Canard PC Canard PC 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
Le Canard enchaîné considered one of (if not the) most objective French publications—hence its continued existence. It has a limited web presence, dependent, as it is, on selling a printed product. Despite declining newspaper circulations in France, and elsewhere, "Canard" is rich and growing. It owns cash reserves and property holdings worth 110 million euros. It runs cheaply and profitably, restricting itself to eight pages of two-color newsprint each week. Circulation has risen by a third since 2007 and its scandal-fuelled growth has seen a rise to 700,000 copies being printed and sold each week. Its net profit in 2009 was 5 million