Hardwareluxx Media GmbH

About Hardwareluxx

Hardwareluxx is a German-language IT online magazine with an attached online community, operated by Hardwareluxx Media GmbH, based in Hanover. The offering is aimed at PC enthusiasts, gamers, and technically proficient users and includes daily news, product tests, buying advice, background articles, and rankings for PC hardware, notebooks, graphics cards, processors, motherboards, peripherals, consumer electronics, software, and games. There is also the Russian-language subsidiary hardwareluxx.ru. The company originated from a private online project started by Dennis Bode on December 1, 2000, and was later expanded into a professionally operated media offering. An registered forum was among the largest German-language hardware forum platforms according to a big-boards.com statistic in 2009. A case study by the manufacturer Synology cited 2.7 million and 680,000 monthly readers for hardwareluxx.de and hardwareluxx.ru, respectively.

Site

Hannover

Processes

Online specialized magazine: News, product tests, buying advice, forum community, Russian-language edition (hardwareluxx.ru)

Founded

2000

Industries

IT Media/Publisher, PC Hardware Reporting, Gaming, Consumer Electronics

Editorial Staff

Inside the production

History

1. 2000

   Hardwareluxx was started by Dennis Bode on December 1, 2000, as a private online project

2. 2004

   Andreas Kaspar joined the editorial staff in April 2004

3. 2005

   The print magazine Hardwareluxx started [printed]; the first issue was published on August 17, 2005

4. 2010

   The print publication was reduced to four issues per year

5. 2012

   The print magazine ceased publication with issue 02/2012 after 36 issues; plans for an English-language version and a Russian subsidiary were mentioned, a Swedish edition followed

6. 2026

   The Russian-language subsidiary hardwareluxx.ru remained accessible