GamePro magazine is set to shut down this coming month, owner IDG Games announced today. The magazine that enjoyed so much popularity in the 1990s will shut down its website in five days, and one more issue of the physical quarterly will be published.
The magazine started in 1989 and established a website in 1996, according to IndustryGamers. The struggling magazine went through a few redesigns in recent years, including one that ended the practice of allowing writers and editors to use nom de plumes like Air Hendrix and D-Pad Destroyer in their bylines. The most recent redesign in July took the magazine down from a monthly to quarterly format.
The GamePro website will cease to exist on December 5 and will begin redirecting users to PC World's website (another IDG property). Some employees will be laid off, but IDG notes that game news and reviews will be rolled into PC World's slate of content.
We're sad to hear this news, but hope PC World can carry the GamePro torch. Pour out a Jar of Fly Honey or Bacchus Wine for a fallen friend.
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