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'''''PC Accelerator''''' ('''''PCXL''''') was an American [[personal computer game]] [[magazine]] that was published by [[Imagine Media]] (currently a [[subsidiary]] of [[Future plc]]). It was known for its ''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]''-like humor and photography.

==History and profile==

''PC Accelerator'' was started by Imagine Media in 1998.<ref name=wnews>{{cite news|title=Imagine Media Launches PC Accelerator Magazine|url=http://www.writenews.com/imagine-media-launches-pc-accelerator-magazine-82519982|access-date=27 November 2015|work=The Write News|date=25 August 1998}}</ref> The first issue was published in September 1998.<ref>{{cite web|title=PC Accelerator Issue 01 (September 1998) |url=https://www.retromags.com/files/category/189-pc-accelerator/|work=Retromags|date=29 July 2018 |access-date=25 May 2020}}</ref> The magazine was published on a monthly basis.<ref name=wnews/> Its last issue was dated June 2000.<ref>{{cite news|title=PC Accelerator Closes its Doors|url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/pc-accelerator-closes-its-doors/1100-2565478/|access-date=3 March 2016|work=GameSpot|date=19 April 2000}}</ref>

After the split up of the magazine, [[editor-in-chief]] Mike Salmon went on to start the ''[[Official Xbox Magazine]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bigsolutionsgroup.com/who.html|title=The Big Solutions Group: Who We Are|work=The Big Solutions Group|access-date=21 September 2008}}</ref> While some of the staff was sent to ''[[PC Gamer]]'', others went on to work for [[Daily Radar]]. In September 2007, a special Fall issue of ''PCXL'' was released to newsstands only. This issue was primarily written by the current staff of ''PC Gamer'' with contributions by former ''PCXL'' staff including Rob Smith and Dan Egger.<ref>{{cite webbook|url=https://www.amazon.com/PCXL-Games-Gadgets-Makers-PCGamer/dp/B000VM0F20|title=PCXL : Games, Gear, Girls, Gadgets From the Makers of PCGamer: Editors of PC XL Magazine: Books|workdate=Amazon15 September 2007 |publisher=Future Network Usa |access-date=21 September 2008}}</ref>

==Format==

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*"Laura"

*"Future Guy" - Future Guy lived one year in the future and knew a year in advance that ''PCXL'' was going to get canned.

==Easter Eggs==

There was a game reviewed in the magazine that never existed... and was completely fabricated including screenshots, developer interviews, company website and a developer company front.{{Citation needed|date=September 2008}}

== ''PC Gamer'' Versus ''PCXL'' matches ==

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