The Daily Populous Wednesday March 26th, 2025 evening edition
Authored by engadget.com and submitted by Dangerous-Expert-298

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 world, the entire team that worked for Game Informer at the time of its closure will return to their jobs.

Editor-in-Chief Matt Miller posted the details about how the outlet was saved from the brink and noted that Gunzilla Games will be a hands-off boss. "The new owners insisted on the idea of Game Informer remaining an independent editorial outlet," he wrote. "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."

“We are proud to welcome the talented voices behind Game Informer in the Gunzilla Games family, and join their fight to preserve the heart of video game journalism in what has been a tumultuous time for the industry," Gunzilla CEO and Co-Founder Vlad Korolov said .

The website and its back catalog of content have been republished online. Game Informer's staff have also published reviews of more than two dozen games that came out during the site's hiatus and belatedly compiled their requisite best games of 2024 list. The print magazine is also expected to resume activity, and Miller said more details will be forthcoming about subscription and membership options.

BeerNTacos on March 26th, 2025 at 01:03 UTC »

Whoa, did Off The Grid make enough that Gunzilla had enough capital to buy the magazine, or was Game Informer's IP cheap enough that Gunzilla was able to buy them?

muricanpirate on March 25th, 2025 at 23:15 UTC »

Glad to see they’re back, but it’s too bad the company that acquired them is big on pushing NFTs in games. Says in the article that the publisher will be hands off, but we’ll see how long it takes before the magazine starts shilling.

Kingofthewin on March 25th, 2025 at 21:30 UTC »

Good to see people getting their jobs back.