Game Trailers No More

Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you:

No adverts like this in the forums anymore.
Times and dates in your local timezone.
Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance.
Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely.
Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net.

If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

**Ahtman**

Game Trailers Shut Down After 13 Years

Game video site GameTrailers closed its doors today. Statements posted to social media this afternoon stated that the 13-year-old site "is closing down today."

Editor-in-chief Brandon Jones tweeted that "today is the last day of GameTrailers. I wish it wasn't so." The site was posting its standard fare of video reviews, trailers and guides right up to the surprise announcement.

Launched in 2002, GameTrailers was an early runner in the burgeoning sector of video-based gaming coverage. Today's Facebook announcement focused on the growth in Let's Plays and video-based game journalism. "We're proud we helped bring this world into being. That is the legacy of GameTrailers," it said.

GameTrailers was purchased by Defy Media in the middle of 2014. Almost immediately, the company imposed layoffs, with more taking place last year. Defy Media is also publisher of The Escapist, among other online destinations.

Polygon has put a call into Defy to get full confirmation and a statement.

I didn't use it that much lately, but I would use them during E3 to see videos for upcoming games.

**Soladrin**

Stopped using the site about 5-6 years ago. It just kept getting worse.

Hope the (good) staff can get some new gigs though.

**flamingkillamajig**

Their trailers were good back in '05. Some of the gamers they had on staff showing off their skill in games was pathetic (for instance a starcraft 2 beta players on staff asking how to mine vespene gas). Don't even bother with the forums. I haven't used that stuff for almost 10 years and it got pretty bad. I think they were one of the websites with a no politics discussion rule. I honestly wish that was in place in other places.