Editor Stéphane Hébert Frequency Bi-monthly First issue November 2003 | Categories PC gaming magazine Publisher Presse Non-Stop Country France | |
Canard PC is an independent magazine founded in France in 2003 devoted to PC gaming and published bi-monthly.
Canard PC title is a paronym from Canard WC which is the french name for Toilet Duck.
Canard PC's independence from the game companies is recognized in the French video gaming circles. Canard PC has a sister magazine, Canard PC Hardware.
Independent studies have shown that Canard PC reviews many games not mentioned by other magazines or websites specialized in video games, and has a strong variation in its review scores. Canard PC Managing editor, Ivan Gaudé, recognized in a video games critics panel on a French network that they did not like scoring very much, but they felt they had to put them for their reviews because gamers wanted them.
History
In July 2003, some editors left the publishing staff of the French gaming monthly Joystick after its acquisition by Future Publishing. They founded Canard PC in the following months. The magazine is edited by Presse Non-Stop, a company owned at 75% by the editors themselves, specifically created for Canard PC.