego 1A, 50-304 Wrocław |
| Language | Polish |
| Website | cdaction.pl |
| ISSN | 1426-2916 |
CD-Action is a Polish magazine devoted to video games.[1] It was founded in 1996 and published in Wrocław. The magazine was published in a cycle that was not exactly monthly, as subsequent issues of the magazine were published every 28 days. As a result, thirteen issues were released annually. In January 2022, the magazine switched to a quarterly publication cycle.[2] The typical volume of an issue is 124 pages (until March 2009 it was 148 pages). From December 2006 to July 2011, it was published only in a version with one double-layer DVD ( previously there were versions with four CDs for readers without DVD readers). From August 2011 to July 2018, two DVD9 discs were added in a cardboard packaging. In August 2018, the publishing house decided to stop adding a physical medium, replacing it with a scratch card with a code.
History
[edit]1996
[edit]- April 1 – first issue of "CD-Action" (circulation: 12,500 copies)[3] published by Silver Shark[4]
- July – first full version of the program
- December – first full version of the game (Polish Blood Law)[5][6]
1997
[edit]1998
[edit]- July – the first full version of the game occupying a separate CD (Pro Pinball: Timeshock!)[6]
1999
[edit]- March – circulation exceeded 100,000. copies; website start[8]
2000
[edit]- July – circulation 200,000 copies; 50th issue
- changed publisher to Future Network Publishing[4]
2001
[edit]- January – change of publishing house to Bauer[4]
- July – 3 CDs permanently; a DVD edition was released in parallel about once every six months
- December – the thirteenth issue of the year appeared for the first time (13/2001)
2002
[edit]- July – for the first time in the history of the magazine, a film appeared (The Return of Godzilla)
2003
[edit]- April 1 – the journal's internet forum was established
- August – DVD edition now released every two months
2004
[edit]- January – the fourth CD is permanently added to the magazine
- June – 100th issue – CD-Action 06/2004
- September – monthly release of the DVD version in parallel with the CD version
2005
[edit]- December – increase in DVD capacity (from 4.7 GB to 8.5 GB)
2006
[edit]- September – the first full version of the game before the world premiere in the history of the magazine (Bad Day L.A.)
- December – last issue of the magazine on CD
2007
[edit]- August – change of editor-in-chief; Zbigniew Bański's place (who became the publishing director) was taken by his current deputy, Jerzy Prosta [11], and the function of deputy editor-in-chief was taken by Maciej Kuc, known to readers as Qn'ik, took over
2010
[edit]- January – change of the appearance and content of the magazine, including: Gamewalker's elimination; adding reviews of console games and other minor changes
2012
[edit]- February – 200th issue – CD-Action 02/2012 [12]
2013
[edit]- January - changing the paper to a more slippery and more durable one, dictated by the start of printing the magazine in a private printing house of the Bauer publishing house.
2018
[edit]- August – the first edition in which the DVD was replaced by a scratch card with a code.[9]
2019
[edit]- September – 300th issue – CD-Action 11/2019.[10]
2020
[edit]- April – first issue of the magazine in electronic version. Electronic and traditional versions for the first time in history without digital additions (5/2020).[11]
- At the end of April, the editorial office was given notice of termination, and at the same time the publisher announced that it was looking for an investor.[12]
- July – the rights to the CD-Action brand were sold by Bauer Publishing House to the Fantasyexpo gaming agency. A change in the position of editor-in-chief was also announced, and Dawid Bojarski became the editor-in-chief.[13]
- December - the first issue, in which the characteristic image of a Discobolus in the logo, present on the covers of the magazine from the beginning of its existence, was abandoned.[14]
2022
[edit]- January - the editorial office announced the change to a quarterly publishing cycle.[2]
Substantive content
[edit]There are 124 pages of permanent sections (order as in the magazine):
- Info – news from the world of games
- In production – game announcements written based on materials provided by the developers and impressions from the beta versions of the games
- GameWalker – editorial comments on the games reviewed in a given issue
- Reviews – descriptions of reviewers' impressions of played computer games with a rating on a scale from 1 to 10
- Kaszanka Zone – reviews of extremely poor games. The department was closed in January 2010, but was reopened after eight years.[15]
- Journalism - a section devoted to general computer issues (Internet, programming, etc.), gaming-related topics, e.g. the history of computer games, companies producing games and computers, columns, thoughts, information about new technologies, etc.
- Magazine – a review of news from the world of film, music and literature
- Technologies – all new hardware, hardware tests, advice, etc.
- Action Redaction – readers' lists to which Smuggler, Mr Jedi and 9kier respond, with occasional contributions from other editors
- Szpile – mockingly about the gaming industry
- Loot – descriptions of full versions of games included in the magazine
In the past, there were several departments that have been abolished:
- Subject of the issue - usually contained one, extensive text on a topic related to currently important events in the gaming industry. From issue 2/2010 it is no longer distinguished in the table of contents as a separate section.
- Controversial games - another subdivision of the journalistic section. It featured games that were considered controversial in the industry.
- Casual - a humorous corner
References
[edit]- ^ "Gry - CDA/CD-ACTION - gry komputerowe, pc, ps3, ps4, xbox 360, xbox one, gry akcji, samochodowe, przygodowe, strategiczne". www.cdaction.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2018-03-19.
- ^ a b Bojarski, Dawid (2022-01-05). "PAPIEROWE CD-ACTION CZEKAJĄ ZMIANY". www.cdaction.pl. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
- ^ a b "Zapach papieru - strona fanów prasy o grach". zapach-papieru.pl. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
- ^ a b c "15 lat historii CD-Action – CD-Action".
- ^ "Historia pełnych wersji w CD-Action". Łowcy Gier (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-03-07.
- ^ a b "Historia polskich czasopism o grach - Od Bajtka do CD-Action". PurePC.pl (in Polish). 2020-05-03. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
- ^ "Kulisy upadku CD-Action. Byli pracownicy wskazują, co poszło nie tak". Polygamia (in Polish). 2020-05-06. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
- ^ "Zainwestuj w CD-Action". nowecdaction.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-03-07.
- ^ ""CD-Action" tańsze bez płyty. Zdrapka z kodem do gier na Steamie". WirtualneMedia.pl. 2018-08-23. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
- ^ "Zawartość CD-Action 11/2019". www.cdaction.pl. 2019-09-20. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
- ^ "Zawartość CD-Action 05/2020". www.cdaction.pl. 2020-04-03. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
- ^ ""CD-Action": Redakcja otrzymała wypowiedzenia | PolskiGamedev.pl". polskigamedev.pl (in Polish). 2020-04-27. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
- ^ "Bauer sprzedał "CD-Action" i "PC Format"". Press.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-07-08.
- ^ "HITOkładka CDA 01/2021 – a na niej NOWE LOGO!". cdaction.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ Daniel Bartosik (2018-03-01). "CD-Action 04/2018: Powracają GameWalker i Kaszanka Zone!". CD-Action. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
