The whole team has returned, and we can’t wait to connect with you again.

How did this all happen? After first touching base with our team and ensuring our interest, the team at Gunzilla Games secured the rights to Game Informer. From the start, the new owners insisted on the idea of Game Informer remaining an independent editorial outlet; they felt just as strongly as our team did that the only path forward was with an editorial group that made 100 percent of the decisions around what we cover and how we do so, without any influence from them or anyone else.

Game Informer now operates under an entity called Game Informer Inc., and our intent is to continue to focus on highlighting the coolest games, celebrating the history and legacy of the gaming industry, and shining a spotlight on the creators and players who are charting its future. I am deeply grateful for the trust and enthusiasm from the team at Gunzilla Games; they see the same potential in Game Informer as our team does, and their encouragement to do so ethically and free of outside pressure is laudable.

    • JCPhoenix@beehaw.orgEnglish
      1·
      3 days ago

      EGM will always be my favorite vide game magazine. I like Game Informer, had a subscription back in the day, even had a subscription last year before they shut down. But GI is no EGM. Wish they’d come back, too.

  • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    3·
    4 days ago

    Isn’t Gunzilla Games the company that released a bitcoin miner disguised as a mobile game? I swear I remember seeing something about them being banned from the various app stores for trying to bury miners in their shit, but a basic google search didn’t find anything.

    Edit: It looks like they’re trying to use blockchain to mint in-game items as NFTs.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.socialEnglish
    2·
    3 days ago

    This got me thinking about Computer Gaming World and how, even if they came back, it probably wouldn’t be the same since they likely would not have any of the same reviewers, editors, etc.

    Used to love CGW. One of the few review publications I’ve ever read that actually managed to be objective and not just be based on subjective feelings. Like, I remember one for an RTS and the review author opened by stating they are not personally a fan of RTS games and yet still gave the game a fair (and high scoring) review for its presentation, systems, lack of interfering bugs, etc.

  • ninjaphysics@beehaw.org
    1·
    3 days ago

    Neat! Sounds promising. Funny, I was just telling one of my friends about G4 (the channel) today. I miss that 2000s/early 2010s vibe. Everything just went to major commercialization too fast and it took so much fun out of the hobby. I think gamers are recognizing this nowadays and trying to claw their way out of it and this feels like a step in that direction.

    • Psythik@lemm.ee
      4·
      4 days ago

      I’m guessing you’ve never been to a GameStop before? They were always trying to upsell you a magazine subscription at checkout.

      • PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz
        3·
        3 days ago

        Nope. I have never even seen a GameStop in my country + I was growing up in a time when buying games digitally became the norm.

    • t3rmit3@beehaw.org
      9·
      5 days ago

      It was the game news source in print media, for many years. It often used to come with demos on a CD in the back of the magazine, so it was also the best way to try games for yourself.

      I don’t think they’ll ever get back there, if only because honestly having a magazine to read was better than a website, imo, but I’m always tentatively hopeful to have another reputable news source in the gaming space.

      • Transtronaut@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        6·
        5 days ago

        It should also be mentioned that it was owned by GameStop, so back then it was not completely independent. Sounds like that aspect is different this time around; should be interesting to see how things unfold.

        • t3rmit3@beehaw.org
          3·
          5 days ago

          I was going to mention GameStop (I think most of us got it for ‘free’ with our GameStop trade-in subscription thing), but I couldn’t remember if it was always owned by them, or if they just bought it after it was big.

      • Transtronaut@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        3·
        5 days ago

        Finally got around to reading the article, and this part was a pleasant surprise:

        …there’s a lot more on the way in the coming weeks, including the return of Game Informer’s print magazine. Our intent is to bring back the magazine bigger and better than it was before, and add a host of membership and subscription benefits, including an expanded scope to our videos, streaming, and feature coverage, while also broadening the range of experts and partnerships we tap to bring you those perspectives.

        To your point, it remains to be seen if they’ll succeed, but it sounds like they are at least trying.

      • PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz
        3·
        5 days ago

        Ahh that explains why it’s foreign to me. I thought it was a small but highly esteemed review studio 5 years ago or sm. Thx for the info!