'Game Informer' Shut Down by GameStop After 33 Years

Game Informer will be shutting down after 33 years of operations. Founded in 1991 by the Minnesota game store FuncoLand, Game Informer was the longest-running video game magazine in the US.GameStop acquired the magazine when it bought FuncoLand in 2000. The magazine began publishing online in the early 2010s in addition to putting 10 print issues a year.On Friday, the Game Informer staff were called into a meeting where GameStop's VP of HR told them that the publication was closing immediately, ...