About us
Gamer Network was founded in 1999 by brothers Rupert and Nick Loman.
Prior to founding the company, the brothers played a lot of network and online games like Duke Nukem 3D and Quake II; their love for competitive multiplayer video games led them to organise their own events.
After realising they were better at organising than competing, they decided to create an online games business, together with friends from the gaming community. Several years later (paying the bills by designing websites and games middleware) they decided to focus purely on games media.
On completing medical school, Nick left the business in 2004 to pursue his career in medicine and competitive BBQ, leaving Rupert to take the business forward. The company established a series of industry-leading sites, events and YouTube channels, and was acquired by ReedPOP in 2018.
Our leadership team
Simon Maxwell
Managing Director
Simon is a veteran UK media executive who held management roles across major games, tech, sports and lifestyle brands before joining Gamer Network in 2009. He's lead the business since 2018.
Jon Hicks
Editorial Director
Jon has worked as a writer and editor for over 20 years, contributing to dozens of publications and spending seven years as Editor-in-Chief of the official Xbox Magazine. He oversees all Gamer Network's editorial brands, and aspires to write more things that aren't email or Powerpoint.
Dan Robinson
Group VP, Sales
Dan leads the commercial teams for our events, websites and YouTube channels. He has worked in media and sales for over 25 years. Dan has a passion for late 80s arcade games and plays too much tennis.
Craig Munro
Digital Product Director
Craig sets and delivers Gamer Network's product vision, and has helped originate and design almost every website in Gamer Network's portfolio. He lives in sunny Brighton, UK, and is still trying to complete Super Punch-Out!! on the Super Nintendo.
Karl Cox
Design Director
Karl joined Gamer Network in 2013 to lead our design team, and has shaped or created the identity for every one of our brands. His team work on branding, site design, ad design, motion graphics and anything else that appears on our sites or social channels.
Chris Dring
Head of Games B2B
Chris is a 15-year media veteran specialising in the business of video games. And, erm, Doctor Who.
Graham Smith
Deputy Editorial Director
Graham began his 19-year career at PC Gamer, rising to become Editor-in-Chief before joining Gamer Network to lead Rock Paper Shotgun. He continues to oversee it in his current role, along with our flagship Eurogamer and a series of other editorial projects.
Tom Orry
Deputy Editorial Director
Tom has spent 20 years in games media after getting a pointless BSc in Software Engineering. He oversees a number of Gamer Network websites and projects.
Tom Phillips
Editor-in-chief, Eurogamer.net
Tom is Eurogamer's Editor-in-Chief. He writes lots of news, some of the puns and makes sure we put the accent on Pokémon.
Dom Peppiatt
Editor-in-chief, VG247
Passionate about games and the greater good they can achieve, you can usually find Dom listening to records, faffing about in the kitchen, or playing Final Fantasy VIII (again).
Matt Jarvis
Editor-in-chief, Dicebreaker
Matt joined Dicebreaker as editor-in-chief in 2019, and has been trying to convince the rest of the team to play Diplomacy since.
Our history
We've been producing award-winning editorial websites for over twenty years. Explore a timeline of our most notable events from our exciting history.
Eurogamer is born
Rupert Loman launches Eurogamer.net.
GamesIndustry.biz launches
Eurogamer launches its first sister publication, dedicated to covering the global games business.
Rock Paper Shotgun launches
Created by four independent journalists to cover the thriving yet under-served PC gaming scene, RPS later partnered with Gamer Network for commercial support.
VG247 Launched
Gamer Network launches VG247, dedicated to round-the-clock coverage of the biggest games.
Nintendo Life joins Gamer Network
Gamer Network agrees to commercially represent fansite Nintendo Life, in what will become a long-term partnership.
Rezzed: The PC and Indie Games Show
Eurogamer Network launches Rezzed, an event focused solely on indie games.
Outside Xbox launches
Eurogamer Network partners with three journalists to launch a new YouTube channel dedicated to Xbox gaming.
Eurogamer Network Rebrand
Eurogamer Network rebrands as Gamer Network and launches USgamer, the first North American website in the portfolio.
The PC and Indie Games Show Rebranded
The Eurogamer show rebrands as the more agnostic EGX and Rezzed becomes EGX Rezzed, reflecting the shows's ongoing growth and diversification.
Outside Xbox hits a million YouTube subscribers
The channel's rapid growth established it as one of the UK's biggest gaming channels and the premier Xbox channel worldwide.
Gamer Network hits 67M monthly users
The runaway success of Fornite helps push the network to its highest audience yet.
ReedPop acquires Gamer Network
An unprecedented combination of media brands and live events includingthe largest gaming event in the United Kingdom (EGX) and the most-visited video game news website in Europe (Eurogamer).
Dicebreaker.com is born
Dicebreaker becomes the first tabletop focused website in GamerNetwork's portfolio and the first website launch post-acquisition.