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Instructions · What links here · TheGamer (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 7 days ago by G13 vs G14 (talk: D · +) · Last edited 18 hours ago by G13 vs G14

Warning: The page TheGamer TheGamer redirects to Valnet. Please ensure it is not a copy or that this page is located at the correct title.

TheGamer

Type of site	News website
Founded	2017
Headquarters	Canada
Owner	Valnet
Key people	Kirk McKeand, Stacey Henley
URL	www.thegamer.com
Users	7 million+ (monthly readers)
Current status	Active

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]

History

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TheGamer 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 stated 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ドル and 8ドル 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]

Reception

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In June 2025, Marvin Montanaro of That Park Place criticized TheGamer for claiming that Sora, protagonist of Kingdom Hearts, struggles with understanding love due to "compulsory heterosexuality". He said that this interpretation oversimplified the character and inserts its views.^[12] In October 2025, Geeks + Gamers described TheGamer as one of the "most politically charged outlets" in the gaming industry. He said that a significant portion of the website's articles are political in nature.^[13] In 2026, former editor of TheGamer and editor-in-chief of Startmenu Lex Luddy told Kotaku that half TheGamer's editors were in "open revolt" against the website's higher ups due to the new payment system.^[14]