Kotaku has a round up of related tweets and postings:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;kotaku.com&#x2F;video-game-website-gametrailers-closes-after-13-years-1757939279" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;kotaku.com&#x2F;video-game-website-gametrailers-closes-aft...</a><p>I don&#x27;t want this to sound like a snarky <i>&quot;Oh [some company the Twiteratti thinks is lame] is still around?&quot;</i> comment, but I truly had thought GT <i>was</i> dead, because of its notable layoff announcements in recent years:<p>[Layoffs hit GameTrailers day after E3 (2014)](<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.polygon.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;6&#x2F;13&#x2F;5807898&#x2F;gametrailers-layoffs" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.polygon.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;6&#x2F;13&#x2F;5807898&#x2F;gametrailers-layoff...</a>)<p>[GameTrailers, GameFront and The Escapist Hit By Layoffs (2015)](<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.craveonline.com&#x2F;culture&#x2F;813763-gametrailers-gamefront-escapist-hit-layoffs" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.craveonline.com&#x2F;culture&#x2F;813763-gametrailers-gamef...</a>)<p>But looks like this really is GT&#x27;s epitaph; this forum post dated today comes from GT&#x27;s associate editor (according to Kotaku), and alludes to this being a sudden development:<p>&gt; Hi everyone, Ben here. I just wanted to confirm that GameTrailers is shutting down officially today. Everyone is being let go. We all found out mere hours ago, so we&#x27;re still reeling a bit. Sincerely, thank you all for the tremendous support.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.neogaf.com&#x2F;forum&#x2F;showpost.php?p=194642343&amp;postcount=6727" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.neogaf.com&#x2F;forum&#x2F;showpost.php?p=194642343&amp;postcou...</a><p>Best of luck to the GT former employees.