Computer and Video Games 2014, CVG, amongst other Future-operated websites, was earmarked for closure by management, but instead received staff cuts in July. Future announced the closure of the website in December 2014. The website closed on 26 February 2015, with all pages redirecting to Gamesradar+, another Future publication. Until the closure of CVG, their official YouTube channel provided a variety of video game related content, providing everything from walkthroughs of games to news regarding video game consoles and regarding gaming events. Their second longest running series, "GTA V O'clock" covered news and conspiracy theories regarding Rockstar Games' "Grand Theft Auto V" and "Grand
Computer Gaming World replaced "CGW" as part of Microsoft's Games for Windows initiative. In their press release, Ziff Davis indicated that much of "Computer Gaming Worlds's" core content and the entire staff will be transferred to the new magazine. Because of these announcements, Ziff Davis' actions appeared more on the order of a rebranding of "CGW", rather than an actual cancellation. "CGW/GFW" ended its 27-year run on April 8, 2008. At the GFW Radio Penny Arcade Expo reunion, Jeff Green claimed that the deal with Microsoft allowed "CGW/GFW" to continue operating, and that if it had not occurred Ziff Davis would have shut