Today, we’re happy to reveal an expansion to an already exciting perk we provide to Game Informer account holders.
Since Game Informer’s return in March, we’ve offered a backlog archive of all our magazine issues going back to 2012. With today’s expansion of that archive, we’re now growing that archive to include all Game Informer magazine issues, going all the way back to issue number 1, first published in 1991.
The expanded archive was put together with help from the Video Game History Foundation, the preeminent organization chronicling, celebrating, and teaching about the history of the video game medium. In particular, special thanks are due to the website Retromags, and fan scanner “bogusfrank,” whose efforts to track down issues and preserve gaming magazine history now help us access our own company’s history and share it with all of you.
If you’re a student, teacher, or just an enthusiast for the growing legacy of the video game medium, we encourage you to explore the Video Game History Foundation’s substantial library.
For our part, you can now navigate and track down individual issues and articles from Game Informer’s history right here on gameinformer.com by navigating to the magazine archive. Read early game reviews. Discover cover stories for games before they went in new creative directions. Read interviews and profiles of gaming luminaries.
In the coming months, we plan to surface specific legacy articles we believe are worth exploring. In the meantime, enjoy this new level of free access to the rich history of gaming we’ve covered over the last 34 years, and thank you for signing up for an account. New print and digital magazine subscriptions are coming very soon, and a Game Informer account is your best window into securing early bird pricing.
