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Game Informer
Game Informer's cover for the July 2008 issue.

Game Informer's cover for the July 2008 issue.

Executive Editor Andrew Reiner
Categories
Frequency Monthly (12 per year)
First issue August 1991
Company GameStop Corporation
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
Website www.gameinformer.com
ISSN 1067-6392

Game Informer (often abbreviated to GI) is an American-based monthly magazine featuring articles, news, strategy, and reviews of popular video games and associated consoles. GameStop Corporation ( is the world's largest Video game and entertainment software retailer The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States An International Standard Serial Number ( ISSN) is a unique eight-digit number used to identify a print or electronic Periodical publication. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Video game journalism is a branch of Journalism concerned with the reporting and discussion of Video games. A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. Formed in August 1991,[1] the magazine has nearly 3 million subscribers according to Andrew Reiner, making it the highest circulated video game magazine,[2] and as of the first quarter of 2007, it is listed as the 23rd largest overall magazine. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Game Informer is now ranked among the top four magazines for reaching males 18 to 34. [3]

It is owned and published by GameStop Corp., the parent company of the video game retailer of the same name. GameStop Corporation ( is the world's largest Video game and entertainment software retailer Due to this, a large amount of promotion is done in-store, which has contributed heavily to its large subscription base. [4]

As of May 2008, 181 issues of Game Informer have been published.

Every year in the April issue, GI publishes a parody called "Game Infarcer" as an April Fools' joke. A parody (ˈpɛɹədiː US, [ˈpaɹədiː] UK) in contemporary usage is a work created to mock comment on or poke fun at an original work its subject

Contents

GI Staff

There have been many different members on the GI team through the years. Handles are in parenthesis, current GI staff members are listed at the top, and members no longer active are below. Brackets are Punctuation marks used in pairs to set apart or interject text within other text

Reviews

Game Informer reviews games on the Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Xbox, PC, Nintendo DS, and PlayStation Portable consoles. The Xbox 360 is the second Video game console produced by Microsoft, and was developed in cooperation with IBM, ATI, and SiS. The Xbox is a sixth-generation Video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation. A personal computer ( PC) is any Computer whose original sales price size and capabilities make it useful for individuals and which is intended to be operated The is a dual-screen Handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. The PlayStation Portable (officially abbreviated PSP) is a Handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. The reviews of games for the Game Boy Advance and Gamecube consoles were discontinued during 2007, primarily because the number of games for both systems were dwindling. The Game Boy Advance (often shortened to GBA) is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed manufactured and marketed by Nintendo. The, often abbreviated as GCN, is Nintendo 's fourth home Video game console and is part of the sixth generation console era. Older games, three per issue, are given brief reviews in the magazine's Classic GI section (compared with the game's original review score, if one exists). The magazine's staff rate games on a scale of 1 to 10 with quarter point intervals. A score of 1 is considered worse than terrible; 10 is a rare, "outstanding", nearly perfect game; and 7 is "average", a decently playable (but flawed) game.

Some games received even lower scores, scores below 1: Batman: Dark Tomorrow received a 0. Batman Dark Tomorrow is a console video game exclusively for the Nintendo GameCube and Xbox systems based on DC Comics ' Batman 75,[5] Shrek: Fairy Tale Freakdown for Game Boy Color got a 0. Several video games have been based on the Shrek series Games Shrek ( Xbox) Shrek Fairy Tale Freakdown ( Game Boy Color The is Nintendo 's successor to the Game Boy and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan and in November 19, 1998 5,[6] and the Xbox launch title Kabuki Warriors scored a 0. The Xbox is a sixth-generation Video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation. Kabuki Warriors is a 2001 Video game released for the Microsoft Xbox, shortly after the release of the console 5. [7] In the latter review, editor-in-chief Andy McNamara said, "I literally won a match just by bashing the controller against my ass. " This was confirmed by his fellow editors. One game reviewed for Classic GI -- Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch: Make My Video for Sega CD -- was given a 0.

Website

GI Online was originally launched in August 1996, and featured daily news updates as well as humorous articles. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The magazine editors updated it as a labor of love, with what little spare time they had. Labor of Love is a 1998 Lifetime Television film starring Marcia Gay Harden and David Marshall Grant. Justin Leeper and Matthew Kato were hired on in November 1999 as full-time web editors. November 1999: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - As part of the GameStop purchase of the magazine, the site was closed around January 2001. GameStop Corporation ( is the world's largest Video game and entertainment software retailer January 2001: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August [8] Both Leeper and Kato were eventually placed on the editorial staff of the magazine.

GI Online was revived in September 2003, with a full redesign and many additional features, such as a review database, frequent news updates, and exclusive "Unlimited" content for subscribers. September 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September It was managed by Billy Berghammer, former creator of PlanetGameCube. com (now known as NintendoWorldReport. Nintendo World Report (formerly known as Planet GameCube) is a Nintendo -specific Video game website that covers Nintendo's current consoles the Game com).

Game Infarcer

Game Infarcer is an annual spin-off of the normal magazine. Similar to GamePro's LamePro, it's released only in the April issue, as an April Fool's Joke. GamePro is an American Video game magazine published monthly The magazine was first established in Redwood City California in 1989 by Pat Ferrell In of 2008 Gameinfarcer received a new Chief Editor, DarthClark, who replaced Garnadan, and the cover game for the same Game Infarcer issue was a mix of both Assassins Creed and Dawson's Creek (Assassins creek. Assassin's Creed is a Video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. Dawson's Creek was an American Primetime Television Drama which initially aired from January 20, 1998 )

References

  1. ^ "10 Years of Game Informer" (August 2001). Game Informer, p. 42. "In August of 1991, Funcoland began publishing a six-page circular to be handed out free in all of its retail locations. "
  2. ^ Game Informer Announces Rate Base Increase.
  3. ^ Game Informer is one of the top 25 magazines by subscriptions.
  4. ^ Vargas, Jose Antonio (April 2005). A Magazine Whose Lineup Is Always in Play. Washington Post. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D Retrieved on March 22, 2007.
  5. ^ Batman: Dark Tomorrow review on GameInformer.com.
  6. ^ Shrek Fairy Tale Freakdown review on GameInformer.com.
  7. ^ Kabuki Warriors review on GameInformer.com.
  8. ^ "On the Web" (August 2001). Game Informer, p. 49. "Sadly, this ill-fated site was to last little more that [sic] a year, as gameinformer. com would fall prey to the massive meltdown of the Internet economy in February [of 2001]. "

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