Sundown in August 2024 by its authentic proprietor GameStop, cult gaming journal Recreation Informer has now been revived by an acquisition by German web3 recreation developer Gunzilla Video games.
Returning underneath new entity Recreation Informer Inc., this may also see your complete crew “from editorial to manufacturing and past” come again.
Gunzilla highlights that the publication will stay totally impartial in its information, evaluations, and insights, however the announcement has sparked quite a lot of reactions.
In fact the crew itself is worked up and relieved to return, and a few followers have expressed their enthusiasm, however within the wider trade there’s additionally been skepticism.
The large query mark is why a web3 recreation developer equivalent to Gunzilla would purchase Recreation Informer if it’s not for its personal functions, on this case for use as a advertising and marketing software for Off The Grid and its forthcoming TGE?
Gunzilla Video games co-founder and CEO Vlad Korolov defined that the deeper intention is to affix the “struggle to protect the center of online game journalism in what has been a tumultuous time for the trade.”
In case Recreation Informer does stay editorially impartial, this raises the query whether or not it’s sensible use of Gunzilla’s sources?
As an illustration, in a dialog on X, Saakuru Labs co-founder and CEO Jack Vinijtrongjit commented, “With already excessive burn fee for Gunzilla, this may turn into a nasty transfer if they’ll’t get it to at the very least break, even contemplating they weren’t getting cash to maintain the operation going.”
Uncover extra about Off The Grid in our earlier interview with Gunzilla Video games’ director of web3 Theodore Agranat and Ava Labs head of gaming Andrew ‘Coop’ Cooper.
