Gamers Republic Issue 21:

[JonnyCGood]

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More internal dissension came in late 1999, about the time an issue with Acclaim’s South Park Rally on the cover was due. The cover (which reportedly stemmed from a deal Millennium had with Acclaim following their unpublished Turok 2 strategy guide) wasn’t exactly the sort of thing a “hardcore” magazine usually publishes, which led to long delays in the creative process. These delays coincided with the departure of the publisher, PR manager and circulation head at once, leading to the magazine skipping its February 2000 issue. (The South Park Rally cover still found publication in Italy.)

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GR was one of my favorite mags, and I always found it strange when I went back to re-read it how every archive misses issue 21. Turns out that it was never released. The only chance would be if someone from the production were to leak it, (even assuming that they finished it).

The Italian version is called The Games Republic. I'm not sure if the Italian version is a 1:1 copy or if it's some kind of remix of the GR content. Early Games Republic content is definitely at least partially based on the American Gamers' Republic content. Same covers, and same articles I've seen. It could be a way to recover the lost issue of GR through a round-about way.

I don't know how long Games Republic lasted, but issue 158, April 2014. In 2015, the gamerepublic.it site redirected to videogames.it/. Waybackmachine has that site dying in 2018.