What is Hyper (magazine)?
{{italictitle}} '''''Hyper''''' was an Australian monthly [[magazine]] that focused on [[video games]], [[anime]], and other media. It ran from 1993 until 2019, making it the longest running gaming magazine in [[Australia]]. The magazine was produced in [[Strawberry Hills]], [[New South Wales]]. The first issue, released in December 1993, had [[Chun-Li]] from ''[[Street Fighter]]'' on the cover and spotlighted the upcoming the [[3DO]]. In 2014, ''Hyper'' would switch to a quarterly publication format.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mcvpacific.com/news/read/hyper-magazine-to-go-quarterly/0142564|access-date=March 26, 2024|title=Hyper Magazine to go quarterly|publisher=MCV Pacific|archive-date=August 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810020736/http://www.mcvpacific.com/news/read/hyper-magazine-to-go-quarterly/0142564|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> In 2018, ''Hyper'' was bought by [[Future plc]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.techradar.com/news/future-publishing-australia-acquires-nextmedia-tech-and-gaming-titles|access-date=March 26, 2024|title=Future Publishing Australia acquires nextmedia tech and gaming titles|publisher=Tech Radar}}</ref> The numbers of copies in circulation and advertising for the magazine was the lowest it had been in 2018. Main editor Daniel Wilks would leave the magazine for good in 2018 and David Hollingworth would take over in the position.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/forgotten-worlds/what-happened-to-hyper-magazine-57e5ba994725|access-date=March 26, 2024|title=What happened to Hyper magazine?|publisher=[[Medium (website)|Medium]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/forgotten-worlds/the-death-of-hyper-magazine-part-2-4634f8b6e050|access-date=March 26, 2024|title=What happened to Hyper magazine? Part 2|publisher=Medium}}</ref> The last issue was in January 2002, with the main feature being [[Nintendo]] themed and had [[Samus Aran]], [[F-Zero|Captain Falcon]], and [[Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance|Ike]] on the cover. ==References== {{reflist}} {