Game Informer Shuts Down After 33 Years

The GameStop-owned video game magazine and online portal Game Informer is shutting its doors. After 33 years of covering games and being the first to get many exclusives for being one of the earlier pioneers of games coverage (and also its unique position of being owned by a major games-selling outlet and getting exclusive access no one else cou...

Major US Gaming Sites Take Down Their Pro-Palestine Articles [Updated]

Update (11:30am GMT+8 on 18 May 2021): Earlier today, a joint collective of IGN employees have released a statement aimed at “management of J2 global and Ziff Davis, and the corporate leadership of IGN”. This lengthy statement was then shared on social media by dozens of IGN employees. The newly-released statement calls out manage...

Game Informer Hit With Layoffs; Is GameStop Responsible?

Just recently, a few Game Informer writers have found themselves without work. Writers Imran Khan, Suriel Vasquez, and Kyle Hilliard just announced on Twitter that they were laid off this morning, US time. https://twitter.com/imranzomg/status/1163866394108125186 https://twitter.com/SurielVazquez/status/1163866023105183744 https://twitte...

Game Informer Australia Officially Shutting Down

Game Informer Australia will be shutting down following orders from EB Games to stop production. The Australian version of the long-running games magazine publication has published 113 issues since its launch over a decade ago in 2009. As revealed by Game Informer Australia editor David Milner on Twitter, this is the result of the magazine's owner...