Game Informer, the video games journalism establishment that started in 1991 and ran for 33 years earlier than being shut down by mother or father firm GameStop in August 2024, could also be making a comeback.
The beforehand silent social channels for the journal and web site sparked to life on March 19, all sharing a video that reveals one thing occurring to what was as soon as Game Informer’s “The Ultimate Stage: Farewell” letter earlier than teasing a March 25, 2025 date.
Many former Game Informer editors who labored on the journal when it was shuttered, together with Marcus Stewart, Kyle Hilliard, Brian Shea, Alex Van Aken and others, all shared “Proceed? Sure or No” pictures on social media that prominently function Game Informer magazines within the background.
It is arduous to say for certain with out extra particulars, but it surely actually seems that Game Informer is coming again to life, presumably free from GameStop company possession. Many former Game Informer editors and writers (I interned there in 2014) have gone on to put in writing for different web sites or seem on gaming-related podcasts, whereas those that nonetheless reside in Minneapolis, Minnesota (the place Game Informer was primarily based) regularly make appearances or are recurring visitors on MinnMax, a Patreon-funded online game podcast created by former Game Informer video producer Ben Hanson.
Game Informer’s sudden and comparatively unceremonious closure in August 2024 got here as a shock to many within the business. The transfer got here just some months after Game Informer started providing standalone journal subscriptions not tied to GameStop’s PowerUp Rewards program.
The journal’s “The Ultimate Stage” letter posted to social media was not penned by Game Informer workers, prompting the journal’s editor-in-chief, Matt Miller, to pen a correct goodbye after a earlier farewell message had been taken down by GameStop. Hilliard, a former GameSpot editor who was Game Informer’s content material director on the time, mentioned the shutdown was so sudden that the group wasn’t even allowed to complete the journal’s upcoming subsequent problem, regardless of it being over 70% full.
Game Informer’s last problem turned out to be June 2024’s problem #367 that includes Dragon Age: The Veilguard on the quilt. Whether or not or not Game Informer’s resurrection additionally means a return to a print journal continues to be unknown, however followers of the model can anticipate extra information quickly.