Game Informer's Sudden Closure Is Also Bad News For Dragon Age: The Veilguard

I smell a lawsuit from EA. No way GameStop gets away with this.

Holy cow. I had no idea Game Informer was getting shut down.

It's staggering the ruthlessness of how this has been done. They've basically just clicked the OFF button and everything is gone. Feel for the people who woke up on Saturday morning without a job. Sounds like they heard about it around the same time as the rest of us.

This is really rough.

Hoping Edge doesn't go the same way. I love their long form articles.

@GamingFan4Lyf neither did the staff at Game Informer. Apparently, one member of staff was even away on assignment when it happened.

Shutting down the website so it just links to a landing page is a colossal d*ck move on GameStop's part. If any of the staff wants to look for a new job within the industry, there's no way for them to point potential new employers to their past work. Absolutely disgusting behaviour.

I guess ol diamond hands couldn't even HODL onto 12 employees.

Huh, well I have the physical copy at home. I’m sure people can find backups online, but if anyone can’t and wants to view it, I can take some pictures of the coverage and upload them tonight.

This reminds me I need to cancel the renewal on my GS pro as rapidly as possible. I'll be sad when my local GS closes, it's nice having at least a game specific teen apparel store nearby, but....they're pretty rock bottom and GI was the one thing that still gave them a good image.

When I was kid and older adult, thinking back on the great gaming magazines I loved to read monthly. Nintendo Power, game pro, game Informer, official Xbox magazine.

I miss the good days.

@GamingFan4Lyf Sadly neither did the staff until last thing on Friday when they were all let go and the site was shut down! 😧😔

@PartyMarty @Markatron84 That is so [expletive] up!

Don't american companies have some sort of consultation period? Like in UK, if it's closing down then redundancy will be offered either paid my parent company or gvt

@el_pieablo that's because the UK has things like unions, and labour/employment laws that aren't *****.

@el_pieablo I can only speak for GameStop but in general most of the non corporate positions are at will. I’ve seen store managers seemingly let go with no notice. So I would expect that if GI did have unions when they were bought out then they are just as at will. Most companies try not to do this to positions that are more likely to sue or report them to the labor board due to the headaches involved but if GS needs that money or is thinking about chapter 11, they may not care.

@Markatron84 Freedom in the US means every man, woman, child, corporation etc for themselves. The economy overall may benefit somewhat but people are merely pawns. I'm grateful to work for an NYC city agency with a strong union. Coming from the UK, this and good health insurance are my top priorities over the job position itself even - that's a sad reality in the US which, because of this and other societal ills, actually finds itself anywhere between 22nd and 32nd on the human freedom index. Pretty ironic don't ya think!

@16BitHero bUt AmErIcA iS tHe GrEaTeSt NaTiOn oN eArTh 🤪

@GuyinPA75 this and e3. Especially when you'd have to wait for the magazines packed with all the e3 info because the shows weren't streamed.

I can pick up an old GamePro magazine from a drawer in my old bedroom at my mom's house and read a 30-yr old article from 1994. Just sayin'.