Game Informer is back!

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/game-informer-rescued-by-blockchain-firm-with-entire-team-reunited/

Less than a year after it was closed, veteran games publication Game Informer has been rescued by blockchain developer Gunzilla Games.

In an announcement posted on its revived website on Tuesday, Game Informer said it would be returning in both digital and print, with “the entire team” that was working together during its closure reunited.

Game Informer was closed by previous owner GameStop last year, following a 33-year run as a print and online publication.

“Over the months since [our closure], two remarkable things happened,” wrote editor in chief Matt Miller. “The first is that Game Informer as a brand and an outlet was purchased and given a new lease on life.

“The second is that the entire team that was working together at Game Informer’s closure has returned, from editorial to production and beyond. The entire team. Seriously – I’m still pinching myself.”

He added: “How did this all happen? After first touching base with our team and ensuring our interest, the team at Gunzilla Games secured the rights to Game Informer.”

Gunzilla Games is the creator of NFT battle royale game Off The Grid, and blockchain platform Gunz. The studio has the backing of Hollywood director Neill Blomkamp, who is its ‘chief visionary officer’.

Miller wrote: “From the start, the new owners insisted on the idea of Game Informer remaining an independent editorial outlet; they felt just as strongly as our team did that the only path forward was with an editorial group that made 100 percent of the decisions around what we cover and how we do so, without any influence from them or anyone else.

“Game Informer now operates under an entity called Game Informer Inc., and our intent is to continue to focus on highlighting the coolest games, celebrating the history and legacy of the gaming industry, and shining a spotlight on the creators and players who are charting its future.

“I am deeply grateful for the trust and enthusiasm from the team at Gunzilla Games; they see the same potential in Game Informer as our team does, and their encouragement to do so ethically and free of outside pressure is laudable.”

Currently, Game Informer’s website is back online, including an archive of legacy content. It also intends to revive the print magazine, it said, along with a number of subscription benefits.

So happy by this news. For anyone who is interested, they posted their 2024 reviews and their GOTY list

https://www.gameinformer.com/ And they will still support physical magazines!

Who else is excited to have Game Informer back?

My life has been irrevocably changed on this day.

I haven't had a game informer magazine since the early 2000's.

Just make 10 minute videos calling shit woke, make lots of money.

All this crap is a waste of time.

I admit I didn't even know that they were shutdown before. Good luck I guess.

That's cool

@adsparky: This is the 2020s

At first, I was like "Oh cool!", but then...

...I was like "Oh no".

Still not sure what blockchain is but I believe it's related to crypto or some nonsense, right?

Also not sure how I feel about a game developer owning a game magazine. Gunzilla doesn't really seem to have much of a portfolio, either, so I find that kind of suspect; seems like a lot of money for an outlet that hasn't appeared to produce much of anything.

Still, though; they seem to be doing the right thing here, bringing back physical print and making available their backlog of magazines! That is certainly a meaningful gesture from a posterity and cataloging standpoint.

I do wonder if they'll do business again with GameStop since that was the nice combo by joining GameStop membership also gets you 12 months of Game Informer Mags which was a nice bonus back in the old days.

They we're gone for almost a year. Can't say I'm happy that they're back in action. Game Informer were jerks having some of the laziest journalist writers and I didn't like they'll just skip a game and not review it or talk about it. I miss video game magazines as much as anyone, but Game Informer isn't hardly one of them.

You couldn't be more correct. It's a company that's been pushing NFT/Crypto stuff pretty hard for the past years. So their acquisition and revival of Game Informer is honestly a bit concerning cause I hate companies who pushes NFT and it's a scam, just like Crypto is.

Cool they got their gig going again. I'm gonna be realistic though, I give it four months... tops

So is Game Informer the only '90s game magazine that's still around?

Can't say I care, especially not with those owners. It's like they died and came back a monster. Can't wait to be Game Informed about NFTs and blockchain.

Actually didn't even know they were gone. Have probably heard it somewhere but didn't care.

How long has PC gamer been around? Do they still make magazines?

blockchain? 🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

Been a while since I heard about NFT's in games... huh, what ever happened to those things?

Apparently, PC Gamer still make magazines. That would make it the second oldest game magazine still around, after Game Informer.

Yawn, but on the other hand...

:D

In the video they said they'll remain independent, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. But I guess we'll see.

"We promise that we'll remain independent."

I haven't read an issue of Gameinformer since it went digital and was a Gamestop Pro member from 2019 to 2022.

For those that sign up for the free account online, you get access to all of the digital copies of the magazines.

@pillarrocks:

They still owe me magazines. =(

I never bought much magazines since the internet came out,but I miss the EGM issues, I loved that magazine years back.

This literally made me spit up my beer from laughter