Promotional art for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, which was the final cover game for Game Informer. | Image: BioWare
Following GameStop’s sudden announcement that it would be shutting down Game Informer after 33 years — which includes GameStop making all of the work on Game Informer’s website disappear and reportedly laying off the entire staff — people across the video game industry are sharing their tributes to the gaming magazine.
“As someone who grew up poring over each issue, it was such a thrill and an honor to see our games grace Game Informer,” said Neil Druckmann, head of creative at The Last of Us developer Naughty Dog and an executive producer on the hit HBO show. “Sad that such a staple of our industry is now gone. Good luck to everyone involved. Your work will be missed.”
“Thank you for what you have brought to the video game industry,”…
Promotional art for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, which was the final cover game for Game Informer. | Image: BioWare
Following GameStop’s sudden announcement that it would be shutting down Game Informer after 33 years — which includes GameStop making all of the work on Game Informer’s website disappear and reportedly laying off the entire staff — people across the video game industry are sharing their tributes to the gaming magazine.
“As someone who grew up poring over each issue, it was such a thrill and an honor to see our games grace Game Informer,” said Neil Druckmann, head of creative at The Last of Us developer Naughty Dog and an executive producer on the hit HBO show. “Sad that such a staple of our industry is now gone. Good luck to everyone involved. Your work will be missed.”
“Thank you for what you have brought to the video game industry,”…
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Developers, companies, and current and former staffers are remembering the magazine, which was published for 33 years.
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Following GameStop’s sudden announcement that it would be shutting down Game Informer after 33 years — which includes GameStop making all of the work on Game Informer’s website disappear and reportedly laying off the entire staff — people across the video game industry are sharing their tributes to the gaming magazine.
“As someone who grew up poring over each issue, it was such a thrill and an honor to see our games grace Game Informer,” said Neil Druckmann, head of creative at The Last of Us developer Naughty Dog and an executive producer on the hit HBO show. “Sad that such a staple of our industry is now gone. Good luck to everyone involved. Your work will be missed.”
“Thank you for what you have brought to the video game industry,” said the official Konami account on X. “We will never stop fondly reminiscing about waiting for that next issue to arrive in the mail. Your legacy and impact will forever remain.” The accounts for Discord, Cyberpunk 2077, Assassin’s Creed, Metacritic and X Gaming saluted Game Informer, too.
Many are reminiscing about Game Informer’s excellent covers, which often had beautiful, custom art. Kit Ellis, who worked at Nintendo for more than 13 years in marketing and PR, highlighted how the Game Informer team pushed Nintendo to make amazing art for this The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild cover:
“I remember how excited we were to get this cover ahead of The Witcher 3 launch,” said Michał Nowakowski, the joint CEO of CD Project Red. “Game Informer was there in the very early days of the industry and it is hard to imagine this will be no more.”
Radek Grabowski, CD Projekt Red’s global PR director, also highlighted great covers for Borderlands and Fortnite. “This is video game preservation, which deserves recognition,” Grabowski said.
Current and former staffers are expressing their sadness, too.
Some are scrutinizing the shutdown message itself, which was not written by Game Informer staff, according to Kotaku’s Ethan Gach. Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier observed that ChatGPT was able to write a pretty similar message to the one that was actually posted.
GameStop didn’t respond to a request for comment.
Below, we’ve embedded a video interview from 2016 with former Game Informer lead editors McNamara and Reiner about the origins of the magazine.
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