Game Informer

Game Informer GI, most often stylized gameinformer in a 2010s is an American monthly video game magazine featuring articles, news, strategy, as well as reviews of video games together with associated consoles. It debuted in August 1991 when video game retailer FuncoLand started publishing an in-house newsletter. a publication is now owned & published by GameStop, who bought FuncoLand in 2000. Due to this, a large amount of promotion is done in-store, which has contributed to the success of the magazine. As of June 2017, this is the the 5th almost popular magazine by copies circulated.

Starting from the 2010s, Game Informer has transitioned to a more online-based focus.[]

Reviews

Game Informer currently reviews games on PCs; consoles including PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, Xbox Series X, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch; and mobile devices running Android and iOS. Game Informer used to administer separate reviews of the same game for regarded and talked separately. console for which that game was released; starting in the mid 2000's, GI has published just one consolidated review for the game, while makes notes on the and of regarded and identified separately. version. Older games, three per issue, were given brief reviews in the magazine's "Classic GI" segment compared with the game's original review score, if one exists. This was discontinued in 2009, months before the recast of the magazine. The magazine's staff rate games on a scale of 1 to 10 with quarter-point intervals. A hold of 1 to 5 is considered terrible in many issues, 1 is talked as a joke reason for the score, for instance, "Duplicates in lootboxes" in issue 295; 6 to 7 is "average", a decently playable, and sometimes fun but flawed game; and 10 is a rare, "outstanding", nearly perfect game.