The Final Level: Farewell from Game Informer

After 33 thrilling years of bringing you the latest news, reviews, and insights from the ever-evolving world of gaming, it is with a heavy heart that we announce the closure of Game Informer.

[OtterX]

Not surprising, as it was just a mouthpiece for Gamestop, owned by the same parent company.

That said, I still enjoyed it some, I just always kept it in the back of my mind that reviews may sometimes be skewed towards what they want to sell and get preorders of.

I'll miss it though, as a memory of my gaming history.

[Hofstaderman]

My childhood just dying before my eyes. The old gameinformer I mean. I used to have a stack of their magazines. Going to dig them out.

[RaidenBlack]

keep those in a good cardboard box ... I go through my magazine collection from time to time ... brings back some joy and nostalgia ... and some innocence

[Rebel_Scum]

About 10 years ago I went through my boxes of gaming magazines and found the magazines to be not worth reading again.

Threw them all out lol. No regrets.

[mkis007]

I saved my favorite covers . About 20 of them including arkham asylum.

[PRIMORDUS]

Yeah, it sucks, I still have old GamePro, EGM, and a few others and the full collection of Nintendo Power.

[cyberFUTUR3]

https://n4g.com/news/261422...

[Miraak82]

Didn't know gaming mags were still a thing, gotta say haven't bought a gaming mag prolly since 2008 maybe or right when I had my first computer then found N4g. Before that being a 90s kid always hanging out at the local book store waiting every month for new tidbits of gaming news , it was something I did from like the snes/sega era till around ps3.

[Chocoburger]

There are a lot of gaming magazines still being published by 'Future' in Europe. The prices are outrageous here in the States.

A magazine on handheld gaming costs $30?! Its just too much, even though I want to support, the prices are robbery, because I assume it has to be shipped to the other side of the world. Otherwise I'd subscribe to Retro Gamer Magazine straight away.

[sagapo]

I still have a sub on a game magazine (Gameplay). As far as I know the only one left in my country (Belgium).

[VincentVanBro]

To be honest the magazine hasn’t had that 2000s era quality for a while now, but it was still a nice afternoon read. Oh well, times change. I’m subbed to Edge so there’s still that.

[blackblades]

Speaking of anyone think old magazine of this and tips and tricks etc worth money down the line.

[Relientk77]

Man another gaming magazine gone. Damn I used to love getting game magazines, especially PlayStation magazine because of the demo discs. I think I have a bunch of Tips & Tricks magazines somewhere too.

[jznrpg]

Yeah the demo discs were the best!

[MrBeatdown]

I'll always miss running to the mailbox when I knew I was due for a new magazine. Game Informer was one of the better ones. Especially in the mid-2000s. I remember subscribing when San Andreas was on the cover just so I could read that story, and I kept it going for 10 or 15 years. Somewhere along the line they weren't getting the big cover stories like they used to and I just let my GameStop sub run out.

[GamingSinceForever]

Oh no 😢

[mkis007]

End of an era. Knew it was coming, glad I saved a bunch of the iconic covers.

[anast]

Another marketing wing falls.

[purple101]

Sold my Dreamcast magazine collection on eBay for hundreds!! Also did ps2 official magazine but never had anywhere near the whole collection,
Edge magazine also did okay in Europe.

Can’t say I’ve ever had a game informer though

Most magazines will die I suspect, no demo cd attached to the front anymore and high prices make people just online.

[S2Killinit]

Awww It feels like we are losing something. Anyway. Back to mergers and acquisitions.

[PRIMORDUS]

I was still subscribing to it since 2022, just wanted to keep the paper mag going 😁 There is another gaming mag still going, well for PC only, PC Gamer I still sub it to, it's been alive for 30yrs though I really don't know how much longer. Maximum PC is now digital only.

[Knightofelemia]

I sort of remember Game Informer. I just usually stuck around EGM, Gamepro, OPM, the Dreamcast magazine. Always loved the free demo discs. One magazine I wish I read when I was a kid was Nintendo Power but I wasn't lucky to have an NES as a kid. And Sega didn't have a magazine dedicated to the SMS. And when I got an SNES I thought hey now I can get Nintendo Power but sure to shit the small town I grew up in never got the magazine at the gas station or the corner store. How times goes and changes I still have some of my old magazines kicking around. I still have some of my old EGM magazines that had different FFX covers.

[Gameseeker_Frampt]

This sucks, and also they suck for immediately getting rid of everything on their website. Subscribers can no longer access the digital copies of the magazines they paid for. Would of been nice to show some actual appreciation to their customers by letting them download PDFs of the magazines before closing up.

[jznrpg]

Loved gaming magazines back in the day Nintendo Power and EGM , PS. Still have some demo discs from PS1 days. I did get Game Informer many years ago just to know what games were coming out. I’m surprised it lasted this long

[Agent75]

Some great magazines have been and gone. Was gutted when CVG magazine ended, then the website years later. EGM and Gamepro also. Console farewells are worse.

[Lexreborn2]

I remember the day as a kid I realized I could go to the store, open a gaming book memorize the cheats and go home. A few times I’d actually take a pencil and paper and copy the cheats I needed down.

Such a nostalgic feeling seeing those books. Wanting the info in them so bad and not being able to buy them. And then BOOM internet became even more accessible and people were sharing info the books would gatekeep.

As nostalgic these were, it was always a matter of time before these outlets would run their course. You can only sell common information for so long.

[derek]

Miss videogame magazines being a thing

[Becuzisaid]

In a perfect world GameStop won't survive through the end of the year. Horrible company.

I haven't really enjoyed Game Informer since the first round of mass layoffs years ago. They really had an incredible lineup of editors then. Really miss their Replay/Super Replay shows from back then. Was a subscriber from 1996-2005ish. Great memories getting a new issue each month.

[TheColbertinator]

I think PC Gamer is the last gaming magazine left in the states that isn't imported like Edge or Play.