Game Informer Is Back and the Whole Team Is Returning With It Thanks to a New Owner: Neill Blomkamp’s Video Game Studio

A little over half a year after GameStop shut it down in August 2024, Game Informer is officially back and the whole team is returning with it.

In a ‘Letter From the Editor’ by Game Informer Editor-In-Chief Matt Miller, it was revealed that Gunzilla Games secured the rights to Game Informer from GameStop and that it was planning to bring back not only the editorial team, but “production and beyond.”

For those unfamiliar, Gunzilla Games is the game developer and publisher behind the free-to-play extraction battle royale game called Off the Grid, which is now in Early Access. It is also the developer behind GunZ, the “Layer-1 blockchain ecosystem powering community-driven economies in AAA games,” including Off the Grid. Additionally, District 9 and Chappie director Neill Blomkamp is part of the team as Gunzilla’s chief creative officer and co-founder.

Game Informer is back! The entire team is returning and we can’t wait to reconnect. Come join us to celebrate the best in games, the people who make games, and the people who play games from around the world.

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Furthermore, Miller shared that the new owners “insisted on the idea of Game Informer remaining an independent editorial outlet; they felt just as strongly as our team did that the only path forward was with an editorial group that made 100 percent of the decisions around what we cover and how we do so, without any influence from them or anyone else.”

To that end, Game Informer is now operating under a new entity called Game Informer Inc. and the over 30-year history of the website has returned after being shut off in August of last year. The team also chose to not leave a gap in their coverage, so they have “dozens” of new reviews from games that were released during Game Informer’s hiatus and their Best of 2024 awards ready to go.

And yes, Game Informer’s print magazine will also be returning, but at a later date. Miller said the team wants it to be “bigger and better than it was before.” In the coming weeks, Game Informer will also add membership and subscription benefits, an “expanded scope to our video, streaming, and feature coverage,” and a mission to broaden the “range of experts and partnerships we tap to bring you those perspectives.”

If you are interested, you can create a new Game Informer account to stay up-to-date with everything happening at the website. It will also earn you early benefits like access to the Game Informer Magazine Archive, an exclusive weekly newsletter, Dark Mode, and Early-Bird Founder Access.

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Adam Bankhurst is a writer for IGN. You can follow him on X/Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on TikTok.