Famitsu
, formerly , is a line of Japanese video game magazines published by Kadokawa Game Linkage (previously known as Gzbrain), a subsidiary of Kadokawa. Famitsu is published in weekly and monthly formats, and in special issues devoted to particular themes. It was first published in 1986.
Key facts
- Magazine.logo
- Famitsu_svg_WIKI1.svg
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- Weekly Famitsu May 2024 cover.webp
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- Cover of Shūkan Famitsu for May 9–16, 2024 (#1847) issue, featuring Acheron and Aventurine of Honkai: Star Rail
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- Video game
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- Paper and online magazine
- Magazine.firstdate
- (as Famicom Tsūshin)
- Magazine.frequency
- Weekly / Monthly
- Magazine.country
- Japan
- Magazine.based
- Tokyo
- Magazine.circulation
- 500,000 (Shūkan)120,000 (Entamikusu)80,000 (Connect! On)40,000 (DS+Wii)
- Magazine.publisher
- ASCII (1986–2000)Enterbrain (2000–2013)Kadokawa (2013–2017)Gzbrain (2017–2019)Kadokawa Game Linkage (2019–present)
Article
12 sectionsContents
- History
- ''Shūkan Famitsū'' and ''Gekkan Famitsū''
- Necky the Fox
- Special-topic ''Famitsu'' publications
- Former special topics
- Scoring
- Awards
- Relationship with other magazines
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
, formerly , is a line of Japanese video game magazines published by Kadokawa Game Linkage (previously known as Gzbrain), a subsidiary of Kadokawa. Famitsu is published in weekly and monthly formats, and in special issues devoted to particular themes. It was first published in 1986.
the original publication, is considered the most widely read and respected video game news magazine in Japan. From October 28, 2011, the company began releasing the digital version on BookWalker weekly.