On August 4, 2024, the Game Informer Twitter account announced that they were shutting down after a 33-year long run. This news took the 13 Game Informer employees by surprise. The next issue of the magazine, which was nearly finished, will not see the light of day.
The message that was posted to the official Game Informer Twitter account thanked fans for being a part of an "epic quest." However, former Game Informer staff shared that they had nothing to do with the farewell message that some said read like a generic ChatGPT created message.
After the farewell message was posted to Twitter, the Game Informer website disappeared. Years of content, exclusive interviews, previews, reviews, and articles were gone in an instant. Replacing all of that content is just another reposting of the same statement that was made via Twitter earlier in the day on the 4th.
These actions clearly rubbed the former Game Informer members the wrong way. Early in the day on August 5th, the Game Informer Twitter account posted one more farewell message, only this time it came from an undisclosed "former Game Informer member."
The message read as follows:
Our 33-year legacy deserves a genuine goodbye, written by a former Game Informer member.
We're heartbroken by the shutdown of our publication, yet we leave with pride knowing we poured everything we had into it.
In the words of our editor-in-chief:
"Be well. Play well."
We're heartbroken by the shutdown of our publication, yet we leave with pride knowing we poured everything we had into it.
In the words of our editor-in-chief:
"Be well. Play well."
In what can best be described as an extremely petty and vindictive move from GameStop management, the Game Informer Twitter account was soon deleted after that post was made. It wasn't just the tweet itself that was deleted, it was the entire account.
GameStop has effectively removed direct access to the Game Informer Twitter, the Game Informer website, and vast archives full of content from their 33-year run. This means that the only way to access any of Game Informer's content is to use something like the Wayback Machine archives and hope for the best.
(Image via Eric Van Allen on Twitter)
