GameTrailers
Your source for video game trailers and original content.
GameTrailers (GT) was an American video gaming website created by Geoffrey R. Grotz and Brandon Jones in 2002. The website specialized in multimedia content, including trailers and gameplay footage of upcoming and recently released video games, as well as an array of original video content focusing on video games, including reviews, countdown shows, and other web series.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Video game media website & video channel
- Founded
- 2005
- Headquarters
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Known for
- Video-first reviews
- previews
- and news segments
- Visual identity
- Red and black branding with the 'GT' mark
- Status
- Defunct (absorbed into Ziff Davis; IGN family)
Lore & Background
GameTrailers was founded by Geoff Grotz and Brandon Jones in 2002. Jon Slusser and his company Hornet Animation invested in the startup, and Jon took over as CEO. The company was acquired by MTV Networks in November 2005. On March 18, 2006, Shane Satterfield was hired as GameTrailers first editor-in-chief and supervising producer. In 2007, MTV Networks restructured its entertainment division, merging Ifilm.com and SpikeTV.com into Spike.com, and grouping this new property, GameTrailers and Xfire, into Spike Digital Entertainment. In June 2014, GameTrailers was purchased by Defy Media. On February 8, 2016, GameTrailers was shut down. Since 2016, IGN Entertainment has owned the GameTrailers brand and back catalog. On March 21, 2016, a majority of the remaining staff at GameTrailers, including Brandon Jones, launched a series of new Patreon-supported channels under the new name Easy Allies.
Reader's Guide
Original content included GT Weekly (premiered August 2005), GameOne (rebranded March 2007), GameTrailers TV (rebranded January 25, 2008), Invisible Walls (debut episode recorded March 13, 2008, ended after Episode 284 on January 17, 2014), GT Countdown, GT Wish-List, Bonus Round, The Final Bosman, Trailer Score, GT Time, Baddest Games, GT TV, GT Previews, Level, GT Reviews, GT Review Pods, Retrospectives, GT Pop-Block, Anthology, and Angry Video Game Nerd.
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