Game Informer
    Game Informer     The July 2011 issue cover    Editor-in-Chief  Andy McNamara    Categories  Video game    Frequency  Monthly (12 per year)    Publisher  GameStop    Total circulation (2016)  6,353,075 [1]     First issue  August 1991 ; 27 years ago  ( 1991-08 )     Country  United States    Based in  Minneapolis    Language  English    Website  www.gameinformer.com    ISSN  1067-6392     Game Informer  ( GI ) is an American monthly video game magazine featuring articles, news, strategy, and reviews of video games and associated consoles. It debuted in August 1991 when FuncoLand started publishing a six-page magazine. [2] [3]  The publication is owned and published by GameStop Corp., the parent company of the video game retailer of the same name, 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; it is now the 4th most popular magazine by copies circulated. [1] [4] Game Informer  has since b...