Game Informer is a video game magazine that began in 1991, at first a six-page booklet handed out free in every FuncoLand (now GameStop), and has since become the third highest circulating magazine in the United States.
Scoring[]
Full reviews are scored on a 0-10 system. With only 31 unique games being given a Perfect 10. Despite having a 0 score, not game has ever received a 1.
History[]
Staff[]
- Matt Miller
- Brian Shea
- Marcus Stewart
- Kyle Hilliard (Was fired during the Gamestop layoffs, left for IGN, returned in 2022)
- Blake Hester
- Jason Guisao
Former staff[]
- Nick Ahrens
- Jeff Akervik
- Matt Bertz (Got fired during the Gamestop layoffs)
- Adam Biessener
- John Carson (Laid off by Gamestop 2022)
- Jeff Cork
- Elise Favis
- Annette Gonzalez
- Jill Grodt
- Javy Gwaltney (Got fired during the Gamestop layoffs)
- Ben Hanson (Resigned shorty after the Gamestop layoffs, now runs MinnMax)
- Matt Helgeson
- Joe Juba
- Matthew Kato (Left in 2021, reason unknown)
- Imran Khan (Got fired during the Gamestop layoffs)
- Phil Kollar
- Wesley LeBlanc (Laid off by Gamestop 2022)
- Jeff Marchiafava (Got fired during the Gamestop layoffs)
- Meagan Marie (formerly VanBurkleo, works for Blizzard)
- Andy McNamara (The original founder, left in 2020)
- Jason Oestreicher
- Ben Reeves (Although he isn't in Gameinformer anymore he still occasionally writes for them)
- Jim Reilly
- Andrew Reiner (Outside of Andy McNamara, was the longest tenure at Gameinformer, left in 2022)
- Liana Ruppert
- Dan Ryckert (Left for Giantbomb, then worked for WWE, then returned back to Giantbomb)
- Alex Stadnik (Left in 2022)
- Dan Tack
- Tim Turi (Left to work for Capcom)
- Leo Vader
- Suriel Vazquez (Got fired during the Gamestop layoffs)
- Bryan Vore
- Kimberley Wallace
- Wade Wojcik
Other[]
- Paul Ryckert (Dan's Dad)
Timeline[]
From first Replay appearance or hire date, until departure or final appearance.