The Real Cost of Losing Game Informer + The PS4 Won't Die

[@JakeBaldino]

would love to hear any story you have involving Game Informer - a favorite cover story? a special issue you got in the mail?

[@erickroman3132]

I just remember opening my mail box and getting excited that there was a new magazine and seeing the cool cover

[@ceno10101]

It was one of the first subscriptions I ever got in the 90s. Finally some mail would come for me as a kid! I don't lament the loss though, as physical magazine era has come and gone. Money talks.

[@Taymack-hv7dt]

Man the good old days waiting on the news from the community looking for new games and codes I remember wen u had to call in the get help on a game great memories

[@monkeeee]

I had a subscription for a while when I was in elementary school. I wasn’t much of a reader at that point but I loved going through and seeing the art in each issue.

[@Danny_DaKid]

The Jak 2 cover. He just looked so cool and I remembered at the bottom they said something about a Matrix preview. It was just a really good issue overall.

[@DoubleAgent25]

1:43 To speak to this, my dad still plays Xbox 360. He bought me Black Ops 2 for Christmas when I was a Junior in high school and I ended up leaving my xbox and games there for him when I moved out because I knew he was intrigued. To this day he’s still playing Black Ops 2 and recently beat Red Dead. When I come home and see him playing, I’m amazed at how well the 360 still holds up- even on a larger display. The games still look good, the controller is still amazing, and it can still bring joy to people. Meanwhile I’ve spent thousands on new consoles, PC’s, etc just to scratch a fading itch. There’s still life in these old consoles, so it’s no surprise people still play PS4. That thing is still awesome.

[@DragonElf01]

That's pretty amazing, it also helps that the xbox 360 and PS4 have diverse libraries for the most part. There's a little something for everyone on them.

[@yey2wavy999]

Even with emulation, we literally CANT play all games! Theres too much and thats awesome. I just hope the next generation of games can catch with the 360/ps3 era. IMO the best game era, I also grew with the 360

[@johnnyflannigan136]

Been playing on ps4 since 2020.. Played on 360 from 2016 to 2020.. Will buy a ps5 when ps6 comes out.. Get games dirt cheap and have tons to play

[@CLolz]

Best comment on this video. I’ve spent too much time and money on my ps4 setup to let it go. Great anecdote about your dad; those are the stories worth living for.

[@zid9611]

My 360 started dieing last week. Disk tray is going. It's 14 year old. Not long now. Got a year at best

[@NeartTa]

As a veteran print journalist who thinks reading on screens is a total drag, thank you for the optimism about the industry. People have forgotten how much more enjoyable it is, how much more conducive for their attention it is, to read a beautifully produced piece of print media. If you ever want to launch a game magazine, I'm there.

[@jasonmcmurtry7812]

RIP Game Informer, 33 years

[@williamyoung9401]

GameStop is right behind it. Karma.

[@shigshug8581]

@@williamyoung9401 🚀🚀🚀 GME

[@black_mountain_death_squad]

Game Informer became a communist rag. The articles were middle school level trash. Left wing activist crap. Good riddance!

[@EliQ3]

The April issue was always a favorite. I remember the first time I read it, believing the first spoof stories!

[@JakeBaldino]

I was fooled every. Damn. Time. Lol

[@eibendrinkin]

The white Arkham Knight cover will forever be in my mind. Such a great cover

[@baconbefore1am]

I have a small stack of game informer magazines i kept because the front page featured some of my favorite games of all times. Like the witcher 3, gta V, and saints row the third. It's a nostalgia blast when I come across those magazines every now and then. Rip to a gaming legend, THANK YOU GAME INFORMER

[@MegaLPlover]

*of all time.

[@baconbefore1am]

@@MegaLPlover *of all times

[@jamesraddatz7074]

One of many regrets on my life was throwing out my Game Informer and Xbox magazines. I'll never have that collection again. When you grow up don't throw out the things that gave you joy as a kid.

[@KevinKoolx]

As the former GameStop Community Manager, I can say Game Informer were great to work with and made awesome content. Shame to see them go 😢

[@black_mountain_death_squad]

Lol. It was a political activism magazine disguised as a gaming magazine. I'm glad to see it go. Have you read a game Informer article in the past decade? Not really about games.

[@avelonzx]

@@black_mountain_death_squad Sad to say this is mostly true. I haven't seen any proper game journalism for many years now. You get better content on KZbin made by casual players out of passion. Game journalism on the other hand is shallow surface level info on games mixed in with useless political activism and shilling to defend billion dollar corporations for putting out uninspired games so they can get all the early access keys to the next games to pump out the next surface level review.

[@Synchro789]

@@black_mountain_death_squadweird that this is how you responded…. 😂

[@landonewts]

It’s a loss to the community. Thanks for the tribute.

[@anasshahid224]

Growing up reading Game Informer, so many good memories. Sad to hear about its closure, Will really miss it.

[@d_shuffles]

RIP Game Informer, so much nostalgia looking at old magazines and GI podcast over the weekend got me in the feels

[@ericsaculla8501]

I grew up with game informer starting in the early 90’s so this really hit me. I had a ton of back issues for the longest time, but unfortunately I had to toss them all back in 2013 when my wife and I moved into our house. They were a great magazine and I found their opinions consistent with mine for the most part. Read a lot of great stories and reviews from them over the years and while most of the reviewers that I grew up reading have moved on, it was still a high quality magazine.

[@Spiderjohn138]

Growing up, this was THE Essential bathroom reading material.

[@theherooffire007]

WORD.

[@Cody-Red]

this and Super Street

[@sainttrai]

I still have a bunch we kept in the bathroom at my mom's place growing up 😂

[@marcuslowe]

Wow. I thought it was just me that did that. At one point I only read the magazine while in the bathroom. Lol

[@Carloszavalalol]

​@@marcuslowe I'm reading your comment in the bathroom

[@CasasPlays]

I just subscribed to GameInformer about a month ago finally and just got the Dragon Age cover one. Still can’t believe they were gone in one day just like that. Hurts to see.

[@gurthang667]

I think PS4 and Xbox One will only finally die for the mainstream when GTA6 releases for current gen only

[@eye-of-omega]

PS4 will NEVER die

[@Cultur2298]

They’ll probably port it for the ps4 from the look of things

[@justinsantos8514]

Hell no, between post-pandemic and inflation, people don't have the money to just throw away on consoles anymore. Gaming is cool but it's not that serious.

[@bronzin1445]

Last Gen should have been abandoned 2 years ago. Not to cut off support for them but the fact that we’re STILL getting cross-gen games 4 years in is actually insane. That’s like if Sony released MGS4 for the PS2

[@eye-of-omega]

@@bronzin1445 guys... Gen 9 is a fake jump. PS6 will also be fake. we've hit the ceiling and cannot break thru it. it's why the big three are forcing digital sh!t on us.

[@Paulie8K]

I'm 37 and had a monthly subscription from early to late teenage years so early 2000s. I would literally check the mail daily for the next issue once it was around the expected delivery timeframe. I would read 80% of each maganize. I honestly felt like that magazine helped my reading ability more than school did as I was ADHD af and didn't care about school. In fact, I considered jormalism in college because of it but ended up getting a degree in business instead. #RIP

[@Thanosferatu]

Although I didn't read them very often, it was always a delight flipping through Game Informer issues when I received them in the mail. Two of my favorite covers would probably be the ones they did for PlayStation's 25th anniversary and for Breath of the Wild. At least there's still Nintendo Force Magazine, PC Gamer, and Edge Magazine to name a few.

[@LuckyLuch1]

Gaming mags played a big part in my childhood. In the 90s it was our primary source of news and when real young would sit on the mag isle floor at the grocery store reading them cover to cover. Very sad to see them shut down especially how they went about it nuking the website as well.

[@clark2109]

Crazy to me that they've been working on a PS4 port instead of optimizing the current PC version. Also my favorite GI cover story was Cyberpunk 2077. Got lost after the bad launch but looking back was really cool.

[@bronzin1445]

The fact that we’re STILL getting cross-gen games 4 years in is actually insane. This just proves that we’re still in the transitional period of the 9th Gen. To put things into perspective, by 2008, most of the player base have transitioned going from PS2 to Xbox 360.

[@roadrash2005]

@@bronzin1445it just proves that games designed are just ps4 games with higher resolution and not actually innovative. Imagine if Sony PlayStation 1 only had Sega genesis ports…

[@PunkRockZombie205]

Game Informer was the only thing good about GameStop. They had just started putting out the print magazine again as well. Ugh, it couldn't have cost them that much to put out for a company that big. Especially just randomly shutting it down cold turkey out of nowhere like that. GameStop like always, proving they are the worst

[@wastelandwanderer2693]

I remember being so hyped to see a new Game Informer magazine come in the mail. My uncle who passed away in 2022 was subscribed to them, I don't really remember him reading them much but he always let me read them. It was always so cool to see what the cover art would be when checking the mail box. RIP Uncle and Game Informer.

[@themailman3331]

Back in the day, there was nothing better than going to the local magazine store and grabbing the newest EGM or GamePro or Game Informer. That was it, it was the only way of finding out the latest video game news or reviews. I can’t even begin to imagine the one-of-a-kind video game related stuff they must have in those offices, it must be a treasure trove of awesome shit.

[@black_mountain_death_squad]

Those real gaming magazines have been dead for 20 years plus. There's a reason why people cancelled their subscriptions. Have you read a Game Informer article in the last decade? The recent articles were not about video games. People don't want to be lectured about political crap by a middle schooler. Their writing was absolutely unbearable. Not paying for that. Bye bye.

[@Granddaddypappy]

Man I remember as a kid I would go to Walmart and go straight to the game informer magazines and the little cheats code booklets. It's sad to see such nostalgic memories gone forever.

[@thechicagobox]

I’m in my 40’s and I grew up, much like Jake, eagerly awaiting my videogame magazines to come each month. The internet wasn’t there in the beginning and magazines were just the best way to get information. I agree with Jake about how the history of videogames is tied to the magazine industry. I feel like everything about gaming has shifted so far from where it was. I always got excited for a Resident Evil cover, but I really collected EGM’s. I had just about every copy until a basement flood took them from me! Damn you water!!!

[@vinniecorleone62]

Sadly the physical magazine died a little over 2 years ago for me. Even though I paid top dollar at Gamestop for the annual membership & magazine I have lovingly collected for many years now, I stopped receiving my magazines. I did everything to make sure they still had my address, etc but not only did I not get my magazine but neither did many gamers I know in the Boise Idaho area. I paid for something that meant a lot to me but they did not honor their end of it, so I am not surprised they're finally gone.

[@calvinmartin1305]

Still playing on my PS4, nothing on PS5 interest me. Still own the Game Informer magazine that features the spread about Mad Max 2015. Not old, but still fun reread a few old articles from around that time.

[@bullymaguire3385]

But why not play your ps4 games on ps5

[@johnyoung8745]

@@bullymaguire3385 why pay $500 to play games that work on a system you already own?

[@bullymaguire3385]

@@johnyoung8745 cuz why not you can play ps5 games and ps4 games in one system

[@tek1645]

I expect PS4 to continue getting more games. This is not like the early console generations where hardware would advance incredibly fast. We've reached the point of diminishing returns.

[@bronzin1445]

Except the PS4 was obsolete from the get-go, hence why Sony ended up release the PS4 Pro, which is what the base PS4 should have been.

[@ajg8722]

@@bronzin1445eh looks and runs good to me, still a great system.

[@nathandriggs7376]

Game informer was my first magazine love. It was also one of the main reasons I had a GameStop membership. I’d go to GameStop just to renew!! When I heard you promoting they were back I paused your video and subscribed… I got the 3 issues you held up in this video. I’m going to treasure these and keep them safe. I’ll pull them out anytime I’m sad. And hope it doesn’t make me more sad hahahaha

[@Trench-coat]

My favourite thing growing up was getting a copy of a new gaming magazine and browsing the screenshots you couldn't get anywhere else. My favourite memory was getting the lego Indiana Jones cover magazine. I was a kid and I couldn't find any info on the game and then that happened to be the cover story that month. I was so excited and I stared at those screenshots for a full year before actually playing the game. It was a wonderful time and I believe it's on us as gamers and purists to support companies still fighting for physical media and actual genuine journalism. I stay in South Africa, so our equivalent to game informer is a magazine called NAG and they put so much love and care into the magazines but because revenue is so low they only bring a physical one out every 6 months but nothing beats the feeling of holding a magazine and reading it on a comfy chair with a cup of tea or coffee.

[@Limozo]

It's truly sad what happened to print media, I started as a graphic designer for newspapers and was on that boat for almost 20 years. Nowadays I run a studio and we still produce a few niche magazines but that is less than 5% of our business today. We miss designing for magazines, we could have helped them stay afloat maybe... tragic really.

[@TheDogTako]

Gameinformer is what really got me into gaming and i love reading them. I was still subscribed up to this day. I hope a spiritual successor comes around.

[@CJsOutOfRum]

Mannnn Game informer magazines were a staple of my childhood I remember middle school and high-school in the 2000's I would break those out and read up on games. It was such an eloquent time. No leaks. No pay to win. No battlepass... EA MADE GOOD GAMES LIKE WTF

[@GameplayMATTERS420]

Game informer was my childhood, sad to see it go. I was upset when they quit making physical prints and went all digital.

[@J.T._Game]

For a while when my wife and I had the GameStop membership that gave you Game Informer magazine, these were our coffee table books solely for the artwork.

[@EmmaEquinox]

RIP, GameInformer. Absolute legend

[@TheCanalesjuan]

There have been so many classic Game Informer covers. The original "Uncharted". "Scarface"....but the one that blew my mind was when GI broke the coming of "The Warriors". As a child of the 70's this blew my old man mind. Such a great memory.

[@skoobs5382]

Much love to you Jake, been watching you since you started with gameranx :)❤

[@markdermody9698]

Sadly never heard of the magazine but I do live in the UK! Still it's a great shame to hear about it. We have had the same here with Play Magazine after about 100 + issues. It was for PlayStation Games. Been replaced now though by a similar mag.

[@MeTaLISaWeSoMe95]

This upsets me. I loved game informer. Ive read Game Informer for decades. Ill forever love them. So sad to see them go

[@VoidSC]

Man the Game Informer cover story of Fable was a core memory of my childhood. One of the first times I realized how ambitious games could be, and a friend and I were so stoked for it to come out. It was really awesome to see you include a picture of it here. Thanks for this video!

[@DavMCycle]

It is sad to know that game informer is no more, I remember going to a tower records and checking the game magazines and game informer for me it was the one with the big exclusives, I always respected how professional it was and the love for games that they showed, I hope that all the team lands on their feet, great video Jake.

[@jacobduhthrowbak3226]

Man I'm so bummed about GI getting closed down. I remember playing the absolute hell out of every demo that came with PS Underground. Gaming magazines were such a big part of my childhood and I was so excited that Game Informer was back in print.

[@Gojiro7]

I love your content Jake, you keep an even keel on topics like this, most would be like "this is bullshit, Game magazines should be around forever because their cool!!!" but mixed in with the melancholy of the situation, you act more understanding of the why and the changing times which is refreshing to see since seeing things end sucks, but assuming they'll be around forever is childish and looking to preserve the history of it and keep its spirit alive is more mature

[@wallaceharvey2574]

Been a long time subscriber to Game Informer magazine. So sorry to see them go and especially like this. I hope GameStop reconsiders and at least lets them send out a farewell edition of the magazine. The team there deserves that much after all they have done for players, the industry and gaming in general. So sad 😢

[@WMCheerman]

Those game informer cover! Also I loved how next to each review they would have a section that would sumerize key points such as graphics.

[@devinkonquer3334]

Me and my brother growing up couldn't afford new video games and once rental stores went out we really didn't have many options we also often were without internet but where I live Gamestop are everywhere so one thing we always had was our game informer subscription. Some of my favorite memories are me and my brother looking through the magazines living vicariously through all the pictures and gameplay breakdowns some of the games when I was older and played them were better in my head to this day. We have piles of them in boxes still it's sad to see it go it was so much more than just a magazine

[@JustinColavita]

Such a bummer man. I live in Sweden now and I was just wondering a few months ago if I could subscribe from here. But from what I saw, only the digital version was available. Really wanted a piece of my childhood here.

[@gracey62uk]

Yup, I remember having a subscription to a magazine called psm2 here in the uk. I loved it because they had a section where you could send in videos of you doing a challenge on a game and they had leaderboards. Then they would send out dvds with the magazine that had game trailers and clips from the challenges people had sent in (which I got on one time and still have the dvd😂) Created a real sense of community with the mag.

[@stark5679]

Having the physical magazine with GameStop pro membership was a extra perk. I enjoyed that monthly mag with the art covers. Gamestop made a terrible mistake by doing away with a great piece of gaming history. After it went digital too, the membership was going down a slippery slop itself. That and Gamestop took the ability too use the 5dollar coupon towards digital store cards was another let down. Gamestop is digging its grave further down.

[@Stealthcastlandon]

I subbed to the physical subscription when you posted on your story that they now had that subscription available. So devastated for it to close 2 issues later

[@danteshollowedgrounds]

Game Informer being one of the things that got me hyped and excited ASF about games as a kid, it was everything to me at the time. All good things come to an end eventually R.I.P.

[@Constantean21]

I actually remember the Uncharted Drake’s Fortune cover when Naughty Dog was just talking about making it and Elena looked completely different than the final look. I think she had short hair and was brunette….good stuff.

[@cppblank]

I didn't read Game Informer much since I leaned more on the console specific ones, but this kind of hit me hard. Not only was it around nearly my entire life, but it really pushed home how old I am getting and hoe much different things will be for my son.

[@kadenanderson8481]

Thank you Game Informer! Getting the magazine in the mail was one of the coolest things growing up. I have kept a handful of my favorite covers. One of my personal favorites is the cover story for Alien Isolation 👽

[@eddiecoker4808]

The Internet has killed so much smh. Blockbuster, Best Buy, the list goes on

[@brandonmunsen6035]

Canada has lots of best buys

[@M_AbdullahArif]

borders (book store), barnes & noble, toys R us, RadioShack etc.

[@eddiecoker4808]

@@M_AbdullahArif radio shack😫😫😫😫

[@RhythmAndPoetry93]

best buy is still hanging in strong on the west coast

[@bradhaines3142]

have tons of bestbuy around the gulf

[@Eirikr07]

In the early-mid 2000s I had a basic tv. Video game magazines blew my mind cause I’d see the game I was playing in full HD

[@landonewts]

Wednesday Jake means more Jake! Love the Wednesday shows. Also, sad about Game Informer shutting down, I hope someone archives both the digital and physical treasures they amassed over the decades, that stuff is priceless. IRL game stores are also on the bubble. We have a super cool family owned used/vintage game store here in North Portland, Flip Flop Games. I’m heading over today to drop a few bucks on a game disc. Support your local game shoppes!

[@steveNCB7754]

I'm someone who 'accidently' ended up working for 17 years in an archive environment before retirement. The sad truth, is that although it may take years, decades or even a lifetime to build and curate something precious or important, it can all be destroyed in a moment of carelessness, ignorance or malice. Let's hope something positive emerges from all this, for all concerned.

[@1tsUrDad]

My dad used to set them out for me in the kitchen every time they came in the mail. The memories of coming home from school and my Game Informer sitting there waiting will always be great because of that excitement I’d get seeing it. RIP

[@jasonzed36]

I appreciate the love for game informer was to young to see nintendo power but i use to have piles of game informer when i was 12

[@HannyaBoi]

For Game Informer covers specifically I remember the January 2005 Snoop Dogg GTA clone cover. A game that I would've loved to have been finished. My all time favorites though were the two times that Starcraft: Ghost made the cover of Xbox Magazine (August 2003 and April 2004) only to never ever come out. Speaking of Xbox Magazine I remember growing up getting those issues with the demo discs every month. For YEARS from the very first issue up until they stopped including demo discs that was my favorite thing. I found out about so many games I would never have been interested in purely because they were included on those discs. I even discovered the band +44 because for the Tony Hawk Project 8 issue they included the music video for When Your Heart Stops Beating on there. I also remember copying articles word for word about games I wanted my friends to play through AIM. Video game magazines in the early and mid 2000s were certainly a very large part in why I was informed from such a young age and why I continue to follow video game news as an adult.

[@markittystuff]

I forgot about that Borderlands reveal god Game Informer was THE game news staple like it just got all the scoops and latest details ahead of even its creators own final vision. Its so shameful its lost in this way. Thank ypu for sharing your words on this awful topic. I always appreciate your rambles!

[@grahamgilmore42]

The fine folks at MinnMax are doing a lot right now to celebrate and preserve Game Informer’s history. The community in the Patreon discord is also pulling their weight as well.

[@JakeBaldino]

Amen!

[@retrodadtim6403]

Man its sad to see game informer go away I havent actively subed for years, but game informer was my main source of game news for over a decade getting those mags in the mail meant that Id have readimg material for when it was slow atbwork

[@BoozhiOfficial]

I reread the first Assassin's Creed Game Informer article countless times because that was one of the main games I was hyped about as a kid. Just got the 2 year GI sub too so I got one mag. I read they're doing pro-rated refunds so gotta figure that out now. They should've advertised it more, only heard about it through this channel. At least you tried Jake!

[@SuperLocrian]

Thanks Jake. I am from a newspaper family. Literally, my mom, dad, stepdad, and numerous aunts and uncles all worked for the local paper... Until Craigslist (and the internet in general) completely disrupted the advertising model that funded newspapers (specifically Auto dealership advertising). 😮 I still have hundreds of magazines... All guitar related though!

[@Jessemar08]

The one cover that pops in my head is the chonicles of riddick butcher bay cover, dude i remember renting out game informers from my middle school; what an era that was. So many good memories from my childhood

[@willows_at_sunrise2373]

Was Game Informer available in the UK? For me the main magazines were Official Xbox Magazine and GamesMaster. The excitement of those covers! Pouring over the images, taking in every word. Possibly sacrilegious at this point but I’d also cut some up to decorate things with the art. I like being able to access more voices on videogames and enjoy the video format, not least because I feel I can get an even closer sense of gameplay. But there was something about the way those magazines collected all that information, enjoying the authors’ takes on things, that’s missing from screens. Videos are much more passive as the viewer, but reading is active and - at least for me - puts my imagination into a game much more. And with some games that is more fun than the game itself. Hope those at Game Informer land on their feet. Here’s to print media!

[@sir.fender6034]

Upgrade the PS4 internal HDD to an SSD for a much smoother experience and better load times. If you have an Xbox One, I would install games on an external SSD for better load times and texture streaming. You can upgrade the Xbox One internal drive to an SSD but the process requires a lot of steps. The PS4 HDD can be replaced in about 2 minutes.

[@nihalkprakash8070]

We all going to miss Game Informer for sure

[@DanteMasaru]

Speaking of EGM, I've still most of my collection which I sometimes look through for a nostalgia trip. Dreamcast Magazine, PSM, GameFan are some others I still have.

[@j1991juliohernandez]

Favorite Game Informer cover for has been The Suffering for PS2. Damn that was the most gangsta ass cover for me

[@brandonmunsen6035]

Never really consumed much game informer content but its sad to see such a name fade away. Were all dying

[@stephenhaddock7233]

My favorite was always EGM....Had a subscription for years...God I miss that

[@CyborgFish]

I had like 30+ Game Informer issues that I sadly lost due to a bad hurricane back in 08. I think my favorite GI Issue has to be issue 188 or "Halo 3 Recon"!! My kid brain had exploded back then hahaha. Inside they reviewed Fable II which ended up being another one of my favorites, as well as Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts! Truly an awesome magazine.... R.i.p Game Informer, forever loved

[@85tcoop]

Yeah, I have been collecting GI mags since they were a perk with GameStop subscription. I was extremely frustrated when they stopped sending them monthly and wanted to charge for them.

[@markwolfe8537]

I just hare fame day z Dear Survivors, Unfortunately, yesterday's testing is still showing an undesired behavior in a few cases, which is causing the new mentioned issues. As we stated last week, our main goal is to ensure a seamless experience, rather than rush things and give you a hotfix, that would require another hotfix soon after this one. Our team is fully focused on this matter right now. We will give you more info as soon as the hotfix passes the tests without any issues. We are sorry for any inconvenience & thank you for your patience. -Your DayZ Team.❤️

[@eddiegv45]

Almost subscribed a few months ago, glad I didnt, but sad to see them go nonetheless. Great memories getting old issues of Gameinformer in the mail. Loved the Skyrim cover!

[@CHRISK51497]

While I can't pinpoint my favorite Game Informer magazine cover I can remember being really excited as a kid to receive it in the mail & as Jake brought up in this video I also have a sizable collection of Game Informer magazines in my gaming collection.

[@MissMourne84]

I actually do remember, when I was little, we used to have to drive up to a P.O box, and I'd be excited to get the game informer magazines, there was one night where we drove, and my mom came out, got in the car and tossed me the magazine with Spider-Man 3 as the cover. I held onto that for a long time, I still have the insomniac Spider-Man PS4 cover game informer, and a couple others, I'll be holding onto them forever now. That really sucks to hear about this, and screw GameStop for not wanting to officially recognize the people and the situation. Game informer was a huge impact on my gaming interests.

[@tbone4186]

Game informer was and always will be my favorite source for gaming news. I remember reading about gta4 before I saw any gameplay and them talking about cover shooting and physics especially in the driving. I never got more excited for a game. Along with uncharted 1 preview and finally the last of us before it had any attention. Beautiful.❤

[@jacobgagne4205]

I used to subscribe to a magazine called play. The late 2000's. I loved their optimism about the industry and they were just so positive.

[@808Mark]

I remember being a kid and going to magazine isles when my family went grocery shopping. I'd always catch up on gaming news and get hyped up from game informer, Nintendo power and I think ign? Those were the days. But ever since getting a smart phone years ago I can literally see the news immediately. Hell look at capcoms monster hunter, they're releasing weapon trailers daily now and i can see first hand the new awesome changes to mhw!

[@micheljolicoeur6094]

A lot of people bought PS2s for the DVD player since they were cheaper then a standalone DVD players. Game Informer did not fullt embrace / shift to electronic media and thus were losing tons of money monthly buy printing a magazine. SEO crap also drowns proper media and it is difficult to get views.

[@mrdubtee1873]

Hey Jake! Perhaps a massive ask, but since the FPS pod is doing a newsletter now, any chance on an annual publication recapping the year and a physical combo of the newsletters? Love that you all try to peserve gaming legacy, and knowledge, so just an out there thought. Thanks for what you do. Beers on me, cheers

[@ItsJeff_]

RIP Game Informer. I know it wasn’t *that* long ago but my favorite GameInformer was the one that featured Destiny The Taken King info leading up to the DLC release. So much hype and such cool concept art in it.

[@tannerconen5627]

Dude I remember how stoked my friends and I were when Gameinformer released the first info and screenshots for oblivion. We were in high school just drooling over that issue. I went through my box of gameinformer magazines yesterday. I really wish I didn’t throw out so many older issues. The oldest one I have now is the God of War 3 issue.

[@MyManJFKTV]

My favorite covers from like the last five or so years have been the one with all the PlayStation characters on the gray backdrop for the 25th anniversary, the one with Sephiroth for the FFVII Rebirth coverage, and the one with Jill for RE3 remake.

[@Jejunumonster]

I don't remember the last Game Informer I got, but I know it was from some GameStop deal. This reminds me of being a kid subscriber to OPM, Official Playstation Magazine. Getting a new PS2 demo disk was awesome. That's long gone, and seeing more go stings.

[@G00dK4t]

I lived in France most of my life, so I never really knew of their work, but seeing the footage in the Game Informer archives made me smile, only passionate gamers would label their archive cases "Vault 93" and such. Sad day for games media as a whole.

[@Disaster_Tourist]

How is Jedi Survivor coming to last gen when they haven't even bothered optimizing it for current gen?

[@mrshap1400]

The two covers that I remember most were Bioshock 1, and Assassin’s Creed 1. Those intense yet muted colors are burned into my mind.

[@JoshFoden]

I'm primarily a PC gamer, but I do have a few old PlayStations so I can play games that aren't on PC on original hardware. I only recently picked up a PS4 Pro, so I can catch up on Sony's exclusive titles from the "last generation" that I missed out on. I still have plenty to play through, so I don't see myself picking up a PS5 anytime soon; at least until there's enough of a backlog of exclusives to warrant the purchase.

[@GamesofFuturesPast]

It is really a shame. I remember in high school, I would bring issues of game informer to read when I was bored. Classmates would often huddle around looking at all the images and it would spark conversation about new games and how exciting they were. I distinctly remember pinning almost everything RE4 that was in GI up on my walls. Say goodbye to an era.

[@pressrepeat2000]

I’m playing Jedi Survivor now and I’m halfway through the story (I think). It’s a beautiful game and I like the story, and it captures the Star Wars world amazingly well. But it also has huge issues with navigation that are so frustrating that it’s made me give the game a break several times, because they take away so much from the enjoyment.

[@MolinaKojima]

RIP physical media! I think it’s so wack that the website was nuked man I subscribed to game informer after your recommendation and I have the same ones you do lol but man so sad I’m old I guess. I’m 28 and some people never even heard of MGS

[@christianporter3638]

In 2005-2007, i was really into Apple Podcasts and would routinely listen to the EGM and XBM (w/Major Nelson and Ryan Mccaffrey). 'Member' when you'd get those free demo CD's of 3-4 games in those magazines too? This was b4 Xbox 360 allowed u to download the demos....whatever happened to that??? Miss those days 😢

[@Golden-God]

EGM was the best print gaming mag. And then Official Xbox Magazine. Helped me stay informed while doing a bid...

[@balloonedraccoon2503]

I recently came across my old copy of Game Informer from the first look at the OG last of Us from way back

[@MadeByJoey]

The BioShock Infinite covers were FIRE! Thank you GI staff for all the joy and information you brought me over the years.