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CD-Action

CD-Action is a Polish magazine devoted to video games. 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. 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

1996

  • April 1 – first issue of "CD-Action" (circulation: 12,500 copies) published by Silver Shark
  • July – first full version of the program
  • December – first full version of the game (Polish Blood Law)

1997

  • autumn – Zbigniew Bański becomes the editor-in-chief of "CD-Action"

1998

  • July – the first full version of the game occupying a separate CD ()

1999

  • March – circulation exceeded 100,000. copies; website start

2000

2001

  • January – change of publishing house to Bauer
  • 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

  • July – for the first time in the history of the magazine, a film appeared (The Return of Godzilla)

2003

  • April 1 – the journal's internet forum was established
  • August – DVD edition now released every two months

2004

  • 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

  • December – increase in DVD capacity (from 4.7 GB to 8.5 GB)

2006

  • 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

  • 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

  • January – change of the appearance and content of the magazine, including: Gamewalker's elimination; adding reviews of console games and other minor changes

2012

  • February – 200th issue – CD-Action 02/2012 [12]

2013

  • 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

  • August – the first edition in which the DVD was replaced by a scratch card with a code.

2019

  • September – 300th issue – CD-Action 11/2019.

2020

  • April – first issue of the magazine in electronic version. Electronic and traditional versions for the first time in history without digital additions (5/2020).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

2022

  • January - the editorial office announced the change to a quarterly publishing cycle.

Substantive content

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.
  • 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, 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