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...