One Of The Last Major Gaming Magazines, Game Informer, Has Closed After 33 Years

I always looked down my nose at game informer, thinking it was a pretty poor alternative to Nintendo Power or PCGamer and some of the other magazines of the era. It’s a bit strange to feel sad that it’s gone, as in the 90’s I didn’t respect it at all, yet I do. Print publications are so cool and gaming magazines are something I miss, even Game Informer. The fact they were one of the largest circulation remaining magazines is surprising, and pretty dire for the print industry.

While I'm more of EGM fan it's kind of sad to see another gaming magazine close down. Although looking at the cover up there's no wonder people didn't buy it 😅

While I never really liked the contents of Game Informer, in fact I always thought their articles and reviews were some of the worst ever put to print, their covers were something I always respected. Sure in the later years they weren't always good, mostly becasue the games they often to put on the cover were recent western AAA offerrings; I.E. crap in a basket not worth the plastic that would go into making their incomplete discs, it was still the best chance we had at getting close to the magic of Famitsu or Nintendo Dream here in the states. We never get to see those special illustrations Nintendo or Capcom make, some of the best character composition and 2D design all just meant to be put on a combeni shelf and be forgotten about in a month. It's an art form we lost at the turn of the millinia, not even the many hobbyist magazines that popped up in the wake of Nintendo's Power death still make their own covers, but Game Informer, of all people, kept that flame alive. Mega Man 11, Playstation 25th anniversay, and Sonic Superstars are some of the best covers in print; not just gaming. I mean in the history of the magazine as an artistic medium.

Here's to you Game Informer. You were usually crap, but when you hit you it out of the part. Say hi to PlayStaion Magazine and the New Yorker's credibility for me, will ya?

I stopped reading and following GI a long time ago but still, end of yet another magazine era. I really hope the best for those laid off.

Oddly enough as one magazine falls another one, wises fwom its gwave.
NAG a gaming magazine from South Africa of all places has risen from its ashes.
https://www.reddit.com/r/southafrica/comments/1e3sduc/nag_magazine_yes_that_one_is_back/

https://www.nag.co.za/
And they have an archive
https://www.nag.co.za/nag-magazine-archives/

And in my opinion its always cool to see gaming from a perspective that's not the UK or the USA.

I was a subscriber to GI for a number of years. I can’t recall when I let it lapse but a pretty long time ago. I was in a GameStop a few weeks ago and I saw that they were still making Game Informer, and I felt kind of glad even though I haven’t read an issue in probably over a decade. It is a bummer.