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TheGamer is a news website launched in 2017 by media company Valnet. The website reports on and reviews video games.[1] It is based in Canada.[2] HistoryTheGamer was launched in 2017 by Valnet as news website covering gaming.[1] In 2020, TheGamer chose former VG247 editor Kirk McKeand as its editor-in-chief. Valnet said that the website has grown in popularity since its launch, claiming its visited by 7 million users monthly.[3] TheGamer said that it supports diversity and has published articles discussing issues such as intersectionality, racism and transphobia.[4] In July 2021, Kirk McKeand said that TheGamer will not cover games created by Activision Blizzard to protest its alleged bad work environment.[5][6] In February 2023, new editor-in-chief Stacey Henley announced that TheGamer won’t review or report on Hogwarts Legacy to protest J.K. Rowling's views on transgender people.[2] On April 4, 2023, TheGamer along with other publications were nominated for 2023 MCV/Develop Awards as "Media Brand of the Year".[7] In October 2025, various editors of TheGamer were fired due to mass layoffs. In an interview, the editors said that sections of the website's editorial team have been “decimated”.[8] Both affected and remaining employees of TheGamer shared information about the incident on social media, claiming the directive came from Valnet.[9] In May 2026, Valnet announced a new payment system for some of TheGamer editors, calling it “Pay Per Session". Depending on their role in writing the article, editors will be paid between $3 and $8 if it gets a thousand visits. In an interview with Aftermath, editors said that the salaries of employees working under the new system had been drastically reduced, one described it as a "form of soft-layoffs”.[10][11] Former editor of TheGamer and editor-in-chief of Startmenu Lex Luddy told Kotaku that half of TheGamer's editors were in “open revolt” against the website's higher ups due to the new payment system.[12] References
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