Game Informer Revived: Iconic Magazine Returns with New Ownership and Exciting Relaunch Plans

March 25, 2025
Game Informer Revived: Iconic Magazine Returns with New Ownership and Exciting Relaunch Plans
  • Game Informer plans to relaunch its print edition, enhancing its offerings with new membership and subscription benefits, with details to be announced soon.

  • Game Informer has been revived after its abrupt closure by GameStop in August 2024, with Gunzilla Games acquiring the rights and allowing the original editorial team to return.

  • Now operating under the new entity Game Informer Inc., the publication aims to preserve its over 30-year legacy while evolving its content offerings.

  • Gunzilla Games CEO Vlad Korolov expressed pride in supporting Game Informer and emphasized the importance of the magazine's legacy in video game journalism.

  • Editor-In-Chief Matt Miller expressed gratitude towards Gunzilla for their support, ensuring that Game Informer will operate independently and ethically.

  • The relaunch includes a fully operational website featuring digital archives that preserve over three decades of gaming history, available for free.

  • The website restoration has allowed the staff to publish reviews for over two dozen games released during their hiatus, along with previously archived content.

  • The magazine aims to highlight innovative games, celebrate the gaming industry's history, and focus on the creators and players shaping its future.

  • To celebrate their return, Game Informer has released its Game of the Year awards for 2024, albeit later than usual.

  • Further details about the relaunch of the physical magazine will be shared soon, with reviews of games released during the closure already available on their website.

  • The magazine will be available in both print and digital formats, with the team eager to resume their content creation.

  • Before its closure, Game Informer was one of North America's longest-running video game publications, having started in 1991.

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