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[[Image:Killcreekpca.jpg|thumb|200px|March 2000 cover of ''PC Accelerator'' showing developer, [[Stevie Case]].]]

'''''PC Accelerator''''' ('''''PCXL''''') was a [[personal computer game]] [[magazine]] that was published by [[Imagine Media]] (now{{when|date=December 2010}} a [[subsidiary]] of [[Future Publishing]]). It was known for its ''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]''-like humor and photography. Its last issue was dated June 2000. After the split up of the magazine, [[editor-in-chief]] [[Mike Salmon (journalist)|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 | The Big Solutions Group | accessdate=2008-09-21}}</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 web|url=http://www.amazon.com/PCXL-Games-Gadgets-Makers-PCGamer/dp/B000VM0F20|title=Amazon.com: PCXL : Games, Gear, Girls, Gadgets From the Makers of PCGamer: Editors of PC XL Magazine: Books | Amazon.com | accessdate=2008-09-21}}</ref>

==Format==

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Games were reviewed on a scale of 0-10. [[Half-Life (video game)|Half-Life]] was the only game to receive an 11.{{Citation needed|date=September 2008}}

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* [http://arstechnica.com/etc/games/2000/gars-05282000.html Ars Technica homage to ''PC Accelerator'']

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