TCB 9,269 Posted February 9, 2016 You know of GameTrailers; the video game site that focuses on related content such as podcasts, reviews and like the name implies, video game trailers? Remember going to their site for those Brawl countdown videos? Or their extensive E3 coverage? Well after 13 long years they are shutting down: They are hosting one final Twitch stream at 6PM PST/9PM EST/2AM GMT as well. For those preservationists better go and start salvaging what you can of content; saving, backing up and up-loading elsewhere. With that said, what memories do you have with this website? For me I don't have much but I always appreciated their work around E3 and their video quality was top notch. Annnnnnnnnd this video, as a SEGA fan this had me marking out: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sonictrainer 5,440 Posted February 9, 2016 I remember going to Gametrailers to see the gameplay of Savannah Citadel Day Act 1 of Sonic Unleashed. I'm sorry to hear that the site is closing down. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebongrey23 235 Posted February 9, 2016 A few times I would go to their site to watch around E3 time. And I really enjoyed their Zelda timeline video. Thanks for making a topic on this TCB. I didn't know. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KHCast 13,104 Posted February 9, 2016 Their Zelda timeline and KH vids were really the only thing of late I found notable. Still, it is weird to see a huge company like this going. Spoiler Now how long before IGN goes down huehue 2 Teoskaven and Jovahexeon The Undyne reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
goku262002 4,548 Posted February 9, 2016 The Metal Gear Retrospective and Pop Fiction videos I'd like to see saved. Did they say if they are gonna keep their Youtube up? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drunk Michael Myers 462 Posted February 9, 2016 Awful news. By far my favourite internet videogamegang. The recent years have been amazing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Failinhearts 41,843 Posted February 9, 2016 I haven't seen too much of them, but I did enjoy seeing their reviews. Shame to see them go... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TCB 9,269 Posted February 9, 2016 23 minutes ago, goku262002 said: The Metal Gear Retrospective and Pop Fiction videos I'd like to see saved. Did they say if they are gonna keep their Youtube up? That I don't know. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Celestia 15,128 Posted February 9, 2016 I haven't visited GameTrailers in years, but I'm kinda sad to see it go. I remember going there all the time back in the day. ..Though the most vivid memory I have of it is when we found out about Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures and I went to GT just to see if it was real. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PC the Hedgehog 3,463 Posted February 9, 2016 Always went to GameTrailers to keep up to date on the latest...well, GameTrailers. Always liked the people involved with that site, as well. A shame. Any reason stated as to why they're closing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TCB 9,269 Posted February 9, 2016 From what I'm hearing, all they can say at this time is ""Defy (the media network that hosts GT) doesn't want to invest in GT anymore." If that's so, then this sounds like something that the GT team caught out of the blue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nepenthe 37,090 Posted February 9, 2016 So long as all of the employees can land on their feet as quickly as possible and Pop-Fiction is salvaged (tempted to download all of their YouTube videos just in case), then this isn't too big of a loss for me. I was really only in it for Brandon Jones' projects like Pop-Fiction and Timeline, and with those having miserably slowed down over the years I just lost interest in the site altogether. Still, kinda sad a major player in the online gaming journalism biz is going under. 1 MightyRay reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faseeh 1,202 Posted February 9, 2016 The Shenmue 3 reaction video somehow made me respect this guys so much and them going down so soon... kinda sad. Oh well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tara 15,245 Posted February 9, 2016 I think GameTrailers constantly to look up gameplay and trailers for games. Most fondly, I remember it as being where I got my first look at Sonic and the Secret Rings, which had me quite excited at the time. YouTube has pretty much made it irrelevant now, but it is pretty nostalgic to think about and very sad to see it go. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phos 1,093 Posted February 9, 2016 I remember back in the day, because they had one guy who was really good at their narrations, a bunch of people thought that one person wrote all their reviews. They might have been able to stick around had they rebranded, as others have said, Youtube made the function that is implied by their name redundant. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QuantumEdge 1,341 Posted February 9, 2016 Out of all the big video game sites, I always found myself more in agreement with GT reviews than anything Gamespot, or IGN wrote. Really going to miss it. Hopefully everyone can quickly find new employment. At this point, it's the best thing that can happen. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SurrealBrain 7,065 Posted February 9, 2016 Never really looked at the site extensively, but no doubt they'll be missed. Me? I do hope the people involved will find something to do. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Your Vest Friend 15,493 Posted February 9, 2016 Jim Sterling's written about this and...well, it was sympathetic to the employees, but also very blunt about its industry. 2 KHCast and kboyrulez12345 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sami 10,800 Posted February 9, 2016 I'm really gutted about this. I was an active viewer/listener for the past two years and I'm really gonna miss them. I hope a majority of the crew is able to stick together. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrashRatchetFan 405 Posted February 9, 2016 Upsetting news. From what I remember, they had a bunch of interviews with Radical when they were developing Crash of the Titans and Mind Over Mutant that I couldn't find on the web, along with some other Crash videos. They were nicely done and were lengthy too. I wish them nothing but the best and good luck. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MechTech 27 Posted February 10, 2016 Gosh I loved going to GT to see all the E3 stuff, heck I have fond memories of watching some sonic unleashed trailers there. sad to see it go. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nintega137 370 Posted April 14, 2016 I thought the site was closing down? http://www.gametrailers.com/ It's still up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
goku262002 4,548 Posted April 15, 2016 Its probably going to become a zombie site ala G4:http://www.g4tv.com/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TCB 9,269 Posted May 17, 2016 On 4/14/2016 at 2:18 PM, nintega137 said: I thought the site was closing down? http://www.gametrailers.com/ It's still up. It will still be up, in purely archival form. As for who owns the site now, it's IGN apparently: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JaidynReiman 1,399 Posted May 18, 2016 On 2/8/2016 at 7:38 PM, KHCast said: Their Zelda timeline and KH vids were really the only thing of late I found notable. Still, it is weird to see a huge company like this going. Hide contents Now how long before IGN goes down huehue IGN's not going down anytime soon. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites