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ResearchBuzz: Firehose

Engadget: Game Informer is back and so is its entire team. “Gaming journalism stalwart Game Informer has risen from the ashes. More than thirty years after its debut issue back in August 1991, the media outlet was officially shut down by parent company GameStop in August 2024. Since then, the rights to Game Informer were acquired by Gunzilla Games and, in an all-to-rare win for today’s media […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/26/engadget-game-informer-is-back-and-so-is-its-entire-team/

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US-based #GameInformer had been running for 33 years until earlier this month, when its #PrintEdition and #website were closed without warning.

#HorrorGame #TheCastingOfFrankStone was featured on the final front cover of Game Informer and the game's developers told BBC Newsbeat they were "incredibly honoured" to have made it on.

Respected #gaming magazine praised after sudden closure
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Game Informer was renowned worldwide for its frequent exclusive coverage of the biggest upcoming titles.
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Game Informer, the longest-running video game magazine in the world, has announced it is shutting down after 33 years.

@Kotaku reports: “Staff at the magazine, which also publishes a website, weekly podcast, and online video documentaries… were all called into a meeting on Friday with parent company GameStop’s VP of HR. In it they were told the publication was closing immediately, they were all laid off, and would begin receiving severance terms.” Here’s more.

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Kotaku · GameStop Shuts Down Game Informer, The Longest-Running Gaming Magazine In The US [Update]By Ethan Gach
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Just found out GameStop shut down #GameInformer today.

I'm absolutely heartbroken to see an amazing site/magazine just but shuttered by a horrible company.

Game Informer has been a staple for more than half my life at this point and now a lot of it is just going to be gone.

The site currently loads an error, so for all we know GameStop fully pulled the plug out of nowhere basically.

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