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[psychotron]

Gametrailers has been a favorite of mine for years. Very sad.

 

[jond76]

I think the talent will be fine. Huber and Bossman need to team up on something for sure. I'm sure the lot of them could go in on something together.


Please!

 

[The Last One]

I don't understand how can the owners be such assholes that they can't bother to tell them ahead of time.

This is so fucked up. I can't understand it either.

 

[dancrane212]

I still remember the first HD video review they posted. Battlefield 2.

GT ruined other game sites in terms of video quality for years.

 

[zsynqx]

I am sure they already knew at this point.

Nope, Ben commented in the other thread that they found out earlier today.

 

[Piers]

Had a feeling this was coming when their reviews were being linked to YouTube videos. Real shame. :/

 

[illusionary]

Wow... I have to say, I didn't see this coming one bit. Very, very sad news - I loved what the site offered. I really hope that the staff all land on their feet elsewhere - they certainly deserve to!

 

[Gorilla Shark]

My favorite gaming site over the last decade or so. I love their reviews.

Really sad to see them go.

 

[dickroach]

GT is how I heard of GAF

 

[Spizz]

Sad news, hope everyone is able to land back on their feet. That E3 2015 video still brings a smile to my face everytime I see it.

 

[ezekial45]

Bloodworth just got married recentely, and he's on honeymoon at the moment. Damn, that's just low.

I've been told to enjoy the rest of the honeymoon, but if you have any job leads in LA, let me know

https://twitter.com/dbloodworth2/status/696861650180272128

 

[ButchCat]

Heart broken and their offices too? What about their YouTube channel? We've been through so much together the past ten years, it can't fucking be?!

 

[Spieler Eins]

It definitely would have been much less of a bummer if this happened when the site still stood for Keighley, Pachter, Satterfield and other jerks. Now it goes down after it actually became a fun place.

 

[LiamR]

GameTrailers has a fantastic archive from over the years, some of which isn't all saved on YouTube or elsewhere. I implore as many people as possible to attempt to back some of it up; especially the cancelled video game trailers.

This is a huge loss for preservation and for gaming. They were a great inspiration to me, and I hope everyone lands on their feet after this - they certainly deserve to.

 

[Nightmare452]

the GT time host has always been the same though

Didnt even notice its the same hosts. But I would notice often some of them had no idea what basic news items had transpired. And would spill just erroneous informarion almost every week. Thus their 5mins corrections every start. I was just shocked how bad they would have their info.

 

[TheRealJakoozie]

So I lose my favourite gaming channel at the same time as my other favourite rises from the dead through Patreon? (Level Up, Norwegian gaming show)

This really sucks. After giantbomb started to go down the shitter a couple of years ago I got my personality driven games journalism from GT. Sucks that it's over. Hopefully some of them can continue working together somehow, and preferably in front of the camera/mic and not behind in the shadows. I'm gonna miss them

 

[JayEH]

Companies want you to give them a 2 week notice but in return they give you a few hours haha. What a world.

 

[def sim]

I wish them well and hope they land on their feet.

 

[iNvid02]

god damn it man, just thinking about how it was the go to place for years with that reliable spike E3 stream and keighley hosting, plus his weekly bonus round segments, pach attack subtly throwing shade at gaf, rising star bosman being discovered, the always smooth and reliable narration of jones, and so many other great shows and people. the resurgence with their gt time podcast quickly became a favourite too.

and the plethora of trailers they archived, fuck

 

[NullPointer]

You guys had a great run.

Here's to this being an opportunity rather than a letdown.

 

[Slowdive]

Damn, been watching their reviews for years, loved pop fiction too.

 

[DragoonKain]

GT was my favorite review site. Their reviews were always a little longer than most, but it was well worth it, and I liked how they really broke down each facet of the game. They were very fair in their reviews. Weren't overly hard or easy. I remember their review of Vesperia accidentally put a short clip of the end boss in the review, but other than that I never had a problem with anything they've ever done.

Gonna miss GT

 

[dancrane212]

GameTrailers has a fantastic archive from over the years, some of which isn't all saved on YouTube or elsewhere. I implore as many people as possible to attempt to back some of it up; especially the cancelled video game trailers.

This is a huge loss for preservation and for gaming. They were a great inspiration to me, and I hope everyone lands on their feet after this - they certainly deserve to.

Their site is a mess. So many dead links and broken search items - we're all going to lose so much stuff.

 

[orochi91]

GT was a breath of fresh air, especially with their E3 coverage.

I don't wanna have to fall back on Giant Bomb, those guys are so damn depressing :/

 

[OverturePT]

Huh, just like that... I've been watching their reviews for god knows how long.

Good luck to everyone involved.

 

[MultiJhonny]

Nope, Ben commented in the other thread that they found out earlier today.

Oh wow. That really sucks

I am surprsied that it is effective immediately..

 

[careksims]

Damn! That's crazy news to read after waking up from a nap... end of an era. So no more GameTrailers Twitch Streams? Good luck to everyone involved in this D:

 

[Revolutionary]

The fuck??

No wonder Brandon was looking stressed on the stream this morning.

Best gaming site RIP

 

[Tambini]

Noooooo the retrospectives

 

[matmanx1]

Sadness! I've watched a lot of great content on GT over the years and will miss them. Hopefully those folks find good gigs somewhere else and can continue to do what they love.

 

[MK_768]

Rob Crossley of Gamespot: "Probably a good time to thank you all again for using adblocker"

 

[Trickster]

Damn that is out of left field. Not the news I wanted to go to sleep on.

Hopefully they'll be able to make something new and stay in the gaming media scene. They have some great personalities that just ooze gaming passion.

 

[diggler41]

This stinks. Just got into the site the past couple of years.. Seemed like all really swell guys. I always see Blood on here discussing reviews and such it makes me super sad for him this happened while he is on his honeymoon.

 

[JayEH]

You guys wanna know what made GT so great? It's because they were just about the games. No politics, very limited expansion into other mediums like film or comics, and just filled with a group of people who positively loved video games. Their content was amazing, their videos always passionate, and you could feel the love of games ooze out of literally everything they did. You can't fake the reaction that Elyse, Brad, Huber, and Kyle had to The Last Guardian, FFVII, and Shenmue 3. You can't fake the constant enthusiam Ben had when talking about Persona 5. You can't fake the unabashed joy that Brandon had for Disney Infinity. And it'd be impossible for anyone to fake the disdain that Ian Hinick had for anything that wasn't Bloodborne/Dark Souls. (And the sheer managerial prowess of men like Matt Blair and Daniel Bloodworth should not be overlooked, nor should the smooth editing stylings of the man himself: Don Cassanova.)


GT was one of the last bastions of genuine love of games in this industry. They never tried to be edgy by dabbling into politics like so many sites have, and they just kept it focused on why we were all there: the games.


Thank you for everything GT. You were absolutely amazing.

Well said.

 

[QisTopTier]

Do you think this was a coincidence? Of course it wasn't.

Talk to your child about anime today - before it's too late.

I shouldn't find this as funny as I do.

 

[NinjamicWZ]

This is absolutely awful. I looooooove GameTrailers as it's been for the last 2 or 3 years. I guess the writing was on the wall, but I didn't want it to be.

What a bunch of crap. I'm sad and I don't want to see everyone scattered to the wind trying to fit into other camps or anyone disappear. I wish there was a way this could be saved with Patreon, I would back it so hard, but it's not like they can all live in a house and do this.

 

[goldenpp72]

They really should try to keep the group together and work through youtube somehow, I have no idea how fiscally possible that is but damn, i'd subscribe

 

[NyMartin90]

GameTrailers has a fantastic archive from over the years, some of which isn't all saved on YouTube or elsewhere. I implore as many people as possible to attempt to back some of it up; especially the cancelled video game trailers.

This is a huge loss for preservation and for gaming. They were a great inspiration to me, and I hope everyone lands on their feet after this - they certainly deserve to.

I agree. Please guys don't let us lose some of their great stuff like retrospective and timeline

 

[dmr87]

Pop Fiction Episode 1

The feels.

 

[Delusibeta]

Yeah, they were blatantly running on fumes pretty much since the Defy Media buyout, as it very quickly became apparent that they had no idea what to do with that site.

Man, pretty much all of the games sites that Defy bought out has either shut down (GameFront, Game Trailers) or are in a terminal decline (Escapist). They really don't know what they're doing.

 

[Coffee Dog]

what the hell? That's crazy. I hope everyone gets out of this alright. :/

 

[Silver Arrows]

So Pop Fiction is dead then, alongside their other shows. What a horrible way to go.

 

[Shikamaru Ninja]

Wow that sucks. It was the best video gaming site on the web!

 

[Helznicht]

The best video reviews to just go away. Sad day for Electronic Entertainment Journalism.

 

[Maitiú]

This puts the ending montage to last week's Mandatory Update in a whole new light. Ian knew.

 

[Brainfreeze]

God fucking damn it.

I've really started to love them since they started embracing Youtube and went personality-based (basically, since their last round of lay-offs). The writing's been on the wall for them for a long time, they all knew it. This is still incredibly sudden though, and I'm so sad to see them go. They had become by far my #1 source for video games and without GT Time, Mandatory Update, and The Final Bosman I'm going to have a lot less to look forward to every week. They all became a staple of my Thursday night, something I'd look forward to.

This sucks.

Hope they all land on their feet and keep us updated on where they end up. I wouldn't be surprised if some of them move out of video games completely (Kyle's talked about it, Don and Ian clearly have enough skills behind the camera that they have more options, Brandon can edit and do VO, Bloodworth could just be a manager of something etc.), but if they stick with similar content, I'll definitely follow them. Only other people I've really done that with were Jeremy Parish and Max Scoville.

Good luck guys, and thanks for everything.

Edit: Also, Bloodworth just took like a 3 week vacation. Either he knew and was trying to use up all that built up vacation time before it went to waste, or this was spectacular timing for him.

 

[orochi91]

You guys wanna know what made GT so great? It's because they were just about the games. No politics, very limited expansion into other mediums like film or comics, and just filled with a group of people who positively loved video games. Their content was amazing, their videos always passionate, and you could feel the love of games ooze out of literally everything they did. You can't fake the reaction that Elyse, Brad, Huber, and Kyle had to The Last Guardian, FFVII, and Shenmue 3. You can't fake the constant enthusiam Ben had when talking about Persona 5. You can't fake the unabashed joy that Brandon had for Disney Infinity. And it'd be impossible for anyone to fake the disdain that Ian Hinick had for anything that wasn't Bloodborne/Dark Souls. (And the sheer managerial prowess of men like Matt Blair and Daniel Bloodworth should not be overlooked, nor should the smooth editing stylings of the man himself: Don Cassanova.)


GT was one of the last bastions of genuine love of games in this industry. They never tried to be edgy by dabbling into politics like so many sites have, and they just kept it focused on why we were all there: the games.


Thank you for everything GT. You were absolutely amazing.

Well said.

Their enthusiasm and excitement during E3 especially was so damn infectious.

 

[Adnor]

What? I haven't seen any of their content in years, but I thought they were a huge site. As there been any notice that they had financial problems or something like that?

 

[GlamFM]

Very sad. I loved where they were heading. Will miss GT Time.

 

[Static Veins]

Will just post what I said in the final GT stream thread since I saw that first and was pretty much blindsided:

Oh no

Been following them on and off for years and really got into their stuff since this past E3. Absolutely fell in love with the team and their content. GT Time in particular is (was...) the best gaming podcast going.

Goddammit. I'm actually speechless.

I'm really shocked how sudden this seemed to be. Sure they probably knew/had a good idea it was going to happen, but even as late as the Dumb Game Monday stream a couple of hours ago Kyle just said it was going to be Huber playing American Truck Simulator on stream as scheduled...

Heartbroken. That's a lot of content I, among many others, am going to sorely miss. But most importantly I hope everyone lands on their feet elsewhere.